 Okay Shall we? Welcome to this regularly scheduled December 14th 2023 city council meeting Maybe we have a roll call That's one bit books. Yeah, that's number Clark. Yeah, that's number Peterson. Yeah, I smear Brown and mayor Kaiser here We can go out to public comments Seeing none we will adjourn for closed session and be back at 6 p.m Oh Good evening. Welcome to our regularly scheduled city council meeting. This is December 14th 2023 May we have a roll call House member books council member Clark here council member Peterson here I smear Brown and mayor Kaiser here Would you all please join in the Pledge of Allegiance? Do we have any additions to the or deletions to the agenda? Staff has no changes to the agenda this evening Thank you, and any report on closed session City council review the items of the closed session agenda that with their labor negotiator and took no reportable action Great. Thank you additional materials Staff did receive additional materials to tonight's agenda to emails were received related to item 8a To emails any staff memorandum received related to item 8b and a staff memorandum was received related to item 8c All materials are available on the online agenda packet in the back of the room for the public's review And we're distributed to the city council in advance of tonight's meeting Great. Thank you Does seem like we have a semi full house tonight. May I get a show of hands of who will be speaking during public comment? Okay, great Just be mindful that it is three minutes. Our city clerk will be diligent on that time frame. So we can go ahead with Communications from the public who would like to come up first Good evening mayor council staff I'm Carrie from the capitol of soquel chamber of commerce And I'm excited to announce that we're bringing back our capitol a soquel chamber community awards gala And so I'm just asking you guys to save the date and mark your calendars for Friday, March 15th at the hotel paradox and we are Excited to celebrate the amazing businesses and people that we have in our community and it wouldn't be a party without you So we'd love to have you come and celebrate our shining stars and our local legends The chamber office is going to be closed the week of Christmas and New Year's So the week of January 8th, we're going to be releasing our nomination form So be looking for that and again save the date March 15th And thank you for all you do for capitol and for our community and for your support of the Chamber of Commerce Thank you. Thank you You're a Richard Arnold Mayor's City Council people I Believe you've betrayed the people and are oaths to the Constitution Federal Constitution guarantees a Republican form of government Even in the States You have you belong to the California League of Cities Which by the way I've got proof right here Where they have lobbied to prevent a more secret expose of To reinforce a brown act that prevents secrecy in skull-duggery and the mayor or the city manager Down in Orange County recommended to the council to take a position against the anti-secrecy bill and Anyway, he placed it on the agenda as number three legislative report number 86 dash 08 and every single council member Voted for people had no idea what was going on And I'm sure you don't know that the founder of the California League of Cities was member of the secret bohemian grove That's into the all-cult cremation of children cremation of care, etc the last meeting I was at I went over to the attorney and the city manager and Said that I wanted to bring something off the agenda and I didn't know and I think it was deliberate because the recording that evening was also Somehow flawed it didn't come out Another time I came in when you were in Your five o'clock meeting and there was nobody here and I went up Petitioning my government I put a book at Every one of the city council person's place and then one at the city clerks The city manager came in and A policeman came up to me and said what am I gonna say when I was standing when I was you know Gonna come up here and speak and I said that's none of your business You have police officers telling people asking them what they're going to do And he handcuffed me and took me away This place is outrageous the head the present head of the board of supervisors Zach friend his two former employers were the red or red Chinese lobbyist He together with another supervisor threatened freedom forum. They held a political Events where you people could come and debate each other when you run for office and He threatened thank you granges their lives and their property this we have other speakers is really bad Everyone I Am really really bad at public speaking So we're all gonna have to deal with that I'd like to talk about one of the most dangerous intersections in Capitola This is the intersection of Capitola Ave and Stockton Avenue So you have the real estate office the market the psychic and the shoe store My understanding of California law is that when the daylighting law takes effect January 1st the parking spot right in front of the psychic will no longer comply to the new laws and It's a really dangerous intersection in that it's a diagonal If you see the cars parked there it's very hard to see people walking from that direction and Because it's really more of a tee there because of how Stockton goes your focus is very much not on That corner where people are crossing so since the law is going to change anyway in a couple of weeks I wonder if we can start the process of getting rid of that parking spot and maybe look into all the other spots that Daylighting could improve this public safety in our community for Thanks guys. I appreciate. Thank you I'll cite in bed. My name is still James Ewing Whitman. I haven't been here in a while It's amazing the traffic in this community I was blown away. I took side streets from mission in bay and it took less than a half hour to get here Got here early enough to have a very pleasant conversation with two Gentlemen that wear uniforms in this city. We're laughing a lot So there's so much stuff going on that the citizens. I don't know. Maybe they just kind of ignore I don't really know why A friend sent me kind of a gift Program that I was watching before I was here. It's a film that was done in 1967 in Palo Alto High school. I actually went to it's called the wave the teacher Was teaching about what Hitler was able to do and the students just couldn't believe How the citizens in Germany just went along with it So he kind of created this really simple Cross procedure that it only took a few weeks for the kids to get really indoctrinated In a way that they were really quite swayed and so kind of towards the end there was a presentation and It turns out that he was training them to follow Hitler And the students just couldn't believe how easily they had been beguiled I think there's a lot of beguiling going on, you know, I spent some time at the Supervisors meeting on Tuesday. I don't remember the exact times, but After listening to some individuals that were so promoting the genocide that's going on now by the government that controls Israel There were a lot of people in there were clapping and stuff and I was so I was moved enough to actually say boo In a pretty loud voice for several seconds. I think that's it. I don't remember the time But it was recorded and it was just kind of fascinating what people seem to ignore now. I've spoken here before about This council that you guys were all elected by the people that live in the city of capitol But this is a charter city just as is scott's valley just as is santa cruz Just as the county is of santa cruz and that's controlled by the city and county managers That don't necessarily have the interests of the citizens They don't have the interests of the citizens So it's just kind of fascinating. I've lived here since 1996. I used to Live within a mile of this location. I'll be working there all winter, you know starting hopefully in a couple weeks I can't believe that the project's been delayed for basically a year you know, they're cutting down trees all over the place but I think trees are important So anyway, it's just interesting how beguiling things are going on and it's quite An interesting time to be a human being and actually to try to Say something that reaches people rather than having their eyes glazed over So thank you Thank you. Hello The RTC and I in this part, I just want to say that I have enjoyed being at the same meetings Thank you any other Okay, my name is Adrienne West I'm the daughter Of Debra town who was killed in the crosswalk recently on Bay Avenue I wanted to come here And ask all of you after tonight's meeting Go drive by the intersection of Bay Avenue and hill street And the crossroads loop and see how dark it is there at this time of night Mom was walking at 8 15 in the evening So you can imagine how much darker and harder to see the crosswalk In 2022 someone died after being struck in the intersection of Bay Avenue and hill street Some noise was made about how dangerous the intersection at bay and hill Is from fire captain way back when 20 years ago And still no changes have been made and no changes have been made after my mom's accident I ask you this question Why just outside the police department there are flashing stop signs With yellow reflectors on the bars of the stop signs for the poles And why we can't install those quickly Explain to me why it's okay to keep waiting To do anything to help the public feel safe walking there And explain to me why you can't have the crosswalks repainted Specifically the one where my mom was struck You can almost not see it even in daylight And why the street lights Are not protecting the people They are faded and yellow While the PD has lights that are bright like daylight like the sun shining in the sky Explain to me why you are all waiting to make any change to help keep people safe Thank you Thank you So I took my mother in law to Costco last night. She was hit by a car and you know a car was backing up and she's still afraid This is in over a year And we got 50 tickets the other day Why don't we do that more? What are the police? What are they being are they being trained or too busy? I know there's a lot more paperwork and training these days with who knows what I kind of know because I work for the government know some but I mean what is your workload because when I was a kid You know warfrode how to there's still a turnout there where they can give tickets. There's nobody there And there's got to be places like the other day when you give tickets 51 of them and and so I know I'm not trying to diss the police. Do you need money? You got a full amount of people right now. I'm told But what are they doing? Is there gang? Is there drugs? I don't know. Those are the questions But they're not giving out tickets and I think that would make people aware of what capital is about There's always this way safe. We're proud of capital I live in so kill we get a little spillover from you guys. We love it So I just have a lot of confusion and questions about you guys, you know, we're here for you and We just want to know why Why is this going on? And yes, there's no plan out there. There's no pain. We got $50,000 for a planner You know, I don't get it. So I'd say more but you know, I just would hope to get some answers someday. Thank you Thank you Are there other members wishing to speak? All right, I'm not seeing any So we can take this back to staff. Do we have any comments? Anything from council, okay That'll take us to item seven, which is consent. So all of these items Will be enacted with one motion in the form listed below no separate discussion unless somebody on council wishes to pull an item I'll move approval of consent I'll second it We have a motion and a second. May we have a roll call, please Council member books. Hi council member clerk. Hi council member peterson. Hi nice mayor brown. Hi and mayor keiser Hi, thank you passes unanimously We'll take us to eight, which is general government this evening item eight a Bay avenue and hill street traffic safety update from miss com Evening mayor and council members just waiting for the presentation to be pulled up All right, so my first item this evening is the update on the bay hill traffic safety project So just a slight bit of background on this project Bay avenues and arterial roadway that goes from highway one down towards the village in the city of capitol There are documented issues with pedestrian safety. There's congestion during peak hours It is a main route to the neighborhoods but also to the middle school on monterey avenue And to that effect the council allocated 50,000 budget $50,000 in the fiscal year 23 24 budget to address some of these issues in the intersection slide please So this is the timeline that was included in your staff report just briefly because there's more detail in The slides There was a presentation of the options to city council back in september of this year. I'm an ad hoc Committee was formed that consists of council members clark and peterson a community meeting was held in november To discuss both this item and then also the traffic fatality Just north of this intersection Staff plans on doing more targeted outreach and design refinement before coming back to council on this project later in the year Next slide please So again, there's an ad hoc subcommittee for this project. There was community meeting on november 29th that was Widely attended by the public. There was a lot of really good feedback a lot of concerns about this intersection And the bay avenue corridor in general a lot of really good feedback Staff intends on later this month and into january getting a targeted input from the adjacent businesses The large shopping center and other commercial businesses In that intersection then also the senior housing on bay avenue, which are frequent users and concerned citizens of the center section slide please So that is to inform our quick build project To refine the design based on community input to bring back to for council consideration in late january or early february of next year With the intention of constructing the quick build project something similar to what is displayed here again refined on community ad hoc and the input of the adjacent property owners for construction spring of 2024 It's estimated that that construction budget of 50 000 dollars should cover The execution of that project The intent of a quick build project is to temporarily have some adjustments to the intersection and then evaluate them over 12 to 24 months To see what kind of permanent improvements would be made Next slide And tanda staff is proposing to initiate a corridor study this in the next coming months It would evaluate bay avenue from the highway exit all the way down to capitol avenue and bay avenue Which is where we have talked about a roundabout in the future potentially We are looking for sustainable long-term improvements both for a pet and bike usage and also for traffic circulation in the area Next slide please And the estimated cost of this study is approximately 50 000 dollars There's a significant amount of funding left in the roundabout design project That was intended for education and outreach that is very much What this would also cover is education and outreach to the public as well as the analysis of a corridor study And then future funding for construction of any of the identified improvements would really be based On the outcomes of that study and the council and community input So again, there is the quick build timeline as described in the staff report And the timeline for a long-term corridor study and i'm available for any feedback or questions you may have Thank you Thank you jessica and thanks for bringing this back to us I have a couple questions. You mentioned that the report coming back to us after the quick build Occurs It'll come back to us for review. The question is Will the quick build study include like lights and options like that above and beyond kind of what's happening on the roads themselves For the quick build. Yeah, like when we look at I guess let me Let me start with, you know, there's concern about it just being dark at night And like we can't have flash of the lights. I can't remember the purpose of that But when it comes back to us, will there be other lighting options included in this? In the outcomes of this report. Yes, like the lighted like stop signs like the common Yes, that would be an option for a quick build project. That's something that is easily implementable Something like a traffic signal wouldn't be part of a quick build project Right or like additional lighting that we'd have to get PG&E to install But something like lighting on a stop sign would be something that we could do as part of the quick build project And is there anything in this quick build occurring, you know, and when we put it in that's going to address the immediate issues of safety and crossing Does it help? How does it help? Those are my questions. Yes The intent is to shorten crossing distances So to do some height of road diet where you adjust the lanes where the lanes are either shorter or you remove one altogether that Adjust the crosswalk. So it's a shorter distance less exposure of pedestrians to vehicles Okay, um, but there will there will only be one change one smaller lane occurring in this quick build And then we review it or will there be changes in length? I and i'm asking because i'm worried that it'd be confusing to the community of like Oh, it looks different this weekend in two months. It looks different and you know later on and you mentioned outreach I'm just trying to connect all those dots. Sure. So the intention of the quick build one is hasn't been fully designed yet We're still doing that community outreach to the senior housing that they targeted outreach to the business owners So that that design is still in flux and that's what's going to be brought back to you at the beginning of next year Once we get your blessing and we implement that that those changes would be in place for 12 to 24 months I see so we can ask for that input in that design um, and then we can prior can We can then prioritize pedestrian safety rather than How fast cars can make it through and traffic and such is that true? Yes, those are considerations and definitely trade-offs to make in different designs. Yeah, okay, great. Um How would one become involved in What's the outreach going to look like for people to participate who may not be part of those groups? Like the senior center who want to give input during those meetings So we did have the community meeting last month and this will come back to council So that's always an opportunity for public input at this time We didn't anticipate doing another general community meeting though That is something if directed that we could add if somebody did now that they might understand better the quick build and Now they can most certainly email any of us or you to add Okay, thank you one point of clarification. I'm not sure if that was clear We will be doing targeted outreach to the 750 bay residents so The stop signs and the lighting being a part of the quick build project Is there any reason that we couldn't put lighted stop signs in quicker than the quick build project? Um, it's just a matter of ordering them. What's what's the estimated cost for something like that? Less than ten thousand dollars for all four of them, but I couldn't give you an exact quote off the top of my head I'd definitely be interested in pursuing that to see if we can get those lighted stop signs Prior to the quick build because I think the quick build Purpose of that is a broader scope and it's a much more complicated project. I think in the meantime It would be reasonable to get the lighted stop signs and the reflectors on the poles Because I think they're pretty negligible costs and could be probably implemented pretty quickly I think we're having a budget like first meeting in the year. Aren't we having a budget overview budget overview I think is scheduled for early february So this project our goals to bring it back on January 24th, but it may slip to february 8th just depends on how quickly we can schedule the outreach so There could be like in the first january meeting potentially at least an estimate of the cost and How fast it would just information? I think even informational for us would be really helpful to find out how much would these cost How fast would it take for them to be delivered? How fast would it take for them to be installed? I just think the more information the better right now Um, would that be possible? We can do that the first meeting of january or you can bundle it with the quick build kind of project presentation We'd have a full project budget timeline kind of the decision points the results of our fee community feedback I think the sooner the better on on anything that we can do quicker than the quick build If that's the council's consensus, we don't have to bring it back in january We can when we have budget and you could give us direction this evening to proceed with the flashy stop lights stop signs Yeah, should I motion there'd be two I think we need four big It would be ideal to do four you want this they're all in one intersection. You would want the same treatment on all of your signage On the bay avenue. So there's two in each direction on bay avenue I'm sorry. That would make it six You're right. There's two stop signs on each approach of the avenue. So six signs total So I do think that it would be a good idea to work the speed of safety instead of the speed of government And doing something like that's positive as long as we can incorporate it with our overall plan. I think it's a great idea Um, how would that incorporate with the quick build? You know, what is that? I mean, it's coming back january 28th Does that confuse the process make it more challenging to follow through on other items or to get your complete honesty Was it going to be at the end of the day that we were going to go with flashy lights? Anyways, you know what I mean? So I'd say the only potential negative is that with the quick build if we design it where we don't need that many stop signs And one intersection going the same direction and we might remove one that will be the only consideration off the top of my head I thought we were talking about implementing these prior to the quick build That Unload the case. So what what would you need to move forward with this? quicker Then the quick build project If you gave us this direction this evening We can pick those up. Oh, we can start the ordering process I don't know what the lead times would be and may ultimately sync up with the actual construction of the quick build there may be You know, again, I'm not a traffic engineer But it may be that they would recommend actually putting them in conjunction with the new striping just to alert people That things are different. Um, so I don't know there may be a recommendation from a traffic engineer who would say I'm out of my depth on this one that, you know, putting it in a month ahead of time wouldn't be as smart as putting them together But we can order them if you guys give us that direction this evening and start that process I'll I'll motion to order them. Not there yet. We're not there. No You have any more questions? Okay Now we can take it out to the public Any public comment on this item specifically Yes, good evening. My name is still James Ewing Whitman You know, I've been commuting In this county over the hill across the hill for 25 years since 1996 You know, I can't believe how many people I almost see a day Running stop signs right in front of me When I was driving up Soquel earlier in the week and Cross and traffic was a man in a wheelchair going the wrong direction And I I think he was less than a hundred feet away from me before I even saw him and I was like What's going on? So the loss is tragic I personally gave up riding motorcycles at the age of 22 after almost wrapping myself around the same telephone pole Three times. I know I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, but at least I gave that up 40 years ago almost So we all kind of need to pay attention because there's a lot of distractions going on with driving you know, you look at The quality of the lighting this room is 2,700 kelvin. That's actually quite pleasant all the street lights That's 5,000 kelvin. That's a really sharp light. I don't know how many people are affected by people's headlights that are driving towards them Sometimes too much light can actually be damaging So it's fascinating. I could be wrong, but it's my understanding that you're going to maybe do a study That's costing $50,000 where you could order some equipment right now for $10,000 and Someone could probably donate that amount of money to you guys. So It's it's nice to hear some action from you ladies and gentlemen. I appreciate that And who knows what's actually going to happen, but it's nice to be a witness to Something small that's actually pretty big because what is the cost of a human life? Well, thank you very much Thank you again, my name is Janet Edwards and Being a member of END tack We would like for you guys before you do this quick build to bring somebody in that's blind And have them describe what it is and to make my point I want to tell you that I Have never been to this building before and I came like on tuesday To make sure I could find a parking place And I wanted to also make sure that besides the front of the building I could park somewhere else And I tried to find where the parking is Or the upper lot. I went up the sidewalk. There's no curb time. It's very steep. It was very difficult Fortunately a staff member from city capitol told me how to find The ramps and so forth to get to the upper lot I would never have found it if somebody hadn't told me there's no sign Down here that says go this way That may be important. We have lots of visitors You need to tell people how to go places that aren't usual So I the way to do that is to go in the elevator. I went in the elevator with somebody I'm not sure I could have reached the buttons because I can't turn around in that elevator We got up there fine There is no sign that says this way To go out if you had parked up there. There is not one handicap parking in that lot Guys need to find people That have disabilities That can see these things that you guys don't see And a blind person at an intersection is very important They can't look people in the eyes and say oh, they're gonna move. I shouldn't move And one of your pictures has this big pot that you're proposing to block part of the traffic I'm terrified that they wouldn't see me next to that pot So please Have somebody who's blind come and talk to whoever's planning it You can work through me. I can leave you my information Our blind person who's our chairman Is out getting a new seeing eye dot. So If you contact me if She isn't back yet. I can find somebody for you Please please have somebody blind walk in my shoes or those shoes. Thank you Can I give this to somebody? Yeah, Julia. Do you mind? Thank you Is there anybody else wishing to speak on this item? Hello I'm john from shawntown santa Cruz. We are a local urban planning and design org very focused on public safety So the police tell us that it's about education enforcement and engineering. These are the threes And they're kind of right. It's about engineering Design controls our behavior and all design whether it be for streets or for society is self-enforcing meaning People will do what we intend them to do and what we design our roads to do Uh signage is pretty meaningless those flashing lights are a nice idea But humans will drive as fast as a road can be driven. Uh, it's just who we are. It's why we all Violate the speed limit every day even though we know that's the most dangerous thing we can do to our community Uh, so speed is the issue we need to solve for it's what kills folks It's the cause of much of our traffic as well Because while speed is great for highways which are straight and have very few entrants and exits is Our connector and residential streets and even our arterials speed is the enemy of flow And flow is what decreases congestion and reduces travel times So we're redesigning the jade street playground because we recognize that design is outdated Because it prioritizes and has a bias towards the dominant user. It's not shared by all Our streets are in the same turducken. We design them to only prioritize cars and now they don't work for anyone as a result The solution is traditional development. Uh, this is the method humans use for millennia until the car-centric suburban model took over after world war two This is fun Ah, so it's time to give people walking rolling and biking the same protection as people driving Our street should be shared by all users and we don't need every street in town to be a highway Uh, we don't want that. Capitola is our place It is unlike any other place and it's worth reinvesting in our community the way we used to Thanks guys Thank you Anyone else for this item? I don't see anybody we can take it back to council. Um for any follow-up questions or deliberation um If staff could uh, reach out to the rtc and see about getting Um, some input from the elderly and disabled advisory committee on this project. I think that would be beneficial Yeah Do we know the schedule? Yeah, we can get it to you I had actually a question too about, um The painting for the crosswalk Is that is the crosswalk on the crossroads loop something that we would maintain? Okay um, and so Would in conjunction with the stop signs Lighting up would that be would painting the crosswalks be something that's possible? As like it is in our right of way, so we yes we can okay Okay, thank you Since The loop is not on the agenda today. Are we able to add that on in direction to staff this evening? Yes, perfect. Um, go ahead Joe Yeah, we could definitely bring it back our ad hoc committee to uh, our next meeting the things that were expressed today I'm just the one to say that we uh, we're we're here at the council Looking forward to getting something done because we know how important it is to everybody So I just want to let everybody know that it is really important to us It's great to be moving forward Um, I'd like to request or and if I need to make this an emotion I know it only says direct staff but um, if I need to proceed with the motion Please let me know that I'd like for staff to move forward with ordering as the money as appropriate and flashy Signs today that will go in conjunction with the the quick build additionally to Restripe the You make me nervous when you you do that. Thank you. Um Restripe the hill street corridor that we heard earlier from our speaker and anything else Because I might be saying that the wrong streets But I think you I I'm alluding to there's just new striping necessary for that area If you can please look into that Does this need to be a motion or can I just direct staff this evening? It can be direction, but if it's direction in which case you don't really need a motion It just would be good to hear if the council Well, and I think this is something we would like to see Not necessarily Part of this timeline that we're referencing but like asa. Yeah That was my intent, right Can I just add something to that I'd be interested if we could put um The reflective tape on the poles as well. We could add that to it. Everybody's fine with that And thank you to our speaker for bringing that forward this evening. And if I've missed anything Um, please reach out to staff if I if I've missed anything and and what was presented. Thank you All right That's all we need Good, okay. I'm good. Yes. Okay. I understand. Okay. Awesome. Thank you Very much appreciate all the hard work Okay, so item eight b. It's our capitol a wharf enhancement project Also presented by miss com the recommended action tonight is to provide direction to staff regarding their Redesign wharf entry gate additional fixtures and authorize approval of two artist contracts Consider an allocation of additional funding for the seawhip projects Before we dive in I just want to take a minute to thank everybody who's been involved in this effort It's really been amazing to see the community come together So many people putting in so much time to help our community and help our wharf It's really made me proud to be part of capitol. So I just wanted to kick that off Make sure that everyone knew the staff perspective. This is really it's really awesome And we do have a large Group of those members here this evening. So If there are any clarifying moments that are needed we may reach out to you. Thank you very much All right. Good evening again mayor and council members as the mayor noted There are several items to consider here on this item. So feel free to ask questions So what staff is looking for this evening? The goals of this presentation are to receive feedback from the design and furnishings of the seawhip project Approved the artist contracts as they have quite a long lead time And to consider authorizing city funding for the design elements of the seawhip project next slide please Um, so just a little bit of background the wharf resiliency and public access project. That is really uh a structural project Focus on the resiliency of our wharf to do some deferred maintenance Obviously storm damage repair from this january and some public access improvements namely restroom facilities We started construction on that in september and it is going very well um in tandem with that a group of very dedicated community members have um started up the Capitola wharf enhancement project So this is an independent project from our public access project is funded by private donations And really the purpose of this project was to provide new and upgraded amenities or jewelry to our wharf project to really make this project be a better place for public access and education next slide please So the concept development of the seawhip project started this spring There was a small contract with the rm design group who held a community meeting in june at new bright middle school And then the council also approved an agreement with wharf to wharf to administer the funding For the fundraising of this project At the conceptual approval came uh to council in summer of 2023 There was an associated resolution with that that really outlined the final scope of this project and gave preliminary cost estimates And then the projected fundraising of this project on the onset was two hundred and fifty thousand dollars So this is one of the outcomes of that effort with rm. It really just kind of gave some visual depictions of some of the upgrades Uh considered for this project benches a fish stations some public art Opportunities so this is really where we started from in the scoping Of particular elements for this project Next slide please This uh table was included in your staff report. This is the table from the um resolution and that first column is the Estimated funding from the our estimated cost of the elements from the onset The last uh column there is our current estimate of these components that we're going to go into more detail on following slides slide please Um, so this image is a bit different from the image that was included in your agenda packet I will also say that that prior image was also preliminarily presented to the planning commission last week as an unagendized staff comment and also to the Art and cultural commission this past uh tuesday There's a bit of miscommunication between staff and the cweb group about the kind of final design Of this entryway as uh detailed in the staff memo that went out in the extra materials So for complete clarification, we are moving forward with this preliminary design for Obviously pending council comments and planning commission comments for the entryway Two items that you can see on this rendering are the tiles on the bottom part of the peers of the entryway And then also a little harder to see on this depiction are a fish in the um In the walkway of the wharf And those are both artist Artist commissions that we'll discuss on the next slides also important to note for this updated entryway This would be a refabrication The old pillars we can't just stick the old pillars on top of these new nice lovely art items so Doing this design would also require the refabrication of the entire entryway Next slide please So the proposed artist for the tiling work is Kathleen Crosetti. She is a very prominent artist in the community She has done a lot of work in neighboring cities. This is an example of some of her beautiful work in santa Cruz The work is proposed to be glass rather than tile because glass is more suitable for a marine environment the total A proposed contract is $41,000 and that'd be both for those bases of those columns in that rendering And also an independent donor wall to recognize the donors of the c-web project Next slide please The other artist component of this project will be prawn features So inlaid fish flush with the decking which is kind of what is on the right there Leading to informational panels kind of like a scavenger hunt or um interested parties the Artist proposed for this is Sean monahan. He is up at ucsc Also a prominent artist in the community and the proposed artist contract is valued at $27,000 for this work Next slide please Some other amenities that have been identified for this project or updated lighting Currently there are three light posts that need to be replaced from the damage that occurred on the wharf over january These lighting fixtures differ from the existing lighting fixtures and one that they're new There's approximately 10 and then also that they would be Situated on the decking of the wharf rather than the railing of the wharf as the current lighting is Another amenity would be a viewing station. The proposed viewing station has two levels One and one that's at ADA or also being able to use by children's height next slide please Other fixtures proposed are new benches tables and trash receptacles Next slide please Other components include these all being included in that initial resolution items funded by this project include a fish station The C web group has proposed to do this work with volunteer efforts and still estimate that $10,000 of fund raised funds would be sufficient for this project The historical signage for the wharf is something that is still pending and has a potential for outside funding But no funding has been identified for it as of yet Next slide please Another item which was included in the resolution as an unfunded item is a lifeguards storage facility specifically for their jet skis The C web group has indicated that they have donors who wanted to donate specifically to this element It's approximately $75,000 to implement at this time staff would really recommend delaying this project into a future time Not so much with the C web project of the elements we're considering this evening just because The current conditions of the buildings are really unknown We've done some preliminary investigations, but we don't have a full structural report on them yet because of the access issues And also any kind of new building on the wharf would require extensive permits that have long lead times Next slide please Additional funding requests by C web include bicycle racks which are proposed to be split between the city and C web at $5,000 Each for approximately I want to save five new bicycle racks and then also proposed our additional features including those bronze fish On the right image there. They're kind of the little dots on the other side of the stop That would be coming from the wharf leading down to the Stockton bridge So fish leading you back to the wharf and then also potential improvements at that intersection there at wharf road That little square there. It could be a pillar. It could be a sign It would need to be identified as to what those improvements would be Next slide please So in summation The C web group is requesting that the city allocate additional funding to this project in the amount of $250,000 Specifically in the fabrication not the artist components, but simply the refabrication of that entry gate The additional fish the additional bike racks the wharf road entry and the installation All of the mostly furnished the lighting benches trash cans the more furniture Components of the project So the prices quoted in the staff report and then also refer to early in the presentation are really just the purchase price of these fixtures and and and delivery, but not the assembly coordination And then affixing them to the wharf structure and that's estimated about $125,000 next slide please Um, so the fiscal impact of this project again that's our initial target for their fund raising goal But see what fund raising goal was $250,000. They've at this point raised approximately $336,000 with more pledges pending Um, there's pending funding for other items such as educational signage A staff has applied for a grant is waiting to hear back about that grant for some other items to also go on the wharf The phase two project, uh, had a budget of $8.9 million and then in the state budget Had it was allocated additional $500,000 and the initial bid for the project was 7.7 Um, as you know, the wharf project is a very large project. It also included storm damage We did our best to assess everything before we started the project But in these type of projects, there are always change orders no matter how good of a Evaluation you did. So at this point, we're estimating the final cost of this project to be $8.2 million Again, we haven't quite reached in the broken span. So there might be some more additional damage And there's no real estimate at this time about any kind of rehabilitation expense on the buildings until we have a full work Up of their damages as well So doing the math for you that leaves about $1.2 million of unprogrammed funds Namely $750,000 from the general fund and $450,000 a measure of funds that were budgeted for the resiliency project that we don't anticipate Being spent on it at this time next slide So there are multiple recommendations for the staff report. Um that are On the screen there. I'm happy to go over them one by one or answer any additional questions you may have Thank you do we Anybody from see what wish to make any Points on any of the things we touched on Before we can go to questions Good evening. Thank you very much for the opportunity. Um, first, I just like to recap. Um, just what, um The process that see what has gone through and making sure we reached out to the community As Jessica highlighted, um, you know Coming together the community we reached out for survey, you know, having community meetings And really came up with a prize list of things that I think were very important that the community laid out And that's what we used for our fundraising goals. Um, as noted, you know, our goal was to raise roughly $250,000 And after we comprised the list and we started working Uh with the city on trying to standard what um establish some standards of what that we should be fundraising towards Um, we saw that that number was growing And we continued to reach out to the community which the community has been absolutely amazing on their support Um, as noted the number that we gave out to the city was 3 36 I think tonight somewhere in 342 We have some pledges that have been made and we those aren't received yet, but we really feel at the end of our Campaign will be over 400 000. Um, we plan on ending our campaign in january 15th Which is really a month ahead of schedule when we planned just because we feel that we were successful the items that we laid out and So that was something great. I think it's really something to note is how the community has come together You know, we receive pledges of um, you know, $25,000 on Highside and all the way down to some small ones. I think the most thing that touched us was We received A piece of mail and we opened it up and it was a piece of stationary Had like an ocean on it and it had a little mermaid drawn it says this mermaid appreciates What everybody's doing and had a $20 bill in cash And I think that really, you know Kind of, you know, kind of grounded all of us, you know, as much as we appreciate that $25,000 check You know, you open up and you see that somebody mailed you a $20 bill and touched about it It really encompassed what? Our community is all about city staff the council and the whole entire community. So it was just really important So with those things, um, we we look at what the vision was laid out that we used fundraising Towards was very I think clear concise and um, it just ends up that I think it does it the capital away And completes the project at 100 so we really appreciate your time and your support Thank you Thank you Good evening council staff Hail Ortiz. I'm here to answer any questions about our letter to you Yesterday and the addition to the agenda and just to bring up a couple points that we would like to make in public So that we keep our record straight Having to do with the entry gate Well, let me just back up a little bit and to say that every single member of our group is here tonight That represents the kind of dedication and the cohesiveness we've seen in this group and all along we've been spurred by the public's Ability to say yes time and again. I don't think maybe we had one person say no to us one person out of all this money So it's been it's been amazing um entry gate Going back We had a meeting with jamie and jessica and in that meeting jamie said, you know We just don't have the funds or the or the staff time to work on this entry gate. Can you guys find? a pro bono Designer for us jerry said I think I can find somebody he found someone And at that point we thought that they were going to be working with the city So we find out that in some ways they did work with the city But maybe there are some problems with this current design and we just want everybody to know that we don't We have no ownership of this sign. We're okay with the process that jessica Mentioned which is taking it back to the planning commission and the council and going with maybe something that's a little bit more like What rrm came up with? There is one slide here That was in your packet that showed I think it showed the old entry with The new bathrooms and I just wanted to let anybody who might have seen that slide know that It can't really look like that because the the new entry is going to be wider So those even if we did put in those old columns They it really wouldn't look like that. So I wanted to make sure that you knew that just so you know We're you know, we're okay with whatever the design is. We don't have a problem with the new way of designing it Having to do with the lighting benches tables telescopes and viewing stations We had two members of our committee who are on Work with municipalities in their business Work on the bid that you see In our report We felt we got a really great deal on it. We got sort of a friend friends Bid on that a friend a friend bid on that so we know it was less than what you would normally get And we worry that if the city puts it out to bid for our contractor or anyone else especially our contractor that In addition to maybe not getting that friends and friends discount there might also be a 20 percent Work order change on that so we we worry about that and we want to bring that up I had a talk with jaymeat this afternoon. He assured me that Since our campaign is closing on january 15th if there are Increased costs having to do with those installations that the city will bear those costs. So I just wanted you to know that Um, so let's see. I've got a couple of other things The lifeguard station the lifeguard storage unit was originally in the unfunded We would love to fund that we have every intention of funding that but we all we want to make sure that all of our funded items Can be funded first At the rate that they come in at the time of purchase just to make sure You know, we don't we don't Commit to something that we're not able to do but we think we'll be able to do it We would very much like to do that If you guys agree with that we would like to make sure that in a year's time if that Structure has not been built But we bring this back to the council And we talk about whether we still have intention to do that And if so we can move that date forward and if not we can find other ways on the wharf since it's just been reopened We probably have identified other things we need on the wharf We can do those things But we've found in the past that we're holding this money for the library for years and years and the further back we get from a project The more people's memories fade. We don't really remember thing, you know, so it gets sticky So let's say that in the year's time if that hasn't been built and we did have the money for it that we bring it back and we Make sure that that money gets spent for something in a timely manner because people that's hard earned money Thank you. Any questions? Do any of you have any questions about our Communication with you yesterday Great Um, do we have any questions for jessica? Um jessica in Oh, yeah, we'll go to public comment Jessica the Friends, let me get the right on the last slide you mentioned Consider allocating funds for extra components. This is not in relation to cwebs Funding is that what the question is? It's so consider allocating funds for extra components. This is a bug beyond what cwebs Projects are is that correct? Yes, and no it's that $250,000 total that was on one of the slides. I believe also in your agenda packet So it does include things that were considered unfunded, but that it also includes Installation of all of the funded items. Yeah, let me ask it ask it a different way. I'm thinking about the kiosks yes, and Those are not related to cwebs projects. They're related to Our general fund dollars on but is this the time to ensure that the kiosks are included in this project in the wharf project overall The kiosks the on the wharf they're called kiosks, right? You know what I'm talking? Yes the educational Yes, so we've applied for funding on that We're expecting to hear back in the next few weeks of if that's been funded, but at this juncture there It's not funded. Okay. So is that tonight the appropriate time to ensure that if that we do not get that funding that we allocate dollars towards ensuring kiosks are put in on the wharf so We expect to hear back. What's the timeline on hearing back on the NOAA grants The first couple you said january. Oh, but see NOAA is for signage not for the kiosks themselves And that's next tuesday. So that I'm not talking about signage. I'm lit. I'm talking literally about the building The kiosks themselves So that grant did include those elements 60,000 for the build the build of the kiosks and the signs Yes, that was all roped in together. Oh, okay. We're not asking for $60,000 worth of signs. We're asking for The osks and okay. Um, so my second part of that question is if we don't find out on tuesday Well, we're at that meeting and we don't get the funding for it When will be the opportunity to ask for those dollars should we Ask for should we provide direction tonight that We do that or do I need to wait until january's budget meeting? I think my recommendation would be to let's see where we end up with the grant And then we can either do it at the budget hearing or you could ask for an agenda item earlier Okay, so when you ask the question to consider allocating funds for extra components, what are you talking about? On the direction here The ones included in table Three of the staff report Okay I see what you're asking now. Okay, and those are all my questions. Thank you I had two questions The first one is about the marine safety lifeguard building I just had a question if we could identify the location and and have Electricity and other things that might be needed Done while we do the wharf instead of waiting until we find out where we're going to put it later or something to that effect Is there anything we can do with that? so Without knowing the condition of the buildings I would hesitate to do any more utility work in that area Before we know the full scope of what we need to do Yeah, I was just thinking it might be easier while we're doing the build out to I will say I'm sorry that we should know the conditions of the building prior to the project being completed So there would be another opportunity to make that evaluation Okay, secondly would be uh The bids that c whip went out and got City doesn't need to go out and get other bids. It's correct because it's going to be paid through c web funds Is that correct? so the Structure of the contract with wharf to wharf the fund raise funds go directly to the city and then we need to follow our um Our purchasing ordinance to purchase those those items and so since the value of those items are so high We do have to get multiple beds now It's very much the chance that we'll go get multiple beds And there'll be much more than what we've been Bit bid to assuming that those prices are still good for the city when the city requests the bids And that we can use them and everything can be fine But we are required to get multiple bids for purchases of this size when we get to that point It's going to come back to us to all decide on I think if you guys give authorization to allocate the 250 and I think we're good to go we either plan was to take the design Furnishings to the planning commission this winter make sure that they're on board if they have any design tweaks That we would be good to go without needing further council review Marine safety structure that that obviously would need to come back um, I was just more curious about the lights The benches that everything else that we're planning on to do Yeah, I think at this point the Staff's plan had been if we got council buy off of the general Design style this evening and you appropriated the funding that it would happen Okay, you can bring it back for for additional review if you'd like though So what if it came back because you still need to go out to bed for those projects, right? So what if it comes back above the 250? Well, that's a good question I think it comes back beyond the 250 The first thing we would do number one is is look for other project delivery methods You know director con talked a little bit about change over in the project in with our current or contractor There's obviously other ways we could do it so we could try to pursue options to kind of reduce the overall cost Second option would be ask the council for additional funding third option would be to scale things back I have a question about the wharf road entry pillar in the paver improvements. How far from where you come off of Stockton into where the start of the wharf begins. Are we talking about making improvements? Are we going to be repaving that entire road? Are we just doing pavers in the crosswalk and that's it? What what is the extent of those improvements? It would really just be the entryway So right now there's the wooden sign it would be some kind of upgrade to that So probably just the walkway pavers and some kind of improved signage pillar Some other element to show this is where the wharf is but it is not intended to do any kind of paving or concrete work So I know quite a while back and forgive me if this is like a little bit into the weeds But I know quite a while back we were having discussions about like cobblestones or some kind of stamped concrete so that we're not Doing that anymore. It's just not part of the cweb discussion The latter right it's not part of the cweb discussion obviously that road's not in great condition I'm not totally sure where it is on our pavement management program what year that would be in But when we do go to move to do that that would be a consideration at that time. Okay, right. Thank you About the gate So when we're referring to the gate or this entryway There is no physical gate associated with this or is there So not in that rendering there is a gate there was a gate before we removed it for this project there The intent is still to have a gate. So when we need to close the wharf for safety purposes We would pass something to close. It's generally open. It is not on that rendering But it is included in Yes, in the cost. Yes That was all my questions too. Okay Uh public comment anybody wish to speak on this item? I just need a clarification from jessica When we were at the arts commission meeting on tuesday night We had a different arch and we had a huge conversation about that arch And in the picture that you showed that was more like the original Capitola wharf arch and is and you said that it needed to be refabricated and that's why we couldn't use it Are we doing which name arch? Because that was our confusion. That's my confusion And go ahead. Yeah, thanks So as outlined in the staff report and then in the memo that was after the probably It had been released There was some miscommunication between cweb and staff about the rendering and the intention of the entryway We do intend on moving forward with that rendering that was put up here right now Which is the one from rm the archway of the old of the existing Pillars is more or less in disrepair. It does need to be refabricated just generally even if we were to put it back So the intention is to refabricate that specific piece of metal Okay, so that was the look. Okay. Thank you. And then I would really hope the commission moves forward in Helping the cweb people get all their things installed. I know you guys will but I just wanted to say I'm There to support them and hope we can get that all accomplished. Thank you. Thank you Good evening council. Christine McBroom part of the cweb committee I just want to highlight I think no less than each one of these members spent no less than five to ten hours a week for the past year it was important to us because our community spoke and That our community spoke loud and so it was an honor to work with every single one of these folks To provide and give our community what they're asking for So i'm just encouraging you. This is our community. They've gotten behind this We've gotten behind this. We've all worked countless hours You know joe probably worked Probably 15 hours a week trying to get those bids and begging people to get discounts and prices and things like that Jerry as well like countless hours gale fundraising, but Vicki with the marketing karn with the marketing carry And it's just really important to us because the community has come forth And surpassed the goal that we ever had place in place. So I think that speaks volumes We wanted 250 we're knocking on the door at 400 000 with kind of some bids and things Our pledges and things like that. So I think that speaks volumes. Thank you Thank you Good evening council. First of all, I just wanted to really thank this committee here this this group has done more for this community than any City staff or community members as an individual that I know of and and I think that does two things one is They really represent the community and I I'm thankful that they're putting the hours that they're putting into To go out and do the research and and make this Wharf what it should be. It's an icon. It was here before the city of capitol. It was here before camp capitol It was here and it really stands out as one of capitol is main Viewing things that come to people like to visit when they come here The funding I find it is interesting. It says city ask for 250 thousand dollars major f was Well, I would argue for a number of things primarily it was for the wharf And I remember seeing the the major f sign with the w a r In a large f just to give people to support that and it was overwhelmingly supportive By our community The money that this committee has been able to raise just goes on to show how much more this community Wants to see that wharf done properly and rightly with all these enhancements And it should be done that way in addition I would ask on not only that you support that 250 thousand but the additional for the lifeguard station at least put the funding there I think the city can figure out the permitting process I will watch them do some amazing things with our library that was over budget and They put a large Project on a small piece of property. So I'm sure the staff can overcome those type of obstacles I just ask that you support The funding including the lifeguard station and and I want to just give a round for these people for what they've done So, thank you very much. Thank you Any other speakers on this item Hey guys, so I do have some thoughts on this item The 750 thousand dollars from the general fund. Let's not allocate it from that money If that's our tax dollars that will go right back into our budget the way I understand it and Our budgets are not as robust as we think they are Definitely fund the bike racks for five thousand dollars It's 10,000 total for the bike racks. Maybe just fund all of that from the city The trail is going directly down cliff drive. We are going to see 10,000 bikes a day they say in high summer and these will be electric bikes These will be all these other bikes and they will just drive right onto the wharf because There's no place to park your bike that's safe where you feel like you can leave it You will just keep it with you Yeah, I think that's all I got they did crush it My best modeling for them was 450 thousand dollars and that was with a professional fundraiser and they did this on their own So they really crushed it Thank you Thank you Good evening. My name is oops. I'm shorter than that My name is Janet Romanowski, and I'm not one that usually comes before the council. I'm not on the committee I don't know that I've been in here in years But when I heard about this project Standing on the outside thinking about all the good that this could do the excitement of this group that got together I got excited. I got really excited I moved here to Santa Cruz 45 years ago I graduated from UC Santa Cruz 42 years ago. I became a real estate agent. So I'm a business person in the capitol of community I work for david ling real estate And on january 6th when I was sitting up in my office on 41st avenue and my brother called me from san diego just in tears You know the the wharf. It's washed away the the the village is inundated I had no clue what was going on because I'd been on vacation. I was still feeling like I was on vacation I got in my car raced down opal cliffs And got to that area above the wharf where you look down At the wharf, and I don't know who if any of you were there But it was a very eerie feeling to be standing there in this odd silence People kind of gasping at what was going on the icon of our community and you're watching wave after wave Just pounding the wharf Destroying what what we had and there's nothing we could do. We stood there helpless We go 11 months and 14 days from that point and I got to say we're We're awesome that we could do this lesson a year. I have to say I'm pretty amazed at what's going on But now I'm gathered with a different group of people and we're not talking about sadness We're not talking about loss. What I see here is we're talking about Possibility we're talking about gain. It's a whole different conversation as a real estate agent As a business owner When you have a new client you're working with you want to make your best impression And I'll tell you what my best first impression is I go park him in the davidling parking lot We walk across the stockton bridge. Maybe get a cup of coffee at mr. Toots by the time they're out on the wharf They're sitting on the bench or they've got their hands up on the railing or whatever They're in love with capitol of the same way. I am the wharf is iconic. It is Maybe aside from gales bakery and jojo probably The most recognizable part of capitol And I sincerely hope What's coming before you i'm not on the committee But i'm one of the people that wanted to put my money in because I am committed to making this happen And really making this a I'll call it world class, but don't take that as being we're not giving up our santa cruise values Just something that's really special and I commend this committee They have a lot of people that got behind it and I am happy to be supporting it. I hope you'll be doing the same Thank you Thank you Good evening to you all i'm jave patin a community volunteer and tonight i'm wearing my uh historical museum hat And I want to comment about the the nature of this We're looking at something that's generational and historical And I don't know if anybody in this room is going to end up being a heen or a wristband. Well, maybe gale might But it's going to take all of us to do this and we know the funding for the the museum's A piece of the action here the the panel the educational panel and the The timeline for the the wharf itself is underfunded and we're making every effort We can to to fund that and to take advantage of our wonderful curator who's here tonight deb rosterman Who's willing to put all of this information together and has just a wealth of that But what we're doing right now in a very small way and we heard jerry talk about how there's Checks for 25 000 and those special envelopes that'll have 20 in it Well, we have a way to spend a little bit of money And to celebrate the the wharf and we have a calendar We have 50 copies of this and we're asking a donation. That's how the museum does it Of 15 to 20 dollars whatever you can afford and it has pictures in it of of the wharf in the past The damage in the wharf and if any of you have come out to the the festivals that we've had over the last Handful of months you've seen the table that the museum sat out there with with photos and pictures and In illustrations of all the the years and years of the wharf and to see the damage And that it's had all these years and the the trials and tribulations that the wharf has faced Well, we have a calendar that we're selling out of the museum and we hope that you'll take advantage of that I sold one already today. So tonight. So Thank you tj and connie for that. So anyway, uh, we've got this and we're working toward that goal To have what we need out on the wharf little by little. I thank you very much Thank you Anybody else wish to come up? You don't think so we can come back to council. Um, any Deliberation or clarification comments comments? Um, okay, so I will start Uh, first and foremost by thanking all of the c-web volunteers all the community members Um that donated we are truly indebted to you for the time and effort that you've put into this Um, everyone who has donated the staff for all the effort that you have put into the collaboration in this process Um, this is just it's really exciting. It's it's truly a testament to collaboration within the community And um, you know, you guys said you were going to do something and not only did you do it But you exceeded what you said you were going to do and that's incredibly impressive So for the sake of discussion I want to go ahead and make a motion to allocate the 250 000 and set aside the funding for a future Lifeguard tower as well Yeah, I'd like to second that but before that I have some comments also It is great to be sitting here before everybody and see what you guys have done It's truly awesome. Um I was there that day when it happened and it was it was shocking and And to hear little kids talking about it and older people talking about it It's uh, it's it was amazing and remarkable But just to see where we're at today is great and I don't see him here today But someone who's been working on us also It's one of our prior mayors, uh, Dennis. He did a lot of work. Um Working on the front of the ore from doing some rendering renditions for us and Everybody it's just amazing that everybody's come together Does it's a great job working all these things and uh, it's easy easy for us to To say we need to do this for the right reasons. I'll second that. Um, I just have some comments. I am an Yes, I agree with all of you. Yes You are all capitalist heroes and we are an endless step to all of you So thank you. I will tell you that for the rest of my life My kid's life. We're we're so lucky to be here and thank you so much. Um, I have some comments about the entry way Um, so Just that um, it's going to go back to planning commission Which i'm really happy that they'll get another opportunity to give input on this and I lean heavily on my planning commissioner to Provide input as well. Um, I think it'll be important that we think about less stucco And more mosaics and ironwork on Those pillars. There's a lot of opportunity on the left and right side for Um, like as donor walls like the donor tiles and even highlighting C web if you Create some sort of mosaic to say thank you to yourselves and kind of commemorate that just a little hint there um I think that there's opportunity to even raise The right side of the wall a little bit to even allow for more donor space. Um there um So I have a sketch of some ideas that i'm happy to share with you Um, thanks to my planning commissioner also giving me ideas. So that doesn't come from my brain. No They're like you back. What um, but oh, I mean the takeaway here is i'm in full support of of Of the 250 000 and gale. Thank you for bringing up coming back in a year. I think that makes perfect sense A year's not that long away. Um regarding the lifeguard lifeguard thing storage And other things because there's just so much opportunity and I will be at the Monterey sanctuary foundation meeting on tuesday To help support us getting those educational he asks. So um, yes, but again, thank you Just echoing what everybody else said I really appreciate it and really looking forward to this project coming to fruition in the coming year Well, I will too What a year um Probably the worst thing that could have ever happened the first week of my term as mayor But look at you guys making me look good all of a sudden a year later. Just kidding. That's all for you guys I cannot cannot thank you enough. Um The whole group all the donors our city staff. Um, I think a lot has been touched on with the fact that young old Visitors residents this affected so many people and it's been talked about by everybody and um, so Just not enough gratitude can be put out there for for all of your efforts And it's been really great being able to like see you guys more and work more with you guys and um, I just think it also Sort of has brought people together after a time where not a lot of people were meeting up and Doing meet and greets or fundraising efforts were really hard because everybody was kind of behind a computer screen You guys have been out there in these streets. And so um, I am definitely in 1000 support. So we do have a motion and a second Let's go Roll call just kidding. What I just wanted to uh, verify that the emotion included the artist contracts And then also the other item that was for um council consideration was amending our contract with kushman all of that All right, so I will make a motion to authorize contracts with artists the artists consider allocating uh allocate the additional 250 000 from city funds authorize an amendment to the kushman contract And direct staff to hold 75 000 for the lifeguard facility that cover everything, okay Roll call let's go second that again. There we go Council member folks. Hi council member clark. Hi Council member peterson. Hi vice mayor brown. Hi and mayor kaiser. Hi passes unanimously. Thanks again everybody All right, this will take us down to item 8c our strategic planning contract Oh, it's not as fun as the wharf. I know I know I'm just gonna keep talking Okay, the recommended action is to authorize the city manager to execute professional service Who's who's who's speaking on this? Okay I'm sorry. Oh, don't be sorry She was barrel rolled crowd serve Move into the front My mom's name. So I'm like, it's okay Thank you. I'll wait No, it's okay. I we can take a little break No, we I mean we want to go through this Not go just I mean we want to get through it I I have a hard time I'm Jewish All right, Chloe feel free to start whenever you're ready. Thank you. Thank you so much mayor and council So We'll be talking this is going to be quick strategic planning Now you may recall On our next slide here. I don't have this one. Thank you Memorized quite well. Sorry. So you'll remember some background for you earlier in this year Council did identify during your strategic planning and the excuse me you identified strategic planning As a goal during your budget goal priorities Session and then did follow up by allocating $50,000 to such a project in this fiscal year's budget And earlier in September you did reaffirm our approach and this as an important project. So in November we published a request for proposals for strategic planning development for the city of capitolah and received seven Proposals that were reviewed by staff and kind of whittled down to the top three next slide, please and mostly because This is a collaborative project that council will be very much involved in we thought We should probably have you involved in Selection of who will be working with council and staff. So two members of council independently volunteered to sit on our interview panel Thank you so much for your time council members Brooks and Peterson. We did interview representatives associated with the top three proposals And came to a conclusion based on their experience A very clear dedication to community outreach And their overall approach to recommend Barry Dunne As the consultant to conduct our strategic planning and this next slide will have a little bit more on What does this project look like? There's three very distinct phases This is kind of a lot of information But basically Barry Dunne is going to do a great job and i'm very excited about it, but Mostly in phase two and three council will be involved a staff is going to be involved right away You know developing a work plan looking at a timeline Are the team with Barry Dunne will do a SWAT analysis They're going to use all of the information already available in you know currently published plans Like our housing element other documents To kind of really know everything there is to know already and then move into speaking with you as individuals Conducting workshops and helping facilitate visioning sessions and of course working with staff as well. So This is about a Give or take a six month process We're excited to if you do direct Our our city manager to enter a contract get started in the new year Which brings us right on schedule to hopefully be wrapping up with you adopting a final plan Near the close of the fiscal year. So i'm available for questions The official recommendation is that you do authorize the city manager to execute the agreement with Barry Dunne In an amount not to exceed the 50 000 dollars Towards the development of a five-year strategic plan. Thank you Thank you questions Yeah, I just have one quick question So I don't have a problem with the contract But I I don't know if it was in here, but I wasn't able to find it when we had the discussion about the strategic plan I had requested that we have kind of like an operational plan within the strategic plan That can be updated every two years as new council members come on. Is that part of the scope of work? So yes and no that that was discussed with the proposed Contractors and there are a number of ways we can kind of achieve that But the a lot of the communication in the interview was about How is this a living document? How can this be updated and changed? I know that was extremely important to council So we did talk about that and there's a couple different ways that the specific Firm can help us with operational and implementation. Okay, so this is just the contract but later on down the road We can kind of sort through how often this will be updated And so it doesn't just become a like whenever someone decides something new it Is reopened it can be like a in a regular cadence. We can decide that at another time. Okay, cool. Thank you the question So I just thought it was going to be a more general not specifically only focusing on the five years Is it not going to incorporate some longer term planning as well? So my understanding of the scope of work is that there's going to be two Visioning sessions and the first is much higher level and looking at your long-term vision and goals which could be, you know 50 years for example, but the actual plan and the published document Will be usable workable a five-year plan. Thank you And the other key is is that this is going to be your document So as we work through the process, you know, if at the end of the day, it's like look, we let's structure it like this Let's have our five-year targets and then our 10-year That's all within your control. We can work through that through the process through the workshops through the interviews different sorts of steps that we'll go Perfect, thank you public comment on this item Seeing none back to council I'm in motion Yes, all right I'll move to authorize the city manager to execute a professional services agreement In an amount not to exceed $50,000 to develop a five-year city of capitol strategic plan I'll second that Wait, we have a motion and a second. Maybe we have a roll call, please Council member brooks. Hi council member clerk. Hi council member peterson. Hi vice mayor brown. Hi. I'm mayor kizer Hi passes unanimously. Thank you takes us to our Last item of the year 8d city council rea organization. It is now time to nominate and elect a new mayor a new vice mayor Is there a motion to elect Oh any public comments on this Any objection just kidding All right, uh, we're doing Council comment. Yeah I'd like to thank you margo um mayor for a great year I learned a lot and it was um fun to watch you Do some amazing things. So thank you. Oh, thank you. Appreciate it I'd like to comment as well Uh, it has been absolutely an honor to serve as vice mayor to you this year I know that you were don't laugh. You know what I mean? um, you have brought a sense of um, just joy and and um liveliness to this that I think was really needed, especially this year because it was really tough And I know that you were thrown into some really hard things at the very beginning and you led us through it with uh grace and skill and grit and like really Um, we're just a phenomenal leader during this really tough year. Don't do that Um, and so just thank you. We we are very lucky that you were the person in this position this year Staff also wanted to say thank you to mayor kaiser for her term as mayor and we have a small token of appreciation We wanted to present. Oh my god. That's so cool. Thank you Wow, um Well, I never thought I would be doing this but um, thanks for making me cry and um, just thank you and Thank you staff and thank you council. Like I wouldn't be here without you guys and without this city and While it was like a really tough year it was really awesome and I learned so much and I have such a better understanding of how things work and um What this city is really made of and a lot of that was shown tonight by a lot of great people and throughout this year and I have felt super supported. Um I know my first step is to self deprecate and pretend like I can't do something but um, it has felt really good to be here with you guys and um And I'm excited to see what the next year is and for the next mayor what is going to happen for them Hopefully nothing too gnarly, but you know I'm not I'm not going to manifest anything but um, yeah, it's been real like thank you guys. I everybody that's here has Done something for me with me by us and it's just been awesome. So thank you Mayor kaiser Thank you so much um for being by my side this year um, and the cities I am So grateful for your interest and your time and your commitment to Not just the community but to me and supporting us on the dais and to be able to walk into a room Twice a month with the group and feel like this is a safe Place where we can all be heard and get things done. It's because of your leadership and really We're so honored to have had you this last year. So I adore you. You're not going anywhere Um, I appreciate everything you've done with that I'd like to nominate Kristen brown to be our next mayor I'm in a second that Because I can So we have a first and a second to nominate miss brown as our new mayor. Maybe we have a roll call Councilmember brux. Hi councilmember clerk. Hi councilmember peterson. Hi vice mayor brown and mayor kaiser No longer, but I And next order of business would be to nominate um our vice mayor Do we have a motion? I will move uh councilmember brux as vice mayor for the coming year I will also second that We have a first and a second Councilmember brux. Hi councilmember clerk. Hi councilmember peterson. Hi councilmember kaiser. Hi and mayor brown That also passes unanimously. Congratulations ladies On our next year I have no doubt of either of you being in those positions There you go You're the mayor While this feels like a really important responsibility tonight, uh meeting adjourned