City Council - Regular Meeting

actually I've never seen it all the time. It's a nice brick building. Not not too downtown. No, we are friends. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I was trying to get in there. Yeah, she was a little busy and all that. I brought a rose for Frances. I'm going to recommend that her name just be there for a long time. Yeah, like I told I don't care if you have it or not. She's here. Yeah,

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Good evening and welcome everyone. I'm calling tonight's regular city council meeting of April 21, 2026 to order. Let's stand and proudly recite recite the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Uh, madame clerk, would you kindly do roll call, please?

Council member Brando Cruz here. Council member Melissa Lamatina here. Council member David Oro here. Vice Mayor Mark Joseph here. Mayor Pierre Washington here. Thank you, Teresa. Uh, report on close session and confirmation of reportable actions. Miss Heismith.

Thank you, Mayor. There were four items of business in close session this evening. Um, in no particular order, uh, coun uh, conference with legal counsel regarding a matter of anticipated litigation. The council received a briefing from staff and the and, uh, the city attorney's office. No action was taken. The council also received a briefing uh information um in a conference on real property negotiations regarding APN 057 0900 065 0571200036 057 09 066 and 057120 017. uh information was provided by the city manager, direction was provided, and no action was taken in close session. Skipping to number four, uh regarding uh the uh quarterly performance evaluation for the city manager, uh the council received a briefing and update on the city manager's initiatives and milestones. No action was taken. And finally, um, regarding the performance evaluation of the contract city attorney, in response to my request, the city council this evening graciously determined that as of May 1st, Matthew Summers, my fellow shareholder in the firm of Colin Tuno, Highmith, and Watley, will assume the official title and role of city attorney for the city of American Canyon. and I will assume the secondary position of assistant city position. So effectively we're switching roles. This was pursuant to a unanimous vote of the city council. Thank you so much. I want to thank the council and staff for 10 great months of all working together getting to know you for the

benefit of the city of American Canyon and its citizens. and I'm looking forward to continuing my representation of American Canyon but in this secondary role. Many of you already work with Matt and I'm I'm really confident that it's going to be a seamless transition and tonight is my last in-person meeting here with the city council in the city of American Canyon. Thank you all so much.

Thank you, Madam City Attorney Teresa Heismith. U before we um continue tonight's agenda, I'd like to take a moment to honor the life and the legacy of Fran Limos. Uh Fran was truly an icon to our community, often referred to as the mother of American Canyon. Her contributions, her spirit, and her deep love for the city helped shape who we are today. Her impact will be her impact on this community will be ever felt for generations to come. On behalf of the city council, I extend a heartfelt condolences to her family, her friends, and all who and all who she has touched their lives. Um, I'd like to ask for a moment of observation and a moment of silence on behalf of Fran Limos and her family. Thank you. And I'd like to ask Rebecca if she's willing and able if she would say a few words for the city. Yeah, I didn't prepare anything for this. I just came to sat sit in her chair tonight, so I didn't know about this. But um I will tell you that um we're going to have a rosary for mom and you're all invited. The community is invited. It'll be held on um Monday, April 27th at 6 o'clock. Family time will be from 5 to 8, but you're welcome to come, you know, 5:30. and there'll be some coffee, tea, cookies, and water set up. And it's going to be at the Twin

Chapels on 1100 Tennessee Street in Valleo. Um, we're going to have a celebration of life for my mom at the Boys and Girls Club in the Trancher building. If you were at her 95th birthday party, that's the same place. My dad, we have a tree in honor of my dad in the park there. And um, it's there's a lot of light in there and that's where we celebrate her 95th birthday. So, I and I know she loved the Boys and Girls Club. So, we thought that was appropriate. And luckily, it was available July 25th. So, if you'd like to speak at that, you're going to be welcome to speak. Also, we're going to have a few family members speak at her rosary after the rosary. And um this is what my mom wanted um in the hospital. I said, because she changed her mind over the years so many times about what she wanted. I just want to have a funeral. No, I don't want to have a funeral. I I think I want a celebration of life. No, I want to have a rosary and a full mass. Anyway, she just changed her mind 10 times. So when she was in the hospital, I said, "Mom, I need your final decision. What do you want?" So she said that she wanted to have a rosary and have people come to that. And then she wanted the funeral the next day just to be her family. Um, and she because she didn't want people to get tired of going to things for her. She wanted people to go to the rosary for the religious part and then go to her celebration of life. And she said, "I want a big celebration of life." So, and she had a she had a wonderful big life to celebrate. So, I just wanted to let you know those dates and times and thanks to all of you for reaching out and all the visitors and love. She loved this city more. It was her family. I wouldn't say more than her more than us kids. My brother Ry's here, but yeah, sometimes it seemed like it. Sometimes, well, many times when she first was sick a year ago, I would come down on Thursday and spend Thursday to Saturday with her and then go to my daughter's in Oakland on Sunday to help her with her my grandchildren, her daughters. And I'd get there on Thursday like at 4. And she'd say, "Okay, I only have I can only talk to you till 6:00. Beth's picking me up for the city

council meeting." So, I'd be like, "Okay, you want to come?" "Well, not really." I mean, anyway. So, yeah. So, the city council meeting was more important than her spending that couple hours with me, but it's okay because she loved it. And yeah, her heart will always be with American Canyon. And I heard that there was an article in the Napa Register today and we haven't seen it. So, a very nice person here just sent me some Cindy sent me some screenshots of it. So, if anybody has a copy of that paper, I would love to have one. Anyway, thank you all so much. Yeah. And uh I'll be around. So, I don't think I could ever fill her shoes, but I can try. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you, Rebecca. I think the city needed to hear that from you. I mean, even watching you there, I I see Fran through you. I mean, you're dead honor. So, uh, so thank you for those comforting words. Uh, I think the city needed that to to start with healing as well as I know you and the family need that same healing. So, thank you again. Thank you. U, moving forward to our proclamations and presentations for tonight. Uh we have three proclamations, two presentations. Uh the first proclamation will be item number five of proclamation uh for April 22nd, 2026 as Earth Day. Uh and if we have recipients for this proclamation, you could come forward to the podium. Uh I'll read the proclamation and then I will allow you opportunity to kind of give us some feedback and then we'll take a picture together. Earth Day, April 20, April 22nd, 2026. Whereas communities around the world face extraordinary challenges including environmental and climate change, food and water shortages, and public health concerns. And whereas all people, regardless of race, gender, income, or geography, have a right to a healthy and sustainable environment. And whereas citizens must take action to create positive environmental change and address these changes. And whereas we are all caretakers of our planet and have an obligation to protect its beauty and resources for current and future generations. And whereas a sustainable environment can be promoted through education, public policy, and responsible consumer behavior. And whereas broad and diverse participation strengthens the growth of the global efforts to preserve our environment. And whereas we encourage business owners, institutions,

and residents of American Canyon to celebrate the earth and to commit to being good stewards of our land and our water resources. And whereas on Earth Day and every day, the American Canyon community is encouraged to reduce consumptions and waste, recycle, utilize renewable resources, prevent pollution, and conserve water, land, and energy. And now therefore, I, Pierre Washington, mayor of the city of American Canyon, on behalf of the city council, do hereby recognize April 22nd, 2026 as Earth Day in American Canyon, and call upon all our community to celebrate and participate in activities that promote environmental sustainability dated April 21st, 2026. I thought you were gonna say a few words before I get

throwing me off. Okay. Um, hello everyone. Um,

hard to be the next person to go after hearing from Becky. So, um, really happy to see family here tonight. Um, and so I'm Janelle Celic. I'm executive director of the American Canyon Community and Parks Foundation and joined here tonight by some of our committee staff and board members. So, thank you all for coming. And I see other familiar faces in the room and supporters of ours. Um it's really an honor to be here to accept this proclamation tonight. Um, Earth Day is something that I think is closer to everybody's hearts as um as life goes on and um it's what better place to celebrate than in American Canyon where we're surrounded by such tremendous natural beauty. um at the foundation um Earth Day and Earth Month is something that we live every day u through our programs and I thought I'd share just a couple examples of things that we do um because a lot of times when people think about Earth Day or sustainability or environment it, you know, can be a divisive topic. It can be something that um people think is not for them or sometimes we even hear from our teens like it's it's kind of depressing. We don't know what the future holds. Um but there's also a lot of positivity to be seen with it. There's a lot of really um exciting new developments and technologies that are helping us combat things like climate change. At the foundation that we work, the work that we do is really around connecting nature and community and fostering the next generation of environmental stewards. We have a program called Teen Wild that serves about 25 to 30 teens each year from throughout American Canyon and Napa County. And um as you all know, teens are busy. Uh they're probably frequently on their phones as as are we as adults, right? And um recently one of our staff, Andrea, took a class in nature mindfulness and is becoming certified. And as part of that, we held a program with our teens that encouraged them to slow down and do a project called sound

mapping. So our teens came to us after a busy day at school um and we had them disconnect. We had them take a moment, use their nature journal, and go out into the wetlands and watch the sunset. And when they did that, they just slowed down and took in where they were. So through sound mapping, they really connect with the natural environment. They connect with themselves and they slow down. And although they were a little like, I don't know if this is for me at first, afterward, they all said, this felt so good. I need to do this every day. So that's the kind of thing that we're doing at the foundation. And as we move forward and look to the future, I'm excited to share that we're breaking ground on the Napa River Ecology Center project uh in two weeks from today on May 6. Um so thrilled to see that moving forward. Um we are about 95% funded of the $9 million. Um so we continue to have a great way for people to be involved. Uh you can sponsor a mosaic tile. Um so I encourage all of you to if you have already, thank you. We appreciate your support. Um, this is a place for the community to come and celebrate months like Earth Month, Earth Day, and moving forward into May, uh, American or National Wetlands Month. Um, so we go, we have a twofer in American Canyon. We get Earth Month and then we get wetlands month. So, what a what a great place to celebrate. Um, although construction on the ecoenter will take about a year, uh, we have a few programs coming up. I wanted to take a moment and invite you to. Uh we have a wetlands cleanup on Saturday, May 9th, as well as a seminar with a climate professor um Dr. Drew Isaac's from UC Berkeley. Um both of those, one in a cleanup in the morning and the seminar in the afternoon. And um in partnership with RCD and the city, we're doing a right tree, right place education program at Shannondoa Park on Saturday, I'm sorry, excuse me, Friday, May Friday, May 1st. Um and then moving forward all month long, we'll be celebrating wetlands month. um come out

to the wetlands linear trail head and the path. We have nine pieces of beautiful um wetland animal themed art that will be on display for the whole month of May and will be up for auction. So, we hope to see you and thank you all very much.

Thank you. Thank you. I was going to also ask um the vice mayor mentioned that the youth for climate action was also here too. You guys should be standing up here with with this group. So if you guys would come up also for our picture, let's get everybody up picture and and even from Napa Climate Now is up here too. Come up. We'll do a picture.

Yes. I saw my Great job. You know it. Our second uh proclamation is um item number six, a proclamation for the month of May 2026 as uh National Building

Safety Month. So all the recipients for National building safety month. Come forward as I read the proclamation. Take it off

and we'll do the same. Well, I'll read the proclamation, allow you opportunity to kind of give some feedback and then we'll take a photograph with each other. Reading uh May 2026 is National Building Safety Month. Whereas the city of American Canyon recognizes that our future depends on the growth and the strength of our safe homes, buildings, and infrastructures. And whereas safe buildings ensure a high quality of life and protect residents when disasters strike. And whereas building safety depends on the dedication of many committed professionals in both the public and private sectors including building officials, permit technicians, plan check engineers, civil engineers, building inspectors, code enforcement officers, planners, fire prior fire prevention officials, architects, engineers, building trades people, design professionals, laborers, plumbers, and construction construction industry support staff as well as manufacturers. Whereas working together with the international code council, a nonprofit that brings together a build environment export all of the levels of a government to create highest levels of quality building codes. Whereas modern building codes provide comfortable, energyefficient environments that safeguard people from natural hazards such as hurricanes, snowstorms, tornadoes, wildlife fires, floods, and earthquakes. And whereas National Building Safety Month highlights the vital contributions of building safety professionals whose expertise ensures that the structures essentials to our communities are safe, sustainable, and affordable. And whereas Mission Impossible or Mission Possible, I knew I was going to say that when I first mission impossible, the the theme

of building safety month of 2026 encourages us all to raise awareness about building safety on a personal, local, and global scale. Now therefore, I, Pierre Washington, mayor of American Canyon, on behalf of the city council, do hereby join the nation in recognizing the month of May 2026 as National Building Safety Month, dated April 21, 2026. So, talk about your mission impossible for me.

Well, thank you, Mayor, City Council, members of the public. I'm Brent Cooper, community development director, and I'm here today joined by two of our city members of the uh building and safety team. We have Laura Welch and um we have Tiffany Ford. Um as the resolution mentioned, building and safety is all about teamwork. And you don't have safe buildings without a good team. And I'm I'm really proud of our team, our city employees. We have contract staff and also um we have our building uh industry and partners in our town uh building a better American Canyon. And so uh really happy about the team that we have and the relationships that we that we foster in order to have a good building environment in American Canyon. Um I want to highlight just a little bit of our our city staff. Um Laura Welch here, she embodies surface with a smile. Tiffany Ford here is she is she is firm on code but soft on people and Julian Gillis who wasn't able to be here tonight. Uh, we have our new building software called Open Gov. Open Gov wouldn't be open if it wasn't for the diligent efforts of Julian Gus and she's continued to do that as well today and and every day. So, we're really working hard to make everything work together. So, uh, very honored to be here tonight with our team and happy to see all of you. Take a picture.

Congratulations. Oh, and our third proclamation.

Excuse me, mayor. Uh oh, sorry, mayor. Yes, sir. If I may, I uh Rick Hess, I've been a developer and uh uh here in American Canyon for the last 25 years, and I'd like to just publicly uh thank Brent and Jason for the efforts that they've been making. um between us as builders and developers and the planning department and and the building department and it's uh I I really appreciate the efforts that they've been making and it's it's it's helping tremendously. So, thank you.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Hes. We appreciate your partnership as well. Uh, moving on to our third proclamation, which is item number seven, a proclamation for National Volunteer Week. And who do we have? We have Karina and Joan. Where's the other bunch? If I think there's more every uh Alejandra calls a lot of volunteers, so I think there's probably more here that got a call. If you had a call, then get on up there. All the uh prior Gateway Award winners who are in the audience should certainly come up. Okay, now they're coming up.

Okay. Okay. Yes, the vice mayor is even trying to get up there and get some volunteers time in. There we go. I I'll read the proclamation. volunteers. Excuse me. Volunteers. I need to read the proclamation. I know y'all volunteers like to volunteer and talk, but Good evening. Okay. Wait, I'm I'mma I'mma read the proclamation first and then I just can't wait to see.

I know. I know. Valent that's true volunteers right there. So, April 19th through the 25th uh 2026 is National Volunteer Week. Whereas experience teaches us that government alone cannot solve all of our social problems and meet all of our opportunities. So, we have focused on partnerships with businesses, faithbased organization, nonprofit organizations, and community members. And whereas our nonprofit organizations and community partners are essential to help build a strong community through volunteer projects and special events that help enhance our community quality of life. And whereas we shine a light on the people who inspire us to serve, recognize and thank volunteers who lend their time, their talents and voice to make a difference within our community. And whereas volunteers empower others to take action. realize their ability to make a difference and to be a force that transformed the world. And whereas we further recognize and express our appreciation for the more than 44 nonprofit organizations and num numerous community partners of the city of American Canyon collaborates with whose collective efforts and dedication help support volunteer volunteerism and strength to our for our community. And whereas through their generous time, money, and kind service, many opportunities have been afforded to our community, including food and essential services, dist distribution, community and fundraising events, programs and services, community projects, and so much more. And now therefore, IP, Pierre Washington, the mayor of American Canyon, and the city council do proclaim April 19th through the 25th, 2026 as National Volunteer Week, and call upon American Canyons to celebrate the

important work that these selfless volunteers do every day throughout our community dated April 27, April 21st, 2026. Thank you. And Fran, I'm your friend. Joan,

you may see all these people behind me. I will tell you they are the movers and shakers of American Canyon. They are all gateway award winners. Every one of them. So I there there's two things I want to talk about. One is a gateway award and the other is volunteerism. But I also would like right now to ask anybody in this audience who has ever volunteered to stand up. This is definitely community at work. Um, we have a special presentation that we would like to have right now and I wonder if Mark if you could come forward with it.

I'm going to show off that we can be really flexible and I think what it boils down to is I think we're going to say what we're going to do for this Saturday. Okay. Good plan. Okay. All right.

Okay. So, um to me, um one of the things that has always made American Canyon unique is the way that people volunteer and the way that we have honored them throughout the years. the gateway award. Um, all these people and more started I don't remember the year but I know Fran was 2003 and I was 2004 and then here we are in 2026 and all of these people and more some of them are not here. So when I moved here in 1965, there was a volunteer uh water district and a pseudo volunteer fire district and about 8,000 people. So, I've seen a lot of changes here, but what has been most important to me is the way that when we incorporated in 1992, so many people came and wanted to be on our bandwagon. They loved this city. They they were happy that we were incorporated. They were finding all kinds of ways to work with each other with cooper cooperation and volunteerism. We saw churches pop popping up. We saw different nonprofit organizations popping up. We saw many people, you know, saying, uh, I can do it or we'll help or what can I do? This was the attitude. It was the attitude of volunteers working together over this time. What they didn't realize, I don't think at the time, I don't think any of us did, was that the volunteers were actually beginning to build the fab social fabric of our community. And that has never stopped.

Volunteers are still doing that and they're doing it because they love the city and they want to make it as good as they can. Now to me that is uh extraordinarily important for our city. So when we look around and we see people doing the different things, the proclamation me said many things but what they didn't know is that they were doing the work of of building a community and the volunteerism was just u a value that the community held and still holds. So, it's appropriate in my opinion that the community and the city get together every year and select or vote for a new gateway award winner. So, we will be doing that award on Saturday. So, I remember Jason, don't get mad at me, but one of one of the first meetings we had with Jason um and we were talking about the city honoring and he said, "Well, why would we do that?" Well, my mouth dropped to the floor, of course. Why would we do that? We are the city. We have buildings and we have services and they're all good and they all came online as the city grew. So what Jason I decided later didn't have is he didn't have the history of living here and knowing how volunteerism made this community. So in my opinion, the city does what they do and the volunteers do what they do and we

provide that human touch to the city and it goes on. So I thank you for listening to me. I know somebody else wants to talk. Come on. Thank you.

Well, the city called everybody and didn't tell us, so I wrote something. But um anyway, uh thank you, John. You're being a inspiration. So, um we are we are all truly honored to receive this proclamation recognizing volunteer month here in American Canyon. And um on behalf of all the volunteers in our community, we thank you. Um volunteerism is the heartbeat of our city. It shows us it shows up in big ways and small. Whether it's supporting our schools, organizing community events, helping neighbors, or simply showing up when someone needs a hand, it's people choosing to care, to give their time, and to make a difference. This recognition is not just about one person. It represents a collective effort. It belongs to every parent who stays late to help, every student who steps up to serve, and every community member who gives without expecting anything in return. I also want to take a moment to thank our families because behind every volunteer is a family that supports, encourages, and often joins us in giving back. Thank you for allowing us the time and for being part of this journey with us. I feel incredibly fortunate to be part of a community that believes in lifting each other up. spirit of service here in American Canyon is strong and it cons continues to inspire me and us every day. Thank you to the city for this meaningful recognition and thank you to all the volunteers who make our

community such a special place. Let's continue to show up for one another and lead with generosity and heart. Thank you. Salomat Mil Gracias. All right. So Cindy Beerman and myself are 2008 Gateway Award winner. And so each one of these people represent a year and we were all voted for all that we did. And of course, Fran got me into absolutely everything. I was spinning and I had to give up the city council because it was too much. So, they took me off my blood pressure medicine. It was very nice. But I just want you to know that everybody that's up here, we've worked really hard a long time ago. And so, if you don't see us now, it we're tired. We're just exhausted. So, it is good that there's new people coming in. And then there's people like Beth that keep going. But I'm I'm coming back. I I just want you all to know you'll see more of me. And thank you very much for this proclamation. Thank you.

So um thank you so much for listening to all of us. We so love this city, all of us. and and we've proven that by our works. So, thank you very much, council and mayor, for your proclamation. We will accept it. Thank you. We'll come up here and take a picture.

Save that for Saturday.

Actually, I sure am. How to make sure you finish the sentence right over your March, right? Everybody smile. I know.

I'm with you on that.

So, one more time, I would just give another applause for our volunteers. Thank you. Our first presentation uh this evening will be item number eight. Uh it will be a presentation from the Napa Youth Council. So you got to go up to the front and provide uh your presentation. Please introduce yourselves prior to the presentation. Hi everyone. Hello. My name

My name is Um Tour. I'm a senior here at American Kenna High School and I've been a part of the Napa Youth Council for 2 years. My name is Hazel Sharma. I'm a junior at American Canyon High School and I've been a part of the Napa Youth Council for a year.

Um hello everybody. My name is Lillian Varentos Acetuno and I'm from American Canyon. I'm also a senior and this is my first year. My name is Ka Proser. I'm a junior at Justin Sienna High School and this is my fourth year on the Napa Youth Council. Hello, my name is Jasmine Canara and this is my first year on Napa Youth Council. Who are we? We are the Nappa Youth Council. We are a group of youth orient. We are a youth oriented group who is committed to make thank you. Who is committed to making a change in our community and defying unh and defying unhealthy behaviors. Um we specialize in um tobacco prevention. Why is tobacco an important issue? Tobacco remains the number one cause of preventable death, diseases.

Do you guys need your presentation? It's on the laptop there in front of you. If you look on the laptop, there's an icon for it. If you open it up on the other side of the there. Thank you so much. Great. There you go. Okay, as you want to advance the slides, we just go to the right. If you want to go back, you'll Thank you so much.

You got this. Why is tobacco an important issue? Tobacco use rem remains the number one cause of preventable death, disease, and disability within the United States. Each year, tobacco related diseases account for approximately 16 or 40,000% or 40,000 deaths in California alone. 40% of all cancer diagnosis in the United States are attributed to tobacco use.

You can just get a little closer. I can hear you. Sorry.

Tobacco also increases in mental health issues. Direct healthcare costs attributed to tobacco use in California are $13 and 29 13 and 29 billion annually. Now I want to focus on what's actually inside these tobacco products. Joining us with us is Miss Nancy, our coordinator as well. If you look at a traditional pack of cigarettes, it has about 20 cigarettes and roughly 220 mg of nicotine. That's what people have been used to thinking of as a lot. But when we move to newer products, the numbers jump fast. For example, something like a flume vape has around 3,000 puffs and about 80 mg of nicotine. That might not sound huge at first, but it's equal to 3 to five packs of cigarettes. Then we go even further with devices like the Geek Bar. This has up to 25,000 puffs and around 850 mg of nicotine. That's the equivalent of about 50 to 60 packs of cigarettes. And this only costs $22 to get a hold of. And even nicotine nicotine pouches like Zin contain about 90 milligrams total per can which equals around three packs. So the key point here is this. These newer products are much more concentrated and last much longer, which makes it really easy to consume more nicotine over time without realizing it.

Instead of stopping after one cigarette, these teenagers can keep using these products continuously, so exposure adds up quickly. Okay.

So, as you just heard, nicotine is now much easier to access to youth. So, one way that we can prevent that is with a tobacco retail license. You might not be f familiar with this term. We'll also say TRL for short, but you can compare it to a liquor retail license. So, in order to sell alcohol, you have to obtain a license through your city. And this then allows you to sell alcohol. And the money that you pay to get your license is used to check that your business is um is you is uh

is compliant. Thank you. Is compliant with all the laws that pertain to selling um liquor. So this would be the same for a tobacco retail license. And Napa is Napa County is our or Napa city council has already started the process of obtaining a tobacco retail license. Kalisoga has already passed a tobacco retail license and all of our other neighbors have also passed a tobacco retail license. So we really want to make sure that we're staying with everyone else and getting this movement started here in American Canyon. The significance the the significance of the tobacco retail license in American Canyon is that it can ensure that businesses comply with local standards, reduce youth access to tobacco and limit the negative public health and equity impacts associated with tobacco use enforces and it can enforce local, state and federal tobacco control laws. Some requirements with it would be that the license is required for all retail retailers, one per each location, and it would be non-ransferable. It would fe it would cover the cost of admiration and enforcement and age ver verification would be required and that noarmacies would be allowed to have this license. So some of the benefits of a tobacco retail license as we talked about in the last slide, it would limit the reduce the illegal sales of tobacco to minors. It would also limit the density of new tobacco retail retailers. So this way they wouldn't be close to schools or

close to family oriented spaces like parks and things like that. It would ensure miners are not encouraged to use tobacco because within the license you can also say they're not supposed to have advertisements outside advertising any of their tobacco products. So if it says like buy two get one free or any sort of promotional material and then overall ecigarettes and other tobacco products. So including ZIN as we saw in the last slide which are pouches they would all be regulated by this ordinance. The importance of policy change. Policy changes aimed at reducing tobacco consumption can lead to improved public health outcomes by Thank you. by decreasing smoking rates. Social impact. Policy changes can help reduce normalizations of behav of smoking behavior particularly against particularly among younger generations as um my peers have spoke about and promoting healthier lifestyles. The economic impacts of policy changes can help imitate these economic burdens by reducing healthcare costs and increasing productivity. The long-term costs associated with treating tobacco related illnesses and productivity due to illness and premature deaths often outweigh the economic benefits. Environmental impacts. Policy changes that promote reduce tobacco consumption can contribute to environmental sustainable efforts. So what would these restrictions actually look like? Because we know that these tobacco industries, their marketing tactics really target certain groups. They target minorities. They

target uh members of lower socioeconomic status. And as Jasmine said, that social impact like what teenager doesn't like a good discount, right? And so we know that a lot of these places that sell these offer discounts. Buy one get one free. Buy three for $15.99 or something like that. So these local jurisdictions can reduce the use of commercial tobacco through adopting price controls. And we know that just a 10% increase in prices reduces consumption by 3 to 5%. Um so this would include prohibiting those coupons and discounts and establishing minimum package sizes. We also know that 55 California jurisdictions have already um adopted these ordinances with minimum prices or pack package sizes and 24 California jurisdictions have ended vaping sales and some of those neighboring counties include San Francisco, Soma, Solano and Contraosta. Um I also want to touch a little bit onarmacies because as we have in that picture that's a pharmacy and we can see so many tobacco products. If in the back we see one that says buy three for 149 for either 14.95 or$4.95 I can't really see but we see that thesearmacies are sending a mixed message right um we know that over 2 million smokers purchase cigarettes from a pharmacy and that 82% of pharmacists and 72% of adults believeies should not sell tobacco and in fact San Francisco was the first to pass an ordinance with thesearmacies and tobacco in 2008 And so here specifically in American Canyon, we conducted this poll about how people feel with youth use, tobacco product pack size, uh price, and support and opposition to certain elements. And we know that 93% are in favor that local policy should require store owners to have a license to sell tobacco. And 87% agree that there should be p bans on

price discounts on tobacco. And so we see here that a lot of our community members are agreeing that this is a danger not only to our health but like I said our community targeting these underresourced underserved um minorities. So when we think about tobacco and nicotine products we often focus on health. But there's also major environmental impact. We see waste everywhere. Cigarette butts on the ground, disposable waves, plastic packaging. These things just don't go away. Cigarette filters are made of plastic and can take years to break down. And vape devices contain batteries and chemicals that can leak into the environment. This pollution affects our soil, water, and wildlife. And this also directly connects to Earth Day. Earth Day is about protecting our environment and making choices that reduce harm to the planet. Today, with a proclamation that was made, there's a recognition that tobacco products are not just a health issue, they're also an environmental issue. They contribute to litter, toxic waste, and long-term damage to ecosystems. On top of that, there's also the impact on the people. Secondhand smoke affects those nearby and thirdand smoke leaves behind toxic residue on surfaces like walls, clothes, public spaces, meaning people can be exposed even after the smoke is gone. Even if you don't smoke, it's all around you. So the big takeaway is tobacco and nicotine products don't just affect the person using them, they impact the environment and the people around them. And especially today on Earth Day proclamation, it's important to

especially recognize how reducing tobacco use can also help protect our planet. Thank you so much. Um, thank you for that. But I also, now that he mentioned secondhand smoke and third-hand smoke, I want to draw your attention to these two pictures. These ones right here, um, these are from the Friday Night Live Club at American Canyon High School where we tested nicotine levels on the surfaces of our bathrooms. So, if you're interested in learning more about that, you can also contact Friday Night Live at ACS. There were some pretty interesting results and again, our health matters. So, I hope you want to know more about that.

Thank you.

Yeah. On on behalf of the city council, I just want to thank you for your outstanding um presentation and information. Um and and what stood out to me most was that you have a passion to share this information with others. Um, and I don't I never want you ever to feel as though that your voice is not heard. I think that it's important. It's meaningful to see that you stand there as a group and you're just trying to educate some of us se seasoned people on what's going on while also uh informing and educating your peers. So, thank you for what you do. Um, council, anyone uh have any addition?

Well, first I do want to thank you for the presentation. and it's been very educational and I'm assuming that the ask is that this council ought to consider a uh tobacco license or retail tobacco license or whatever TRL um and that's certainly something worth doing and if you have some sample ordinances that other jurisdictions have adopted I know that is always an effective way of you know it's easier to uh replicate something that's already been done than creating the the wheel over again. So, if you could get that to our city clerk, I think you might have yourself uh some some receptive audience here.

Awesome. And we did pass out a little packet in the beginning which has some of the information we reviewed and then it also has a tobacco retail license that's already in place.

Okay. Thank you. Anybody else on council? If not, I'd love to take a picture with you guys in that swag, but I want that for my collection. No, don't go. Thank you so much. Got it. Our second presentation this evening is item number nine. Uh will be present a presentation from the Napa Sierra Club on sea level rise. Uh please again introduce yourselves.

Thank you for the personalized Thanks, Scott.

Good evening, Mayor Washington and city council members. My name is Kate Bit. I'm a senior at American Kan High School. I'm also the youth commissioner on the American Kan OSADS Commission and a student intern with the Napa CR Club. I want to thank Mayor Washington and city council members and Mr. Holly for giving us the opportunity to share our slideshow this evening about sea level rise, its potential impact in American Canyon, and what we can do to protect homes and property. I'll be presenting alongside Paulina Vieira Zambrano and Scott Thomasson. This evening, Paulina is a former former Sierra Club student intern who is currently attending MVC. She's studying to become a doctor and has been awarded a student internship at the University of California, San Francisco for this summer. Paulina is also a member of the Sierra Club Napa Group's executive committee and she will be talking about the causes of sea level rise and the threats it poses in our first two slides. I think you may already be familiar with Mr. Thomasson here. He is a retired educator who lives in American Canyon and is the treasurer of the Napa Sierra Club Group.

All righty. So, uh I'm Paulina Sbrano um again and all right. So I will be talking a little bit about what causes sea level rise. So sea levels have been rising since the last ice age, but the current rate is accelerating due to human influences including burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gases. Uh fossil fuel releases greenhouse gases that trap heat in our atmosphere uh and cause the temperatures in our planet to rise. Now our planet is hotter than it has ever been and each year it is hotter than the previous year. Um, as you may know, most sevil sea level rise, which is about 3 millimeters per year, happens as ice sheets and glaciers melt, uh, adding on to the ocean's overall volume. And because of the rising temperatures due to the greenhouse effect, global warming is occurring, which is actively calcing ice sheets and and glaciers to melt at a record pace around the world. And as the Earth's atmosphere and oceans warm up, sea water expands, increasing its volume and causing the sea level to rise overall. All righty. So, uh now I'll be going over some of the uh the threats that sea level rise uh poses. So, the first one being ecosystem services which include regulating temperatures, observing flood waters, sequestering carbon and filtering air and water. Uh the second one being infrastructure including the structural integrity of our buildings. And the final one that I will be mentioning today is our own community health. As sea as sea level rise, flood waters can also transport toxins and poisons up to three miles from their originating source uh which poses a large uh threat to our community health overall. Now we now we will be passing it on to Mr. Thomasson who will be talking about seo sea level rise threats uh in American Canyon specifically.

Yeah, please. How do we change this? Uh, oops.

There we go. I got it.

Oh, yeah. Great. So scientists project that the bay can exper will probably experience as much as 6 and 1/2 ft of sea level rise by 2100. Uh the study uh was provided by the San Francisco Bay Conservation Development Commission, often referred to as BCDC, and it used government released data regarding projected sea level rise. And uh the Sierra Club's Bay Area Sea level rise committee, and I'm a member of that committee, recently reached out to a local environmental scientist, Triana Anderson, and asked her to use this data to predict any sea level rise in American Canyon. And Miss Anderson used a median projection of only uh 4.9 ft of sea level rise rather than the six uh and 1/2 ft uh of sea level rise uh that the study uh indicated might be possible. Um what we see in this slide and in fact I'm going to go back to the Yeah. What we see in this slide um is uh parts of American Canyon along Wetlands Drive and an area near existing warehouses are both subject to significant sea level rise in the future. Um and let me just say that without any action um these areas would be the most prone to flooding. And what you're looking at up there is a is a map that uh you if I was taller I'd point that uh that vertical line uh westmost

is really Wetlands Drive. Um and again without any action uh that area and uh the following area uh which is uh a stretch of property between the wetlands and Misetta's facilities uh are both prone to sea level rise um in the future. And what I left with each of the city council members is that legend at the bottom uh with an explanation from Triana Anderson of what each of those color codes uh refers to. Um, so, uh, now Kate's going to talk about what, uh, we can do to ensure that, uh, the sea level rise that we've just talked about that's projected doesn't really flood any homes in American Canyon.

Yeah, thank you, Scott. Now, there is no stopping to sea level rise. The solution is adaptation, but how and when we adapt matters. Adaptation can range from green or nature-based solutions such as marshland restoration to gray hardscape solutions like seaw walls. Sea level rise adaptation can also include aspects of both such as horizontal or ecoone leveies shown in the slide. Horizontal leveies resemble a traditional levy but with more space and a gradual slope for marshes to be able to move inland. Horizontal leveies serve as a wide natural shield almost like a buffer in front of a regular levey. Instead of a steep dirt wall holding back water, a horizontal levey is a gently sloped area planted with native grasses and wetland plants. When high tides or storms push water toward land, this planted slope slows the water down and absorbs some of its force before it reaches the main levy. Because it's covered in wetland plants, a horizontal levy also creates habitat for birds, fish, and other wildlife. And as water moves slowly through the soil and plant roots underground, the plants help filter out pollution, kind of like a natural water cleaning system. So, a horizontal levy doesn't just block floods, it reduces wave energy, helps deal with rising sea levels, supports wildlife, and improves water quality all at the same time. Now, Paulina will talk about how nature-based solutions can be used in American Canyon specifically.

Thank you.

Thank you, Kate. So, the map that we have right here is provided by the San Francisco Bay um conservation and development commission as a part of their support for jurisdictions and planners. The map here depicts a natural adaptation suitability for American Canyon. So, they're going to be I'm going to be talking about what each color represents. I'm not sure if you guys can see all of the colors. There's a couple different colors there. So, natural adaptation has been proven to be less costly and more reliable than gray solution. Gray solutions including seaw walls, um paving over threatened lands and etc. Uh the horizontal leveies which Kate talked about previously are shown in dark purple and some of those areas. Tidal marshes which could be used to lessen the impacts of flooding from storms are shown in green. U mudflat augmentation which would be adding slit or sediment to race mud flats is shown in in light purple. And finally marsh migration space it is highlighted in magenta color. Okay. So in closing sea level rise is real and it is not going away. American Canyon like many other communities in the Bay Area is subject to sea level rise now and in the future. Here I'm about to show uh a short video that was made by Napa County High School students. uh including two from American Canyon, one of them being K V and the other one being um Maya Mell. All of these students are Sierra Club interns and thank you so much for your time and interest in this topic. Our wildlife and wetlands need your support. And after the video is played, we will be very happy to answer any questions that you may have. Something that's laying up there. I need some support from that. Let's see. Yeah.

You've walked along the bay and its wetlands. You've breathed in its beauty. But the bay and the wetlands aren't just beautiful. They're essential. Our wetlands clean the water, removing pollution, heavy metals, and toxins. Shoreline plants and soils store more carbon than even tropical rainforests. And tidal marshes like these absorb the wave energy from storm surges and tidal floods. Yes, they soften the force of waves, especially during high tides, which protect our communities from flooding. These shallow waters, mud flats, and tidal marshes are nurseries for countless fish, birds, and other animals. Migrating birds depend on our wetlands as a banquet table. And eelgrass meadows act like lungs of the bay's wetlands, bringing fresh oxygen to us all.

Let's not forget about how important it is for our community to enjoy the incredible beauty and wonderment of the wetlands. For me, walking along these trails helps me with the everyday stress of being a teen. But all of this is at risk. All of this is at risk. All of this is at risk. Sea level rise can drown wetlands. The constant development of new housing and warehouses near the wetlands destroys habitats and threatens the area's biodiversity. It kills animals that depend on the wetlands, which in turn kills the wetlands itself. And rising groundwater could release old toxins hidden in the soil. Every Bay Area city, including ours, must create a plan for sea level rise. Will they protect the wetlands or pave them over?

Their choices will shape our entire bay and our lives for decades. Climate change can feel overwhelming, but right now we actually have power. This is our chance to protect the bay, its wildlife, and our communities.

Join us. Speak up. Show our leaders that we care. Together, we can keep the San Francisco Bay alive. Thank you, Scott, uh, Kate, and Paulina for that presentation and the video. I got to say that, you know, Scott even took the time to visit me at my home, spent about two hours at my house kind of going through some of these things as well. So, I appreciate your passion as well. I'd like to open up to council if you have any questions for the for the group here.

Yes. Well, thank you for the presentation and looking I think at a couple of slides back the nature-based solutions in American Canyon. Uh, I think it makes sense that some areas along Wetland's Edge probably vertical leveies are a necessity because there's housing there. But as we go further north, it seems like there's a a decent amount of opportunities to use more of the nature-based solutions. And I know that the city uh has just received some funding to begin um sea level r well shoreline adaptation planning which is essentially saying how do we address sea level rise here in American Canyon. And so the good news is uh as much as this is a source of concern, we are also the city is also kind of embarking on a strategy that will do the planning and and develop the strategies and then obviously pursue funding to to make it happen. So I appreciate you bringing this to us and to our attention. Uh I think it just reinforces that we need to act and fortunately we are actually starting to go down that lane.

Good. Thank you. Great. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Anyone else? Seeing none, Scott, uh, Kate, Paulina, thank you again for your presentation. Thank you.

Uh, moving on this evening, at this time, we'll move on for and open the floor for public comment on items that are list that are not listed on tonight's agenda. You'll have three minutes to make your statement, and then please begin by stating your name for the record. And madame clerk, do we have uh comment cards?

Uh before I call uh for oral comments, I do want to note that we did receive one written comment um in this category from Karina Cervente. Everyone should have gotten that via email. And I have Karina Cvente who has asked to make a comment this evening. Um, good evening Karina Cvente Monteino. Um, I'm here tonight to recognize and thank American Canyon Community Cats for the uh, incredible work they do in our community. Their efforts often go unseen, but the impact is real and lasting. Through their commitment to human care, education, and responsible population management, they are helping create a healthier and more compassionate community for both animals and residents. I personally experienced their their dedication. At one point, I reach out to for help with a situation involving a litter of five kittens along with their mom, dad, and other unary cats. The team showed up and spent over four hours working patiently and carefully to safely trap them. It wasn't easy and I certainly wasn't wasn't quick, but they were but there never rush and they never gave up. That level of commitment truly stayed with me. Community cats are a reality in many cities and addressing the issue takes patience, consistency, and heart. American Canyon Community Cats has stepped up to do just that. Volunteering their time to trap, neuter, and return cats, provide care, and educate the public. This approach not only reduces overpopulation

over time but also minimizes concerns and improves the well-being of both animals and in our neighborhoods. What stands out most is that this work is driven by volunteers. People who give their time, energy, and resources simply because they care. They are solving problems, filling gaps, and making a meaningful difference in our entire city. I encourage the city to continue supporting and partnering with with organizations like this because when we support compassion and collaboration, we strengthen our entire community. So, thank you to American Canyon Community Cats and thank you for your time. I do have 47 seconds. So, um American Canyon High School Theater, it's um doing a tour of the Aristocats. Um they have been going to Alone Elementary School in Pino, Stonebridge uh school in Napa and all of our elementary schools here doing uh um providing a show to the students of the aristocrats. So this uh Friday at 6 pm and Saturday at 11 there will be a free show. So pre please come. You don't have to pay anything and come and enjoy the Aristocats at American Canyon High School Theater. Thank you so much.

Thank you, Karina,

Leon Garcia. Thank you. Good evening, mayor and council members. Leon Garcia, former mayor of American Canyon. I've been on the board for the Community Action Napa Valley for many, many years, and I'd like to tell you some information about it. In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Economic Opportunity Act to eliminate the paradox of poverty in the midst of plenty in our nation. It opened the everyone the opportunity for an education and training, the opportunity to work, the opportunity to live uh life in decency and dignity. In response to Napa's local community leaders and local governments, faith communities, schools, low-income residents came together to create a vehicle for these funds. In May of 1965, Napa County Council for Economic Opportunity, that's a long word, now known as Community Action Napa Valley, was granted nonprofit status. Today, Cami operates the food bank, Meals on Wheels, Wellness on Wheels, and two licensed preschools for low-income students. In accomplishing our mission, part of the food bank program is the Napa Food Pantry, which offers seven locations throughout Napa County. In February of 2026 alone, we served 1,598 congre congregate meals to over 80 seniors and delivered 9,598 meals to more than 400 homes homebound seniors, each paired with a wellness visit to ensure their safety and well-being. During the same month through Napa uh county, the food bank distributed 587

87 thou,000 pounds of food to 13,581 individuals, continuing uninterrupted service despite concerns about potential CalFresh that's from the state benefits loss and ensuring no one experienced a gap in food access. We made sure everybody got the food. We also impacted our impact at the American Canyon Activity Center located on Elliot Drive. We now offer free hot lunches for seniors on Tuesdays and Thursdays, creating more opportunities for connection and engagement. And to further increase access, we launched a new Luna free market at 200 Anteneito Drive in American Canyon. Open every fourth Monday from 2:30 to 3:30. Also with an agreement with Canvi, the Kowanas Club of American Canyon volunteers support food distribution providing access to the food pantry. Cami also distributes food to residents of Valley View and Lascas communities. These efforts reflect CAMBI's deep commitment to supporting the health and well-being of American Canyon residents. They're providing essential services, stability, dignity, and connection for our community every day. Thank you. Thank you, Leon. Ivon Beginski.

Thanks, Eva.

Thank you. Good evening. My name is Ivon Beginsky and I'm representing the uh Napa Solano Autobon Society. Today I wanted to um I wanted to comment on those smoking teenagers and say when I was 16 years old, we had a high school uh room where we could all go smoke. It was called the lounge and we were allowed to smoke in the lounge and it was a Catholic allgirl high school. So there you go. Anyway, um I'm here today to brag a little bit about the brochures. I want to thank the council for granting us the funding. Um we had a thousand of these brochures printed and we had signs printed that are going to go into the kiosk and we also are advertising this at all of the Earth Day and uh wildlife events. So, if you'd like more brochures, please let me know. They're sitting in a box in my closet, and I'd be happy to see them gone and out in the public. The bird walks actually end this Sunday. This Sunday will be the last bird walk until fall because the birds uh leave. They go away for the summer and they go back to their nesting grounds uh way up in the Arctic. So, we have um some bird walks happening in Benia. There's some birds that hang around in Benicia, but we welcome all of you to come back in the fall and take a beginning birdwalk. Um, I've been putting these brochures out in libraries in Valleo and Cordelia and Fairfield and letting people know about it and about 10 to 15 people show up for these birdwalks every Sunday and it's always different people. So, um, I welcome you to join us on the birdwalk and uh, know that that that area is very very important to these birds especially when they're migrating.

Um, so thank you very much. Thank you, Ivonne. Excuse me. Ivonne, can you um can you send me the electronic version of these flyers? Do you have like the the digital version of this? Like to get a copy of it. Thank you. I have no other speaker cards. I do have one hand raised online. Okay. Got one over here, too. Got one over there. Oh, go ahead. No, I haven't called it yet. Go,

Cindy Beerman. Um, I have two hats to wear today. One is community members. So, Mr. Holly, thank you for listening. Last time I was here, I appreciate it. I think, um, public works, uh, Bill Dodson did an amazing job and his other counterpart, which I don't remember his name, but I also received the pictures. Not only are the lights fixed, the frame was painted and it was clean. So, thank you. Thank you. I greatly appreciate that. To put my Nepa County Office education trustee board trustee hat on for American Canyon. Um, I sent out some emails. I don't know if you guys received it or not, but uh tomorrow at 5:30 to 6:30 at the Donaldson Way Elementary School, the NEPA County Office of Education will come down. They're doing their strategic planning. Um, I have been we have a new NEPA county superintendent, Josh Schultz. I don't know if you guys met him coming out to meet him for one, he'll be there uh for two. We got him coming down to American Canyon instead of just staying in Nampa with their new superintendent. But we want some feedback and what American Canyon parents do here in the community does that they really do rally on their kids and uh this is an opportunity for resources. A lot of what our job is to support districts to support the vulner vulnerable kids uh disabled children and um some of the after schools and preschool programs. But anyway, I don't care if you have kids or not, come out and meet everybody um tomorrow night. Um but you guys know our community and that's what we need. You know, one thing we do do is show up and show out. So, thanks.

Thank you, Cindy. I'm calling Justin Hamilton Hall. Go ahead, Justin.

Thank you, Teresa. And good evening. Good evening, Mayor Kelly, Jason Holly, and my neighbor Melissa. Um, I want to shout out um I think I missed my mayor at the laser lunch. Amazing. Um uh see nap Kathy Mary Lou with there is so amazing blush off. Um and the second thing is um I want to have a little bit update on R out uh uh rounding out uh a we get some work on by caring some more and put the round out out there. And then the third one is I want to see there be more update pain treat. Thank you.

Thank you Justin.

No one else online. I have I have no other hands raised online. Okay. Thank you. No one inside of the room. I'll close public comment and move to agenda changes. Uh, council, are there any agenda changes? There are actually four items on consent. Hearing none, I'll accept a motion. Go ahead. There are no changes. Excuse me. I move that we accept the u the agenda. I'll second. We have a second. Can we get a roll call, please, Madam Clerk?

Yes. Okay. Council member Cruz, yes. Council member Lamatina, yes. Council member Oro, yes. Vice Mayor Joseph, yes. Mayor Washington,

yes. Okay. Next is public hearing. We actually do not have anything for public hearing this evening. So, we'll move on to the business items. Uh we have one business item. Item tonight's on tonight's agenda starts with item number 13, expanding city limit uh norly northing northerly to South Kelly Road. Uh Mr. Holly. Thank you, Mayor Council. Um the item tonight are three different actions. staff is recommending that the council take uh related to city limits uh and extending those limits northerly uh to South Kelly Road. Uh the first uh action relates to an agreement with uh Napa County related to our urban limit line and our regional housing needs allocation. The second relates to a property tax sharing agreement for one of the areas and then the third item would be a property tax sharing agreement to another one of the areas. Um the uh story of growth uh is really the story of American Canyon. Uh when we incorporated in 1992, we had a much smaller footprint than our founders had intended uh with the promise to be able to continue to grow uh as uh as the need arose. Uh we've done it numerous times over the years uh and are poised to do it again uh in the near future. Uh it's not actually that the city who uh defines those boundaries. It's uh somewhat littleknown government organization by the name of uh Napa County Local Agency Formation Commission. Uh the LAFCO. Uh it's not a comedy club. It's literally a government organization, but I like to joke of it as a as a comedy club. Uh and it's the LAFCO that uh decides where those boundaries are. And the city of, pardon me, the city of American Canyon has uh applied to annex

additional lands into our city limits. And we applied to that LAFCO to do that. We did that last fall for about 83 acres in and around uh Watson Lane. Uh that's known as the uh Polley Watson Lane affected territory. Uh, a picture of that actually shows up in the packet on page what page that is in the packet. Yeah, page 134 of the packet kind of in those those yellow lines. Um in addition uh to that area in around Watson Lane, uh the property owners of adjacent lands uh these lands known as the Hessair affected territory have also applied to LAFCO uh to annex inside of of the city limits. Uh it can go either way. So the LAFCO will take applications either from a city like we did for Py Watson Lane or the LAFCO will take applications from property owners. In the case of the Heslair affected territory, it's the property owners who have uh applied uh to annex that land. And a map of that shows up on page uh yeah, page 149 of the packet is as an example of the Hassen layered properties. Um the properties within the Paley Watson Lane area have a existing mix of residential and industrial general plan designations while the lands within the Hesfected territory have a industrial general plan designation. Um there's a lot of win-wins uh in these proposals. Um there's wins in as far as helping Napa County address some of their regional housing uh requirements and there's wins uh for the city as we help grow our future boundary, expand

our population and expand our population base and there's even broader winds that are available for the entire region. Um Highway 29 uh with its challenges with traffic uh has an alternative that's planned known as Newual Drive. Uh this is to the east of of Highway 29. Uh and these annexations will pave the way for that alternative route to come to fruition uh and will um be part of that legacy as as that activity uh expands. Um Napa County uh has asked that as we expand these boundaries, including the American Canyon Urban Limit Line, as we expand those boundaries, uh they've asked that we uh take on some of their housing obligations. um 15% during the first 16 years of this agreement and then 10% thereafter. Uh estimates of what that would mean in a dwelling unit perspective is about 25 units per year, 15 units per year thereafter. And it's for planning purposes. These aren't actually units that are built. It's just we have to uh plan for them as part of our planning exercises in addition to our own. Should be noted these requirements come from the state. They're not something that the locals uh are putting forward. It's something that the legislature and the state housing and community development department are putting forward through the association of Bay Area governments. Um these three agreements are all prerequisites for uh the annexations to proceed forward. Um it's a requirement of LAFCO rules that uh the lands be within the urban limit line and that we have these tax sharing agreements first before they could act. uh although those applications are ready uh and could be acted on as soon as June the June 1st LFCco meeting. Um specifically as it relates to the sharing of property tax, the the city and the county have been working together along with the fire district uh to negotiate what the property tax revenue would be prospectively. The lands within the Py Watson land

affected territory are already within the boundary of the fire district and so they already receive revenue from those areas. So the sharing of property tax would just be between the city and the county. Uh and that's attachment to exhibit A is the proposed agreement. Uh it would note a 50/50 share initially of the county's uh allocations and then that would increase upon the transfer of the arena units from that process going forward and that would go to 75% American Canyon and 25% to the county. Um a little more complicated for the Hesler area. um that's outside of the fire district and is proposed uh to be moved into the fire district as well. Uh that would also be done by LAFCO. Uh and here uh the county's structural fire tax revenue would go directly back over to the fire district now in addition to 5% of the county's regular allocations and then the county and the city would share the remaining 95%. And uh and once the uh once AB approves those transfer of housing allocations, then the share would increase for the city up to 70%. Uh and then uh the county share would go down to 25%. Um I mentioned before, these agreements are prerequisites for LFCO taking action. Uh if the council's prepared to act on these agreements tonight, um then it would set the stage for the fire district to proceed next week and then the county the following week. Ultimately, uh LAFCO approval would uh potentially occur on on June 1st. Uh there are agreements in place already uh that require um two of the larger land owners within these areas to dedicate land for New Drive. And so the reality of that roadway network coming to fruition uh becomes more real and real uh once those annexations take place and those property owners make those dedications that are required for those agreements. Um of course those property owners benefit by being in the city as they're

then able to develop their property in ways that um they could today. Um, happy to answer any questions that the council has or that the public has and um, staff recommends approval of these three resolutions. Thank you, Mr. Holly. Um, I'll start with council. Any clarifying questions prior to opening it up to public comment? Vice Mayor?

I Yeah, one we we did receive a comment today. um addressing the urban limit line and I just want to confirm that our city attorney is comfortable with what we're doing in spite of that comment. Yes, that's correct. Okay. Thank you. Everything else will just be uh commentary that we I can do after uh public hearing or public comment. Okay, Council Member Oro. I I I'll wait until after public comment. Okay. At this time, I would like to open it up to public comment for uh anyone interested in making a comment on item number 13.

Uh good evening, Beth Marcus. I was just curious, how many more houses would we be required to to build with that negotiation? Molly, I was bugging him about getting closer to the mic, so he wasn't paying attention to the question. He was ask she was asking about many how many proposed houses. So

thank you and I apologize he was distracting me. Um at the moment there are no houses that are proposed. Uh the property for the and the Hair is uh has a general industrial uh designation. Uh the houses within the uh Watson Lane area have an estate residential uh designation and then there's also industrial designation. Uh those designations uh can't change for two years until after the LFCO annexation. Um the properties in and around Watson Lane with the estate residential designation, many of them already have houses on them. It's possible that one or two of them could put some additional ADUs or additional houses on them. But uh it would take um changes in zoning, changes in general plan designations related to a specific development proposal before additional houses uh you could come forward or be proposed. If if I can butt in, I I think the other part of that is it it depends on what the numbers are during each uh reena cycle. Um they're going to tell us how many units have to be built and then it's just a math thing. You know, if the county has a 100 units requirement, then in the first phase we have to build 15% or 15. So the number we have to build to to address the county's obligation kind of depends on whatever the the state gives us as a number and then we just calculate the 15%. So that's that's the other answer.

That's correct. And I apologize. I think I misunderstood the question. Well, when you're distract, yeah, I I noticed that, you know, it's dire or council member Oro is messing with with our staff and uh so thought I would butt in. Thank you. Any other um speaker cards, Madame Clerk? I have no speaker cards. I do have one hand raised online. Okay. And we have one hand raised inside here, too. Uh Leon Who's the comment?

Thank you. This uh sounds very familiar uh to me. I'm sure uh council member Joseph knows this. Well, this would be in about I think 2001 2002. Uh Napa County was in a very tight bind with the state because they weren't meeting farmworker housing requirements and we're building like crazy. So, uh, you know, hat in hand, they came down and, uh, well, we're not going to criticize you for be out being out of control in American Canon anymore right now, but we'll work out a deal with you. So, from Green Island Road to the airport, we got all that land in that deal, and we managed to meet that housing requirement. I think, do I have that accurate, Council Member Joseph? Yeah. So, it sounds like this is deja vu all over again in many respects. But, uh, you know, there was benefits to us from making that decision with him. Thank you.

Thank you, Leon. And the call online. Okay. Okay. I have here. Okay. I have S. Sanders. Uh, go ahead, please. Good evening, mayor and city council members. Uh, my name is Skyler Sanders. Can you hear me? Okay. Yeah, we hear you.

Okay. Uh, my name is Skyler Sanders and I'm speaking on behalf of American Canyon 1 LLC regarding what has been agendaized as item 14. I think it's been referred to as 13, but I think we're both talking about the same thing, the expansion of the urban limit line. Um, as noted for the record, uh, I have submitted both through the e comment as well as through a separate written statement to both the city clerk and city attorney um, AC1's position on this matter, which is that AC1 is not opposed to the development, annexation, transportation, improvement, or long range housing plans. Our concern is with the process the city is using here as the city's own agenda material state the hess layered affected territory is outside the existing urban limit line and item 14 is premised on expanding that line to include the property. The problem is that the 2008 urban limit urban limit line was adopted through an initiative process and the operative 2008 document expressly states that the urban limit line again approved by resolution by this council cannot be changed without a vote of the voters of the city at a subsequent city election. The same documents also state that the line was intended to remain in effect through January 1st, 2030. So this is not about whether development may someday occur. It is about whether the city can expand a voter adopted urban limit line by agreement and resolution without first going back to the voters as required by the 2008 measure. In our view, it cannot. We respectfully ask the council not to approve item 14 to the extent it depends on expanding the existing urban limit line without ver voter approval and instead to pursue any

such change through the process required by the 2008 resolution and initiative. Thank you. Thank you Mrs. Sanders. Any any other person online? I do. Sorry, just takes a second to swap them out there. I have Justin Hamilton Hull. Go ahead, Justin.

Hey, Teresa. Um, I like to see more housing, but I want to see if we can bend that next time when we have agenda. We can bend that back at the West Karen more uh housing like housing. I know it's 2027 be next year, but I want to see if we can bend that back because there's no housing at my house. Um, we need to see if we can get somebody to put in sidewalk in there and I thinking um about u Justin's future. Thank you Karen Dmore. Thank you.

Thank you Justin. And I want to for the record stand correct that that's it that this is item number 14. Uh if there's no other public I have one more. Hugh Marquez. Uh give me one second. Hugh. Go ahead. You might be muted. Hugh. Oh [ __ ] Am I muted now? Yep. Yep. Am I muted now? Go ahead. No, you're good. Go ahead.

Okay. Um um I I have a question. The H layer, if we expand this urban limit line, uh do is part of this to get a timeline for a east an east corridor. um is so for this urban my curiosity is with the servant limit line I know there's been a talk from again from wetland from I'm sorry from new to going all the way down to south Kelly road and if this does go through is there a proposed timeline when the road when we would have a east uh an east east east east side corridor um off at 29. Thank you,

Mr. Holly.

Uh, yes, Mayor. Happy to to answer that. Um, I wouldn't say that there's a uh specific timeline necessarily, but um these agreements and the series of processes ending in the LAFCO annexation facilitate um new drive occurring. There are two land owners with agreements that obligate the dedication of rideway for uh the road to eventually go on. Uh acquiring land to put new roads is one of the key steps in development of a process where roads get built. So uh to the extent you have a checklist of things you have to do and you get some of those items on the checklist done uh which is what this agreements do then yeah it uh encourages that timeline to happen uh absent these agreements and absent these annexations then the timeline becomes much longer and more difficult. So um there isn't a particular uh date in mind. Um, I will note that the urban limit line agreement with the county specifically requires the city when approving future development proposals should they occur that we think about New Drive and that we acquire to the greatest extent we can the dedication of lands and the the imposition of road construction. So, um, the county viewing as much as we do important, uh, the construction of New Drive, putting it upon us now that these lands be annexed to actually do that and to make sure that that happens, which I think we would do anyway, but it's the county's way of reminding us that we're going to do that. So, um, to the extent we're able to do that in those future development applications, that agreement would say we need to do that. Um, so not a not a particular timeline, but this, uh, lines up the necessary prerequisites to make it happen.

Thank you, Mr. Holly. Anybody else online? I have no other hands raised. Anyone else in the room? Mr. Hess,

good evening. Rick Hess representing uh the Hess uh layered project. First, I'd like to thank the council and and certainly Mr. Holly. This has been a long process. Uh it's been talked about for a long time trying to get that east side uh connection. And as uh uh Mr. Holly said, Mr. Lar who's also here. We have agreed that that um if we can get this uh process uh through annexation that we're certainly willing to grant the uh uh rightaway for that road and we are in full support of the package that you have before you tonight and uh encourage you to continue to move forward and and this simply gives a city an opportunity to plan our future. um and lands that that have been contemplated for a long time. So, we look forward to the opportunity to to uh work with the city in the future to to come up with the plan that works for all of us. So, thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Hes. Any other questions? Any other comments? Seeing none, I'll close public comment on item number 14 and turn back to council for further discussion. Uh Council Member Oro.

Yeah. Um, I've always understood that the 2000 urban limit line was a vote of the people and that we had to wait until 2030. And in light of the caller's comments um from Mr. Sanders around resolution 2008-105. In here it states um well they they state that it creates a legal problem and that it has to be affirmed through an initiative um and that it may not change prior to 2030 and that any modification of the UL will require a subsequent vote and I'm assuming of the people. Uh, I'd just love to hear from the city attorney and understand why it's okay now. Um, and so the public kind of knows how we're getting to this conclusion.

Sure. These are these are um prerequisite actions that the city is taking and it's not the only party that needs to act and take these prerequisite actions before this property can proceed to uh have the annexation application reviewed by LAFCO. So the action taken tonight by the council does not violate the um the res the restriction purported to exist under the uh initiative which was actually approved by council I believe back in 2008. I would also note that the urban limit line restriction expires uh by the terms of the uh council approved resolution by January 1st, 2030. And uh so in in sum total, there's nothing about the action you're taking tonight that violates that. And so that's the reason. Is it fair to think that we are expanding the ulll tonight or we're setting a pre-work?

Technically not. Okay. You are you are taking the first step in uh a matter that needs approval by other parties and that LAFCO requires before it can uh consider the application by the owner for annexation. So that for all those reasons, the action you're taking tonight uh does not violate any restrictions that anyone might otherwise read into that uh that previous resolution where the council uh prior council adopted uh a matter rather than to put it before vote of the people.

Okay. And then just one last question around initiatives or requests like this. if it's a general public thing that where we're asking I guess the voters to approve land that isn't owned by them but this is a request from voter uh land owner requests for it to happen. Can you talk to me a little bit about what makes that different? Uh I it doesn't make it different per se as to whether or not there would be a perceived conflict with the apparent restriction to expand the urban limit line. But as was mentioned previously by uh by your city manager, an application to LAVCO for annexation can either come from the the city interested in the annexation or it can come from the property owner that uh desires to be included in those city limits. It's just an it's one part of a lengthy process. Uh these things don't happen overnight and like we mentioned and was mentioned in the staff report, this is just the first action. The county will have to take an action as well. The fire district will have to take an action. This will all get bundled up into the application for annexation with LFCO and that will take some time to for LFCO to sort through. So, it's likely that it will in fact be 2030 before uh any of this comes to f fruition, but for all those reasons, the action you're that is recommended for you to take tonight does not violate that restriction.

Yeah, thank you for that. And and then just as you were speaking, I I not sure I asked the question correctly, and I actually do sit on LAFCO and we do review um uh um owner initiated requests to be part of city services. Those don't take voter initiatives. They actually go through a whole process. Correct. I misunderstood the question if that's and I probably misstated it. Didn't understand. I was listening to Beth talk over there while trying to tell Jason what to do. So yeah. So yes, I concur with what you just said. Right. Okay. So that I think that's probably the that that is a major differentiator when it's a landowner initiated request.

Yes. Maybe. No. Yes.

Okay. Thanks, Vice Mayor Joseph. just and just to uh add to that discussion, I recall it's a few months ago that um 1600 Green Island Road as a for instance was approved by LAFCO to be included in our sphere of influence even though it is also outside the urban limit line. So, uh clearly, you know, two things can happen at the same time. Um, so I'm okay with the property tax sharing agreement. As I mentioned to the city manager, I'm always uncomfortable committing to any kind of a percentage forever more because you never know what that number is going to be. But by the same token, I'm pretty sure the county doesn't like to give up 75% of its property tax increment. And so we're both kind of making a leap of faith that this will work itself out. Um, so I think it's as fair as it can be. Um, the the other point of course, because I'm the old guy on the council, I remember when the city first incorporated. I showed up shortly afterwards, but there was much frustration over the incorporation process. The American Canyon residents wanted to have it all the way to Saskll Ridge. It was shaved back and then shaved back and shaved back some more. And there's a certain amount of satisfaction that here we are some 30 years later polishing off probably the last of the annexations that really do square off the city and makes it probably what it should have been 30 plus years ago. And uh I'm also impressed that when we first started talking about annexations, even annexations that were in the sphere of influence, it was a packed house and um it was not an easy issue to get the board to approve it or LAFC or anyone

else. So, as our former mayor points out, we've come a long way. The last piece to the puzzle is the new extension. Uh, and I appreciate Hugh Marquez asking for a timeline and and I've said this on a number of occasions, so I'll say it again. We really do need to start looking at the new extension. Um, it is part of the circulation plan that we've had for over 30 years. It needs to be fast-tracked. We need to look at all the elements involved and seriously talk about how do we expedite it. It's easy to do something sequentially and it really will take 20 or 30 years if we do everything step one, step two, step three. But I believe we can also be a little more creative and start looking at how we can combine things uh and strategically. How can we craft a project that we can literally give to the developer and say you're going to build this part of the road, you're going to build that part of the road. and the city's role is more um kind of inspecting it to make sure it's done according to plan. But I do believe that that if we try to do all of this ourselves, it really will take 20 or 30 years. I do think on the other hand, if we go to the property owners adjacent and say you've got to build this, um we might be surprised at how quickly could get we could get it finished. And I that is my sincere hope that we start paying attention to how do we make it happen? What are the obstacles and how do we get around them. So this of course is the necessary first step, but I'd like to see us start to pay more attention to how do we make it happen.

Thank you, Vice Mayor. Any other comments? Uh seeing none. Well, first thank you Mr. Holly and thank you Miss Heismith for the explanations and the answers that you gave earlier. Um to my colleagues, I'll accept the motion. All right, I'll go and do that. So, if there are no other um questions, I move that we adopt the three resolutions. Number one, approving an urban limit line and regional housing needs allocation agreement with Napa County. Number two, approving the Powley Watson Lane affected territory property tax sharing agreement. And number three, a resolution approving the Hest layered affected territory property tax sharing the agreement.

I'll second. Thank you. We have a second. Madam clerk, can you do a roll call, please?

Council member Cruz, yes. Council member Lamatina, yes. Council member Oro, yes. Vice Mayor Joseph, yes. Mayor Washington, yes. Thank you. Thank you, everyone. Um, thank you. Now, moving on to our management and staff reports. Item number 15, the uh quarter 4 fiscal year 2526 capital project schedule updates by our public works director, Erica Ammani Smidies. Welcome back from vacation.

Thank you. Good evening, Mayor Council Community American Canyon. Erica Almond Smithy's public works director here to give you the the um fourth quarter update before as we're entering into it. We're we're towards the end of at of the beginning of the first month of it, but um um I was going to give you a little slideshow first to show you the CIP activity dates. Some of these are active construction. Some of them were completed earlier this past quarter. Um first of all, we're all aware we had a ribbon cutting earlier this year, early the first the third second in the third quarter of uh this fiscal year that here is the Wetlands Hedge um enhancement project. Um they have completed their punch list items. So a notice completion should be coming soon the next quarter or fiscal quarter. We have still some weed management happening through August. So we might be waiting for the notice completion into August. But um as you can see um the project's thriving out there and and I'm sure the rains we're getting continuously here in April will continue to help the growth along with the irrigation that we have installed. Uh American Canyon Road East, this was a highway safety improvement program grant as well as some local funding that um that is now substantially completed. punch list items um have also been completed and those completion will be shown here in the next couple of months. Um Elvin sidewalk drainage project. I know this has been ongoing. Um they have raised um completed the raised crosswalk speed tables. I heard between the rain today the post went in for the new rapid reflective beacons. That'll be the crosswalk lighted crosswalk flashing beacons. And then what we're waiting on is striping. With the rain we had to stop and halt. And then um the final um speed humps between the new raised crosswalk table and end of Poco to Casair. Um those will be going in with the striping timing there. They're just stick down. They're not going to be any more concrete or um asphalt work. And then city staff will come in and restrip the rest of the street system because that was not included in the original scope of work. But um city staff can

complete that work. Um, dire director smithies, we're laughing over here because both Melissa and I were made of the made aware of the uh speed table today. Okay. Oh, how fast were you going? Not fast, but we were aware of it. That's what I'm saying. You know, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We're like, I'm going to stop and smell the roses at Best House now. So, yeah.

During my travels the past few weeks, France had those everywhere. There were intersections everywhere. The whole intersection was raised up. Speed tables. So on those non traffic calming for non signalized and non signed intersections was great. Uncontrolled intersections. Um Green Road as we know it's ongoing. Uh that has been there's been some kuruffles in the last couple of weeks but um we've been smooth there. Thank you, city manager Holly, for helping smooth some of that transition out and our chamber for expediting some meetings with the um commercial property owners out there. Um unfortunately, the rain has also dampened or slowed our progress. Um no pun intended there, but um we're working through that. I was just informed today that um there was some planned work memorial day, excuse me, Memorial Day weekend. that too is probably going to slow down that we've had substantial rain in April and not just some light showers. So, more to come on that. Um here's just some more highlights at 501 Green Island where they're doing the um edge line work. Oops. Um here in Misetta Court, u we worked with uh Misetta as far as getting a midwalk block crossing for their um employees because it it's a pretty grand central station through that court. if you ever driven through it. Um I mean know it slowed down a little bit with Coca-Cola moving out, but um there's still quite a bit of traffic through there. So they wanted to ask they asked they worked with the city staff to get um midblock crossing installed there and and it's nice that we've been able to work with the property owner, the business owner to help make that happen. Here's some additional um ongoing aerials. Um, Consor, our construction management crew, um, is doing these aerial am um, imaging as part of their contract. And, um, Silver Oak and Northampton Parks restroom project. Amazing. They got the work done during the spring break uh, as far as on Silver Oak, but

the bathroom should be coming next week, so that'll be exciting. We'll have more to come on that. I'm sure we'll hear from our communications team on what they have planned for that, but um we will have be seeing cranes similar to what we saw at Wetland's Edge at Northampton and Silver Oak. So, um here's another view. This is actually Northampton um when they were doing the utility and then the pad pad construction and then Veterans Park. Um they're doing the construction installation, the new playground there. So, that's exciting. That should be completed by by the end of this fiscal year. So, it's exciting to see so much work activity happening. And as far as other projects that are um not on this line, um we have the two um comm system upgrades, communication upgrades for the wastewater facility or water recreation facility and water treatment plant, SCADA, that is ongoing. Um should be substantially completed um as far as the water recreation facility later this year and then water treatment to follow. Um right now uh advertised and awarded for construction. Zone 5 water pump station closes tomorrow. So it's be exciting to see what kind of bids we get and that award will come to council shortly following um review of those bids. And then South Kelly Highway 29, we're pending and waiting rightaway clearance and um comm of um South Kelly. And then uh we have the um con uh sewer upgrades on Highway 29 and the Andrew Roadster um that we're finalizing the PSN. So that should be going out soon in this quarter. And then design Melvin Park tennis courts now we have responses on um on different striping alternatives. We're going to be finalizing that package for advertisement. Um Green Island Road also waiting in the wings to complete that. and the Melbourne Road pavement uh rehabilitation projects an in-house project but we're working on the paperwork um for CALR which is the

environmental review and the field review with them to authorize the funds and just move the project forward through the whole CALR process for federal funding. These are the accomplishments in the past 30 90 days. goals for the next 90 days, complete Grand Road. Um it probably be in the first quarter, second quarter of um the fiscal year. Veterans Park playground, it'll be ongoing, but hopefully that'll be clo um completed in the next um substantially completed in the next 90 days. Wetland's Edge enhancement have the notice completion. Melbourne sidewalk have the notice completion. um SCADA upgrades and then have hope hopefully notice of completion for both Silver Oak Northampton Park restrooms and the guardrail project and then awarding the pump station advertising the park tennis courts at Melbourne Park tennis courts um advertising SS4 Green Road and South Kelly tower road projects and then um excuse me I think I'm repeating myself a little bit here Melvin Road beginning the preliminary design and citywide pavement rejuvenation project. Because of the grant funding for Melvin Road, we paused the the it's mostly the Mo Monovino. It's a slurry microsurface project. Um pausing that to expedite the grant funding that we have a year and a half, a little over a year and a half to complete and expend by the end of to 2027 with CALR. So Melvin, we really got to push forward and get that rolling and then but we could be able to squeeze in the the slurry maintenance on the east side west side of town, east side of town and then begin pre-esign for Rancho phase 2. Uh Main Street ADA upgrades. Um we need to get that rocket and rolling and then um the Melvin Park, we have 13 firms that submitted proposed on that. So, um, Deputy City Manager Ali Kada and I have some time to review those. Um, we have a little bit of a homework. We've

been given some guidance on it, but I believe she's has time to help me get that evaluated. Everyone else has evaluated it, but um, we got to get those reviewed and see if we can get that back to council to award. And then Lynwood Park improvements, um, hopefully begin design on that project. And then Main Street Park improvements, again, we talk about the ADA improvements. And then um wetlands restoration public access. We brought that for award to you um a few weeks ago. Um the contracts are running for for signature. So um hopefully that'll be kicking out and starting design here in the next couple of months. So with that, I'm open for any questions. You have a map and the schedule we've updated and um I really appreciate the engineering team getting this up to you because I was out of town when this was all updated and they did a fantastic job especially with the presentation show and tell.

Well, thank you Erica. I mean, you and your team have always been doing an amazing job and and I'm exhausted just hearing all the stuff that you guys are doing. So, but I appreciate what you're doing. So, thank you. Um, Vice Mayor Joseph, a great report. Uh, on the zone 5 uh water pump, has there been a lot of interest as far as bidding activity? The mandatory pre-bid walkthrough was well attended. So, um, I keep getting updates from my engineer going, "We don't have any bids yet." I said, "That's normal. Well, you know, they usually wait till the last minute to file online. So, um, looking forward to seeing the results tomorrow and perhaps city manager Holly can send a little blind CC to you guys, let you know what the preliminary results are.

So, now they turn them in online. They don't back in my day, they would be hovering around and about five minutes before the deadline, they'd all rush in and say, "Here it is." And co really switched things up and then with open gov we have that platform availability. So, there you have it. tech. We still have folks that come in here want the live hearing, but Okay. All right. Very good. Good luck on the bid. Thank you. Yeah. Seeing no other questions from the rest of the council. Thank you again for the update and um great job. All right. Uh Mr. Holly, any other staff reports? Correct. Deputy City Manager Aikita has uh some updates as does Director Cooper.

Yes, thank you. Um I'm here to tell you all the wonderful things that are happening over the next couple weeks. On April 23rd, we have the American Canyon Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Adapt Real Estate will be hosting their coffee chat from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. And then on Saturday, April 25th is a busy day. The Napa Valley Unified School District, Napa Junction PTA, will be hosting a 5K run and walk at the wetlands starting at 8:30 a.m. So, if you're planning on going out there, I would completely avoid that time till about 12:00. I would maybe go in the afternoon if you need to walk your dog or get your run in or get your walk in um because you might get run over by a bunch of elementary school kids um who are going to be doing their 5K. Um, also that day over at the Michelic Center, there is going to be an annual wellness vaccine and micro trip um clinic from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. And then also over at the American Canyon Library, we have the book donation from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Um, and then if you don't forget, all of you are supposed to be over at the Double Tree Hotel for our annual community recognition dinner from 5 to 8:00 p.m. I'll see you all there. And then um on May 1st, the American Canyon Arts Foundation will be hosting their ukulele jammers at the Make the Logic Center from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. And then on May 2nd at the Napa, Napa County Bicycle Coalition will be hosting their bike fest at Oxbow Commons from 9:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. And then um please join us on May 5th right here in the council chambers to be a part of the community discussion as the council will review the public draft of our parks and recreation master plan. So if you'd like to um provide public comment and feedback, that is your opportunity as part of the community and as a

stakeholder, please um we want to hear your feedback and I'm sure the council would like to hear your feedback that evening. Um, and that is going to be an opportunity for you to um, speak directly to your council and tell them exactly how wonderful you love your master plan. Thank you so much. Thank you.

Hello again, Mayor, council members, and members of the public. Brent Cooper, community development director. Uh, wanted to give you an update that you've been waiting for for a very long time. Um, the spirit of cooperation, we've been working hand inand over the last month uh very cooperatively with the home to suites builder. What? And I'm happy to announce that on Thursday we should be in a position to issue a certificate of occupancy. Yeah. Long like two days from now kind of two days from now. It was

So, so I've said before we've never been closer, but this time I mean it.

Thank you, Brent. Anything else, Mr. Holly? No. Okay. Uh, moving on to our mayor council comments and committee reports. Starting with you, vice mayor.

Well, as you know, I submitted my written report. Uh just want to highlight uh Arvin's not here but made it to the holy festival of colors and audience was or the crowd was a little subdued because it rained in the morning and obviously that intimidated some people but um as we all know the weather acknowledges some of our special events and it stopped raining during the time and then started raining later that evening. So it was a great time. Everybody enjoyed themselves and looking forward to the ukulele jammering session on May 1st. Uh, council member Oro. Nothing to add. Nothing to add. Council member Lamatina. Nothing.

Council member Cruz. Uh, thank you, Mr. Mayor. I did not get a chance to submit my report, but I did attend uh on Monday. It was a roundt discussion with the call cities uh with Assembly Member Sha Shabo. It was uh with council members and leadership from up and down the state. We just talked about different bills that were authored to help uh military veterans, families um um in that in that sort. Uh we'll be attending Cal City's uh leadership summit tomorrow. So I'll be leaving tomorrow morning. Again, I look forward to watching um David Oro present. That's all I have, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Um do we have any future agenda items starting with you, Vice Mayor? None at this time. Okay. Council member Oro.

No. Council member Lamatina. No. Council member Cruz. No. Okay. No one has any future agenda items. So, we've concluded our business for this evening and we are now adjourned. Good night, American Canyon. John