 Good afternoon everybody call the meeting to order welcome to the city council's regular council meeting of December 18th 2018 And we will start with the announcement of the role miss Gomez Let the record show that all council members are present Thank you very much. We had no closed session today. No study session We do have a presentation today And Andrea are you are you doing this? I'll sit right there even though I'm not talking I'm here today on behalf of congressman Mike Thompson who is working in another part of the district But he wanted to honor Mayor Corsi as he finishes his term term on the city council and as mayor So I'm here to present with you a congressional resolution That's been read on the house floor and submitted to the National Archives and already just a small portion of it Where mr. Corsi was elected to the Santa Rosa City Council has served as vice mayor and mayor During his tenure as mayor mr. Corsi oversaw the annexation of Rosalind the reunification of old courthouse square And has led our community in the immediate aftermath of the October 2 2017 wildfires Mr. Corsi has held many committee positions as well as Everything else the partnership and policy there you've done a lot And he closes as mr. Speaker mr. Corsi is an admirable leader who is dedicated to serving our community And is therefore fitting and proper that we honor him here today. So thank you for your service very much. Thank you very much Thank you very much Andrea and please thank congressman Thompson for me. I really appreciate this and Knowing that it was read on the floor of the house of representatives and the capital still stands. That's that's good news Thank you very much We'll move on to staff briefings. Is there a fire recovery briefing? Yes, there is a couple of presentations the first I'm gonna ask Jason nutt and Eric McHenry to come down and Talk counsel in the community through a new dashboard You're gonna be seeing a couple of these rollout this one Was with the assistance of our of our consultants at EY to be able to do a better way for you you as as the council and the community at large to understand the FEMA public assistance projects in process And I will turn it over to mr. Nutt and mr. McHenry Good afternoon mayor Corsi members of the council Jason nutt director transportation and public works Eric with Eric McHenry our IT chief information officer Eric and team working collaboration with staff from transportation of public works began to develop a Dashboard for use by members of the public as well as members of staff They worked with Ernst and young who actually has the raw data In an effort to try to create something that was easy to use easy to function and understand As easy you can as you navigate the public assistance process through FEMA We've been working on this program for About the last three months trying to come up with a methodology to describe how we the city are working through Getting all of our public facilities back up an operational following the wildfire So I'm gonna take you and I'm gonna run you through fairly quickly the the elements that we have incorporated here As you can see in the upper left corner. We do have a total that is that is the current total estimate that the city has This has been a dollar amount that's been fluctuating over the course of time relating to the amount of damage currently being Identified as directly related to the fire if you recall last spring We used a number of about a hundred and eleven million dollars through the course of time some of those projects have shifted out of out of the Out of the system and are no longer being incorporated so the 54 million is the current range of Total estimated damage within the city of Santa Rosa and if I could give a brief example at that point remember We were considering a a one of the big projects was a 40 million dollar total system replacement of the Fountain Grove area A water and that project through very very tough and deliberative work was was narrowed down to an eight million dollar Project so that's an example of Why probably these things haven't existed before I? Have have said to our friends at the National Institute standards This is actually would help would help communities see The process more clearly and be able to track this over a period of time and actually start to answer Question because things do change as you go through the analysis phase You'll also see on here a number of tabs tabs calling a through z a through g with a z on the end There's a brief description on a pullout that talks about what that is. This is standard FEMA process This is the way that they categorize different levels of damage Category a would be debris category g would be parks categories your administration costs and so there's a pull out on the left-hand side that gives some very basic information about the nature of the Frisology that occurs on this Moving forward if you look at the fifty four million here in the upper left That's the total if we were to choose a different category so category C our estimated amount is a point two million dollars Of damage within that category and that category as you'll see there is identified as roads and bridges and all things associated with roads and bridges As we've looked Toward the middle we have kind of an indicator that shows not only the total amount of Estimated damage, but it gives some information about where FEMA's at in the process And it says at this point FEMA has obligated or authorized 29.4 million dollars of damage and and our ability to begin working on recovery for that The meter immediately adjacent to that talks about our ability to spend the money So right now at this point in time We've invested four point six million dollars and when I say invested that stuff that's already worked its way through the system As the city manager mentioned We've completed The water quality program up in the fountain Grove area that had about an eight million dollar cost This number will begin to increase as we as we start populating The the database in the background that shows which projects have been completed So you've got the tracker that says how much FEMA has indicated their willing to spend And then you've got the tracker of how much project and money we've spent in an effort to come back to a Completed community or a recovered community in the lower left is it goes into more detail about What our estimates are so it breaks out the categories and shows how that 54 million dollars is distributed among the different categories if we then click on a A category it then gives a little bit more detail and that detail will talk about What FEMA's current approved cost is it'll talk about prop component of the Discussion with FEMA that's unresolved. So that would be the current remaining amount It's an unresolved discussion FEMA hasn't concluded on that Then you'll have a component in there that talks about the approved for funding, which is their actual obligation amount so the obligation amount and the Approved costs may be slightly different depending upon the specific project type And so that's why we've got two different categories there one of if if you take your The pointer and you'll highlight over it some of these as you can see exceed the top of the image And you can't see the amount on the top But if you roll scroll over it, it will give you the amount if you have issues understanding what the Description of that category is or that particular bar We've created a definition of terms tabs that will give you in the most concise publicly dispensable way to describe the FEMA process It's not an easy thing to describe in layman's terms, but we've given it our best shot This may shift and adjust over the course of time as we hear feedback from individuals saying I just don't get it Or gosh that really made sense, and I understand it completely So along on this right side, there's a number of different things We will give you a different aspect of the FEMA funding status as I mentioned in the as we see in the Tracker up above FEMA's approved 29.4 million dollars in all categories. We have about 14.7. That's currently being Disgust that doesn't mean it's been denied It means that we're not at a place where FEMA is ready to obligate those funds Nor have they necessarily agreed to our cost estimates that we've presented So we're still in the process. You'll see there is a There is a piece that we'll talk about About projects under appeal Four of our projects are under current appeal from FEMA meaning They've denied them and we have since submitted an appeal request saying we don't understand why you've denied us We think we were justified and so we've been going through that So you'll see there's about four point seven million dollars of that 54 million. That's under current appeal Some of the 14.7 that you'll see that's that's not currently decided may ultimately end up in that Appealed or denied section as well as we continue to work with FEMA through that portion So we've done our best to try to take what we think the largest components and most Interesting components of this process are so that the general public can start to see What we're doing to try to recover the public infrastructure And So we've just taken a couple of different Some of the different tabs just show the information in different ways So if you look at each of the categories and where we're still trying to figure out how to navigate some of those You know, we've got quite a bit in our Category F, which is our utility section that we're still trying to get FEMA to clarify to approve and to move forward with We may have spent funds that aren't currently obligated at this point So for example the water quality component part of this part of this 4.8 million dollars in this Image is work. That's already been completed That we had to in order to get residents back into their homes in a safe way so that we could lift the water quality advisory But we're still waiting for FEMA to obligate those funds so that we can request reimbursement So this is a methodology that we're using to try to provide more information You can go one step further if there's a specific project that you're interested in seeing In the upper right corner this links to our CIP database You can click on one of the red dots and it will talk about which project it is that's listed in our capital improvement system It will discuss What project type it is it'll talk about which Phase of the project it's in and what we think the estimated Dates of completion will be and it will give some basic information So we've done our best to give folks not just information about the broader Component of recovery, but then also being able to look at individual project level Information so that's where we're at like I said I thought Eric's team did a fantastic job of integrating comments from a number of different sources Data that's been collected over the course of time in various spreadsheets Ernst and young did a fantastic job of helping us collate all that data and Jamie Smith is who's our marketing outreach coordinator tried to make it look presentable to the public So it was really quite a team effort really pleased with how this ended up and with that I can ask I can answer any questions or hope to answer any questions. You might have about this and before we turn it over to questions This as I said is the first of in several dashboards. We're going to be rolling out a Subsequent dashboard will be talking about the amount of staff hours that have been spent and we will continue to track those on the recovery process And on mutual aid going forward. You're going to be entertaining an item later tonight that is About extending our services for the final time with Ernst and young the consulting team after they leave the city Those those responsibilities fall back to staff and as you see these projects are far from completed They're in going to be a huge amount of time and energy spent by staff in In in in managing this as as we said early on this is in a one or two year process This is five eight ten years in the process and one of things I found interesting is that this Work hadn't been done before and I think one of the reasons why is that this snapshot in time is going to change It fluctuates if fluctuates based on as you heard damage estimates project scope revision of project scope negotiation with FEMA I'm not sure Our our partners at FEMA or would be a hundred percent happy about this presentation, but that's where we are We need to bring some more clarity to you. What's under discussion? I just was related a story that from Councilmember Schwedholm about a presentation in In coffee coffee park with coffee strong that referenced Some difficulties we may have been having early on in the process around Bring the coffee park back online But things have progressed since there This team has spent an incredible amount of time actually making the turf eligible because True Traditionally things like lawns are not eligible We spent a long time arguing that this was an engineered system that was irrigated underground It wasn't just simply grass planted so those are the types of unfolding Conversations that staff has been wrestling with this is our first Attempt and this may be one of the initial attempts to dashboard this process for our community So we're expecting to learn as folks Play around in this space, but I wanted to make sure it's clear that this won't be the last dashboard You will see I got to see a prototype of the one that is about staff hours invested in the recovery process And I think it's going to be a pretty astonishing thing for the public to understand the amount of time and energy That's being spent on making sure this community recovers The last piece if I could I'll just This site will live on the recovery website where you see these three tabs on the recovery website There will be a fourth tab added as the public assistance tracker And so just wanted to make sure that you were aware that this will live in a place that that will be easy Easily accessible by the public Thank You mr. Hutt and I want to appreciate mr. McHenry and your team also This is a tremendous amount of information in one place that I think will really be helpful for All of us to understand this process as we go through the next few years Jason do I understand this is not publicly viewable on the site now right now it is not we we Took it down we we started with a draft because we wanted our partners at Ernst and young to be able to view it We've since taken it down now that they've had a chance to see and work through that piece so that we could build it There was information that was conflicting. There was language in there that might not necessarily have been easily understandable and relatable Some of the words that we use Internally between us and our consultants as mr. McGlynn said might not be acceptable language in front of FEMA And we want to and so we've spent quite a bit of time and it sounds silly But but what we've learned with FEMA and Cal OES is semantics are very important and if you say something even or you note something that's slightly off of what they would expect it can become a fairly substantial issue And and so one of the things for example that you'll see here Is an appeal that we're working for on our road maintenance or our road repair relating to the debris mission when we early on started discussing how the damage was occurring because the tools that we use are Related to life and longevity of a roadway when we try to describe the damage We were using terms based on life and longevity FEMA doesn't like those words not only do they not like those words the minute you say it they latch on to it and Never get rid of it Even though it may no longer be relevant it is truly damaged So we wanted to be very careful before we sent this live that that words that we knew were going to be sparks We're taken out of the mix and and since we'll be on break for a period of time We do want to roll this out as soon as possible So they will be public But we wanted to make sure that we had this moment to show counsel that we're working on it and that this is going to Be rolling out so it wouldn't be surprised over the next week or so when we do roll it out I think the Adjusting in in FEMA's defense FEMA does not pay for loss of useful life. It is explicit in their Regulations they play for damages and again This is sort of the learning experience, but also the challenges you face the vocabulary you use and you're familiar with may not be eligible and Thus creates issues for you and that's why we do have to work through these processes together with our partners This goes Thank you, and thank you very much for this. It's really helpful. It's helpful that it will be up and easy to access when the time comes It's it's useful particularly if we can keep it in the context of other things that we're doing Moving forward, so I look forward to referring back to this Because I look forward to looking back to it and I suspect other people will also you have clearly explained Where it is is it possible to also put the link in the City Council agenda Online so that when we look at the agenda and look at the notes the minutes online For this meeting. It's easy to find that way also. Yeah, we'll work with the clerk to make that happen I really appreciate that. Thank you. Yes, mr. Rogers Thank you, mr. Mayor one of the substantive conversations. We've been having at the open government task force revamp trying to get the sunshine ordinance across the finish line is Obviously accessibility for our Spanish speaking community as well Is any of this website able to translate effectively into Spanish? At this point I would say no I would say we're not even Translating fully into English, but we we know that that that is that is something we're going to need to work on Okay, we are Continuing that conversation And I don't know where we'll end up on it on the open government task force But I'll put in my own little plug that I wouldn't be surprised to see that coming forward as a Suggestion slash requirement from from that body. Thank you Any other questions council? Thank you very much mr. Glenn does that conclude the No, we we already had very successfully rolled out a Another dashboard that was working through the rebuild process and I just want to give Assistant city manager goo in an opportunity to highlight the progress that's been made today on the through the resilience city permitting and rebuild process Great, thank you, and just a refresher as Jason mentioned. There'll be more a new tab here We did talk about some of these before again the maps that show you can drill down to the parcel level Determine what's happening on every parcel and then on the far side custom reports that individuals could pull to Generate reports on their property and these are things we are extrapolating city-wide And so you're gonna start to see these rolled out roll out city-wide for all building and construction Tracking of activity around city-wide, so it's something that has been increasingly gaining traction The tracker which I'm going to talk about right now and just give a quick update on it's very similar to what you just saw But this is tracking Rebuild progress right now on the top left corner. We track where permits are in the process So once a permits in the review process in room 6 when it's done And it's ready to be issued and ready to start construction a lot of times It's held here until the contractor is ready to pull the permit and when they have the materials and labor ready to go And this is under construction. So as of today, there's 915 under construction actively out there and this is updated about every hour So it's it's alive data and you can see this change on a fairly regular basis throughout the day And then we have 93 complete we anticipate by the end of the week We will have hit a 1500 homes in this process and 100 homes complete by the end of the week So that does get us about halfway through the rebuild process What that does me is there's another 1500 that have not started this process or submitted a permit And we'll be working to identify what those issues are some of the barriers and What those issues are over the next couple months The other thing this does in the bottom corner is tracks a few metrics on some of the policies that the council put in place And the resilient city ordinance immediately after the fire one of those was temporary housing the council put in a Temporary ordinance to allow temporary housing for five years so far. We've issued 54 permits So people are able to put a trailer on us a lot or to live in a location While their home is being rebuilt so that number is live and changes on a fairly regular basis And the other interesting one is the adu policies the adu policy the council put in place as part of the resilient ordinance This is just the rebuild. So as people are rebuilding people are adding ad use This is a new housing stock that we didn't have prior to the fire So there's 40 new units that were added over this past year that we didn't have before So that those policies did make a difference the fees did make a difference and To put it in perspective the rest of the city this year we saw an additional 40 So we're up to 80 this year city-wide in terms of ad use added to the system which typically we see 10 to 20 so again those policies were very effective So this this dashboard is available and it's a it's available to the public any time And when we just showed you under src.org slash rebuild and we'd be happy to answer any questions Any questions council Mr.. Sledo Thanks for that update David. Can you share with me? I know in Coffee park here. We see some of the FEMA trailers on some of the lots which I would assume are some of the 1500 lots How is that what is what's the city's role as we get close to the end of the five years? What's gonna happen with those? Did you mention FEMA trailers or personal trailers? My assumption is there the FEMA trailers so the FEMA trailers are primarily at the fairgrounds Those are where those are located what you see on personal property are typically personal Trailers that are located there temporarily during their rebuild We I believe I have to go back and check our notes I think there was only a one or two that were FEMA trailers that were located on people's individual properties So at the end of that term the FEMA runs out 18 months. That's a conversation We're gonna have to have over the next few months But individuals at the end of five years hopefully their home is rebuilt and they can find another location for that or We have to find a way to move them into a different situation I guess my interest would be we have we start that conversation for some of those where you see the trailer And if they have not engaged the city in the rebuild process I hate to see five years and now it's like right where we're stuck to engage that conversation to see what we can do To help them with that rebuild effort. I guess it'd be my interest Thank you, and I think as mentioned before we have about 1500 in the situation that have not started this so part of that is to Identify who's living on the lot in a temporary location who sold their lot who is still have insurance issues other Other issues about why they aren't rebuilding and try to come up with some solutions for that because you're right There's going to be over the next few years is going to fairly quickly and to be prepared for that is going to be a key other questions Thank you, Mr. Good So I conclude that item mr. McGlynn that concludes that item have a card from Peter Chernef To mayor Chris Corsi sincerely good luck And regarding this topic. I just had a few questions. I was thinking out loud, and I thought since I'm here I'll just share them out loud, you know they they mentioned the sunshine ordinance and You know they talk about that all the time in San Francisco at the soups down there And I think what does that mean sunshine ordinance that means are we acknowledging that we're not using the Constitution as opposed to pretending and We're going to have all these other things try and fit in there for little pieces of Helpfulness it's the Constitution that needs and will be the law of the land soon enough and so then the topic about FEMA I was listening I couldn't quite get all that it says something about they have Monetary concerns regarding property loss things to do with money, but not people. I found that interesting I mean Paradise 50,000 missing people were they incinerated or were they sent the FEMA camps by the military? That'd be a good question So I'll finish off with that one by saying anybody can look up or I would suggest you look up the matrix of perception revolution radio and Listen to the latest discussion about Paradise by Dave Wilcox. That's matrix of perception You won't be bored. Thank you Moving on to city manager is there any report from the city manager? Yes The office of community engagement is pleased to share that three grants totaling $30,000 have been secured for the 2019 launch of the of their neighborhood FES pilot program the United Way as of Wine country the health care foundation of northern Sonoma County and the community foundation will contribute $10,000 each towards the pilot program designed to build Community connectedness and social cohesion strengthened by asset mapping for community preparedness The pilot program will include eight Santa Rosa neighborhoods Asked in South Park Burbank Gardens junior college Moreland richway Sherwood Forest Sunset Avenue in Roseland and what and West End Neighborhoods staff is working on plans for additional events in partnership with Burbank housing and Catholic charities The temporary fire station five is scheduled to open on Friday December 21st at 3480 Parker Hill Road Firefires began moving in equipment last week. The temporary fire station was constructed following the October 2017 fire storm when fire station five was destroyed on Newgate Court during the Tubbs fire The Park Hill Road site was the former location of fire station five before closing in 2015 when the station relocated to Newgate Court the vacant Parker Hill Road station was also destroyed in the Tubbs fire Station five firefighters and the station engine have been temporarily housed at station at fire station one since October 2017 the city broke ground on the temporary fire fire station project in July of this year The city of Santa Rosa continues to work on a plan for rebuilding a permanent fire station Including the exploration of potential new site opportunities that will better meet the needs of the community Planning and economic development Santa Rosa was selected by the council of infill builders to receive the 2018 community infill champion award for leadership above and beyond in rebuilding and building a vibrant and resilient city The city was acknowledged for the work It has done over the past year to put in pop in place policies and processes to support the rebuild and for the work It's done aggressively putting in policies fee structures and processes to support downtown infill housing and finally The finance department is proud to announce that Ken Nadeau won the statewide California Parking Professionals Association Award for Parking Professional of the Year Congratulations to Kim Thank You mr. McGlenn All all pieces of good news and particularly the community engagement grants that that'll be a really good addition to To that effort any questions from the council on this miss Gallagher. Do you have a city attorneys report? I do not have anything to report this afternoon. Thank you Council any statements of abstention tonight? Okay Mayors and council members reports anyone down here Mr. Oliver's thank you, mayor. I do want to report that on Saturday vice. I'm not vice mayor I think he used to be a vice mayor council member Sawyer and I attended the emerald cup Very very well attended event if want to understand they have a contract for five years with the fairgrounds for that event So I'm hoping maybe after the first of the year we can reach out to them see how the city can work with them I suspect there's a quite a bit of an economic impact to Sonoma County and Santa Rosa So it's I think it's something that we need to look at in the coming year. Thank you. Thank you mr. Sawyer Thank You mayor, and I was there with the council member oliveris, and I was Absolutely taken aback by the popularity the numbers of people the the calm nature of the event the And then I know there are there are stereotypical reasons why that may occur Given given the nature of the event, but indeed it was It was special to see the fairgrounds Sold out. I mean we I was standing there with one of the organizers, and he got a phone call on his Cell phone, and he said the event sold out and this was at 1 30 in the afternoon Which meant that no one else could it could be into could it could allow it would be allowed entry into the fairgrounds Because of the sold-out nature of the event, and I think that speaks of the popularity Economic development in the city of Santa Rosa. I'm I'm looking forward to hearing hearing about public safety issues. I haven't heard any report yet any kind of Anything in either in the newspaper during Or after and so I'm looking forward to getting a final report from from the powers that be as far as increased numbers of calls for service, but it was Quite an impressive Event and very well run, and I was just it was it was pretty impressed I just I can't I can't speak enough about the The impact on this community that has probably yet to be seen as far as the numbers of people and So I just it was I was pleased to be able to experience at firsthand, and it was very impressive. Thank you Mr. Sweatham Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Mayor a couple different things About a week and a half ago. We had the joint operations and policy team for the Santa Rosa violence prevention partnership And we do this on an annual basis, but this year we chose to have the nine Providers who received measure of choice grant awards. We actually learned a little bit more just re-emphasize Which the programs did but then they had a participant of the program share with the group what impact those measure dollars had with them So just reaffirms the great work that's being done in the community a lot of it behind the scenes, but it was Jason Almost a Jason nut Sorry Jason, I know you know part of the partnership, but Jason Carter did a great job at bringing everyone together It really was an inspirational Morning, and we also had the ground water sustainability agency board meeting And we did a fee study public meeting and so that will be coming back to this board with some of the suggestions There were some discussion about What the other Agencies wanted contribute towards the efforts that we had already started I had already received direction from this body So we stayed true to that But the additional information will be coming in the coming months regarding the GSA funding and then this last weekend We did have the coffee park information meeting hosted by Recreation and Parks at Finlay Center I do appreciate Mr. McGlynn the Recreational Park staff because it was a well-run meeting and it's gonna be interesting to see the way the final parts to the park end up Because we don't have all the funding now, but there's a lot of different interests and it is a community neighborhood park So just having that dialogue and ongoing dialogue was very helpful and staffed at a great job managing the event. So thank you Thank you miss Combs, thank you mayor Casa it continues. That's the committee to house the Bay Area It's their regional nine County Committee basically a part of the a bag MTC complex Created a final compact the technical advisory committee passed the compact with only one No vote for a large technical advisory committee. That's quite remarkable considering the ten elements involved crossing all sectors and the steering committee Moved the item move the full compact of ten items also forward With no solid no votes a couple of that we vote on a one to five point scale with one being the highest and five being absolutely not and there were no fives at the at the steering committee level it's going to MTC for review and to the full a bag board for review and then Moving on to the legislature for action for most of the items I think I can proudly speak of our city as already having done Easily six or seven of the ten items in the compact I appreciate we we are in fact cited in the documents as a model To look for to look at and I think we have a lot to be proud of with that I would like to give a longer and more detailed report on that, but I think this meeting is not that meeting So I will provide more information on that in January I'd also like as is appropriate for our council report outs to talk about a motion We had made a specific motion Regarding reviewing the Community homeless assistance program and the Bennett Valley senior center shelter and it had gone through all of the steps But continues to not appear on the agenda despite having gone through all all of the steps My understanding is that the reason it doesn't get agendized is because we failed in making that motion to set a date So I would like to Ask that we amend that motion so that we have a date if staff is able to provide this by January that we do this by the end of January We need to have that as a council discussion. We've been waiting a number of months I think we started the conversation about this in August So I'm looking for a second for second. Thank you I'd also like to note that The discussion as it shows on the list doesn't show the safe havens or bridge housing or Limited temporary encampments peace and I wanted to be clear that I viewed the motion as it was originally made as including that So what I'm doing now is just asking that we set the deadline and I appreciate the second my understanding is that's all I needed At this step Thank you Yes, Mr. Rogers and if I could mr. Mayor, we've heard a little bit about the compact from Casa You've been giving us updates at what point would it be appropriate for us to have a study session to get more information about What's actually in it because I appreciate the updates But it's not really a substantive conversation that allows us to and I think we do need to schedule having a Study session or report items so that we can send a letter about the items and send our opinion in about the items I have done that separately as a representative, but I think we need to do it as an entity Because we will be working with our the signing ceremony is mid-January So I don't know if you would want to take it on prior to or post the signing ceremony So if I can just make sure I'm clear on some of the the timeline So this week is it MTC that is Wednesday Wednesday as in and then mid-January is when it's signed and sent to the legislature That's correct, but I suspect the legislature has their hands on it already So it would be good if we could move a Move a study session on the item, and I think we could ask someone from MTC to or a bag staff to come and handle that Well, and let me ask a mr. City manager as a as a practical This is our last meeting in December Is is there an opportunity for us to discuss what's in the compact before it goes to the so there's no staff I mean, I'm happy to go to MTC and asking them about some availability in January But at this point, I mean, I will say that January 8th and January 15th are really really Heavy meetings already. I'll have to really look to see if there's an ability to schedule additional time on those two meetings But I'm happy to ask MTC a question regarding Their their availability to do a presentation and those first two meetings But I just want to make it clear that those meetings are already They're already really heavy books and in a conversation including I believe some study sessions on those dates But I will I will I will ask MTC. Okay, and perhaps at a minimum I know you've sent some information, but perhaps we can get a little bit more I would be delighted to send the whole compact package to everyone. Yeah, and I think that just reading it doesn't get you Where you need to go with it. Thank you Mr. Vice Mayor you have a report Thank you, Mr. Mayor and that actually that dovetails perfectly in our last mayors and council members legislative meeting We did get a very brief overview of the the 10 items from Councilmember McKenzie down in runner park who's been involved in it as well and that was Really the best opportunity that we've had to Ask questions and get some information and thought that this body would benefit from having that conversation as well to see what's in it Outside of that. We did have our next open government task force meeting We have a red line. I've got a check with Sue that I think is ready to go on Certain sections of the draft ordinance that we'll put out there in the public for people to comment on as well I'll follow up with you after the meeting on that and then we did have our long-term finance policy and Audit subcommittee meeting last week where the subcommittee did move forward on in iteration of a revamped local preference policy that this council has Discussed a number of times and so it will be coming back to the dais sometime in the new year for discussion and further action from us I Apologize I've just realized that it's not on our list for today, but I would like to congratulate Tom Schwedhelm for being elected chair of the joint CoC that which occurred recently and I notice he politely did not mention it So I am doing so CoC being continuum of care and the new leadership group on homeless issues for the county and cities Thank you for for letting us know that Moving on to approval of minutes. We have minutes from November 27th and December 4th any abstentions corrections additions to those will show those Approved as submitted moving on to consent mr. McGlynn Yes 12.1 Resolution approval of the second amendment to professional services agreement number F is 0 0 1 6 2 5 with Ernst and young Item 12.2 resolution amendment to the measure of violence prevention implementation plan for police item 12.3 resolution approval of agreement with motorola solutions incorporated to purchase and install dispatch console system and Appropriation and appropriation of 390,282 dollars from measure o fund police and $200,000 from state asset forfeiture fund item 12.4 resolution approval of the first amendment to professional services agreement number F is 0 0 1 7 4 8 with HROD incorporated DBA MMO partners item 12.5 resolution Santa Rosa tourism business improvement area advisory board appointment item 12.6 resolution approval for purchase order 1 5 8 1 3 3 street light poles and accessories Item 12.7 resolution extension of proclamation of local homeless emergency Item 12.8 resolution extension of proclamation of existence of local emergency due to fires Thank you. Any questions on these items counsel Mr. Schwedhelm Thank you, mayor. I just had a question on the urgency young I think it's 12.1 Some of the items that are addressed here haven't come to counsel is are most of these projects for City staff and then you filter and eventually will be making it to us. Yes, okay And then one of the present one of the items there said if these mitigation projects are approved by Calo S And FEMA city could potentially receive approximately 63 million in Fed funding. Would that be on the dashboard? How much? Reimbursement from the federal government for her senior So that dashboard was PA projects not mitigation. That's going to be one of those future dashboards, but yes, but yes I don't know the side of that in see how much we actually do get back. So absolutely. I appreciate that. Thank you Other questions counsel Mr.. Chernef Thank you I got three items do I get three minutes each or three for the whole thing three for the whole thing, okay? all right for regarding measure O Imagine it see it name it and claim it Let's have law enforcement read the China study Where it's a most extensive study verifying that a lot of violence is and cancers come from the animal flesh industry along with will Tuttle's peace diet and The escenes rabbi dr. Gabriel cousins so And to the relief of law enforcement the deliverance of justice under former untouchables From on high is already on its way. So that's a good thing too along with the 40-day prophecy strike a lot of people were talking about the Andy Lopez case and I reminded a friend of mine I was at the supervisors and the people the place was packed and I was up there speaking about Andy Lopez and I said He represented this and he represented that but to me he was an angel and I turned around everybody raised our hands They thought it was just great And I said well now that we all agree then understand why He was an angel and what that means and what that means he was there to show us something He was here to show us the indigenous connections between Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta why they were vegans Why Charlie Brown the peanuts gang were vegans? But the fact that the US Constitution was also from an indigenous source the Iroquois and That court cases against you know to make money off this it's like you're charging a situation with an angel It's like suing PG&E for the iron rod of God burning down the state of California makes no sense Regarding tourism it'd be wonderful to see The connections being made between the vegan peanuts gang to the plant wizard Luther Burbank to all the organizations With the veggies and fruits and medicinal green and the permaculture and the beautiful heirloom gardens And how the city council helped get the homeless people into TPs That became gardeners because we ended up doing hundreds and hundreds of gardens based off the 14-acre South Los Angeles Urban gardens and all these things turned out to be very wonderful results and and and And of course, you know then law enforcement could walk through the gardens and someone actually toss them an apple like they did a long time ago It's all a very positive thing and so Let's see there because up until now it seems like there was a conspiracy to maintain the homeless population after all Why hasn't the the very loud mouth never achieving anything ACLU ever taken the religions to task for false advertising? You know do one to others, but let's work with the gardens because that's the positive way. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Trina Victoria Yates Thank you for allowing me to speak I'm a member of homeless action exclamation point and I am very disappointed that We're suffering this winter With people struggling in the street I'm sure you've seen them people that have to take off their shoes because they're too wet and Take off their clothes because they're too wet and throw away their blankets because they're too wet If they find an eve to camp under or to put their tent under to protect them from the rain The police will come by and move them and throw away their property And now if nothing is going to be done for people Basically, nothing's going to reach the streets from all this money that has reached us or From any collaboration the city and the county can do together To override whatever processes are becoming too slow To save some lives Now this has been an emergency for a long time and I would like the police department to start acting like it We cannot have the police throwing away people's personal property I don't know why they're getting away with it But I get a lot of reports of this and I do want to see the day when the police themselves will be giving out sleeping bags rather than throwing them away Or giving out tents rather than throwing them away. What kind of a society are we? I? Saw a girl the other day and I'm out there. I see people. I know most of the people I think at least the ones that are on the street And there was this girl who looked like her nose had frostbite. I Swear Anyway, I wanted to read the article that Kathleen Finnegan put in the press Democrat Because I thought she said it all very succinctly, but I'm not that Well first in my phone To be able to call it up, but I want everybody to remember her words that We should be Sonoma strong not Sonoma Shamed, thank you Thank you Moving on no, I'm sorry mr. Rogers you have This item I will move items 12.1 through 12.8 and a way for the reading of the text second your votes and The consent items are passed unanimously It is five o'clock time for public comment on non-agenda matters We'll start with Peter Chernef I'm gonna make a little announcement before I read what I have for this and that is regarding the Very good woman that just spoke a few minutes ago Victoria and and she's heard me talk before about the fact that you know When it's been given as you do into the least of me was always about the animals So we need to be taken care of the animals. We need to stop this abuse And you know, there's lonely people in wealthy homes right here in the sound of my voice lonely people in Wealthy homes as lonely and psychologically beaten down as as the as a person soaked on the street So it's time for these lonely people in these wealthy homes I'm gonna do this twice Write down the number of Victoria the woman. I just got done speaking to Get your pen get your pencil write it down her numbers five four one eight three five seven and You're going to offer up your help and your services to assist with the homeless if you can and with the animal rights as you will and TPs or I think is a great idea So let the committee on the homeless action brothers and sisters connect with the medicinal growers organic heirloom gardeners and vets Programs to put something together so that the city council can be enthusiastic about helping you out with what's available All right that being said Between now and this full moon the universal physician and the mystical musician Plays to the high noon spiritual expositions angelic requisitions and celestial exhibitions Unseen warriors dog soldiers are risen now to engage all workers of iniquities all corruptions upon the sunlit stage How many incinerated in paradise and why for if you knew that would be the which would be true? It just might make you cry California been taken upon a ferocious ride Truly truly. There's nowhere to run. There's nowhere to hide All for refusing to arise being royal Refusing to cease the slaughterhouse in the industry of oil These two industries of bloodletting maintaining every war for an end domestic Be there even time to repent Or remove our to remove our economic consent to still arise majestic Knowing more be unseen than seen Nothing be hidden through the emerald fire so green Embracing the most beautiful action ever now be Love's truest uprising the 40-day freedom strike prophecy For the time of judgment be at hand be there time for redemption if there be time to start Pour forth through your heart through the kingdom in your heart all your strength and love and ask you be supported from beyond and above For the king of kings need not return for he's never left Always been here. I'm stating quite clear and service to the queen The goddess goddess now arisen busting every chain of this old prison. I say you hear you'll see it It is done Adrienne Lobby should be followed by Bruce Pearson Thank you everyone, my name is Adrienne Lobby. I'm with homeless action This week we sent you a proposal for an additional option for winter shelter in the city of Santa Rosa and Some of you may be wondering why do we need more winter shelter? Isn't the armory open? Well, that is a wonderful option and a lot of people are making use of it. Thank goodness But it is not 24 hours and it does not have privacy for people to sleep There are people with disabilities who require privacy for sleeping and There are people who have more property than they're able to transport in and out every day So we're asking for your help to provide 70 people with a secure winter shelter between now and April 30th Every night the police Your police go out in Santa Rosa and move people out of their little hidey holes The places that they're able to stay somewhat warm somewhat dry They make them pick up their belongings and move out into the rain It happens over and over and over again and It is not okay. I Think Anyone who is listening to this if you take just half a second and think how that would feel Think what that would do to your health and well-being You would know that this should not be happening here in Santa Rosa So I ask you to consider this Seriously, we've got a lot of experience now We've got a lot of help from the people in Seattle and from other places who giving us models for how to do this Well, we want to do a model that will be a beacon not just for homeless people But for all the people who want to help them to see that this is something that can actually work. I would also like you to Encourage those your representatives on the leadership council of the continuum of care To look at a wide variety of diverse projects for the heat funding That funding is intended for emergency for homeless emergency Projects and it should really go there. It's a lot of money We can spread it around to a lot of little projects You'll be getting a lot of proposals those of you who are on the leadership council where a hundred thousand dollars Can make a huge difference so I would ask that you keep your minds open think about it as an emergency and Let's see what we can do to really make a difference in the next year. Thank you Thank you. Bruce Pearson followed by Gregory fear on Oh, this is David Bruce Pearson self-appointed spokesman for homeless action Speaking reading the words of one of our members to you all Please instruct your staff To accelerate their efforts to make public parcels available for homeless housing This by authorizing immediate discussions with nonprofit organization representatives Seeking low or no-cost leases to include in program designs In heap applications due to the leadership council in February. Thank you very much Thank you, Gregory fear on followed by Christopher Sprague Gregory Farron homeless action. I can't improve much on what Adrian and Bruce just said Except to remind all of us that we're entering into a period where a home in a barn On straw was Celebrated and we revere it. It was a generous offer that we hold up as a model And I think we can at least reach that point with our homeless We've got a lot of energy and a lot of talent and I hope we take advantage of it Thank you, Christopher Sprague followed by Katherine jurick. Hello everyone I'm not good at public speaking, so I'm just gonna keep my face down and read what I see here But my name is Chris break. I'm a 40-year-old resident of Lake County. I as many of most of us know We have had a fire crisis here in California Which has hit Lake Sonoma Napa Mendocino butte mall of California? I have never witnessed nor experienced this new normal or no in fire season. Oh Sorry, is this better? okay, I built and Patented a fire suppressor that goes on utility poles What it does is it affects it from catching fire falling creating a dangerous system for verse problem for the community It protects from incoming fires and when starting at the transformer in case of a blowout Right now I'm patent protected. I own the IP on it and Basically, I'm just trying to get it out there to the powers that be to let it know that it does exist to the community it does exist and I Just want to get it out there and hopefully someone get to me. Excuse my voice And hopefully get on the pole and save some lives and that's it Thank you Katherine jurick followed by Elizabeth Nealon. I didn't know what to put on my sign today because it seems like Nothing gets heard. I'm hopeful. I'm still hopeful. I'm hopeful that There won't be people sleeping outside in the rain real soon and This is a blank slate too. This could be thought of as let me take a moment here and get my thoughts together Let me think about what it's like outside right now Which one of my family members? Do I want living outside? Which one of my enemies do I want living outside? How far am I willing to go? to step up to the plate and Make sure No one is living outside. You've heard a lot of my friends talk About money coming in to our county and our city Let's use that money for the emergency Situation it's expected to be used for try some ideas plan things Step forward and do the right thing Like Bob Aronson did in front of you. He couldn't morally not say the right words Of the atrocity that's going on in regards to human rights Right here in our city and our county where we have enough money To take care of every human being with dignity Everyone in this audience if you're not doing something To protect the rights and dignity of every human being you need some time to think too If you go home and sleep comfortable and don't look in the eyes of people who don't have a home or comfort You need to think because we're all humans. We live together I Tied kindergarten in kindergarten all kinds of little kids and they all get to have their own Way of being and of living and they all get embraced. That's the job of a kindergarten teacher I think the city council has the same job of the people who live in our county and our city. Thank you Elizabeth Dela God this thing is way too high Let me push it down. Oh heavens heavens heavens Well, I'm here to represent the raging grannies of Sonoma County and my good friend Anita is gonna stand here with me And we might even sing together, right? Okay, here's a song for you guys There's a cycle there's a cycle there's a cycle of abuse Guns and beatings harsh mistreatings. There's a cycle of abuse How to break it? That's the question for all people far and near So on the planet can walk safely without fear We as grannies take the challenge and with thought we do reflect And of mutual respect Now all people have a mission in this Universal scheme to in love our children to embrace this Global of abuse. I guess we've all been exposed to it throughout our lives especially if you watch television But the the cycle of abuse involves a honeymoon phase and some of the people live in that all the time But there's also the tension building phase and then there's the actual episodes That's what the cycle of abuse is like. There's tension. There's a violent episode And then there's a little honeymoon period But then again, sometimes the honeymoon period goes away and there's just tension and episodes tension and episodes Do you want to say anything honey? Okay Your taxes are due today In the good old for guns and planes I think we're done. There is this other little ditty Money like royalty Moving on to our public hearing tonight I Am 15.1 public hearing one time 12-month tentative map extension Amy Nicholson presented work for you good. Good evening Council, I just wanted to Jessica Jones playing in economic development just wanted to give a brief introduction before Amy gives her presentation As all of you will recall in April of this year in support of the city's residential development Goals and policies the council added chapter 20-16, which is the resilient city development measures to the zoning code quickly followed by in May adding several subsections to that chapter reducing review authority for Residential uses lodging and child care This chapter was created in an effort to be part of the puzzle of putting together Ways to address the city's various housing needs just over the general Residential crisis that we have here in the city, but also following the fires So in the spirit of that ordinance What's before you is looking at some subdivisions that are approved in the city and and our effort to work towards Allowing those subdivisions to move forward to address the council's housing goals. So now I'm going to have Amy get the presentation Okay, thank you mayor Corsi members of the council the item before you is a zoning code text amendment to chapter 2016 of the city's zoning code entitled resilient city development measures This ordinance would allow for a one-time automatic 12 month extension for approved tentative maps and associated entitlements This automatic extension would substitute for one existing extension allowed under the city code and so currently the subdivision code allows for five one-year discretionary Extensions and this automatic extension would account for one of those five extensions this text amendment has been formulated to help address the housing needs city-wide following the fires of October 2017 and To assist due to both the shortage of labor Materials and also professional services being experienced in the region as you know in June of 2017 the council Adopted its priorities including the implementation of a comprehensive housing strategy to address unmet housing needs in October of 2017 The tubs and nuns fires damaged or destroyed approximately 3,000 residential units and 100 commercial structures in December of 2017 the council held a study session regarding what eventually became the resilient city Development measures ordinance and in April and May of this year the council adopted the resilient city development measures ordinance in two parts in November of this year the planning commission Recommended approval of the proposed zoning code text amendment before you this evening Just to go into a little bit more detail of what the ordinance proposes although it is pretty straightforward tentative subdivision maps vesting tentative subdivision maps and tentative parcel maps that were either approved or conditionally approved as of October 9th 2017 would be automatically extended by one year and this extension would also Be applicable to any of the discretionary land use approvals associated with those maps and that might include a hillside development permit or a conditional use permit for a small Lot subdivision and I do have a correction There are some numbers up on the screen that show that this ordinance would impact 36 subdivisions A few made it on the list that were actually approved after October 9th 2017 And so this ordinance would affect 32 subdivisions and a total of 964 units and Up on the screen here is a graphic of the city the pink triangles denote locations of the Subdivision maps that would be affected by this ordinance The zoning code text amendment was noticed in the press democrat and by email to the community advisory board and Was posted at city hall Adoption of this proposed ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to the two sections Shown on the screen known as the common sense exemption and also consistency with a general plan and zoning ordinance With that the planning commission and the planning and economic development department Recommend that the council introduce an ordinance amending city code chapter 2016 Resilient city development measures to add a one-time automatic 12 month extension For tentative maps and associated entitlements to address housing needs within the city following the tubs and nuns fires And I'm happy to answer any questions Thank You miss Nicholson questions council Thank you. Thank you for bringing this forward It may in fact be very needed. So thank you. I have a couple of questions though Can you tell us what the exact vote of the Planning Commission was? It was recommended unanimously for approval all of the commissioners were present and all voted. Yes. Yes. Thank you Is the idea behind automatic that the individuals who need the 12 month extension don't need to request it? That is correct. They would not need to request it they could receive a letter from staff that outlines the new expiration date of the map But staff wouldn't go through the normal referral and review process and they wouldn't pay the fees or submit the plans I Guess I'm asking is it maybe I didn't understand the answer it Are they? Do they have to say they want an extension at any point whether or not there's even if we have no fees associated with their telling us that? No, they do not have to request it. Okay, so my concern I'm happy with this. I I don't want to say no to this my concern about ever doing this again is it's real important that we not tie up land that people might want to put housing on and So I would it sounds like that would make this a yes But if someone's holding land and they have it tied up because they have the map extension and someone else is interested in doing Something with that property this delays them a year So I'm real concerned to know it seems to me appropriate to give a kind of automatic extension to People who want it, but if the person is not planning on moving their map Project forward, why would we give them an automatic extension if they're not planning to move it forward? You understand what I'm asking about the one thing to note is that it would not preclude a New application coming forward even if there was an approved project on that site And somebody want to come forward with a new map or a different type of project. They could do so Okay, I'm I just think we should at least say do you want it before we give it? Just seems make make sense to me Thank you other questions Just I want to make sure I understand this completely When you have an approved subdivision you can extend the time on that by one year five times or four times this basically stops the clock from October 9th of 17 For the first year What it does is it it takes the place of a discretionary One-year extension that an applicant would typically submit an application for and then the Planning Commission acts on that that extension request So currently any map that would benefit from this is somewhere in the Planning and economic developments process of its undergoing review or it's currently valid And so this this extension would would just automatically apply to any of those maps that were valid Whether or not, I think the logistics will probably be determined in our department on a case-by-case basis Depending on if they recently submitted an application Or if they're due for another application since they are all approved at different times Okay, so wouldn't have to be for the first year correct Thank you This is a public hearing. I'll open the public hearing. I don't have any cards. Does anybody want to speak to this item? Seeing no one rise. I'll close the public hearing bring it back to the council Mr. Schwedhelm It's a movement ordinance of the council the city Santa Rosa many entitled 20 of the Santa Rosa city code adding section to zero dash one six point one two zero one time automatic 12 month extension for tentative maps and associated entitlements to address housing needs within the city following the tubs and nuns fire of October 2017 file number REZ one eight dash zero one two and way further in the text second Council your votes That passes unanimously. Thank you. Ms. Nicholson and Ms. Jones item 16 is a written communication for your information and We'll move on to item 17. Mr. McGlynn item 17 council reorganization Daisy Gomez city clerk Good evening mayor council members Tonight we are Declaring the results for the general municipal election for November 6 the November 6 2018 general municipal election was held pursuant to the city Santa Rosa Charter section 30 and also the state elections code Sonoma County registrar voters has canvassed the results of the election and has certified the results following the completion of the canvas of votes and before installing The new officers the city council must adopt a resolution declaring election results for council districts told 246 measures and and So it's recommended that the council by resolution adopt the results of the general municipal election of Three specific things one electing each for a full term of four years John Sawyer for district two Victoria Fleming for district four and Tom Schwedholm for district six of the city council Excuse me Declaring that measure and related a housing bond did not pass with two-thirds majority vote and Declaring that measure or related to sales tax did pass with the majority vote And I'm here to answer any questions Any questions council have no cards on this mr. Oliveris you have a motion Thank You mayor with pleasure I move a resolution the council city of Santa Rosa Reciting the fact that the general municipal election held on Tuesday, November 6th, 2018 Declaring the results and such other matters as provided by law and way further reading of the text second and your votes That passes unanimously at this point is Council member comments on on the election and I'd I'd just like to start off by congratulating Council member Sawyer council member Schwedholm on your reelection and also to almost council member Fleming who will be taking a seat up here shortly Other comments council miss combs Thank You mayor and yes, congratulations are in order to the Continuing end to the new council members, but I would like to make a statement to you Chris as mayor Leadership is not just accomplishing what you set out to do But also how you respond in an unexpected crisis And I am grateful Chris that you were our mayor when the tragedy struck our city Your deep roots in our community allowed all of us to benefit from your broad experience both during and after the fires as a columnist you have been used to listening And also asking the right questions of the right people at the right time and Then you are also so skilled at Articulating what so many of our community members have been feeling You did this as mayor and I thank you Chris You had a broader vision of how Santa Rosa could move forward with a leadership style that brought people together You helped to create the climate of civility that we have had on this city council for the last several years While we haven't always agreed on every policy item The seven of us have been able to work together more smoothly and that is no small feat and it is because of you You helped us cross the finish line on a number of large long-term projects Including the reunification of courthouse square The annexation of Roseland and something I personally campaigned for in the past the neighborhood-based district elections None of these achievements were a foregone conclusion and you let our city and our staff Patiently and steadily to bring them to conclusion completion Because of the fires your burden has been heavier than most most mayors You have carried it with grace and dignity You have earned a ski and break and I thank you again for your service. Thank you Thank you, Julie Mr. Schwedhelm Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I also want to applaud your efforts in our journey together being with council member story of the class of 2014 You know, we had a friendship prior to you with President McRatney with the police department, but Starting 2014 as we started to go to more and more events together and then work in the last four years together very collaborative and again is very evident We don't always agree on everything, but we treat each other with respect and I really value your friendship and the content of what you've brought to the city And I really think that those diverse opinions that we see up here From the seven of us and the fact that you're a big part of that You've really helped me become a better council person So I really appreciate the efforts in your leadership specifically during the last two years of your mayorhood job. Well done. Thank you, Tom Mr. Rogers Thank You, Mr. Mayor When I first Ran and took office I think one of the best piece of advice that anybody gave me was that the issues that you run on are not Likely to be the issues that you're asked to lead on and I think over the last two years We've seen that time and time again here in Santa Rosa. Some of them have remained From four years ago when you ran There was no way to prepare somebody to stand up and lead in The worst of times that we saw and I can't thank you enough as a as a council member For giving us a direction that we could follow For as a Santa Rosa and for being there in the back room fighting with FEMA fighting with the legislature I know that's not all visible and I know that the public doesn't always get to see how exhausting those fights can be So I just wanted to say thank you both as a council member and as somebody who lives in this community We needed Estatesmen not a politician and that's what we ended up getting here in Santa Rosa And I think that our community is better for having had you serve. So thank you Thanks, Chris Mr. Tibbets Thank You, Mr. Mayor. It'll be different not referring to as Mr. Mayor anymore But I just wanted to keep calling me that okay You know, maybe I will just to keep the tradition going, but I wanted to give a personal thanks because when I was elected Along with council member Rogers two years ago, and I had the chance to kind of serve under you as vice mayor You were incredibly gracious and extending yourself to me and showing me the process of how things worked here at City Hall And that was something that I remember Reflect now that I reflect back upon it thinking, you know He didn't have to do that God knows you were plenty busy sitting in that chair and being out in the community doing your duties as mayor But I just want to extend a personal Thank you for that and I'll always look up to you and appreciate you for that And I also wanted to say I have appreciated your thoughtfulness on this council a lot you know when I was elected I I feel like thoughtfulness is the thing that you have to embody to the best of your ability and But nobody has done that in my opinion better than you I would seldom ever know which way you were going to go on any given issue and sometimes actually frequently you'd probably Surprise a lot of us, but that's only a testament I think to the amount of thought and deliberation you put into the consequences of every decision and I will miss that on the council and I hope that we can all continue that tradition Thank You Jack Mr. Sawyer Thank You mr. Mayor well first of all I want to acknowledge first of all, thank you It and I also acknowledge the accomplishment of becoming not only a council member and a vice mayor and then mayor in one term I'm not sure how often that has happened. It may be completely unique on this council a lot has been accomplished and You were literally during part of that time in a fair amount of that time literally under fire and We as a as a body have accomplished a lot and it is in the last couple of years has been under your tutelage and your and your leadership and your tempo and Your spirit that we have accomplished a great deal of that and I so many great words have been said this evening I just want to say thank you. Thank you very much. Thanks John Mr. Oliver Hey, mr. Mayor. Mr. Mayor. I think even in the best of times Being mayor is often very challenging And you had a hell of a time in your four years. Thank you for your leadership I know it was there were some difficult times with our disasters and all the other little things that come along our way I think it is true then we sit on on this course at the beginning of four years or two years Just even during your term we think we're going in a certain direction We think what's going to happen next but then suddenly something comes along and changes everything turns everything upside down for us And we have to deal with it. You have dealt with it. You've dealt with a lot You've dealt with the reunification of the square a disaster. We celebrate celebrated our birthday as well There's so many other things that happen that I can't remember But I know this I know that you're gonna write a book and I can't wait to read it because I know That is something I know that this was an amazing experience for you And I do hope that you put a pen to paper and do a document Your time here at the city council because I think you'll be read by many in the future So thank you for your service Thank you Thank you all and Before I get to public comment. I just wanted to say a couple things You know The Job of mayor over the past 14 months Through the disaster and and into our recovery Has been characterized as a as a burden that I've had to carry And I've never seen it as that and I've never felt it as that It's been an opportunity to do meaningful work at a meaningful time and I have Felt lucky to be able to be the mayor of the city that I love and that I adopted it as my hometown a long time ago I feel lucky in a lot of ways I I feel lucky to have have come on the council at a time when Folks were We're ready. They had an appetite for change on the council with staff There've been a lot of changes With staff during this period And we've we've been able to make some big strides and make some big changes in this community the way the the organization operates and It's been a a very beneficial time for me and the community at the same time. I think I could spend a half an hour talking about All this stuff, but I won't because I know I'll forget Some one or something as I do that But I do want to make sure I think my colleagues on the council The tremendous staff that works for this city of santa rosa from the executive staff to The people on the line who are doing hard work every day for the residents of this community I can't tell you how much I appreciate the work that that people do for this city And lastly, I want to thank my family and my friends For supporting me over this time. I want to thank my girlfriend gale rappel For sharing me with this job for the last four years And I want to thank the community for giving me this opportunity Public comment we'll start with ann cealy followed by peter rumble Always classy Is ann here there she is mayor corsie from my heart and from Concerned citizens for santa rosa. I want to thank you for four years of hard work and caring The flowers I brought for you today Are of two colors yellow is for the sunny Disposition that you have brought to this council That I appreciate so much and the orange is for the passion With which you've Faced the problems in santa rosa and done the very best anyone could do Just as I Worked very hard for your election four years ago. I hope that With any new endeavors that you consider taking part in you'll consider asking me to participate also Thank you Thank you, ann peter rumble Good evening council peter rumble from the santa rosa metro chamber. I wanted to uh, I'll be brief and just say words and congratulations to the elected councilmembers Tom john and victoria congratulations I look forward to working with all of you In the coming year for sure and I wanted to take the opportunity to Thank and recognize you mr. Mayor for all of your work both from the perspective Of working as colleagues from the government side and going through the disaster but also Um beginning to build Better relationships and partnerships and I really thank you for your Approach to the job Thank you for you know voting your conscious and and working on behalf of the community and not Not anything else and I really appreciate you and I'll and I'll miss you Thank you peter We'll move on to item 17.3 the administration of the oath Thank you Is there another card? I'm going to count ask one council member at a time to come up and Take the oath and then I will present you with the certificate of election A council member Sawyer For district two Council member victoria Fleming if I could ask you to come down, please Please raise your right hand And repeat after me. I victoria Fleming. I victoria Fleming do solemnly swear you solemnly swear That I will support that I will support and defend and defend the constitution the constitution Of the united states and the constitution and the constitution of the state of california of the state of california Against all enemies against all enemies foreign and domestic foreign and domestic that I will bear That I will bear true faith and allegiance True faith and allegiance to the constitution to the constitution of the united states of the united states and the constitution And the constitution of the state of california of the state of california that I take this obligation freely Could I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation without any mental reservation? or purpose of evasion that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties about which I'm upon to enter. Thank you for raising your right hand. Repeat after me. I please state your name. I Tom Schwedhelm. Do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California against all enemies foreign and domestic that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California that I take this obligation freely that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion or purpose of evasion that I will that I will well and faithfully well and faithfully discharge the duties discharge the duties upon which I'm about to enter upon which I'm about to enter thank you mr. Mayor so we will move on now to item 17 point five excuse me comments by the newly elected councilmember 17.4 councilmember Fleming no comment yet yes but we are certainly looking forward to working with you so congratulations and welcome items 17.5 and 17.6 are the election of the mayor and of the vice mayor as we currently have no mayor sitting at the desk I'll be running the first of those and then turning it over to the newly elected mayor miss Gallagher do we take public public comment on both of these items right now yes you may you may take them either separately or together is your choice okay I will take them separately give folks a chance to weigh in so we'll start with item 17.5 the election of the new mayor public comment and just to make sure that we go over the process so that everybody understands after public comment council members will have an opportunity to make a motion and a second if a councilmember accepts that nomination their name will be put in if there are more than one who are nominated seconded and accept that it will be a vote from the council if there are more than two and whoever gets four votes wins if there are more than two and a councilmember fails to get four votes the councilmember who has the fewest votes will no longer be in the running it'll be a revote of the council is that correct that is correct okay with that I will take public comment on items on item 17.5 the election of the mayor miss Gomez do we have any cards oh I apologize I've got two right in front of me Dana bellwether followed by Naji rain a suji bear skinner I apologize if I butchered that hello I'm Dana bell weather I live in Santa Rosa and I urge the council to elect Julie combs mayor I've been watching City Council meetings pretty regularly for about five years and Julie is the councilmember who for all that time has consistently spoken and voted on behalf of the majority of the people of Santa Rosa and not just whoever donates the most to the campaign fund she is rational she has common sense she analyzes research well and she's the kind of person who can do a good job in a leadership role so I I very strongly urge you to elect her mayor and here's a thought maybe from now on the public could elect the mayor thank you good night thank you miss Bellwether Naji bear skinner Naji Gregory fear on and he'll be followed by Thomas else good evening we've talked a lot about Santa Rosa changing so I'd like to take this opportunity to make a recommendation to all of you that you get the charter group organized early and address the main issue which causes us to have to go into angst every time we're asking each of you to run for mayor or to be mayor or get yourself selected because the job is so hard for all of you that hardly do you have time to be council people much less mayor we advocate that you all get yourself salaries we advocate that you get yourself some assistance and we advocate that you elect and did you allow us to elect a direct mayor we think that's probably the next step for Santa Rosa and we're advocating at this point that and recognizing how hard it is for you to select even among yourselves someone who has the time and the energy and you can put the job the energy into the job that it requires thank you mr. Farron Thomas else well thank you very much and congratulations to the new council and and to the the most recent mayor and thank you for your efforts in the most recent unpleasantness as they called the Civil War I think each council member mentioned that there was new and added leadership that the mayor brought and that's gonna have to redouble I think you saw the graphics the the dashboard of how much was expended so far and how much you need still to recoup and to spend on all that you're gonna do so you had leadership as a cheerleader and and and as a support a statesman you're gonna need some bookkeeping you're gonna need follow-up you're gonna need to track all of these things there it's that and more because the homelessness there's 22,000 homeless people according to the survey 11,000 from before the fire and another 11,000 after the fire potential homeless according to the count not currently homeless according to the count but homeless they're already homeless we need to redouble imagine the effort from before the fire until after the fire and you're gonna have to redouble that again that's the mayor you need the one who can do that and come to the table and solve the problems because we do have issues there's there's issues and and there are some yet to come and and I want to leave this on a very hopeful note we'll see in a in a very very near future and I hope that I'm wrong but there are things that work right now and I don't want to talk about sounding lightning bolts or anything like that but the cake is baked as far as interest rates and things like that that's what I'm talking about and I want to be really hopeful and and we can secure the funding that's coming and use those with local contracting and local building and so that we don't have all these funds go evaporate out of our community I want to congratulate you again and thank you and look forward to working with it council thank you mr. Elves that's the last car that I had I'm gonna bring it back to the council and I'm gonna go I apologize I didn't see a car for you go ahead I'm Victoria Yonis with homeless action exclamation point and I'm tired of everybody saying homeless action leaving out the exclamation point anyway I was very impressed with the oath of office that was taken today tonight and the emphasis on the Constitution and it seems a shame that since the homeless emergency was declared how much money has been spent on the criminalization of homelessness which is basically violation of the rights of the homeless so Miss Yonis this is the election of the new mayor yes and I'm talking about the oath of office that was taken and I was even following around Officer Wolf one time and asking him shouldn't he be doing a mutiny on the bounty on the county the last time but before it was the city knowing that they were just doing the turf moving people from place to place he should have refused to do it because the officers also take that oath so I'm just saying you know why do we have to wait for everything to go to federal court to be interpreted because let me tell you I was very disappointed when I found out that mr. Schwendhelm was the chair of the leadership council on how to spend the 12 million for the homeless I thought that he was one of the chief designers of the program to criminalize the homeless so this didn't seem too hopeful for me I figured you know Catholic charities will get a new roof and whatever else they want and the homeless are still going to be on the street so yes you know I am talking about homeless but I'm talking about it in relation to the oath that was taken tonight I want everybody to take that oath to heart because we're talking about enemies foreign and domestic and I think that we need to look out for ourselves to make sure that we ourselves are not an enemy of the Constitution thank you thank you miss Yanis so I'm going to bring it back and I'm going to open it up for nominations for the mayor for a two-year term councilmember tidbits thank you mr. vice mayor I'd like to nominate Tom Schwedhelm for mayor second are there any other nominations councilmember Schwedhelm do you accept the nomination are there any other nominations for the position of mayor seeing none I will declare Tom the winner by acclimation by unanimous consent come take your seat thank you by sir Roger's will now move to item 17.6 the election of the vice mayor do we have any cards on this item no cards I'll then open it up to body vice mayor right Rajesh thank you mr. mayor I'd like to nominate councilmember Fleming is there a second I'll second we have a second I do not so councilmember Fleming declines the nomination do we have any other nominations councilmember Sawyer I would like to nominate current vice mayor Chris Rogers to serve another term second wait the nomination is second mr. Rogers would you accept that he accept that do we have any other nominations for vice mayor I would like to put on another nomination that's truly combs Julie combs has been nominated is there a second on that nomination I second and councilmember Combs do you accept that nomination yes I do are there any other nominations seeing none city clerk Gomez how would we do this is by roll call vote that is correct I'm going to pass out a ballot so that everyone has everyone's name listed and then you can just select between since there were two nominations you're only going to vote for one nominee and let me pass out that ballot thank you so each councilmember will cast one vote by roll call in order of last name and the nominee receiving four more votes the majority will be mayor vice mayor excuse me councilmember combs I vote for combs councilmember Fleming councilmember combs councilmember Oliveris Rogers councilmember Rogers Rogers councilmember Sawyer Rogers Mayor Schwedhelm Rogers councilmember Tibbett combs vice mayor Rogers has the majority congratulations vice mayor Roger it's traditional to ask for that vote to be done again as a unanimous motion and I would like to make that motion that we make it unanimous second we have a motion for another vote by councilmember combs seconded by Sawyer's all in favor mr. Sawyer it's not I'm hitting it shall we give it another try that's right councilmember Tibbett's they're out of they're out of sync there we go anyway be unanimous work thank you councilmember combs for bringing it up congratulations any additional cards for the final public comment period no announcements on item 20 which will be the germ of the meeting medians adjourned apparently we we do have a couple of comments non-agent items so first we'll start with Merlin roll there Martin having technical difficulties you only have the other one go and you come right out here inaction and homelessness is Sonoma shame by Kathleen Finnegan on December 9 2018 Sonoma County's homeless people have been dealt a double whammy in the past few weeks by dangerously smoky air in the sudden drop of nighttime temperatures to near freezing every night some 2,000 individuals are sleeping on our streets says sheriff-elect Mark Essek it's more than sad that fervent please in the past several months by homeless action and other advocates to act quickly to protect people from the winter cold and rains have fallen on deaf ears at the city and County concurrently a series of official findings have shown without a doubt that the city and County's homeless policies are not only inadequate but contributing to the worsening the situation the most recent of these came at the Santa Rosa City Council's November 13th meeting when Bob Aronson the independent police auditor gave his second annual report Aronson gave the police department good grades on most critical issues but spoke candidly about the failure of the city's homeless policy to alleviate the situation with respect to the city's city's relentless sleeps of encampments comprising people who have no legal place to go Aronson said that officers have a hard time knowing that they are only turfing the problem pushing it around from one location to another and that in the process of doing so that they may be creating additional suffering in the homeless community this work in addition to changing nothing for the disadvantaged has only damaged office or morale in addition the question of violations of international human rights standards for those experiencing homelessness has been raised by three important bodies on October 20th the Sonoma County Commission on Human Rights announced that it had passed a resolution based on article 25 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as the UN's international covenant on economic social and cultural rights declaring that local governments have been carrying out aggressive action in eliminating unsanctioned encampments without providing short or long-term housing options for all residents without shelter and thus falling short of their obligation to honor the human rights of all residents such actions effectively criminalized homelessness said Human Rights Commission Chairman Kevin Jones at adding that such criminalization contravenes the UN committee of the elimination of racial discrimination and constitutes cruel inhumane and degrading treatment in violation of UN article 9 I encourage you all to read the rest thank you Michael to Tony followed by Victoria Yanis is Michael still here thank you hello so we have new faces on the council which is great and I think this is a good time for us to maybe make some steps forward and I I think I really want a second Adrian Lobby's idea that we have other options for winter shelters I think there's a lot of people still out on the street right now and it just makes the situation a lot worse when you know you don't not only don't have a shelter you know not only have a place to go but you're constantly being forced to be relocated the spirit of housing first is to create stability for your your population for the the population in this city who does not have a home so that they can help themselves and it becomes much much harder to do that when people not when there's a 1500 person wait list at Sam Jones and when there's only two days of the week that you can go there and sign up I just think you know this is this is really this is a this is a good idea and we should take advantage of it that's all I want to say thank you thank you Victoria Yanis yes I just think that the best thing that the new City Council could do would be to start with a cease and desist order to the police department to not take away life sustaining property from the homeless and I'm going to continue on with the article the Sonoma County chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union Union confirmed such violations which were originally presented in a detailed report to the Human Rights Commission by homeless action exclamation point on June 26 the ACLU supported the resolution and called for an immediate amnesty from arrest for people camping in public spaces and creation with all due haste of safe haven villages of tiny homes with security hygiene and sanitation facilities trash collection case management and wraparound services as the logical continuum of the housing first model embraced by the county and the city in September UN special reporter Leilani Farhad decried homeless conditions in the Bay Area denying access to water sanitation and health services and other basic necessities constitute cruel and unhuman treatment and is a violation of multiple human rights including the rights to life housing health and water and sanitation Farhad wrote such punitive policies must be prohibited in law and immediately ceased she added in Santa Rosa homeless action exclamation point has provided portable toilets to encampments on numerous occasions only to find that they were removed by authorities within 24 hours people of good conscience it isn't is it not time for you to stand up and reassert boldly what Sonoma strong really means for without your support there's good reason to fear that the crisis here is quickly sliding into Sonoma shame thank you thank you Victoria having no other additional cards or other items meeting adjourned