City Council - Regular Meeting

Alright, Stacy. Let's go. Alright. I'm gonna go ahead and call this meeting to order and ask for a roll call, please.

Council member Little is absent at this time, but we do expect him shortly. Council member Sander? Here. Council member Polipotti will be absent this evening. Vice mayor Budge? Here. Mayor Gatewood?

Here. Can you go ahead and read the playback schedule?

The meeting of the Rancho Cordova City Council is recorded with closed captioning. The recording will be cable cast on Metro Cable Channel fourteen, the local government affairs channel, on the Comcast and DirecTV U verse cable systems.

Alright. I'm gonna go ahead and

talk. Done, but thank you. Quickly. I the recording will also be video streamed at metro14live.saccounty.gov. Today's meeting will replay on Thursday, February 19 at 9AM and Friday, February 20 at 6PM on Metro Cable channel fourteen. Once posted, the recording of this meeting can be viewed on demand at youtube.com/metrocable14 and on the city's website at www.cityofranchocordova.org. I'm finished, mayor Gaitlyn.

Are you sure?

Yes.

Okay. Just wanna make sure. Alright. We're gonna do pledge allegiance, and I'm gonna call on our most amazing congressman, Ami Barrett, come up and do the pledge.

If you can, please rise. Put your hand over your heart.

I pledge allegiance 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. Excellent. Alright. May I have Rich Fowler come up from the American River Bike Patrol? Okay. Invocation. No. No. No. Invocation from I'm sorry. From chaplain Sylvia. There she is. From the Sacramento Law Enforcement Chaplain Group. Sir, we're gonna be right with you. Give me one second. Whoo. I am on one today.

Good evening. God the father, as we gather together, we thank you for your endless goodness. We thank you for all the skills and talents you have given and for everyone who is part of this beautiful team. We pray that you will provide everyone with great wisdom and insight as they discuss their work plans and make decisions about the future. We open our hearts to you, God. Amen.

Thank you.

I know who's first. I can read it wrong. Sir, I'm so sorry. I gotta do Ami real quick because, you know, I can't read simple English anymore.

I'm gonna call on Ami Barrett to come to

the front, and we're gonna do a proclamation. Alright.

Mic. You wanna stand up here? You wanna stand up?

Yeah. Come on up. We're gonna come up for this picture anyways. Alright. So this is national day of play, and The US surgeon general has declared that an epidemic of loneliness, social isolation, and the best gaming ever has caused depression, heart disease, dementia, shortened lifespan, and as people spend meaningful time with their family and friends in their community.

Whereas in twenty twenty two two, a study was shown that shared spaces are increasingly characterized by alone together time, in which individuals are physically present but not engaged with their own activities. And other studies suggest twenty one percent of adults in The US feel lonely. And only one third of adults meet the recommended physical activity, and five percent participate in thirty minutes in daily activity. Neighborhood, schools, places of worship, workspace, parks, recreations are vital to this community. Improvement in mental mental and physical health, reduction of chronic disease, and support healthy living.

Play is fundamental in social connections. And as you know, we are a fun city, a city of play. And cooperation, empathy, negotiation, play is proven for stress reliever, promoting overall overall well-being, including brain development, function, skills, creativity, problem solving skills, while also strengthening relationships, fostering healthy social growth. And this is National Play Day and where we are here with the amazing Ami Bera. And so, Proclamation for you. Alright. Now, he's gonna give a forty five minute speech. Everyone get comfortable.

It'll be shorter than that. Within Congress, Democrats and Republicans, a handful of us have really been talking about how we rebuild a sense of community, a sense of country. There's an epidemic of loneliness in this country. So, we came up with the concept of National Day of Play. It's the first Saturday after the spring equinox. So, this year, it's March 21. We've introduced legislation in the house, bipartisan, and the senate's introducing legislation also in a bipartisan way. But we don't have to wait until it passes Congress. Ranch Cordova already does this, right? Through its festivals, through the various things, day, through the Ami Baragarett Gatewood Chili Cook Off.

Anyway. No. That's how we do it. Number one, French toast.

And our region is one that's filled with natural beauty. So we really just want, for one day, folks to get off their device. Go to church. Read to your kids. Go out and play basketball. Go enjoy the beauty of our our region. One day, off your devices is not going to hurt us, and it's going to hopefully start to rebuild that connection. Play with your kids. So National Day of Play, March 21. Sacramento County's adopted it. The various cities in our in Sacramento County are also adopting it. So let's go out and play.

Excellent. Alright. Good job. Everyone up. Come on, guys. Picture time. Joe, get in this. It's picture time.

Perfect.

Okay. Alright. And now, I'm gonna call up my friend Rich Fowler with the American River Bike Patrol for a presentation.

Yeah. Good evening. My name is Rich Fowler, and I'm with the American River Bike Patrol. I'm also a member of the Villa Lancer program at Cordova High School. You all know that last August, we started with 27 young people from Cordova High School.

And on over November 1, 26 of those students finished a ten week program of cycling that included riding all the way down the American River Trail. Usually, I get up and tell you a little bit about it. But this time, we're going to have a student two students who were a part of that program. And there are three more here. But these two students are going to tell you a little bit about their experience and then thank you for your participation with our program.

So Zainab will go first and then Karan. So Zainab, you're up. Oh, by the way, I told them before they started, it takes one kind of courage to do the bike ride down the American River Trail, another kind of courage to come and speak to the mayor and council. So here they are.

I want to start off with thanking the people of the city and then the council members for funding this program for us. The Velo Lancer bike program, it was a very memorable and fun experience we all students had. I want to thank the mentors for being with us every step of the way. Not only were they helpful, but also very patient with us. We learned navigational skills, bike maintenance, some of us learned how to ride a bike for the first time, actually.

And we learned how to manage our time. It wasn't just knowledgeable, but also really fun with our mentors and the other students. And I just want to thank you guys for funding this project. It was it was a project that really empowered you. Thank you so much.

Great job.

Alright. Good evening, everybody. First, I wanna start off by thanking the city of Rancho Cordova for funding and supporting the program, the Velo Lancer bike program. And I believe it has helped all of the students not only learn how to ride a bike, but also teamwork and responsibility skills as well. And I also want to add on by saying that the bikes were not only as a mode of transportation, but it it also has helped me and I'm sure many other students who are part of the program to truly connect with the city and not only just use it to ride around on a bike trail. And as a token of appreciation, we would like to award you guys with a picture, a framed picture of the program and all the people in the program.

Oh, that's awesome. Wonderful. You want to take a picture? Linda.

No. They've got pictures.

No. Do we wanna run around and take a picture with them and Sure. I think. Alright. Come back for a second.

Take the picture up the green.

Come on, guys. Go ahead. Come on up. Go take a picture.

What about

Anyone else in your program, come on up. Just get this picture.

Come on, you guys.

Thank you.

Thank you.

My only complaint would be that you all should have signed it.

I was just gonna say with that kind of height, I know our basketball team is gonna do well at Cordova. But if you don't wanna be a basketball player, you can use your height to throw a discus. It's just a wheel David. David. Going a different direction. Long arms though. Great for discus

or javelin. As you can see, our throwing coach would like to see you on the field. Congratulations.

You have to be careful to recruit you for something.

Yeah. Right now. It's happening.

Okay. Go back. It's awesome. I'm at my speech.

Here we go. Alright. Public comment. Members wishing to address the council for any matter not deemed on the agenda may do so at the time by completing and submitting a speaker card to the city clerk. For items on the agenda, speakers will be called by the mayor at the point of the agenda when the item will be heard. Speakers are encouraged to keep their comments to three minutes or less and state the name and the community of residents. Under California provision government code, city council is prohibited from discussing or taking immediate action on any items not on the agenda unless it is deemed or demonstrated to be emergency nature or the need to take immediate action arose after the posting of the agenda. Stacy, do we have any public comments?

Yes. Right now I have three speaker cards. We'll start with Davy Rodriguez. You'll have up to three minutes. Davy Rodriguez.

Sorry. I'm deaf as hell these days. Three minutes isn't gonna let me be kind about this. I'm sorry. But I'm it came because of these arts contracts that you approved at the last meeting.

I didn't hear about them until after the fact. And I wanna tell you that they cannot go forward because they are illegal, And the reason that they are illegal is because the people that you the hardest you have hired are not licensed contractors in the state of California. It is a requirement. And, the way you have written the contracts, they are installing the art that makes them the contractor. And, I know that some of them say they have to hire their own contractors, but, that is also illegal for them to do.

If you're not licensed in this state, you cannot perform works of improvement on public or private property, you know, over $500. That's just been the law for a long, long time. It is an actual crime in this state. It's a misdemeanor most of the time, not always, but they the board goes out and performs stings in which they put people in handcuffs for doing that exact same thing, which you're encouraging right now. So I call on this body to put another item on the agenda of the next meeting and cancel the contracts until at such time as they can be made proper and lawful.

I have included a copy of all the laws that are being broken here. And in addition to it, some years ago, I worked with the board on this, and they sent out bulletin to all the bid awarding agencies in the state, to notify them about this particular issue with the arts contract because it was happening so much. I also got into a heated battle with the city of Sacramento for doing this thing a few few years ago, and they got very stubborn about it. So I I actually made a complaint, and they did cite one of the artists and, find him this time. It was already done, the job.

But, in addition to citing the artist, they also sent a letter of admonishment to the contractor licensed contractor who did work with him. It's illegal for them to go into business with unlicensed contractors. So I know everybody got the ball rolling on this, and I know once legislative bodies get something like this rolling, they really hate somebody telling them that they're going the wrong direction on it. But the law is the law, and, it it really does have to be stopped and obeyed and that there is no exemption anywhere for this. Arts artists, the recently, the legislature, did make a change in murals, and, that was 9090% of the, issue was me bringing it to their attention that they were hiring unlicensed painters.

But they made a change in the law, but they didn't change it for anything else just for muralists, which you That's got one not the case. There there is a lot of structural work and and such like that. So I'd like to leave this with you, and, you can peruse it at your leisure.

Thank you. Great. Thank you for your time. Next.

Next speaker is Niraj Dhanini.

Good evening, honorable mayor, respected council members, and distinguished guests. My name is Niraj Denani, and I'm a member of the community here in Rancho Cordova. I'm here today to give some information on the year's Seva Diwali food drive. In October, November, it's a special and meaningful for all Hindus around the world, as it also would we celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights. Diwali is more than just a celebration.

It's a time to reflect on how light triumphs over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair. It encourages us to uphold our values, act with honesty, and promote peace within our families and communities. Seva, or selfless service, is at the heart of our celebrations and daily life. During Diwali, we focused on a special national project called Seva Diwali. Starting from the year 2018 in New Jersey, over 25 organizations collected over 18,000 pounds of food.

Continuing in 2025, we successfully ran the Seva Diwali food drive across 38 states in The USA, around two fifty townships, over five fifty linguistic, cultural, and Seva organizations, and many individuals joined hands together to fight against hunger. Collected and distributed over 970,000 pounds of food to over three sixty beneficiaries, which includes homeless shelters, families in need, community food pantries, food banks in our local cities. In Sacramento area, over 12 organizations collected and donated over 8,000 pounds of food to 12 various homeless shelters, community pantries, food banks, and these are the results that show that we can achieve when communities work together. Thank you.

Thank you very much. Next

speaker is Anish.

Good evening, esteemed mayor, vice mayor, council members, and rest of the attendees today. Namaste. My name is Anish Purushratam, and I'm a volunteer with the Hindu Swaim Sewak HSS, and I am here today to give a brief account of the Surya Namaskar Yagna, or a Yogatan that was conducted by HSS. The Annual Health for Humanity Yogatan, or Surya Namaskar Yagna, organized by the HSS USA, began on January 14. The nineteen day event aimed to raise awareness about yoga and its benefit in achieving a healthy body, mind, spirit.

Surya Namaskar combines simple yoga postures into 10 steps with essential breathing techniques, offering many health benefits for the body and mind. Each year, on January 14, Hindus worldwide celebrate a festival called Makar Santranti. This is a festival marking the change of seasons. HSS organized the Health for Humanity Yogathon to honor this occasion from January 14 to February 1 this year as well. HSS launched this health awareness initiative in 2007, and this year, it celebrated its nineteenth anniversary.

Since its inception, participants of all faiths and backgrounds, 143 states, have actively joined the Yogatan through yoga centers, community organizations, schools, and colleges. Together, we performed over 800 Ksurya Namaskars. In the Sacramento region, more than 50 people participated, and around 15 k Surya Namaskars were performed. Community leaders and elected officials across the nation have expressed their appreciation for and embrace the benefit of a healthy lifestyle. This year, HSS invited community groups, yoga centers, students, and individuals to learn and take part in the Health for Humanity Yogathon.

Today, I am very proud to share that the event has successfully concluded bringing people together in the spirit of health, well-being, and unity. This program was open to people of all ages, genders, and races. We look forward to partnering with the city to connect with even more community members in the coming years. Our goal is to ensure that as many as people possible in our city can take advantage of this benefit from this initiative. Thank you very much for providing an opportunity and platform to speak regarding today. Thank you.

The last public comment is from James Garcia.

I

don't know if there's a way to see it.

For seven. See,

I don't know. Hello. James Garcia, resident of Stone Creek. I just wanted to comment on the activity that took place on Super Bowl Sunday at High Class Auto, which on North Mather. This is a nice little Instagram showing of it, but they're bragging that they're holding an event that was non permitted, also using drone footage, which is in violation of FAA, since it's within five miles of the airport.

So they're breaking a whole lot of rules here. They were zip zacking up and down the highway or excuse me, on Zinfandel Boulevard and also on North Mather. The operator of the place also was driving his sports car bragging about it's his favorite car without a seat belt. It caused an awful lot of disturbance. And even with police showing up, they only showed up for a little bit of time.

So there's just a whole lot of things going on that are wrong with this particular event. Multiple people called, multiple people videoed it, everything else. So I'm going to do one more just so you can really see just how much of a great guy the guy is with his hot, rotting, no seat belt, and flying up and down. And you can see how fast he accelerates. So it's just a complete disregard to the whole neighborhood for safety. We tried. Multiple people tried. Lots of people tried to contact, and it was ignored. So I want to know what we can do about this. Also, people that fly drones on American River Parkway, that's also that is an area where you're not allowed to fly them as well without permits.

So this is just a complete violation. Again, five miles approximately five miles from an airport. That is a violation. These are the same people that also were accused of shining lasers into helicopters in years past. So it is bad behavior all around by this organization that's been, oh, disregarding every single thing we've done.

They parked completely around their whole building so fire trucks cannot get to it, jam packed it to where you can't even open up doors inside the facility. This was originally a conditional use permitted business that stated this was going to be first class all the way. We're having celebrity fly in by appointment only, and yet they're holding events there. They are doing everything in their power to break our city and make it into a raceway. They do it all the time. They do the donuts out there. Test drive up down residential neighborhoods. It's not good. So I really hope somebody here, maybe our new police chief, will actually do something about it because clearly this one's not. Thank you.

Mayor Gatewood, that's all the public comment I have.

I am going to go to council reports, and I'm gonna start with my man, Joe.

Nothing today. Been a good few weeks. Happy to be back.

Where's the dog?

He got his own place.

Dog update. That's good.

I guess you're

Okay. Then we're going to David.

Alright. I had an interesting meeting last week at Cordova High School with their training staff. They had some NFL prospects in the gym, in the weight training facility, actually, that the city upgraded. So they were using that facility and those weights and that equipment to impress upon some athletes that things are possible, you know, in life if you strive hard and work hard. And they were using these NFL prospects doing some training there as an example.

But I also learned at that visit that we're one of the very few high schools that actually tracks every single athlete, every athlete who's in a sport with regard to their ability to lift and do other things in that training facility in regards to their sport. So if you're a baseball player, you have a lifting program and a training program that's appropriate for a baseball player, and they keep track of what you're capable to do and your progress along the way. There's no other high school in the region that's doing that. I just thought that was really interesting. That's the other reason that training was, was going on there. We have the tech to do it. So that is a great example of a way to inspire a kid. They weren't telling them you can be an NFL player. They were telling them you can accomplish great things if you put your mind to it. So it was it was a nice, nice little event.

I thought our retreat went great. It was just last week. We had that. I've had some meetings at SOAR District, SACOG, other locations, but nothing else I need to remark on. That's my report.

Okay. Then I will report that I hope everybody's having a good time watching all of the sports that's on TV right now. It's really quite fascinating. Considering the fact that we're all being drowned by a lot of rain, you have to wonder how people are really able to continue to do their sports when they're being drowned by a lot of snow. But that's Okay.

Garrett, those are yours. So in terms of meetings, regional transit. Regional transit, as everybody knows, has been heavily impacted by copper theft. And they've made a bunch of arrests, and they are replacing all of their copper wire with stainless steel, which nobody wants. So that's the only way that they can really get this copper theft stopped.

But they've made a bunch of arrests. They used drones to monitor their their rail footage. Yeah. 85% of the copper wire has been replaced so far. And then I had a most interesting lunch. I was invited to attend a lunch with the first elected president of the United Auburn Indian Council. His name is John Williams. And this was absolutely fascinating. They truly are a sovereign nation. They have a government.

They elect all of their officers. They provide health care. They provide schools similar to our Saturday schools, where they continue to teach the culture and the language of their community. And the most interesting thing, they're not just one group of people. That's the reason they call themselves united.

They are a combination of the Nisenan and the Maidu and a variety of other what we think of as nations around here. But they've organized themselves into one United Nation. And it's really quite fascinating. They've offered us a tour of the Indian school and their health care facility coming up in a couple months. Oh, oh, regional transit.

City of Sacramento approached regional transit about doing a homeless safe parking shelter at the Franklin Station on Extra property that Regional Transit owns. And the feds, DOT, said absolutely no way. They used federal money to buy that property, and they are absolutely not allowed to do safe parking there. And so regional transit has ended their discussions with the city of Sacramento, which, frankly, a lot of us really appreciate. It's very difficult to imagine encouraging people to ride the train under those circumstances.

And Franklin, the blue line, is the way so many kids get to Cosumnes River College to begin with. So that was not a good match for anybody. So that's my report. Awesome. Thank you.

All right. I'll do me. So if you didn't know this when you're mayor, you are already late before you show up. But I thought so I bought if you guys didn't know this, Happy Black History Month, we've had a ton of events. And I'm so proud of our city for having all these cool cultural events they're able to go to. So I got this one.

And

it's called Social Justice Sewing Academy

Oh, yeah.

Embrace Project. So I bought the book, which will be here at City Hall for you guys to look at. And what it is, it's all this amazing artwork that these kids do that helps them to deal with the pain and loss that they're doing through. Now, I know it's a type of pain art, but this is how a lot of people deal with it. Instead of having stressful situations, they get it out in knitting. Now, my family does crocheting. I didn't know knitting was a thing. But obviously, it's cool. So she goes into high schools. And knitting has been known for a certain sect of community, older females.

And what she does is make it cool for high school individuals to knit. And so she has this whole thing where she started going into poor disadvantaged communities and setting up knitting things. And these kids that are the roughest kids in our community, those are some of the hardest to reach, they do knitting. And so she had this book of all this stuff that people have done. And they had this amazing artwork at the map that you can go see. And like I always said, art is in the eye of the beholder. So I ask people, don't ask for my opinion. Ask for the emotion that's driven from it. You don't want my opinion because I like ones and zeros. I'm a computer nerd.

It needs to be dots. But besides that, this artwork I found is very touching. And hopefully, you guys are going to the Mac. I don't really sometimes I don't appreciate how unique the Mac really is. And it'll bring in artwork. And now they have, like, she did a whole talk. And they they at the end of it, they're like, hey, we're really happy that you sat through the whole talk. And it wasn't that I had meant to be there because I was late to the next appointment. It just got so interesting. I wanted to find out about this lady's life.

Because how do you go so she is an African American female that comes from a higher end family. And I was like, how did you go all the way to being someone that wants to bring knitting to lower disadvantaged kids. And she basically took it through where she went to Berkeley, graduated from Yale, like super, super nerd, and then started building a business and got professional. And people started selling all her her knitting patterns, which is a thing. I didn't know that.

It was very expensive. And then she found out that by the end of it, she just wanted to give back to the community like everyone does. When you hit the epicenter at the top, you're like, now I wanna get back. And her way was to make people into knitting. So knitting's cool. You guys should all know that. Come look at the book. So art, knitting. It's the newest thing. You didn't even know your college students want it. Knitting classes. Rancher's gonna be sponsoring knitting classes, people. Next, I I have been trying to get around to meet with all the CEOs in Rancho Cordova that I can get just to make sure I always feel like as a city, one of our biggest assets is our business district, so I wanna meet with them. And so I got to meet with an amazing CEO. His name's Scott.

He owns California Labs. It's one of the largest testing labs in the community or in the region, And it's based his second generation family grew it here in Rancho Cordova. He's always looking for more employees. The pace we come in, he's looking for chemists. And I said, is there anything you can do? And he's like, Rancho Cordova is an amazing place to work. Your staff is very friendly. He's like, he just wants to make sure he's in a safe space. So as we expand to the city, he is like, please don't put me in an area or don't let the homes build into an area to where you guys don't want the fact that we're a chemical lab and we do a bunch of testing. And I was like, we always consider the business district as we're building out our homes and our zoning.

We don't allow stuff to lay on top of it. And so very cool, very nice individual, amazing business, employs about 48 employees in Rancho Cordova, but struggled through COVID, made it out on the other side, and is looking to add a third shift. Literally, third business I've talked to that's like, we're going to be expanding and growing in the city of Rancho Cordova. So get those college students from art pushed through the system as fast as possible because they're looking to hire. If you didn't see it, I did a Sacramento Bee interview.

I've done, like, two of those. I'm just gonna be talking about how amazing our city is. So very excited to be here about the Dova Stadium. On that note, I met with the Dova Stadium community. They are doing sponsorships, and they are racing at that line, trying to get the reports done.

The traffic studies and the noise study should be done by the end of this in two weeks. So I'm interested to see what their plan is for that area and that part of the community. Did the youth at city council presentation from the mayor. It's always fun to have our kids here, and they're more interested about how they can get more involved. And it's kinda funny as we grow as a city, we gotta find more and more ways to get kids involved with the city.

So we have two programs. I would like to see that in the future grow, but, you know, that's up to you guys. But it's I think it's great to see fourth or fifth generation Rancho Cordovas in here as the kids because those are going to be our next council members, especially if they have a good experience. Did Ancestry Alchemy reception also, which is a wonderful artist who paints. And she's just another find. I think she actually lives over near Joe's District in Lincoln Village and does artwork with them. And I've forgotten what her name name of the lady is, but she has an art studio over there.

I'm sorry. I'm blanking on the name.

Do you know what I'm talking do you know what the art studio is called?

Yeah. Renew.

Renew. Renew. Yes. Renew's Art Studio. And so she came from that, but she has this great artwork. I put it up. It's actually great because the people who showed up were all graduates of Mills. So the all the Mills station graduates all sat in a corner, they called themselves the Mills Corner. And they all were like and I told them all they need to buy her art to keep it going, which was funny because they all cracked up and laughed at that. I did a podcast talking about how amazing Rancho Cordova is.

And then I did, of course, our visioning session, which I mean, I'm proud of where the city is. I'm proud where it's come from, and I can't wait to see what happens in the next twenty years. I mean, there's nothing but momentum. And then because I'm annoying, I went in so I was walking around city hall, I had to meet with someone about cricket fields because they want to build a cricket field in Rancho Cordova so badly so badly, and they're worried about the cricket field closing now because we're expanding one of our most amazing schools. And so they're like, how can we engage so we can have a cricket field?

And so I met with them. And then I walk in a room, and it's NVIDIA, Solidine, our amazing Folsom Cordova School District, our our Folsom

Folsom Lake College.

Folsom Lake College and and Sac State. And they're all in there, and they're all discussing what amazing opportunities they're gonna build in the AI ecosphere. And, of course, I sat there for four minutes, didn't understand about a quarter of what they were saying, high fived some people, and then Amibert walked in the room. And so this stuff is really happening, and the energy is going. And it's just about making incremental wins. And I am so glad we have Micah at the helm as we're walking down this path because, wow, is that a lot of energy going in the right direction. And that's it, and I'll hand over to Micah.

Thank you, mayor. I thought we secretly had that meeting without you knowing where it was at. So appreciate you showing up and and and encouraging everybody. No, it's been a great couple weeks. I think only three things. One, thank you for participating in the work session. The other day, I really appreciate your time and effort and conversation. That's really important for us and the team to hear about. I was at actually, I spent a couple days at this Cal City City Manager Conference, which was great to hear all the things happening across the state with the city managers, and it makes me sometimes appreciate where we are and what we have here in Rancho Cordova a lot. So that's always good to hear those stories.

And then last, just spent some time with our friends that visit Rancho Cordova, and so I think you'll see some changes to their management plan coming forward soon that you'll be able to consider and support for the Downtown Dover District. So with that, that's it for me.

Thank you. Alright. Let's go ahead and move on to consent calendar items. Consent calendar items consist of matters deemed routine and noncontroversial by staff unless a member of the council wishes to pull an item for individual consideration. All items may be approved in one motion. Got is there any items you wish to pull from the consent calendar item?

Can we just really quickly pull the firework ordinance?

You sure can. We're gonna go ahead and pull which item is that, Joe?

I think it's

9.2.

Okay. We're gonna go ahead and pull 9.2.

And just really quickly.

Okay. And then let's go ahead and have a motion to approve the rest of the items.

Do we have any public comment?

We do not have any public comment for the consent calendar.

Excellent.

And I

will move approval of items 9.1 and then skip down to 9.3 through 9.7.

Second. Roll call vote will be council member Sander. Aye. Council member Little.

Yes.

Council member Polipotti is absent. Vice mayor Budge? Yes. Mayor Gatewood?

Yes. So let's go ahead and read item 9.2.

Stacy. The item for 9.2 is an ordinance amending title four, chapter 4.54 regulations and prohibitions of the Rancho Cordova municipal code modifying definitions and administrative fine structure as it pertains to fireworks.

Joe, what were you thinking?

You already know what I wanna ask. I'm sure Adam knows. What is it? Is there did we figure out a reason why the schools are within our jurisdiction for heightened fines, but the parks aren't?

Oh.

So I saw in amended ordinance that we're still not focusing on parks. And I remember last time we spoke about this, Adam, you said you were gonna look into it, that it was a jurisdictional issue.

I

I apologize. We can continue that, and we'll be happy to follow-up on you. We did not I I do not have an answer for you on that. I apologize.

That's fine. We're not in a rush to amend them. It's not fourth of July tomorrow.

Yeah. So let's go ahead and let's continue the item 9.2 to date uncertain.

No. If we do it a date certain, it's helpful because this is a Yeah. I think an ordinance amendment or no, this is not an actual public hearing. So what do you got over there?

I did

wanna bring up, one of the things that we were doing for the nonprofit organizations is we were going to extend the deadline date, which is in our in this update to I think it was the first Monday in May, and it's currently the second Tuesday in April. With moving it, that portion of it, we would not make that deadline because of the thirty days because we need to come back for a second as well.

Well, we still got So

if we continue it to March 2?

I have a proposal. Why don't we push through what's already there right now, and then we can talk about a twice in a year amendment or whatever?

I'm cool

with that. Yeah. I think we because they're gonna get anxiety if we're, pushing. And it sounds like we don't even have a choice.

You have a choice. I just wanted to let you know one of

the reasons why we're here tonight. So Okay. But if we continue to the March 2, then the second reading would be the March 16, which would meet your April deadline.

I think we lose it by two days, if I remember correctly, on the calendar because of the thirty days, unless legal is I'm not the legal expert on that.

Yeah. I think I I would suggest we take council member Little's recommendation just approving it as is, and we can come back on the parks discussion

Plenty of time.

And go for it.

So I don't wanna get I don't wanna get doing dates deciding here at the dais and not actually make the date. So I think we'll we just approve as is if if you're so inclined, and then we can come back with the conversation.

Are you good with that, Linda? Yeah. Okay. Let's go ahead and take Joe's motion. Motion.

And Move to approve. And are we waiving second reading?

Or

No. We gotta do Whatever's agenda is moved to approve.

Do I have a second? Roll call, please.

Council member Little?

Here. Yes.

Vice mayor Budge?

Yes.

Council Member Sander? Aye. Vice or Council Member Polipotti is absent. Mayor Gatewood? Yes. Thank you.

And then, Adam, we're gonna bring that back, just so you know.

Okay.

Alright. There's no consent, public hearing items. There are no public hearing items, and we're gonna go with regular calendar item 12.1. Stacy?

Twelve point one, the subject is Rancho Cordova College Promise Update.

Alright. Let's hear about the Promise program, the one we started that the state stole.

Good evening, mayor, council members. My name is Ian Winrock, and I'm an analyst in the city manager's office. And I'm joined by Megan Siren, assistant to the city manager. Tonight, we're here to share about the Rancho Cordova College promise, give you a brief overview of the promise program, talk about the history. We're gonna share about the results and the impact that it's had on our community as well as who we serve, and then staff is gonna share some growth opportunities that we see as well as some potential next steps. Before we move on any further, I wanted to pass the microphone to our partners at Folsom Lake College, president of Folsom Lake College, doctor Art Pimentel, to introduce the new dean of the Rancho Cordova Center. Doctor Pimentel?

Alright. Good evening, honorable mayor Gatewood and members of the Rancho Cordova City Council. Thank you very much for the opportunity to, introduce our new dean for the Rancho, Cordova Center. Actually, she's the dean of centers. She oversees the Rancho Cordova Center and the Eldorado Center, Rose Giordano.

So wanted to make sure, you knew her because she is the one that's overseeing this really important and critical program. Apart from introducing, Rose, I just wanted to to make two points to the council this evening. One is just, thank you. Thank you for the investment you are making in the next generation of students. And the commitment that the city of Rancho Cordova has made has been exceptional.

You're gonna be learning a lot more of it, about the the program itself. And I was here last year doing the same thing, and there's certainly just been progress. And so the investment that you're making in the students, is significant, especially as we are increasing programs that we are offering at the Rancho Cordova Center. The second point is that that commitment and that investment in students has led to increased student success numbers. And that is very, incredible because the students that you're investing in know that you're investing significant resources in them, and they are making sure they're returning back that investment by succeeding and completing.

So whatever their goal may be, whether it's a certificate or a degree or it's to transfer to Sac State or UC Davis, the numbers are higher for those students who are in the Rancho Cordova Promise program. It says a lot. So again, thank you this evening for your commitment and your support. So back

to Ian. Thank you.

Welcome. Hey. Welcome to the group.

Thank you so much, doctor Pimentel. And before I talk about our promise, I just wanted to share generally what a promise program is and why communities around the country have made a promise similar to Rancho Cordova. So the promise program was really the brainchild of a group of anonymous philanthropists out of Kalamazoo, Michigan who wanted to make sure that finances, that money would never be a barrier to accessing and completing higher education. And so they, as a group, made a promise to their community, to their high school graduates that your financial outlook in life was never going to be the barrier to you going to some form of higher education. And so communities across the country have taken up this charge, and the Rancho Promise was the first promise program in the region, the first time a city made a promise to its community saying that high school graduates were gonna be able to access higher education fee free.

So who does the Rancho Cordova College Promise serve? It serves high school graduates in the city of Rancho Cordova. But unique to the city of Rancho Cordova, it also serves veterans. It provides up to $886 per semester, so that's between six and eighteen units. And in partnership with Doctor.

Pimentel and Folsom Lake College, we provide up to two years of fee free community college as long as participants meet basic participation requirements. So just a touch of history. We launched in 2017. And then as mayor Katewood mentioned, the California College Promise was founded in 2019. So that was the state taking up this initiative and making sure that there was one year of fee free community college available to California eligible students.

And then in 2019, the legislature passed another bill, which expanded one year to two years for fee free community college. And then in 2020, the Rancho Cordova College Promise expanded to two years as well, but we included veterans, a population that the state's promise program doesn't serve. And then in '22, the College Promise program took on its current structure, expanding to part time students as well as full time students and has its current ceiling of $886 per semester. We really have, like doctor Pimentel said, impacted the lives of more than 500 students in Rancho Cordova and veterans. And I wanted to start by talking about participation.

So that top line is total applications, and the line below it is total enrolled. And you might see that delta, that gap between the two lines. That's not unique to us. It's actually normal. A number of students will have multiple plans. Maybe they're thinking about military service, and they're also thinking about community college, or they might be thinking about working full time. I think what's different about the Rancho Cordova College Promise is that you'll have a number of folks who are in the process of completing or submitting applications who actually are not eligible for the program. So you see that gap between folks who have enrolled versus people who have applied for the program. And, also, you might see what you think is a a trend line going downward. You know, that's not just you.

The pandemic really took a toll in enrollment across the country for community college. But we're seeing, I would say, a slight trend upward again. And although we've served a high number of students in the past relative to where we are right now, we certainly have room for growth and capacity to do so. Going back to what Doctor. Pimentel said, I would say one of the strongest features of the College Promise program is persistence.

And persistence is one of the strongest early indicators that a student's going to go on to complete some form of certificate, an AA degree, or a transfer to a four year university. And so persistence is the carry forward of students from semester to semester or year to year. Persistence is how persistent a student is from fall semester to spring semester or from their first year in community college to their second. And as you can see, the Rancho Cordova College Promise cohort, as doctor Pimentel mentioned, has a significantly higher persistence rate relative to the college wide persistence rate in Folsom Lake College. And that might be because students are receiving not only the California College Promise, but also an generous stipend direct from the city so they're able to focus on their studies relative to the population of Folsom Lake College who do not have that capacity.

I wanted to focus on on who we serve a little bit again because I think it's important. We don't just have higher persistence rates. We also focus on serving low income students, first generation students, and students who are underrepresented relative to the overall population of Folsom Lake College. For low income students, we're we're higher than the general Folsom Lake College population. It varies year to year, but that's between 3360%.

First generation students, students who have never accessed higher education, who are the first people in their family to go to any form of higher education. That's between 1440% of our population year to year, and that's significantly higher relative to the overall population of Folsom Lake College. And also underrepresented students, students from relative to Folsom Lake College's population make a a disproportionate amount of our College Promise students are from underrepresented ethnic and racial groups. So we've talked about where we've been. I wanted to share where staff sees opportunities to grow and some of our potential next steps.

Before I do that, I just wanted to touch on how we're changing the way that we do outreach. So we've contracted with a communications consultancy who's helping the city, not just with College Promise, but also with our outreach efforts for the Rancho Cordova Youth Center. We're really focusing on on three things. One is increasing awareness, making sure we have consistent messaging across all of our partners, adding digital campaigns, both paid as well as organic posting, and then continuing to do that direct in person school and community outreach, which has been so successful. Our veterans are a unique population, and we wanna make sure that we're communicating to them appropriately, that we have veterans and veteran serving organizations talking to veterans, and that we're also celebrating their successes.

And the way that we can do that is by making sure that we're tracking their enrollment and outcomes so we can serve them even better. And that leads us to data and analytics. We want to make sure that we strengthen our performance monitoring in partnership with Folsom Lake College so that we can continuously improve the program and serve more of our residents. So we have two options for consideration by council tonight that staff's bringing forward. And I just want to share for both of these options, we have opportunities for growth.

One just has more opportunity for growth than the other. So option A is our current funding. So this has been our historic allocation for past years, and that's $150,000 a year. Our current average for our 22 forward program structure, which is the current structure of the Promise program, is about 53 new students per year. That's to say we add another 53 thereabouts students to the program with each year.

And we feel with this current funding allocation, we have the capacity to serve about 18 new students per year if we did more targeted outreach and continued our partnerships with schools and community organizations. Option b would be increasing the funding allocation from $150,000 a year to $200,000 a year, and that would add the capacity for an additional 41 students from the 53 average that we've seen since we changed the program to its current structure. For both options, about 67% of the funding goes directly to students. About 20 per 1% of the funding goes for certain fees, like enrollment fees, health care fees, transportation fees, and then 12% of it would go to outreach. So continuing these existing outreach efforts that we know are successful as well as expanding the outreach we do to specific populations like veterans and then expanding that moving forward.

So tonight, staff is looking for direction from council on one of those two options, option a or option b, and we wanted to let council know that staff will coordinate internally with CEIF based on your direction, instigate a new two year contract with Folsom Lake College, and then we'll continue the branding, marketing, and outreach that we've talked about tonight. Thank you so much. And staff, as well as our partners from Folsom Lake College, are available for any questions.

All right. Excellent. So do we have any public comment?

Yes, we have one speaker.

Excellent.

Helen Whalen Beshaw.

Ian, why don't you go back to the slide that has the two options on it?

Of course. Just a moment, please.

Go ahead, Helen.

Hi. My name is Helen Weilen Bashal. I'm from the Tiffany area. I don't oppose to these grants, but what I wanna see, and I brought this up in prior years, what are the requirements placed on the student? If you're in the public sector and your business company pays for your education, normally, you have to maintain minimum of b average.

And they will either front load you or else they pay for your books and whatever after the event. So because I remember, I got my education the easy way. I joined the military and went tuition assistance, and they had requirements. So when I took a I took a course at American River College after my second master's because I wanted a certificate, what I found really disturbing in the classroom were how many kids were sitting in there just filling a block. No return on anything, but they were distraction to the class.

So I wanna make sure that the money that the city pays, that there's a contract written that gives a standard. There's never been a standard set in any of the presentations you had. What let the public know what was the expectation of the students. You know, are we are they just filling a block? I know we don't even know how they do the selection process to get the number of students. How many applications come in? What's the criteria for filling these things? And the percentage of the students that start actually finish the year, the semester, you know, or whatever. We don't really see that in in my opinion. I've never seen it.

I keep asking for it. And it might be because I have a business background in education with a minor in com electronics. So I look at things a little bit different. And I just think we need to see what the real return on our investment is. Because I understand it goes to a lot of fees that you wouldn't get. And how many of these students are even encouraged to take the bypass test, Like the used to be called CLEP and the one that are subject towards a particular subject, you can test out of some of these, lower level courses to get them into the higher level courses sooner. Thank you.

Yeah. Alright. Let's talk a little bit about it. Joe, what you thinking?

At 33% increase, almost doubles the program capacity. That seems like a good investment.

It's a crazy investment of what

that is. David? I'm puzzled by that same thing. 50,000 more gives you a 100,000 more students, so it's a 33% increase in funding. More than a 100% increase in students. I'm curious about that.

Team jump in. This is you guys. He's asking a question.

So this increase wouldn't be overnight. Of course, it's gonna be a while till we have the program uptake. But we've seen the number of students in the past who've enrolled in the program be more than 100. And, of course, not every student is going to be full time. So we based these projections over the historic averages for the number of students who are both part time and full time students.

So what we're hoping is that with this increased ceiling for the capacity to serve students with option b, that with a more aggressive outreach campaign, we'd be able to target part time students as well as full time students who might not see themselves as college promise students or even college enrolled and and make sure that they know the programs which are available to them at Folsom Lake College.

And your use of the word persistence, could you just define that?

Sure. So persistence and I'm gonna go back to the persistence slide. It's the capacity of students to continue in their community college career either from semester to semester or year to year. So it is exactly that, that you're persisting in community college beyond the single term that you're enrolled in. And per

go ahead. It's sort of a success measure, basically. Right?

It's one of the strongest success measures next to completion. So the higher your persistence rate, the greater likelihood that you will complete either a transfer, an AA degree, or some sort of certificate.

Okay. I think that's a great measure of success, by the way. But, I'm in favor of the increase. I don't want us to be in a position of turning kids away or limiting the promise in that way.

And and real quick, thank you, council member. I think part of the, number of students served is the the kind of attendance has been cyclical, and so we've actually been working off kind of sometimes fund balance from previous years. And so what I think this probably shows is just the maximized annual benefit. So that's why I think the numbers, you know, increase a little bit because it's we've had some, you know, balances. And so this is really just the maximizing of that every year commitment.

So it's a little bit of apple

and oranges. So it's a little bit of apples and oranges as as kind of this is what will be done by the actual funding per year. And hopefully we don't end up in a fund balance carried forward from year to year, and we'll use it all every year.

Linda?

Yeah. So there is a requirement that the kids take a certain number of units.

That's correct. It's a minimum of six units. And in 2022, which is the current structure of the program, we expanded it to part time unit part time students, rather, which is defined as at least six units.

Okay. So I actually I thought it was, like, 15 units or something.

It's a minimum of six units per semester, but it could be a maximum of 18.

Okay.

And you have there is a chart. I mean, obviously, we don't know whether they're all C students or B students or A students, Okay? But you also have a chart somewhere that you've presented to us in the past about either the number of kids or the percentage of kids that do complete the full year and either, like you said, go back for a second year or get a degree, an AA degree, or transfer to a four year college. So somewhere there's a chart of that or information about that.

There is. And in future years, staff can include persistence and completion rates and graphical representations of that in the staff report for anything that we can't show just to make sure that our presentations are small, but just make sure that counsel and members of the public have access to that information Okay. As

Because, I mean, it may have been anecdotal, but the persistence rate has been extremely high in the past. The vast majority of kids who are going to school on this, or people who are going to school on this program, have gone on to do something else, something appropriate, continue their education, put it that way. So yeah, I'm with David. I'm in favor of increasing the funding.

Okay. So really quick, the Promise program was started by Donald Terry. So I don't know what that crazy thing you were saying. Started by a city councilman in Rancho Cordova. He met with one of the people, and that amazing college back there partnered with us to put this together.

And then the state saw what we were doing, and then every year did more to match us. That's how the Promise program really started, then it went across the county. It should be called the Rancho Cordova Promise program, but I'm not going to be jealous of someone taking a great idea and making it all over the region. It's the cheapest use of money to the greatest effect in the city. It's one of the programs I really hear about because for 50,000 more, if you could add 100% of anything almost and double it, that would be amazing.

And so I think a lot of people don't understand how hard it is for a lot of the community members to go to junior college, especially if you're first generation or you're first generation American. It's the great stepping stone that a lot of people go through, and I think it's awesome. So I'm fully in favor. And at that moment, I'll take a motion if there is any.

Move approve staff recommendation for option b.

Can. Can I have a roll call, please?

Sorry. The motion was, Little. Thank you. The second was Budge.

Yes.

Thank you. Council member Little?

Yes.

Council member Sander?

Aye.

Council member Polipotti is absent. Vice mayor Budget? Yes. Mayor Gatewood?

Yes. Alright. Thank you.

Thanks, the college, for attending.

Thank you, guys, for staying late. Hey. Thank you for being in my AI eco Ecosystem. Eco eco and robotics system. You're the best. What? Alright. Let's move on to our next one. Stacy, can you go ahead and read 12.2?

Yes. Oh. A resolution authorizing the issuance of special tax refunding bonds for and on behalf of the city of Rancho Cordova, Sunridge North Douglas Community Facilities District number two zero zero five dash one, approving and directing the execution of a fiscal agent agreement, approving the form of such preliminary official statement, approving the sale of such bonds, and approving other related documents and actions.

Michelle?

Yes. Good evening, mayor, city council members. Michelle Mengay, assistant admin services director in finance. The item before you this evening is an resolution authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds for and on behalf of the Community Facilities District two thousand and five dash one in the North Douglas development area. The proceeds from the refunding bonds will be used to refinance the original bonds that were issued in 2015 in an amount of $14,200,000.

With the community now being mostly built out and nearly all homes being owned by individual property owners, the opportunity has presented itself to refinance these bonds as rated bonds at a lower interest rate. Based on the recent estimates, a refunding is expected to generate about $700,000 in net present value of savings, with this savings being passed on to individual property owners within that district. While the resolution does authorize the refunding bonds at a minimum of 4.5%, the city is looking to have more towards 5% for the total savings. It has come to staff's attention that there was conflicting information included in the resolution for the total not to exceed amount. So section one, the aggregate principal amount not to exceed should have been $14,000,000.

So if council does choose to move forward with this refunding bond, I do ask that council, approve the, resolution with that amendment. And with that, I will open it up to any questions that the council may have.

I don't think we have any questions. Adam, how do we say it right so we don't have to bring this back again? Oh, let me go to public comment real quick. Any public comment?

There is no public comment.

Now, Adam, how do we say this so we don't say it wrong and then we have to You can

move the staff recommendation.

Excellent. Okay. I just would like to point out that we, again, in Rancho Cordova, are lowering people's property tax and giving the money back to our citizens and not trying to hold on to it, and we are the only city in the region that's doing this. K. I'd like to move

the The staff report.

I was gonna say it.

Staff recommendation.

Man, I

am not firing all cylinders today. Alright. Do I have a second?

Second.

Alright. So I moved it. She said it really loudly, but then I moved it. Roll call, please.

Thank you. Vice mayor Budge? Yes. Council member Sander? Aye. Council member Little? Yeah. Council member Pulapati is absent. Mayor Gatewood? Yes. Motion passes.

Alright. You know what? This the gavel's gonna be whacked really hard at the end of this meeting for this. Alright. Next up. Community engagement. Let's go.

The next item is 12.3, community engagement division annual update.

Oh,

yeah. This one's fun. Alright.

Save the best for last.

Show me cool stuff.

You will get to see cool stuff.

Is there a picture of me with the Batman or the the Spider Man people?

There is pictures of you.

Do you remember we had the Spider Man and then the person was blowing bubbles

sure, mayor.

At the side of our face, David? We were trying to talk. Yep. Hit it.

Good evening, mayor, council, community leaders, residents, and staff. My name is Lorianne Karl, and I manage the Community Engagement Division. With me here tonight, I have also Matteo Donato and Matt Bueblin, who you'll be hearing from. And we are going to be highlighting our 2025 annual update. And one thing I have to say is every time we put these updates together, we're amazed every single time at all of the wonderful things community leaders and our residents do.

And it's just it's a shame that we have to give you a snapshot, but we will do the best to highlight 2025. So tonight's presentation, we're going to go over our division components, our projects and accomplishments that we highlighted from 2025, and then our priorities for 2026. We'll be reviewing these areas of neighborhood engagement, beautification, community support and partnerships, and our special projects and events. Our neighborhood engagement includes a wide range of initiatives, including our very unique Neighborhood Engagement Program. What makes this program so unique is because it flips the traditional city led engagement model and puts real ownership in the hands of residents.

Residents get to know one another. They are encouraged to work together to initiate projects that they identify, and then the city acts as a supporting role. So you can see all of the neighborhoods that we have worked with, And we're currently working with one of our newest neighborhoods, Rio Del Oro, which has amazing community leaders. And they've already hosted several events in their neighborhood. The cool thing about Rio Del Oro is that they reached out to us to learn more about our neighborhood engagement program and to learn more about the city.

One of the ways that we help support our neighborhood engagement is also through our residential micro grant program, which increased by 27% in 2024, reaching approximately 2,400 residents. This engagement is successful because of the residents. These incredible projects and events wouldn't be possible without them. Their desire to get involved and to champion these events is what makes our neighborhoods in Rancho Cordova so special. We also continue providing opportunities for students to experience what a city council meeting is like.

They have a chance to become mayor, city clerk although they like to be a city clerk when they grow up and learn how to be more comfortable with public speaking. They actually get to vote and make decisions on chickens. We also provide a fun way to learn about city government, including our general plan exercises that was supported by our planning department and our recycling education. We also provided a lot of support in various school events throughout the year, engaging with all three of our school districts. We also have six field trips scheduled in the next two months.

So if anybody would like to come and experience our field trips, you are more than welcome. I'll put it in the Friday memo. We hosted three Good Neighbor Days in 2025 at both White Rock, Labyrinth Park, and Cordova Gardens Elementary. These events provide an opportunity for our residents to get to know one another, meet city staff, meet different community organizations, and learn about helpful resources. These events bring city hall out to our residents while helping build thriving neighborhoods.

We've hosted 12 to date, and the attendance just continues to grow. We even had a resident contact us stating that they attended the Labyrinth Park event and that they would now like a Good Neighbor Day hosted in their neighborhood in the ranch. So now we have a waiting list. We'd also like to thank the partners who help support and provide valuable information to our residents at our Good Neighbor Days. We could not do this without all of our amazing partners that show up there, and they engage with our residents at every single one of these Good Neighbor Days, and we really appreciate them.

Our beautification programs are unique in Rancho Cordova, so at this time, I'd like to turn this portion of the presentation over to Matt Buelland.

Well, good evening, mayor and city council members. My name is Matt Buelland. I'm happy to share information about our beautification programs. Our beautification programs are designed to support residents in staying in their homes by ensuring that health and safety standards are met while continuously enhancing the beauty of our neighborhoods. The residential beautification program continues to be extremely successful and has had a significant impact on our residents over the past years.

The program provides beautification assistance to front yard residential properties, providing an amazing opportunity that has been a blessing for our participating residents. Our contractors take care of the work, relieving the stress of finding a quality contractor, making for a simpler and more consistent outcome. We build a positive rapport with our residents, and they appreciate the time we take to listen to their concerns and needs. Our incentive programs are unique in that we provide residents with easy opportunities to remove their chain link fence as well as any unwanted inoperable vehicle for a cash incentive. Both opportunities are ways to enhance the beauty of neighborhoods in Rancho Cordova.

Our home revitalization programs focus not just on aesthetics but also health and safety and critical repairs. For over a decade, we have partnered with Rebuilding Together Sacramento to help residents improve their homes by providing health and safety focused renovations and beautification to qualified residents through funding from our city's community enhancement fund. Their critical, repair program helps with larger projects such as roof and HVAC replacement, while the rebuild day and safe at home programs help with flooring, windows, electrical assistance, grab bars for bathrooms, sustainable landscaping, and much more. And many of the renovations would not be possible without the assistance of skilled and unskilled volunteers truly making these projects a community effort. Habitat for Humanity is another amazing partner working to improve the lives of our residents through home renovations in Rancho Cordova.

Utilizing their existing brush for kindness program, Habitat helps residents with new fences, new house paint, and sustainable landscaping. Yet they don't stop there, taking on internal projects such as electrical, windows, flooring, and even critical roofing and HVAC projects when needed. Their existent their their extensive experience along with a great base of volunteers allows them to make a significant impact for our residents. Sierra Service Project is another long term partner focused on improving lives through home renovations. Sierra Service tackles a variety of projects on the outside of homes, including fence repair, exterior painting, and landscaping.

Similar to twenty twenty four, they have focused on accessibility upgrades for senior residents, allowing them to easily and safely get in and out of their homes. It's a common sentiment to hear that it's just too good to be true, but as you can see, these organizations always deliver. We really appreciate our partnerships with these organizations and look forward to continuing to work with them. We're continuing our urban forest program, increasing the quality and quantity of our tree canopy by providing shade trees, educational workshops, and offering our free stump removal to all residential front yard properties in Rancho Cordova. Since this program started in late twenty fifteen, the city has planted 4,508 trees and removed a total of 308 stumps through 2025.

Again, our residents have been extremely grateful for all the programs we provide. One of our sweetest Rancho Cordovans wrote a handwritten thank you to Habitat for Humanity. Habitat helped with paint and roof repair projects, giving her the insurance that she will have a safe home over her head for years to come. And I had the pleasure of working with a very excited resident through our good neighbor assistance program who shared she'd been dreaming about this landscape idea for years. It was incredible to help her dream come true and beautify the community in the process.

Something new we launched in 2025 were beautification workshops. The workshops provide an opportunity to talk with our residents in person and answer any questions they might have about our programs. Our beautification partners were all in attendance, including our city contract arborist, helping connect our residents with the best program for their need. Our 02/2025 events were such a success. We plan to host more in 2026.

We also added a yard care package for Good Neighbor Assistance participants to help keep their homes looking beautiful. These plaques, packs include a care guide with helpful guidance on how to maintain their yards along with a set of hand tools, pruners, and gloves. With a friend with friendly quarterly reminders along with the tips and tools, our residents have what they need for a sustainable future. And now I'd like to share impact slides for each of our programs and organizations. So we're starting out with good neighbor assistance.

This is our chain link fence removal program, Cash for Clunkers, Rebuilding Together Sacramento, Habitat for Humanity, Sierra Service Project. And this is our final slide shows all programs layered together. We're truly proud of these focused efforts and the significant impact they've made on the Rancho Cordova community. So thank you, and now I'd like to turn it back over to Laurie Ann.

Thank you, Matt. And I'd also like to thank Matt for all of his hard work because Matt works alongside all of our nonprofits working with our residents to make sure that they're heard for all of these programs. And I think that it takes it to an extra step, the care listing and working with our residents directly. So I appreciate all Matt's work. Moving on to our community support and partnerships.

We couldn't do this without our amazing partners in Rancho Cordova. So we focus on building connections and relationships with all of our community organizations, such as supporting our Cordova Community Council events. We try and help spread the word about all the amazing events that they provide throughout the year, especially within some of our newer neighborhoods. We also help support the Rancho Cordova Community Food Hub by recruiting volunteers and volunteering personally when they call. Our community micro grant is another opportunity that we help our community organizations.

These grants provide incredible opportunities to host large, events and implement projects in our community. So this slide here, this shows a list of the grants that were applied for in 2025. And in addition, on this slide as well, we increased our number by 57%, these events reaching 17,800 residents in 2025 as compared to, in 2024, reaching 15,000 residents. So that was an increase in 2025. Our next slide, I'd like to actually introduce, Matteo Donato and to share more about Volunteer Central.

Good evening, mayor, vice mayor, members of the council, and thank you, Lorianne. My name is Mateo Donato, and I serve as the community engagement intern for the city of Rancho Cordova. I'll be brief because while public participation is the heart of local government, I know the only thing everyone appreciates even more is public participation that wraps up on time. Over over the past four months, I've had the privilege of working with our volunteer central platform where I now serve as site manager. In that role, I've had the opportunity to connect with our partner organizations and see up close something that defines Rancho Cordova, a community that shows up.

Volunteer Central brings that spirit together in one place. It's a simple idea, a single centralized hub where residents can discover opportunities, organizations can share their needs, and everyone can take a part in strengthening community that we share. It's accessible to all, free for residents and free for our partner organizations. And in my experience, when you remove barriers and open the door, more people step forward to serve. Since launching in November 2022, Volunteer Central has grown to more than 1,400 registered volunteers, and those numbers continue to rise.

Each year, we're seeing more residents sign up, more organizations participate, and more opportunities are created for residents to give back. Community partners can easily post events and their volunteer needs. And when support is needed, the city is there to help, making it easier than ever for anyone who wants to make a difference in Rancho Cordova to find their way in. Because at its core, Volunteer Central isn't just a website. It's a bridge connecting people, neighbors, all in service to our beautiful community. Thank you for the opportunity to share this with you this evening.

Thank you. And I don't say my name is your name is pretty as you do. Also, highlighting our special projects and events. So just to highlight I wish we could highlight every single project and event. But one of the things we're proud of is being part of the Rancho Cordova Rotary's Dictionary Giveaway, which several member of council participated in this year.

It's been a privilege to continue our support working with our refugee families, helping connect them with local resources and community services. And then also our partnership with Bike Lab. They provide free bike repairs at our events. You may have seen them at our Good Neighbor Days, community bike rides, and they help promote bike safety for our residents. These are some of the city's initiated and partnership events that we support in many ways throughout the year.

Holiday Star is dear to our heart and the holiday parade, which has now become a tradition for many families and city staff. And we appreciate the residents that help put that event on every year. It is incredible, and it has grown, and we can't wait till next year. And saving the biggest for last, our second annual spring service day exceeded our first. We increased the number of projects to 21 last year, and we hosted three fifty volunteers.

This day created a memorable experience for our residents and community service organizations. Projects included creek cleanups, tree plantings, food drives, asphalt art, book cleaning, bike repairs, and so much more. We're currently working on projects for our third annual spring service day scheduled for Saturday, May 16. Please enjoy our video highlighting 2025. Thank you for sending.

Thank you. And then just a few more slides. So we're just going to highlight now our 2026, and I'm just going to highlight a few things that we are focusing on for 2026, which we're going to continue hosting our beautification workshops. Those have been extremely beneficial, focusing on sustainability tips. We have three Good Neighbor Days planned in 2026 Dave Roberts Park, Countryside, and Goldrush Park.

And as mentioned, we already have six field trips scheduled this year as we continue working with our youth and then, of course, our third annual spring service day. So as I wrap up, I just, again, want to say that we couldn't do these wonderful things without our community partners, our city staff, and, of course, our amazing residents. I appreciate your time and would be open to any comments or questions.

Alright. We'll start out, thank you so much, with any public comment. Just going

that way

real quick.

Do we have any public comment?

The city received public comment from two individuals via email or in writing. Those are Laura Butler and Bonnie Patterson. Those have been distributed to the council, placed on the city's website, and printed for the public in the back of the council chambers. I have no other speaker cards.

Excellent. Guys got anything? You guys do amazing work. You're the heart of our city. We appreciate you. We love you. Thank you for everything you guys do.

Alright. Thank you.

Yep. They're helping me get some stumps removed. I was talking to them the past two days.

You gotta put the salt in the stump, and that starts the breakdown of it.

You could add that to your metrics. Stump removals.

Stump removals are big.

Oh, no. It's on there. What'd you do? Seven this

year? I just saw I didn't think it was on the the slide I saw.

Yeah. It was on there.

No. But they said something August.

The graphic one.

03/2008.

108 so far? Good lord.

So I'm like a

Quite a few.

I have like There

a lot.

AI detection for stumps now. I'll be driving to seeing them. It's like, oh, that's someone to connect. We'll do it for free since it's so important to us. Yeah. I love everything you guys do. I think you're already doing it, but I I think I told you, like, brown bark's better than black bark. And I think we need to think about other low hanging fruit to go at. I don't know what they are. I propose ugly tree removal.

My neighbor across the street's got a fricking ugly tree, and he won't I'm gonna cut it down for him. I'll pay someone to cut it down. The is he doesn't trust me because a contractor dropped a tree on my front walk up roof, and all my neighbors saw it. So they would be crazy to, like, give that project to me. Otherwise, I'd go after it.

SPEAKER Ugly tree removal. SPEAKER I think it's interesting that when we you told me, Lorianne, that we kind of backtracked a bit briefly on the means testing. We were overwhelmed with applications. And I just I don't know what the solution is, but I think there's maybe wiggle room there on finding out how to get more people to apply and to qualify. You have to make very little to qualify for some of these, so it's just something to explore.

That's it. You guys are doing great work. I think it'd be cool. You know, we're talking about an AI chat agent for the city, even though that could be potentially be a worm's nest. I like where

this is going.

Some I was reading today and on a website, some AI chat agent for some city or county somewhere on the other side of the country got them in a lot of trouble because it was telling people to do things they should not do. But I will say it'd be cool, like, hey, plug in your address. We'll spit out the chat GPT. Here's what your landscape would look like with City Beautified or whatever. I don't know. I should Would you like

to see it without I should

work in your guys' department.

I don't know what to do.

Wouldn't you like to see your land without a gate or

We actually played with that, showing what it would be like without your trash cans and certain signage. We were able to put in and ask CHAT GPT to remove these items. And so we have some examples of, like, before and after that we can share so that it's a visual. Sometimes it's a visual, and it's

I know a friend who's on the school board for Sac City, and he lives in Lincoln Village. And he got a code enforcement notice. And it confused the hell. I mean, he's literally like, I don't know what you want me to do. This property doesn't look bad in my mind. And so showing people, here's kind of what our expectations are, I think, is really helpful.

The workshops you mentioned also as far as how we can advertise this. So our workshops really helped us get in front of people. Explaining these are not too good to be true is probably one of the hardest things that we have to do, whether it's a rebuild, it's Habitat, or even our Good neighbor assistance programs. So getting in front of them, and then they actually had visuals at the workshop which showed photos of what your yard could look like. And I agree with you. I think that's helpful.

Yeah. And the workshop in Lincoln Village was really good. It got people out. I think that's a good idea. You guys keep doing this.

Thank you.

Great job, guys.

Thank you very much.

Thank you. Thank you.

Oh, and then we joked about it at our study session. But one day, we're going to do eminent domain, all the channeling fences. We're just saying, hey, here's your sundown date. We're buying it from you. We're doubling the price. We're doubling our offer, but it's coming down. And a man can dream.

Look at David. All good. He's off. Speaks true.

Thank you again.

Thank you. Good job, guys. Next up, we have Stacy, can you read 12.4?

Yes. 12.4 is an appointment of real property negotiators. Property address, 10744 Gold Center Drive, Rancho Cordova. Assessor's parcel number, APN07206100900000.

Can we read them all and vote on them all at once? Do we have to vote one by one? Adam?

We have grouped the item, so you can vote on them altogether.

We're on 12.4. It's only one parcel number.

Oh, I'm sorry.

That's There

is a

little bit difference with this one than the other one. Yeah.

Okay. Okay.

All right. Adam, go ahead.

Thank you. We request approval of the appointment of real property negotiators for the address that the city clerk read into the agenda

Excellent.

Of the city attorney and the city manager for purposes of discussing this item and potential real property purchase in closed session.

Excellent. Any public comment?

There is no public comment on twelve point four.

Okay. I'm going ask for a motion.

Hotel next door.

So no, this is related to Zinfandel pedestrian overcrossing easements. So just related, it's not the whole parcel. It's a portion of the parcel.

Move approved. Second.

Roll call.

Council Member Little?

Yes.

Council Member Sander? Aye. Council Member Polapati is absent. Vice Mayor Budge? Yes. Mayor Gatewood? Yes. Motion passes.

Alright. Let's go on to twelve point five. Stacy, can you read the subject, please?

Twelve point five, appointment of real property negotiators to explore potential community center properties.

Excellent. Adam. Thank you. This item is all related to the same topic, and we have a number of pieces of property that relate to the potential community center properties for a variety of different desired civic improvements and city facilities. And these are listed, a number of properties a through I that the city, attorney and city manager seek approval of appointment of real property negotiators so that the city council can go in and discuss the potential acquisition and details of the potential acquisition of, all or portions of each of these properties for the different identified purposes.

Excellent. Do we have any Stacy, do we have any public comment?

Yes. James Garcia, if you'd like to come forward. Yes. James

Garcia, Stone Creek. Just with some of these parcels, if they're going to be used as a single location, I just recommend we don't use a couple of them. That would be Gold Canal Drive 1 and the Sunrise Boulevard 1, just due to access for people. The Sunrise Boulevard 1, it has a Sunrise Boulevard address, but it does not actually have an entrance on Sunrise Boulevard to get to the property. It's the one that's across the street from the Taco Bell.

So it's a horrible location to have a civics in it because it's on a two lane road. So just a couple of things like that. Gold Canal also, it's in that little stretch in there. The international ones, depending on how many people you really expect to be there. Parking may be an issue on certain international drive lanes. So be conscious of that when you are looking at that. The Zinfandel Drive 1, that was, I believe, that $0.99 store location that we originally talked about possibly having the Black Box Theater kind of location. So if it's going to be an all in one, it's not going to be big enough for an all in one. So think about that, too. So just wanting to kind of throw that out there.

Think location. Think what its purpose is going to be and not just, oh, it's a property we can buy, because it may not fit the need for everything that it needs to intend to do. So just be aware of that. Think two lane roads not necessarily the best, especially if we're going to be trying to have it as a city center with lots of theater, arts, everything else. People need to be to get to and from it. So think about that. So just my recommendation on that. I would kill off C, H, and I just right off the bat just because of that.

All right, thanks. Thank you, James. All right. Council, any questions?

I'll move the item.

Do I seek a second?

Yes. Roll call, please.

Council Member Sander?

Aye.

Council Member Little?

Yes.

Council Member Polipotti is absent. Vice Mayor Budget?

I personally don't think we should be discussing half of these, but I'll move the item. I mean, I'll agree with the item.

I think a lot of them were, like, assuming we're keeping our options open for, like, the disjointed approach even though

Well, one of them is occupied. One of them is Les Schwab. One of them is a defunct shopping center. To me, this is a waste of time.

You don't wanna move into a tire shop? That

was a yes. I'll say yes.

Mayor Gatewood. Yes. Thank you. The motion passes.

Alright. 12.6. Those are Meyer.

12.6, council discretionary funds discussion.

Micah, go ahead.

Sure. So thank you, mayor. We did get a request for future agenda items to agendize this and talk about if there's any desire to adjust or change any of the discretionary amounts that that you currently get for individual selection and decisions. And I don't know, Persephone, you wanna pull up the PowerPoint real quick? And I'll just let you move it forward.

So basically, we just have a review of some of what the other agencies do. Counsel can provide direction at the end if they want to keep it the same or make any changes to the list. So next slide. So these really just show kind of where different jurisdictions use individual kind of approach to discretionary funds. So this slide really shows kind of what those amounts are for the different agencies.

As you can see, Rancho Cordova is kind of in the middle at this point of the individual accounts that are used for individual discretionary funds. Next slide. So this is a list of ones that do not provide direct but maybe more indirect ways to spend discretionary. So there's budget set aside in another bucket, and there's kind of a process for which they may make recommendations or make requests out of those buckets. So this is a little harder to define as far as what those individual methods are.

It's just a different way that these agencies choose to do the discretionary accounts with. Next slide. And so, really, it's pretty simple today that you guys asked for this to come back for discussion and consideration, and we can either keep it as they are, as they have been for a little while now, or choose to give us direction to make any changes to the allocation on an ongoing basis.

Joe, you thinking 15 or 20 you want to bounce up to?

As much as I wanna do 20, Elk Grove is bigger than us, and their districts are a lot bigger than ours. So I think 15 or

Are you listening to our council session through your phone? That's fire, by the way. That's hilarious. Yeah. Don't miss anything. You can be back on the replay. Go ahead, John.

Sorry. Was I speaking? 20 seems like a lot given if we're comparing ourselves to, you know, our neighbors, they have a lot more constituents. Per council member, 15 seems a little bit you asked me, but I don't want to overreach.

I think 15 is good to start out. There's a lot of nonprofits. And what we do is we break it into $500 and thousand bucks, and we give money to the Cordova to be able to help out. And we've grown as a city, and we have a lot more people in need, and we want to donate. And I don't think it's any to go up $5 isn't a big ask.

We are a higher need community. These dollars all end up with local nonprofits. It kinda saves the city and maybe Micah some heartburn at times because we can just make a rapid decision as an individual Yeah. To do something. I think the most recent example was the of this for me was hired a new basketball coach. He showed up. He did not have the equipment he needed in his mind to do it. There was no budget at the school to do it. It was mounted about $500. I probably would have done it out of pocket had I not had this available, but that was something I was just able to say, yes, doing it right now.

Yeah. I had the the sober night for Cordova

Cordova grab night.

Cordova grab night. Right. Which I think was awesome.

So Things that need, like, an immediate turnaround, this is a really, really efficient way to do it. And Linda, I think we established this. I forgot what the staff report says. Is that fifteen years ago?

Ages ago.

Yes. Twenty years ago Yeah.

Can't imagine Roseville where you have to like get it before the whole council and there's only $15.

Right.

Why even bother?

Kind of defeats the purpose. Mean, do so much more nonprofit support. But in part, that's because the nature of what we are, always seeking partnerships, but also because we have a needy community. A lot of organizations doing great stuff.

And David's right about the haste with which some of these the funniest one I ever had was when somebody I think it was the band uniforms went off to the cleaners. And they couldn't afford to get them back from the cleaners. And I paid to have them clean their band uniforms.

Right.

It was one of those. Somebody's uniforms.

And I I will give credit to Micah. In cases where there's been a larger emergency than a fund can handle, you know, the city and city managers have been very responsive to that. Think about, like, a youth sports got their stuff broken into and stolen in opening days in three days. Right? That kind of thing has happened.

It has.

And we've done emergency fixes. So we can do that. I just think I think 15 is fine. I think 20 would probably be fine.

I'm cool. Let's bump up to 20.

If if we got support

for it.

Yeah. Let's do it. I trust you guys. Let's go.

To helping nonprofit. I 20 to 15. But if we say 20?

I say 20.

I mean, from a budget sense, this is not a big portion of our of our budget. This is really up to you what you feel comfortable with.

Plus, it'll it'll allow you to go to more events and and donate. At

the time, Linda, did we invent this for council members or did did Ted come to us and and suggest this? Up with think Ted

think this has this. Been around.

Yeah. And the only other example that wasn't on here was county supervisors, and they've got a very large dollar.

They do.

And you saw the city of Sacramento has a whole different for Yep. Yep.

Here, why don't we have staff?

Could you imagine?

Because we're saving money not spending on staff so can do this. Maybe that's the best answer.

I get emails sometimes to my city council email asking if I have internships for college students. It'd be funny to drag around to these meetings like a college student in this Joe Little internship.

That would be great. Go ahead and sit out there.

Yeah, that's great.

Take my notes. All right, I'd like to move that we do Before

we do that, can we have public comment?

Oh, of course. Public comment.

Thank you. James Garcia?

James, get on up here. What about Helen? Is Helen on the list too? Don't be doing this.

No, no, no.

Here's my word without your two comments.

Hit it, James.

All right. Yeah, James Garcia, Stone Creek. No, I like the idea that you guys have been doing this for a long time. So I just don't know is there any record of where we can see where the funds have been spent? I'd love to be able to say, hey, you've helped out 200 organizations and just be able to see that. I don't know if I've ever seen it anywhere.

We get, I think, like monthly reports. It's all public. But I

just wasn't sure if there's anywhere. Could peer on the city side or anything if you

want.

Just because I'd love to say, wow, that's awesome. But then since you guys were talking before I got a chance to talk, I like the other $15,000 But going back to the old numbers, you had $12,500 for the mayor and $10,000 for council members. So does that also mean now you need to go $17,500 for the mayor and 15,000 for the regular council members? So that way we keep it consistent and do good. So that was just kind of my thought. A couple of things. So thinking about it.

I think the mayor is so busy, it's kind of hard to spend all that. Yeah, for

God's sakes. We're good. 20 across the board. We don't need to give more.

That is a simpler problem. So tired. Because the other complication is it ends up getting a split over two fiscal years, so you end up

with We stopped that.

Yeah, we fixed that. It's now

Yes, now per calendar

You don't spend it, it goes back into the funding. You just don't care for it. So I would like to since no more public comment?

That's correct.

Okay, excellent. I'd like to move motion change funding. B to $20,000

Yeah, and I don't think we actually need a vote because I think we have to come back with some sort of other budget amendment. But just direction from all of you, I'm hearing, is four-zero to make the adjustment.

And we could carry it from year to year so it's not Yeah. Carry it. Surplus, you carry it.

Yeah. Well, now that we've done the schedule

So we can we can figure that out.

Think that's it's it's about

about money and just doing it to spend.

Okay. You wanna do both?

It's fine. Full transparency, it's an important issue. And I do think that you heard the council comments about the accountability of the the list and the accountability they're spending. It sounds like a a great program, and the city is trying to be as transparent as it can be and as accountable as it can be that these are, you know, local money for local local causes.

Yep. I like it. So could you want me to take a motion?

Who's the motion?

Me. Go ahead.

B, 20,000. Do I have a second?

Second.

Roll call, please.

Council member Little? Yes. Council member Sander?

Aye.

Council member Polipotti is absent. Vice mayor Budget? Yes. Mayor Gatewood? Yes. And I Motion passes.

Excellent. And so today, are we doing Closed closed session? I'm gonna adjourn this meeting.

Wait. No. No. We have council requests for future agenda items.

Does anyone have any agenda item? Okay. We don't.

And then we need to ask for public comment for closed session items.

Is that all my paperwork?

It is.

It is. You're right. Shame.

I could make a suggestion about a future agenda item. What you got? I was gonna do this in the committee anyway, but I think it's probably time to consider another property improvement ordinance or property maintenance ordinance. No? We've done a series of these over the years where we kinda like raise the standards of what we expect in commercial property and private property.

Okay.

You know, one one spot a time, it wasn't required, I suppose, under our code that you have any landscaping in your front yard. But we did that at one point and said, you actually do have to have some landscaping. You can't just be, you know, bare dirt or just bare grass. So I think we're due we're sort of overdue for a look at that. I'd like to suggest we schedule it at some point convenient.

Okay. Just a question, though. I I do not disagree with you. And actually somebody like Folsom is considering a tax on commercial property owners that don't maintain their empty buildings.

Citrus Heights, I think.

Is it Citrus Heights?

I think that's targeted at the mall.

Yeah, heard that.

Well, that could be. Yeah. Somebody is. It's in the paper. But, David, there's so much we need to look at in the zoning code once we get the general plan finished and adopted. It strikes me that that would be one of the improvements to the zoning code, along with development standards, that is probably better taken care of at that point after we get the general plan done.

And I would just one comment there in terms of the sequence of things. State law was changed a few years ago to really shorten the period that you're allowed to have an inconsistency between the zoning and the general plan. It used to be that, you know, you would you would move relatively quickly, and it wasn't illegal to have a a a gap there. Now it's much shorter than it used to be. So it'll be important actually to start these conversations that council member budget is talking about about the zoning even as you're getting close to adopting the new general plan so that so that you don't accidentally take too long before updating the zoning.

So that'll they're they're you know, I think we'll work closely with planning to make sure that there might be a bit of an overlap there.

So what I hear you really saying is that as these ideas come to us, we should be providing them to the planning department so that they can keep a list of the kinds of things that that are probably going to need to change or be updated.

Yeah. I defer to the city manager, but I think that's a good idea so that that there won't yeah. And then it'll be need to be overlapped a bit in the in the work sequence, especially if they're numerous complex. Yeah.

Yeah. I do think there's a little bit of difference between the kind of land use, you know, kind of development standards and the kind of nuisance standards that, you know, kind of I think was we're talking about. So I think there's probably That's right. Maybe two different tracks that that kind of need to happen. And I think you were talking more of the, council member Sander, of the nuisance Mhmm. Section, not necessarily the land use. And so I that's a distinction and is the request being on the nuisance side of the equation. Right?

Or that's If it's public safety, peace and morals on the, you know, nuisance side, it's not probably a matter of general plan consistency that would be raise the issues I was just talking about.

So I'm here in support to kind of maybe check on the nuisance standards and see if there's any changes and adjustments so we can bring back for discussion at a later time.

Think so. Talking to code enforcement

Yeah.

PD. Code enforcement, etcetera.

Yeah. Because you often hear from them, it's like they recognize it's a problem, but it's not technically or it's not clearly enough prohibited by the maintenance. But

if it ends up translating into design standards, then then it bleeds over into the land use.

Excellent. All right, let's bring it back. So do we have any public comment?

We do not have any public comment for the closed session items.

Meeting adjourned to closed session.