 Yeah. Yeah. Everyone's here. Okay. Larry, where are you on the screen? I bought the screen for the broadcast, but whenever you're ready to go, I can start the webinar. Okay, let's do it. Okay. Everyone's on. We are going live. So welcome everyone to the Capital City Council meeting. I'm going to go ahead and begin with the Pledge of Allegiance. Please join me. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right. Thank you so much. We're going to now move on to item two, report out on closed session. Thank you so much. I quickly just ran over to City Hall, and I'm now here at City Hall with my new background. So I want to make a point of that. Option item three, additional materials. Do you have any additional materials? And Chloe, if you don't mind, I'm sorry, skipped over if you had a few comments about how to tune in. Welcome everyone to the Capital City Council meeting, as our mayor already said, in accordance with California Governor Executive Order N2920, this meeting is not physically open to the public. Council and staff are meeting via Zoom, and there are several ways for the public to watch and participate. Information on how to join the meeting using Zoom or a landline mobile phone, along with how to submit public comment during the meeting tonight is available on our website, cityofcapitola.org, and on the published meeting agenda. The public can also live stream the meeting on our city website. As always, this meeting is also Cablecast Live on Charter Communications CableTV Channel 8 and is being recorded to be rebroadcast on the following Wednesday at 8am and on Saturday following the first rebroadcast at 1pm on Charter Channel 71 and Comcast Channel 25. The meeting, our technician, is Walter. Thank you, Walter. So, that being said, for additional materials, there were several, I'm counting them in my head right now, we had one additional material for item 8F that was sent out today. There were six regarding item 8A, the Depot Hill stairs project, and one was about item 8B, the BIA sign item. Great, thank you. All right, item four, any additions and deletions to the agenda? No changes. Okay, thank you. Moving on to item five, public comment. Do we have any public comments for items not on this evening's agenda? Mayor Brooks, I have one person in the audience with a public comment asking to talk. It's James Weller. Thank you, Mr. Weller. You have three minutes. Starting now? Starting now, please. All right, well, council members, you don't know me because I haven't been active in Capitola politics, but I've lived here on 46th Avenue for six years, and in the nearby area for 35 years, my kids attended Capitola and Soquel schools. My professional office was on 41st Avenue for many years. Thank you for letting me speak about a matter of importance to everyone living in Santa Cruz County. I'm here to implore you to publicly support the long range infrastructure plans developed by the County Regional Transportation Commission to eventually build and operate an electric passenger rail transit system in our publicly owned railroad quarter. Thank you for approving the parking lot walkway and rail trail segment at Monterey Avenue during your last meeting. The public rail transit system and its accompanying pedestrian bicycle trail will be nothing but good for Capitola. Its fiscal impact on our municipality will be entirely positive. Its general economic impact will be entirely positive. It will enhance local commerce and local tax revenues. It will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It will reduce neighborhood street traffic. It will reduce parking demands. The federal and state funding involved in building the rail transit system will also benefit the Santa Cruz County metro transit system by funding intermodal infrastructure. No local property taxes or parcel taxes will be needed to support the rail transit system ever. For the people of Capitola, the effects of the rail transit system will be all benefits, no cost. Opposition to this countywide Green New Deal infrastructure project is spectacularly selfish, short-sighted, and contrary to the public good. I remind you that Capitola does not own the public railroad quarter. It is a public transportation asset acquired at statewide expense and belonging to all of the 273,213 residents of Santa Cruz County and all their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. There will never be a so-called greenway for pedestrians and bikes without a rail transit system. How obstinately self-interested would it be for a minority group in an affluent local enclave to oppose the interest of the majority of the people? So do the right thing. Act in the public interest, not on the behalf of private sector special interests. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Waller, for your time. Do we have any other public comments? Mayor Brooks, I do not see anyone with their hands raised, and I do not see any emails on public comment. Thank you. Okay, moving on to item six, this is City Council and staff comments. We'll start with staff comments. Do we have any? We have a comment and an announcement from our Public Works Director about the flume project on the beach. Good evening Mayor and Council. I just wanted to let you know that the final phase of the flume project will be getting next week. It will be installing the liner. Their goal is to have the liner in place and the project completed by the end of next week. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Desberg. Any other staff comments? Okay. Seeing none, this is the time for Council member Bertrand. Thank you, Mayor. I'd just like to say a report from the RTC. I'm a member of the RTC. Sam is the alternate. And last week we made a very important vote and it was six to six to stop the adoption of the business plan. And I took that vote largely because City of Capitola did vote on Measure L. It was pretty clear our position on the trail and the rail. But mainly from my standpoint as a former treasurer is the fiscal issues. And I believe that I think the one member of the commission put it fairly well. The business plan says this program moving forward is possible if feasible if we get these grants and we get the necessary money to support the maintenance and operation. And the reality is this program moving forward is only feasible if we get these grants and the willingness of the public in this county to support all the extra costs that are going to be in tail. So these issues are very uncertain, especially when you consider ours is a very small area of California. And when you consider that and also when you consider out the density of this particular area in terms of the wealth density, when you compare us to Sonoma and Marin going on the smart railroad. So we had a very interesting comment from an individual who's lived in this county, excuse me in Capitola for a long time, who actually worked on emphasis on the building of smart and wrote the initial ballot measure. And he's a lawyer and he said, this county is not at all the place for a railroad. There's just not the cost, the density. We cannot bear that cost. We just do not have the density for that. So we're on pause right now to be actual. We don't know exactly where we're going to be going. But there's going to be a lot of discussion about how we pay for this. What's the willingness of the citizens of this county to take on a new tax. Unfortunately, it's a large burden when you consider all the other opportunity costs that we're not going to be able to pay for if we go in this direction. So it's going to get a lot more discussion. To many people, this is a pause may not be the death, but it is a pause because when you consider the cost of moving forward on anything, you have to be able to make sure that the public can pay for it. In this case, $1.3 billion. Think about it. Thank you. Thank you for that. Thank you. I just wanted to take a moment to congratulate the BIA and some of our village businesses that put together our Easter egg hunt this year. It had paper laminated Easter eggs that were in different stores throughout the village. My mother and I took my six year old niece and she really had a blast looking for all of the eggs. She got a little frustrated with us because sometimes we'd find them first and be like, Oh, I think they're over here somewhere. And she was making it clear that she didn't want any help, but it was a really good time. And I just want to congratulate the BIA and our businesses for finding ways to continue traditions like an Easter egg hunt in a different way during times when we couldn't do what we normally would have done. Great success. Thank you. Thank you. I just wanted to say thank you to how to blast with it. Thanks for bringing that up. Any other council comments? Okay. I just wanted to share too that the R chamber of commerce is hosting a ribbon cutting. This is going to be the first, I think, I don't want to say post COVID. I'm going to be holding a ribbon cutting on Saturday. And then in addition, next Monday, April 12th, I'll be holding a mayor's town hall with our newly elected county supervisor in district two, Manu Koenig. So that's next Tuesday. That's our excuse me next Monday, the 12th. Okay. Any other council comments? Oh, council member Bertrand. Did you have something else to share? Yeah. Having been a business person, I totally understand what the news cheese shop is going through. I heard the buzz about the lady that's running it. And I had to go in and talk with her. Just absolutely great cheese shop. It's a wonderful start. You know, I support new businesses and this is a little eclectic. If you're into cheese is which I am. You'll enjoy this cheese shop. I have to admit. So what are you doing the ribbon cutting event? It's Saturday. What time? Probably. I didn't want to put you on the spot, but. You did though. You did now. I didn't mean to do that. Saturday 11. Saturday 11. Well, if anyone goes, I'm sure just meeting the owner in such a wonderful time as a ribbon cutting. I'm sure she'll love it. Showing up. So now, we'll have a motion to accept. For the council member. Okay, moving right along item seven for consent. This will, there will be no separate discussion on these items prior to the time the council votes on the action list members of the city council request specific items to be discussed for separate review. Do we have a motion for items seven for our consent calendar? and a second from Vice Mayor's story. May I have a roll call, please? I agree. Thank you. So now moving on to item 8. This is 8A. Consider approval of the proposed Defoe Health Stairs Public Art Project. And I'm not sure whose item this is. Is yours, Larry? Yes, Mayor Brooks. I will be starting this. I'm going to share the screen also on the call is Michael Kirby, the artist. So let me share my screen if I can. Sorry, it's always difficult with the broadcast to do on both, so. Okay, screen 2. Sorry, screen 1. Okay, here we go. Okay, can you see the screen on the share? No, we can't. You can't see there. That's why. Oh, I got hit share. Actually, sorry. Take your time. Now. Yeah. Okay. Thank you very much. Sorry. It's just trouble tough with the broadcast as well going on. So I'm here to present the Public Art Project for the Defoe Health Stairs. I kind of want to give a history of what the Public Art Fund is really and what the program is for those who haven't been able to be part of this in the past. The Capital Public Art Program started in 2004. The Capital Art Program is funded by commercial projects valued over $250,000, which means and that's any building valuation over $250,000. The developer has the option to either pay for public art on the site at 2% of the value of the project or contribute 1% of the value of the project to the Public Art Fund. Since I believe we've been doing this, I don't believe anyone's actually gone for the Option 1. Everyone's contributed to the Public Art Fund. So currently that Public Art Fund balance is $175,000. We budgeted about $25,000 this year for that. Currently we help use it to purchase some of the winning artwork as part of the art context. So that is part of the City's permanent collection. And just to remind, the Public Art Funds are restricted in use. They can only be used for approved public art projects. The Art and Culture Commission, one of its functions is to recommend public art projects to the City Council. I wanted to kind of remind the Council of some of the more recent public art projects. The sea lions at the Esplanade Park, the climbing structures, they're getting used again. They're getting nice and shiny from the kids, sliding up and down them again, which is great. The railing on the now redone Capitola Avenue walkway, it looks great now. It was up beforehand and they did a great job of making sure that it worked just as well with the new sidewalk. And another option, the other thing was we don't see it quite as much because it's not down the village, but the mural at the McGregor Park skate park. Honestly, one thing I do want to report, we haven't, as far as I know, I could be wrong, but I have not received any instances of anybody tagging this since it went up, which I think is fantastic. It's absolutely incredible and it really just brightens up that whole area. The Depot Hill Stairs Public Art Project, this has actually been something that has been discussed for a number of years by the Commission. It's traditionally done an annual retreat and this is something that's always been there. Honestly, it's been a pretty overwhelming project, so it kind of gets put off because it's not sure how to do it. But this year, the Commission decided to form a subcommittee to review the project and the commission issued a call to artists in June of 2020. The estimated budget for this project is $10,000 and that is from the Public Art Fund. That was based on the amount of work, the amount of mural that has to be painted and historically what we've done. 13 submissions were received for this project. Of that 13, the subcommittee recommended three artists to submit more detailed proposals. The original submissions are really kind of a high level of what the artist thinks is going to happen at the project, as well as the history of what they've done in the past, resumes and that sort of thing. At the November meeting, the commission recommended the proposal by Michael Kirby, the artist, to be considered by the City Council. Mr. Kirby has worked with the commission on updates to the proposed mural. Originally, sorry, originally this project, we were planning on bringing this to the Council earlier, but with the shelter in place order and everything avoiding COVID, it was decided that this would wait until after we're kind of further on, because it is out in the public and we want to make sure we follow all the rules. A little history on Mr. Kirby. He actually has over 20 years experience in public art murals, both in the United States and other countries. Very, very significant resume. I'm going to show a couple examples of some of this past work, both with the original drawing and the final artwork. It's pretty amazing when things go from the paper to the building and how similar, but also how very different they can be. Here's another example of the original artwork and the mural on the side of the wall, for example. This project by Mr. Kirby is an ocean theme project. It has an image of a whale at the bottom of the mural, leading up to a sunset toward the top. The idea, I believe, in the proposed colors that they're reflective of the capitalability, including the Venetians. Some commissioners did feel the color scheme should reflect more of a blue of the Pacific Ocean, but there was no recommendation from the commission on that. In discussions with the artists, it seems absolutely willing to collaborate and modify it as needed. It's tough to visualize this three-dimensional image. The stairs are sloped, but the mural is on vertical spaces. As people walk up the stairs, they only actually see a portion of the mural at a time. You're kind of looking straight ahead or a little bit up. You're not looking all the way up at a time, so you kind of get pieces of the mural as you go up. It really is only visible as an entire mural, and Mr. Kirby can help me out on this, from a distance. Another thing I want to make sure is that this does not affect the top of the stairs. The top of the stairs are still in compliance with the needs as far as having a distinguishing color to make sure people know the edge of the stairs. It is not viewable as people walk down the stairs. This is the proposal. As we mentioned before, there's the whale at the bottom. I believe it's about 20 feet, and it kind of goes up toward a sunset with clouds. This is another image showing the stairs, because you do see that. As you get closer, you kind of do see the stairs, but as you move up, you kind of see the flat piece. The person in the photo kind of gives you kind of a scale of what we're talking about there. The project is budgeted at $10,000 from the Public Art Fund, as I mentioned. If approved, Mr. Kirby would like to start the project as soon as possible, probably in May. At this point, the recommended action is to improve the installation of the Ocean Theme mural for the Depot Hill Stairs, as recommended by the Art and Cultural Commission. As of that, I am here to answer any questions, and I believe Mr. Kirby is also on the line to answer any questions. Thank you so much. Questions? Thank you. I know that one of the slides mentioned that the artist was willing to work on the color palette a little bit, and that there were some public comments we received about concerns over the purple and maybe going more blue. So if there are changes to that color palette, would those go to the Art and Cultural Commission for a final approval, or would it just be kind of an understanding, okay, it'll change and then the work begins? So specific, the color palette was requested to come back. I think the images changing would, but I think Mr. Kirby could kind of, you know, he would kind of work with staff to make sure that it's nothing outrageous for sure. But I don't think the commission asked it to be brought back. You know, like I said, it was kind of left up to the artist as well if the council had any direction on that matter. Okay, thank you. Council Member Patrand. Yeah, thank you, Mr. Kirby for your design. It's absolutely beautiful and so happy that you were awarded this project. So I was reading something about your description in terms of the actual painting. And you talked about the pigments that are being chosen, the silken paint projects, other artists obviously going out to the 1800s and Germany and Switzerland have survived. I was wondering if you could comment on that in a environment that's largely affected by the sea, you know, salt in the air and stuff like that. And then I have one other question after that. Larry, do you want me to answer that? Yes, please. That would be great. Thank you. So with paints, you have different types of binders. So you have latex paint, which is basically a plastic binder. And the problem with latex paints is no matter whether it's fun or wind or UV rays, it's going to deteriorate over time. With the paints that I'm proposing, it's called Kime, K-E-I-M-S. And the binder is basically glass. And so the idea is, and the other version of it is when you buy sort of like Sherwood Williams Home Depot paints, you're buying chemical pigments. Chemical pigments are colors that are made using different cadmium and different metals to create colors. But then you have another version which is called natural pigments. These basically are things you dig directly right out of the ground. The difference is that mostly reds are primary colors. The chemical pigments are much brighter. But if you're doing the outside and they're in UV rays in the sun, the reds will start fading first, then the blues, then the yellows. If you're using natural pigments, the sun never bothers them. So for the Capitola area, it's going to be facing west. They're going to have direct sunlight most of the time. So that's why I'm proposing these paints that were made in Germany. I've been using them for almost 30 years now. I ship them in from Germany to the United States. And they've been there ever since I first used them and they look brand new. And I've worked in places where you have snow, rain, hurricanes, desert areas. And as long as you're sticking to these sort of like natural ingredients, natural pigments, binders that are just really simple sort of cement, sort of glass type solvents. You know, it withstands the weather better than any sort of chemical binder or chemical created paints. Okay. Yes, you did. And you probably answered the second one, which was concerning of, you know, people are running up and down the stairs. A lot of people do their aerobic exercise there. So in terms of where of the paint, you know, from abrasion or people hitting it, you said there's a glass binder. Is that going to protect it? Basically what you're going to have is, I mean, you know, the facing of the steps is your baseboard. And the most damages you're going to do is like, if you ever walk up your stairs and you stub your toe as you're walking up because you're trying to run or something like that. And if you try to take that into account, the majority of the time, it may leave a nick here or there, but the actual, you know, that person who created the nick is the only person who's actually going to know it's there. Every day person is not going to, you know, they're not, it's so miniscule, you know, maybe 10 years from now, there might be something that's been hit multiple times, 20, 30, I don't know, 100 different times. But that's the only thing I can propose. There are other coatings you can put on there. I don't recommend them because those coatings either tint the mural over time because of yellow. Normally they're like a wax based material. And so we call them sacrificial coatings. So usually you come back and blast it with hot water. But in either case, the yellow over time. But I mean, you know, in general, I don't think there's going to be a whole lot of damage from people walking up and down the stairs because all you need to do is walk up and down the stairs. How many times have you hit the baseboard? Okay, thank you very much. I look forward to the project's completion. Thank you. Any other questions from council? Okay, Mr Kirby, I do or maybe actually this question is for Larry on page packet page 64 of the actual proposal under painting. It says K I M S does supply a anti graffiti solution that can be applied to the mural at the committee's request. Did the committee actually agree to putting this on. I don't know if they agreed to put it on. I think we're they were relying on Mr Kirby's expertise in this matter. And Mr Kirby, did I hear you say that you don't think that's a good idea. Okay, like I said, it's over the years it starts yellowing and taking away from the image. That's only really used in a really high graffiti area like underneath a railroad bridge or something along those lines. You know, I would bet quite a bit of money that nobody's going to take a tag. This is set of stairs. I don't recommend it. And so my second question is about what that looks like if, you know, it does become damaged or is there any other potential cost to the city for upkeep of this particular mural or do we include in the agreement that Mr Kirby comes back or has this been discussed at the art commission. As part of the project, there is a there is a requirement that it does with stand time. I know we will work with Mr Kirby and the public works department to figure out if there is damage, you know, on an individual basis, what needs to be done. You know, I don't think there's a overall this is what's going to happen. I think if there is damage is going to be very specific to an area. So I think it would be working in conjunction with Mr Kirby on the whatever remediation needs to be done. And so if somebody does come and spray paint it, you know, that would that would you would go back to Mr Kirby to resolve it, not our teams to clean it up. I know we have some materials to do cleanup. I just I'm curious about that process. I think I think we do most mostly cleanup on spaces blank spaces things like that. I don't think if it was on a piece of artwork or our group would not our team would not work on it unless it was in conjunction with Mr Kirby. And to my last question, if we did go to the more blues. I have a six year old son, I know about my primary colors. If we do shift to a little bit more of the blue color with that yellowish color, not be so bad. If we were to do that anti graffiti. So if we went to blue, if the yellow would still be substantial enough that it would mess it up. Okay. Thank you very much. Any other questions? Okay, we'll go ahead and move it to audience or participants. Any questions from attendees this evening. Mayor Brooks, I do not see anybody with their hands raised on this item. And let me check. I do not see any public comments on this item. Okay. Thank you very much. So we'll bring it back to council for further discussion and a vote. Any comments? Council member Peterson. Thank you. I like the art piece. I think it's going to be a fantastic addition to the village because we have had the public comment about the purple. I would more comfortable if there was some kind of final approval on the color palette, even if that's by staff or the commission or someone just one person, the commission appoints just for a final closure before the the artwork begins. And then I think, you know, I was going to ask how long, how long do we expect this to last? Assuming that there's, you know, clearly if a whole chunk of the stairs falls off, that's not Mr Kirby's responsibility. That's something that might just happen. But how long do we expect the painting itself, the mural itself, to last? Detailed on that one? Sure. The mural, the paint itself, it's going to last minimum of 50 years. And it could last like these, the paints that I'll be using on the stairs, they've been using it over in Europe for the past 100 years. So these types of paint have only been around for 100 years now. And they're still standing. If you go over there. That's it. That's fantastic. I thought I was going to hear like 20 to 25. So I'll take double that. Great. Yeah, that's my only comment is if we could get some kind of way to work out a final approval of the color palette. I think that would be much appreciated by those who had contacted us about concerns over the purple. Otherwise, I think it's beautiful. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished result. Thank you. Yeah, Mr Kirby, I appreciate you taking a sea or aquatic theme. You know, I appreciate you. I think you talked to people, maybe on the art commission, and you know, you came up with something I think is great. So I think that's going to be a great way to anticipate people who run that stairs are probably going to improve their ability or speed at least 10 or 20%. They're going to be so excited running up those stairs are going to want to do it more. So that could be a side benefit. So thank you very much. And good speed. Godspeed. Thank you very much. You're very kind. Any other council comments? Seeing none, shall we entertain a motion from council? I move approval. I second that. Okay, I have a first and a second. I think I would just add that it's class and maybe our. Mr Burke and chime in. Do we need the comment from council member Peterson part of the motions regarding the paint palette to be part of the motion? Sorry, I'm having some technical difficulties there. If council member Pearson would like to amend the motion to include that. Sure. Yeah, sure. I don't need to make this complicated. Council member Bertrand, you made the motion. Originally, would you be willing to accept a friendly amendment to approve staff recommendation with the understanding that a final palette will be approved by either staff or a commission member? Yeah, I have no problem with that. But I always respect the artists and their vision of what to be. Would that be acceptable to you also? What just just let the color of, you know, as long as it's a blue and not a purple and then just leave it with that. Well, yeah, see, I'm not an artist. Obviously not. And so I don't know what the best choice of colors are. And so I think what you're saying is you want the artists to do it and consult them with someone on the commission or maybe another artist. I'm not too sure. And all I just wanted to put out there was generally speaking, you know, I've seen a couple of these boats. I like to go with what the artist, I looked at his resume. It's just unbelievable. You know, it's just truly unbelievable the work he's done. And so if you could, I'll take your amendment, but if you could make a amendment that mentions, you know, respect for the artists and their particular judgment on what would work. Oh, of course, I don't have any disrespect for the artist. Mr Kirby's work is beautiful and I'm really looking forward to seeing it in our community. My concern is more over respecting the requests of our constituents and our neighbors who are interested in seeing just a different color. That's all. So I don't have any issue with with the rest of it. I'm certainly not going to say which which is the best color. I think the overall request from constituents was just that there was concern over the purple in the water rather than a blue or green. So, I mean, if you want, if you want, I'd be happy to recommend, you know, an amendment and just says I accept staff recommendation with the condition that the purple water is replaced with water that's more green or blue. Would that work? I guess so, Mr Kirby, how do you feel from an artist standpoint? I understand what Kristen is saying, you know, we are going to have something to last 50 years and I think her sentiment is absolutely correct. This is going to be with us. So from your standpoint, you know, working with the people live in capital. How do you feel with some of our input from the citizens on the color scheme? Yeah, I'm fine with turning the purple area of the water into a blue. And so, however, the City Council or the commission wishes to proceed with that part of it, I'm happy to oblige and work with them and make it the color that's appropriate that they see. I totally accept Mrs Peterson's suggestion as an alternate or an addition to this motion. I have a first and a second with the friendly amendment. Thank you. Any other comments before we go to roll call? Well, may I have a roll call vote, please? I approve. I also want to say thank you to Vice Mayor Story for his time on this and I know you've seen the come to fruition. So thank you for for helping bring this forward today. Thank you, Mr. Kirby for for being here this evening. Thank you for having me. Okay, moving on to item eight B. This is the application for the Capitola Village and Work Business Improvement Association to change sign on Arbor at the Stockton Avenue and Capitola Avenue. I'm going to share my screen here in a minute. I apologize taking one. There we go. I apologize. So I'm going to just go with this view for us as a application to replace the Arbor sign. A little bit of background on this city approved administrative policy v 16 back in 2019 regarding decorations placed in the streetscape of the village. So it was mainly around placement of Christmas decorations and the holiday lights and but it did include the ability to put banners on street lights and make recommended changes to certain areas. So certainly this application by the BIA to request the change in the sign or under the Arbor falls under this policy. And so they have made an application to change that existing sign and replace it with two surfboards. Some pictures here. I just want to mention that they are also working on another application to hang streetlight banners up. After looking at the last time the street banners went to the city council that was decided on the arts arts commission accepted the opportunity to review those banners. So those will be going to the arts commission next week before coming to council for consideration. So getting back to the surfboards. So we're all sure of the Arbor we're talking about this Arbor in front of the quality market at the intersection of Stockton Avenue and Capitola Avenue. What the BIA is recommending is replacement of the sign with two surfboards. One just says welcome to Capitola where everything is a step away. It would be replacing in the general area same area of the existing sign. They would add a second sign. It says all day parking. I just want to mention that these are both actual surfboards that have been donated to the BIA and they will be using city signs who made this sign in the background here to put the graphics on and to hang the signs. The signs will be hung by solid rods so they will not sling. These are the signs hung by a chain. Here's a close up of the existing sign that will be replaced. It's approved. The sign was hung. We believe that in 2005 it is consistent with some of the signage in the two parking lots behind City Hall here or in the upper lot. We'll be adding them to the lower lot in the near future. The parking lot signs say this way to the beach and village and this one says how to get back to the parking. So they are replacing how to get back to parking and with all day parking with their proposed signage. I think I mentioned all this. The actual surfboards have been donated 10 feet long. This is a short one for each seat. This is a short one 10 foot long one. City signs will be making and hanging it. The surfboards are solid rods and the wording and fonts and design have been voted on and recommended by the BIA board. So the item for you tonight is to consider the proposed application from the BIA and either approve or deny the request to replace existing signage with signage easily utilizing two surfboards. And with that I'd be happy to answer any questions. Okay Vice Mayor Story. Thank you Mayor Brooks. Thanks Steve. I'm reading the staff report and listening to it. I guess my one question that stood out for me is why they're asking to replace the sign. Is it just a general refresh or is there a greater strategy or plan or goal in mind? I was just unclear. My understanding is and I know we have Dee Dee Wilson who is the BIA representative who's been a participant here and maybe we can get her to help me here. But I think they're just trying to refresh. They have a village improvement. Subcommittee on the BIA. I can hear me or not. Go ahead Dee Dee. I wanted to share some of the reasons why they did the suggest a refresh was through Karen and came up with an idea of how fun it would look with a refresh look with a brand new real surfboards hanging up there. I think it's a great idea to have a full-time refresh. I think it's a great idea to have a full-time refresh versus the current sign. It hides away. You can't see it away a block away from it because it fades right into it with the arbor and the foliage. Even if you were to trim back the foliage and arbor, you still can't read it or define where is long term parking. And Karen and I are just in thinking all the other business owners that we would love a dominant sign. We would love to see people who look for us that we're trying to brighten up and just revamp the downtown area. And this was just a suggested idea that we thought, oh, how great this would be. But again, it's always up to your opinions of what you feel as well, what's best for the community and services. But this is something we would like to do, which would be fun and exciting to have that 10-foot whiteboard up there saying welcome to Capitola where everything is just a step away. I think it's really defining which way parking is because the other one, it's too hidden. They're confused. They don't even read it, to be honest. And we wanted one that they could also sit there, families, and take pictures in front of it, which we think is always nice for Instagram that will help bring free social media images to us just like those stairs. That was a beautiful mural. If they're going to do that, they're going to take pictures like crazy and tag it to Capitola Village. So this kind of works hand in hand in my eyes. I didn't know the other was going on, but I'm excited. But it's just an idea and we would love it if it would be considered. But again, it's up to you as well. That's it. I'll be quiet. Thank you, Ms. Wilson. Nice story. Does that answer your question? It did. Thank you. Councilmember Kaiser. Thank you. Thanks, Steve and Didi. I think Didi answered my question. I guess it's more of, is that surfboard actually going to sort of sit in front of the foliage so it is more visible, obviously. It looks like that in the picture. I just didn't know if it was there to cover the existing sign, for example, or if that's actually how it's going to be hung by the rods. So my understanding is it's going to be essentially the same location as the existing one. So it'll be hanging down from it, but we will turn back to the foliage and I think by being bright white, it will make it much more visible. Okay. That font has already been sort of approved and decided on, like, just that general, what am I trying to say? Not picture, but. Yeah, I don't know if you can hear me or not. Sorry, I was having audio difficulties. Okay, perfect. The font was chosen because we're trying to match it up with everything we're doing on social media. So the new website they're designing, that font will match with the board saying welcome. We're trying to resonate that again once, you know, in a few weeks when you see after the art commission approves on them, if they do, the banners have the same font as well. So we're trying to stay consistent throughout anything we do and everything we do from even PDF flyers if we start wine walks again or whatever. Right. We're staying consistent. Nice. Thank you. Okay. Any other questions from Council? So, Miss Wilson, I have two questions. One is about the slogan and is that a slogan that you are going to be using across all marketing or is that just something we're going to see specifically on just the surfboard? And Miss Wilson, you're muted this time. Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Sorry. Okay. Yes. That will be used across everything that we're doing, the fonts that you just asked about, right? Is that what you're saying? The slogan, Steve, help me. I don't have it. Everything is just a step away. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. That will be a tagline that they're looking toward using on the website as well under, you know, the capitol and stuff. And I received that tagline from Devin and stuff, but we don't have to have it on there. If you feel it's not appropriate, we could take that off. We just thought it would be nice to mirror what we're starting to do with the website as well having our tagline because everything is a step away. If you think about it, you can go, you know, have a nice dinner. You can go to the beach. There's so much you can do to go to the park, et cetera. So that's why we felt that was a nice way to at least introduce it and start resonating in before the, you know, the website is being redesigned right now as well for us. Okay. All right. Any other questions from Council before we move to the audience? Or the attendees? I say audience as if they're right in front of us. Attendees in our... Thank you for considering it. Absolutely. Larry? Mayor Brooks, I do not see any attendees with their hands raised on this item and I don't see any emails on the side of me either. Okay. I'll bring it back to Council for further discussion and a vote. Any comments? Seeing none, just jumping out. I'd just like to add two comments. I want to see if I can... I'll just go for it first. You know, Miss Wilson, what I'd like to see or what I would suggest is asking the company to give you a sample size of the lettering so that you could see whether that size is appropriate on the surfboard. And I know that they can do printouts of that so that you could determine whether it's going to be large enough to be seen because that's a bit of my concern. Now hearing Mr. Jesford say that it is still going to be tucked back, that we might be in the same scenario of it not being as visible to the pedestrians or the drivers walking by. And then the second comment that I have is about the slogan. I think it's catchy. I like it. But what I really would like to hear come back is that 100% of the IA is going to be using that. And I'd be fine with it being on the surfboard. I just want to make sure they are in agreement as well that they will be using it. So my comments are that I think the surfboards are fine. I think it's adorable. I think it's a great idea. And I really appreciate this activity taking on this kind of beautification project and really leading the charge. So I really commend you on that. But those are just my two comments that I am just bringing forward about the look of the surfboard. I'll do that. I'll get them to give us a graphic, you know, like the layout template that you can use like their peel away stickers and lay it on the board. If you want me to bring it, I can share it with you as well or take photos and then send it to everybody on this call if you wish as well. And I'll share with the board member, the BIA board as well, the update of the today's call. But a lot of them are on it listening, I'm sure. So but I will resonate and share with them too about the tagline to make sure 100% we're doing it across the board. It is something that we would be cohesive and consistent. Great. Thank you. And I'm going to go ahead and let our council members comment and then and then you'll be able to respond in a second. Yeah, thank you, Mayor Brooks. I wanted to say that I remember, you know, when the current signs were designed and put up with much fanfare, and they were, you know, well received at the time. But I think I understand that, you know, there are times to refresh things and maybe try to rebrand or and put a new sign. You know, it's a new concept. The old signs were looking historically and the new signs, you know, maybe we're looking more respectively and toward the future. And I appreciate the comments, the critiques that Mayor Brooks had. And I would like to add one. And I'm not going to condition my vote. I'm going to support the signs. But the tagline, everything is a step away. I have this, you know, to me, that's not fully inclusive of all people who visit Capitola or that we want to have to visit Capitola. So I guess I would just would hope that the BIA would think of that. Particularly the word step. And if they could maybe come up with another term that may be more inclusive that may capture all kinds of individuals. We can't necessarily step. So that's my only feedback about it. But, you know, that's just my opinion about the tagline. Otherwise, I support it. I like the concept of having everyone think, hey, in Capitola, you really can easily get from one place to another. Because we're all kind of, it's contained even up to 41st Avenue and maybe someday we can help people achieve that. But those are my thoughts and thank you to the BIA for bringing this forth. And I guess one last thing is that if you're going to make this initiative, there needs to be a maintenance schedule. So that that sign can be readable. And with the plants don't grow over. So thank you. Vice Mayor Story, Council Member Kaiser. Thank you. I think, or Council Vice Mayor Story, I think you brought up an excellent point about the, just the word step. As soon as you said it, I was like, I know exactly what he means. And I think being that we are on the path of equity and inclusivity in our town. It's something to think about. Maybe everything's a turn away or I don't know. That's not my jurisdiction, but I also want to second things that. Vice Mayor Brooks said, and maybe I, I really support this idea and love the idea. I just kind of want maybe a more realistic mockup of what it would look like on the surfboard. I think in my mind I was like, okay, maybe we'll use this old timey like wooden artisan craft board. But since we've got these real boards that are donated, let's go with that. But I would maybe like to see sort of where the font lays. And how it's going to look in the spot of the old sign versus the way it's sort of portrayed in the photo that we received. I realize that's kind of putting more work on the project, but I'm super into it and supportive and I think it is great. So many times I've been down there just a step away from the beach or a turn away from the beach and someone's like, where's the beach? I'm like, it's here. It's right here. So hopefully, yeah, it gets that vibe going for visitors knowing that it is all closed and it's all walkable or rideable or maneuverable for most. So yeah, thanks for putting the time into this and I'm excited to see where it goes. Thank you, Council Member Pearson. Thank you. Most of my questions were answered during the presentation. And most of what I was going to say is already been said, but I didn't want to stay silent on this because I know that the BIA works hard on their beautification of our village. I just want to echo like as Councilman Kaiser said, Vice Mayor's stories, comments I think are very important. And as a Council Member Kaiser mentioned that once he said it, it kind of clicked like, oh yes, that's an important aspect that we need to consider in welcoming people into our city. But again, I want to thank the BIA for taking this up and putting so much time and effort as always into ensuring that our village and our city is a beautiful and welcoming place not only for visitors but also for people who live here. Thank you. Thank you for your comments, Council Members. So, I know there was a lot of feedback and perhaps I don't know if anyone wants to entertain a motion with comments or are we potentially asking for Miss Wilson to come back with an update knowing that we're in support. And maybe this is for Miss Butler to give us some insight on or whether a Council Member wants to make a motion at this time. Oh, I see Council Member Peterson's family. Sorry to interrupt. I was just going to suggest if, I would say that if Miss Wilson heard our feedback and is saying yes, I'm happy to, if I'm not mistaken, I think I heard her say I'm happy to bring the mock up back. So, I think as long as she's acknowledging that she's heard our feedback and is willing to bring it back to us, then I'd be willing to make the motion to just accept staff recommendation and, you know, leave it at that and we have her understanding that we will move forward. You know, and she's going to bring it back for, you know, to let us know what it looks like. I would love to do that. I'd also love to share with you some tagline changes because I agree with you 100% Mr. Story and also Kaiser, I agree, you know, when I was reading it out and hearing the step away, I'm thinking more of how close everything is, but you're right, we need to stay more cohesive with everybody and every, you know, from wheelchairs to, you know, crutches. So, I agree 100%. We need to change that tagline. So, if you guys have anything exciting, always feel free to share with us too, but I'll bring that to the BIA Morty meeting as well to Anthony and Karen and Rodney and all of them and then we'll have an open discussion too with them and then come back to you guys to share what we're thinking. So, we're all on the same page. Great. Thank you, Miss Wilson. Council Member Peterson. Yeah, I was just going to say, in that case, if it's going to come back to us, then I don't want to deny, but I would say let's, I'm not sure what the, would it be a conditional approval? Would I make a motion to conditionally approve? I think our motion would be to continue the item and say, receive the feedback, we'll continue the item and we'll see an updated design. Then that's my motion. I'll second that motion. Yeah. Okay, we have a first and a second from Council Member Bertrand. Was that you? Okay, great. We have a first and a second. Any other comments before we move to roll call? Yeah, one comment. Who's going to get the old sign? Oh, we're going to go in the parking lot. In the parking lot? I mean, yes. Okay, may I have a roll call, please? Yeah, I approve. All right. Thank you, Ms. Wilson, for your time. We're going to be moving on to item 8C. And this is the TEPRA hearing regarding conduit financing for the Independence Cities Finance Authority for Castle Mobile Estate. And I will turn this over to staff. Thank you, Mayor. Give me a moment. Let me share my screen. Can you see that? Okay. So, as you just mentioned, this is a TEPRA hearing for the Independence Cities Finance Authority on behalf of Castle Mobile Estates on 38th Avenue. Millennium housing on behalf of Castle Mobile Estates has requested that the Independence Cities Finance Authority issue revenue refunding bonds in an amount not to exceed $12.5 million in order to refinance the previously issued bonds, repay a loan to the city, and to make some onsite improvements. The city of Capitola is a member of the Independence Cities Finance Authority. And under the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, which is where our acronym TEPRA comes from, requires the city to conduct a TEPRA public hearing, receive public comment in order for the bonds to qualify as tax exempt. The Independence Cities Finance Authority was formed, among other things, to assist member agencies with financing improvements, construction, acquisition, creation, rehabilitation, and preservation of affordable housing, including multi-family and mobile home park projects that are a benefit to the community and as well as the member agency. And they previously issued bonds in 2011 with the proceeds of those bonds loaned to Millennium Housing in order to acquire and make improvements to Castle Mobile Estates. Also in 2011, the city and Capitola Redevelopment Agency, which is now our successor agency, entered into an agreement with the agency loaned about $1.8 million to the city, which was combined with another $160,000 of housing trust fund money, and that was also loaned to Millennium Housing. That loan consisted of two components, an acquisition component, which was $1 million for the acquisition, obviously, and then the rehabilitation and rental assistance component, which was a maximum $1 million to be dispersed over 10 years with not to exceed $100,000 in any single year. Millennium Housing now wants to refinance those 2011 bonds, repay the loan to the city, and make some improvements to the Castle Mobile Estates. The loan balances that we update the interest annually, so as of June 30th of last year, the loan balances on the acquisition was a little under $1.3 million on the rehab and rental assistance. It was a little under $750,000. If the bond issue is approved, when those bonds close, we'll have a closing date, and we'll run interest out to that closing date to get the final members. And that will return about a little over $1.8 million to the successor agency, and a little over $200,000 to the housing trust fund, and that money is restricted money and can be reprogrammed into our affordable housing programs. Just as information and as a reminder, the issuance of bonds by the Independent Cities Finance Authority does not constitute a debt of the city. The city has not exposed any financial liability by being a member of the Independent Cities Finance Authority, and the city will not have any legal or moral obligation, liability, or responsibility for the repayment of the bonds. That's solely on Millennium Housing. And we have actually Pete Olson, who is the issuers bond council as an attendee or participant on the call, and several members of the finance team as attendees. And just before I move on to my recommendation, I'm not sure if Mr. Olson would like to add anything. We didn't really coordinate this. I might be catching them off guard a little bit. Mr. Olson, we can't hear you. Oh, okay. No. Okay, I'll move on. So the recommended action is to conduct the public hearing that we're doing right now and the requirements of tax equity and fiscal responsibility act of 1982 and internal revenue code of 1986 in connection with the proposed issuance of one or more series of tax exempt revenue refunding bonds not to exceed 12.5 million and adopt the resolution approving the issuance of the bonds by the Independent Cities Finance Authority for the benefit of Millennium Housing to provide for the refunding of prayer bonds, repayment of the city loan, and to make on-site improvements. And with that, we are available for any questions. Thank you, Jim. Mr. Olson, do you want to do a sound check just in case? No, nothing still. It's okay. I think you said I'm sorry. You can't hear me. So I said it's okay. All right. We'll have Jim answer all the questions. Okay. We'll go to Council for questions. Councilmember Bertrand. Thank you, Mayor. I just have a question for two questions. One for general background. What is the Independent Cities Finance Authority? And what's our participation with them? And what are our members? As you said, I just want to understand what the authority is. Sure. We might have somebody here from there. Sorry. Is my microphone working now? Yes, it is working. Happy to jump in and answer any questions if you'd like me to, Jim. Yeah, if you want to give a little background on the Independent Cities Finance Authority, that'd be great. Sure. Okay. A joint power authority has around 70 members, which are municipalities around the state. And they issue bonds for projects like low income housing and similar projects for the member cities. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Olson. My other question is to Jim. And so there was part of this on page 84 that I wanted some explanation for. So three paragraphs up from the bottom on page 84, the sentence starts with millennium housing is also proposing a revised regulatory agreement with the city. So my question refers to that. And then later on in the paragraph, it says, this is governance, including the number of units that are restricted to very low, low and moderate income households and the duration of that restriction. So if we vote on approving this, which I think is a great idea, I'm glad it came forward. What is our situation when this regulatory agreement comes to the city? Are we going to be part of that approval process? That's my first question relates to this. And the second question is, you know, I think we put a lot of money in from various sources into helping. So I think we're going to keep this program going to provide very low, low and moderate income housing. So it bothers me that there may be a restriction on this support from Castle. So if you can answer those two questions. Jim, thank you. The regulatory agreement's kind of out of my. So I'm going to defer that one. Yeah. My understanding is that no restrictions will be modified, but they would like to kind of streamline the documents and make it into one agreement instead of multiple, but it will have the same restrictions. And in fact, I think the number of years will actually be extended. Okay. Someone else? The unit will remain affordable for 55 years from the date of the new agreement rather than 55 years from the date of the prior agreement. Okay. Thank you. Ms. Ulter. So basically this, this is a, this is a continuation of our original agreement with slide changes. Yes, just actually just extended by 10 years. Okay. So after I'm from San Francisco, we had programs like this and the units were affordable for extended periods of time with a lot of governance support to build the units. And then the agreement was expired. And so that left a lot of people in those units. And that's a problem for me, but it sounds like this is the original agreement. Um, is there any way to change this or is just the way it has to be? Councilmember Bertrand. Um, the regulatory agreement, we're working out the details of any changes to regulatory agreement. That'll be a separate item on a coming agenda. With the council. And I can assure you that staff has the exact same concerns that you voiced and wants to ensure that any changes to regulatory agreement results in as much, if not more protections than we have today. Okay, thank you. It doesn't have any relations to the regulatory agreement changes. Yeah, no, I know today, but it just came up in the staff discussion and it was very concerning to me. So I'm happy to hear that staff is concerned as well. Thank you. Any other questions? Okay. Do you know further questions? Uh, If there's any attendees who have questions. Mayor Brooks, I do not see any attendees with their hands raised on this item. And I do not see any emails on this item. Thank you. I'll bring it back to council for further deliberation and a vote. I'd be glad to move acceptance. Okay. We have a first. I'll second that. We have a second from council member Peterson. Any other comments before we move on? I'm sorry, mayor. I'd just like to clarify the motion. The motion is to move staff recommendation. Yeah, I move acceptance of staff recommendation. Thank you very much. Thank you. Miss Butler for that. Okay. So we have a first and a second to move staff recommendation. Can I have roll call please? I said. That item passes unanimously. Moving on to item eight. The introduction to objective standards for mixed use and multi family development. And I believe it's just a presentation this evening. And I'll turn this over to staff. Good evening, mayor Brooks and good evening council. Tonight we have been noble. Um, with us a bendable planning and he is going to introduce, um, The launch of our introduction to objective standards. Which we'll be working on in 2020. 2021. Throughout the year. So Ben. Is going to share his screen. Again. And as you're getting ready, Mr. Noble, I'm just going to check in with council member Bertrand. I see your hand raised. Did you. No, okay. Okay. I think I figured that out. So good evening. My name is Ben noble. And, um, I am part of the city's consultant team working on the objective standards for multi family and mixed use development. Also on the team, we have a meeting with council member Bertrand. I'm going to give a brief presentation about this project. As Katie mentioned, this is an introduction to the council. Um, to share with you what we're going to be working on in the months. To come. So this project originates back from the beginning of the year. Um, I'm going to give a brief presentation about this project as Katie mentioned. This is an introduction, introduction to the council. Um, to share with you what we're going to be working on in the coming months. So this project originates back. Um, from 2019 when the city council authorized staff to apply for a state planning grant. Um, in order to develop. These new objective design standards so that the city can more effectively process applications for projects. Subject to streamline review under, um, the city council. Um, I'm going to give a brief introduction to the council. Um, which I'll talk about a little bit more. Um, in a few slides. Um, as part of this grant also the council authorized. Um, the city to seek funds to develop guidance documents. Uh, and pre-approved architectural plans for accessory dwelling units. In March of last year, the city was awarded the grant. Um, the city council approved the project. Um, and some of that will be used for the objective, uh, planning standards. And in September of last year, the city council approved a contract with the consultants, um, to assist with this project. So I'm going to explain a little more detail what that scope of work was that was, um, approved by the council last year. Um, the city council approved the project. Um, the city council approved new objective standards for multifamily and mixed use development. And so, um, these standards will address issues such as, um, building size, building design, building placement on lots. Um, other site features. And the purpose of these standards is to make sure, um, that the city's development. In light of these new state housing laws. And also to clarify city requirements and expectations for new multifamily and mixed use development when it occurs. So these standards will be broadly applicable to all new multifamily. And mixed use residential development within the city. So here is a zoning map showing the different zoning districts. And multifamily housing and mixed use development is allowed in many places in the city, not just the multifamily zones. So you can see the red and the pink area, which are the commercial zones where mixed use residential development is allowed. So you could have multifamily housing as part of a project that also includes ground floor commercial, for example. Um, so all of the pink and the red areas, mixed use development could occur as well as along Capitola Road and Capitola Avenue as well. You also have your brown areas, which is, um, the multifamily zoning district where you can have multifamily housing, but no mixed use development. So it's really all areas in the city except for the yellow, which are your single family zones, and then some of your blue areas, which are your public facilities. And so as I mentioned, this project is prompted to a large degree by recent state law, um, related to housing. So, um, I think as many of you know, the legislature has really taken steps in recent years, um, to facilitate and streamline the production of new housing, particularly multifamily and affordable housing. One of those laws was Senate bill 35, which was adopted in 2017. And what that, um, law requires is that for any city that's not achieving its fair share housing production, um, the city is required or I should say applicants are permitted to request a streamlined ministerial approval of multifamily housing projects that include a component of affordable units. And, um, what a streamlined ministerial approval means is that if the project is consistent with all objective standards in effect at the time the application is submitted, the city must approve the project and there is no public hearing and there is no design review and there is no other discretionary action involved in the project. So what that means is that it becomes increasingly important for cities to have good objective standards on the books. So if a project comes forward through Senate bill 35, the city is protected and can, um, have confidence that the project approved and built will be consistent with what the community wants to see. Uh, the city of Santa Cruz recently saw a, um, application submitted under SB 35. I've been seeing more SB 35 applications throughout the state, including cities, um, that maybe have lower, um, land values than other higher cost cities. So we are seeing an uptick in SB 35 applications, um, across the state right now. Another state law that's relevant to this project is the Housing Accountability Act and SB 330. And what the Housing Accountability Act says is that if a housing project with two or two or more units is consistent with all objective standards, the city can deny or reduce the density of the project only if the city finds that there will be a substantial adverse public health impact. Um, and so that's a difficult finding to make. Um, so it's another reason why it's important that cities have, um, high quality objective standards on the books. There was also SB 330 past last year, um, that amended the Housing Accountability Act. And one of the things in SB 330 is, um, a prohibition on cities adopting new, um, subjective requirements. What the state is doing is it's really, um, requiring cities to rely increasingly on objective standards and to move away from subjective requirements when reviewing and acting on proposed housing project. So the last item of state law worth mentioning is the Regional Housing Needs Allocation or RENA. As many of you know, um, all cities in California are assigned a, um, number of units that they must accommodate within the city over a timeframe at different income levels. Um, Capitola, um, has its RENA from the prior planning period, which was 143 units at different income levels. Um, Capitola has not seen a housing production, um, equal to that RENA and is expecting to see a RENA for the next planning period. That's two to three times greater than 143. Um, there's also been changes to state housing element law that limits the ability for cities to reuse previously identified housing sites in their new housing element. So what that means for Capitola is that law combined with an increased RENA, it makes it increasingly likely that the city will need to identify new sites for multifamily housing or increase the density on existing sites where housing is currently allowed. That combined with the various other state laws, such as SB35, SB330 and the Housing Accountability Act, further makes it, um, more and more important to have quality objective standards on the books. Um, so I've been using the term objective and subjective standards. Here's some examples to make it a little bit more concrete. So right now, um, a proposed multifamily project is subject to design review and, um, the Planning Commission will use design review criteria in order to determine whether the project should be allowed in addition to all of the other standards in the zoning code. So the design review criteria, um, are intentionally, um, very subjective. It's things like ensure new projects are compatible with the character of the neighborhood. Um, that is in contrast to what we call an objective standard. Uh, and the state defines objective standards for us. Um, it's a standard that involves no personal subjective judgment by a city official. Um, it's verifiable by reference to an external and uniform benchmark, and it's something that's knowable for an applicant, um, before the application is submitted. So an example of a standard that meets that definition of an objective standard is something that, um, capital already has for the village, which is the rule that blank walls, um, of more than 10 linear feet are prohibited along any straight, any street facing facade. So that's a standard that meets the definition of an objective standard in contrast to the subjective requirement that's in the design review criteria. So, um, as described in the memo in the staff report, um, we've sort of fleshed out the process and schedule for this project, um, beyond what was originally approved by the city council and the contract. We've begun by, um, reviewing the existing regulations, um, in Capitola and coming up with a, a more detailed plan for how we're going to proceed. Um, after the, um, uh, meeting with the council tonight, um, we're going to start focusing our work on, um, developing the, um, the new objective standards. Uh, and we expect that we'll have, uh, drafts of that ready for a public review and discussion beginning in the fall of next year with adoption, um, plan for the end of this year. So in the memo that was attached to the staff report, uh, it outlines a project approach which provides a little bit more detail into what we're going to be doing based on our, um, general scope of work. And so I'm not going to go into these in, in too much detail. I'm happy to answer questions, but just at a high level, one of the things that we're going to be doing is we'll be looking at the existing subjective design review criteria that the Planning Commission uses when considering design review projects. Um, and we'll be, um, assessing whether or not those should be translated into, um, new objective standards. And we plan that many of them will be, um, and that we will, we will then, um, sort of take the intent of the subjective, um, requirement of the subjective criteria and craft new objective standards that will look, work for a range of different types of projects in different locations. Um, there's also, um, many other subjective requirements within the zoning code that are not design review criteria. Um, for example, some of you may remember with the general plan and zoning code, code update, there was a lot of discussion about, um, the, um, allowed size of new buildings on Capitola Road adjacent to, um, single family residential areas. And there was sort of a discretionary process by which the planning commission could evaluate, um, increased building sizes in that area. Um, that's an example of an existing subjective requirement, um, outside of the design review criteria that the city may want to translate into a new, um, objective standard. Um, and so I think one of the guiding principles for all of this is where we can to provide options for applicants that, um, the type, the, the, the type of mixed use and multi-family development in Capitola that is foreseeable in the future varied greatly, um, depending on the location, um, depending on the type of project that is proposed, um, the size of the project. And so we understand that a one-size-fits-all approach, um, won't work well, um, for many things. And so, um, we're going to be looking for opportunities to identify an overarching intent, um, and then to craft, um, a number of different options, um, uh, that a, uh, applicant can utilize to achieve that intent. And then also, we want to provide a mechanism by which a applicant can, um, request and achieve, uh, a deviation from these standards. So these standards are really primarily intended to protect the city, um, in case an SB 35 and probably when an SB 35 application is submitted, um, but we want to provide a mechanism and a pathway by which an applicant can deviate from those standards if a different approach would work better. And what that would mean is that the applicant would then sort of, uh, move out of the by-right process under SB 35 and instead go through the usual design review process by which the Planning Commission can exercise discretion. So we want to make it clear that the expectation is that projects will conform with these new objective standards, but there is a pathway in unique circumstances by which, um, a project can deviate from these standards. And so the last part of our approach, um, is that we intend to locate these standards within the zoning code, probably within the, um, chapters that contain the standards for each of the zoning districts. Um, there are other ways to handle this. Some cities will, um, adopt, uh, objective standard by resolution outside of their municipal code. Um, we think it's better for staff and for applicants and for the decision makers for all of the development and design standards to live in the zoning code, which is where most people would expect to find them. So we're proceeding with the expectation that ultimately these standards will be located in the zoning code and will involve, um, a amendment to the zoning code in order for them to be adopted. So, um, the next steps is, um, after tonight's meeting with the City Council, um, we're going to really dig into thinking about what these new objective standards will be, um, and we'll start talking to, uh, project stakeholders about our plans. These stakeholders involve, include property owners, residents, businesses, developers, architects. Um, we really want these folks to be involved in this process to give us early feedback as, as we proceed. Um, we'll then be drafting the standards and then returning to, um, the Planning Commission, uh, for review of the draft standards in the summer of 2021. And I should mention that, uh, in March of this year, we had, we gave a similar presentation, um, to the Planning Commission, a little more in-depth, um, than what I gave tonight, um, and received some good feedback from them. A lot of interest, uh, in this project and a lot of interest among Planning Commissioners in being active participants in the process of developing those standards. So, we've, um, approached this to allow for that and we look forward to working with the Planning Commission as we proceed. So, um, with that, I'll conclude my presentation. Thank you so much, Mr. Noble. Is there anything else staff would like to add before we move to questions? I think Ben summarized that well, um, you know, just as we're getting our LCP hopefully adopted next week, we're moving on to do modifications. So, thank you, Ben. Okay, um, questions from Council, uh, Vice Mayor Story. Yeah, thank you, Mayor. Um, thank you, Katie. Uh, thank you, Ben, for that presentation. Um, I have a sense that you have a very difficult job ahead of you to develop, uh, objective standards. Um, I guess, uh, I have a couple of questions. Um, um, and my first question is, um, do you feel that these objective standards, um, will be able to, um, maintain Capitola's, um, um, I, I, I'll use the word character because it sounds like maybe that's going out of the vernacular here, but, uh, you know, one thing unique about Capitola is its diversity of architectural colors and materials. Um, can we have objective standards that are going to allow that, um, same level of diversity, um, without becoming just cookie cutter? Um, and my, my second question, um, that I wanted to is concerning the arena updates and the increase, and, um, what you references that it sounds like you were saying that we couldn't use our, uh, existing opportunity sites to qualify for the new arena numbers. In other words, these don't have to be aggregate, uh, moving forward. And does that mean that the, uh, proposed, um, um, residents, uh, residential projects as a part of the mall that we had zoned, uh, for mixed use will not be able to be counted for the new arena numbers? And that was that was my second question. Thank you. I'll take my answers offline. Okay. Okay, do you would you like me to take an initial stab at the questions or do you want to sure, and then I can speak on the mall. Okay. All right. So I'll start with the first question about not cookie cutter. I think, I think absolutely. We understand that. That one of the things that makes capital is so special and so unique is the diversity of architectural styles, the diversity of building forms, um, the diversity of materials. Um, and so I think that that's through, um, very much, uh, on our minds as as we proceed. And so I think at a minimum, we're going to make sure that we do no harm in terms of mandating something that might appear to be cookie cutter. Um, and so that is something we'll be paying very close attention to. I think it's likely that we're not going to venture into um, the details of part of exterior materials and colors and architectural style except maybe when it pertains to historic resources and proximity to historic resources. But we definitely don't want to require anything that would have some sort of um, Disney style uniformity um, will stay far away from that. And then, um, in terms of the mall and opportunity sites, actually in our last housing element update the mall is not identified as an opportunity site. So we have, we do have an opportunity there, um, when we update. Um, the current element is good through 2023. So um, we did just receive some grant money to work towards the next housing element update which will become effective in 2024. So we're about a year out from starting that update process. Um, but currently the mall is not an opportunity site that's identified in the housing element. Thank you. Council Member Betrack. Thank you, Mayor. Um, Ben Noble, nice to see you again. House on the, uh, you know, the committee that hopefully set the general guidelines. Thank you, Katie. I know this is something that is very special to you. So when I read the staff report talking about we cannot have a neighborhood compatibility, I was thinking, you know, we're going to be losing a lot. And, um, capital is relatively an older community with a lot of history. And so the architecture here back to, you know, mayor's and so many buildings you know, how we've grown through the years and style has sort of been representative of that. That I hear from what you're saying that you want to respect these things and you mentioned something. I think you used the word, um, a palette of approaches. I think that was your word. And so I want to get a better understanding of that. I think you're going in the direction that I hope allows for variability and as Sam mentioned, things that don't look cookie cutter, you use the same phrase. So my question basically is can we present approaches to design that allow an architect to fit into wherever they are to build in the city something that reflects the character of that area. It's a different palette, maybe her area, a different palette, if you're next to a historic building, if you're next to something that, you know, was just built five years ago and it's reflective of the current design in that era of five years ago. Is that an approach you might take or is that too laborious to try to come up with a variety of designs that would allow for variability depending on where the houses are actually built. And so that is very much what we have in mind and I think that a good way to think about this is that we want to establish what we see as sort of the minimum necessary requirements to ensure quality development. And so one way to think about standards that vary for different settings is to think about say lot size if you have a relatively small lot, infill lot, that's 10,000 square feet that's surrounded by existing single family homes or small multi-family homes of a certain size that the basic standards that you want for a quality project that fits into that setting it's possible to define those without too much difficulty. And those standards would be very different from say a large site that's not within an existing neighborhood that could accommodate a much larger building. So I think one of the variables that we may be using is lot size and surrounding conditions as a way to determine what the appropriate standards would be. And one thing that is really important to remember is that for the time being almost all projects that don't request streamline review under SB 35 will go through the normal process where the planning commission will conduct design review and will use the subjective criteria to review and approve the projects as they always have. These objective standards are really intended to protect the city in cases where a applicant requests a streamline ministerial approval under SB 35. So I think that it's important to keep in mind that capital is not going to suddenly experience all this new multifamily housing being requested for approval for through a ministerial process. No, that's not what's going to happen. These standards are really intended for these SB 35 projects if and when they are proposed in Capitola. Okay, thank you. I just have one more question of them. So you sort of talked about how the law has changed to reflect new requirements and so I started thinking this is sort of new since we started this direction and I approve the direction we need more housing. So I totally agree with that. More efficient process to make the housing design elements that are well known could help the architect come up with a design and hopefully reduce the cost. So I think these are all good if I understand it elements behind the laws. However, since this is new have there been run-ins with the court system. Challenges to the design code and people or I'm not sure whom maybe the state sort of thought that it was too restrictive or too open, too reflective of something that the law was actually trying to get away from like community character or something like that. So has anything like that come up and maybe maybe not since it's so new? Yeah, I think that one thing I can say on this is that there's a lot of gray area with these new laws and there are different interpretations of what's required. Capitola fortunately has very well qualified counsel to advise on this but there are a lot of requirements that have not been litigated and probably will be in the near future and it will be something to pay attention to. Okay, thank you very much. Any other questions from counsel? Okay, do we have any questions or comments from the public? Mayor Brooks, I do not see anyone with their hands raised on this item and I do not have any emails on the side to do that. Okay, seeing none there's no action required for this item so we'll go ahead and just move along to our next item on tonight's agenda which is item 8E the community development block grant coronavirus relief funding program income so thank you Mr. Noble very much for your time this evening and we'll see you in a few months. Thank you. Thanks. Thank you Ben. Okay. Mayor and counsel can you see my screen? Okay, thank you. Okay, the next item this evening is CDBG grant resolution and this is for funds that we have in our program income currently. When we apply for a CDBG application there are a few specific requirements we're always required to have a public hearing adopt a resolution and if we have program income above I think I believe limits $30,000 now we are required to reutilize that program income monies. So we currently have $36,000 in program income that was received over 2020. You'll recall last year that for our coronavirus the first round we utilized money from program income but since that time it's been replenished with some loan monies that were paid off from previous CDBG programs that we had. So on this slide you can see the current CDBG applications we have with the city we joke that at every city council meeting we now have a CDBG item so in the first round for CARES Act there was $88,000 of program income specific to coronavirus release and as I mentioned a little over $80,000 in program income and round two there's we just passed there was a resolution passed for $320,000 for us to submit an application for round two and at our last hearing actually in this evening during the consent the city manager to move forward with an application for half a million dollars towards the 2021 NOFA with the existing $36,000 in program income I took this to our ad hoc committee last week when we were discussing CDBG and economic development grants moving forward they've decided to allocate the program income money towards the round two-three grant because we're just about to submit that application to the state with this additional funding we have the original $320,000 in round two and three and then an additional $36,000 in program income so within tonight's recommendation we're asking to modify the resolution that was passed to include this extra money that was available in program income so we'll stick with the original recommendation of $15,000 of additional funds towards public services that included gray bears second harvest bank and community bridges but in addition to that applying the funding that was originally allocated for economic development grants in addition to $36,000 in program income so as we continue down this track we're now with this additional funding we can actually fund up to 36 capitol of businesses with grants of up to $7,500 this evening we're asking we're recommending that the council open a public hearing to take public input and then adopt a resolution and it's actually to repeal resolution number 4211 and then authorize the city manager to move forward with executing an application for funding and the execution of the grant amendment and commitment of program income funds and any amendment there too from the CDBGCV round two and three and program income funds so that's a long recommendation but with that I'm happy to take any questions thank you so much Katie it's not a bad thing that this is on our agenda every meeting it's a great thing so I appreciate it because this is supporting programs and businesses so any questions from council okay no questions from council any council from any questions from our attendees Mayor Brooks I do not see anybody hands raised and I do not see any emails on this item okay thank you we'll bring it back to council for further comments council members or vice mayor's stories please thank you I'll move staff recommendation we have a first I'll second that we have a first from vice mayor's story and a second from council member Peterson any other comments or deliberation see none if I could please have a roll call vote I agree this item passes unanimously for staff recommendation moving on now to item 8 this is consider the first reading of an ordinance amending section 10.40 speed limit in the capitol and municipal code and Mr. Jeffberg is this your item yes and let me do better sharing my screen today I'll click it sorry the item before you tonight is the first reading of an ordinance to establish speed limits in the city and give you a quick primer on how speed limits are set in California and how we've applied it in capitol so some quick background speed limits and throughout the state are set under provisions in the California vehicle code and guidance from the manual of uniform traffic control for both state documents and state laws that were required to follow when establishing speed limits these laws establish basic speed laws speed limits of 25 miles per hour on all residential roads and then 65 miles per hour on all other roads so it's arterials, collectors, highways expressways everything else starts at 65 miles an hour so local jurisdiction because obviously we're not going to have on our collectors and our arterials conduct a engineering and traffic study where we look at the actually measure the speed of cars going down the road and applying some standards we determine the state speed limits for those roads those are called the prima facie speeds so the prima facie speed is the speed at which most travelers travel on on a street section in normal, unconjusted conditions under the vehicle code the state speed or the prima facie speed is the 85th percentile what that means is 85% of the cars that we measure their speed on are traveling at or below that speed so basically it's most people drive safe on a road there's obviously those that are speeders and we take them out with the top 15% the most tends to drive the speed that is safe and can be matched so that's how we set the speed limits there are some adjustments that are made that I'll get to in a minute in order to use radar speed detection equipment the speed limit on any street other than that of a local street must be based on the 85th percentile so what that's avoiding is the creation of a speed trap where you artificially lower the speed to below that 85th percentile or don't have an indication on it so what they're saying here is you can't artificially set the speed limit on a freeway I'll use that at 30 miles an hour where everybody can drive safely at 55 or 60 miles an hour and be able to issue tickets so you have to base it on the 85th percentile so you go out and measure you take a bunch of radar readings and you get an 85th percentile let's say it comes in at 31 miles an hour then you round it up or down depending on where it is so if you have a 31 miles per hour 85th percentile the 85th percentile would be rounded down to 30 miles an hour but then through engineering judgment and in our case working with myself in the police department we're able to reduce those 85th percentiles based on road width if you have a narrow road road development that is we have a lot of residential or commercial development that is close to the road you can lower it vertical and horizontal alignment or the geometry of the road just big hills, big dips sharp turns you can lower it on street parking we see that a lot in like cliff drive going up out to the west where we have cars backing out essentially into the roadway as an example where we would lower the speed based on street parking shoulder conditions so is this one the bike lanes that go through the Euclid Disgrove on Park Avenue where they have no bail out in this very tight shoulder condition we're able to lower the speeds there scientists that people can't see around corners in the presence of bicycles and pedestrians. Typically these adjustments are made in 5 mile per hour increments from the rounded 85th percentile so the municipal code comes into it the CVC requires the jurisdictions to set speed limits established by the study by adoption of an ordinance so the ordinance before you tonight will amend chapter 10.40 speed limits by replacing the existing provisions which actually date back to 1915 should be 1955 not 95 with new and updated language so the capital engineering and fabric study historically the city police department has collected the radar data and then we've gotten together and developed the study from that there's been a recent kind of movement toward using independent parties to at least collect the data or in some cases complete the whole report to ensure we have an unbiased report so the first time since I've been here so I've done three of these now the police department the public works department we decided to hire to collect the data but we did keep the preparation of the report in-house so the results of the traffic study we conducted or we have the firm conducts survey studies on all 47 sections of road these are non-residential roads where we use radar enforcement in the city and the recommended speeds on all but two streets remain the same as from the previous study when we've done this before we've never since I've been here we have not made changes to the recommended speeds so this is kind of a first for capitol we are recommending changes to the speed limits both of where we are lowering the speeds on 41st avenue we would have dropped the speed from 35 miles per hour to 30 miles per hour this is based on strictly on the 85th percentile 85th percentile I think was 31 miles an hour up and down the street from highway 1 to the southern limits of the city so if that were not making any adjustments it was being measured 85th percentile comes out at 30 miles per hour for that now park avenue which I know we all get a lot of concerns about the traffic and speed there we are able to lower the speeds on park avenue based on the studies and making some adjustments there's two sections of park avenue that we're addressing here the first is from Monterey avenue to Coronado avenue historically this has had a change in speed about midway as you get away from where the driveways are it's gone from a 25 to a 35 mile per hour speed limit just in this section this time we measured the speed in the section where there were no houses in the 85th percentile there was 31 miles an hour but because of where we do have houses we can apply reductions for the presence of the houses and bike lanes and school traffic we are able to reduce the speed limit for this entire section to 25 miles an hour the other section north avenue which is north of Coronado which goes through the Euclid district road and up to highway 1 the speed limit has been historically 35 miles per hour I believe the 85th percentile it was 36 miles an hour but because of due to the presence of the bike lanes and the unprotected shoulders in there we are able to reduce it down to 30 miles an hour so the recommended speed for each of the 47 sections is listed in the agenda report in the post ordinance and I've got some maps that make it kind of easier to see so this is what our pre-existing our previous studies did for the speed limit we did just short portions of roadway collected radar there we had two streets that were 35 at that time parked tail end of 35 Park Avenue and all of 41st Avenue we didn't really take all the sections of the data because these were the ones that they focused their speed and enforcement on using the radar for this study we actually expanded the roads we connected streets we did complete street sections so that we could do that you can see everything is still 25 in the city except for the two sections that are so the recommended action tonight is to introduce for a first reading by the title by reading the title only waiting and waiting for the reading of the text and ordinance amending chapter 1040 with a capital municipal code speed limit sorry about that and I've included the ordinance title so you can read it when you get to an adoption with that I'd be happy to answer any questions thank you Mr. Desberg any questions from council councilmember McCran thank you mayor Steve so near Kennedy on park you're still at 30 but extending down park you get to 25 which I totally agree with that street as you know it's a race it's a raceway especially at night so part of my question is this is all dated taken during the day that's the first question and I think near park park down near New Brighton you take into account that students are there so my second question is I note that a lot of students come from Soquel avenue that other side of the freeway and they either go a candidate to Monterey or they go down park it seems to me even close to the freeway we should have some recognition of the fact that students do take those routes to get to New Brighton so maybe that would get us to 25 instead of 30 on that portion of park you know without the presence of really sidewalks I don't think my participants we don't have a lot of students walking in those areas they are driving they are riding bikes we're able to make a 5 mile per hour I don't think we could make a double reduction in that area due to that presence in the area closer to where the houses are on Washburn and what not we're making a single reduction for all the causes there so I think we're being consistent in the report we don't want to get challenged on this it just does help to please do enforcement most of the enforcement is not in up by the freeway it is down in the lower portion or west of the Euclid to scrub so I hear what you're saying you're right there's not really a good sidewalk system from park Kennedy going underneath the tunnel or whatever you want to call it but for consistency state sort of like on 41st having just one single mileage rating I think on park would be beneficial and students come through there I do see them on bikes and walk and we did make an adjustment for the bikes consistency is a big part of it I think to go from 35 to 25 in that area would subject us to being challenged in that area I think we're doing the right thing we're dividing it up per the actual studies and radar readings that we have and the data we have available at this time okay thanks for your effort I appreciate it any reductions good on park avenue as most of the neighbors would tell you thank you Mr. Jesper I have a follow up question to what council member Bertrand is commenting on because you have two council members who live in this area that he's bringing up and so my concern of consistency versus safety, safety for me is more important and in the time I've been on council I've received numerous emails about the safety the speed of drivers in front of the school so my question is more specifically about what do you mean about consistency and who would challenge it and how really could you argue that that you know there are real safety concerns there so I'm curious about the consistency part and why couldn't we if the consistency from one side of the street versus the other why couldn't we go down to 20 in front of the school and reduce you know by a little bit more you mentioned you know going double is another consistency issue so I pressed for some further answers on that I'm trying to school on Monterey avenue 25 miles per hour which is consistent with the data we've collected to go below 25 miles per hour there are sort of guidances that you need to meet to go below the 25 speed limit they have to do with narrow streets and visibility issues school zones allow you to reduce the speed down to 25 miles an hour that is considered to say speed in those school zones to go to 20 or 15 miles an hour are not provisions that are allowed at this time and whose code is that? Is that our code? No that's the California vehicle code and the guidance from the California annual uniform traffic devices nice nice for remembering that this late in the evening Steve okay I hear I definitely hear you on that now on that follow up question then tell me one more time why it couldn't be 25 miles per hour so in the portion of park avenue through the Eclipse Grove and also up near the highway exchanges the prime phase of the speed limit we measured was like 38 miles an hour or no 37 miles an hour so that would be 35 miles per hour speed limit we were able to reduce it once because of the zigzagging of the bike lanes there isn't a high presence some but it's not like other streets where are much busy so in that section we were recommending a single 5 mile per hour reduction in the speed limit from 35 to 30 in the other part of park avenue we have a speed limit of 30 miles an hour that we're reducing to 25 it's all in the numbers allowed reductions we're able to make I don't know if the chief can talk though the difference between those road sections as they view it as an enforcement good evening mayor thanks Steve for the opportunity to provide some information maybe clarification and I think mayor Brooks you might have asked a question about one of the council members about challenging our decisions on speed limits based upon our engineering study those challenges have come from the courts when we do enforcement and often motorists have one out in courts when they're able to show that through argument that a speed limit was an artificial speed limit and was not reflective of an engineering study and the risk for us in those court proceedings and those types of decisions is that they could our courts could disallow this traffic engineering study which in essence would significantly interfere with our ability to do enforcement using technology radar and LiDAR equipment I also wanted to mention Steve I think you covered it as well but worth mentioning the value of this engineering study done by a group of professionals rather than the police department also professionals but technical traffic engineering experts if you look at part from Monterey in the previous studies of the previous reports that have been on traffic engineering courts since the year 2000 it was 25 miles an hour from Monterey to Cabrillo and then it bumped up to 35 from Cabrillo all the way to the freeway the results of this engineering study which are really beneficial for the city the residents and ourselves is we've extended that section of park 25 miles per hour from Monterey all the way to Coronado and so just about 70% of the total stretch of Park Boulevard is now at 25 miles per hour to council member Bertrand's question there's a significant difference in the the street structure and the geography of the street when you get past Coronado in that there are no exiting driveways from those residents on to Park Avenue past Coronado and that's a big factor that allows us as Steve mentioned to under five mile per hour increments reduce the posted speed limit from what the engineering study might show is 30 down to for instance 25 because of those factors we don't have those same factors for that shorter stretch of park between Coronado and the freeway interests if that provides any clarification yes thank you it was actually very helpful to understand that you need those tools to utilize and so yeah thank you any other questions from council member Bertrand yeah thank you so Yvette and I do live in the area with Kennedy Park Monterey and I totally agree with her the speeding down Monterey is quite extensive and my wife and I are often walking our evening COVID walk and the speed trap sign whatever it is called just brightens up and I don't know if they slow down because they pass the thing so fast and Park Avenue especially at night quite a bit of speeding and I remember when I campaigned in that area I hear those comments so it's just something of concern and I do believe in science so Steve and with the help of the police department thanks for doing this study I do not want to get dinged in court because we didn't do the proper background check to adjust our speed postings so thank you very much for doing this study and I appreciate it but Molly's worried about Monterey going down into the village she's right because I walk there too I understand what she's talking about and also on Park Avenue out towards the freeway definitely once they pass the houses and going past the 600 entrance that dip and then back up again they just love the flora just a reminder we've had two children children being killed near the New Brighton our dog got killed going across Monterey so that was sad but the children are more concerned about so I totally agree with the event there's a lot of kid activity they're on their own, they're old enough now when it was Capitol Elementary it was even more scary because they're running out and they just want to say hello to a friend across the street and it's really the last hit was the little girl on her bike just did that she just want to go across the street say hello to someone she saw over there I wasn't thinking but you know the driver of the car wasn't thinking either hit her so these are I think very much a concern for the people who live in that area because it's a school thank you very much any other questions from council any questions from our attendees this evening Mayor Brooks I do not see any with their hands up but we do have an email that I'm going to try and share and have the system read thank you I hope you can see that please lower the speed limit for the entire length of Park Ave from Monterey to Soquel to 30 miles per hour cars continuously speed in both directions Park Ave and often pass through the stop sign on Park Ave and Coronado without stopping a slower speed limit on the entire length of Park Ave would allow for a safer, calmer neighborhood thanks Joni and Dan Steele thank you that was can you can you put it back up so I could read it yes I'm sorry just a little I didn't want it to read the address so I just stopped it it was a little quick we haven't done that for a while no we haven't I'd like to have a moment to read that I think I let me open it up real quick I'm sorry the system didn't recognize the abbreviation for avenue but it recognized miles per hour very impressive the system database we have technology where is it it disappeared on me trying to share a screen no that's sorry okay do you want it read again or I mean I could read it I just want to read it real quick thanks thank you does anyone need more time okay so we'll bring this back to council for further comment and deliberation any other comments from council about the time we can entertain a motion vice mayor's story thank you and I would like to make the motion that we accept staff recommendation I'm pleased to see that the park avenue is going to be consistent in both directions and for most of it it's going to be 25 miles per hour so I think that will respond to mr. and mrs. steels email request to us and so I would like to make that motion thank you I have a first from vice mayor story and a second from council member for trends any other comments okay can we have a roll call vote please I agree item passes unanimously which brings us to item nine for adjournment thank you everyone thank you council thank you staff thank you to all of our participants and emails and for our community in reaching out to council this evening please remember to find the good and others and yourself good night