City Council - Regular Meeting

City of Seaside, regular 5 p.m. meeting, Thursday, June 4th, 2026, City Hall Chambers. We will come to order. Thank you. Roll call, please.

Council and agency member Miller?

Here.

Council and agency member Burks?

Here.

Council and agency member Garcia-Arizuela? Mayor Pro Tem and Vice Chair Facheco? Mayor and Chair Oglesby? Here.

here uh acknowledge uh council member council member miller is now our council and agency member garcia arizona for the record we have a quorum thank you so much and we will uh have a moment of silence and then we would um ask mayor pro temp to uh listen and pledge allegiance we didn't have anybody for Thank you. We'll go to item number four is a review of the agenda. Mr. City Manager, if there's any additions or removals to the agenda.

Yes, thank you, Mayor. Due to technical issues, staff is requesting the removal of item 6A, the Seaside City News broadcast.

Madam City Attorney, are there any additions or removals from the agenda?

Yes, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Item 13B can be removed from the agenda.

Thank you. Next, we go to public comments. Members of the public were seen to address the City Council. Underneath matters underneath our jurisdiction may do so for up to three minutes during public comment. It's also the time to comment on presentation items. You can also comment on items that were removed from the agenda. And we ask that you hold your comments on items on the agenda until that item is called. We ask that you state your name for the benefit of the record. Public comment is open.

Members of the public in the chamber, please approach the podium. Members of the public on Zoom, you may use the raise your hand feature or dial star nine if you're calling from a phone.

Linda Cunningham, member of the Homeless Committee, but here speaking as a citizen. I've been traveling and out of town and missed a lot of things. The lights on the palm tree at City Hall looks great. It's going to be on Fremont soon. I just can't wait. I can't wait to see the new LED lights at City Hall. This is a great investment in the city. So proud of Seaside. the new trees and landscaping at the library fabulous the gate at seaside police fabulous and i will i'm not going to hit everything but i'll leave it to be copied the seahorse looks so elegant with just the grass when i came here last night with the way the sun was hitting it was so beautiful just have a grass easy to maintain won't be a weed patch um If there's lighting, wow, we gotta have light on that thing, it's beautiful. There's some other areas that I think we should just go with a new clean look, just grass, because grass is not a weed patch. We got those new signs on Canyon Del Rey. I did not come the way I normally come through Home Depot tonight. So I don't know if there's still a driving hazard or somebody spilled white paint. I came through there the other night to come down and see the other lighting, the lighting, new lighting, which was white, bummer. And I just, I had no idea where the lane was because it's the brightest white light. thing on there um caltrans said it's not them i'm assuming it's you guys but it really is a hazard at night not during the day you can see the lanes during the day at night it was just weird um i appreciate the city asking caltrans to make crossing canyon del rey safe but i oppose reducing those lane reductions there are only three roads north out of here if we had to escape from an earthquake a fire a tsunami there's only three lanes and if those high voltage lines which do catch on fire set the entire east side of Seaside on fire, we don't have General Jim Moore, which only leaves everybody, Canyon Del Rey and Fremont to leave and we can't even do rush hour traffic. It's way too dangerous. I assume the state owns the DMV. Let's put a parking lot over there. We can have a beautiful sky ramp all the way over to the Canyon Del Rey with the general slope. We could have parking. It can have an elevator. It would be a beautiful view over the lake. It would be a destination in the seaside. There's so many things could be done with a beautiful park. Or they could put the parking lot on the Canyon Del Rey side, south of Chili's, put a park on top. Again, a beautiful view, destination for seaside. It's a win for everybody. And I also think, thinking about those power lines up there, huge hazard for the city. PG&E is underlining those. Undergrounding them, Seaside should ask to make sure the 30,000 plus citizens of Seaside are safe. Those power lines need to go underground. It's too unsafe. All that fuel's up there. The army burned it out 20 years ago. It's so dangerous. One of our only three roads out of here is along that power line. has to go underground let's do it seaside and meet taria's opening this week thank you thank you

good evening council um and sherry um next uh meeting when you have the budget meeting i will not be here and so i thought uh since i have the opportunity since i came to the meeting i would just like to tell you that um the neighborhood improvement commission worked very hard um you know on the additional 100 000 that we were uh that was in the allocation to uh come up with recommendations we thought that city council would approve. And so I hope that you will, and I hope that you will see the hard work that we did and that we did it for the betterment of Seaside and all of Seaside residents and the peninsula with regard to the pickleball striping. The whole peninsula can benefit from that. so i hope you will appreciate the work that we've done and and and if you have any questions mr mewis uh is our liaison and he knows exactly what we were thinking so thank you members in the public in the chamber please approach the podium members of the public on zoom you can use the raise your hand feature or dial star nine

The caller ending in 9902, you may unmute and make your public comment.

Good afternoon. This is Nina Beattie. AT&T is planning to disconnect landline telephone service and end lifeline service and wants freedom from its carrier of last resort obligations. And I asked the city to take action to stop this. Copper Line landlines are essential infrastructure. The system is built to work even in extended power outages and in most disasters. The lines are powered, including making your phone ring so you can reach 911 and your doctor, receive evacuation notices, stay connected to elderly and ill loved ones, and others can connect to you. You don't need batteries. This service provides pinpoint location data to emergency responders when seconds count. a fire, a home invasion, when someone's choking, has a heart attack, or a stroke. The voice quality is superior, the system secure, and it doesn't drop calls. The lines also provide DSL internet. AT&T's carrier of last resort status, or COLR as it's called, requires AT&T to provide basic phone service to everyone who requests it without discrimination. Voice over internet protocol and wireless, these are the only alternatives, are notoriously unreliable and even unavailable in many areas, and they require batteries. When the battery dies, there's no phone service. Disasters routinely knock them out. Thousands of people testified to the CPUC about how landlines saved their lives during Northern California fires around their homes after PG&E turned off the area's electricity. After a favorable FCC ruling recently, AT&T filed multiple petitions to the FCC to eliminate landlines and lifelines in areas of California including the Monterey Peninsula and Salinas. The petitions to the FCC will be automatically granted if there's no opposition. Comments are due June 22nd. MontereyBayMatters.org has instructions and an overview of the situation. AT&T is also suing the state of California and the CPUC to stop its regulating of it as a utility. Finally, State Bill ACA 9 would amend the state constitution to remove telecom companies designation as a public utility, remove CPUC oversight for telecom companies like AT&T, and limit oversight for all public utilities. Senate hearings are this month. Indications are the Senate, which already approved it, didn't even read the measure. And there's more action by AT&T. The details are on the website MontereyBayMatters.org. This is an urgent public safety matter, literally life and death for many people, particularly those in rural and fire prone areas and the vulnerable. Please protect this vital infrastructure and advocate for free reforms to make it affordable so everyone can have lifelines, these lifelines. Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Good evening, City Council, Mr. Mayor, citizens of Seaside. I'm Peter Kaiser, a longtime resident. As there was only a moment of silence, I respectfully would like to add a prayer. God, we adore you. You are worthy. You are omnipotent and omnipresent. thank you for your sacrifice of your son on the cross that we may be forgiven and be allowed to surrender our lives to jesus ask for forgiveness and be in heaven with him and the saints forever thank you for your providence and provision in our lives even giving us more than we deserve help us to know and do your will Help us to follow the scripture of the Bible and the original intent of the Constitution. And Lord, please protect any pre-borns from the clinic, the Planned Parenthood clinic, just two blocks away here by the city. okay i can't see the clock yeah we're having we're having problems with the clock so please continue all right so uh protect them from the planned parent and also city city council needs to be challenged it made a serious mistake at their last meeting approving a another sanctuary city designation for seaside this was for transgendered people and a so-called trans affirming care There should be much more emphasis on being straight and also the lovely detransitioning people from gender dysphoria. They need to be affirmed for this. And there were serious problems and these minors need to be protected from transgender interventions. In the Chloe Cole Act of 2026, this is what it would do, including dropping interventions like puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, or surgical procedures by placing full liability on clinics and hospitals, establish the private right of action allowing individuals affected and their families to pursue civil challenges and detransitional medical experiences. Some hospitals have now dropped the transitioning surgeries and the gender hormones and stop this and get damages for emotional distress, pain, and suffering. Thank you for your comments.

Pardon? Do we have a belt of rings?

Oh, is that it? Okay, thank you.

All right.

So please turn over the sanctuary transition city.

Members of the public in the chamber, please approach the podium. Members of the public on Zoom, you may use the raise your hand feature or dial star nine. Susan Scavone, you may now unmute and make your public comment.

Thank you. Good evening, Mayor, Council, staff and public. I'm just following up on the resolution that was read last meeting regarding transgender a sanctuary. After the mayor read the resolution, it became clear to me it was exactly the right thing to do. Our current government's removing rights of transgender people, pursuing an institution wide approach to restrict them. Some examples are Attorney General Pam Bondi instructed the FBI to begin offering cash bounties for information leading to the identification and arrest of transgender activists promoting what she referred to as a radical gender ideology and described activities as domestic terrorists. In May, the White House published the United States Counterterrorism Strategy, which said in addition to cartels and Islamic terror groups, our national CT activities will also prioritize the rapid identification and neutralization of violent secular political groups whose ideology is anti-American, radically pro-transgender and anarchist. Trump worked to remove enforcement of anti-discrimination against LGBTQ plus people under the Civil Rights Act. He's enforced transfers of transgender prison inmates to facility with their sex assigned at birth and putting them at risk of violence. Shut down specialized services for LGBTQ youth through the suicide crisis line. Block student loan forgiveness for any public worker or group that takes part in providing gender affirming care. Trump signed an executive order declaring a soldier being transgender conflicts with the soldier's commitment to an honorable, truthful and disciplined lifestyle and cannot satisfy the standards for military service.

Think how they all feel who are in the military.

Another Trump memo detailed how transgender service members would be discharged with the code of JDK used to indicate a soldier is considered a threat to national security and prevents them from getting future jobs or security clearances. Another Air Force memo announced that long-serving transgender members would be denied retirement benefits. I'm proud that my city stepped up to state that we will not be a part of the unconstitutional treatment being done to this group. We must stand together. And I thank you very much for this resolution.

Thank you for your comments. Members of the public in the chamber, please approach the podium members of the public on zoom, you may raise, raise your hand or use the star nine feature. Mayor, I'm not seeing any members of the public wishing to make public comment.

Thank you so much. We will go on. We'll close public comment. Bless you. Now we'll go to item number six, public communications. The only item that was there was the city-wide news broadcast that was pulled for technical difficulties. We look forward to next meeting. But city manager, did you have any comments? no not additional at this time thank you all right thank you uh we'll move on item number seven which is presentation 7a fourth of july public safety operational plan mr city manager yes thank you mayor council we'll hear a presentation from commander matt dosa from the csa pd and fire chief paul blah

the mayor city council members my name is commander matt dosa with the seaside police department here to present with to you the july 4th operational plan for this year So this year, like years past, we're having a joint operation with the seaside police department as well as the seaside fire department to enforce our zero tolerance policy against illegal fireworks as well as our new seaside ordinance with the. The curfew ordinance after 10 PM of any type of fireworks, whether it's legal and or illegal fireworks. Our safety plan this year, and I'm gonna stress that our priority has always been the safety of citizens, our visitors, and also property from the use of illegal fireworks here in the city of Seaside. And our safety plan this year, like years past, includes our public education first. We want to educate the public before we start enforcing our zero tolerance policy. And that includes a social media campaign, which we've already started. And as the weeks or the week leads up to the 4th of July, also putting out portable message boards and strategic locations such as Fremont, Del Monte and Broadway. also a psa video that we have made along with the fire department in years past we've already started posting on our social media and also video sorry uh letters and our letters are a three-prong approach the city manners office is publishing letters and sending them out the city attorney has also designed a letter that landlords can give out as well and we're also sending out letters using our flock firework detection system to identify locations that have already started we've sent out about 65 already to identify where fireworks are going off today and sending out letters as well also the vendors for example tnt have also been designing outreach flyers to distribute as well we've also reached out to home depot their parking lot is a known location for people to come congregate and set off fireworks it's been an issue in years past not only legal fireworks but illegal fireworks we've reached out to them their management to discuss how we can work with them to limit access to their parking lot so that does not continue the same goes with embassy suites we've contacted management embassy suites discuss and how we can help them out mitigate that as well people using their parking lot for fireworks legal and illegal fireworks as well This year for enforcement, we're gonna have two dedicated fireworks teams. This is on the police department side. We're gonna have extra patrols out there as well as a drone team, and that's combined drone team with the police department and the fire department as well, as well as all available police units or officers out there enforcing fireworks laws as well. Like last year and the years past, we have a zero tolerance approach with enforcement using both civil and criminal citations. So the civil citations are gonna be our general, I wouldn't say catch all, but when we see a violation and we can't catch somebody in the act holding the firework, we're gonna use the civil citation tool. And when we can catch somebody in the act with firework in hand, we're gonna more than likely use the criminal citation tool. Especially if somebody's being reckless with fireworks and we can catch them with the fireworks, we're more likely going to use the criminal citation as a tool to enforce that. This year is gonna be our second year enforcing the curfew ordinance as well. So we're gonna have zero tolerance this year as well with the curfew ordinance as well, starting at 10 p.m. But I do wanna point out that this is the second year with the curfew ordinance. So it may be 10 p.m., but we are gonna still incorporate education with that. So if it's 10.05, 10.03 p.m., we're gonna give people warnings. And when it starts creeping past, you know 10 15 p.m then we're going to start looking at issuing those civil citations after that so we are still going to incorporate education in that curfew awareness as well Last year, we did no parking on Jones and more. We explore that. We are going to explore that again this year as well. And doing no parking on Jones and more. That's an area where a lot of people, especially from the outside will congregate and watch fireworks. We saw that was a big, big impact. On keeping crowds away from the seaside last year. So we're going to do that again this year. and again using our flock firework detection system we're going to use that against this year during the fourth of july and weeks leading up to the fourth of july to detect hot spots especially the year night of the fourth of july to direct patrols last year we were able to close most of Laguna Grande Park, and that's going to be Parkside, Hillside and Eucalyptus side. This is where it's historically a lot of people will show up to discharge fireworks, both legal and illegal. Last year was pretty big success keeping people outside of there. Generally, every year there's a fire that's caused because of this. Last year we had zero fire. I'd like to confirm the fire department pretty sure there's no fires last year because of this. We're going to continue that this year as well, closing Laguna Grande Park. We're also going to have our officers have their body cams on more often even when they're not contacting anybody because it does capture a lot of evidence where fireworks are coming from. It's a great follow-up tool to see where fireworks are coming from from certain properties to go back and issue civil citations when we're unsure where a fire may have come from. So that's another tactic we're going to use this year as well. We're also going to do live streaming on social media, going to certain hotspots as a public education tool, and also a warning to those setting off illegal fireworks so people can see us. We're possibly in the area that they're at setting off illegal fireworks and more of a warning in public education as well. And also those who are reporting the fireworks to see that we are in their neighborhoods and we're addressing the issue as well. also leading up to the weeks we've got 24 overtime slots starting on june 18th all the way up to the 3rd of july so we're going to be filling those overtime slots to enforce fireworks as well and how to contact us we have our dispatch center at 831-394-6811 And we're asking everybody, if you have a good idea where the fireworks are coming from, to please call our dispatch center. You don't have to have the exact address, but if you have a description of the house, two houses down from whatever intersection, that's the best number to call. If you're quite unsure of where exactly the fireworks are coming from, a text message at our text hotline or our front desk is the best way to call us. That's where we can collect data and start directing our officers to certain hotspots. so the general area texting is the best part best way to contact us or our front desk or hotline number the dispatch is the best way to contact us if you have a pretty good idea of where the fireworks are coming from so we can get officers to that pinpoint location quite quickly so we're asking again our community to call dispatch if you know where it's coming from our hotlines still if you know where it's coming from or if you're quite unsure our hotlines are probably the best bet to call If you guys have any questions, I'm happy to answer them.

I thank you for a great presentation. Are there any questions? I'll go to Mayor Pro Tem, Councilmember Miller, then Councilmember Garcia-Zola.

Thank you for your report and thank you for what you're going to do. Just some questions and hopefully confirmation. Answering the phones, that's always been an issue where people complain that people don't respond, people don't pick up the phones. I know you increased the people answering the phones last year, is that still gonna be the pattern or hope?

Yes, the volume of calls and the people we had to answer the calls. So the volume was a little too high. That's why we're asking people if they know the location. Let me back up a little bit. We found out that people who knew the location were also calling our hotlines. So that's why we're asking to kind of distribute a little bit more to our dispatch center. So if they know the location, call our dispatch center. If they're unsure, call our hotlines. I know one of the complaints was we weren't responding quick enough. So one of the reasons why is the volume was there's a huge volume coming in our hotlines. So we want to give the message out there that if you're kind of unsure the location, please still call our hotlines. We are collecting the data and we're using that to coordinate our hotspots as well. So We're sorry that we're not getting back to you very quickly, but the volume was pretty high. We are collecting that data. We are using that data that you're giving to us. And the text message is a great tool as well, just to text us. Give us the location where you think it's coming from, because we are using that data. So, yes, the amount of calls coming in was huge. And we didn't have... a lot of people to fill those calls, answer them quickly. And they were defaulting over to the dispatch center. So it would ring and ring and ring, but default, it would switch over to dispatch center. I know a lot of people didn't wait long enough for it to switch over and they hung up from there. But yes, we did have a lot of calls last year.

Right. So simply put, are you going to have more than one person answering the phones?

Yes. Okay.

on general jim moore road you said i think pretty much quote you're going to explore the possibility of of closing that down it seemed like it worked last year it did yes so was it going to be more than explore because you let the public know that they can't park there yeah i'm sorry if i wasn't clear about that we are closing it down this year yes good and then um the um i hanged around the home depot area and that that was a lot of traffic over there a lot of illegal fireworks a lot of people and it seems to be a perfect access for non-residents to go there and do things in seaside gets the uh the backlash of um of we're the bad city because they're coming from other cities because that's the easy off ramp. Are we going to do our best to close that down if we can or close it early or before dark or something?

Yes, we've already talked with the management of Home Depot and they do want to shut it down and we're going to help them come up with a plan on how to shut it down. Yes.

And then my last one. The city has gotten, for the past two, each year a little bit better, and I think that goes back to the follow-up and the enforcement and the fines. And last year was a real positive year as far as ensuring people, they got a ticket, they paid. It was no kind of a thing. Are we doing the same things last year to ensure that if they get a ticket that they pay? As far as the cooperative effort as a team as such?

Correct. Yes. We were in close contact with the city attorney's office on how we can continue that going further and how we can improve if there's any improvements to be made. Yes.

Perfect. Thank you so very much for what you do.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Actually, Mayor Pro Tem asked a lot of my questions, but I just wanted to confirm, what is the, we have two types of, we have a citation for administrative citation and then a criminal aspect to it as well. Is that what I understood?

That is correct.

On the administrative ticket, is there a set fine for that?

It's $1,000.

And that hasn't, that's not going to change from last year?

No.

That's the same. And on the criminal side, is there a set fine for that or is that up to the courts?

That's up to the courts, yeah. So I'll have to go through the whole criminal justice system if we issue one of those.

And those are typically misdemeanors or...

Yes, a misdemeanor, correct.

Are they usually just cited and released or taken into custody?

It's going to be up to the officer at the time. If they're generally cooperative, they're going to be cited and released at the scene. If they're uncooperative or run or anything like that, then more likely they're going to be taken into custody.

Thank you for that. Sorry to interrupt you. My last question is the mayor pro tem said that each year, year after year, it's been getting better. Does the police department agree with that?

absolutely yes so we're on the right track yes yes okay thank you so much thank you thank you two questions uh for texting in previous years i think constituents have been allowed to text a couple days in advance is that still a thing or is it only going to be for fourth of july

But this year it's going to be actually for the 4th of July, we have listed there. If they text that phone number, they will, we will receive the message. Yes. So if they do text that. They are going to receive, we will receive the message. Yes.

Would it be nice to let the community members know that they are able to text that number ahead of time? I don't know. Just letting community members know that they can also text that number. And then the second one for what happens if it's someone that's a minor? Sorry, say that again? What if it's someone that's a minor? and they get cited who like is there alternative to that or what the parents get cited or oh i understand if it's a civil citation it's essentially going to the property owner if it's the

it's a juvenile it's not really criminal citation so yes we have diversion opportunities uh both internally and if we do end up giving them a nose to appear a citation then it does go through the juvenile side which i mean it isn't truly a criminal matter it's a juvenile matter but yes not with just fireworks but any type of criminal matter involving a juvenile it's always depends on the situation yeah it's not black and white but uh yes is always kind of our first route we always want to look at dealing with juveniles thank you yes thank you uh any other further yes uh council member burks

Just one question. Most were answered. Do you guys ever go out to our summer programs to educate the youth? I know CPY is holding programs and PUSD does summer programs. I was curious if you guys do that.

You know, I don't know the answer to that, but I think that's a great idea. I don't think we have. I think that's something we should actually add to our outreach.

Yes, to send out the notice and Fire Chief did send it directly. But then for us to send it out, it's kind of right at the end of the school year. So I think it would be perfect during that summer programs to just reach out to them and do a quick mini assembly or something of some sort just so our students are knowing they're ready thank you yeah and thank you for the like well-rounded approach and just being proactive i appreciate it thank you

Anyone else? Yeah, I thought it was a great presentation. The updating of the enforcement procedures are good, so you guys are always adding to it and reducing the illegal activities of the fireworks. I do know, I thought we were, and you can't speak to this right now, but behind on the collection of last year's citations. and so what i don't want to see is some type of backlog where it's just you know people go years for years without uh paying what they owe to the uh so-called society so but uh the police department the fire department are doing good with the social media with other stuff and i think you know as you guys continue to put this in your social media cycle you know as as for the public you know we would appreciate that uh and then for people that are not following the law, then it's pretty hard to say I didn't know. It's pretty hard to say, you know, I didn't know this was illegal. I didn't know I couldn't do it. I didn't know that if I'm caught, whether I'm a juvenile or older person, it is some ramifications. And I'll just end with, I like what Councilman Garcia-Zola said about starting that texting a couple days earlier or something like that, because I know You know, a week before people start with the illegal stuff and residents hear that and they're concerned. And then it's just bad if we say there's no place you can call. And so I would just ask you to look at that.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

let's go on to the consent agenda item number eight a a approved the minutes from april 2000 april 16 2026 uh the approval file city checks uh c approval file success agency checks uh d approve a proclamation recognizing june 2026 as Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month in the City of Seaside. E, approve a proclamation recognizing July 4th, 2026 as Independence Day in the City of Seaside. F, approval may issue fund contribution requests of $3,000 from boosters at Rising Stars to assist with the costs associated with the expense for travel to the National Gymnastics Championship in Orlando, Florida on June 5th through the 8th, 2026. G, approve a co-sponsorship and fee waiver from lower Broadway businesses for costs associated with the second annual Seaside Music Festival. H, authorize the sale and transfer of retired Seaside Police Department K-9-0 to Sergeant David Dilan for $1. I, approve appointment to city commissions. j adopt a resolution approving a contractual 3.35 annual rate adjustment for the green waste recovery solid waste recycling and organic collection services affected july 1st 2026 Okay, adopt the resolution approving fiscal year 2026-2027 amendments to the memorandum of understanding with the region Monterey and member agencies for Senate bill 1383 compliance activities. L adopted resolution authorizing the closure of Del Monte Avenue to through traffic from Tooga Avenue to the beginning of the Granite Rock building for the classic Porsche event on August 10, 2026. M adopted resolution authorizing city manager to execute an agreement with the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District for after-school recreational programming at the Dual Language Academy the Monterey Peninsula during the 2026-27 school year. In adopted resolution authorizing city manager to execute a one-year maintenance service agreement with Hope Services for Park and Public Area Maintenance, an amount not to exceed $158,417.50. I'll adopt a resolution approving a budget amendment to the increased appropriation of special reserve fund account 221-61-20-8184 to cover annual professional services expenditures associated with public safety technology and equipment expense in the amount of $125,709.06. That concludes the reading of the consent agenda. Is there any item that anyone on the dais would like to pull from the consent agenda? H. Like to pull item H? OK. Anyone else from the dais?

Anyone in public would like to pull any item off the consent agenda? I can't hear you.

There's no one on Zoom requesting. OK.

All right, bringing it back to the dice, what is the will of the council? Move approval.

Second.

Improbably moved and approved that we can adopt a consent agenda. I'll open it up to public. Public comment is open.

Members of the public in the chamber, please approach the podium. Members of the public on Zoom, you can use the raise your hand feature or dial star nine if you're on a telephone.

On the consent agenda.

Mayor, at this time, it doesn't appear anyone is wishing to make public comment.

Thank you so much. Public comment is closed. All those in favor? Use the right sign of voting, which is I. All right. Now you have the same right. Abstentions? Hearing none, I just have a motion carried. Item number H, authorize the sale and transfer of retired Seesaw Police Department K-9-0, Agent 0 to Sergeant David Long for $1.00.

miss city manager uh yes mayor council uh we do not have a formal presentation on assignment but i'd be happy to answer any questions as well as uh rely on commander doza uh to answer any questions you may have thank you council member garcia yeah i think this is more informational just for for me and for the community as to the years that we've had zero and and the service that he's done and the training and and just a little bit backstory of how we got to this point and his retirement and she officially needs to be recognized

Sure, yeah. K-9-0 honorably served the City of Seaside from the years 2020 until his retirement from active patrol in 2024. And, you know, during his service, Zero was assigned to Sergeant David Dillon, who served as his handler and continued to house and care for him following his retirement. And so, consistent with prior practice for the City of Seaside, retired Police Department K-9 staff recommends transferring ownership of Zero now that he's retired. for the nominal purchase price of $1, which matches what we have done in the past. That transfer recognizes the established bond that the K-9 handler has with the retired police officer Zero. And with that, I'd ask Commander Doze if he had anything to add.

Mr Mayor, City Council. Yes, K-9-0 as well as his partner, Sergeant Dillon, throughout those almost four years of service, together have had a total of 62 apprehensions. They've done 26 perimeter assists, so that's when they were called by officers to come and help hold the perimeter so a suspect does not escape. They've done 26 community events together. That's going to schools like National Night Out, things like that. They've done 65 building searches. So that's bringing a dog inside of a building for burglaries, suspects who fled into a building, things like that. They've done 41 vehicle searches. So, for example, that's when officers stop a stolen car or a car where a suspect was in and the dog was sent to go make sure there was nobody else inside the vehicle or the wanted person was inside the vehicle. They've done six SWAT deployments. So going doing missions with the SWAT team and the dog was used to go inside of a building or a vehicle, things like that. And the dog is found. The dog was a trained dog. drug detecting dog had found a total of 400 sorry 948.52 grams that's 33 ounces of narcotics in his uh almost four years of service and the dog sustained a back injury during a vehicle search he was sent into a van to apprehend a criminal after he exited the van he jumped out ended up i think it was a disc injury to his back and that's what took the dog out of service from there

Yeah, go ahead. Thank you for that. Is there any plan to continue the canine program?

Yes, we currently have two dogs, two patrol dogs right now. We have two Malinois currently on the street. We have a brand new handler who's actually in school right now with one of our newer dogs at our vendor's training facility in Fresno. So yes, we have two new dogs at the moment. Awesome. Thank you. Yes, thank you.

uh council member miller thank you mr mayor at one point that we the city was giving uh stuffed stuffed replicas yes can we get one yeah our plan is get new ones of uh our current two new ducks yes that would be great yes i think the community would love those yes so cool oh yes they really connect create a great bond between our kids and the police department and i thought i thought that was just so awesome that we did that correct and in a point our new vendor is very big on his

His dogs are very, they love people. So our new vendor's idea is the dogs have to be, they love everybody. And the two new dogs, they love everybody. They love kids. So that's an awesome idea. It goes well with our new dogs, those little plush toys. Yes.

Thank you.

Yes.

Anyone else? Thank you so much. Public comment.

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Linda Cunningham, member of the Homeless Commission, speaking as a private citizen. This is so cool. I'd love to know the two new dogs' names. I wish we were having a ceremony. I just think this is the coolest thing. And I hope that the dog's been able to get therapy and is doing well. And I love this dog plushie thing. A lot before you said, hey, I'm like, oh, I would absolutely buy one of those dogs and that money can go to this program to help Seaside raise funds for these dogs. It's a very expensive program and it's well worth it. And I'm really grateful the city of Seaside sees the benefit of these dogs. We've got these beautiful kennels out back, even though hopefully dogs aren't spending much time there, but I just is so exciting that City of Seaside is funding this and that our officers are being able to get trained. And again, I would buy a plushie dog as a fundraiser. I don't know if the city is allowed to do that, but I would absolutely do that. And again, let's hear the dog's names.

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Hello, I just wanted to thank council member for pulling this out of the agenda to acknowledge it. I know I've seen zero inaction just happen in the community. And thank you for taking this moment to honor him and his human partner. I know this probably means a lot to both of them. So thank you.

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Thank you so much. Public comment is closed. I blame, bringing it back to the dice. What is the will of the council?

Move approval.

Second. And probably moved and second on the question. All those in favor use the requisite voting, which is aye. Aye. Nays have the same right. Abstentions? Fair nones. Ayes have it. Motion carried unanimously. Let's go on to item number nine, public hearing. 9A, the ordinance to amend chapter 17.40 of the Seaside Municipal Code to allow electric messaging signs, display signs for places of worship, public and private meeting facilities on local streets this action does not is not subject to the california environmental quality act pursuant to section 15061 b3 of the sequel guidelines uh mr city manager yes thank you mayor we'll hear this presentation from andrew myrick our housing planning manager

Thank you, Mayor, City Manager, City Council. So again, this is an ordinance to amend our sign code to allow electronic message display signs for places of worship and public private meeting facilities on local streets. So a little bit of background signs are regulated by chapter 1740 of the municipal code. Historically, they have been electronic message display signs, which are essentially signs that have a screen or multiple lights that have changeable copy have been prohibited throughout the city. In 2017, the council passed an amendment to the municipal code to allow them only for public and private meeting facilities. And they were allowed on most streets, but not on local streets. So just to provide some background, this is a map from our general plan and I blew it up as much as I could to make it fit on the slide. And I apologize for the coloring. But if you look at this, the skinny lines all over the place are the local streets. So these kind of fat purple lines, those are collector streets. And the other colored lines are arterials and major roads and thoroughfares and whatnot. So most of the streets of the city are... Let me just hold you.

I'm going to ask those in the audience to... go outside if you want to continue to talk we're listening to you up here or can someone get his attention because he's talking i would ask you guys to go outside because we're listening to you yeah it's just it's just the way this thing is built that we really can't hear you even if you whisper so just be cautious thank you so much okay now please continue thank you um

So with regards to these signs, there were many provisions put in place by the council when this was adopted back in 2017 for these signs. These include they're not allowed to impact traffic visibility or signage. They have to be located at least 50 feet from any residents. For the animations, only fade and dissolve. Animations can't have the text fly in or have moving pictures or anything like that. No audio messages. The message has a hold time of 30 seconds minimum. The signs must be turned off from 9 PM to 6 AM. The illumination must be directed downwards, and they have to have sensors on them so they automatically dim between dusk and dawn when they're, of course, not required to be turned off. As far as signs are concerned, I'm sorry, size is concerned and the existing ordinance, the electronic message display signs can be normally up to eight feet tall, and they can go up to 14 feet tall with a minor use permit limited to one per parcel, double-sided. And then they're a maximum of 40 square feet per side with a maximum digital screen area of 24 square feet, which would be about a four by six area. So we did receive a request from the community regarding replacing some existing signs and essentially the signs that we're primarily talking about are the signs like this one right here where you've got the changeable letters. that can change the message, often done by churches on a weekly basis, with the request being to change those from this manual type to an electronic type that is much easier to change. in order to get a little bit of direction on this staff brought this to the planning commission to discuss whether or not these types of signs should be allowed on local streets and the planning commission voted to recommend the signs be allowed provided first of all that um if they're replacing an existing illuminated sign that was already legally established as of the date specified in the ordinance, which I believe is July 1st, then that would be a permitted use. So if you had an existing sign like that one, then that could be swapped out with a sign of the same size or smaller in the same location. all other signs on a local street would require a minor use permit and the reason for that is that because it's a local street and it might have a little bit more opportunity for impacts a minor use permit it does take longer it does have a higher fee associated with that about seven hundred dollars but it also does bring in to play public notification so the neighborhood would know about it and would have an opportunity to comment before the sign came in So that would always be the case, except when you have an existing illuminated sign that's being replaced with a sign the same size or smaller. In addition to the Planning Commission's recommendations, staff's also recommending modifying the maximum size for the signs, reducing the overall size from 24 square feet to 18 square feet, and reducing the allowed height from 8 or 14 feet to 6 feet. And that's just to have these be a bit more in conformance and scale on these local roads.

and that would be for residential districts so staff's recommendation is the council adopt the ordinance as presented so happy to answer answer any questions you might have all right thank you so much for that presentation any questions council member miller thank you mr mayor uh if we go to slide six while we were presenting side slide six while you were presenting slide six i think you said that there were multiple I believe that you said there were several signs that we're looking at. Is it just this one? Are we amending our code just for this one sign that wants to be changed? Or are there more?

I am certain there are more of these signs, Arnold. There's got to be at least a few more. I didn't drive around and try to find any. But it would apply to all signs on local streets going forward. And that would include new signs. So any new sign would require a minor use permit.

But this one in particular, they have come to the city and asked us if they could put an electronic sign?

Yes. And the answer was under the current ordinance, it explicitly says on a local road that is prohibited.

Has anybody else come to the city and asked, except for the owner of the sign?

Not during my tenure.

So this is the only one that would be amending our code because these people asked, this owner asked for it.

that is how we got here that's how we got here yeah okay thank you uh mayor just a couple uh thank you for the presentation thank you for the idea of uh reducing the size um i believe currently in the local area not in the main streets the time window is um six to nine in the evening. Can we reduce that to like six to seven because of people's trying to go to sleep in the area, especially if it's going to be 50 feet from a resident?

Yes.

That's doable?

Yeah, absolutely.

That's doable. 50 feet is like 15 yards, 17 yards ballpark. Is that... Did the Planning Commission look at the distance on a lighted sign next door to a resident as far as their impact?

So we relied on the previous ordinance. So the 50 feet is from the previous ordinance and we didn't look at changing that.

haven't received complaints on that so therefore probably wouldn't have complaints on this the only one of the i'm only aware of two of these signs in the city one is at victory temple and one is at uh deja blue and i'm not aware of any complaints on either and the other last question i think is um would this there's one at deja blue and electric sign and which is fine and all could they put up i'm making this up but a sign up at embassy suite with this ordinance or at uh The hotels on the old Fort Ord, is that a possibility if they're going to be open, if they're kind of sort of meeting rooms, et cetera, like Embassy Suite is?

If they have a conference center, then yes, they would be able to do that. If it was just like a motel with no conference center, then no.

So if the Embassy Suites has large meeting rooms, is that considered a conference center or the new... Golf Course Hotel, is that considered a conference center?

The Embassy Suites, yes. The Golf Course Hotel, I'd have to look at it, but I believe it does have meeting facilities. In the Embassy Suites case, and actually I think in both cases, those are arterial or collector streets. So they're already allowed to have signs. This ordinance wouldn't have any bearing on that.

That's helpful. Okay. Thank you.

Anyone else? Yeah, this is talking about particularly in residential. Is that correct?

Primarily, yeah.

Right, because it's already covered in other areas, in my understanding.

Yeah, there's a few local commercial roads, but most local streets are residential.

Yeah, but the other signs are already covered in the other parts of the city. Correct. Right, so we're talking about residential here. And then, just to make sure I don't forget, I would hope our hotel city manager on the golf course has a conference room, if not a conference center. yes it will okay thank you so much uh yeah a whole bunch of space over there uh and then i would just uh say well thought out i mean you know we had to move with the times and so i want to thank you for presenting this it was it was well done but i will go out to public comment

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Good evening. My name is Meredith Null, and I'm here because I am a 50-year lighting expert. I work for Philips, and I work for three large utility companies. So I know what I'm talking about, and I think basically you're opening a can of worms here. Once you wind up going with electronic, that means LEDs. LEDs are chips. there are many manufacturers of leds they all come from china none of them are made here at all in addition to the led that's inside the electronic signage they're also what is known as drivers which is the equivalent of a ballast that's used in a fluorescent tube but electronic i mean leds use drivers So whose chips, whose drivers? That's always the first thing I ask the question of relative to any fixtures that I ever work with, because you want quality, total quality. Otherwise, you're going to have a mishmash of colors from different manufacturers. so that's number one what's coming out of that electronic signage with all the letters and all that can be a mishmash from each person who wants to have one of these signs in their space i think i heard six feet that's taller than me. So imagine if you have a gaudy, movable electronic signage, higher than myself, starting out in the city of seaside that I love, it's going to be a mess. And then you're going to have commercial shop vendors buildings, they're going to want to do their thing. And it's going to be a mishmash of all kinds of flashing. I hate to say it, but The writing's on the wall. The impact, I think, Mayor, you said impact, it's real and it's relevant. i am a member a long-term member emeritus member and was president of a society called the illuminating engineering society and they're very specific terms it's international and there are hospitals that are giving floors to lighting experts for lighting for humans the health of humans can be affected by lighting and i think everyone can think of that which restaurant you go to to allow plants to grow lighting has an effect on living things so if you have an electronic sign in the local neighborhood and folks don't have total complete blackout shades And maybe some people do go to bed before nine o'clock at night. Children, elderly, et cetera, et cetera. That's going to disturb their sleep. You can't go to everyone and say, please put up total blackout shades. So there's a lot to be done. What I do suggest is that you create specifications. You postpone the approval of this and look at the specifications. And maybe you're going to have to sole source and say, OK, this is what we're looking at. nothing higher than at 3000 kelvin we want quality material where's your chips coming from with some manufacturer and then drivers and etc etc and the size you want to have a size that's going to be visible get the message out but this will believe me when i tell you it's going to be a can of worms they're going to want color changing leds everybody's going to want to start So I would postpone this until you have clear specifications on the exact guts, really the guts of the equipment. Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Good evening City Council, Diane Nielsen. We seaside residents are fortunate to live in one of the most beautiful places in the world. People come from all over to experience the natural beauty of this region, its environmental benefits, its flora and its fauna. It's our responsibility to preserve it and to be good stewards to keep it flourishing. And that is why I am opposed to this amendment. And I feel like you should think twice about that too. It would allow more electronic signs to spread throughout our city and neighborhoods is a bad idea. This will impact the residents and their sense of wellbeing. It will impact the wildlife. It will impact the overall natural beauty of our city. and our environment, especially at night when natural circadian rhythms will be disrupted by electric sign glare, and it will be glary, especially if it's 50 feet away from a house. In daytime, digital signs will contribute to distracted driving, which has been mentioned, increasing the possibility of accidents. It's generally just very intrusive When I drive past some buildings on Broadway, I'm always surprised at the brightness and the distraction it causes and that it is allowed currently. Increasing the usage of electronic signage in more areas will have a negative impact environmentally in our neighborhoods, the ecosystem, the natural beauty, and especially our city's character. We are not an electric sign city. increasing the usage in more areas which i just said how will my question is how will you control negative impacts of electronic signage night next to places like here at city hall where i imagine there would be an electronic sign and we have a a well-established bird habitat across the street which will be affected How about next to residential homes where facilities and churches are? And 50 feet away, you look out your window and you see a glaring electronic sign. Can you please discuss, well, I guess we know the origins of why this was going to change. Does it conform to the city's vision and in our general plan? I believe the impacts of our city's character neighborhoods and environment are too great a sacrifice to make for approving an increase in electric signage I urge the Council to vote no or we look at this amendment, thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Afternoon, Mayor, City Council, City Attorney, City Manager. I'm going to talk as quick as I can. There's a lot that I want to say. There are three illuminated signs in the city of Seaside. Victory Temple, Friendship, Deja Blue. That's all. I haven't seen Chili's doesn't have one. Embassy Street doesn't have one. I thought I saw specifically in the the report i'll just say that that mr andy was giving it said churches um uh i think that the the sign that was there on the lighthouse full gospel i forgot what street that was on but it's next to sonoma and around trinity um it's a church typically the the the the buildings that have illuminated signs are churches i i very rarely see businesses in a small city like we are in seaside that have illuminated signs um the church is asking for one and that's that church has been there for a long time um my church would love to have one the storm that we had blew ours down um didn't ask for a new one because we couldn't afford it um one of the led and ebd And if they're off at a certain time and come back on in the morning, the neighbors can go to sleep. But typically, I'm understanding churches requesting this. This is not a business. This is not one of the businesses on Broadway. Yes, Lighthouse is on a street. The church is on a residential. So that means Bethel can't have one because we have houses next to Bethel. But I want one. um the the illumination of an electric sign gives people messages it's it's constant messaging it gets the word out um but it's a church um so i'm speaking in favor of this it was said that accidents happen in the daytime because of a sign that's electric vts had a sign for a long time that's electric king has been there fire station has been there i don't remember a lot of accidents happening on broadway where the vt sign is and it will be a distraction some things we say are just full fun filth and we just need to be honest um an electric sign does not cause accidents if it goes off at night then the residents can go to sleep But it's a church that is asking for this. Think about what we're trying to block. Is that my phone? No. Turn that phone off. Mama, you got me confused. So all I'm asking the council to do is, what we're asking, what's being given to you? It's a church. And if the church can't have an electric sign, then...

Thank you for your comments.

Good evening, everyone.

I just want to uplift the fact that there is an electric sign at Orr Terrace Elementary School, which is right down the street from my house. I don't know if other schools have them or not, but I do want to point that out. Thank you.

Thank you, Council. Pastor Ronald Brick, the pastor of Greater Victory Temple Church of God in Christ in the sunny city of Seaside, California. I believe we are the first church that got this signed, the orders changed back in 2017. On a busy street, no accidents at all, recorded. Listen, a hundred years ago, most churches was built in communities, in housing area. We didn't get the right to be out in a big shopping area. And so we have to move with technology. I'm against what Mayor Prochem said, change the time. 9 PM is a plenty of time. You have a noise audience. It can be loud as it went to the 10 PM. It's not a problem having these signs. They're at the school. They're at the church. So I'm asking this council. You did it back in 2017. Adopt this. This thing's about the lighting and stuff. Listen, I have the sign. I'm the first church to have it. And let nor the church go without having these signs. This is way, I mean, it's good. The old signs, you got to go out and Put letters and try to put this thing together when you can sit on a computer in your office and put the sign, put what you want out there. So I'm asking this council, this is the first reading, adopt this and let's move away with the foolishness about it's going to keep somebody up. That's not true. The accident, you can ask Chief Borges, how many accidents has been on Broadway in Yosemite since my sign been there? I can record one, but because somebody ran the stop sign ahead, nothing to do with the signage. So this is for your information that you know this is not helping. Let's approve this. Thank you for your comments.

good evening mayor oclesby and council members catherine crockett seaside resident i'm speaking tonight in opposition to the proposed ordinance that would allow electronic message displays on our local streets i understand that places of worship and community organizations want effective ways to communicate with the public however i believe electric signs create more problems than benefits my biggest concern is traffic safety these signs are specifically designed to grab our attention At a time when distracted driving is already a serious issue, I don't think we should be adding more distractions along our local streets. I'm also concerned about the light pollution. Even when properly regulated, they change the character of residential neighborhoods, especially after dark, and can be intrusive for nearby neighbors. Another concern is neighborhood quality of life and property values. Many people choose to live in neighborhoods because they are quieter and less commercial in appearance. Large electronic displays create visual clutter and can make an area feel more like a commercial corridor than a residential community. Seaside has worked hard to create attractive, livable neighborhoods. So I respectfully encourage the council to think about the precedent this ordinance would establish. Once the door is open to electronic message displays, it will be difficult to say no to future requests and expansions. Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Good evening. My name is Virginia House. The place that they're talking about is Lighthouse Full Gospel, 1153 Hamilton Avenue in Seaside, California. That church has been there for a while. It has nothing to do with the sign because that street You have cars coming parking on the street with their lights blinkers on and they're there 15, 20 minutes without moving. All I want to do is get an LED light sign that I don't have to go out there and lift this big old plastic thing up and change my wordings on there. There is another place on Noche Buena. It's a school right there in a cul-de-sac. They haven't had any complaints. I haven't had any complaints with any of our lights. I have them come on when it's dark and they go off at 10 o'clock. It also helps with the streets because there's not a whole lot of light there and it keeps the it keeps vandals from coming in because you can see them going up and down the street. It doesn't have anything to do with the animals because we have, raccoons and everything else running across our parking lot. So it doesn't have anything to do with the animals. All I want to do is get a sign that I can sit, like he said, sit in my office and God loves you. Jesus loves you. This is the day the Lord has made. All I want to do is have it going across. It doesn't have to be blue, pink, gray. It can be black and white. It is not a distraction. So please, I would like for you to please adopt us if you don't mind. God bless and have a good day.

Thank you for your comments.

Hi, Linda Cunningham, member of the Seaside Homeless Commission, speaking as a private citizen. I'm not speaking on this. My neighbors have put in new lights and it's horrible. I feel like I'm living in a prison yard. Those lights are so bright and so annoying. When they're on, it just completely destroyed the mood. I don't even go out front. It's annoying. I've lost my ability to see the dark skies. I actually think they're dangerous. And I know they're dangerous because I was driving up board Grove one morning, taking some cast to the SPCA. Just does the sun was light. Not even the sun was coming, just sunlight. And one of the neighbors up there, if I live by that, I would move. I don't know what I do. It's so horrible. Those lights are so bright. I nearly ran over my neighbor, walking a dog across the street because I was literally blinded. There has to be a limit. I don't know what Costco selling. hundred thousand million watt lights it's horrible in a residential neighborhood if the church down the street from me had a my neighbor worked nights she needed to sleep during the day some people it's dark by six or seven i you've had these signs like this sign one it Parts apart from it, people can't read it. If you're trying to exit, you can't even see this sign. And look, we have an expert, a professional. I can't believe what an amazing seaside resident we have who came here. She has expertise. It sounds like this vague ordinance is going to lead to lawsuits. We need something very specific. We have a professional. I even think she'd help. I think we can get great signs that are easy to work with. that can communicate because maybe the church is a good citizen but this pandora's box once it's open you won't be able to close it it sounds like you could end up with lawsuits because this is vaguely written without this wattage the type i love the lighting at the va dark skies friendly it is so much safer you can cut your medical bills by go because there's less shadows white lights are the worst If you want to be able to see at night safely, it's the red lights that don't dilate your eyes. That's why you have red lights to the back of your cars and white lights to the front. They put red lights because if you've been behind a car with white lights, we give tickets to people with a white light to the back. It can't be black and white. I think this is cruel to neighbors. I would lose my mind. I'm already losing my mind with my neighbor. And they just bought lights, I'm assuming, at Home Depot with some massive wattage. And I don't even know if the city can regulate that. But literally, you go up Ward Grove, that... It's dangerous. I literally almost ran my neighbor over. There's no way to see him. I was so blinded by those million watt lights they put on. Who needs that much lighting? And I'm not even sure if that deters criminals. They can see your house better. And it does impact animals. I wish Seaside was a dark sized sky friendly. It's the newest big, it's a big trend in travel. We could attract people here. It's dark on Fort Ord. Embrace dark skies friendly.

Thank you for your comments.

Good evening City Council. I wasn't really planning on talking about this, but after listening to everybody talk, I started thinking about places where I previously lived and about Seaside where I live now. And the place I used to live was Killeen, Texas. It's cleaned quite a bit bigger than seaside. And on every block, they have a church. And they have these huge signs, big electronic bullseye signs. And I just, you know, I was thinking about the differences between seaside and clean. And I never really thought about those signs before. I never really thought about it. Until just now, I was thinking about it. I hate those signs. They're ugly. They're ugly and they don't look good and they are bright. And I don't know if they cause accidents. I don't know that he could really, anybody could really say they don't cause accidents. Just because there isn't an accident right in front of Victory Temple doesn't mean there wouldn't be an accident in the future because of a distracted driver or because of bright lights. We really don't know. And until somebody gave statistics to say that they are not a distraction or they don't cause accidents, I don't think anybody can really speak to that. But I think that it's important to really think about what our city will look like if we do allow this ordinance because we might have the churches that will do it and then maybe the businesses and then we've got all these neon lights and we're almost looking like vegas or something and we're not that we're a quaint is a beach community a quaint beach community and we're quiet and you know the sidewalks roll up at nine o'clock and um i just think that it would be a mistake and i think if the council wants to do this for the churches i think they should think about it and maybe make it a little more stringent about who can have it and where they can have it and i just think that it would be a mistake and i definitely think it would be a mistake in the neighborhood so thank you thank you for your comments i'm deja blue i'm sure glad you guys are not talking about me

um because everything's a case by case in our city and i think if it's in the ordinance says case by case that will answer it the churches i do understand i remember when victor temple got theirs then um and you forgot uh friendship had theirs but look at it there's nothing that can affect everybody drives by i'm glad people tell me daryl thank you because i get to see what you're having and i know what show to come to It's a great tool, especially for churches. It makes no sense. I mean, it sounds like we're almost becoming Carmel and PG. Everybody's so scared. I mean, when they start talking about lizards and bugs and all that, you can't see. Come on, you guys. We're moving. We're doing very well. These things do not give that kind of light off. I can't testify this lady has any kind of skills. She's only telling what she says. Take it case by case. The churches do need it. You can go to a church and 90% their sign is where nothing's around it. And there's 70, 80 feet before any house. You have an ordinance that says everybody 300 feet around it will get notified. Stay with process, stay with policy. I think go ahead and approve it. And it's case by case, no matter what. don't have to put all this fear factor out here like this city's about become new orleans or or vegas or something it's not going to happen we know that thank you for your comments

I counsel Nicole Munoz city resident of seaside. I live on Hamilton. I'm very familiar with your church. Um, I love an idea to upgrade signage. Cause I know that it's very short for you.

Talk to the council.

Sorry. Um, The church does have outdated signage. It's very short. That street is jam-packed with residents and cars, and so I can see that her sign probably doesn't get across to the public like she wants. I think height would be great. um i don't know about flashing lights because i know that how people drive on that street i'm on that street every day five times i'm up and down with kids to school and everything so flashing lights and the way people drive on that street i know would be a distraction And there's kids running out and jumping out on their bikes, and I'm terrified that they're going to get hit. So just as a person who lives on Hamilton, I think the flashy lights would be a distraction, but love the idea of an upgrade and some changes to whatever can benefit her and try not to affect the safety for our kids for our street. Thank you.

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Thank you. Susan skivoni seaside resident. Um, I'm not opposed to this particularly, but I think it should be narrowed and made very specific so that none of the signs are unduly flashing lights and really brilliantly distracting to people. I mean, I don't see any reason why a church couldn't have a lighted sign in front and I've never been distracted by any I've seen here. And I'm not even distracted by Daryl's deja blue. It's a pretty subtle presentation. So, I mean, I'm not worried about that part. I just think it should be narrowed into a very specific pattern so that people don't go wild, you know, and we don't have like, you know, one after another down Fremont or something. And like people said, that Las Vegas effect would not be appropriate here. And I'm hoping that won't happen. Most people aren't. But, you know, we don't know. We don't know what people are going to do. But make it so narrow that you can't get out of that box. That's what I would do. And the guy who's got the lights on Ord Grove is three houses from my house. And it is really awful. It is so overwhelming that it's so bright at night. It's way beyond the street lights, way beyond everything. And he not only has two big lights on his house, but he has them all along his fence. So I don't know if the city would consider looking into kind of what is appropriate lighting for our town and what we can do to not just be totally blasting our neighbors at night i don't sit on my front porch so much now when those lights are on and i enjoy the night sky too so um anyway i hope that helps comments but i'm not opposed to this but i just hope it's narrowed to the point where it's reasonably enacted okay thank you so much thank you for your comments

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Hi, good afternoon, members of the Council and the audience as well. I'm Betsy Nicolaides, not registered for GreenWaste, but I'm just speaking because I've recently attended a couple of the Peninsula meetings. And one of the things that relate to this item is I actually attended the City of Marina meeting this week, and they did talk about their Mercedes dealership opening up. One of the things that came up was the lighting as well. Something they noted in their meeting that might be helpful here, and especially I'm seeing in the notes for the packet, the lights are shielded to aim downward. There's limited animation to only dissolve and fade. The message must be displayed for 30 seconds, so it's not going to be a flashing light. And then they're turned off and dimmed at certain times so people can go to sleep. So I think that I agree with some of the comments here that it could be a little bit more specific, like a certain amount of kelvins, certain colors limitation, and whatnot. I agree with the mayor's comment about the specific timing being reduced. So I think more research could be done to strengthen the regulations. So it's not really a biased case by case, but more of a really rigid guideline. Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

members of the public in the chamber please approach the podium members of the public on zoom you may use the raise your hand feature or dial star nine hi there my name is tim cunha i uh would like to say i'm in support of this i think the churches need to get their message out very simple way i don't they can see daryl's message on a regular basis and find out what's going on there i'd love to see that the churches can get their message out and attract people to their facilities so thanks thank you for your comments mayor at this time i'm not seeing any members of the public wishing to make public comments

Seeing no one else, hearing no one else, public comment is closed. Bringing it back to the dais, what is the will of the... Mayor, can I ask a couple more questions? Yes, open for questions. Thank you.

Just one of the speakers brought forward. Can we direct the purchaser? Just what I heard was the sign waters, the flashing lights, the direction of lights, the colors. Things like that can, I'm not saying to do that, I'm just asking because it was an interesting point.

So some of those items are already addressed. So as far as the maximum brightness, it's 0.3 foot candles. The signs are required to have no glare, angled downward, no flashing lights. So there's no animations except for fade dissolve of the text. There is nothing in here about colors.

But a lot of the items that were discussed, we've already put in the ordinance, that's it.

Correct, it's in the existing ordinance.

Then my other question is, and I want to make this clear, from what I heard your presentation was, this wouldn't be open, science couldn't be placed at Chili's or any businesses in general on Broadway or Fremont. just because this is designated specifically towards churches and venues like a convention center or whatever. That's the goal, not any... a sandwich shop or a grocery store, those are prohibited, correct?

Correct. So it is designed for public and private meeting facilities, which essentially it's what it sounds like. It's a meeting facility, which can be religious, civic, political in nature. It doesn't really matter. That's why Deja Blue can have one because they have that use. It's why the embassy suites could theoretically have one because they have that use. but the vast majority of businesses and likely every other business type on a local street would not be able to make use of this because that is the only use that would be allowed to make use of these signs.

Just to be, because it was brought up more than one time, so I want to say, so as I understand it, businesses on Broadway or on Fremont or Del Monte, the car cannot are not added to this thing and they can't get into it and without a creation of a new ordinance.

Yes, we would have to change the ordinance again for any business other than a public private meeting facility, regardless of what street.

I'm not suggesting we do that. I just want to make the point that it's they can't do it because it's not part of anything okay and that's my only i just wanted to clarify those two points and i'm glad you added the areas that you've are included in the ordinance already because i think that was a little bit of way to help thank you council member miller and then councilman gracias thank you uh in regards to this issue did the city have any public input sessions

Only the public, we had the planning commission meeting, which was publicly noticed and this 1, which was publicly noticed as well, but we didn't have any kind of strategic outside of the planning commission.

We didn't have any strategic meeting or any that includes our residents.

No, we only just followed the standard process.

And we recently just amended this code in 2017, right? 2017?

This was last amended in 2017, correct.

2017. And at that time, the council did the same process we're doing here, very similar, and to amend the code. And they looked at the code then, and that was the recommendation then.

Is that right? Not sure I understood the question.

Thank you. That was all my questions.

Council Member Garcia-Zola.

Thank you. When having these signs in residential areas, is there a specific guideline we follow on what colors can be displayed in the letters? There's not. There's not. Would it be helpful to follow, because I already know that California follows the Federal Highway Administration guidelines for road signs and colors. I'm not sure if that might be able to help here in this sense for any type of LED lighting, or if we might want to take that into consideration for the colors, just so we don't have like a bright pink or bright green, right? We follow the set guidelines of those colors. Can we do that? I don't see why we couldn't.

Okay.

Thank you.

Anyone else? Council Member Brooks.

Yeah. So my question is the schools that are in communities, are they out of compliance then for having these signs?

Schools don't have to follow our rules.

Okay. Even though it's in a residential area?

Even though they're in a residential area. School districts have their own authority.

All right. Thank you.

yeah that's that's what that's what someone said it's it's it's a couple schools that this city has have big signs i just want to i just want to back up a little bit back up a little bit um and and just i understand uh why people started digging down into the church and naming the church but this is not about one church isn't it Correct. Because it covers meeting facilities.

Correct.

Right. And, you know, OK. And so that's what I wanted to get back to. Right. Because this is an ordinance that will potentially numerous meeting facilities could use the same code.

Yes.

Right. And that's what I'm saying. Just take the church out of churches included. But it shouldn't be about one single church. So I understand that I did. here and it did make sense about the coloring right if we could do something about the coloring and then i didn't understand that the six feet uh when you think about six feet you're not thinking about six feet worth of lettering you know digital that's what that's what i'm saying right people are people said that like that when you think about it it's a foundation in there it's a frame around the lettering and all that's included and but but is the but then you say so it could be up to 14 feet when you talk about 14 feet what where would that be because i'm gonna take another step back right It's still case by case, meaning you could be a church, you could be a meeting facility, but you still had to get a permit.

So the existing ordinance says that on arterial collector roads, it can be 88 feet by right up to 14 feet with a minor use permit for local residential streets. The proposal you have would basically take all of that out and say maximum height is six feet for a freestanding sign. So there would not be an opportunity on a local street to build an eight or 14 foot high sign.

Yeah, I must have missed that. Okay, but right. Okay, but that still doesn't mean the lettering of the electronic sign is six feet tall right that's you know because it's it's two things you know you know the council should be reading the staff report right the public if they have time they don't have time they say what they want to say but it's for us to at a certain point to get back to what is written and what it said because it was someone came up and they said it was their first time coming up and and but it was a good point because it's clearly said in there you can't have flashing lights right and so it's our job to to answer those questions to make sure people know what is available what's not available and so i i did want to get back to is there an opportunity for the coloring uh of the lights and um maybe something around the timing you know because sometimes it doesn't get dark until nine o'clock you know 8 30 right and then sometimes of course it gets dark at five o'clock and so you know is there it was there anything about our signs that with the changing of the time or i can understand um an event center or, or some type of nightclub, right, or some type of, you know, one of, you know, well, Deja Blue is one of our best entertainment venues, right? So I don't, I'm proud to say that. But I can understand them having lights at night, right? But I think the churches that are already there, they tend to go out early, right? What a time is that one?

I don't know when they actually turn them off.

Is it a standard throughout the whole year?

Correct, yeah. It's 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. They have to be off all year.

Yeah. Do you think it makes sense to try to change it in the residential for dust time frame?

Bearing in mind that dust can be before 5 p.m. at parts of the year, so that's pretty early.

Yeah. Okay. Well, we can come back to that. I know the council was thinking about something like that.

all right any more questions or comments or um i'd like to make a pro tem he he had just just two quick thoughts um generally i support it i really like the idea of the uh i think you said california highway patrol or something and the light colors i i would i would hope we might want to consider The time instead of 9 p.m., 8 o'clock, 7 o'clock, whatever it be, just a little bit less in the residential areas. But just a thought, and this seems to me that this does not broaden the scope of signs. It keeps it kind of where it's at. But the colors would help, and maybe the look of the time might help. But that's my general thoughts.

uh it's it seems to me that this is not ready at this time uh we should we shouldn't be guessing on what colors we want them to to include and not include uh and then uh if it's a possibility of so-called changing the times so i think i should go back to the planning commission and have them look at the times but um and and colors if

I'll make a motion for that and also for having a public input session.

I don't think there's no support for that. Who has another motion?

I make a motion that just goes back and comes back in front of this group as appropriate. And this would be the listening session as such.

Well, if we get a second, we'll go. Is there a second?

Yeah, I second this. This is a public hearing. Hold on, hold on.

Is there a second? This is probably moved to second. Now you guys can speak on the second.

Yeah, this is the public hearing, right? So this is the time where the public is notified about the information that's going to be presented tonight and to be able to come to the city council to then make comments. Is that correct?

Yes.

All right.

Yeah, personally, I would concur.

Thank you. Anyone else? Council Member Garcia-Zola.

And I just want to clarify that constituents can go to the Planning Commission to make comment as well, correct? Yes. So there will be that opportunity for constituents to engage? Correct. And it will be published. Perfect. Thank you.

anyone else i guess i have a couple of questions and this was how many times did this go through the uh again i'm just trying to put it on the record right how many times did this go before the planning commission once okay well it was open to the public and it was noticed yes is that the usual procedure correct okay uh how many times does it go between the city council uh a difficult process is planning commission once city council twice twice and it's open to the public

Every time.

Right. Okay. I just want to be clear, right, that you're following the normal process for all the ordinances.

Correct.

Okay. So you didn't do nothing unusual with this process, did you?

No.

Okay. All right. All right. Ready? I'm going to vote. Send it back to the... Planning Commission. All those in favor, send it back to the Planning Commission. Vote aye. Aye. Nays have the same right. Abstentions? Hearing none, ayes have it. Motion carried. Let's go on to item number 9B, an ordinance to amend section 17.52.230 of the Seaside Municipal Code to create consistency between the Municipal Code and California law regarding accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units. This action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to section 21080.17 of the Public Resource Code. This is the first reading. If there's a vote, it will be a roll call vote. Mr. City Manager.

This item, again, will be presented by Andrew Myrick, our Housing and Planning Manager.

Thank you very much. So, again, like you said, this is an amendment to our municipal code to bring our ordinances regarding accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, and junior accessory dwelling units, JADUs, into line with state law. So just a little bit of background, ADUs and JADUs are residential units which are located on the same parcel as one or more primary dwellings. Typically smaller, do not have separate utilities from the primary dwelling. City of California has quite a few laws in place to regulate these ADUs. There we go. City's regulations for ADUs are found in Section 1752-230. We last amended this ordinance in 2023. Since then, the state has passed multiple bills modifying these regulations. And so this ordinance amendment would update the zoning or our local zoning ordinance to reflect changes from those laws. Just to kind of run through what the significant changes are. The new code that the state has adopted says that when we look at the size of an ADU, so for example, an ADU, if it's 800 square feet, we measure the interior living space. So we exclude exterior walls. we can't deny an adu or a jadu for non-conforming zoning conditions we have to allow for multiple exempt adus on a property and what that means is that if an adu is exempt that means that if it meets certain criteria we approve it full stop don't look at anything else as an example if an adu meets four foot side and rear yard setbacks is less than 16 feet in height and 800 square feet It's approved, there's just nothing else to look at. As another example of an exempt ADU, if people want to build detached ADUs at an existing multifamily project, we have to allow that. It used to say we had to allow up to two, now we have to allow up to eight, as long as the number of ADUs does not exceed the existing number of multifamily units. So if you have a space with eight multifamily units, we have to allow eight detached ADUs on the parcel. There was already language saying that we had to allow for the conversion of a garage or carport and not require the replacement of that lost parking. That now applies to uncovered parking stalls as well. So for example, a parking lot. It also updates deed restriction language for JADU, specifically related to whether or not they have a shared bathroom or a bathroom of their own. Updates permit processing timelines. We now have 15 business days to determine whether or not the project is complete. Once the project is complete, we have to approve it within 60 calendar days of the date that it was deemed complete. And there's now a new appeal process. ADUs are processed through building permits. And typically when a building permit is appealed, it goes to an appeals board. The state has now changed that to say that, when someone wants to appeal a finding of incompleteness or a denial, by default, it would go to the city council. The ordinance that's in front of the city council, we are allowed to change it to be the planning commission with a right to appeal to the city council. The ordinance in front of you would go to the planning commission with no right of appeal to the city council. They would make the final decision. um incidentally staff has already implemented these this is in state law we are already reviewing applications based on this criteria because of that this would simply update our ordinance to make it be consistent with state law and staff recommends that council approve the proposed ordinance happy to answer any questions you might have thank you so much for that presentation any questions

Okay, I have questions. Why did you say at the end that you think it's best that the council, that if it goes to Planning Commission, we write in there that there's no appeal to the council?

Simply as a timing and council time concerns. But that is why I called it out specifically in case the council would prefer to see these items.

right right that's why well like i said i read the staff reports but that's the point is if we have the ability for the appeal i was just wondering why the recommendation would be not to and i'm not saying your answer was not a good answer i just wanted to make sure i understood what it was uh yes um so we could add the the uh city of

city appeal process because that would give the citizen the right to share their concerns at a higher level like to like to the supreme court or whatever it be it just gives them one more bite at the apple as such is that correct the options are planning commission only planning commission with an appeal to council or we also could skip the planning commission and have them just come straight to council thank you thank you now and then i'll go back again

but the appeal would be if staff recommend that they're not allowed to build correct right and so um or the or the planning commission denies their request to build that's what would be the appeal, right? Because what I'm getting to is you said pretty much, pretty much it's a done deal. The state is telling us to allow these things. So I'm trying to think about how could, you know, what is there to deny at the, of course, if it didn't meet the criteria, right? But it meet the criteria then what would the printer you know planning commission why would they deny it so the object of the appeal would be there right and so maybe there's no need to come to us because the planning commission would by state law required to approve it and of course if it didn't meet any other criteriums then they don't have a right to appeal because on the face of it, they're not meeting the criteria.

So as an example, when we review these, there's just one question. Does it comply with the code? Yes, it gets approved. No, no, it doesn't. And we tell you why. To appeal that decision would only really be applicable, they have the right to do it, but it doesn't change what the code already says.

Yeah, and that's what I'm getting to. So that's what you said about it's a waste of our time at the city council.

i'm not sure what the council would add to the conversation because it's it is simply looking at the ordinance now i got you what it says you're not a waste of our time but we couldn't add anything so i'll take it out to the public public companies okay okay uh council member you said doesn't change what the code says but if i'm interpreting this correctly the code will reflect state law so

we would be following state law yes so if staff was not following state law then someone could come to the council and the council could then follow state law um most of the adu things that we look at so for example it's a four-foot setback becomes the council we can get into like the interpretation of like, well, does it count the eaves or things like that? Um, but it's, uh, It's an administrative function, and that's why this is a very atypical process. Building permits do not typically go to planning commissions or city councils for this reason, because these are administrative functions by definition.

Okay. Thank you. And I was just echoing also what the mayor had mentioned. So thank you.

Yeah, I'm still thinking through, but we'll go out to the public, see what the public says. Thank you so much for the presentation.

Members of the public in the chamber, please approach the podium. Members of the public on Zoom, you may use the raise your hand feature or dial star nine from the telephone. Mayor, I'm not seeing anyone wishing to make public comment.

Thank you. Seeing no one public comments calls, bring it back to the dice. What is the will of the council?

Motion to approve item nine B.

Probably moved in second on the question. So we go on with staff recommendation of not bringing it to the council, just so we're clear. You know, because, okay. And so did my comments be, that's the point, right? Where, you know,

won't come to the council and i don't think staff is gonna not approve anything that should be approved um so uh it's a roll call vote council and agency member miller council and agency member burks aye council and agency member garcia arazola aye mayor and vice chair pacheco mayor and chair oglesby aye your motion passes unanimously

Thank you go to item number nine see an ordinance to amend chapter 9.12 of the seaside municipal code to clarify noise ordinance applicable to permitted use this action is not subject to the California environmental quality act pursuant to section 15061 be three of the sequel guidelines, Mr city manager.

Before the three people go back to Andrew my record housing planning manager.

Thank you very much. And as was noted, this is a proposal to amend Chapter 9.12 of the CSUN Usable Code regarding noise. There we go, so noise within the city of seaside is regulated by 2 different provisions in the municipal code and I'm going to speak in generalities. There is some overlap, but in general, what I'm going to tell you is true. So, there's section 1730.06 of the zoning ordinance and chapter 9.12 of the municipal code. And Section 1730.060 is really focused on quantitative thresholds for what kind of noise is acceptable. So it looks at what are the decibel readings, what's the time of day, where is it coming from, really kind of measurable things that can be looked at. And that implements the noise element of our general plan. Chapter 9.12 is more qualitative in nature and it focuses kind of more of a nuisance abatement. And the term that it uses is excessive, unnecessary, or unusually loud noise. And so that's what it keeps referring to. It doesn't have standard decibel readings or anything like that if it's a noise that's excessive, unnecessary, or unusually loud. It provides some examples of noises like that. That includes like tools, loudspeakers, vehicle radios, heavy equipment, shouting, yelling, et cetera. It doesn't matter whether or not it complies with Section 1730.060 for the purposes of this chapter. So as an example, someone could be in the street yelling and it doesn't have to exceed 60 decibels for it to be a nuisance. Determining whether a noise is a violation, i.e. whether it is excessive, unnecessary, or unusually loud, is something of a judgment call. The code says that what we look at in determining this is the volume or intensity of the noise, citizen complaints, proximity to residential sleeping facilities, the nature or zoning of the area, the duration, and whether the noise is recurrent. And it does say whether produced by commercial or non-commercial activity, though it doesn't say which of them is okay and which one isn't. Some noises are exempted from the provisions of this chapter. So for example, a cry for emergency assistance or emergency vehicle sirens are not considered the term that I used before, excessive, unnecessary, or unusually loud. Temporary events such as parades or city-sponsored fireworks events don't fall under this category. Neither do activities on or in publicly owned facilities or property while in the discharge of their duties. Also, religious worship activities, including bells, singing, and preaching are not considered to meet the definition here. So as an example, the proposed ordinance would add another exemption providing that normal noises coming from legally permitted uses would not be considered excessive, unnecessary, or unusually loud. And this basically means that noises that are just a normal part of the operation of something that's allowed to operate would not automatically be considered something that could be a violation of the ordinance. So for example, if you've got children playing at a private school or music at a nightclub, just the fact that those noises are happening doesn't mean that it's going to be a problem. they're still subject to quantitative measures in Section 1730-060. So if you've got a school, they decide to give their kids loudspeakers to play with during recess, that's still a problem. So just because the noise isn't automatically considered a problem doesn't mean that it can't be, but it needs to be quantitatively measured in order for it to be an issue. So staff recommends that the council approve the proposed ordinance. Happy to answer any questions.

Council member Garcia-Zarboa.

Thank you. Let's go back to slide five, please. Can you elaborate on what activities on or publicly owned properties or facilities while in the authorized discharge of their responsibilities means? Sorry, clicker's off. There we go.

Basically, say you take the city corporation yard or the fire station and they're making noises because they're doing their jobs. That is not considered to be unnecessary or excessive or unusually loud.

yes thank you on page seven or on slide seven you know one of the problems one of the issues that i saw with this that is those are two extremely distinct and different examples one example is a private school or music uh children at a school which typically operates during the day And the other one is an example of a nightclub, which could operate all the way till 2 or whatever. So my question is, why are the examples so vastly different?

The examples I picked are things that I've heard people complain about at public hearings before, not necessarily here. But I have heard people complain at public hearings about kids playing too loudly. And I've heard people complain about hearing music from a nightclub. So that was where they came from. As far as your point about the time of day, that's true. And in Section 1730-060, it does have different quantitative thresholds and decibels depending on time of day so something that's okay during the day would not be okay at night okay thank you for that hi anyone else let's take it out to public comment public comment is open members of the public in the chamber please approach the podium members of the public on zoom you may use the raise your hand feature or dial star 9 from a phone

Hello. My name is Michael, and I live in Contra Costa. Essentially, I've been trying to, since 2025, for the city to actually enforce Chapter 9.12. Now, if you were to try to do this amending this code here specifically, essentially, what it is right now, what I have an issue with Deja Blue, essentially, is that they do have music, and they actually can't have actually concerts inside their building um that uh because they have their acoustic paneling that can absorb them well uh which would be uh also that would be better uh is that they have their back doors closed so it can be a bit more effective there but in the end of it all it's just a lot more flexible on the let's say more so guitars drums like saxophone kind of side of things but especially during the night when it comes to most of the bass uh slash thumping um sound It's basically Section 17 only concerns itself more so with DBA, which actually filters out the majority of the bass. So basically that they could have excessive amounts of bass being played, but the thing is that the DBA won't be able to like register it as a high decibel. For example, probably be just as low as like 45, even though they have like excessive amounts of bass playing. But if you switch it over to a different setting when it comes to recording sound measurements to DBC is that it's with technicality that doesn't necessarily get, basically section 17 doesn't really cover, or it doesn't include essentially, it's just mostly concerned with DBA from what I hear, that it, essentially there's basically like if you were to try and get this it's basically like a loophole happening and we're um they can have their base as much as almost as much as they want but uh but the thing is that section 17 won't necessarily protect the area um just to give that context here is that um that i've tried to even use earplugs that actually reduce um by 30 decibels like the amount of hearing that i'd be able to hear which again most of the concerns with section 17 but the thing is because the base is so low frequency and it it uh passes through um material i usually pass through walls a lot easier that even then i can still hear the thumping to a point where it basically that they start off at 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, but that it goes on to 9 p.m. and then 12 a.m. on Friday and then about 9.30 p.m. to 1 to 1.30 a.m. on Saturday, essentially. And also throughout the past years, I believe that they've actually been trying to expand it to Thursday night as well. So it's not only two nights, but it's actually three nights that potentially could be the case. uh there's also the case of it being that uh during the day uh when they have the base as well that's a bit excessive to a point where i can't even like barely listen to what i'm actually even like hearing on the tv for example it's to that accession uh there's more to be said but that's what i would like to say for today thank you for your comments

Members in the public in the chamber, please approach the podium. Members of the public on Zoom, may you use the raise your hand feature or dial star nine from a phone.

Good evening again. I didn't have a question. I didn't have a comment. I just had a question where it said this action is not subject to the California Environment Equality Act pursuant to sections 15061B3 of the CEQA guidelines. What exactly does that mean? I don't think you guys asked that question. And I didn't, I might have missed it, but I don't know that I saw Mr. Myrick covered that. So I'd like to know what that means.

Thank you for your comments. Mayor, at this time, no one else is wishing to make a public comment. Thank you so much.

Public comment is closed. Mr. Myrick or City Manager, are there any questions or issues that you can, or concerns that you can speak to?

I'd ask Mr. Myrick to explain why this is not subject to CEQA.

So the section reference says that CEQA only applies to projects where it's clear that it has an effect on the environment. In this case, that's not the case because it doesn't... The noise ordinance that has been drafted to comply with the CEQA is the zoning ordinance one. Our general plan is all based upon the decibel readings. So this is just a qualitative type of measurement about what people may or may not find excessive or unusually loud.

That was the only question that you heard? I mean...

The... The first speaker brought up the fact that it would be more difficult because in his case, he's concerned about Deja Blue and he acknowledges that Deja Blue does not violate the decibel readings. And so if this were to be adopted, it would be very challenging to give Deja Blue a citation or take any enforcement action against the issue that he can hear the base coming from it.

is what he said i yeah i don't know if there's a question there though right yeah i think we heard what he said so there's you know can you speak to the concern i guess that's what he raised uh you or the city manager yeah i'd ask maybe uh mr meyer explained the the permit uh the permit uh that deja blue has to play music on certain hours for for the week

Okay. So yeah, Deja Blue has a permit to operate a nightclub and event center. They do play music. Playing music is a standard practice of a nightclub. And so if you've got a... If we're going to use the standard that if there is any detection of the use beyond the boundaries of the site, it would be very hard for most businesses to operate under those circumstances. There's almost always going to be some thing coming off the site. The question is, is it beyond what should be considered acceptable? And so in this case, we're saying what is acceptable would be the quantitative measures.

right could you put back up the the recommendation okay any other questions comments or what is the will of the council make motion to approve second so we probably moved in second uh this is the um the first reading and it's a roll call vote council and agency member miller no council and agency member burks aye

Council and agency member Garcia-Arizuela. Aye. Mayor Pro Tem, Vice Chair Pacheco.

Yes.

Mayor and Chair Oglesby. Aye. The record of motion passes four to one.

Thank you. Let's go to business item number 10. Business item 10A, adopt a resolution approving it. Recommend it. Mr. Cobb. to add to the one-way southbound street list and seaside municipal code 10-30-010-b minister city manager yes thank you mayor this item will be presented by thomas korman the city's public works director

Good evening, Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, members of the council. Yes, I will be presenting item 10A, which is the motion to adopt the resolution. I'm sorry, sir. Approving the TAC Committee, Traffic Advisory Committee item recommendation to approve changing Contra Costa to one way. So I'll begin that. This was prepared by Aaron Hahn, our junior engineer. who presented this to Traffic Advisory Committee on two occasions. So we'll look at the first look at the background here. In February 2022, DKS prepared a study that's available to the public. It's posted basically needs in the downtown area as far as traffic around Broadway Avenue and the business district down there specifically looking at contra costa hillsdale the alleys around that we were asked to bring forth the public works department engineering division was asked to bring this forward to the track of traffic advisory committee So first in November of 2022, specifically November 18th, at the traffic advisory committee, staff presented the Contra Costa proposal, also included some other improvements that were also brought before council prior to this, including some of the improvements in adjacent alleys. um so the traffic advisory committee basically feedback to staff at that time was to narrow the focus it was too broad it was presenting basically the whole dks dks study um so at that time uh working through those details in march of 2026 specifically on march 17th uh staff junior engineer, Aaron Hahn, presented a safety study and parking layout proposing the Contra Costa one-way from Broadway to Palm in the southbound direction. So at that meeting, a traffic advisory committee recommended approval overlooking the data, the proposed layout for what that would look like, the number of spaces. Property owners receive notification for that. So I'll just go through some of the history of that. What that requires is within 300 feet of any proposed changes. That was the equivalent, we got the numbers here, approximately 90 notifications that went out just for your knowledge. So that went out for that meeting. um in between there was a an ordinance change of how we could change streets from one way and so that was came to council and was approved uh prior to those that required two readings for an ordinance change what we did in that as you recall is an ordinance change to change how we changed one-way streets could be approved by resolution so that brings us to the present date um it's june 4th today at the city council meeting so we made the same notifications that 300 foot sphere the same notifications uh regarding this so that brings us today uh for the approval for consideration of the one way on Contra Costa from Broadway to Palm. Just a little bit more review on background. This is some of the findings in summary from the 2022 parking study for Broadway, there's 512 spaces available. The way this breaks down is that there's 70 unrestricted, which means that you can park for as long as you would like. 30% of those have a two-hour limit. So they will receive a parking citation if they're longer than two hours. What the parking study also revealed is that existing parking in a downtown area is adequate for current conditions. But there are localized shortages depending upon what events are occurring. So the recommendation was additional development will require additional parking in that. So for reference, what we're looking at is Contra Costa there. That's the area focus in the red. running between Broadway and Palm, close to existing parking lot number one. So further summarization of these parking recommendations, the short time was basically to utilize city parcels for interim parking for specific events, restriping of existing parking, which the Public Works Department Engineering Division is working on, parking lot number one, uh in addition to parking lot number two installed angled parking on contra costa street with one-way southbound operations that was to improve circulation in the area and access to parking lot number one another recommendation was to install angled parking on hillsdale that is not being considered tonight Okay, and that was northbound, one-way northbound. Medium term, the seven to, or excuse me, three to seven years out was to develop a public parking garage at the Olympia site. Those are not being considered tonight as well. And then just to ensure that any future parking garages, whether they be, just be integrated into mixed use in the planning process. So just to reframe this, that's what we're looking at. Contra Costa is being considered. There's an alley in between West Broadway and Palm. It is adjacent to parking lot number one. The existing businesses, there's a restaurant at the corner there. There's an apartment complex on the south side there. There is a single family home at the corner of Contra Costa and and Palm, and then a coffee shop adjacent to that, and then an alley that basically runs between Contra Costa and Palm, and then on the other side between Contra Costa and Hillsdale. This is the proposed circulation, if this would be approved. I'll just restate that it would be one way southbound from Broadway to Palm. So Any cars coming down West Broadway would make a turn, whether left or right, into Contra Costa, heading southbound, and then have access to parking lot number one and both alleys to access the coffee shop or the apartments or further down the single-family home or additionally any development or existing development on Palm Avenue. This is the proposed parking layout. This was drafted in-house using our engineering standards and all standards according to the MUTCD by our engineering division junior engineer, Aaron Hahn. And this is the proposed layout so at the top you'll see there'd be a removal the stop sign, because it would only be one way on the southbound you would have spaces that would lead into angled. on Contra Costa. There'd be an opening there for access to the alley on both sides and then one way and angled parking as you head down toward Palm. Additionally, there'll be some additional signage of do not enter at Palm. And additionally, there'll be no right turn signs. You could still access Contra Costa from each side, but you would have to turn left or right depending on the direction that you're coming from. So the recommendation that was brought forth from the Traffic Advisory Committee is to approve changing of Contra Costa in the southbound direction one way from Broadway to Palm. That concludes my presentation.

Thank you so much. Good presentation. Any questions? Mayor Prichard?

The study that you referred to, correct me if I'm not correct, in a nutshell, it said that we needed more parking available to help the businesses expand and grow. Is that a fair statement? That's correct. and then i know i'm i know you said this but that's just i think there's some safety issues that are positive when you come down contra calista now you can make a left onto broadway to go to del monte that's i i'm confident that the attack meeting and at other moments the police chief said that is definitely a safety hazard because of the the cars coming up through Broadway. Is that a fair statement to be made?

That's correct. I do have some accident data if you'd like me to provide that.

Do the mayor, do you have any?

You want him to provide it?

I don't know if we need to or not. Well, no, I'm just saying. If it won't help. He doesn't have it now. I thought he said he had it. I'm sorry.

I have a few numbers I could share, Mr. Mayor.

Yeah, so in the last two years, there have been a total of four accidents in that area. Just in that vicinity, as we look back, between Broadway and Palm. The concern was the left turns, as you stated, from Contra Costa onto Broadway heading toward Del Monte. We also found similar number of accidents at Contra Costa and Palm as well.

So, to simplify for me, it's possible those four accidents wouldn't have occurred if they couldn't have made a left-hand turn. That's correct. And I think when you first did the study, parking lot that we have currently over there wasn't there so we've expanded uh the parking lot next type of stage i believe that you've been working on wasn't part of the city it wasn't there until just last couple of three years was it wasn't there i guess and has that helped with the parking i don't know if you know that i i don't know the answer to that when the study was completed in 2022 i'm not sure if the city had acquired that parking lot at this time just the I don't think it did I think it was done after that recommendation but that's just my memory and and then my last question is you said that there were letters of notification that went out twice on this issue were there any concerns by the residents or businesses to the proposal

Yes. And actually, technically, they went out three times. They first went out in November. I misspoke on that. I forgot to mention that they did go out in November as well. There was a concern at the two traffic advisory committee meetings, but there was also support. So it was mixed.

i'm referring to letters of saying this is a bad idea but when you said you notified the area 300 feet were there letters rushing in to say this don't do this i don't have anything in writing just what was provided at the traffic advisory committee itself okay in person thank you sir so very much

Uh, yes. Council member Garcia.

Thank you. With this proposal would Contra Costa and Palm Avenue become a four way stop or would it just no.

Okay. Contra Costa and Palm would not be a four way stop.

Okay. uh councilman i think mr mayor and um in the staff report uh the new design this proposed design is 12 spots right and in the staff report currently on that street there are 12 spots so is this proposal about traffic safety the accidents or is this about parking

When the DKS study was presented to us, it covered a multiple of issues that I covered, safety, parking, circulation to facilitate business. Originally, it was thought that there could be more spots. The DKS report did not provide a layout for that. When we used our engineering standards, according to MUTCD, we found that

according to standard engineering practice only 12 stops only excuse me only 12 parking spots could replace the existing 12 parking spots but when they when they did the study yes they concluded that it's possible for 21 spots so this would make sense if there was a proposal for 21 spots right

Yes, let me clarify that. If it was just about number of spots, but looking at safety and circulation and accessibility to additional businesses nearby, those were the other factors. We actually did find some confusion in the DKS study, whether they actually included Hillsdale in that. And we're not able to parse that out because we weren't given an actual drawing to go with that.

The study showed that this could add additional parking spots. However, when our engineers come permanent in a field, we have the same exact number of on-street spots. So it becomes a safety recommendation that was taken to the TAC committee.

Okay, so thank you for clarifying that. So the main proposal for this main proposal is over safety. And although safety is mentioned in the staff report, it seems like the staff report really focused on the parking. So in regards to those accidents, the four accidents, were they of substantial nature or

I don't have the actual reports, but they were caused by the left turns out at the intersections at each end.

Are you able to break down that four of which happened at which end?

I believe from the data I have in the police department records, two at Contra Costa at Palm. there was one at con broadway and contra costa um and i don't know exactly know where the fourth one was somewhere in that vicinity as well i think it was a a hit and run we're looking at yeah is it possible this configuration could actually have a reverse effect and cause more accidents that is that is possible um if people fail drivers you know fail to read the signs but as there's changes to circulation and people drivers get used to that we think this is actually safer for pedestrians to cross because essentially we're turning the street into a semi-parking lot you know slowing down the speeds has there been a pedestrian accident not that we could find no

we're focused but you think this design is better for pedestrians yes okay that was all my questions thank you anyone else for clarity purposes if we stop them from making left turns on contra costa we stop them legally to do that if they choose to break the law and do that that's

the accident and breaking the law which they would get a citation for that is correct yeah thank you mayor uh you you would have to you know that's a good point but i think you would drive had to drive a long way to get to broadway to turn left but i but i do know a certain communities um To prevent you from going down contracts, because if it's one way, some type of some type of curb or some type of, you know, besides a sign on both sides, you know, i want to use the words words right now not a necessary good-looking sign just saying you know do not enter we know what those signs look like sometimes they have a little uh what is it uh some type of a road uh what is it a road barrier uh uh you know and and so just to make sure you don't turn a quick turn because you've been doing it for 20 years besides some sign that you're not even looking for because you've made a right you've been coming down what is it uh palm you've been making a right there for 58 years i think it needs probably needs a little bit more than just a uh i do not enter sign uh some type of barrier but i i thought we talked about this before and i thought you led with uh we're gonna we're trying to have growth in that area we're trying to add more cars so i understand the parking you're not adding a lot of parking but i thought it centered on actual uh what is it called circulation Allowing people to come in and out of there a little bit easier, a little bit safer as we build up downtown. in that area. So I wouldn't just put it all on safety and definitely don't put it all on adding parking, even though I think we started and maybe more parking, but for us, well, you know, I don't know what that DK is. I don't know how they got 22 and you only get 12, but it doesn't make a difference. It's only 12, right? But I thought it was centered on circulation throughout the city. Cause I know sometimes when you get there, you're trying to turn left to Broadway to be a little safer you're waiting a while right which which uh what is it i just i just read um you know um caltrans is going to spend about 350 million dollars taking the left-hand turns off of highway 101 going south it's a letter it's 11 turns that they're going to close because people wait too long to turn left they get anxious they don't count the cars coming The speed of the cars coming and they just pull on it out there because they're tired of waiting people behind them. And so I can see that being eliminated with this, too. So I just want to, you know, just come back up a little bit instead of counting the spaces, counting the accidents. It's about getting people where they need to go in that area as we continue to build and create excitement in that area, getting them in and out of that area. lower Broadway, urban village area. So I see what you guys are trying to do. Thank you so much. I'll open up to public comment.

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Did you put that one slide back up, the one that shows the streets? So I agree with what I had a question about was that street, the way that is, you're still turning left and crossing traffic when you're going west on Broadway. You're still having you're still making a left turn there unless you eliminate no left turn. i think it's a better idea to have it the opposite direction and make it where you can only make a right from contra costa onto broadway no left turn that way you eliminate where broadway is a more trafficked street that way you eliminate any left turn there because people are lining up uh when they're going west to make that uh left turn onto del monte then you're not obstructing that by you know anybody waiting to try to turn left onto contra costa and this way they can only make a right onto broadway you could still put the parking spots in the same spot you just change the direction i just think that would be um a better alternative because then you eliminate any left turn. And palm isn't, I could be wrong, but it seems like to me that palm, you could eliminate left-hand turn or right-hand turn on palm as well if that's where the accidents are and that would also help. but otherwise i think it's a great idea i didn't think so at first when i first heard the reading but now that i visually can see it i think it's a great idea for the downtown area so thank you thank you for your comments

my name is Peggy Hopkins and I'm concerned about if you have will the parking that's indicated on the road will that not also become a traffic like you have two there'll be actually two lanes of traffic going one right I mean, if those parking spots aren't used, how likely is it that it's just going to be a two way, a one way street with two lanes? That's a concern I have. And one of the concerns I have is in particular about Acme Coffee. and the circulation around their particular business, which has been there. And I know small business is a big deal for you guys in Seaside. And I just wanted that to be really looked at and also to make sure that the public parking that's already existing is being made use of instead of putting it in the midst of the traffic flow. And I probably have some other things to say, but I was thinking it was all going to be going out into Broadway, but I was wrong. But I still think having different options is having the two-way street as it is. I just don't want to... Anyways. And was there discussion amongst the small businesses? Were they conferred with? I just want to make sure that that's the case. And as a separate thing, AT&T should not be able to get out of their requirement that they are the service of last resort. We live in a very mountainous area. Landline is the only safe way to go in a lot of the area. Thank you so much.

Thank you for your comments.

Good evening, Mayor, City Council, Darryl Chote, owner, proprietor, Deja Blue. Can you put that map back up? I'm actually glad we're at this point and I've attended all the meetings and just for the answer, the young lady, yes, all of us business has been notified and a few of us went to the meetings. I went to all of them. One of the big things about this, I like this plan after it came back from your consultants and all. Right there on the corner of my building, you see all the stripes going the opposite direction. That stop sign there. Now, the good thing is when the consultants came out, not just that, when the engineers from here came out, Nisha and I think he saw a little, that left turn. Those cars coming off of Del Monte don't stop at that yield. They just fly right by. My concern is that left turn, you don't hit the car, you killed the driver because it's on the driver's side. Where she just mentioned, if you made off of the west side, you made a left into it, at least we can keep the driver driving the car because it only hits the side of the car. But at least the driver can see the car coming. You're in a blind area when you make that left. And it's been happening a lot. Now, this is not a whole new plan because I remember when the Monterey Jazz Festival for the first time decided to come to Seaside to Deja Blue when there was COVID. i came and requested the city can we do angle parking on broadway and nisha which was an engineer at the time said no but we can use contra costa because the city controls that street and it worked out perfect the only complaints we had was there were two smaller spots now the engine the professionals have came out with this this is a win-win for all of us Acme is up 30, 45% since they opened that parking lot, once they got that parking lot. Unfortunately, we still got a problem with people parking in the alley and won't go in the parking lot. But I have watched when we had the jazz festival, a lot of their customers parked in the stall, walked into their coffee, walked right back out and went exactly the way this flow was going. It's a win-win. I think it's safety more. Parking is great. We need the parking. I mean, right now we got an ambulance company in our city that I don't think the city know about that got about 12 or 13 employees. And you can tell their cars because they back in. That takes up almost all the parking lot now. So that became a big problem that hopefully we can't resolve. But I think this is a win-win. I think it's a safety thing. I think it's really personal for the city. I think it's going to work. And I think they should do the same thing. Way down there by Chase Bank, the opposite direction.

Thank you for your comments.

city council thank you for your time i'm tim cunha i own the acme building and i own the parking lot where acme is functioning and i didn't personally attend all the meetings but i watched them all online when they were being produced and the things that i heard from the meeting were it benefits the business, it increases the safety, and it increases the parking spaces. So those were the three points that they push this item through the agenda to approve it. So first off, they didn't consider, Acme was never brought into the conversation about how it would be impacted. So by cutting off access from Palm to Acme, you cut off a significant volume of customers. The alley is not a functional alley. I don't know if you've ever driven down there. it's like a landmine zone it's filled with potholes and it's not very convenient and it's very narrow so the recommendation of using an alleyway as an access to a business is a little bit disturbing in terms of the safety i've owned that building for 24 years i turn that left turn probably two or three times a day I sit and wait patiently. If it was only a right-hand turn, it might make things a little safer so I didn't have to wait and I'd go down and loop around someplace else. But it hasn't been an issue. In fact, the traffic report, there was a few accidents. None of them reported Right on there. In fact, the traffic people said it was not a target area of problem, though it's reported by people who would like to see this pushed through as being in a targeted area. It is a challenge. It can be, but you just be patient. And if it's really bad, you just turn right. Parking, there's no gain in parking. Why would you spend all this money to change signs and stripage for zero net gain for parking? It's working, the neighbors can access, park in front of their homes, park in front of their units. Sorry, I don't like doing this. So I think you should reconsider or consider other options. It's an expensive proposal with really no benefit. Go back and listen to the minutes. Safety was not a concern of the traffic people or of the police. And the businesses ACME will be greatly impact. Thank you. Thank you for your comments.

hello uh michael uh basically again i live in uh contra costa and i do i have to be frank um it is the natural case of it being if it's like a two-way that you have to basically like look both ways that doing a left turn is actually a bit more in nature of it being dangerous but uh if this gets passed essentially that you'll be basically canceling out that exit Now, from my personal experience, essentially, if I'm not using that exit, essentially, I'm going through Palm into then Del Monte Boulevard, which actually has even faster traffic, like mostly faster traffic in comparison to... basically going uh contra costa into broadway essentially so when it comes to then even heavy traffic and where it's just almost completely like you can't even enter there uh the um palm to um essentially my last resort is actually trying to exit to make a left turn contra costa to broadway And then if that's gone, then I mean, like, basically you have to make a massive detour and where, like, if you want to turn left, trying to, let's say, palm into Del Monte Boulevard, like, that direction, left, right? If all the other, if the exit, all the other exits are just like gone, essentially you have to make a detour going all the way to, there was like a basketball courts, like it's by a solution army. And then you have to go all the way down to Embassy Suite to then make a right, to then go all the way down there, to then go to an intersection, to then make a left that's actually closest to McDonald's. So you have to do all that detour and that's, one of the big detours and also um now the tour is that you have to go this basically um you have to go like uh it's also like if you were to go to contra costa let's say you still even want to go left with let's say like you already know that um the domani boulevard is actually like heavily with traffic that you basically have to take a left uh basically i'm also on the sides of the apartment there and more so in the direction where i can accrue is uh more so in the direction of like the shopping center like a grocery aisle and everything like that They have to take several blocks essentially to then make a left turn to a traffic light to then make a left turn and go all the way down to Broadway to then get to where you're wanting to go. It's that but also then the ease of access of effective parking spots and where there more or less will be two less pathways to access even those like angled parking spots if that gets passed through. And for the businesses, if they want to actually exit, essentially, like, if they're trying to hit a different direction to the left, and it's just that they have to do all these details every single time that they actually finish up, you know, drink their coffee or onto the restaurant.

Thank you.

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Hello, I'm Stephen Cunha. I work at Acme Coffee. I also did deliveries today, so I'm driving a van around Seaside a lot. But I think everyone kind of talked about the traffic situation didn't really feel like there was justification there. No parking spaces, dubious safety because there's no study that indicates a benefit. What it looks like is like, you know, have a circulation analysis. We got crazy circulation down there. The craziest one is the one you mentioned, which is at which is at Sonoma. And that's I mean, that's the safe. That's the only like easy way to get out of there because you've got a traffic light. So I go that way as a delivery driver. I'm like, I'm not I'm taking right turn safety just because, you know, I'm driving a van all day with panel van. But, you know, the crazy, like, if you're talking about safety, you got that, right? You got a left turn from Palm onto Del Monte. That's the most, that's the craziest turn in the whole entire city. And then, like, like was mentioned earlier, you're not turning, you're not talking about turning the Palm Street into a four-way stop. The Palm and Contra Costa, that's remaining a two-way stop in this proposal. There's just like it's it's like as if this hadn't been considered whatsoever. Like, did you even think about the traffic down there? Like, has anyone spent time in this area? No parking gains. The trap, the circulation is as deep proved. And then I noticed this the first time I saw that that you talked about having Hillsdale be northbound. That was in that recommendation from that prior study that didn't seem very informative. But even that is like. You know, we're talking now about another, the exact same scenario where at least traffic is slowed down somewhat once you get to Hillsdale. But, you know, they're not booking it off of Del Monte onto Hillsdale. Broadway, but we're not talking about any of the things that can make the city safer. When you have a right turn or a one-way street, people know they don't have a car to worry about. They're not looking. They're just going through. That's a person going from Dale's Club or Acme Coffee that's getting hit by a car coming 50 miles an hour from Del Monte fully protected they're safe they know there's no cars come in got a right turn protected got a nice green yield area and then you just blast right onto contra costa that has guaranteed no car traffic it's it's and even this this is me just making up imaginary scenarios i'm not i don't have a traffic circulation analysis and neither do you and you're talking about spending money with no analysis of basically anything Like, I don't even know what we're doing here. I'm, like, embarrassed. And the amount of people that sent letters, you mentioned no letters. Everyone I know sent letters. You talked about no letters. Bring them up. Pull up the emails. We have no data presented here whatsoever when you have it. So what we're talking about is if there's information that you're not bringing forward. Like, everyone I know sent a letter. And that's maybe five people that actually went through with it. But you talked about none. Thank you.

Thank you for your comments. May I mention anyone else wishing to make up a comment?

I think you see no 1 here, no 1 public comments close. It was a lot of questions and. Comments and concerns and.

A couple of allegations in there, some, you know, I'll start and I'll ask her or structure to fill in 1st, 1 way streets are scientifically safer than the 2 way traffic. There's numerous studies in traffic engineering that point to that. And I'm not saying I'm not arguing either way that the. the one-way streets are safer. They decrease the conflicting traffic movements. They eliminate certain turns. The other portion of the conversation is I want to clarify, yes, there is 12 on-street parking spaces now. They are parallel parking. There are 12 angled parking designed with this proposal. we all know that whoever shows up first in parallel parking sets the tone whether you're going to get six spots 10 spots or 12 spots it just depends on that first person all 12 have to be perfect at parallel parking for us to to get 12 spots on that street which often doesn't happen and so there's 12 dedicated spots with this thomas were there any questions that came up through here that you can answer

Not that I can think of offhand. Staff be prepared to answer any questions that anyone else may have.

Thank you so much. Any questions? Councilmember Miller. Thank you.

This might go to the chief or to you. Every year we get an analysis on where our high risk or more probable accidents happen in the city. Is that right?

I have not seen that report, but so I'm assuming there is one. Yes. Yeah. Maybe then the chief, do you mind?

Thank you, Chief. Did you want me to repeat the question?

No, sir. Yes, we do an annual report on our traffic and crime in general throughout the city every year.

Thank you. And in the presentation that we have, is this area denoted as a dangerous area?

Not specific to this intersection.

And I remember we list out certain streets. Do we list out Del Monte has more crashes?

Yes, Del Monte, Fremont, and Canada Array are the top three, the main thoroughfares.

Your memory is so good. So I just wanted to ask on the Del Monte section, is that Del Monte up towards the high school or is that Del Monte more towards this area?

It's the entire portion of Del Monte.

I see. And are you familiar with the turn from Palm on to Del Monte?

yes absolutely and would you say that's a dangerous term absolutely yeah that was all my questions thank you chief for answering my questions thank you oh no thank you anyone else uh council um mayor potential chief can i call you back up again it's going to be kind of repetitive but i want to make it perfectly clear at the tech meeting no one we had um you were asked specifically i my memory tells me was it a concern to make that left-hand turn onto broadway to del monte and as i recall uh probably on more than one occasion you said that was a serious accident basically an accident waiting to happen and the the staff member said there was four accidents over the last two years does that remain still a concern

In your eyes, it is in my eyes, but I think you're actually referring to the left turn from Contra Costa onto Broadway. Absolutely. And again, even though we've only had around four crashes in that general area, and I think listed was only one. Sometimes it's not the data of an accident that causes public safety. It is the danger that you see every day. and an experienced driver may may be patient and stop there and wait but people who are visiting our community if they're making a left turn there you're not prepared for the cars that whip up off of del monte and they'll speed they'll do things that cause safety issues that are concerning okay thank you and to the staff person mr corman i just want to clarify because maybe i misunderstood or maybe i didn't ask the right question i asked you had you received any letters um

Through the process related to negative or positive. And I think you said you had not received any letters. The only comments came at the Traffic Advisory Committee, but not via the letters that you sent out.

that is correct um i don't think anything was provided to the traffic advisory committee which i sit on that so i've never read a letter um they could be with our engineering staff that were not provided to us so i can't speak to that to the best your knowledge that's correct yeah and thank you aren't you over engineering that's correct okay so you don't know if letters are in engineering They were not provided to me as a member of the Traffic Advisory Committee, no.

We haven't seen any letters that have come through.

Yeah, okay, that's what I want to get to, because when they come in, they come in officially, and they're stamped, and they're processed, because we're asking for those so-called protest letters, right, or informational letters, and I just want to be clear, it's just, if you didn't see them, then, you know, you can't speak to if you didn't see them, right?

Correct.

And I can't say they're in your office, it doesn't make sense. Okay, but I want to get back to, yeah, The tag. This is the recommendation from the tag. Right. And so part of that is, I believe, the police chief, the fire chief, the engineering, which, you know, city engineer, a couple of other people. And of course, the mayor, Mayor Pro Temp, chairs it. But in that group, and the consultant in that group, we have traffic engineers, right? I mean, people that know traffic engineering. Yes. So it's kind of hard for me to try to second guess you guys about how best to move traffic in this city. I mean, I can have an opinion. Right. And I could definitely disagree with you, but I think like the city manager said at a certain point, one way streets are just safer than two way streets. Right. I mean, at a certain point we had to tell the truth.

Yes.

What I'm trying to get to now is a couple of people said, um, you know, they just flipped it around and they said, well, why don't you just flip it around and make a right on Broadway? I'm not discounting what they're saying. What I'm getting to is it's a reason. you guys are going that way up Contra Costa because it's important because turning into a one-way street going south, I guess, right, makes a difference on what you're doing on both sides of that street, which makes a difference on the whole corner over there. That's called circulation. So what I'm getting to is when people say, well, why don't you just flip it the other way? then that may mess up another street.

Is that true? That is correct. And we were working off.

No, no, no. What I'm getting to is you guys figure that out. That's all I'm saying. You have to figure out what's happening two streets over.

That's correct. We were following the recommendation from the DKS study, which looked at circulation and parking.

Right. But, you know, from being an engineer, if you turn one street into a one way street. it's bound to impact the streets that are over. Absolutely. I mean, I think we all understand that. So I'm just saying if you as engineers and the traffic engineers looked at it and then the TAC committee looked at it at a certain point, I can't say, well, it makes more sense to turn right on Broadway because it's a lot of information I don't have. Okay. So It took the city manager to remind me, and I think all of us, when we said, someone said, it's 12 spots now, and we're going to have 12 angle spots. But he reminded us, if the first person takes up a spot and a half, Right? Correct. They don't give that foot, two foot in between because they're a little older, they're a little younger, or they're in a hurry. They take up three feet. You go from 12 on one day, maybe to nine on the next. Three hours later, it's only room for six because someone's left too much room, right?

That's correct. Yes.

And so I thought it was a good point that if you have 12 diagonal, they're permanent 12. okay so i i heard about the what is it the alleyway to acne are they going could you turn to that one go back to that slide where you have the two-way and alleyway and and okay so the the two way the two arrows on the was the left side of the screen i guess is going to acne though the people use that alleyway now

That's correct.

Right? So you're not stopping nobody from using that alleyway.

No.

They go both directions in that alleyway now, right?

That's correct.

It's just when they get to Contra Costa, they have to turn right.

They would be, yes, from the Acme parking lot. If you leave. Yes.

Right. You have to go right. Okay. So... I'm just getting to the point where you say if they're not able to turn left and then go to Broadway to take another left, it was some type of indication about, you know, they would lose business. And what I'm getting to is I think people that want to go there, they go down Del Monte, take a right, take a right down Contra Costa, go get a coffee. I mean, are they losing traffic? I know if you don't come from, if it's not a two-way on Contra Costa, I could imagine people are not coming from two directions. But does that limit the amount of people that can go to that space?

No, no, it doesn't. What's also maybe not clear on this is that there's an exit to the parking lot number one on West Broadway. So they would still be able to exit on West Broadway.

West Broadway and Del Monte.

Correct.

So you could turn into the park, the entrance on Del Monte to go to Acme.

That's correct.

Yes.

You could go around the corner. And it's another entrance on West Broadway to go to ACME.

Also correct.

Okay.

Okay.

All right. Mayor for two minutes. My comments just to move forward and then I have no other questions unless somebody else does. my my general thoughts are these i walked on west broadway today uh not because of this thing just because that's what i do and acme par acme uh business was very full they were i don't you can sit down from for my sake unless you want to hear me up close and personal uh uh thank you um and then the parking lot was full and people, there was a line going to Acme, which is a positive thing. I hear consistently, and thank you for being in business in Seaside, residents and non-residents and people out of the state actually tell me they went to Acme Coffee, which is a good thing and we appreciate that. I need to push back on a couple of little things because just what I believe in. This council and previous councils have very much focused on small business in Seaside. Councilman Garcia and I have met with small business in Seaside. The mayor has led many efforts in Seaside as far as small businesses. We're consistently focusing on small businesses in Seaside. We've had plants and trees and cleaned up the sidewalks because we care about our small businesses. And I think that's important for me to say. And I think you said this plan of sorts has started in 2017, I think, 2017. So it's not an overnight plan. I think Mr. Sote had an event that it was tested marketed on a very low scale. When I went to that event, it seemed to work. Not necessarily the event, but on driving by, it seemed to work. I think the police chief at that meeting said, this is a problem. at the TAC meeting this is a problem we need to correct it and it's been it's a long-term discussion this is not a news discussion um the designated parking spots and i think your point is well taken as far as white people park because i parked the same way i might leave myself two feet three feet when i park on just to be easy access um And I think that the parallel parking will be consistent in 12 spots unless people go over the line, which is a violation. I think that it will create circulation. It will create movement. And I think that was part of the very expensive study, as I recall. And most of all, I'm not sure most of all, but along with that, It decreases potential accidents because it's a one-way street. The left-hand turn is dangerous. Your police chief has said it's dangerous. I think it's dangerous because I've almost had a couple accidents myself or caused a couple accidents myself. I'm not sure how you look at it. But it's a dangerous way to make that left-hand turn. But this city does nothing but focus on small business. And we're trying to create more plans economically to promote small businesses. I think the time and the energy to move this forward is now. It's been, what, nine years we've been discussing this. And now we have a thought process that has involved studies, that involve your time, at least three meetings at the TAC committee. I think it's time to try something different. And if we can prevent one accident and we can improve circulation, and we can give more opportunity for people to park, I think we're doing a good thing. And it's time to do something different. And we do support small businesses. That is a priority to me. And I think all this council and what we do. Thank you.

Council Member Muller. Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Many cities six feet from the curb have little white lines that keep you in your car into a spot. Does the street have this? i can't recall exactly what in my mind what that would look like using six feet from looking to clarify on a city street and a lot of city streets have this there's a white l on both sides actually on the street that the car parallel parks inside of oh

Like a parking T a parking T parking.

Yes. Does this tree have a parking T?

These do this. There are no existing parking. Exactly.

It doesn't have a parking T. So all we have to do is paint parking T's and the mayor pro tems, the mayors and the managers theory that less people can park here because people parking correctly would be solved with a parking T. Is that right?

I'd have to recount the spots, but technically that is correct. We might come up with less spots if we apply our engineering standards.

Did the engineering department look at parking T's to determine how many spots would be there?

No, we were working off the DKS study, the circulation, the parking, the pedestrian friendly accessibility aspects of that. So parking keys were not considered.

Thank you. That was all my questions. Anyone else? I think for me, just to go back, I think It was mentioned that if you do parking tees, then all this stuff was solved. It doesn't solve my concerns about circulation. And so, you know, the council as individuals that can look at this as individuals and I do the same. My concerns are varied. and widespread, right? The reason why we've been talking about this for years, we can talk about circulation. And this is one of the ways we're talking about solving it. I don't see it hurting a business. People can drive around that, you know, our object is as we get money, we're going to improve the parking lot. I think city manager have a plan for that anyway. So it's three ways to get in that parking lot, which is For example, eight feet away from Acme Cockney. I don't want to call out any particular business, but what I'm saying is I don't see this one way stopping people from going to any of those stores or any of those homes in there. We all go down one way streets and yes, we have to go around the block. And that's all you have to do. And so the sob again, if it's solving circulation in that part of the town, if it gets people from making that left hand turn and we talked about, you know, the four instances that were reported to the police. What about the close calls? right what about people trying to well yeah what i'm saying i don't my anecdotal stuff is just as good as anybody else and i don't know stuff right but uh i don't see how it it hurts uh just just for me and so the work is there the regulation for an attack is there i think you guys did the work and so i'm supportive of the concept uh anyone else before we what is the direction of the motion to approve yes Second. It's been properly moved and second. Roll call, please. It doesn't say a roll call vote, so it's a resolution. OK, thank you so much. All those in favor use the record signed by saying aye.

Aye.

Nays have the same right. No. Abstentions? Okay. Hearing none, 410 motion passes. I think it's time to take a break. We'll take a break for the comeback of the sound of the gavel. Coming out of recess. I'm 10 be adopted resolution approving the community social service grant program policy, Mr. City Manager.

Yes, thank you, Mayor Council. Tonight's item is to consider adoption of a formal community social services grant program policy. The program was established in the year 2000. The text you see on the screen here to enhance community social services, including but not limited to education, recreation, social work, public health, public safety, mental health, youth development, elder care, community building and restoration, homelessness and housing advocacy are eligible for funding. That was from the original process in 2020. So that's kind of the eligible programs that have been included up until the current discussion. And again, we should revisit that this program is derived from the impact of the murder of George Floyd on May 25th, 2020. Moving forward. Can you do that next slide, please? All right, thank you. It's important to note there is no existing grant program policy. And so grants since inception have been awarded through various process with both competitive RFP and direct council allocation. We've required public presentations and review committees, but again, that has changed each year. And the annual allocation, however, from the city council has been between 320,000 and 510,000 since its inception. City of Seaside has issued 43 grants totaling over $2.5 million to 19 community based serving organizations. So it has made an impact in the community. It's in front of you tonight for discussion. It was put on the for discussion originally by Mayor Pro Tem Pacheco. We discussed the policy or the program details on January 15th. The really desire for a clear and predictable process and a framework for to assist Council and deliberations moving forward. We discussed eligible program areas, set asides for new or existing organizations, and then we had a discussion on maximum awards. Staff at that meeting proposed a recommended hybrid process for the program. And when I say hybrid, that means that there's a policy, a framework that's established, and that policy is more static in nature. It establishes the eligible program areas, the allowable expenditures for funding, the submission process, and any other requirements of the program. Under that recommended hybrid policy, the city would have a policy, again, that stays more static with an annual RFP process that's been updated by the city council and provided a transparent scoring matrix to those eligible applicants. Evaluation criteria and the weighting each year could be modified based on local needs, available funding, or council priorities. So that would be the evolving part of the process is the RFP that would happen each year. the evaluation proposed by the city staff was to use the city staff as using that adopted matrix for the funding cycle we could also add an ad hoc committee that's actually in the policy if council desires desires to do that city council would consider staff recommendations as a baseline but then of course have the ability to continue the ability to modify those recommendations at its discretion The draft policy you have in front of you takes the January 15th discussion into account and really narrows the focus back towards focus on children, adolescents, transitional age youth, ages 24 and younger. The draft policy will allow for funding of programs that serve broader populations. However, those populations must identify a direct benefit to seaside youth. And it tightens the eligible programs to what you see on the screen and in the policy. Education, tutoring, mentoring, career readiness, workforce development. youth development, recreation, arts, culture, and positive enrichment activities, mental and behavioral health, social-emotional support for services for youth, violence prevention, intervention, diversion, and public safety-related youth support services, civic engagement, leadership development, neighborhood connection, and community building programs, again, focused on youth participation and belonging. The grant policy also includes standard allowable expenditures and ineligible expenditures that you would have very similar to the Mayor's Youth Fund. Grants are intended for one-time expenditures, so we want to not try to get into the business of funding organizations that require ongoing support for that program. So support for the program, but not necessarily paying for staff, the continued staff from each year. minimum of 10 percent is required the cash or local match again applications will be received annually in response to the rfp scored by city staff and or an ad hoc committee using the adopted scoring matrix again that's provided well up front in the process to the applicants so they know how the city council and staff are planning on scoring the grant applications quarterly and final project reporting requirements are included and also the new requirement to participate in the blue ribbon task force meetings for those that are receiving funding Based on the January 15th discussion, this council also desired for a community survey. We did issue a survey that was open for more than 30 days. We only received 43 responses, but those responses really had a high priority for those youth-focused services. Job readiness and workforce training was the number one answer, and after-school programs, violence prevention, and mental health were the other top responses. The survey responses also indicated an emphasis on serving youth ages 13 to 16. They were undecided on fewer programs or larger awards versus more programs with smaller awards, and they were also undecided on the maximum award. They did have a support for maximum award, but you can see the responses below are all over the board. So there's responses for 25,000, 50,000, and 100,000 were the top ones. The draft policy in front of you aligns with the strategic plan of various areas as shown. And so staff recommends adoption of the resolution approving the community social services grant program policy. If approved, staff will return on July 2nd with a draft RFP for council review and discussion. Be happy to answer any questions.

Thank you so much. Are there any questions? Yes. If this was approved. Could you speak into your mic, please?

If this was approved, can we look at or think about it, change the name of it for youth enhancement or youth with the focus on you? I'll just say that. So that way it's known up front. It's just a thought.

The city council could name this program whatever it sees fit.

I like the idea of changing the name, help focus everybody on what it's for. let me see so you talked about they they really was you know the survey they really didn't have any preference as it relates to any top amount no the responses were across the board all agreed on having some sort of maximum but the the maximums were between 25 50 and 100 000. So do you guys have any suggestions? Let me ask you this. Is there any questions or issues that you need us to decide to make it a more impactful discussion? Grant grant process.

Yeah, I think originally we asked the question on whether there should be a maximum amount of funding, but after the survey results, don't show a real preference from those who responded. My recommendation would be again, the policy is, which remains static. The RFP each year can get more defined on on on details of that. And if council wanted to include a maximum amount of award. it could put it in the annual rfp which allows for that to change each year based on available funding for instance if there's only 200 000 available one year and council may want to set that limit at a lower amount 25 000 versus if they have more funding so the process allows for council to allot to to make those detailed decisions each year with keeping the policy and the eligible program and framework in place anyone else

Council Member Burks.

On slide 7, when it says standard allowable and ineligible expenditures, can you expand on that? Like, would there be a list where people would know what exactly that's for?

Yes, that's in the policy and it's the same eligible and ineligible expenses that in the mayor's youth fund, for instance, allowable expenditures program related costs directly supporting service delivery supplies materials equipment necessary to facilitate the program and then you get into ineligible expenses which would be general operating revenues religious or political activities so it mirrors the the mayor's youth fund okay yeah i appreciate it being very clear for the youth i love the idea of having them participate with the blue ribbon task force um

Yeah, and the results surveys that we've put out at the school district as a community school, it's parallel as far as what our families and students and even staff are needing for our youth. So, I love it. Thank you.

I see, I like the 1 evaluation point on, I guess page. uh slide deck number five council to adopt or modify recommendations as its discretion you know i just need you know how do we write that clearly how does that how does how is that written in bold in the policy and it's not something that uh the applicants can can say they they didn't see they overlooked because it's in small writing somewhere in the back of the policy Yeah, I think, you know, we're getting close to really hitting it where it's definitely focused on the youth in our community and pushing them forward and giving them the skill sets and trying to surround them with some support services. Okay, if there's no one else, we'll go out for public comment. Public comment is open.

Members of the public in the chamber, please approach the podium. Members of the public on Zoom, you may use the raise your hand feature or dial star nine from a telephone.

Good evening, Regina Mason. Yeah, so I am listening to the presentation. Thanks for the presentation and all the good information that's been uplifted here on this evening. I spent my career in the field of child welfare as an investigator, and I can tell you that children younger than 13 are facing a lot of adversity. And I like to go by data and then looking at the real life issues that people are faced with. And so I happen to know that there is an epidemic happening right now with younger children. And we have an after school program with kids that are from K all the way through high school. And the benefit of going with trusted community organizations that are grounded in the community is that you're going to get a bang for your buck. I'll give you an example. We have eight young people that came in when they were little kindergartners. Those kids are now graduated from high school, all going to four year institutions. And that is a wonderful outcome. And it's a testament. kids coming from adverse backgrounds when one trusted adult pours into a child that makes all the difference and research shows that so i would like for you to consider taking an upstream approach going with younger children we have a statewide program called eminata and governor newsom found that not just our program but all 35 organizations across the state of california were doing such good community defined work it was only supposed to be a five-year research project it got extended to nine years and now we're looking at trying to re continue it. But a lot of these organizations are going to be hurting because of the budget cuts and the deficits that are happening right now. So I think that going with true and tried groups in the community that are grounded in the community that are helping the city address all of the adversities that are happening, because without nonprofits in the community, then they're gonna be way more issues happening for kids. And so we do a lot of creative things in all of our organizations within the community. I think that I'd also recommend that whoever is getting funded come together as a group with the Blue Ribbon Task Force so that we can continue to impact change and provide the kind of data that's necessary for informed decision making. So I just want to really uplift the fact that I don't agree that it should only be a one time funding stream, because if you have a good program that's working, that has evidence that it's working, then you should continue funding those groups. So thank you so much for hearing.

Thank you for your comments. members of the public in the chamber please approach the podium members of the public on zoom you may use the raise your hand feature dial star nine here at this time no one else is wishing to make public comment thank you so much public comments close uh bringing it back to the diets did you want to say anything

yes just one clarification certainly council should reward programs that have continuously uh put put uh made an impact and so when i meant uh ongoing funding i mean that we need to discourage organizations from um from applying those funds towards ongoing expenses and and and uh relying on that funding each year moving forward so certainly council can can allocate funding to the same organization each year, just that we want to encourage, discourage applicants from assuming this will be ongoing funding. Thank you.

Right. If you continue to fund it every year, then it's not really moving around the community. Is that what you're saying?

I'm just saying we want to discourage hiring additional staff and have that expectation that the grant's going to pay for that staff more than one year in the program.

Okay. Council Member Garcia-Zola.

Thank you. When you say the greatest emphasis on serving youth ages 13 to 16, is that the limit?

No. The policy encourages funding ages 24 and younger. The 13 to 16 emphasis was just the survey result of the respondents.

but there would be an open parameter for let's say zero to five.

Absolutely.

Okay. But those have never.

Thank you.

Just to clarify, I think on your question, because I had the same thought, this opens the window from zero to 24 years old.

Correct.

I mean, yeah, it's not necessarily zero.

Yeah, what council could do on an annual basis if it so desires, again, the RFP that's issued and the scoring matrix, if council wanted to one year focus on a younger age, they could make a scoring matrix that puts more points to those programs that are serving under 12 or under six. Council has that ability each year to kind of move that barometer based on community needs.

Good. Real quick, but we can also keep it zero 24 and then we could decide as a council at the same time too. Correct.

Okay. Council member Garcia. Would it be helpful to divide it by sections? Let's say zero to five, then I don't know, five to 10. Do you see where I'm going with this?

What he's saying is if anybody 24 and younger is eligible.

Yeah, but what I'm seeing here is an emphasis on 13 to 16.

That was just, I'm sorry, that was just a community survey response. The respondents to the survey highlighted that as their top preference.

I thought we were going to give extra points.

No, I'm sorry. The program's policy is set up for organizations serving seaside youth ages 24 and younger. Thank you.

But I can see, one year down the road, the council could say, we want to do 12 to 16, 12 to 18. We want to do high school kids. You have the ability to do that. What I'm saying is, what you don't want to do is, every year, it's the same thing, 24 and younger, and you never focus. You know, you never focus. So I don't know what the council is going to do in the future. I'm just saying that those things are there. So when I say that people are talking about, well, why don't you focus in on a certain age group? You could do that. And you do that by picking that group that you like. know if you like little kiddos some people like little kiddos some people like high school kids some people like junior high um and so okay uh but where did you get 24 from i know i heard it before but it's just everybody is that too high or that just right i know science says you know they still have issue you know concerns and issues but yeah 24 people i'll let you finish but you know if we're going to say that i just want to put on the record where we get it from why we get it because people are going to say that they seem not to be young people to me ages 24 and younger were predominantly in some of the federal and state programs that were out there but council can set that that age limit or again preference as much as they want yeah i just wanted to put that on the record where we get to 24 from there they're included in that youth group And then I think a lot of grants out there include that age group. So anyone what is the will of Council?

I make a motion to approve it with the consideration of the name focusing on youth.

Second.

So I probably wouldn't second. Are they any questions? No comments. Autos and families are excited voting, which is I know it's not the same, right? I have it. Any abstentions? I have it motion carried. I go to council members request new council members request 11 a number one request request for PG&E to provide a presentation and update regarding power outages in Seaside council member Garcia-Zola please take 90 seconds and explain why you think we should place this on an upcoming agenda thank you and it's actually written wrong it was on power outages and infrastructure improvements that they'll be doing

um my request is following the storms that the the wind storm that we had during memorial day weekend there were some accidents with some pg&e infrastructure and i think the public deserves to have some answers as to what their plan will be for maintenance on infrastructure and what to do and empower outage i just don't think that the communication was there as it should have been i mean police chief and and fire really did a great job at communicating but i just didn't hear a lot from pg&e This is a presentation, just having them come before us and present.

I'd say measure clear on what the request of PGD is. Yes. Okay. Anybody, enough people. Well, who support that? Let's go that way.

I support it during that last wind and the two pulls that fell. Yeah.

All right. So that'll be on an upcoming agenda. Any new council members' requests? Any follow-up on requests, Mr. City Manager?

Not at this time.

Item number 12, city attorney, city manager, city council, mayors, comments, and report on committee assignments. Madam city attorney.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor, members of the council, members of the public. Since our last meeting, I was able to attend the fifth annual George Floyd Community Engagement and Building Bridges Symposium on May 31st at the Oldemeyer Center. It was a really great program, and I enjoyed the very end when the awards were given be given out primarily. And then I also was fortunate to attend the June 4th Pride flag raising, supporting the LGBTQ plus community and signaling Pride Month. Thank you.

Mr. City Manager.

Yes, thank you, Mayor, Council. May 19th through the 22nd, I was able to attend the International Town and Gown Association Annual Conference in College Station, Texas. It was a great opportunity for the City of Seaside to present alongside our partners at California State University of Monterey Bay about edge development around campus communities and how we can continue to collaborate in everyone's best interest moving forward. May 28th, I was able to attend the Broadway Complete Streets Open House, which we had a great attendance to discuss that project, followed shortly thereafter by the fifth annual George Floyd Community Engagement and Building Bridges Symposium. It was an absolute honor to speak at that event and to be a part of it. um followed quickly back up by the pride flag raising the next day along with a coordination meeting with our again more partners at fosfa to assist in improving coordination collaboration efforts uh was able to attend the neighborhood improvement commission meeting on tuesday as they work through the recommendations to the city council for the upcoming budget and then last night attended the homeless commission meeting uh where they continue to to do good work for the cities he said that's it

Council Member Miller. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. We finished our Palace Soccer League, which was great. Had an ending ceremony. And then all the kids were invited to the Union game, the NBFC game, which was good. And then I was there at the Pride flag raising on Monday. And we have our AMBAG and my CHS meeting next week.

Thank you.

Yeah, I was able to attend the art reception here at city hall on May 22nd. It was great to see local artists appear and presenting and talking about their artwork and continuing to push art forward because it's the power of art can be pretty intense for our youth and for. like all of our community members. I was also able to attend a co-host community Mariachi Singalong that Palenque Arts held with the community schools and PUSD. I also attended a entrepreneur fair. It was focused on, it was organized and focused on women here within Seaside that have small businesses and are continuing to try to build their little association so they can continue to expand small businesses in Seaside. I also attended the Memorial Day ceremony at Mission Memorial Cemetery here in Seaside. Our little local Cub Scout troop was there to support with lemonade and did a great job. violin presentation and what else? Pride flag raising. It's always great to see the support of local other elected officials and community members. And next week I have my AMP meeting and the focus really is on working on how they're going to keep services going after a loss of a major contract. Monterey is no longer paying and that was a large chunk. So they're still trying to figure out are meetings that are being posted school district like how's that how are they going to be able to do that and how can they increase funding so i look forward to hearing more information and sharing monterey who pulled out did you okay uh council member garcia thank you i also attended the arts reception along with the mayor and councilwoman burks it was um

Very nice event to do opening remarks for alongside my colleagues here. I also attended the Entrepreneur Fair. Being there and seeing, you know, it was primarily focused on women, but seeing women, you know, set up their business and feel proud of what they are selling was important to us. And for them to do business in Seaside was even better for both Councilmember Burks and I to speak in celebration of them. I also attended the Memorial Day celebration. and followed with the UFW lunch where we were able to talk to local veterans and just be in community out there with Mayor and Councilman Burks. And I think the Mayor of Sand City was there in attendance as well. Let's see what else. I was here for budget discussions, very informative for all of us to have those two days of listening sessions and speaking to the community. I attended the Delray Oaks Pride flag raising ceremony alongside Councilmember Birx. It was great to support our sister neighboring city, Delray Oaks, and be there with our fellow colleagues out there. I also attended the Martin Luther King Jr. Safe Routes to School listening session. I know public work staff was there and the city manager was there, so it was great to just be there and listen to what the community concerns were. I was also here at the Pride flag raising in the city of Seaside. Great turnout. Special thanks to Monterey Peninsula Pride and the mayor as well for some awesome remarks that they gave. I know the entire council was there, I think. Was it? Yeah, we were, yeah. So super grateful for them, for my colleagues. And then yesterday, I was at the Monterey One Water public listening session alongside Council Member Virks, and I know my colleague Alex Miller joined me as well. So that's all I have to say.

Thank you. I attended the Memorial Day celebration at the Veterans Cemetery. Well done, nice event. Bill Monning gave the great speech in recognition of the national holiday. I attended the Senior Fitness Day at the Oldermeyer Center. Great turnout of seniors enjoying dancing, exercise, movement, along with information tables. I attended the Hot Work Fitness on Broadway grand opening. Looks like a very nice facility and it's going to do well. I think it's going to open the pathway to other businesses moving up the hill. I attended the Road Construction Improvement on Broadway. I mean, yeah, Broadway at the Martin Luther King School. Good program, very positive. attended the George Floyd Engagement Program at the Oldenbrier Center. Jacqueline Simons did a great job. The city manager gave a great speech, ended the Pride Month. As we all mentioned, great turnout. Thank you. And thank you.

You all right?

Yeah.

Yeah, it was a good... Art celebration here at City Hall. Some beautiful artists here and I just encourage the residents and come on down here during business hours and enjoy the public display of this wonderful art by truly very professional artists and they did a great job. So we appreciate them showing their art here at City Hall. I attended the Monterey Regional Airport's initial direct flight from Chicago. We was there for the landing, and we were there for the takeoff to Chicago. I believe that's the first direct flight in 38 years. So it's a good thing for the region. It's a good thing for Monterey. It's a good thing for the city of Seaside. to have those travelers being able to go directly to and from Chicago. Right now, it's limited services, but as many people sign up, they will continue to add more flights. Attending the memorial service at Mission Memorial Cemetery of American Legion, underneath the leadership of Commander Ward, an auxiliary did a great job of putting that on. I think it was mentioned about the Boy Scouts with their lemonade was really refreshing during that day. But so it was a great ceremony. I want to come back to that later too. I attended the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District Legislative Advocacy Committee meeting where we talked about our advocacy at the federal and state level about getting grant proceeds for regional water, particularly district water projects, and what bills we need to be advocating for at the state and the federal level. Attended a TAMC meeting, a pretty routine meeting. And so no highlights from the 10-seat meeting, but it was a regular, well, it wasn't a regular meeting. I think the meeting went for close to four and a half hours, which is a little unusual, but it was a great meeting. Thanks to the city manager and city staff for a very well-run and informative two budget study sessions that they put us through and provided the background information for us. for the council to make informed decisions with the residents about how to adopt a balanced budget by the requirement date. We also had a special budget workshop with the water district. We're doing good there. Again, we're just trying to get money for our projects to create more water. Mayor Pro Tem mentioned the Hogwarts grand opening a wonderful facility especially if you into hot warm workouts it was great to be there we appreciate that new business open up that's just one of many have many businesses opening up in the city of Seaside and that's one new one And we want to appreciate the owners that made that happen to the TAMC rail committee meeting. The highlight there is, you know, how do we get more runs from san jose back down here and just how to get the trains to go back down here into this uh into this uh district uh all the way down maybe to san luis obispo so it's really into the assembly district how do we get that sent one more uh during the uh rush hour train not during the rush hour but when it's sitting in san jose by itself waiting to come back in the afternoon how can we get it back and forth uh during the day for people so uh good conversations about that uh tenant the um the panetta uh leadership talk with councilman council member dr uh kim barber from monterey city council talk to the uh Cal State University's student body presidents talk to them about leadership and how they can continue to move forward in their political understanding and leadership at their different Cal State Universities. I met with the CSUMB Native American representatives. We talked about something that CSUMB is doing. They're trying to create, they will create an indigenous land and community knowledge project over there on CSUMB land. and sometime in the summer of 2027, they'll have a parcel that Native Americans can have ceremonies on and it's open to the public, but Native Americans can have ceremonies on. It'll be the only ceremonial grounds on the peninsula. They have one I believe in Carmel, but that's not the peninsula if you go down too far, and then one I think in San Luis Obispo. So it'll be the first one here in the county and here in the city of Seaside. So we look forward to helping them stand that up, support them, and of course going over there and enjoying the celebrations. uh city manager his team and the city attorney uh gave a tour to uh kathy uh what's her last name it's mayhem oh mayhem i don't know why i had the wrong one uh but she's from uh senator ship's office his central coast uh region representative has a great meeting uh we told her about some of our uh projects we want grant funding for took a tour of the city uh particularly our uh land we got from the former fort award and uh challenges we face over there and and so i think we made good connections as well worth her trip from fresno she based in fresno but uh with our uh lobbyists we were able to get her over here and we think we have a good relationship building with her now about how to um get things done uh she seems to be very open to that uh and then earlier today i attended monterey water management district water demand committee i want to thank uh andrew myrick uh director myrick for being on that uh call and making comments uh protecting the city of seaside and and what we want to do with our water uh so i want to thank city manager for making sure people are at those meetings because it's important uh so and i want to thank our um local representative which is uh director albert edwards that sits on that district about his work and his advocacy for the rate payers and doing the right thing and particularly the district that he represents well he really represents all of the residents and all the rate payers at that district so uh things went well uh that completes my uh activities uh that's just a highlight of some of the things that i was able to do uh let's go to Ask the city attorney to read us in the closed session.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor, members of the council, members of the public. The council will have a conference with labor negotiators pursuant to government code section 54957.6. Agency negotiators are the city manager and the human resource director risk manager. Employee organizations are all of them. The City Council will also have a conference with real property negotiators pursuant to Government Code section 54956.8. Property in question is APN 011-301-028, commonly referred to as the former Southern Pacific Railway corridor and generally located between Olympia Boulevard and Canyon del Rey. agency negotiators are the city manager and the city attorney negotiating parties are the city of san city and the city of seaside under negotiation price terms of payment or both and finally they'll have a conference with legal counsel pursuant to government code section 54956.92 on two matters of potential litigation uh for the purposes of the public i am not anticipating um a report of any actionable um actions to be taken coming out of closed session this evening and did you speak to uh item number b thank you um i did not read the city council into item 12 13B, because that item was pulled from the agenda earlier this evening.

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