City Council - Regular Meeting

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Okay, I think we can start. Thank you for your patience. We'll start a little later because we still have to prepare everything to start our session. So let me know if we can continue if Zoom is ready. So let's get started.

Today is the regular session of the City Council of Hollister on August 17, 2026. Die Sitzung beginnt diesmal um 6.30 Uhr, 6.35 Uhr, James.

Können wir bitte den Namensaufruf machen?

Ratsmitglied P. Anwesend. Vizebürgermeister Deander. Ihr. Bürgermeister Stevens. Ihr. Danke.

Und Dr. Rosendes und Ratsmitglied Morales sind abwesend. Mit. Und dann werde ich Vizebürgermeister Deander bitten, uns beim Treueschwur anzuführen.

Bereit und beginnend.

Okay, thanks for that. Um, let me ask our city director, do we have anything to report from the previous non-public meeting?

I would like to make sure that you have noted the time at 8.47 p.m. when it was reported. And no, we have no points from this non-public meeting that we have to share with the public.

Okay, thank you. Now we come to the public part. This is the time for everyone in the audience, both virtually and personally, to speak to a point that is not on the agenda, but falls under the responsibility of the Council. Rednerkarten sind im Foyer erhältlich und müssen ausgefüllt und vor dem Sprechen beim Stadtschreiber abgegeben werden. Wenn der Stadtschreiber Ihren Namen aufruft, kommen Sie bitte ans Podium, nennen Sie für das Protokoll Ihren Namen und Ihre Stadt und sprechen Sie zum Rat. Wenn Sie über Zoom teilnehmen, klicken Sie bitte unten auf Ihren Bildschirm, um die Hand zu heben. Wenn Sie über Zoom mit einem Mobiltelefon teilnehmen, drücken Sie die Sternchen-Taste 9. Jeder Redner hat eine Redezeit von 3 Minuten, bei maximal 30 Minuten pro Themenbereich. Please note that, according to the federal law, the City Council is not allowed to discuss points or take measures that are not in the agenda. Do you have cards for this point?

Yes, Mayor Noel Provost, followed by Frank Garcia.

Neue Provost Hollister, Kalifornien. Am 9. Juni 2026 brachte KSBW Channel 8 News einen Bericht über Personalmangel bei der Polizei von Hollister. Der Bericht erweckte bei den Zuschauern den Eindruck, dass Beamte die Polizei von Hollister wegen besserer Bezahlung anderswo verließen. Auch wenn dies wahrscheinlich stimmt, beantwortet es nicht, warum diese Beamten die Polizei von Hollister verließen. Und genau deshalb bin ich heute hier. In the last 19 months, 9 detainees and 3 non-detainees have left the Hollister police. They left because of the leadership and the sergeants' unethical management, consistent accountability, continuous training, proactive communication and strict constitutional police work. Ich habe nur Zeit, Ihnen ein einziges Beispiel zu nennen. Am 9. September 2023 führten die Sergeants und das Management der Polizei von Hollister ein Quotensystem ein. Die Quote für jeden Beamten pro Tag betrug fünf beliebige Kombinationen aus Vorladungen, Festnahmen, Befragungen vor Ort oder Kriminalberichten, AR-Berichten. Let's make one thing clear. Quotes have been illegal since 1970. The Hollister Police Department and its lawyer met with police chief Ruinoso and asked him for a leave of absence. The Hollister Police's quota system was officially terminated in April 2025 after 19 months. But the damage was already done. The officers went. The Hollister City Council commissioned an external investigator named Jim Vogue with an investigation by the Hollister Police Department. The investigation began in March 2025 and ended in May 2026. I think the results of this 14-month investigation will show why officials don't stay with Hollister's police. I assume that this investigation will point to an hostile working environment and that mobbing will point to Marvin. I submitted an application to the city of Hollister for public documents for a copy of Jim Vogue's investigation, but did not receive a copy. The reason for this was that it was a lawyer-candidate privilege. This raises the question of who the candidates are and why they will be represented by a lawyer from the city of Hollister. There was a lot of tax money spent on these 14-month-long investigations, including lawyer fees, the loss of 12 employees, as well as the recruitment and recruitment of 12 other staff. And Hollister's taxpayers have the need and the right to find out the costs and content of the investigations for which they paid, for which they paid. Rechenschaftspflicht und Transparenz sind notwendig, wenn man Veränderungen erreichen will. Andernfalls werden wir das in ein paar Jahren wieder erleben. Man kann eine Kultur nicht ändern, indem man sie ignoriert. Und falls Sie mich in irgendeinem Punkt irre, dann legen Sie den vollständigen Untersuchungsbericht vor und zeigen Sie ihn uns. Vielen Dank für Ihre Zeit.

Danke, Herr Borbus. Weitere Redner?

Frank Garcia, gefolgt von Stacey McGrady.

Welcome back, mayor. Good evening, city council. This evening I would like to talk about leadership, good faith and accountability. On June 22, this council presented a process for the demolition of personnel. Instructions for the rest stop followed by instructions for the voluntary dismissal. The staff was also assured that there would be an engagement and conversations in good faith. Her former head of the construction site and the city engineer expressed concerns. Her supply manager expressed concerns about sewage, sewage and water, including staff occupancy, emergency measures, institutional knowledge and the question of whether the required time plans reflect the work actually done. Dieter Spiegel. Their operational leaders were not silent. They spoke. They held their concerns in writing. The question is, did what they said play a role? Because good faith can't just mean hooking up a box. There was no discussion about the use of the remaining funds from the $300,000 relief fund for finds until July 23. I asked what would happen to this money, and I was told that it would be used for discovery packages. When did the process change? And who changed it? I asked what had become of the voluntary issuance. I was told that this was not from the table. Then August 3 came. A member of the council asked whether this council had ever approved the use of these remaining funds in this way. A member of the council asked whether this council had approved this ... So I have to ask. If a council member has to ask whether the council has approved it, shouldn't that disturb the entire council? And that raises a bigger question. Was the instruction of this council followed ...? Employees are expected to follow instructions. If we can't do that, it can have consequences. Why should the accountability for a city director be different? Und wenn ich das Wort Muster verwende, verwende ich es bewusst. Wir haben gemeldete Aussagen, informelle Beschwerden, schriftliche Bedenken der operativen Führung und Bedenken, die direkt an die Personalabteilung herangetragen wurden. Das ist nicht nur ein Kommentar, ein Mitarbeiter oder eine einzelne Meinungsverschiedenheit. Wie oft muss ein Problem gemeldet werden, bevor es zu einem Anliegen dieses Rates wird? We demand the same standard from the city director. Not a higher standard, just the same standard. City Council Member Morales said something that stuck in my mind. She said, Frank, if you think of a problem, think of a solution. So I did that. Get together with us. Go through the process with us. Check your own documents. Remember June 20th. Think about what your operational managers have written down and remember August 3rd. Is this the process you have committed? If yes, show us where. If no, who changed it? And if employees expect you to stand up for your behavior and follow instructions, why shouldn't the same scale apply to the city director? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Garcia. Any other speakers?

Stacey McGrady, please open your microphone.

Hello, Stacey McGrady. I live in San Bonito County. Can you hear me? Okay. Thank you. I think I'm going to focus on a topic tonight. And first of all, I have to say that I fully support and welcome Mr. Provost's comments. Ich möchte wissen, wann die Stadt die Finanzberichte der Motorrad Rallys 2025 und 2026 vollständig und in ihrem ganzen Umfang veröffentlichen wird. Wie vom Civil Grand Jury gefordert. Was mich ganz speziell interessiert. Wie viel hat die Stadt dann, Ignacio Velázquez, für die Miete seines Gebäudes, das Volt, für die Motorradrallye gezahlt? Weiter, Moment. Wenn wir wirklich transparent sind, müssen diese Unterlagen verfügbar sein. Und wenn sie nicht zur Verfügung gestellt werden, dann sind sie nicht transparent.

Vielen Dank.

Danke, Frau McGrady. Weitere Redner.

We have no more speakers.

Thank you to all speakers. We now come to the consent agenda. Do members of the council have any short questions about the points of the consent agenda?

I only have one comment.

Okay. To what point?

Six. Two. I just want to thank everyone who works with the city at the task force on financial supervision. Our city council member Morales Omarosa, thank you, thank you. Christina Reyes, always wonderful, also thank you very much. Julie Royal, thank you for the help. Sean Herrera und Michael Brigantino, danke, dass ihr der Stadt helft und ein Auge auf unsere Finanzen habt. Und wissen Sie, Sie haben die gleichen 24 Stunden am Tag wie wir alle und Sie werden, Sie wissen schon, ein wenig dafür bezahlt, in dieser Arbeitsgruppe zu sein.

Aber ich möchte mich einfach bei allen Beteiligten bedanken.

Vielen Dank. Das bedeutet viel.

Bürgermeister, wenn ich darf?

Okay, großartig.

At the moment, the staff recommends that we continue with the appointment of council member Morales, Oma Rosa and Julie Reue and then give us time to check further applications.

And I think that was part of the thing, that you still have to go through the process to make sure that everyone meets the criteria. And all the other things, so will that be changed at this point? Can you repeat the three names again?

Ratsmitglied Dolores Morales, Omar Rosas und Julia Royer sind die Nominierten für die Ehe.

Also wählen wir diese Änderung voll. Nun kommen wir zum öffentlichen Kommentar zur Zustimmungsagenda. Gibt es öffentliche Kommentare zur Zustimmungsagenda?

Nein, Bürgermeister.

Also lassen Sie uns das zurückholen. Gibt es noch weitere Fragen oder Kommentare zur Zustimmungsagenda? Okay. Kann ich also einen Antrag stellen?

Beantrage die Genehmigung.

Kann ich eine Unterstützung bekommen?

Zweite.

Everyone who is in favor? Is there an opposition? So we go on from the consent agenda and come to point 7.1. And this is a public hearing. So I know that we have a little problem because we have to have four council members present. That's why I hand over the word to the mayor, who will explain the requirements a little.

For these points, we need a four-vote majority so that they can be dismissed. Since we have not reached this quorum today, we recommend that you open the public hearing, listen to any witness statements and then present them at the meeting on the 8th to then open the public hearing again and call for voting and call for voting.

I apologize for the inconvenience, but two council members had short-term issues and they couldn't be here and they couldn't be here. So I will open the public hearing. Let me check the time. 18.48. Do we have a speaker for the public hearing? No mayor, no public speaker. So I will leave the public hearing open and in the next city council meeting we will deal with the approval for the introduction of changes to the land use plan and the pre-tuning for three project sites. So we will continue to listen to this at this time and then vote on it. So we will leave the public hearing open. So we will continue and move on to the agenda item 8.1. A resolution on the lifting of Resolution 23164 and the approval of the new measures for traffic calming.

Excuse me, let me read that again.

A resolution on the lifting of Resolution 23164 and the approval of the new guidelines and procedures for inquiries on traffic calming measures. So we can receive a report from the staff.

Ms. Mayor, members of the city council, I should have asked the representative mayor, would you like to address this, since you have done the mental work for it, or should I do it? Under the instructions of the representative mayor, we talked about how the current guideline on brake thresholds is to be issued. The representative mayor pointed out that it is not only about brake thresholds. It is about any possible traffic calming measure. Die Stadt benötigt einen politischen Rahmen, der alle Möglichkeiten zur Verkehrsberuhigung abdeckt, von der Landschaftsgestaltung bis zu Bremsschwellen und allem dazwischen. Was wir Ihnen hier vorlegen, ist der Vorschlag, die Resolution aufzuheben, die sich strikt auf Bremsschwellen konzentriert und stattdessen den Fokus zu erweitern, damit wir alle verkehrsberuhigenden Maßnahmen betrachten. Wenn ich zum Beispiel glaube, dass es in meiner Straße ein Problem mit der Verkehrsgeschwindigkeit gibt, wende ich mich an die Stadt. Es gibt einen Prozess. Ich fülle das Formular aus. Ich gehe zu allen Nachbarn, die unterschreiben müssen. Sie besorgen mir, was ich brauche. Ich reiche es bei der Stadt ein. The city will then make a decision through its traffic engineer. Is it a brake threshold? Are they road markings? Are they blinking signals? Is it landscape design? There are so many different ways to calm traffic. A brake threshold is not the only solution. So we let the specialist make a decision in the face of the problem. What is the right solution? Or, as it may be in some cases, further analysis is found to show that it is actually a perceived but not a real problem and in such situations no measures are taken. What you see here contains a procedure for a resident who says, I am of a different opinion, I do not agree with the traffic engineer, I will adopt this decision. We offer this way that differs from the current guideline. der Richtlinie, die sich auf Bremsschwellen konzentriert, die von uns vorgeschlagene Richtlinie. Wer lässt die Frage? Welche? Verkehrsberuhigend. Maßnahme, wir ergreifen, falls überhaupt. Auf der Ebene der Mitarbeiter. So we suggest that the Council give us the political direction whether a comprehensive guideline for traffic calming measures is actually what they want to introduce and we then let the traffic engineer decide. Which approach is the right one if traffic calming is necessary? So that's what you have in mind. In fact, this would not only raise Article 23 of the Act 64, but really any other legal guideline that we have and that in some way contradicts what you have in mind. This is clearly a decision, a complicated decision. We thought it was important to present it to you now and I don't expect a decision today. Wenn Sie dies zur weiteren Prüfung zurückstellen möchten, damit Sie Zeit haben, es durchzusehen, setzen wir es gerne auf die Tagesordnung einer späteren Sitzung. Haben Sie irgendwelche Fragen?

I only have a short question. If a traffic calming measure, no matter what traffic, a brake threshold, a road change, is carried out, it cannot be changed for a year. We have to collect data and see how the traffic calming has actually affected. And then we can check it after a year.

That is correct. We give the reassuring measure to be tested on time. It could be that it is effective or we find that it is not effective. We would probably see something permanent like a roundabout. But brakes, thresholds, blink signals, markings, greening, other configurations for lanes. There are many things that we can do that are not permanent.

With this new guideline, it sounds as if there is a process, a framework, steps that we know them after a year, in which they can be used in force to see how it works and how it affects the lives of people. Because, you know, the documents state that traffic calming, you know, the police is relieved and has many good sides.

But it is also a kind of two-edged sword.

It's a coin that has two sides. So after this year we can start an initiative, for example, that the community can conduct an inspection of the measures. We will know.

A wonderful thing about traffic calming measures is that the community participates very proactively when something works or doesn't work. Let's say, for example, we decide on a greening at a certain intersection and then continue to receive exactly over this intersection. Well, then that tells us that the greening does not work. And so we can now ask the question, okay, is there anything else? Maybe we need markings that slow down traffic on both sides of the road. This self-regulation is the great thing about traffic rules. More than in other areas, because I believe that the community, especially those who have demanded the change, will not be afraid to share with us if something does not work.

Okay. Yes, I would like to learn more about it, because the people have definitely come to me in this regard.

Especially the Central Avenue, where we have the middle of the street.

It used to be a very wide street and there were many parking spaces on each side. Now it has simply become narrower due to the middle part that is not used. So I will let these members know that they now have a process. Thank you.

And please also, and I received your email today, there is also the problem that no matter whether it is a brake threshold, a greening or markings, it is a question of imprisonment if it is not waited well. So we will definitely take this seriously. I know that Mr. White, who is now managing the construction department, has a very concrete and clear work plan to ensure that certain parts of our city have been taken into account. For example, the part you shared with us has already been edited. These are the good news.

If I may briefly put it a little differently, because I think in the end When it comes to the traffic calming measures that we want to implement, it's really about making our roads as safe as possible for cars, cyclists, pedestrians and in general. It's about safety. That's basically what it's all about. Really. Es wird oder könnte einige Unannehmlichkeiten für die Allgemeinheit verursachen, was ein Teil der Beschwerden ist, die wir über die Bremsschwellen gehört haben. Die Leute mochten sie nicht. Sie mochten das Gefühl beim Fahren nicht und was es mit den Autos machte. Und es hat die Leute eindeutig verlangsamt, was ja auch die Absicht ist. Aber das sind die Dinge, die wir ausbalancieren wollen, oder? We want to make sure that we don't overdo it with safety, that people can no longer move forward and it just becomes extremely impractical. Nevertheless, we always want to make the most of the weighing of these things of safety. I just want to check something for a moment. I think Binu Abraham, the CEO of the COG, the Council of Governments, is dealing with questions about our overcrowded highways, roads and public transport. I think she's on Zoom. Binu, are you there? I think she will be ready. Let me see. Is she online?

Yes, she's in the line.

So, Binu, can you unmute yourself? I just want you to say something briefly. I asked Binu to stand up if there are questions about the traffic calming measures that we are considering within the city limits of Hollister. how this then affects the overall plan for road traffic and safety measures that are implemented throughout the country and especially on our highways. But what I would like to ask you, Binu, if it doesn't matter to you, is that you talk to us about what we discussed earlier, as I see you as an expert on roads and safety. Bedenken bezüglich Straßen und Verkehr. Was sind zum Beispiel deine Gedanken zu Verkehrsberuhigungsmaßnahmen, die Kommunen bei der Aktualisierung ihrer Richtlinien oder Praktiken in Betracht ziehen sollten?

Hallo, guten Tag, Mitglieder des Stadtrats. Ich nehme an, Sie können mich hören, denn ich kann.

Laut und deutlich. Danke. Danke. Guten Tag und danke für die Gelegenheit, kurz darüber zu sprechen. Was die Frage betrifft, welche Verkehrsberuhigungsmaßnahmen die Stadt umsetzen sollte, wo sie umgesetzt werden sollten und wie sie umgesetzt werden sollten. Ich vertraue voll und ganz darauf, dass das städtische Bauamt dies regelt. Meine Perspektive betrifft lediglich, wie wir als COG, als regionale Verkehrsbehörde Verkehrsberuhigungsmaßnahmen oder andere Maßnahmen betrachten, die Sicherheit und Bedingungen berücksichtigen. Typischerweise werden verkehrsberuhigende Maßnahmen entweder zur Lösung eines Sicherheitsproblems aus Gründen der Lebensqualität oder zur Bewältigung von Stauungen eingeführt. So these are the three reasons why we usually take traffic calming measures into account. And what many of us forget when we talk about safety is that we talk about the safety of, you know how safe cars are, but We often forget to take into account that a road is seen as mobility, as a source of mobility for all users, regardless of whether they are private cars, pedestrians, bicycles, vehicles, public transport, or whatever you need, use, They all get the same priority. As far as the number is concerned, you will obviously see more cars, as this is simply the largest number of people who use this facility. But when you look at safety, you should consider the safety of all these above-mentioned people. And if you just slow down the cars but don't consider the other safety factors, it won't work in the long term. Und dafür möchte ich Ihnen ein Beispiel geben. Wenn Sie eine Bremsschwelle in der Nähe einer Schule anbringen, würde ich mir überlegen, was wir eigentlich erreichen wollen. Versuchen wir, die Geschwindigkeit der Autos zu reduzieren, die dort ankommen? Denn man muss auch die Sicherheit der Fußgänger und Schüler berücksichtigen, die dort unterwegs sind. Oder versuchen wir, den Stau zu bewältigen? Wenn Sie versuchen, Staus zu bewältigen, wo fahren diese Leute dann hin? Wenn also tausend Leute kommen, um ihre Kinn morgens und nachmittags abzusetzen, wo fahren sie sonst hin? Fahren sie in eine Seitenstraße, die nun nicht für diese Art von Verkehr ausgelegt ist? Die unbeabsichtigte Konsequenz, wenn man eine verkehrsberuhigende Maßnahme auf einer Straße anbringt, ist also, dass eine Nachbarstraße ein Problem bekommt und sich dies möglicherweise in der Sicherheit der Fußgänger zeigt. Meine Empfehlung ist daher, das Ganze als ein Gesamtsystem zu betrachten und nicht nur als eine Straße. So würde ich das betrachten Okay, great. Thank you very much for that, Bino. Let me, excuse me, let me ask my council colleagues whether they have specific questions or rather more general questions. It is not here to specifically talk about what we should do in our politics, but only in general due to your expertise. Any general questions for Bino? Well, thank you very much for that, Binu. I really appreciate your thoughts on this. I mean, I think there are a lot of things that we should take into account as we move forward. Really good things.

Thank you. So let me thank you. Thank you, Barney.

So let me ask you briefly. Do we have any word from citizens about this agenda item?

Yes, we do.

Okay.

Ada, followed by Stacey McGrady.

Yes, can you hear me? Yes, I'm so sorry. I'm a little late. I'm actually calling because of section 7.1. I'm not sure if the topic is over, if it was treated or not, but I'm just trying to find out what the status of the approval for my property is.

Yes, this agenda item was approved for the session on September 8th.

Is there a reason for this?

We do not have the necessary decision-making capacity that the vote requires.

Entschuldigung, Sie sagen, Sie haben derzeit keine weiteren Mitglieder, die über das Thema diskutieren können. Ist das richtig? Richtig.

Wir müssen also vier Personen anwesend haben für einen Punkt wie diesen. Please do not hesitate to contact the city administration or one of us because of the shift, but we have to have four people here on the podium and today we had two short-term unexpected absences from council members. So we can't vote on that, but please feel free to contact us since we have now moved on to another point.

I've been waiting for 20 years. I've contacted everyone. So next month on the 8th, is that right?

Thank you, sir. And then the next speaker.

Stacey McGrady.

You can start.

Stacey, could you please turn on the mute?

Excuse me, I have to wait until the little window appears with you so that I can turn on the mute. So I apologize for the delay. I am so glad that this topic came up tonight. Coincidentally, I had the great opportunity to serve in the civil jury. The last time, or the first time, when the traffic calming measures and the cycle lane fiasco, I don't know how you want to call it, for example, everything came up, we conducted many, many interviews regarding the implemented traffic calming measures through I would therefore urgently ask the city to get the public safety input, i.e. from the fire chief or a representative, since we apparently do not have a fire chief at the moment, and from the police chief to hear their opinion on traffic calming measures. Last time, this actually caused a lot of problems. The brake thresholds and traffic calming measures that were implemented caused great difficulties for our public safety. So don't let us make the same mistake again. Get input from all interest groups, not just from the people you believe you should contribute to. And you could refer to the Civil Grand Jury report. I think that was about four or maybe five years ago. And then I don't know. But if you really want to make people very, very happy, you can do the reverse parking in the city center of Hollister. And then we might be able to get people to actually get to the city center. Because I don't know if it's traffic calming or just ridiculous, but at least everyone I'm talking to really doesn't like it at all. And I can confirm that. I don't like it either. So thank you very much. Thank you very much, Ms. McGrady.

Any other speakers?

These were all speakers on this point. Back to the discussion. Are there any further discussions on what the employees should do with this point so that we can perhaps use it for advice again? What are your thoughts on this? I think at the moment, after all the input and the information we have received from her, she is a member of the COG, right? And then what we got from the city director. I think it's best if we wait. Okay, but we have to give instructions on what we're going to do so that we can take it up again. At the moment it's just a discussion. And what do you want them to do when they bring it back in? What are your thoughts on what you should deliver?

Ich verarbeite das noch.

Haben Sie irgendwelche Kommentare?

Ich bin gerne bereit, mit dem weiterzumachen, was Sie für richtig halten. Ich bin einfach froh, dass es ein formelles Verfahren zur Überprüfung der Verkehrs- und Beruhigungselemente gibt, die wir nutzen. Ich bin froh, dass es einen Weg gibt, Dinge möglicherweise zu ändern, wenn das der Wunsch der Gemeinde ist. So I don't have any precise instructions yet. I'm just happy to hear that there is a way forward.

So my thoughts are, if that is possible, that we ask the city administration to present a draft of a regulation or guideline that contains some basic information that we can go into more detail on, taking into account all the things we have just discussed. I mean, I think I like the way Ms. Abraham spoke about the COG from a different perspective, not just as a traffic. You know, when we think of traffic, we only think of cars. But if we think about what we do in the traffic reassurance policy in relation to pedestrians, cyclists, vehicles and all these other things, so that we are sure that we take them into account. And then I also think it would make sense to have something special, at least for our thoughts. We could decide later that it is not necessary, but something that appeals to hotspots. I would just call it that. Like our schools during the bring-and-get times and then possibly parks or other areas. I mean, the public speaker spoke about the city center. Maybe there is something specific about the city center that we should consider. So just your thoughts on that, maybe some research on that. I would like to see that if we have a design, we can look at it and react to it. And I think the public can react to it too. So let me ask you, city administration. Ms. Kortes, what are your thoughts? Frau Bürgermeisterin, Ratsmitglieder, die Richtlinie befindet sich in Ihren Unterlagen. Fühlen Sie sich also frei, sie nach Belieben zu bearbeiten. Sie ist in den Unterlagen. Jedes Mitglied der Öffentlichkeit kann das Gleiche tun.

Und jede Art von Input wird sehr, sehr geschätzt. Was ich hier habe, ist sicherzustellen, dass wir eine Formulierung bezüglich des ganzheitlichen Ansatzes aufnehmen. And then we obviously have to resend it again. Let me check briefly.

I think it would make more sense to present this again next time, when maybe more members are sitting at the table, and then to treat an updated draft at the same time. What do you think?

I have no idea.

Ms. Mayor, let me ask you briefly.

Thank you, Ms. Mayor.

Yes, I think that's great. One thing that struck me was ... when was that? What we do in an area or a street will affect the others. And how do we deal with that? That's what's going through my head at the moment. That's basically the only feedback I have, but I'll vote for our mayor how we want to approach this.

Yes, I see that too.

Also dann werden wir beim nächsten Mal eine etwas aktualisierte Version in Betracht ziehen, weiter darüber diskutieren und die Öffentlichkeit ermutigen zu reagieren und uns Feedback zu geben. Und ist das nächste Treffen zeitlich ausreichend dafür? Dann steht es also auf unserer nächsten Tagesordnung, nämlich bei unserer nächsten Stadtratssitzung, die am 8. September stattfinden wird. Das ist tatsächlich ein Dienstag, da es der Tag nach dem Labor Day ist. Also wird es ein Dienstag sein.

Dann der, der 9. September.

Oh, es ist der 9. Oh, Entschuldigung. 9. September. Nein, es ist der 8. Es ist der 8. It's the 8th of September, Tuesday, the day after Labor Day. What happens if you have a holiday at one of our meeting dates?

We'll move it to the next day.

I think we have a direction now. I think we know how we want to proceed. And then we'll continue with this point. So let's move on to our next point. Our next point under the Council's matters is 8.2 Discussion on a possible regulation for the castration and sterilization of animals, as well as animal breeding. Do you have a report on this, or should I talk about it, or both of us?

The only report I have is that the Stittische Gesetzbuch 6.2, which was approved in 2010, Uhm, it corresponds to the spirit of the C-Side regulation with a focus solely on dogs. We only wanted to deliver this as context, but it is your point, Ms. Mayor.

Then let me give a little background information. So, the Deputy Mayor Priscilla Dent and I met with members of the public regarding some animal protection services and heard a lot. So we have also received some feedback from individuals, especially by phone or by email. And basically, through this process, I can briefly mention something. And I just want to, I see Lisa is here in the audience and I want to thank her because we received a donation from her group through some of these discussions to install a pet scanner. And I'm not sure if I'm right to call it the pet identification scanner. If you are chipped, then the public can, if you find a dog that is wandering around and you want to help this dog, bring him to our community center in 300 West Street. He just stands there, they just scan the animal, the instructions for use are there, and they step into contact with the person at the other end, who tells the owner where the animal is. And the person who found the animal then receives another call later about what they can do with the animal. It's a really great function. Because sometimes it happens that we automatically bring a stray dog home to the animal. That's not always necessary when we can find the owner quickly. So that's a really cool little service we have now. And then I have to thank the SnippBoss and the crew for this donation. But that's just a little note. But part of the conversation was about how we care for animals in Hollister, especially with regard to problems with our dogs and our wild cats. And this gave rise to many different ideas on how we can move forward to improve the way we care for our animals. That came out of these discussions. One of the ideas was to strengthen our castration and sterilization guidelines so that they are a little more robust and castrate or sterilize animals, so that we can better control the animal population. And thus reduce the number of unwanted animals that end up in the animal home, which causes a lot of problems with the supply and especially with their quality of life. So we have an example order that comes from Seaside. Seaside is a law that has achieved great success with its ordinance in reducing the population, and that is why we want to consider introducing something similar here in Hollister. So we wanted to present it to the city council so that we can get a broader view of what other council members think about making our ordinance a little more robust. Okay, that was the background. Would you like to add anything, Deputy Mayor? Um, City Manager, would you like to add anything to that?

Uh, no. I just wanted to add that this gift is really wonderful and we were able to put it in the senior center, because it is a pretty central location. And for everyone who follows Hollister Haft, I assume that's the acronym for the Facebook page, you know that there are a lot of dogs and cats out there, but mostly dogs that people always ask how to read the chip, especially at the weekend. And now it's available around the clock for free in the senior center. So again, a wonderful partnership. And again, thank you very much.

Lisa Sears, followed by Marcie.

Good evening. My name is Lisa Sears and I was born and raised in Hollister. My family owned the same house here for 85 years until recently. And yet I continue to pay for the feeding of stray and wild cats in this block, as I have been doing for 10 years. It is important to point out that these cats were all castrated and vaccinated by Snippus. The cat problem in this city is shocking. I see the same problem in Monterey County, where I live. And that's why I continued to appear and applied for the animals as well as for the animal shelter employees who are commissioned to end their lives when the animal shelters are overfilled. Nobody wants this job. Since 2023, I have taken part in more than 100 government meetings and spoken there to make better results for the animals. And I know that everyone in this council wants the same thing. So let's take a look at what happened in Seaside where I now live. And I helped to enforce the obligation to castration and sterilization. Two years ago, the SPCI, which contains our contract for animal shelter services, increased the fee for Seaside from 184 to 245 per animal, an increase of 33%. At this time, our income numbers were relatively constant over the years, without a castration obligation. 440 animals were brought into the animal shelter in 2022, 438 in 2023 and 413 in 2024. We knew that if we continued like this, we would pay the same amount of animals for the same number of animals, but with 33% higher fees. So we had to do something. That's why Ciesal changed his approach. In 2024, we approved a castration obligation. Our employee followed the cases of residents who, despite previous clarification, repeatedly did not cooperate. Houses that were already on his radar due to complaints calls. By the end of 2025, he achieved a 100% enrollment in these problem households through fixed tickets. And that's important. The approach was not punitive. Seaside has a contract with Snippus. Anyone who received a ticket could castrate their animals for $25. Or for free if he couldn't afford it. If he couldn't afford it. Not a single person had to pay a fine. They simply followed the request and let their animals castrate. The results were remarkable. Die Aufnahme im Tierheim von Seaside sank von 413 Tieren im Jahr 2024 auf nur 292 im letzten Jahr. Das ist eine Reduzierung um 29% oder 121 Tiere weniger, die in unser Tierheim kamen. Stellen Sie sich nun vor, Hollas Tierheim hätte eine ähnliche Reduzierung von 29% durch eine Kastrationspflicht erlebt. Würde eine Verordnung jedes Tier retten? Wahrscheinlich nicht. Es ist keine Patentlösung. Aber in einer Zeit, in der jede Stadt darum kämpft, ihren Haushalt auszugleichen, ergibt es viel mehr Sinn, zu verhindern, dass Tiere überhaupt ins Tierheim kommen, anstatt immer mehr zu zahlen, um die Folgen zu bewältigen. Deshalb bitte ich Sie, in Betracht zu ziehen, was Seaside erreicht hat. Wir können so weitermachen wie bisher, oder wir können etwas versuchen, das in Nachbargemeinden bereits messbare Erfolge zeigt. Vielen Dank.

Danke, Miss Sears. Nächster Redner.

Merci, gefolgt von Laura James. Drei Minuten. Ich vertrete heute Abend Vincent's Garden of Hope. Wir sind eine gemeinnützige Tierschutzorganisation. Das sind wir jetzt seit zwei Jahren. Wir haben mit der Absicht angefangen, speziell Geld für die Kastration von Tieren zu sammeln. Wir hatten einen SNIP-Bus, sind dann aber aus verschiedenen Gründen dazu übergegangen, mit VAUS in Watsonville zusammenzuarbeiten. Meine erste Sorge ist, wenn etwas passiert, ist niemand hier. Ich bekomme die Tagesordnungen, weil ich ein Geschäft in der Stadt habe und sicherstellen möchte, dass ich auf keiner Abschlussliste stehe. Ich habe diesen Tagesordnungspunkt letzten Montag gesehen und eine langjährige Rettungsorganisation hier kontaktiert. Ich habe eine andere Person kontaktiert, die es hätte wissen müssen und niemand wusste, dass dies auf der Tagesordnung stand. Sie haben mir am Sonntag eine SMS geschrieben und dann haben es zwei Leute erfahren. Wenn Sie also gebildete, sachkundige Leute zu diesem Thema wollen, müssen Sie sie an den Tisch einladen. Ja. Und Sie haben niemanden? Ich meine, ist überhaupt die Tierkontrolle hier? Ich kenne die Leute nicht, aber ist die Tierkontrolle da? Sind die Pep Friends hier? Ist die Red Dog Ranch hier? Ist die Cat Crew hier? Ich bin hier und vertrete Vincent's Garden of Hope, die... und ich bin mir nicht sicher, wen Lisa vertritt. Aber der Punkt ist, Sie können diese Sitzungen nicht hinter etwas verstecken, von dem Sie praktisch nichts wissen. Ihr Personal weiß nichts darüber, aber Sie haben eine Fülle an Informationen von Leuten, die sich leidenschaftlich dafür einsetzen und alles darüber wissen. Also, wo sind Sie? Ich habe hier ein kleines Buch und möchte, dass jemand die Hand hebt und sagt, dass wir eine E-Mail-Liste erstellen und die Leute, die benachrichtigt werden wollen, über die nächsten Treffen informieren werden. Also wer macht das? Denn das ist eine Aufgabe, die jetzt erledigt werden muss. Niemand. Niemand.

Ich erstelle eine E-Mail.

Nein, was wir haben, können Sie an den City Manager weitergeben.

City Manager, will you take this responsibility? Well, there's nothing in there yet. You're only here so that people can enter your name. I'll do it and pass it on to you. So, uh, after 23 seconds I'm not impressed from the coast side. Not meanly, but basically it says there that you have to let your animals castrate. But if you don't want that and accommodation, food and all the other things can offer, then you don't have to. Aber ich habe das Gefühl, das wird die Diskussion eines Treffens von Leuten sein, die wissen, wie man das erreicht.

Danke, Marci. Also, fassen Sie nach, ja, fassen Sie bei Frau Cortez nach.

Sie werden morgen mit Ihnen sprechen. Danke.

Vielen Dank. Nächste Rednerin.

Laura James, gefolgt von Stacey McGrady.

Guten Abend. Können Sie mich hören? Ich bin heute Abend hier, um die Stadt Hollister erneut zu bitten, diese Diskussion über die Umsetzung einer kastrations- und verantwortungsvollen Zuchtverordnung fortzusetzen. Ich gehöre eigentlich zu einem kleinen Team, das die Kastrationsverordnung in Seaside durchgesetzt hat. We have also approved the castration and breeding regulations in Monterey County, and Humboldt County is also reviewing these regulations, which Monterey County has passed due to the incident with Mirandas. We know that there is a growing animal crisis in all of California and right here in our community. There is a discrepancy between the enormous sums circulating in animal welfare and what actually happens on site, Large organizations like Best Friends and the Humane Society take billions of dollars and teach the communities that overcrowded animal shelters, unwanted castles and exposed animals, as well as residents who desperately seek safe accommodation, are in a normal state. At the same time, animal shelters in all of California are increasingly working according to guidelines that are called Managed Intake, Capacity for Care and Community Sheltering. But no matter what terms we use, if animals cannot get into animal shelters, the problem does not disappear. It settles in our neighborhoods, where the residents try to accommodate stray animals, to feed, to care and often to provide without the necessary means, training or financial opportunities Tiere bleiben länger auf der Straße, sie vermehren sich. Einige werden verletzt, krank oder vernachlässigt und letztlich landen viele von ihnen doch in unseren Tierheimen. Deshalb müssen wir die Krise an der Wurzel packen. Wir können das Problem der Tierüberpopulation nicht durch Tierheime lösen. Wir können uns nicht durch Rettungsaktionen daraus befreien. Wir müssen es verhindern. Prävention bedeutet Kastrationsangebote und deren Zugänglichkeit. Es bedeutet verantwortungsvolle Zucht und dem Tierschutz, die nötigen Instrumente an die Hand zu geben, um gegen verantwortungslose Zucht vorzugehen, bevor noch ein unerwünschter Wurf im Tierheim landet. Ich bitte Sie, heute Abend nicht sofort eine Verordnung auszuarbeiten oder zu verabschieden. Ich bitte Sie lediglich, dieses Gespräch fortzusetzen. Ask the employees to re-discuss this topic. Talk to your animal protection officer, your partners in the animal hospitals and animal doctors, PMA doctors. You can talk to Lisa and me. We like to hold presentations about it. We have a report on the impact in Seaside that explains what the result looks like. Our work has led to the fact that the Monterey County Board of Supervisors has approved a regulation. Because we know what we're talking about. We were on the streets ourselves. We caught over 500 cats on our own. Wir haben unzählige Hunde aus eigener Kraft gerettet und letztendlich dürfen wir nicht zulassen, dass die Bewohner die Aufgaben der Tierkontrollbehörden übernehmen. Also Hollister, Sie haben die Gelegenheit, dieses Problem anzugehen, anstatt zu warten, bis es für Ihre Einwohner teurer und schwieriger wird. Daher bitte ich Sie respektvoll, dies voranzubringen. Lassen Sie Hollister Prävention statt Krise wählen. Lassen Sie Hollister Verantwortung statt Reaktion wählen und lassen Sie Hollister vorangehen. Vielen Dank.

Thank you, Ms. James.

Appreciate the comment. Next speaker.

Stacy McGrady, followed by Susan Hilden. Thank you very much. I appreciate the comments very much.

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Let me restart your timer. Oh, thanks. I just wanted to say that I appreciate the speakers very much. They are much more talkative than I am. But I look at this from a slightly different perspective. I worked at the SPCA. I have personally probably kept almost a thousand animals while they were put to sleep. And that's heartbreaking. And as has already been said, we can't just solve the problem with more animal shelters. We need proactive guidelines and procedures. There is no such thing as a deliberate throw. But unwanted throws and hobby breeders are mostly responsible for the animals that fill our animal shelters. I am so grateful to Lisa that she made the scanner available so that people can look for microchips. But to be honest, this transfers the responsibility of our animal control officers back to the community members. And that's not right. I mean, I'm grateful that we can do it. I'm grateful that we are the community members for it. But it is the responsibility of our animal control officers, stray animals and animals that run around freely, to take them up, to bring them to safety, to preserve them in advance, to be driven by cars, to protect them from predators and to preserve them from diseases. Stray cats don't lead a long and healthy life. Thank you, Ms. McGrady. Next speaker. Susan Hilden. And Susan, could you please clarify briefly, I see your name on two different devices. Anni. Whether there is only one speaker for the agenda or whether two people would like to speak to it. Please turn off the microphone, Susan.

Can you hear me now? Excuse me, please. I have to apologize because I hear a terrible echo in my room. I know there were some wonderful speakers. I couldn't really understand everything you said. But I could hear a lot of it. I want to talk about the Microchip ScanStation. Do you think it's wonderful? I think for those of us who know Half Moon Bay, it is known that there are constantly people in the district who are always in need of help. And not everyone who does this can afford the $100 minimum for a scanner. Um, that's a wonderful addition. I want to thank Melanie Lisa. Good work. I think she will be well used. Um, I want to thank you all if I may. Um, if I may speak briefly. I don't have many words to say about castration and sterilization, except that it is a question of healthy human understanding. We have a urgent need in the district. They have to be heard. I sat with the mayor. They know how terrible our population of stray animals, injured animals and the constant breeding of wild cats is. There is a community of rescue workers with whom I have worked together over the years and they only make a small percentage of the population. Therefore, Half Moon Bay is really dependent on community members helping to bring back animals to their owners. The castration regulation and the city itself Sure, you could take them apart. You could say it won't work or whatever. But I think you just have to sit through it and meet the people who were involved in it. I personally know that Lisa Sears was involved in it. This arrangement over a period of, I think, about three years, really to realize. Couldn't understand it very well. But again, I just want to Es hilft dem städtischen Tierheim, wenn man die Möglichkeit hat, die Hinterhofzucht zu stoppen. Und es ist auch so, wenn Sie ein seriöser Züchter sind und in eine Situation kommen, in der Sie Ihre Zucht registrieren, wissen Sie die Rasse, die Spezifikationen, Ihre Lizenzen und ähnliches, dann haben Sie wirklich eine ehrlichere, offenere, irgendwie klarere Haltung. that someone who does this for a certain reason and that it doesn't matter to him if probably recordings are made about it. Who he is, where he is and what he breeds in contrast to the person who breeds the dogs and cats that are there. With cats, the situation is different due to the wild population, but especially with dogs, our animal shelters do not follow suit. That's why I said at the beginning that it's somehow a question of healthy human understanding. We have to deal with it that way.

Thank you.

You would probably ask us to visit Seaside and look at the pros and cons of your approach.

Thank you, Ms. Hilton. I appreciate your comments. Any other speakers?

No further comments. But if I may, very briefly. Every member of the public who wants to receive notifications about our agenda can visit our website. And below, if you are on a desktop PC, there is an area for updating. And you can select the type of updates you want. And there is a agenda for the city council. And every time a agenda is published, we also send a notification to your email address with a link to our website. So that's a way to get notified.

Okay, great. Thank you for this information.

Okay, then I'll bring the topic back to the board for further questions or discussions.

We have included this point as an object of discussion. We would like to, I think, just get a feeling for the thoughts of the rest of the council members and it is clear to me that not all of our members are here. Do you want to get a feeling for what everyone thinks? Because I agree with the general mood in the public, that we should have a regulation that is more robust than what we currently have in relation to castration, sterilization and spawning animals. So, as it were, let me ask Vice Mayor Deander or council members if there are any further comments or questions.

Yes, I only have a short comment. You know, I think we've all seen a stray cat out there on the street. It's a pretty tough life. You know, they don't live that long. They are unhealthy. It is, you know, a rough way of existing. And then we probably all had this one favorite cat when we were children. And how much love this animal has received. It's a completely different love. And I fully agree that this is a problem, right? And I mean, just a short conversation of three or four minutes with Ms. Cies before the meeting. I mean, female cats can have four throws per year. They can have more than eight cats per throw. I mean, that's about 30 cats, man. That's a lot of cats. 32, if I count. You know, I'm pretty good at math. Just kidding. But seriously, it's a pretty big problem and a tough life. So I totally agree. We have some experts here. From Leas. Marci. Es ist großartig, dich immer zu sehen. Laura, Laurel und natürlich Stacy. Ich stimme absolut zu, dass wir uns hier nicht durch Adoptionen heraus helfen können. Wir können uns da nicht durch Tierheime heraus helfen. Und wir müssen wirklich einige dieser ungewollten Katzenträchtigkeiten verhindern, damit wir den Zustrom von Kätzchen stoppen können. Denn das ist schon ein Bild für sich. Nur eine Katze mit 30 plus Kätzchen pro Jahr. Also ich bin voll dafür. Ich habe gesehen, einer meiner Freunde ist im Stadtrat von Seaside. Und das war eine gute Verordnung, die die Gemeinschaft positiv beeinflusst hat. Und auch die Katzen sehr positiv beeinflusst. So that was all from my side.

Okay, great. Thank you for these comments. Deputy Mayor?

Yes, I have a question. City director, since we had an email list of all participants at the citizen assembly, the citizen assembly for animal services, do you know if Lea has reported this participant regarding this special point? I don't know if that was used. Ich kann das untersuchen und wir können sicherstellen, dass das in Zukunft genutzt wird. Denn ich fange jetzt an zu denken, ich weiß es nicht, ich werde hier eine Diskussion führen. Möglicherweise sollten wir eine weitere abhalten.

Well, we're only conducting a first discussion. That's all we're going to do today. We will definitely have more meetings. This is not the only one. I mean, next time we could possibly come back with some research. We have to give the staff instructions to research. Maybe a draft or other things. and we will look at it again. And then we will have at least one more meeting before we make any decision. I mean, it will definitely require several meetings. That's not the only thing. All we're doing today is starting a first discussion.

I would only ask that we, when we take up this point again, when we check it again, please notify the participants of our last civil assembly on animal protection. In fact, Ms. Protokollführerin, we should probably put both lists together. If in reality this is the absolute best way to ensure that people stay on the run. Thank you.

I think that there is clearly an opportunity here to carry out prevention. Prevention is always a better strategy than reacting to an existing problem. So if we can somehow prevent it, we should do it. And to clarify, council member Bacheit, we are also talking about dogs, we are not just talking about cats. And I think the other thing about dogs is, you know, We all know stories of someone whose dog got wolves and then they try to find cousins or family members who take these cute little wolves. And that's always a challenge. And those for whom you can't find a home, these animals, these wolves often end up in the animal home. And then we also have these, well, maybe you could call them double-edged swordsmen who do unethical breeding practices. And these are the others, right? So we have some people who may not be well informed and whose animals wolves get. Or these backyard breeders who probably shouldn't do it at all. So we want to be able to tackle both problems. Therefore, I think it makes sense to come back to it with some information. I would also like us to consider, Ms. Cortes, whether we accept a requirement there on how we can help the public who cannot afford it. We would like to ensure that this is also somehow thematized there. We would like to, and again, this is just a point of discussion, we will not make any decisions on this yet, as well as any costs that would come with the implementation of this regulation. So I think that would be something that we should find important. Okay. I think if we just start with that, and as I said, this is just the beginning of the conversation. We are looking forward to more people coming to the meeting when this point is dealt with again. Let me clarify this with the city manager. Would you be willing to postpone this until the next session? Or would we need two sessions so that we might give a warning, but can also use the email distributor?

I mean, as far as the email distributor is concerned, as I said, I think we should put both together and I think that can be done tonight. As far as a new template is concerned, the kind of feedback we received was very thoughtful and should... with different members of the community. So I don't think it's that easy for us to make changes and come back to them. I think we've heard that we have to get involved better and not only the community here, but also Seaside effectively have to integrate. Therefore, I think it deserves a visit to Seaside, maybe even with speakers from Seaside who can report on their actual experience, how it works. If that's okay, I would like to meet with you and the deputy mayor, since you both took over the leadership. Both! And I want to distance myself from animal control. That has such a negative connotation. Yes, there is a need for animal control because there are bad people out there. But animals need interlocutors. They don't have to be controlled. They need interlocutors. So if we could have a conversation about how to best integrate the community, as you said, this was the beginning of a conversation. It was not intended to cover the A to Z tonight.

I want to demand a little urgency here, because I'm worried that some of these things will simply disappear from the radar. So if we just let the discussion go on, I think the idea of visiting Toll Seaside is great, to look at it personally and to talk to the employees there and then to get back to it as soon as possible so that we can continue this discussion on this level with all members. Hopefully next time, when it's on the agenda, all members of the city council will be present. So that's what we're going to do from now on. I'm just going to continue with the agenda. I think we're at the information reports. Let me take a quick look to make sure I didn't miss anything. The information reports. So let's start with the report from the city director. One moment. Please excuse me. I skipped the future agenda points. I'm sorry, I knew I would miss something. The committee reports, since we were all in the break in July. I don't think anyone has anything to report. So we'll move that to the next time we meet. And then the city council's applications for future agenda points. Presentation to the tobacco declaration program of the health office San Benito. And this was spoken by the deputy mayor. Would you like to talk a little bit about what this topic is about?

Certainly. Thank you.

I had an employee from the health department of the district of San Benito who just came by and would like to clarify the community as well as the city council about current information and new tobacco trends so that we are informed about them. And these tobacco companies seem to be becoming more and more refined with their products, which makes them more attractive for our youth, which is of course not a good thing. So he just wants to come to explain to us how this directly affects our youth here in Hollister and in our district. Well, I agree with that. I support that.

Well, I think we're ready to put this on the agenda for a presentation by the Health Department. Okay, so now I'm going to go to the city director's report about Frau Bürgermeisterin, Mitglieder des Stadtrats, mein Bericht wird heute etwas länger ausfallen, aber nicht zu lang, also keine Sorge. Am 19. veranstalten wir ein polizeiliches Event im Rahmen der Safe Kids Coalition. Es geht dabei um Fahrradsicherheit, was, wie Sie wissen, ein wichtiges Thema in unserer Stadt ist. Ähm, wir arbeiten weiter daran. Wir haben die Wünsche unserer jungen Radfahrer nicht vergessen, dass sie einen Ort wollen, an dem sie ungestört fahren können. Ähm, und ich verspreche, dass wir das bis nächsten Sommer haben werden. Äh, wir haben einen Plan. Chief Helly war sehr aktiv dabei, Standorte für die Öffentlichkeit zu identifizieren. Jemand sagte, wir hätten keinen Feuerwehrchef. Das ist falsch. Äh, wir hatten zu keinem Zeitpunkt keinen Feuerwehrchef. And as I said, Chief Haley is working hard to find areas that we can open as safer alternatives to the streets next year, where the children practice wheelies and do all that other stuff. I don't know if Captain Bettany wants to say anything else about the event on the 19th. Captain, would you like to add anything? Entschuldigung, ich habe den Stadtrat gerade nur darüber informiert, dass wir dieses Treffen am 18. zur Fahrradsicherheit haben. Guten Abend. Guten Abend, Bürgermeisterin Stadtrat. Captain Rosie Bertoni vom Polizeidepartement Hollister. Wir wurden zu einem Treffen der Safe Kids Coalition eingeladen. Das sind Vertreter von Organisationen aus unserem Landkreis. Sie baten um Informationen zur Sicherheit im Zusammenhang mit E-Bikes, damit sie diese in ihre Organisationen zurücktragen und dort teilen können. We will therefore hold a presentation of about 10 to 15 minutes and answer your questions to provide more information on this topic. This takes place on the 19th. And we will continue to work more proactively to let you know that the police department is really doing good things and we will inform you in time about such events.

And Captain, is this meeting public?

Nein, es ist nicht. Es ist offen für Mitglieder verschiedener Organisationen in der Stadt, die Kinder und ihre Bedürfnisse unterstützen. Okay. Und das Gesundheitsamt leitet das Ganze auch?

Okay.

Sind also hauptsächlich Organisationen?

Organisationen, die daran beteiligt sind. Okay. Und dann?

Gehen Sie zurück in Ihre Organisationen und geben die Informationen weiter. Wir werden Flyer bereitstellen, damit Sie problemlos genaue Informationen weitergeben können.

Alles klar. Danke. Danke, dass Sie das tun.

Have a nice evening. Thank you. This is a one-off influx of money due to the sale of assets. Therefore, these are not funds that we use for the ongoing business. Doing this would be irresponsible, illogical and would, to be honest, let us fail in the future. Nevertheless, we are happy about the 1.2 million dollars that can now flow back into the various funds that originally provided the support for the acquisition of the real estate. We had a meeting with 3CEE Es war tatsächlich mein erstes Treffen und es gab diesen Monat viele Premieren. Seit ich hier bin, war ich in einer Reihe von Krisen, in verschiedenen Abteilungen involviert, aufgrund fehlender Führung, Führungswechseln und vielen anderen Problemen. Apart from that, the time since July has been wonderful. We have an incredible management team, a very competent team, which makes it possible for the city director to really be a city director. One of the things I did was participate in my first board meeting with 3CE in Monterey, where I learned a lot about energy, where I learned a lot. It's fascinating. I understand that council member Morales is the representative for the council and I am happy to announce that we have completed a contract on the implementation of energy audits here in the city of Hollister. So I will find out exactly what people have to do to get these audits. We had a lot of feedback from the CEO regarding the formulation about the integration of community organizations and so on. So it's not perfect yet, but it will be. I also had the opportunity to take part in a fascinating meeting of the San Benito Foundation in San Benito County. Sprecher Rivers had asked for a meeting to explore possible partnerships between County, Stadt und San Juan Bautista. We had a very productive meeting with members of the board of the foundation as well as the employees of Sprecher and they have put us through some challenges that we have to overcome. And I am very happy about the possibility of a close cooperation with the district and San Juan Bautista through the support and cooperation of the San Benito Foundation, where one of the discussions was, what is the role of a foundation? And it's not just about money, but about bringing together, enabling and conveying relationships. This meeting was a perfect example of this. At the bottom of the line, the speaker wants to see some mature projects. In short, that's what it was about. We made the claim and he wants to ensure that all three rights areas support these concepts. And we have signaled that we will indeed work together to ensure that we will have several options for you to choose and support at the next meeting. Ms. Mayor, would you like to talk about LAFCO or should I do that? Yes, please go ahead. Last week, LAFCO had a meeting and we went through, among other things, the review of the municipal services and also talked about the TORO gas station. I am pleased to announce that this annexation was successful. It was completely completed. And it was a very informative conversation and a good exchange between the LAFCO members. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Because I think sometimes it is difficult to remember in committees consisting of elected officials that you are there as a representative of LAFCO, not of the district, not of the city, but of LAFCO. And so the conversation really turned around what conditions you have to meet if you think about an annexation, if ... Und es hat nichts mit den spezifischen Bedürfnissen einer einzelnen Rechtsprechung zu tun, sondern alles mit den Bedürfnissen der Region. Also, diese Annexion ist erfolgt und wir freuen uns, das berichten zu können. Was die Suche nach unserem Feuerwehrchef angeht, freue ich mich bekannt zu geben, dass der Chef und ich in den nächsten Wochen einige Bewerber prüfen werden, We had a lot of interest and are actually enthusiastic about the current candidates and I can assure the council, our partners and the unions that we will have an inclusive process at a given time. At the moment we are only testing the candidates. As far as the topic of water is concerned, we had a meeting with the Water Association. Both Mr. White and I participated in this meeting. Es waren gewählte Amtsträger aus anderen Rechtsgebieten sowie Mitarbeiter anwesend und sie legten einen sehr umfassenden Bericht vor. Lassen Sie mich zunächst darauf hinweisen, dass es einen Verwaltungsausschuss gibt. Ich war tatsächlich sehr verwirrt über die verschiedenen Ebenen im Bezirk, aber jetzt bin ich es nicht mehr. Es gibt ein Lenkungsgremium. Herr Piesche, Frau Deander, Sie sind Teil dieses Ausschusses. Es gibt keinen festen Zeitplan, was die Sache schwierig macht. Es findet etwa zweimal im Jahr statt, wurde mir gesagt. Ich wollte nur betonen, dass es wichtig ist, dass wir alle, einschließlich der Mitarbeiter, anwesend sind, wenn es stattfindet. Sie gaben einige Updates zu den Errungenschaften des Masterplans mit im Grunde vier Schwerpunkten. One of them is the Lissow Clearing Plant, the modernizations, the West Hills Clearing Plant, the wastewater reclamation plant Hollister and the Richmond wastewater plant. So you went into a little detail, if not very in-depth, about the performance in these four areas and also went into the AORP plant in great detail. Therefore, I would like to share my aha moment with you during this presentation. I thought the AAP would be used to increase capacity, but that's not true. In fact, it has nothing to do with increasing capacity, but everything to do with resilience. The reason why it exists is that we cannot get water from the Central Valley in drought. It's that simple. Und aufgrund dieser Situation in der Vergangenheit möchte der Wasserbezirk nicht noch einmal in diese Lage kommen. Und genau hier kommt das AOP-Projekt ins Spiel. Die Behauptung also, es diene der Kapazitätserweiterung, ist falsch. Es dient tatsächlich dem Aufbau von Redundanz, für den Fall, dass wir eine weitere Dürre erleben, was in Kalifornien wiederum sehr, sehr wahrscheinlich ist. Wir haben außerdem ein Update zum and reservoir expansion project. Also a fascinating project that I had no idea about. And I learned that we all have to contribute quite a bit of money. So we will devote our full attention to this special project. These are large investment programs, CIPs, that improve our ability to get good water. As you may remember, one of the ongoing topics is the difference between the water from the Central Valley and the groundwater. Groundwater is bad, Central Valley water is good. So we want as much of the good water as possible. The reason for the steering committee, of course, is to ensure the type and way of the district that all areas of responsibility, the city of Hollister, are of course included in the spending, the changes in the projects, USW is informed. Sie kommen zwar nicht oft vor, aber wenn, dann sind Sie wichtig. Davon abgesehen hindert nichts dieses Gremium daran, den Wasserverband zu bitten, über den Status dieser Projekte zu berichten. Wissen Sie, Sie müssen nicht zu Ihnen gehen. Sie können auch zu uns kommen. Wenn der Rat also sehr spezifische Präsentationen zu den verschiedenen Projekten hören möchte, lassen Sie es uns bitte wissen und wir werden das arrangieren. Mr. White and I were invited to this meeting, not only to be informed about these projects, but also to explain why we don't have water prepared for the farmers. In short, we need another six months. Wir arbeiten nun seit anderthalb Monaten daran. Nitrate sind das Problem. Um es kurz zu machen, wir liegen bei einem Wert von 20. Wir müssen auf 10 kommen. Dazu müssen wir einige Änderungen im Werk vornehmen. Wir haben diese Änderungen bereits in der Kläranlage vorgenommen. Dies ist der Betreiber. And the changes are probably not as successful as they should have been. We are in the process of accelerating things and let me assure you that our relationship with Viola has changed since Mr. White arrived. I think we like his style. He doesn't make prisoners and we really appreciate that. So I think this relationship will develop in the right direction. As far as the injuries are concerned, we had conversations. Wir hatten ein langes Gespräch mit der Wallace Group, die uns über die Rolle informierte, die sie seit fast zwei Jahrzehnten für die Stadt innehatte. Wir sind sehr froh, dass sie unsere Partner sind und auch froh darüber, dass wir unsere internen Kapazitäten aufgebaut haben, sodass die Abhängigkeit von Beratern hoffentlich abnehmen wird. Ich halte es für sehr wichtig, dass die Stadt über eigene Kapazitäten verfügt, anstatt sich ständig auf Dritte zu verlassen, die nicht einmal unbedingt in der Stadt Hollister ansässig sind, um uns zu sagen, was wir tun müssen. Wir hatten einige informelle Gespräche mit anderen Anbietern, die Konkurrenten von Viola wären. I think competition is good, but as I already said, I think that our relationship with our operators is fundamentally changing for the better. Are there any more questions? Thank you very much for these comprehensive reports. I have no questions. It was very informative. Let me ask you briefly. Deputy Mayor or Council Member Bett?

I only have one last rescue attempt. So you said, Sprecher Rivas wanted some immediately feasible projects that we could work on together with the district of San Benito, or?

And San Juan Bautista. The three states.

What was that? What kind of dam project were you talking about? A large investment project?

Yes, that is the increase of the Pacheco dam and the expansion of the reservoir. We have financial resources for this project.

Unfortunately, I mean fortunately, we actually have financial resources for the project.

It requires extensive financial resources from various sources, since it is a large project. The Bureau of Reclamation. Here it is. It's about a billion dollars.

It's about a billion dollars.

A billion. With M. And of course we have many partners who will help us. Interestingly, again such an aha moment, is the largest part of it, actually the highway, 152. That's not even the dam. These are the improvements that have to be made on the street and almost half of the money. So Caltrans, Caltrans.

And that's at 142. That's the Pacheco dam. That's close to the 142. Okay. But it's already financed, so it doesn't count. Robert, I mean, it's for...

Und das ist mit einer Milliarde. Ich denke, Sie suchen nach Millionenbeträgen.

Das sind 1000 Millionen, nehme ich an. Das war alles, was ich von William hatte. Danke. Für diesen Bericht. Sehr gut gemacht.

Thank you for that. Yes, really good information.

I mean, I think in the end, if we are looking for any kind of support through the state or federal government, they always have to be feasible immediately. So this is something that we always have to keep an eye on, even if we don't know whether the funding is guaranteed in any way. But it has to be feasible immediately. But really good opportunities for the future, I think.

And council members, Mrs. Mayor, if I may emphasize and repeat that again. It was really wonderful, I would say, to work as a city manager in the last six weeks.

And that is only possible thanks to the highly competent management team that we currently have.

It's just wonderful to be able to leave something behind and to know that it will be done and that it will be done right. Therefore, I am grateful to every member of the management team, because otherwise it would simply not be possible. The fact that I really go out and meet people today, I have met someone who wants to invest considerable funds in our senior center. There are things that a city director can only do outside the office, but I can also be outside the office if I am in different kitchens and kitchens. And what is nice again is that I am now in my own kitchen. That feels very good and I would like to think that this will show some positive effects in the near future.

Okay, good. Well, thank you very much for that and thank you very much to the management team for all your hard work. We appreciate all your hard work very much. Okay, so we're now going to the non-public session. Would you like to read out the agenda for the non-public session, Mr. City Director? We're going to the non-public session. We will actually gather in the next room, since this is a group, and then we will officially end the session. So we are now going to the non-public session.