 All right, welcome to the February 11th edition of the San Jose City Council, Mr. McGlynn, item 3.1. Item 3.1, faster Bay Area sales tax measure. Rachel Ede, Deputy Director, presenting. Good afternoon, Mayor Schmudd-Hulman, members of the Council. Thank you for giving us your time today for this study session on the faster initiative. Joining me today is Kelly Fallon of the Bay Area Council. Kelly works for one of the organizations that's leading the charge on the faster Bay Area measure and is here to answer any questions you may have and get your feedback today. So I think everyone's aware, faster is a proposed regional one cent sales tax measure for transportation. Currently the organizers are aiming for the November 2020 ballot to have faster on the ballot in all nine counties in the Bay Area. The three organizations leading the charge are the Bay Area Council, SPUR, and the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the legislative sponsor is Senator Jim Bell, and so this is moving forward as SB 278. The faster coalition has been very inclusive reaching out to jurisdictions throughout the Bay Area through this process, so this study session is part of that. They have developed a technical advisory group reaching out to transit agencies and CMAs around the Bay Area. So I'm currently representing City Bus and the City of Santa Rosa on the technical advisory group as our staff members from SCTA and SMART is also participating in the tag. Our focus as staff has really been on understanding and providing feedback and input into the expenditure plan in terms of how it might forward some of the city council goals related to downtown development, housing development, affordability, and climate action, and there is quite a bit of overlap between the council goals and what faster is trying to achieve. Another big topic of conversation, not surprisingly, is return to source, and if this one percent measure, one percent measure move forward, what would it mean for Santa Rosa in terms of revenues coming back for projects in our community? I did just want to highlight there is, there's been a lot of press in the last week or so on Assemblymember Choo's AB 2057, the Bay Area Seamless Transit Act, and Kelly can talk about this with a little bit more expertise, but these are sort of similar bills moving on parallel tracks. Assemblymember Choo's bill really focuses on the structure for integrating transit within the Bay Area in order to provide more of a mandate for transit agencies to cooperate and integrate as a condition of receiving funding. Faster on the other hand, focuses more on providing the funding to achieve some of the outcomes that both bills are actually seeking to achieve. To provide just a little bit of context on sales tax, one of the first questions that comes up is what does this mean for the sales tax cap? Part of faster is legislative action to raise the Bay Area's sales tax cap by one percent to accommodate this potential increase. As you know, Santa Rosa's current sales tax rate is nine percent. The current cap is ten and a quarter percent. You're all aware there are a number of upcoming measures, including two on the March ballot, the extension of the SMART measure I, sales tax, that's quarter cent, there's the half cent proposed measure G, wildfire prevention sales tax, and then of course in November, we anticipate reauthorization or proposed reauthorization of measure M, the local transportation sales tax, which we think we'll move forward as a quarter cent measure as it currently is today. There could also be a county mental health measure on the ballot in November at a quarter cent. So if both measure G and this proposed mental health measure pass, that could increase Santa Rosa's sales tax rate to nine and three quarters percent. Just a little context on that. Just to be clear today, we're not asking council to take a position on the long-term plan. We're not asking for a long-term plan. We're asking for a long time to make sure that we're going faster. There's not an expenditure plan at this point in time to really review and take a position on. But we did want to have this opportunity for you all to ask Kelly questions to give your feedback as this expenditure plan moves forward really pretty aggressively towards the ballot. So I'll turn it over to Kelly now and we should have plenty of time for questions at the end of the presentation. And we're one of the three organizations working on faster and we represent 350 businesses across the Bay Area So I don't have to you know explain to all of you that you know congestion on our roads is increasing It's really plaguing the region especially when it helps, you know getting people around moving goods And a huge cause of this is the deepening inequality and the fact that people are having to move further and further away from the job Center to be able to get to their jobs You know and one you know response to this usually is having good public transit trying to get people out of single occupancy vehicles So they're not on roads. They're not stuck spending hours of their day Commuting to and from work or to see their family members Unfortunately our public transit has been inadequate in responding or fulfilling that need in a lot of ways because fares are, you know Protively expensive the coordination isn't really seamless for riders because you have to consider all the different Agencies you need to use to get to your destination Or it's just you know not frequent enough to really make it a convenient use for for writers And so of course we're also seeing that our greenhouse gas emissions are going up and that's a huge concern Considering the you know climate change and the different impacts of sea level rise that we're expecting the face of region So as I mentioned you have to try to address this issue These three groups three groups came together the Bay Area Council spur the Silicon Valley leadership group And this is something that we've been talking about trying to have a response to this since 2017 we put a pause a bit on doing some you know really major You know transformational measure like faster because of RM3 and considering you know that has that was moving forward And so as we've been doing outreach, you know the this is just a bit of a summary of the outreach that we've been doing We have conducted nine different focus groups have had two region-wide polls Have administered an online server that we've been getting responses from different constituents all across the region Have had a lot of stakeholder meetings, and this is you know including one of them We've been using all of this feedback to try to develop our draft expenditure plan and what we should be including in this measure And then on the right you'll just see some of the you know different stakeholders and groups that we've had constant means with some that Rachel mentioned including the technical advisory group, which is a Gathering of local transit agencies and county transportation agencies So from all this outreach what we heard Which I don't think will be surprising to any of you is that you know people know that we're in a transportation crisis and that One way to really change to change this is to transform Transit across the region to make it integrated and more seamless People said that they were willing to pay for this change We specifically asked our polling if people would be willing to increase their taxes and there was a resounding yes 67% support People do want outcomes. They want it to be fast and reliable and affordable And integrated with other transit agencies And one interesting thing that came out from our polling is that there wasn't as much appetite when you named specific projects It was more when we focus on the outcomes about having them you know cheaper fares having more frequent service That was what really resonated with voters And so, you know our vision of a faster transit service is having transit that comes every 15 minutes and Part in this is in most places since we understand in some parts of the region This would be really difficult to do and maybe not necessary But to really be competitive with you know driving alone in a car You have to have transit that comes frequently and that's reliable And then another you know part of our vision is really having transit that serves the whole region So making sure that we are being able to get can people get people across the region that they're coming from further places to get To the jobs when good to their families more easily And so as Rachel mentioned earlier, we are looking at a one-cent sales tax increase To have this kind of transformative Investment to really change our network and make it the world-class transportation network that we deserve And besides just the you know large investment of funding to build our projects We're also looking at how to do some transformational change to the way that we deliver transit in the Bay Area And so that is part of where we're trying to have this transit network planner Similar to the goals in the assembly member choose bill where our plan is to have MTC to put essentially this transit network planner in MTC and that they would be the ones that would help coordinate fares and wayfinding and making this the system Just way more easier a way easier for transit writers to use And to also have them work on project delivery reforms including you know looking at procurement reform providing funding for hiring for workforce and items like that and so when one thing I'll just know I think one of the differences between What we're trying to achieve with our transit network planner versus the bill that is so we remember to is pursuing It's just that in our legislation at this point We would directly give that role to someone under MTC and not create a different authority Whereas assembly member choose bill for my understanding at this point is that they are looking to have the have a commission Study what's possible and then potentially create a different authority through the legislature And so faster is both looking at a grading existing transit lines So providing more funding for smart for Bart for the the fairies that operate in around a region But also help it to develop new transit lines things like value link and other services That can really help bring people where there's no service currently or very limited service and we're also looking at including a Rapid bus network and really completing the express lane network across the Bay Area One reason why we call this out specifically in separate leaves because there's no real Entity where this would fall under at this point a lot of the you know the planning and coordination for the for bus Networks is at the county level But we want to also include in our transit network plan a This plan is a really complete the network and make sure that we're We're helping connect people across the region through buses And it's also a real a quicker way and less capital intensive to get people out of vehicles So we're also looking at you know making sure that we're really adjusting the equity You know issues and the impact on different you know populations across the Bay Area And so we you know we know that the ones in sales tax is going to be a burden on low income families And one way we want to address that is by having the first in the state The sales tax fairness credit which is essentially be modeled after the california or the income tax credit where we would have brackets of essentially you would look at different households and their income and the and look at factors including the Populate the number members in their family and provide a rebate that way Any of the the impact of the sales tax increase gets rebated to those households at the end of the year Something else that we are we are going to be including in faster is expanding the existing the Transfusion demand management program, which is currently administered by mtc and the bay area air quality management districts And so you know there's already requirement on employers to Have to provide some pre-tax benefits to their Community or benefits to their employees, but there's not a lot of teeth and we want to make this We want to one make employers still have to provide that pre-tax benefit but also Provide some other form of funding to their employees so that could be in the you know form of a If you're already providing a shuttle or ferry private ferry service things like that to get your commuters out of Single occupancy vehicles that would qualify Providing funding for you know bikes and active transportation facilities is another And so really expanding that and also making it so that there's more teeth So this is actually enforced because we know that that's some difficulties that mtc and the Bay area air quality management district have been facing and i'll just note that we are looking at Expanding this for private sector employees not for public sector And then lastly we are committed to you know to expanding the means based fair Program we know that mtc is operating a pilot with a few agencies now And we want to make that Fundable up to a 50 discount for low-income writers on all transit Agencies across the bay area and also provide discounts to seniors and to students So another thing is you know our the main goal of fasters to really look at how to connect the region With the transportation system and so part of how we plan on doing that is one by providing funding to counties With collaboration with mtc to provide transit that really would move people across the region So this would be you know the projects like smart and ferries really moving people across county lines And the funding at this point we have as a return to source to counties Directly so the most likely the county transportation agencies We also are you know looking to support we will we do have in the measure currently Support for local transit so making sure that you can also get people that are further away from those regional big transportation systems You know get them to those major centers through You know rides on local bus services and things like active transportation having you know supporting walking biking Micro mobility so scooters and kind of infrastructure that really helps keep get people to that major regional transit And then another you know i touch on this a bit briefly But we also you know a big part of fasters providing some policy reform because we know that there's some There's a lack of trust that right now from the public with really being able to deliver transit projects on time and on budget I mean, you know, I think every it's almost like every week We see a different news story about some kind of major project that's delayed and of course that also increased costs So we're also looking at how to create a transit network Or i'm sorry a construction excellent center where agencies can go and really have that information at their fingertips So they're not starting from you know page one when they're trying to put Implement a big transportation project And another is that network transit network planner that I mentioned earlier Where there's going to be more coordination across the region on fares and wayfinding And so this is just a a breakdown of how we currently have The expenditures laid out. So the biggest bucket is is the first one and those are the big regional You know regional projects. So commuter rail Some light rail things like ferries and regional buses The second bucket is where we look into the the more local connections to transit And then the third is the The actions that we're taking on making it affordable doing the sales tax fairness credit And doing policy reform and then you'll see separately is the employer funded Contribution through the enhanced transportation demand management program And we have that separately because that contribution would be on top of the one sale once in sales tax So it's not currently part of the expenditure The $100 billion expenditure So finally this That's just kind of outlines a bit of our next steps And I wanted to mention here that you may have heard that we are now considering doing a joint measure With the housing groups So it essentially what we had polling that was done at the end of the very end of 2019 It found that if we both went at the same time the big housing measure and us that we would both likely fail And so we you know, of course we we are you know supportive of the housing efforts And we didn't want that to be the case either so we came back to the drawing board and we did some more polling and there was a presentation two weeks ago now in front of mtc and We discussed the recent polling which showed that both measures could Succeed if we went jointly and using only one funding mechanism So what we're currently is very early stages, but what we're trying to do now is see how that can move forward What would be required legislatively? And and what the the different breakdown of funding would be We are only thinking of doing the one-cent sales tax because it does provide the flexibility Of funding and increases the amount of revenue We really would need especially if we are going to do both housing and transportation in one measure So that is that the biggest next step is figuring out what the best path forward for that is And in terms of the legislative timeline, which may change as well considering what we Figure out with you know going jointly with housing Is we are you know moving through the process now going through the state legislature Our spot bill sp 278 already passed out of the senate floor off the senate floor But it will be Moving we're going to have to add legislative language to it very soon And then it would be moving through the other the assembly in april And so we're looking at it passing out of the assembly in april and then using may and june To wrap up any amendments to the bill so that is the That is the the latest you know all the information I have at this point And I am you know really appreciate the time being here and I welcome any questions Great. Thank you for that presentation council any questions mr. Sauer Thank you mayor and thanks for the presentation And then this question may be premature and if so, you know, that's that's fine You can let me know you'll be be getting back to us with this with these answers Probably sooner than later. I'm happy to hear that those return to source on the formula We know how the current gas tax the california gas tax kind of doesn't work all that well for sonoma county So are there models to suggest? At this point what our annual would annual return would be on our sales tax and how How long since I don't know that number how long it would take for us to build up enough money to actually affect comprehensive change in our in our system I Do not know that off the top of my mind It's something I will certainly get back to you because we do have models about what the expected revenue Would generate I can I will note that our 100 billion dollar estimate is considering a 2% growth weight growth weight And that's over 40 years and so it's 100 billion dollars generated over the 40 year term and What we're considering because one thing that we also found when we polled voters is that they didn't actually have much of a Difference in an opinion in terms of doing a 40 year measure or something in perpetuity So one thing we're considering is having the measure in perpetuity or until voters rescind That way it would also provide some assurances that we can have the funding to operate what we build as well But I will make sure you get back to you on some more specific numbers I appreciate that and do you have a sense of what the administrative cost would be per year? What are they anticipating the administration to cost? I'm not sure at this point. I'm sorry. I'll get back to you. Thank you Mr. Rogers Thank you, mr. Mayor Kelly thank you for giving us the presentation the overview I think uh, one of the biggest challenges that this will run into in Sonoma county Is Our transit patterns are much different than silicon valleys transit patterns. And yes, we do have impacts from traffic But it's a different conversation and in fact Sonoma county transportation authority did an analysis that showed that 89 percent of all Trips that start in sonoma county finish in sonoma county during the weekday particularly around Travel commute times So the most fundamental question is If we were going to ask our public to fund a full cent for transit improvements Why would we give it to this group rather than keep it within our county to do our connectivity within our county? Thank you for that and and you're right. It's very I think one of the things that we've been learning as we've been going through the process It's just so difficult to do Something on this scale because there are so many unique and different needs in each county And even you know, some of the counties you may think are similar, you know, there's just completely different kind of You know demands and so So, yeah, you're absolutely right. That's been really difficult to try to figure out the measure that could really benefit the whole region Um, you know, we we do have we wanted to make sure that the counties were able to have a big say In the funding and that's why you know, but for right now the way we're currently looking at The majority of the funding and strategy one would be 80 percent return to source and that's still draft But you know our return to source through the county transportation agencies because we know that they have You know the best ideas about you know what and what the needs are for the region or for the county So that's one is that we wanted to make sure that there was a you know A significant amount of funding and room. I just want to make sure I heard you right So 80 return to source is what's being proposed. That's the current that's currently where we what we're considering for that's and it gets There's a few different distinctions when you go into different Buckets and strategies but for the bulk of strategy one that is what we're currently looking at Is so the vast majority of the funding going back to the counties It would still have to Meet the requirements of you know being connected to you know the region But there would be a significant amount of you know room. I think for the the county is to be able to work with that Another though is having making sure that we have you know, and we have this built into the measure now Is that local connections to transit? So making sure that we're helping support You know city bus get around and get people to the big transit transit hubs and also supporting things like actor transportation So there's there's a lot built into the measure that would support, you know people locally and getting them around And not just necessarily Connecting on you know the big regional regional transit So if you could help us because one of the things that we'll have to answer to the public if this does get on the ballot how How should the public look at this and not feel like It is us being taxed Because other areas that have a lot of jobs have not kept up with housing How do we not feel in Sonoma county like a bedroom community for silicon valley in a measure that is specifically designed at connecting Regions rather than allowing us to have our own hub here It's a very good question and something Yeah, we'll have to think I mean I think even you know if it's not necessarily for You know for like your daily commute there's a big benefit for I think a lot of people are Moving around the region if it's for you know for pleasure for you know your to visit other family members or elsewhere I think there would still be a big benefit for You know local Sonoma county residents to have a system that is just more Connected and seamless for everyone and there there are built-in Benefits directly for Sonoma county residents those that won't be leaving the region often You know having more frequent service helping You know making sure that we part of our funding is also helping with paving roads and doing things like that that you know Also impact how people get around So I think there would be a lot of you know benefits and I am happy to you know discuss a bit further with you Um, you know, but I think what we did find from the polling is that you know voters And this is from when we pulled everyone across the region the pollers really wanted I'm sorry voters really wanted to have a more integrated system that works You know for the whole region is so I think that a lot of voters would end up supporting something that Also is um, you know really going to connect the region better, but we'll have we do have benefits specifically for each county Yeah, no, I definitely I appreciate that. Um, just so you know Only 4.8 of Sonoma county workers travel out of the county for work So how we talk about this measure here locally is going to be really important And if you haven't been meeting with our legislative delegation to talk about what priorities would be important to Sonoma county I would suggest that you do so Especially since you guys have been meeting with city councils And yet the legislation that is pending in the legislature Or has been moving That conversation needs to take place on that level as well On slide two one of the things that you put was inequality is deepening So why a sales tax and not a property tax? So part of why we desire to go with those sales taxes because For one it gives us some a lot more flexibility than some other Taxes and how we can spend it so there aren't limitations on Capital versus operating and we want to make sure that we were able to You know fund and operate what we build and we know that a huge issue is you know And some of the you know having quality services just not having the Workers that can you know drive the buses and that can get people around So we wanted to make sure we had that flexibility and that's one great thing about the sales tax A second is that it just generated the most revenue out of everything that we studied And we know I mean when we received some project lists From and we've received project lists from really everyone from all the different chance agencies from elected officials as well And those were already totaling up to 300 billion dollars So we know so even 100 billion dollars isn't you know quite enough But we need we really need a significant investment to make the change that we need And then lastly it just Based off of the you know the polling and information that we have it's seen the most politically viable To pass it is still going to be a challenge Certainly and that's part of why we wanted to build in a lot of the different You know mechanisms to address and you know the potential impact on lower income communities Because we know that they know that will be It will you know hit some families and and we want to make sure that We you know try to mitigate that as much as possible Yeah, just philosophically food for thought it would seem to me that property tax would be more equitable in terms of Uh the places that would generate the most property tax are the places that have failed by and large to build housing and This is a measure that I think does actually stem from that issue more so than lack of infrastructure Though we do also need to invest our infrastructure. So that would be one of the comments that I'd make About it. Uh, how would the sales tax fairness credit? work Would individuals who use the public transit have to keep receipts to be able to then deduct it at the end? So that's something um, so we want to avoid that because I know that that would be Very complicated and would you know likely add a lot of Issues and barriers to people receiving that credit And so the way we're currently thinking of modeling the the credit is by essentially modeling after the california income earned income tax credit And so not having a very specific amount We don't need to necessarily know exactly what a household spent as a result in the increased sales tax But we have ways to estimate what those households would have spent or you know would have added onto their Their taxes as a result of the increase and so providing that rebate based off of those estimates and ranges And giving that back and we're also um, I'll have to I can talk more and get a response to you because Nick Giusefowitz at spur has been the one leading that policy work and he would have more information But we also understand that you know a lot of lower-income households don't file tax returns So we're also I can't remember right now, but that's something we're also making sure to address is that we You know still get that rebate to households that aren't going to be part of the tax return process every year Yeah, I'm just curious how that one would work out You said that this would largely flow through mtc The the funds would largely flow through mtc. That'd be the accountability agency in terms of the So a lot of the the funding would go it would go first to mtc But then come as the return to source mechanism or the different mechanisms that are set up To county station agencies or otherwise, but I believe the funding would first come to mtc and then be doled out Okay, and for the uh, I was surprised to hear you say That the polling didn't show a measurable difference between 40 years and in perpetuity That has not that's not consistent with what we've seen in Sonoma county So something for you to keep an eye on as well that the length of the tax actually does matter in our county For the construction projects would they have plas in them? Yes, yeah Um, would there be a requirement around transportation demand management techniques for employers? And how would you enforce that? So the right now we are Looking at different ways We've been in conversations with different state agencies to provide some that enforcement That enforcement mechanism and so I'm not sure of the latest I believe we're looking right now at the employment development department to see if they would have a way Based off of the information that they already collect from employers in the region to make sure that they are complying with the program and The way that we're looking at enhancing the transportation demand management program currently Is essentially private employers with 50 or more employees. There's a scale from you know 50 to 100 100 more And then a thousand and more and there's a certain fee they'd have to pay per employee And um, we're the estimate that that would um, generate I believe is 35 billion dollars from employers I don't have an employee head tax um No, not necessarily employee heads. I mean it's it's essentially Requiring them to provide some an enhanced commuter benefit And so it would be per employee based off of the size of your business But it would be something that could be directly given back to the employee through benefits So through either giving them the money directly to the employee as a transit subsidy So there would be some requirements that it would be used toward transit Or if there's a program that an employer is already using for example genetic has A private ferry and a lot a number of buses that they use And so where we would calculate a way to see if the benefit that they're already providing Is equivalent to the fee they would pay then that would qualify okay What's the status of rm3's funding? I am actually not sure measure three. Yeah, sorry, and I didn't um clarify that earlier I'm actually not the latest the last that I was aware as I understand it's still waiting I there were two separate legal Cases going forward and they've been joined into one And I believe it's waiting to be heard and considered an appellate court, but I'm sorry I don't actually um, I'm not actually familiar with the very latest Could you remind me was the legal challenge? Was it based on the threshold to pass or was it based on the authority to do a multi-county Tax measure I believe it was um, not necessarily the I believe it was a maybe a Well, I don't want to say so. I'm not sure. I'm not completely sure So I can get back to you on that. Um, yeah, I can't remember right now. I don't want to say anything incorrect Okay, so one of the things that I'd want information on Is whether or not This measure would fall into the same legal limbo that rm3 has has fallen into and just Just for your For you keep in track rm3 passed with only 55 percent in Sonoma County. This is a two-thirds measure We also had measure a which was 61 percent locally, which still falls short of the two-thirds So just to keep an eye on that and how you How you sell it to the public Um All right, I think that's good for me. Thank you Thank you. The question is down Well, it's somewhat in line with Comments and questions from my colleagues. I'm kind of Stuck with this idea that across the bay area. There is vast diversity in incomes Transportation modes living styles, etc. etc. So I I think the whole concept is going to be very difficult to put together I think that when we look at sales tax measures that keep coming before us as voters I think there's somewhat of a lack of trust by the voters that it's something's going to be put on board that Is reasonable and a word that I think Needs to be kept in mind is that somehow and I don't know quite how you do it with a sales tax measure that Going forward there's got to be flexibility in what you do And not lose the trust of the voters when you make changes because something you put in place isn't Working well and I don't know how you get all those things in the in the same Place Yeah, thank you for that comment It's um, I think that's you know part of the addressing the trust from voters and the you know amount of That have been near recent tax measures that have been passed or the increase in the bridge tolls from arm three To go to transportation. So we you know that was the question on our minds. Is there appetite from voters? To increase taxes again to you know to do something like this and to fund transportation specifically You know from our polling we did find that we were essentially right on the margin of two-thirds Of support which we would need across all bay area counties To pass something like this But you know they they indicated us at least you know through the polling that there is an appetite to do Something like this a real major regional Transportation measure And I think one way that we are trying to you know address the concerns about Project delivery and the trust around the process is through you know the construction excellent center Having a transit network planner trying to show that things are going to be different and that we aren't going to Just provide more funding without any structural change included So that is you know part of the way that we are trying to address that issue with trust because you know we agree that there's a lot of You have to make sure that voters are you know going to see the benefit for them And that it's not going to just be an increase and not any direct You know direct or immediate kind of implementation Of something that will improve their lives And so you know one one other thing that I I'm sorry I forgot to mention earlier is that you know and faster We're also you know we're focused on You know the outcomes based projects and having projects apply Through a process where you have to meet certain eligibility criteria to receive funding But we're also going to fund in the near term In the first 10 years of the measure fund projects That can be implemented very soon. They've already been through You know different processes of being evaluated and we know their benefit An impact on the region and their county that projects is coming from so we hope that that is another way Also to show that you know there are some very specific projects we will fund through the measure And this is something that voters can benefit from Thank you for those comments and I I recognize That you have Joined into something that's going to be a significant challenge trying to get all the pieces put together and I compliment you and others for working on it Um, and I think when we all get when you get to a spot where you start to put something on the table Um, I think the devil is going to be in the details and how it all fits together and how People throughout the region feel they're being treated fairly miss Lillian Thank you, mr. Mayor. Thank you for your presentation. I have a couple of questions. One is around, um What thought and if you've already went over it if you could talk a little bit more about any plans to increase education in order to improve ridership All right, so we do um the the extent that I that I know of at least is that we do want we have some Set aside for the marketing and help with outreach on this And so that was something that was that came through in our technical advisory group process is that there really needs to be funding for the different transit agencies and other you know Different entities that will be involved in really rolling out a different project that there is a significant amount of community outreach and And just more marketing information And one other thing that I'll note somewhat related to that Is that we also have funding set aside for to help any businesses that are impacted? So, um, you know, if there's construction happening for a transit project right in front of your business Having funding available so that there's um if the business has to close for some time that can help cover Rent and things like that. And so um, I don't have the municipality that gets the sales tax from that business too, right? Right. Yeah So I was also curious about um Uh Would there be specific? I know we're not at the programming level but specific ways that this could go toward um targeting groups that have Higher levels of needs like children and seniors around transit right so part of The the measure now is we do have include some funding for You know school buses and paratransit and part of the means-based fair slash Like low-income fair subsidies is to provide Reduced or free fairs for for students and for seniors So that students do you mean children or do you mean people in school? Uh, so k through 12. So yes people in school. What about for children zero to five? At the top of my mind, I'm not sure. I'm not sure if we have anything specific there I'll just make the comment that I think most transit systems in the bay area, you know under five rides free And that's certainly true for city bus. Um, well under yeah under five, right? So if you're not enrolled if you're five and I just want to make sure that peter We don't have created donut hole Right fair point. And that's something we can have mandatory kindergarten in the state of california You can be five and have to pay and not be a student Right and and I think that actually speaks to some of the other other goals of this initiative as well as the seamless Bury initiative which is like can we all get on the same page about what's a child versus a k through 12 youth And and avoid the donut hole sort of phenomenon. So I think that's child care too, right? Thank you. Um, and then the last thing is i'm glad to see you Not the last thing the second the last thing is i'm glad to see you addressed the challenges with a tax income a tax return based rebate And um, and you know, I think that while they're in earned income tax credit works in a lot of ways that it Is is challenging. So i'm hopeful that we can do whatever we can to get The money back to low income families without creating more headache for them or for the administration of this proposed legislation so the other thing is would there be a strong component to this or even a component that would allow us to Leverage grant monies from the federal state and federal I mean this is state law but from federal governments in order to be a more self-help oriented model so that we can get More bang for our buck Yeah, our hope is with having this level of investment from the region that it will make Localities more You know competitive for its you know federal funding state funding and you know one thing that we've noticed is I'm not sure if you're familiar in 2016 that la county los angeles county past measure m And that has also helped them be competitive for that federal and state funding because they're showing that there's a There's a big plan for their whole county and they're just you know In a significant investment from from the county itself And so our hope is that having you know such a huge investment from the region will You know further help with those matching grants Thank you And I could just add a comment to that to you know for city bus our operating revenues are also our local match revenues So we have had years where we haven't had the local match to go after some opportunities So so any measure whether it's our local measure m or this type of measure that brings in Truly local money. It is a real benefit to be able to try to leverage some outside funds Appreciate it Any additional questions? I had a couple specifically regarding the buses. What is the plan for the electric electrification of transit routes and buses are Is there going to be incentives? How is it going to be dealt with? That's certainly one of the priorities for the funding is to show that you If you can have fun transit that is going to be has zero greenhouse gas emissions And that is you know green transit that will be one of the That gives you essentially priority over some other projects that that is one Indicator in the project that's applying for funding I one I think at one point we you know, we're hoping to include that as a mandatory requirement But we know that there in some at least near-term You know projects that could be pretty difficult and prohibitive But it certainly is one of the ways that we want to prioritize, you know projects that will be green So is that written somewhere? Is that just still in the talking stages? Yes, so that's so right now essentially we have A draft framework it will be written into the legislation Once that's available and we're Essentially at the point where we're still trying to get the feedback and finish all the the edits to the legislation And once that's available we'll make sure to to share widely but that's that will be you know specifically cleared It was laid out into the legislative language And could you pull up slide nine? There you go So it struck me how complex the system looks and then snow accounting looks like stick figures up there And so when we start talking about priorities one for this region is the highway 37 you say an existing rail line So what would how would the priorities be decided? And again looking at if all the interest it sure looks south of where we are but that 37 is a big Challenge for us who decides the priority in the amount of dollars that would go to that type of a project Right. Um, so it would be a you know competitive process of applying for the funds based off of which Kind of bucket you fall into so if it's a regional You know express bus it would be you know a project that would be competing with other You know projects that are you know applying for that funding across the region Um, it would be a communication through I believe right now it's set up through mtc Um, but I would also note that with highway 37 We also are currently planning on having funding specifically for highway 37 to help Um get we know that there's a lot of issues with sea level rise and the flooding affecting highway 37 So there's some current plans to include that um, specifically in the measure specific set aside dollars from the entire region Or just from the Sonoma county bucket I'll have to double um check that and I can get back to you On regarding how I okay. Those are the questions I had we have a couple cards on this item First up mr. DeWitt followed by eris weaver Hello, thank you. My name is DeWitt. I'm from roseland. I'm an alternative transportation user And I'm also a person that doesn't agree With sales tax increases because they're the most regressive Taxes and they affect the low income more than the well to do We already have a sales tax in place in this county For a transportation system, which I don't think is too smart I actually ride the golden gate transit buses I can get to the city all the way into the financial district In about two hours and 20 minutes Sometimes I use veteran shuttles Can get in there in an hour and 10 minutes using the high occupancy vehicle lane I have a serious concern about the way It's going to be sold How you sell it to the public was the term I really appreciate the questions that all of you asked. They're very pertinent and very important essentially Sonoma County folks Don't even ride the bus system here much And they get it for free if they're students or veterans And I use that bus and they're empty a lot of times in the evening already So one of the things that really needs to occur Is a societal shift, which I don't think you're going to have occur Most folks don't ride bicycles Especially mothers with two children trying to bring their groceries home over in roseland I was at a meeting one time with our Santa Rosa City planner Said that a project was going to be transit oriented development Because young folks were going to ride their bicycles And that's not happening in roseland Young families use SUVs They use bigger vehicles Get their kids in there go where they're going Older people may give up their car for a different type of transportation But it's going to have to be something that's more user friendly And less expensive Not many folks. I know use the smart train It was set up in theory to help workers commute But they won't put a stop over in roseland Where we have the highest amount of people who are low-income workers Actually what they're doing it smart is putting in another stop up in marine county. Well, excuse me. It's down in marine county And they're helping the relatively well to do employed people down there Get away from using their cars So I don't see anything in your proposals yet that are helpful to sonoma county people Or to the young working-class folks that i'm in contact with In the area just across that freeway They're not using public transit now So how is santa rosa gonna? Hopefully you folks will look into it and keep Thank you doing eris weaver followed by brian ling Tweaver executive director of the sonoma county bicycle Coalition I've been in some conversations about faster with other bicycle advocates around the bay area But I still have a lot more questions and I do comments because this is such a big Complicated thing and with a lot of questions unanswered. So i'm just going to kind of throw my questions out into the conversational space One of them is what percentage of the funding is going to go to bicycle and other Other active transportation measures here in santa rosa, for example A majority of trips are done within five miles, which is a sweet spot for for cycling So i'm curious about that You had one slide up there with a bunch of the different public input and focus groups and meetings and things like that that you've done And i'm wondering how much of that was actually done here in the north bay And how much of it was done with bicycle and other active transportation groups because I haven't personally seen a whole lot of that coming On my way or or here in the north bay Another question that I have is that this is mostly been being talked about as as a public transportation Measure so when you were talking about building the transit network, I'm imagining More you know bus lines and buses and train tracks and all of that but then in another answering another question You said something about money for roads and so i'm a little confused about that and how that Is going to be divvied up And then I have another question about When it goes to a vote that it needs a two two thirds to pass I'm not clear. Is it two thirds of the entire bay area bucket or is it two thirds in each county because I It's a little Scary to think that if it's two thirds of the whole bay area bucket that we could have the whole north bay north bay vote against it But still have to do it That's all for me. Thank you. Thank you brian ling Thank you for the presentation today. I'm brian ling the executive director of the sonoma county alliance We're a 380 member organization of businesses and individuals here in sonoma county And business advocates for a healthy economy and a healthy environment is our tag We also I'd like to say we supported measure m here in sonoma county measure q in sonoma county the pending measure i in sonoma county and a number of failed measures prior to those But this one I I can't imagine any way that my board would approve Doing this For the Fundamental thing that's being said directly and maybe not as harshly as I feel but We're way more of a giver than a receiver in this deal and we don't like it And we need money other places and the fact that highway 30 south is going to be taken care of otherwise I got a hard problem with that um It seems to me that The other thing that surprises me I've talked to the sonoma county transportation age authority. I don't believe they asked to be in this I haven't heard from any city council that asked to be in this I haven't heard from anybody in the north bay of the agencies that asked to be in this So it seems like it may be more prudent for those of us That support or oppose these measures to try to get sonoma county removed So that's my question if anybody would like to reply either tonight or in the future doesn't have to be tonight, but How can sonoma county get removed if if it's the legislation that created faster that we need to modify that legislation Or is it this pending legislation that we're talking about in april or later that that's where it needs to get addressed But I think for sonoma county and all of us are trying to get a lot of transportation measures dealt with separately I think it'll save us a lot of time and money to try and get out of this So if there's a answer how we can get removed out of out of this block that would be my question. Thank you Great. Thank you. So we're bringing back to council. There's just a couple that I would like clarification on that. I heard Is there a percentage tailored for bicycle transportation? There is I can't remember at this point. So I I'm happy to get your contact information to follow up Okay, and then what about the uh, two-thirds vote is it individual counties or the region as a whole? It's the region as a whole. Okay, and can counties opt out of participating in this measure? At this point, there's no, um, you know, I mean, yes is the short answer. There's no, um, You know specific nothing's been passed in legislate in the legislature. Nothing's been approved through MTC yet. So conceivably, yes But we would have to see what the actual it's got to be written somewhere to actually give that provision to the measure So essentially, um, it would be through the enabling legislation that we're currently exploring So that is where it would detail where the sales tax, you know, would be Where the increase would be applied and and um, and all that kind of information would be in the enabling legislation And that is you know, still it's just now moving through the process in the legislative language, which hasn't been inserted yet So um, so yeah, that's not set in stone. So someone had that interest. Who would they share that opinion with? We could um, I I'm happy to give my um business card and then I can connect with the appropriate people Councilor there the questions Mr. Davis, I just had a follow-up question to that specifically the board of supervisors do not cannot vote to opt out if the enabling legislation proceeds I'm not positive. I believe They can't yes, I believe that's uh, if the enabling legislation. Yes authorizes it So I think the the question will come back is when you when the legislation is produced if the council so wanted to Utilize our resources to To pursue removal Of the county that would be the space and that would be the space the county would pursue and in the legislation itself Is that better to do sooner as opposed to later without written legislation? We don't know what we're chasing So we would be we would be watching that and if the council wanted to bring us back And I suspect scta will be watching it as well as well as the The league's Policy group for for the north bay will be watching that as well. Thank you council member Any additional questions? Okay, is there anyone on council like to make any final comments mr. Rogers? Thank you, mr. Mayor, and I do appreciate You coming in talking to us. I know it's early in the process But as you can see I think from the public and from the council There's a lot of fundamental questions that haven't been answered yet For me my primary concern and I'm a big advocate for Alternative forms of transportation to get people out of their single occupancy vehicles For me my my primary concern is that this is a county that has passed Two quarter cent sales tax measures already to fund transportation Half of that goes to the smart train half of it does go to measure m Which has been our successful roads measure that we've leveraged five to one The dollars that have been put in by this public to the dollars that we've drawn down from the state and the federal Both of those are up for reauthorization this year so measure q which funded the smart train is up in a a little bit less than a month and Measure m which we don't know what it will be on the ballot That one is up in november and my biggest concern is that having two measures that are similar in scope But one tailored to the local jurisdiction versus one where it's ambiguous what we're going to get back from it Is going to drag down our road funding measure that we desperately need to reauthorize so For me i'm interested in hearing the rest of the details as we move forward But as it sits right now, I am highly likely to push To not do that measure not to have it on the ballot And I just hope that you all understand that Whether it passes or not putting it on the ballot will jeopardize local jurisdiction's ability to pass their own measures And I know that that's why mountain view voted. I think just last week to oppose This measure as well. So it's something that we'll keep a close eye on I would also really strongly urge you to work with our delegation I know senator dodd and senator maguire have a good relationship with the author of the legislation But we're going to need to feel pretty confident in sonoma county That our needs are being heard and that our needs are being addressed and I don't feel that way yet any other comments Thank you, I do appreciate you coming for this presentation It's nice to get a little bit earlier versus being so far down the road. So I do appreciate your time and energy Thank you very much Thank you for your time And we'll take about a two minute recess and reconvene at four o'clock Everyone to the regular session of san rosa city council meeting go have announcement of roll call, please Let the record show that all council members are present with the exception exception of councilmember tibbetz Thank you Report on closed session madam city attorney Yes, the council met in closed session this afternoon on three and four items. I'm sorry the first three 2.1 2.2 and 2.3 each concerned existing litigation And on each of the three the council gave direction to legal council Uh To move forward on item 2.4 a council met with labor negotiators and have given direction to The negotiators Okay, thank you We have no proclamations staff briefing 7.1. Mr. McGlynn anything to report. Yeah, assistant city manager david guin is coming down to report Thank you and deputy director gay bosmer is going to join me as well to help answer any questions if there are any We wanted to give a quick update on housing numbers. The big questions come up about what happened in 2019 What were the housing number production levels? What's going on with the rebuild and kind of where we are today and where we're going? Coming into 2020 so we put this together as a quick update for council and just For setting the stage we broke this down into four different areas So the land use approval is the first step of getting a house built In the rebuild effort most of those homes are we're rebuilding so they didn't have to go through this process But most homes in san rosa have to go through this process and we have about 3 000 homes units that are In that batch. So those are people that have entitlements. They've passed the entitlements. They can come and get a building permit any day But typically they have to go find financing Do other things determine if they want to sell the project or move on or build it? And so we typically That's less of an investment from a developer standpoint Once the developer gets into coming into our office and submitting a building permit. That's a big investment It's important steps. So we we capture that date to make sure we know how many building permits are coming into the system So we know what the true activity is going to be within the city over the next couple year or two Obviously construction once it's in construction. We want to know what what's happening there and then the unit's complete So I was going to break this down for For you. This is the The units produced over time in san rosa So in 2016 2017 2018 you started to see a slight rise in terms of the number of units produced over time 2019 numbers when we first saw these obviously we're probably feeling the same as you Those are a lot lower than we were hoping them to be those are new units created within san rosa But when you look at the rest of the story about what was going on in san rosa at the time We had the fire rebuild And we completed 795 rebuild units too. So in terms of the number of housing units built within the city We we did have a much bigger production than we typically have seen So we started to feel that from contractors from labor from materials In terms of the stress on the system to be able to produce housing units A lot of the contractors in this That showing this bucket the completed homes in 2019 are now moving over Into other housing unit reconstruction throughout the city and we'll show that here on this next slide so in 2019 we units completed About just over a thousand units within the city The interesting number here the next interesting number is how much is under construction today? Actually, this is as of january 1st we have over About 1500 units that are currently under construction out there either in the rebuild or Throughout the city. So the blue represents the 470 that are under construction throughout the city the 1026 or the rebuild so that's the activity that's currently going on today And then the other more important number is who came in and submitted a building permit for to build a new house this year Prior to january 1st And that's this number. So you start to see the shift from rebuilding into other housing stocks So that number 1500 units that are currently have submitted building permits are invested they submitted building plans They're working their way through our system We haven't seen those type of numbers since The 80s I think is when we started to see those big big numbers. So there is a shift Change from the rebuild effort and we are hearing from contractors that are shifting their their activities from rebuilding into Other parts of town and this does not include anything that's been entitled and hasn't walked in for a building permit So we do have Projects in the downtown that are moving their way through the system We have other projects that haven't quite made that next step. So that number is going to continue to change over time So to put it in perspective, these are the kind of big numbers Over a thousand units completed in 2019 that includes the fire rebuild Is over 1400 that are actively under construction And eight over 1800 have submitted building permits that are going through the system right now And to give a quick sense of what that is in terms of what type of units those are On the left hand side or the action what was built in 2019. So we saw a majority of single family homes being built The interesting part is the the stuff under construction now and coming in the future We're starting to see a lot more multi-family housing that's coming through And that's a lot of that has to do with what the policy has been put in place the interest by the city council and the interest to densify our housing stock The other interesting thing is ad use so this has continued to rise when the city council changed their policy reduced impact fees We saw a big bump in 2018 in terms of number of 80 second units that were applied for on that number continues to grow We continue to see a big demand for second units Again that jump to almost 200 Applications for second units. It was in direct correlation to those policies you put in place back in 2018 So we wanted to make sure that this data was available all the time. So what we've created is an online dashboard Thanks to Gabe and his team joshua darm run and brian baka and jesse oswald We get a lot of requests for housing numbers. We modeled this based off the rebuild So if you're familiar with the rebuild numbers the live data that's out there for what's happening in the rebuild We recreated the same thing for housing citywide. So this is not rebuild This is just regular citywide housing production. So you can get a sense of where projects are what's under construction What's uh through the permit process how many ad use are out there? How many permits are coming in and gives a sense of what's actually happening on a day-to-day basis And then on our website, we did post it src.org slash ped and we'll put this other places The 2019 numbers so you have those they're locked in People can go to that site and get get this information I mean, we'll post this what's this presentation there as well. So that's what we've got and we'd be happy to answer any questions Well, first of all, thank you very much. And so I did hear you correctly. You will send that to us so we can have copies of this Correct great very impressive questions. Mr. Tibbets Thank you, mayor. Thank you, david. I think you know It seems like we're still pushing a rock uphill, but we are pushing it pretty well And my question is is What do you see is the still the largest impediment? I know we've gone through a lot of revamping of our permitting process also We've done it in such a way that promotes downtown and core development in particular But what do you see is the missing link and in a lot of these permits not turning into active construction sites Now we're seeing a big push to actually turn a lot of those from its interactive construction sites We're seeing it mainly on single-family homes Multi-family up to three stories But where we're seeing the big hurdle is anything over four stories five stories when you start to get into A concrete podium structure with units on top We're finding the concrete elements are the most expensive parts and drive the cost up such that cause financing issues So downtown development has been a challenge this continues to be a challenge and it's something that We're not going to let up on we're close on a few projects that hopefully we can daylight Soon But that seems to be the biggest impediment right now is is once you get into concrete anything over the four or five stories So the cost when the the cost of to build downtown is the issue does that mean that becomes a conventional lender issue? And the ability to finance a costly project we hear financing is usually the biggest issue at this point Nobody's We don't get too many complaints about our process people are impressed with what's going on with the city councils down the fees Impact fees the process the timeline the Reduction and discretion The time constraints all that's been addressed. So really comes down to the financing that we're working on So we're working with organizations such as the red renewal enterprise district identify funding out there to help supplement And try to close the gap. Okay. Is there anything on the horizon that you can share with us about how we might be able to fill that gap Not not at this time, but hopefully we can share that soon So I just finished Testifying in front of the little Hoover commission and I said one of the biggest things the state could start to do Is reward instead of worrying about so much Behavior that they're not happy with why don't you reward good behavior and invest in communities that are making these types of risks And taking these types of sacrifices So we we continue to try to address the financing But a lot of this is also getting the state to worry less about Sticks and maybe more about carrots with some of their surplus Okay. Yeah, thank you mr. Rogers Thanks, david Just to clarify you made a comment about how you're starting to see a shift away from the single family homes into multifamily There's the chart of 2019's data. Yeah, is that based on what you're seeing for permits being pulled in 2020? In relation to to this chart Yes, what this is showing is actually permits that were already pulled are Submitted so this is either an obstruction or building permits and we're continuing to see more multifamily come through I think the next batch of projects that are coming through that haven't walked through the door But we know they will any day or a lot of them are multifamily big big multifamily projects So I think that number is going to grow on the right hand side. That's great. Yeah. Well, thank you so much Any other questions I have one card on this item mr. Dawid And something missing was how many units are affordable? essentially The city of santa rosa has never been able to catch up with its regional housing needs Assessment requirements and has always built Above market rate mostly and so it would be really nice for a breakdown That shows us where the affordable is getting built That's a key question too. Where is it at a lot of people feel it's over Whatever might be considered affordable is coming over into roseland We have hundreds upon hundreds and hundreds of housing units being constructed right now with no Upkeep on the infrastructure repair the roads any of the things that should be very important with this housing And the building of it. I'm very glad that housing is being built I hope we build a lot of housing in the future to take care Of any of the problems we have with lack of housing But the biggest lack before the fires Who was in affordable housing for those of moderate income lower income and extremely low income So hopefully all that good work they're doing they're also breaking down those numbers so the public can see it It wasn't in the binder tonight So we came in here and you find out about it after the fact Hopefully you'll have this posted on the city's website so the public can know what's occurring Thank you for your time. Great. Thank you So again, thank you. I'll go ahead mister and I did Not I didn't mention and I should mention we are in the process of breaking down the affordability levels of these units We're going to put that online as well. We want to break down each Each year status and what level of affordability they are in that so that's actively working on right now And hopefully we'll have that launch chair in the next week or so that um The other thing that we're going to be is in the works as a map So we'll show all the housing units under construction affordable levels just like the rebuild So we'll be able to mimic what we did in the rebuild to show where where units are located What the status of that unit is and what affordable level that is so all that's under works um, and again, it is all on the website um at src.org slash PED at this moment and we'll continue to grow this site We sure want to make sure you have these initial numbers to get started I'm very appreciative just because I know you and I and I've spoken many developers And we're we're doing all these things and to actually see what some of those results are And I know mr. Osborne and others who have been involved in the rebuilding process and both found grove and in coffee park Those dashboards have been so helpful where you don't have to wait for a city employee. You can do it yourself So I'm very appreciative of your efforts in this area. Any other questions or comments? Okay, and I do want to wish birthday wishes the one of you too All right, mr. McGlynn 7.2 7.2 Laguna treatment plant recycled the water supply update Joshua Presenting Go ahead turn it on Sorry about that. Thank you very much. I'm here today to give you an update on the recycled water storage that we have at the regional water facility As you may recall As you may recall I came by about six weeks ago to discuss the situation we were in when we were Storing water at a greater rate than we would normally have stored for the time of year due to the impact of the can cane fire that Shut down the geysers pumping So as a way of background for our recycled water storage management Our goals each year are to maximize the reuse of recycled water and to minimize any discharge that we may have to make into the receiving waters We have Several variables that we have to deal with some that are in our control and some that are not the ones that are in our control Is essentially how much water we can pump up to the geysers steam fields in any given day What's not in our control is how much rain water there is which In a in a in the wet season, which will increase the water comes through our wastewater plant and then we need to start in the wintertime The other variable really is how much water and when we can Irrigate in the in the summertime Uh When that irrigation season starts is a variable depending on really what kind of a spring We have a we have a cool wet spring or a warm dry spring This is our storage curve which shows uh in the lower left the red line is coming in in the lower left and then rising From up to you know flatlining it really and from october through november and then starting to rise rapidly from november through december Shows the increase in storage that we incurred while we The geysers pipeline was out of service Where when it reaches about a hundred million gallons there in the first week of december you can see it starts flattening out That's when the geysers pipeline was back in service and we've been pumping at it at the maximum rate ever since because the we've been Lucky enough so far to have very little rain this winter We have not had to store excess water and as you can see where in early december We were maybe 450 million gallons higher in our storage than we would have been or would normally be for that time of year Now we're closer to about 125 million gallons higher in storage. So we're we're getting closer to our kind of our normal Operating range for the season But if we were to if we were to project ahead for the rest of the rest of the season using average flows for february and march Even with the high pumping rates that we would have To the geysers We can see that we could still be reaching our operational limit of about 14 14 and a half A billion a million gallons I'm sorry 1400 million gallons of storage. So If it if it turns into a normal winter You know Sometime this year We can expect still to perhaps be needing to discharge before the end of the season With that i'm going to turn this over to claire, uh, norley who can then talk about Um programs to try to minimize the amount of water that we're we're storing Good afternoon. I'm claire nordley the water use efficiency coordinator. Um, so thank you joe Like I talked about a couple of weeks ago with you all we are doing a winter water conservation campaign In order to minimize the amount of water that is flowing into our treatment plant As you may all remember the program started in december and it is going to run through march our three key main messages are to For our customers to schedule a free water smart checkup at their house Replace inefficient fixtures and find and fix leaks So I do have to say our customers are incredible and they respond really well to requests for conservation. So We have had in in In january we had a four times increase in the number of surveys that we scheduled at this time last year. So Customers are definitely responding to our requests for conservation and in february We already have we're already scheduled for the entire month of february So customers are definitely responding to our requests to schedule free water smart checkup, which is great Um, and then today just wanted to remind you all we have a workshop this afternoon at 6 p.m At our utility field office talking about finding and fixing leaks So we have a good rsvp rate for that and we're looking forward to educating our customers tonight on fixing and finding leaks With that I'll turn it over if any questions Council any questions? I just had one if you can go to the slide four Yeah, that one there. So if you're looking, I mean, we're already halfway into february and it has not rained and I don't see any rain Or in your future. So are we predicting it's will be deluged with rain or how often does this get updated? So, uh, I needed to prepare this slide at the beginning of the month So that uh, you're right if we were to we could just move that flat line farther over to to the right We're projected to not have any rain For the next 10 days. So that gives us almost to gives us to the 20th. You could move that Sloped line, you know 10 days to the right the thing about our storms, of course is That's that's an average slope But our storms don't come in averages right they'll come in five days deluges so You know February even if it starts raining in on the 20th could could become A normal a normal month and I guess I would ask Because this is very helpful information. I think I would ask just that council be updated constantly regarding this so members of our community would also understand If we do have to discharge, what does that mean? rather than Wait for a discharge and then we update here's what we had to do I would just ask if we get you know regular updates on this as the weather progresses or doesn't progress Just so we can understand the impacts to our environment. It'd be very helpful. Certainly any other questions Or comments do you have comments? Yeah, I just wanted to add that the fact that we have not had to have Discharges of treated wastewater to this point is a real testament to the work that you and your team have done And I know that myself and the mayor We're eager to have this information presented so that we could Note that this has been managed exceedingly well And you guys come forward and are so humble about the work that you do and the projections And I see that tom has become a meteorologist, which is really interesting But but really and truly you guys have done great work and you know, we don't clap in the chambers But fantastic really truly so thank you to you and the team Thank you very much And we'll try to end by six so we can all get to the free workshop. So thank you for the presentation Mr. City Manager, do you have a report for us this evening? Yes, a brief one The city of santa rosa's housing authority was awarded the department of housing and urban development's 2020 veterans affairs support of housing program of the year award by hud region 9's Public housing director's office the award recognizes outstanding achievements and hud vash program Which combines supportive services from the veterans administration with rental subsidies administrative by local housing authorities And nationally has helped reduce homeless among veterans by 50 percent since 2010 The city of santa rosa's housing authority also received alongside The county sonoma county housing authority the 2020 disaster recovery and resilience award For extraordinary efforts during the king kade fire Great. Thank you. Madam city attorney. You have a report and if you want to include item 8.1 Yes, um, I have today our quarterly report of settlements and active litigation And I just want to walk through very quickly because a summary of what we have We have two reported settlements this afternoon solar versus the city of santa rosa Which is a $50,000 settlement to compensate The plaintiff for significant injuries that were suffered as a result on above fall on the sidewalk And the second is the reformation of former police chief robert schreeter's employment contract Um The original contract which was executed in 2015 Contained an error of law The contract purported to authorize the chief upon his retirement to deposit a certain defined amounts Of accrued but unused sick leave invocation into a tax-free retirement health savings account Those authorized deposits however were above the amounts allowable under federal regulation and Under our city's retirement health savings plan So to correct that error and to provide the chief with equivalent benefits The council approved a reformation of the contract pursuant to california civil code section 3399 So in lieu of the disallowed deposits into the retirement health savings account Chief schreeter was authorized to cash out the equivalent value in accrued but unused sick leave invocation And that amount was approximately just under $93,000 In addition to those two reported settlements we had we were able to resolve three additional cases in the final quarter of 2019 included one settlement under $10,000 one dismissal of a case with no cost to the city and then one A litigation matter in which the city received payment Rather than having to pay out After those cases those five cases were resolved. We still have 24 active cases in our office Including 10 personal injury cases four police matters four code enforcement matters that are in the superior court. Of course, we have other Code enforcement matters that are under administrative proceedings But these are the ones that are actually in superior court And then we had a variety of other cases including our pg&e litigation, which we've talked about quite a bit And also a litigation concerning homelessness issues In addition to our existing pending litigation This in the fourth quarter of 2019 We received seven new claims were referred over to our office So that is the state of our litigation in our office, and I have nothing else to report this afternoon Thank you. Any questions from council members on it? Thank you so much, and I do want to go back to the city manager's report I think you missed one other announcement that occurred in appa And I would invite everyone to join me in a round of applause for the 2019 city manager of the year mr. Shaw mcglenn Thank you. Um, I just as I said to the staff and that and all my colleagues here at the city This is a group award Because I get the pleasure of working with the best damn group of employees in the state of california And um, I just want to take the moment to commend them and thank them for getting recognized with me last week Yeah, thank you very much. Congratulations to you and all our employees With that, uh council do we have any statements of abstentia? Mr. Rogers Thank you, mr. Mayor. I abstained from item 2.3 in closed session Mr. Tibbetts, thank you. I'll be abstaining from item 12.8 the homeless emergency declaration 12.9 railroad square Um issue and that's it Okay, any other abstentions? All right mayors and council members reports who would like to go first Mr. Rogers All right, so we had our monthly scta meeting yesterday Two things of note for the council. The first was We did approve a three-year e-bike program. That'll be 300 shared Pedal electric assist e-bikes with the potential for a couple more if we see the demand is high enough throughout the different Smart stations, so you'll start to see those rolling out in Sonoma county and in santa rosa specifically over the next couple of months That should be a lot of fun The second one is we did discuss a straw man proposal for what the measure m Reauthorization funding measure would start to look like santa rosa has 326 million dollars in projects that we submitted and santa rosa city bus has 352.6 million dollars in asks Including electrification and and better headwinds as the mayor was talking about just as a quick breakdown And if you have input i'm happy to hear it. I know that there'll be other opportunities as well But 40 of the measure as it's currently Being discussed would go to fixing local roads and potholes 18 percent would go to add bus service 2 percent would create discount programs for seniors youth vets and folks with disabilities 2 percent would focus on zero emission buses and charging stations 2 percent would assist with last mile connections 11 percent would build new bike lanes 23 percent would do specific projects including things like the bike Pedestrian 101 over crossing bridge that we've submitted And then 2 percent would go to new technologies as the measure progresses Happy to discuss a little bit further As a note because I know it has been a conversation topic that we've discussed in council The measure brings in about 26 million dollars a year If we were to do free public transit throughout the whole system It would take about 20 of the measure off the top And only pulled at 38 support from the public is something that was important So, uh, obviously the measure hasn't been fully Baked yet, but at least from our perspective on council Where we have gone with targeting specific groups that need help getting on to public transit Is probably the direction that the measure m will go. Uh, but let's discuss that further as we move forward Okay, any others reports on the side anything here And so I smear Thank you. I have a report on the water advisory council we met last monday and the Sonoma water and the technical advisory council is going to be bringing forward a presentation about rate increases on February 19 or excuse me in march They'll be meeting again on february 19th And one of the things that I encourage them along with the mayor to do is to bring us Increases that are predictable and don't exceed CPI or cost of living increases so that they are predictable and don't exceed what people actually are making Across the board. Um, another thing is that our water supply conditions thanks to the standard deviation We've had fewer mandatory releases and lake sonoma is at 91 percent and lake mendicine knows at 100 percent of water supply So this is representative of a good partnership with the army corps and good work On both sonoma water and our city water Further the biological opinion for those of you who are following this one closely Regulates the flows that have to come out the mandatory flows for fish and habitat And the implementation of this Will be having a public meeting on march 12th from 4 to 6 p.m. At the hildsburg community center And for those of you who cannot get enough water the The Nobody else thinks that's The potter valley relicensing project the hydroelectric project that is in process of being Turned into potentially a two basin solution you can find out more information When you cannot sleep at night at two basin solution and i'm going to spell that out because there's so many ways you can get this wrong It's he w o basin b a s i n solution dot org and uh, this is important because the federal Energy regulatory committee holds the rights to Diversion of water and if we don't get a solution of this lake pills barry would have implications for lake pills barry See i can be taught about water it turns out okay end of report Thank you i have several items to report on First off, we had the climate action subcommittee meeting on january 29th We received an update of the climate action plan We gave a little bit of direction to staff and then we had a very brief presentation And they'll be coming back to further update us on the vmt and vehicle miles traveled and how that pertains to the general plan Anyway, so we'll be discussing that our next meeting There's also an interest of having us meet more regularly And i believe mr. McGlynn it will be a topic of conversation at our goal setting on the 12 and 13th as i mentioned to members of the audience Our planned economic development department that does a fabulous job and what we saw earlier today They also support the climate action subcommittee and we have capacity issues So i'm sure that will be brought up as a topic of discussion at our goal setting I also attended the state of the county address on january 31st We received an update from chair goren and Mr. Nicholson from ucla economic update which was interesting He spoke two things that stood out for me one of the things with the coronavirus One of the potential positive impacts of that would be that people are not traveling to asia for vacation They may be coming here to sinoma county and other Areas that we would welcome those tourists that are looking for someplace to go and spend some money So that was a very positive part of that address Also attended along with some city staff and i really appreciate city staff attending Santa Rosa Together's and other community groups partnering with the community healthier neighborhoods and better local government And the speaker was jim dyers Who was the former director of the seattle department of neighborhoods? So it's very well attended by staff very interactive Then it's my understanding the second day on saturday about a hundred community members attended along with city staff too So i very much appreciate the integration of city staff at both of those days to figure out how we can do a better job Of working with our community members and myself along with Assistant city manager jason net police captain john cregan and police lieutenant dav betker and a representative from the sinoma county animal services Attended a listening session among every high school related to some of the recent Dog bite attacks that have made the news So it's very helpful to talk with there's probably about 20 or 25 community members there to understand what is san rosa pd do in regards to Loose animals and what is animal services and what is our role in coordinating that So a lot of good information is out there I think some of the more community members may even be looking at Starting another group to find out do we need to update some of our regulations coming to council and offering their suggestions We also had a build rebuild ad hoc meeting on february 4th Or we talked a lot of information that was just presented at today's date earlier And lastly, we had a home synoma county leadership council or nest wall of errors and I attended on February 6th And you might have read in the paper Some of the funding decisions that had to be made In governor's last budget he allocated 12.1 million dollars for homeless services to sinoma county And governor nuisance budget that was reduced greatly. He also nuisance budget Took it from two buckets 11 biggest cities to the continuum of carers nuisance budget has three different buckets 13 largest cities continuum of carers and direct allocation to the county So unfortunately from the continuum of carers perspective our funding went from 12.1 million to about 3.6 this county of sinoma had overall funding of about 3.2 million Bottom line what that meant was about 34 reduction in homeless services of those service programs that we funded last year So there will be some impacts. I know a lot of the service providers in the community are Trying to figure out how we're going to do and what impacts to the homeless services We'll have for the rest of the county so more information on that I'm sure through the city manager You'll be sharing that information with us But those are some very difficult decisions nothing that anyone wanted to do But when the funding levels go from 12.1 down to about county-wide 6.7 million dollars A lot of those cuts needed to be made and with that Item 10.2 Madam city clerk, did you want to cover this item or how do you want me to do this? mayor the before the council are two submissions for consideration to be appointed to the ran board and the Which is the remote access network. There's one position that must be filled by a mayor You Mayor tom Schwedhelm is the only one who has submitted a letter of interest And then there's a appointment to the child care planning council One position to be appointed in the only letter of interest that was submitted was from council member Fleming so council can decide whether to support those and have the Designee or the I don't know who's going to be attending. I think it's council member doubt. We'll be attending the meeting And and support those appointments at the mayors and council members association Thank you So I would entertain a motion if someone would choose to make a motion on those two nominations, mr. Sawyer Thank you, mayor I will move that we accept the willingness of our two council members to serve in those two positions Motion is second any further comments Your votes, please And that passes unanimously. Thank you. So mr. Doubt if you could represent that at the meeting this week Approval of minutes were there any additions or corrections to the january 28th regular meeting minutes Seeing none, I saw you captured the one correction I sent so we will accept those minutes. Mr McGuinn can set items item 12.1 resolution approval of general service agreement f is 0 0 2 0 7 1 HVAC maintenance and repair services item 12.2 resolution contract award build design build parking access and revenue control system for parking garages Item 12.3 resolution cost recovery lien against the real property located at 6 4 1 McMaster lane item 12.4 Resolution submittal of application to the state of california department of housing and community developments infill infrastructure grant program for an amount not to exceed 30 million dollars for a qualified infill area in the downtown station area and roseland area Item 12.5 of resolution submittal of a joint application to the state of california department of housing and community developments infill infrastructure grant program for an amount not to exceed 5 million for burbank avenue apartments 1400 burbank avenue item 12.6 resolution extension of proclamation of existence of a local emergency due to 2017 fires Item 12.7 resolution extension of proclamation of existence of a local emergency due to 2019 Kincaid fire item 12.8 resolution extension of proclamation of local homeless emergency item 12.9 resolution One approving the historic railroad square association as the management Organization for the railroad square santa rosa community benefit district two Approving the railroad square santa rosa community benefit district management and dis disbursement agreement three increasing appropriations to the economic development general fund and four authorizing the finance department to dis disperse assessment funds Thank you council any questions Mr. Tibbets Yeah, I submit to the vice mayor the possibility of bifurcating 12.8 and 12.9 from the general consent calendar so I can participate Yes Any other questions Okay, mr. Dwight, uh, you're up. You filled out several different cards So if you could please limit your comments, you've got 12 3 12 4 12 5 12 6 and 12 7 it will keep mr. Tibbets here And you get two minutes on each of those although you don't need to take all two minutes on each of those Thank you, sir. I understand your directions. What I would like to do is speak on 12 4 and 12 5 together and then the emergency ones together because they're distinct and separate items So again just for that, please don't speak on 12 8 until mr. Tibbets can leave the chamber Thank you, sir with that in mind On 12 4 and 12 5 The pursuit of the grant money from the state while a positive thing it needs to be done with The concept of codifying and requiring the rental residential units to be put in first And the reason I bring this up is because we have a history here in santa rosa and sonoma county Of developers coming forward and promising that there will be rental residential housing built And then doing a bait and switch building above market rate housing first switching That rental residential over on to the taxpayers Having it be something through burbank housing With taxpayer funding coming forward instead of the for-profit developers getting things done So with the med pen proposal that's happening in roseland It's been struggling for years Because their appetite was bigger than their budget And they've put the cleanup of the toxic sites On to the taxpayer They were told originally that there was toxics at the site It wasn't a good deal to do but the Supervisor at that time Felt it might be helpful So now it's cost Millions of dollars the taxpayers are picking up the cost of the toxic removals And it's essentially blighted roseland for many many years So i'm hoping that you will put forward as a elected body that it has to be codified and required for residential Rentals to be built first So on that 1400 burbank avenue project It confuses a number of people because 1400 burbank avenue Is the property that the skellinger brothers originally sold to the agricultural and open space district 10 full years ago and then was deeded to the city of santa rosa So the site that they're building It makes people feel that you're going to go in there and build on that former skellinger brothers property i'm hoping that they'll use a different address in the future And i've read through the file and see that mr. Skellinger One of the family members is the person doing the water stone Development project i would like once again to have it be put in to whatever Uh written documentation that goes forward That it be the first thing In his letter it states that it's going to be The housing that comes in first But no offense to him. It's just that historical record here in our county That that could be switched out unless you codified into law with the city attorney Thank you for that item now i'll switch to the emergency items of 12 6 12 7 and 12 8 So for years now we've been under an emergency situation and It's the kind of thing where i'm hoping That you will soon declare we're past that Because essentially the only thing that hasn't really changed much Is the homeless crisis that's been with us for decades The other things are moving forward fine now as that housing presentation given earlier by mr. Gowan pointed out We're probably past that emergency situation and it Basically grates upon people in the community When they see things happening because of the emergency Over in roseland we're having to accept all kinds of extra housing Because of the resiliency ordinance being told well, it's by right It has to come forward Because of those emergencies that happened The folks up and found grover wealthy enough now Everything's been as far as i've been told compensated for by insurance companies and It's the type of situation where you can say okay, we're past that Coffee park maybe is different That's people who basically we're in a far more emergent situation in a sense It's been pretty much Rebuilt it's going forward real well So i'm hoping you'll put An end to these emergency proclamations soon Except for the homeless emergency Proclamation because you're nowhere near solving that one It is something that's staying with us I appreciate that you mr. Schwedhelm and others have come forward tomorrow night At 6 30 at the roseland library Linda hopkins will be there for a candidate forum and she's been really helpful to try to get this thing solved also but i'm really Certain it won't get solved Unless you take the other emergencies off the burner and go for that one first and foremost Thank you for your time. Thank you Any questions from council? Is vice mayor you have this item I'd like to move items 12 1 through 12 7 second Motion to second any comments your votes, please then And that passes with seven eyes and we'll just wait a moment for councilmember tippets He's doing it quicker though. I know he's getting better at least the game is gone I thought it was kind of stylish personally Okay, I'd like to move items 12.8 and 12.9 second Motion is second your votes, please In that passive of six eyes with Mr. Tibbetts abstaining Thank you. Uh, let's see not being five o'clock. No report items. We'll move to 15.1 our first public hearing We can't oh no, we can't sorry about that. Um, so we're gonna have to take another recess For about eight minutes and we'll reconvene it five o'clock Okay, we'll reconvene the council meeting. Uh, we'll be on item 13 Public comment first up would be duane duit followed by kim shredder My name is duane duit and I'm from roseland And I wanted to mention once again the tomorrow at 6 30 at the roseland library Linda hopkins the county supervisor for district five In which that part of the city of santa rosa roseland Exists will be coming to speak with roseland residents about some of the issues that are coming up One of the main things that I hear when out talking with people in the community Is that they're feeling overwhelmed with the traffic and roads not being repaired So this year typically in each year you would have a few roads that get repaired Due to the fires a couple of years ago Not as money things getting repaired over in roseland But there was an agreement put forward with the annexation That went before lafko and there was a cost sharing situation that was put forward And to many of the residents it feels like that's almost been put on the back burner And this is a difficult time because not just hundreds but perhaps Thousands of new housing units are being built In that roseland area, which is already the densest place Not just in the city of santa rosa, but the county of sonoma so one of the things that has come forward is There needs to be another forum With santa rosa leadership coming to roseland and talking with the roseland residents They can't make it down here to meetings They can't get off of work and many of them need to have a translator there at the same time So i'm here to ask you tonight After the election in march To perhaps have a joint listening session with the elected district 5 supervisor And come over there and express your love for roseland Because it's yours now and you're just going to the state asking for grants for money to build things Come over there and talk with the people and let them know you're going to get some things done Especially the residents of hues avenue the hues avenue neighborhood association feels retaliation Came into play because they basically pointed out a former recreation and parks employee wasn't doing right And their road has never been repaired now for decades And the same thing with the burbank avenue neighborhood association They feel that they've been mistreated So how about coming over there and spread the love and repair hues avenue Burbank avenue micman avenue Corby all the other roads. Thank you, sir Thank you doing kim schroeder followed by marjorie brunel Good evening mayor vice mayor and city council members My name is kim schroeder and i'm following up on the email i sent to council on january 9th Regarding the seven 4g 5g small cell towers proposed by at&t That weren't included in the city's powerpoint presentation of the december 10 study session yet They were in process These seven are in neighborhoods and one is in front of an apartment complex on the jc campus Little to no notice was given to property owners nearby proposed sites I among others spoke to numerous people near and adjacent to the proposed sites finding only one or two noticed in most neighborhoods None in one of the neighborhoods. This took multiple visits to reach people who weren't home the first time Furthermore, it's the city's responsibility As the agency issuing the permit to issue notices not at&t or other telecoms responsibility We can't trust them to provide accurate info to our residents and this is a conflict of interest The notification letter sent out is misleading and inaccurate It claims better voice coverage for one, but more importantly, there isn't any warning related to property values safety and privacy I brought copies for each of you tonight They don't include a picture of what the cell tower will look like nor does it state that at&t As with verizon can add height width and increased power output of the tower over the next 25 years And other telecom companies will place their equipment there as well These are examples of critical items in the public's best interest to know Equally as important the point of contact for the very few notices sent out was at&t not the city At&t is controlling it all from creating mailing and being the point of contact for questions This violates typical city policy regarding permit review and processing It is also in violation of the process for minor conditional use permit applications described in zoning ordinance For example for the 401 college af location The notification radius per the permit file includes homes and businesses along college Lincoln and glenn street. We found only one resident who was notified. He plans to sell his home Yet the other countless homes closer to the proposed cell tower did not Including several families with kids a cancer survivor and an emf sensitive resident all who are proposed opposed for the neighbors near 287 point of vista Not one single neighbor received a notice not even the families whose address is on the application They have kids and strongly oppose it In looking at this permit file a notice was presumably sent to 287 jones street Not 287 point of vista That isn't a valid address in santa rosa Due diligent is not being performed here on many levels There appears to be a disconnect between council's direction and the city after a powerful study session december 10th There are critical factors to be included in the ordinance needed to protect our community Petaluma and mill valley are excellent examples. I've reached out for one-on-one meetings Fought by the council and I am not getting replies This is an urgent matter perhaps an ordinance is in Thank you marjorie brunel followed by jim kelly Good afternoon council members. My name is marjorie brunel. I've been a resident of sonoma county for about 30 years And i'm here today to bring to your attention um some Facts you may not be aware of of what's happening in your downtown area regarding sustained physical emotional sexual abuse and harassment to me and my animal at 306 Mendocino avenue where I moved in in july Shortly after I moved in people began to position themselves in the doorway to Groom my dog rubbed my dog against their bodies um to Crouch down and put the dog between their legs um This has been going on since july routinely and has been escalating now I have people following me when I walk the dog at night making sexual gestures Staring at me in an unwanted way and um saying things like she's so pretty she's so young um It has become Abusive sustained Disturbing so that I have been unable to access my home in a safe manner I've also been subjected to Out at the sonoma coast Um, I was walking my dog at goat rock when two gentlemen came up to me in the parking lot One said this is a gift from your gay fathers And two minutes later the dog starts squealing in pain has a rectal Pro laps and starts having a painful bowel movement. The same thing was repeated again The next week at westside park. This was when the dog was less than four months old About a month after that i'm in my car and the dog What is said as we're camping out at the coast is the dog This I was told to lick here We meaning my crotch. I removed the dog from my lap. I was fully clothed Um, this has become that teaching a dog to do sexual acts. I believe is a legal activity And I want it recorded here in this court and I want the sustained physical emotional Abuse to stop and I need your help in that It is happening every time I step out my front door I people try to grab my dog and kiss it on the mouth Turn it over on its back at meetings I belong to Civic groups and saying anybody can do anything to your dog and that's the word on the street and um, if we're all condoning that kind of behavior and Abuse and hate crimes in santa rosa I think we need to bring it to the attention to the public and to other civic organizations and we need to stop it now Thank you. Jim kelly Hi, jim kelly. I'm a lap swimmer over at Both places ridgway and finley and I'm making a quick comment about the proposal for a Complex issue that you people have been addressing and it's very very hard And that's the homeless overnight parking I've got about 78 people who are concerned from the pool Not rejecting anything not accepting anything just want to make sure what is proposed will be followed through There are some questions about security. It's an 8 a.m. To 8 p.m. To a 7 a.m Usage of the place the pool starts at 5 30 in the morning Goes to sometime to 1 in the morning with other activities and people are necessarily concerned Homeless is a huge issue and I really commend you folks for even getting Anything done because it's very hard, but we would really like to have Some indication of what's going to happen clean up Enforcement etc etc really hard, but there are a lot of people who are concerned about it And thank you for your effort and your time Thank you. Do we have any other cards? Nope right mr. McGlynn 15.1 item 15.1 Public hearing petition to expand the west end residential permit parking zone Kim nado parking manager presenting Good evening mayor and council members This item is to consider a petition to add the 100 block of 6th street to the west end residential permit program The west end permit zone was established in november of 2019 And in addition in august of 2019 an employee preferential permit program was also established in the west end City code section 11-44 Establishes the process for creation of a residential permit zone which includes residents circulating a petition seeking support from At least 60 of the residential units in the proposed area The petition has been received from the residents of the 100 block of 6th street with 83 support To expand the west end residential permit program The zone would have a two-hour time limit from 9 a.m To 6 p.m one day through saturday and residents would be able to purchase permits that would allow them to park beyond that time limit So this is a map that shows The existing west end residential permit zone, which is shown in green And the existing employee preferential program, which is shown in it looks to me brown But it might be a different color for you And then there's a very small area on 6th street between wilson and davis That is the proposed expansion of the west end zone So approving this item will Provide relief to the residents allowing them to park more easily in the area in front of their homes Uh, we also held a public meeting to review the residential permit program and questions were answered about how the program Is run There were three people in attendance who were in support of the program and in addition we did public notification On the block and in the press democrat it's Oh, well, I think I already said that sorry So it's recommended by the finance department that the council by resolution approved the petition to expand the west end residential parking Permit zone and I'm happy to answer any questions that you have Great. Thank you. Kim council any questions Mr. Rogers Thank you, mr. Mayor I did have one question about this just because I have heard from folks at the 6th street playhouse that the Permit program we previously put in is making it a little bit of a challenge on saturdays for for some of their matinees That most of them are two hours long and the parking People are off by about a half hour Was there any discussion about adding Maybe an additional hour to do three hours For parking instead of two or was this just driven by the neighbors there that that are adding in I have not heard that about the 6th street playhouse but the process for establishing these residential permit zones is driven by the The neighborhood and so whoever it is that takes it upon themselves to take the lead to circulate the petition Is the one that is determining the the perimeter and also making their Their recommendation on the time So the residents came to us saying they wanted a two-hour time limit So that's and that was the petition that was signed. Okay. Thank you Any other questions Mr. Dowd did You have a question no questions. Okay This is a public hearing. It's all open the public hearing And we have one card betsy hall Thank you for hearing me I am the person that put together that list and just the only other things I want to say Is the 83% does not include the other two people that one is an apartment that is vacant And the other was just not home at the time that I had to get this in The reason this has come to be an important issue right now And I am sensitive to the 6th street theater issue Is there are two houses on our block that have no off street parking at all and when you have done the preferred Whatever that is called on the 6th street other side the railroad square area That's taken over half of our parking. So as you noticed on that It's a very tiny amount of space for four houses and two apartments and another house that's on the corner So I just want to thank you for your consideration and let you know why we think it's really important And why it's important to have two hours. Thank you. Okay. Thank you All right, would anyone else like to address the council on this item? You don't have to fill out a card as this is a public hearing would anyone else like to address the council Seeing no movement. We'll close the public hearing counseling any additional questions Mr. Rogers Sorry, just one more question for you kim. I know this is probably Since I've been on council. This is probably the fourth Change that we've made adding and that's fine But at what point do you need to have a conversation with the council about adding staff So that we're not just putting up the notices, but actually still able to enforce the two-hour time limit I Believe you're referring to having parking enforcement staff available. Correct. Yeah, we did add a part-time parking enforcement officer to our budget It was I can't remember now if it was this fiscal year or the prior fiscal year I think it was this fiscal year and that was related to the fact that we were seeing this increase in requests for residential permit zones and also the employee preferential parking. So I think we're okay for now But that is it's something that we consider as we receive more Or if we receive more requests, which I expect that we will over time So far these have been fairly small and they're immediately adjacent to areas that we already patrol. So it hasn't been A concern for us yet. Okay. I appreciate that. I just don't want to give Unrealistic expectation to the public, especially that if they go through this process of getting a petition Make sure that we are actually adequately patrolling as well I will say also that when we do our outreach when when we receive a petition we send out a notice to Not just the blocks that are being proposed But the adjacent blocks because we know that there tends to be a domino effect when we implement these And so when people come to those those community meetings We make it a point to talk about the fact that try to set realistic expectations because We would never be in a position where we would have the money to have enough staff where we could, you know, Respond immediately to to every person's request. So we do try to make it Known that, you know, we there are some limitations to our ability to respond But we also find that people once we post signs most people are Wanting to comply with the with the time restriction. So it tends to work pretty well. All right. All right. Thank you Any additional questions seen then mr. Dowd, but you have this item I Would like to move the resolution of the council of the city of santa rosa expanding the west end residential permit Arcing zone and waive the reading the remainder of the text second We have a motion in a second any additional comments See none your votes, please Waiting for the drum roll And that passes unanimously. Thank you Mr. McGlynn item 15.2 Item 15.2 public hearing petition to establish the all of park residential permit parking zone Kim nado Here I am again. This one will be very similar to the last So this is to consider petition to establish the all of park residential permit parking zone They currently do not have a residential permit program And again, it's city code section 11-44 that establishes this process This area is experiencing spillover parking from adjacent attractors the Hyatt hotel Railroad square and the smart station in particular The petition has been received from the residents We had about Over 60 one there was two blocks one block had 63 percent and the other had I think it was 72 percent in favor This would establish a two-hour time limit from 9 a.m. To 6 p.m. This one they requested monday through friday So they asked to exclude saturdays And again residents can purchase permits that will allow them to be exempt from the time limits This map shows the two blocks that received the required number of signatures for Inclusion in the program So the benefits of this again will be to improve access to parking for residents allowing them to park beyond the posted time limits And to deter the spillover parking We also held a public meeting for this area and did the public notification in the press democrat and on the street It's recommended by the finance department that the city council by resolution approved the petition to establish the olive park residential permit parking zone Thank you for the presentation council questions Seeing none, uh, this is a public hearing. So we'll open the public hearing I have two cards on the item first up lance south followed by tracy wishart barns Uh, good afternoon lance out 331 olive street First off I wanted to thank you all for your time Uh, i'm the manager of a sober living house that helps in age to your community by keeping mental health And other homeless people off the street. We have 17 people staying in one house. It's a dual zone commercial and residential I think that highly impact There's some people ability to park anywhere in that area as we're in the furthest furthest Dead end down there. There's already limited parking as it is. So I don't know how we would address that We were not a normal house with two or three people in it It's probably at least eight or ten people that have vehicles there and It's a fluid situation. We have people coming and going as the residents are in a month a month lease transitional temporary housing Uh, I just wanted to thank you for your time and just wondering how we would address that either with temporary non affixed permits And that's all. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, tracy wish wishart barns. Yes. Good job. Good job All right, so my name is tracy. I live at 307 orange street. I live directly next door same side of the street viscera Not a wall but an area whatever So the reason I'm here for the most part is because I would like to park in front of my house when I come home I have a seven year old I carry Way too much stuff to work, but you know breakfast lunch everything I really don't want to have to walk Blocks to get to my house and what the struggle for me is I often come home And there's random cars parked in front of my house I've made an an effort with the sld different managers. There's always different people managing To say hey, could you ask your your residence not to park in front of my house? But the problem is that there is a turnover. I mean it is a sober living environment So sometimes that doesn't work out and people move on um, and I understand that I I run A section of behavioral health for Sonoma county So I get recovery. I get that whole thing But really for me, it's just that I just really want to park in front of my house. We also have abandoned cars that Just kind of get left maybe when people do move on another issue is people Whose partner is in the SLD have seen this at least two times sleeping their cars on the block There was an RV that was Multiple months that had to keep moving different areas people kept saying, please don't park your RV in front of our house Another time we had to call the cops like three times because um This lady and her boyfriend kept getting in fights and at the car around right around the corner from our house, so This is why we want the permits we want people that are going to be That live there permanently to have a place to park if you are The SLD has a very large. I think it's a u-shaped driveway They have space to put people and for the people they can't house I feel like those people are the ones who should walk The block and a half it is to get to the SLD. Um Homes built in 1900 do not have garages. They didn't think they were necessary or you know, they didn't have cars What so they don't have garages so there's nowhere else to park but on the street um I think that that probably covers it. I mean the idea that 17 people live in one house is Not normal. I mean it's not the average home So I feel like there needs to be an accommodation here that maybe they don't get to park right outside The SLD and that they have to to walk to another area So I really am support of the permit parking. I feel that um I have the right to park in front of my house. Oh, and I made it Thank you All right, those are all the cards, but you don't have to fill out a card anyone else like to address the council on this item See no movement. We'll close public caring bring back to council any additional questions See none. Mr Oliver is you have this item thank you resolution of the council seat of san rosa establishing the olive park residential permit parking zone and wait for the read of the text second We have a motion in second any additional comments See none your votes, please And that passes with six eyes with mr. Tivitz being absent thank you Mr. McGlynn item 15.3 item 15.3 public hearing Second 12 month automatic tentative map extension adam Ross You don't look like adam presenting Mr. Mayor members while adam gets the powerpoint setup just to add a little context the item before use the automatic one-year time extension for subdivision maps These are for maps that were valid during the times of the fire in 2017 And this is very similar to what the state has done during times of crisis back in the economic recession The state did a very similar thing and had to do this over a series of Several extensions and the express purpose is to allow the development of those subdivisions that were valid during the time of this fire event With that i'll turn it over to adam ross city planner Thank you. Mayor members of the council Again, i'm adam ross city planner It is the second 12 month automatic tentative map extension and associated entitlements The pro it's a proposed tax amendment to the zoning code chapter 20-16 under the resilient city development measures It adds a second automatic 12 month extension to Maps and associated entitlements it applies only to maps which receive the first automatic extension It addresses continued housing needs citywide following the october 2017 fires In october 2016 council accepted housing at the housing action plan addressing ongoing unmet housing needs Following in june 2017 council priorities adopted the implementation of a comprehensive housing strategy In october 2017 the fires damaged or destroyed approximately 3 000 homes at 100 commercial structures Where a local emergency was declared and the resilient city Overlay district was created in april and may of 2018 the council adopted the resilient city development measures You know in november 2018 the planning commission recommend approval of the first 12 month automatic extension And in december the council adopted The ordinance number or d 2019 dash zero one the ordinance is a Does a tentative it applies to tentative subdivision maps? Investing tentative subdivision maps and tentative parcel maps that were valid on october 9 2017 Which were subject to the previous ordinance passed by the council? It applies to 36 subdivisions totaling 975 housing units. There's a potential for more Housing and commercial projects that could benefit Discretionary land use approvals that were approved in conjunction with the map would also be extended along with the map Here's a image of the tentative maps Throughout the city The notification process included one in press democrat Email notice to the community advisory board and it was posted at city hall The adoption of the proposed ordinance is exempt from the california environmental quality act Pursuant to 15061 b3 common sense exemption And sequelae section 15183, which is consistent with the community plan general planner zoning Is recommended by the planning commission and the planning and economic development department that the city council introduced an ordinance Amending city code chapter 20 dash 16 Resilient city development measures to add a second 12 month automatic Tentative map extension to address continued housing needs and economic development needs Within the city following the tubs and nuns fire of october 2017 file number rez 19 dash 012 And i'm here to answer any questions you may have great. Thanks for that presentation council questions Seeing none. This is also a public hearing. So we'll open up the public hearing and i believe dwayne is left Dwayne you here You leave any messages for you? No. All right. Would anyone like to address the council on this item? Seeing no no movement We'll close the public hearing bring it back to council Any questions developed since I last asked okay. Mr. Sorier. You have this item. Thank you, mayor Introduce an ordinance of the council the city sanarosa amending title 20 of the sanarosa city code to amend chapter 20 dash 16 resilient city development measures by adding section 20 dash 16 point 130 second 12 month automatic automatic extension for tentative maps and associated entitlements To address continued housing and economic development needs within the city Following the tubs and nuns fires of october 2017 Final number rez 19 dash 013 and wait for the reading of the text second Motion and a second any additional comments? Seeing none your votes, please And that passes unanimously with seven eyes. Thank you for the presentation We have no written communications. Do we have any additional Comment cards? None No other items on the agenda