City Council - Regular Meeting

. I'M KEVIN WILL, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WALNUT CREEK AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE WALNUT CREEK CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY COUNCIL WAS CONDUCTING THIS MEETING FROM THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER. THIS MEETING IS BEING VIDEO STREAMED AND CAN BE VIEWED LIVE OR LATER ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. AS SOME ATTENDEES MAY BE PARTICIPATING IN THEIR FIRST WALNUT CREEK CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I WANTED TO WELCOME EVERYONE AND TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM. THUS IF YOU DESIRE TO SPEAK TO AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING PLEASE HOLD YOUR COMMENTS UNTIL THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS THAT ITEM. ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE A SECTION ON THE AGENDA TITLED PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS WHICH IS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA ANY COMMENTS DURING PUBLIC COMMUNICATION SHOULD NOT RELATE TO AN ITEM THAT IS ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING CONSISTENT WITH SECTION 9.5 OF THE CITY COUNCIL HANDBOOK 30 MINUTES WILL BE INITIALLY ALLOCATED FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

ADDITIONAL TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE END OF THE OPEN SESSION PORTION OF THE MEETING IF NECESSARY. IF YOU DESIRE TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE COMPLETE A SPEAKER ID CARD AND LINE UP BEHIND THE LECTERN AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. WAIT YOUR TURN AND THEN WHEN YOU APPROACH THE LECTERN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS A CITY BUSINESS MEETING . THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED RULES OF DECORUM TO ENSURE THAT MEETINGS ARE CONDUCTED EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY AND THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE A FULL, FAIR AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. THE CITY COUNCIL HANDBOOK OUTLINES THE CORE BE EXPECTED IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AND CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE. ALL REMARKS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. PLEASE DO NOT USE THREATENING, PROFANE OR ABUSIVE LANGUAGE WHICH DISRUPTS, DISTURBS OR OTHERWISE IMPEDES THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE COUNCIL MEETING. AGAIN EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR REMARKS. WITTEN OMMENTS SUBMITTED AND RECEIVED UP TO TWO HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING HAVE BEEN POSTED TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND ARE INCLUDED IN THE MEETING RECORD BUT WILL NOT BE SEPARATELY READ INTO THE RECORD .

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A THREE MINUTE BREAK. WE HAVE SOME TECHNICAL ISSUESOM, 2026 CONCURRENT REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE WALNUT CREEK CITY COUNCIL AND PARKING AUTHORITY. AND WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ? WHAT DO YOU THINK I'M OING TO ADHERE TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION. YOU KNOW HOW IT IS ALL CITIES THROUGHOUT THE.

AND CITY CLERK SUSAN MARTINO WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THIS CINCO DE MAYO COUNCILMEMBER DARLING HERE. COUNCILMEMBER DEVINNEY, YOU'RE COUNCILMEMBER SILVA. YOU'RE MAYOR PRO TEM FRANCOIS, YOU'RE AND MAYOR WELCOME HERE. ALL RIGHT. THE FIRST ITEM IS WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION OR BIKE TO WORK WEEK AND I INVITE THE WALK BIKE WALNUT CREEK AND BIKE EAST BAY FORWARD TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION AND WHILE THEY'RE COMING UP I WILL JUST QUICKLY READ A FEW OF HE PROCLAMATION INFORMATION.

WHEREAS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MAY THE CITY OF WALNUT CREEK WILL CELEBRATE BIKING IN THE SENSE OF FREEDOM, JOY AND WELL-BEING THAT IT INSPIRES. MAY IS NATIONAL BIKE MONTH AND MAY 14TH 2026 IS BIKE TOUR EVERY DAY IN THE BAY AREA THE CITY OF WALNUT CREEK HAS A ROBUST NETWORK OF TRAILS PERFECT FOR CYCLING INCLUDING THE CONTRA COSTA CANAL TRAIL AND THE IRON HORSE TRAIL AND CITY STAFF SCHOOLS, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENTS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS, PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICTS, HOSPITALS, BUSINESSES AND CIVIC GROUPS WILL BE JOINING THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS IN PROMOTING BICYCLING DURING THE MONTH OF MAY 20TH, 26.

AND. WHEREAS, THESE GROUPS ARE ALSO PROMOTING GREATER PUBLIC AWARENESS OF BICYCLE OPERATION AND SAFETY EDUCATION DURING BIKE MONTH AND YEAR ROUND IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE COLLISIONS, INJURIES AND FATALITY AND IMPROVE HEALTH AND SAFETY FOR EVERYONE ON THE ROAD I KEVIN WILK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WALNUT CREEK ON BEHALF OF THE WALNUT CREEK CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY DECLARE MAY 2026 AS BIKE MONTH IN THE CITY OF WALNUT CREEK AND ENCOURAGE WALNUT CREEK RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS O JOIN ME IN THIS SPECIAL OBSERVANCE. SO WELCOME HERE AND IF YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SAY OH YOU O THAT I WILL SAY JUST A QUICK WORD OF THANKS FOR MAKING THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CELEBRATE.

THESE KIDS HAVE BEEN BIKING SINCE THEY WERE THREE TO HOW THEY FOUND PRESCHOOLERS WHERE THEY STARTED BIKING EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE WEEKDAYS AND THEY BIKED HERE TONIGHT. I'VE BEEN ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION WITH SOME OF YOU AND BACK THEN WE WERE WORKING ON GETTING A WAY TO BIKE SAFELY FROM THE TRAILS DOWNTOWN AND FROM DOWNTOWN TO THE TRAIL AND I THINK WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT GOING A LITTLE BIT FASTER SO WE CAN BIKE MORE AND MORE SAFELY. GREAT. YOU AND DANNY WHILE WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE UP HERE? THESE ARE MY DAUGHTERS SAGE TENNYSON AND SKYE TENNYSON. GREAT SECOND AND FOURTH GRADE AND THEY'RE BACK TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY. WONDERFUL.

WONDERFUL. AND IT UP? YEAH. I'M KATE MING. I AM A BIKE ADVOCATE AND ONE OF THE REASONS I LOVE LIVING HERE IS THE BIKE TRAILS. THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF WORK TO DO BUT I SEE THAT WORK IS HAPPENING HOWEVER SLOW HAPPENING AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS, MARY CITY COUNCIL FOR THE PROCLAMATION AND ROBERT PERKINS, ADVOCACY DIRECTOR WITH BIKE EAST BAY. I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO CELEBRATE IKE MONTH ON MONTH WITH US AND BIKE TO EVERY DAY ON MAY 14TH BY FINDING AN ENERGIZER STATION IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALL THE LOCATION MAPS FOR ALL ACROSS THE EAST BAY ARE AVAILABLE LIKE EAST BAY AUG BEAT TWD FOR BIKE TOURS EVERY DAY WE'VE GOT FUN FREE EVENTS HAPPENING ALL THROUGHOUT THE MONTH TO HELP ENCOURAGE MORE BIKING AND SAFER RIDING.

THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT. THANKS AND WE'RE PROMOTING THIS WITHIN THE CITY WEBSITES AS WELL AND SOCIAL MEDIA SO HY DON'T WE TAKE A PICTURE? OKAY. OKAY OKAY LET'S DO IT THIS WAY RIGHT HERE. ALL RIGHT. THANKS VERY MUCH. HERE YOU GO. IF YOU COULD TURN THIS FOR SHOW AND TELL. OH YEAH. THANK THANK YOU. YOU SEE? SEE YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND I SEE SOME OF ALL THE GREEKS FINEST IN THE AUDIENCE HERE TOO. SO I INVITE OFFICER SHANE BLATZ WITH THE WALNUT CREEK POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COME FORWARD TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION. AND I'LL READ A FEW WORDS ON THIS. WHEREAS IN 1962 PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY DESIGNATED MAY 15TH AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY AND THE WEEK IN WHICH THAT DAY FALLS AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK THERE ARE MORE THAN 800,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SERVING IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES INCLUDING THE DEDICATED MEMBERS OF THE WALNUT REEK POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE NAMES OF THESE DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE ENGRAVED ON THE WALLS OF THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL WASHINGTON DC SINCE THE FIRST RECORDED DEATH IN 1786 WHERE

THERE ARE MORE THAN 24,000 AW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES WHO HAVE MADE THAT ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. AND WHEREAS, THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF ALL OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WILL BE HONORED DURING THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND'S 30TH CANDLELIGHT VIGIL I THEREFORE KEVIN WILK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WALNUT CREEK ON BEHALF OF THE WALNUT CREEK CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MAY 15TH 2026 AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY AND ENCOURAGE THAT U.S. FLAGS BE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF IN HONOR OF ALL FALL OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THAT THE WEEK OF MAY 10TH THROUGH 16TH 2026 BE RECOGNIZED AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK. THANK YOU SIR. BLESSED YES SHAMELESS WANT TO KEEP YOU PRESIDENT. I'LL KEEP THIS ROAD BRIEF BECAUSE I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO GET HOME LIKE I DO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US THAT ARE DEDICATED AND SERVED THIS COMMUNITY WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THIS RECOGNITION. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. WELL, WHY DON'T WE TAKE A PICTURE TOGETHER WITH YOUR WITH THE TEAM YOU GUYS YOU'RE GOING TO SIT IN THE BACK.

OH, THAT'S A GOOD IT'S GOOD TO SEE OU. JUST KNOW I KNOW. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I'M SPECIAL. OKAY, I GET YOU SOMETHING RIGHT TONIGHT TO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH. YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE POLICE LATER BUT FOR NOW I WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS TWO G AND TWO H RELATE TO COMPENSATION PAYABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY MANAGER. IF HESE ITEMS ARE APPROVED, A RATE INCREASE OF 4% EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2026 AND AN ADDITIONAL RATE INCREASE OF 3% COMMENCING ON JULY 1ST 2027 CONTINGENT UPON THE CITY ATTORNEY RECEIVING A SATISFACTORY OR BETTER EVALUATION IN SPRING OF 2027 WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED FOR REDWOOD PUBLIC LAW FOR GENERAL LEGAL SERVICES, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, COST RECOVERY AND LITIGATION SERVICES FOR THE CITY MANAGER WHICH IS ITEM TWO H WOULD AMEND THE CITY MANAGER EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT TO INCREASE MR. BUCKSHI SIZE SALARY BY 4% EFFECTIVE WITH THE PAY PERIOD INCLUDING JUNE 30TH 2026 AND THE FURTHER INCREASE MR. BUCK'S SALARY BY AN ADDITIONAL 3% EFFECTIVE WITH THE PAY PERIOD INCLUDING JUNE 30TH 2027 FOLLOWING A SATISFACTORY OR BETTER PERFORMANCE EVALUATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE SPRING OF 2027. THE AMENDMENT TO MR. BUCKLEY'S

CONTRACT ALSO EXTENDS THE TIME FRAME TO NOT INVOLUNTARILY TERMINATE MR. BUCKLEY FROM 90 DAYS TO 180 DAYS FOLLOWING THE CEDING OF A NEW COUNSEL AFTER AN ELECTION AND INCREASES THE SEVERANCE PAY OUT PROVIDED FOR IN THE CONTRACT FROM NINE MONTHS TO 12 MONTHS AND INCLUDES HEALTH BENEFITS AS PART OF THE SEVERANCE BENEFITS STATE LAW SPECIFICALLY GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54953 REQUIRES A VERBAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE COMPENSATION CHANGE PRIOR TO ACTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL. WITH THAT SAID, WOULD ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WISH TO PULL AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION?

YES, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEMS TO SEE AND TWO D TO BE DISCUSSED TOGETHER.

ANY OTHER ITEMS? OKAY I WOULD LIKE THE WHOLE ITEMS TO F TO G AND H. AND DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC I WANT ONE SECOND. SO DOES ANYONE OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO COMMENT ON AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? AND AS A REMINDER EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR REMARKS. WRITTEN COMMENTS SUBMITTED HAVE BEEN POSTED TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND ARE INCLUDED IN THE MEETING RECORD BUT NOT BE SEPARATELY READ INTO THE RECORD. JACK COME ON UP AND JUST LET US KNOW WHICH ITEM YOU'D BE SPEAKING TO.

GOOD EVENING JAN WARREN FROM THE WOODLANDS. I'M PULLING I LIKE TO SPEAK ON I YES.

OKAY. FOR THAT WONDERFUL AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT AND I WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE'S WORK ON THIS AND I HAD JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING IN TERMS OF OUR MONEY. I READ THAT OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS WE'VE COME. GOTTEN REVENUES OF ABOUT 500,000. SO AFTER WE HAVE AWARDED THIS 2.9 MILLION FOR THE SARA PROJECT, HOW MUCH MONEY WILL BE LEFT FOR US TO HAVE NEXT YEAR ARE WE ANTICIPATING AND IF YOU KNOW HOW MUCH NEW REVENUES COMING IN FROM THE CONSTRUCTION OR NOT IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO WAIT, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF YEARS OR WHATEVER BEFORE WE CAN GET SOME MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT IT REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I WANT TO PULL IT AND CELEBRATE.

THANKS. GREAT. THANK YOU. JAN, ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? NO. OKAY. SEEING THAT WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEMS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PULLED SO I CAN MAKE THE MOTION BUT DO WE WANT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION FROM THE PUBLIC BEFORE WE TAKE OFF?

WE'RE ON TO I YEAH IF WE CAN ASK THE CITY MANAGER THAT YEAH. COME ON UP JENNIFER WHILE SHE'S WALKING UP HERE I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS TO A AND B E I THROUGH M NOT I J K L M BUT TO TAKE CARE OF THAT SEPARATELY. OKAY.

SECOND YEAH SO I BELIEVE THE QUESTION WAS HOW HOW MUCH MONEY WILL REMAIN IN THE COMMERCIAL LINKAGE FEE FUND AND IN THE HOUSING IN LIEU FEE FUND IF WE DISTRIBUTE THE $2.9 MILLION AND SO I ACTUALLY HAVE THE CURRENT BALANCES FOR THOSE FUNDS. THERE IS CURRENTLY ABOUT 1.3 MILLION IN THE COMMERCIAL LINKAGE FEE FUND SO WE WOULD SUBTRACT 500,000 FROM THAT FOR A BALANCE OF 800,000 IN THE HOUSING IN LIEU FEE FUND WE HAVE ABOUT 3.5 MILLION. WE WOULD SUBTRACT 2.4 MILLION FOR A BALANCE OF 1.1 MILLION. SO BETWEEN BOTH FUNDS IT WOULD BE ABOUT 2 MILLION BASED ON CURRENT BALANCES.

I THANK YOU. MY MOTION STILL STANDS WITH YOU INCLUDE I AND I WILL SECOND STILL SECOND ALF COUNCILMEMBER SILVA I'M HERE WELL HI MEMBER DARLING YES MEMBER DEVINNEY ALL RIGHT MAYOR PRO TEM FRANCOISE ALL RIGHT. OKAY LET'S GO TO ITEMS CONSENT TO SEE AND COUNCILMEMBER SILVA YES I HAD SOME QUESTIONS AND I THINK STAFF IS PREPARED TO RESPOND TO THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THIS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CHARLES MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CHARLES KING ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION.

SO WE'RE DOING THE SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE AROUND THE ENTERTAINMENT ZONES TONIGHT AND WE'RE ALSO APPROVING THE MANAGEMENT PLAN AS PROPOSED BY WALNUT CREEK DOWNTOWN. THAT'S CORRECT. SO A FEW QUESTIONS. THE ENTERTAINMENT ZONE THAT WE'RE ESTABLISHING IS ONE MULTI BLOCK CONGRUENT AREA. IT IS IT IS NOT THE ONLY DOWNTOWN AREA. COULD WE HAVE MULTIPLE ENTERTAINMENT ZONES? COULD A SECOND ONE BE BROUGHT FORWARD IN A COUPLE OF YEARS FOR EXAMPLE INVOLVING BROADWAY PLAZA THAT IS CORRECT. MULTIPLE ENTERTAINMENT ZONES CAN BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE SAME AREA.

SO I HAD SOME EXCITING QUESTIONS THAT WERE COMING TO ME FROM PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE CITY AS WELL AS TO LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO WERE TALKING TO ME AT THE FARMER'S MARKET. SO JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A ZONE, DOES NOT MEAN IT HAS THESE ENTERTAINMENT HOURS JUST ALLOWED 365 DAYS A YEAR. CORRECT. ONLY EVENTS PUT TOGETHER BY A QUALIFIED NONPROFIT IN THIS CASE THE PROJECT PONSOR WALNUT CREEK DOWNTOWN WILL BE ALLOWED TO TO OPERATE WITHIN THE ENTERTAINMENT ZONE AREA AND AS AN ENTERTAINMENT ZONE WHEN IT'S BEING USED FOR THESE SPECIAL EVENTS ARE THE STREETS CLOSED AND SO HAT THERE'S MORE FREE FLOWING OF PARTICIPANTS ALONG THE SIDEWALKS AND IN THE STREET ITSELF?

THAT IS CORRECT. THE THE EVENT AREA WILL BE CLOSED. THERE WILL BE DESIGNATED INGRESS AND EGRESS AREAS FOR THESE EVENTS WHERE A CHECK OF VALID I.D. AND IN AGE WILL BE DONE AND THIS IS IN COMPLIANCE OR WHAT'S ALLOWING WITH THIS IS SENATE BILL 969 OR IS IT THE ASSEMBLY BILL 969 IT'S SENATE BILL SENATE BILL 969 THE THE DAYS WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO THIS IN THE ORDINANCE ITSELF IT TALKS ABOUT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND THEN IT TALKS ABOUT SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND THE MANAGEMENT PLAN. IT TALKS ABOUT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND THEN SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY BUT THEN IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT WEEKENDS AND WEEKDAYS WOULD PERHAPS BE BETTER IF WE JUST CONSISTENTLY USED THE SPECIFIC DAYS. SO THERE'S NO CONFUSION AS TO WHAT DAYS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YES, WE COULD CERTAINLY MAKE THAT CHANGE WITHIN THE MANAGEMENT PLAN.

NOW THE HOURS AND THE ORDINANCE ARE 10 A.M. TO OH 11:59 P.M. ON WEEK ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS AND 10 TO 10 ON SUNDAY THROUGH HURSDAY AND THEN THE MANAGEMENT PLAN TALKS ABOUT THIS BEING FROM 10 TO 11 ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS AND 10 TO 10 ON SUNDAYS THROUGH THURSDAYS. I'M LOOKING AT THIS WHITEBOARD IN MY HEAD THAT I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER ALL THIS DETAIL FROM WHY IS THERE AND IS THAT INCONSISTENT OR IS THAT JUST BASICALLY IT'S TEARING IT DOWN WHERE IT'S A FEWER HOURS IN THE MANAGEMENT PLAN BUT THE ORDINANCE IS BROADER?

THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THE THE INTENT IS UNDER THE ORDINANCE THIS IS THE OUTER LIMIT OF THE AMOUNT OF HOURS OR THE THE OPERATING HOURS OF AN ENTERTAINMENT ZONE. THE MANAGEMENT PLAN IS A SUBSET OF THE THE ORDINANCE AND SO THE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR WCB ONLY ALLOWS THEM TO OPERATE ON THE WEEKENDS FROM FRIDAY TO SATURDAY FROM 10 P.M. TO 11 P.M. WHICH IS A SHORTER TIME COMPARED TO THE ORDINANCE AND SAME WITH WEEKDAYS WHICH IS SUNDAY THROUGH THE THURSDAY WHICH WILL BE 10 A.M. TO 10 P.M. AND DOES EACH EVENT THAT MIGHT CCUR HAVE POTENTIALLY EVEN SHORTER HOURS OR FEWER DAYS?

YES, I BELIEVE THE LATEST EVENT THERE'LL BE PUTS TOGETHER ENDS AT 9 P.M.. YEAH ANAGEMENT PLAN REFERS TO TRASH BUT YET I DON'T SEE ANYON SPECIFIC REFERENCES TO RESTROOM FACILITIES WHICH CAN BE AN ISSUE WHEN YOU'RE HAVING A LOT OF PEOPLE IN AN AREA. CAN THAT BE ADDRESSED IN THE MANAGEMENT PLAN?

IT CAN CERTAINLY BE ADDED. THAT SAID, ANY EVENT THAT IS DONE ITHIN THE ENTERTAINMENT ZONE REQUIRES A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT FROM THE CITY WHICH EXPLICITLY OUTLINES THE AMOUNT OF RESTROOM FACILITIES THAT IS REQUIRED PER EVENT. BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD THAT LINE WHICH MIGHT BE PORTABLE OR TEMPORARY FACILITIES AS WELL AS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FACILITIES WITHIN EACH OF THESE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING.

THAT'S CORRECT. I THINK THOSE WERE THE CRY. DID I ASK YOU ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I DIDN'T REMEMBER? THERE WAS ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION ABOUT ENSURING THAT ALL PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES WITHIN AN EVENT HAS THEIR NECESSARY ABC LICENSES AND BUSINESS LICENSE SO WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE MANAGEMENT PLAN AS WELL BECAUSE BY ENSURING THEY HAVE THE BUSINESS LICENSE THAT ALSO MEANS THEY ARE BASICALLY A MEMBER OF THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY'VE PAID THAT FEE AS WELL.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ALTHOUGH I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE MAKE THOSE MINOR UPDATES TO THE MANAGEMENT PLAN. SO THERE'S REMOVE ENSURE CLARITY AND REMOVE THE LIKELIHOOD OF DEBATING ON THE DAY OF AN EVENT WHETHER PORTA POTTIES ARE REQUIRED OR NOT.

NO, I APPRECIATE THAT. IN FACT THIS ITEM I WAS GOING TO PULL OUT AS WELL BECAUSE OF CLARIFICATION THAT I REALIZE SINCE OUR LAST MEETING A LOT OF CALLS CAME IN FROM THE MEDIA, A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA EVERYBODY THINKING THAT WALNUT CREEK IS IS GOING TO THE DOGS NOW BECAUSE LOOK WHAT WE'VE DONE AND OTHERS CAN'T WAIT TO CELEBRATE LIKE IT'S 1999. SO I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION ON THIS. IT IT'LL ABSOLUTELY HELP SPREAD THE WORD OF WHAT THIS ACTUALLY MEANS AND WHAT IT DOESN'T MEAN.

MARY, IF I MAY, WE ACTUALLY PREPARED A SLIDE THAT OUTLINES THE THREE PROPOSED CHANGES BROUGHT FORWARD BY COUNCILMEMBER ILVA. THAT WAY CITY COUNCIL CAN VISUALIZE WHAT THOSE ARE. I CAN MAKE A MOTION THAT INCLUDES THEM. THAT'S CORRECT. HE'S GOT A SLIDE THAT'S HEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE SLIDE LIKE THAT. IT'S A NICE AT LEAST ECHNOLOGY IS NOT OUR FRIEND TONIGHT. HERE YOU GO. THESE ARE THE THREE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE MANAGEMENT PLAN UNDER SECTION ROMAN NUMERAL ZERO NUMERAL NUMBER 21G UNDER SANITATION MEASURES WE WOULD ADD THE LANGUAGE PROJECT SPONSOR TO PROVIDE RESTROOM FACILITIES REQUIRED UNDER THE CITY'S SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS ABOUT RESTROOMS UNDER SECTION ROMAN NUMERAL FOR FOUR B HOURS OF OPERATION. JUST TO CLARIFY THAT THE HOURS SPECIFIED UNDER THE ORDINANCE IS DIFFERENT FROM THE HOURS IN THE MANAGEMENT PLAN. AT THE END F THE FIRST PARAGRAPH IN PARENTHESES WE WILL ADD THAT WHICH IS LESS THAN WHAT IS ALLOWED UNDER THE WALNUT CREEK MUNICIPAL CODE JUST SO THAT TO ELIMINATE CONFUSION IN FINALLY UNDER SECTION ROMAN NUMERAL NUMERAL NUMBER FOUR SEVEN PERMITS WE WILL ADD TO THE END OF THE SECTION THAT THE PROJECT SPONSOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT ALL BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE ALL THE PERMITS AND LICENSES NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ABC PERMITS AND BUSINESS CITY BUSINESS LICENSES.

THERE'S ONE OTHER ONE IN ITEM SECTION TWO ITEM ONE BE IT RATHER THAN SAYING WEEKENDS AND WEEKDAYS IT WOULD SAY FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND THIRD AND SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. RIGHT. SO WE WILL EXPLICITLY SAY THE DAYS SO I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM C WITH THE TYPOGRAPHICAL CORRECTION THAT WAS PROVIDED AT THE DAIS THAT IS SB 969 AND THEN WITH THE CHANGES AND THEN UPDATES TO THE PROPOSED MANAGEMENT PLAN AND I'LL SECOND THAT.

OKAY WE HAVE MOTION AND THE SECOND COUNCILMEMBER SILVA I AM SUMMER DARLING HI COUNCILMEMBER DEVANEY HI MAYOR PRO TEM FRANCOIS MAYOR WELL HI. I'M CURIOUS ALL RIGHT. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK STAFF AND WALNUT CREEK DOWNTOWN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND WORKING OUT ALL THE DETAILS. WELL, I'M SORRY JUST SURE IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK FOR A MINUTE OR.

GOOD EVENING, KATHY HEMMINGWAY WALNUT CREEK DOWNTOWN. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT BETWEEN NOW AND THE 30 DAY WAITING PERIOD INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AND SO WE HAVE A EB AGE JUST FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT ZONE SO THERE'S FACTS AND LOGISTICS AND INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT WALNUT CEEK DOWNTOWN.COM SO THANK YOU.

OKAY THANK YOU CATHY ALL RIGHT I PULLED AN ITEM TO F REGARDING THE PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2627 PROPOSED FUNDING BY SB ONE THE ROAD REPAIR AND I LESS QUESTIONS AND REALLY MORE OF I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO AMPLIFY THE MESSAGE REGARDING AC VALLEY ROAD I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ESPECIALLY LIVING ON THE EAST SIDE OF WALNUT CREEK DOWN IN DC VALLEY ROAD IN THE NORTHGATE AREA A LOT OF QUESTIONS COME OF WHEN'S ROAD REPAIR GOING TO BE HAPPENING DOWN IGNAZIO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE CITY LIMITS SO IF WE COULD JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AS IT RELATES TO THIS WE'LL GET THAT MESSAGE OUT.

SURE. SO FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR YOU KNOW GUESS FOR THIS COMMENT WHEN WE SPEAK ON THIS I'M AUSTIN. I'M ASSISTANT ENGINEER FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION. SO AS FAR AS IGNAZIO VALLEY ROAD, THE PLAN IS TO GO ON CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR IN 2027. WE'RE CURRENTLY YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATING WITH CALTRANS TO RECEIVE THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING TO PROVIDE OR TO CONSTRUCT THAT PROJECT NEXT YEAR. THAT'S THE PLAN AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE AIMING FOR AND WILL THAT BE TO COMPLETE ALL THE WORK? I THINK THEY SEE VALLEY ROAD OR JUST ONE SECTION OF IT.

I BELIEVE IT'S JUST WASN'T IT OAK GROVE TO OAK GROVE ROAD CITY LIMITS TO THE CITY LIMITS OAK GROVE ROAD IN THE CITY LIMITS WHICH IS UP TO THE HILL BEFORE YOU GET DOWN INTO CONCRETE. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AUSTIN. THANK YOU. I THINK YOUR FIRST TIME UP HERE RIGHT SECOND YOU DID GREAT. THANK YOU. AND I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO TO APPROVE ITEM TWO F SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. MAYOR WELCH I RECALL I DEVANEY HOUSE MEMBER SILVA THAT RIGHT HERE PRO TEM FRANCOIS HI.

ALL RIGHT AND LASTLY I PULLED ITEMS TO G AND H WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THESE ARE THE START OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR BUT I JUST REALLY WANTED TO MENTION BECAUSE OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY MANAGER ARE FAR TOO HUMBLE TO TALK ABOUT HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO HAVE THEM HERE AND WE DID HAVE THEIR PERFORMANCE REVIEW A FEW WEEKS AGO AND WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE STEVE MATUS AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY WITH REDWOOD PARTNERS AND OUR CITY MANAGER. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW BECAUSE I THINK WE HEAR FROM DAN BUCKLEY UP HERE AND OF COURSE WE KNOW WHAT HE DOES WITHIN THE CITY IS ESSENTIALLY THE CEO OF THIS ORGANIZATION THAT WE CALL THE CITY OF WALNUT CREEK. WE ARE A BASIC LEE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THAT. BUT WE ARE I HEAR FROM PEOPLE AS MY COLLEAGUES DO FROM THROUGHOUT THE REGION, FROM THROUGHOUT THE STATE THEY WILL COME TO OUR CITY MANAGERS FROM OTHER CITIES COME TO US AND TELL US HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO HAVE DAN BUCKLEY S A CITY MANAGER NEWER CITY MANAGERS THAT ARE IN THE EAST BAY HAVE MENTIONED THAT THEY LOOK TO DAN AS A MENTOR TO HELP THEIR OWN PROGRESS HIS FINANCIAL ACUMEN HAS GOT US THROUGH THE PANDEMIC PREVIOUSLY AND HELPS KEEP US ON A PATH WHERE WE CAN APPROVE BUDGETS EVEN IF WE EVEN HAVE IF WE HAVE TO CUT BACK ON BUDGETS BY A LITTLE BIT WITHOUT THERE BEING SIGNIFICANT EFFECT THAT THE PUBLIC SEES. AND SO A LOT OF IT IS DONE IN THE BACKGROUND WHERE OUR RESIDENTS DON'T FEEL THE IMPACT AS MUCH AND THE MANY CHALLENGING ISSUES THAT DAN HAS HELPED US NAVIGATE THROUGH AGAIN FOR THE RESIDENTS AND A LOT OF VISITORS DON'T NOTICE THAT AND THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE. THAT'S GREAT BUT WE RECOGNIZE IT WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE DAN HERE AS OUR CITY MANAGER AND THAT WE HAVE READ THAT WE HAVE UPDATED THE CONTRACT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING DAN BUCKLEY HERE AS A CITY MANAGER FOR MANY MORE YEARS. THANK YOU.

AND WITH THAT I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS TO G AND H. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND MAYOR WELL I MAYOR PRO TEM FIRST WELL COUNCILMEMBER DARLING HI COUNCILMEMBER TIMONEY.

COUNCILMEMBER SILVA I ALL RIGHT ON TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS RESERVED FOR COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA UNDER THE BRIBERY ACT THE COUNCIL CANNOT ACT ON THE ITEMS RAISED DURING PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS BUT MAY RESPOND BRIEFLY TO STATEMENTS MADE OR QUESTIONS OSED REQUEST CLARIFICATION OR REFER THE ITEM TO STAFF CONSISTENT WITH SECTION 9.5 OF THE CITY COUNCIL HANDBOOK 30 MINUTES WILL BE ALLOCATED THIS TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA ADDITIONAL TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE END OF THE MEETING IF NECESSARY. WRITTEN COMMENTS SUBMITTED HAVE BEEN POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND ARE INCLUDED IN THE MEETING RECORD BUT WILL NOT BE SEPARATELY READ INTO THE RECORD. AND AT THIS TIME I'LL NOTE THAT THE TIME IS 639 AND WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 709 AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF ANY SUCH COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE OPEN SESSION PORTION OF THE MEETING. AND IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMUNICATION NOW'S THE TIME TO DO SO AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY FOR THE RECORD. YES, JUST FOR THE RECORD BEFORE I START, THERE'S THREE OF US THAT WILL BE TALKING ON THE SAME SUBJECT. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. I'M JOE WARREN, RESIDENT OF THE WOODLANDS SECTION INCE 1985 DISREGARD CITY REGULATIONS IN WHATEVER FORM REQUIRING RENTALS OF PROPERTY SUCH AS HOMES LISTED THROUGH VR BELOW TO BE OVER THE 31 DAYS TRACKING STATE LAW BUT PROPERTY ACROSS FROM ME IS RENTED REGULARLY A FEW DAYS TO TWO WEEKS UNDER 31 DAYS.

THE LISTING REALTOR AGENT APPARENTLY HAS A LONG TERM LEASE WITH THE 13 YEAR OWNER AND SUBLETS FOR SHORT PERIODS BUT REPRESENTS OTHERWISE. THIS IS CLEAR FROM VERBAL LISTINGS INCLUDING USER REVIEWS AND NEIGHBORS OBSERVATIONS CITY STAFF HAVE KNOWN OF THIS SINCE AT LEAST MID 2025. CODE ENFORCEMENT SAYS THAT WHILE PLANNING HAD NOT DIRECTED THE AGENT TO REMOVE LISTINGS UNDER 31 DAYS, OWNER WAS ADVISED TO REMOVE SUCH LISTINGS UNTIL I CAN DO CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CUP MIGHT BE APPROVED YET RENTALS UNDER 31 DAYS CONTINUE AND STAFF SEEM TO IGNORE.

ON APRIL 15TH I JOINTLY EMAILED CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PLANNING COPY THE CITY MANAGER . I SUBSEQUENTLY PROVIDED RECEIPTS PLANNING REFERENCE THE COMMISSION HEARING SCHEDULED FOR MAY 28TH BUT DID NOT ENSURE COMPLIANCE PLANNING ALSO CITED A MORE LENIENT STANDARD FOR BNB IS THAT THE AGENT MIGHT PREVAIL BUT REQUIRES A CUP THAT DOES NOT EXIST.

NEIGHBORS WANT ACTION. WE EXPECT THE CITY TO ENFORCE ITS REGULATIONS IN WHATEVER FORM AND NOT DISREGARD RESIDENTS WHO ARE INFORMED, WHO HAVE INFORMED OF AND DOCUMENTED VIOLATIONS. THANK YOU MR. WARREN AND GENERAL AND WOODLANDS. I'LL BE KIND OF SHORT BECAUSE WE WEREN'T SURE WHETHER OUR NEIGHBOR COULD JOIN US OR NOT.

HER HUSBAND HAD SOME HEALTH ISSUES. SO I'M ALSO HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS HOUSE ACROSS FROM MY DRIVEWAY AND I ACTUALLY BROUGHT IT UP IN AUGUST AND THE FIRST THE FIRST TIME I CAME TO CITY COUNCIL MENTIONED IT AT THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN AUGUST AND THEN IN NOVEMBER I FOLLOWED UP ON IT WITH THE MAYOR AND THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION LATER THAT WE I WAS HEARING WELL THE THIS AGENT WAS GOING TO GET A IT WAS CONSIDER GETTING A USE PERMIT AND THEN IT WAS GOING TO I WAS TRYING TO GET AN APPEAL FOR IT AND THEN PULLED IT BACK AND SO TOOK A COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR EVEN HEARD WHAT WAS GOING ON AND AND YET THE THE THE SHORT TERM RENTALS HAVE BEEN ONGOING AND SO YOU KNOW THEY'RE ALL NICE OLKS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE PEOPLE COMING IN THE PROBLEM IS I BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE MY CONCERN WAS BOUT OKAY IF SOMEBODY COMES TO OUR CITY AND STAYS IN ONE OF OUR NICE HOTELS ,THE CITY GETS SOME REVENUE FROM THAT AND IF THEY'RE YOU KNOW, STAYING IN SOMEBODIES HOME IT'S NOT A, B AND B THEY'RE NOT FIXING ON BREAKFAST. IS THAT ARE WE GETTING ANY FUNDING AND IF NOT WHY NOT AND WHAT SORT OF RULES DO WE NEED? AND WE'VE JUST WE'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND EMAIL AND AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE ANY ONE PERSON IS IS IN CHARGE OF THIS AND IT'S A BUSINESS MODEL FOR THIS PERSON I NOT THE ONLY PROPERTY DOES THIS WITH AND SO WE'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT IS THE CITY'S POLICY DOES IT APPLY TO THIS HOUSE AND IF NOT AND IF SO IT SHOULD BE ENFORCED AND IF NOT JUST LET US KNOW.

THANKS. THANK YOU. JAN.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LISA BLANCO FROM WALNUT CREEK AND I AM SAID NEIGHBOR AND I'LL JUST ADD JUST SOME COLOR TO WHAT MR. AND MRS. WARREN PROVIDED AND SO I FIRST CONTACTED THE CITY ABOUT THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE I WAS AWOKEN AT 3:30 A.M. IN THE MORNING BY A GUEST OF THIS HOME LOOKING AIRBNB. THEY CALLED T AN WE HAVE FOUND IT ON VERBAL REPEATEDLY AND YOU CAN CERTAINLY MAKE A RESERVATION ON VRBO WHICH IS VACATION RENTALS BY OWNER. THE GENTLEMAN'S NOT THE OWNER.

I DO KNOW THAT BECAUSE I'VE SPOKEN WITH HIM HE DID REPRESENT THE PROPERTY AS A LONG TERM RENTAL. THAT WOULD BE FOR A MONTH OR MORE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING ETC. BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE AT ALL BECAUSE WE CAN SEE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING AND COMING AND GOING.

THERE'S ALSO BEEN OH MY ATTENTION YET OKAY ANYWAY THERE ARE 44 SECONDS YOU'RE IGHT THERE HAS DID I AT LEAST I KNOW OF FROM TALKING TO NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA YOU KNOW SOME NOISE COMPLAINTS AND THINGS ALSO THERE'S A SCHOOL TWO BLOCKS AWAY AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VALLEY VERDE AND SO THERE'S CONCERNS AMONG OTHER NEIGHBORS AS WELL THAT ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN COMING AND GOING TO SCHOOL AND HAVING PEOPLE KIND OF ROTATING IN ABOUT EVERY WEEKEND OR SO. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. I AVE TO 11 SECONDS.

THAT'S OKAY. I'LL GIVE I'LL I'LL NOT RECLAIM MY TIME AS THEY SAY. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU THE THREE OF YOU COMING FORWARD AND BRINGING THIS UP. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS HAVE YOU SPEAK TO OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ERIKA VAN AND BRAD IN THE BACK AND GET SOME MORE DETAILS ON THIS AND THE CITY WILL FOLLOW UP.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE NY MORE PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. DOES ANYBODY BEYOND WHAT WE JUST HEARD IS ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING DIRECTED TO STAFF? YOU KNOW, I HAD ONE MAYOR I THINK RELATED TO THIS IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO GET AT SOME POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THE RULES ON SHORT TERM RENTALS LESS THAN 30 DAYS MORE THAN 30 DAYS WHAT'S ALLOWED, WHAT THE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS ARE AS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT AND AT SOME POINT I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.

THANK YOU. I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. I KNOW STATE LAW HAS INTERVENED ON TELLING US WHAT THE TEN OR TENURE OF THOSE RENTALS CAN BE. I THINK SO I AM NOT SURE THAT'S A A REAL ESTATE AGENT THAT DOESN'T OWN THE PROPERTY CAN GET A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. THAT SEEMS A LITTLE INCONGRUOUS BECAUSE THE USE PERMIT GOES WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS PROPERTY BUT I'M NOT THE LAND USE ATTORNEY AND AGAIN I THINK WE'VE ALL SEEN THIS THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE SO I THINK THIS DOES MAKE SENSE TO HAVE STAFF FOLLOW UP ON THINGS. GREAT. THANK YOU SO WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION NOW AND WE'LL BRING IT INTO COUNCILMEMBER AND STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS REPORTS N ACTIVITIES OR REQUESTS AND DO WE HAVE ANY CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS?

MAYOR THERE WERE NO REPORTABLE ACTIONS FROM CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING AND CITY MANAGER REPORT YEAH EXCUSE ME. GOOD EVENING I'M BUG SHY CITY MANAGER JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS WEEK IS MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK AND WANTED TO THANK OUR CITY CLERK TEAM SUSIE MARTINEZ, ELAINA BRANSON AND SOPHIA JACOBS FOR ALL THEIR WORK THAT THEY DO AS FAR AS YOUR COUNCIL KNOWS BUT MANY DO NOT. OUR CITY CLERK TEAM DOES A LOT BEHIND THE SCENES. THERE ARE OFFICIAL RECORD KEEPERS THEY ARE NOTARIES. THEY MANAGE SOME POINT OF VIEW. EVERYONE AT PRESENTATION AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY MANAGE AT THE PUBLIC COMES IN THAT ARE RELATED TO ANY OFFICIAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY AND THEN ALSO THEY ARE ACTIVE IN WORKING ON ELECTIONS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE SAFE AND THAT THEY ARE FAIR AND THEY ARE DONE ACCURATELY AND APPROPRIATELY IN CONCERT WITH THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND HAPPY CHRISTMAS WEEK.

THANK YOU. WHY DON'T WE START WITH COUNCILMEMBER DEVINNEY ON ANY OF YOUR ACTIVITIES AS GOOD EVENING. SO BUSY COUPLE OF WEEKS ON THE 23RD OF APRIL WE HAD THE STATE OF THE CHAMBER AND TOURISM UPDATE WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO HEAR FROM THE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE VISITORS BUREAU ON THE PROGRESS THEY'RE MAKING THEIR BIZ ATTENDED WITH MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO THAT WAS A GOOD EVENT ON THAT SAME DAY WE WE WENT TO THE TO ROSSMORE TO HEAR FROM ONE OF OUR GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES, KATIE PORTER AND THEN LEADER STEVE LESHER OPEN UP THE LESHER THEATER AND HOSTED JAVIER BASARA. SO IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR FROM TWO CANDIDATES AND HEAR ABOUT THEIR AGENDA FOR CALIFORNIA THE FOLLOWING DAY THE 25TH E ARE THE AUTHORS GALA THAT'S THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AUTHORS GALA SUPPORTS OUR TO WALNUT CREEK LIBRARIES.

WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH AT OUR TABLE TO HAVE BAY AREA AUTHOR COMEDIAN BROADCASTER AND ENTERTAINER BRIAN COPELAND SO I WANTED TO THANK HIM PERSONALLY FOR BEING THERE AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER AUTHORS WHO GAVE THEIR TIME AND TO EVERYONE WHO MADE THAT EVENT POSSIBLE. IT WAS A BIG FUNDRAISER FOR OUR LIBRARIES AND VERY APPRECIATED FOLLOWING DAY WE AD THE CHALLENGER BASEBALL JAMBOREE OVER AT HEATHER FARMS WHERE MAYOR WELL AND I ATTENDED THAT'S REALLY TURNED INTO A GREAT COMMUNITY EVENTS. IT'S SPONSORED BY OUR OWN WALNUT CREEK ELKS CLUB.

WE HAVE BOYS TEAM CHARITY THERE THE LITTLE LEAGUE AND WHAT IT IS IS IT'S WHAT USED TO BE A SMALL KIND OF BASEBALL TOURNAMENT HAS GROWN INTO ONE OF THE LARGEST EVENTS OF ITS KIND WHERE KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS COME FROM CITIES NEAR AND FAR TO TO PLAY IN THIS TOURNAMENT. AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY A JOY TO BE A PART OF THAT.

THE WE HAD THEN ON THE 27TH THE ALNUT CREEK POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD THEIR AWARDS CEREMONY. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO RECEIVED THEIR AWARDS. IT IS VERY NICE TO SEE LAW ENFORCEMENT GETTING RECOGNIZED HERE IN WALNUT CREEK FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. IT WAS REALLY A FAMILY AFFAIR, A GREAT TURNOUT AND AGAIN A PLEASURE TO BE A PART OF THE 28TH. WE WERE WE WERE FORTUNATE AT OUR LOCAL ROTARY CLUB TO HAVE CHIEF HIBBS COME AND SPEAK TO US. SO THANK YOU CHIEF HIBBS FOR SPEAKING TO THE ROTARY CLUB. WE GOT TO LISTEN TO ALL THAT IS CURRENT IN POLICING HERE IN WALNUT CREEK AND SO IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE AND APPRECIATED ON THE 29TH TELL A VERY BARCELONA HAD THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AND IT WAS A VERY IMPRESSIVE CELEBRATION COMPLETE WITH MUSIC AND FLAMENCO DANCING AND FOOD AND DRINKS AND SO THANK YOU FOR HOSTING THAT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING THAT EVENT INVITING US TO THE VERY BARCELONA AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 10TH ANNIVERSARY SEE ON THE 30TH CAL CITIES EAST BAY WE HAD OUR DIVISION MEETING. THERE WAS AN E-BIKE LEGISLATIVE E-BIKE UPDATE WHICH I KNOW HAS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC NOT JUST IN OUR COMMUNITY BUT IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA. THERE ARE NO LESS THAN 12 LEGISLATIVE BILLS THAT WILL BE UP THIS YEAR IN REGARDS TO LEGISLATING E-BIKES IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION THAT THESE THESE BILLS MAY NOT BE SUCCESSFUL PARTIALLY TO DO WITH THIS BEING THE FISCAL CONSTRAINTS RIGHT NOW AT THE STATE LEVEL AND IF THESE SOME OF THE BILLS REQUIRE AN INCREASED SPENDING AS THAT MAY BE A CHALLENGE AND ALSO THE ONGOING ISSUE OF HOW TO ENFORCE HOW TO POLICE THESE E-BIKES WHEN YOU CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE NOW BETWEEN A CLASS ONE, A CLASS TO A CLASS THREE E-BIKE, AN UNCLOSED E-BIKE AND E MOTO THEY ALL LOOK VERY SIMILAR AND SO A BIG STRUGGLE IS HOW TO HOW TO CONSTRUCT A BILL THAT WILL MEANINGFULLY REDUCE SORT OF THE WHAT WE COULD SEE AS MAYBE THE ABUSE OF E-BIKES OR ON CLASS E-BIKES AND THE DANGERS THAT THEY POSE.

I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT ON MAY 9TH SO THIS SATURDAY SUSTAINABLE CONTRA COSTA IS HAVING THEIR FIVE K RUN IN THE OPEN SPACE THAT IS A 9 A.M. MARSHALL DRIVE IT IS TO BENEFIT SUSTAINABLE CONTRA COSTA YOUTH LEADERSHIP TEAM SO THERE ARE STILL SPOTS AVAILABLE I WILL BE THERE WITH MY FAMILY AND HOPEFULLY SEE SOME OF SOME OF YOU AS WELL. THIS PAST WEEKEND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE WE DID EARLIER NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.

I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME TO RECOGNIZE THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL WEEKEND. THE FLAGS WERE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF THIS PAST SUNDAY. SO WE WANT TO REMEMBER AND HONOR OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE IRE SERVICE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND THAT'S ALL THAT I THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER OF ANY MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WASN'T QUITE THAT BUSY. THAT WAS QUITE A LIST. THANK YOU FOR DOING ALL OF THAT.

AFTER OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING I HAD TO MAKE UP DAY FOR A READ ACROSS AMERICA BECAUSE I WASN'T FEELING WELL IN MARCH AND GOT OVER TO WENT TO VISTA ELEMENTARY AND WAS ABLE TO READ TO MRS. CHOI'S GREAT THAT'S A GREAT ACTIVITY.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO RESTORE THEIR FAITH IN HUMANITY TO GO AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH SOME FIRST GRADERS AND I WAS ABLE TO SHARE WITH THEM ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS FROM THAT TIME PERIOD SYLVESTER AND THE MAGIC PEBBLE AND THEY HAD NOT IT TURNS OUT IT WAS A BANNED BOOK AT ONE POINT FOR REASONS UNKNOWN BUT IT WAS NOTHING CONTROVERSIAL AND IT ONE YOUNG GENTLEMAN ASKED ME AT THE END HOW COME YOU DON'T HAVE ANY HAIR? AND I SAID, WELL THERE'S THIS THING CALLED MALE PATTERN BALDNESS. OH NO. I SAID, WELL, EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT HAIR. SOME PEOPLE HAVE BLOND HAIR, SOME PEOPLE HAVE BLACK HAIR, SOME PEOPLE HAVE NO HAIR.

BUT WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT AND IT'S OKAY. SO IT'S JUST REFRESHING TO GET THAT HONESTY AND HAVE THAT INTERACTION WITH YOUNG PEOPLE. I WAS ALSO ABLE TO ATTEND THE QUARTERLY CHAIR VICE CHAIR COMMISSION UPDATE I'M GOING TO LET THE MAYOR GET MORE OF AN UPDATE. IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR FROM ALL THE COMMISSIONERS. THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT GOING ON IN PLANNING.

ONE OF THE ITEMS WE'LL BE HEARING TONIGHT ON THE SAFETY ELEMENT WAS TALKED ABOUT. THERE'S ALSO SOME COMMENTS ABOUT HOW THEY APPRECIATED IT'S HELPFUL WHEN THEY GET HOUSING PROJECT COME BEFORE THEM AND THEY MIGHT HAVE LIMITED DISCRETION THAT THEY CAN AT LEAST HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC THAT THE IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED SIMILAR TO THE BUILDERS REMEDY PROJECT WE HAD HEARD KIND OF EARLIER LAST MONTH SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS HELPFUL FEEDBACK ALSO ATTENDED THE AUTHORS GALA AND HAD A REALLY NICE EVENING. THEY RAISED A LOT OF MONEY FOR OUR TWO LIBRARIES. OUR AUTHOR WAS KEVIN SMOAK SMOKER WHO HAS WRITTEN A NUMBER OF BOOKS INCLUDING WHAT ATTRACTED ME TO HIM WAS HE HAS DELVED INTO 80S POP CULTURE AND HAS WRITTEN A BOOK CALLED BRAT PACK AMERICA SORT OF ABOUT ALL THE MOVIES OF THAT TIME FRAME AND WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED AND HOW THAT'S YOU KNOW, SPOKE TO THAT PERIOD IN TIME IN OUR CULTURE AND IT WAS FUN TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO HIM. AND HE'S ALSO WRITTEN A RECENT BOOK ABOUT WOMEN DIRECTORS AND SO HE'S LIKE AN ENCYCLOPEDIA ENCYCLOPEDIC MIND IN TERMS OF FILM DISCUSSED DISCOGRAPHY AND HE COULD IF YOU TOLD HIM YOUR THREE FAVORITE MOVIES HE WOULD PICK OUT KIND OF A DEEP CUT AND RECOMMENDED FOR YOU. SO IT WAS REALLY FUN TO SIT WITH HIM AND INTERACT AND THE MAYOR CAME OVER AT ONE POINT AND SHARED IN THAT AND THAT WAS A GOOD TIME ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER SILVA I SERVE ON THE RECYCLE SMART BOARD AND WE HAD A BUSY MEETING A WEEK OR TWO AGO. WE HAD OUR ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW EVALUATION OF OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. HE GOT EXTREMELY HIGH MARKS FROM ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AS WELL AS HIS STAFF. WE ALSO ADJUSTED OUR STAFF

SALARY SCHEDULE AND UPDATED OUR POLICY ON HOW WE ALLOCATE COSTS AND REVENUES. MOST OF THAT IS DONE ON A PER TONNAGE BASIS. THE ONE EXCEPTION IS ON COLLECTION COSTS WHICH ARE DONE BY ROUTE HOURS AND THAT'S WE'RE GOING O KEEP THAT GOING FOR THE TIME BEING UNTIL WE COME UP SO WE CAN ADJUST HAT RATE SALARY SCHEDULE.

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE DIVERSION RECYCLE PROGRAM AND BUDGET AND OF NOTE THERE TWO PROGRAMS THERE'S THE SCHOOL RECYCLING AND ORGANICS PROGRAM WHICH HAS GONE ON FOR SOME YEARS NOW AND WE'LL GET AN UPDATE ON THAT I BELIEVE IN OUR NEXT MEETING OR THIS MEETING IN MAY. WHAT I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED WITH IS WALNUT CREEK SCHOOLS ROUTINELY GET THE WASTE BUSTER AWARD FOR HAVING DIVERTED THE MOST TRACK ITEMS OUT OF THE LANDFILL INTO THE RECYCLING AND ORGANICS.

SO PROUD OF THE KIDS FOR STARTING EARLY AND LEARNING THOSE SKILLS AND THEN THERE WILL BE AND I BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE DOING THIS AUTHORITY WIDE A HOUSEHOLD HAZARD WASTE DROP OFF EVENT THE DETAILS ON ON THAT ARE TO BE DETERMINED INCLUDING THE CONTENTS AND THE LOCATION AND THE DATE AND SO ON. BUT I'LL GIVE AN UPDATE ON THAT OR COUNCILMEMBER SILVA WILL AT A FUTURE MEETING AND BELIEVE THAT'S IT FOR MY UPDATE. THANK YOU ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT COUNCILMEMBER OH IF YOU COME TO ME FIRST, I CAN ADD ALONG A COUPLE OF THINGS. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING O JUMP OVER COUNCILMEMBER DARLING TO COUNCILMEMBER SILVA WILL COME BACK.

I WOULD CONTINUE ON THE RECYCLE SMART PRESENTATION JUST TO CLARIFY OR ELABORATE ON HOW WE SHARE COSTS. I'S SIX AGENCIES WORK TOGETHER TO FORM RECYCLE SMART BUT WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT RATES THAT WE IN WALNUT CREEK'S RATES ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE THAT ARE BEING USED IN ORINDA AND DANVILLE AND THE COSTS THAT WE OUR EXPENSES AND OUR REVENUES ARE CALCULATE IT BASED ON SHARING IT'S NOT THE SAME. SO IN WALNUT CREEK THE ROUTES ARE FLATTER BY AND LARGE THAN THEY ARE IN ORINDA. SO ORINDA TAKES LONGER TO PICK UP THE GARBAGE SO THEY PAY MORE IN THEIR COLLECTION RATES AND SEE SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T KNOW HOW WOULD YOU SHARE? AND SO THOSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND SO HOW WE CALCULATE THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND THE OTHER THING I WOULD MENTION IS IN THE SCHOOL PROGRAMS WHAT WE HEAR ABOUT A LOT IN RECENT YEARS IS THEY ARE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AT THE RECYCLING. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO IS THEY SHARE THEIR FOOD AT LUNCH TIME. THEY'RE NOW IT'S NOT A SANDWICH THAT'S ALREADY BEEN EATEN.

IT'S BASICALLY IF THEY HAVE A PIECE OF FRUIT THE KIDS ARE TAUGHT THAT IF THEY HAVE A PIECE OF FRUIT THEY CAN PUT IT INTO THE SHARE BIN AND THAT THEIR KIDS CAN PICK UP THAT APPLE FOR EXAMPLE. AND HAVE THAT APPLE FOR LUNCH. SO THEY'RE TAUGHT TO NOT THROW AWAY FOOD BUT SOMEHOW TO PUT IT BACK INTO THIS INTO CIRCULATION SO TO SPEAK. COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS TO MENTION 'M THE LIAISON FROM THE COUNCIL TO THE IABLO REGIONAL ARTS ASSOCIATION AND I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE CALENDAR AND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AT THE AT THE LEISURE CENTER THIS COMING FEW WEEKS AND SO GO TO LEISURE ARTS CENTER.ORG AND LOOK AT THE CALENDAR THERE ARE PERFORMING END OF YEAR PERFORMANCES AND THERE ARE A LOT OF SPEAKERS AND THERE'S THE ARTS AT THE FOUR GOING ON AT THE BEDFORD GALLERY AND THEN I WILL MENTION THAT IN THE TWO WEEKS AGO WAS THE CITY LEADERS SUMMIT FOR THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES. THERE WERE ABOUT 400 OF US IN SACRAMENTO. THERE WERE TWO REASONS TO BE IN SACRAMENTO. ONE WAS TO ADVOCATE FOR CERTAIN PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT WE'RE PROMOTING WITH THE LEGISLATURE. THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WERE ADVOCATING ABOUT FROM THIS AREA. WE MET WITH ASSEMBLYMEMBER BARUCH AND WITH ASSEMBLY MEMBER ANNA MARIA AVILA FARIAS AND ALSO WITH SENATOR TIM GRAYSON. AND WE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF BILLS THAT WE WERE PROMOTING. ONE IS SB 9 TO 2 THAT SENATOR LEONARD'S BILL THAT WILL ALLOW THE IT'S GOING TO CLARIFY THAT CITIES MAY RECOVER THE COST OF STREET MAINTENANCE AND ROAD REPAIR THAT RESULTS FROM THE DAMAGE OF ROADS FROM VERY HEAVY VEHICLES LIKE GARBAGE TRUCKS. AND SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT BILL AND WE WERE GETTING NIVERSALLY THE ASSEMBLY AND THE SENATORS THE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS AND THE SENATORS WERE GOING WELL THAT MAKES SENSE. SO OPEFULLY THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.

ANOTHER BILL WE WERE ADVOCATING FOR WAS IN THE HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING ARENA TWO BILLS SHE MENTION ONE IS AB2296 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER OUT OF THE PENINSULA AND IT'S BASICALLY WE'RE SPONSORING A BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW UR CITIES TO START EARLIER WORK ON THEIR HOUSING ELEMENTS SO WE HAVE MORE TIME TO GET T RIGHT AND THEN IT ALSO REQUIRES THE STATE TO IMPROVE THE HOUSING ELEMENT REVIEW PROCESS AND PROVIDE GREATER CERTAINTY. SO BEING MORE OBJECTIVE AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK AND FINALLY I WOULD MENTION THAT WE ALSO ADVOCATED FOR A MINIMUM $1 BILLION IN ONGOING FUNDING TO THE HOMELESS HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND PREVENTION GRANT PROGRAM RIGHT NOW IT'S BEEN IT WAS $1 BILLION PER YEAR FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND IT WAS REDUCED LAST YEAR TO 500 MILLION AND IT'S SITTING IN THE JANUARY PROPOSAL HAD IT AT 500 MILLION. SO WE'RE HOPING TO INCREASE THAT FUNDING AND ALSO WE'RE ADVOCATING TO ALLOCATE $400 MILLION TO FULLY IMPLEMENT PROPOSITION 36 WHICH IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT THE VOTERS APPROVED. CALIFORNIA VOTERS APPROVED LIKE 80% IN THE LAST GENERAL ELECTION AND SO THAT THAT'S CAL CAL STATE BOARD ALSO MET DURING THAT WHOLE MEETING AND A COUPLE OF THINGS TO NOTE WE WE VOTED TO TAKE A NO POSITION UNOPPOSED POSITION ON THE HOWARD JARVIS INITIATIVE THAT IS MOVING TOWARD THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER AND IT'S A ONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT WOULD CHANGE HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAN ADOPT CERTAIN TAXES AND PROHIBIT EXISTING AND FUTURE PROPERTY TRANSFER TAXES THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MAY IMPOSE. THIS COULD BASICALLY RESULT IN A LOSS OF ABOUT $2 BILLION ANNUALLY IN FUNDS TO CITY

MUNICIPAL CITIES AND COUNTIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY OR JUST AS IMPORTANTLY IT'S RETROACTIVE. AND SO THOSE HAVE BEEN ALL APPROVED. BUT THOSE THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS RIGHT NOW AND THEN APPROVED BY LOCAL VOTERS WOULD BE NULL AND VOID. SO THERE'S THAT LAWSUIT WAITING TO HAPPEN IF IT'S PASSED AND WE DECIDED TO TAKE NO POSITION ON A STATEWIDE BALLOT MEASURE THAT WILL BE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER THAT WOULD REMOVE THE PROHIBITION ON GENERAL LAW CITIES TO ENACT PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FINANCING CURRENTLY CHARTER CITIES WHICH TO A THIRD OF US IN THE STATE ARE CHARTER CITIES ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE CAMPAIGN FINANCING PROGRAMS FOR THEIR LOCAL LECTIONS BUT GENERAL CITIES ARE NOT ALLOWED AND THIS INITIATIVE IF IF APPROVED WILL ALLOW GENERAL LAW CITIES LIKE WALNUT CREEK TO PUT PUBLIC FINANCING IF WE CHOSE TO DO SO A PUBLIC FINANCING AND CAMPAIGN FOR THE LOCAL ELECTIONS. SO WE TOOK A NO POSITION WE TOOK WE TOOK NO POSITION ON THAT THIS SO AND THERE WERE OTHER BILLS BUT E-BIKES WERE A ROBUST DISCUSSION FOR OVER AN HOUR OR SO AS THEY ALWAYS ARE NOW.

YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO MY EXPERIENCE IN GOING BACK TO SCHOOL WAS DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

I AS AN M.C. BOARD MEMBER JOHN MCCORMICK FROM LAFAYETTE BOARD A BOARD MEMBER AND MYSELF WENT BACK TO SCHOOL AND TOOK A ABOUT A WEEK LONG CLASS FROM TO GRADUATE PROFESSORS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ON THE ENERGY ECONOMY AND I TELL YOU I'VE NEVER WRITTEN SO FAST IN MY LIFE AND SAID WOW, WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE EXPLAINING TO ME? BUT THEY WERE EXPLAINING TO US HOW THE ENERGY MARKETS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS SINCE THE ENERGY CRISIS AND WITH THE ONSET OF THE COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATES AND THE KASO AND EVERYTHING AND IT DID MAKE A LOT OF WHAT WE DO AT MCI MAKE MORE SENSE AND DIRECTOR MCCORMICK AND I ARE OUR HEADS ARE NOW BIGGER AS A RESULT WE ARE TOURING THE MULL QUEENY WIND PROJECT TOMORROW IT'S OUT OF OUT OF IT'S IN THE FOOTHILLS OVER BY LIVERMORE AND IT IS A NEW PROJECT THAT MCI IS GOING TO BUILD ON. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IT MCE WE HAVE A LOT OF SOLAR WHICH WORKS DURING THE DAY. WE'RE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL POWER RESOURCES THAT WORK WHEN THE SUN IS NOT SHINING AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALSO HAVE A LARGE GEOTHERMAL PROJECT COMING ONLINE AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT BATTERY STORAGE.

THE CITY MANAGER AND MYSELF WENT TO THE EAST BAY MIGHT LOSE GOMES OUR LOCAL REP ON THE EAST BAY MUD BOARD HAD HER LOCAL WORKSHOP WITH I ROUGHT UP THE ISSUE WE HAD FACED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WITH THE COST OF THE WATER METERS FOR LOW AND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS SOMETIMES A REAL BARRIER AND THEY SAID THEY ARE WORKING ON IT AND THEN I THINK THE CITY MANAGER BROUGHT UP MAKING SURE THAT GOOD NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA AROUND THE TREATMENT FACILITY AND FEEL THINGS OUT WHERE THE MAYOR LEER AND I WERE AT THE MEALS ON WHEELS RIBBON CUTTING BUT I'LL LET YOU COVER THAT. I DID STATE OF CHAMBER POLICE AWARDS THE LIBRARY GALA WAS ESPECIALLY FUN.

BRIAN COPELAND WAS AT OUR TABLE. HE WAS DOING A WRITING A THRILLER ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT WAS TRYING TO GO THROUGH AND PROVE A MURDER WHETHER OR NOT A MURDER OCCURRED. BUT HE SETS IT IN AN AREA OF THE TOWN OF HAYWARD THAT WAS NOT INCORPORATED WHERE BASICALLY WE THAT S THE ONLY PLACE WHERE PEOPLE OF COLOR COULD AFFORD TO LIVE BACK IN THE LAST CENTURY AND THAT THE BUSINESS THAT WANTED TO TAKE OVER THAT AREA DID SOME THINGS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO MOVE INCLUDING SETTING FIRES. AND MY HUSBAND WAS LIKE REALLY?

DID THEY DO THAT? I'M LIKE STRANGE THINGS HAPPENED BACK THERE IN THE DAYS OF REDLINING AND SO THAT WAS A I WAS A REALLY HE WAS A FUN AUTHOR TO HAVE AND I DO WANT TO SAY A HUGE THANKS TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM BECAUSE HE WAS HIS WIFE CARRIED THE BURDEN THIS YEAR ON SETTING THAT GALA UP AND SHE DID A GREAT JOB AND WE APPRECIATE YOU LENDING YOUR WIFE FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB. SO THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND I'LL I'LL WRAP IT UP HERE. YEAH. REGARDING THE AUTHORS GAL ALSO BRIAN COPELAND AUCTIONED OFF THAT PEOPLE COULD BE IN HIS NEXT BOOK AT THEIR NAME COULD BE IN HIS NEXT BOOK.

SO THAT WAS A COOL AUCTION ITEM YOU DIDN'T GET ON THAT AND AND EMCEED AND HELPED WITH THE THE AUCTION ND THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN TOO AND HOPEFULLY A LOT OF MONEY WAS BROUGHT IN FOR THE LIBRARY SO THE MAYOR'S VISITS THAT HAPPEN TYPICALLY EVERY QUARTER BUT USUALLY 3 OR 4 TIMES A YEAR AND I HAPPEN TO GO TO TWO IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. ONE OF THEM WAS THE HILTON GARDEN INN WHERE MYSELF ALONG WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER VISITED THE HILTON GARDEN INN AND GOT A TOUR OF THEIR HOTEL THAT'S THE NEWEST HOTEL PROPERTY IN WALNUT CREEK. THEY SEEM TO BE DOING A GREAT WEEKDAY BUSINESS OCCUPANCY WHICH IS IT'S TERRIFIC TO SEE OUR TOURISM INDUSTRY DOING AS WELL AS THEY ARE AND THEN JUST YESTERDAY WE WERE AT ORIGINAL JOE'S AND MET WITH THE OWNERSHIP AND THE MANAGEMENT TEAM THERE NO SURPRISE ORIGINAL JOE'S IS NOW THE BUSIEST RESTAURANT IN ALL THE GREEK AND THEY BY THE WAY UST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WE HAVE A NEW RESTAURANT THAT COMES IN THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A BIT OF AN OUTLIER BUT THEY HAVE OVER 00 STAFF. THEY PROVIDE 200 JOBS FOR OUR CITY AND REGION.

SO WE CERTAINLY SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS WE HEARD COUNCILMEMBER OF ANY STATE OF THE CHAMBER JUST A SHOUT OUT TO ANGELA ASHLEY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER THIS YEAR AND NICOLE HARRINGTON FROM VISIT WALNUT CREEK GIVING A GREAT OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'VE HAD IN THE CHAMBER AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO.

YOU HEARD BRIEFLY ABOUT THE MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM AND CHAIR BREAKFAST ROUNDTABLE SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET OUR NEW CHAIR PERSON CHAIR PEOPLE AND VICE CHAIRS OF THE DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS AND WE ALWAYS GIVE AN UPDATE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING NOT JUST IN THE CITY UT IN THE DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS AND WE HEAR FROM STAFF AND SOME OF THE DIFFERENT UPDATES AS WELL. IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS INSTANCE THE CHAIRS IN THE COMMISSIONS TO FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TRULY BEFORE ALMOST ANY OTHER BODY IN THE CITY. SO THAT'S A PLUG FOR IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ALSO GETTING AN EARLY EAR TO THE GROUND OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY APPLYING FOR COMMISSIONS WHEN IT COMES AROUND AGAIN OTHER THINGS I DID WANT TO WE WE HEARD BRIEFLY ABOUT THE WALNUT CREEK PD AWARD CEREMONIES.

I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE AWARD HONOREES AND ERIC YOUNG AS OFFICER OF THE YEAR AND OFFICER GREG MARK SWIFT WHO RECEIVED OUR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR SO BIG CONGRATS OUT TO THEM AND LOTS OF OPENING CELEBRATIONS RE-OPENINGS WE HEARD ABOUT TELL CHEF ERIC BARCELONA MEALS ON WHEELS AND SHETLANDS NOW HAS THEIR NEW ZEALAND'S CAMPUS THERE. DIABLO BALLET JUST OPENED WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS AS WELL AND LEST WE FORGET, TACO BELL ON NORTH MAIN STREET CELEBRATED THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY. SO WAS THERE ALONG WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM AS WELL. THEY DO A LOT OF BUSINESS BY THE WAY JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW AND AND THEN LASTLY BUT NOT LEAST I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THIS AFTERNOON WE HAD CONGRESSMAN DR. SONIA COME AND PRESENT US WITH A CHECK FOR BODY WORN CAMERA EQUIPMENT UPGRADES FOR THE $1 MILLION AND THIS IS THE GRANT FUNDING THAT CAME FROM WASHINGTON OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LET'S SPEND THIS CHECK AND WE'LL GET THAT EQUIPMENT AND THANK YOU TO OUR POLICE CHIEF RYAN HIBBS AND CAPTAIN HOLLY CONNORS WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THIS. THIS IS WHY WE CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE AT OUR REGIONAL LEVELS WITH COUNTY OUR STATE LEVELS, WITH OUR WITH OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBERS AND STATE SENATORS AND OUR FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES THAT IS CONGRESS MEMBERS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CONGRESSMAN TO SONIA AND NOW FOR THE REAL FUN STUFF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. SO NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK BLOCK GRANT 2026 AND 2027 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FISCAL YEAR 2027 COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM FUNDING PLAN AND AUTHORIZING ASSOCIATED CONTRACTS EXCEEDING $125,000. AD I INVITE DMINISTRATIVE

ANALYST JENNIFER LAMA IS IT LAMAS OR YAMAS? JANICE JANICE FORWARD TO PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET YOUR NAME RIGHT FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR WILK MAYOR PRO TEM FRANCOIS COUNCIL MEMBERS MY NAME S JENNIFER YAMAS. I'M A HOUSING ANALYST IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. FOR TONIGHT'S FIRST PUBLIC HEARING I WILL BE PRESENTING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND THE CORRESPONDING COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM PLAN TO WORK WITH. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THESE LOTS OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES TONIGHT.

THE CITY ISN'T ENTITLED IN JURISDICTION FOR THE FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT KNOWN AS CDBG. AS SUCH, THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN EACH YEAR TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN OUTLINES HOW THE ITY ROPOSES TO USE THE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT ARE GRANTED FOR THAT PROGRAM YEAR THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN IS DUE ON JUNE 3RD AND REPRESENTS THE SECOND YEAR OF THE CITY'S FIVE YEAR CDBG CONSOLIDATED PLAN WHICH SETS OVERALL PRIORITIES AND LONG TERM GOALS FOR SERVING RESIDENTS WITH THE GREATEST NEEDS.

FISCAL YEAR 2026 WAS AN APPLICATION YEAR DURING WHICH A COMPETITIVE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WAS ISSUED. ACCORDINGLY, FISCAL YEAR 27 IS A RENEWAL YEAR. IT BEGINS ON JULY 1ST AND IT MEANS THAT PROGRAMS THAT WERE FUNDED LAST YEAR MAY BE CONSIDERED FOR CONTINUED FUNDING BASED ON PERFORMANCE AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES.

THE CITY'S COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM SERVES AS THE PRIMARY MECHANISM FOR CARRYING THE COMMITMENTS UNDER THE CDBG PROGRAM. THE COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM CONNECTS WALNUT CREEK RESIDENTS TO A BROAD NETWORK OF SERVICES INCLUDING CRISIS INTERVENTION, SENIOR SUPPORT, HOMELESS SERVICES, JOB TRAINING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THESE SERVICES ARE DELIVERED BY LOCAL AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 ALL PROGRAMS REQUESTING FUNDING WERE ALSO SUPPORTED IN FISCAL YEAR 26. COLLECTIVELY ALL THE PROGRAMS ADDRESS THE CONSOLIDATED PLANS HIGHEST PRIORITIES HOUSING STABILITY, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS. OKAY. OKAY.

THE COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED THROUGH A COMBINATION OF FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING SOURCES AND IS ADJUSTED ANNUALLY TO REFLECT CHANGES IN FUNDING AVAILABILITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. THE TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDING IS $1,050,232 TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE CDBG CATEGORIES AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL CRISIS COUNSELOR PROGRAM. THE RECOMMENDED FISCAL YEAR 20 SEVEN COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM FUNDING TOTAL S $942,667 WHICH INCLUDES ABOUT 80,000 FOR GRANT ADMINISTRATION. WHILE IT MAY APPEAR THAT THE TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDING EXCEEDS THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT 150,000 OF THE AVAILABLE FUNDING REFLECTS A ONE TIME PRO HOUSING INCENTIVE PROGRAM ALLOCATION DESIGNATED TO BE SPENT OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD AND IS NOT AN ONGOING ANNUAL FUNDING SOURCE.

STAFF RECOMMEND FUNDING ALL RENEWAL PROGRAMS AT THE FULL AMOUNTS REQUESTED. ONE PROGRAM THAT REQUIRED POLICY CONSIDERATION WAS THE CORE DEDICATED OUTREACH TEAM PRIOR TO FISCAL YEAR 2022. THE CITY FUNDED A HALF TIME CORE TEAM WITH THE EMAINING 50% OF TIME CONTRACTED TO THE CITY OF CONCORD FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022. WHEN FACED WITH THE OPTION OF DISCONTINUING CORE SERVICES R FULLY FUNDING THE TEAM, THE CITY ELECTED TO FUND A FULL TIME TEAM WITH THE INCREASED SERVICE LEVEL SUPPORTED BY STATE POLICE SHADE GRANT FUNDING THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO THE CITY AT THE TIME.

FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 IN CONSULTATION WITH CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES STAFF EVALUATED TWO SERVICE MODELS A FULL TIME CORE TEAM AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF ABOUT 300,000 AND A HALF TIME TEAM AT ABOUT 150,000. THESE REPRESENT THE ONLY SERVICE LEVELS CURRENTLY OFFERED UNDER A HALF TIME MODEL . THE CORE TEAM WOULD OPERATE AT ITS ORIGINAL SERVICE LEVELS AND BE SHARED WITH THE NEIGHBORING JURISDICTION. WALNUT CREEK WOULD RECEIVE DESIGNATED SERVICE DAYS SUPPLEMENTED BY COUNTYWIDE ORE TEAMS WHEN THE DEDICATED TEAM IS ASSIGNED ELSEWHERE.

THE COUNTY HAS INDICATED THAT THIS MODEL IS OPERATIONALLY FEASIBLE AND APPROPRIATE FOR WALNUT CREEK AS IT ALLOWS THE CITY TO MAINTAIN ACCESS TO DEDICATED OUTREACH SERVICES WHILE MORE EFFICIENTLY ALLOCATING RESOURCES AND PRESERVING FUNDING CAPACITY FOR FUTURE NEEDS. THE HALF TIME MODEL RIGHT SIZES THE LEVEL OF SERVICE WITH WANTAGH CREEK'S CURRENT NEEDS AND SERVICE DEMAND. ON APRIL 16TH THE CITY'S HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THESE OPTIONS AND SUPPORTED RETURNING TO A HALF TIME CORPS DEDICATED OUTREACH MODEL WITH THE UNDERSTAND, ADDING THAT THE CITY WOULD COORDINATE WITH THE ASSIGNED NEIGHBORING JURISDICTION TO OPTIMIZE SERVICE DELIVERY.

CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMITTEE'S DIRECTION. THE TOTAL FUNDING RECOMMENDED IN THE AGENDA REPORT AS WELL AS THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN ASSUMES A HALF TIME COURT TEAM. IN CONCLUSION, STAFF REQUEST RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 2026 THROUGH 2027 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN WHICH INCLUDES THE FISCAL YEAR 27 FUNDING PLAN. THE RESOLUTION ALSO AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM CONTRACT AMENDMENTS FOR AGREEMENTS EXCEEDING $125,000 AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER DID ANY. JENNIFER THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. EVERY FIVE YEARS THERE'S THE RFP FOR WHO WE'RE GOING TO FUND WITH THE CDBG GRANT MONEY. IS THAT IS IT ASSUMED THAT I MEAN I'M THINKING IF I'M ANOTHER ORGANIZATION AND THERE'S SO MANY GOOD ONES IN THE COMMUNITY IS IT ASSUMED AT THAT POINT THAT IF THOSE THOSE AGENCIES CONTINUE TO PERFORM THAT THEY'RE MORE OR LESS LOCKED IN FOR THE FIVE YEARS AND THEN IT'S AT THE END OF THE FIVE YEARS THAT WE GO OUT FROM RFP AGAIN AND AND ENTERTAIN NEW.

SURE. I CAN CLARIFY. CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT SO I CAN CLARIFY THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN PERIOD. SO THERE'S ACTUALLY. SO IT'S A TWO YEAR CYCLE AND A THREE YEAR CYCLE. SO WE'RE AT THE END OF THE TWO YEAR CYCLE. SO NEXT YEAR IS THE BEGINNING OF THE THREE YEAR CYCLE WHICH A NEW COMPETITIVE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WILL BE ISSUED AND AT THAT TIME ANY ORGANIZATION CAN APPLY.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. WE'RE GOING TO IF WE WERE TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE'D HAVE A LITTLE MONEY LEFT OVER. DOES THAT GO BACK INTO THE THE PPIP FUND? IT WOULD REMAIN IN THE PEOPLE WOULD REMAIN? YES. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO TO ADD TO THERE WAS A QUESTION EARLIER FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WE ARE SPENDING 2.9 MILLION BUT WE HAVE 7 MILLION IN OUR FUND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING RIGHT?

MM HMM. SO AND IT WAS YOU CLARIFY I HAVE THIS QUESTION FOR YOU EARLIER IN THE DAY AND SO I THOUGHT MAYBE OTHER PEOPLE WOULD HAVE THE SAME QUESTION WHICH IS, YOU KNOW HOW WE WIND UP WITH 7 MILLION. THERE UST HAVEN'T BEEN A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE CITY AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE ACCUMULATED 7 MILLION AND WE ARE NOW HAVING SOME COME TO FRUITION AND THAT'S WHERE THE 2.9 MILLION IS GETTING SPENT. WE HAVE MORE LEFTOVER TO SPEND ON OTHER PROJECTS.

CORRECT. YEAH. SO ANNUALLY WE ISSUE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS IF COUNCIL ALLOWS IT. AND SO AT THAT POINT THE THE RFP GETS ISSUED TYPICALLY AROUND OCTOBER IT CLOSES DECEMBER WE EVALUATE THE PROPOSALS WITH A PANEL AND THAT CONSISTS OF VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS AND THEN BASED ON THE SCORES WE MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED. GREAT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER DARLING. NO, I THINK WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION ON THIS AT THE COMMITTEE.

THE HALFTIME COURT TEAM. IF WISHES WERE HORSES WE WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP GOING. BUT IN LIGHT OF WHEN WE DECIDED TO GO TO A FULL TIME IT WAS BECAUSE A HALF TIME WASN'T AVAILABLE AND SO STAFF ASSURED ME THAT THE HALFTIME WAS RIGHT SIZED FOR OUR COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY I ASSUME KNOWING THAT OUR HUB CAME THROUGH PD IS FULLY STOOD UP AND IN THE FIELD AT THIS POINT SO.

OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER SILVA, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BUT JUST TO ADD AND ELABORATE ON THE COMMENT WE ALSO HEARD AFTER THE MEETING AS IN A SIDEBAR CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF OUR PROVIDERS THAT THERE PERHAPS IS ANOTHER WAY TO DELIVER THOSE SERVICES SOCIAL SERVICES. AND ALTERNATIVES SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL TO THE COUNTY. AND SO PERHAPS WE WOULD HAVE STAFFED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COMING YEAR EFORE WE GO THIS COMES ACK. TWO QUESTIONS. ONE IS A COMMENT WHICH IS THE FUNDS HAT WE PROVIDE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS ARE FROM OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND AND OUR COMMERCIAL LINKAGE FEE. THOSE UNDS ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING UP IN FRONT OF US. SO IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THE SOURCES OF FUNDS GOT THAT SLIDE THOSE CDBG FUNDS TO TO CLARIFY ARE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THEN HE OTHER FUNDS THAT ARE THERE ARE ALL CITY FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED AND SET INTO SPECIAL FUNDS.

YES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PRO HOUSING GROWTH HOUSING INITIATIVE WHICH COMES FROM THE STATE. YES. AND MAYBE IF THEY DECIDE TO THE STATE DECIDES TO OPEN UP THEIR COFFERS A LITTLE BIT THERE MIGHT BE SOME HAP MONEY THAT WOULD BE COMING DOWN THE PIKE. BUT WE ARE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HOLD OUR BREATH SO THAT'S JUST CLARIFICATION WHERE WE CAN'T TAKE THESE FUNDS. WELL ARE ANY OF THESE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO BE PUT TOWARD AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS?

YEAH. SO CDBG DOES HAVE CAPS IN HOW WE CAN USE THE MONEY 65% MUST BE ALLOCATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOUSING ACTIVITIES. AND SO THE PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE UNDER THAT UMBRELLA INCLUDE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, A LOW INCOME HOME REHABILITATION PROGRAM AND THEN WE HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS THROUGH COCO KIDS TRINITY CENTER. AND SO THAT KIND OF IS WHAT FITS UNDER THAT UMBRELLA. SO WE'RE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THE FUNDS BUT PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH OF THE FUNDS WOULD AGGREGATE TOGETHER TO RIGHT. I THINK IT'S ABOUT 260,000 THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED FROM THAT AMOUNT.

YEAH. AND ANOTHER QUESTION PART OF WHAT WE HAVE TO APPROVE IS THAT THE CITY MANAGER WOULD SIGN FOR THE PROJECT CONTRACTS THAT ARE EXCEED 125,000. YES, SOMEWHERE IN HERE I SAW THAT THERE'S A REFERENCE TO FIVE OF THEM BUT I ONLY COUNT FOUR THAT EXCEED 125,000. THERE'S ONLY FOUR IF I MADE A MISTAKE OF FIVE. YES, RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE. THE FIFTH ONE WAS $82,000 FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. OH. SO THE CLARIFICATION ITH THAT IS THAT BECAUSE WE'RE AMENDING IT IT WOULD GO OVER 125 HOUSE. THANK YOU. YES. I DIDN'T ASK MY QUESTION HE RIGHT WAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR MAYOR PRO TEM.

OKAY, COME T IT. I'VE GOT JUST TWO QUESTIONS ON THE PIP FUNDING. YES, THE TOTAL FOR THAT IS A MILLION, RIGHT? YES. AND E'VE GOT 150 HERE. WHERE IS THE REST OF THAT MONEY ? YEAH. SO 150,000 IS DESIGNATED FOR HOMELESS SERVICES AND 800,000 IS DESIGNATED FOR THE CREATION AND PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THEN 50,000 FOR A GRANT ADMINISTRATION. AND THAT APPLICATION WE APPLIED LAST YEAR I THINK IT WAS MARCH MAYBE OR MAYBE LATER IN THE YEAR AND THAT THOSE OPTIONS WERE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AND THAT WAS WHAT WE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER. YEAH, THE LARGE CHUNK OF THAT MONEY THEN GOES INTO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND, CORRECT? YEAH. GOT IT. AND THEN IN TERMS OF SHARING THE COST OF THE CORE TEAM, DO WE KNOW WHICH OTHER JURISDICTION WE'RE LIKELY? NOT YET. YEAH, THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. CAN I CIRCLE BACK JUST REALLY QUICKLY? HAS THE 800,000 THAT'S IN THE PIP FUNDS HAS THAT BEEN ALLOCATED TO FOR EXAMPLE IS IT IN THE BUCKET THAT WENT TO SO FAR? NO, THAT'S NOT IT WILL BE PART OF THIS NEW RFP.

GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S OPEN UP IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC AND WE'LL OPEN THAT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE STEP FORWARD TO THE PODIUM. PLEASE ASK SOMEBODY TO SPEAK OR CARD CARDS AVAILABLE ON THE COUNTER NEAR THE ENTRANCE DOORWAY AND ONCE AT THE PODIUM PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD. CONSISTENT WITH CITY POLICIES RELATED TO PUBLIC COMMENTS THE SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR REMARKS. WRITTEN COMMENTS SUBMITTED IF ANY HAVE BEEN POSTED THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND ARE INCLUDED IN THE MEETING RECORD BUT WILL NOT BE SEPARATELY READ IN THE RECORD.

HELLO. HELLO. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS CITY STAFF I'M MOLLY FIELD KLOPP I'M WALNUT CREEK RESIDENT AND I'M ALSO BOARD CHAIR FOR TRINITY CENTER AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO EXPRESS OUR DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE CITY'S CONTINUED LEADERSHIP THROUGH THE COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM AND TO UNDERSCORE JUST HOW ESSENTIAL THIS FUNDING IS TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE EVERY DAY AT TRINITY CENTER THIS SUPPORTS THREE CRITICAL PROGRAMS OUR DAY SHELTER PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES A SAFE WELCOMING PLACE WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN ACCESS MEALS, SHOWERS, CASE MANAGEMENT AND CONNECTION TO HOUSING RESOURCES. FOR MANY THIS IS THE FRONT DOOR TO STABILITY.

THE WINTER EVENING SHELTER PROGRAM PROVIDES LIFE SAVING REFUGE DURING THE COLDEST AND MOST DANGEROUS MONTHS OF THE YEAR AND OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CREATES PATHWAYS OUT OF HOMELESSNESS BY HELPING INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALS BUILD SKILLS, GAIN EMPLOYMENT AND MOVE TOWARDS LONG TERM INDEPENDENCE.

TOGETHER THESE PROGRAMS FORM A CONTINUUM OF CARE FROM CRISIS RESPONSE TO LONG TERM STABILITY THAT ALIGNS WITH THE CITY'S PRIORITIES AND TRINITY'S MISSION. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THIS YEAR PRESENTS REAL CHALLENGES PARTICULARLY WITH THE LOSS OF SOME OF THE STATE HOUSING FUNDS AND THIS MAKES THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING SUPPORT EVEN MORE MEANINGFUL. LAST YEAR ALONE TRINITY ENTER WELCOMED OVER 1450 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS MORE THAN 18,000 SERVICES TIMES PROVIDING OVER 47,000 SERVICES. I GET THOSE NUMBERS HARD TO SAY ALL TOGETHER BUT THESE NUMBERS ARE REAL PEOPLE, NEIGHBORS WORKING EVERY DAY TO MOVE FORWARD AND YOUR SUPPORT MAKES THAT POSSIBLE.

SO ON BEHALF OF TRINITY CENTER STAFF MEMBERS AND THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND FOR CONTINUING TO PRIORITIZE THESE ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. SO AS SOMEBODY WAS MOVED O HELP TRINITY CENTER, WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD FUNDRAISER FOR THEM TO ATTEND THEIR FUTURE GALA ON THE 14TH OF MAY AT THE LAFAYETTE PARK HOTEL AND IF YOU CAN ATTEND YOU CAN ALWAYS DONATE BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEE LOTS OF YOU THERE AND APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT TRINITY DOES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOLLY LET'S O.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MATT. I WORK FOR CONTRA COSTA SENIOR LEGAL SERVICES. I'M A RESIDENT OF CONCORD BUT WE SERVE THE WHOLE COUNTY JUST LIKE WHAT I ECHO A LOT F WHAT WAS JUST SAID AND THANK YOU FOR THE VOTE TO SUPPORT HE SOCIAL SERVICES SENIOR AND MAYBE SOME OF YOU WERE EVEN VEN AMONG THAT CATEGORY OF SENIORS BUT IT'S A IT'S A GROWING GROUP OF PEOPLE AND THEY CAN BE FAIRLY VULNERABLE. THEIR INCOME IS OFTEN LIMITED AND IN A IN A WORLD OF RISING COSTS THAT IS NOT A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS. AND SO THE NUMBER OF SENIORS THAT WE SEE COMING TO US LOOKING FOR HELP IS GROWING YEAR BY YEAR. THE FUNDING IS NOT. AND SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE MAINTAINING THIS FUNDING. IT'S NOT YOUR PROBLEM TO FIX THE THE WORLD OF FUNDING THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SUPPORTING OUR SENIORS.

BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT HOW IN A LOT OF PLACES FUNDING IS BEING CUT BACK ND YET THE NUMBER OF SENIORS IS GROWING AND THAT'S JUST A POLICY ISSUE THAT THE WORLD NEEDS TO ADDRESS AT SOME POINT. BUT I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU. THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR 50TH EAR IN THE COUNTY SO WISHES A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. WE'RE HAVING OUR BIG BIRTHDAY PARTY ON SEPTEMBER NINTH AT BOUNDARY OAK AND YOU'RE ALL INVITED.

SO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ALL OF THE GREAT SOCIAL SERVICES. I SHALL SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL THOSE CHOICE IN AGING AND POVERTY AGING AND EMEMBER THERE'S FOUR SENIOR SERVICES AND I THINK MEALS ON WHEELS AND US. SO THANK YOU FOR ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US THAT SERVE SENIORS THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. LET'S BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER CMMENTS, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR A MOTION.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY FOR ALL THE EVERY TIME I LOOK AT THE SUBSIDY PROGRAM AND THIS SOLICITATION AND I AM BLOWN AWAY WITH HOW MUCH THESE APPLICANTS ARE DOING WITH SO LITTLE MONEY AND THEY'RE DOING IT FOR OUR VULNERABLE SENIORS FOR, YOU KNOW, HOMELESS FOLKS FOR JUST A WHOLE DIFFERENT VARIETY OF PEOPLE. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THEY PUT INTO IT. AND I WOULD MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION PPROVING THE 2627 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN INCLUDING THE F Y 27 FUNDING PLAN AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM CONTRACT AMENDMENTS FOR FIVE AGREEMENTS EXCEEDING 125,000. > I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION IF WE CAN ADD AND DIRECTS STAFF TO EXPLORE ALTERNATIVE SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS FOR THE OUTREACH SERVICES THAT WE'VE HAD TO CUT BACK FROM THE COUNTY, I'LL ACCEPT THAT AMENDMENT.

WELL WE HAVE MOTION A SECOND COUNCILOR DARLING YES, SYLVIA, I I'M SORRY DEVINNEY YOUR PROGRAM RUNS WELL. YES, YOU'RE WELL. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION ADOPTING A NEGATIVE DECLARATION APPROVING A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO UPDATE A SAFETY ELEMENT TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW. I INVITE PRINCIPAL PLANNER. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? OKAY. THE THIRD ITEM SEEMS VERY SHORT. SHOULD WE ASK IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST? SO DO YOU. OUR QUESTIONS ARE THERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THE SECOND ONE?

OKAY. SO OKAY WELL ALL RIGHT. WE'RE READY TO GO ANYWAY SO OKAY INVITE PRINCIPAL PLANNER CRYSTAL DE CASTRO FORWARD TO PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION.

HI. THANK YOU. I'M ALLISON RESNICK, ASSOCIATE PLANNER WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. CRYSTAL DECASTRO IS ALSO HERE IN SUPPORT. I'M HERE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR WILK. MAYOR PRO TEM FRANCOIS AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATE WHICH REFLECTS CURRENT STATE REQUIREMENTS AND STRENGTHENS THE CITY'S APPROACH TOWARDS HAZARDS, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND LONG TERM RESILIENCE. THIS UPDATE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT PARTICIPATION FROM OUR COMMUNITY. OUR SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE WHICH WAS COMPRISED OF STAFF FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND CONTRACTORS, THE COUNTY FIRE PREVENTION DISTRICT OF COURSE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY OUR CONSULTANT TEAM WHO HAS BEEN VITAL IN HELPING US WITH THIS EFFORT. HARRIS AND ASSOCIATES, WHICH IS LED BY DARREN NEUFELD, SENIOR DIRECTOR. I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO DARREN WHO WILL WALK YOU THROUGH KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UPDATE THIS OKAY.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR WELK AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DARREN NEUFELD. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS AN UPDATE TO THE GENERAL PLAN SAFETY ELEMENT. TO START I'LL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE ROLE OF THE SAFETY.

THE GENERAL PLAN IS A STATE MANDATED LONG TERM POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT GUIDES THE FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY. THE SAFETY ELEMENT IS ONE OF THE REQUIRED ELEMENTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN. IT ADDRESSES RISKS FROM NATURAL AND HUMAN CAUSED HAZARDS INCLUDING WILDFIRES, FLOODS, DROUGHTS, EARTHQUAKES AND CLIMATE CHANGE. ITS PURPOSE IS TO INTEGRATE SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS INTO LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING TO REDUCE RISK TO LIFE PROPERTY AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY. THIS IS ACHIEVED THROUGH GOALS, POLICIES AND ACTIONS THAT HELP THE CITY PREPARE FOR HAZARDS. RESPOND EFFECTIVELY DURING EMERGENCIES AND REDUCE LONG TERM VULNERABILITY. AN UPDATE TO THE SAFETY ELEMENT IS NEEDED. THE CITY'S CURRENT SAFETY ELEMENT WAS LAST ADOPTED IN 2006 WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE 2025 GENERAL PLAN. SINCE THEN SEVERAL KEY UPDATES AND REGULATORY CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED THAT HAVE TRIGGERED THE NEED FOR AN UPDATE. THE HOUSING ELEMENT WAS ADOPTED AND CERTIFIED IN 023. STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT THAT SAFETY ELEMENT BE REVIEWED AND UPDATED CONCURRENTLY WITH THE HOUSING ELEMENT. THE CITY ADOPTED ITS LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN OR MP IN 2025 WHICH OUTLINES STRATEGIES FOR HAZARD PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE. FOLLOWING STATE AND FEMA REQUIREMENTS, RECENT LEGISLATION HAS EXPANDED THE SAFETY ELEMENT REQUIREMENTS TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC HAZARDS SUCH AS WILDFIRE AND FLOODING. INCORPORATE CLIMATE ADAPTATION STRATEGIES AND EVALUATE EVACUATION ROUTES OR CAPACITY AND RELIABILITY. TOGETHER THESE CHANGES REQUIRE THE SAFETY ELEMENT TO BE UPDATED TO REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT DATA EVOLVING

CONDITIONS AND STATE LAW.

THE CITY INITIATED THE SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATE IN 2022 ALONGSIDE THE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE. THE PROCESS INCLUDED DATA COLLECTION AND HAZARD IDENTIFICATION. COMMUNITY OUTREACH TECHNICAL ANALYSIS SUCH AS THE VULNERABILITY AND EVACUATION ASSESSMENTS. AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF UPDATED GOALS, POLICIES AND IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS. DURING THIS TIME CONTRA COSTA COUNTY WAS UPDATING ITS LHP AND THE STATE WAS REVISING THEIR FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE MAPS BECAUSE BOTH WERE CRITICAL TO THE SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATE. THE PROCESS WAS TEMPORARILY PAUSED UNTIL THOSE EFFORTS WERE COMPLETED. THE SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATE AS SINCE RESUMED AND INCORPORATES BOTH OF THESE UPDATED RESOURCES ALONG WITH NEW STATE REQUIREMENTS. A KEY PART OF THIS PROCESS WAS COMMUNITY OUTREACH WHICH HELPED INFORM THE UPDATE.

OUTREACH INCLUDED TWO PUBLIC WORKSHOPS AND AN ONLINE SURVEY PARTICIPANTS IDENTIFIED TOP CONCERNS AS CLIMATE CHANGE DROUGHT EXTREME HEAT AND WILDFIRE RISK. MANY SHARED EXPERIENCES WITH POOR AIR QUALITY FROM WILDFIRES AND EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF VEGETATION MANAGEMENT LIKE REMOVING DEAD TREES TO REDUCE FIRE SPREAD. MOST RESPONDENTS ALSO REPORTED EXPERIENCING POWER OUTAGES DURING EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS AND RELATIVELY FEW FELT PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES. HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED OR IMPROVED PUBLIC EDUCATION AND EVACUATION PLANNING. THIS FEEDBACK INFORMED THE PRIORITIES OF THE SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATE. IN ADDITION TO COMMUNITY INPUT ,THE UPDATE WAS GUIDED BY A CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL TEAM OF PARTNER AGENCIES ACROSS DEPARTMENTAL TEAM ALSO KNOWN AS THE SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE. WITH SUPPORT FROM PARTNER AGENCIES AND THE CONSULTANT TEAM PROVIDED TECHNICAL GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS ,THE SUBCOMMITTEE ENSURED ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY'S VISION AND EXISTING POLICIES INCLUDING THE SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN AND THE LIHEAP. THEY CONDUCTED A THOROUGH REVIEW OF DRAFT AND FINAL DOCUMENTS TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH CITY POLICIES, STATE LAWS AND COMMUNITY CONCERNS. BY COMBINING TECHNICAL GUIDANCE WITH COMMUNITY INPUT, THE SAFETY ELEMENT IS BOTH DATA DRIVEN AND REFLECTIVE. A RESIDENT PRIORITIES. BUILDING ON THAT INPUT AND COORDINATION I WILL NOW SUMMARIZE THE KEY UPDATES IN THE DRAFT SAFETY ELEMENT. THE DRAFT SAFETY ONLINE UPDATE BUILDS ON THE CITY'S EXISTING SAFETY ELEMENT AND CONTINUES TO ADDRESS CORE HAZARDS LIKE SEISMIC ACTIVITY, FLOODING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, FIRE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT UPDATES FOCUS ON TWO AREAS EMERGENCY PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE. THERE ARE NEW GOALS TO INCREASE COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS AND REDUCE CLIMATE RELATED VULNERABILITY AND STRENGTHENED EVACUATION PLANNING POLICIES BASED ON ROUTE ANALYSIS. THERE IS A NEW SECTION ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ESPECIALLY ON VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. THERE ARE POLICIES TO PREPARE FOR HAZARDS LIKE EXTREME HEAT, HEAVY PRECIPITATION AND DROUGHT . AND ADDITIONAL UPDATES INCLUDE STRONGER WILDFIRE AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND EXPANDED PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH FOR RESIDENCES AND BUSINESSES. THE SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATE ALSO SUPPORTS IMPLEMENTATION OF ASSEMBLY BILL 2140 WHICH ALLOWS JURISDICTIONS INCORPORATING FEDERALLY FEDERALLY APPROVED AMPS INTO THE SAFETY ELEMENT TO QUALIFY FOR ADDITIONAL STATE COST SHARING FUNDING FOR ELIGIBLE DISASTER RECOVERY PROJECTS SUBJECT TO LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL.

AN INITIAL STUDY WAS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT. THE NALYSIS DETERMINED THAT THE UPDATE WOULD NOT RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND A NEGATIVE DECLARATION WAS PREPARED. THE INITIAL STUDY NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND DRAFT SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATE WERE CIRCULATED FOR PUBLIC REVIEW FROM FEBRUARY 9TH TO MARCH 11TH. DURING THE PERIOD THE CITY RECEIVED FIVE COMMENT LETTERS NONE NONE OF WHICH REQUIRED SUBSTANTIAL REVISIONS. ONE COMMENT LETTER FROM THE CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RECOMMENDED EXPANDING DISCUSSION OF LANDSLIDE RISKS AND UPDATING THE FAULT ZONE MAPS AS NEW DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE. THE STATE IS CURRENTLY UPDATING THEIR MAPS WITH REVISIONS EXPECTED IN MAY AND NOVEMBER WHICH WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE SAFETY ELEMENT ONCE RELEASED.

THESE INFORMATION UPDATES WILL NOT AFFECT THE GOALS, POLICIES OR ACTIONS OF THE SAFETY ELEMENT. UPDATE. ON MARCH 26TH THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED AND CONSIDERED THE ITEM LANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED AND RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ADOPT THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATE TO THE GENERAL PLAN. THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. THEIR BUTTS AND QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBERS SO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? I HAVE A FEW THANK YOU AND I SUBMITTED MANY OF MY QUESTIONS IN WRITING SO AND THEY WERE ANSWERED A LOT OF THEM IN THE ERATO SHEETS THAT WE RECEIVED. OKAY. BUT LET'S GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING.

SO IN 2005 WE HAD OUR 2006 WE ADOPTED GENERAL PLAN 2025 AND CHAPTER SIX AT THAT TIME WAS THE SAFETY AND NOISE ELEMENT. SO NOW WE'VE REMOVED THE OLD SAFETY OUT SECTIONS. IS CHAPTER SIX GOING TO REMAIN AS JUST NOISE ELEMENT?

THAT IS CORRECT. AND THEN WHERE DOES THIS ONE GO? AND I KNOW WE'RE STARTING THE GENERAL PLAN PROCESS BUT I FEEL LIKE I'M A LITTLE BIT IN NO MAN'S LAND. WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS DOCUMENT AND ALL THE OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT ARE NOW ATTACHED TO AT THE MPH AND THEIR AND ETC. SIMILAR TO OUR HOUSING ELEMENT IT'LL BE A STANDALONE ELEMENT SO IT'LL STILL BE A PORTION OF THE GENERAL PLAN. IT JUST WON'T BE NUMBERED AS A CHAPTER AS THE OTHER CHAPTERS ARE IN THE 26 VERSION. OKAY. SO THEN AS WE GO THROUGH INTO THE NEW GENERAL PLAN, WILL IT COME BACK INTO THE NEW GENERAL PLAN THEN?

CORRECT. AND 2 TO 4 TO FIVE YEAR USE DEPENDING ON HOW LONG IT TAKES US TO GET THAT DONE? CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT ARE ALL THESE PIECES OF LEGISLATION SEEM TO HAVE COME UP WITH A LONG LIST OF TRIGGERING EVENTS WHICH IS SOMEWHAT INTERESTING HEN YOU TALK ABOUT SAFETY AND HAZARDS AND IT SEEMS LIKE IF YOU'RE DOING REDOING YOUR HOUSING ELEMENT WHICH WE DO EVERY EIGHT YEARS, YOU HAVE TO DO THE SAFETY ELEMENT AGAIN. IF WE'RE DOING A GENERAL PLAN WE HAVE TO DO THE SAFETY ELEMENT. HOW MANY TIMES ARE WE GOING TO DO THE SAFETY ELEMENT AGAIN OVER THE NEXT 5 OR 6 YEARS?

WELL THE GOVERNMENT CODE S IT CURRENTLY EADS CAN GET PASSED AND WE CAN BE REQUIRED TO UPDATE OR OTHER REASONS. BUT THE GOVERNMENT CODE SAYS TO UPDATE AT LEAST EVERY EIGHT YEARS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HOUSING ELEMENT OR THE GYMPIE AS NECESSARY. SO WE ARE UPDATING WITH CURRENT STATE LAW NOW. OKAY. AND YOU KNOW WHAT HA WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT AND IS THAT IT IS HAS IT BEEN ADDRESSED IN HERE ADEQUATELY FOR THE TIME BEING?

WE WE HAVE REVISED ONE OF OUR POLICIES TO MAKE REFERENCE TO THE CAL'S CAL FIRE ZONES ZONE 012 AND I THINK ALL THE WAY UP TO THREE BY RECOMMENDATION AND THAT ZONE ZERO IS THE FIRST FIVE FEET. SO THAT IS NOW IN A POLICY TO EDUCATE AND ENCOURAGE THOSE THAT INFORMATION FOR RESIDENCES.

OKAY. W GET ASKED ABOUT THAT AT FARMER'S MARKET. YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME TAKE OUT ALL MY LANDSCAPING WITHIN FIVE FEET OF THE I KNOW I'M ANOTHER QUESTION AND JUST FOR REMINDER TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, I AM A GOVERNOR APPOINTEE TO THE CALIFORNIA SEISMIC SAFETY COMMISSION AND ONE OF THE THINGS CAL FIRE WHICH WERE PART OF CALLAWAY IS TALK ABOUT NOW A LOT IS FIRE FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKE. THE WORST CASE SCENARIO IS AN EARTHQUAKE OCCURS AND NOT ONLY DOES IT DAMAGE YOUR HOME BUT IT DAMAGES THE WATER LINES. IT CAUSES GAS LINES TO BREAK FIRES TO START AND THEN YOUR IF WATER LINES BREAK THAT SUPPLY OF WATER AVAILABLE TO FIGHT THE FIRE IS NOW DIMINISHED. SO MULTI HAZARDS HAVE WE ADDRESSED THAT IN HERE OR WE ARE SO IF WE CAN BECOME MORE AWARE OF IT IT SEEMS LIKE THESE THE SAFETY CHAPTER SEEMS TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL SEISMIC FIRE LANDSLIDES AND IT'S LIKE NO, WHAT IF THEY ALL HAPPEN AT ONCE ?

YEAH WHICH IS PART OF WHY THE GOVERNMENT CODE ASKS US TO LOOK AT WATER PRESSURE AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT AS A BASELINE WE'RE ALREADY SET UP WITH THE RIGHT PRESSURE TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT ALL THAT DROPS DURING AN EMERGENCY OR CAN DROP TO AN EMERGENCY. SO WE HAVE UPDATED THAT ELEMENT TO SPECIFICALLY POINT OUT THAT EARTHQUAKES CAN BE A MAJOR CAUSE OF FIRES AFTERWARDS AND THEN THE EVACUATION ROUTE ANALYSIS JUST LOOKS AT FIRES IN GENERAL BUT WHICH CAN BE CAUSED BY A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS INCLUDING EARTHQUAKES OR DOWNED POWER LINES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MY LAST QUESTION IS REALLY ABOUT THE EVACUATION ROUTES. A WHOLE HAPTER ON IT WAS REALLY FASCINATING. OOH, HOW DO YOU GO FROM HERE TO HERE? WHAT IS THE INTENT OF HAVING THE ANALYSIS? IT'S NOT REALLY I WOULD ASSUME IT'S NOT REALLY TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO DO EXACTLY AND WHERE TO GO. YEAH, I LIVE ON ONE OF THOSE STREETS THAT HAS ONLY ONE WAY IN AND OUT AND IT'S OVER A BRIDGE WITH WATER UNDER IT SO WHAT IS THE INTENT? WHAT DOES THIS DOCUMENT SUPPOSED TO TELL US TO DO OR THE PUBLIC TO DO?

SO THE MAIN INTENT BEHIND THE VACUATION ROUTE ANALYSIS WHICH IS REQUIRED THROUGH A FEW DIFFERENT STATE LAWS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT THE UNDER A HOST OF SCENARIOS. AND SO THERE COULD BE AN INFINITE NUMBER OF SCENARIOS BUT WITH THE SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE WE CHOSE THE SCENARIOS THAT WERE IN IT DOES. YES. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND WE DID. AND BASICALLY HOW IT DOES IT IS WE LOOK AT THE CAPACITY OF ROADWAYS AND THOSE ARE ROADWAYS YOU WANT TO GET TO THE GREATEST CAPACITY. SO YEAH. THANK YOU.

JUST A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS ON THE ZONE ZERO AND THE THE RIGHT NOW IT SOUNDS THAT WE ARE ENCOURAGING NON-CONFORMING DEVELOPMENT TO UPDATE TO CONTEMPORARY FIRE STANDARDS AND I KNOW THAT THAT COULD GET REPLACED BY WHAT THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL DOES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS FREQUENTLY VERY CONFUSING TO PEOPLE THAT COME UP TO ME AT THE FARMER'S MARKET IS THAT YOUR HOME INSURANCE DOESN'T CARE WHAT THIS PLAN SAYS YOUR HOME INSURANCE WANTS WHAT IT WANTS. CORRECT? I KNOW EVERYBODY AT HOME THEY'RE SHAKING THEIR HEADS.

SO PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THAT HAVE HAD THE OST DRACONIAN THINGS HAPPEN IT'S USUALLY IN RESPONSE TO THEIR HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE NOT TO A CITY INSPECTOR. AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY THAT IS . AND THEN THE ON THE EVACUATION ROUTES I KNOW THAT THE SENSITIVITY OF WHEN YOU CALL FOR EVACUATION WAS A QUESTION IN SOME OF THE RECENT FIRES, PARTICULARLY IN PARADISE AND SOME OF THE AREAS UP THERE . WERE THOSE LEARNINGS INCORPORATED INTO THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DID ON WHEN YOU CALL FOR AN EVACUATION? HOW SOON DO YOU CALL IT IF IT'S IN A CONGESTED AREA?

YEAH. SO WE WE DID THROUGH THE SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE WE DID WORK WITH CONTRA COSTA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AND POLICE WHO WHOM ARE HERE. WE DO HAVE DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF MCALISTER AND CAPTAIN CONNORS. IF WE HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS ON LESSONS LEARNED AND THINGS LIKE THAT FROM PREVIOUS WILDFIRES. MM HMM. BUT I UNDERSTAND. YES. YEAH. AND THEN I KNOW WE HAVE A CABIN IN A HIGH FIRE AREA AND WATCH JUDY TAN HAS JUST BLOWN ALL OTHER REPORTING MECHANISMS OUT OF THE WATER AS FAR AS KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON IN REAL TIME.

HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT INTEGRATING WITH THE NONPROFIT WATCH JUDY APP OR YOU KNOW, TO MY KNOWLEDGE IT'S NOT SPECIF SPECIFIC TO WHICH APP BUT THE THE ELEMENT DOES MAKE IT A POINT TO INCORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS IMPROVEMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. OKAY. YEAH. AS THE EVACUATION ROUTE ANALYSIS ALSO HAS A SECTION ON LESSONS LEARNED AND TOOLS TO CONSIDER WHICH WE LIST THE KNOWN APPS OR AT LEAST SOME OF THEM AND PROGRAMS MANY OF WHICH FIRE IS AWARE OF AND INVESTIGATING AND ALREADY USES.

AND I WOULD ALSO JUST QUICKLY ADD THAT WE WANTED TO KEEP IT ALSO A LITTLE BIT GENERAL BECAUSE IT MAY CHANGE OVER YEAR SINCE DIFFERENT APPS ON THIS STUFF.

YES. THOSE WERE MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU GUYS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY FOR WE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS SO LET'S CLOSED THE QUESTIONS FOR NOW. WE'LL OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC AND IS THERE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS HERE? PLEASE COMPLETE A SPEAKER CARD AND COME ON UP. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES AND THERE ISN'T ANYBODY. SO YOU DID A GREAT JOB. > THERE'S NO MORE COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION, BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR A MOTION. BUT ONCE FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO START BY THANKING STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY FOR BEING INVOLVED AND ALL OF THE VARIOUS AGENCIES THAT CAME TOGETHER TO WORK ON THESE.

THEY ARE YOU WHEN YOU READ THIS YOU GET I MEAN I FOUND MYSELF GETTING EMOTIONAL WITH WORRY IF IF WE DON'T PLAN WE CAN'T BE PREPARED TO RESPOND TO THESE THINGS SO PLANNING IS A GOOD THING TO DO. PLAN AHEAD BUT IT'S ALSO MINDFUL THAT WE ALL HAVE TO TAKE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE THINGS. IT IS NOT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CANNOT PROTECT. THEY DON'T HAVE A BUBBLE THAT THEY CAN PUT AROUND EVERYBODY AND THEN NOTHING WILL HAPPEN. INSTEAD WE HAVE TO BE WORKING TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO PREPARE THE PLAN AND I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION TO DOPT THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTING A NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND APPROVING A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO UPDATE THE SAFETY ELEMENT TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW INCLUDING THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED TONIGHT AT THIS AT THE DYESS. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND COUNCILMEMBER SILVA. HI THERE. WELL, HI. HI. COUNCILMEMBER DEVANEY. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM PRISCILLA. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE HAVE A FAIRLY SHORT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE PROBABLY HAVE A PRETTY SHORT ITEM BUT F PEOPLE NEED ME TO STOP FOR A BREAK OKAY, LET'S TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.

WE WILL RESUME AT 8:00. ALL RIGHT.

SO SO O YOUR CONSIDERATION TO ADOPT THE REQUIRED FINDINGS UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE 217 THE ACTION WOULD AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO THREE SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS WITH ECO GREEN SOLUTIONS FOR TURN CREEK TURNKEY LIGHTING UPGRADES AT THREE FACILITIES AND TO EXECUTE ON BILL FINANCING WITH PGE TO FUND THE PROJECT. OKAY SO WHAT IS ON BILL FINANCING IN THIS CASE I'M BILL FINANCING IS A PGD PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES ELIGIBLE PUBLIC AGENCIES WITH ZERO FINANCING FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS. THE IMPROVEMENTS TO QUALIFY OR

THESE IMPROVEMENTS YOU NEED TO GENERATE UTILITY SAVINGS AND THOSE AVINGS ARE THEN USED TO REPAY THE COST OVER TIME THROUGH THE UTILITY BILL. THIS ALLOWS US TO COMPETE NEEDED ENERGY SAVINGS IMPROVEMENTS WHILE SUPPORTING SUSTAINABILITY AND MINIMIZING UPFRONT CAPITAL COSTS TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS WE ARE USING GOVERNMENT CODE AB 4217 WHICH ALLOWS MUNICIPALITIES TO AWARD GREEN ENERGY PROJECTS WITHOUT GOING THROUGH A COMPLICATED RFP PROCESS. SO THIS ILLUSTRATES HOW SIMPLE IT IS. THE CITY OF WALNUT CREEK ENTERS AN AGREEMENT WITH PGE AND E, P G AND E PAYS ECO GREEN TO COME IN AND DO THE WORK AND THEN E REAP THE BENEFITS AND THE BENEFITS ARE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND MINIMAL UPFRONT CAPITAL COSTS THE ENERGY SAVINGS HELPS OFFSET REPAYMENT OF THE LIGHTING PROJECT IN THIS CASE ND THEN IT'S THE SUPPORT SUPPORTS OUR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS.

WE'VE USED THIS ON BILL FINANCING PROCESS BEFORE ON MANY OF OUR PROJECTS AS YOU KNOW ABOUT 95% OF OUR STREET LIGHTS HAVE BEEN PAID THROUGH ON BILL FINANCING FROM ALL THE SAVINGS YOU KNOW SOME OF YOU WERE HERE AT THE TIME BUT WE REPLACED ALL THE AC UNITS AT SHETLANDS, THE GARDENS AT HEATHER AND ALSO LINDSAY WILDLIFE AND THEN ALL OF OUR CITY OWNED GARAGES HAVE BEEN RETROFITTED WITH EARLY DAYS. SO WE'VE WE'VE TESTED AND PROVED THIS PROCESS IS REALLY A GREAT PROGRAM. SO OUR PROJECT SCOPE INCLUDES THREE BUILDINGS THE LESHER AND THE CLAY ARTS AND THE W C LIBRARY, WALNUT CREEK LIBRARY AND AS YOU MIGHT NOW THE CLAY ARTS IS PROBABLY THE OLDEST BUILDING UP HERE AND YOU NOW IT'S STILL HAS FLUORESCENT LIGHTING ND SO THE SAVINGS IN THIS BUILDING IS GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIAL AND THE LESHER STILL HAS FLUORESCENTS THROUGHOUT AND THEN WHICH WAS SURPRISING THE LIBRARY ACTUALLY HAS FLUORESCENT LIGHTING AS WELL. SO THERE IS A LOT F GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO UPGRADE UPGRADE THAT BUILDING AS WELL WITH LIGHTING. THIS IS THIS IS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS IF YOU LOOK IN THIS AT THIS CHART IT SHOWS HOW THE LIGHTING UPGRADES TRANSLATES INTO REAL ENERGY AND COST SAVINGS AT THE CLARETS FACILITY WE EXPECT THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE REDUCTION AT 64% AT THE LEISURE WE'RE EXPECTING 4,646% REDUCTION AT 9600 PER PER YEAR.

AND THEN AT THE LIBRARY WE'RE EXPECTING 50 A 56 PERCENT REDUCTION AND THE HIGHEST FINANCIAL IMPACT SAVING ABOUT 29,000 A YEAR. SO AND THE BAR ON THE RIGHT IF YOU COULD JUST LOOK AT THE COMPARISON BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AFTER WE INSTALL LEDS, IT'S A PRETTY COMPELLING ARGUMENT.

NEXT SLIDE SHOWS OVERALL WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PROJECT COST OF ABOUT 404,000. WE INCLUDED A CONTINGENCY OF 40,000. WE AS OF RIGHT NOW WE DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T KNOW. AND AS WE GET INTO THESE PROJECTS WE MIGHT RUN INTO, YOU KNOW, THE NEED FOR AN ELECTRICAL UPGRADE OR RUN INTO SOME HAZARDOUS MATERIAL THAT MIGHT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL WORK. WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE DON'T USE ANY OF THAT CONTINGENCY AND THE PROJECT GOES SMOOTHLY. BUT THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL SAVINGS S YOU CAN SEE IS 41,500 WHICH IS SUBSTANTIAL AND OVER TEN YEARS WHICH IS REALLY THE DURATION OF THE UNBUILT FINANCING WE'RE LOOKING AT 415,000 AND THIS IS THIS LAST NUMBER HERE IS THE ESTIMATED ENERGY SAVINGS OF YOU KNOW, ABOUT 1.2 MILLION KILOWATT HOURS OF POWER IN TERMS OF THE REDUCTIONS. SO TONIGHT I'M PROPOSING AT THIS TIME AND REQUESTING CITY COUNCIL PROJECTED IT FORWARD IF THE THE RATES CHANGE IF THE RATE CHANGE IS NOT AS QUICK AND THE SAVINGS ARE NOT AS DRAMATIC, WHAT HAPPENS?

CAN WE EXTEND OUT THE FINANCING OR IS IT SO THEY'RE GIVING YOU GUYS A TEN YEAR PROGRAM IF THE RATES GO UP IT JUST MEANS THAT TOMORROW'S DOLLAR IS WORTH MORE OBVIOUSLY THAN TODAY. RIGHT? SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS USE TODAY'S MAKE TODAY'S STORY BECAUSE THAT'S BASICALLY TAKE A PIN POINT IN TIME AND SAY OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH TODAY'S RATES AND THEN THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO CLIMB. IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO BASICALLY SAY HEY, THREE YEARS FROM NOW YOU'RE GOING TO PAY X AMOUNT MORE BECAUSE THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT TO DO TO GET THAT PAST RIGHT SOME PAST SOME DON'T. THEY ACTUALLY WERE TRYING TO DO ONE LAST YEAR THAT DIDN'T GET PASSED RIGHT SO AS AS IT CONTINUES TO GO UP IT JUST MEANS THAT WELL ONE THEY GIVE YOU A CONSERVATIVE AVERAGE THEY LET US USE ABOUT 40 TO 50% OF THE ACTUAL RUN TIME. RIGHT. SO THE OTHER HOURS THAT YOU'RE USING THAT THAT GOES BACK TO THE CITY THAT YOU GUYS GET THE SAVINGS DIRECTLY THE UTILITIES AND SAY HEY, YOU SAVED MORE ENERGY. YOU OWE ME ONE, RIGHT? SO THE SAVINGS THAT YOU ACTUALLY GET BECOMES MORE VALUABLE.

SO THE RISK IS ARE WE BEARING THE RISK THAT THE RATE OR A UTILITY PGD BEARING THE RISK THAT IF THE THE USAGE DOESN'T PENCIL OUT OF IT'S CHANGE IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T ISN'T REFLECTED THE RISK IS SO SO THE PROGRAM IS FIXED AS HE THEY HAVEN'T LOWERED RATES A VERY LONG TIME AS THE THE RISK IS BASICALLY ON PAGE YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUC IS APPROVING THE PAPERWORK THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ULTRA CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE WHAT THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE APPEN IS YOUR BILLS TO INCREASE SO THEY WANT TO THE INTENTION IS TO HAVE A BILL NEUTRAL TO WHERE THE SAVINGS PAYS FOR IT AND IN THAT THEY DON'T ALLOW US TO CLAIM ALL THE HOURS THEY ACTUALLY BUFFER THE HOURS FOR INSTANCE IF THE LIGHTS ARE ON ALL NIGHT LONG THEY ONLY LET US CLAIM A PERCENTAGE OF THOSE HOURS TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT PUSHING THE BLOODY EDGE OF THE ENVELOPE. RIGHT. SO THEY'RE ULTRA CONSERVATIVE IN THE HOURS THAT THEY LET US USE AND THEN THE BILL IS N AVERAGE OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS USAGE AS FAR AS THE CONSUMPTION AND THE RATES THAT YOU'VE BEEN PAYING AND THEN FROM THERE THEY SAY OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO BASICALLY TAKE THIS THIS POINT IN TIME AND SAY HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE CONTRACT CALCULATIONS AT AND THEN THEY KNOW THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO GO DOWN. IT'S GOING TO BASICALLY INCREASE FROM THIS TIME FORWARD. SO WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS THE USAGE AS LONG AS THE USAGE STAYS THE SAME, EVERYTHING IS BILL NEUTRAL. IF YOUR USAGE GOES UP ALL THAT ADDITIONAL USAGE AND COSTS THAT YOU GUYS WOULD ACCRUE, YOU ACTUALLY GET ALL THAT SAVINGS. PGE DOESN'T BILL YOU BACK FOR THAT SO IT'S A FLAT FIXED AMOUNT THEY TAKE EVERY SINGLE MONTH FOR THE DURATION OF THE PROGRAM.

OKAY SO IF IF THE RATES DON'T INCREASEROCEED WHICH TAKE8 HOURS FROM THE TIME THEY RECEIVE THE CONTRACT THEY WILL CROSS ON THAT CONTRACT WHICH WE WILL SEND BACK TO YOUR STAFF AND THEN WE ARE READY TO GO SOON AS YOU GUYS ARE. SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GOING THROUGH THE FORMALITY OF THIS PROCESS THIS EVENING AND WE CAN GET STARTED PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS PLUS OR MINUS MAYBE THE WEEK AFTER NEXT AT THE EARLIEST, MAYBE THE WEEK AFTER THAT AT THE LATEST. AND HOW LONG TO DO THE INSTALL ON THE LESSER CENTER I'M GOING TO SAY WILL PROBABLY BE A FULL DAY. THAT'S IT. SO ACTUALLY THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT'S GOT A WEIRD SCHEDULE BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING CLASSES.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GET IN AND GET OUT BEFORE THOSE CLASSES START THE LIBRARY. I'M GOING TO SAY THAT'S PROBABLY THAT TAKES ABOUT SEVEN FULL INSTALLATION DAYS. THE LESSONS THE LESSER CENTER WILL PROBABLY TAKE 5 TO 7 DAYS JUST DEPENDING UPON UANCES AND DIFFICULTY OF FIXTURES BEING OPEN TO WHAT HAVE YOU. SO I'D SAY ROBABLY THREE FOUR WEEKS TO DO THE WHOLE PORTFOLIO. THAT'S GREAT AND RICH THESE ARE NOT PROJECTS THAT RE IN OUR STEP OR CAPITAL BUDGET. WE'RE DOING THEM THROUGH THIS PROGRAM INSTEAD CORRECT.

OKAY. THANKS. RIGHT. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS HERE SO WE'LL OPEN UP FOR A MINUTE IF ANYBODY RUNS IN. BUT SINCE I DON'T SEE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT, BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL. SO I HAVE TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY A QUESTION. I THINK I WAS SUPPOSED TO RECUSE MYSELF BECAUSE MY MY HUSBAND'S A RETIREE OF JEANIE AND SOME OF OUR INCOME COMES FROM PETER. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU THAT YOU NOT PARTICIPATE ANY FURTHER WHICH IS WHY I'VE BEEN SAYING NOTHING.

ALL RIGHT, WILL WITH THAT DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR EMOTION? LET ME LET ME JUST SAY THIS FOR THE RECORD I AM RECUSING MYSELF FROM THIS ITEM BECAUSE I COULD ACTIVELY HAVE A FINANCIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST FROM MY HUSBAND'S EARNINGS FROM PGA AND A RETIREE. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SILVA AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF APPROVING SOLE SOURCE ENERGY SERVICES CONTRACTS AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SUCH CONTRACTS WITH THE GO GREEN SOLUTIONS INC FOR EFFICIENT ENERGY LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS FOR CITY OWNED FACILITIES AND AUTHORIZING ASSOCIATED PGD ON BILLED LOAN FINANCING.

AND I'LL SECOND A MOTION TO SECOND COUNCILMEMBER DEVANEY. HI COUNCILMEMBER DARLING. HI MAYOR PRO TEM FRANCOIS HI MAYOR. WELCOME. HI. I'M CURIOUS FOR TWO ZERO WITH THE RECUSAL RECUSAL FROM COUNCILMEMBER SILVA ALL RIGHT. AND THAT WAS THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM.

WITH THAT WE ARE ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU, BRIAN. HERE WE GO WITH WIT