 Council members story here Peterson here Brooks here bought our fear and mayor Bertrand Okay, we have some presentations and And I believe we have an introduction and who has the honor of introducing our new information technology specialist Mr. Mayor members of the council It's my pleasure to introduce our new information systems specialist Heather Hagerty Heather comes to us from over the hill with more than 20 years of IT experience where she most recently served as the director of Information on structural technology at the Union school district in Campbell Heather was emerged as the clear number one choice out of a competitive pool of applicants It's really great news to be able to bring this position back in-house where we've contracted it out for a couple of years And so with that I'm happy to introduce Heather to the city council Yeah, welcome We've been able to cut down her commute Substantially to you get to walk to work. You're probably the closest Okay after a visit at Gales I just like to say I just want to make one acknowledgment. I'd just like to thank Larry for all the work behind the scenes for the past Two years of filling in and I'm glad we finally hired a replacement for you, so We have a new assistant planner and who will be oh kitty, of course Mayor and council it's my pleasure to introduce Sean Sasanto to you this evening many of you probably recognize Sean He was working as a planning intern He was involved in our last recruitment for the assistant planner and was hired as an intern during that recruitment it was a great opportunity for us to see his dedication and as a hard worker with the city and he's Now the assistant planner we were able because he was in that last recruitment to hire him Within that recruitment one RV when the position was vacated. So it's my pleasure to introduce Sean He has a degree from Humboldt State University and He's got great GIS skills. He's been very helpful in the applications and And it's my pleasure to introduce Sean Thank you, Sean. It's good to be back. I'm from Aptos in the Bay Area. So I'm happy to be here Welcome Sean. Yeah, good to have you Welcome back permanently. Yeah Okay, good So do we have any additional materials? Any additions and deletions to our agenda? Mr. Mayor members the council I did want to just make one correction to the agenda Unfortunately our agenda management software had a bit of a snafu and printing the agenda You may have noticed that items eight C and D were different in the agenda packet from the way They were listed on the agenda and the way they were listed online So the correct order of business as I would propose for tonight's hearing would be we'll hear the 835 Bay Avenue conditional use permit First then we'll hear D the consider the contract and budget for the BIA and then item C would come next would be the goals and principles. That was the intended order of business for this evening Okay, so we'll switch C and D With that this is a time to give public comments You have three minutes to give public comments on any item not on the agenda Anyone would like to come forward and speak Thank you. Please let us know for the record who you are Good evening honorable council members. My name is Rachel Kippin I am the new executive director of O'Neill sea odyssey and I wanted to come and introduce myself And I've had the pleasure of working alongside many of you and I wanted to thank you for your ongoing Collaboration and support working with O'Neill sea odyssey and also a thanks to Larry of course for his work alongside us Dan who could not be here tonight also wanted to pass along his gratitude to you all and that's another reason that I'm here I wanted to invite you to Dan Haley's retirement celebration It is on April 11th Thursday, April 11th at the coconut Grove from five to seven thirty I brought some flyers and my business card as well I hope to see you there And I also encourage you any ideas for increased collaboration or things that you'd like to see or if you'd like to come out And and shadow our program if you haven't had the opportunity to do so yet, please do let me know Thank you so much. Thank you very much Any other members from the public like to come forward? Seeing none was bring it back to city council and staff comments Any comments? Quick comment Tomorrow afternoon at four o'clock the Chamber of Commerce We'll be hosting a under new ownership ribbon cutting with Zeezo's coffee over in Brown Ranch marketplace They're one of our donors to the new library And I think it's going to be a really fun exciting event. So anyone who's able to attend I would look forward to seeing you there No comments. Okay, so I went to An event with the neighbors on the Bromersky project Steve and our new aid Colleges has been here a year. I thought I keep saying you've just got here, but that was great there is about 12 Citizens there including two babies and a lot of questions and good answers and I appreciate the public's works apartment to Make this available to the public I'll also talk to about four or five neighbors on J Street and this is Related to the speed bumps a lot of people are quite happy with them about time They're very happy the city is doing things and also City of Santa Cruz put on a symposium last Saturday, which I attended San Lorenzo River and it was all about the aquatic life the fish and Other aspects of what's going on there including a presentation on Puma's Interestingly enough they're going to do something like what we're doing here with the flume. It's a totally different technology It's a really beautiful thing and one reason why they have to do it differently is because Actually when water from other rivers around here Deplete fish go to the San Lorenzo River. So it's a good place for fish from other areas of this area So those are my comments City staff, I think Steve has one more announcement on top of the Romer meeting. Okay I just want to make you all aware that The tree lights down the village. We have put up two different new colors They there's four trees at the corner of Stockton or a capital road in Capital Avenue and San Jose app. That's where we are. Sorry and so two of the corners have different color lights One of the new lights is almost indistinguishable from the original lights that were there Just so you know if you can't tell them that's because just the way the colors worked out We have increased the brightness again So that it's more stands out a little bit more as people look at the color So go take a look when it's dark again. Thank you. Thank you Any other comments? See clear comments. Nope. Okay. Let's bring it back to the consent calendar I do have a question about City checks just just maybe Jim is here. Yeah Basically, what is the multidisciplinary interview center I haven't heard of that yet It's actually a police department expenditure. So, okay, sorry Jim. I thought it was you okay Mr. Mayor members of the council the MDIC also referred to as the The sky they have a new name but the multi-disciplinary interview center you might recall that about a year ago year and a half ago that had a grand opening out there all of the Eight law enforcement agencies in the county probation the DA's office. They joined together in an MOU and that is the facility We used to do forensic interviews of the youth victims Suspects family members is quite a resource in the county We kind of echoed resources over the hill in Santa Clara County and it's been beneficial to ourselves and many of the agencies law enforcement agencies Since it's opening about a year and a half ago Great. Thank you for that. Maybe you can bring that back to council and tell us a little bit more how it helps us and Something of its workings and stuff. We'd be happy to be good to know about it any other questions of Anything on the consent calendar? No, any questions from the audience about items on the consent calendar? Do I hear a motion to the consent calendar? Second second all those in favor aye. Okay, so let's go on to general government public hearings We are approvers to have a hearing on the Santa Cruz County youth violence Prevention task force and I see Julie in the audience, but I think our captain is going to introduce her Good evening, Mr. Mayor and City Council It's it's my pleasure to introduce to you Julie Burr from the United Way She's kind of spearheaded this project and And we've had Sergeant Ryan is a liaison for our department and they're gonna provide a PowerPoint to kind of explain what the youth violence prevention task force is and how it's moving Through our community right now. So Thank you. Thank you captain. Thank you mayor. Thank you council for having me tonight. I'm excited to be here and I'm Beyond excited to be working really closely with the City of Capitola right now So I want to briefly give an overview of the task force for those of you that aren't familiar with our work The task force is a countywide multi-sector collaborative initiative that you know works to address violence prevention We're looking at issues of connections capacity and resources really seeing those areas as our role in looking at issues of prevention We're data driven. We use a strength-based public health approach And we seek system and policy shifts to create long-term sustainable change We're committed to addressing issues of equity which you'll see in the project that we're going to be presenting tonight as well as Engaging meaningfully with youth and community members in creating safe and thriving communities. I Want to thank the City of Capitola for endorsing our strategic plan back in 2015 and for your continued support and partnership along the way The mayor has been involved at our table for many years now, and we appreciate that work that we get to do together On that note in terms of partnership. I want to turn it over to Sergeant Ryan who I've been working with really closely to dive in a little bit more So about a year ago, I had the honor of being selected to participate in Starting our partnership and doing some hands-on training myself and Officer Brantley-Sandredi attended a Implicit bias training and a culturally responsive organization workshop It was really pretty incredible to be there and the way they pulled those of all of us together all the law enforcement agencies As well as community members and stakeholders Moving forward. I continued my Being the liaison for the Capitola Police Department bringing back the information as we move forward with this project and so I've been a part of the logistics portion of it in bringing the location and Recruitment and all that together for the participants that are going to move as we move forward Speaking of the elusive project What we're working on is really addressing a prioritized strategy of strengthening law enforcement and community relationships This is a strategy that was in our strategic plan in 2015 And when we launched the plan and the place-based initiatives in Watsonville and Santa Cruz live Oh started implementing the plan this initiative this strategy really rose to the top and has had continued momentum ever since And what we know based on the research is that increased trust and community between community and law enforcement means safer communities when community members and young people respect law and Trust the members of law enforcement in their community. They're more likely to follow the rule of law So the project we're looking at specifically is having community law enforcement dialogues and we're taking a really county-wide approach to this and Capitola is one of the locations where we'll hold a dialogue and really the Mission of this project is to create these spaces for young people and law enforcement community members to connect to get to know each Other to talk about their perspectives and experiences See each other differently and then begin to vision for themselves and together what they want for their community They're gonna talk about barriers to achieving that vision and what actions we can take to make that vision a reality It's a circle-style dialogue where everyone has an equal voice and participants Participants commit to really understanding and listening to each other's views And facilitators have been trained locally. We have a group of about 20 of them that are volunteering their time and They put in two days of training to hold these spaces with community members to really be neutral facilitators and work through the six steps That go through this process touching back on the theme of partnership I Want to Highlight the fact that we've been selected by everyday democracy. This is their model the dialogue to change model They're a national organization that's been doing dialogues to change models to address a host of community issues since 1989 Last spring in 27 2018 They chose Santa Cruz County and St. Louis to be their two partner communities in the country to do this work So we're honored to be working with them. It's their model. It's their expertise. They've been coming in They've trained us to organize. They've trained us. They train the facilitators. They're gonna be a part of the action component of this work as well and Again, I want to thank in terms of partnership Capitola police department and the chief and captain and sergeant here Because really we couldn't do this work without them here in Capitola and we have countywide commitment So all of the chiefs across the county are participating as well as the sheriff And so we're very excited to do this work countywide and be a model for the state and the rest of the country In terms of really partnering with law enforcement differently to create and young people to create the communities that we want to see In terms of the timeline and the project itself The dialogue circles are going to start in April and extend into May The each group is about 12 to 15 people again law enforcement youth and adult community members It'll be the same group of people that move through two-hour sessions once a week for six weeks because each session will have a topic Activities different things that guide them through all of these different pieces to get towards action And it's important that this group do this work together all the way through The Capitola circle will be happening on Wednesdays from 6 to 8 p.m starting April 10th and completing on May 15th at Shore life community church It was important that it be held in a neutral location where community felt comfortable to be a part of this process Food will be provided as well as child care and translation as needed We also are providing $25 gift cards to target for youth under the age of 21 for every session They complete we wanted to make this process inclusive We wanted to make it as accessible as possible So that community really felt like they could be a part of this process hence doing evenings and all those other incentives Again, it's an action-oriented model. So when the circles are completed in mid-May We're gonna have an event a couple weeks later called an action forum Well, we'll bring together all of the circles from across the county. We'll invite all of you The media other stakeholders other youth that you know, there's only so many slots in the circle So other community members that are interested to really celebrate the work and then also begin to talk about what action items We're you know, we're developed in each of these groups and start prioritizing what we want to work on together Now comes include again increased trust increased involvement and inclusion in issues of community safety and Development of allies, you know for both law enforcement and community alike in terms of really building that social capital Having this tool in our toolbox and having these bridges already built so that when needed we can come together and solve Solve issues differently and on that note. I'm gonna turn it back over to Sergeant Ryan. So I really wanted to be a part of the circles But I stepped away because I was a part of the logistics Portion of it, but it's really gonna be a great opportunity Officer Steve Anderson and Brantley Sandretti are have committed to the six sessions and being an active open Part of those sessions to not grow to not attend in uniform so that we're not there with That you know as a barrier and to really just be open and vulnerable and willing to share and In turn also bring what they learn and experience back to the Capitol Police Department so that we can grow In my experience here, we've done a great job of partnering with the community But there's always room for improvement and there's always things that we're gonna learn so That's and just break, you know breaking down some of those Barriers that keep us from moving forward. I'm really excited that we're able to move in this direction No, so again, I just want to thank the city of Capitola for being a part of this work And I want to ask all of you if you will share information about this project We're currently registering youth and adult community members to be a part of this project And we are looking for five youth and five adults to participate. It's meant to be a small group So they can really connect and I've shared the link there and again, those are the incentives We actually have one adult and one youth already registered. So we're only looking for four of each But that's my ask of you and I'm here to answer any questions you have Sam, yeah, thank you mayor Well, Julie, this is a great work that you're doing. I'm really proud that our police department is enthusiastically participating in it I think it's really important that we build trust between the police department and even the city and our youth here in the community And I'm glad you mentioned that site where we could maybe go ahead and spread to a word But I was wondering whatever the kind of outreach You will be doing just just to get the word out to the kids that knew Brighton and You know and when many kids here go to SoCal elementary Main Street elementary So I was maybe you could speak about that Part of what we've done in our Logistics planning meetings is each of us that are from our respective agencies and jurisdictions have committed to reaching out to those folks So it's on our Instagram Facebook. I've had FaceTime with the schools I have had kids go to SoCal high and I taught at Harbor High So I just you know, it's it's amazing how when we actually all came together in the room We just started sharing resources. So one that that's the outreach that I committed to as From the cap to a police department. All right. Thank you. Yeah Otherwise in addition to that we've been sharing it with our entire youth violence prevention Task Force Network, which is over 600 people our entire United Way network I'm starting to hear it from people that didn't know about it. So I know that the word is getting around But yeah, we're trying in any way possible. We're I'm telling Promote those gift cards Yes, it's always been a pleasure working with you and I definitely appreciate your energy for this program And I think it says a lot for United Way here in Capitola that out of the whole nation This was one of the two. So I I just this is great And I think it also says something about our police department for as long as I remember going back to Rudy at least This police department has been committed to this program youth violence prevention And so I'm glad to see our current chief has continued that and that he has staffs report So, thank you sergeant. Thank you captain for being part of this So with that let's move on just a report we have accepted just moving on to item B 835 Bay Avenue temporary use permit Good evening mayor and council before you this evening is a temporary use permit for the storage of vehicles at 835 Bay Avenue I'm going to give you a brief history of the site in 2012 There was a negative planning commission recommendation for a model home display at the site was approved by city council During an appeal for a temporary use for one year There were two extensions granted to that Actually three extensions granted for the temporary model home in 2013 2015 and 2017 in 2015 Toyota Approached the red tree properties and asked if they could also be on the site to store vehicles So they got their first permit Approved in 2015 their first extension was in 2017 under the old zoning code It was looked at as a conditional use permit as a use that's similar to activities within his own But not a not listed as a as a use within the zone under our new zoning requirements It's now looked at as a temporary use permit. We created a new evaluation for temporary use permits So in 2019 for the first time you're seeing the temporary use permit typically those are reviewed Administratively by the community development director and can be approved Administratively due to the circumstances tied to the site and the fact that there has been an ongoing use here And this would actually be the second two-year extension for this property I thought it would be more appropriate to take it back to city council for and For the temporary use permit and limit it to two years because under the new zoning code Extensions can be granted twice for two-year periods. So this would be the last You know extension within this permit. So 835 Bay Avenue The car storage site would be located behind where the model home currently exists Santa Cruz County Sanitation District is planning on utilizing the front area as a construction staging area That area was identified when they got their original permit For the improvements that will be going across the Soquel Creek and there's a member There's a representative here tonight. If you have any questions about the staging area and they are planning on starting that project in April or May of this year and It will likely carry through till December of the year and then once they've finished their construction Toyota is requesting that they be able to occupy the site up to within a hundred feet Maintaining a hundred foot setback from Bay Avenue to where they would carry the fence across What that looks like here is you can actually see where their fence has been located in the past And it would just carry the fence the green fence across at the 100 foot line It's approximately at a hundred feet according to GIS Toyota recently Reinstalled new mulch and they've agreed to once they're Once the Sanitation District has moved off the site. They've agreed to also plant drought tolerant plants in the area and and Then we would hold a deposit with them for $2,000 with I gather that within the first 30 days of the permit being Approved and at the time when they vacate the site I do an inspection of the site and if the plants are Established and the mulch looks good. They would get their $2,000 deposit back if the site needs a little more Updating we could you they could utilize the funds to ensure that the planting is looking fresh at the time of vacating the site Today I did go out to the site and this is what it currently looks like Unfortunately ideal homes. They had trouble with getting a transportation permit for moving the mobile the model home off-site They were they intended to do it this week. They tried yesterday and today They've been told that they'll be given a permit to transport this next Monday And the other remaining item is that the monument sign that's on the site was attempt was allowed temporarily And was also supposed to be off the site at the time after the two-year period So I would suggest that this evening because the temporary use permit can be Issued by the community development director that the city council authorized me to To approve the two-year temporary use permit upon the removal of the model home for the site and the Monument sign so once those two things are taken off the site. I could actually issue the permit and that's I've changed my recommendation To ensure that that happens before the permit goes out So with that that concludes my presentation April period here this evening from Red Tree properties and also Bruce Feinberg from Toyota and They're happy to answer any questions. You may have as well And there's also a representative from the sanitation district any questions Sam. Yeah, thank you. I Wanted to ask about what the long-term plan is for Toyota In two years, are we going to be back here again? Thank you for having us here our long-term plan is Occupied the area for two years and we actually have alternative Plans in mind To store vehicles on our lot because we're going to be looking forward to some changes over there When I discuss this with the planning department and Red Tree properties, I believe that You know, we could reapply if that was the case But if we can't use the area then we're happy to make other arrangements. We're not relying on that as a permit source of Storing vehicles Okay, thank you. Sure anything else No, I have a question for the sanitation district though Okay, thank you very much. We really appreciate your consideration of the permit. Well, yeah, thank you I mean, I'll follow you mayor, but I had a question for the San Antonio district I noticed that that's part of that stage in area includes Refueling for the vehicles and the equipment and I just wanted to hear a little bit more about the mechanism for how that will be done and Just want to make sure that it's secure from any kind of spills Yeah, the staging the staging for the construction project. Oh, yeah, they'll They're gonna use that staging area primarily for they're gonna set up an office temporary like a, you know, mobile office there, they're gonna be storing pipe for the For the for the project we're doing we're actually gonna install a pipe from the Soquel pump station, which is next to CVS Underneath the creek over to Clara Street We're also doing upgrades to the pump station installing valves. So there's gonna be materials that they stack over in the staging area they'll have equipment there and they'll probably be doing some refueling but we have a We have a stormwater plan that's part of our plans and we're It's part of the part of our contract that the contractor is to you know, contain the site and maintain water quality standards and We have to report the state on all that. So it's pretty stringent as far as Them keeping the site clean and dust control and all that good stuff But we plan on finishing the project by the end of the year. That's the plan. That's the schedule And I also read in the staff report that there was an attention to use this site for a project on jade street Yeah, there's another county project in the jewel box, which is also a sanitation project and I think they're planning to use I Come closer to the microphone, please Then the need may change but at the current moment the county has not moved forward with their request on that additional Use, okay. Thank you. I think they're talking to the school right there on 47th But it's just a small area. I'm not sure if they finalize that right, okay. Thank you. My question is Protection that's Equipment and supplies and stuff like that. Is there going to be someone on that side in the evening throughout the day that kind of thing Is there gonna be a fence around it? I'm not sure if they're gonna have a guard there or not I think if it becomes an issue they'll definitely Get somebody over there. Okay, but it also depends on You know at what they're storing and at what times they're storing that as needed Okay, that's my only question one one follow-up if I may you mentioned the fencing It's gonna be moved up to the front. Well that have the green screen on it as well to help kind of obscure The location. Yes, we'll continue that as well. Yeah, okay, great. Thank you Great Okay, no more questions Discussion Oh, I'm sorry. Are there any comments from the public that would like to come for it right now? Seeing none come back to city council Yes Yeah, this is quite a history of this project as we all know it's the gateway into a city of Capitola So we do have some concerns about it I think that the council last time I believe Sam was here last time we were around we we authorized ideal to move the trailer in Someday hoping that Redtree would bring us a project that would be something that would be beneficial and add to the charm and character The city of Capitola. We like that idea too We know and I you know I didn't want to ask you a question Because you probably would have something to volunteer if you did I just in our hopes as we give these extensions Which we freely did do ideal and we're doing to Toyota as to it is a great partner for the city of Capitola We appreciate your business. It is our hope someday that something develops there Although I do believe the timing because of the sanitation project happens to be really good at this point So I'm willing to support, you know This this measure so that everybody can get along and try to find what they do and hopefully Toyota We'll find some home and I'm not saying that you know It's not going to get extended if there seems to be a problem doing that because I think city of capitol tries to accommodate However, with all that being said We're just hoping that someday a project comes there to that corner that would really enhance that area So with that I'm going to make a motion to approve the recommendation for staff recommendation Zero second and I'll second but to clarify we're going to authorize The development director to issue a temporary use as you're amended exactly I think it's important and and I think you're going to be reasonable giving ideal time to get that off there Whatever their circumstances are so it's the second recommendation. Yeah, well, I'll second that motion Okay, um any other discussion I think that the sanitation district will be doing improvements that will be very Beneficial to red tree as they move forward too. So I look forward to that. Um Is there approval in unanimous Although some favor say aye. Aye all those against nope. Okay. It passes. Thank you very much. Thank you kitty So let's move on to updated capitol village and wharf business improvement area contract item d Good evening mayor and council. Um, so this next item before you is the capitol village wharf and business improvement area contract and revised fiscal year 18 19 budget So just by way of background september 8th of 2005 the city of capitol and Capitol village wharf business improvement area or bia Entered into an agreement to initiate the bia assessment program Over the years the roles of What the bia did and what city staff did kind of changed and evolved So in june of last year, we amended that original agreement to kind of redefine the roles and responsibilities as as they kind of How we were doing business so in november As you may remember capitol voters approved measure j which Allocated 0.4 percent of tot revenue to local business groups including the bia Which necessitated a need for us to revise that agreement to address the tot revenue portions So staff did work with the bia to come up with a revised agreement At the bia board meeting on march 12th They unanimously approved the revised agreement and at the same time provided me with a revised budget for fiscal year 18 19 And I have this on two different slides because it's hard to read But the changes to the budget really is creating those different categories so that we could Better track the different types of revenue. So you have the assessment revenue That's kind of been programmed the way it's always been programmed and now they have the new tot revenue coming in And there's some certain things that the council would like to see with that tot revenue So we wanted to make sure we could account for those revenues and expenditures correctly This is the second half and I apologize. This one's a little harder to read But what I wanted to point out was that On that middle column that shows the tot revenue They've included $5,000 or 33 of that tot portion for village enhancements, which still needs to be defined But it is earmarked for that And then in addition You'll see that the amended budget increased 16,910 as opposed to 15,000 So they're pulling out of their existing fund balance, which is kind of built up a little bit higher last year than we had anticipated And so with that the recommended action is to authorize the city manager to enter into an updated agreement with the bia And approved and approve the revised budget And there are members of the bia here to answer questions if you have any about the contract or the budget Someone from the bia like to come forward Welcome Devin. Welcome corn. Thank you Karen Hannah and Devin Salter Okay, any questions of staff and or the bia? I do have a question so I was looking through the budget and I came across an interesting item. I've never seen before doubtful accounts What is a doubtful account and it's uh, $3,000. So that's quite a large doubt doubtful accounts is just um We've been trying to you know every business in the in the village has to Pay a fee to the bia yearly and It's based on the size of the business How many employees that type of thing Every year from year to year we have a number of businesses that do not pay their dues And so we put in there an amount of what has kind of been the average over the years of money We have never been able to collect Some of these because some of this because business has gone out of you know Gone out of business because of tough times and we Just can't get money out of them other ones are still in business But we really have no recourse or no action that we can take against them other than Going to small claims, which would cost us more than What their dues are basically So that's what we put that in there As money that will probably be uncollectible Okay, um Jim. Is this something the finance department could help the bia? Is this something that we just said or i mean we we are charging for our services So i'm well as devin mentioned that the cost of trying to recover these is greater than what they typically owe So we've at this point. We've just kind of accepted that there's going to be a certain percentage of doubtful accounts Can I can I offer just a suggestion? I mean sure please So I was been thinking about this quite a bit lately and I mean would it be possible and I know it's something that would have to be you know rewritten into I don't know if it's called the city code or whatever, but You know if a business doesn't pay its dues and they get a letter saying that you know You're in delinquent of your dues and there's going to be a fee charged or whatever and they still don't You know, is there a way that their Business permit could be revoked so that they couldn't perform their business activities until they pay the dues I let the city manager address this. I don't think what this is for discussion right now, but maybe in the future Um, I don't know quite how to handle this other than what we're dealing with today. Yeah Okay, so maybe further discussion. Can I just make one comment on that this year is our best year so far for collections We just got this last week our last business that had not paid their assessment so now we have Other than the people who have completely gone out of business are retired and those have always just been written off But as far as businesses that are in business now every single business in the village has paid their assessment We have maybe six or eight short term rentals And that's our a very big challenge because those people sometimes never come to capitol We don't know really we don't have the relationship with them But we are working on enhancing our relationship with the short term rental people so they really fully understand What we're doing for them And also I believe that usually every year some of those short term rental people Stop renting because a lot of them just rent friends family that sort of thing and they don't even bother to tell us So in reality It looks worse than it really is Um, I think so this has really been a good year for for everybody, you know Stepping up and doing paying their assessments. Well, if there's some way we could help you Maybe that's for further discussion. Thank you Any other questions of staff? Okay. Um, any questions from the audience? of staff and the bia Hearing none. Let's bring it back to city council for action Go ahead. Yeah, I I'd like to um motion that we move forward with the proposed budget with With some some guidance. I'd like to offer regarding the village enhancement Maybe it could possibly fall under the village enhancement piece Um, you earlier were able to meet our the new director, rachel kippen from uh, the o'neill see the o'neill sea odyssey And um, I was able to sit down with her and she brought to my attention that the state is now going to be held A bit more liable on how much garbage ends up in our our drain and into the ocean Which made me think about our current plastics ordinance. Um, that capitol has in place And how much the city is really Um Implementing that and from my experience when I visit several different restaurants or places around town I've noticed that there's still straws being used and plastics being used So I was thinking that this might be an opportunity for the bia to partner with the o'neill sea odyssey possibly using some of these funds To maybe implement a campaign of sort sorts or I mean, I think the options are really endless But this just might be a good opportunity to think about that and It's a good starting place. So I'd like to offer that with the motion second Sam maybe just to contribute to that. I think we should bring the commission our own commission on the environment Into that conversation as well. I think they could be very helpful Yeah, just a comment I you know, I I just want to acknowledge that the city and the bia have always had a good working relationship And what we're seeing here is some additional funds being diverted to the bia through the tl t which was supported by the bia And I think this is just a coming to fruition of the agreement that we had And I I think it's great that they're Allocating a certain amount of the funds and I hope it's amount that that they find that they can work within that still supports their endeavor to improve the business association And understand that you know what the funds that you'd say they're either to improve or promote the city of capitol So just a little bit of guidance on that seems like you're getting lots of suggestions on how to spend that money And I'm sure that your board will come up with great ways to Either improve or promote city of capitol. So thank you for what you do Any other comments, um I'd like to say this is I think a great sign. It's part of the evolution of how we're working together um, like I said at the last meeting I consider The arrangement between the bia the business improvement association and the city as a partnership um, I truly believe that um, we're all working for the betterment of this area the city of capitol the village and its residents so With that in mind I would look forward to further discussion. I don't know who's going to be the representative from the city council here um, I hope that person will be part of that discussion and um I think some of the suggestions that just came up is a good one because as you know, uh plastic Um Is a big issue right now and um, there's many agencies that are working on cleaning up the beach sos is another one. So, um Save our shores So that is a good one a lot of people would pay attention to the fact that the bia is actually contributing there So with that, um, I'd like to call the motion Although some favor Hi, okay, so passes. Thank you very much for attending. Okay Okay So with that let's move on to fiscal year principles This is going to be a big one. I think I bet you're going to take this jimmy you are members of the council So council's aware. I think I've done this before many times But I always like to set the stage a little bit if someone's just tuning in for the first time We prepare our budget annually which really provides the blueprint for city operations for any given year One of the things we try to do is have the council adopt budget principles goals key projects and programs ahead of time Which helps staff prepare a budget that's consistent with your expectations at the front end Uh, it helps us establish metrics by which we can measure our performance over the course of a year And it also helps in clearly articulating to our residents what our city's priorities are if we've clearly identified our budget goals and policies and programs Um at the outset We held our first meeting on these budget goals and principles two weeks ago And that's this is a continuation of that hearing So, you know, the way I kind of think about this is our guiding principles are sort of the broad direction around our city's trajectory We try to establish underneath these things the key projects and programs that are really Tangible focus areas for us to work on in the future year in given year And then it allows us to establish specific budget line items or you know metrics If you will to sort of measure our achievement as we go um We've identified principles in the past in three broad categories. We have fiscal policies public service policies and public improvement policies The three that we talked about at the last meeting that are relatively consistent from prior years is to maintain a balanced budget to ensure Our ongoing expenditures and revenues match To use one time revenues for one time expenditures and to ensure that our budget's planning for the future And that it it accounts for Future cost increases and reasonable revenue estimates as we look into the future Under public service, we talk about maintaining and improving upon the transparency of the city's operations and improving resident's accessibility to our government Um recognize the high priority of the community places and we had a small tweak at the last meeting Which is subject to the council's approval this evening, but to the public safety previously read public safety And then analyze future service level increases with long-term financial impacts to ensure financial stability make sure we don't get in Over ahead if you will in the future And then lastly we identify sort of the broad principles under which our public improvements sit maintaining the city's infrastructure By providing the maximum funding for our pavement management that we can Maintaining and improving upon our natural resources and our sustainability programs And ensure the maintenance and cleanliness of our city facilities our sidewalks streets Beaches all of those things in there So at our last oh so at our last meeting we had a the list of projects from the last fiscal year And council asked for sort of an update on where we stood on them So we will be circling back during our budget, you know more comprehensively on the what the goals were last year And where we got but this is sort of a check-in point. We had developing the options for purse costs, which Um We have certainly talked about and we will continue to talk about so that would be one that I would recommend carrying forward And it's not one that I recommend anticipate. We will solve next year It's one that I think is going to continue to need to continue to be on our radar for years to come We did complete our regulatory framework for cannabis implemented a new neighborhood watch program We've been working towards the coastal commission certification of our zoning code update And we will continue to be doing that next year Um, and we're also continuing to work with the mall on mall redevelopment projects and mall redevelopment efforts And so we've been doing it this year and we would recommend continuing it next year Then we have some of the cip projects one was beginning construction of the library which we've done And we would also recommend continuing that as a priority to get it done next year We talked about constructing the jetty and flume project this fiscal year and then completing the design of the wharf As the council will recall we've we've held on the flume and jetty product project pending an announcement of a grant award um So I think now it's scheduled for potentially I think we're looking at fall of 2020 at this point for that project And then the wharf design is we're going to be bringing it back to council with some Some revised options based on the feedback last fall Coming up here shortly the next couple meetings And the other capital project that we called out with the risk and park which we're scheduling into bid this summer Um bromer street. You got an update on that public meeting. We're scheduled to bid that this fall And then park avenue scheduled to bid in may coming up here in a couple months And then the slurry seal project is complete So then at the last meeting you'll remember that council members all identified Projects and programs for next fiscal year. We ended up this is sort of where we left meeting last time And council said staff take a look at this and let's put this into a framework that we can work from so It looks a little bit like a uh, sort of murder investigation plot line But but what this is is I tried to take each one of our identified Key programs and policies that council identified put them into one of our sort of basic pillars Whether it's fiscal public service or public improvements um Also called out a couple of new ones that as I went through this I realized I thought that were probably priorities for the council and for us to work on next year This first one, um, we'll touch on more as we dive into each one of these But is is is working with the finance advisory committee on future revenue options um Took all of the cip type projects and i'm recommending that at this point We don't put much more energy into discussing sort of the priority behind them I think what we really need to do is is direct steve To come back in the budget with some costing around these different options And then once we have actual budget figures for what we think we might have available for cip Then we start looking at which ones of these we're going to tackle because I think the answer is different If we have $50,000 and if we have $500,000 available for our cip And then i'm suggesting these other two projects at this point, which was the McCormick triangle park Putting it sort of more in sort of a parking lot or I put it in the cloud here What I was my suggestion on that one is is If the residents organize as a petition and we're to approach our public works department as an organized in a cohesive front Um, I don't think it needs to rise to the level of a sort of a key city project That's something we would just help a neighborhood do if they came to us and said we'd like to landscape this area And we would be able to allocate some resources and some crew time to help just make that happen If any neighborhood came to us My concern is is I don't know whether the neighborhood's actually unified and what they would want to do And I don't know that we want to have city resources trying to bring them together around Some sort of project In addition we talked a little bit about county partnering with county economic development I've been talking to the folks at county economic development And I think that the mall project is a great sort of trial project to see some of their expertise with the really successful local businesses and Helping engage them with the mall owners as they start thinking about mall redevelopment and Helping use their contacts to put them in touch with not just the national chains, but also some of our local homegrown um successful businesses so This is Each one of the projects has a code and these are sort of the three Recommended SR stands for staff recommendation cc for city council And these were the key fiscal programs for next year was develop options for council consideration to address rising calper's costs To complete the review and evaluation of the community grant program And then this is the one of the new ones which is work with the finance advisory committee to identify future revenue options um Now again diving under the next basic principle public service Staff recommendation continue to this is a continuation of the council's goal from last year's continuing to work with the mall and redevelopment Councilmember peterson mentioned evaluating the parking meter technology. We've actually already um begun that It was uh, it was good to hear because I think we've had some questions internally about whether our technology was appropriately focused and and Our initial evaluation. We think that we can do better Um, we also talked about having council talked about having the art and cultural commission focused on the 41st having a corridor in the library Um, actually, I think the library was a staff suggested addition given some of the comments We heard at the last meeting around the art and cultural commission work plan Complete the recreation strategic plan Continuing to work towards coastal commission certification of our zoning code update compete complete the licensing um for two retail cannabis establishments and developer auditing an inspection plan Use the dedicated children's fund for youth programming Um consider allocating the freed up general fund associated with that for the community center next year's budget Uh, this is another staff recommendation here is grow the relationship with central fire for lifeguard services The reason why I think that that may be an important Is that the train? I think she's the air conditioner. I thought it was the air conditioner It wound up I thought we had an earthquake for a second My apologies for the brief intermission there Yes, we know it's not a tree coming down to the It's not a little bit of a tree. Um The reason why staff would recommend adding the central fire one around lifeguard services is that this has been a real internal Focus for a number of years trying to find a solution long term sustainable solution to our junior guard program And maybe sort of articulating that it's a goal that a community knows that we're working on it Maybe of value and then uh council mentioned that sort of a state of the city report And I think that that could be relatively easily incorporated into our budget presentation In the kind of the front end as our city manager's message Which is effectively kind of a broad overview on where we're sitting revenues expenditures recent accomplishments future challenges And we can we can easily take that incorporated into our budget presentation and maybe elevate it a little bit um And then we have the the the key projects and programs Which is complete the funded cips and complete the 1819 cips would continue on as as key goals Complete the library construction and work design Uh evaluate our unfunded cips which we can do during the budget process and then complete riskman park And then as I mentioned before these were the projects that were mentioned cip type projects that were mentioned at last Weeks meeting my recommendation is is that we hold those until the budget deliberations And then these two other items that I talked about briefly That we kind of hold them for future consideration depending on how the future turns out so with that What i'm looking for this evening is confirmation of the high level budget principles Approval of the key projects and programs for inclusion in the draft budget And then we would continue the cip projects to the actual budget hearings and with that i'm available for questions Sam Jamie, uh, thank you. This is a very helpful worksheet. Um, and under public service the item Consider reallocating freed up general fund for community center. You talk about the jade street community center So my recollection was that was a councilwoman brooks brought that item up And I think she maybe can articulate a little bit more clearly Yeah, my my thought behind that was that the freed up general fund dollars would be used to kind of revamp revitalize paint the jade street community center Um, I mean, I I thought that maybe that's what that would not come under public improvements though. Is that public service Not that it matters, but um Yeah, so the reason Yeah, I think it easily could be put under public improvements I think it could be put on a public improvements Definitely a cip project Well, not a cip project because we don't consider the facilities type project as cip's but i'm not sure how much the allocation is because we've talked about extensive work to the communities I'm not sure the level of what we're talking about Yeah, we're talking about just paint then it's apples and oranges. Okay, but I just want to be careful. I appreciate your comments Okay, yeah Thank you. Yeah Any other comments questions Okay, any questions from the audience? I see someone with a big smile, but no questions. Okay, bring it back to the city council for action I just have a card comment. I I think that's that you put together a great list I appreciate the time and effort coming back to us with that. I think it captures almost all the things that we put out Um, and I love I'd be willing to confirm that I'm really excited by one line in there at the end of the report where it said Something that I would really look forward to it said complete wristband park. So, um, you know I have all the things that are on that list. It's the one that excited me the most so Sam chuckles also Absolutely, so I would make a motion to confirm the the list that was presented to us Okay, is there a second Second. Ah motion in a second Any comments? Okay, you got um, yeah, I appreciate the work that was put into this. This is uh yet A great time to an opportunity to see a lot of the things That were requested by city council to be moved forward. My only suggestion would be when brought Next time during the budget hearings if two additional columns could be added For dates. So a start or implementation dates On on these projects and a potential completion date Just so that we can use it this as an actual tool As we move forward as we move forward In our budget and the next year in the next year, so it'd be nice just so I could track that too Mr. Mayor councilwoman Brooks, I I think that that's a good idea. I mean, I think The the notion behind this is to establish a bit of a sort of work plan I mean, they're gonna be we're gonna have to figure out how exactly to incorporate them into the budget But the notion is is we're gonna have a plan to accomplish them and identifiable metrics and whether that's You know from dates or exactly how we do that We'll take a look at yeah as a new new council member when I see wristband park and everyone chuckles You know that would started back in 2000 blah blah blah, you know, so just to have a frame of reference as we 1980 Actually back to the poor Claire's So just to have that kind of frame So you were suggesting sort of a go forward you're Where the origin where these projects came from? Well, I mean just What we have up there again If there was a two comp two columns added one that would be implementation would be, you know, 2018 for Evaluating parking meter technology and our completion date would be summer of 2020 or something like that Just as a A frame of a reference. We don't have to go back to the wristband project 1980 Whatever it was mentioned to you. No, okay. Thank you the other questions Yeah, well, I have a few comments So one of the projects here is moving the porta-potties out at the Park that we have a McGregor and I'd like to suggest that everyone on the city council go out there and take a look at where the porta-potties are located So I dug in the history a little bit and actually this was laura hills Laura Hills project on the art and cultural committee and she gave me a pretty good rundown So when we built the the half pipe the big huge cement structure No one had a concept that we're going to put a mural in So that was an envision at that time and obviously we needed porta-potties and there was nothing there to Hide at the time. So we just put them in a convenient spot So when you go out there take a look at the mural, which is I think pretty interesting It's not the kind of mural that I grew up with But it's something that means a lot to the the people who use the skate park So envision that without the porta-potties in front of it And I went out there with Jamie One day we were looking around trying to figure out other areas where the porta-potties might fit and Just in terms of placement The ada porta-potty doesn't have to be right next to the the regular sized porta-potties so they could be distributed So try to imagine what that mural would look like without two porta-potties in front of it So that's why I put that out there as a suggestion The other idea is that where the porta-potties are right now There could be tables there so that the families that come out there and the people who use the park could sit there and Use what tables are meant for techniques or gathering and sitting around and talking Yes, the McCormick triangle thing will be definitely happening I think there's a lot of ownership of that little area But my most important thing that I put on there from my perspective Goes back to when I heard sam far talk about This area in terms of an economic engine and we have to focus on what this Community of Santa Cruz Monterey and even San Benito does in terms of elevating our economic activity What does capitol have as its resource there's organizations that are focused on economic activity But in reality we have a department connected with the Santa Cruz county and so I agree with you that our main leverage here is with the 41st but on a Very granular level. I'm also concerned about the individual businesses that are here And their ability to be successful And part of that has to do I think with How we match the businesses that we bring into capitol and what we can do to make sure those matches are good ones And so I think in the traditional sense of economic development, we try to make that match Fit best for our community fit best for what we would like to have In capitol broadening out the offerings that we have for the visitors here and help make a vibrant community Commercial center. So that was the purpose. I put that there. I totally agree. We've got to focus on 41st first But I think if we develop a relationship with the county department We could actually broaden our effort here and help our village. I hate to see all the vacancies This is put it that way and this I think could be a way for us to work on that It's a very traditional type effort that you see in most commercial areas that have this together So that's those are the three things I'd like to talk about So, um, we have a motion I believe All those in favor All right Thank you. Carries. Thank you very much. It was an excellent presentation. Appreciate it So Let's move on to optional CalPERS membership for future council members Sorry, good evening members from council members. Um, I'm here to talk about a a request that was put on the was staff was given direction in october To begin the process to remove the optional membership option for council future council members This is only perspective and that's with all CalPERS things. You can't make a change to an existing either positive or negative. It has to be for a future Um, so we've started the process and we got the the documents back from CalPERS Um, and it will be for the next every council member has the option that Currently to make these choices at when they're elected. So Obviously this there'd be no financial impact in 2018 19 or 1920 The next election if someone Came in they would not be able to be a CalPERS member if this goes through So currently we have two council members who are CalPERS members and the the the other three are PARS Which is our alternative to social security option um So this this processes we have to get the the Resolution as well as the past the ordinance to CalPERS so they can start their process We would then have a second reading in I believe the second meeting in um april The the the real fixed cost for the CalPERS retirement is an additional three hundred twenty five dollars a year That doesn't include any any unfunded liability because honestly removing it doesn't actually affect the whole Number because it's such a small piece. So again the The recommended action is to adopt the resolution of intent And pass the first reading of the the related ordinance and I am here to answer any questions Sam Larry what was the council's thinking or what was the purpose of Making this request um, I I don't know the purpose, but it was to I think to possibly Talk about reducing the the the city's retirement overall cost I I don't know the the purpose it was a request at a council meeting and we did the research and Kind of and brought it back to see what would what would have to be done Aren't those council members who participate in the optional program per's program? And i'm one of them. Yes, uh, don't they pay for um That option They yes, they do they do pay for a percentage, but the difference still is The the city pays a little more for that Then they do for the the optional um the the alternative social security powers. Yes, absolutely Council members pay the exact same is all other miscellaneous employees So each year council members pay 13 and a half percent towards the first cost and the city picks up I think the remaining seven. Yes or so And so the difference between the seven percent that first cost and what does par's cost? It's it's about one and a half percent and that's the three and or 25. That's correct. That's correct. I'm sorry To explain that. Well, thank you for answering my question Any other questions Any questions from the public on this issue? Good evening. Good evening again caron hannah um I want to congratulate you on this taking this step because It's in the news every day pension crisis pension reform Um The current pensions paid to former city council members is over 55 000 dollars per year So it's not an inconsequential sum and uh If 325 sounds inconsequential, but there um, you know, it adds up now This isn't going to change that I acknowledge totally acknowledge that But cities and counties and states are taking measures to reform pensions Asking employees to take less or contribute less than their predecessors did And so I really feel this is real leadership on your part To step up and take this step to say we're going to make this change to Again, it's not it doesn't appear to be a large sum but over a long period of time in the lifetime Of council members. It does it definitely does add up and makes a significant um amount so I think this is just really uh, it's a really good gesture and um, I think it's just an important step In the big picture for the state of california and the trouble it that the state is in because of the of the pension situation So I congratulate you and I thank you for for for considering this. Thank you Thank you carm for those comments Any other comments from public? Seeing none come back to city council for emotion and discussion maybe Ed Well, since it was me that brought this forward back in october, I'll go ahead and add a little detail to it um I think car and I would I would probably go on and elaborate But you pretty much said everything I would say so eloquently. So I support everything carron said and this really is all about pension reform There's no doubt that our pension system is struggling This is something that we bring and we when we negotiate with all of our employees We have established tier one tier two even now tier three with our employees Trying to explain them the importance of how our pension system needs reform and I think that uh Good way to set example is that is is that uh, although it may seem like an insignificant amount Uh, it does add up and I don't think that uh, that uh, you know It's required by law that council members must have some form of uh Of social security, which doesn't exist here. So we were given the option for par's which is a way of compensating but purrs is an expensive premium program and Because of that, I believe that this is a step in the right direction I think that council setting a good example to the employees to to to at least acknowledge in some small form That that we acknowledge that there's a problem And we're going to do our part to try to work towards that and try to rescue our failing pension system. So With that, I'll make a motion to adopt the resolution staff recommendation second I'll second that thank you Motion in second any more discussion? Well, yes, I'd like to speak to it and I feel a little bit uncomfortable talking about my own benefits here but um, this is about future council members, um, and um Um, I guess the trouble I have with it is because I do view that it is a relatively small amount of money Um, and it may be symbolic But the consequences are that you are only going to have people running for city council Who are already well healed and can afford to sit in this position without consideration For themselves their future their retirement their families their children Um, and I think that there needs to be another body to discuss those consequences Um, because these things do not come without a cost and I don't think there's any consideration of that side of the balance sheet and You know, I kind of think of it as starving the head Um, and I don't think that that's all a good thing So I'm that's why I'm not going to support the motion There is a sense that um, you know, city council members are often congratulated I almost feel like I'm come come back from Vietnam and people congratulate you for your service But in fact, um What is the amount you actually get paid for this service? um Our payment is next to nothing and um Everyone here that's been here Multiple years and you have a lot more to look forward to and so to you Because our newest members, um know that we put in an awful lot of time Of meetings I talked about three meetings that I went to that was probably a third or a fourth of what I did this last week And I give it with Without any reservation Because I truly love what I'm doing and I think everyone up here does too But I also think that, um I don't know how to respond with what sam said, but um It's something to think about A lot of is asked of the city council members And we're congratulated on doing it And it's not for money But there is that there is the issue that a lot of us have young families And may have young families. Um, I I'm retired So I'll have the time I'm a little unique here and I can't talk for anyone else here. I'm not going to do that, but Um, I think we found our own way to this position And um I'm just very happy we're here, but I think society has to recognize That people who give a public service, whether it's employed public service like our staff here in city council I mean like our staff in capital and also are Unemployed in the sense around paid staff in city council and those who are on all our particular committees Um I don't know what to say. I I appreciate the party that we have every year. Let's put it that It's a great party And it's always been a great party and um I'm sort of rambling here because I I don't really know what to say But I think this democracy really depends on a lot It depends on dedicated public servants, whether you're paid or whether you're not I guess that's what I'm going to say. I'm just totally appreciative of all the public servants that are here in capitol The paid ones and the unpaid ones because that's what makes this government That's what makes this city work And then there's the city volunteers. I include them too Thank you So there's a motion. There's a second All those in favor Hi, okay With that, but those are posed. Oh, oh, I'm sorry sam g Are any opposed? No Okay My vote is no your vote is still okay um, and I I had to speak because I realized What you were talking about I hope I captured some of I do have an announcement. We have tonight a very special person hudson census who's now taking control of our Video service that's provided to the community for anyone who wants to watch this City council meeting and other council meetings moving forward. He will be at the controls He's a brand new person just completed his training. So thank you hudson and with that the meeting is adjourned. Thank you