 Okay. The clock on my laptop says seven o'clock p.m. So I'm going to have the order of this meeting of the capital city council and let's begin with a roll call Here mayor Kaiser Here mayor story Here Thank you, Chloe and at this time that everyone will join me in the pledge of allegiance Um a pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands One nation and the gods indivisible with liberty and justice for all Thank you. Do we have any additions of relations to the agenda? Now there's no changes Okay, we'll proceed as it stands then and um And it's time. I think we have a very exciting presentation that's going to be given And then We'll we'll be doing that Uh, good evening mayor story council members. I um have to be privileged of doing a very special presentation for you this evening um the city and Our lifeguards had a very simple week last week um that started out with a beat or a boat that ended up on the beach um and our wonderful staff front end included assisted and that situation The lifeguard staff then traveled to huntington beach for our regional competition along with about 47 youth and while we were there we had um A very interesting incident and i'm going to pass it over to front end howard who is going to describe to you the incident that dame participated in Good evening mayor and city council members. We had uh Well, I have to cslsa Championship for regionals. We've had a banner plane That proceeded to fall from the strion land around around 100 yards off into the ocean There's a beach filled with over probably 150 by first And dame and his heroism Ran past them into the ocean And proceeded to go Approach that victim in the plane, put them in and bring them to shore safely He passed them off to ammarn He had his dvd app passed without hesitation And overall just shows Significant heroism now It was great honor that we are presenting dame a certificate of combination for his action in rescuing the pilot While In his in his on a different beach acting to his Inconsistent with the character that is within city of capitol And a credit to his own quick response In order to perform this rescue so We offered this certificate So thank you. Yeah, that's wonderful. Congratulations um Thanks dame Yeah, um Council members have uh any comments? Um Yeah, I I do Yeah, go ahead. Council member. Right. Right. I saw someone's um I guess a own video or whatever of that And you know, I think everyone was so like Completely astonished But they failed to realize that someone was going into the water in the plane And you did not hesitate. So that is totally amazing and um Everyone else on the beach apparently was just looking up in the sky and not paying attention to the reality that was actually unfolding in front of them So thank you very much for representing capitol and just showing your best and uh, good luck in your life yeah, and um Also, uh, one Brendan and dame thanks for being here and sharing your stories with us both about the The boat that was um, you know on the beach um and um and dame I also I also watch that video um and the thing that is striking that it is So shocking and out of what you would normally expect um And I think that yeah, we most of us would probably tend to freeze under that circumstance But I think you've demonstrated such a presence of mind and courage to know What to do in that situation? um So I commend you on that Um, and I think it's a reminder for all of us that sometimes life throws curveballs at us And we also always need to be alert always need to um be prepared So I commend you on your you know your actions And again your courage and you really do um, you know Make us proud of our capitol life gods. So Excellent work. Um, and I'm sure you will have that video for the rest of your life So Is there um, um, did you want to say anything dame? Uh, I just want to say thank you mayor and council members. Uh, it's a great honor to be receiving this. Um It was it was a effective scenario, but Uh shot out of central fire. They definitely They trained us well, uh, they threw every scenario at us and the ones that we didn't expect and this is why I did not expect at all Because of that kind of thing Yeah, thank you guys so much for the honor and it's just part of every day That account will do you guys. All right because always something exciting All right. Thank you guys. Thanks so much. Thank you So I have a new question. I'm sorry there. Yeah, go ahead A um, do the kids have a little uh nickname for you now? Oh, you've disappeared. Okay So let's move on now to uh the report on closed session Your account members are closed session was had on the item on the agenda and Do we have any additional materials for tonight's meeting? Thank you So we'll move on now to oral communication. Um, this is the time when members of the public can address the council On either items that are on the consent agenda or items that are Not on tonight's agenda at all um And if you would like to speak you can raise your hand and sing um Or down star nine the moderator will give you uh three minutes to speak And it looks like we've had one scene and uh The mirror story we have dave montgomery Yes, go ahead dave Am I am I unmuted I hope Yes, you are unmuted now dave. I think go ahead. Thank you. Um I'm dave montgomery. I live in the capitol in those uh condominium The area And first off I'd like to thank the mayor and the city council for giving me a few minutes I'm here to propose a temporary Modification of the leash law for monorway park um, I sent a Very brief page and a half proposes for the city council last week and on the advice of The city clerk cloney woodman sees she suggested I come to the meeting and make some oral presentation of it To give you a little bit of background this all started during the final months of the covid lockdown say six or eight months ago or a group of us Completely impromptu started bringing our dogs at the early evening hours to the far corner of monoray park And we would let them off the leash and play with each other for about 45 minutes tops maybe And we discovered the dogs really liked it and um, kind of unexpectedly we sort of became a neighborhood group We self policed our dogs. We cleaned up after them Made sure that they never bothered any other activities in the park or any other dogs on leashes and it turns out to be a very Very wonderful thing actually a sort of unexpected You know community spirited and gendered And kind of developed a sort of a neighborhood sense for us Now to be fair we were warned multiple times by the ability parks and recreation people And on at least two occasions by the community service officer to put our dogs back on the leash, which we did So what I would like to propose and again, this is all my written communications that I sent previously A 90 day trial period From about 5 30 to 6 30 in the evening where we Allow the dogs off leash in one small corner of monoray park And we will police it for the 90 days and if any any issues occur will certainly shut it down What I discovered after I sent my pack to the city council was there's a model very similar to this That's been in effect in the city of Cupertino For over three years. It's a dog off leash area in jollyman park over the hill And I can send that information to the council if they'd like to take a look at it But again, I just wanted to make this proposal and I hope the city council will look favorably upon this And again, thank you for the time. And if there's anything I need to use regarding next steps Please let me know. Thank you again Before you leave I was that information concerning the city of Cupertino And their similar provision could could you send that? Well, I'll ask this ended to all council members, but I Would like to see it I will um, it's they've called it Dola dog off leash area and it's ironically it's almost identical to what we're proposing It's a small corner of one of their public parks that They're in again sending the details their situation is they One hour before sunset to an hour after sunset they allowed dogs off leash in this area of the park um And it's apparently been very successful and they've under had a trial period back in 2019, I believe And I believe it's now permanent So, yes, as soon as we're finished the meeting also ended to the city council email list Okay, thank you. Thank you and thank you for speaking after that Oh, certainly, thank you very welcome. Is there anyone that else that would like to um Please in public comment Mayor story, I don't see any other attendees with their hands raised and we have not received any email Okay, I'll speak slowly before I move on to speak to anyone There's just their hands and Not seeing anyone. I'm going to then um now move us on to uh item number seven Which are staff and city council comments. We'll start with staff comment Leave our chief has a street update for us Good evening, uh, mayor story and council members in the capital community. Um, I just wanted to Put out there that this coming Tuesdays is national night out and so, uh, the police officers association has helped in the brecht department We're going to have a little Set up with some sandwiches and sort of kid activities up at jade street part of this Jay street park this coming Tuesday between five and seven So we encourage anyone in the community to come out. It's always really well attended and it'll be a lot I just want to put that out there this coming Tuesday from five to seven in jade street park. So thank you Any other staff comments? Let's we'll move on then to, um Council comments and I tell council member Bertrand had his hand up first You're still on mute council member Bertrand Thank you very much, um Yeah, thank you very much, uh for learning speak Let's see, um in regards to the recent Mention from the public on the a dog walking thing I'd like to be involved in that discussion because I used to walk around that park And they're right across street pretty much and now I don't so, um Maybe the solution they propose this might be Beneficial for me and others who used to walk around the park Also, I'd like to comment. Um, I think city council has received two different petitions of people That assign about certain issues And I'm following up on both of them. Um, each each person that sends the petition, um To city council, um, I've talked to and I'm trying to come up with Things that I could uh, I think propose to the city, you know for consideration for future agenda items um They're both very uh, let's say, um Part to resolve There should be some finesse and how an agenda item is put before the city council to address them And I'm trying to take that into consideration I'm also trying to take into consideration um How the feelings of the people who submitted the petitions Are at this point and they are very important issues for them And so I think that's very critical too. Um Maybe some of the other city council members may be already Thinking about addressing it before city council as an agenda item, but um, at this point, I'd like to have a few more discussions To frame some things to propose as an agenda item. Thank you very much Thank you council member burchand and council member brown Thank you. Um, I wanted to share, you know, as many of you know, I've been um on the community action board board of directors For about seven years now. Um, cab is the county's designated community action agency with a mission to eliminate poverty and create social change through advocacy and essential services Um, our board is an all volunteer tripartite board of directors meaning that one third of the board members are low income representatives from the regions in the county One third are elected officials Representing local cities and the county board of supervisors and one third are representatives From diverse areas in the private sector Um, and I wanted to share this evening that the cab board of directors is actively recruiting a few positions One of which right now is a low income sector representative who is a resident Excuse me of either live vote capitola or stokell Um, anyone who's interested in applying can email, uh, hannah are at cabink.org to learn more information This low income sector seats will need to respond to a couple questions in the two page application for for nomination to the board Describing their qualifications or interest in becoming a low income sector representative And how they will exhibit support for the low income community The board terms are up to 36 months and and board members can be reappointed or re-selected for up to three consecutive terms for a total of nine years And board members are expected to participate in board committees and and help support the advancement and fund development of the agency As I said, I've been with this organization for seven years fantastic Organization that runs multiple programs throughout the county So if anyone is interested, please check out again. The website is cabink.org for additional information If anyone is interested in applying for that board seat Thank you Thank you council member Any other uh council member kaige Vice mayor kaige Thanks mayor, uh, I just wanted to make a shout out to um our Awesome city that we live in we have worked work on sunday and it was super fun It was our first one back in two years and um, I Ran it virtually myself for a couple years and then I was uh participating this year and it just was really great to have um Some cheer cheer along the lines, but it's way different running that way than not and just a huge thank you to our pd and to our staff for making um all all the logistics happen and making it safe and Maintaining what what the work-to-work is for us and it was the 50th anniversary and so I just want to celebrate that and Give a huge shout out and a huge. Thank you to everybody involved. So much appreciated Thank you. Vice mayor kaiger and good job running the work-to-work um Any other council members have comment? Um, that's a member. We're trying your hand up again or I couldn't help but resist but um, I guess margo you may not have won The race you may not have run as fast as you could have possibly to win it But christen was the one that gave out the awards for the fast and trace. So Thank you christen for representing kappa solo Yeah, thank you christen I was happy to be there on behalf of mayor story and and all of us uh on the council Um, it was nice to to be there that morning Yes, yes. Thank you for filling in for me um Seeing no other council members with comments, um I have a couple of comments. I wanted to one Report back to the council in the public on the last arts commission meeting which happened on july 12 and just um focusing on some of the public art projects that the commission has um on its agenda, um one the Stump project we call it from the fallen tree and the large stump that's in the lower parking lot um, we have continued to call the artist um for that project and we'll still be um Looking for ideas and uh proposal from artists of Of how we could um, you know beautify that parking lot We also discussed um Developing a call to artists for um a project for the monorail Avenue and rail You know the one that goes up monorail avenue from the village um up to echelona um And then and third, uh, we discussed having a bedonia familiar that public art There just on the other side of the stop and um bridge um And um, so um, you know continued to look out for those projects On as they should be actually coming to fruition um, and um, and I think on also on a personal note I think many of you may already know this but I wanted to publicly announce And you know my term is ending I would be up for re-election That for personal reasons, I've decided not to run for re-election um in this next cycle um And um, I do want to encourage um You know anyone who has ever thought or is interested in running for capital city council um that you You know look at this and um This is now your opportunity to maybe um run for this position. It's very rewarding um, and if you're interested just don't contact Our city clerk holly woodman and uh, and she can give you all the details and things that you need to do um, so with that let's um continue on with the business of the evening And the next is um Our consent item. Um, these are items that will be handled with one vote um, unless a council member Selects one to be taken off of further discussion Are there any items that the council would like to Move off the consent agenda being none. I'll entertain a motion to um approve the consent agenda Yes, council member brooks I move to approve the consent agenda and second that It's a motion by council member brooks and a second by wife mayor kaiser. We have a roll call vote please All right brooks Hi council member brown Hi Nice mayor kaiser Hi Your story Hi And the consent uh items passed unanimously which brings us to general government public hearing for this evening Also, first this item a which is a review of the riston mansion park project and consider authorizing advertising for the The recommended action is to plan Budget for construction of the riston mansion park Authorize advertising the project to receive bid setting the opening date for september 7 2022 And approve the proposed regulation amending the budget by transferring 30 000 from the general fund to the riston mansion park project We have a staff report, please Good evening Mayor story and council I'm very excited to finally bring this project to this stage. This is a Very long project. It's not too much of ups and downs and uh, we're finally bidding it out. We're all quite excited You know trying to share my screen here if I stand Mr. Moderator is that look okay? Council you look okay It's upside down I'm sorry Sorry, I don't know what happened. How do you even do that? I don't know Impressive let me try again Actually, that's not any better isn't that's even worse Steve. What's going on? I'm sorry council. I'm just having one of those days Let me try again. I'm really sorry about this Here we go one more time There we go. So Larry this question is for you. Does that look okay? Um, it's a golf course So it looks great to me How about that Larry? No, that's that's about yes your background. That's also looks great So mayor and council, um, I'd like to have your indulgence if I as we all know this is The assistant to the city manager Larry's last council meeting before he retired next week and the city manager and the department has gotten together and We have a few pictures to share with you tonight as part of this item first item is picture is a baseball game that Larry and I went to with Ed Morrison And all I can say is it was great. It was a lousy game, but we made it home safe on to me no, uh mayor council members this is The day that Larry took a visit to recreation and learned that they just don't make boats his size Mayor and council, this is our favorite day at city hall when Mama duck and her babies need to cross the road and Take them to their safety Especially supporting the arts And Larry as Donny would say you are the walrus You know, quite honestly, you're always someone that we could definitely count on And so on behalf of the entire capital police department, thank you for everything you've done and happy retirement And Larry, I sort of thank you Been such a great member of the team because the glues that holds us all together Uh, even if you are always the tallest one and in the background So thank you and enjoy retirement. Congratulations So we'd all like to say cheers Larry Cheers Cheers Larry Thank you Thank you for everything Thank you mayor, um, hey, well before you proceed with me, I just wanted to In the council members, um, want to chime in On that little staff presentation that we just received Yes, council member brush Thank you mayor story Larry, you'll get a kick out of this when I first started Getting to know staff. I seriously thought you were Jamie. I would see you at the beach and the national night out and Everywhere in capitol and as I was getting early on getting to know everyone I'm like, he must be the city manager. He must be the guy everywhere And even to just recently you have shown up to all of the events really solidifying your The city's presence in the community and I greatly appreciate Everything you've done just not for for our staff but for our entire city of capitol and And me and being there to answer questions and just someone I can lean on when I needed help So thank you so much. Congratulations on your retirement. I wish you the best on your newest adventure Thank you very much Council member brown Thank you. Larry as I I mentioned in an email. I sent you earlier this week We have all been so very fortunate to work with you and your presence at city hall and here on the council meetings will be so sorely missed Every time I've ever run into you be it at the beginning of a meeting or just on the street or whatever it was You've always had a kind word and you just always have such a great attitude and spirit about you And so you will be so missed here at the city. I hope that there is just nothing but relaxation and recreation in your future And um, you know, there are paths will cross again soon, but congratulations Council member britain Yeah, yeah, who is that guy that has that office? It's not In the regular offices. I mean, you know, where do I have to go down the stairway? Uh, no, no, I'm just to take the elevator to get there. No, I don't even Elevator we actually have an elevator here in capital city hall Oh, that guy the one that could tell me how to turn my computer on I'm just I'm believing in and how much you've done for the city and you came in here is some it sounds like you snuck in and Make sure everyone's computer worked and we could log on when something I remember how many times I logged on with the wrong name three times in a row and I'd have to come to you Jesus Christ so um I think the city is going to have to go on vacation for a while because what are we going to do now? All those things you've accomplished for us um The one that i'm really happy about um, there's so many and um, you know, christa mentioned tons of them and You've had mentioned tons of them, but your care for junior guards and you know, you work your butt off to keep that alive And it was I know very hard for you. It was Hard for the city. I mean it was a lot of people have put in on that But I I saw you tearing your hair out on that And you know junior guards is one of the most important things for the youth in this city and the parents that have the youth So my heartfelt thanks for thank you for that and Failed off and enjoy enjoy your life Thank you very much I expect I do Thank you. Yeah, larry. I just want to reiterate. I I know you're uh Into role part in our city and I know I've only been here for a short amount of time compared to everybody else on this board and Even the first day I came into sign papers you you were there and and You didn't make me feel like an idiot I was coming into it Like not knowing anything and it was just very comforting and I know You will be sorely missed and you're always there to help and I'm just I'm really excited for you to to move on And even though we'll miss you you you deserve all the best. So thank you so much for everything Thank you You know larry. I just have to say You know, you have been with us and I've guided the city's capital through floods and fires and pestilence in the form of a pandemic You know and during that pandemic over the last two years You were the keystone that really kept us connected to the residents and you know into the public You know, we couldn't have done it without you And so, you know, my great gratitude Just for that role in your iQ expertise You always seem to know exactly what the issue is and and come up with a quick solution But aside from that, you know, I I think I I know that from all the years that we worked on the arts commission together You know, and I think it's fitting that with this, you know at the time of your retirement that the arts commission report Is part of our consent agenda Because all those things that are listed in there Are really a tribute to you you really made them happen Because you carried them out And things such as the twilight concerts Which the community just loved The sunday art and art the thin air And you know numerous public art projects Those could not have happened, you know without your assistance and your guidance. I always thought of you as the 10th arts commissioners so Thank you for that And so I just want to as the mayor of Kepitola and more importantly is just a resident of Kepitola Thanks for everything you've done to make our city just a better place to live in and um, and I hope that Whatever your next chapter is That it's full and rewarding Um, and and you have a fantastic time So and but we hope to still see you in Kepitola So thank you Thank you very much. All the kind words. So I really uh, I've been doing my time here But a bit and it's I I'm not quite used to the word retirement. It's just kind of the next phase, but uh You'll see me around Good, I I may not live in Kepitola, but I you know, it's it is part of my home So, um, I really appreciate all the all the nice words and I I I do my time here. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been here as long as I was here very much Okay Well, Steve, do you think you've got your um Well, I seem to have failed the powerpoint. So I'm actually going to ask uh, our project manager kalesh and zander to uh Provide the uh the next part of the report kalesh Great. Thanks. You see here's where I'm going to try to share my screen. Hopefully the force will a little bit better How does that look? That looks great. Okay, great. All right. Good evening, mayor and council members I'm happy to be here. Steve already introduced it. I'm happy to be here to bring up another public works project to you um, this one is the park at risk in mansion for the purposes of this Presentation and for the big packet. Um, that's what we're referencing this project as is the park at risk in mansion Um, and we're just going to keep it at that for now So there's more dialogue about that after this project is underway then we can go that way out for now That's what we're at. So, um First off looking at the the picture that we have here is an aerial view looking south at the historical mansion And the grounds around it. Uh, the the nature of our project is really just focusing on the grounds Surrounding it. So coming across the library from the library crossing wharf road and then entering Into the the grounds The first thing I'd like to do Uh, thank the design team. This has been a long project in the making There's been a lot of patience a lot of backing for us and just a lot of collaboration both with public workshops and and these uh members of the design team have been With us the entire time and we wouldn't be here without all their hard work. So I want to thank them first off Uh, so going over quickly what tonight's goals are we'll go quickly through some project backgrounds Um, highlight a few of the steps that have already been completed Talked a little bit about some of the key project features and then going to what merit story talked about with the Approving the plans to advertise this project for good So first off we have another of you looking at the property from the west And an aerial historic aerial view there where we still have wharf road in claire street but not much else developed out there at the time and Hoping to bring back some of the beauty that was kind of this historic property in capitol A quick background there was there was more to this history of the risk prevention and and there was I think it was last year where we had the Museum had a hundred year anniversary of the of the risk bin and so there's quite a large amount of detail If anyone's interested in looking into more To go back to that and then in addition if anyone's interested in council members or members of public and in more detail on that, you know the specific aspects of all the different portions of this park project Going back to the february 11th 2021 presentation where Mike Arnill and presented all the specific features of the project Those are the much more detail that i'm going to go in tonight I'm so looking at this this these bullet points here the main thing that happened after A lot of different discussions about what to do with the land is that in 2014 the city council Voted to pursue the development of just the park project for the grounds surrounding the mansion the mansion and to Keep the mansion closed at that time Um So looking to that and there were workshops held both in 2015 and then again in 2020 and 21 We we've got a lot of public input on different aspects of the project And we're able to incorporate a lot of the input that we received over those years into the plans that we're bringing to you here tonight The first phase of the project that has been completed was the installation of a portion of the ADA walkways And i'll have a couple slides in a minute to show you those So with the final design plans completed This is a plan to use the whole project with some some nice color components to highlight what You know kind of the rendering of what it'll look like from that from above Some of the main standout features that i think will be really neat for people to see once we're done with the project are The amphitheater, which is located down at the lower level that goes down the grand staircase down to the amphitheater, which then overlooks the So-called creek and it's a really nice view from down there for if you haven't had the opportunity I think once this is complete that'll be a really nice place for people to sit and view and just congregate um above the walking up from the Amphitheater you go up the grand staircase to the reflecting pool That pool itself historically was a fountain We will be restoring the fountain But the the reflecting course itself will just be restored structurally, but it won't be having standing watering at the time And then kind of going across and looking at my screen my background right now It's kind of the landscape of what we we have right now out there and what will be it will be lots of garden plantings Historically there was a sundial There'll be a botchy ball court and then at the far end there'll be a big a large arbor With the trellis and other garden plantings around that In addition to that there'll be a few overlooked areas that kind of look down Because this portion of the property is a little bit elevated So it does give you a vantage point looking down towards the mansion and the creek And there will also be children's Play area in that section of the park So what we have completed to date are the two portions of the Walkway that gets you to the mansion. So on the bottom left are the is the aba pathway that takes you from warped road Immediately across the street is the library and takes you down to the the upper level of the park And that was completed in 2016 is actively used on a daily basis by people now And then the other view on the top right is the walkway that you get to when you cross from the Nozzle shopping center over Perry Park bridge and then you come up the walkway. There's both the pedestrian pathway Which is the one that has the concrete surface that has the handrails on both sides and then the bike pathway on the opposite side What's the asphalt surface? So those two have been completed And then once the once the project is fully completed There'll be another 88 pathway that takes you down to the mansion level and I'll highlight that in a moment Here we go. So here's the accessible path to travel So what I was talking to there are the two red areas so that bring me in from warped road You can walk down the red path And the upper area is fairly level takes you down to the a couple turns that takes you down towards the connection to the Perry park bridge But what we'll have now that's not currently open and it's uh blocked by chain link fence The blue pathway here is what will then allow You know people pushing strollers or you know needing to use wheelchairs and whatever it might be You can get down to the lower level which will take you down to the mansion level and to the bottom There's the empathy here in the grand staircase. I think You know Maybe partial that I think some of the best walks we've gotten down are walking through Perry park area And walking to the end of the warp and I think this will enhance this walk even more for anyone who wants to stroll through this portion of town um So quickly I wanted to just highlight some of the main historic features that are going to be rest restored. So in addition to refurbishing what was historically there and trying to capture some of the period pieces as far as the plantings and just the way the gardens were some of the old portions of like Uh thousand and the walls and the staircase are all going to be refurbished to You know to match as close as they can to what the historic building was like And then in addition to the historic features, there will be new park features that kind of complement some of these these pieces that were there previously Here's a nice Picture showing you the historic look of what the grand staircase looks like there the current version of Kind of it stayed a little bit overgrown and then the design plans for you know for what the The team that gets selected to do the project will use to drive what they're are recreating for us here um, the new park elements are things such as lighting The amphitheater the botu ballpark the play area and just you know Just making it more of a little bit more of a modern modern park with Water fountains and bike graphs and things of that nature that just make it a little bit easier for everyone to enjoy the park The amphitheater is something that we're very excited about. This is going to be located So not in the color picture on the right kind of the grassy hillside that area There's what's going to get filled in with the amphitheater And they'll provide a nice venue for you know congregating maybe events You know, I guess we'll see what we end up having here, but I think it's going to be a really nice um platform for those people to use for years to come And some of the other new elements that are coming in are the fencing the Which is shown in red. So there'll be new fencing along the work work road frontage and then wrapping around the reflecting pool and down towards um the The mansion itself those there are gates on those and those will be open sometimes the sunset just like the rest of our other parks from town The purple area that is highlighted on the frontage of work road It may or may not be something that you notice right now when you drive by but there's a really nice wall that's there But because of the height of the wall It precludes people from being able to see into the park and so one of the comments and one of the goals of the project was to be able to Make it a little bit more visible both for people to know that it's there and just You know just brightening it up a little bit. So the plan is to Cut down a portion of that wall and put in rod eye or fencing instead There's more light that goes through it's more visible and so the the image on the bottom half is is the Is looking at that purple wall section there and so there'll be an entrance Work from the new library and the crosswalks playing across from the library and then you'll enter there At the existing a day ramp and then that's where you'll you'll have access to the whole park And then the lighting we have a number of new lights that will go in because One comment that we had from quite a few folks when we had our public workshops was that there was a concern about making sure that it was You know felt safe for people to walk through Understanding that you know although the park some of the park may be closed It's still a path a lot for people use you know day and night and so we wanted to be able to provide that So there'll be that lighting The features there The planting plan so this is something again that we got a lot of nice input from our workshops A few people highlighted some of the historic plantings that had been known to be in this area and so working with our landscape architects like are known we're able to kind of Pick and choose from the the things that were selected and then all with the native plantings from just kind of native california plants and then as well as complimenting that with some of the Historic violet planting that are known to have been used during I think the period when the when the nuns occupied the property and then in addition because the property is right next to a Numerary for monarch butterflies is going to be a number of Areas or nectar sources for monarchs will be so I think during the springtime That'll be a nice place to you know view birds in butterflies and just have a nice troll to the park There are a few future park elements that haven't fully been flushed out Mostly they're being will probably be worked on with the the arts commission The first one that I wanted to highlight were the informational signs So there's you have five locations selected for signage Two of those are on pedestals so the project will build the pedestal that we Were we're in the works of determining what the information and what those actual signs will be So those are those are things that have the art fully completed at this point But we'll be we'll be completed soon after the project is constructed And one other idea that was you know part of the project from a long time back was having the idea of having some neural locations so The idea there would be that you know, there's these the the little red sections on the mansion themselves are where there's Existing windows that have been walled in and the idea there would be to add some life to the building and put some kind of Living looking murals, but you know either scenes of music being played or You know ballroom dining or dancing and things of that nature. So there's a lot of different ideas out there and this is something that the idea is to work with the arts commission and Make some decisions on what we may or may not want to put on these areas But these are the areas that have been highlighted as potential locations for for murals And that's another portion of the project that will have to be completed After the construction is done in coordination with the arts commission There's a few of the concepts for what had been talked about during previous workshops and and and brainstorming what might be appropriate in these locations And then the last thing I think I spoke to at the beginning was the reflecting pool So the core itself everything will be refurbished And you know, we may decide that that's the state that it should stay in but that's also an opportunity to potentially You know put a sculpture Some prominent person from Capitola or you know something that looks like a living or you know active water feature And then some mosaic tile down on the bottom of the of the reflecting pool That's also another piece that's to be determined and it may or may not be something that we go after right away, but it's the It's a can this will be there for for the future. And so getting into the Details here so funding for this project We have a few funding sources. We were awarded a state parks grant in 2020 or 21 for just around 178 thousand dollars There's been quite a number of general fund allocations over the years Up to the amount of about 756 thousand and right now Based off of our our most, you know, accurate estimate that we were able to come up with This is a little bit of an interesting project to estimate prices, but we're as confident as we've been and up and Here now that this is what we think the budget should be for the project And with that, that's why we do have a proposed budget amendment of $30,000 to bring us to the total Expected project cost of nine hundred and sixty four thousand dollars um So the plan if approved tonight the plan would be to take this project Advertise for bid starting as soon as we can and then Have bid opening in the month of september with the contract award then the month of october and then construction to start this coming spring And I think with that I've put up the recommended actions and happy to take any questions or comments from the council Yes, councilmember brad Thank you. I'm just curious. It said construction was started in spring of next year. How long do we anticipate it's going to take? So this is a project. I think we're anticipating this being done before the fall if we start in the spring. Great. Thank you Any other questions from council members on the project? Seeing none, I'm going to go after the public. Oh, hold on council member brad Thank you, merit. Um So as we know we have an agreement um in terms of conservation area and how we Do projects That may affect that. Um, have you worked with the lawyer or lawyers that are representing that group? Yeah, the project limits do don't overlap with the conservation easement So we don't have any conflict with the with the requirements to follow those guidelines. So I don't yeah, that's that's been that's been done Okay, and the um Is theater or the arena? I'm not the theater is the the greek theater. I guess Did not overlap a little bit I don't think so. I think if you Yeah, steve may be able to speak to this, but I don't think we overlap with the conservation easement in terms of the allowable allowable, uh development We're within our allowable development footprint Okay, thank you Councilman Bertrand, you're correct part of the amphitheater process the line we did work with the Attorney on the project and made a swap of areas Added some more conservation area and to allow the Amplificator going so that part that we have taken here Okay, yeah, I was wondering what the resolution because I heard there was an issue. Thank you very much You have the questions from council members I mean none I was going to see that there's any members of public has a lot to comment on this item Sorry, I do not see any attendees with hands raised and I do not see any emails on the title Hey seeing no public comment that will bring it back to the council for others deliberation and uh, hopefully action on the recommended um items Any council members that would like to start with comments. Yes council member brook I have no comments, but I'd like to move the solving recommended actions um item one two and three I've seen on the screen here approves the plans justification from the budget for instruction of the park that was been mentioned and authorized advertising the project to receive did Setting in all come on. I was reading off the screen guys Oh Opening date for september 7th and number 3 approve a budget amendment transferring 30 000 from the general fund to the park at um the responction project We have a motion by a council member breath and it's been seconded by a council member for chan and before we call for a vote I just want to express how pleased I am um after all these many years that we're finally going to See this project completed Within the next year. Um, I think it's going to be a fabulous resource for the city And particularly the location across the street from my new library. Um, I think it will be a fantastic asset For the budget interest capitol. Is that can we have a roll call vote? Council member for trans I agree Hi Hi vice mayor keiser Hi and mayor story And then Susie has the guy um That motion passes unanimously. We'll bring us to the next item 9b um Which is to Discuss potential content for a hybrid meeting administrative policy The recommended action is to provide direction to fix To assist in drafting an hybrid meeting policy for council adoption at the august 25th meeting Or determine no policy is needed Can we have a staff presentation? Hi mayor story that I will be presenting And I'm going to ask moderator larry for the last time if he could Uh Let my video turn on first of all And secondly, I'll ask him about my screen um Okay, here I am. Okay. Thank you. Thank you larry and One moment. Thank you for your patience. Are you seeing the slides? It looks good. Okay, great. Thank you so much. Thank you. Uh mayor and council for your patience I will be presenting briefly on a potential hybrid meeting administrative policy And as I'm sure you recall We um are currently operating under assembly bill 361 Uh, there are some requirements under that bill Such as adopting findings every 30 days to allow us to hold these 100 percent virtual meetings You did adopt such findings During the consent calendar this evening And earlier in june council did direct staff to Prepare for hybrid meetings which would allow for the public to attend in person as well as virtually Starting with the august 25th regularly scheduled council meeting And to also have staff research some policies around the idea of that type of a hybrid Meeting and so I did in fact do the research as requested and uh to be honest There are not a lot of city admin policies out there about this type of a meeting. Um, they're pretty new and it seems like generally speaking city staff is kind of figuring it out and You know moving forward, but hasn't put much into writing yet I did find the town of los gatos so a nearby um town Did just amend their regular meeting policy with some stipulations for remote attendance of council members in that example They added um guidelines that limited remote attendance for individual council members No more than two times in a row And um why a council member might attend in that way So in in this example, they needed a council member to either Be ill or be away from the area due to business or council business And that um, they really wanted to have a quorum of council members present in the town for meetings So that's just an example of what a somewhat um local area has done I'm moving on from that just kind of a reminder so um the hybrid meeting idea again that you were um Suggesting for august 25th Would be for members of the public not much will really change if those choose to attend Using zoom they can the same way that we've been doing now for more than two years Or they will be able to come in person as you know, everyone did pre 2020 pretty much the same as you know back to usual So that is kind of the idea is public can decide how they'd like to attend based on their comfort level And we could implement some safety precautions as we go For council, it's a similar idea, but it's a little different based on our broadcasting and our technology So if council members choose to attend remotely with some members of council here in the room The the visuals might be a little different. So those attending from home Won't necessarily be seeing each individual staff member and each council member as you're used to now with zoom It would be more of a full room view I keep calling it like the c-span view of just kind of the room at large So just something to consider and then of course with council attending remotely we would continue Following the assembly bill 361 requirements, which we've been doing now not an issue So other changes staff suggests for having really anyone in the room here I am alone as I have been for a long time, but to welcome more people into the space We suggest also having the community room open to kind of use for overflow or if people want to spread out a little bit more And then the really the biggest change would be Public comment and oral communications will be allowed As they are now verbally. So if someone's here present in the room, they could speak at the podium Or if someone has signed in via the zoom, they could speak through the zoom application or over the phone However, we suggest really to kind of Keep things clear To no longer accept written or emailed public comment We really noticed um, it's been confusing for members of the public And for staff to explain the difference between a written public comment during the meeting Versus a written public comment before the meeting and what gets read into the record and what doesn't So we think this really will streamline that and still allow for Much participation from the public, which of course is our goal Now all of that being said If council decides and wants an administrative policy The idea would be to discuss that this evening share your thoughts and staff will draft a potential policy To be brought back at the august 25th meeting for um Approval and we kind of outline some ideas here for you Regarding council member attendance Certainly setting in some guidelines or expectations. Maybe what you would like to do Limiting how many members can attend remotely? Or how often or if there's requirements around that And then another area that you may want to consider Or just any kind of COVID-19 precautions if you're interested we could get those you know written into an official policy Such as masking requirements social distancing any other kind of thoughts you may have so that's Help hoping to help with the discussion this evening this slide and also just to to note The assembly bill does not expire until the end of 2023 as long as there's an emergency declaration by the governor in place So there's certainly um It's certainly allowed for us to continue meeting as we are now which is 100 virtual Which does allow for the the visuals to be kind of what we're used to and what we've been doing for so long So just wanted to throw that information out as well And um as a reminder when when this was first kind of brought up in early june Our COVID numbers were really going down and we were very excited And as i'm sure we're all aware and have seen in the news and it's just heard anecdotally Things have kind of started to go back up again So just wanted to put that in the presentation and it was mentioned in the staff report. So All of that being said Our recommendation this evening is for council to kind of decide whether you'd like Staff to draft an admin policy and if so provide us some direction on what you'd like the content to be Or let us know if you feel that no official policy is necessary That's absolutely up to you. So do you have any questions or you know wanting help with that discussion? Just let me know I will try to answer them And that is the conclusion of the presentation. Thank you so much Any council members have questions on the presentation? Yes staff member brook Thank you mayor story. Um, and I appreciate you bringing this Forward to council. I know this has been a priority of yours to bring all of us back in person At our last meeting there was some mention of a governor's update that the governor was going to actually release policy And guidance So that cities could adhere to Has there and I know samantha our city attorney brought this up samantha. Do you have an update for us? About where they're at with this Here thank you council member brook Um So the bill that I've released you on previously died Um, that was 80 1944 It died There's another bill that's leaving its way through the state legislature that Is more permissive in terms of remote meetings than the current frown now meaning um Through the key here to meet remotely, but it is not as permissive as 1944 was and the legislature is still um Going back and forth about what that meant that We don't know when that will be decided upon So the short the long answer that I just gave you the end of the long answer is yes The legislature is still working on A bill that would permit remote meetings presumably without an emergency declaration, which is um what's required now for the um Governor to have an emergency declaration and effect Until that time the governor's emergency declarations in effect and I was just asking someone I call it I have not heard anything Perhaps sir cloney has about the emergency declaration being rescinded. I have not nor had Some of the other city attorneys. I just checked with And as a follow-up question if we were to create a policy um Prior to the to that being released Does that supersede what we've already decided would you know with the governor's decision Overrule what we've created. Yeah. Yeah the governor's from So We're making sure just making sure I mean I guess there's a policy So if the council is interested in Waiting until We get some resolution on legislation before making the policy. That's probably the most efficient thing to do Alternatively, you could make a policy tonight consistent with 83 51 or consistent with coming back in person whatever you choose to do And then you might need to revise it if legislation comes out if you choose to Use the legislation the legislation won't require you You know And as my last question uh mayor story, is there any issue of Approving a policy at the august 25th meeting While we're all in person that in regards to the hybrid, you know, like before even making those there any problem with doing something like that or I mean as needing to extend And While approving it in august 25th virtually and then implementing it in the september meeting Is that is there any problem with us approving it? I guess i'm going in circles there, but do you know what I mean? Like we're we're gonna meet we decided we're gonna meet in person on august 25th and then we would be without any rules And approving a policy on august 25th in person Is there any issue with that? It's for anyone who knows I don't know this seems odd to me that we would be doing that, but you know But I feel you're suggesting uh, mayor brats. It seems funny to adopt Set of rules around the meeting Are you already doing Not format when you're already doing it, but I think it's I think it's fuck because I mean at least Based on what we have seen Most of these rules are kind of like okay. What are the expectations around council member attendance? Is it okay if people zoom in every time or not? um And so I think it's fine to have your first meeting and then say okay Here's gonna be our rules going forward you can even meet for three months and see do you have any issues? But I do think that it if people have specific expectations. It could be useful to put them into a policy Uh, sure. Okay. Those are all my questions. Thank you. Thank you everyone Questions from other council members? Seeing none, um I had a question concerning, uh, the vote. I know being zoomed we were required to do well called vote on literally everything um Does that continue in the hybrid context or Is that more liberal the council members hybrid? As we are now under av 361 Even if some members are in person We would still need to follow the rules of that bill. So yes, we would be doing world call votes And if I'm wrong, I know the attorney will correct me and that is totally fine Okay Looks like she's agreeing with you and Okay, thanks. Thank you for answering my question Um, are there any other questions from council members? Um on the presentation See and then I think I'll I'll go out to the public and see if there's any attendees I would like to address the council on this item or Or if there's any phone calls Mayor story, I do not see attendee any attendees with their hands raised for this item And I do not see any email on this item Okay, well, I'll bring it back Also other council deliberation and Decision uh council member brown Thank you. I just had a couple thoughts. Um My first thought was about the limitation on how many members can attend remotely I think if anything we should also consider having limitations on how many members should be in The chambers together at the same time. I think it would be important for us to have some kind of social distancing in place So, um, I'm currently battling cobit and it's no fun Um, and so with the with the numbers going up again I think it would be wise of us to have only three people at guys where we otherwise would have had five to allow for some of that distancing You know, as far as masks go one of the reasons that we Haven't returned to in person earlier is that we wanted to do it at a time when the mask mandates were no longer in place So I think that it wouldn't make a lot of sense to bring us all back wearing masks But the dais again that it would make sense to bring three of us in um at most And keep us socially distant. So I think that would mean, you know, two two members could attend remotely at any time um How we would determine that I think is is yet to be seen of course In the case of an illness, um, you know, like myself would definitely not need to be in person Um, or if someone is traveling and still willing to log on to the meeting, of course, that would be an option but otherwise I think um determining who would would attend remotely And when it's something we'd have to figure out, but I do feel strongly that we should limit the in person attendance And then also the the seating arrangements for the public. I think we should consider every other seat In in the chambers for the same reason for some some social distancing um And then I know that in the past we used to have kind of our doors open and our windows open, but I don't know if City staff For air purifiers or You know something along those lines to have in the room Once we get more people in Uh in shared spaces like that. So those are my comments for now. Thank you Yeah, thank you. Um, I want to take you back on some of what christen said at least about um the distancing and the amount of Um count the numbers in chambers at one time um, I I do see the numbers rising and it does um It makes me leery also, um selfishly for my my time constraints that I have within my my workplace and I think a lot of other members have that same situation happening where it it is hard to schedule and and Being on zoom while people may not feel it face to face or Right in the forefront. Um, it has allowed for a lot of flexibility within scheduling and Being prompt and being present. Um, so I don't know. I and I don't think that if we do a hybrid thing. I I don't really see Either we're going to be hybrid or we're not. I don't really see there being a point to, um Really limiting the hybrid options for those on council. Um, I I'm happy to amend amend this and and make and allow us to continue on working virtually because of where we're at with case numbers and things like that. Um, if anybody's willing to entertain that Um, so I know Jacques has a stand up I would I want to hear him out as well. Those are just my personal comments and feelings where I'm at. Um, I I would prefer the option to Zoom in on the regular. It's possible. Thank you Uh, thank you, Mary. Um So I just have a little input here on I like the idea of policy. Um I think some other meetings are already doing that one here in Capitola, but uh, see I'm on the Sanitation board and we've been doing hybrid for a long time I suggested that they get the owl and once the owl is purchased it works really well So I attend to some of the chair But no one else attends. Uh, staff is there If they're making presentations, um And then others zoom in and recently the rtc decided to do hybrid at the county building And the decision was to only allow five members of those Who are seated on the rtc commission? And so there's plenty of room to social distance on the dais and, um I haven't heard the rules for the for the people attending Who want to speak et cetera, but there's huge amount of space there and I'm sure there's going to be social distancing there I just don't know that yet so, um You know, I think the comments that have been made Uh ahead of time are great um limiting and social distancing at the dais and the staff recommending that if a lot of people come You know having a room off to the side and you know, they can hear what's going on and come in when they want to make their Comments on an item. So I think that was a great idea um So, um, you know if it comes to pass that the Learner signs something. Um, as sam said, we can make some adjustments and So it's good to know that, you know, we can sort of dovetail our our approaches So those are my comments and you know, kaiser, I think uh, excuse me counsel woman kaiser You wanted to make a motion agreement? I'll just bow out now Thanks. Yeah, I mean I think all that I said was I am willing to make a motion to move forward virtually just based on numbers and Other things that I brought up before if anybody else is willing to entertain that So you just want virtual non-hybrid? Oh hybrid fine. Um, I just was stating too that like It I I don't see putting putting a limitation necessarily on the hybrid option um within, you know Was it low Scottish? Probably that was um Like every other or only two in a row or something like that so I think opening up those options more so for us And having a policy more geared towards flexibility Is where I'm kind of looking at Is that a motion or you said just the right thing to pass? um, well I would say I would make a motion to move on virtually unless we wanted to move hybrid but Not have the limitations such as stated in the early part of the presentation um, if other council members want to Join virtually but not have a restriction as to how many in a row There's second to that motion Council member bro Um, I'm not prepared to make a second on that motion yet, but I just want to seek some clarification You know, I think For the most part we what we're all agreed upon and what we did agree upon is that we want to come back in person We want to offer a hybrid model And I'm a hundred percent completely behind that I know that our community needs a space to gather and they want to be in person And they want to be able to talk to somebody and I most certainly respect that and think we need to to offer that Um to to like Mayor Mark Kaiser's point. Um, I think limit The best way I can say this is that I think every council member should be able to at their discretion decide whether they want to attend Or not. We all have different scenarios. We all have different, you know, are more vulnerable to to the to the COVID or health issues or family issues or whatever I think every council member should most certainly have The opportunity to choose or not to choose. I think what we need tonight I would suggest moving forward with continuing with the hybrid model and at no more than Three council members meeting In person at one time for safety precautions that will allow in in terms of our chambers space for us in our seating Um, but no more than three. This might be a little bit of a nightmare for our For our city manager here And I most certainly I saw you turn on your camera like that, but um, there might be a different way to To Say that but what I mean is I think every council member should be able to choose right now, especially with the numbers going up What council member brown just said she's had she has it right now You know, everyone's experiencing different things But I do want to create space for our community and our constituents to be able to come to and have someone there Um, so I think any feedback before I formalize that as a motion Um, I don't know that we need to create. Oh, and I don't think we need to create a policy I think we can just create some general governance right now until we get further Um information from the governor's office since there's nobody else really creating these Formal rules and going back and forth. I don't um I guess this would be a question for staff if we actually need to even create something so formally But just for the meantime say this is what we're going to do. Um, I'm looking for an answer there To answer that question. There is no Irresistible need to create a policy. I think you're perfectly fine giving us direction great Based on kind of the concept you outlined the only question I would have would be Is staff responsible for picking or is the idea that Any council member can attend in person? I guess just a little bit more about what do we do if more council meeting members show up at the meeting, you know, how Yeah, no, I I don't I don't have the answer and I see other hands going up Maybe someone can make a suggestion on how we can manage that better, but I do want to give council members The opportunity to choose you know, um And and be able to do so Um council member breath Thank you. Yeah, I know this sounds like a um Potentially a lot of work for for staff, but I think it would need to be a situation where perhaps the friday when the agenda goes out um, you know, we either city clerk or or City staff would need to essentially reach out to the council members and say who's coming Um so that we can confirm that, you know, three people No more than three people will show up and then I guess the other question that I have is Do we also have a floor of how many people would need to be there for it to be worth? essentially opening city hall for if we have um, you know, two people that Are sick and two people that want to zoom in and then there's only one person that's that's a diet is that A reason for us to open city hall And have staff there or would that essentially become a virtual meeting and in that case, you know Do we get into kind of this odd situation where we're Every other week trying to inform the public of whether or not city hall will be open Or does this now mean That there always needs to be at least one council member there and city hall will will now always be open I think that's something we should also clarify But I I do agree with with With vice mayor keiser and councilwoman brooks that I think it's us to each person individually to determine what they're comfortable with it at any given time I I personally would you know for the most part and in not knowing the circumstances of any given day Be happy to return as one of the three If i'm not ill or or potentially been exposed at her But I think everyone should have the opportunity to make that decision for themselves I'll send them to the chair Yeah, um for the rqq. We just decided through staff help who would like to do it and um, I forgot how many saw on it, but um, not many people volunteered and You know, so that's basically it was easy to get the file um But I I agree with uh councilwoman brown that it could present some issues in terms of you know means to be on the phone Um, it was initially accomplished, which is the an email to everyone and those who were interested responded and That's how it eventually got to five That's my only comment. Um, yeah, I'm strongly in support of the hybrid Um, I don't know if we need a policy, but it does give guidance and um, sometimes that's good Uh, but there's a lot of people or you know, when I walk around they ask me When are we going to get back to meetings again? People want to be before us and be able to present what they Feel on an issue. It's it's actually very important To some extent we I believe lost a lot in those two years I mean, there's a reason why I'm not saying we did the wrong thing That we did the right thing because we had a combat COVID and um so definitely that that people are really wanting to speak before us and Um That's part of our democracy to have that forum. So that's why I'm for the hybrid meeting. Thank you Yeah, councilmember Yeah, I'd be interested in hearing councilmember's thoughts on What the county supervisors currently do they have at least one You know, they always have one person there on the dais And so I'm curious whether council members would be interested in saying at least one No more than three until the pandemic goes away. I don't know if that's realistic, but it's never going to go away But something of that nature. So we're kind of It's that middle ground I don't know thoughts on that If I may chime in I guess what I hear is a lot of questions and proposals and ideas being thrown out, which to me screams for the need for policies What do you say it's one or all or when and who is it? And I think those are the subjects that are You know, that's dealt with with policies so that the public And know what they can expect from their council members And so I think just believe it open-ended will probably mean No, I mean somebody's kind of in order to make it work Yes, they would have to be a commitment that at least one council member Will always be there And I you know, since I'm the mayor I would feel that it felt on my shoulders to be there And so that you know right, you know the public can um, you know and address that directly, but they wouldn't be I mean because Some council members and would still be in June um That's why I think that is necessary to take some kind of policy so that we can I think we've got public expectations when they count some members As it has to what joc mentioned. Yeah, that's what out there from the public as well They want to know when we're going to be back um So and to me the only way to make that work fair and equitably Is to have some established expectations Some kind of members, you know, the expectation used to be That we were always there at the diet And you always voted And and and that the public can see that because um That's what they wanted from their council members And they want to be able to talk to us in person look at from the eye And there's a lot that gets missed when you're on zoom on the um, so um Now with all that said, I I agree with something on the ground and because the numbers are I now and we don't know what they're going to be in august. I think that we do need to um With you know, maybe just three of us and have some distance being also in auditorium Um, I also think it's going to be necessary to actually be back there and see how it works. I mean, I I have difficulties even coming up with policies, but i'm not there and I don't actually know You know, um I was going to work out of hybrid technology And I don't have any experience with it. Um, well limited and very good and so Is you know, some of the um, I think guidelines are May fall into place after we have experience with it, but um Even starting out. I mean, if you're only going to have three, I think that we should we come with some understanding of Well, how is the three going to be selected? Is it always going to be the same three? Or how far they could be even less than three? um But I'll leave that as the will of the of the rest of the council members. Um and I would I mean, I I find I'm being there You know Come here until the end of the year. So wow And that's a you know being there as mayor in the chambers um And so that it can be a regular schedule of open council meetings and Because I think it would be often we'd have to agendize this we have to let the public know Whether the city hall is going to be open or not. And so And we should just connect to that it's going to be open of You know Poded committing. I mean, I think that's that's granted. I think that we should direct the staff to plan for Well, what happens if covid gets worse? You know, we may need to push it back And what metric being on you is to do that and I've always Um, you know, we've always followed the county health protocols Um, and I agree that if indoor mask mandates come back We should not be going back into you know, public news. And so I think the minimum we should let you know Direct staff is keep watching the numbers keep watching the public health is telling us um, and um, and it's it gets um You know worse That um, you know, we should you know, we should probably maybe put this on But if the numbers improve they they don't get worse, you know, yeah, we should um, I think Come come back And but I think that ultimately I think we're going to agree that We're going to have to have some guidance about he's going to be there in person. Please not Um, because I don't think it would be equitable for all the same people Uh, to be there in council chambers And um, you know, while others, you know, uh, don't um, so Maybe that old school on my part, um, I've always felt that that was the role of the council member is to be there in person and senders and and be able to Host the public And to respond to them in person and look them in the eye and make their decision. So, um But for those of my thoughts, um In maybe I'll turn it over now to um Go back to council member Graham to kind of Thank you mayor story. I was just going to suggest um, you know You you kind of gave me the idea here because you you um Volunteered that you plan to be there at at every meeting from here till the end of the year and um assuming I'm testing positive or testing negative a month from now and and I'm healthy Then I'm I'm planning to attend the august meeting in person And so perhaps the way that we could do this is to just have a standing agenda item Is the last item on every meeting to just say who's coming to the next one And then it becomes kind of an ongoing Um, you know just quick show of hands more or less of who's planning to be in person at the next meeting And then that way it's already part. We're already here having discussions staff is already here with us They don't have to reach out to us separately And then you know unless something happens in that two week time period where someone falls ill or or Is exposed or whatever the case may be Then it's already determined for each meeting who's going to be there At least two weeks in advance. So that was just my thought on that. Um, but yes, I I do plan to be there for the august meeting um assuming that I'm I'm I don't end up with that long cobit and I'm I'm testing negative a month from now Yeah, let's hope for that um Also none of your friends Yeah, I was um unless um councilwoman Hyger is still planning to make a motion um If you were then yeah, I would like to make one Well, just um, I just yeah, thanks for going back to council. Um, I think I was motion I feel that that motion died for the last of the second um Okay, I The floor is open for a new motion Okay, I I just wanted to ask out of courtesy. So I just like to make a motion that um, we we um Send these ideas back to staff to develop a um a protocol or a policy that we address next meeting and um, we already decided to meet in august and I like um councilwoman brown suggested that Those who want to be at that meeting Tell everyone now um Or tell staff so that um seating can be arranged But the main thing is my motion is to have staff come back with a protocol or a policy And we could entertain that and the only thing about guidance there is you've heard a lot um City manager Jamie Goldstein and And there's a lot of ideas floating all over the place, but um over the years I've seen that you've been able to craft excellent policy suggestions for us to debate And I would like in this case to leave it up to you and your staff to do that Councilmember breath Thank you mayor story. Um, so I Yeah, I just wanted to clarify. I think I heard that as a motion from something of the trend Yeah, that was the motion basically as um city clerk cloy introduced This discussion are we going to move ahead with the policy development or not and My motion is basically to have city staff do that And that will be the basis for us to discuss the policy or protocol next time you meet and I do plan to be there and Councilman ground plans to be there if if she's healthy and you know others can determine likewise I have no problem and Obviously if you're not healthy, you know, please zoom in Is there a second to the motion? I I just have some I need some a little bit more clarification on that motion mayor story Good. Yeah, go ahead I just want to know from council because I plan as well to be there in person if able Except for this next meeting the very first one in person just fyi of mayor's story. Um, and My only question to council is are we if we give staff Guidance and drafting a policy Are we in agreement that it would be just no more than three models? Um, and I think we haven't really come to that Overall in terms of giving further guidance to to staff to this evening So I'd be interested in hearing everyone else's input on that If I may mayor, um, yeah, so go ahead. Yeah, um, so just one Brooks. I totally understand where you're going and What I was proposing is that City manager Jamie Goldstein would take the things that we talked about And one of the points is yours And so that would be part of the discussion So the next meeting we decide should it be three or you know, four or five or you know, something like that So we determine at that point What it would be And I have no idea actually, but I think You would provide or the city would the staff would provide a framework for us to discuss these various points including how many people would be there I see. Thank you. Councilmember Bertrand. So what you're saying is that that would come back with a few options Right to council on a potential policy with all of our ideas Yeah, because I I've heard a lot of ideas and I've heard a lot of potential options And for us to go down all of those right now, I think would take a lot of time And we may not end up with the best product But I am fully confident that Jamie and staff to come up with the options presented as I've seen before in the logical format so we could make a decision Piece by piece by piece and then end up with the decent policy or protocol Councilmember Brown Thank you. Um, so I think you know, I it sounds like we are in agreement on quite a bit of this here And so I think there is a possibility to come up with at least a bare bones policy tonight for the for staff to bring back to us in august Um, and so before I move forward. I think I need to clarify um, if councilmember Bertrand if if Your motion is that died for lack of a second now or what I need to make a substitute motion Um, you don't need to make a substitute and if this motion doesn't get a second so I Let me just remember Is there a second to Nothing with the same motion It's being none that motion dies for the lack of a second Okay, councilmember brown you're free to go ahead and make Any kind of motion you'd like. Okay. Thank you. I would like to make a motion That staff draft a a very bare bones policy Um with the requirements that there is at least one councilmember and no more than three um in person uh in chambers as we move forward with our hybrid meeting policy Um and that council members will decide Um based on their level level of comfort if they will be joining in person or not um I think it sounds like for the most part we have all agreed At least to that that we need one person there shouldn't be more than three It doesn't make sense to me for all five of us Or even four of us to go back in august and then say For the safety and well-being of everyone there should only be three of us here that that kind of defeats the purpose to me So I would make a motion um that we move forward with the policy requiring no more than three But at least one Council member to be in person for our hybrid meetings moving forward They're second to that motion Councilmember brown, I would like to second, but did you say something about The attendance to public social distancing? I don't know if you wanted to add Yeah Thank you for that reminder. Yes. Let's add that to the policy as well that um there'll be social distancing in the public Aspects of chambers I don't know if we want to decide right now if we want that to just be every other chair Or if we want to go as far as the six feet of social distancing the way You know that it previously was was required if council has thought on that Or if um, you know We just want to give direction to staff right now that there should be some kind of social distancing in the chambers And then they can return to us In august with information about you know, what what the capacity might look like in the room with different kinds of social distancing um So for now, I would just say yes, I'll add to the motion that there would need to be some kind of social distancing among um members of the public And the agenda What about to add that last agenda item as a standing agenda item On who's going to show up. Did you like that? I I like that. I'm not married to it I think the most important part to me right now of this motion is Determining how many people can be there and how many people need to be there the rest of it about social distancing in the audience I think is something that we can figure out the details of when the policy comes back to us If the rest of the council thinks it's a good idea to have a standing agenda item Um, I'm happy to put that in in the motion. If not, I think it's also something we can just You know tell staff that that would be a good idea to do without it having to be in our actual policy Okay, I'd like to second council member brown's motion of the one three model um of three council No more than three and at least one council member being In person for our future council meetings as well as creating a social distancing Protocol for chambers I I'd like to second that motion Okay, we have a motion and a second. Um, is there further discussion on that motion? Yeah, um So there's quite a few items that were brought up that people felt were important. Um But when the stand brought up that I thought was important was um Uh a rotation of some sort like just we all wanted to be here, but you know, basically we're deciding one or three Um, we need some way to decide, you know, who's going to rotate in and who's going to rotate out So we're going to have to get some sort of protocol there too um Council member brown do you have a suggestion to add into that? I mean, I think that if we can ask, you know, the again I don't think it needs to be part of the policy But I think if we can direct staff to plan for essentially an agenda item where we ask each time who's coming next time around I think we're all adults And you know, if I was at the meeting in person In august and then the next time there's four people that want to come then I'll step back and If there's not enough people showing up and and I haven't been to the last couple meetings Then I will step in I think being able to step forward when necessary and step back when necessary It comes as adults and council members should should be able to know how to to handle Um as long as there's a place on the agenda for us to have that discussion at the end of each of our Meetings, I think we're going to be fine And I I just want to add too quickly. I mean, I don't think I think it's important also that we consider That we are not asking um our fellow council member to Disclose anything about their own um personal lives about their own health about their own Thoughts about who they may be exposing to covet etc So that if it seems like someone isn't coming for a certain number of meetings that we don't require them to um justify that By perhaps disclosing information that would be otherwise kind of personal or something not that there wouldn't want to share And I'm not suggesting that that's the case for anyone here But I do know that a lot of times if people are immunocompromised or they are close to someone who's immunocompromised Or they have concerns about being in close spaces right now um, that that's not always something that is Comfortable sharing with with others. And so I do um I trust in us as a body to be able to negotiate this amongst ourselves in a way that those who want to show up in person Will be able to and have the space to and those um that don't Um, won't won't have to but hopefully will feel comfortable doing so at some point I I do have faith and trust in us to be able to navigate this kind of conversation as we move forward I guess I just in closing um I just I think wanted to recognize that that there are built in, you know personal practices where people can call in sick from their employment without having to disclose the reasons why And I think that that would apply to some of the members as well so it's not about um Requiring anyone to disclose, you know, any difficulties health information, so um At the same time trying to maintain, you know, I think certain public expectations about their sense of members, but um I think we have a start. Let's see how it goes. Um um And then it will maybe be an evolving process. So with that, um And you have a roll call vote I just want to reiterate the motion is for staff to draft kind of a basic policy Including direction given this evening specifically including the requirement of at least one council member But no more than three in person at the chambers And some social distancing guidelines Protocols for the public and that that will be brought back for review on august 25th. Okay council member britchand three council member brooks I council member brown I vice mayor keiser I and mayor story Hi, motion passage unanimously. We'll move on now to item hd um Which is to amend the fiscal year 2022-23 city schedule um The recommended action is to adapt the proposed resolution amending the fiscal year 2022-23 And the following begin Thank you mayor. Sorry. Sorry guys. I have to recuse due to my employment at her. I see drill The fee schedule is um incorporated with the outdoor dining cells. So thank you Okay. Thank you, mayor. I'll give you one moment to share my screen A couple of slides here And for the last time, is that what you're favorite? Looks awesome. Thank you So as the mayor just mentioned this last item this evening is to discuss amending the office for your 2022-23 fee schedule um, just by way of background Reviewing and approving the fee schedule annually as part of our annual budget process and in our last meeting in june 23rd We did adopt the fiscal year 2022-23 set fee schedule however At that time, we did not have all of the information that we needed To determine what the appropriate fees if any would be Um, regarding outdoor dining however, we have received final certification now from the coast of commission in mid july So we have all of that information And as I just mentioned an amendment to the fee schedule is required in order to recover costs associated with outdoor dining Um, those proposed fee amendments The first one on the list is a revocable encouragement permit for $230 Um, and that's based on staff time to process that permit Design permit for a custom deck is a thousand dollar deposit And that's pretty typical when we're doing design building types stuff like this um, outdoor dining space rent $3,400 per parking space or partial space use And that is derived basically by the revenue Estimated revenue that each parking space generates annually For outdoor dining in non-parking spaces and outside walks That breaks down to about $18 a square foot Which is taking that $3400 and not a square footage in a parking space so much Um, on par for both both those those two are equal and then the final thing is I'm requiring a maintenance deposit to ensure that the restaurants participating maintain their spaces up to standards And the recommendation is $500 for sidewalk and non-parking spaces $1,000 for um, if you occupy one or two spaces and 1500 if you're through the five spaces And our recommendation this evening is to adopt a closed resolution in the agenda packet Emitting the fee schedule for fiscal year 2022-23 And with that I'm happy again taking questions The questions on the fee schedule None Jim I had a question concerning the parking spaces This is on page 153 and in red If there's $3,400 annually for each space or partial space um I think I get the concept of you know, even if someone has a partial space there's taken up the parking space um But if two of the parking spaces were to overlap and each of them is taking up a partial space Would they each pay $3400? No, um, we would throw away that based on if it was For example, 50-50 split they would just pay half But we would figure out the square footage that each each occupies and apply the $18 If they were splitting a parking space like that Okay, yeah, I don't know if you could How to find that in the in the ordinance so people know If it does seem like they could each be charged You know the whole $3,400 Yeah, I don't think um unless it changes Through as we go from temporary to permanent the way it's set up right now We don't have anyone sharing I don't think we got anyone using partial spaces I think we have some knowing but they just came about as somebody tried to Suggesting cutting into a space to draw a straight line for the dynamic We lose that space But um, there are opportunities I think especially on San Jose where they could combine those and possibly share that concept Right, okay Because I think it would be good to affirm that with them and so they know that they could maybe You know save on that. Um, so that was my only question, Jim I'm seeing no other questions. I'll go out to the public now Um Let's see if there's you can remember the public which is to address the council raise their hand and soon um, or you could Call in by Star nine Your story. I do not see any attendees with their hands raised for this item and we have not received any Okay, um with that I'll I'll close the public comment portion of the meeting. I'll bring it back for council for Further deliberation and action Somebody wish to make a motion council member brown I'd like to move that we adopt the proposed resolution amending the fee schedule for fiscal year 22 23 There's second second We have a motion by council member brown second by council member brook We have a roll call both Council member bertrand I agree council member brooks I council member brown I May your story I Motion passes unanimously. Thank you for the item 10 adjournment. Um, so, um, thank you everyone. Thank you staff Uh, well, good work this evening. I am going to adjourn this meeting until our next Several meeting on august the 25th Which will be in person at the City Hall chambers And um We will see everyone there and some either in person or in zoom at this the hybrid meeting And larry farewell We will miss you And everyone else Be kind to yourself and then pass it on to everyone All right. Good night, everyone Hi larry. Goodbye