 Then so it's going on with your thing. I Feel like I'm at a club. Oh my god. Thank you. Oh, no Hello member divine. Can we go ahead and test your audio and video? See you Yeah, I'm you One more time. No, we can't hear you And I'm unmuted. There we go. Okay. Okay. Thank you So vice-chair more Just a moment So I do not have the agenda. So I'm not able to facilitate Why don't we have a chair? Barnett start us off and I will get you to that agenda Hey, welcome everyone. So I want to make a quick announcement that we do have Spanish interpretation and I do need to do a hold real quick so that the city center as a host can set that up in the background So want to let everyone know that you can go ahead and continue chair Barnett interpretation services are live We will have a brief pause at about 7 p.m. As we switch it over to our alternate interpreter interpreter Thank you. All right with that. I'd like to call us Wait a second. Can we allow the interpreters to let the audience know about the interpretation button real quick? And if they need interpretation that they can go over To the interpretation line Let me see. Can we have interpreters the Amora do an interpretation on our end so they can go to the interpretation Globe on the bottom of the screen interpreters the Amora Yes, I'm here Thank you Could you just do a quick announcement to advise any listeners who would like to join on the Spanish channel to go down to the bottom Bar and select the globe for interpretation and they'll be directed to the Spanish channel Siu estamos teniendo interpreters que hablan español y si usted necesita un interpreter puede ir al Canal para que escucha las conversación en español donde está una bolita como parece un globo Thank you so much You welcome With that I would like to call us to order and also have our roll call. All right. Let's see here Remember Made it. Okay. Thank you Member divine sorry and I skipped one member Cruz present Okay, uh member foster. Are you here? I do not see you Um member harper Here member ocaña member caravan Here Member Roberts Are you here? I don't see you either. Okay All right, and uh co-vice chair graves Here co-vice chair more Here and chair Barnett Present All right. So I have all members present except for members foster members roberts and I'd also like to announce that sadly Member McGarry had to leave the cab She resigned this week and she will not be joining us for this October meeting Thank you for the update Danielle At this time I'd like to Um put a request out for public comment There are no hands raised for public comment Thank you I'd like to go to item number three approval of minutes from our september 23rd 2020 regular meeting Could you make a motion for approval? I'll second Any discussion? All right, all those in favor Are you any roll call Danielle? Are you one? I will do the roll call vote. Uh member chuparo Yeah Number three Member Cruz Yes Member divine Member harper Yes Thank you Yes Uh member ocaña I have stain. I was absent. Okay. Thank you Uh member caribbean If stain I was also absent. Okay um, and then Um, call vice chair graves Approve Okay, co vice chair more Approve And chair barnett Approve All right. Thank you very much. Thank you. I'd like at this time for public comments No hands raised for public comment Thank you This time I'd like to go to item number four, which is cab announcements. Are there any announcements from the members of the board? And you know, just raise a hand if you have something that you would like to announce Uh member, uh sisi Thank you. I just wanted to get it into the record about voting start saturday and so there is In-person voting or drop-off in-person drop-off starting saturday sunday monday and then of course election day um It's I would just recommend everybody to go to um, you know, sonoma county dot ca dot gov To see all of the locations because um, of course, they're, you know, many fewer locations than we normally have um, but We have, you know in this state, we've made it pretty easy to um to even I think we can even still Set mail it in because I think there are something like 17 days after Election day that they will count the mail-in votes Or that they can come in as long as they are post marked um the day of election day november 3rd I just wanted to get on the record so that if anybody sees this or even if some of our members don't know That's 17 days 17 i'm pretty sure it's 17 days after november 3rd Thank you sisi. Any other announcements from members of the board? It's not really an announcement, but uh, I have to leave it a little bit after 720 Thank you for letting us know that daniel. Is that effective quorum? Excellent Any other announcements So Yes, lovely. Hi, um, just clarify Love that announcement about the voting but just because it there was a little hesitancy and and a question about it The mail-in ballots do need to be postmarked by november 3rd And then the registrar of voters has 17 days to receive those mail-in ballots From the post office to her office and Has until december 3rd to actually count the votes so uh, just so that clarification happens and mail-in ballots Do not require any extra postage. There is a prepaid First-class postage on those blue envelopes. Just be sure to sign Underneath the flap and then return to the post office having it postmarked no later than november 3rd and all those locations Can be found at the sonoma county registrar of office uh, websites And there's 30 locations for in-person voting throughout sonoma county four of which are in santa rosa And there are 20 locations for drop boxes Secure drop boxes and the drop boxes close at eight o'clock on election day november 3rd And that is the closing time on the last In-person voting day as well. So saturday sunday and monday are open from 9 a.m. To 5 p.m. And on Election day, it's open from 7 a.m. To 8 p.m So there you go Thank you. Remember graves. Okay at this time Hold on one second. Any other cab member announcements? Seeing none. I'd like to go to public comment. There are no hands raised at this time for public comment Thank you Okay at this time I'd like to go to item number five, which is our staff updates Now i'm ready. I think hold on Now i'm ready All right, so first of all, um, I want to let everyone know that Makali is currently on the line. She's listening in right now, but she is not Joining us via camera as she has her daughter and there's a lot going on the background However, she is available for questions if they do come up on any of the items That I can't answer So jumping in a community empowerment plan update Listening sessions. We're wrapping those up by november 15th. We've had a couple of delays in those With the fire and also with the extreme heat temperatures Some of the groups do want to meet in person and We've been open to doing that By holding them outside But when you have really smoky air and you also have really hot temperatures that makes it really difficult So hopefully by november 15th, we'll be all wrapped up with those This means that the final report that's going to council has been pushed back Until the first meeting in february 2021 And the reason why It will take so long to get from the last listening session to council I just wanted to talk real quick about the the process of the final report So once we draft the final report or actually sorry serving back We are in in process currently of evaluating the information that's being collected From the listening sessions and also from public comment at various public meetings that have happened since the end of may We are going to take that information draft it into the report And then have that draft report translated We will take the draft plus the translated draft back up to the community to make sure we have everything in there We got everything right We didn't misrepresent anything that was said We will take the feedback that we get Incorporate it into the final report finalize it finalize the translation and then present it to council Now we're coming up on holiday season as well. So that will slow us down a little bit Hence why it's being pushed back to the first meeting in february Moving on some of the outcomes from these listening sessions We've started to implement with our community groups and with various departments throughout city first being ethnic studies with a cop That began on last tuesday october 20th It's a partnership between community engagements center as a police department and our center as a recreation and parks team The goal of the program is to enhance students education while building relationships with both city staff and officers from the police department Officers also get to learn about other cultures and their experiences While participating in this as well as other staff So for more information about this including number of kids participating The types of sessions that we're holding. We are highlighting the program in tomorrow's city connections newsletter So please watch out for that. If you are not subscribed to that, please go to srcity.org And a pop-up window will come up asking to subscribe to the newsletter We also have a social post going out here this week about it And it's on the community empowerment projects webpage. So if you go to the community empowerment plan website It's one of the sub pages there In addition to that, uh, we are implementing our multicultural roots project, which I'll talk about later. So I won't get into that So that is it for right now with our community empowerment plan update The other update that I have will be real brief. It's the open government ordinance update So that ordinance is going to the open government task force implementation subcommittee tomorrow October 29th at 5 30 The subcommittee will meet virtually And review and finalize the ordinance and in order to send it to council For those of you who were not part of that process We did meet in 2018 and 2019 as a subcommittee To get that draft ordinance to a really great place And then we lost our city clerk. We lost our community engagement director. So Um, it kind of fell to the back burner, but we're bringing it back forward It will go to council for first reading on december 1st So this is a long time in the making the first draft that the ordinance came about in 2016 So we're finally getting there. Um, so, uh, please participate if you'd like tomorrow evening in the subcommittee and then on december 1st Uh Tune into the city council meeting and that is it for my staff updates Thank you, Daniel If somebody how would they access that that meeting? Uh, hold on just a second Where am I? There we go. Okay. Sorry. I had to um get the zoom screen back up Um, so the agenda is posted on the the city's legislative calendar, uh website Um, it's also on the community empowerment page Website as well. Uh, so the link to the agenda is there and the link to the zoom is also there as well Thank you Thank you, Daniel, uh at this time Is there any questions other questions from the board? I'd like to go to public comment There are no hands raised for public comment Thank you At this time, I'd like to go to one of our first scheduled items. This is item 6.1 Get ready folks Shared mobility devices informational presentation Thank you Nancy's here. Yeah, yeah, perfect So I go I just go ahead and get started. So, um, I want to introduce myself. Uh, Nancy Adams I work in the transportation and public works department for the city And I'm I'm happy and excited to to share this item with you this evening It's it has a little bit of history behind it I I did want to make sure I caught up with the board so that they Are aware of this initiative that we're starting on Here and moving it forward through through your board and ultimately to the city council next month so, um I will ask the um host to advance the next slide, please So just a little bit of background on this item we we've um Noticed in the last few years that um shared mobility devices and they could be scooters Typically their scooters have really begun to kind of emerge throughout um the country and and not, you know, not in It at avoiding california There's been several cities in california that um have really um struggled to try to to meet the mobility needs of the workers and the residents and tourists so We're we're we're in we're in a challenging time But um, it's a it's a good thing because we're trying to look at mobility options You know as we move around with with changing conditions as as we all witnessed this first part of this year so, um One of the things that these e scooters do present they do present some challenges And to riders and pedestrians and the use of our public ride away So, um, that's I think we're cities throughout the country and in and in california are struggling with how to How to regulate these devices within the public ride away? so Just as another bit of information and actually I had a meeting the zoom meeting this afternoon about uh, a pilot bike share project that We expect to launch in 2021 and and those would those devices would be um, those are electric bikes or e bikes So it's a little bit a bit different device, but um, nonetheless, it's still Something that we need to think about and so we will expect to see some of these Electric bikes as part of this bike share project project probably Say around summer of 2021. So Next slide, please So I'll I'll give a little bit of policy context to to this Initiative we the council just adopted the bicycle and pedestrian master plan in 2018 and one of the goals of the plan was to you know, increase our Bike and pedestrian mode share by five percent in 2025. So again, we try to Look at different initiatives and different options to to reach that mode share goal and then the other policy Context for for this is the climate action plan, which was approved by the council in 2012 and one of the one of the Measurements or metrics identified in that plan was to improve transport options that increase the availability of alternatives to SOVs and that's single occupant vehicles and then thereby reducing vmt's and vmt is An acronym for vehicle miles traveled. So next slide, please So as I kind of started talking a little bit about Some of the issues that we, you know, we're we're struggling with are Just, you know, dropping off these vehicles and the public right away creating Trip hazards and and just a kind of a clutter of these devices that are in the sidewalk or, you know, in the parking lanes where are So we're we're we're cognizant of that and that's one of the major challenges And then just how they operate You know, and that that ranges from how these vehicles or devices. I'm sorry Interact with pedestrians and cyclists and other vehicles And then the last two have to do with just the enforcement of it and what that means for, you know, additional enforcement and how we can You know Look at ways of of regulating Our enforcement activities and then the last one has to do with just the liability and the indemnification that The deployment of these vehicles And how that impacts a municipality next next slide, please So there's a couple of state legislation That has been Discussed and the first one is maybe 1112 and and that Uh, it has been amended In july, but it's it's it's kind of a in a slow slow moving pattern. Um, and that essentially would Would would enable somebody to relocate a device If they see it, you know blocking the the public right away So that that's kind of not really made a lot of traction and the other the other Piece of legislation is ab 1286 and that was passed by the senate and the ha and and enrolled in september of 2020 and essentially that that legislation would require Vendors to Get permits from a local city or county wherever they're Planning on deploying the devices So next slide, please So let's see the california vehicle code Has some sections that relate to e-bikes. They they classify them into three different Types and it really has to do with petal assist and kind of activating motors with with Petal assist that triggers a you know different Speed regulations so that that's in there and the california vehicle code also Has some language about scooters as well and the it's it's primarily related to The speed that the scooters can Can operate at And then we have a senator rosa has some Existing code within our ordinance that has to do with prohibiting the use of scooters in the downtown and the railroad square area in public areas and if assuming council Gives us some some positive feedback and wants us to look at this even you know to a greater degree We would have to amend that code to You know to look at what we would permit in the downtown and where we would permit them and then also Look at you know some some companion permit regulations So that's a good segue into the next slide, please So there's a a few things that we We we've looked at In terms of how we would regulate the operation of these devices and i i looked at several cities in california and By in large most of the cities use the ordinance framework to um put some Structure behind these devices within it within a community And as you can see on the screen, we're looking at again the public safe promoting safety within the right of way responsible operations by the vendor and the users And looking at keeping our you know city mobility goals You know keep keep the fancy nose and then just you know, they they tend to have a potential to just you know to Promote some economic development within communities. So next slide, please So as I mentioned, I I looked at probably about 10 10 or so cities within california A few in the bay area. I looked at fremont Emoryville and let's see Cal Alto so in san francisco that can't forget the the largest one in oakland. So They there were some common elements to the ordinances that these cities throughout california Can contain so as you can see I think the most important thing was that each each one of these cities Established a regulatory framework in a permit system And a fee schedule to To help with with the regulation of them They obviously required the the operators to hold The insurance and identify the city It talks about how enforcement would occur and then it establishes some administrative regulations that govern the operations within a community And then also looks at describing the compliance with the federal state and local Laws related to these types of devices and then quite a few of them Went so far as to look at their ordinance to look at including something about Designating parking areas and that's that's kind of been, you know, one of the the main Concerns about where these devices are are parked, right? So I noticed that that was some some of the Uh Had really got drilled down a little bit more into the parking areas. So next slide, please So, um, just in terms of what a permit would look like. Um, and again, this is looking at some of the, uh, permit Processes that these cities have developed They usually have a scope of what the project is. Um, they identify Safe operations and again, you see parking and the redistribution of the devices They want the vendor to look at, um, having an operation and made this plan Hello And so can you still hear me? Yes, we can still hear you. Okay, and then I'm sorry. I didn't know. Um, so and then, uh, of course, then there are Other things involved just to really the the community, right? How do we the customer service and how do we? You know, how do we know who to contact with if there's a problem or and then community engagement and education? Those are pretty pretty key Areas that that we would want to make sure that we're addressing and then just the The equity requirements and the affordability making sure that, um, you know, this This system or these devices would be available for For all income levels and really Some of them have gone as far as to looking at, you know, the accessibility for disabled population and to see if they their devices could, um, make Have, um I'm not saying that's right, but but they would have different things on their devices to make them easier for individuals with Disabilities to use them. So, um, next slide, please Next slide. Yeah So, um, this is I think the last of the two slides on the regulation and then the other few other things What we haven't talked about is data sharing and reporting because many of these, um Devices and systems are They're app based and gis based. So there is a a lot of information that the vendor Is collecting. So we would want to make sure that, um, you know, that we That he's he or she or the vendor is is doing a good job of making, um, you know, the data, um, As private, um, and and then making sure that the city would be able to have that information as well and we talked about, um Compliance with local laws and state and federal laws and then enforcement and then again accessibility to to persons with disability I spoke about earlier Um, and then deposits and fees and insurance and endowment application. So, um, next slide, please so, um, actually, um My next step is to go to the city council on the 10th of November and we're going to be having a study session to To really to council's role on that is to to get some, you know, get input from them You know, what if there's questions that they have or we missed anything and, um, just really, um, kind of get get some get some guidance from them on On, um, you know, how you want to proceed and then With the goal that, um, assuming council, um, you know, is is favorable with this we would we would come back to them with a To introduce an ordinance, um You know, maybe later early later this year or early next year and then, you know, look at trying to to develop a permit system Um, uh, following that so that that concludes my presentation and, um, I you know, I I would just Say that I'm I'm happy to again share this with you and there may be some questions I'm happy to answer questions if I can, um And then, um, and if there's any suggestions or Things that you, you know, you would like to, um, let me be aware of, um, you know As I move forward to the council study session, I would, um, I would greatly appreciate that so so thank you for that Thank you, Nancy Um at this time, I know my board here will probably have some intriguing questions because this is one of those opportunities where this we we have the advantage of being a smaller city so that This hasn't come full forward into Santa Rosa, but it will Um, and it's going to directly impact neighborhoods. And so this is going to be It's it's great. We have the opportunity to talk with you Um, and that we have time to develop the policies as, um, I'm I don't know Other members have probably seen if you've gone to Sacramento if you've gone to San Diego, Los Angeles Um, these devices are rampant and what is being brought up in the policy now Is been a reflection of the things that these cities have had to address Um, because they literally had some situations where they popped up overnight and they had to Remediate that and work with neighborhood. So questions from the board Uh, Cecilia Um, so thank you, Nancy for the presentation You're welcome. Um, I do have just a couple questions around like, um, figuring out I guess what you're saying is that Santa Rosa is gonna We need to figure out like what our ordinance will be like is that would ultimately like we want to understand what we want in an ordinance for, um, those electric vehicles and Is that Right. Yeah, I think the ordinance is going to be it'll it'll be a regulatory Set the regulatory framework. It's probably going to define You know, um, what these devices are like a scooter versus an e-bike and so, um, you know, it needs to And establish a permit system, which is what many of the cities have done. Um, that way there's they can If vendors do come in they have to, you know, file a permit with the city and With that permit there are restrictions that are associated with that and that's you know, that's that those two slides that I went through that Some of the things that regulate. Yeah. Okay. So my question is, um, like are is it just like these big vendor Operators that tend to go into the cities or are they a bunch of different? um, like, you know companies that try to get in and because um, like we are a small city as Chair Barnett pointed out and like I've been to San Diego and you see them like scooters Just lying in the like our or parked on a sidewalk in the middle of the sidewalk. So, um You know, can we say to the vendor operators? Well, here's what we need to have happen Like we need you to pick them up timely like, you know, in on it in a timely way or Um, have quick pickup. I don't you know things like that. Like are we allowed to? Um, try to get them to comply differently than they do in other cities So that would be the the the permit was would regulate that and there's different ways to do that. Um There's a, you know, some some of the cities use a it's called a geo fencing And that that really means that um, it doesn't the the bike won't go beyond a certain They set these things up and I'm not like the technical person here But essentially it keeps it contains the bikes to certain areas and they can't physically Like get them outside of those areas. So that's one way you can do them And then, you know, there are other ways to, um, you know, there's penalties you can you can Um, associated with some of the cities, they'll they'll they'll major, you know Fees or penalties against the vendor if they're not complying with You know, keeping the bikes or scooters with with As as described in in the permit. So it all will tie back to the permit. Yeah And it you know would be great to actually see a representative of a vendor or operator, you know, like In the study session, I don't know if they ever do that but you know to be able to ask them, um, You know, like make them enough to sort of bad that The way the bad impact that it has on cities And I'll I'll move on so Thank you. Hi, real quick everybody. I just wanted to Say that the interpreters have asked us to slow down just a little bit So it's uh, the presenters and uh, cab members could just Take a moment Slow down and then, uh, we'll we'll allow them to catch up. Thank you. Thank you. Apologies to the interpreters. I'm sorry Thank you for the reminder, Daniel Any other questions from the board members? Uh, Vince actually don't have a question But I want to thank you for this presentation because the last time I saw all these bikes I really didn't think of all this stuff. So, um, It's now changed my whole world. So thank you. I have, uh, Vice chair more and then member O'Kanya. Um, thank you for the presentation um Who initiated this study session? So it was, um So staff is is actually, um bringing this forward What was the impetus? though, I mean, no no one from the public or no vendor initiate Help spur it on So what what we'd like to do is be proactive. Um, one of your colleagues mentioned, um, you know, some of these Some cities experience these devices just coming in overnight and and the city isn't prepared. So, um, you know, my Our department, um has has taken a proactive approach with this and You know, it's it it is and it is consistent with our policies our bike and ped master plan and the climate action plan In terms of a policy concept. So We we want to be proactive and we want to, um We we've had I've had an interest in people. Um Trying to, um, you know, uh market their their products. Um, and I I know some of my colleagues in in my department So we know there's interest out there with vendors. Um, so again, we're just trying to be proactive and Um, I hope that answers your question Um another question I have um He said that you've looked at approximately 10 different cities around california um, and member, uh curbin brought up the issues that are occurring in san diego and wondering if you've done an analysis on The known challenges and problems that um These devices have caused In terms of looking at other city ordinances that have been developed and the problems that have occurred after those ordinances were adopted to help inform Uh, writing a better policy Now and what if you've done an analysis will that be presented at the study session? So so that's a that's a good question. Um I I have done an analysis of their ordinances and I'm It's a challenge because I actually I think it's a great question Um, I am trying to get in contact with some of the staff at these cities To find out really how things are are going but with with the room with the shelter in place I I haven't I haven't been as successful as I Wanted to but I I would like to to your I'd like to actually talk to or email Some of the the staff contacts in these various cities to see To see, you know, now that they have the ordinance, what you know, what how are they how what how are they experiencing? These devices within their within their jurisdiction So I think it's a great question and I'm I would I'm hoping to at least, you know Chat with maybe one or two in the bay area before Before the council study session in in november. So thank you. It's a good question Um, it just uh, just a more of a comment than a question. It seems like uh, november 12th is coming very very quickly and um I'm wondering if there would be benefit in postponing The study session so that you could really have a more comprehensive package Um to present to the city. I've and the reason why I'm saying this is I've just seen um, a lot of policies move forward of um That then have to be revisited by council or You know The problems have to really become Uh big before the ordinance can get changed because it's such a process to update ordinances and so um, I'm just would urge Uh pacing yourself to be able to Um, you know even answer just these questions and and maybe others that arise as you're studying this um to make sure that um It's You know, it kind of is taking into account some of the challenges that These devices can present Thank you member O'Connor Nancy, thank you so much for bringing this to us. I am an enormous proponent of the shared transportation devices. Um, I I agree that in Many of the communities in california that there are enormous obstacles that the cities are still facing Especially if ordinances were rushed through and now have to be amended But I am super proud that santa rosa is actually taking a proactive stance on this because I believe that our community needs and will very much appreciate the use of these devices I'm a big fan of the bicycles and the reason for that is that they have designated drop-off zones So if you borrow a bike or you rent it, you have to return it to a specific place The issue with the scooters is that you can leave them anywhere So unless there's some kind of new technology that requires them to be returned to a specific um drop-off section a drop-off spot, which you mentioned in your slide That is I think a big driver of what causes so many of the um the other issues I have three quick questions. Um, the first one is um, you had mentioned enforcement of the devices and so my question is in The ordinance or any any any proposed ordinance. Have you talked about what potential or have you Gotten from other cities what fines look like or what's the num? What's the amount a fine might look like is their fines for riding them on the sidewalk Do people have to be on the streets? And the reason I ask that is because um When tourists travel they don't bring a helmet with them And so riding on the street can be quite dangerous even in Sonoma county Where we have designated bike lanes, but um, they're not everywhere where people would use them So maybe I could just ask that and then I'll ask my other two questions So, um, I'm trying to recall Uh, I one fine knife. I'm remembering from one of the cities. I think it was $150 for You know Having it like apparently for having it not on the right spot And that for some reason that sticks in my mind so that I and I don't I don't recall What the other ones were but that one stuck in my mind So that at least gives you some context of of of one city as an example. Yeah And that was a fine to the vendor or to the user No, that's to the vendor. Yeah, okay So I guess my question is more if people are using these devices on streets And I think as an example for street and they're using e scooters Um Is our ordinance going to include the opportunity for Santa Rosa pd to give users fines Oh, yes, um, for sure. And it's it's not only the vendor, but the I mean the the users are responsible to um To abide by and be compliant with the cal calphony vehicle code. So it's not unlike another and you know a vehicle A driver, right? So there are fines and penalties that would be associated with users as well Okay, thank you. And then I I just have two other questions. If you don't mind, um, the second one is concerning liability We you had mentioned that um, we would seek indemnity agreements from vendors Um, the first thing that pops into my mind is the city of san diego having to deal with a woman who sued the city because she tripped over an e scooter And um, I'm sure that's what's driving these indemnity agreements Do you have any is there any precedence that's been set in the 10 cities that you've looked at Where vendors are willing to come in with full indemnity agreements to the city for the misplacement of their devices Yeah, and that that I'm I'm obviously I'm not an attorney, but um, you know I've got one of the my colleagues in the city attorney's office. She'll be working with me on this and Um, I haven't done a real deep dive on, you know, what what kind of indemnification these cities have But I think that will certainly be something that we you know, moving forward look at that and you know And I'll rely on my My legal support to help me on that one. Yeah Oh, I yeah, I understand and I guess I only bring that up because that would be It seems like that would be something in the pocket of the city to be able it once you have because we will have a number of community members complaining about the um You know the drop off of these devices That would be something that the city could use to essentially You know correct bad behavior from a vendor So, uh, and then my last question is um, so I'm really Excited that an enormous part of this includes equity because I think that the affordability and the spacing of where are the the um Um, what's the right word, but wherever these are stationed is enormously important. We have a very Um diversity and obviously we have very uh, very a lot of economic stratification with within the community So for example, of course the east side of santa rosa is far Um wealthier than the west side of santa rosa in many sections and so, um with regards to the geo fencing I'm wondering I can see how downtown would be a fantastic place to start this project, but do you think that um That this in your study session that you may be presenting to the to the city council Different sections that would include different geo fencing so that perhaps there were um There were stations in roseland. There were stations in benet valley. There were stations in coffee park What and and whatnot And that's the end of my questions. Thank you Yeah, I think we're you know, I think that those are all great ideas and as we move forward, um, you know and and uh Assuming what what council's decision is, you know, those are good things that we need to look at Um as we as we push push this um forward and and try to to make sure that um, you know Their service area is covering all different populations. Um and community neighborhoods and within the city. So yeah Next up I have coach here member coach here grapes It's a long name when you get it that way. Um so I'm gonna actually Take a question that's on chat right now and bring that forward. Um, is this your One and only study session scheduled So with the council, we're starting with the study session, but um, I would anticipate again pending council's discussion That we would come back with a report item with a with a reading, you know, introducing an ordinance and then Um, so that would be a a report item and then you have to go back with a second reading. Um on that so You know, I would say minimum three three, um council meetings to to Um address address this Yeah, yeah, it seems pretty deep. Um, I have a couple questions of my own. Um To piggyback off the uh equity issues. Um, is there any plan to ask vendors for um Like group rates or um rates that could be applied to Let's say group homes or um different, um You know populations that may be marginalized as far as being able to afford Um the use of the bikes and I bring this up because of your mention of it being in line with the climate action plan and um and being and also being proactive and that uh, Maybe this would be a great way to be proactive in those communities where Something like this would be a great tool And a great service but might be Out of reach as far as affordability Yeah, um, what what and that's a that's a great kind of great, um question as well what I've been reading and and um Actually this bike share that's going to be launched here in 2021 is is um vendors can offer um discounts Based on your income level. So, you know, there's there's a stratification there that I think is good and and You know, there there may be other options about You know passes and whatnot. So um, I think what you know, what we need to do is make sure that we explore options for for um, you know all the Neighborhoods and you know the the various income levels throughout the community and to make sure that everyone has Um an equitable opportunity to use the devices and I think that's the ultimate goal. Yeah Definitely. Um, thank you for that and then um, also with that One I want to point out that not all bike vendors Are created equal. So they're um, I know from my experiences of being up in the northwest like in seattle areas that um, those electric bikes up there by like lime and and jump Are um, they're not designated places for return. So they are hanging out in lots of different places Around the city a grant in seattle is very different than us. Um, it's more like a san francisco or something like that, but um And I think that having it to where it's not a designated place to um return Makes it a lot more user friendly Because I'm not always going exactly to the designated place That I would need to return a bike that you know, I'm I'm Going somewhere I'm needing to just leave it there. Um, so that's a real vendor issue But my question involves this time of covet and I haven't really seen anything although I am I have not really been out as much as I used to be. Um, and so when this whole shared uh vehicle or device Started it up and it just went rampant there There was no covet and now I don't know like what what do these vendors do? And I think that that's always a concern at this point moving forward and when you say 2021 I can imagine that we're still going to be in this arena of needing things to be sterilized or sanitized and And yet we're sharing so how does that work and how does that get built into? um Some type of a permit and and and if I would assume that's already being thought of but I just want to bring it up for For you as well as the public that might be listening in so thanks So I'll just just mention that the bike share It's we were it's gotcha. They're the ones that are going to be doing the bike share in the communities and And they they this came up With at a staff level. How are you going to? You know what protocols are you going to use for your for your e-bikes, right? And so, you know, they they understand the issue and they're, you know, they've You know all already started They at least these vendors have already started their protocols for these shared devices by cleaning them and and all those all the The safety protocols that we use, um, you know throughout our daily Activity so I would imagine that those, you know, those are all things that will continue forward as as we move ahead So much everyone if I may just take about 30 seconds to a minute to go ahead and switch to our alternate for the interpretation services So much everyone interpreters interpreters have been swapped over. Thank you for that Leslie, did you have any other questions for Nancy? No, thank you, but thanks Any other questions from the board Okay, at this time I'd like to go to public comment There are no hands raised for public comment Um, I have one quick. So I just want to uh, the study session with council. I november 20th Uh, no, actually it's november 10th november 10th Yes perfect All right. Thank you. I just wanted to bear around like I want to make sure my notes are correct here So if our new ever 10th is the first study session and I had a question um This might be out Well, it depends the question I have is um in relationship to the downtown area station plan and whether or not Any of the bike any of this got roped into that and the reason for that is from a logistic standpoint Um, that is the area that's going to see the first impacts. Um, and so just to give the board A little bit of a heads up, you know, so trek Santa Rosa already has a bike share Um on the corner of 7th and mendesino avenue. I'm assuming that ties into Their proximity to the trails The smart train is going forward with an rfp um for 300 Uh bike shares, but that is going to be split between two counties Um, but it's already kind of anticipated that the downtown smart train station will be one of the High traffic areas for that rfp So we have two instances existing right now. Um, I haven't heard anything about scooters yet But I think that it's just I think that it's fantastic that nancy and rob and the entire team is kind of proactive on this one That we have this distinct advantage of being a smaller city So we have a little bit of leg time to get it right One question though about future study sessions So is that is there going to be any outreach directly to the neighborhoods that are in specifically the downtown area? So I'm thinking of The west end. I'm thinking of cherry street neighborhood. I'm thinking of richway historic and the reason for that is This is a type of thing of we can get it right on the Oregon side, but I can already tell you from what I've heard from Friends and family and other major cities those downtown neighborhoods are gonna see the impact and what I mean by the impact is That you know, they're good. Yeah, if you live in Prime example, if you live in around the smart train, your neighborhood is that you could very well wake up on a sunday morning And there's five e-bikes on your front lawn. You have no idea I showed up And so those neighborhoods are gonna want to have that partnership of not a big deal I make one phone call and it gets handled or you know, I go on You know, I go on the mind sander's app and he's dealt with it within an hour that's something I think on a pretty on the on the Preventive side on the front end that we can address with those neighborhoods because I think they're going to be the ones that see the first neighborhood impacts Of either their parks front lawns any, you know, the of that quarter shared space They're gonna see it and experience it and so I want them to have a A positive relationship and feel like they're a partner with the city on it because Oftentimes the vendors are app based and so getting a hold of customer service is a little challenging That was my question to you Nancy of like when we're doing these hearings Are we going to be doing any neighborhood outreach as we go into the one coming up on the 10th Is for council, but the ones that happen after that is they're going to be in an effort to kind of Let those folks know that this is coming Yeah, that's a that's a good question and it's interesting that you mentioned this because The the bike share which is that the 300 bikes that are coming when sunoma and ring county They're actually um, going to start launching their their outreach to to the community and and um, you know, with that like I said with the goal of trying to to Walk to to get their devices deployed in summer of 2021. So, um, you know, there's a It's a it's a point well taken. We need to figure out how we reach those, you know, those peripheral neighborhoods around the downtown and So, you know, I think I think you raise a good question and we'll we've got to, you know Think about how we incorporate that in in the process for sure So I know they have different meetings and whatnot. And so maybe there's an opportunity to To do some, you know, neighborhood networking so to speak and and reach out to them. So so that's a good good suggestion Yeah, I think the the cool thing about bike share is that, you know, I think a lot of major cities saw it as You know, the initial users are tourists, right because it's a great way to hop around Sacramento's a prime example, you know, but one of the things about it is that once it comes Into the culture of the city It changes the culture of the city So one of the things about bike shares once you get to what I refer to as critical mass It, you know, more people on bikes means more people on bikes more people out, you know Using different modes of transportation. It changes the culture of the city And so it does have a remarkable transformation of You're in a downtown area and all of a sudden it's like There's more bikes and more scooters than cars and you're seeing, you know And there's more people out in a downtown area at different points, you know And that it's just it's a very it's a culture shift and I'm looking forward to it Um, and I'm and but I'm also looking forward to is I think in a lot of these cities I'll be curious to find out what you get back from your colleagues in these other cities If they see a trend where yes tourists are the initial users and the initial drivers But do we also then see as this program goes in more and more residents taking advantage of it because it's more convenient to Jump on a dock station and get across town or get to one section of the downtown meet a friend And head back and so that'll be the other interesting metric of Will we see residents taking advantage of this and will we see The the data timeline what kind of happens over time and do we see a culture shift with it? So I'm excited about this But I'm also the neighborhood side going Oh, why is this gonna be some fun policy? Any other questions from the board before I go over to public comment All right, Nancy. Thank you so much and thank you rob We're bringing this to us and that it oh, I'm sorry member Cruz. You have a question I just wanted to ask that luther rubin gardens historic neighborhood district be included in the outtreat efforts Because we are just across the street from the city hall. So we we kind of get skipped over sometimes Yeah, I got that. Thank you Side of the chat. Thank you Thank you member Cruz. You're right. I I think of the downtown area station planning. You're absolutely right bourbon gardens Uh, yeah, I can tell you right now. I'm all there's gonna be You will see bikes on that lawn I guarantee um All right, any other questions from the board Member divine Um, yeah, hi, I was just wondering if um, thank you first of all, thank you for that information And I was wondering if uh an underground rail system such as uh, They have in San Francisco. Has that ever been uh considered and because I feel like we have so much traffic here already Our streets are so so crowded. I was just wondering if alternative routes have been considered Oh, um Well, to my knowledge, I I'm not aware of any underground rail for for the santa rosa area. Um so I Oddly enough, I've been with the city long enough to know that when we One of the options for the for reuniting the the courthouse square was to tunnel underneath the square and that's That's about as underground as I for the downtown that I I'm aware of so I know that probably doesn't answer your question, but yeah No, that's thank you Thanks any other questions from the board I'd like to go to public comment There are currently no hands raised for public comment All right, Nancy rod. Thank you so much for bringing this to our board. Um, as you can tell I'm excited about it And it's a fantastic presentation. I look forward to the study session I look forward to how this ties into the downtown area station plan and I look forward to seeing What kind of a remarkable culture we're gonna see in the shift We're gonna see in downtown San Rosa in the next five to ten years Thank you. Thank you. Thank you at this time. I'm gonna hand the agenda over to Vice chair graves great. Thank you and I am intentionally slowing down a bit for our interpreters that was Quite a bit of information. I wish I could see our interpreters so I could Get a thumbs up, but I'm just slowing down a bit just so everybody knows at this time. We'll move on to agenda item 6.2 the multicultural roots project An outreach assistance and I believe Danielle is going to Bring that forward I am Thank you Who vice chair graves for slowing down a bit? I will do my best as well. I have a tendency to talk very fast. So Please remind me if I need to Okay, um, so I don't have any slides for this presentation. Um I'm just going to give you some background and I really hope that everyone took the time to read the summaries That were included in the agenda um I am I've decided actually to go ahead and give you a couple little excerpts from each But before I do that Going to give you some information about the project So the multicultural roots project stories from santa rosa's black indigenous people of color um Is is directly from one of the outcomes from the community empowerment plan the goal of Actually, there's two goals of the project The first goal is to create visibility for our black indigenous people of color or BIPOC Communities in sonoma county with a particular focus on santa rosa The second one is to recognize through historical stories from BIPOC Contributions and impacts that have shaped santa rosa and sonoma county um, so, uh, as you may recall, um, agali and I have talked to you about this before And a couple months ago. I sent an email out to the board asking for any feedback that you had on On the proposal of of the project Heard from a couple folks So I appreciate that feedback We did reach out to several community groups As well as the cab To a run the project by them But also to see if they would serve in an advisory capacity Unfortunately, none of the groups that we approached were able to do that at this time um, and so, um We decided to move forward with just our project advisory group Which is a group of community members? That have engaged with us through our community empowerment plan Listed in sessions Um, we currently have I want to say 11 members That are active in this group and uh, their role really is to Take a look at the summaries that we develop Um, provide any feedback that comes up for them, uh with those summaries and then So what happens is is we submit Or we send them 10 summaries to look at and they have to choose five out of those 10 for the month um And i'll take a step back to also just to To walk you through the process that we go through or that we will be going through each month uh, so the first, um is conducting the research. We have three americorps vistas, um that Are uh conducting that research for us. They're using a variety of different sources Including gala baron's uh books about santa rosa, uh, so 19th century 20th century towns um We also have a book written by the reverend andrey bird called plimpsis, uh, which talks about the uh, the history of uh african americans here in snow county and particularly santa rosa Um, we have uh many press democrat articles that we have gone through as well We've accessed the sonoma county library And the research database at sonoma state university In addition to that we uh, well, we Magali met with bill mcgummery from the cemetery tours of our rural cemetery tours Received the script that they use for that tour So we have that as well to utilize and so the The vistas create summaries. Um They create uh six historical summaries for us. So um historical facts Events locations or historical leaders And then they also submit four summaries of current community leaders um This month we did uh, we did have gay reverend look at our summaries Um, just to make sure that they're historically accurate. Not everything looked great. Um, but moving forward We are We are not going to be able to utilize her services for that So, uh, we will be fact checking, um with our project advisory group and with a couple other historians in our community and then um The next step is to uh after the or take it to the project advisory group where they get to select their their five summaries And then bring it to you guys to just take a look um, and then um, what we we thought that uh, you could help us with is outreach And i'll talk about uh, the outreach that we are planning to do And we will ask you um for your help in disseminating this information to your community contacts and your red contacts After we get everything finalized, uh, we share that um throughout the month With the community Um, and so I will like I said, I will get into the outreach in just a moment But I want to take a few moments to talk about The upcoming summaries that we will be highlighting for the month of november This project also got thrown off of this course due to the fires um, the the two fires that we had uh at one in august and uh one in september And uh, we were supposed to have this ready to go um for the month of october, but unfortunately that didn't happen So we're a little bit behind, uh, but here we are um, so uh for our historical leaders um We will be highlighting this month john richards Gilbert gray and platt williams Um, so a little bit of information about each of them. Um, like I said, I'm going to give you just a small snippet from each of their summaries So once we have those posted you'll have to go read about uh the rest of it there, uh on the website And then like I said, I'll talk about the other communication channels in a moment So, uh, john richards was one of 20 black people living in san aroza in 1860 He was born a slave in 1824 in kentucky and bought his freedom as a young man He moved california and opened a barber shop in san aroza in 1856 He was known as the san aroza barber and owned 130 acres of land in san aroza that became the south park neighborhood um, so again, uh Once they're out and ready to read you can go check out the rest of his story Uh, Gilbert gray. He was originally from tatum, texas born on november 22nd 1916 He moved to san aroza in 1952 with his wife alice and their nine children In 1953 he and fellow civil rights activist platt williams co-founded the san aroza suno mccounty chapter of the n aacp Gilbert was the only san aroza resident to participate in the 1963 march on washington And platt williams He moved to san gray in 1953 His activism included participating in san aroza's first ever sit in At the silver dollar which was located on fourth and mendicine four street and mendicineau avenue Um, as well as picketing outside press and woolworth stores to protest segregation Um, moving on Uh, we will uh be highlighting the two uh two current leaders Uh community leaders here in san aroza The first is rafael vasquez Uh rafael hosts a radio show called And i'm really sorry if i butcher this Del futuro or leaders of the future on kvvf by legal radio The program focuses on education immigration politics mental health And other issues that directly impact the local community He is also also the author of the book Lo grande tus sueños or achieving your dreams The book was written as a guide for immigrant parents living in the united states And finally We have joy iodelli Who is 18 years old and born and raised here in san aroza? She is active as a current community leader regarding racial equity and injustice She created the local organization called what we are fighting for that serves as a resource for our local youth Okay, so finally outreach So we will be using our traditional city communication channels to disseminate these summaries to the public weekly So we'll be using our website social media Including facebook And next door We will be using our city connections newsletter So take a look at next thursday's edition We will be highlighting the historical leaders in our community news section And our current community leaders in our news to write in your day section We'll also be using our city council meetings to To disseminate these summaries And so if If you attend any of our virtual city council meetings, you'll notice that there's usually just one slide In place that lets the viewer know that there will be a recess or break that's happening during the council meeting Instead of that one slide, we will be using this series of slides that highlight these summaries That will be rotating through So viewers can read about these these individuals or In the future again, we'll be highlighting some other other things like events and locations So they can read about those as well during city council breaks And now turning it back over to the cab Our ask for you is that you help us disseminate these stories to your neighborhood groups and community contacts And as well if you hear any feedback from the community about this project Positive negative or if there are any questions or concerns about it We would love for you to gather that feedback and provide it to staff When it comes up So with that I will stop turn it back over to co vice chair graves and I will answer questions Great. Thank you for that Presentation and it looks like we have a I think I saw one hand and maybe another one out of the corner of my eye So member of konya You had a question I saw I did I was actually saying bye to member choparo, but that's okay. I do have a question On the I have two questions. So I love the idea of putting these on the city council zoom and I hope that that Continues on when we finally get to be in person My question is are you going to have photos because it would be so cool to have like a historical photo? And then if they're still alive to have You know a photo of the person because You know so much of this is people seeing people that look like them So I think that's super huge and the second one is if we were I would love to share this with the community I'm just thinking like if I were to share these stories on next door How are how can we do that? Is it just like a link? Is it? Are there going to be photos? Is there like a web page that people would go to? I'm just kind of trying to envision what a post on social media would look like Yes, there will be photos. So every single story will have at least one or two photos to go with it Which is the other part of the Vista's work is they have to collect photos And then as far as what that would look like for next door You could link it to the project website You could also Link it to the facebook post or social media post So twitter next or facebook Or you could use the language that we've created either in the social media post or in the city connections post and share that So you use the the content and create your own post on next door Which will then again also link directly to the website Is that I thought you had another question in there now Okay, and was there another Oh, yes member crews Um, I just wanted to let you know Daniel that there's a typo on Gilbert Gray's Date of death, I mean it's April 9th 1997 because I didn't have the honor to meet them and go to church with them. So I just think that needs to be fixed and then I just wanted to name some people that I would like to see Highlighted and that would be Reverend dr. James cockney. He was the pastor of community Baptist church and a big leader here city of santa rosa And the honorable superior court judge serena wong the first person of color appointed to the superior court bench Um, she also has a wealth of information about the chinese community here in Sonoma county And the first hispanic person appointed to the bench was uh honorable virginia marcoida She's a first latina as well And then the first african-american person appointed to the bench was the honorable commissioner gene buckley and The second african-american but first african-american man was the honorable commissioner anthony wheeled in So those are just some people that I know that are just outstanding citizens and that have represented the Our people so Thank you for the catching the typo Because I know his date of death too So, um, I just fixed that Okay, um And one of our vistas is currently on right now Listening into the meeting. And so this is really great feedback for them. Um, so just so everyone knows too The vistas actually um, just go through the the books and the research that they have right now And it that's how, uh, we they have selected these summaries I'm so it's good to hear other suggestions From community Folks that they would like to see could you do me a really huge favor and email those names to me please I will and there's another one as willie garratt who was um big NAACP he was part of that group that A group of african-american men that that went to the civil dollar and formed the NAACP So I will send the list. Thank you. You're welcome Thank you member crews. Um, those are all Like very important people in our history. Um, Any other questions? Do I see? Co-vice chair more that wasn't a question. I think I know all has her hand raised Member divine. I see you right there Hi, thank you. Yeah. Um, I was just during I know Danyan's uh one name for and um, it was in the American woman who uh The canola All of Irish. I know these are some two things that uh this and we have a story of her and um It's an almost it and we learned so much. I know about the Americans her Um, and I was during it that we could that could be that I would like to see uh featured because uh Riched of America that we I still hear And and you said, um Is that the one that you sent me? Uh through email, I think But I think you sent that to to me via email. Is that correct? Yeah, I think so. Okay. I was just looking for it. Yeah. Yes. Yeah Yeah, we have that um, and then I just saw a member of Hanya. Yeah member of Hanya made a uh a comment in the chat Also about Native Americans Our folks from our native community and yes, that is on our radar as well And then also looking just down there. There's the phenos there that is in Um, I was wondering they were purchasing in the at all Yes, they are I'm sorry. The what? The solopino said the Mutual that's in uh, oh, okay That's a good suggestion actually because we've been looking for uh, our asian pacific islander community as well Um, representatives. So that's a good reason. Yeah. Yeah, I know and that's what they have this Sullivan every year Um, I have I have some family to go that though. Yeah So that'd be a great place to Thank you. Okay. Mm-hmm. And I don't see any other questions. I'll just um Pass it on now to public comments There are currently no hands raised for public comment Great, um, thank you once again for that presentation and also, um Providing all of those summaries. I want to give a shout out right now to the The vista core, I believe that's what you said the volunteers the three Uh, are they all students? I've I've been trying to keep up on their Profiles that are on the community connections or the city connections From Sonoma State University, I believe Um, they graduated from Sonoma State University. They're not currently so one of the Experiences you have to have graduated from Uh college in order to participate in the americorps program the vista program That and it's absolutely wonderful that they're doing all that they're doing and um, I'm sure that they're going to have even more great stories to tell Uh, a member of conya, uh, just mentioned in the chat Also, the and I do not say this correctly a raitrian community Um, yes, and and yes that very Deep community here in Sonoma County as well Yeah, we actually um had a couple of members from the raitrian community. Um who have a Language interpretation service, uh locally they participated in a listening session So we have their their contact information and I think they would be great to highlight in this project as well I Can't wait until we actually can all get together And and do these things uh in person and maybe actually have someone doing the presentation that is that is from our current community. Um It would be just wonderful. Um and and these histories are absolutely wonderful too and uh, thanks for including Bill Montgomery and the the historical group Uh, I think that that's just absolutely wonderful to to get information from them. So, um, moving on from That item we're going now to 6.3 Once again slowing down what I'm saying uh for our interpreters and A quick Add in there just sliding in at the last possible second Maybe connecting with who organizes the day under the oaks and I know that that also Has some of our indigenous community that have been very involved in that So thank you member of divine for bringing that up So i'm trying to keep up with the chat here because i'm copying and pasting all of these suggestions So I don't lose them. So thank you everyone That's awesome. Um So 6.3 Is our subcommittee reports outs and the cab focus areas And I know that our empowerment committee met a couple weeks ago And maybe I should start that offer. Do we have a member of our Empowerment committee that would like to make a report if you're ready if you're not I almost designated you member of gone. You're just getting your back for never so committing meeting That designation earlier. I will um, I will make the report for us as the next committee Uh gets ready to designate a person. So The cab empowerment subcommittee met on um a couple weeks ago and we did talk about the neighborhood group lists and um, I'm going to really concentrate on our citizen engagement Academy Because there is an action item For our members that are present tonight. If you haven't already gotten in um your list of topics for our civic engagement one on one videos the list of topics That you would like to see in those videos uh And those videos to cover needs to be submitted to danielle by this friday october 30th If you're in that committee And to talk about that, uh, this this subcommittee is working on uh videos that would In this time of coveted talk about how to participate In the city or to learn more about the city from those videos themselves. So for instance today I submitted my topics Uh and they included Kind of city council 101 um Who's on the city council how to participate in the city council? Um And How to make a comment during city council where to find the agenda? I don't even think I was that specific, but that's what I meant and um And so It is somewhat of a Lengthy process to make these videos happen. I think we talked about a six month timeline for our subcommittee to make The videos occur And I think I'll stop right there because that's about as much of a summary as I We have And the next subcommittee Um Is that the engagement? Expertise expertise. Thank you the expertise subcommittee. Does there a report out? Yes, there is um We also met um And we our main object for meeting was to prioritize our goals for the next For the near future in the far future But um, we decided that as a priority would we we would want to complete our Tool kit for new cab members knowing that the election is coming up and there's going to be new Cab members that will be appointed to the board and we wanted to be ready for that So that was a priority that we want to do is complete that Tool kit which carly I have to give big kudos to carly because she really did a lot of work on that and It's we're just finalizing and doing our last comments on on that project The next thing that we felt was a priority was um Um Linking up our season cab members with new cab members doing the mentor and mentee um I guess it was a goal and I don't know if like we can call it a program But we wanted to start in our next cab meeting See who would be interested in being a mentor to new cab members So we wanted to get that going. Um, I think Those were the ones that took oh the other big one that we talked about was having a A junior cab or somehow Um Rounding up youth to be part of Having a junior cab council basically it's still kind of like a idea but um our director Macaulay was going to check With the partnership to see if they they also have something that they're talking about Having a youth council. So that was also an idea of having them either come and be with us. Um It's kind of hard right now because of cove it but um, there was a previous program where they they were youth that high school students that partners would um City council members and got to sit with them and actually participate in that way Up close and personal and so we tossed that idea around where that's just kind of like a homework assignment We're researching that and getting more information And if there's anything I missed, um Danielle can Fill in the blanks or any other Subcommittee member Thank you covered it. Thank you Uh, thank you for that member Cruz. Um I am I want to be Aware and acknowledge that member divine is um looking at like I think you're looking for a power cord Right now. Yeah So I want I want to be acknowledging that because uh, if you go out on us, I think Uh, it affects our quorum and but this might be the last Thing that we really need a quorum for is that correct Danielle? Okay, all right so, um At this point do we have any questions from the cab or yes I think it vince is trying to say something about the subcommittees. Oh Thank you. Sorry. It is had a quick, uh I don't know if this is a question that instead of creating a youth Council can we just make room for them a couple or a few on this body itself? Rather than create a whole new youth program um Where you have to create a curriculum and all that I think that that was we did bring that up in our meeting and I think that You have to be 18 years old to be on the cab, correct Danielle. You have to the whole board process I mean it's like a junior junior member like the city council Student that they don't do that anymore where they sit with the council, right? I know what you're talking about. Yeah And so it was the team council And so that's kind of what we're looking at doing for the cab is It's not going to be its own separate board. I don't think that will actually have Uh It won't be as extensive as the team council was let's just put it that way But we want to find a way to get youth voices Connected with the cab and participating if that's something that they want to do Um, so we're actually looking at a couple of different ways that we can we can make this happen including uh extra staff because You know, we have a lot a lot on our plate And so uh We're finding we're trying to find a way to make that happen without a creating a whole nother body Um and exhausting, you know our youth in the community that are already involved in other things even more so We're getting there. It's just a conversation an initial conversation that was had at this meeting I just want to put in my input for that that method rather than Perfect creating a whole new yeah Because I want if they have the experience I want it to be meaningful and creating another body with curriculum Oh, yeah. Yeah, no I think it was more like a mentor mentee like shadowing A cab member and kind of being a little closer to the action. Is that what I'm is that kind of the right idea? Okay I'm for that Okay I just had a comment um that and others right now they're kind of doing movement where They're passing on their vote or their their seat if went to when it's the unutilized So they're taking it back. So it's like, um, it's like, uh, I don't know if you could If there's some kind of catch-up we could do the same You know, I mean I'm similar to the idea now as if adults are going to take these seats and uh, Maybe kids, you know, uh, because they're going to be their worlds really soon. So Thank you member divine yeah, thank you for that and, um Really great inputs I Should have known vents. You were gonna have great input on that one working with so many youth in the community. Appreciate that um So From there. Do we have any public comments? There are currently no hands raised for public comments Great Thank you I think that concludes That 6.3 the subcommittee report outs and cab focus just to make a mention that are uh, we did have a A date change for our next Empowerment subcommittee meeting. Um, I Danielle, you want to remind us what that date is? Uh, yeah, so the original date was supposed to be on, um, November 11th, which is veterans day And it's a holiday. So we want to honor that and the Rescheduled date is November 12th. So the day after, um at 6 o'clock Great. Thank you. If if you're hearing howling, that's my dog So there you go, uh, I think that Finishes that out and now we're going on to item number 6.4 Meet your cab members and city staff this month We have the honor of knowing a little bit more about Danielle I feel like like we know you well, but I know that there's others other bits to know and um, I just I just want to It's it's a little bit of backing up But I also want to preface this that I got to spend uh last Saturday with Danielle at the Halloween for Howard park or at Howard park um doing the the city booth and Having I don't I would assume it was 2000 cars come through. I think it wasn't a thing It was well attended to say the least it was a drive through Halloween Uh, we had a great booth. We were dressed up Magali, you joined us for for a bit of time with your little one, which was really really fun and, uh it was It was nice. I I I enjoyed hanging out with you Danielle and I look forward to knowing a little bit more about you Um, and thank you so much for all of your service that you do for us at the cab And I know so many more aspects of the city. So I'm looking forward to this bit right here. Thank you first of all I have to say Covice chair graves made an excellent and excellent crazy lady uh with a um A spider web poncho and a gigantic spider attached to her and she was like Constantly asking cars passing by if she had anything on her shirt If they had bug spray to help her out It was amazing the kids especially with that last question The kids were like wet and the parents thought it was hilarious. So that was cool So it was really fun. Um and second I I want to um also say that I think that um Member Ocania is the one out of every single person here that knows the most about me She and I met in kindergarten and have known each other since then our families were really close And we actually kept in contact All the years so she knows me very well Um, so let me pull this up because I had to write stuff down. So I didn't forget um It's a little bit about me or a lot about me. Um, I was born and raised in santa rosa Um, except I had a stint in washington when I was about 15 years old um, and I have to say that that was um That was an interesting experience. I don't recommend it I love rain, but I don't love rain that much But I didn't have a choice. So, uh, we were only there for about a year and a half and then we came back I graduated from lc ellen high school. I was a part of the third graduating class in 1999. So I have aged myself So now, you know how old I am After graduating I attended sr jc for my general education credits Entering that time. I had my first child a daughter in 2003 Um, I went on to go to sonoma state and received my bachelor's degree in women's and gender studies with a minor in women's health In 2007 so it took me a little while to get there, but I did And the reason why is because I also had my second daughter during that time Um, so I like to tell young people these days. Don't do what I did Don't make it more difficult on yourself. Get through school first Um, but here I am. So, um after graduating from sonoma state Again, working at social advocates for youth as a community advocate I led two community coalitions Antucities the city of sonoma and the city of cloverdale Through policy changes to address underage drinking issues. Um, and it was mainly around access to alcohol Through house parties and through retail settings I worked with the chiefs of police In both cities to develop social host ordinances And to help educate teens and parents about the new policies that were in place And I have to say I was super popular among the local teens at that time Especially in the city of sonoma They loved me so much that they made a facebook page about me and also pre-did a rap song. So that was amazing um So in 2010 While I still worked at SAY, I decided to return to school to get my master's degree in public health I graduated from walden university in 2012 Having completed two years of ruling coursework and a practicum at the california department of public health All while freezing and I I like to brag about this a little bit not that I advocate for it at all, but um my My children's father actually had a major health crisis during this time and was not able to help at all with the kids So I did all of this while raising my two my two girls all by myself There's just again a lot of work and I do not advocate for that at all Young people if you are listening, please go to school first and get everything out of the way um in april 2012 after I graduated. Um, I began working for the sonoma county department of health services There I coordinated the healthy eating active living And snap ed grant programs I also helped run the healthy retail project, which was funded under both of those grants In addition to that I also ran our adult and youth leadership training programs and helped community members implement projects That created healthier neighborhoods in roseland south park kawana springs and boys hot springs areas Um, I also gained a lot of public speaking Experience. Um, I spoke about our healthy retail project. Um successes and evaluation outcomes at multiple statewide and national conferences um And the really cool thing about that is as I met and worked with a lot of community partners and community members That I'm still working with today Um, I also have to say going back to my my time at sy that's what I'm at vince. So I've known vince for a really long time too Um And then in 2016 I was hired by the city has the community engagement coordinator Um, I have as most of you know who works on many different projects throughout the four and a half years that I've been here So aside from um supporting and staffing the cab Um, I am our department's public public information officer. Um in times of a disaster Um, I'm also the the communications person for our department. Um, and our connection to our city's communication team Um, I am the lead staff for the community empowerment plan implementation and evaluation As you know, the the multi central project I work on. Um, and I also am the um Connection to uh staff and other departments for our residents and community groups In addition to that I help department strategize around their community engagement strategies And I've been involved in the open government task force. Um, the implementation of the recommendations as well as moving that draft ordinance forward Um, personally, I'll I'll get down to a personal level. Um, I did mention that I have two daughters They're both in high school. My oldest one is getting ready to graduate this uh spring Um, I married my husband in 2018 and have two amazing stepkids. We're both adults Um, I have a dog named me glow who has severe anxiety disorder and I love him anyway Um And since my husband doesn't like cats, we have three of them Um, including a kitten that we adopted a few months ago And for those of you who know me, you already know this about me, but for those who don't I am a huge nerd of many different things I love to breathe, especially historical fiction Uh science fiction and fantasy I am a huge fan of game of thrones and sometimes it's really hard to get me to stop talking about game of thrones since I've started Um, and if you've never seen my office, I do invite you to come check it out once we're allowed to have people back in the building um, I also love to bake and uh did spend some time learning how to make professionally decorated cakes so I can do that I embroider. I love arts and crafts. So I'm always trying to find something new to do My current thing is paint my number. Um, that's fun. It keeps me busy um And I also really like nature and so I like walking and hiking outdoors Although I haven't done so much of that this year Um, and I think that's all about me So thank you for letting me talk about myself here for a few minutes and um, now you know more about me How on earth do you do all of that? I don't know. I have no idea. I don't sleep. I'm a vampire No I was curious about the cats, but then you said baking and I started thinking about What's a little great party we can have? Um, when we can all get back together again with you baking and then we have to figure out other talents that other members have so Yeah, I love it. I think just let you know. I love it I totally thought that about the cake as well. I was like, hmm cake That's let's make let's make have a party so we can have Really? My most popular well and most asked for cake is uh, is a chocolate cake with peanut butter cream cheese frosting chocolate ganache And it's topped with chopped up recent peanut butter cups. Oh my god. Yeah, amazing Yeah Is there any questions for danielle? I don't know how there could be questions. We've given us so much information, but I'm recruits. I've known danielle for a long time, but mostly through my son He used to catch a ride. He used to drop my son off at her house so he can get a ride to junior high Um, Santa Rosa junior high and then Working with her mom. So like it's such a small world. I okay. I have to do this and hopefully your son doesn't ever see this Um, but I did show it to him and he thought it was hilarious, but um, I found this A couple probably about a month ago and I've been meaning to show you but I found a picture of us from junior high and There you go. I don't know. It's kind of blurry, but I've been meaning to show it to you like We run into each other sometimes and uh I always have that I have it with me. I've been meaning to show it to you, but I keep forgetting. So there you go Now he's your son. I went to junior high with danielle. Who's your son? Corey bracey cruise. Oh my gosh That's hilarious. Yeah, he was bad He's a good person now, maybe notorious Love all these like, uh not so secret connections of of folks on on this, uh committee and board and Oh my god, I forgot one more. I'm sorry I worked with the vice chair more at the county So I'm putting you on spot now too. We work together at the health department Where she still is So yeah, I'm starting to get to be like my stepdad. I know everybody in san rosa All right with that Thank you danielle. Um, I do believe that we need to open it up to public comments at this time and We can take Um, I'm just also checking in with our host because it is 755 We have a little tiny bit more to go if our interpreters are okay with that Thank you very much. There are no hands raised for public comments Uh, let me check with the interpreters if they'd like to stick on for that last item one moment Thank you Sorry, it looks like uh, Cecile has to go um So if so if she leaves it will impact for him, um, so we can talk about the last item It's just we won't be able to take public comment or make decisions on that item so We might we just want to end. I'm checking with the host on the interpreter real quick too And Cecile I see your question Thank you. We can go ahead and continue on for a couple more minutes Maybe around if we go past 805. I'd like to switch interpreter services. Okay. I think we should um I think we'd be able to wrap it up by 805 if that's okay, Cecile Um, so I'm passing it on to co-vice chair more Okay, great. Thank you. Um Going on to agenda item number seven where we will Uh review future agenda items. We have uh listed on the our agenda the cinema county commission of human rights report Uh, December 2020 or january 2021 The community empowerment plan goal Uh report for january february And the neighborhood services programming funded by measure o uh next month with 2020 november And then the community engagement division strategic plan which is to be determined Are there any other agenda items that any of the Cab members would like to see on our future agendas member divine Um, yeah south the neighborhood of south park is the We're trying to get on the agenda for a while and uh, as we said they're um, they They wanted the you know, the senior center and they were sitting at seeing it just sitting there empty So, um, if we could get them into Anytime soon that'd be wonderful. I know it seems like the full agenda is coming up. So I really like shots them Okay any other members member cruz Thinking of the minutes from the last meeting there was supposed to be an update about when the human rights commission was going to be There was going to be an update given on the human rights report Um, and when the city council was taking it up and that's all I remember, but I just don't want that to drop off the radar Yes, I'm glad you brought that up. The city council will be hearing that report on december 15th Um at their december 15th meeting. Um, they will also be hearing. Um, at that time the after action reports And one other item along with that it'll be all packaged together. Um on on that particular meeting date Thank you Any other members have any other topics? Oh member caravan Sorry about that. Um, so the listening session um data that you gathered from, you know, and I'm sorry if I'm not understanding What you're doing with that but It seems to me there might be um, really interesting um Kind of I don't know you said you have some outcomes that came out of that but I also think it might be good for Community to interpret like from maybe in an anonymous way you're presenting. I'm assuming you're in an anonymous way You're presenting the data Is it first of all that might be a wrong assumption? So I want to ask that but I'll follow up to say that I like the idea of even Us looking at some of that and tying it into some changes maybe in That we see that are kind of Like I just would spark ideas in us and then I like that idea for the community in general So it's a little bit of a a concept that I'm Bringing up but um, if you can make sense of it, I'd appreciate it Is it something that you want to go on a future agenda? Yeah, yeah, I think it's something that the cab if the cab is interested Um, I should be looking at that and you know identifying things that can be done That we think come out of those sessions and take it even further maybe Okay, so I don't know sure. Okay Any other input from any other members? Okay, I don't see anything um Any public comment on this agenda item There are no hands raised for public comment All right That concludes this agenda item right daniel. I don't need any we don't need to right Okay, um then moving on to our final agenda item, which is adjournment I'm so sorry Was that a a motion to adjourn and a second by member caravan, okay All right, uh A vote all I I Okay The meeting is adjourned. Thank you everybody. Thank you I love the way the meeting went. Thank you. Thanks for all the information