 If we could get a roll call please yes councilmember Bertrand Here councilmember Botthorff Here councilmember story here vice mayor Brooks Here and mayor Peterson Here. Thank you. Please join us for the Pledge of Allegiance One nation under God under God I'm going to start us off with my little opening statement here In accordance with the current shelter-in-place order from Santa Cruz County health service and executive order in 2920 from the executive department of the state of California This councilmember is not physically open to excuse me This council meeting is not physically open to the public as you can see limited staff It's physically president present in council chambers and council is participating remotely via video call Members of the council can use the reaction choices and zoom to indicate they would like to speak similar to raising a hand as As always this meeting is cablecast live on charter communication Cable TV channel 8 and is being recorded to be rebroadcast on the following Wednesday at 8 a.m And on Saturday following the first rebroadcast at 1 p.m. On charter channel 71 and Comcast channel 25 Meetings can also be viewed live from the city's website and with the zoom meeting link also available On our website our technician tonight. It's Benjamin Thompson Thank you again Benjamin as always Despite being physically closed to the public participation. It's still possible Public comment can be emailed or called in To email comment identify the item you wish to comment on in your email subject line Email comments will be accepted starting now until I announce that public comment for that item is closed Each email comment will be read aloud for up to three minutes or displayed on a screen To call in comments Before the item you wish to comment on Call the phone number displayed in the meeting Enter the meeting ID 821-0902-6541 Press the hash key when prompted for a participant ID To raise your hand it makes moments Yes to raise your hand and make a comment press star six on your phone Wait to hear that you are unmuted and then make your comments We'll have up to three minutes to speak If you are watching the meeting via zoom you can use the participant option to raise your hand And make a comment when unmuted by our moderator Emails and calls received outside of the comment period outlined will not be included in the record And as you can see the email to provide public comment is displayed on the screen As mentioned in zoom you can raise your hand as a participant And if you are calling in dial star six to raise your hand We're going to move on now to item two a report on closed session All right, so sam zuttler city attorney I think has her hand raised but I think I can do the report out from closed session Is that the city council reviewed the items listed on the closed session agenda Which included meeting with employee negotiators myself and larry lorenz The city council gave direction and took no reportable action Thank you Are there any additional materials for tonight's meeting? 64 emails regarding item 8a and one email regarding item 8e. Thank you Thank you Are there any additions or solutions to tonight's agenda? Staff has one change um item number eight D The zoning code discussion staff recommends continuing that Um, it was noticed for tonight, but due to the length of the agenda staff recommends continuing that to june 11th Do you need a vote on that or do you just need us to uh agree to that continuum? Um, why don't we vote? Okay, right now. Yes I'll move that we continue item a D I'll second it Okay, we have a motion by councilmember story second by councilmember britchon. We have a vote please Yes councilmember britchon I Councilmember botthorff All right councilmember story All right vice mayor brooks and mayor peterson Hi, motion carries unanimously. Thank you All right We are going to move on to public comments Now is the time for comments on any item that is not on tonight's agenda If you would like to comment on an item that is on tonight's agenda You will raise your hand or weigh in once we reach that that item. So now would be the time Uh to determine if there are any public comments on items not on tonight's agenda And we will start uh by asking the city manager if there are any email of public comments for tonight We don't have any public comments received to the public comment email address Okay Thank you In our moderator larry do we have uh any verbal public comment? I do not I do not see any hand raised for public comment Okay Looking also and I do not see any either and and um larry you would know if the um if anyone calling in by phone Had had unmuted themselves by now I we've instructed them to use the key that's believed to star six to raise their hand In order to do that it would show up as a raised hand as well Perfect. Thank you so much All right, uh with that we are closing a public comment. We're going to bring it to city council and staff comment um I would like to speak briefly first um We received word um from from One of our commissioners, uh, nick ruth informed us yesterday of the um bad passing of a former uh city manager uh managers um Steve Was hired with the city of capitol in 1979 And he was with us for 14 and a half years Before he left capitol in 1994 Uh during that time he made the development of the capitol community center the new bright and middle school gym possible He helped acquire the risk and mansion and the clairs of warfrode property and was known for his open door policy and accessibility After leaving capitol, uh, he uh moved to hermosa beach and worked there for 18 years and then retired in 2012 In his time in hermosa beach He oversaw development of their pure plaza downtown municipal parking lot and the revamping of the hermosa valley park and the creation of the new south park There he was known for his enthusiasm and his love for community And I know that uh councilmember botworth has experiences That he would like to speak to with uh former city manager berell also councilmember botworth Thank you, mayor Steve berell was uh was a when I uh got elected, you know, he was Related to me as the magician of capitol and so I took it upon myself to fly down to hermosa beach and spend the spend a day with him to try to figure out what made capitol a tick and uh As you mentioned, uh, it was just a warm friendly inviting man And uh, you know, he laughed as I said, what was the trick to getting everything done in capitol? And he said, you know, he laughed. He said, yeah, I just had a city council. Let me do what I wanted and We all know that that doesn't work that way These days anymore, so uh, he lived in his time of redeveloping money and he did many as you mentioned many wonderful things for the city of capitol And uh, those things are still here and part of our the lord capitol is so uh For me it could still play with the mayor if you're pleased. I would like to have a moment of silence for Steve berell Absolutely, if we could all please take a moment of silence for Steve berell. Thank you Thank you very much Uh, we'll continue with a council and staff comments Uh, if any council members have a comment, please raise your hand I see that vice mayor brooks has her hand up and then we'll go to council member story Thank you, mayor Peterson. I just had two items. Um, that maybe staff can bring back Um, I've received a couple emails regarding the the river And I know we talked about it a little bit and just getting an update on that and clarification on where we are um And the second one is regarding parking for businesses. Um, not necessarily on the esplanade the county just passed Um, uh variance on the permit process for businesses who have parking lots in order to use utilize their outdoor space Um for for dining options Something of restaurants and other businesses on 41st avenue And I was hoping that our staff can look into that and see if that's something of a need in our within our city limits here And that's a lot. Thank you I can do both of those things the for the the creek closure will talk about that more on june 11th We talk about the budget so we can bring that back next meeting and then the You'll be hearing more about some of those ideas about other uses for private parking lots later on Our presentation staff has been working closely with the bia and we have some proposals for this evening Thank you All right, we'll go next to councilmember story and then to councilmember ritron Uh, thank you, mayor. Actually councilwoman brex, uh, brought out the um a question that I was going to ask about um having on next regular agenda a discussion of Closing the lagoon and grooming the beach Um, so I think that that's already going to be a part of our budget discussions So I'll just look forward to to uh discussion again. Thank you Thank you councilmember ritron Yeah, um Being forgetful at times. I like to put this suggestion to the city council and staff That in the meeting minutes, it would be called out specifically as a separate item Suggestions that any councilmember made for future agenda items So that when we review the meeting minutes We would see specifically if a particular council person made a suggestion for a future council Discussion And I know I've made some suggestions in the past and I forget them So this way it would be a little bit easier for me and maybe everyone else. Thank you Thank you All right, uh, if there are any further council comments Seeing none the staff have any comments I think nikki bryant our recreation supervisor has one comment for this evening Great, thank you. So we'll just have to unmute nikki. I believe that we can do that from the host and there we go Oh, okay Thank you mayor councilmember, um, I have two comments one, uh The public may notice the community center is being tinted for a termite unification over the weekend Taking advantage of the fact that there's nothing Going on in there. We decided to try and get this, um, urgent work done and um, the second comment is that I wanted to encourage public both that have registered for summer programs as well as Might be interested in registering for summer programs that we do have scholarship available And that we would love to see individuals that Would maybe benefit from a scholarship and benefit from being part of summer programs to go ahead and apply Um, and like I said, that's for people that are already registered as well I know that sometimes individuals may just make the decision to Tighten their belt strap and go ahead and and splurge on summer programs But we do have scholarships available in order to serve the public. So I'd encourage people to apply Great. Thank you so much Any additional staff comments? Not at this time All right, thank you Seeing none, we're going to move on to item seven, which is our consent calendar All items listed on the consent calendar will be enacted in one motion in the form listed On the agenda There's no separate discussion on these items unless any of the council members or member of the public would like to pull an item for separate consideration So let's start with our moderator. Has there been any member of the public that has raised their hand? Uh, and also mr. City manager any one who has emailed in indicating that they want to pull an item from the consent calendar I do not see anybody I do not have any emailed public comment Okay, great. Uh, with that, is there any council member that would like to pull any item from the consent agenda tonight? Seeing no one raise their hands, uh, then we will entertain a motion I'll move the consent calendar I'll second. It's the same Moved by council member Bertrand seconded by council member story. Can we have a roll call vote, please council member Bertrand? I council member botorf I council member story I Vice mayor Brooks I Mayor peterson I Thank you That's unanimously. Thank you All right, we're going to move on to our general government items tonight. We're going to start with item 8a Receive an update on the city's pandemic response and we will turn over to staff for staff report All right Thank you, mayor. Let me You see if I can share my screen and Okay So the item before you today right now is the uh update about what's been happening with the city and the region's COVID-19 response. This is the I think fifth in a series of updates. We've been doing in every council meeting um Remind folks that on may 26 the county health officer issued a new order That allowed for many activities to resume in the county allows for in-person retail and some office spaces to open And it aligns the county of santa cruz with the california resilience road map Which is the state of california sort of reopening plan for the state The beach closures do continue And there's no change the beach order nor to the facial covering order the facial covering order requires individuals to wear facial coverings when they are in indoor public spaces And when they are outdoors and social distancing cannot be maintained The county board of supervisors has a special meeting plan for tomorrow to file an application with the state that would move the county Our county into the later phases of um later portions of phase two What that means most specifically is is that restaurants could be open for in-person dining It's not that that doesn't happen when the county takes action It happens when the state certifies that application And I don't know I don't have any inside information about whether that would happen Within hours of the county taking action or whether it's a longer timeline like potentially several days I think that's the key updates on the regional status Overall we have 205 known cases. I think maybe 206 I thought I heard on the radio as I was coming into this meeting in the county Um, we have the two deaths We have seen a somewhat of an uptick in the last 10 days from the cases You can see here that our cases were trending down towards many days with zero new cases and several with one Um, the last 10 days the cases have definitely increased to some degree Um, I do know that county health has been employing their their tracers to try to get a handle on the spread The spread has been predominantly in south county, not in the northern parts of the county Um, I don't know if our city attorney has been able to join us, but did you have anything you wanted to add? Sam Zotler on state activity. I'm here I I joined I don't know if you can see me, but I can see you and I can see the presentation um, no, I thought that was an excellent summary and I just reiterate what you said about, um The county has applied for Whether or not we can have outdoor dining depends on the state's discrimination on the variance for which the county has applied My understanding I think from county council is that they're being that the variance requests are being processed pretty quickly Um within a day or two is my understanding So hopefully we'll get that back soon and can move into outdoor dining and deeper in the state too Great Thank you, uh, santa Okay So, uh, some other local news is is that save live santa christ county is a partnership between the county and the community foundation They've launched a website with safety information about how moving forward in this pandemic Um The city's open facilities, uh, we do plan to open city hall next week And we're calling it a soft opening that we're not going to be pushing it out too much The idea is is sort of one at a time in the lobby and we'll see how it goes Police department remains open one at a time in the lobby Um city parks are open with the exception of the playgrounds play structures Those are closed under the public health order and the wharf is open The beach does remain closed from 11 to 5 every day the community center and the museum and then um The beach parking lots including trip cliff drive are also closed I do want to also mention i'm sure for some of you who are here in town You definitely have seen that the enforcing the the beach closures has proven a challenge particularly in this week Capitola isn't alone in facing this challenge I know that the the chiefs for all the cities in the county with beaches have been meeting and talking and it's been growing increasingly difficult to maintain the closure during the day More and more people are willfully violating it and if if our officers aren't physically there It seems to become a problem. So that's going to be a challenge for us moving forward One of the things we touched on last meeting was we kicked off our business recovery efforts two weeks ago with With naming former city manager rich hill as the city's business liaison the business recovery committee met today this morning to discuss ways that the city could partner with local businesses to help Reopening and help facilitate the reopening And they they had a bunch of great ideas and suggestions And I think i'm going to turn this over to katie who is going to talk more about the different ideas that are being proposed by the bia and this business recovery committee And looking for council feedback on that Which I think is going to be the big item on our agenda together And oh the last item is that the city also co-hosted a webinar about so your payroll protection loan got funded what now So with that i'm going to turn it over to katie hurley who's going to present sort of some of the ideas that have come out of the business recovery committee and the bia So that we can get council and community feedback on them So katie are you here now? I am here. Um And what I need to do is I need to stop sharing my screen so that you can share Your screen Okay And if that proves challenging let me know and I can pull up your presentation here and write it for you Thank you Can you see my first slide business recovery? Yes Okay, thank you Thank you jamie and good evening mayor and city council Before tonight i'm going to give you an update on our business recovery efforts And in our preparation of moving further into phase two Um tomorrow as jamie stated the county will be filing a request to move further into phase two And that means that restaurants will be able to open in the near future Um staff has been working closely this past week with the bia and also we had a meeting this morning with the business recovery committee To develop concepts um to help support local businesses and i'm going to bring you through I'll present two of those the two major concepts that came out of those two meetings The health official has indicated that when the indoor dining is allowed That outdoor dining would be a great alternative to compliment the indoor dining To give patrons other options Also with the current beach closure The order allows seating on the streets and sidewalks except for the areas adjacent to the seawall So as we start talking about the village and what can be done there just keep in mind that The areas adjacent to the seawall they're areas that people must keep moving under the current order So first out of the This is more um Out of the business recovery meeting this morning We discussed some ideas and i've also been discussing with our regional community development groups What other jurisdictions doing to help businesses throughout the county And one of the ideas that has come up is conversions of parking lots for business uses So in areas such as private plazas in which There's a lot of parking Allowing restaurants to utilize part of parking to for outdoor dining Also for religious institutions To prevent crowding to allow religious institutions to utilize their parking area for Additional seating and possibly putting large TVs or screens outside for The religious institutions another idea that we've actually had one application through zelda is Restaurants wanting takeout windows so that there's a separation between the People coming in and out of restaurants and then being able to queue for to go orders So allowing takeout windows and also conversion of outdoor spaces for business uses So this could be something like a allowing a Outdoor display as if it were allowed under the guidance And then other physical modifications to business. So as other industries open up We can start looking at what what needs to occur in terms of development to help that succeed So the idea here is to streamline some temporary planning planning permits Depending the emergency order. So the city was we'd create some standards for each type of Allowance and then applications rather than going through our entitlement process in front of the planning commission, which typically takes From anywhere from six weeks to Sometimes up to two to three months Applications which comply with all the standards that would be put in place could be approved administratively Through through myself the community development director That's one idea the second option Is street dining options. So you've received A lot of emails today and yesterday regarding this Two concepts for the village. So as I stated, I worked closely with the capitol of village This past week They'd come up with a concept For the village and as well, there was a a member of the public Dennis Norton a previous council member and a local designer Came up with a second concept that has been circulating through the community I'm going to present both of those options to you and the highlights of those options and then We'll we'll be looking for direction on all of these items So first within the capitol of village bia concept The main difference between their concept and the Second concept is it maintains access through the village by automobiles at all times It will replace public parking adjacent to restaurants with outdoor dining areas So along the esplanade where we have a line of restaurants All these public parking areas in front of those restaurants would be converted into outdoor dining space It also creates additional curbside pickup areas. So in creating their plan They've identified multiple curbside pickup areas to help those retail businesses as well as restaurants where they'll be short term parking for patrons to park And go pick up their goods and then they can easily go on their way And then also parking is only removed in areas for outdoor dining and curbside pickup The other remaining parking spaces would not be removed throughout the village They're they're also requesting that the city increase the parking limit right now. It's a one hour To increase the parking limit to three hours So if people came in to dine they would have adequate time to have a meal and also opening the parking knowing that they'll be Over 50 spaces removed under their plan To the request is to open parking along cliff drive and the upper lot at dine city hall This is a map showing the concept. So the areas in red are the curbside pickup and as you can see they're Placed throughout the village strategically so that there's curbside pickup close to pretty much every retail Area within capitol. Also, there's curbside pickup located at the end of the Esplanade With the for folks that do not want to dine in that having the ability to drive through the Esplanade and pull over for the curbside pickup there Outdoor dining is shown in blue So what they've done here is they've created outdoor dining for every restaurant Within the village. So along the Esplanade again where there's a continuous Row of restaurants. This whole side would be closed off within the existing parking areas For outdoor dining at the mercantile, there's a larger place for outdoor dining And that would be shared with the ice cream for mary and ice cream on the corner On san jose avenue curbside pickup and outdoor dining is proposed And that was serviced to the wine bar as well as the restaurant And then as you come up Monterey avenue, there's again Dining areas for each of the restaurants as you continue up Monterey Under this concept pedestrians would stay on the sidewalk So then there'd be continuity in front of the Esplanade restaurants. ADA is a major Concern when we're looking at modifying any type of circulation within our public areas So the ADA and pedestrian safety would be maintained on the sidewalk And then as I stated earlier in this concept the car All parking that is not Displaced by dining would exist throughout the village As well as the car would be able to travel through the village at all hours So under the second concept particular access would be Allowed through the village until 11 a.m after 11 a.m The entrance off of the Esplanade from Stockton will be closed And only there would be an 18 foot wide passageway that would be maintained at all times For emergency vehicles. So if there was an emergency it could reopen But after 11 a.m the idea is no vehicles would go through the Esplanade Leading through the Esplanade as well as Monterey avenue until you get to Capitola avenue So again under this concept all public parking adjacent to restaurants would be converted to outdoor dining There would be under this concept a little more room for the outdoor dining Because it takes away the parking as you're going into the Esplanade on the left-hand side of the road And by maintaining that 18 foot wide path of travel It just there's more More space for the dining to Creep into the road and not just be in the parking areas And thirdly limited access and parking on San Jose avenue is proposed So the mercantile would have is access to its parking And then the idea is to limit the parking on San Jose avenue to allow Parking for the hotel as well as local residents And then all parking on the Esplanade and lower Monterey avenue would be removed So next i'll go to the map to show you what this looks like So here in black you see the outdoor dining that's proposed And For for each of the restaurants throughout the city throughout the village The residential and hotel parking is shown in blue and that would be on that segment of San Jose avenue There the road closures are shown in red so one road closure at the entrance to the Esplanade And what that means is that from 11 a.m Um Through the through the rest of the day the the car would not be allowed through the Esplanade this Last portion of San Jose avenue that there will be a barricade here And until you get to the capitol lab Monterey intersection So here I show the available where the car would be allowed within this concept and that again is just on that portion of San Jose avenue and then the Esplanade and Monterey avenue would be open for pedestrian use only And then there would be an emergency access maintained within this concept also we've been i've been talking to the bia about design and infrastructure and The capitol of village has always been an area which we've taken great care of any development to kind of sit within the charm of our beautiful village And in order to section off the dining area along the Esplanade in that long contiguous area. We thought it would be um A cost Saving the effort to move our benches back down into the village and face them inward toward the dining Um to kind of sink to separate the cars From the dining areas so taking our existing benches moving them back down and then Bringing a nautical theme to it through use of some nautical ropes to connect the benches behind and then also Utilizing separation between the restaurants with sanctions so and then potted plants and really creating an overall infrastructure for for the Design elements down there, but they're letting each individual restaurant really make Their interior of their space they're on so Also when the It's the variance is approved at the state level social distancing and other rules will continue to apply So social distancing protocol is required at this time for any business that does open We've got the social distancing protocol on our website now if any business needs to download it and and Place it should be in a visual place at every business again six feet of separation Masks are required indoors and outdoors and social distancing requirements cannot be met and then For the best information that's out there to guide us through the orders of things change is the resiliency road map Put out by the governor and it's the state issues guidance for industry standards so different industries open up such as restaurants, I think there's a eight-page document out there of exactly what protocols Restaurants need to be following in order to open within the road map. So that's available at COVID-19 I have the web page up on that slide in terms of timing for this to occur Tonight we're looking for counsel to give direction if counsel directs the emergency The director of emergency services to issue an emergency order that can occur after the meeting with this evening And then staff would develop applications for encroachment permits and also the special permits That we've discussed Businesses must apply for an encroachment permit with proof of insurance So as they're moving into the street more insurance would be required or proof of insurance and then the state would have to approve the county application for moving further into phase two and once that has happened staff can install the street barriers and start working with the The restaurant owners to To build out the area along the Esplanade and throughout the village So with that that concludes my presentation our recommendation tonight is to make the determination that all hazards related to the worldwide part of coronavirus as detailed in resolution 41 68 adopted by city council on march 12 2020 still exists and there's a need to Continue action and also to provide direction of for business recovery Identify which concept to to consider for the village Estallage a test period of four months to allow businesses to recoup costs This would allow the businesses four months at a minimum To have the outdoor dining area and recoup their cost and it would take us through labor day through september Provide feedback on the pending temporary use permit order But to take out windows and the conversion of parking lots and then also Provide feedback on village parking to increase that to three hours Open cliff drive and the upper lot and now we can move into public comment, and I'll Go back to you jamie. Thank you Happy to answer any questions I think before we go to public comment, uh, it's uh council questions Yeah, is there any council members that have questions? I see a council member batron, and then we'll go to vice mayor brooks and counsel in the story council member britchard Yeah for the proposed Vehicle access along the espanade is the um Markings going to still work like for a cab pickup and the the white zone for loading and unloading like People at the hotel and such like that or is it all going to be um Not available to the public and those who might need it So under the da option all of the parking that exists on the left hand side of the road would continue To be in place There is a request that with the da a consideration be given to give the hotel In allowance to park in other parts of the village Because right now they currently are allowed to park in that first segment that would be taken by the restaurant Okay, yeah, I think the hotel definitely needs some special allowance. Um the experience of being An out of hotel is you know something looked forward to cost a lot to run a room But to have loading and unloading to be an owner's task sort of takes away from that experience So I'd appreciate any recognition of that situation Thank you councilmember recur We're going to move on vice mayor brook Thank you, mayor Peterson kitty. Um Can you help me understand that for like regarding like the other businesses for example like dharmas or something like that or eric deli um in in regards to the parking restrictions you mentioned like what? Uh lot that they have a large amount of parking. Does that how does that work because I mean Let me clarify my question. So if somebody has parking on a on a lot would they be able to apply for this variant? as well Yeah, so it would be an administrative permit and um, so I shouldn't say just large parking lots It's really anyone that has a private parking lot that they want to utilize for um a restaurant use They could apply for this temporary use permit. Um Through our office and it would be reviewed administratively and they were just um We would need to first set up what the what the um stipulations are of if it's a percentage of the parking area that can be used But really I think in these times. It's really important to be flexible So making sure that applicants can come in with a solution that they think works and we can work with them to make sure that um The solution does work if it's a shared parking area considering the other businesses in the plaza But really I think you do need to be flexible in these times And my follow-up question will you will there be a charge for this permit? so That is something that we could discuss this evening. Um Right now and admit we do have a charge for administrative permits and I can get that number for you Thank you All right. Next we have a council member story Thank you mayor I guess I have several questions. I wanted to start by going back and asking about the county applying for a variance tomorrow morning and if that would it at all affect the beach closures? um Or would the beach continue to be closed until july the first? So in conversation so so nothing that the council the the board of supervisors is doing tomorrow will affect the beach closures The beach closures a separate health order that the health officer is issued In verbal conversations with her she has indicated that she anticipates that the beach orders that are in place today will continue indefinitely so at this point we don't have a planned end to the beach beach restrictions So the application for a variance, um, they don't contemplate using that to open up the beaches further Not to my knowledge. No Okay, um I wanted to um, what on the other is asked about um And I guess for the lack of a better description the the norton option or option two that's what we were burn into um, I was wondering if the bia has had an opportunity to study it uh respond to it um, and then I had some questions about um that option It it it I think in your presentation today Here's the show that it would provide access to the capitol hotel But I was kind of unclear how it would do that Okay um, I'll I'll bring up the slide again. So the There is not direct access at this time that or any agreement in place to the capitol hotel that I've heard of I've I talked with the designer of this concept in the past couple hours And it seemed like there was the ability to just to discuss that more but no No, um Signed agreement in place that would give access to the hotel So really the what we would have control of as the city is this portion of san jose avenue And we could issue permits if we wanted to um under this concept Permits for the hotel and you know There are quite a few residences in this these two blocks as well between the six sisters a long way Um to allow them to park here The other parking lot at the mercantile is privately owned And operated and at this time there's no agreement in place to utilize that parking lot So there's not a direct drop-off to the hotel at this under this concept And I for your second question I I I believe that members of the bia are Here and available to comment this evening on the phone So I would I would wait to hear from them to hear if they've had time to understand the second concept because i'm unsure Okay, thank you. Um, yeah, I it appeared to me that um There would need to be other arrangements made out before this concept Would Accommodate the capital hotel the six sisters and and the condominium There on the corner, um theoretically maybe it's possible, but I think that there would need to be more arrangements that would need to be made um On the bia proposal, um, and I wanted to Um require whether Um, and and this goes to the nature of social distancing Um, because I'm I'm concerned Um, that if we don't Aren't able to open up those areas to the guest rooms that they will not be able to accomplish social distancing Um, so I'm looking for ways to maybe try to maximize that And and on the bia proposal, I wonder if They had considered or thought about, um, you know Closing part of the esplanade down toward, you know, the beach pickup Down toward esplanade park Um, you know that little road that goes around Um theoretically could that be closed off so that it's open to the guest rooms Um, and if we maintain the drive-through that it would only be on, um, you know the I'll call it the El Toro site um So that's a and so I would just like to put that Put that out there and see if that can maybe be studied further Um, so those are my questions now. Thank you Thank you. And then finally, uh, we have councilmember bothor. Do you have any questions? Thank you, mayor. I just have one, uh, question on the on the map that was drawn by the bia And my concern is it appears that they've overlooked, um Parking for Belaroma and cork and fork and I just wanted to know Is that just an oversight and is that something that can be? Uh, quickly remedy I think, um They considered cork and fork and they have some outdoor Dining but I I believe that could be quickly remediated. Um, I think, uh, Belaroma Was Was an oversight so good catch And that should be quickly remediated. I spoke with katana today. He's interested in three parking places and cork and fork is looking for two Okay, if you could add that that would be that would make that plan Thank you. Great All right, uh saying no additional questions from council will be back for for comments from council in just a moment But for now, we're going to open it up to a public comment on this item There's one manager. I apologize for interjecting I just wanted to one of the points that was raised by councilmember story And I wanted to be this is a pretty strange nuance and I think it's important for everybody to understand But the current beach rules don't allow People to sit on what they call beach parkways At any time of the day So beach parkways are only open for active recreation And under the way the county health order is written a beach parkway is described as a street or a path That is immediately adjacent to the beach So I've talked to the county a little bit more about this and the county council and City attorney and I have also discussed it and we believe that that means that the esplanade essentially between um the zelda's deck and The park is a beach parkway So I just want everyone to be aware of that as we think about that section of the esplanade for a potential closure It doesn't lend itself to having seating under the current health orders from the uh from the county Great All right, so we're going to move on to public comment Public comment period is now open for this item if you'd like to make an oral comment Please raise your hand by dialing star six or using the zoom raised hand feature We're also taking comment by email. So let's start there That's the uh probably going to be the quickest and easiest comments So let's start with the city manager. Um, have there been any emailed public comments on this item other than the um The ones that we've received as an additional material I think I need uh community development director katie hurley to stop sharing our screen so I can get to the email Thank you. So we do have public comment. It looks like I have um Three four different emails from three individuals. I mean, maybe maybe one's a repeat So should we I will share the screen and would you like me then to have them read? Yeah, let's do that. Okay Okay, so here's the first one. Can people see this on the screen? We can't hear the screen readers. Oh, Jamie. Okay We can see it, but um, we can't hear it Let's see if we can get the volume up. Otherwise, I'll just read it Okay, let's start again and Thank you mayor and council members As many businesses in the village depend on out-of-town guests staying at hotels and vacation rentals Do we have any urgent planning for opening up hotels and vacation rentals? Similarly to allowing dining on parking spaces, etc Sean find a co-general manager shadowbrook restaurant 1750 Okay, so that's comment number one comment number two Hello, there as a business owner and resident of the central village Option two is a horrible idea as we need access to the village and this would be a massive headache People that don't live here may think it's great, but actual local residents of city do not like this Business owners sometimes need to go in or out of the village several times a day to get products or run errands That is why option one is the best bet It allows the best of both worlds Dining near each restaurant as the map shows plus parking for city revenue and access for cars and emergency vehicles Plus option two would be more destructive to the mercantile as we have two parking lots That would essentially be closed and we have also lost revenue for the last 67 days This will not work Thank you Josh Fisher Owner left coast sausage works Owner the daily grind coffee and bottle shop manager Capitola arcade On-site rep Capitola mercantile and pay parking lots President of Stockton the vape sent from yahoo Okay, and then it looks like we have two of the same And we'll read this one. Hello when will vacation rentals be able to be rented? Also, we really hope that Capitola will start rating the beach and improving the appearance of the beach Even if you can't open the beach It doesn't look good and for the sake of all of the businesses and trying to help them The beach needs to represent the amazing city capitol is The beach is almost not walkable as it is right now and with the junior guards program participating concerned for people to get hurt Thank you Thank you Bill and julie kenny Okay, this looks like The same one. Okay, so those are the emailed public comments Great. Thank you. Uh, so i'm gonna turn over now to our moderator Larry and if you could Larry, will you be unmuting individual? Uh, Participants or will i be calling on them? Oh, I I can I can unmute them in the order they in the order that they raise their hand if that works Okay, and you're going to call them out so they know that they're on. Yes. Okay, great. Thank you Great. So the first speaker denis norton. I'm uh, Allowing you to talk at this point. You have three minutes Dennis It's he's muted Yeah, we we can unmute him from our end though. Uh, no, he's I think he's on there we go Hello Go ahead. Dennis. Can you hear me now? Thank you. Thank you council for hearing this tonight Um, in reality, um, our plan is significantly different than the bi is and we did not start this program until we went down and talked to um All of the restaurants in the village and we have a completely different interpretation of what the bi is coming up Well, I'd like to bring up a couple things. First of all, um, social distancing, which has been discussed previous by sam It's not possible when you bring cars into that parking lot There's there's actually plenty of room in the village for the number of people who have come there The difference is is we've been taking them up one two-thirds of our whole village is filled with automobile So it's impossible Safety-wise to park cars into the village and do it. Um, just in a correction of katie's announcement, um, our proposal does not allow cars into the village at any time except for deliveries And for emergency vehicles. We are allowing san jose Avenue to be free of cars and allowing for parking For the capitol hotel and the local residents only and including it gets access to the to the mercantile parking lot That uh, josh was mistaken. So you would have access into that parking lot um The proposal that we have Um Is a plus for the whole community of capitol as well as the village We certainly are concerned about the restaurants and we actually as much as anybody started this whole right to to protect them But also we have to think of our own community Use your imagination here One road going through the espanol. How does it back up onto on the stockton avenue capitol avenue We would have the same mess that we have in the last two weekends of any of you have been down there It's been a nightmare. And that's why the city had to close it down once the only solution to this Is to keep all cars out there open the two remote lots and ask people to walk from From the remote blocks down into the village. Yes, there are people handicapped We can provide for handicapped by using the city hall lot in a number of other places But the other thing that does it opens up the commerce to The upper village outside of the espanol For businesses such as all of them that you walk by coming from the upper parking lot down into the village It's not a handicap. You don't advertise this open You're going to get some more people but not a whole lot more But the first thing you have to tell people is you cannot drive on park on the espanol It should be that that area should be completely car free The other issues we have and this is considerably different. We're asking for something for the whole community Not just for the restaurants and the bias concerns We want to open it open the espanol Monterey avenue capital avenue to pedestrian traffic Allowing morning delivery and emergency vehicles access the whole time I've explained San Jose Avenue will be open up the two two Carousels In their back We're allowed the rest of the restaurant to expand on the sidewalks and onto the street and onto the street And in a way that maintains a clear walkway I think the only way to block a car from people sitting in those restaurants is to have hard barriers You can't put those benches there. Can you manage to sit in a bench right there? And the car's stacked up and idling right behind you. It doesn't work You need a hard barrier and that's what public works is suggested before Um, we open we open both parking lots at Pacifico We direct everybody that comes into town that wants parking to go into it takes us out of the present problem Of everybody parking down in our neighborhoods We create signage at the parking lots in other appropriate locations Reminding all visitors of required norms based on the county health recommendations In other words, we tell people when they come into town, they wear a mask And that that the requirements are for social distancing states in place and we hold them to that We can take we can make we can make regulations behind the Beyond the county health standards if we want to keep our village safe. We need to do that We need to we need to find ways to promote beach access for water sports during closed times Um, I think you're out for three minutes. If you could wrap it up for us, please We need to promote shop local campaign And we know organizes for local volunteers that will help the capital police assistant that can help monitors in the village We have a completely different plan But it's the safest plan for our community and nobody has to give up Think the business will be more successful in the village and our community be a nice much nicer place to live Remember that locals walk to the village. We're doing this for the locals as well So that's that's the start of a nice written a couple letters saying you have the information You have my map up there. If anyone has any questions, I can answer what you know, anything that you want to know on that map in there Thank you Thank you Okay, we'll bring it back to To larry to help us get our our next public speaker and I believe they're gonna They're gonna get the buzzer in the council chamber going so you should be able to hear when your three minutes is up I think is is what they're gonna be doing Okay, so, uh, Hannah small tree. Um, you can talk now You need unmute and uh, thank you Am I unmuted? Thank you. Thank you so much. Um on behalf of working for our local businesses I can tell you're giving this a lot of thought and you're really doing a lot of good things So thank you for presenting it so clearly so that we can understand Of the bottom line is I support anything we can do to accelerate responsible reopening To mr. Norton's point the village is always crowded the differences our businesses are not getting revenue They're losing revenue. We're losing culture and we're making this this economic impact of being self every day So I support the first concept that the bia has recommended for outdoor dining and curbside I understand this is the recommendation of most of the local businesses and restaurants This plan balances the needs of our businesses or residents or tourists or visitors So I support what the bia is doing and all of the responsible planning that's happening now We've worked really hard. We've kept our numbers low But now we really have to look at what's happening to our local businesses and our restaurant and downtown So I'd like to see our businesses be able to open up Make that revenue and get back to the the culture that we all enjoy and the reason that we were here. Thank you Thank you, Hannah Darmish Patel Can you hear me? So the Given me as the two president two plans that were presented today, um, obviously We own the capitol hotel, um, which has been talked about a few times here tonight So, you know, I can give you our direct comments in regards to how that affects us specifically when it comes to these two proposals We were consulted by the uh with the bia proposal and was able to give uh feedback and and comments regarding that and and our concerns, um Which uh, if for the most part it did address, um, and I can go into that a little bit more The second proposal, um, where it's completely closed off, um, we weren't contacting in any way or Given any consideration, um, you can see that it completely blocks off our hotel from any access whatsoever by guests or vehicles It also does not give us access to the front lot of the mercantile Um, at all, uh, which is where we have three spots that are off-street that we lease, um at great expense Uh, uh for our guests and we would not have access to that under that proposal because it's completely blocked off As you'll see on that map So, um, I you know, there's no way we could support that second option. Um, it completely would devastate our business In an environment where we're already devastated And impacted greatly by the by the pandemic. We're doing all this. Uh, and I'm assuming we're doing all this tonight to find a way to Get the economy going again for the business owners in Uh, the village, um and not an opportunity to You know create some other agenda to to push forward But try to figure out a way to get economic recovery going in the village. Um, so Like I said, we would support the first option. Um, given that though We would have still have major concerns in regards to parking It does it does seem though that we would have Still access to parking along the front of the hotel, which is great Um, but one of our major concerns is still the fact that we would have No abilities for loading or unloading of, um, uh customers as they come in for checking in So what we would Like to request a few things here if we do move forward with the first option is that one our permits be Adjusted so that we can park Have our guest park anywhere within the village with those permits because the 50 spots that are being taken out Is exactly where the bulk of our guests would park normally So allowing them to be able to use those permits in other areas The village would be One thing and then also creating a dedicated loading and unloading zone right in front of the hotel So the guests won't be backing up or causing any backups along that narrow driveway Between the outside dining and the hotel. So those are That we definitely would Thank you for your comment Larry do we have any additional it doesn't look like we have anyone else with their hand up But i'm going to leave it to you to be done. I I don't see any other hands up At this time. Oh, wait. No, that one just just came up. All right Nathan cross You need to unmute. He's still muted. I think oh, here he goes. There I go. Okay. Sorry Thank you city council members for taking this, um issue in In Into into consideration Um, I I know that our hearts are with keeping the village Is beautiful and unique as it possibly can be There are a couple of things that concern me about, uh, the proposals I think they're very close to being um working together to achieve the goal Which is to leave Esplanade open for outdoor dining My concern would be that by allowing cars and traffic During the day and in the evening that it would back up the village as you have noted And i'm sure you've all seen that during the week Or even on the weekends you can barely get into the village down esplanade But allowing for emergency vehicles And drop off and pick up for certain people Especially those who have our handicapped or need special access Would uh be accommodated With the second proposal The second issue is that if you reverse the access To the mercantile parking lot You would then allow people to come in and that would be a pretty simple change So that the people in the hotel who needed to use that parking lot to do to use it With the restrictions on the number of hours that are parked you can park on the Esplanade being three It seems to me that people who are using the hotel Um would want to park in a place where they could leave their car and walk around And therefore using the mercantile or the upper village and maybe providing some kind of shuttle If they're unable to get into the hotel that is going to have access Uh because their handicaps it would be easily done I personally don't see a lot of people being crazy about having cars drive by with with radios playing and and and being close to the To the exhaust as they're trying to eat outside I think we need to give the restaurants a break and I think that the mercant the merchants in town would realize actually an uptick In the people who would come in spend time walking around the village going to dinner And buying in the local local shops Our idea is to include or the idea of number two is to include access To all people and to encourage people to shop locally So please consider the idea of how you're going to shut down the esplanade And see if you can't work out a compromise instead of accepting one or the other having people come up with Who we who we vote in to come up with a compromise to make both work Thank you very much, and uh, it's a tough decision, but I know you guys will do a good job All right, uh moving forward larry. I don't see any additional public comment. Can you confirm? I I do not see any hands up I would like to say something, but I don't know where the hands up button is on the zoom All right, no problem Um Well, thank you for uh spending so much time on this issue Um, I would like to try and quickly answer some of the things that came up No, the bia was not consulted with uh denis and molly's um proposal For one thing most businesses that i've talked to were not consulted So, um, we didn't really have any opportunity to give any explanation A few of the people who signed letters and sent them in told me that they Really didn't have a full explanation of what was planned was just sort of a general. Oh, let's support the village. Oh, yeah That's a great idea. I'll sign the letter So I think that there's a lot of problems the first and most important being that many of the restaurants if you look at the Uh compare the two maps many of the restaurants would not have any area for outdoor dining under, um Dennis and molly's plan So that would completely leave them out Um as uh as ed mentioned earlier, it was an oversight that, um, bella roma and Work and cork at first did not think she wanted any additional space and then said she probably did So that was a an oversight and I was going to ask that The staff have some flexibility in Moving a parking place here or there To accommodate the needs of the businesses not every business was able to specify exactly what they wanted In uh appropriate time to get this done So, um, so first of all not not many of the restaurants would have Outdoor dining facilities. It isn't uh, we've asked them It's not feasible for them to be two or three blocks away from their restaurant and expect to be able to wait on people in those spaces um Also on san jose avenue First of all, I don't exactly know once you turn down there and parked if you're a resident or a handicapped Parker how you get back out of san jose avenue Do you back up all the way out onto capitol avenue? Clearly that's not going to work And you have to have a barricade across there or else all day long people who are used to turning on san jose avenue would do So I'm really not I mean, I'm really not here. There's just so many holes in that project also that There's a difference between people who want to walk through the village from the neighborhood And people who want who need to come from outside the area to specifically go to a specific store to shop Or a specific place to dine not all of them are willing or able or have the time to walk two or three blocks to buy a breeding card or to buy something at um at the zero shop or Quick pick up some something to eat at uh, um at the takari at Clearly, we can't have curbside parking give up more of our parking if we've already given up the entire esplanade. I think that Uh council member botolk has a another plan to help ease the traffic uh, kept it from being quite so, um Suggested one more quick thing san francisco has dining in the street all the time Very sophisticated people up there are sitting and enjoying at cars are driving by all the time. This is this has done in other places Uh, this is not a unique problem. Um for capitol. So, uh, please support the bia's proposal Option number one Thank you Thank you All right, we're gonna keep Moving forward. I'm just gonna confirm that there's no additional public comment I know sometimes it takes a minute to find the right button and unmute yourself and all that fun stuff. So I don't see any I don't see any either All right, with that, we're gonna, um, we're gonna notice that uh, public comment for this item is now closed We're gonna bring it back to staff and council for additional, uh, comments and a vote by council Councilmember botwarp had his hand up first, but I noticed that uh staff, uh, our community development Uh director has her hand up also. So there's is there a clarification or or um additional staff information katie Yes, I just wanted to answer by its mayor brooks's question and for a temporary use permit the current fee is $86 And also for an encroachment permit the fee is $68 Great All right. Thank you. Uh, now we're going to move into council, uh, comments, deliberation and a vote on the, uh, Councilmember tron, excuse me botwarp had his hand up first and then we'll go to councilmember tron Thank you, mayor. Uh, I appreciate, uh, the time that the bia spent in in making the uh, plan and the effort they put into that especially on such short notice and I also appreciate the time that, uh Dennis norton and and and a large majority of residents who stepped in I think that Chloe said it was an excess of 50 letters um, I think what what what got confused here is is uh, as long as I've been in this town There's always been a long desire to close the ecanod and every time we close the ecanod for events like the car show And the art and wine festival we all get a great feeling of what it's like to casually walk around We just don't realize that there's a tremendous burden of that place and on the businesses trying to get food in out Uh, and we forget about the fact that there's public families that live at 190 Monterey and those And those condos there the hotel would suffers trying to get people in and out And uh, and just the operations in the mercantile in general So I realized this would be exuberant that there is What a great idea would be to close the ecanod, but unfortunately That's a different item at a different time What we're in right now is an emergency created by covid that is completely Disabilitated all the businesses being able to thrive And and the solution that the businesses want is to be able to move outdoors to comply with social distancing And still be in proximity to a restaurant And and and as much as you know, I look at how nice it would be to have the ecanod closed It's just not the right time for that. There's too many things that that that make this awkward That that that I can't even begin to consider that second option The thing that I I would like to throw into the mix right now just as part of the discussion is I I I see us right now in the positions in the city That we don't have a lot of financial money to help contribute to businesses and their recovery But I don't want to put any roadblocks up and do all of that. So I would be in favor of waiting Uh, uh, being close to fees and all of the fees That are necessary to allow these businesses to get to get up and moving I would also like to extend a hotel capital hotel whatever variances they need for their permit We're taking away the proximity parking for them that they're allowed to expand where their residents were able to park Other than that, um, I I I'm in support of the bia plan The only thing I want to offer that the card kind of lightly touched on which I which I decided not to bring up at this time to confuse the issue But I want to bring it up to to so it's something we can think about as we move forward I think Dennis Norton made a very valid point about what would it be like to be sitting in an outdoor dining as cars are backing up And we all know that we have a backing up problem in the espionage And what's causing that is we know people will wait for 10 minutes if they see a family starting to back up their car Go wait and block traffic for 10 minutes to secure that parking place So since we're not going to have a lot of parking In the espionage because we're going to have restaurant seating there I don't see this being as big as an issue Until we get close to the other side of the crosswalk where it was zeldas decked again In that case, we're going to have all the diagonal parking and all those forms again And we could have the queuing up of traffic backing up So an idea that has been floating around for as long as closed in the espionage Is an idea of creating an express lane in the espionage And that express lane if you look at the map it would begin at where zeldas uh Is at the beginning of san jose where we all know the motorcycle parking is On that left-hand side of the street. There's 11 parking places And if we were to remove those 11 parking places as cars came out across san jose or made to turn from san jose onto espionage If you stayed in the left lane against the curb we could designate that as a Expressway no parking no stopping which would allow cars to flow through The edges from san jose and to get directly out onto the espionage and up monorail and out of town Those cars that would be looking for parking would stay in the middle lane Which is existing and they will queue up for parking places. They want to which would want to be waiting for I'm not bringing that up as a suggestion at this time because I think what I'd like us to do is try this See how it works If we get a lot of complaints and we see that's constant backing up and we can get that about complaints about fumes and gas This is an option that has never been tried It only requires another loss of 11 parking lot parking places But it wouldn't allow for constant flow through the village In addition, I the one of the things I do want to consider is I am in favor of reopening all the parking lots we have available Not just quick But the upper and lower parking lot We've got our battle with the beach and that will be an ongoing battle But I think right now what we need to do is support business support Our retail sales and dining and that's in front of us and those are my suggestions and i'm Looking forward to hearing other councilmember comments. Thank you madam man Thank you We're going to go now to councilmember bertrand No, i'm very encouraged by public participation Merchant participation has indicated by the 60 plus letters that we've gotten I think this is um Very healthy and I appreciate the discussion that's come about because of this There's two proposals And I note that the bia has You know done a significant amount of discussion amongst the members to come up with the proposals that they have I think Dennis's proposal has been on the On the on the board for a long time and there's some good points there too and In comment on what ed said, I'd like to sort of support business proposal number one But with the idea that there'd be a constant Ability to change as we see how conditions Unfold so maybe the express lane will be needed. We don't know Maybe other things will be needed as businesses realize they actually need more parking and we could adjust those things So I would propose number one Ed you'd listed a number of things that would be um We'd have to go for Like uh moving back the uh charge on the permits I totally agree with that. There's a number of others and whoever makes the motion. I think should list all those. Thank you All right. Thank you councilmember ritron A councilmember story. I see you have your hand up and then we'll go to vice mayor brooks Yeah, thank you mayor phoenix and and uh, I as well want to thank everyone Uh for putting their heads together and coming up with both these options. I'm sure that uh, we're going to um select one of them um and maybe a compromise version um as Macon mentioned And um, I also want to add What councilmember borks left mentioned about open up the parking lot? We should do that Eliminating the fees. We should do that Um expanding the permit uh for the capitol a hotel Um, we should we should do that. Um Um, here's one thing though that I'm still concerned about and under even the bia proposal Um, and that's the requirement for social distancing Um, which in my mind and under this emergency Uh, it's a health and safety issue Um, I do not we're talking about opening up um capitol um and the only Pathways for the pedestrians Under the bia proposal that's presented is still on the sidewalk Um, and that sidewalk it's going to be packed um I don't know what we Are able to do for I mean, I think that there are some places That we can uh open it up And remember also the beach is going to be closed So people will not be able to distance on the beach Um, they'll have to stay on that sidewalk And I guess I would like to hear more about what staff's plan is To monitor that um, are we We're going to assume that responsibility On or are there things that we could do in addition? Or maybe a compromise between these two proposals In that we could maximize People's ability to uh follow the directives um I also um I guess I wanted to hear a little bit more About what I mentioned earlier about closing part of the The the road to traffic there along Esplanade park um It seemed like That would be viable even under the bia proposal It would still allow traffic access um But it would also give All the junior guards And and and the people that are coming to the beach A little bit more room to be able to maneuver um Well, I would like, you know, maybe staff to take this and um And maybe a little bit more discussion uh with some of the um residents there um On the capitol hotel it seems like I mean, I don't that they could access their Um lease parking uh from the other side of the mercantile I would also want to know if they're still going to be using your front for loading and unloading Whether that's going to back up the traffic on to Stockton avenue um So a few more questions. Um I would like to see maybe a little bit more discussion um on some of these issues Uh and have it come back to us at our June 11th regular meeting. Thank you Thank you councilmember story. Uh vice mayor brook Yeah, thank you. Um I I wanted to see if our chiefs could speak to some of the safety Matters that have come up. Um I don't know if he's available To do so Good evening mayor Peterson. Thank you for the question vice mayor brooks Um as it relates to safety there But I think we're gonna have to do a different sound Can you just walk? Apologies folks, I think there's just too much feedback trying to use a laptop in this room with the mic on so Terry's gonna go to the community room and he'll Call in from there No problem. Thank you While he's up, I'll ask my second question and it's um actually for councilmember story In regards to his comment on the esplanade park just kind of to follow up Um About what your vision is there. Are you referring referring to closing it entirely? So we would lose some of those parking spots And to what would it Because you you brought up social distancing. What would that space be used for? Um And kind of what if you could elaborate more on your vision So that's my second piece in terms of the questions and then I do have some comments by mayor Peterson Okay, um, so we have um, okay Like uh, she Let's start with him to answer your first question and then we can have the dialogue With councilmember story and come back to you for the rest of your comments Thank you, mayor Peterson. I hope there's a whole lot less feedback jadie correct Okay Uh, if I recall vice mayor Brooks, it was a general question about safety concerns for both of the options I understand your question correctly Let me let me address some of those And I know we have fire chief Steve Hall. I believe On here here with us tonight as well that you might want to add his comments from the emergency Uh response fire department response I'll start by saying the police department, uh, the entire department is committed to working with The business owners council Based on your direction to to make one of these options working and we're excited about the the opportunity to go forward Anytime there's a change to a street configuration Or or the normal flow of an area It introduces an amount of concern safety concern from the police department And so that's what I've been talking with the others and staff to see if we can mitigate some of that concern um directly In response to any council member stories Uh concern from the health side and social distancing What we've learned for the last couple months in uh out in the community and trying to enforce Or at least gain compliance with someone on the help alert Um, is it folks that are typically walking and moving on the sidewalks are doing a really good job When they need to if they're from the same household, it's a different Uh action, of course, we know that but uh, they're often wearing their masks when they're moving about on the sidewalks Where it becomes a significant problem and it's getting worse is when those same people come to a gathering Wherever that might be by the seawall Out in front of a store When they stop moving then the social distancing requirements kind of break down It's one of the concerns I have for option number two is the full closure of the village In my opinion is going to create an experience probably a wonderful experience But it's also going to introduce a higher level of gathering public gathering This which causes us concern from the health side, of course for all of us But more specifically from me from an enforcement perspective because it's difficult If there are limited resources to handle those types of health concerns and it might be that level of gathering um The other safety concerns that is significant um In in these options is the emergency response if needed Or either PD emergency personnel or fire emergency personnel Um in option number one um in talking to Steve jessberg I'm comfortable with the distance the width that remains For vehicles to safely pass through the escalator to make that right turn often stopped it And for those vehicles to continue moving forward it's kind of the bottle mentioned They won't be looking for parking in the gate until they get down past the cellars So that helps us out from emergency access if we had to gain immediate access to the SLA with this a little bit more restricted area. I think that it's a whole lot easier Well, I know that it's a whole lot easier in option one that might be an option two option two would require a rather meticulous emergency response plan to ensure that a couple things are in place that there's a response to a fire A response to another emergency police or fire response We would have to be able to first Remove some barriers effectively quickly and we'd have to be able to get police resources into the venue To clear the area of pedestrians Potentially of dining areas and then we would have to have the right number of police resources to escort fire in And so there are some safety concerns. I think all of them can be mitigated Um with significant and ongoing discussion um There are a higher level of concerns for me in option two And there are an option one And I'd like to turn to if chief calls here. Maybe jim you can see the chair or no peterson And see if you'd like to add some comments. Thank you for the question. I hope that answers your question Thank you chief all right Jamie, I don't believe Our fire truth is with us today. Is he I believe he was calling in potentially Right now There he is. All right. Okay. He's ready to talk. He's in unmute You can even mayor members of council and staff steve hall fire chief for central fire First of all, I want to applaud the city for Looking outside the box and and you know getting our our city back open with the merchants from the restaurants I think that's a very valid approach to uh revitalize our community I do have a few concerns in regard to access Especially in regards to option two When I hear the term hard closure Uh, it makes me extremely nervous in regard to maneuvering our apparatus into an area Especially when we have numerous structures Residences and operating restaurants and can't get close enough to do our job Whatever the need for us being there may be it may not be a fire But it may be a life-threatening medical event that we need immediate access to Which is proximate to the victim We have to be able to get our equipment in Quickly and we have to be able to be close enough to make sure that the equipment that we need Is in fact available to us without having to Uh Go a great distance to to acquire more equipment Also for this uh option if we were to close the entire area As council knows we have no lifeguards on the beach this summer And I know the beaches are closed at this point, uh for the most part But we still have people in the water If if our rescue swimmers and our aquatic response personnel can't access The espanade to gain access to the beach to gain access to the water That's another uh a problem for us as far as response times So I I do like the uh bia option option one I think that the the fire department can work with the city and the planners on making that option A viable approach and I ask that you uh You consider that as far as what the emergency response could or could not be with any other option at this point But they have to answer any questions you may have Yeah, mayor peterson. I ask a follow-up to that. Yes, of course Um, so in the bia presentation, uh, they talked about The options of the dividers or kind of the barriers of in between do we feel confident that's going to be enough at this time? Thank you. Good for the question of eisner books The barriers that the restaurants would be utilizing to section off their outside outdoor dining areas Is that the question? correct Yes, I think that that is a viable design to both, uh Allow for the clear direction of the meals the vehicles passing through While at the same time predict protecting those people who are choosing to die out at the restaurants Uh, I think the configuration with the benches in conjunction with Um, what what I understand is might be a six foot gap between From one bench to another and then some stanchion I think that that will work The reality is that if we go forward with that type of an option, uh, the police department is going to have to be um Um Involved to a good extent on the front side probably unlikely providing some direction to the businesses to the public pedestrians and vehicles through our active work and our visibility out there So that the community and the visitors understand the changes and eventually That the passage will be a whole lot more fluid And a higher level of safety Um as we move forward with with either plan but to answer your question I do think that that's a good design. I think it's similar to others of designs that I've Seen in other cities, and I think that it will work better for us during council Thank you That answer your question vice mayor brooks can regards to safety and then I had that follow-up question for councilmember story Okay, so um, let's go ahead and have I see that councilmember story and councilmember botwarp Also have their hands up. So let's have a vice mayor brooks. Let's have you um Discuss with councilmember story and get your questions asked and Having gone through all the councilmembers I would like to make a couple comments and then we'll circle back around to councilmember story and councilmember botwarp Okay, should I complete my comments then now mayor peterson as well? Yes, please and wrap up on your end. We'll do so, um You know, this is really some interesting time as we try to revitalize our Economy, we're still experiencing a shelter in place And so there's a lot of give and take in in this particular situation. So I most certainly appreciate everyone coming together and being creative in In what we can do now um, so My comments are I It is my priority here is safety. So I appreciate Uh chief and and fire chief Steve hall for making those comments in in regards to option number one I'm in agreement with um That you know right now might just not be A safe option or safe right now for us to even consider option two um, I I agree with councilmember botwarp that we should waive the permit um cost And we should open both of the parking lot um in terms of flexibility like car and hana suggested if we missed anybody I think it's important that we circle back with them and give them an opportunity to come forward um to have access to those permits and um And just have a voice in As we go through this process. This is a test run And because it's a test run as councilmember botwarp suggested I think it'll be important that we circle back In a few months on how it's how it's going. Um I'd be interested in hearing back from the bia as well as pd on their their take on things as We enter our summer month Um, so most certainly I like this slow street concept. Um, that the bia is presenting We like karen karn said we've seen this in san francisco And we um, I see it. I've just read some articles recently about van tuber adopting these ideas So it's happening and we can look to other cities For additional ideas. I think it'll be important to up our signage I didn't hear any mention of signage um in the presentation and maybe it's just Let's get over so I think that will be really important for us to lay out what is allowable and what isn't um, and in regards to Closing it off entirely what's really important for me and is that people's all abilities have access to or to Just view the beach and so being able to drive through for some people that I know They're only that's their only thing that they can do is to drive through and look at our beach If it was closed off right now, they wouldn't be able to do that and that's That makes me really sad So it's important that everybody of all abilities have access to our beach and if it's just driving by um, so that's why I'm um in agreement with option one um, councilmember botthorff also also slightly touched on design concepts and katie Mentioned it too with the ropes and a nautical design. I really want to stress The importance of continuity on that design so that we don't piecemeal this all together I I hope that we can keep that in mind And the last point was regarding the hotel and I think that's fine that we adjust our permits For that, but I don't know if it was answered whether they're loading or unloading there I think we should move that option or that Thought somewhere else. So it doesn't interfere with What the moving traffic? I think I went through all my comments pretty quickly. So there you have it. Thank you All right, thank you guys mayor brooks Um other councilmember members. I see you have your hands up. So I'll be brief. I just want to get some comments in as well um Thank you to all of those who have breached out. I think Chloe said we got 64 Emails on this item. Um and in looking back through my emails, I responded to 56 of them. So I apologize to the eight people that flipped through uh flipped through the cracks there um And in discussing this with a lot of business owners It didn't occur to me right away that there was a divide between the idea of shut down the whole esplanade for this for Outdoor dining or shut down some of the esplanade for outdoor dining My understand was that there was a general consensus of just support for outdoor dining and support for our businesses um And so it took me somewhat by surprise that there was something of a divide between whether we shut down the entire esplanade or part of it um, I have been in support of Uh, as I've gone through this process and received a lot of comments I've continued to say I support shutting down the esplanade for restaurants I'd love to see that and then in seeing the bia option It seems really quite brilliant that we have the opportunity to support these restaurants and provide The space that they need for outdoor dining while still allowing for the drive-through Option which as vice mayor Brooks mentioned, you know, maybe Some people that's the only opportunity they get to see the beach is just to drive by I am also in favor of the um Waving of the permit fees and in providing Uh the hotel with the space they need to load and unload and for the parking for their visitors um in speaking with some of the um businesses Uh and business owners, we also had discussion about opening up the parking on uh cliff and increasing the um The hours on the meters and opening either one or both lots The discussion I had had previously was about a compromise and opening one, but clearly, you know Um, if it's consensus of the council, I'm not opposed to to the opening of both Um, that being said, I am I am very concerned about the social distancing aspects We saw I believe it was a 20% spiking cases between the beginning of may and and now Um, just from the the loosening of restrictions that we saw previously Um, so I am hopeful that as we move forward We can work with all of the business owners all of the restaurants to ensure that they have the state's guidelines for what's required to reopen I know a lot of the businesses need to have signs up that say we're going to have six foot of distance between each person This is how many people are allowed in the shop. I think it's important that we provide the restaurants with that guidance as well. I know the um As uh, I believe it was katie said there's something like an eight page Guidance for restaurant along with a full page checklist So I think it's important that we help provide access to that information Because if we don't do this I want us to open safely and productively But if we don't do it safely it can't be productive because we'll have an influx in cases And then we're going to be moving backwards and right now I can really feel the momentum of us moving forward and that's exciting um So to kind of wrap it up. I um I am in um support of the uh the first option the bia option Uh, I I heard I believe it was councilmember story Mention bringing this back to us on june 11th um And that to me is I I don't feel comfortable waiting that long to make at least some decisions on this Um as of last friday when I spoke with the county health officer We didn't even think that the county board of supervisors would be able to meet this week that there would be enough time to get our access station for variance ready And so to hear now that they're going to meet tomorrow Um as our city manager mentioned that could mean that the state will approve us by tomorrow night It could mean the state will approve us on monday or on tuesday uh june 1st or june 2nd And certainly that doesn't mean that our staff will be ready to um Grant these permits or that will have the guidelines for them, but certainly I don't want us to fall Nearly two weeks behind potentially Um by by waiting to further consider these things that we can make some decisions on now So I think it's important that we make some decisions tonight and that at our next council meeting it come back to us For an update on how it's going Hopefully we'll have some permits issued by then we'll know what some of the hiccups are and what we need to do to fix them But i'm certainly not comfortable just continuing this item until uh june 12th A lot of our business owners and a lot of our restaurants have waited a really long time Um to get some kind of relief and I think it's our it's our duty to to help them find that Relief and in whatever way that we can Uh, I think that was all of my comment Uh, but if not, then we'll come back to me too in the meantime Uh, let's see. I believe councilmember story had his hand up first and then we'll go to councilmember Bauthorpe and councilmember batron the councilmember story Yeah, thank you. Mayor peterson. I just wanted to respond to uh Councilwoman brook's question about what was my vision for the area around esplanade park My vision was in order to accommodate maximum social distancing That that area Down in the triangle be closed off the traffic. So it's available for pedestrians Um to access and to be able to move with the appropriate distance from one another Um, it's already happening that there are Many people that are down there Um, I would say very most of them are not wearing masks and they are not able to get to park So, um, that was my vision for down there. I'm not quite sure Uh, why it's not being proposed to at least that part Of the esplanade to be closed off to traffic Um, it's the pickup zone could be moved over To the other side of the island where the current parking spaces are So then there would be that single lane To accommodate, I mean, uh, even councilman Bauthorpe's idea of an expressway um We know how quickly the any cars would move through there, but This there would be passage through there um I thought we would be able to um In that area where most people congregate that there would be As much space made available to them To be able to maintain their health and safety Um, so that's that was my vision. Um, and I was just And I'm I'm prepared to move forward with the bia proposal at this point, but Um that if we're not going to Um consider closing off that part of the esplanade that Maybe that part would be considered and reviewed and Um, brought back to us. Thank you Thank you councilmember story. Um, I agree, you know, if it's if it's not something that we're considering today it's definitely worth considering at a future meeting as we continue to adjust to um, what this Dare I say what this new normal looks like? Okay, let's see who was next councilmember botwork All right, thank you, madam mayor I appreciate your comments madam mayor. I I agree with them 100 as far as uh, how we need to exit. I just uh This decision, uh, our poor business owners have been claimed by the rules for way too long They've been good You know my concern overall this I I'm a little worried about the increase in the numbers in the county I don't want this to come back on us. The burden is going to be on the bia Really really enforce the the match requirement. That's what's going to keep us safe You know when people are on the sidewalk, we're not going to be able to provide social distancing I don't care how much when we ask we've seen the village Even during art and wine festival when it's packed We're all in close proximity So that is something we have to deal with and that's why max is going to be mandatory Unless you're actually sitting at a table eating you're going to need a mask on That's just for the safety of everybody and and you know that we're going to have to advertise it It's going to have to be pretty conformal to some of the businesses the menu But that's how we're going to get through this and that's how we're going to thrive without that We're going to be in trouble I'm concerned about the triangle. I think that's something we should not close at this time We have to remember that we have a surf community. We have a tremendous amount of people parents moms dropping their kids off driving through there During the summer and junior guards, even though we only have two parking places for drop off It becomes about six or seven places. So that would totally plug up the The access out of the building. So I'm really not willing to move on that Especially that the reason is to allow a place as the chief mentioned We're going to allow a place for people to congregate and that's what it's going to become So I'm not in favor of that So with that with the comments of the that the mayor made about x-raying this I'm willing ready to make a motion at this time Because I think I've heard all the comments that there's that I need So my motion will be uh, I'm going to adopt staff recommendation which begins with item one Make the determination that all hazards related to the uh, wide spread study coronavirus in that resolution continue Item two is to provide direction, which is I suppose option one An option one is going to include all the things I mentioned which were opening all parking lots returning parking to three hours uh allowing the provisions for the hotel variance and If there's a way to include in this it's absolutely strictly maps will be required in the village if you're not eating And that's my motion I'll second that All right, we have a motion in a second. Uh, we will continue Uh discussion. So was that the uh end of your comments council member bautour? That's your motion Yes, it is now in the effect Great. Thank you. Uh, so zhok, I believe um You were you were next and then council member story I'm not sure if you re raised your hand or if it's still up from last time, but if it's uh up again, we'll come back to you Okay, guess not. Thank you for clarifying Council member. Okay, it is council member for chan will come to you and then we'll come back to council member story Okay, great. So, um I think this discussion has been pretty good. We've come up with quite a few ideas things that were missed originally and were thrown in as Ed did so I think this concept has been around for a long time to open up the village and People have traveled around the world europe or wherever you see these wonderful Places in town squares or other locations near a beach where you know, there's people just milling around There's businesses open people out in the square eating kids You know the whole words i've seen them all over the earth myself in japan and china This is wonderful atmosphere brings people together make the village alive So for us, we've never really had the opportunity to do that except when we have a certain celebration But now we have a real opportunity to save our businesses and to save the future of capitol So it's a vibrant place for people to come and visit Enjoy the beach bring their families and come away with a wonderful experience That they tell all the people that they know and they come back every year So to me this is something we have to do The first stage odyssey to me is encapsulated in option one There may be changes as we move forward and i mentioned that earlier There may be things that we realize don't work We will realize things that we need to improve on this and i think every single member of the city council Has mentioned this in one way or another We'll come back around look at new options as we get experience With how this is going to work then you know, we'll have those ideas and they will be obvious So we're going to have to have some way to revisit this every two weeks or every month or something of that sort I think the other thing that's going to happen is As every single merchant puts out their tables as every single merchant Wants to put out their wares or anything else of that sort. There's going to be something of pride The various restaurants they're going to want to have a good show They want to show how good the restaurant is people are going to see it as they immediately walk by I think it's going to be an amazing experience for anyone that comes to capitol Everyone is going to see what the merchants and what the city of capitol can do I think it's truly going to be an amazing thing And to some extent once we do this it's not going away We're going to be changing how the city does things downtown This is going to be something that is going to be an experience that is so positive So wonderful for everyone that comes and visits that this is going to change how we do things in capitol are moving forward So I commend the bia. I commend everyone else And then it's not and everyone is put into this planning and to try to come up with ideas that are going to work It's going to improve Whatever we do now is going to look different in two maybe three or four weeks And we're going to come up with things that will be truly amazing So that's why I support this motion. Thank you Thank you And then we are going to go to councilmember story and then to vice mayor brooks Yeah, thank you again mayor. I just wanted to get clarification on the motion And whether part of the motion was to have the city police force or the merchants in force mask wearing among all the residents and visitors down to the esplanade or Are the city as a whole I was unclear about that part of this I'm sorry councilmember story. Are you asking if that's part of the motion or if that's currently required by the health order? Because my understanding is that it's currently required by the health order to wear masks and that businesses and restaurants are expected to deny customers We don't have one Right, but I my question was outside of the businesses. Oh, okay When they're on the sidewalks And they're walking through the village Or anywhere in capitol Yes, I understand that the health order is Um stating that people should wear masks such as I fear that Um, I've said most people do not wear masks Um, and I'm just wondering what the intent of this motion is concerning That the allergists and how we may turn that around I will go to let's see. I think we should um Let's see. I'm not sure uh, I'll turn to guidance from our city manager here I think perhaps our police chief could give us some guidance on this and also councilmember, uh, bothorpe It actually made the motion perhaps to clarify if he was including Um, any kind of masks in the motion itself Um, so where should we start here? I think I can reply pretty quickly What I heard was emphasize that businesses were going to be really called upon to emphasize the need to wear masks So that would include probably signage at the front doors about the importance of masks And I think that that is something we've been talking to the bia about and in fact the city actually we're developing Um, I know this is outside the motion, but we're developing some banners That we're going to try to hang over the the street that say Respect capitol aware masks try to get that message out So that's our staff. That's what that's what we heard as staff And if I can add to that that's exactly my intent. I'm not asking for any additional enforcement I think this burden falls on all of us. I think the business is realized to succeed Maks are going to be able to get through this It was exactly as the city manager explained. So thank you for allowing me to clarify that I'm trying to jump in here. This is the norm. It's going to go forward. People are going to be respecting each other Especially when they come to crowded areas. Thank you Thank you. So so let's back up for a second there a council member story. Does that answer your question or no? Yeah, that answered no question. Thank you Great. Thank you. So I believe vice mayor brooks is the last one with her hand up Yes, thank you. Um, so I wanted to to offer a friendly amendment to council member botworth. Um, A motion I didn't I didn't hear the inclusion of waiving the permit costs in your motion And so I just wanted to make uh to offer them Were you going to say something council member botworth? You were done. Okay. So I um, so my amendment would be to just ensure that we include the waiving of the permit costs Um, and that we circle back perhaps since this is just a four month Trial that my additional Request would that be a monthly check-in with the bi a and pd To come in and report back on how everything's going. So That would just be my friendly amendment to offer both of those to add those additional items to your motion Uh, thank you for that vice mayor brooks. My the waiving of the fees I mentioned when I first deliberated that I omitted it in my motion. Thank you for catching that And I definitely accept that and I also accept the monthly evaluations Both you and the council member the tram mentioned. We should be evaluating this I think we really need to meet in one month for sure and evaluate every every part of what we're deciding Good advantage. So that that some amendment is absolutely fine with me Thank you guys Mary for bringing that up and yes, so that said and I said, um, I definitely agree with these ideas And so include that in the amendment All right. So we have a motion and a second Um as amended I don't see a vice mayor brooks. Is your hand still up for additional comments or was that from the last comment? Oh, did what did she freeze? I think she's frozen. I think she's frozen or she just has intense focus. We'll come back to her. Um, Okay, so we'll we'll wait a second because we're going to need her for the boat So in the meantime, can we have the city clerk read back the motion as as she understands it? Yes Thank you So as I heard The motion is to adopt staff recommendation With item one being determining that hazards from the covid crisis still exist and item two providing direction Going forward with the first option one proposal from the bia Including opening all parking lots returning parking to three hour time limit Allowing the variance for the hotel parking Waving fees for all administrative permits And including a monthly check-in with the police department And the bia That is what I heard And the one other element I think was that the businesses needed to emphasize the importance of masks Yeah And if I'm if I'm not mistaken, I think that's part of the um Part of the skate guidelines is that the businesses need signs up that say that you're required to have a mask and all that So sorry, that's the side side the motion All right council members We are we have come to time for a vote. So we have a motion and a second on the floor Um city clerk, can we have a roll call vote, please? Yes council member bertrand I council member bothor All right council member story I vice mayor brooks Hi, mayor peterson Hi Motion carries unanimously great news all right Clap around. Thank you so much everyone. Thank you everyone for your participation in this item for your public comment for all of your outreach um We're just getting started. So we'll continue to be in touch as we move forward All right moving right along Uh, we're going to move to item uh eight b which happens to be an update Uh from the central village wharf business improvement area bia as it is otherwise known. I'll turn over to staff to kick us off Sure, this item is on the agenda at the request of council member brooks from the last meeting And I do think actually the intent behind this was to really establish communications between the bia and the council And I think we have just spent the last two hours doing that So it may be that this item ultimately isn't necessary at this time on the agenda But with that I can turn it over to karen and we can hear more Thank you. Um, thank you for that vote as well. We're very happy Next month we have the uh renewal which answers questions about budgets and dues So we don't need to deal with any of that. I do want to give a mask update We are working the bia should in the next perhaps hopefully tomorrow. We have um some A variety of sort of cute and catchy Reminders about masks that the businesses will have they all know that they uh need to require them And I will say that as far as the visitors to the shops, they are very well trained Everybody who comes has come to our door today has their mask handy They walk right up to the hand sanitizer sanitize their hands and they're looking around and trying to be respectful of other people Um, so that that's going well, but I agree that when people are out walking in the street They definitely need reminders and we'd like to continue to work with the city about any signage Um, anything we can do to help that that's our answer mask. Um, so I can answer any questions if there's anything specific. We have three closures in the village so far We have three pending closures That are coming Probably coming through in the next month. We have one new business that did extensive remodeling that hasn't been able to open yet That's the british ailes So, um, you know, it's a it's this move tonight is really really appreciated To get some a little bit of energy going in the village as some of the others are are kind of nearing nearing that the edge um And uh, we also really appreciate the staff's efforts in working with the bia And also, um expediting the permit process Going forward. So if there's any questions, uh, I'd be glad to answer them. Otherwise, I'll see you again next month Thank you. Any council members, uh, have any questions for caron? Or just thumbs up Okay, thank you Thank you Let's see here Can I get a guidance from our city manager because this is uh, uh Report or a presentation. We still need to go to public comment on this item Um Well, yes, normally, but we don't have any public comment received on this item for We don't have any public comment received on this item by email, okay Okay, I'm by email. So I guess in that case, I'll go ahead and just say this is the time for public comment If any of the attendees on this zoom meeting have a comment on this you can raise your hand I don't see any hands raised at this time Great. Thank you so much. All right. Thank you caron. Thank you to all our bia members We are going to bring it back to council now for any additional comments before we move on to the next item and Seeing none We're gonna Item 80 received Monterey Bay community power presentation and we'll start with the staff So this is a presentation I think lina came to a meeting about a year ago Maybe a little bit more to give us an update about Monterey Bay community power to joint powers authority of which the city of capitol is a member We are not currently on the board although we are going to be getting a board seat back coming up early next year So with that I will turn it over to lina for an update about what's going on in Monterey Bay community power Hello, um, thank you for having me um city council members and community members If I can go ahead and share my screen I'd like to go ahead and provide you with an update Of what we have accomplished since we last met you were absolutely correct It was almost one year to the day that we had an opportunity to talk about The accomplishments of 2018 as a joint powers authority of Monterey Bay community power and capitol participation in that So as we move forward Just to remind anyone who just uh is hearing about us for the first time that might be within the community And we are a joint powers authority that's providing carbon Free cute energy to the central coast and we have added a few cities I'll go ahead and share a little bit about that as we go Since the last time that we spoke We started off of course with our original 19 cities and as you can see here we recently added of course the cities of San Luis Obispo in Morro Bay And we will have the city of Del Rio Monterey county in addition to Nine other communities in San Luis Obispo county joining us in total in 2021 In 2019 Um, we were able to provide of course the community With a carbon free offering as well as a renewable offering And we ended the year at about an approximately 94 of overall enrollment between our entire service Territory um 2019 saw another 12 million dollars in energy program Um, it combined total of about 17.2 million in customer energy savings And the increase of a resiliency fund through a program called UPS Some of our community members have heard about it as it did open Up for public applicants already providing Resiliency for essential facilities To support maintaining your electricity during ts ts events or other emergencies Um contracted with um local vendors in addition to adding full-time employees throughout Our existing service territory including um down in San Luis Obispo and Morro Bay where we opened another office Um, we discussed last time around that we were able to actually increase our reserves I'll bet with paid off in that first year Um actively um through 2019 and continuing now into 2020 we are working To build and actually receive a credit rating for the jpa so that we actually will have A little bit better pricing about buying power are out there in the energy market The two um options that were made available As I mentioned previously and are still currently available to our community Our um mb choice and mb prime And as far as energy procurement projects go We are continuing to add um to our renewable and carbon-free contract and power purchase agreements to allow for expansion into um more local renewable energy options in addition to Having the ability to meet the requirements of the state of california house for um green house gas production um within california from three utilities and statewide So uh for capitalists numbers, which are pretty interesting compared to where we were last time around Um, so we do have 5,800 and springy enrolled accounts Um with about 95.7 through percent so above our enrollment average in the city of capitol And the city has actually saved over $3,000 on its own Facilities and building accounts in addition to having the community saving over $230,000 itself in total sense enrollment or commencement in 2018 And then of course you can see over 8 million pounds of greenhouse gas that we've offset so far Just buy your support out in capitol I would like to share also um a more recent update just in light of The COVID-19 pandemic and um in mvcp's commitment to actually meeting the needs of course at our community members We received unanimous support from our board to launch our response to COVID-19 which would provide 50 of um deferred elective generation costs to all rate payers regardless of rate classifications that includes residential commercial and ag 100 percent of enrolled customers will see 50 percent discount on their Energy bill in may and june. They don't have to apply for anything. There's no paperwork involved We just lowered the rate for those two months so that folks can have an opportunity to get back on their feet as they're trying to get things going again um, I mentioned The resiliency fund program and that started with the launch of the public Sector an indoor uninterruptible power supplier dps fund program We are working to also launch a commercial sector Program or portion to this program as well later this year in collaboration with the santa cruise bank So we have the 25 million total investment that's actually set aside as a revolving fund to allow us to provide resiliency to key critical facilities and support those battery storage and Generator projects that are needed to help support the communities and the event of energy outages This came directly. We'll see back from community members last year When the ps ps events were really in full swing We had a great deal of our santa cruise county customers affected by those events And this is this is our response to that And then we are continuing our advances to unify the central coast as I mentioned. We have additional cities I'm coming to join the joint powers authority in january 2021 as well as a name change to central coast community energy also in 2021 to be more representative of Our expanded service territory in the coastal communities that we serve um There's additional information here, of course about the programs that I discussed If you have any questions for me Or if we see to you regarding any of these programs, of course, you can find us online Thank you so much Thank you so much Is there any members of the council that have any questions? Let me go over here so I can see if any hands are raised Does not appear to be the case Mr. City manager and larry our host do we have any Email public comment or any attendees that have their hands raised for public comment on this item We have no email public comment Great. I do not see any hand raised All right, we will bring it back to the council for any further comments And seeing that our action tonight was just to receive the update report So thank you so much. Uh, lina for hanging in there for those last couple hours and and providing this update to us We really appreciate it. You're very welcome. And thank you for having me. I'll see you guys again All right, uh, as noticed at the beginning of the meeting, we are going to continue item D to a future meeting So we're going to move Consider options for ordinance temporarily prohibiting tenant evictions due to cobit 19 and we'll go to a staff With me for a moment here and I will share my screen Okay So council will recall that on march 16th the governor released an order that granted cities the authority to place a moratorium For cities to place a moratorium on evictions in california cities for people who were affected by cobit 19 On the 26 10 days later the city of capitol. We approved a urgency ordinance that prohibited evictions in capitol And then the next day the governor issued an order statewide That banned the enforcement of evictions for renters for people who were affected by cobit 19 through the end of may And then following that on april 6 the california judicial council which Put out rules for the entire court system in the state of california issued an emergency court rule that paused any eviction proceedings in the courts Other than those that might be necessary to protect public health and safety So all evictions not just something associated with the cobit 19 emergency The judicial council's rules was set in place to apply for 90 days After the governor lifts the cobit 19 state of emergency or if the judicial council were to adopt a separate rule So our urgency ordinance will expire on may 31st And then that initial governor's order that the first thing the governor did which granted us the authority to to do this Urgency ordinance expires on the 31st In the meantime the california judicial council rule that prohibits evictions from proceeding in courts Will remain in place and it's at this point scheduled to remain in place until 90 days after the state of emergency At a statewide level is declared So the recommendation from staff at this point is to allow the city's emergency moratorium To expire we did prepare an alternative And that really is essentially updating our ordinance to basically if the governor adopts a new order that grants cities the authority to continue these That ours would automatically continue should the governor Grant that authority to the city That's a secondary alternative Recommendation if the council doesn't want to just let this expire And I think with that i'm available for questions All right. Are there any members of the council that have questions for staff on this item? Not seeing anyone raise their hand So with that we're going to bring it to public comments um Mr. City manager, do we have any email public comment on this item? Okay, and larry do we have doesn't look like we have anyone raising their hands. Is that correct? I don't see anyone with a hand raised Okay, great. We're going to bring it back to council for further discussion and uh a vote Is there any council members that have any comments on this item? Looks like we'll start with vice mayor brooks, and then we'll go to councilmember story Thank you mayor peterson. Um, I'd like to um I'm just going to go ahead and make some motion to Um recommendations presented by staff today To um amend our ordinance extending the city's eviction moratorium passed me the governor issues an amendment to our new order um and in addition To include a letter from our mayor on behalf of the city in support of sp 1410 Uh If I may this is samantha the city attorney if I could jump in i'm sorry. I wasn't expecting a motion Um, so quickly although I am appreciative. Um, there are a couple Changes that I would like to suggest Be made to the ordinance One is just a typo on my part I put um sonoma sonoma county health department, and I met santa cruz county health department and another is that also A date should be changed from may 31st to june 1 I'll actually give a better description of those changes The change from sonoma county to santa cruz is on page 94 Of the packet. It's the one two three four fifth Whereas clause down the page The change from may 31st to june 1 Is at the top of page 95 of the packet neither change is substantive um, they are both um simply Errors that I think add some clarity if we correct them So if uh vice mayor brooks is open to including those changes in her motion. I would appreciate it Yes, I'll go ahead and add those edits In my motion Thank you I'll second that motion with the changes All right, we have a motion by vice mayor brooks in a second by councilmember story Councilmember story yours was the next hand up. Do you have additional comments? Well, I think I just wanted to add um You know the judicial council order I mean it it does Freeze evictions, but it doesn't stop landlords on issuing eviction notices It doesn't even stop them from filing unlawful detainer cases So I think that assuming that we get the governor's authority This just adds another buffer to help alleviate the concerns and stress Among tenants And gives them a little bit more time to get back on the feet So that's why I support um Councilwoman brooks's motion. Thank you Great, thank you And councilmember betran you also had your hand up Okay, um This wasn't a question about the motion, but um, I do have a question of our city attorney Has there been any feedback yet in terms of um The difficulties that um landlords have had or how many people have actually Talked to landlords and tried to adjust their Their rent rates. We had some discussion about that was being encouraged So i'm just trying to get a sense of how this you know What we're our initial action was and how that um affected the community in some response and maybe also on a statewide level I'm just trying to get an idea. What effect this has had Thank you councilmember bertrand. I don't know the answer to that um, I do know that both tenant organizations and landward organizations are lobbying um, the governor this also goes to um councilmember stories questions about or comments about what the governor might extend his order um In response to your question councilmember bertrand, I don't know I have not heard feedback from about how this is affecting landward Perhaps um city manager boldstein might have some inside information on that um to councilmember story to your comments, um We have I have I think a lot of city attorneys have been trying to find out any information about whether or not the governor intends to delay to extend his order the last I heard today from Some other from a county council up in northern california was that he did intend to extend it um The league of california cities has not heard whether he intends to extend it although they do know that He is aware of the league's um Request that he do extend it. So we are waiting to see Thank you for your response I'm also, you know, the reason why I asked is because if I may madam mayor, sorry Um, it's because I am concerned about the landlords. I mean in a sense. They are small businesses too Maybe larger than some but still they're in business for themselves. So I wanted to get an idea And if if you have some feedback later, I appreciate that being communicated. Thank you all right Councilmember story, do you have your hand up for your additional comments or is that from former comments? Sorry, that's from former comments. I'll lower my hand now No problem. Just didn't didn't want to skip over you if you had more to say. No, thank you All right Seeing no additional council comment We have a motion and a second and someone uh Hope remind me the way i'm keeping track of this isn't very high tech So did we already take this out to to public comment? We did correct? Yes, you did we did You did okay. Um, so we have a motion and a second. Uh, so can we have a roll call vote, please? Absolutely councilmember bertrand I councilmember botorf I Councilmember story All right vice mayor brooks I mayor peterson I thank you Thank you. Motion carries unanimously and finally the item eight f consider awarding a contract for the summer beach shuttle service And we'll go to staff first staff report Good evening. Mayor and council. This is Steve just for your public works character. It's good to be with you tonight I'm going to share your screen of a very short presentation. Uh, just to make sure I cover all the items here Uh, the item before you tonight is To consider awarding the beach shuttle contract that we operate typically every summer There we go I apologize Okay, I'm going to keep it at this level because that seems to be working. Um In january this year the city issued a rfp for proposals for beach shuttle operations As had been the case in previous years, we received one proposal from mb transportation mb has been the contractor for the last 15 years of our summer beach shuttle and has done a really good job This year we have a new part to this contract which includes providing shuttles For the chamber of commerce they will pay for those extra shuttles for the art and wine festival I realize it's not probably not happening this year, but it is in the contract In the past they have tried to Work a separate deal with mb transportation And the billing it always has always been mixed up and it's been difficult to have mb working for two Different agencies for the same Period of time for the art wine festival. So this year we included them in art wine has agreed to reimburse us They found the contract for this year the annual cost To the city will be 53,430 dollars for one season typically the shuttle bus runs from Memorial Day weekend through the art and wine festival in early september The $53,000 cost To the city does represent a significant increase in the cost approximately 53 percent increase in cost of the shuttle mv made it clear to us when The end of last last year's contract that they were operating a loss And would not be able to continue under the rates they had been going Been using under their previous contract. So it was anticipated. We'd see these costs They can see the chamber's cost will be 12,906 dollars for their portion of the Art wine festival As we were preparing this item and going through the the contract with the contractor It became evident with the beach closures in place and what up until tonight had been the closure of the Parking lots behind city hall the beach and village parking lots That it wouldn't make sense to have the shuttle operating this summer. I still believe that's true The village can only take so many people especially with the bench closed And by opening the parking lots, I think we were providing enough service With the action earlier tonight to open both parking lots. I did quickly look at the guidance for transit operators Um that is available at the state level at least And the operations do require them to restrict occupancy on the buses or the shuttles To approximately about 50 of their typical Things so we'd be operating a 12 person shuttle at these costs. Um, it just I don't believe that's efficient And I think we should continue to Not offer the service in 2020. We have confirmed with the contractor that they they agreement not to operate this year Um, obviously if we want to dry operated it, we would need to Negotiate that reopening with the contractor. They probably be there might be some need time for them to get ready so with that Our recommended action tonight is to prove the shuttle service contract with envy transportation For operation of the summer beach shuttle with operations deferred until may of 2021 And I'll I'll just add at this point that failed to mention that this is a single year contract that it includes options to renew For up to five years total Upon mutual consent of both parties the city and the envy transportation It does include provisions for annual increases in the rates consistent with the consumer price indexes And requests from envy based on fuel changes and fuel costs and operating costs that they may have May have incurred that we could negotiate with them. So, um, that was my report. I'd be happy to answer any questions Thank you, Steve Council member story, it looks like you have your hands up for a question Yeah, thank you again mayor, uh Steve, uh, I started curiosity. I was looking at the Dual rates In essence a separate and higher rate for the art and wine festival And I I see in the narrative it says it's due to increased overtime hours But I didn't know why that Event specific wouldn't they just have an overtime rate and a regular time rate regardless of the event? um, the number of vehicles wouldn't that be covered by Vehicle operating hours So just, you know, curious about that difference. Thank you Yeah, councilman story, I I shared that question with you. Um, we asked that of envy transportation because I I didn't get an answer I must admit they didn't give me the best answer the answer they gave me was the The overhead rates and just the overtime hours that they the buses operate longer for the Beach and shuttle that may do ours. I agree it should have been covered in there. Um, we did discuss this with the Chamber of Commerce, they were fine with that rate So, um, we didn't spend a lot of time trying to renegotiate that rate, but Their answer wasn't as crystal clear as I would have liked either Okay, got it. I guess if the chamber accepts that rate, um, if we shouldn't and they're the sole Um Contractor, I guess we just have to accept it. Thank you. Just just to be clear We do operate two buses during the art line and they operate five buses during the art line So we do pay for two buses at that rate. All right. All right. Thank you Thank you, we'll go to council member boss work. You have a question Guys had a quick question. Thank you, mayor I've seen you mentioned that we normally start the contract in the On the memorial today, and that's obviously passed. So We wouldn't probably start this till middle of june. I would imagine so would it be just a little bit less than maybe Then the 53,000 or is that the price included in starting at a later date? So the 53,000 represents a full season. Um, but as I mentioned in my presentation, we're not planning to operate at this summer if we were to Decide to operate it say it's starting at the end of june middle of june. Yes, the total cost would be less We pay on a per day basis Great. Thank you All right. Any additional questions? Seeing none, we'll bring this to public comment and I will turn to our city manager and our host Larry to let us know if there's any public comment on this item So we have no public comment from email I do not see anyone with a hand raised All right With that, we will bring it back to council Yes, and I believe Yes, this is just receiving a report, correct There's an action to approve the contract. Oh, my apologies. You are correct All right. So back to council for a discussion and a vote We have uh, we are in a position to entertain a motion on approving this contract I'll make a motion that we uh, approve the contract In essence to be affected for the summer of 2021 All second sense motion Motion by councilmember story second by councilmember ritron No additional comments. All right, we're going to bring it to uh, vote then can we have a roll call vote please councilmember ritron Hi councilmember bothor All right councilmember story Hi vice mayor brooks Hi mayor peterson Hi Motion carries unanimously. Thank you council Thank you, Steve And with that that brings us to the end of tonight's agenda Thank you so much for staff to our staff for all the hard work that they've put into, um Everything that they do every day all the time Thank you so much for that. Thank you to those who participated in our zoom meeting tonight And all of our business owners and bia members Dennis Norton everyone who has put in the time and effort To try to collectively get us through this It is so greatly appreciated. Thank you benjamin for being a part of our Being our technician tonight as always And anyone else that I didn't get a chance to think we want to thank you too Um, and with that that comes to the end of our meeting. Please take care of yourselves. Please take care of each other meeting is adjourned Thank you