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need to see more yet in the spring, which is going is that most us are sort of unease. Thank you very much. Back to you. >> Welcome everyone. The time is for your fire 4 o'clock 405. I Scattered today. Apologies, but thank you for coming out and medicine. Kirkwood, you rent it. Would you do the roll? Please. >> Thank you. Mayor Councilmember Rogers is absent. Cookie here, Councilmember MacDonald here, Councilmember Fleming. Councilmember Venmo's Vice France, PRESIDENT Mayor step here. Let the record show that all councilmembers are present with the exception of Councilmember Rogers. Thank you. MADAM City Clerk. >> We did not have a closed session. I are close session today. We also did not have a study session so we can move right ahead to item number 7 proclamations of presentations. And it is my great pleasure to welcome the Redwood Empire Chinese Association to the chamber. Thank you to so many of her for coming. I'm I'm looking forward to reading the public a proclamation right now with a side All of us I think are thinking of Joe along today and in fact, we're going to we're gonna be doing this council session in his honor. mention later. But so happy to have Nancy in so many of Joey's friends here today. And with that, let's get let's get move forward. The proclamation. Whereas the Redwood Empire Chinese Association is holding their 2025 Lunar New Year celebration in various cities in Sonoma County, with the largest celebrations being held in the Finley Center, Santa Rosa in the Children's Museum in Sonoma County in Santa Rosa. And whereas we would like to publicly

recognize the importance of this intercultural organization in the field of cultural education by offering community participation, organizational networking, public interactions with intercultural activities and their many additional events which bring members, friends and families into social contact and understanding with governmental agencies and diverse people through events such as their Lunar New New Year celebration, potluck socials and many additional cultural events. And whereas we acknowledge the outstanding work done by the Redwood Empire Chinese Association and providing programs to children and youth by giving presentations to local schools from elementary to college levels and for providing an active youth group which focuses on teams up teen self esteem and positive community involvement, including a lion dancers and dragon dancers which provide opportunities for children and teens perform and community events. And for the Ari Cea's annual scholarship or Sonoma County High School seniors. And whereas we acknowledge the Bennett, we also know to the benefit of the Redwood Empire, Chinese associations, adult programs, including the adult chorus. Don't cultural dancers. Many of all ages who offer information and contacted our aca interaction, tables at many community events. And Ari Cea's community involvement in assisting governmental agencies, businesses and schools with requested assistance in matters concerning Chinese and Asian, cultural and language issues now, therefore, be it resolved that I Mark Stout, mayor of the city of Santa Rosa on behalf of the entire city council, do hereby proclaim a 6 era in a sincere acknowledgement of the many successes in increasing intercultural understanding and acceptance by the Redwood

Empire Chinese Association. And with that, are there any representatives of are you who might wish to speak? You've been nominated. >> Thank you so much to Mayor Stapp. >> a member of our aca, Vice Mayor Alvarez and all council members for this amazing acknowledgement of our organization and everything that we do. My name is Reno weighing in on behalf of Redwood Empire Chinese Association. It's really an honor to receive this proclamation. This proclamation is a tremendous acknowledgement of our organization, especially around this extremely culturally, meaningful time around Lunar New Year. And we love that we can celebrate the special holiday alongside al of you here today. I have Nancy w# # # , one of the founders of our aca here with me tonight. As long as well as with many other volunteers and leaders of organization. And I'd also like to take this moment to honor Joe Long as Mayor stop mentioned. Also one of the founders of our aca who recently past. Are you see it was founded in 1988 and receive nonprofit status in the 90's. So Ari c has been doing this good work for really quite a long time. And we've had a long and rich history of providing so many culturally important programs. Other projects activities for our community. And for decades, our aca has been a hub of cultural exchange, advocacy community building and community bonding for so many here. New immigrants, longtime residents, seniors and so many more are you see works to enrich the lives of everyone who lives in Santa Rosa and the surrounding region. And that calls this

region home. Are you seeing continues to provide an exciting array of Tavares of divers programming, including our Family Center celebration, which was a few days ago and was a lot of fun was a huge success. Thank you, mayor. Separate ending that event. The auditorium is overflowing and really it was such a delight in an honor to experience the support for our community on such a grand scale and was excited to share more about Chinese culture tradition, holidays and heritage. We are sincerely appreciative to the mayor council and city for being so supportive of our organization and our work over the years. It's a team effort and this partnership is incredibly important to us. And all those in our community, we hope to actively help the city of Santa Rosa continue to grow, improve and deepen our ties to each other. Here. We have many more programs and projects coming up throughout the year. And I trust that our partnership will only continue to thrive. Thank you so much for this honor. And as we say in Chinese happy New Year, she knew and quite look. Thank you, Reena. And with that, we'll open public comment. >> Are there any other members of our aca or any members of the public would like to speak? If so we have we have podiums at both sides of the room. Seeing none. We will close public comment and all invite. Let's see. We want to do a photo. But given where everyone's everyone seated, might be. Easiest of council comes to you to a photo shooting up shooting up the seats there. Give us a moment. Thank you again, Ari ca with that. >> We'll move along. >> We do. We have no staff briefings today. We'll move on to item number 9 city managers

and city attorneys reports MADAM City manager. Good evening. >> Mayor Vice Mayor City Council. So I would like to announce our spring and summer 2025 activity Guide will be available online Thursday. Santa Rosa wrecked dot com. Or you MAY pick up an individual copy at Findlay Community Center. And guy will be printed in Spanish and it is in English. Thank you. Thank you. MADAM City, Attorney. Thank you. Mayor. Vice Mayor Councilmembers this evening. I have a litigation report for JANUARY 28th 2025 and and reporting that there were no settlements. >> Previously authorized by the City Council in closed session that were finalized in DECEMBER 2024. Our caseload remains fairly consistent with approximately 30 litigation matters. Many cases are currently in the discovery phase with trial dates assigned to most of them. As always, we continue to try to resolve smaller cases at little or no cost to the city. That's the end of my report. Thank you. Thank you. MADAM City attorney will open up item item 9 to public comment as well. >> Do any members of the public wish to speak on these items? Seeing none. We'll move to item 10 states statements of abstention, a recusal by council members are due. Any councilmembers need to abstain or accused today? Councilmember MacDonald. >> Thank you, Be abstaining

from item 15.4 specifically resolution to park maintenance out of abundance of caution due to a person relationship. Thank you. Councilmember Okrepkie. >> We are accusing from poor a portion of 15.1 having to do with fire insurance because I mean insurance agent. Thank you. Moving on to item 11 mayors and Councilmembers reports. Are there any reports this evening? I see a few councilmember Donald. >> Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to report out that the violence prevention program met a couple of weeks ago and there was sand. Great updates about what's happening in that area of the city. We've stated or tattoo removal program. The first round of intake is complete and the first and session will be on Friday. There's been a lot of interest in this program. And in fact, we don't actually have enough budgeted to be able to handle all the folks that are interested in participating. But I'm really happy to hear that that's back in full swing. Our school outreach resource officers have a new agreement with new hope for youth. And that is in the city manager's office waiting for final approval and our choice. Ike, our choice Grant cycle 12, most of the agreements are complete and the evaluations are starting to wrap up. So we're pretty excited about all of that. As our pd always gives us date at each of these meetings, along several of our other our other partners, probation, public defender's office along with in response.

One thing we did get an update on and in response is that they are now offering services 24 7 and I know that's been announced, but also very exciting for the use that is able to use that particular program. And when in need. The downtown Plaza was not present the Safe Campus intervention program also shared that they've had expansions of youth empowerment groups working with frozen schools and continued outreach staff also has been responding to any of the incidents. It have been recently in the press Democrat and want to know that we're working collaboratively with all of our school districts on those. Let's see. We also went through our 2025 goals and priorities settings for the violence Prevention Partnership. And one thing that was mentioned is as we look at potential school closures really keeping an eye and mindful on afterschool programs and how that will impact our you specific specifically, some of those youth that would be in an after-school program that now might actually be going home to care for other siblings. So want to keep an eye on that from a community's perspective to work together to make sure those children are safe after school. And that just about wrapped up everything that we went through and bpp other than and the Santa Rosa Police Department was asked to present on a future agenda about goes protections and gun education. See Ed education and emergency management, particularly where we're seeing ghost guns being able to be made at home due to 3 d

printers. So we want to get the word out to parents and community members to watch for that. Plans can be obtained and fortunately fairly easy online and a lot of times parents have no idea what's happening. So so parents watch out for that Oakmont also might need to be a speaker at their Sunday symposium last week. And I just want to say thank you to all that showed up and I appreciate all the information from staff that was given to me to be able to give my full update on what's happening in district 3. So with that, that concludes my report. Thank you. Councilmember Ben Wells. Thank you, Mayor. I'll just be really short. >> I just wanted to mention that I attended the League of Cities Training for new council members just came back in, learned a great deal. And I was really grateful to have an opportunity to do that. Also I met with some of the leaders of the West end recently and so that they could update me on some other issues that are going on in in the neighborhood. And I also attended the mayor and vice mayor is meeting last night and just wanted to congratulate you both on a very informative meeting. I thought it was very good and the community was really the last thing I just wanted to mention is that I have appointed Myles Horton to the planning Commission. Thank you. Councilmember creepy. >> Thank you, MR. Mayor, I'm a couple quick things on the 13th. These accounts, it's no

county Transportation Authority, regional measure ad hoc met to essentially wind down until the next steps. If any are taken for regional measure, then on the 16th, the transit integration ad hoc meant for the summit County Transportation Authority to discuss funding models 4 and the integration of North Bay Transit. Recommendation was made that will go up to the body and then on that yesterday on the twenty-seventh I participate in the Cal Cities, Fire Insurance Working Group meeting which is a body of elected officials throughout the state that are looking to. Find solutions to a formal fire insurance. We met to discuss next measures. Some of those that were mentioned are the financial stability have the California fair plan as well as the Department of Insurance and the Insurance Commissioner's Bulletin last summer that allows for policyholders to be assessed for any losses that are incurred by carriers supporting the fair plan then immediately following that myself for the city manager and the vice mayor were able to attend a meeting with the governor's office, specifically the cabinet secretary in Paterson and the legal affairs Secretary David Sapp to discuss are revealed here in Sonoma County and how we can help those being affected in Southern California. La Pasadena and Altadena. We try to impart as much knowledge as possible in that limited amount of time. But I think it's going to be

an ongoing conversation. And then finally this morning, the public safety subcommittee happened. We saw drones as first responders being presented by the police department. And we look forward to that coming back to the full council to be approved. And we got department updates and to a specific point that my colleague Councilmember MacDonald brought the increase in ghost guns and seizures by or police department due easily accessible firearms. That is my report. Thank you. Councilmember Alvarez. First, I want to know. >> She was want to ideas to the cab. I to put every pointer. One such on the town on me that we held yesterday. The amount of participations was response that we've seen from the community was absolutely astounding. And the staff the way they prepared us and provide information as we can disseminate that to the community was what made our night? Know, I would say easy but enjoyable and we were able to really focus on the concerns. And I think we did a really good job. Only the 2 are known. Let's do Let's do herself have at think I think we did darn good job. No, the mayor is is is very knowledgeable on all the issues of Santa Rosa and the way that you convey that information was a thing to to be admired. Stop. Now. I married. I realize I will stop know lives and following up both the food park, we're

seeing that they're shutting early on in a couple days. Actually, will be no more. So I did a sit with welcome the U.S.. And the other at little different park and the man remains in good spirits and I would expect nothing less from and entrepreneur from Rosen. We know how to get back up. I did attend the Martin Luther per the celebration, a Montgomery that was hosted by Tina Rogers. And although she says that she's on mc she does very good job at it. I was there for Rosen school board or 2 new members were pointed their names are film of that and Money sold Realty You definitely really ours on And also attend Hispanic chamber him and Rosen with Jose. And that was very well attended. And I believe the new PRESIDENT Is. What is your name? Most the drop, the ball. Well, getting a new ceo, the board, that is true. That along the along that I've known her years. But should be very mad right now. And I believe that concludes my my report. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. I just kind of a few items to Thank you, Councilmember Donald, for this summer. The Violence Prevention partnership into a nice job chairing that committee will talk about that a little in a few minutes. >> on the 16th, there were 2 meetings. There was the groundwater sustainability Agency for Santa Rosa. Plain. The major items of business, their approval of contracts, contracts related to the new groundwater meteor Metering program as well as the approval of several new community members so welcoming welcoming those members on board. And then with at the at the 0 Waste meeting, not a lot of substantive business, but

we we did say of fond farewell to a few members relieving including former Santa Rosa City Council person and former Senator Sonoma County Supervisor Susan Gorin, who left the board after after many years of service. >> And one meeting prior at the mayors and Councilmembers meeting board meeting on JANUARY 9th. We discussed meeting topics for the for the upcoming year. >> And the issue of immigration which has been raised once already was such a pressing topic for all of the representatives from the 9 cities in Sonoma County that that was named as the topic for the next meeting, as you would be, as we would expect everyone's interested in exactly what's happening with that issue and how cities can prepare. And then finally again, well, we did discuss the town hall, but we can say thanks enough to staff on city manager. Jeff tidbits. There I know there are other other members of staff involved as well, but it ran smoothly. We have some members of the community who were there last night. Also hearing today. I hope you agree. Perhaps you mentioned public comment, but again, thank you. Thank you to staff for making that possible. And we're looking forward to more of those events and in the future. And with that, let's open up for public comment on this item. Gregory, are you ready to go? >> And she's yeah. Great here for and don't be modest. You guys are agreed tag. Team and I really appreciated the fact most of the staff needed answer questions, mayor occasion and arrests that were there. Yeah. I thought there was one of the best town meetings I've been in for a long time. >> Thank you very much and thank thanks to both you and pat for being there. Any other members of the public wish to

speak? MR. Do it. >> Thank you. My name is Dwayne Do it. I'm from Roseland. Also is that that meeting last night? And I appreciate that. It was put together well, and you folks were doing a good job. It's nice that you'll have more of those meetings. Just mentioned. I wanted to also in a sense welcome. It's been way lows. Now that she's been to that council members meeting and she understands how those kinds of things work. She's been left with a bit of a mess by the previous holder of her seat for her area, the West and and West 9th Link Lane area, which constantly victimized by a gang graffiti. And we brought this up to the former council member. He was more interested in running for his next Eden, actually taking care of the problems along West 9th Avenue link Lane, especially the gang graffiti that goes on between this rain ocean than rt news actually isn't just some kind of painting contest. It's actually a very dangerous and it goes on over in Roseland and it's been happening even more. And I was at the violence prevention meeting of that partnership. One of the things that's not discussed there, really needs to be brought up is that all those folks that have name tags and they're all being on being a part of the partnership. We never see them out in our neighborhoods helping us to get rid of the graffiti to get rid of the problems that come from violence and gang activity. So I'm hoping that

you missed with those can be that person brings it more to the forefront along with MR. Alvarez and MR. Stabbed Ms MacDonald than the others who've been actively involved in some important things. Of the things that MacDonald bringing up about that violence prevention partnership is that there's so many people involved. One of the things are not many youth. There and we have to figure out a way in which we can get you there. Maybe get them. School credits. Good time to come away from their class to come there and give you some real world discussion about what they see in their high schools, which many of them i hear tell me they're frightened. They believe there's violence. They've seen violence and the high schools. And we recently just had another killing, a young man, only 20 something killed by a man. 23 a stabbing in that he shot him and these kinds of things are happening. So you folks can be at the forefront of actually changing this violent, confrontational kind of youth culture we have right now. I know you can change the music. You can't change the approach they have, but you didn't let them know that you care about a different type of activity. And I've already volunteered to do graffiti removal. And all I've heard back as crickets. Nobody said to me, hey, we'll help you get to paint. Will help to go out and do it as infections meeting the other day, people want to be helpful. You have to reach out to us. Also, thank you. >> Thank you to Any other members of the public wish to

speak. Seeing none. Move on to item 11.2 mayors, appointments to county, regional and state positions. I would say I want to say thank you to my colleagues for their patients as we had conversations about about interest on these positions. And I took a little more time than expected to to put a list together. But let me let me run down the appointments. And MADAM City clerk is it? Is it as easy as me simply reading these off? >> Yes, for. >> Item. 2011.1. The mayor's appointments to county, regional and state positions. You announce who you're appointing and then request council to approve the appointment. Perfect. >> For the bpu positions, Stapp Rogers and Okrepkie. To the Economic Development subcommittee. Okrepkie as chair. Fleming Alvarez. To the Violence Prevention Partnership. >> Excuse Mayor, I'm so sorry. The items that you're reading offer under item 5011.1 council subcommittee appointments owe Your desire. I'm happy to go to that item and we can circle back to 11.3 points or 2011.1. >> No, out my my mistakes or it was just reading off my spreadsheet here. One moment. There with me, everyone. One moment. Alright, I got my GOD, my self together here. To the library advisory board. Cargo back and forth here Alvarez. To the League of California Cities North Bay. Rogers and

MacDonald. To the mayors and councilmembers legislative liaison to the League California cities. Stabbed. And Rogers. The Russian River, Russian River water said water shed association. Fenway, Los. And I have not selected an alternate yet. Can we wait on the alternate? Every happens now is looking to fullest. That's where my head's at guys. Sorry, Russian River watershed Benway lows and staff. Which one of MS. Which which one we need clarification on, which one of them are Want read that again. Sorry, from talking to different tabs here. Thank you very much. Stephen Fleming. There we go. For which body legislative liaison to leave California cities. Thank you very much. Councilmember Fleming. This is a lot easier. Water advisory committee. That's Rogers, the staff. The center of the plane, gsa. >> Oh, >> That stabbing Rogers. That's it for them moment. Done for the done for now. >> Mayor step just to will you be making an appointment to bag General Assembly or the Sonoma County Homeless coalition? >> Yes, the homeless coalition. I will. Sorry, everyone. Really I'm I'm buried in my tabs here. Here we go to homeless coalition. It's been we let's make Donald. I think that's it for now is a non. >> a bag General assembly. >> For the for the a bag for the moment, it's Fleming

primary. I need I need to review my notes for the alternate there. Again, that should have been a complicated everyone. Thanks for bearing with me. So with that. We could move to public comment on that item. Know, first we have to do with the new council approval first, correct? Also, world first. Public comment first, alright, public comment. There any members of the public who wish to make comment on that item? Thank you to join with that. We'll bring it back to council any any questions or motion for approval. So moved. All right. We have it. We have a motion. A second from councilmember crept Councilmember Fleming. MADAM City Clerk. >> Councilmember Rogers is absent councilmember Okrepkie. Councilmember I councilmember Fleming, I counsel Ben Vice Mayor Alvarez. I dare step Ty. Let the record show this passes. The 6 affirmative votes. >> Thank you. With that move on to item 11.3 council liaison positions on joint Powers Authority. >> So with I will make my will make my suggestions and ask for council approval. For Sonoma, Clean power. Fleming and stop. For a cta Okrepkie in Rogers. 0 Waste, MacDonald and Alvarez. For the Renewal Enterprise District Fleming and then And we need I have to be for that one, too. Is correct? So that would be that would be Fleming. And then we let us. And with that, we go to public comment. I 0.3. >> That I'm from Roseland have

been following what's called the renewal Enterprise district since it was formed. One of the things unfortunate about it. It's how difficult it is to find the actual information on what positive activities they MAY be doing. On Friday morning at 08:30am, in the morning at this moment, County Community Development Commission. There was an unexpected meeting. What was called the successor agency for Sonoma County, which handles the redevelopment agencies that had been ended under Governor Brown stipulation in the past millions of dollars in taxpayers, money are now handled by that oversight body. Situation with it is some funding from there MAY have gone to the renewal Enterprise district which came about afterwards. We don't know for sure. One of the things that's important is many folks were told the Renewal Enterprise district was going to do positive things. Redevelopment once did. So now that you folks have been appointed to be on that body, we hope you'll be that light into the dark corner and show us all the good things that the renewal Enterprise district is doing because there is a continued effort to get more money for them. And we're hoping they're renewing something somewhere, especially in the neighborhoods of Rosen, which had a redevelopment agency in the past and did not live up

to its expectations. Was 40 years ago when it was formed and Rosen was left as a blighted disadvantaged underserved overburdened community and that was deliberate. So we people that in mind. I do believe bout and this Fleming step up and help us on that. Thank you. Thank you to Wayne, many of the members of the public like to speak. Thank you. That will bring this item back to council for either a motion or discussion. >> Thank mayor at the request of the city manager and wonder the city manager might describe the difference between the renewal Enterprise district and and redevelopment or successor agency because it's my understanding that they're there to 2 very different things share no funding streams. Can you expand on the redevelopment assistance or agency? Well, I I think we had a public comment that suggested that we have financing going from successor agency to redevelopment, too. Colonel entered Enterprise District. I'm hoping my idea verification there. Thank you for that, sir. Redevelopment dissolved many, many years ago once it was dissolved. Agencies are jurisdictions were responsible for determining how. >> Affordable housing performers were going to be mad. Weather was project based vouchers, tax credits, 9% tax credits for percent tax credits. Basic funding. So once redevelopment dissolved local jurisdictions were responsible for working with the developers to determine how funding was going to how they were going to put together funding a piece together, funding a bridge together, their funding in order to complete affordable housing. The written was actually. The city the red. It was a joint partnership or jpa between the city and the

county and I believe with starter funds from Kaiser in order to move, not just affordable housing forward, but housing. So 10 million dollars was given from the state excuse me from the city, 10 million dollars from the county. And with the start-up amount from Kaiser in order to start to move these projects forward, there's a certain formula that developers can apply for for the funding. There's a category where there's affordable housing or whether it's market rate housing and it is designed it is ran by j I believe at this time it's COUNCILWOMAN Fleming Lee Vice Mayor Alvarez who on that board and then tries to oversee some of the funding reporting. Back to us. There is a governing body of about. 5 to 6 individuals as well. That works through the funding goes to the projects lets us know if there's a loss rate towards the funding. So kind of kind of answer that on the flat. >> I appreciated. I just want to make sure that we had a clear understanding that redevelopment and renewal enterprise or not the same say Manatee zone or are they the same mission? Thank you for answering that complex. Question on the fly. Well done. >> Thank you. Any other discussion that we have a motion? So moved? All right. We have a motion councilmember crappie in a second bite from Councilmember MacDonald, MADAM City Amendment. MADAM City clerk. >> Thank you. Councilmember Rogers is absent Councilmember Okrepkie. I Councilmember Macdonald. I councilmember Fleming. I Councilmember Ben Willows. I Vice Mayor Alvarez.

i mayor stopped eye. But the record show this past of the 6 affirmative votes. >> Thank on to item 11 point for for chairperson positions. I haven't been incomplete or incomplete selection here. But alas, the board approve few choices. For for the Bison Best Rain Advisory board. If we could have Tonya near us. Serve as chair. And then. For the remaining boards that have chairs. Let's leave the existing chairs in place. So that includes David Cooper. And knowing John Karr. Melanie joins Carter and design review. And Karen Weeks on the Planning Commission. And and Galvin. On bp, you. And then I'd like to wait at least until next week on the remaining boards because we have a few boards in flocks, right? Not confirmed with some of the members that they be willing to serve as chair. So public places, for example. 42 services Ch b. And a cap. Let's hold on that. Let's hold him as appointments for now. I should have mentioned Lisa Maldonado on on the personnel board. Although I think we're still waiting for a response from her as well. With that open this up to public comment. Seeing none. We're Ready. Council for discussion for for a motion. A move. The item for you, so moved. Thank you to have a second. All right. Thank you. Councilmember Donald for the Councilmember or Vice Mayor Alvarez for the second. MADAM City Clerk. Councilmember Rogers is absent. >> Crappie, I Councilmember Macdonald, I councilmember Fleming. Councilmember Ben Willows. Vice Mayor Alvarez. I mayor step. That's records show this past the 6

affirmative votes. And the remaining items. We will continue to the FEBRUARY 4th meeting. It did not appear on the preliminary agenda, but as we're continuing it, we can add it to the final agenda for FEBRUARY 4th. Can you confirm that? Is? City attorney? We just give me a moment, you can move on and I'll come back to that question. Perfect. Thank you. >> All right. We'll move on to item 11.5. This is where my head was at when we began last caught up. So for appointments to council subcommittees as well as the subcommittee chairs. For the bp Liaison. Staff, Rogers and Okrepkie. Economic Development subcommittee. Okrepkie as chair with flooding and Alvarez. The Violence Prevention partnership. MacDonald as Chair and Rogers. For the long-term financial policy out of subcommittee. As chair with a benway lows. The open government and community engagement. Alvarez as chair with MacDonald, the midway lows. For Climate Action subcommittee framing as Chair Ben, we lows and Okrepkie. The public safety subcommittee Okrepkie as chair. MacDonald and Fleming. Move to public comment and those appointments, any members of the public wish to speak. MR. Do it. >> Doing to it from Roseland. i congratulate MR. Aamer as MISS Penn where those and MacDonald for being on the Open government Task force. It's a difficult task because we haven't really tried to do it as strong as we could. It's been 10 years since Andy Alvarez skews Andy Lopez was murdered. It came about after

that because we needed to have a better, more inclusive and more responsive government. We still don't have that. And we often cancel the Open government task force meetings. It's one of those things where people talk about saying we have it, but we don't do it. So if you 3, they're now if you take it as something you will do, we will begin to have open government. And that's something that's really vital because we're about to face what are called headwinds coming from the federal government. A government that's regressive and not going to be interested in the kinds of things that we hear. And Sonoma County, believe in and want to see changed after that killing of Andy Lopez. It's very, very important. You folks take this on. I know that as bout Willis was involved in a lot of things back during those times. I know MISTER Alvarez Fields and personally also over there in our neighborhood. So I thank you. I look forward to you. Folks doing often and spreading the word far and wide. It needs to be well noticed. Most folks don't even know when you have the meetings. One of the meetings was council recently because there was what was called and notification deficiency only because thing hadn't been put up on a window at the right time and the right place. I was there to attend. The meeting was told it's been canceled and of the story. So open government

comes about with posting notification, making it all happen. The Brown Act, the Bagley Keene Act, all the things that make California different than the federal regress is. We're going to try to overwhelm us. So stand up for us. Be there for us. Let's make it all better for the future, especially the children. Thank you, MR. Do it any other members of the public wish to speak? >> Seeing record bring about the council. Whether for discussion or for a motion. >> Mayor on this item, there's no required motion. Just just we can we can move along after public comment. My after a policy because of discussion. Let's let's leave it with per second there. Any any discussion on council? Well, again, thank you, everyone for helping me through the the the nomination process as well as your as well as your patience as we as we did the appointments. >> And with that, let's move on to item 12 approval of minutes. Non there, which you are of. And there are none for bringing us to item 13 consent. City clerk. >> Thank you. Item 13.1 resolution bit toward approval in issuance of a purchase order for the purchase of 3 2025 Chevrolet's Silverado 2500 hd four-wheel-drive crew cab vehicles. Item. 13.2 has been withdrawn. Item 13.3 resolution revision to the permanent local housing allocation program. Item 13.4 has been continued to a date uncertain. Item. 13.5 ordinance adoptions. Second reading ordinance of the Council of the City of Santa Rosa ending title 20 of the Santa Rosa City Code to modify zoning code chapter. 28 dash.

31 density bonus and other incentives, section 20 dash, 12.0 2, 0, zoning. Code rules of interpretation. Section 20 dash. 36 0, 5, 0 adjustments to parking requirements in section 20 dash. 42 1, 3, 0 accessory dwelling units, file number are easy to 4 Dash 0, 0, 4, >> Thank you public comment on item 13 point and on item 13. Members of the public wish to speak MR. Do it. Into it from Roseland. >> Thank you. Kindly for item 13, 3, one of the important things to keep in mind right now is the median price of housing and Sonoma County is somewhere between $650,000 for one house. And So when a person looks at this, they're thinking, well, how are we going to divide money? $406,000 to help get affordable owner occupied housing actually happen. This is really a very difficult situation. Hasn't been talked about very much. And I'm hoping that you folks, we'll eliminate in the future. Although item 13 for was polled, I want to make a comment right now. That's very important because that care a top slot over there. The Old General hospital site could be used right now as a warming center site. It's fenced off. You've got people sleeping out on the concrete every night during this last week of below freezing temperatures. Frost out there, people can die from hypothermia and we need to have a set up where those guys could be right there at that care. A toss center. And go in

there and be under a shelter of some sort, just basic warming tents. This is basic humanity. This is something they do in almost every other country that has cold weather like this. They don't let people just be out there almost freezing to death. And there have been people in our county who have frozen to death in the past, living out. I'm hoping that you folks, we'll talk with both Burbank, housing and care. It Austin say put a gate in that fence. And set it up so that people know they can go in there. See them million around that neighborhood and then trying to find a doorway sleeping under underpass. It's just inhumane and sad. I know we're better than that. And I know you could help with this by saying something to these folks. Going to be getting a lot of money to build a nice new building. But right now we have a need. It's gonna free some more. This winter. So please think about that. And then help us to get. If you'll excuse the expression truly affordable housing, most extremely low income, very low income and low income people. We're already taking care of the moderate that already works and above moderate has never had a problem. It's always been built and will continue to be built here in Sonoma County. No problems asked the millionaires. They don't have to go sleep under the bridge. Thank you kindly. Thank you, MR. Do it bring it back to council and for a motion.

>> MR. S mayor. I'd like items 13.1 through 13.5. >> With the exception 13.2 13.4 as they have been moved to day in the future and wait for the reading of the text. Second second. All right. We have a motion from Vice Mayor Alvarez in a second from Councilmember Okrepkie. MADAM City Clerk. >> Councilmember Rogers is absent councilmember Okrepkie. I Councilmember Macdonald. I. Councilmember Fleming. Councilmember Ben Willows. I Vice Mayor Alvarez. All right, Mayor I let the record show this past of the 6 affirmative votes. >> Thank you, MADAM City clerk. And according my we're at 5 o'clock hopes. MADAM City, attorney. Yes, thank you. I reconfirm with their open government ordinance and we would not be able to bring item back that you wanted to bring at the next council meeting, which is next week. We wouldn't. It wasn't on the preliminary. It wouldn't meet the requirements for us to make an exception to bring something even though we could get it on the final agenda tomorrow, you could bring it back. However, at the council meeting after that, which is believe it's the 20th the 28th of FEBRUARY so we can make sure that gets on the agenda, but we can't do it next week. Councilmember Donald. I just have a parliamentary question on that. >> If we were to pull the item back because it's within the meeting time and we were table it to a time, certain agenda for next week would be able to

move it to next week to do all of them at once. >> Now I did the fact that you did part and not all of it doesn't make a difference if it were an urgent item and you could meet the findings for not having put something on the preliminary but putting it on the final, then you would be able to do it. But I don't think this item with qualified. >> urge fall under the category of not being able hold meetings or do business of the city because we don't have chairs. Just the chair appointment. >> Or it's the full appointment. There's your chair. Can. You can certainly hold a meeting without having a chair, the the but folks who are at the meeting, if you have a quorum can decide who will chair that particular. And I do take cleavinger ok? Thank you. So just it. I want to confirm what I just heard. So we can those those committees will still be able to skip those. Those subcommittees will still be able to schedule a meeting. >> long as there are sufficient number of folks who there that will show up and be a quorum, then they can pick a chair. >> For the purposes of to chair that particular meeting if no chair has yet been assigned. The sitting the sitting chaired can certainly continue. If there is a sitting chair, there are just the only boards that don't have chairs and we committees don't have chairs are committees where the chair is no longer present. >> they have a vice chair, who is there and there's still a quorum. No vice chair. >> mean, if I MAY. Basically the vice chairs chosen from the committee and that hasn't happened in Tel. It are selected. I believe. >> Let's going to lead to the end of next month. The 28th.

Moving ahead. Then. Actually let me make sure I heard one of the things. Sorry the for the committee's work that we named the chairs for those committees can go ahead. Is that accurate? So it's just those 3, those 3 that would do not currently have chairs. U.S. Any committee that has enough to have a quorum can go ahead and meet. And if there's no chair, they can select and no vice chair. >> They can select for purposes of that meeting. Only one of their members to chair the particular meeting until a chair is chosen. And for those committees that we were weeded specified share, those committees can can move forward with that chair. You have you've you've made made a motion. You've selected, made a selection until you make a difference election. Those individuals are the chair. That that works. Thank you very much. And thank you and thank you for double checking that. >> Back to. Item 14 public comment on non agenda matters. So this is this is the time when any person MAY address the matters not listed on the agenda, but words are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the council. This public comment period. We'll begin no earlier than 05:00pm will be limited to 12 speakers. I think we'll we'll meet our quoted today and the time limit will be each vehicle. Got to speak up to 3 minutes. Are there any members of the public in council chambers who wish to speak on item is not listed on the agenda tonight. MR. Do it. >> going to win from Roseland here to thank city staff. Darren Marquez and crew from the Parks department who last Wednesday at 9 o'clock in the

morning came to the Roseland neighborhood. Would with heavy equipment tracked vehicles and a 20 yard dumpster preceded to go in and pull out numerous homeless encampments. It had been. Basically vacated, abandoned by transient vagrants that come there and victimize that neighborhood. One of the things to keep in mind is that the staff is doing a good job with what limited resources they have and when they can get there. They basically filled it up. But there's still a lot left there and has neighborhood volunteers have to go out there and also pick up more. One of the things that I don't think you folks realize and it's especially important right now with an insurance agent here on our board. The fires that just happened. They should be a reminder that all fires. Could perhaps bring the city into was called vicarious liability. To situation in which fire starts somewhere and it spreads to a neighborhood if the city. Somehow is found perhaps responsible and not watched out for the safety of those neighboring houses. They could perhaps be found vicariously liable. This is important because the transient vagrants that come and victimize Roseland, they start fires. We found there can We found their fuel. We find that they start fires and and Rosa Fire Department engine number 8 on Burbank Avenue has to come down. They're more often than, you know, to put out fires. So

it's one of these things where we thank the city staff are all the good things are doing. At the same time. We ask you, folks, as you look at your budget and you start to figure out what to do. That you put in place a situation where you do fire safety in vegetation management. There at what we call. Rosen never would. And you call Rosen Creek Park, which hasn't really been if you'll excuse the expression, Stewart did well by governmental agencies. The public has been out there doing as much as they can for over 20 something years. And basically recently when the put forward a superior alternative and environmentally superior alternative for what could go forward there and they put forward their plan. The city kicked him in the teeth, figuratively. Cut him off and said, nah, that's that. So those volunteers to say after all we've done, we're going to treated this way. Why can't we be treated like to Southeast Greenway, folks, how come we don't get that same nice stuff. Thank you. Kindly. Thank you, MR. Do it with any of the members of the public like to speak on item is not just in the agenda. >> Yes. >> Excellent, please. Hi Council. My name is Cameron Miller. I've been reading this book called Strong Towns by Charles Mayor and he's a city engineer in planner. >> And in the book he brings up this situation where cities will have developers build new developments. And while the infrastructure is in good shape, they're a source of income. But 2025 years down the line. Once the road start breaking the pipes and

sidewalks. And I. The cost repair for that infrastructure ends up being much higher and the total income received by those developments. And so too. Pay for the cost of these repairs. Cities will then build more new developments. Create new sources of income to help pay off those last developments pushing off the debt to a later date. And growing the scope. Obligation to repairing this infrastructure, more miles of roads, raymore pipes, more repairs. As well as cities can keep this up. Now if the cost of building becomes too high or materials, whatever it MAY be. And the building slows down. Debt is still here and obligation to repair. My worry is just that. And we are also doing that here in Santa Rosa. Try doing some research, Figure it out myself see. But couldn't find anything. So what I'm asking today is just that the council take serious consideration of this issue. And then also if there someone who I can talk to just to learn more and yeah, that's about it again, someone I could talk to find out more about just how we operate. And that regard. So that's Thank you. >> Chair, thank you very much. I don't know only that. There are you have a few strong fan or strong towns. Fans in this room. So thank you for

everything that book any other members of the public wish to speak. Please go ahead. >> My name is share an aside live in the West and historic district. Excuse me. I'm here to talk to you about an item that will be before you next week because I'd like to ask you to do a little bit of homework ahead of time. The thing that I'm interested in you looking at are the permit fees that have been imposed in the historic districts. And I want to give you some real numbers. I've been through the cultural Heritage Board process twice already the first time the permit fee the for the major landmark alteration process in 2011 was $753. The next time in 2018, it was $1337. Now. The same basic kind of project 10,000. $10,000. I'd like to put a new roof and my garage and existing structure. Using a different material. $10,000. The material is medal. I like to use that because it will match the House. It will be more fire safe. And it will be. Easier for me in the future to put solar on the standing seems they they clamp the solar panels on to those standing seems so no. More penetrations. Through the roof. 10 $1000. It makes no sense. I know that I can get the approval. But I can't afford that. Those of us who live in these tiny little 1000 Square foot. Homes, don't we're not. We're not millionaires. We can't afford that kind of fee. So please

take a very critical look. At what was passed this past year and rectify it. I can tell you, I know of 6 projects that have happened this year. Should have gone through the process. None of the neighbors are going to turn those people in. So you're incentivizing good citizens. To just blow off the rules. $10,000. Thank you. Share. >> Any other members of the public wish to speak on item is not listed on the agenda. All right. And with that, we're going to jump ahead to item 16.1. Our public hearing on fiscal year. 25 26 budget priorities. Thank you, Veronica. Welcome. >> Yes, thank you. Good afternoon, Mayor Councilmembers. My name's Veronica. Connor of the budget manager here at the city. And today we're doing the budget priorities public hearing. The purpose of this public hearing fulfills a city charter requirement that every year we allow the public to come out and speak on budget priorities, this public input is for fiscal year. 25 26 at the beginning of our budget process. And this input will be put towards budget development this season as well as for council to hear and use this input during council goal-setting which will be coming up. In addition to taking public comment today. We also solicit public comment online at sr City Dot Org forward slash budget comments. So after we hear from the public today, as I mentioned, this will be taken into consideration during council goal-setting on FEBRUARY 19th departments will be formulating their budgets

in the next couple months. We will come back to council on MAY 6th and 7th for the budget study Sessions, which will be an in-depth review of all department budgets. And we will have a draft of our budget available to the public by JUNE. 3rd, 2025. And then the final step in our budget process will be adopting the budget on JUNE 17th of this year. So with that, we would like to hold the public hearing. Please. Thank you. >> I do not need to bring it back for cut to council for questions. I'm assuming this item was going to write to write the public. Great that's now open. The public hearing. MADAM City Clerk. >> If you like to speak on this item, please make your way to the podium. The first person called to speak will be can followed by Dwayne. >> Good afternoon. Mayor Staff council members. My name is Khan McNabb came back rising representing property owners in the South Santa Rose area. Sounds of city limits between Saint Rose Avenue in Petaluma Hill Road. Has most of you know, I believe my client has been interested in developing needed housing and a portion of area I just described we're very excited that the city has taken this step to prepare a specific plan for the South Santa Rosa area, including the area that we're interested in annexing in developing. My understanding is that that specific plan process will be completed sometime in the summer of 2026. And at that time, I know that my client will be interested in bringing an application form for annexation and development of a portion of that area.

>> I did want to suggest as part of your upcoming going budget sessions. That the council consider thinking about what its annexation strategy is going to be for the South Santa Rosa area. It's a large area. I don't need to tell you it's complex area with a lot of interest play. And it's not clear to the council needs a strategy is the entire South Santa Rosa specific plan area going to be annexed? And annexation going to be Our individual property owners such as my client going to be allowed to come forward. And submit application for annexation. Once the specific plan is adopted, we think a little thought resources to how annexation is going to occur and the impacts of fiscal impacts of annexation would be prudent. We really want to avoid a situation where this specific plan gets adopted and then we are told wait a minute, you know, now we need to think about how we annex, you know, areas within the specific plan and we have to wait another year to bring needed housing forward. Thank you. Thank you. Can MR. Do it? >> not from Rosalynn. Basically the city has sprawled beyond its carrying capacity right now. No annexation should occur until all the county islands are ended. You need to take care of the curbs gutters. Sidewalks and other amenities in the areas already within the city. Haven't done that recently. I brought a map from 18. 98 in here and show you how the west and came into town and how Hewitt Street and other streets haven't been improved to these standards in the year 2000. And 25 125 years later, we haven't given the people on the West side of

the railroad tracks, the things that they need. One of the difficulties about budgeting always is. The number one thing you hear from every governmental agency when you're trying to get something in your neighborhood is we don't have the money. There's no money to do these things. It's really important right now. You had a hearing last night of sorts. You had a lot of people come and talk with you about some of the ideas they would like to have. You're going to face a very serious problem with the federal government for the next 4 years. It could get worse if we get PRESIDENT Vance in the future. Also. So keep all this in mind. I don't support those regressive, but the regress are going to do everything they can to make our life harder here in this community because some people have embraced a term called progressive. This is the kind of thing now where you folks get to make that decision. How are you going to help those folks already in the city? Rosen hasn't been helped by the annexation that occurred. Things are better off in other areas of the city. Procter Terrace, Neighborhood. They got brand new sidewalks. They got all kinds of good stuff. Went in there and Rosalynn still didn't get the things that needed 7 years after the annexation occurred. So a 7 year itch comes up. You folks are tired of hearing people from the community come down here and talk to you. You think it's more important to do those meetings that you've got with developers and the

things that are going to come forward. The truth of the matter is, if the federal government backs off like they said today, they wanted to stop all grants and loans. You're going to be between a rock and a hard place. It's going to get really difficult. And the state might not be able to finance the things you'd like to do. Volunteers can help myself and others. We've given a lot of time over all the years. We feel that what's happening right now needs more of these community meetings like you just had last night. And we believe that you can do this and it won't have to be so expensive with all the different department heads there. Just have you come out to communities, smaller neighborhoods and talk to people. >> Field their need. >> Thank you to Wayne. Would any other members of the public to speak? Close public hearing and bring it back to council. There's no action to be taken. But of any final comments. All right. Well, have one councilmember Crappie. Yeah, I would say I would support during >> budget process having it plan for annexation, whether we do it or not, having a plan is always advisable, especially since we so much time and energy and money into it various levels could be. It would be irresponsible of us to just let it hang out there. What's what's it's done? Any other comments? All right now, Veronica, thank you very much for putting together. And thank you. Members of the public who came out to comment. Stay tuned for butter for goal setting next month.

Wyoming's come back. >> And with that, we will turn our attention to item 15.1. The report on the 2025 state legislative platform. Good afternoon. Mayor staff members of the council on Jason, not I'm the assistant city manager. >> And I have the pleasure to introduce staying Hutchins with California public policy group we will be predominantly Dane will be presenting this year's 2025. 26 state legislative platform before we begin, if I could ask the MADAM City attorney to describe sum up pop procedural issues that we need to deal with us. >> Thank you very messed much. Assistant city manager. As you know, Councilmember Okrepkie has recused from part of this item and and using the fp PCs, segmentation rules. We have segment to this item. The council member has now left the chambers and he does have the opportunity to watch the staff report and public comment. In conference room in the back where we have a television and he can watch that the staff report is completed, the questions are answered. Public comment is taken council well, make a decision about whether to move forward. The one piece of the platform where Councilmember Okrepkie does have a conflict and that relates to wildfire insurance items. The once that a decision on that piece of the platform has been made by the council. In other words, motion has been made and either passed or not. And then

Councilmember Okrepkie can come back. And I recommend that the mayor give in the opportunity to ask any questions about the balance of the staff presentation, make any comments have a fuller discussion about the balance of the platform and then he can vote on that piece of it. So I just wanted to explain that if there any questions, I'm happy to answer now where along the way. Thank you, MADAM City attorney. And with that, I'm going to hand this over to deigned to take us through this year's legislative platform. >> Good evening, mayor and council Hutchins with the California vote policy group. So as you can see for purposes of this discussion, wanted to give a brief overview. To remind folks are to for those new to the diocese. Outlining what the purpose of the platform as really, you know, the purpose of our platform is to enable last 2 as your advocates to engage with state lawmakers on a variety of issues. We do know that the platform is fairly robust and that's simply because, you know, we see on average about 2500 pieces of individual legislation introduced every year and because you are a full service city that has of a lot of touch points throughout the community and we track on average about 750 different measures that could have an impact on your ability have operational, legal other types of discretionary authority in so having you know, this. This platform really does enable us to him. Effectively screen bills to understand what is most important to the city specifically and then enables your team to engage quickly as items moved through the

legislative process. Quickly touching on a couple of the highlights from this past year. As I said, we tracked over the last 2 year session, 1870 pieces of individual legislation. Some good news that both houses have decided to reduce the number of bills that they can introduce a pulse. Yeah, I'm a bit of a hair cut this year and tracking but overall we'll still see several 1000 measures introduced. We achieve the desired outcome on 64% of the legislation that we engaged in either had the full successful result being that it was signed by the governor or vetoed by the governor or we were able to negotiate amendments on legislation considerably reduce the impacts to the city to all of that was detailed our annual report is fairly comprehensive that was made available to staff and council 590 touch points. We do. We define a touch point to as any time that we're communicating with your staff anytime we're communicating on your behalf with members of the legislature, their staff or regulatory bodies. And so 590 tech touch points and 365 days in the year. So I certainly are working hard for the city and last year I secured about $470,000 in grants, but that but the aggregate total in the past 3 years is a little over. 22 Million. So we have working hard to secure about state federal earmarks and as well as I competitive grant funding programs. Looking ahead this year. So, you know, we've got a large new crop of legislators the capital, omission or error on my part.

We actually have 2 new delegation members, one being assembly member, Chris Rogers, formerly with the city of Santa Rosa. And in addition, Senator. Christopher called his district fairly large compass west Sacramento, but I yellow counties but also it does have a piece of snow This is in addition to some member Devin Conley and speaker, sorry, Pro Tem Senator Mike McGuire. She also note that this this slide has pulled together prior to the fires that happened in Southern California. We actually have a small surplus and the state's budget outlook, however, we've already seen movements about 2.5 billion dollars allocated getting dollars needed down in Southern California for rapid recovery >> You know, they're they're certainly going to be opportunities, both policy and funding wise. But I do it. I would say that response to the fire and other policies related to think more thematically, how we do with recovery these are certainly going to be top of mind as we move into this new session. But we've already seen. Measures that touch on a variety of the policies I've outlined here in the slide. So moving on to some of the highlights here just, you know, summarize some of the highlights that we've made on the platform. So you know, supporting efforts that support wildfire protection hazard mitigation and fair planned stability. I'm in the administration and human risk. Human resources and risk management policies that support the city's efforts and cultivating diverse workforce, promoting fiscal solvency and measures on ai and how that impacts governmental officials

and transparency. Supporting measures that. To enhance the ability to participate remotely. And in council meetings and subcommittees, including respectful engagement. Virtually that happened. That certainly is a is a thing that we're seeing across California. So how do how exactly do we navigate it? Encouraging increased public participation by also keeping a respectful you know, furthering that the mission of our government, local governments, also, you know, looking at areas in and around the California Public Records Act, I will certainly be big topic as we move into this new session. On the economic development front, you're supporting economic development tools to support the city's goals. I'm, you know, point of sale versus point distribution with respect to how can I can distribute local sales tax. That's something that, you know, a lot of local agencies are grappling with as most of our consumer habits are shifting to online and then also you for full business environment in the city. On environment, on climate. So we want to support sad ghg efforts. I'm you know, 1, 1, thing that I will notice at there have been ongoing talks to really try extend the state's cap-and-trade program and currently expires in 2030. So to ensure that we have more market stability, there have been efforts to try and get an extension of cap and trade beyond 2030 and getting something done this year. And so that all leads said that greenhouse gas reductions increase funding for ev

charging. This is going to be particularly important given that I wear that the federal administration this is something that I know that count of state of California certainly wants to continue invest in to the extent that we can get there. It's going to be a challenge just because we've always relied on on the federal government has a solid partner in this space. But seems now that we MAY need take a closer look at that and how have liability of funding that we're going to be seeing from the federal level? I'm and then, of course, just promoting a overall sustainable transportation projects across the city. On water, quality and water supply. So no support increased fundings for all of the water infrastructure improvements that are needed ground groundwater sustainability and looking at extended the extending or expanding out, you know, producer, responsibility. Is a huge, huge issue statewide. And I know your city is certainly taking a role, a forward leaning roll into because it's very important. We have. We had impact of a water quality. And, you know, these producers of some of these chemicals utep be accountable for ensuring that they're they're being responsible producing these chemicals. On the land use and planning side, no supporting legislation to preserve and rehabilitate affordable housing, Leno, supporting funding opportunities. For example, there's a 12 billion dollar housing bond that was introduced this year. I would which would be that that were were 2026 ballot, but certainly trying to find opportunities to look at ways that we take advantage of to the extent possible. A larger

statewide effort on really getting real dollars towards trying to build affordable housing. As we know, it's very difficult, particularly in the Bay Area. And then looking at seeker requirements and other things to help streamline some distance about this project. Supporting policy in funding for homelessness reduction throughout the city. The promotion of state funding for. I safe parking programs and some of the innovative programs that your team have initiated throughout the community that are really seeing a ton of reduction and the state in the city's overall homeless population. Some want to continue to advocate for policy changes and funding to a lot more flexibility and the ability to continue to carry out the good work that your team's doing. On the wreck in Park front certainly want to advocate for increased park funding and programmatic funding and also, you know you're opposing efforts that would aim to reduce those funding at the statewide funding streams that are going to take away from quality of life programs that we've seen. I I throughout the city so defending our ability to maintain that funding. On the public safety side. So, you know, really focusing on strengthening community or into public safety practices crew, including addressing the growing issue ghost guns for sale the community. Actually had to take the opportunity spend some time with police chief really talking about this issue. It's something that's very prevalent in the community. And so exploring options to try and find ways to go after the producers have these of weapons is something that I know that the city is very interested in trying to to grapple with as as the issue continues to grow throughout that throughout the county. Also at looking at in response funding anywhere we can. You know, in response has been such a positive programs. we want to certainly continue

to try to find funding and other avenues to to ensure that that program continues to thrive for years to come. On the ems side, you engage and encourage regional collaboration to maximize firefighter efforts on urgency operations. I think that's incredibly silly. And right now given what's happening in Southern California, improve communication with that with stakeholders, including the eye or use on p s p's. The public safety shutoff events and making sure that we can get that message out to the public and also retaining local discretion on pre hospital care. On the transportation public works side. Lot of needs. So I won't go through all of them. But increase funding for a host of the transportation related projects. Want to continue to try to add you. They equitable access for transportation and increase funding for broadband expansion. And so that concludes presentation on the platform as was indicated by MADAM City attorney, the procedural component of this. We have >> oriented recommendation with 2 individual resolutions. It is recommended by the communications and Intergovernmental Relations Office. That council adopt the 2 resolutions which would be the 2025 26 state legislative Platform Resolution one, which is what we would ask you to do before Councilmember Okrepkie rejoins addresses only Vo one area of the platform that is in conflict with him. And then once he rejoins, we would ask you to adopt a resolution. Number 2. And we're available answer any questions. Thank you very much to both of you.

All right. Going to bring it back to questions from the council. >> All questions before we do that. First resolution looking to colleagues. Councilmember Councilmember MacDonald. >> Thank you. It's not really a question. It's more of an added bullet for the legislative platform now is an appropriate time. All right. Can wait on that as well. >> So it's and you're you're you're making because it has a question. But it's really more. I want something at it. >> Sure. Go for it. Okay. Under the economic development we were talking earlier about the need to support after school programs because of the potential of school closures that are happening in our area. So I'd just like to add that bullet in there under economic development. We have a lot around early-childhood education, but also to add after-school and summer programs to help advocate for funding for those 2. There's no objections to at that point. >> That was that was not really a That's that was action item. Looking looking to colleagues any other questions. All right. Let's go to public comment. MR. Do it? Go ahead. >> Thank you, sir. My name is Dwayne Do from Roseland. And for decades I've been a full-service citizen and it's good to hear that the city is known as a full service community. Thank you. MISS MacDonald for the comments you just made. Rosen school district is facing budgetary restraints having to cut programs. The schools throughout the city are facing

difficult economic times. And our city is about to embark upon. A difficult terrain of continuing budget deficits for a number of years, perhaps. Facing the headwinds of the regressive at the federal level. He's going to mean the perhaps the state will not be able to step up and help out as much as we would like them to so many people in the community would ask you to prioritize a little bit better because that's such big list of things that are there. You can hear from your constituents as you did last night, you can get a better feel as to what's going to be the most important on a limited funding situation. You're going to have to do that Solomon's kind of choice. It's only going to get worse for at least another year, too. Elections of 2026. Might make something better. But I see from others out in the community. Especially to the East. The ramping up of the hatred and the ramping up of the regress is being against any of the types of things that we in our state had begun take for granted. Is going to get very difficult. We have life in California. Going to be trouble even more than we expected. Not just from the weather, the fires, the 4 seasons of California are drought. Earthquake. Fire flood. And if we have a federal administration, doesn't want to help us during these times. Our state budget will go down each time a major. Dilemma such as happened in Los Angeles. It

all to Dina Pacific Palisades. So we need you folks to make those decisions and discuss it with your constituents. So we get a legislative platform. That's representative what the community members want. Not just the strength of the Metro chamber, not just the strength of the Sonoma County Alliance and the people always control the purse strings in a way for our community here. It's going to be some suffering a head. We need to find a way to share the bird. There's great line. It's an old proverb. It came from millenniums ago and its about love. It's about love is patient love his kind. I hope all of you will take that to heart as we get ready to start cutting the fat off the ball. Thank you. >> Thank you to Wayne. Are there any other members of the public could look to make comment? All right. So bring it back to council. And I believe that every the process is any comments specific to the insurance item? So not the point that you just made. And then we'll go for all ask for a motion on the insurance item after which time will invite are calling back MADAM C Turning around that brand. That correct. >> Sounds perfect. Okay. Are there are there any comments specific to the insurance item? Seeing none Councilmember MacDonald, thank you, mayor. >> a move. The adoption of resolution in the council, the city of Santa Rosa to adopt certain state policies. Priorities related to insurance for those living near. We're in the Wild land. Urban interface is part of the

2020 by the state legislative platform and way. But for the reading of the text. So >> All right. We have a motion by Councilmember Donald in a second provides Mayor Alvarez, MADAM City clerk. >> Councilmember Rogers is absent. Councilmember Okrepkie has recused Councilmember MacDonald. I can remember Fleming. Councilmember Ben. Well, those I Mayor Alvarez. Part me, Vice Mayor Alvarez are and mayor by. Let the record show this passes. The 5 affirmative votes. >> Thank you. And we'll invite our colleague to return. We really do need to have a walk-up music for these recusals. All right. Welcome back. Councilmember Okrepkie. And with that, we'll go to comments on all items pertaining to the legislative agenda. Or and also questions from Councilmember Let's start with that. All right. No questions to have any comments on the remainder of the agenda. If they're If federal comments, then yes, make your make your point again. Jeff have a chance to weigh in. I apologize. Councilmember Okrepkie I asked to add and or economic development that we >> support legislation that to help fund after school and summer programs for children. I certainly have no objection. Looking to my colleagues. >> Councilmember parking? Yeah. Having watched the proceedings so far up in and mayors meeting conference room. Yeah, I'm I'm good with that. That and then only other comment I would make were really reinforce the water resiliency as regards to the part of ally Project that is extremely important to our community. And then 2 things

I'd like to see one maybe emphasize a little bit more and and want to add the one downside little bit more is local control. I like to see a support. Anything that brings back local control specifically when it comes to housing and planning. There's a lot of sticks to make we build housing. There's not a lot of carrots and so I'd really like anything. The rings back local control so that we can build housing the right way for us. As we've been awarded by the state designations that show that we have. And then the last one I'd like to add the consent my colleagues would be anything that supports our health care providers specifically with the seismic retrofit act for hospitals. I know we have a lot of concerns from our health care providers with the 2030 deadline. The Ford ability of anything that can help mitigate their concerns. I with with that deadline like that. Check in with that with our city attorney for second. Do we need? We an official motion for these additions? Are we good with just a voice notes? >> Well, you you have the but when you make your motion to adopt, you're going to make clear that you want to adopt wih the addition of all or some of the items that were just listed. Thank you. Thank you. Councilmember Crappie. Anything else from the rain or council? Councilmember Donald. Thank you, Mayor. >> like to move the adoption of the resolution of the council. The city center is it to adopt the 2020 side city of Santa Rosa legislative platform as amended with the bullets that were and proposed by Okrepkie sorry, Councilmember Okrepkie and myself. Second. >> We have a motion by Councilmember Donald and a second by Councilmember

Crappie. City clerk. >> Thank you. Councilmember Rogers is absent Councilmember Okrepkie. I Councilmember Macdonald. I councilmember Fleming. Councilmember Ben Vice Mayor Alvarez. Mayor step. I let the record show this passes. 6 affirmative votes. >> Thank you. Move on to item 15 point to a report on the homelessness solutions. Strategic plan for 2023. 2027. This is year to report. >> Good afternoon, Mayor Stapp Vice Mayor Alvarez and members of the council. I am Sasha Brown program specialist for Housing Community Services. And here with me today is Kelly k Candle Housing Community Services manager the item in front of you today is a report to provide the homelessness solutions here to report reporting on 2024. This slide provides an overview of the presentation. First, I'll go over some background on the strategic plan and its purpose. Then I'll go over the implementation plan for 2024 year, too. Report out on the key accomplishments, then I'll present. Are your 3 implementation plan for this year 2025. On NOVEMBER. 15th 2022 council approved the homelessness Solutions strategic plan for the 5 year period. Beginning JANUARY 2023. And ending DECEMBER 2027. The strategic plan provides 3 key strategies and actions to improve the city's response to homelessness in alignment with Sonoma County, Homeless coalition are local continuum of care. The goal is to achieve functional 0 by 2027. A system of care chiefs functional 0. When a person's experience with homelessness, rare brief and non

reoccurring. To operation allies, the strategic plans staff develops annual implementation plans the year 2 implementation plan prioritizes key actions into 2 tiers and identifies regional initiatives. Staff updated the year 2 implementation plan regularly throughout the year and made this information available on the city's website. Strategy. One in the strategic plan is to improve the city's homeless response with our regional system of care in 2024, we took the lead on implementing a 3.9 million dollar homelessness prevention pilot program. Key people have Sonoma. We participated in the Sonoma County, homelessness working group to prioritize resources. We continued coordination with approximately 15 agencies to develop the Santa Rosa specific by names list. We continue to be ration of 2.3 million dollars from the home our program, which funds to nonprofit organizations that provide support of services. Strategy. 2 in the strategic plan is to expand service oriented responses to unsheltered homelessness in 2024, we completed interior facility improvements to the Samuel l Jones Hall Shelter Annex to improve privacy for shelter. Residents. We continue to ministration of a 3.8 million Dollar grant from the state California Camera Resolution Fund program. And we expanded outreach services dedicated to the downtown area and continued implementation of the city's encampment team to proactively address the health safety and environmental concerns associated with encampments. Strategy. 3 in strategic plan

is to continue and enhance collaboration with our regional partners in 2024. Be completed the year 2 implementation plan and developed or year 3 implementation plan for this year 2025. We evaluated contractors, client, engagement and feedback efforts and incorporated additional reporting requirements into our homeless service contracts. We presented findings to City Council on Investments and homeless services, affordable and supportive housing. We participated in the Sonoma County, homeless coalitions, Racial Equity work group. Santa Rosa continues to make progress through strategic investments between 2022 2020 for the first 2 years of the five-year strategic plan, homelessness decreased in Santa Rosa by 18% from 1658 persons to 1365. The city. Invest approximately 5 million dollars annually for homeless services. Plus, one-time funds from local, state and federal resources to augment its efforts. City-funded programs spanned across street outreach. Emergency shelters, safe parking housing assistance, homelessness prevention and support of services such as mental health and harm reduction. In fiscal year 2023 2024, 579 individuals were house through city sponsored programs. This is a 52% increase over the prior fiscal year. Strategically invested in key people. How Sonoma, which is expected to prevent 350 to 400 households from falling into homelessness. Additionally, our city and Kim and team which started in 2022. Has continued its proactive approach and successfully prevented the formation of

large encampments with 10 or more dwellings. We've reduced the overall number of encampments by 43%. Additionally, the team's proactive approach, coupled with safe parking has reduced the number of occupied vehicles, including rv's and trailers by 89% citywide. All of these efforts are coupled with 58.5 million dollars in local contributions administered by the city and the Housing authority in the past 2 years, we've increased housing opportunities through the production of 561 affordable housing units, including 115 units that are permanent, supportive housing or otherwise homeless, dedicated. Have another 246 affordable housing units under construction and the Housing Authority administered 131 emergency housing about jurors which are fully leased. Staff, has developed year 3 implementation plan for 2025. Key areas include continued administration of and home Arp funds overseeing you're one of the key people Sonoma program and continuing support to disproportionately impacted neighborhoods via the city in Canada. Team. It is recommended by the Housing Community Services Department that the council received the year to report 2024. On the implementation of the homelessness Solutions, Strategic plan. This concludes my presentation and I'm happy to answer any questions. You have. Bring it back to council questions. Not seeing any questions from council opened up to public comment. MR. Do it. Roseland? Thank you for this report. It's nice to hear these good things. >> One of the really important things to keep in mind, many of you MAY not remember it was

a man. We called him a. Ronald Reagan and he had a rain of error and it started when he was a governor of the state. He decided that he's he's personal approach to have the people and the support of mental institutions. Put out on the street. And we've been dealing with that for over 50 years. And one of the things that's really important to keep in mind. Many of these folks that are facing these dilemmas that the city staff is trying to help. Are not necessarily going to get better. The dilemma that's going to face us now is we're going to be facing. A regressive approach on the part of federal funding. Which MAY make Reagan's reign of air look like. Easy going. These new folks. They got hatred in their hearts and they're going to go out of their way to make some things more difficult. In mind. One of the vouchers not mention today is called the Housing and Urban Development. Veterans Affairs, supportive housing voucher. Those vouchers are administered by the city of Santa Rosa for the entire county. Recent discussions at the Santa Rosa Housing Authority showed at that time a couple of months ago that there were at least 93 that were available and it not been leased up. Every Tuesday morning at the Sonoma County Veterans Administration building excuse me, the Veterans Memorial building

Maple Avenue. There's a group call that connect that has a visitor. San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center. They don't know how many of those had vash vouchers are available, even though they're the ones that make the recommendation as to who's going to get them. The county doesn't know how many vouchers are available. Talk to the Housing Authority chair, a naval veteran was an aviator who served in combat. He basically pointed out and discussions. Fingers are pointed other directions, a circular firing squad. We called in the military and these things are getting resolved. So I'm hoping that you folks will step up and make sure to go forward with your plans spend more money and prepared to deal with the regressive. You keep those vash vouchers alive and get them to the veterans that are out there facing death by freezing to death and our. >> Thank you to Wayne. Any other members of the public wish to speak. Seeing none. Bring you back to council for final comments. Council council member and Wells. Thank you meet MR. Mayor so Isaac, first thank you so much for your report. And the thoroughness of it. And I really appreciate it. I think the city has done a really good job of. Trying address this issue. And I think the hardest thing I think MR. Do it kind kind of. Touched on. It was one of the things that happens most folks often. Now,

I should funds sometimes there are homeless folks who don't want help. And I think that's probably the most challenging issue that comes up when you're talking about people who are unhoused. That is something that I a fix. My district. I hear a lot about it. And I and I don't know what the answer is. I've talked to several advocates hard. It's just a really hard issue. So just wanted to mention that only because I think all these other attempts that were making a really, really important. Where we are, I think doing the best that we can. And just want to thank you in just this is something that always trying to keep in mind. You know, I have talked to Catholic Charities about it. It's like how do we how do address this? And it's it is going to take many, many years, actually, 2. Address this issue because there's so much involved and folks that are getting support are going to need continued support. And so MR. 2, it talks about my knees and federal dollars freezing up, which MAY very well happen that's going to be even more glaring for us because we won't be able to dress these issues on a long-term basis. So I just want make that comment. Thank you. Thank you. I really, really want second and pass along the glowing praise that both of you MAY making passenger received from other agencies around the county. >> It was earlier this month that it was at the mayor and council members meeting where they cause to the presentation or keep people housed and just shown a spotlight on the good work that you in the city of Saint Rose are doing and they

couldn't say enough about how can we You nice. It is to work with the city of Santa Rosa and you and your teams in an innovative programs like like keep people housed. And thank you, MADAM City manager, for bringing that from your past experience here. It certainly gotten attention from the county and from all the other cities and the and the nonprofit groups the area. So that program in particular, thank you. Thank you so much for being a part of that. And with that, I'll turn it over to Councilmember Councilmember funding. >> Thank you, Mayor. Thank you all for everything you do and to help people want to get help because they they might be able to believe that our health is going to help. So with that, I'll bring a motion to a year to report 2024. On the implementation of the homeless. Lucian Strat plan for 2023. 2027. >> We have a motion from council are forming a second from Councilmember MacDonald. MADAM City Clerk. >> Councilmember Rogers is absent crab cake. I councilmember Macdonald, I councilmember Fleming. Councilmember Ben Vice Mayor Alvarez has left the dance. Let the record show this past with 5 of her votes. >> Thank you. Move on to item 15.3, a report on the ordinance amending sections of Santa Rosa City code title, 15 sewers to maintain compliance with the epa Industrial Monthly treatment program standards. >> Okay. Good evening, mayor and council members, Martin Saint George. And I'm here to present an ordinance amending sections of Santa Rosa City Code Total. 15 sewers. By way

of background. Epa pre-treatment program is any water reclamation facility that discharge to receives over 5 million gallons a day or has significant additional users and it's watershed their collection system. This would be like a key, say, Hernandez kitchen. What it means to have a source control program for industrial users is inspecting sampling and permitting these facilities. We enforce federal and local events. We protect collection system. Staff and also a treatment plant staffer money Alissa de start is that could have the potential to upset the system. And we also monitor industrial sites for stormwater concerns and protect our waterways here in the city. Paper treatment on it as a part of the epa per treatment program and the state Water Resources Control Board must each program once every 5 years or inspect every one to 2 years. The last audit was completed in 2022. So the reason for the covid it's there's 3 coda that's today and the first one under the definitions and categorically users. Their typographical errors that were noted. So we're bringing them forth 2 take care of these typographical errors that were in the cold. The second propose a was a revised section for periodic compliance reports. Clarifies that the Intitial user must report their self monitoring no less than twice per year unless the city performs the sampling and meter reads. The last little proposed section of code that it's as record keeping and the requirement to the document, the use of best

management practices as part of record keeping. These are all these are all consider very minor at its to the city code and very minor findings and the the epa pre-treatment audit of the city of Santa Rosa. Environmental compliance source control plan. As a recommendation, it is recommended by the Board of Public Utilities. And the Center of Water. That Council. By ordinance adopt amendments to sections of Santa Rosa City code title Dash 15 sewers. 15 4 point 0, 3, o definitions. 16, 15 We 0.4 9, 0, Periodic compliance reports and 15 dash '08. 0.6 record keeping. Thank you so much. And I'm bringing it for you about the council with the sincere hope that somebody has a question. >> We some of something. All right. Fine. I'm gonna ask one question. Can you name the staff member who found the additional space and preparing for a pre treatment? You can find the additional found it who are who called that error to light. That person needs an award. >> This is a member of the audit from the state auditor report that found the >> the city of Santa Rosa passes along our thanks. And with that. We're going to open this up to public comment. Dwane of all times. Now, of course. That's such a shame. Alright, well. Then back to council. It any final

comments. All right now, thank you. This is this is necessary work. Thank you very much council member Ben introduce an ordinance entitled Ordinance of the Peace Council of of City of Santa Rosa, amending sections of Santa Rosa City code title, 15 sewers to maintain compliance and epa industrial pre treatment program regulation, revisions waived the reading of the tax. MADAM City Clerk. Thank you, Mayor. Councilmember Rogers is absent councilmember Okrepkie. I Councilmember Macdonald. I councilmember Fleming. I Councilmember Ben Willows. I. Vice Mayor Alvarez is absent and mayor step. I but the records show this past the 5 affirmative votes. >> Thank you. And we'll move along to item 15.4 report on mid-year budget adjustments. >> Thank you. And good evening. Mayor staff members at the council. My name is Alan Alton. I'm the chief financial officer and the item before you now is our mid-year. Budget adjustment to the current. 24 25 fiscal year. We also have recusal in in this one. Wondering if the city a refresher comments from the earlier item thank you very much, MR. Auld we do recuse on this Councilmember MacDonald had just disclosed earlier in the >> conflict with respect to the parks, maintenance portion of the mid-year budget. And so we are going to. We're using the same process that we used earlier for Councilmember Okrepkie is conflict on a different item. So we will go

ahead finish. Speaking. Councilmember MacDonald can go ahead she can go back to the mayor's conference room. Watch this item on the television screens. So she is familiar with the presentation. Any questions can be asked by council members that remain in the room on the presentation. I would then suggest the mayor take public comment on the entire item. And then when you come, when you come back, there can be discussion on just the portion of the mid-year Councilmember MacDonald has a conflict on. You can go ahead and take action or not on that particular part of the mid-year budget. And then when you are finished with the conflicted, the item we can invite Councilmember MacDonald to come back ask any questions she might have on the balance of the mid-year budget and then move forward taking whatever action you might want to take on the bed onto them into here. So it's the same process. Again, we'll bring up the subject of walk off music on future Council agenda. Thank you, Alan. >> Okay. If you recall in for Councilmember Ben Willows who was not in OCTOBER 22nd staff presented a study session or a presentation to the council is study session that address the budget. Our general fund on this on the right-hand side, we have the long-range forecast that we presented at that meeting which shows ongoing structural deficit in

the general fund. We presented a strategy for bringing our budget into balance over a period. Then identified cuts that could take place immediately. And some of those that we would die for the 25. 26 a budget through the budget development. I would note that part of that budget strategy was to take a very broad attempt budget reductions at dad, deficit reduction by going through administrative reductions, operational reductions and programmatic reductions. So moving away from and across the board reduction strategy that we had in the past and moving toward a more holistic way that we could reduce the budget, but have it be fiscally sustainable, moving forward? So this really has 3 components to it. The main item is are the main action that we would ask the council. It is too proved the recommend recommended reductions for the 24 25 budget to the the items that we laid out in study Session Council is not does not make an action at study sessions. So we needed to have this type of the companion item to make those reductions happen. And then we we need to amend the 24. 25 a classification in salary plan to address a position and in the water department and then finally, we are requesting an appropriation we received member assessment from the Renewal Enterprise District.

As that was not a budgeted item, we need to increase appropriations in order to pay that assessment. So this slide just provides a very high level overview of what we brought to the council in OCTOBER versus where we are now. We've made some slight adjustments to the reduction lists that we pride in OCTOBER. At that point, we were looking at 21 million dollars of one time savings items 0.2 million dollars of ongoing savings items for a total reductions of 29.0. 4 million this year and we'll get into it or this item. And all address it in a few slides forward. We have made some adjustments to this. We've removed the one 15 pension trust withdrawal. So that brought the one time savings items down to 9.2 million. And we made some slight tweaks to the reduction vacant positions for 24. 25 taking that number down from 8.2 million down to 7.4. This is is it's a total of 5 fte that were originally on that reduction. Listen, we're actually adding back into the budget in removing from the reductions. This slide is is simply a very high level of were Europe with apologies or interrupt for one second Councilmember Fleming. >> Thank you, mayor. As we go through this, I just wanted to clarify for the myself and the public. When you say we

discontinued the withdrawal of the pension, can you explain how that saves us money? We annually. We are. We put money in. How does not clarify for us share again. It's actually and it's like coming up. We're less than that. But >> I can let me get to it there be able thank you. So this is just say again, a high level slide of what the departments General fund departments, the reductions that they propose. These are the ones that would be effective today. Should the council approve and their relation to our percentage relation to their budget. This slide is is also a very high level of next to our which shows what we had on our reduction lists in are or are moving forward with our reduction list. Now note that that OCTOBER we had a very detailed list in presentation of all of these positions with their impacts in the community. There's there's really only 5 that are affected. Those college dress in the in the in a few slides given that there were there was no feedback from council on these. We just left this at a high level figuring that this okay to move forward. 2.6 million dollars of fte reductions. These are all they can. I would note, though, that there is one the disasters in the public works department deposition is currently filled. However, it will become vacant before we will enact a particular reduction. So at the end of this process, all positions will be vacant when we remove

them. In addition position reductions. We also made some ongoing reductions in our operating budgets. So non personnel, but they would look like a contract reductions operating supply reductions some cases, a temporary position reductions. So into the changes from the last study session. Position reductions there were for positions public works. One was an electrician in the streets division 2 skilled maintenance workers in the streets, a division and one, maintenance worker in the facilities division upon further review felt that it would be better to keep them in the budget rather than removing them. I believe there was some discussion in the at the seti session, this also largely came from a review that we had internally. And as in order to ensure that the that the reductions that we're putting in place are sustainable reductions. So making this change really underscores the. Need for consideration of sustaining service in the community for says the cuts that we were going to make. So if we're going to make something that's gonna that might reduce our deficit, which is great. But it has a worse impact into the community. We want to take that into account and have that that balancing, which is

what we've done with this. We felt that that we were better leaving those positions and to be able to continue the work that we're doing with our streets, maintaining our customer service really keeping the momentum that we're doing having increased customer service and being able to respond to resident requests. We also had a a a reduction the emergency tree removal contract. This is actually a $260,000 budgeted item that we use for a contract tree service on emergencies. We tend to use a lot less than that. 260,000. So we felt that moving 110,000 would be a reduction item. We saw that it would be better to reallocate those funds a landscape work with our roadways and medians that help keep up again. The momentum of containing are overgrown weeds and really maintaining the ascetic south of the city. So again, it's that balance seeing of being able to provide that type of services that we'll have a benefit to the community for in comparison, smaller reduction to the deficit. We heard feedback from council regarding you sports programs particularly the tiny tots and other youth programs those those should remain in the budget. So we have added those back. The department will

absorb those costs or we will find funding from other sources. But right now those off the table in back in the budget. In order to run all of our recreation programs, but especially our softball program, which was also on the list we. I need to add back recreation coordinator, which was on the list previously sit back and see your 5 fte that that we are removing from the reduction less deposition will be able to oversee eu sports programs, but also with the some restructuring that we've done in the recreation department and a small fee increase on the registration heard softball team. We will be able to maintain the softball program add a net cost of about $9,000 given that. I used use planes south fall here teams are generally anywhere from 10 to 15 people on the roster. A $50 increase is one that could be absorbed by teams without too much hardship. Finally, we get to the one 15 trust item. So the one 15 trust is a way that that we use pg e funds too create a section one 15 with which irs designation allows us to have a separate trust that we can invest more aggressively than we can with our own city investment portfolio. We started debt fund with 10 million dollars. There's currently about

12 million dollars in there. Removing the funds to would be a one-time reduction. And at the time we brought forward as an option that we could apply that toward r r a ongoing offsetting. The operating costs in the general fund. We essentially make a large payment unfunded liability payment to purrs that would provide very minimal relief. The council recognized fact that this is a producing fund at that point and asked us to hold off on that withdrawal. We can always come back to it. Should our operational needs require in the general fund for right now. The thing is earning money. So we would just have it compound and continue to earn money. We are not we are not adding funds to it. So it's just going to grow off of that 12 million and and hopefully get larger from there. Council refunding. What you said all make sense. And I I support we support that leaving the money in there so it can grow. What I don't understand is how that affects our budget one way or another. We made the ready. Doing anything with it. What it is this just some of the we're going to touch the decided not to touch because we asked got it. Thank you. Sorry, I did not make that very clear. But yes, that's that's it. >> are we also identified a number of one-time projects. These a lot of these were funded with pg e funds. These are either project says that have been completed or they have a never really got started we have not made any changes to is what the council said back in OCTOBER. And

these would provide one time source of savings too. The general fund so as opposed to the ongoing that help with our deficit reduction. The one time allows us to add money to reserves. The provides us a little bit longer of a runway to make the deeper cuts that will need to make going forward. So you MAY recall from the first or second slide that we had where we had long range financial forecast. Yes, we adopted our budget with a 13 million dollar deficit. These cuts pretty much balance that out. However, we have 16 million dollar deficit in the following year. And it grows from there. So those are things that we have to look at over a multi-year period to have this more thoughtful strategic approach to reducing the budget. So outside of the changes that we're requesting. We have a couple of items, cleanup items, if you will. So one is a classification change says something that we do typically do at mid-year adjustment or during the budget which is make classification changes too. Our existing classifications and during 24 25 budget adoption. We did add a

position one fte that was an environmental come appliance inspector 3. That position was merely a place holder for us to develop the classification and appropriate rate 4, truck waste program coordinator. So we've done that. So now we're asking to basically delete the environmental compliance inspector. And Ed, the trucked Ways program coordinator, both positions. Well, the the the existing environmental compliance inspector obviously is a vacant position. So we're just making this change from a net positions standpoint, it's a it's 0 There is a change in salary which this position is about $5,000. More than the environmental compliance inspector. The water department can absorb that extra cost in their budget with their existing appropriations and increased amount will be on future budgets going forward. This position is image management position. They will coordinate the field in office were cruel to to the trust way trucked waste program. I and it will also monitor discharge is by waste haulers into the regional wastewater treatment system. And finally, the last item to address is we did receive a member assessment from the Renewal Enterprise District or red. So just for way of contacts in 2021, the

city loaned the red along with the county. We established the red actually with a 10 million loan. That amount was matched by the county at the same time, the city and the county contributed $50,000 each to establish general fund reserve for the District we received a one-time member assessment in FEBRUARY of 23, which we paid able to find appropriations to pay those funds. We received another a request for assessment in DECEMBER. Given where we are with our budget. We did not have that much of existing appropriations that we could cobble together for this. So I was already bringing this item. So we just added to it as an appropriation from the reserves, which we will be able to pay the assessment. There is a fiscal impact to this item, especially on the budget sides in is positive The the war, the recommended reductions will provide death, said relief to the General fund on an ongoing basis about 4 million dollars worth. It also increase our reserves by about 9 million dollars providing they needed cushion to be able to deal with in balance while we balance our budget over the next few years. As I mentioned, there is a slight increase in costs in the water budget, relative to new position

classification. That is something that can be absorbed by the water budget and the $50,000 Members Testament. We'll have a a very nominal, minor impact to General Fund reserves. Basically it will come out of the the money that we're putting back into it will, you know, one part will come out and one even change to the rounding on it. So with that and and again, this is going to be done with 2 resolutions, but we are recommending the Finance Department is recommending that the council in the fiscal year 2024. 25 General Fund budget to make a budget reductions as set forth in exhibit a the resolution. And the 24 25 salary in classification plan to include a new classification of trucked waste coordinator and unit 18 miscellaneous made management. And 3 increase appropriations from the general fund to signed an assigned reserves by $50,000 to provide additional funding to the renewal Enterprise district. And with that, I'm available for any questions that I know that there are members of staff here as well. Thank you, Allan. Bring it back to the Council for questions. >> Councilmember funding. >> Ask for The city attorney, we're only asking questions now about the parks. It's tough. >> I think we at this point. Can ask questions across the board. And then when Councilmember MacDonald comes back, she can ask questions

that she might have to take you to the rest of the items. Okay. City attorney. Is that accurate? I think that is the process you decided to use. I think when it comes back after public comment, I think the idea was to limit the discussion only to the conflicted the item. >> So that Councilmember MacDonald could come back you. That dress that item to be part of the discussion after she ask whatever questions you MAY have. All right. Well, that makes it more complicated for you, MR. Alton. >> So I want to do one. Go back to slide 11 and just ask, is this information is this because you're recommending these items be kept in a removed? >> This is. Informational. These are the the projects that we are recommending 2. And those project essentially and would then take that funding and move them into the General Fund reserves. So this is, as we explained in OCTOBER, this is the list of projects that we've gone through and determined that they what we what we call still appropriations. You say that again, still appropriations, basically funds that are just sitting in a project that have not been spent over a period or have not even begun moving forward. And there's no there they were moving forward. There were the resources to be able to move those forward. So instead of having them sit in it in a a project, key, we will move them back into our reserves

and be able to provide that flexibility. There. This I understand some of these things have to get done and some of them probably should be re-evaluated. Whether or not they get done. >> recommending putting all of the 9 point 1 million dollars back into the general fund. And then later on evaluating which these projects should move forward. >> So let me add some clarification. So many of the projects are moving forward. So when you look at this poll out pg, any fire damage of payment pavement, non reimbursable. That project is complete. Go back up to some of our dei spaces. We did take out maybe about $150,000. Leave it for the space is in left to 50. So some of these items have move forward and we've just reduce the budget. >> Okay. And I'm sure you're saying in a way that everyone else is understanding but the amount of money that is in these projects that has yet to be allocated or has become stale. Is 9.1, 8, 3 million dollars. And that money is going to go back into the general fund. That is correct. Okay. I think it might. I do wonder how we're going to evaluate some of these projects going forward in light of what's going to be coming down from the federal government and leave it at that for now and then ask my other questions. I would like to go to. 6 or are you enumerate the specifics

reductions. There's one. Around $50,000 aquatics and how Earth Park concessions. Believe we've had this experience before where we come. That to cuts in. I ask how much we make from that concession. >> Yes, I do recall those questions >> You would think I would have a good answer as a result and I'll give a clue. It's pretty close to what pay for. Yeah. Experience. We did discuss this because there is a revenue offset that we would be reducing as well. And for the aquatic somehow Earth Park concessions to this. 56,000 is actually just for partial year budget reduction because we're looking at making this entry as of JANUARY and a budget cycle. For a full year. It would cost us about. I want to say it was around 70 or 80,000 and the revenue that we would earn would be around 120 thousands. We were going to see about a $50,000 your savings anyway. So this figure is in the ballpark of what the net savings would be. So cost to run. It is about 70,000. You said The revenues 120 it was about there's about a 40 or $50,000. Profit. I'm sorry. I getting this backwards? This is accounts can get there numbers backwards, Transpose. So it's the opposite. I'm sorry. It was about $120,000 to run and we would make about 70 or 80 in revenue. So there is a we would supplement there would be an amount that the city would kick in to make up the difference in cost. So by cutting the program, we are seeing a reduction in revenue, but we are seeing a reduction in savings of costs and that this is an annual program or seasonal program. It is seasonal. But we put in our annual budgets. We budget for annually and it said both

Howard and and Ridgeway, I believe Ridgeway. Ok? Aquatics okay. Guess my question is when we look at stuff like this, that's, you know. A lot of money to a regular person like me, but it's frankly budget dust for most you know, says municipal purposes. How we determine likes, you know, the savings around that much. Is worth the cost to our families who can't take a vacation? And this is the one big thing that they get to do is go to how are the night. And know that's value question and that I'm not trying to on the spot, and you don't have to answer the question. I just want us to think about, you know what, what we're achieving Weise. We're saving $56,000 and whether or not it might be worth considering an additional raising raising. The costs are something on the concessions rather reducing the concession altogether. I really appreciate that in for a moment. You had me thinking that I could become an accountant because I now you're awesome. Thank you so much. >> All right. Let >> health them. I can let somebody else take up some questions. Thank you very much. >> Good questions. Thank you. Councilmember Ben Willows. >> I was wondering if you could to the department. Position reductions, I slide 6. I wondered if you could talk a little bit about the firefighter paramedic. For lack of a better word. Just wanted to hear a little bit about that. I We can make certain that we have promoted the fire chief for stroke for him. Answer the question, please. >> Good evening. Mayor staff members council's cholesterol fire chief for the city of

Santa Rosa. So to answer your question, Councilmember Bellows. It's a little it's a little complicated, not and will try to through this because I can. But on a day-to-day basis, the center of the fire Department has 44. Riding positions that we have to fill to fill out or 40 pieces of equipment on duty. So that the minimum daily staffing of 44. Throughout the course of last several years, we worked with the city manager to increase our. Roster, too. 46 positions per shift. So we had to over per shift. The reason that we did that was order to offset Non-contract overtimes a non-contract overtime being sick. Leave vacation leave jury duty. Whatever the case MAY be instead of filling those mandatory feel positions with over time, we would fill that with offset positions that we carried is over out of that. The 2 over per shift. So as we're going through this process, one of the things we identified as we trouble filling those positions to the ongoing quite frankly, lack interest or having a hard time recruiting for positions in the public safety sector across the state. Let's not not a center is a problem, but we have problems filling those roles. And so when it came down to reductions and we're so personnel heavy working with the city manager. We determined that those 4 vacant positions. We're the best way to reach a certain number that we're targeting for budget reduction. So it's not impacting our day-to-day operations. We still have 44 people on our 14th is of equipment every day. It is just, you know, its it's impactful because it is firefighters and environment

that we live in I just want to assure you that there's no day-to-day impact. Operations will still respond to events a timely manner. Just that are not on track to overtime dollars well, not. You know, the expenditures will not be reduced because we don't have those extra positions currently in position. >> Thank you. Appreciate that. I was concerned, especially I think I probably wouldn't have been as concerned before the fires in l then when I saw that, I just want to make sure. And I didn't know if it was an issue of hiring freeze or also on top of that. Having trouble filling those positions. So thank you for that. >> Welcome. Thank you. >> Thank you. Any other questions from council? Councilmember gripping? Yeah, just a follow-up on that chief Westrope. What is do you have an estimated financial impact for that non-contract over time. That we could compare with that $900,000. >> So the way that were budgeted this year, we've worked with the city manager to Right-size our non-contract over time budget. So will be within that budget. Currently, we are actually trying to just reduce that and safe so it could be saved and another foot in subsequent fiscal year. So we're currently budget appropriately for Non-contract over time. So there's really no technical savings to calculate. We could work on some sort of math with the finance team to try to figure that out. If there is a metric we can reach. But it's within our budget. We were just trying to save so we can reduce that budget line. >> Thank you. All right. We'll open up the public comment. And wish to comment item. 15.4. MR. Do it. >> Thank you, kindly. Congratulations. My name is

Dwayne. He would from Roseland congratulate staff and working. Diligently upon a difficult topic. I think it's been. A very some might say. Heart wrenching recognition next few years we're going to be. Really tight even before the regressive took over the federal government. With this in mind. I'm hoping that. Keep these funds in reserve. We work towards making sure the unfunded pension liabilities are reduced and we continue to tighten the belt. Term. Stale appropriations. He's a pretty good thing to keep in mind if it's stale. We might not need to replace it. According to these approaches. And this is something that's going to be good in the future for us. One of the things that's really important, excuse me. You might have noticed. The federal government today made a proposal. To Dubai out of employees to reduce. The workforce. And reduce the budgetary costs. That's something that could be kept in mind here. And it's something that as you look at your staffs and you look at the long term. All right, to offer folks. Early exit. Get themselves set up for their next adventure. And the city to be even stronger. Physically things go South. Approaches, that's important. Is it was not stated today about some obligations you've taken on. There's been discussions of a 32 million dollar new fire station and

the Bellevue District. That's some big money. You can do. Fire stations on the site of old car washes. You can relatively small. You don't have to spend a lot of big money. Protecting area with the firefighters that you have. Thank goodness we have firefighters. Thank goodness we have police force. Thank goodness we look out for the future of our residents will be here. One of the most important things. Is also. Councilmember Fleming was pointed out of the way. The quality of life. The basic you serve the Ridgeway pool is vacation for so many families having concessions there is important. So thank you for looking at everything. Thank. Thank you, MR. Do it. Bring it back to counter to bring it back to council for comments. >> Or a motion on the on the first item. First resolution. Any final comments? All right. Motion. Following. Sorry, counselor counselor, meant or you do. We go council for funding. Please go ahead. >> If you on promotion down verse and I can make my comment, that would be the >> Move to adopt resolution and tout resolution of the council. The city of Santa Rosa mending the maintenance before maintenance portion of the fiscal year 2024, 25 Recreation and Parks Department General Fund budget for budget reductions. Jewish make a comment. I would thank you. And I love that. We did it. The process correctly, where we put the motion on the floor before we take comment. >> Great. Getting back to the process. So I think that these are always really difficult things. And I'm really

grateful to the staff for going through their budgets, none of which were robust to start with. And thank you to you, Allan. And you're still amazing staff 4 for helping us to see what we need to do. I don't think it'll come as any major surprise that I would like us to consider not cutting the concessions at the 2 parks for an average of $27,000. Each site these families can have the summer vacation that you know, emblematic. Of the city of Santa Rosa. And so I hope that I can get a second for that friendly amendment slash comment. Where that it will be accepted. I do have one additional question from the city manager. Do you have the direction the need for the allocations for renewal Enterprise district? For this fiscal year and need to know. >> If this is a a cause that we need to add to our budget moving forward. Yeah, I just couldn't tell from From the recommendation if it was part of the wreck and it looks like it's part of the recommendations in the next resolution, ok? All right. Okay. So we have a motion from Councilmember Crappie, a second by Mayor Stapp. >> MADAM City Clerk. >> Thank you. Councilmember Rogers is absent Councilmember Okrepkie. I Councilmember MacDonald has recused Councilmember Fleming. Councilmember. Ben, why I? Come Mayor Alvarez is absent. Mayor step. I. But the record show this for affirmative votes. >> Thank you very much. And will invite Councilmember MacDonald to come back in. As council woman MacDonald walks We start having discussions

with the staff on reductions moving forward. We can begin to think about if their costs, we need to raise such as concessions in order to, you know, offset. I understand what you're saying. We want families to be able to recreate, right? So they can't just buy hot dog are juicy out there. We can start looking at that raising Kyle Seager. We can raise costs to offset, make certain that it's in the positive and not negative 19. Budget neutral. But make sure bring in some revenue. And so can go back to staff and we can take a look at that as well as we bring back the second round of recommendations. >> I really appreciate that my experience at site says, you know, I know families are struggling, but our costs for those items at our sites are really, really low. And I think it might be worth trying to figure out how to get revenue neutral in difficult times. >> Thank you both. Councilmember Donald will come back and do you do you have any questions you'd like to ask of staff this presentation? No questions from Councilmember Donald. All right. So bring it back to council in for a more general Jim or general Actually, let's do it. Let's to Councilmember fundings way. Like to motion. First Councilmember Crappie. Just to point out, it's not Councilmember Fleming's way. Parliamentary procedure. Potato. But I So I will move to adopt a resolution entitled resolution of the council. The city of Santa Rosa mending the fiscal year 2020 for 2025. General Fund Budget for budget

reductions and to amend the city's classification in salary plan. >> To include a new classification of truck weeks coordinator and to increase appropriations. From the Unassigned General Fund to provide additional funding to the renewal Enterprise District. Second. Have a motion a second. Any final comments. On this presentation? Councilmember Ben Willows. >> Just to comment to also wanted to thank staff for and such a thorough presentation. I did go back and review OCTOBER 22nd. So I wouldn't so I would know what the comments were earlier that council made. So I really do understand why we needed to do this. And I really appreciate all of your work. And I also want to say support Councilmember Fleming is saying. I think that's a wonderful idea. Thank you. Councilmember Fleming. >> Yes, I wanted to thank the city manager for bringing forward this allocation. This recommendation and staff as well. I think that, you know, we heard a comment earlier which suggested that that the renewal Enterprise district was somehow related to the successor agency. I wanted to use this opportunity to discuss a little bit about what we do have sat on the renewal Enterprise district for almost 6 years. And since it's inception following the fires in 2017, we have we have put in a total of 20 million dollars, 10 from the county of Sonoma, 10 from the city of Santa Rosa for for Cotton Administrative cost of $50,000 a year, the renewal Enterprise

district over the last 5 years has been instrumental in bringing in last dollar funding to build over 600 units in the downtown core. Some market rate affordable but units which otherwise would not have penciled out. And so now we have, you know, thousands of people who are living or will live in in our downtown core with roofs over their heads. You know, not only meeting are goals around housing and urbanization. Also climate and affordability. And so this is to my mind, are really small cost for a really big impact. And I want to thank our executive director Robin Stefani for making a down here to see if we had any questions. Thank you for your time and all your efforts. So that sincere appreciation that everybody makes this happen. Councilmember Donald. >> Thank you, Mayor. Thank you for the presentation. Although I just had to watch it for my camera upstairs. I do want to say I appreciate meeting with you ahead of time, City manager to really be able to go through some of these recommendations was unable to hear what Councilmember Fleming said about programs to say. But that you're able to take some of our feedback and incorporate that into the cuts. This Time's decision specifically the preschool programs, tiny tots and some of those other ones that were very, very low. Is that what you talked about earlier? Well, good the night got sacked. Brady said something. But other than that, you making cuts is never a fun thing to do. You know, it's much more fun to spend money. I found so this is part of being a decision maker is really tough on all of us. But I really appreciate the thoughtfulness. Look forward to goal setting and seeing how we can diversify the money that does come in to city

council. I do want to ask that we have more information brought forward to council around or investment portfolio and how that works. I think that would be something as we're looking at budget discussions of how we're investing that money and having a clear picture of that would be helpful to me. With that. Go ahead. And >> all, just add my final thanks as well to Allen and to the city manager. I mean, this has been 12, 18 months of ongoing work and it's getting ever more granular this. This was a very detailed picture, even with this budget update. And it gave a really good sense of the kind of thinking it's going on the kind of creative thinking happening in the city. We know there's there's years left of to come. So just thanks to thanks to both of you. Thanks to an entire finance staff for all the work is happening behind the scenes. And with that, we have a motion a second. MADAM City clerk. >> Thank you. Councilmember Rogers is absent Councilmember Okrepkie. I Councilmember Macdonald. I councilmember Fleming. I Councilmember Ben. Well, those Vice Mayor Alvarez is absent. Mayor step. I let the record show this past the 5 affirmative votes. >> Thank you. We had to item 17 written communications. We have none this item 18 public comment on non agenda matters are there any members of the public here who'd like to make public comment on any items? Not on the agenda? Seeing none. Move on to item 20 before adjourning. I just want to repeat note that we made when they are. You see a group was here. A Jo Jo long

tonight. So he was clearly beloved member of the community. He did so much with Reverend Empire Chinese Association and other community groups. It was nice to friends and family here. Thank you entire one family. And with that, we're adjourned.