City Council - Regular Meeting

All right. Good evening. I will call this meeting to order at 4:31. Can I get a roll call, please? Council member Lara. Yes. Present. Council member Fen here. Council member Martinez, here. Mayor Prom White, Mayor Voit here. All right. And do we have any public comments for close session? I have no written requests. Simone, do we have any callers on the line? We have no callers at this time. Okay. And can we please get a readout for the items for discussion?

Yes. The council meet in close session. Item B1 is conference with real property negotiators. The property is described as 660 North Bulmont Avenue. The APN is listed in the agenda. The agency negotiators are the city manager or as designign and the negotiating parties are the city of Bulmont as potential buyer and Doris E. Casey as owner under negotiation or price and terms. Item B2 is conference with legal counsel regarding potential initiation of litigation involving six potential cases. Item B3 is public employee appointment employment and the title of that position is city manager. And then item B4 is public employee performance evaluation and that relates to the interim city manager, deputy city manager. And item B5 is conference with labor negotiators uh the agency designated representatives, our council members Mike Laura and Julio Martinez and the unrepresented employees, the deputy city manager. All

righty. Thank you for that. And we will adjourn to close session at 4:32.

All right. Good evening. I would like to call this regular session, the city council meeting to order at 6:09 p.m. Can I get a roll call, please? Council member Laura here. Council member Finn here. Council member Martinez, here. Mayor Pro Tim White here. Mayor Foy here. All right. And can we please get a report out from close session?

Yes. The council met in close session. Item B1 was conference with real property negotiators. The property is described as 660 North Bulmont Avenue. The APN is listed in the agenda. The agency negotiator, city manager or as designate. The negotiating party, City of Bulmont as potential buyer and Doris E. Pacy as owner and potential seller under negotiation were price and terms. There was no reportable action taken in close session. Item B2 was conference with legal counsel regarding potential initiation of litigation involving six potential cases. There was no reportable action taken. Item B3, public employee appointment employment. Um there was no discussion on that item, so no reportable action. Item B4 was uh public employee performance evaluation title interim city manager, deputy city manager and that item and B5 which is conference with labor negotiators the agency designated representatives Mike Laura and Julio Martinez and the unrepresented employee deputy city manager. My understanding is we're going to go back into those items at the end of the open session and have that close session. So that concludes the report out. Great. Thank you. All right. And we will have our invocation by Pastor Daniel Bolognio. Stand.

Thank you.

Dear God, we come to you with gratitude for this wonderful Bumont community. Thank you for these your servants who have chosen to take up the mantle of leadership. Will you give them wisdom to build a better future and the strength to carry out your will. May their work be guided by compassion and integrity, ensuring that our fine city will be a will continue to be a safe and thriving place for all residents. Guide their discussion tonight toward productive outcomes for your glory. Amen. To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you, gentlemen. And do we have any adjustments to the agenda? Uh, yes, Mayor. We have uh items J3 uh and J4. Uh we're asking be pulled and we will reschedule those items for the April 21st meeting. It's a resolution of intention for annexation number one of Baldwin Ranch uh for the public maintenance services and public services uh CFD.

All right. Very good. And we will start off this evening with some proclamations and some recognitions. So we will start first with Riverside County in excuse me innovation month proclamation by council member Laurara.

Thank you mayor. I appreciate that. So this proclamation is for Riverside County Innovation Month. And whereas the county of Riverside has become the hub of innovation, technology and entrepreneurial activity that should be highlighted and shared throughout California. And whereas encouraging innovation and supporting uh entrepreneurs is a foundation for creation of high-paying jobs and the stimulation of new business investment. And whereas the city of Bulmont is committed to fostering a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem through partnerships with local businesses, chamber of commerce, regional organizations, and strategic partners that help make our community a place where innovation and entrepreneurship can thrive. And whereas initiatives such as pass area BISHub provide resources, mentorship, and collaborative opportunities that empower entrepreneurs, small businesses, and innovators to develop ideas, launch ventures, and contribute to Bulmont's growing economy. And whereas the city of Bulmont values entrepreneurs and innovators whose creativity and vision contribute to the continued advancement of our city and the greater Riverside County region. Therefore, be it proclaimed that the month of April 2026 be recognized as Riverside County Innovation Month in the city of Bumont and call upon residents, businesses, and community organizations to celebrate and support the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship that strengthens our community and drives economic opportunity throughout the region. Did we have somebody from the county here? Excellent. Come on up.

You're welcome. We'll get a picture with you.

Oh, yeah. You want up here? Yeah.

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One little step. All right. Perfect.

All right. And in the spirit of innovation and all things fun, we will uh read a proclamation now for National Pickle Ball Month.

Yay. So whereas National Pickle Ball Month is recognized by USA Pickle Ball each April to celebrate the growth of the sport, encourage communities across the country to participate in healthy active recreation. Whereas pickle ball has become one of the fastest growing sports in the United States and continues to gain tremendous popularity here in Bowmont. Whereas the Bowmont Banning Pickle Ball Club is proud to support and promote the growth of pickleball throughout the city through organized play, local events, and youth clinics. Whereas the pickle ball club works to encourage healthy lifestyle, strengthen community relationships, and provide inclusive opportunities for residents to stay active. Whereas our local pickle ball community brings together residents of all ages and skill level, creating opportunities for fitness, social connection, and community engagement. Therefore, be it proclaimed that the month of April 2026 be recognized as National Pickle Ball Month in the city of Bumont and call upon residents, businesses, and community organizations to celebrate and support the sport's growing presence in our community and the many residents who participate in and support pickle ball activities throughout the city. So, thank you all.

You guys, we've got some players with us. Right. This is our board. Oh, perfect. Even better. Awesome. You are so welcome. I know. I like it. Who's Who's the ringer? Oh, you got terms. Get no pickles this year. I know you're I'll think of you at the store. It's got the whole outfit. Do a couple on the phone here and then

have a smaller camera. That's right. All right. Thank you guys. Yeah, we need to We really have like 64 people that night. I was down at Noble Creek and saw that Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. May 3rd, I think there's a tournament for the American Heart Association I'm playing in the desert. Yes.

All right. And now we will recognize some of our behind the scenes staff with our dispatch appreciation week proclamation by council member Fent.

Thank you. So officially it's our national public safety telecommunicators week. So whereas public safety telecommunicators, also known as dispatchers, are the first and most critical point of contact for individuals seeking emergency assistance. And whereas these dedicated professionals serve the residents of the city of Bowmont by answering emergency and and non-emergency calls, providing life-saving instructions, and coordinating rapid response efforts with law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services. And whereas dispatchers exhibit professionalism, compassion, and composure under under pressure while handling urgent and often lifethreatening situations. And whereas their work requires extensive training, quick decision-making, and the ability to remain calm in times of crisis, ensuring the safety and well-being of the community. And whereas the second full week of April is recognized national nationwide as national public safety telecommunicators week providing an opportunity to honor and thank these un unseen heroes for their service. Therefore, be it proclaimed that the mayor and city council of the city of Bumont do hereby recognize the full or the second full week of April as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week and encourage all residents to join in recognizing and expressing gratitude to the dedicated dispatchers who serve our community with unwavering commitment and professionalism. Thank you,

Chief. Do we have any here with us? Okay, very good. Well, that's okay. We appreciate your team. Please give them our uh gratitude and uh we can't absolutely get to the emergencies without them. So, we absolutely appreciate their composure um and everything that they do for us behind the scenes. So, please extend our thank you. All right. And lastly, we will recognize National Property and Evidence Professionals Appreciation Week by Council Member Martinez.

Thank you, Mayor. So, this proclamation is for the National Property and Evidence Professionals Appreciation Week for April 4th through 11th, 2026. So whereas property and evidence professionals serve a vital role within the criminal justice system by ensuring the proper collection, preservation, storage, and documentation of evidence essential to investigations and prosecutions. And whereas these dedicated professionals support the mission of the Bowmont Police Department by maintaining the integrity of evidence, safeguarding property, and upholding strict legal and ethical standards, and contribute to successful case outcomes. and the administration of justice. And whereas property and evidence personnel demonstrate exceptional attention to detail, accountability, and professionalism while managing complex systems. They also adhere to evolving laws and best practices and ensured the safety and accuracy of critical items entrusted to their care. And whereas their work often occurs behind the scenes, yet is fundamental to public safety, reinforcing community trust through transparency, accuracy, and the responsible handling of property and evidence. And whereas Property and Evidence Professionals Appreciation Week provides an opportunity to recognize and honor these individuals for their indispensable contributions and unwavering commitment to excellent. Therefore, be it proclaimed that the mayor and the city council of the city of Bulmont do hereby recognize the designated week of April 4th through 11th, 2026 as property and evidence professionals appreciation week and encourage all residents to join in recognizing and expressing gratitude to the dedicated professionals who uphold the integrity of our justice system and serve our community with diligence and professionalism. and chief again, please extend our

thanks to that team as they too are the unsung heroes um behind the scenes as well. So, thank you. We'll do. Thank you.

All right. And one item I forgot to mention is Council Member White did join us for close session at 6 I did it again at 4:32 p.m. My military time comes out. All right, we will then move on to public comment period. Uh so any one person may address the city council on any matter not on this agenda. If you wish to speak, please fill out a public comment form provided at the back table and give it to the city clerk. There is a 3minut time limit on public comments. There will be no sharing or passing of time to another person. State law prohibits the city council from discussing or taking actions brought up by your comments. So Nicole, do we have any public comments for the items not on the agenda?

Yes, ma'am. I have four in person. Okay, great.

First one is Susan Agular Martinez. Is this on? Hi, good evening, Mayor Voit, members of the city council. My name is Susan Aguilar Martinez, the president of the Bulma Educational Support Team, better known as BEST. On behalf of the best board, I want to express our deep gratitude for supporting and providing a sponsorship for our event, Night of Stars Illuminating Futures. It was a huge success and it exceeded our expectations and you were amongst our sponsors that we share the success with. We were able to raise 30,500 in net funds. We are a 100% volunteer 501c3 organization and are a tiny but mighty group of group of volunteers since 2014 who has been providing scholarships throughout the Bulma Unified School District in support of our students. Due to the amount of support we received that included your sponsorship and the community that joined us, we were were able to support students with scholarships throughout the Bulmont Unified School District that includes Bulmont High School, Bulmont Middle College, Glen View 21st century and our Bulmont adult school VN program. The evening highlighted our students and their talents from our students in our advanced band at Summerwind, our CT culinary students that provided the appetizers to our many artists that supplied the artwork for the live auction. This will be an annual event whose theme will always reflect and light the path for our stars, our students, our future. Thank you again for believing in our vision and supporting our students. Thank you. Next speaker is Roger Burke.

Good evening, Mayor Boat and uh council members. Been a long time since I've been down here and uh you guys are doing a great job and I didn't realize how much work I put in till I got off the council how much it took. But I'd like to talk to you tonight about uh golf carts and electric motorcycles that are being ridden on the street and in our city parks. Uh they're destroying the parks. I see employees out there working hard on them. I've seen electric bikes out there going through the playground at uh three rings the bice the baseball field. I've seen them driving up down the street. You got a school district employee that drives their golf cart into the parking lot at three rings. And I've seen them over on the sidewalk at uh this the school over there off 8 Street. I've seen them down at the park down at Devourge. Some of these folks think they're entitled to ride them. They're not legally registered. They're dangerous. They've got minors in there. I seen a 16-month old baby in one the other day. And I thank you guys for for putting the ordinance on for the helmets and everything else because we want kids to go out and have fun. We want them to ride their bicycles. They have electric bic. I don't really care. They're pedaling it or anything. That's great. They're out in the outdoors. They're doing things, but they got to do it safe. We shouldn't have 13-year-olds riding golf carts through the park. We shouldn't have parents allowing their kids to do that. And I've said something to some of them and I get the f-word to me and because I care about them. I spent six years on the fire department as an EMT and a firefighter and I I've seen some things that happen that I just I don't want it to happen. So what I'm trying to say here is please can you get maybe a cooperative in the school district he's going the middle school is bad sit up there and tell them give them give them a week or two and start and pounding on it. That's what it's going to take because the police are doing all they can but they need the school district to cooperate. They need the parents to start cooperating. realize we're one community and we don't want our assets destroyed. You guys have spent a good job on on on fixing the parks and everything. When Steuart Park

eventually gets rebuilt, it's going to be nice. I don't want to see these things destroyed. A lot of people put a lot of work in over the years and so I'm just asking you please take a look at it. See what you can do to make these people. They're it's fine down there around Walmart. They got license and everything, but here there's just no place for golf cart parts up there. There it's just not available and they got kids got to pick up school. Thanks a lot. You're welcome. Thank you. Just as a quick little side to that, um, at the Cal City's meeting recently, there's a lot of legislation that's focused on this specific thing as well. So, I appreciate the comments. Next speaker is Sharon Camo Coreo.

Good evening, Mayor and City Council members. My name is Dr. Sharon Karo. I go by Sharon. I'm a proud Bumont resident and I serve as the public relations manager for District 12, Toastmasters International. For more than a 100red years, Toastmasters International has been the world's leading community-based resource for public speaking, leadership, and comm workforce communication development. Today, organizations such as Google, Toyota, S3, IEHP rely on Toast Masters to help their employees strengthen presentation skills, lead teams effectively, and communicate with confidence. These skills are not soft skills. They are the core workforce competencies. Employers consistently rank communication, leadership, and critical thinking among the top skills needed for economic growth, employee retention, and workplace advancement. Communities that invest in communication skills invest directly in economic vitality, particularly during these times. The Endless Opportunities Toast Masters Club, this is the good news, by the way, which many of you may remember meeting at Jitters Cafe on Ramsy, just a few blocks from here, has now relocated and is now meeting Mondays at 6:00 p.m. at Johnny Russo's in Banning, just like I said, a few blocks from here. This makes the club easily accessible to Bowmont residents, club business owners, students, job seekers, and city employees from Bumont. To introduce the community to Toast Masters, we will be hosting an open house on Monday, April 20th at 6:00 p.m. We invite warmly the city council and the public to attend. Shortly, I will pass out some flyers for your

convenience. Today, the club president, Manurva Covert, and I welcome the opportunity to connect with the city to explore how the endless opportunities Toastmasters Club might formally support Bumont's economic development and workforce growth initiatives. This could include outreach to local employers, collaboration with workforce training programs, or serving as a resource for residents preparing for interviews, promotions, and leadership roles. Thank you for your time, your service to the community, and for supporting opportunities that strengthen both people and the local economy. We look forward to connecting with you.

Great. Thank you, Sharon. Next speaker is Manurva Covert. Good evening, mayor, council members, and members of the community. My name is Murva Covert, and I am the president of Endless Opportunities Toast Masters Club. And Toast Masters has had a meaningful impact on my life. uh Toast Masters has helped me not only as a speaker but as a leader and as a business owner. Communication is the uh heart of what I do. And as Chiron mentioned, Toastmasters Clubs operates in lowcost high impact leadership labs. In our heart, in our meetings, members uh practice delivering presentations, running meetings, and thinking on their feet and giving constructive feedback. Skills that are directly correlated to workplace uh in and also in uh excuse me, leadership and daily lives.

So, you might be wondering, can anyone really build that kind of confidence? And the answer is yes. That's what Toast Masters is known for. And as club president, I'm I've seen incredible transformations from individuals who once felt nervous speaking in front of public of of a of others and are now leading meetings, giving presentations, and stepping into leadership roles with confidence. And that's the kind of growth that doesn't happen by chance. It happens in a supportive environment where people show up, stay engaged, and are encouraged every step of the way. And we really believe that TR tr uh Toast Masters is a valuable resource for the city of Bowmont because when individuals grow in confidence and in communication, they contribute more effectively and in the workforce, to local businesses, and to the community. So, here's my invitation. Do something your future self will thank you for. As uh Chiron said, on Monday, April 20th, we're having our open house at Johnny Russos at 6 p.m. Come and see firsthand what this experience is all about. Meet our members and discover how you or those you serve can benefit from it. You won't regret it. Thank you.

Thank you. Simone, do we have any callers on the line? We have no callers at this time. All right. Thank you for everybody who spoke today. All right. We will move on to our consent calendar. Are there any items to be pulled for discussion? Seeing none. Mayor, seeing none, I'll make a motion to approve consent calendar items uh G1 through G13. I'll second. Can I get a roll call, please? Council member Laura, yes. Council member Finn,

yes. Council member Martinez, yes. Mayor Prom White, yes. Mayor Voit, yes. And that will take us to our youth council report. No report, Mayor. Okay. And seeing no public hearings, that moves us on to our action items. And we will start with J1 award um of a business attraction and expansion program grant to uh application ED 2025-000015 and we will get a report by Mr. Per.

Yes, thank you mayor. Just a brief uh overview. Um this is the first time the council is using this program. It was originally adopted late 2022 um with generous funding and uh we've done some facade improvements along Bowmont Avenue, but this is the first new business. Alicia Faulner is the business owner. She's with us tonight, also a Bowmont resident um with her family, and we're just really excited about uh bringing this before you. You all know that she's been open for more than a month now and is doing really really well. Uh this program was designed in a way where the funds can be used flexibly. It can be used for uh building improvements, kitchen improvements, but also for working capital. And that's working capital. And that's what we're doing here tonight. The program is set up that if Felicia stays in business for three years, 25,000 of the 50,000 will be forgiven. And if she stays in business successfully for five years, the full 50,000 would be forgiven. There will be she has executed a promisary note. So, in the event that things didn't work out as we would like them to, there are repayment terms in in the loan, but I don't think we're going to need to worry about that. So, um I'm happy to ask her any questions. Um we could ask her to come up and talk a little bit about her success so far if you like.

Sure. Mayor, would you mind first just sort of giving us an outline of the I mean, is it just a check for whatever? Yeah, it's just a check for working capital. She she has pro provided us a list of uh equipment that she's purchased up to a 50,000 amount that we have that we can do a UCCC1 filing on and there we've worked very carefully with legal counsel to put the agreement in the promisory notation. And how did they how did you find out about this program? Did it come? I don't remember. Oh, it was through um Joseph Kale. Joseph Kale. Yeah.

Okay. when I I we first were trying to get like established, I called for something, I can't remember, and he was like, "Hey, did you know we're starting this program and then we kind of like talked about it." So, I applied actually back in September and you know, we got the keys to the building in October and it took like five months cuz we had to do a lot. you know, there's still things that need to be done, but we did a lot. And um it was one of those things we're hoping it was going to happen before we opened at the end of February, but you know, we took out a couple extra loans and stuff like that to get it done to get open. But it, you know, we've been doing really well. Our first month, actually, our first full month, we opened February 21st, and our first full month of March to the end of March, we had $95,000 in net. So, that's pretty good for a little tiny corner space with no parking.

How many employees have you hired? I have 22 employees right now. Wow. Good job. Great. Well, welcome. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Absolutely. Welcome. Do we have any public comment? I have no written requests. Simone, do we have any callers on the line? We have no callers at this time. All right. So, I will open it up for council discussion. And if none, I will move to approve the $50,000 loan/grant under the downtown business attraction and expansion program for application ED 2025-000015 to support this qualifying downtown business investment for good intentions. Thank you. I'll second.

And can we get a roll call? Council member Laura, yes. Council member Finn, yes. Council member Martinez, yes. Mayor Promo. Yes. Mayor Voy. Yes. And on behalf of the city, we would like to give you guys this certificate um as a certificate of recognition um for opening your restaurant and the success and continued success that we know will come. All right. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. We'll grab a picture with you guys.

Yes, we have. Yes, we have. We'll take a quick picture with you guys. Ribbon cutting. Oh, yeah.

Great. Welcome. All right. All right, that will now move us to item J2, establishing a minimum savings threshold and eliminating the escalating debt structure on certain CFD bonds. And I believe this is Michael Bush. Michael Bush. Yes, he is here in the in person.

In person. I was pointing at you, Michael.

You can do a lot of things. Um this is the third year I think that we've uh come forward to present uh this item to you and get some policy direction from the council. The um as you know, your staff report is due several weeks before the council meeting and the staff report contained a savings data chart uh which we show at the top of this document for reference. Um in the past several years, the council has agreed to a two-part threshold, a 3% savings or a $200 annual savings per parcel. And as you can see in that first box, only one CFD um met that expectation. Um I've asked Tom Jacob, who's here from Stifl who's worked as the underwriter uh on many of these transactions to update um the report based on current market. And you can see as of April 7th, the same one was there. However, we got a ceasefire today and we've already seen rates drop eight basis points. So, we're onethird of the way to the list on the bottom. So, the reason why we wanted to come before you today, although it may look a little bleak, is 25 basis points can be moved really quick. And so we believe um the four on the bottom that you see targeted in the light blue, the Tournament Hills, Sundance, Fairway Canyon, and Sundance 2016-2 are

the four we're going to target this year. You can also see uh a couple of them have escalators which we would be removing which would increase savings if we could remove those. This information um does not include any cash on hand that the city may have. So, we've been uh communicating with Lisa uh in a few weeks uh time, two or three weeks, we'll be adding that data in to see what that does to the number. Uh and we'll come back to you if these uh turn out to work. Um the one thing I do want to disclose, um your financing team works uh for the most part. Uh there's one exception uh on a contingency basis, meaning if we don't have bonds to sell, no one gets paid. And so we all agree as a financing team to take some level of risk to put this together if the market is close. The only um obligation you would have to pay is if we go for a bond rating. They don't work contingent. They want to get paid. And so we'd feel pretty confident if we decided to go that far forward that we have something to work with. Um Mr. Jacob and I have been talking a lot in the last several days with other colleagues. Uh we've been waiting for some good news to come out of what's going on in the Middle East. We have a two-e ceasefire. Um we'll see what happens after that, but it could be what we need to get us back to where we were uh initially. Um prior to your staff report date, due date. Um the four and the bottom all worked at current market rates. So we're optimistic that we'll be coming back um with hopefully some good news with those four that we're targeting. And so tonight, all we are asking for is your blessing to use those thresholds or another threshold that you like to continue to monitor these and and if others come to fruition, we'll come back with those as well.

All right, great. Um, can I check for public comment first? Oh, okay. Do we have any public comment on the matter? I have no written requests. Simone, do we have any callers on the line? We have no callers at this time. All right. And with that, I will hand it over to Mayor Promway. Yeah, I can see he's anxious as far as pushed that button so fast it kind of startled me for a second. It's going to be easy tonight. Okay. So, all you're asking us for tonight is to to give you direction on thresholds. Yeah. So, we're not talking about any specific um correct cfds that one of us may be correct impacted by. Correct. Okay. That was my

That's a good clarification. That is correct. All we're asking to do is to reaffirm if your thresholds from the prior years are still the thresholds you want to use that the ceasefire. I hadn't heard that. So that was very good to know. The market reacted very quickly. I bet Okay. Do we have any other council discussion? Do we have any suggested changes or are we sticking with the 3% or the 200? Okay, then I will continue. I will entertain a motion then. Or do you just need direction? Yeah, just direction's fine with me. I don't that's fine with your Sounds like you're good to go.

Great. Thank you. All right. Thanks for coming and seeing us. Sure. You're welcome. Always a pleasure to be here. And thank you as well. All right. Uh we are moving past J3 and J4. will be headed to J5 Bumont Transit Comprehensive Operational Analysis Update and that will be given by Lesie Pallayo. Yes, ma'am. Did you see the text?

What's it? Good evening, mayor and council. Uh, tonight's item is an update on the comprehensive operational analysis of Bumont Transit. This is also known as Bowont on the Move. Uh so this is a project um focused on improving how people get around Bumont using public transit. We've been taking a close look at our routes, schedules, and bus stops to understand what's working, where there are gaps, and how we can plan for the future. Uh the goal is to come out of this with uh clear actionable recommendations to guide both near and long-term transit improvements. On the right, you'll see uh a brief overview of the project phases. Uh right now, we are nearing the end of phase one, having completed the initial outreach and analysis. And tonight, we'll be sharing some of those findings before moving into the next phases where recommendations will be developed. And uh with that, I'm going to hand it over to Ron Kilcoin from Transportation Management and Design uh who will be walking walking us through some of those findings. So there we go. Thank you, Leslie. Um, by the way, I did eat a good intentions tonight for dinner. So, um, anyway, the, uh, study element is is the study is broken into three pieces. the comprehensive operations analysis where we will go over uh the route structure, the fair structure both for paratransit and fixed route services and develop recommendations for improvements. This

would be looking at ways to increase wrership, improve efficiency, make the service more customerfriendly. Uh we also have a microtransit feasibility assessment uh uh to determine where we'll benchmark peer agencies and identify where microtransit might work uh in in conjunction with fixed route transit. Microtransit is on demand shared ride service similar to ADA paratransit but it's open to the public and generally use an app similar to Uber or Lyft uh to uh arrange for rides. Um and then we'll also look at our have a bus stop improvement plan. We have already uh inventoried all the bus stops looked at the conditions. There'll be a slide later in the presentation where we'll talk about what our findings are. But from there we'll develop recommendations for both how to lo where best to locate bus stops and what amenities should occur at these locations. Now, city of Bowman, I don't think I have to tell you, has been experiencing substantial population growth over the past decade, and we anticipate uh this growth will continue, and that of course generate the demand for more uh transit service. This is an overview of the current uh network. Um there are three local there are two local bus routes that operate uh all day and and they generally are the the central part of the city the kind of the gold and light blue line. Uh we also have three weekday peak service bus routes. Uh they're primarily tied to school bell times and those two routes the red and green route at the sort of the west end of the city are among them along with the the black route. So that whole area to the western part of the city, pretty much everything west of Bowmont Avenue is just operated a couple times a day. There's a hybrid local express route called the Casino

Express. It's called the Casino Express, but and that's the yellow line at the bottom. uh on one way it functions as a local route serving uh Amazon and other logistics centers at the west end of the city as well as a small neighborhood south of uh the railroad tracks and I 10 and on the other end it runs non-stop to the casino uh Morango. Uh then there's two peak there's two um uh uh commuter express routes. One operates to San Bernardino transit center where it connects with Omnitrans and Metroink and another that operates to Redlands Lom Linda uh and uh uh uh that operates about four trips a day and then on Saturday we only have uh two routes kind of a combination local route as well in as well as the service to San Bernardino and then ADA paratransit service that provides service for individuals who are unable to use the fixed route service and it operates the same hours as the local service. But as you can see from this table, um the service span is very limited. Uh pretty much everything shuts down by 6:00. Um it everything runs for the most part every 60 minutes, which is a lifeline service. And on Saturday, there's kind of a gap in service during the middle of the day. Uh however, ridership has increased 33% since FY 2022. Uh ridership is very close to the level that exit that existed uh pre- pandemic, but ridership is definitely higher during the school year. U it's three times higher in October than it is in July as an example. Also, this map here, you can see the the the circles determine or kind of represent how many people board the bus on an average weekday. Um, the small

dots are one and then 10, 50, or 100. As you can see, Walmart, Mountain View Middle School, and Bowmont High School are the biggest uh generators of stops. Civic Center uh and near the hospital also are busier stops. On weekends you can on Saturdays I should say we don't run on Sundays but on Saturdays you can see uh the service is very limited and and again Walmart is your main your busiest stop followed by the San Bernardino transit center. Um now this shows our individual routes the 7.1 7-19 and 7-2 runner peak hour only. They only have four troops per day, but as you could see, their ridership is, you know, nearly as close to what routes three and four, which operate all day, uh, along with the casino express and the 120 route. So, u uh, most of the boardings, those those three routes generate a big chunk of the ridership. And this, of course, illustrates the impact that schools have on on ridership. As you can see, 7 a.m. hour and the 3 p.m. hour. uh far far exceed boardings at any other uh particular time of the day. The dark colors are weekday and the light colors there represent Saturday. Now the chart on the left uh is uh shows all travel and this we these these two tables actually these two charts show all travel not just transit travel but all internal travel within the city of Bowmont whether it's by car or bicycle or walking any basically any trip that's more than half mile in length and as you can see even with when you look at all travel uh again the morning peaks and as well as the afternoon around school time generate significant amount of ridership. Uh the light blue there represents what happens on Saturdays.

The chart on the right uh breaks this down by trip purpose. And as you can see, dining and school and shopping and errands represent uh a lot of the trips. Now you'll notice that on the very far right there, the work trips are very very low. And that's because a vast majority of the work trips in Bowmont go outside of the city of Bowmont. And this these charts here uh are only looking at internal travel within Bowmont. So as far as accommodating work trips, it's kind of a big challenge for transit and uh obviously though as far as covering the other types of trips, it is something that can be useful. Now who rides Bowmont Transit? Well, 58% of the riders are students and 56% are under the under the 18 under the age of 18. However, we've if you notice here, 59% of the riders said um they would not could not make their trip without Bowmont Transit. So, they are pretty much dependent. Not surprisingly, uh the riders tend to have lower um household income. Now, I would take this a little bit grain of salt when you're asking some writers. Although we're asking for household income, a lot of people might just be talking about their own personal income. Therefore, it might skew a little bit lower than it really is, but still, I think uh is pretty representative of what what you'd experience. Now we asked writers, we did a writer survey and uh uh we think that uh you know we we this was done by professional survey firm and we think that we actually got pretty much most of the writers over the course of of um uh the period of time or good you know good a very good representation of the writers and we asked them two questions. What's the most important benefits? How how

important do you rate frequency? How important do you rate bus stop amenities at span of service on-time performance? And then we also asked them how satisfied are you with um these ver these same uh level uh uh levels of uh you know benefits and what we and then the difference here the top priorities for improvement are the areas where we found the biggest difference between what they rank as important and what they rank as their sat their satisfaction and the top priorities for improvement was improving on-time performance increasing the hours of operation that starting service earlier in the day or or particularly running later in the evening. And then the the condition of the bus stops, bus stop amenities. The things that they're most satisfied with were the again the uh what they deem as important versus what they their satisfaction level is the cost of riding the fairs, the ease of paying fairs, uh the accuracy of arrival time information, and the safety on the buses. But we also conducted a nonritider survey. And again, this was structured to make sure that we were representative of the full community. And again, we found that the top five reasons why people that don't use Bowmont Transit, they prefer to drive. They find that the bus takes too long. The buses do not come often enough. They're not as frequent. You saw the slide earlier. Basically, every service is once an hour, which is in essence lifeline service. It takes too long, takes too many transfers to get to where I want to go, and the bus does not run when I need to do it, which again gets into the span issue, how early or how late the service operates. And then what improvements would make you more likely uh to use transit uh making it easier to pay with a credit card or phone and that is uh I believe that is on the way that is going to be

happening uh in the future here. uh keeping fairs low for youth, seniors, persons with disabilities, and veterans. Adding more routes so riders need fewer transfers, and running more routes with buses running every 30 minutes instead of every 60 minutes. Now, in addition to the onboard survey of riders and the community survey of non-riters, we also uh had um some pop-up some pop-up events. uh we were where where we were where people gathered so we could reach out to them, inform them about the plan and ask what they wanted to see in the plan, want us to see what issues they want us to see us to address. We were at Stuff the Bus and the Blizzard Bass on December 13th at the Pass Area Veterans Expo on January 24th. Uh did a pop-up at the Walmart bus stop on February 2nd and at Bowmont High School bus stop on February 12th. In addition, we had an in-person workshop open house here at city hall on uh February 25th and a virtual meeting on February 26th. And from this marriage, this was not scientific but sort of a general view from the community. Um you know, we found expand service coverage and connectivity, new places, address gaps in service span. Once again, uh this was primarily focused on weekends. Improve safety, comfort, and bus stop amenities. Uh even though riders felt safe, they did feel the need for better bus stop amenities. That's one area of that. Increase transit education with clear information and outreach. People basically making sure people understood what what was offered by Bowont Transit, how to use it, and increase accessibility with seniors and students in mind. Now I also mentioned at the very beginning that we did a bus stop inventory. Uh there are 129 bus stops

currently used by Bowont Transit. 26 of them have a bench and 23 of them have a shelter. But one of the most I guess startling findings we found that technically 96 of the 96 stops are inaccessible. That's almost 3/4 of the stop. Either they have boarding areas that are too small. They have no sidewalk or paved boarding area. They have no connection between the sidewalk and the boarding area like a landscape strip. There's a sidewalk here, a landscape strip and people have to walk on the dirt or grass or whatever. And then one stop has a boarding area that's too steep. So what's next for Bowmont on the Move? based on what we heard from the community. So uh and uh we you know we've uh also in addition did the uh did what we call the service evaluation and a market analysis. So what we heard from the community and then from these other uh efforts to kind of get an understanding of of Bowmont Transit and the and the community. Um, we'll draft alternatives to that can include developing strategies to improve reliability and on-time performance. Looking at strengthening service access, one is uh working with Bulmont Unifi to better serve students, including on early release days. Um, improving service access on weekends and enhancing bus stop placement and amenities across the network. Uh we'll also look at u the right mix of fixed route and demand response microransit services making sure that they also are the right mix for the particular parts of the community but also that they work together. Um you know we don't when we're talking about a we're talking about a system here that does work together because sometimes transfers are necessary to um optimize and maximize the number of destinations you can reach. We'll also be looking at the fair structure and make and helping develop

to support ridership growth and improve financial performance. And this includes uh you know the ability to uh use what calls what's called open payment to use your credit cards as well as concepts like fair capping. And then finally uh we want to look at uh this is a we're going to look at a a longer range view is you know what are the opportunities to grow service and how can we assure long-term financial sustainability. We don't want to make any recommendations that cannot be sustained over the long term. So with uh so what's the next steps? Um well one is we'll devel now we now that we have all this input we're be developing service concepts and then we will take that back uh to the uh public and and again seek feedback their input on these recommendations and then um uh with that and this is including both the service plan uh bus stop policy and fair structure issues. And then with that, we will uh once we get that feedback, we'll refine the plan and then it'll come back to you, the city council, uh for final adoption in the winter. So with that, um I will be happy to answer any questions that you may have.

Great. Thank you very much. And do we have any public comment for this section? I have no written requests. Simone, do we have any callers on the line? We have no callers at this time. All right. And I will open it up for council discussion. Council member Fen. Uh, yes. Thanks, Mayor. Uh, Ron, in that that um in the findings you pointed out, there's a good number of stops that need attention. Would that come back as as proposed improvements for those and maybe like a level one, level two type work and that sort of stuff and and then perhaps from staff a budget that would be associated with that.

Yes. Yes, we'll do that and we'll identify what are the priorities because we know you can't do it all at once. And bear in mind any new stops will have any new stops we implement have to be ADA accessible. All of the existing stops are grandparented in. Uh so they're you know you're not going to fix them all at once, but we'll kind of look at how to how to fix them in a phased approach and where where the priority should be.

Okay, very good. And then so a question along those lines, if we make any type of improvement to an existing stop, does it have to be a full improvement to make it ADA or can we do a little at a time? Well, you know, in some cases it doesn't really maybe need a lot to make it ADA. You know, it's more in most cases it might be there's just not enough concrete and it just needs to be the the landing pads is to be widened or extended a little bit and that would make it ADA uh compliant. Okay. Uh so, all right. Appreciate it. Thank you, sir. Mayor Promway. Um, in the next steps you're going to analyze our what routes we have, what routes are most profitable.

Will you be taking into account the routes that come into our city from banning? Well, this is a Bowmont plan and we're not doing the banning COA. So we really um now they're going to be issuing an RFP for COA and we'd love to get it uh issues in the past because and then we could coordinate it but unfortunately uh you know we we can't tell banning what to do um you know directly uh I mean you can you can provide us the the stops and the routes that they're going that they're doing in our we've had this issue in the past before where one city accused the other city of stealing fairs from

Yeah. And so we tried to get the cities to work together and that didn't happen. Um so I'm just um just I wanted to bring that up. And then the the other comment I have is really not directed to you, but it's an opportunity since it's on the uh council agenda. Um there's a there's a bus stop in front of the new 106 fire station and those kids are I don't know if this is the one that says it's too steep, but those kids are all over this really steep field. And to me, it's just because it's city property, it's a fire station. I think someone needs to go out there and we need more than just the side of a hill for all these kids to stand on cuz that one housing development all of

is got it's just got tons of kids in there. So, I just wanted to bring that up. But thank you. That's all I have. Council member Laura. Yeah. Thank you, Mayor. Um, where are we looking at on far as timing on different methods of payment that can be accepted? Um, well, I think uh maybe you can answer that as far as as future uh I'm sorry, what was the question? What are we looking at? because it in the presentation it shows that you're getting ready to accept credit cards and other forms of payment. Where is the timing on that? Do you have that yet or not yet?

Um I have a rough estimate. So we did receive a grant to purchase new zero emission buses and uh part of that grant is that those new buses have to include an openloop payment system which is essentially tap to pay. So you can pay with your phone or a credit card. Um and those buses would rough estimate would be two to three years just based on where the technology is and uh so yeah it it would be then okay around two to three years. Yeah.

Yeah. Uh right now um passengers can access a um an app on their phone and on there they can purchase passes with their with their card. Oh, perfect. Okay. Thank you very much. Yeah. All right, Council Member Martinez. Yeah, thank you, Mayor. Um, the fairbox ratio, the the increase, remind me the year on that again. Is it 28? Fiscal year 2028. Yes. Will be the first year that we have to meet the the 20% fairbox recovery.

And is there I mean, we still have a few years, but have you been looking into that as you as we go forward with new implementations of different types of routes and and how we would be able to meet that perhaps? Yes, the the um the analys the financial analysis that's included as part of this study is taking that into consideration. Very well. Okay. Thank you.

All right. And just one last question. I saw that about 50 something% of our writership is below the age of 18. Do we charge for those writers currently? In June, in July 2025, uh we began a youth ride free promotion uh made possible through um a grant from CALR. Uh so right now we do not charge. Uh that is uh scheduled to end June 30th of 2026. So beginning July 1st of this year, we will begin charging the the general fair for youth passengers. And does that include those on the routes that are going to school? Yes, it does.

Yeah. the routes that go to school, the same fairs apply on all of the uh all the local routes and we have to do that because otherwise if it we treat them differently then it becomes a school bus and that's you're not allowed to provide school service. Okay, very good. Thank you. All right, seeing nothing further then we appreciate that and we will file that away. Thank you very much. We look forward to the recommendations.

All righty. All right, that takes us to J6, Contract for Investment Advisor and Portfolio Management Services. And we'll have our report by Miss Leech. Well, good evening, Madame Mayor and Council. Staff is requesting approval of a professional services contract with Chandler Asset Management to prov to provide investment advisory and portfolio management services. The city maintains an investment portfolio to safeguard public funds, ensure liquidity for operations, and achieve a reasonable return in compliance with our investment policy and state law. With our current contract contract set to expire in July 2026, staff conducted in a competitive RFP process, receiving 10 proposals and evaluating them based on qualifications, experience, approach, and cost. Following interviews and a thorough review, Chandler Asset Management was identified as the most qualified firm with strong municipal experience, a conservative safety first investment strategy, and a highly credentialed advisory team. The proposed contract provides comprehensive services including portfolio management, market monitoring, compliance oversight, reporting, and staff training. all aligned with industry's best practices and the city's investment objectivities of safety, liquidity, and yield. The agreement is for a 5-year term with

options for two one-year extensions consistent with our municipal code. Importantly, the cost of these services will be paid from investment earnings, resulting in no direct impact to the general fund. Approval of this contract will ensure continuity, strengthen oversight, and position the city to effectively manage its investment portfolio in a prudent and transparent manner. Staff recommends that the city council approve the 5-year contract with Chandler Asset Management, Inc. to perform investment advisor and portfolio management services with options for two one-year extensions. And uh I also have Mia um who will be our rep from for Chandler on Zoom if you have any questions for her.

All right, great. Thank you. And Nicole, do we have any public comment? I have no written requests. Simone, do we have any callers on the line? We have no callers at this time. Right. And with that, I'll open it up to council. All right. Seeing nothing, I will entertain a motion. Mayor, I'll make a motion to approve the 5-year contract with Chandler Asset Management, Inc. to perform investment advisor and Portfolio Management Services with the options for two one-year extensions. I'll second. Can I get a roll call? Council member Laura, yes. Council member Finn, yes. Council member Martinez, yes. Mayor Proim White, yes. Mayor Voy,

yes. All right, that takes us to item J7 to authorize the employment contract with city manager and the staff report will be by Miss Mendoza.

Good evening again, mayor and council. Thank you very much. You have before you an employment agreement with Mr. Christopher Boatman, appointing him to the position of city manager. Mr. Boatman has a master's degree in public administration, almost 20 years experience in local government, most recently serving the last 5 years in as an assistant city manager. The agreement in front of you begins on May 11th, 2026 with an initial gross salary of $320,000 per year. Um, highlights of the contract retirement deferred compensation include upon validation, Kalpur's classic membership at our current formula at 3% at 60. A city paid contribution to a 457 compensation account equal to 4% of his base salary. Health and welfare components include a cafeteria, annual cafeteria allotment not to exceed $22,980 annually plus city paid premiums um like life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, etc. uh leave acrual bl banks. There's an annual allotment of 200 hours of vacation with a 40hour initial um deposit into his bank, 96 hours of sick leave annually, 80 hours of executive leave time an ann uh on a bianual basis with 40 hours in his initial bank and 14 paid holidays. Um allowances and other reimbursements include a monthly vehicle allowance, cell phone allowance or vehicle in loo in the contract. um as well as professional development, city paid dues, and travel expenses for participation in professional organizations such as ICMA and other um city leadership. Um the increase to the remainder of the fiscal year will be paid out of the general fund for personnel costs and salary savings from other vacant city positions. And I'd be happy to answer any questions about the contract itself if you have any. I it was negotiated uh by members of the

council and reviewed by legal. Mr. Roten could not be here tonight as you are aware. He is running a council meeting at his city. So he sends his apologies. Right. Will be here on the 5th. Excellent. Um do we have any public comment? I have no written requests. Simone, do we have any callers on the line? We have no callers at this time. Okay. Okay. And with that, I will open it up to council discussion or a motion. Mayor, if there's no discussion, I'll make a motion. I'll make a motion to authorize the employment agreement with Christopher Boatman for city manager and authorize the mayor to execute the agreement.

I'll second. Can I get a roll call, please? Council member Laura, yes. Council member Finn, yes. Council member Martinez, yes. Mayor Prom White, yes. Mayor Voit. Yes. And

mayor, if I may, I'd like to make a a statement. Mr. Bowman was unable to be here this evening. He is currently employed by another jurisdiction who also meets on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. He has some significant commitments. He is wrapping up to leave his current city in the best possible position to continue serving the community. We look forward to seeing him in person on in our meet during our meeting on May 5th when he will be uh sworn in as uh when we'll be swearing in Chris as in as our new city manager. He also asked me to pass along to let us know that he is very excited about the opportunity to serve Bulmont community. He is grateful for the city council's confidence and warm welcome and he looks forward to getting started and contributing to the city's continued growth and success. Thank you, mayor.

All right. Excellent. As are we. We are excited. All right. That will we will see him on the 5th. And that will move us to J8. Adoption of a policy in the event of a disruption or telephonic of telephonic or internet services during public meetings. And that will be Miss Rilight. Good evening, mayor and councel. This item is an adoption of a policy. Um, this is to be in compliance with Senate Bill 707. And this, um, is a formal way to describe how the city will respond in the event of a disruption of internet services or streaming during a public meeting. Uh, the policy fulfills this mandate and reinforces the commitment to accessible and open government. The attached policy applies to all of the open and public meetings of the city of Bowmont at which remote public participation is offered or required. And I can answer any questions on the policy.

All right. Thank you. Do we have any public comment? I have no written request. Simone, do we have any callers on the line? We have no callers at this time. All right. So I will open it up to council discussion. Council member Finn. Yes. Thank you, Mayor Nicole. So this is just more on the lines of if our streaming service, for example, our YouTube, you know, live feed goes down and then we would, you know, follow the procedures. It wouldn't involved if somebody's internet where they're at drops and so forth. Correct. Correct. It would be on our end.

Okay. And we would we know within the the booth here uh if that service has gone down, would somebody that's in a part of the meeting be monitoring that and be aware of it that it's gone down to the public? Yes, typically we can tell in the AV room um when we've lost service. Okay. Thank you very much.

All right. Um a quick question for you with regards to this as well. If there is a interruption or threats that are being made through Zoom, this this would come through as the disruption at that time as well. Um yes, this this applies more towards the streaming side of things. Okay. Um if we were no longer able to give access to the live meeting, um it doesn't necessarily respond to disruption. That's more so with um Robert's rules in uh the uh internal policy.

Okay. Very good. All righty. Seeing no other council comments, I'll uh I will move uh let me see here. To approve the attached policy for immediate implementation. I'll second. Get a roll call, please. Council member Laura, yes. Council member Finn, yes. Council member Martinez, yes. Mayor Proim White, yes. Mayor Voit, yes. And that will take us to item J9, request to approve a three-year agreement with Flock Safety to implement a drone first responder program. And we have a report out by Chief.

Good evening, Mayor Council. Before you is a request to start a drone first responder program. The DFR program has been around for a few years, but until recently, a program like this would require what most cities would do is put a drone pilot and an observer on the roof of buildings. And when a 911 call would come out, they would deploy the drone, one flying the drone, the other one having to keep eyes on the drone to make sure it doesn't collide in anything. A department our size, it's just it's not feasible staffing wise. But recently, Flock Safety came out with their error dome system. It's a AI based uh autonomous flying capability platform where when a 911 call comes out, a push of a button, a drone can deploy to the location of the call. Once it's on scene, a pilot will take over and start searching for either a suspect, victim, or what threats may be present before the officers arrive. Um, we did a demonstration a little over a month ago using this program and the day of the demonstration, we actually had a bank robbery alarm go off. The drone was on scene in about 15 seconds and was able to capture every vehicle in that parking lot before the first officer arrived. In real life situations, this improves officer safety because now we have cameras in the sky looking at a scene before the officer gets there. So officers don't just walk in blindly to dangerous situations. Uh just last week we had a call of what it sounded like a fight happening in the backyard of a vacant residence and when the officers arrived they go alongside of the house, go in the backyard and there was a fight subject with handguns. Luckily, in that situation, they decided to hop the fence and run instead of using what was in their hands towards our officers, and the officers would not

have known until they were in the backyard. So, in these situations, a drone could have been over. We were able to see what's in their hands before the officers arrived. Um, also during that demonstration, we created fake calls throughout the city, and one of them was a subject with a possible firearm at the high school. We were able to have a drone on scene in a little over a minute and was able to zoom in from I believe as we was passing Cougar Way. So a good distance away zoom in and and identify a person that matched the description and it was a plastic fork in their hand. So it gives a lot of great capabilities. Um, we're asking for four drones. And how this DFR program works with a flock aerodyome is the drone will fly to a call and stay on scene as long as necessary. As the battery starts getting lower, it will autodeploy the second drone to relieve the first one so the first one can go back and charge. This allows for 100% uptime capability. And having two separate locations, one over city hall and one over fire station 106. We will cover the entire city, including the upcoming cominging possible annexation of other areas in the county. Um, with those two locations, we can be anywhere in the city in less than 90 seconds and be anywhere over our busier areas in less than a minute. And just to put that in perspective, most 911 calls take a minute and a half to three minutes to get all the information necessary before the officer is even dispatched. But now just by a push of a button, the drone could be over the scene before you're even off the call. So if someone calls 911, we already have eyes on them before the officers in row. So it's it just improves the safety not only for our community, but for officers, even though this is a police department ran program, uh it's for the entire city. So we can respond to fire calls, uh,

identify what's going on for the fire, so they can help determine, you know, what resources are needed instead of deploying everything they have until they realize they don't need it all. Uh, it also will help other city departments for roof inspections or or or property inspections. Um, one thing I'm really excited about this program that is not in the staff report is I've been in communication with the Bulma High School, the CTE pathways program. They have a law enforcement class and we're in discussions right now where we add a drone component to it, a drone operator component I should say. And it would be the first time ever that we've worked with the school to create a pathway for high school seniors to a career with the police department. Um, and that's on top of just if they want to be a police officer, but if they want to be drone pilots. I mean, this we're anticipating this be a very successful program. And we'd love to just incorporate bringing our local residents into this this program. And I I'm really excited that we're in this discussions now. We're looking at a three-year agreement. The first year they're waving the aerodyrome technology costs, which is 150,000. So, the cost of the drones for year one is 200,000. There's also a setup fee. We need to add the electrical and data cables to the the roofs, and we also have to purchase a flight station, some computers. We're estimating about $24,000 to equip each building and about $10,000 to set up a a flight operation area. The first year costs of the drone program, including all the associated costs to get it going, we are planning to use our salary savings to uh pay for year one. So, it' be zero cost to the general fund. And we're asking that

council approve this contract assuming the cost adding it to our budget in the future years. I believe that's fiscal year 2728 and 2829. We do have a staffing requirement for this and we understand we don't have all the money in the world to just be adding positions, you know, recklessly. So, we do expect a sergeant vacancy due to an upcoming retirement. And that sergeant, it was funded for a crime suppression unit, a team that doesn't exist anymore at this current time. So, it's a position we won't be feeling right away until we get our staffing back up in the future. So, I'd like to convert that position once it's vacant to fund three CSOs, community service officers that will be trained to fly the drone program. Uh, we also have four current csos. So, I believe with the four and then adding three more, we can staff the the drone program full-time, seven days a week. Also, if I could add, the conversion of that one sergeant position to three CSOS will still provide a salary savings of over $43,000 to the city. So, and if you have any questions, I'd love to answer them.

All right, great. Thank you, Chief. We appreciate you bringing forward uh something innovative. For sure. Do we have any public comment for this item? I have no written requests. Simone, do we have any callers on the line? We have no callers at this time. All right. I will open it up to council discussion. And council member Martinez. Oh, thank you, mayor. Uh a couple quick things. One, um in the cost, the um are we purchasing the drones or leasing the drones?

It's be a service agreement. So, the drones will be part of that service. And I didn't mention earlier, but I think it's important to bring up that because technology advances so quickly, we added to the contract that mid year, about year uh 18 months, maybe a little bit more, uh we'll get a free upgrade to the newest drone technology, but we're not purchasing it. Uh it's just we pay for the service and that service includes the drones. And then does that also include software and all that that comes with it?

Yes, includes everything but the pilots. And I had talked I remember the the demo was absolutely fabulous. So I appreciate that because we got to see really firs you know hand what it does and the resolution was was incredible. Uh we took it over the high school and you can see I mean we can zoom in on the golf cart and see the license plate on it. It was that clear. Um the question is on the um I had asked them about the data that comes in off of that that data we store here and that's Bowmont's property. Correct. It's not anyone else's property.

It is kind of similar to all the other flat cameras we have through the city. We own that data. It's ours. We only share with agencies we choose to.

Okay. And then uh just a couple of more. the I I liked it because it it increases that safety curtain for large events. You know, we have that extra layer um of um visibility. It also again for the high school I I keep preaching on that but the size of the campus is just you know this is astronomical and and if anything does go down where you have such a large crowd you know having the officers you know knowing what they're going into and where the crowds are dispersing and gathering is is very very um advantageous. Uh we had talked about the district maybe painting those buildings with numbers. We'll talk about that.

Yes, absolutely. Yeah. Uh just for everyone else's knowledge, what we were talking about is when we flew over the the schools, all the buildings look the same from the sky. So if we paint what building letters each building has a A, B, or C, now we can identify and direct officers to which specific building, it just it's easier for quicker response. And the last has to do with the so since we're purchasing them for lease agreement that include warranty because I had raised concern about Blowmont and whether we're going to be losing drones or not during you know severe weather and stuff and and I can you tell me remind me what they said about the warranty. Um, I mean, if one breaks or crashes or so forth, I think that you said that it depends of of course if it was malfunction or something like that, but

any equipment malfunction is the responsibility of the flock company. Anything any damage caused by operator error or neglect will be the responsibility of us. And then we would just have an agreement to get another drone and then we have to pay for the cost of the one we lost plus the new one or something like that. If we were the cause of the loss, yes, we'll have to purchase the replacement. If it was just due to mechanical failure or other reasons that were not the operator's fault, it'd be the responsibility of the provider. And does the maintenance um lease agreement include the actual little thing that it parks into? because I know there's a door that goes up and down and all this different. It's all good. Okay, that's all I need. Thank you. Thank you, mayor.

All right, Council Member Fen. Uh, Mr. Martinez got my question about the the data. So, I appreciate that being asked and answered. So, I'll just say thank you for the demo. That was very informative. I I certainly see the benefit to our officers and to the public and I appreciate the internal budget adjustments um that you uh been are making on that. So, fantastic and full support of it. Thank you, Council Member Lara. Thank you very much, Chief. Um, if we do not take advantage of the this contract this year, we'll lose how much?

Uh, right now, if we signed soon, we they will be waving the first year of the the AI technology, the arrow dome part of the program, and that's 150,000 a year. So, we're they're waving that for year one. Perfect. And if we delay, I'm sorry. and the delay to get it.

Oh, yeah. So, the reason why we're we're pushing this now instead of waiting to add it to next year's budget is every other city right now is trying to get this technology and how quickly we sign in July could get us the drone either by November of this year all the way through February or March of next year. But right now, there's a law because every city's waiting for July. If we sign now, we pay using the salary savings, we could potentially have our drone up and running by July.

Excellent. Has there been any thought because of the extra added layer of safety that it does provide for officers and obviously for fire department as well of any insurance cost savings by chance or is it something that we can look into at some point or is that not even I wouldn't say it's a cost savings. We currently have drones and our insurance policy does cover our current drones. Obviously, this is a different footprint, but I don't think there's any savings involved in it. Okay. It's a it's a liability that gets listed. All right. Sorry. And I do appreciate you re reaching out to the school district to see about that program. Um that sounds like it's very interesting. Yeah, very excited about I I think it's very out of the box thinking. Yeah.

And uh it just be really great to get more involved with our partners. Sounds like the sky's is the limit on that one. Thank you. If I may add one thing, just if you approve this tonight, you may get questions from the community about invasion of privacy concerns. The flock drones are programmed where when they're flying to a call, the cameras point upwards towards the horizon and only point down once they're on scene. So, it's only looking at the call we're going to just in case you get any of those questions down the road. Thank you, Chief. Thank you, Mayor Pro. Yeah, just to clarify, the data is the cities, but it's still subject to public records requests. Correct. Correct.

Okay. Thank you. Also, our data will be shared on our website. We want this to be completely transparent. So, all the flight data, not necessarily all the videos, not have to go through requests, but all the flight data, what the call was, where it went in general, we plan to post on our website just to show the community what we're doing, why we're doing it. We don't we don't want to be secretive about this. Thank you.

All right. Thank you, Chief. And I too uh echo the sentiments of uh the creativity of the program and the safety. Uh I see many different uses for this program. I was there for the bank robbery call and of course it was very neat to see as everybody was arriving that we were already there with eyes in the sky. So I appreciated it from that perspective. No no further questions. I will entertain a motion. Mayor, I'll make a motion to approve the three-year agreement with Flock Safety for the implementation of a drone first responder DRF program for a total cost of 900,000 and approve the police department to incorporate the year's two and three costs to each respective budget year.

I'll second. Can I get a roll call? Council member Laura, yes. Council member Finn, yes. Council member Martinez, yes. Mayor Prom White. Yes. Mayor Voy. Yes. Congrats, Chief. Thank you very much. All right. And congrats to the city for improved safety. All right. Notice of completion item J10 for the sanitary sewer overflow project and tuck wet channel stabilization project. And mayor, with your permission, I'd like to take uh item J11 uh in conjunction with this as there's the same subject matter.

Sure. Absolutely. And item J 11 is the final report number 23, termination of local state of emergency sewer mainline failure and emergency repairs in Fairway Canyon. Please proceed.

Yes. So these items uh involve the construction project out at the uh golf course. J10 uh is a not of completion filing. It's administrative item uh so we can file for completion of the project with the county and the the waterboard. And then J11 uh brings us to the closure of the uh state of emergency um that we opened uh just over a year ago for those same repairs and that uh instance uh in the field. Construction is complete. Uh I've been there. It actually looks beautiful. Uh the rocks and everything. Um we've been complimented by uh some of the the neighbors for uh protecting the existing sage brush etc. Um there will be ongoing efforts uh uh administratively and environmental mitigation. We will reduce some reports uh to the state in the future and we're working on uh easement uh with the golf course, but the construction uh itself and the emergency uh work is completed.

All right. Thank you. And do we have any public it excuse me public comment on those two items? I have no written requests. Simone, do we have any callers on the line? We have no callers at this time. All right, I'll open it up for council discussion or entertain a motion. I do have actually one question. Sorry. Yes. Um I was noticing on the summary of the project budget. I know we used emergency funding for this. My assumption is we begin to pay ourselves back for the emergency funding uh with the upcoming budgets or how does that kind of work with regards to that?

Well, um some of it will come out of the department contingency. Some of it was a mid-year budget adjustment uh that we previously took. And then when the end all balances out uh at the end of the fiscal year, we'll see if we have uh available funds within the department to cover it. If not, we'll uh come for another item. Okay, very good. Thank you. I believe it's called your annual maintenance fund, correct, Lisa? Their maintenance fund is what we use to balance their budget. The repair and replacements, same thing. Right. I will entertain a motion for the two. You could move the recommended action on both items as a motion. I'll move for the recommended action on both items.

I'll second. Can we get a roll call, please? Council member Laura, yes. Council member Finn, yes. Council member Martinez, yes. Mayor Pro Tim White, yes. Mayor Voit, yes. All right. And that will take us to item J12, the proposed updates to the 2025 through 27 strategic plan. And this item is being brought forth by Mr. Rusher.

Good evening, Mayor and City Council. Tonight's item is a discussion on the proposed updates to this city's 2025 2027 strategic plan as we prepare for the upcoming fiscal year and continue to align projects with the current funding realities. As you know, the strategic plan is our primary tool for prioritizing initiatives, aligning resources, and tracking progress on city council goals. As projects evolve, the plan must reflect where they actually are, not just where we intend to be. There are a few key areas that staff is seeking direction on. The first is the Second Street widening project, which has been completed. Staff is recommending formally closing out that project on the strategic plan portal within our website to reflect the accuracy in our plan. The second is the Pennsylvania grade separation project which I know there was a lot of reallocation of funds for that project. So staff is just seeking direction on how to best reflect those within the strategic plan. Third is the new police station which is currently funded only for the design. So staff is seeking direction on possibly creating a goal that would be the construction of the funding of the construction of the police station. The fourth is the 30 acre site. So council recently approved moving forward with a master plan, moving forward with an RFP. So once those concepts are brought back to council for approval, staff would then like direction to add a strategic plan goal for the funding of those structures. And then before moving to close my presentation, I do want to highlight the opportunity for council to consider a strategic plan goal for animal services. As part of our ongoing strategic plan and CIP discussions, council may want to consider whether developing or funding an animal shelter should be incorporated in our strategic plan. While this is not currently in the strategic plan, incorporating it early into planning and discussion would allow staff to begin evaluating feasibility, cost, potential funding, and strategies in alignment

with other city priorities. More broadly, staff is seeking direction on completed projects, projects without identified construction funding, and ongoing changes to the funding scope and project management over time. The goal is to ensure that the strategic plan remains practical, transparent, and a reliable tool as we move forward to our 2627 budget cycle. That concludes my presentation, and staff's available for any questions. All right. Thank you very much. And do we have any public comment on our strategic plan? I have no written requests. Simone, do we have any callers on the line? We have no callers at this time. All right. I will open it up for council discussion. Mayor Pro N.

All right. Well, I will start us off for a quick second. Uh, yes. I think we need to close off the Second Street one. I think we could start with that easy check off item there. I like to start off with a quick check mark. Um, as far as it goes with pin, in my opinion, from a pin grade SE, um, we just need to make sure that that stays on the radar to completion. Um, and that we're still identifying any, um, funding that we need. Um, I think animal services is an excellent addition. Um I know that we are moving forward with our animal services here um at the civic center um but continuing to work towards long-term solutions either regionally or for the city itself. Um I agree with the 30 acre site and um continuing to seek um police station funding for construction. One thing I did note in the proposed changes to your strategic plan, there are some past dates. Um, so if we could just update those to be reflective of where we're at currently or new proposed changes. So, for example, under the PD station on page 1081, you know, it says December 2025. Um, so just where we're at with regards to those and make sure that it's a full comprehensive update. Um, and I think I saw a couple more in there. Um but for me obviously keeping uh Steuart Park on the radar and ensuring that uh that is completed is um would be my number one priority for uh where we're at currently. But other than that, I think all of the changes and the recommended changes um for me are good. Anybody else?

Council member Lara.

Yeah. And I agree, mayor, that we need to get the um animal shelter uh on there and some funding identified for that. Is it possible because one of the things I kept doing was bouncing up and back and forth between the the summary that you have. Um would it be possible to maybe identify the priority numbers on the um updates that you have where you have like goal or target one and then it it's goal number one and uh then you have the phase description maybe somewhere in on the corner across from target just put priority 13 or priority five. It just helps kind of when you look through it you don't have to go back and look at the priority sheet. Um, I do also agree with the changes that you've that you've made. Definitely Steuart Park is um one of the high priorities and and obviously trying to fund the u the police station as well. So, we need to look at that. But, uh I like what you've done so far. Thank you.

Yeah. One thing to mention, I think I did see uh in there the pro benefit uh and you'd kind of modified some of that and I I liked the way the wording was moving towards um that with development. Is there anything specific that you are recommending to the council besides what you've put in there or anything further that you're looking for?

I think it would just be if when I meet with the directors to go over the updates for each of the goals that they're responsible for, just kind of a little bit more leeway in changing the dates if they need to be updated. So if staff needs to come back to council every time or if you give us the availability to change the dates if needed for example Steuart Park if those construction dates get pushed back some do we need to come back and update those in the strategic plan would be my suggestion would be that those don't need to come back but that they need to be realistic for this time frame so if we need to push them out a little bit further for the projected timeline that we look at those to be realistic um and I don't necessarily need them to come back. I mean, I think I I trust your guys's updates with regards to that.

All right. And mayor, if I might add, this was just kind of an annual review. We wanted to make sure we did this prior to the budget workshop so it solidified everything and gave direction to department heads, finance, and everybody else so we know uh how to successfully um predict our resources and where should we should allocate them for you. Make you some recommendations. Yeah. Okay. I think you guys uh

Yeah. know where we sit. It's like you work here or something. All right. Well, with that, um I will move to approve the proposed updates to the 2025 through 27 strategic plan. Um and uh to update those dates as we discussed and otherwise move forward with it. Can I get a second? I'll get a second. All right. Roll call. Council member Laura. Yes. Council member Finn. Yes. Council member Martinez. Yes. Mayor Proim White. Yes. Mayor Voit. Yes.

All right. That will move us to item J13, approval of the requisition for fire services with Riverside County Fire. Um, and as previously done before, I will be recusing myself and I apologize, Mayor Pro Tim, that I did not warn you once again. I am failing at that duty. So, I will recuse myself as my husband is employed in with some of the entities. All right. The next item is the approval of requisition for fire services, Riverside County Fire Department. Good evening, Mayor Prom and Council. Tonight's item is a request to approve a requisition in the amount of $6.8 million to fund fire protection services provided by Riverside County Fire Department for quarters 2 through 4 for fiscal year 2526. The city operates under a cooperative agreement with county of Riverside for fire protection, fire prevention, rescue, and emergency medical services. Earlier this year, the city or earlier last year, the city exercised its option to extend the agreement through June 30th, 2026 through a formal letter issued by a previous city manager. This ensured that there was no disruption in fire and emergency response services. Based on the county's cost estimate, the total annual cost for the fire services for this fiscal year was approximately $9.8 8 million. This includes staffing, operations, equipment, service delivery across fire station 66 and 106. The agreement requires quarterly payments based on actual cost. The 6.8 million being requested tonight represents the remaining funding needed for quarters 2 through 4 of the current fiscal year. It's important to note that the first quarter was already covered using a previously approved requisition that bridged the end of last fiscal year and the beginning of this one. From a fiscal standpoint, this funding was already included in the adopted budget, so there is no additional impact to the general fund beyond what the council has already approved. This action ensures the city remains in compliance with the agreement

and more importantly maintains uninterrupted fire and emergency services in our community. Based on those factors, staff is recommending the approval of this requisition and authorizing for the interim city manager or their design to execute all necessary documents. That concludes my presentation and I'm available for any questions if necessary. Thank you. Uh, do we have any public comments? I have no written requests. Simone, do we have any callers on the line? We have no callers at this time.

And do we have any comments from councel? Seeing none, I'll entertain a motion. I'll make a motion to approve a requisition in the amount of 6,800,000 for fire services provided by County and Riverside Fire Department and authorize a city manager or his designate to execute all necessary documents to process payment in accordance with a cooperative agreement. I'll second. And can we get roll call, please? Council member Laura, yes. Council member Finn, yes. Council member Martinez, yes. Mayor Pro Tim White,

yes. So, we'll move on to item J14. Consent to subleasase Verizon wireless vertical bridge to T-Mobile at the Palmer lift station. And that's you as well, Mr. Thresher. Hope you're not tired of me yet. This is my last item.

Good evening, Mayor and City Council. Once more, tonight's item is a request to approve the subleas leasle at our existing communications facility located at the Palmer Lift station. The city currently leases the site to Verizon Wireless, represented by Vertical Bridge, under an agreement originally executed in 2017. Verizon has formally requested consent to allow T-Mobile to colllocate equipment on their existing tower. From a high level, this is a very standard request. Collocation is common across the industry and is generally encouraged because it maximizes existing infrastructure and avoids the need to for additional towers throughout the community. Staff has reviewed the request and found that it is consistent with the terms of the lease. It does not include any operational land use or safety concerns and it does not change ownership control or the city's role as landlord. From a fiscal standpoint, there is no direct fiscal impact. The city will continue to receive lease revenue from Verizon and any f financial arrangements between Verizon and T-Mobile will not affect the city. I do want to highlight a forward-looking opportunity for the council to consider. The current lease agreement is set to renew in November of 2027 as part of the upcoming renewal. Council could direct staff to evaluate the proposed updated lease terms. This could include provisions that allow the city to receive a share of revenue from any subleasasing activity on existing towers. This would not impact tonight's action, but it does provide an opportunity to strengthen the city's long-term revenue strategy across our communication assets. Based on those factors and the requirement to act reasonably under the lease, staff is recommending the approval of the sub lease and authorize the mayor to execute the consent letter. That concludes my presentation. I'm available for any questions.

And mayor and council, I'm sorry. Yeah. No, go ahead.

I just wanted to add um this item was originally going to be on consent. We had it on action because we wanted to make a point that u the current agreement uh indicates we have to give reasonable approval. If there's a reason for not approving, not giving consent to the collocation, uh we would bring that up. In this case, based on that agreement, we do not have any reasonable um identification of uh not approving this. So that's the reason we're coming forward to you. And as uh Darren was indicating, once the agreement has come to expire, then we can look at possibly renegotiating. Uh other thing to keep in mind is the lease area is not being expanded. So the footprint stays the same. If the footprint was being expanded, then that would be a reason for us to try to renegotiate. So I just wanted to make that point.

Great. Thank you. Do we have any public comment on this item? I have no written requests. Simone, do we have any callers on the line? We have no callers at this time. All right. I will open it up for council discussion. Mayor Prom.

Um well, thank you for bringing this item off of consent. I appreciate that because we talked about in the um land use committee the idea of getting a profit share on these so that when they do add a colllocator, our profit share goes up. Um, I thought when I read the um contract, I thought there was two 10-year renewable terms, and I couldn't find anything in the contract that said I was looking for the ability to renegotiate then. Um, but it almost looks like we don't really have a choice. Um, I don't know if you've had a chance to look at that, but it looks it looked to me like it was one of those deals where we agreed to three 10-year terms and the second two would be um it looked like only the tenant could back out, not the not the landlord. So, um I don't know if you if you know what I'm talking about or maybe I'm all all wet.

No, you are correct, sir. So we have been working with Fedra in regards to the review of both of the lease agreements for both the Palmer lift station and the Chattney Center. And both of them that is correct that we have the inability to back out of those until the very last renewal. However, speaking with the project manager with Vertical Bridge, he is well aware and happy to entertain lease negotiations to establish a a strong working relationship with the city. So they are open to a proposal. So, if council directs staff to move forward with proposed amendments to both leases, it's something that they are open to looking at. Okay. Thank you. I appreciate that. Any other council comments?

All right. I will entertain a motion. Mayor, I'll move that we approve the ver Verizon's wireless request rep represented by ver a vertical bridge to sub lease space at the Palmer lift station communications facility to T-Mobile West LLC and authorize the mayor to execute the cons uh the consent to subleasase letter. I'll second that. Can I get a roll call, please? Council member Laura, yes. Council member Finn, yes. Council member Martinez, yes. Mayor Prom White, yes. Mayor Voit, yes. All right, that takes us to the end of the action items and we will move to legislative updates. Uh, we have none, mayor. Okay. Economic development. Uh, no economic development update today.

No planning. Uh, no planning update and nothing from the city treasurer. No. And city clerk. All right. City attorney. And for the city manager, uh just to note, um we've received notice from one of our council members that uh they will not be able to attend the May 19th council meeting. Initially, we had thought about uh cancelling that meeting because of the ICSC uh conference, but council indicated since only two members were going, they were going to keep that open. And now with a third member not being able to attend, we will not have a quorum. So, just wanted to confirm with you and let everybody know that we will not be able to have this meeting because of that.

Okay. Very good. Uh, do we have any objections then to posting a notice to cancel the meeting? Seeing none. All right. We will be cancelling the May 19th then meeting and we will send out notice for that cancellation due to lack of quorum. All right. So future agenda items, we have the donation policy set for May and then emergency operation um processes will follow in June. That will now take any other future agenda items. Oh yes, I'm sorry.

Yeah, mayor. I I have one. Um, so I' I'd like to bring back an item to look into developing an ordinance in preventing electric bikes and scooters that are nonADA compliant from riding inside of our parks. Um, had a a four and 5-year-old soccer team out in Wildflower. There were motorcycles, electric bikes on the playgrounds in the grass areas and and there were I mean there are young kids out there. Um, so just at least I know the motorcycles and things like that will be looked at by the our officers, but the electric bikes and scooters, um, those things were flying through there. Um, so I just if we could protect kids that are using the park from these electric bikes and scooters, I'd like to be able to do that or at least look into maybe an ordinance that does that.

Okay. Excellent. And as we heard from our public comment earlier today, I think that falls right in alignment. Right. Any others? You good, Council Member Martinez? Yes, I am. Okay, we will move on to our council reports and um why don't we start with Mayor Pro Tim White?

Um, so I attended the chamber installation dinner where the uh MC where our mayor did a fantastic job of swearing in the chamber uh in pretty quick fashion. Very nice quick meeting. There were some false comments made about by the MC about who the prettiest mayor was, but uh we'll leave it at that. I'm so sorry I took your uh I'm sorry I took your title.

That's all I have. You almost spit your water out, huh? All righty. Council member Lara. Oh, thank you, mayor. Um, WRCOG had a a meeting on Monday, April 6th. Um, just again, reminder for the general assembly meeting that will be coming up. Um, also I'd like to thank the um the EB squad at the parks and wreck. They did a fantastic job this year. Um, really appreciate what they do. Um, that program has really been very very uh popular. So, thank you for that. That's all I have. Mayor

meeting.

All right, we will send it on down to Council Member Finn. Uh, yes. Thanks, Mayor. Um, I attended our Transportation Now meeting on um um April 2nd and I also attended the Riverside Transit Agency's meeting on the 26th of March and they talked about their new rebranding of their code of conduct. um referring to it calling calling it kindness counts and in their pre presentation they talked about five Ps one is people be kind um next one property you know work to have a clean bus process be ready when the bus shows up prohibited please follow the rules and penalty for if you don't follow the rules that will prevent you from riding the bus in the future so that's my report for the night

right thank you and council member Martinez thank you mayor So I I too attended the Bowmont Cherry um Bowmont Chamber uh recognition dinner and thank you mayor for doing a great job and it actually went well. Everything together went um quickly um but concise and I had a good time. It was a good turnout. So congratulations to the chamber on that.

I attended RCA yesterday. We talked about TUMF and we had a our annual report for the MSHCP and um I'll be talking to the city manager probably in another month or so. There's a part of the plan where there's a certain amount of acres that each city is supposed to try to get to as a goal for conservation and uh we're about at the 50% uh of that which wasn't too bad looking at all the other agencies. Unfortunately, we're at the top as far as how many acres were supposed to have reserved in our for our goal because we're so large and we have such a a large wilderness around us. But um but anyway, that's something to talk about. And they were also discussing how uh RCA and the agencies should be getting more collaboration when cities are doing their general plan so that we make sure that the uh incorporation of the MS MSHCP is taken into account when we look at those general paths and gladly we are and we've done a great job with that. So I was pretty proud that we do that. But there are some agencies that are a little rogue out there. So, um, they emphasized that that was kind of where that was going, um, headed towards. Um, and then lastly, I attended Cal City's environmental, um, committee, quality committee, and, uh, we had a presentation from the California Global Biodiversity Alliance, and, um, quite a few bills that we analyzed. U,, we took, um, positions on five of them. AB1642, we took a support position. Uh SB417 1417 we took a watch position. AB2013 we took a watch and AB1 1138 we took a support and AB 2266 we took a watch. Again, all the committee does is recommend to Cal Cities uh our

physicians and Cal Cities Eboard gets their uh final say of how Cal Cities is going to do on the bill. And again, a lot of discussion about bills in general um out there. Um and that's my report. Thank you.

All right. Excellent. And for my report um I went to a Cal's meeting for the revenue and taxation committee. This time we heard um about a ballot initiative what that will be coming forward called the act to save prop 13. The goal of this uh change is a constitutional amendment that um states that any special taxes be adopted by a citizen's initiative to pass with 2/3 majority. So this would be any special tax that a city would want to put forth would need to be uh through a 2/3 majority versus what is currently a 50 + 1, so 51% majority. Um specifically on this act to save um Prop 13, it removes the ability of charter cities uh that currently have the opportunity to enact uh transfer taxes for property transfer taxes. So there are 26 charter cities within the state. This would uh remove their ability to have these special taxes. Uh so this uh had some significant impacts for some cities. Um it would be implemented 2 years after um whatever the date was that they put into play is going to be put into play. And then uh it requires parcel taxes to also have the 2/3 majority. So this had a significant impact on cities. Um and so much like we had gone up to fight the 50/50 tax um you know we took a stand uh that we will support everyone as a whole. So we did not support uh this Howard Jarvis tax measure uh from this perspective. Um but do expect to see this uh coming forth. It did meet all of the requirements to be on the ballot. So, this will be coming forth um I

believe in the November um election. Uh just real quick, the clarification was it it was for citizen initiatives, correct? Citizen initiatives. So, it's not when the city puts it on the ballot, it's when the citizens do. Um because right now that is 50 plus. It's a cit I did write down citizens initiatives, but this this is opening up everything to become a citizens initiative. Well, it's unless you're open everything up to 2/3 because right now if it's not a citizens initiative, it doesn't take 2/3. The problem is if you have issues like transportation, you need to get those things done.

Citizens initiative sometimes the only way to get it done. Correct. This would I do believe in in the discussion it would set the precedent that everything would have to become a citizens initiative. This is scratch paper in case I'm somewhere and I need to write something down. Was that a disruption? I'm just kidding.

All right. And then in regards to um uh some of the bills that are coming forth, SB922 uh was sponsored. Um SB10005 is co-sponsored. Um and then there are a couple that they're watching. Uh they did oppose the recommendation was to oppose AB 2192 uh which are some Bradley Burns changes uh with regards to farm machinery and equipment. Um but pretty much everything else. Um let's see SB 1349 which looked at California tax expenditure review board. Um this would implement a advisory board. So uh this one was uh supported as well. There were quite a bit and we talked a little bit about the highspeed rail authority uh which there are some new changes coming through with regards to that. All right, with that we will adjourn to close session at 807.