City Council - Regular Meeting

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That means I wash them. Good evening, everyone, and welcome. I'm calling tonight's regular city council meeting for September 15th, 2026 to order. Let us stand and proudly recite the present allegiance. Madam Clerk, would you kindly call 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. Report on closed session and confirmation of reportable actions. When you're ready, Mr. Summers, can you please share the report out on closed session?

Thank you, Mayor Washington. The council met in closed session to consider one item related to public employee performance evaluation for Jason Hawley, city manager. The council provided direction to staff and council and took no reportable action. Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you, sir. Any questions for the attorney? Seeing none. Thank you. Moving forward to proclamations and presentations. Tonight we only have one proclamation, no presentations. And tonight's proclamation will be on the National Community Planning Month. And I believe, Mr. Cooper, you'll be the recipient. So I'll read the proclamation, give you an opportunity to kind of share with us, and then we'll take a glamour shot with you. READING. THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH, OCTOBER 2026. WHEREAS COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION, INCLUDING THE CITY OF AMERICAN CANYON, MUST ADAPT TO CHANGE. AND WHEREAS COMMUNITIES PLANNING PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR SHAPE AND POSITIVE CHANGES AND INFORMED CHOICES ABOUT HOW WE LIVE, WORK, AND ENJOY THEIR LIFE. Proactive decision-making helps decision-making anticipate and overcome challenges. And whereas the planning process helps reconcile diverse and sometimes competing perspectives from all of the residents and businesses in the community. And whereas community planning further economic development by guiding long-term infrastructure and public service needs, and whereas planning helps Communities adapt and thrive in its face of environmental changes. And whereas community planning helps to align local government policies and actions with long-term goals, and whereas the American Planning Association designates October as National Community Planning Month to recognize and celebrate the contributions of sound planning across the United States. Now, therefore, I, Mayor Pierre Washington, along with the City Council of the American Canyon, do hereby proclaim October 2026 as Community Planning Month in the City of American Canyon, dated September 15, 2026, by myself, Pierre Washington. Thank you for the planning.

Thank you, Mayor, members of council, and members of community. I'm Brent Cooper, Community Development Director. I'm very honored to be here tonight. I'm joined with two wonderful people in the audience who would like to come up. Applause here for Laura Welch and Tiffany Ford. I think the great thing about community planning and what's really has kept me interested and excited about the field is it's all about the community. Of course, we have our folks here. Laura Welch here in her daily job is helping to make people make homes and businesses and buildings safe where they can enjoy their lives and live here and appreciate this city. And the same is also true for Code Enforcement Officer Tiffany Ford. I'm also going to call out Norm Woods. He works on sea level rise and utilities. Without those, this isn't a community. There's nothing that we can do here without that. We have our friends from the NVTA that are here that that run our transit services and work on highway and other important county-wide projects, including most recently the active transportation plan. It's all part of the community. And members of the audience here who do things small and large on a daily basis to make American Canyon a wonderful community that we all enjoy living. So whether you know it or not, you're all doing community planning. I'm just one that has the title. So with that, just really happy to be here and celebrate the moment and wanted to give thanks to the wonderful people here in this town and on our council and staff and sort of enjoy the moment.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you. Thank you.

Before I move on to public comment, I wanted to give the Vice Mayor an opportunity to make a quick announcement.

Just a quick, I know many of you or a lot of you I hope knew Nelia Medeiros. She was a big player in years back and she was a Gateway Award winner for 2011. Unfortunately, she lost a fight to cancer, and I'd just like to ask that we adjourn tonight's meeting in her memory.

Thank you, sir. At this time, uh, I would like to open a floor for public comment on items that are not listed on tonight's agenda. Each speaker will have up to three minutes to address the council. Um, and then, um, when you go to the podium, if you could at least, uh, identify yourself, unless you've already completed a, um, speaker's card with the clerk. So we will open it up for public comment and madam clerk, do we have speaker cards?

Yes I have a Jacqueline Berthel.

Good evening Jacqueline.

Good evening, Council. I want to bring up the Paoli-Watson Lane annexation. I have a concern why it was extended. It was not asked to us residents if we wanted it extended. I was there at LAFCO meeting, and there it was two attorneys speaking, as Beth Painter pointed out to press at the end of it. It was extended because two people wanted it. Mr. Summers was one of them. It was requested at 640 the night before. Again, last minute, we've had a lot of annexation things happening the night before. The first annexation, we asked if that was possible. We were told, I'll have to see. As residents, we reached out ourselves to LAFCO, to Brendan Freeman. He then extended it for us 60 days. The next morning, we got an email from Jason Hawley saying it was extended. So it's a lot of who's actually doing it. And the trust as residents, not knowing who's actually doing it and why we were told we were sitting there, heard Mr. Summers say, we need more time to look over contracts. If that was true, we should have been addressed as residents before, because as residents standing there in the LAFCO building, to hear that it was extended again until November with no new information from the city beforehand was really hurting as residents with that. Thank you.

Thank you, Jacqueline.

Leanne Volk.

Good evening Leanne.

Good evening mayor and council members. My name is Leanne Volke and I am a third generation Watson Lane resident. raising the fourth generation on the same property. Bear with me, I'm not a public speaker, but this needs to be said. I would like to speak tonight on behalf of and as a resident of the Paoli Watson Lane annexation area. I would like to address the protest period for this annexation. your city representative waited until the final hours of the last business day of the original protest period to file for a 60-day extension even though an extension had been suggested suggested days if not weeks earlier the city had 60 days to negotiate during that time The protesting parties made it quite clear that the city's attempt to address our concerns had fallen short. In fact, the city's conduct throughout this process has done little more than solidify our distrust, a distrust fueled by what appears to be half-truths, withheld information, and backroom deals. The purpose of a protest period is to give the affected public a meaningful opportunity to object, to provide due process, and to protect the interest of property owners and voters. Your actions at last Friday's LAFCO meeting is requesting an additional 60 days seems to have been based at least in part on all the false statements and illusions that the city was close to reaching agreements with the Watson Lane residents. Unless the city has new information that it has yet to reveal, that idea is simply an illusion. It could also be argued that these actions violated California government code by extending the protest period beyond the limits allowed by law. But even more troubling, your latest actions have attempted to strip away from us the very protection the law provides, the opportunity to have our voices heard and to protect our families and our properties and our way of life. At this point, this no longer feels like a genuine effort to reach an agreement. It feels more like a means to an end, an attempt to achieve a predetermined outcome rather than conduct good faith negotiations intended to address the legitimate concerns of all parties involved. Thank you.

Thank you, Leon.

Sophie Borjand.

Hello, good evening, mayors, city council member. I'm just here to let the community know and everyone here, we are celebrating Filipino American History Month called Manila Munchie. It's going to be a Shenandoah event on October 10 from 3 to 9 p.m. That's all. Thank you.

Thank you, Sophie.

Okay, I have no other speaker cards. I do have hands raised online.

Okay, we'll take that first one.

I'm gonna call Hugh Marquez. Go ahead, Hugh.

Good evening, Mayor. Can you hear me? Yes, sir. Good evening, Mayor and Council. I just wanted to commend, it was very nice seeing quite a few of the Council and some of our people who are running for Council at the Labor Day breakfast this past Labor Day. It's good to see that American Canyon, that the Council, and I know that even the ones out there, that you guys do support Labor, and it was very nice to see. Thank you.

Thank you, Hugh. Thank you.

I have no other hands raised.

Okay, one more scan in the room. Anyone else? Karen, welcome.

Good evening, Mayor, Council, public. I just wanted to bring up a concern that I had going by the park, by the Boys and Girls Club. The memorial trees along the path there in the back, Aside from the concern, they look really nice. They've been trimmed up. It looks really great back there. The issue is the trees look like they're dying. They're not very happy. And I'm thinking that perhaps when you did the recycled water lines and everything, that they were part of that. And perhaps we would like to take a look at switching them back to the potable water due to the fact that they were bought and paid for by citizens of American Canyon. And plaques were placed at the base of those as a memorial to their loved ones that they have lost. Um, something that I think we should take a look at due to that fact that it is a memorial walk.

Okay.

And Karen, I know, I know who you are, but for the record, Karen Fritz. Thank you. And again, scan in the room for any other last minute comments for a public comment. Seeing none, I'll close public comment. And I'll move on to our agenda changes. Are there any agenda changes from council? Hearing none, I'll accept a motion to accept the consent calendar. I'll make that motion. We have a motion. Can I have a second?

I will second, but I have to abstain from items 5, 7, and 8, the reason being those were readings that were discussed last week. I GOT A LITTLE STOMACH BUG THAT WEEK AND I DIDN'T MAKE IT. I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REST OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY IF I DID THAT CORRECTLY.

I WOULD ACTUALLY NOTE THAT YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO ABSTAIN. I AM ABSTAINING, SIR. IF YOU WANT TO, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MADAM CLARK, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE?

Yes. Council member Brando Cruz?

Yes.

Council member Melissa Lamatina? Yes. Council member David Oro is abstaining.

No, I'm accepting the consent calendar abstaining from three items, five, seven, and eight.

Okay. Okay.

Let me. And so what we'll reflect is the vote would be 5-0 on the other items and 4-0-1 on those three items. All right.

So 5, 7, 8. Okay. All right, we'll have to make those changes after to the resolution. Okay. So I'm going to just, Vice Mayor Mark Joseph? I'll vote yes. And Mayor Pierre Washington?

Yes. Thank you. We'll move on to public hearing. We actually don't have any items on public hearing this evening, so I'll move on to the business item. There are three business items tonight on tonight's calendar. Uh, let's start with item number 11, the water treatment plant filter media replacement and under drain repair project, which is a w a two three dash zero two zero zero. And it looks like it'll be you Norman.

Yes.

Welcome.

ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR NORMAN WOODS. THE MEDIA REPLACEMENT AND FILTER REPLACEMENT PROJECT IS BEING INCREASED BASED ON THAT THE ORIGINAL QUOTE WAS $350,000. THAT NUMBER WAS CHOSEN THREE YEARS AGO AND IT WAS AN ESTIMATE THAT WAS BY THE PREVIOUS BUT WHATEVER FELIX'S TITLE WAS. THE PREVIOUS DIRECTOR IN THAT POSITION RIGHT THERE. SINCE THAT TIME, THE ORIGINAL, THE QUOTES CAME IN ABOVE THE BUDGET $350,000. THE LOW BID QUOTE WAS $492,000. SO WE'RE INCREASING THE BUDGET TO REFLECT THE 492,000 LOW BID PLUS A 20% CONTINGENCY.

AND THAT'S IT?

UNLESS THERE'S MORE, THE ORIGINAL CONVENTIONAL FACILITY WAS PUT IN IN 1975. IT'S AN OLDER FACILITY. THERE'S BEEN NO ORIGINAL WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE ON THE UNDERDRAINS. THE MEDIA HAS BEEN FILLED A COUPLE TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEARS, BUT THAT ALSO, SO THE WASHING SURFACES, THE UNDERDRAINS, THE FLAP GATES, all need to be replaced and need to be addressed. And if you add the inflation to go along with the 2023 bid, you'd get to that 492,000 number.

Okay. Thank you, Norman. And I'll return to council for any clarifying question. It looks like the vice mayor has one.

And I apologize. I didn't bring this up with the city manager. I reviewed it and then forgot about it. But The two bids that we got, one is around a half million, the other is one and a quarter million. That's a pretty wide gap. A lot of times when the gap is that great, it's either the expensive guy is inflated or the inexpensive guy forgot something. Did you guys check, are you comfortable with this because of the significant variance between the two bids?

I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE BID. I THINK THE 1.2 MILLION ALSO HAD A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA STUFF THAT WAS IN THERE THAT WENT BEYOND A SIMPLE BRINGING IT BACK TO THE AVERAGE OPERATING, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BRING IT BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL. THEY ACTUALLY HAD A LITTLE COUPLE THINGS ADDED ON THERE THAT WOULD INCREASE THE PERFORMANCE ASPECT OF IT. SO THEY MISSED IT A LITTLE BIT ON THE RFP THAT WENT OUT.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

any other questions seeing none i'd like to open up public comment for item number 11. madam clerk do we have any comment cards i have no comment cards for item 11. i have no oh we have a question from hugh marquez online thank you okay go ahead hugh good evening uh norman council and mayor um as part as someone who's on the utilities committee um

I know when we considered rates and we considered the media that was going to be put in, I'm just... The committee at the time was looking at doing what was the best for the city and getting the best water treatment that we could get and still trying to be within a budget. Does... The difference is quite, as Mark Joseph has said, and I'm just curious, is it better, Norman, to improve, or do we just, or again, are you just saying we're just trying to stay at an even keel?

The original bones at the conventional facility are actually really, really good. It's just that they've been deferred for a number of years. So us just bringing it back to its original performance matrix is more than suffices. I think to go beyond, we would accept that $1.3 million bid, and I think that would have been a little bit more than what the city would have required.

Okay. Okay. Just, just curious, because again, we were on the list on the committee. We're very concerned about making sure that us, our citizens had good water. And so, so if you're, you know, I just curious, thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Hugh. Anyone else online?

I have no other hands raised online.

can all scan the room one last time see any other public comment for item eleven seeing none uh... i'll return to uh... i'll close public comment and return back to count for further discussion well except the motion to accept resolution i guess it's three parts correct uh... one is to amend the uh... fiscal year twenty twenty six twenty seven budget and then to awarding a construction agreement And then three, a authorization for the city manager to approve the three, correct? Yeah. Yes. So that's three different motions or one motion to cover all three. And then we'll move forward with that.

One motion for three. All right. Three for one market.

If there are no further questions, I move that we adopt a resolution of the City Council of the City of American Canyon. Number one, amending the FY fiscal year 26-27 capital budget and increasing the WA project budget from $350,000 to $600,000. Number two, awarding a construction agreement to ERS Industrial Incorporated in the amount of $492,800, and three, authorizing the Public Works Director to approve and execute contract change orders in an amount not to exceed the $600,000 project budget in conjunction with the water treatment plan, filter media replacement, and underdrain repair project, WA23-0200.

We have a motion. I'll second it. And a second. Madam Clerk, do you mind doing a roll call, please?

Yep. Okay. Council member Cruz.

Yes.

Council member Lamatina. Yes. Council member Oro.

Yes.

Vice mayor Joseph.

Yes.

Mayor Washington.

Yes. Our second business item is, uh, the item number 12, the Melbourne road pavement and sewer improvements look like Erica. You will be doing that presentation.

Good evening, mayor, council, community, Erica Amos, but he's public works director here to just, um, to, to, to discuss an increase to a budget that we under budgeted for this fiscal year. The funding's already been planned and programmed. It's also a grant project. So when we didn't probably think a design would be all completed or go out to contract. So when we got our task order back or proposal back, it was just higher than what we had budgeted for this fiscal year. uh... so the request is to increase the road work project of the budget from one fifteen to one seventy five as well as include work for melvin and milson way main repair this is the paving of melvin road we received one point three million dollar grant award from our good services uh... affordable housing advocates in our city and we were awarded funding so we want to move forward the actual paving of melvin poco and um... wilson way and james road where we just completed storm drainage and flat work it seemed like an easy win to get that all resurfaced and then at the same time we also need to expedite sewer work because we want to get that work done before we actually pay we don't want to go in and tear up new streets afterwards so we have a timeline of getting this work submitted to Caltrans this grant related by December 1st so we sought some proposals from our on-call contractor Coastland and received a really good proposal because they also did the storm drainage repair So the ask tonight is just to increase the budget, which was already a total project budget of, I believe, 1.7 or 1.5 with construction. So the idea that the construction of the wastewater work will take place next spring, summer, and the paving project will follow right behind.

Okay, thank you. Are there any clarifying questions from council before I open up a public comment? Seeing none, I'd like to open up item number 12 for a public comment. And I'll ask you, Madam Clerk, do we have any speaker cards?

We do not, and I have no hands raised on mine.

Okay, we're turning back to council. I'll close item number 12, turn back to council, and I'll accept a motion to adopt the resolution to amend the first year for 2026-2027 capital budget.

If there's no other comments, I'll make a motion to accept resolution number 2026 next in order. The resolution amending the fiscal year 26-27 capital budget from $115,000 to $175,000. for the Melvin Road Pavement Rehabilitation Project, TR27-0100, and authorizing the city manager to enter into an agreement with Coastland DCCM for an amount not to exceed 194,446 for design services for the Melvin Road Pavement Rehabilitation Project, same number, and Melvin-Wilson Way Main Repair Project, Wastewater 27-0400.

I'll second. We have a motion and a second. Madam Clerk, can we get a roll call, please?

Yes.

Council Member Cruz?

Yes.

Council Member Lamatina? No. Yes. Council member Oro? Yes. Vice Mayor Joseph? Yes. Mayor Washington?

Yes. Thank you, Erica. And our third business item tonight is item number 13, support and funding commitment for State Route 29 corridor improvement project. And we have Grant providing that presentation.

So welcome, Grant. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR WASHINGTON AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'M GRANT BAILEY, ENGINEERING MANAGER WITH THE NAPA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, AND THIS EVENING I'LL BE PROVIDING A PROJECT UPDATE ON THE AMERICAN CANYON STATE ROUTE 29 CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT AND PRESENTING A FUNDING STRATEGY TO TAKE THIS PROJECT THROUGH THE REMAINING PHASES OF DESIGN, RIDE OF WAY, AND INTO CONSTRUCTION. WITH ME THIS EVENING WE ALSO HAVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NVTA, DANIEL SCHMITZ. SO QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENTATION. I WILL GIVE A REVIEW OF THE PROJECT SCOPE, PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON PROJECT STATUS SINCE WE LAST MET IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR AND GIVE YOU AN OUTLOOK ON OUR UPCOMING MILESTONES FOR THE CURRENT PHASE WORK AND THEN WE'LL ZOOM OUT AND LOOK AT THE OVERALL PROJECT SCHEDULE AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE WITH OUR FUNDING STRATEGY RECOMMENDATION OVER THE NEXT FEW PHASES. So the American Canyon corridor improvement project proposes improvements to State Route 29 between American Canyon Road and Napa Junction Road We're proposing congestion relief multimodal improvements transit improvements and a general beautification of American Canyons downtown Main Street We have a photo rendering of Donaldson Way here that represents improvements that are proposed for the whole corridor. First we have adaptive signals that will work with each other along the corridor at all of the seven intersections we propose to signalize. The five are currently signalized and then the project would implement signals at Crawford and South Napa Junction as well. The adaptive signals would be able to read traffic conditions in real time and adjust signal timing to allow for throughput along the corridor as well as access from the side streets to improve traffic operations. along with the improvements to passenger vehicles. We'd also propose transit improvements through transit signal priority, which allows buses priority to move through the intersection first, through queue jump lanes, as well as business access and transit lanes, which would allow buses to move through the corridor at the most congested periods on the shoulders of either side of the highway. as well as allow vehicles trying to access the businesses and residences along 29 from the shoulder rather than slowing down in the through lane. In addition to transit and vehicle improvements, there are also active transportation improvements proposed, including dedicated class one bike facilities on both sides of the highway. It's a stretch of 1.3 miles in both directions. We would install new curb ramps, THAT WOULD REDUCE CROSSING DISTANCES, ALLOWING EASIER ACCESS ACROSS THE HIGHWAY, PROVIDE PEDESTRIAN REFUGE ISLANDS IN THE MEDIANS AS WELL AS HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS TO DRAW MORE ATTENTION TO PEDESTRIANS IN THE CROSSWALKS AND ALSO INCLUDE leading pedestrian intervals, which allow pedestrians to move into the crosswalk first. It's a pedestrian prioritization before vehicles making right or left-hand turns have the ability to move through the intersection. So it really calls attention to the pedestrians. In addition to those improvements, we'll also be working to underground the existing utilities, the overhead utility infrastructure, adding landscaping, curb, gutter, median islands, and really change the character of the corridor TO TAKE IT FROM ITS CURRENT HIGH SPEED THROUGH HIGHWAY FEEL TO A MORE DOWNTOWN MAIN STREET FEEL. MANY OF THESE FEATURES THAT ARE PROPOSED THROUGH THIS CORRIDOR CARRY WHAT ARE CALLED CRASH REDUCTION FACTORS, CRFs. THESE CRFs ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION THROUGH YEARS OF STUDY OF EACH OF THE DIFFERENT and I'm gonna walk you through a few of the reported safety benefits that each of these features carry. So high visibility crosswalks have the potential to reduce crashes between motorists and pedestrians by 40%. MEDIA AND PEDESTRIAN REFUGE ISLANDS REDUCED VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS UP TO 46%. LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVALS REDUCED CRASHES BY 13%. BULB OUTS AND THE CURB RAMP IMPROVEMENTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REDUCE UP TO 15%. MORE SPECIFIC OR LESS SPECIFIC TO PEDESTRIANS AND MORE FOR BIKING, BUT ON CLASS I CHAIRED USE PATHS THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR THIS PROJECT, VEHICLE AND BICYCLE COLLISIONS CAN BE REDUCED UP TO 25%. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING LOWER OPERATING SPEEDS ON THE CORRIDOR WITH THE GOAL OF TAKING THE SPEED LIMIT DOWN TO 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR, WHICH ALSO CARRIES A CRASH REDUCTION FACTOR OF 24%. Now, we can't combine all of these together and say, you know, we have 150% crash reduction factor, but generally speaking, we can expect to see crash reduction up to around 50% by implementing all the improvements on the screen for you today. Obviously, we can't reduce or eliminate crash reduction, but the improvements here make a good step in improving safety conditions along the corridor. SO SINCE WE LAST MET IN FEBRUARY WHERE NVTA RECOMMENDED TO THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE SIGNALIZATION ALTERNATIVE AS OPPOSED TO THE ROUND ABOUT ALTERNATIVE, WE ALSO TOOK THAT TO THE BOARD OF NVTA AND OBTAINED CONCURRENCE FROM THE NVTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND IN APRIL CALTRANS ALSO PROVIDED CONCURRENCE ON MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE OF THE SIGNALIZATION IMPROVEMENT. Following the concurrence from Caltrans, we held a public workshop, our second public workshop for this project here at City Hall in this room. We were soliciting public feedback or giving an update on the project and then soliciting feedback on the class one trail composition, whether it should be asphalt with gravel shoulders, all asphalt or all concrete. The community indicated preference toward the all concrete trail. MOBILITY HUB LOCATION, WE'RE LOOKING AT RIO DEL MAR LOCATION AND THEN ALSO THE PARCEL ADJACENT TO CITY HALL. THE PREFERENCE FROM RESPONDENTS TO THE SURVEY WAS SPLIT AT BASICALLY 50-50, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CLEARING BOTH ALTERNATIVES FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT AND THEN WE'LL MAKE THE SELECTION WHEN WE MOVE INTO DESIGN. on where to put that mobility hub. And then finally, we just were looking for additional input, things that we may have missed. And one of the main things we heard from the community was everyone wants to see lower operating speeds on the corridor. And so that is something we're certainly working towards and will be part of our environmental document and well documented in the clearance. SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE AND PROJECT APPROVAL PHASE. WE ARE ANTICIPATING CIRCULATING THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF 2027 WITH FINAL APPROVAL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT AND THE PROJECT AT THE CALTRANS LEVEL LATER IN THE SPRING, EARLY SPRING. AT THAT TIME WE WILL THEN BE ABLE TO KICK OFF THE DETAILED DESIGN WORK FOR THE PROJECT AND REALLY GET INTO THE DETAILS AROUND WHAT THE CORRIDOR IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. FOR OUR OVERALL PROJECT SCHEDULE, WE ARE NOW FINISHING UP THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE WORK OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO THE DETAILED DESIGN FOR THE REMAINDER OF 27 AND 28. around the end of 27 or early 28 will pick up on right-of-way relocation, excuse me, right-of-way acquisitions, which are relatively minor for a project of this size. I think we're looking at acquiring less than 0.2 acres, really sliver takes from four parcels as it's currently proposed. And the major effort for the right-of-way phase will be the utility relocation and undergrounding We've already begun coordination with the various utility owners submitting applications for relocation, and so we'll only continue coordination with them as we move forward here into design. and that takes us up to beginning construction in early 2029. We are currently targeting construction in two phases, first starting with utility relocation at the beginning of 2029, which will take about six months, and then following utility relocation or near the end of that phase of work, we'll begin the civil improvements. where we'll make the intersection improvements at the bus lanes, the median, and the shared use bike paths. So onto the project funding strategy. So I've got a big table here with a lot of numbers, but I really want to focus in on the bottom, the second to the last number, the $53 million number. That's our total cost or total projected cost for construction and construction support. That is about the biggest project NVTA has put forward, certainly in the most recent history. And to get there, to fund this project, it's gonna take a variety of sources from local, regional, state, and federal levels. NVTA is pursuing funds through the federal government with the Safe Streets and Road for All program at $10 million. We are currently working on an application to the state for the SB1 Solutions for Congested Corridors program for $30 million. And this project is a very attractive project. We meet a lot of the metrics and requirements to be eligible for this project or for these funding sources. In fact, we've even received support from Caltrans and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission for the SCCP application, and we're submitting a joint application with those organizations. One of the requirements to make our applications more attractive is showing local support, not only through community meetings and soliciting feedback about our project, but also through funding. show that we have, we can bring our funds to the table through our NVTA and the locals. It really shows that the state and federal government that this project can be built. We can get through these next couple phases and we can get to construction and it can happen. Um, so this evening NVTA is requesting the city of American Canyon contribute up to $5 million for the design right away. Phases, uh, 2 million is, would be allocated to the design phase and 3 million, uh, to the right away and utility relocation phase become it come in two tranches tranches, one in 2027 and one in 2029. And so in addition to the 1 million that's already been invested by the city to the current phase of work, it'd be a total of $6 million invested to the project. Looking at the overall project cost against this requested city share, $68 million for total project delivery. The city's contribution would be coming in at about 9%. The remaining 91% or $62 million would come from NVTA, regional, state, and federal partners. And that also means for every $1 American Canyon spends on this project, there'd be over $10 spent by other partners. So staff or NVTA is requesting the city support a $5 million contribution to the State Route 29 American Canyon Corridor Improvement Project. And before I finish, I believe our director wants to say something. Yes.

Hi, good evening, Mayor Washington, council members. I'm Danielle Schmitz, the Executive Director of Napa Valley Transportation Authority. And I just wanted to echo my colleague's sentiments on how exciting of a time this is for this project. So NVTA has really been perpetuating and propelling this project forward over the last couple years. We have an environmental document. We've dedicated a lot of time and resources. And we're at this exciting time because both the state entity, which is Caltrans, as well as our regional Metropolitan Transportation Commission have both flagged this project as a priority project for state discretionary funds. And so we had to compete with all the other Bay Area projects and both Caltrans and MTC have said, this is a priority project for us. And so we're on the precipice of a very hopeful, fully funded project. And with this $5 million commitment from the city of American Canyon, we can show to our funding agencies, look, we are not only committed at the regional level and at the local transportation level, we are committed at the local jurisdiction level. And American Canyon also values this project, wants to commit to multimodal improvements and safety and congestion relief. And we are all in on delivering this project. And so that is the ask today. I just wanted to commend the City of American Canyon staff for working and showing a lot of partnership. and always being participatory on our meetings with our consultants. Again, Grant has been working tirelessly with our consultants on this project and with Caltrans staff on perpetuating this project forward. The NVTA board is super supportive of this project. We have a lot of good momentum on this project currently, and so we are very hopeful that we can continue this moving forward.

Thank you Danielle, thank you Grant for the presentation, and also for the partnership and collaborating pieces. I'd like to ask the council if we have any clarifying questions before I open it up to public comment, and Council Member Orrell.

Yeah, just have a clarifying question. You mentioned once we get it to a planning stage, there'll be a spot to where there's more detail added to it, the engineering, there's an engineering plan, and there's detail. WHERE DOES THE PUBLIC PROCESS STOP, CONTINUE OR WHERE CAN WE HAVE INPUT ALONG THIS NEXT SERIES BEFORE WE BEGIN TO BUILD IT?

Yeah, thank you for that question. That's a good one. The public process doesn't stop until we deem the project complete, constructed, and we've pulled away. So we had our public meeting here back in May. There will be a public input period for the draft environmental document that gets circulated. There's a 30-day circulation period that's required by state statute. The public will have the opportunity to comment on anything they see in that document. We will then respond to comments and then put forward a final document that the board would approve. And then through the design phase, we haven't laid out every step, but I anticipate there will likely be two more public meetings during the design phase. There are multiple submittals through the design phase, 35%, 65%, 95% in the construction plans. Likely around the 65% phase when we have decent understanding of the design development, and then again, before we go out to construction, or likely, yeah, sorry, I haven't worked out all the mechanics yet, but likely two meetings where we'll be engaging the public for their input on the more detailed design work. And then throughout construction, We'll be partnering with Caltrans who we are anticipating will implement the project construction to ensure that public notices are regularly going out. We're sending out information about traffic detours and any changes to conditions as they are today and making sure that there's a conduit for public feedback about the construction process and any improvements that the public may feel we can make during that process. Thank you.

Vice Mayor. First of all, I am excited that this project is where it's at right now. It's probably the nicest thing that I was involved in while I've been on NVTA. I'd like to take credit for it, but it isn't mine to take. But I'm excited to be there at the time. But I'm still cheap. So as much as I want to be supportive of the $5 million, I'm trying to figure out ways to minimize our impact. If, for example, we don't have seven signals, if we end up with the same five we currently have, can we take credit for some of the savings and say that's towards our $5 million? Can I say no? You can. And the answer probably is no, but I'm just working the angles if I can.

So I think the concern with eliminating the two additional proposed signals would B1 around traffic operations. The signals are going in so it allows vehicles to access the mainline highway from the side streets. Also allow for increased pedestrian safety, really reworking the geometry of those intersections. Also allow for transit priority through the intersections, getting buses through the corridor and functioning on the corridor really for the first time. I also don't know i mean it might be somewhere between uh... it's hard to put a number two and i don't really want to number two but uh... you know maybe a million or a million and a half saved uh... so i don't know if we want to compromise the benefits that those signals provide by taking them out and i think i've expressed my concerns about too many signals over the past so it isn't

IT IS BECAUSE I AM CHEAP IN TRYING TO SAVE A FEW BUCKS. BUT MORE TO THE POINT, I AM GENUINELY CONCERNED THAT THOSE TWO EXTRA SIGNALS ARE MORE APT TO GET IN THE WAY OF TRAFFIC THROUGHPUT. AND SO I'M REALLY CAUTIOUS ABOUT GOING DOWN THAT LANE AND THEN ENDING UP STILL HAVING A CONGESTED NIGHTMARE DURING THE PEAK HOURS. SO MY CONCERN ISN'T JUST TO TRY TO SAVE A FEW BUCKS. IT'S AN OPERATIONAL CONCERN AS WELL. But thank you for the report. I'm happy to support funding this and getting it done.

Thank you, Vice Mayor. Council Member Lamartina.

Thank you. Thank you for the presentation. I have a question about the signals. Regarding the signals, to my recollection, they're going to be MONITORED, RIGHT? SO THAT IF TRAFFIC IS, WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC, WE CAN BLOW IN THROUGH, IS THAT CORRECT?

YES. SO MONITORED IN THAT THEY, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ACCESS, CALTRANS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEM AND ADJUST TIMING REMOTELY. NVTA, THAT'S ONE OF THE PROJECTS ON OUR LIST IS A HIGHWAY MONITORING STATION OR CENTER. As we develop that project, find funding for that project, then NVTA may take on active monitoring of the signals. But at the end of the day, end of construction, this will still be a Caltrans-owned facility. And these signals will be monitored and adjusted by them. But really the idea behind the adaptive signals is they should need very limited human interaction because they're taking real-time feedback from cameras on the poles, monitoring vehicle throughput, seeing where the demand is from the side streets or on the highway, and adjusting signals timing in real time.

Thank you.

Thank you. Council Member Cruz. Grant, thank you for that report. My question goes along the line with Lamatina, with Council Member Lamatina. So to signalize the smart signals that we're going to have at Donaldson Way, how far up north will they go? Because where we have a big issue too is the airport way. Will they go up that far?

So the project limits are from American Canyon Road in the south to Napa Junction Road in the north. THAT BEING SAID AT SOUTH KELLY, I BELIEVE VICE MAYOR JOSEPH WAS CONCERNED IN A PREVIOUS MEETING AROUND THAT INTERSECTION BEING LEFT OUT OF THE PROJECT LIMITS. SO IT'S NOT A MAJOR HURDLE TO connectivity between the corridor in American Canyon and that signal at South Kelly. It's something we'll be working with Caltrans on as we move into design on the corridor project. And then for airport, NVTA is currently also advancing a project to make improvements there. I won't go into very much detail, but we have selected an alternative that we'll be taking to the NVTA board in October for final approval so we can move forward with environmental phase work on that. Great. Thank you, Grant.

Thank you. And Grant and Danielle, don't go too far because we're about to open up a public comment. I'm sure there'll be some questions that they would want you guys to answer as well. With that said, I would like to open up public comment for item number 13. Madam Clerk, I will defer to you for comment cards, and I do know that we had a couple of emails earlier today.

I received one email, a written comment. Was there more than one?

I received two, both from members of the Napa Valley Unified School District.

Okay. I will make sure that we get those and have them in the record. The one that I did receive was from Lisa too, that one I did get. It's hard when they email instead of going through the comment process because then the comments kind of are out there and we don't, it's hard for us to keep, make sure that everybody gets them correctly so that is a challenge. We do have that written comment and I do have some speaker cards. So Cindy Biederman please.

Good evening Cindy.

Good evening. I respectfully ask the City Council to amend the resolution concerning design approval and proposed $5 million funding commitment for the Highway 29 Corral Improvement Project. Both the City Council and the Napa Valley Transportation Authority have indicated that a pedestrian bicycle overpass is too costly. However, the available project materials do not appear to demonstrate that federal, state, or regional or other potential funding sources have been fully explored for an overpass. The City Council's own priority programs and projects for the transportation states of the city seeks to improve the transportation network within the city to alleviate congestion and enhance the quality of life for community. A pedestrian bicycle overpass could directly support those goals. Highway 29 carries approximately 45,000 vehicles each day. Children, teenagers, pedestrians, bicycles, wheelchair users, and other community members need safe and convenient ways to cross the highway to reach schools, businesses, and neighborhoods. A median refuge does not provide the same degree of separation for vehicle traffic as an overpass. An overpass would allow pedestrians and bicyclists to cross Highway 29 without entering the roadway and without relying on signalized crosswalk that could impede traffic flow. An overpass crossing is considered a low-stress crossing and can encourage more residents to walk or bicycle, potentially reducing some vehicle trips, congestion, and transportation-related environmental impacts while improving mobility for people who cannot or choose not to drive. The fact that an overpass does not currently have identified funding should not mean the option is eliminated from the project. Construction is not expected to begin until 2029. That provides several years to investigate, identify, and pursue potential funding opportunities and determine whether grants or other sources can make an overpass financially feasible. Those opportunities cannot be meaningfully, excuse me, Meaningfully pursued if the project is designed in a way that permanently precludes an overpass I asked the City Council and to include language requiring the project designed to prove preserve a digital excuse me designation location place marker or right away for future pedestrian bicycle overpass at an appropriate location along the highway twenty nine quarter the resolution should also provide a period between the design approval of construction during which city in bt eight and other proper partners can research apply for a pursuit that just a hint regional and other financial opportunities for the overpass this approach would not require the city to commit today to the full cost of construction and overpass, it would simply preserve the opportunity to build one rather than designing it out of project before potential funding sources have been adequately investigated. This city should not close the door on an overpass today, preserve the location and the design, preserve the opportunity and the resolution, and use the time available to pursue the funding needed to make it possible. I respectfully ask the City Council to amend the resolution accordingly. Thank you.

Thank you for your comment. Sandy?

Sophie. Good evening Sophie.

Good evening. As I hope everyone who did not know I have five kids I have a daughter in a wheelchair and the project really looks nice but I think they forgot one main thing. I would like to see also a rectangular rapid flashing beacon on that crosswalk on both ends and the middle. I mean, if walking, if it's not possible to have all that $5 million, I mean, it costs $10,000 to $30,000 just to put those beacon in for safely and visual for people that are in wheelchair crossing that path. That is another option, too, but I can't speak for the delights and stuff because that's more expensive. But as for a person that I do recommend my daughter crossing that 29 to go to the business center on the other side, my home is on Atchanandoa. We do go cross that, and what's missing during that nighttime is visual. It doesn't matter if you have a crosswalk if we can't see you. you might get hit. And there's a lot of people running red lights, and a camera would be nice on those traffic lights. A camera would be nice. So if the police can't catch them, at least if you run a red light, you get a ticket. Thank you.

Thank you, Sophia.

Tanya West.

Good evening, Tanya.

Good evening, Mr. Mayor, council members. Thank you. I also wanted to express my support for an overpass. One of my concerns, I had a son who was hit by a car while he was on his bicycle in a crosswalk just off of Highway 29. The driver was distracted with children in the backseat. He was assuming that drivers always obey stop signs and it just didn't turn out well. He got hit. So my concern is we've got school children crossing that crosswalk. Oh, my son's fine now, by the way. It's been years. But we've got children crossing through the crosswalks or through the intersections across Highway 29. I see them in the morning while I'm commuting, you know, and it just takes one distracted driver and one child making assumptions on how drivers behave for them to get hit. And I would love to see an overpass in there. I don't know how you make it part of the project. I would be happy to be part of an auxiliary committee that looks at funding options and grants and all of that. I don't know anything about it, but I'm willing to learn and try. So that's basically where I'm at. So there you go.

Thank you, Tonya.

Barbara Miles.

Good evening, Barbara.

So I am a transit ambassador and have been for 14 years with the Vine. I am also a constant rider on the public transportation. I see the frustration on the drivers when traffic is heavy and they have issues trying to get through. It is not easy, and they get very frustrated. Also, drivers do not care about us crossing the street as a pedestrian. As you can see, I am a disabled walker. This project, even though it's going to be very expensive, is something that's needed. This project is something that is going to improve the safety of the crosswalks. It is going to improve the safety for those that are disabled, the children and everything else. And as somebody who works with the transit agency, I think this is something that is very valuable that is going to help improve the Transportation system in the city is going to bring more people to the city and it's going to make it safer for those driving in the city because I have seen these drivers go through the red lights and they don't care if there's a pedestrian in the way. In fact, I was almost hit today just crossing the street to get over here to the meeting. So I think it's important that this project get funded and that we do it because the safety of the citizens in American Canyon value.

Thank you, Barbara.

I HAVE NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS. I DO HAVE HANDS RAISED ONLINE.

Good evening, Mayor.

Hold on for a second, Karina.

For those of you who are trying to make a public comment inside here now, we will come back to the chamber to make sure you have an opportunity. Go ahead, Karina.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor, and good evening, staff and council. I support the idea of incorporating a pedestrian overpass. I have seen many accidents involving students on my 10 years working for the schools. I think it will be an excellent addition to our community to have that. Also, on the presentation, the gentleman said that there were going to be community meetings. So I want to know what time are these community meetings going to take place at? Because it's important that they... take place during a time that most folks can make it and be present. Afternoon, middle of the day meetings do not work for us working folks. And I want to remind you that this is a bedroom community. So please don't make these community meetings in the middle of the day. Do it at a time where most of our community can make and be able to give input. But again, I wholeheartedly support the idea of incorporating a pedestrian overpass. I think that you guys have a really great opportunity to make it happen while, you know, doing this project. Pedestrian beacons are very important but, you know, A lot of you have run under the platforms of safety and our youth. And so this is your chance to demonstrate to us, your people, that you do care for the safety of our youth. And a pedestrian overpass will really, really make a difference for our students and for our disabled persons in our community. you know, in overall for everybody, because it doesn't matter if a car's going to hit you, it's going to hit you whether you're on a wheelchair or you're walking. So it's really important that you guys really think about this project and make it happen. Thank you.

Thank you, Karina.

Hugh Marquez.

Good evening, Hugh.

Mayor and Council. I would like to thank NVTA for their presentation. I'm really looking forward to seeing the Highway 29 corridor get advanced and hopefully get a little bit more movement during the rush hour traffic. I do have one question for the Council though. And my question for the council is, we've done our budget and we've talked about we'll have a little bit of money. And I see that now we're trying to, we're authorizing this. Does the council have a means of funding this if they go through? And as we all know, there's a measure on the ballot. And it's very contentious. And my question is, if the measure doesn't pass, does the city still have the funds? I'm for it. I just want to make sure that the public knows that the city is committed to doing this as we go forward. Is there a way you can answer that?

Hugh, once we're done with all the public comment, I'll allow the council and or city manager to make some comments to some of the questions asked. Okay, thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Hugh.

Okay, just a moment.

Okay, that was the last hand raised on line, so we're going to go back to in person with Rob Hall.

Good evening, Rob.

Hello, Council, Mr. Mayor, city staff, Rob Hall, resident of American Canyon. Talking to you as a resident of the east side of American Canyon who also has two students at American Canyon Middle School on the east side of Highway 29, that I personally do not let my children walk home from school purely because of the traffic on Highway 29. I'm also a commuter, commute to Petaluma five days a week, so I am part of the 40,000 or so cars that take part in that dance every single day. So I'm here in support of Cindy Biederman's recommendation for the pedestrian bridge. I think that further reduces the it should further reduce the incidence of Pedestrians and vehicles. I know there's things in the proposal that said it should reduce that, but removing or ideally removing pedestrians altogether from the equation should be the best path forward. So again, fully support that. I think it will take some time and by that my kids will be out of school, but this is the best thing for the future of this city is providing a safe means for pedestrians, both children and adults to cross over that side to participate in our city. Second thing is as a commuter, very anxious to see improvement on the congestion through there. I live with that every single day. I drop my kids off at school, so I deal with the combination of school traffic and morning commute traffic. And my question for the council and for the proposal is the discussion was having a downtown feel to have a little more of that small downtown side. At some point, I'm guessing there's going to be a conflict of reducing congestion and maintaining that downtown feel. So when those come up, who's the deciding factor? Who makes those decisions on which one wins out? So something to consider in that future state of planning. Thank you.

Thank you, Rob.

Lisa Chu.

Good evening, Lisa.

Good evening, mayor and council members.

My name is Lisa Chu, and I am speaking on behalf of myself as an American Canyon resident and a Napa Valley Unified School District trustee representing American Canyon. And I want to clarify that my comments are not on behalf of the school board. I HAVE FOLLOWED THE PLANNING OF THE HIGHWAY 29 CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS SINCE MOVING HERE IN 2008. I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HAS SHAPED THE CURRENT DESIGN. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE ENGAGEMENTS AND I ATTENDED THE MVTA COMMUNITY WORKSHOP ON MAY 27. I WAS VERY GLAD TO SEE THE PLANS FOR A DEDICATED PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE TRAILS ON EITHER SIDE OF HIGHWAY 29, A MUCH NEEDED STEP TOWARDS A WALKABLE, BIKEABLE CITY. I ALSO APPRECIATED THE SHORTENING CROSSING DISTANCES AND MEDIAN REFUGES PLANNED FOR THE EAST WEST INTERSECTIONS HOWEVER I NOTED THAT THE STATE ROUTE 29 PLAN FROM 2020 DESIGNATED A GRADE SEPARATED BIKE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AT HIGHWAY 29 AND AMERICAN CANYON ROAD MEANING THAT A CROSSING WOULD CARRY PEOPLE OVER OR UNDER HIGHWAYS ENTIRELY RATHER THAN AT STREET LEVEL And when I asked, um, I think it was Mr. Bailey about why the overpass wasn't, um, in the plan. And you rightly said that it was just too costly for this phase. Um, I understand the funding limitations. I, you know, I have to make this hard decisions about that on my board as well. However, I'd like to request that the council ask for a final design that includes a placeholder or reserved right away for a future overpass or maybe a couple. Since final design work begins in 2027, now is a critical time to make sure this option isn't designed out of the corridor. And I'm really happy to hear that there will be options or opportunities for public to give feedback as you're making those final designs. This is worth preserving because a future overpass would reduce traffic congestion by making it easier for residents to walk or bike instead of drive. Lower carbon emissions from fewer, shorter car trips, and most importantly, and I'm putting on my trustee hat here, improve safety for children. An overpass would let students walking or biking to school cross Highway 29 without ever entering the roadway, eliminating exposure to vehicle traffic entirely. Thank you for your consideration, and I hope the council will support both the current improvements and a design that keeps the safety investments possible. Thank you.

Thank you, Lisa.

Albert Donaldson.

Good evening, Albert. Oh, how are we doing? Fine.

I can't help but feel that this is a not-yet-ready-for-prime-time project. It seems like nobody's really going to be happy with what we're proposing, and it's a lot of money to possibly not do the right thing. I absolutely think we have to do better with pedestrian and bicycle crossing. If we're able to do it in Redwood Street in Napa, we can do the same thing here or some alternative. But just traffic lights is not adequate because traffic does not always supply the law. We can't put people at risk knowingly, and that's what we'd be doing. It's a lot of money. You don't have it, and it's not going to give you what you want. I really think this needs to be brought back a little bit. I went to some of the meetings, gave suggestions, and a lot of things I heard there have not come up here. We discussed the roundabouts and all these things. Not the answer. Please give it a lot of thought. Thank you for all your work.

Thank you, Albert.

I have no other speaker cards and there's no other hands raised online.

I see a couple of hands raised inside here. Now I'll start with you, Karen, and then identify yourself and then your statement.

Karen Fritz resident. Good evening again, everyone. And I have to agree with everyone that is for the overpass so that children disabled and anyone that would like to walk or ride a bicycle can get across the highway without an incident of a car taking them out. Just as the one citizen said earlier, you know, people get distracted and they're talking about lowering the speed limit from 40, I think he said, to 35. Show me who goes down the road at that speed. It would be nice if they did 40. It is a danger, it's a grave danger to everyone that tries to cross this highway. And I think we all know that. So I think a walking overpass to make it much safer for everyone involved is a wonderful thing to keep in the planning. I'm sure it can be done if we dig hard enough. Things do happen. Thank you.

Thank you, Karen. And the other speaker. Just so you know, when you come up, you introduce who you are. You have three minutes. Focus on the council.

Good evening. I'm Ruby. I'm an eighth grader at ACMS. I am going to ACHS next year. I have two sisters there. And I would just like to know, how could we incorporate something so me and my sisters and other people who are going there next year can cross safely because what I've seen taking my sisters to school is not a lot of people are paying attention and people have almost gotten ran over before and I would just like to know as me going there next year how we can make it safer for us to cross the street.

That's a good question, Ruby. And for the record, what's your last name?

Prophet.

Prophet. And I'll address you real quick, Ruby. One, I appreciate you standing there and being brave enough to come here and talk to us. So I applaud you for that. Secondly, there's not a person in this room, including this board up here of council members and the mayor or staff that doesn't want the safety for you. Okay. And we're going to do everything in our power to make that happen because we want you to be safe. We want other friends of yours to be safe as well. So don't get it wrong. Don't think that we don't care. We do care. We care a great deal. Okay. But I, again, I applaud you for coming up here and speaking up. I think you're the youngest person that has spoken behind that podium since I've been the mayor. So thank you, Ruby. Any other speakers? You're going to be as brave as Ruby? Welcome, Connie. And introduce yourself for the record.

Good evening, Mayor, and to the whole council. Well, I'm a resident over here in American Canyon, which is I also have an eighth grader right now, so he's probably not gonna do the Highway 29 anymore crossing next year, because he's gonna be in high school. But as for me, I was a disabled too. Crossing that Highway 29 over there, it's a long walk for my foot. It is dangerous, and also with my kids, I never let my son walk over there except my oldest one because at that time with my oldest one, now he's in college, he has a lot of bunch of people walking at that time. So I feel more safe, a little bit, but not really because there are crazy drivers over there too. And even where I live, I hate my road for that Donaldson way because where I live, I would expect that people will be driving like slow down in a resident area. And because of my house is right next to the fire station and police station. You would think people will be more afraid with that stop sign over there. People have run over. I almost got run over and I want to please take care of the people walking over there and also I have a friend who has very disabled tooth every time she crossed the highway 29 or the American Canyon Road I'm always worried because every time my friend is like she passed okay but every time she leaves at my house I have to wait until she crossed on my street But so hopefully for that project, please think about it and very support that. Very support. Thank you so much.

Thank you, Connie.

I'm brave enough.

Anyone else in the room? Okay, I'm going to close public comment on item number 13, but I kind of want to address some or have addressed some of the questions. I took two notes, one from Grant, I mean one from Hugh that was asking about Measure P. So I was going to ask you, city manager, if you could kind of like clarify how that might be involved in what we're trying to accomplish with this overpass.

Yeah, sure, Mayor. Thank you for the question. Hughes question I took generally to be, does the city have enough funds to make this commitment? And then it was also referencing measure P. So it's kind of two parts actually. First is we have about $5 million in traffic impact free funds collected from new development over time. We've initially identified those would be potential funds to fulfill our commitment. I think one important aspect of this is it's a commitment made with a bit of contingency, meaning what you heard from the NVTA staff is, and they really didn't, I don't think, do their efforts justice, but what you heard from them was a tremendous amount of background and legwork for these impending grant applications, both the state and federal. These aren't just grants you can apply and then hire a grant person and fill out a grant. A lot of times they're, oh, just go get a grant, go get a grant. These are done with a tremendous amount of legwork. You have to be pre-authorized to apply for these grants. This isn't just handed out. And so they've done a tremendous amount of work. Assuming those projects are competitive and we do get the funding, then we're being asked to contribute 9% of this project, which And the state and federal transportation world is about half or less than half of what is ordinary 20% ends up usually being a local share. So I say that to say this isn't a commitment we have to write a check for tomorrow. We'll have a little bit of time to figure out the exact funding source. So traffic impact fee becomes one of those possibilities. The general fund is another possibility. It's a public purpose. Anything that is a public purpose, the general fund could use. So the reference to measure P was to the effect that the increased revenues in the general fund, then yes, general fund could be used for it. And there's reference to that in the staff report, but nothing that council would do tonight is anything akin to an appropriation. This is a commitment to participate should these much larger state and federal agencies agree to fund this project. after all the hard work that NMDTA staff has done. So hopefully that kind of answers the question. I also had some thoughts on one of the requests about amending the resolution. I have some suggested language that might work. So if the council is interested in that, I'd be happy to share that.

I am. So, I mean, if I could, the head nods seem like everybody, yes? I'd like to hear it. I'm asking yes. You'd like to hear it? Yes. Thank you. Yeah, we'd like to hear it.

Yeah, thank you. So it's page 641 of the packet. And the reason this packet is so large is because we wanted to include all of the documents that have brought this project to where we are today, really starting from 2019 and 2020. And the first document I'm going to kind of reference is chronologically the first part, which is the Congestion Management Corridor Plan, the CMCP, as it's known. And so in that document, page 80 of that document is a discussion about potential pedestrian over pedestrian sorry grade separated pedestrian crossings is the title of that page and there it locates actually three different potential locations and so that's you know among the places where this idea first starts to take root the project you know in the time since isn't clearing the environmental studies or doing the detail work for those, but the idea is still there. And so I think what we're hearing is at the very minimum, let's not preclude those from happening in the future, meaning let's not go forward with a project that would then make those parts not feasible down the road. And so the language that I'm going to be proposing kind of references this particular document and this particular page that says moving forward with the project that A, those crossings are important, and B, we shouldn't do anything to prevent them from happening in the future. And I'll have some specific language to that effect. And I quote, so page 227 of your packet is the council resolution. There are three, now four, there be it resolved of the city council on proposing we add a fourth. And it would read something like this, now therefore be it resolved, this is number four, the city council supports continued development of pedestrian bicycle grade-separated crossings identified in the 2020 MCP, parentheses, page 80, and request that the project do not preclude such crossings in the future. The improvements related to the project, referencing, again, the project, the quarter improvement project, do not preclude such crossings in the future. And that would be added to your recitals, or not to your recitals, to your actions in the resolution.

Okay. Um, I guess I would ask those who made comments from just from an applaud standpoint, could, would you like to see that added to our, uh, resolution just from a little unapplauded? Um, yes, no. I mean, again, I can't read your mind. I see you. I see your faces. I'm not asking for comments. I'm just asking for a, for, for an acknowledgement.

Yeah, I was going to ask that myself.

So you want him to read it one more time?

Yeah.

Okay, that's fair.

Yeah, so of course you probably all don't have this large packet in front of you, but what I heard was a request to amend the resolution. And so this would be an amendment to the resolution. There's a bunch of recitals in the resolution, kind of background and story, and then there's council actions. And so there's three council actions in here. We're proposing to add a fourth council action, and it would say, Number four, the city council supports continued development of the pedestrian bicycle grade separated crossings identified in the CMCP, parentheses, page 80, and requests that the improvements of the corridor improvement project do not preclude development of those crossings in the future.

Okay. And just to add to that, the emails I received earlier today were very supportive of what we are planning on presenting this evening anyway. What the city manager is proposing is adding a fourth bullet that will address almost what you all have said to us tonight, that you want the council to support that. Okay. I see some head nods. Yes. Some head nods. No, the majority of the head nods are yes. Um, that's what I was looking for. Okay. Because I can't read a still look. I just need somebody to kind of give me an idea that we were in the right path and that's what I'm getting. So thank you. Thank you. Uh, with that said, I'm gonna come back to the, uh, council for additional questions, comments, still gonna ask you guys to stand by. Cause I'm sure these questions would be directed to you and we'll start with, uh, council member Lamatina.

Thank you. Thank you everyone who spoke up. I really like the idea of the beacon signals. I do work as a social worker for the county of Napa during the day, and I do home visits all over this town. I bought an e-bike to lessen my carbon footprint, so now I'm a little nervous of my own driving and those around me. I also live right over here on the corner of Donaldson and Jana where everyone just speeds down my hill. That's how it goes. But I also see kids going to school. walking like this on their phones, not looking up. I see parents stressed out in the morning, yelling at their kids, trying to get them to school, not paying attention. People not stopping at stop signs when, for instance, the other day I was stopped ready to go right over here by 7-Eleven and a parent was really impatient trying to get their kid to school. And so I think it's on all of us to educate and remind our children to put their phones down, Look, stop before you're going to cross. Make sure no one's going to come and hit you. And it's scary on both sides. And I think we need to take onus, all of us, that it's not just the drivers. It's the parents who are stressed out trying to get their kids to school. It's also the kids just not paying attention. So I ask you to remind your family and friends to pay attention. I'LL JUST ADMIT I GOT A SPEEDING TICK AND A NAP AND I DESERVED IT. SO WE ALL DO THINGS THAT WE SHOULDN'T. BUT I'M REALLY I REALLY LIKE THE BEACON AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND THE DEAF TO HAVE ALL THOSE INCORPORATED. I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY FABULOUS. I AGREE. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

VICE MAYOR JOSEPH. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE BEACON THING. in terms of the magnitude, is that something that could be incorporated into the design phase? Because it isn't necessarily, it's not like find 20 million for a pedestrian over crossing. This could be something built into the design.

Yeah. So, um, Grant just reminded me that all the crossings are at traffic signals. So if you look at the hierarchy of a safe pedestrian crossing, a traffic signal saying that a car has to stop and you're stopping all directions, is a higher safety measure than a rapid flashy beacon that is just providing a suggestion. The traffic signals now have the leading pedestrian intervals, meaning they give the green to the pedestrian a few seconds before any cars are allowed to go. They also have the hearing impaired or the visual impaired, you can walk now tone. So those will all be incorporated into these signals at the crossings.

Okay. So that's the level of safety for everyone, including people with various disabilities. Yes. Okay. All right. The other part of the equation was I appreciate the city manager's draft language. It's probably better than the one I was scrambling around with. So when the time comes, I would certainly like to make a motion to add that to the current proposed resolutions.

Council Member Orrell.

Thank you. May I ask NVTA to pull up their presentation again and get to the budget slide that you showed earlier with all the commitments and the regional partners. I do want to address that. And while you're pulling that up, I do want to address a couple of things that weren't THEY WERE MENTIONED IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS BUT WERE NOT ADDRESSED BY COUNSEL. I THINK THERE WAS A MISPLACED ADJECTIVE ON WHAT THAT CORRIDOR WILL BE, A DOWNTOWN FEEL. I THINK THE DOWNTOWN PART IS PROBABLY THE WRONG WORD. IT'S PROBABLY MORE LIKE A BOULEVARD, MEANING THE There's places where there is commerce, but there's also a lot of transportation happening through there, whether it be a motor vehicle, a pedestrian, or a car, so it's like a boulevard that is used by folks. I think that's a better description of what that is. And then I also wanted to correct another speaker who thought that the speed limit there was 40 miles an hour. It is actually a criminal 55 miles per hour through town. WHICH I THINK IS WAY TOO FAST AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHANGED YEARS AGO. IT'S A DIFFERENT BUDGET SLIDE, PLEASE. CAN YOU CHANGE IT? IT'S THE ONE THAT WAS SUMMERED UP. THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. AND THERE WAS A WORRY ABOUT THE COST. AND IF YOU READ THE STAFF REPORT, MOST ORGANIZATIONS, MOST MUNICIPALITIES FOR SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD CONTRIBUTE ABOUT 20% OF THE TOTAL FUNDING FOR THIS. We're at about 9%, I think, is that right, Mr. Hawley? We're getting a deal here. And I want to remind everyone Because I actually had a call with our two speakers today, last Thursday ahead of this meeting. And what I told them to do was like, you gotta put a date on this. Because I've been here since 2005. I sat on a transportation committee as a regular citizen, not even on council in 2013. We had big plans. 13 years later, I finally see a date on this whole thing. We are literally close on this actually happening. There will be some disruptions, there'll be some money asked, there'll be a lot of community input, but if we can get this funding and if we can actually support it, by the end of this decade, we'll be on our way to actually finally improving this corridor and i've seen this happen many for years and i if you saw me a few years ago uh i kind of went off on this i think it was actually a covid meeting where i was like no we're not getting driverless cars at this time i need another solution but to mvta's credit and to the to what is happening we are lined up now and what i've learned on this whole process is that We can scream and want it all, but you have to go through this process of getting a project and lining up funding. And if we have MTC and Caltrans and this priority thing, we can't let this opportunity pass. And I look forward to actually saying yes to this, supporting this project and actually getting a shovel in the ground by then.

Within a few short years, so thank you Thank You council member oral council member labatina Just to clarify about the beacon crossing I Might have blinked or wasn't listening in the crosswalks. Do they blink the crosswalks on the ground? No

RAPID FLASHY BEACONS ARE THE PILLARS. SO THE MAINTENANCE, IN THE GROUND BECOMES A MAINTENANCE ISSUE. WHAT I WAS SAYING IS IN THE HIERARCHY OF TRAFFIC CALMING OR TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE HIGHER AS FAR AS MAKING VEHICLES STOP ELSE THEY WILL GET A TICKET VERSUS THE RAPID FLASHY BEACONS.

THANK YOU. Councilmember Cruz. Yeah, thank you, Mr. Mayor. So first and foremost, I do totally support this deal with MBTA. As Councilmember Oro has suggested, this is a super screaming deal. I've gone to some of your MBTA meetings, and within the county, there's several cities queued up waiting for their improvements as well. So we are very lucky to have MBTA supporting us and trying to do this with us. So I support that wholeheartedly. I do support... City Manager Hawley's proposal, his resolution, the amendment. And just, you've heard our residents. We want a pedestrian bridge, all of us. Sitting over here, we all want a pedestrian bridge. I'm just gonna make that clear. How can you help shepherd us in that way? Because you are connected with all the state funding and different things of that nature. Would you be open to help us find a way to fund a pedestrian bridge in the future? That's all we're asking for. We know this is very expensive, but how can you help us in that endeavor?

Thank you. YES, NVTA IS ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF PEDESTRIAN OVERCROSSING. IT IS A GREAT SOLUTION TO GET BIKERS AND PEDESTRIANS ACROSS 29. AS FOR INCLUDING IN THIS creates some challenges, right? But that's not to say that this project, that corridor project, will preclude construction or further development of an overcrossing. And actually today, Patrick Band, one of our senior planners, I believe is working with Director, erica smithies on the city sorry and i on uh... preparing to apply for a uh... sustainable communities grant that is through caltrans it's an annual grant program uh... that provides funding for planning-type activities, which is exactly what the over-crossing would need first, a planning-type document that expands on what has already been explored through the CMCP, probably dives into the individual feasible locations where a crossing would work best, and really starts setting the framework for how to proceed or push the project forward, get it on Caltrans, RADAR BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S STILL THEIR SYSTEM AND THEY WOULD ULTIMATELY PROVIDE ANY APPROVALS TO ALLOW THAT PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD. SO FIRST STEP, YES, NVTA IS HERE SUPPORTING CITY STAFF AND WILL BE THERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY PREPARING THE GRANT APPLICATION AND ANY FURTHER STEPS AFTER THAT.

GRANT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

And I wanted to ask the council if anybody else remember any question that was brought up that might still be pending for that I wrote my three down but I can't remember any other one that was brought up Rob Rob Hall had a question about and I think Councilmember Oro kind of alluded to it this idea that you know the the downtown feel versus the commute throughput perspective I tend to agree with Council Member Oro. There isn't going to be that much of a downtown feel. It will probably feel like a fast highway that's nicer looking and a little safer because of the separate pedestrian bikeways. So I think the priority is throughput in a safe fashion. I don't want to put words in planners' mouths because they probably know what they're doing better than me on it, but I don't want people to think we're going to have this quiet downtown road that you can sit and have coffee. I have a feeling it will be a noisy, fast-paced,

If I may, I think it's like a boulevard, right? Okay. It's probably not a great example, but the Champs-Élysées in Paris is a road that has pedestrians and walkways, but also a thoroughfare right through it, right? And so I think my hope is that it's something like that. PEOPLE ARE BEING ABLE TO WALK COMMUTE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY IN A SAFE FASHION. AND MY HOPE ALSO IS THAT IT'S NOT FAST-PACED BUT DOWN TO AT LEAST 35 MILES AN HOUR.

I WOULD AGREE. I WOULD SAY THAT IT WOULD PRIORITIZE THROUGHPUT BUT ALSO CONSIDER ALL MODES OF TRAFFIC AS WELL. PRIORITIZING SAFETY FOR CROSSINGS AND TRAVEL ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

And I just want to add that to me it'll be a safer, more attractive corridor with some economic opportunities because you've got businesses there. But it's still going to be a fast throughput. Well, maybe not 55 mile an hour fast, but I assume commuters will go as fast as they can legally get by on. So we'll live with that. But it'll be safer.

And I will say that I think the dialogue was good this evening. I think the fact that some of the additional things that you brought up, Grant and Danielle, for our people who are here right now, particularly Ruby, that we are hearing what you're saying. We hear what you're saying. We're trying to address it. We all want the community to be safe. So I thank you for that. So with that said, I'd like to...

I would like to make them, well, let's see, what's the proper thing? I guess the first step is to make a motion and second the original resolution and then make a motion to amend it. You could do it all at once. Oh, okay.

To move to adopt the resolution with the amendment as read by the city manager. Okay. If you desire.

He just wants to read it like two or three times. No, no, no, no.

And you can ask the city manager to read it again for the record.

I second the attorney's recommendation. I make a motion to the attorney's effect. There. There you go. We have a motion on the table. Can I get a second?

You second? I second.

Okay, we have a second. Madam Clerk, can you do a roll call, please?

Council member crews, yes, Council member Lamatina, yes, Council member or.

Yes, vice mayor to say yes, mayor Washington, yes, and thank you grant that you Daniel it means a lot for you to come out here tonight to.

And I would like to thank the I appreciate the managers. Language, but I also appreciate the fact that we're already staff is already doing the kind of planning grant work to get that ball rolling Thank you for anticipating What's coming down the pike?

Okay, and with that said we'll move on to our management and staff oral reports.

Mr. Holly City manager Akita has some updates Ali. Oh

Thank you, Mr. Mayor and Council. First and foremost, I would like to inform the community that this Friday we will be advertising that we will be opening up for this year's community grant program and soliciting applications for this year's recipients to apply and potentially be allocated community grant funding for initiatives and projects here in American Canyon that will be open to about the end of October. PARTICIPANTS WHO PARTICIPATED LAST YEAR SHOULD BE RECEIVING AN EMAIL FROM THE CITY ENCOURAGING THEM TO APPLY. THEY WILL GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND FUTURE STEPS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT EMAIL. SECOND, SEPTEMBER 18TH IS COASTAL CLEANUP DAY. IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY PARTICIPATED, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME ON DOWN AND VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME TO HELP US CLEAN UP OUR WATERWAYS AND COASTAL areas in the wetlands. Measure P, we have two community meetings coming up. The first one is going to be on September 21st, this coming Monday. It is a virtual meeting. It will be recorded starting at 12 o'clock. And then the second one, if you're not able to attend that one, is in person. It is on September 22nd at the Adult Activity Center, same time, 12 p.m. And if you're not able to attend both, the 21st meeting will be recorded and you can watch at your own convenience. And then lastly, we have Barktoberfest on October 2nd at Northampton Park from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thank you.

Thank you, Allie. Anyone else? Mr. Holly? Yes, there is someone else.

I THOUGHT YOU SAID ARE YOU TAKING NOTES. I AM TAKING NOTES. NO, WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE.

BEFORE I GO TO THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR COMMITTEE REPORTS, I WANT TO CIRCLE BACK AND ASK OUR ATTORNEY TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION ABOUT THE WATSON LANE and the recent LAFCO proceedings that we had from a public comment earlier. I was hoping that I know the people are still here. I wanted to make sure that they had some feedback from you on what occurred.

Yeah, absolutely. I'm happy to address that point. And I'll note for those who weren't there or haven't had the report out as from other sources, on Friday the Napa County LAFCO held a protest hearing that was to receive protests if any were filed challenging the Paoli Watson Lane affected territory annexation of territory into the city on the northern edge of the city. The LAFCO opened the hearing and then continued it at the request of both myself on behalf of the city and another lawyer representing another party. LAFCO had, I'll note, been provided informal requests to continue it earlier than Thursday evening. However, they did not act and then instead acted at the hearing. which resulted in the city's mind in a positive outcome because it provided 60 additional days for ongoing negotiations between some of the residents and the city to continue. We recognize that not all residents' concerns can be solved. but we are confident that the additional time will create space and opportunity to resolve the concerns of many of the residents and property owners in the Paoli-Watson Lane area, and we wanted to have the time to do that. The continuance also solved some issues that were, in the city's mind, inherent in LAFCO's noticing of the hearing in the first place. Having a hearing with improper notice just creates RISK AND OPPORTUNITY FOR LITIGATION WHICH WOULD FURTHER DELAY EVERYTHING AND CREATE MORE UNCERTAINTY. SO CONTINUING IT TO PROVIDE LAFCO THE OPPORTUNITY AS WE HOPE THEY WILL DO TO NOTICE IT PROPERLY ALSO WILL RESULT IN A CLEANER AND IDEALLY MORE CERTAIN PROCESS. WHATEVER THE OUTCOME MAY BE, EVERYONE WOULD WANT CERTAINTY AT A CERTAIN POINT. SO THE CONTINUANCE HELPS SOLVE THAT AS WELL. IN THE TIME BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER 11th, NOVEMBER 10th, THE CITY WILL BE USING THE TIME AS WE HAVE SO FAR TO with negotiations between the city and the residents and the property owners to see if we can resolve their concerns and come to agreement through pre-annexation agreements. As I noted, we recognize we will not achieve agreement with everyone and that's okay. We wanted the time and the space, though, to achieve agreement with those who we can, particularly as some discussions were quite near positive resolution but just needed a little more time to get there. And we'll be continuing to provide updates as we get closer to the continued hearing through the staff and available from upon request. Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you. Thank you. And also I just would like to add that, um, I've myself and the city manager have visited with the folks out on Watson lane and some of their concern was that things were moving too fast. And I think kind of slowing things down kind of helps that out as well. So I will continue in conversations with the city manager and the folks that live on Watson lane. That's important that we, uh, learn and figure out a way that we can start building on the trust. And that's the important piece. WITH THAT SAID, I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS. I'LL START WITH YOU, VICE MAYOR.

YES, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO PUT IN A REPORT, BUT A COUPLE OF THE COMMITTEES, THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE MET end of uh... august and the good news is we could very easily be looking at a final uh... regional climate action adaptation plan and our cap ready to be recommending for approval to the county board of supervisors at the SEPTEMBER MEETING I HOPE OR ELSE OCTOBER SO THAT PROCESS IS SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD AND THEN THE STATE ROUTE 37 MEETING I WAS THERE AND THE GIST OF IT IS THEY HAVE ACTUALLY SECURED FUNDING THEY ARE GOING TO GO OUT FOR BID ON SOME OF THE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION IN PARTICULAR THE AREA THAT BOTTLENECK ON 37 WHERE YOU CAN CUT OVER TO NAPA OR CONTINUE TO VALLEJO That area is going to get some improvements. They're going to work on a new bridge replacement. All of that is great, and I discovered that despite the fact that we're going to go out to bid, it's probably at least a five-year project. So things move slowly when you're building big projects, but they do move. And so those are some two good news reports on the committees I serve. Thank you.

Thank you, Vice Mayor.

Council Member Oro.

Yeah, I mean, the only thing I have to report is the changes at LAFCO. The executive director there was put on, was on a leave of absence. I think LAFCO's still trying to figure out a replacement for that. I think they'll be having a meeting before the next LAFCO meeting, which is, I believe, October 5th. It's that Monday, I believe. So by that time, there'll be... An executive director seated.

A new one? Okay. Thank you, Council Member Orrell. Council Member Lambertina.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO SUBMIT MINE ONLINE, AS USUAL. BUT I'M ALSO ON CLIMATE ACTION, SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER JOSEPH, FOR GIVING US AN UPDATE. I ATTENDED THE CENTRAL LABOR DAY BRUNCH. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE AND SUPPORT LABOR. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO CHAMBER OF CARMOS HERE IN AMERICAN CANYON FOR HAVING A GREAT session of Meet Me in the Streets. I barely made it on time. I got there at 7, but I got my food. I got to mingle, and it was great. And then I would just like to acknowledge the 9-11 ceremony that we had. It's always a sad event, but it was very nice. So that's all I have to report. Thank you.

Thank you, Council Member Lamartina. Council Member Cruz? Nothing to report, Mayor. Thank you. Okay. I guess I'm the only one that filled out my committee report. I tend to do that quite often. Yeah. Okay. Well, I have nothing to add, so future agenda items. Vice Mayor?

I won't be around long enough to see the benefits of any future agenda items, so I'm not going to offer any right now. Thank you.

Council Member Orrell? Nothing, sir. Council Member Lamartina?

NO, SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER CRUZ. YES, MR. MAYOR, FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEM ON OCTOBER 6TH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROCLAMATION. IF I COULD ASK STAFF TO CHANGE to Filipino American history. That's all, Mr. Mayor.

Thank you, sir. My apologies. I thought it was changing the other way around. I apologize. We talked about it. Yes, we'll change that.

Yeah, I have nothing to add. We've concluded our regular city council business for this evening. I would say we are adjourned.

Good night, Ruby, and good night.

CORRECT, CORRECT. VICE MAYOR.

JUST THAT WE WOULD ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF NELIA MEDEIROS, GATEWAY AWARD WINNER FOR 2011.

I APOLOGIZE FOR FORGETTING ABOUT THAT. MOMENT OF SILENCE. WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED. I SAY GOOD NIGHT TO RUBY AND AMERICAN CANYON.