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humidity, heat in spine. Your little peek, media. Mean, people in a school child the home that they will nominate Ashton with Ritchie let's get a since. It's the most of Thank you very much. Back to you. >> Hello and welcome everyone to our NOVEMBER 1920, 24 Santa Rosa City Council meeting. It is now one. 33 and we will begin our meeting. Seen a quorum. MADAM City clerk MAY please call the roll. >> Thank you, Mayor. Councilmember Rogers, cookie here, MacDonald is absent. Councilmember Fleming Councilmember Alvarez present ice near step here. Mayor Rogers PRESIDENT, let the record show that all council members are present with the exception of Councilmember MacDonald. Thank you. Moving on to item 3 announcement of our close session. We have 3.1 conference with legal counsel, existing litigation, 3.2 conference with real property negotiator in 3.3. >> Public employee evaluation of performance. MADAM City Clerk, can you please facilitate public comment on this item? >> Mayor. There is no one in council chamber wishing to provide public comment. Thank you with that. We will recess into closed session. All right. Looks like we're going back city clerk seeing a qorum. Would you please call the roll? >> Thank you. Vice Mayor Councilmember Chris Rogers here Councilmember Okrepkie wreck. Donald is absent councilmember Fleming, Councilmember Alvarez,

PRESIDENT Vice Mayor step. >> Mayor Rogers PRESIDENT, let the record show that all council members are present with the exception of Councilmember MacDonald. Thank you. We have no study sessions moving on to item 6, report on closed session. MADAM City Attorney. Thank you. MADAM Mayor. >> Council members, there's no reportable action from any of the closed session items. >> Thank you. We have no proclamations for today and no staff briefings and will go on to item 9 city manager and city attorney reports in. We will begin with MADAM City manager. >> Good afternoon. Mayor members of council. I have no actionable items to report tonight. Thank you. >> MADAM Mayor, if I MAY. Yes, am sorry. Thank you, MADAM Mayor, I do have a litigation report that was attached to the closed session items. There are no settlements authorized by council in closed session that were finalized in OCTOBER 2024. >> We litigation cases remain pretty much consistent with where they have been in recent months. And as always, we attempt to resolve smaller cases at little or no value to the city. And with that, that's the end of my report. >> Thank you. MADAM City Clerk, can you please facilitate public comment on this item? Yes, we're now taking public comment on item 9. If you're in the council chamber, when you'd like to provide comment but have not yet provided a speaker card or your name. Please make your

way to the podium. You will have 3 minutes and a countdown timer will alert at the end of that period. As you approach the podium, please state your name for the record. If you choose to do so. And approach the podium for public comment on this item. So did you want to make a comment on? You can please make your way to the podium and you can provide public comment from there. >> First that good. Can be look but accounting like the budget of the Rosa, Sonoma County. I go to j c and a graduate administration other let those like I noticed that the city's been a lot of money for no reason like a look at the I mean the bath and could be fixed up a lot more. You know, but lot of money to invested in that. But I mean, what is the budget But you're going up from the state that give you can stay to get a budget for far as a common goals. But I mean, it you have a budget right? Is it getting to a post to be? >> I can. We can't get into a back and forth with you public comment. But have on the city's website, the city's budget. If you just Google Sr city budget, it will give you our our budget for this year that you think you get. >> Thank you, Mayor. Mc no one else wish to provide public comment on item 9. Thank you. Item 10 statements of abstention by council members. >> Seeing none. We will now proceed to item 11 mayor and council member reports anyone wishing to councilmember plumbing. Thank you, Barry Housing finance Authority met last Wednesday and that the Metropolitan Transportation

Commission Building in San Francisco and discuss the future of housing and housing van options going forward. It's safe to say given the failure of Proposition 5 that nobody is particularly hard know this point in time in terms of what can be done at a large regional scale for revenue measures. Either in transit or housing. But that will not stop us from moving forward. And one of best and suggestions was. To see if we can get some regional guidance for local measures. So that jurisdictions don't compete against each other for For limited resources, but that we do acknowledge that on hyper local level as cities and counties that we do still have some interest in the public to tax and themselves and some trust with our government. And for that, I'm really grateful. I'm really interested to hear what people have to say and what your interests are and how you think we could proceed. So I look forward to hearing for many of you about that. And I will continue to update you about housing and transit van. So we go forward. That's been broke up. Thank you, MADAM Mayor. Just to to good things from some kind Sonoma County Transit Authority meeting. >> first was we saw great presentation on. Information by project information undersea on climate change, which basically focus on not what people know but how we know about climate change in how we process that information is it really fascinating to to read about most people understanding climate change and what its effects are, but not really >> having a a Understanding of

what they can do how things happen. The second thing was, we saw update on the mascots project mascots basically meaning that the rain and snow county integration of our transportation systems with Central City bus. But of us in county, some account Sonoma County Transit and The good news is it's continuing to move forward and there is a hope that it can be implemented in full by The 4th quarter for the counter year of 2025 or beginning of 2026. With that would mean is instead of having to get home and choose between taking a train that leads to the same time or a bus that lead to the same time they would be staggered. So if you MISS One, you can catch the other and there would be a ability. Trance transport yourself through Sonoma and Marin counties cloverdale to Sausalito. >> Councilmember Rogers. Thank you so much. Mayor. So I just wanted to thank the public at tonight will actually be my last meeting as a center is a city council member. Be submitting my resignation to the mayor after the effective DECEMBER second. So continue to be able to. Do the good work of the public for our district. But I just wanted to say thank you so much for 8 years of being able to work with this team at the city, whether it's my colleagues or staff, I think you all know how much I love this city. I'm so grateful for every single employee that goes to work every single day to make the city better. It's where I was born. It's where my wife and I

are raising our family. It's just been an honor to be able to serve the public. So just want to say thank you. I'll be back for the changeover dinner as a member of the public saw. Get a chance to thank some of you in person, but because of the state like can't hold 2 offices at the same time and felt like folks deserve to hear how grateful we all are from the dais of the work that you do day in and day out. So thank you so much. >> Thank a report for the water Advisory committee that I neglected to give last meeting met on NOVEMBER 4th representatives from the Alexander Valley Area provided a presentation about their pursuit of a new special district focus on water management strategies for agricultural users in the area. They want to form the special district due to the potential impacts from the Potter Valley Project. Decommissioning challenges in the upper Russian River regarding water supply and the potential of groundwater regulation for that Alexander Valley Basin. The group recently filed an application with Glasgow that application triggers a six-month timeline to gather signatures from more than 50% of the land ownership in the area for the formation of the proposed special district. Sonoma Water staff provided a presentation on the clothes out of the previous fiscal year and existing and upcoming capital projects for their system. They are scheduled to provide a Capitol update to the center of the City Council in an upcoming meeting. Sonoma Water staff provided a water supply update noting that regional water

supply remains plenty. People in Lake Sonoma and Lake Mendocino going into the rating season. Sonoma Water staff reported on their attendance on the Water Education Foundation Summit in Sacramento on OCTOBER. 30th staff mentioned a conversation. With Carl, the director of California's Department of Water Resources and her specific comment to Sonoma Water Board of Director David Rabbit recognizing our regional, our actually our region as leaders in water use efficiency, planning and environmental stewardship. And with that, MADAM City clerk, me, please facilitate public comment. Thank you. We are now taking public comment on item 11.1. >> If you are in the council chamber and would like to provide comment but have not yet provided a speaker card or your name. Please make your way to the podium. You'll have 3 minutes and a countdown timer will alert at the end of that period. As you approach the podium, please state your name for the record. If you choose to do so. And approach the podium for public comment. Thank you. We have no minutes to approve. >> Moving on to item 13 or consent items. MADAM City Clerk me, please read the consent items. Thank you, Mayor item 13.1 resolution, 4th amendment to the professional services agreement. Number. >> 0, 0, 2, 6, 7, 2 with Gary Shade o'Donnell gratin and Mitchell pc for continued legal representation item 13.2 resolutions, Second Amendment

to professional services 0, 0, 1, 8, 2, 8, with jp Morgan Chase Bank Na. Item 13.3 resolution acceptance, an appropriation of 2 million, $500,000 from California Department of Housing and Community Development for Casa Roseland 6, 6, 5, and 8, 8, 3 Sebastopol Road item. 13.4 resolution approval of General Services agreement with Pcd for broadcast in meeting room, audio visual system upgrades that utilities field operations building item 13.5 resolution approval and issuance of a purchase order for the purchase of one rapid view. I back sewer inspection vehicle. Please note this item has been continued to the DECEMBER 10th regular council meeting item 13.6 resolution, adoption of memorandum of understanding in single role. Paramedic Side letter unit 2. Firefighting represented by the International Association of Fire Fighters. I a f local 14 0, 1, effective JULY one, 2024. Through JUNE, 30th 2027. Please note this item is being continue to the DECEMBER 10 regular meeting. Item 13.7 ordinance adoptions. Second reading ordinance of the Council of the City of Santa Rosa, amending title 20 of the Santa Rosa City code to add chapter 20 dash. 35 resilient City Standards. Remove Chapter 20 dash, 16 resilient City development measures incorporate multiple sections of chapter 20 dash 16 into up a couple zoning code sections update multiple sections of the zoning code and remove Section 20 dash 28, 1, 0, 0, resilient city. Rc combining district. File number p r j.

2, 3 Dash, 0, 1, 0, Item. 13.8 ordinance adoptions. Second reading ordinance of the Council of the City of Santa Rosa adopting a zoning code map amendment to reclassify want 8,383 parcels. On the zoning map to remove the resilient city. Rc combining district in order to expand and implement. Santa Rosa resilient, see initiatives. File number p r j. 2, 3 Dash, 0, 1, 0, Item. 13.9 ordinance adoptions. Second reading ordinance of the Council of the City of Santa Rosa, amending title 19 subdivisions of the Santa Rosa City to add sections. 19. Dash 28, 2, 7, 0, and 19 dash 28.2, 8, 0, file number p r j to 3. Dash 0 1, 0, to add the first and second tubs. Nuns fire tentative map extensions. Thank you. Bring that back to council to see if there any questions on any of the consent items. >> I'm >> not a question but a Mayor cars To the funds are being appropriated to that end of the tunnel. See this. Do you want to extend a heartfelt gratitude to state officials for no home point investment to community that has gone under funded for so long is. And hopefully community as a whole. Are seeing those investments pay dividends as we're seeing rows and become stronger than it's ever been. And it will continue to with the support and funding from the local and state. What agencies. So really a thank you to the folks who made it possible. >> there any additional questions on the consent

items? Seeing none. MADAM City clerk me please facilitate public comment. Thank you. We are now taking public comment on item 13. If you're in the council chamber would like to provide comment but have not provided a speaker card or your name. Please make your way to the podium. You will have 3 minutes and a countdown timer will alert at the end of that period. >> As you approach the podium, please state your name for the record. If you choose to do so. If you've already submitted a speaker card, please make your way to the podium. Now. And approach the podium for public comment. Thank you. Bring it back to council see if there any questions and your comments that you would like to make it this time seeing none. >> Vice mayor >> Thank you, MADAM Mayor. Make a motion that we adopt items. 13.1 through 13.4 13.7 to 13.9 and wait for the reading the text. So >> motion made by Vice mayor staff in a second by Councilmember Alvarez, MADAM City Clerk me please call the vote. >> Thank you, Councilmember Chris Rogers. Councilmember Okrepkie. Councilmember MacDonald's absent. Councilmember funding Councilmember Alvarez. All right. Vice mayor stepped Rogers, I let the record show this passes with 6 affirmative votes. >> Thank you. Moving on to item 15.1, MADAM City manager. >> I don't Team 0.1 is declaration of 2016 and Franz Kafka Avenue as surplus Land and 6, 5, 5, for street as

exempt surplus land. >> It could even mean Mayor Councilmembers. I'm Jill Scott and the city's real estate manager. And with me today is less whose our associate real estate. Associate real estate. Property manager. All right. I don't even know our titles. We're here today to talk to you about a declaration of 2 parcels as surplus. So as we talked to the city has reached out to city council in the past. The city owns approximately 1400 pieces of property staff is cataloged all these parcels and created a public site to view and review related documents, which also has all surplus land, all own land easements, everything that the city has an it's sr city dot org, slash asset map. Looks surplus review after we cataloged. We've been trying to bring forward to counsel about and analyze about 50 properties annually recently. At the end last year, we brought you 30 properties, which we've surplus we have out on the market for sale as we speak to have kind of to the occasion of needing surplus in between our regular process that we brought those here for you for your consideration today. So what we look at when we're surplus seen as we go through a process. So we look to see if there's any operational use for the property we look at when it was required, what it was deeded for how we received it. We go through property detail. We have playing economic development review. We have housing and community services review to see if there's any use for them. And we also figure out if the

property is buildable or not and where it falls under the sla categories, which I'll go over in just a moment. And for both of these properties, we've completed that full review process. So housing and community services, the State Department of Housing Community Services requires a cat or kitten categorization caterpillars. Ation of surplus properties. It's either exempt surplus or non exempt surplus. Exempt surplus is one that had does not have to go through the notice noticing process to all housing developers that usually too small or for some reason can't be built on and then non-exempt surpluses land that's suitable for housing and does have to go through that process. Today. We have one of each for your consideration. The first one is an exact piece of property it is as we like to finally call it the Old West America Bank building. It's right here on the city hall campus across the street on First Street. And it was purchased by the city in 2009. It was for they had purchased it for a future civic center. Rebuild here, which never happened and it was supposed to be additional property for that. It was the last piece in the whole line of what it's become very underutilized because of they required upgrades that would it would need. It's too expensive for us to use for any city staff. So it's basically sitting empty. Due to the size and the sla requirements right now. So it's a little bit under a half of acre because it's under half acre with the sla

requirements as they are right now. We do not have to put that out for affordable housing. So it affords us an opportunity that we don't get very often because we always prioritize housing and that's for we could use for an economic development reason. So if something, if we surplus it now under these guidelines, then it is surplus to and if anything comes forward to council to use for an economic development reason it would allow you. To deliberate on that. And then and non except surplus go a little bit of a separate process. Council has to declare surplus in a public meeting today. Praise it and then it goes out on a notice of availability to around 200 people on the Cal fha list of sponsored. Low-income developers. It's reviewed by Hcd and then we negotiate anything that comes in for a 90 day process. Cute. Sorry about that. This is the next one that that is not exempt surplus. It was acquired in 1991. 1980, 90, 90. It's 2 parcels. It was originally going to be used for a fire station. It was not dedicated front specifically about though it can be used for other reasons for other purposes. Original, we thought originally we thought we would use it to build a new fire station out there. But the new fire departments studies determined that that's not the most appropriate place for the fire station. Due to call response times, mostly so staff is recommending that we

declare the site non-exempt surplus, put it out for affordable housing. Thank you. Thank And put off affordable housing. And if we are able to sell the site to use the proceeds from that sale to land for a fire station and and the in a more appropriate for response times for that rezoning would be necessary. It's currently zoned public institutional because we had intended use it for a fire station. So there is some work that we need to be done by the city and developers to make this possible. And so in line with previous council direction, as we've gone through Staff is setting aside are kind of antiquated surplus policy. And instead we're following, of course, the Surplus Lands Act with both of these properties. So for the property, as I explained, that exempts surplus, we can directly negotiate with the neighbors are land overs. But unfortunately on the one out here where the only landowner around it so that can be made available, it could be put up for sale. It could be used for an economic development purpose. Many things available to it. And then the fans confident site. We will put out for housing. So the recommendation today from the fire department and the Transportation and Public Works Works. Department is to surplus. 26 Tan France Avenue. That is one a and 2 a would be surplus 6.55. For street, which is the West America Bank building and then authorize the city manager. There does need to submit a notice of availability for 26 Tan,

France, confident Avenue and pursue economic development opportunities for 6.55. For street and take all necessary actions to comply with the Surplus Lands Act as applicable. And we are here for any questions you MAY have. >> Thank you. Looking at council to see if there any questions. >> Seeing none. MADAM City clerk me please facilitate public comment. Thank you. Mary are now taking public comment on item 15.1. >> If you're in the chamber would like to comment but have not provided a speaker card or your name. Please make your way to the podium. You have 3 minutes and a countdown. Timer will alert at the end of that period. Want to push the at the podium for public comment. >> Thank you. Bringing it back to council to see if there any questions or comments seeing none. With that, I'll hand it over to Councilmember Rogers. Thank you so much, Mayor. Let me pull up my resolution. All right. We'll start with 26, 10 Franz Kafka Avenue. >> I will move a resolution of the Council of the City of Santa Rosa declaring pursuant to government Code Section 5, 4, 2, to one that real property owned by the city located at 2, 6, 1, 0, Franz Kafka Avenue, surplus land directing staff to prepare and submit a notice of availability there for authorizing the city manager to take all actions necessary to comply with the Surplus Land Act and wave for the reading of the text I >> Emotionally by Councilmember Rogers in a second by Councilmember Fleming. City Clerk. Me please call the roll. Thank you. Councilmember Chris Rogers. I Councilmember Okrepkie. Councilmember Fleming. I for us. I. I Mayor Rogers. Let the record show this past of 6 affirmative votes and council member MacDonald absent. >> I will further move a

resolution of the council of the City of Santa Rosa declaring pursuant to government Code Section 5, 4, 2, to one subsection f subsection, one subsection b, that real property owned by the city located at 6, 5, 5, for Street. Santa Rosa, California is exempt a surplus land and wait for the reading of the text. Second. >> We have a motion by Councilmember Rogers in a second by Councilmember Fleming and with city clerk, me please call the >> Councilmember Chris Rogers, I councilmember Okrepkie. I councilmember MacDonald's. That's in Councilmember Fleming. I Councilmember Alvarez. Vice Mayor step. I Rogers, I let the record show this past of the 6 affirmative votes in Councilmember MacDonald. Absent. Thank you for the presentation. >> Moving on to 15 point to Mountain City manager. I don't team 0.2 down hand downtown enhance infrastructure finance district. >> Tax percentage commitment. >> Good evening, Mayor. Vice mayor members of the council gave Osburn director of planning and economic development. Thank you so much for being here this evening. Before the council at this point in time is a discussion about tax increment commitment for a proposed enhanced infrastructure financing. District. We have been working on our enhanced infrastructure financing district for a few years now. So I will give a bit of a background on the steps that we've taken to get here today as well as a bit of a background on what enhanced infrastructure districts do and how they operate. So in an infrastructure financing, district is commonly referred to as I f d and it is the tax

increment financing tool that's designed for funding public infrastructure and private property improvements. And generally the way a tax increment or the ift works is that it focuses on the increase in property taxes. So in Sonoma County are property taxes are based on a certain percentage of assessed value. They generally go up year to year. So what and ift does is it freezes the taxes on what's referred to as a base year and all those dollars up to that frozen amount continue to go to the taxing entity being the city for the general fund purposes. The taxes normally cover any dollars above that based year can then be funneled into the district and retain in the district for the purpose of building the projects in the district and the amount of dollars or the percentage of increment can be controlled by the taxing entity. So in this particular case, the city has the decision to make about the percentage of that tax increment that will stay in the district and then the remaining amount will go back into general fund purposes. Stay there. So tax increment financing districts typically live for a period of 45 years. And then during that period that money accumulates use for that specific purpose when the 45 years are up, the the taxes are not affected and all that money is then funnel back to the general fund purposes because the district is office at that point. So the benefit of these, they are really a common economic development tool that was really brought about after redevelopment agencies dissolved is it doesn't create any new taxes.

Does not have any additional financial burden on the property owners is just taking tax increase and moving into a district. So we've put forward a few steps to get f d off the ground. The first is to adopt a resolution and tension that was performed by the council on APRIL 25th of 2023 that approves and ift boundary. It looks at the different facilities or project types ift would fund and it also identifies the isd goals. And in this specific case, it's really addressing shortfalls in funding for Capitol facilities or other project types that promote economic development. It's important to note that in Afd alone is usually not the sole funding mechanism for a project. It's usually brought together with multiple funding sources to initiate projects, critical component to any isd is forming a public financing authority. It's referred to as a pfa. That is the body that is set up to basically create and adopt the governing documents of the district also manages the financial aspects of the district long-term. So it stays intact for the life of the district that was formed with the council action in APRIL of last year. On that board, we have 2 city council members to county supervisors and 3 members of the public. I think it is important to know within isd and it can include one or all of the taxing entities. So in this particular case, we are partnering with the county to have some of that tax increment brought into the district as well. So the pfa oversees the development of what is referred to as the infrastructure financing plan. And I do apologize. There's quite a few acronyms and this

and that is the ifp that plant actually controls the projects, the financial elements and then the pfa monitors that plan through the life of the district. So just a really quick reminder on the boundary when we formed our e Eye fd boundary really focus on on generating tax increment direction to downtown to provide economic development. So it's really focusing in on our downtown station area. So we selected a boundary with in our downtown station area that really focuses on, including the community benefit districts. Also really focuses on the commercial properties and excludes many of the residential properties because the commercial properties really benefit from these projects that will move forward. So what we see is the green area, his are defined boundary and it is important to note that the tax increment is only collected from the properties in the boundary properties outside of that go through the normal process. He's also point to note that projects to not have to stay within the boundary. They have to have a connection to the boundary, but they can be constructed outside of the district. So as we went through this journey with the county, they adopted their policy on how they would participate with local jurisdictions on fda's. So the next few slides will talk specifically about the county of the county's parameters. So in order for the county to participate the city's contribution of tax must, as a percentage must be greater than or equal to what the county puts in the county will not contribute. 100% of its increment. The county is also requiring a fiscal impact analysis to show that there is a positive net gain to the county through the life of the district. And that's a standard practice that's done with the development of I have to ease. Addition to economic development, the county has also identified certain project types that they want

included in the Afd that align with their strategic priorities. Those include affordable housing, climate adaption and resilience, transit-oriented development, active, transportation or advancing racial and social equity. They also pointed out that an the proposal must be consistent with Division 2 of title 5 of the California government code. That is the government code sections that govern the formation of the And we are following those. So where we are right now is really in the formation of a critical document. And that is the ifp. So the infrastructure financing plan that document actually creates number of items life I pointed out a few of them are critical here in the slide. The first being is the map and the legal descriptions of the properties that's illegal boundary of the district. Also identifies the project list, which is a description of the public facilities and other farm, a development that will be undertaken by the district and also as a finding of community-wide significance, which is an important element because we're taking tax dollars that would go to a community benefit, the projects that are developed within Afd have to have a community-wide significance. So the logic would be as we do, economic development projects in the downtown. All residents of the city of Santa Rosa can enjoy the environment downtown. It provides a community-wide significance. There is a very critical financing section as part of Afd. And that does include the tax increment also includes a cap on the amount of dollars that fda will collect. But this is really the focus of today's conversation as we build out the ifp pretty much all of the calculations that

are baked into that document focus on the commitment and it's a critical element of getting the document correct. The ifp must also call out eye. These goals for each public improvement. In this particular case, it's generally a lining around economic development. So we have started our draft ifp. The document has been created. We have calculated a few different cashflow projections on various percentages. Those included 25 50 75% from the city and a variety from the county. We have been working very closely with our county over the last year to get a commitment from the county on the percentage. And that did occur on AUGUST 20th of 2024 on the Board of Supervisors was willing to commit 25% of the income it to the district. So we are working men and to the ifp. So what we're really seeking today is a commitment from the council on the matching increment from the city. I think it's really important to note at this point in the process. It's fairly early on. The ifp will be formed up as a draft document. That draft document will be introduced to the public. It will go through a series of public hearings and it will actually come back to the council for adoption. We'll talk a little bit more about the timeline. Future slides. But the council will revisit this. The reason we're bringing it forward is to get some guidance on that number because of the level of work that goes into producing the document. If it changes on the back and we will have to restart the public hearing process. So it's a more efficient use of time. It also gives the council opportunity to see what's being worked on with the pfa and we can have a discussion bit about projects to will do an overview of those as well. But we're we're asking for the commitment is

really on the tax percentage. So are adoption timeline. We basically had the board of Supervisors in AUGUST. 20th were council today here in NOVEMBER. Basically, if we get a commitment from the council today, we're looking at introducing the ifp in JANUARY that will kick the public hearing process off. There are 2 defined public hearing process as per government code. Those opportunity for the pfa to receive public comments modify, reject those comments or accept modify the ifp that ultimately comes back to the Board of Supervisors in the city Council. We're anticipating that to be APRIL MAY of 2025. And then it goes back to the pfa for formal adoption. So has changes are that this whole process restarts for changing on the back. And so it's that time line we're really attempting to protect today. Another project lists are obviously important to the tax commitment because it always gets into the conversation of what we're getting with the tax commitment. When we presented this to council, we presented very broad project categories and these are really the project categories that come out of government code. And I won't read off all of the bullet points. But as you can see, they really focus on infrastructure projects. Is important to note in the government code it is, including but not limited to this list. So there's really variety of project types on the economic development side that that can be utilized with this funding. From a global projects standpoint. Really what we're looking at here is more of the general categories that MAY be included. Fda's are formed really in 2 different ways by jurisdictions in some situations, the jurisdiction

is well aware of the project to maybe a specific plan area that the jurisdiction is attempting to build out or it MAY be a public private partnership that really is already on the table on this becomes a funding mechanism for that that allows fda to a line around the project type. The other opportunity is really to develop a very broad list of projects that MAY occur in the future, which is where our isd is associated or where Efd is going. The benefits of that is oftentimes it shows a commitment financially to private development or developers that we're investing in the downtown. It provides broad project categories that has projects generate in the future. We that pfa can elect to direct those funds not to those project types. So really some of the conversations that we have had over the last year with the Board of Supervisors in the pfa were about project types and much of the feedback that we received as the project types and in the downtown core door fell into a few different categories. There was a desire to really see the connectivity address between Railroad Square in downtown. That was either through addressing the existing pedestrian passed through that corridor, doing more of a catalyst project where funding was invested to redevelop Simon, more. Some of those areas where there's impediments that connectivity. Was also discussions about reprogramming some of the public space such as Comstock Mall in jg way conversations about general activation and beautification that would take the form of street lighting

parklets really placemaking in the public space and therefore double housing came into the mix that was funded by redevelopment and also meets the county's goal. So that was brought into the category as well. The balance between these project types which basically can really be funded without private development in many situations. As you can see from the columns to the right, you see a percentage of funding that was discussed with the pfa to show how those dollars would be allocated. But then also the availability of property really in the different categories. So for these project types, there are certain situations where the city control the land can country controls the land and can initiate that that project without any public private partnership, situations where it can be a joint effort with the city and the county. And then of course, there's areas where the projects would be on private property and would require participation from the private property owner. So Israeli defy den a fine expenditure path and showing how that project would develop. As we discussed some of these general categories. Of course, that was the bigger catalyst conversation, the project that really can move the needle an arrow. I standpoint that project is not at the table at this point. But what we had discussed really was potentially a redevelopment of the fairgrounds, the potential uses there. We've discussed conference centers, performing arts and entertainment centers. So having the Afd be prepared in the event that those projects materialize in the future, it can fund those. Obviously the cost of that is to be determined and how that funding would move forward. That would be worked out through this process. But we wanted to make sure we

identified the 2 different project times. So really as we compressed those down, they they really fall into these main categories. So we have streetscape thing place making affordable housing and then we have this larger private development, public-private partnership concept as we form the likely the ifp will have these broad categories which provides the highest level of flexibility. It will have to have some bumpers around it, too. So when we talk about projects that support connectivity between downtown a merit square, we need to make sure that that's identified as part of the review process and incorporated in when we when we deal with street skating in place making with affordable housing. Obviously, there's also constraints that we want to place. It is true affordable housing that actually deed restricted. So when we take the percentage today, the percentage works into cash flow estimates or revenue projections and the percentage of increment that is directed to the district has been figured out of the 25%. So when we look at 50% as a place holder for the city, that's what we've calculated as a place holder for today's conversation that still moves 50% back into the general fund purposes. That increment still going in. We also looked at growth assumptions. So typically as as these revenue calculations are figured out, it starts on assessed value basis and then there's set increases and that assessed value that are anticipated. Year after year after year. And our consultant has factored in 4% increase in assessed value for residential land uses and 3% for non residential land uses. So what

that equates to when we look at the cumulative effect of the efd revenue over the life, which is 2025 to 2070, it would accumulate 78 million dollars with 5% of that going to administrative costs for the district. So it is important to note that those are not actual project dollars. Important piece of the Afd is often selling bonds and the pfa can actually take on bond as part of that process. And that MAY be the way to have a catalyst project move quicker. There's debt associated with that. So that has to factor in the long term. If 50 per cent jumps to 75, then generally from a calculation standpoint, that would be an approximate additional. 25 million in that number. But what that does is because the city is actually contributing more. The city has more share of those costs. So it doesn't necessarily equate to project dollars when we go that high. And that's one of the reasons why we're settling on 50% is the sweet spot here because it really balances out that need. Provides a significant amount for projects but also balances out the need for some level of fiscal constrained, understanding the universe moving forward with covering costs so that that's a little bit of those dollar amounts. So really the benefits of any ift at this point with that without that large project at the table, we have a few different categories. We focus that. There really is just the benefit of investing in high density high revenue areas, which is why most jurisdictions will invest in downtown. So you really have a smaller number of businesses that are more adaptable and accommodate shifts in the communities and many times. If you take care of those smaller businesses that can actually

generate more growth in the single larger use on the perimeter. So this really is a concept of investing downtown. Getting that to where it's generating not only property tax increment with new development, but it's also driving sales tax and transit occupant occupancy tax. We also have an economic multiplier effect. And that's generally when public investments are known, republic investments are injected into private development. They are known to boost economic activity and this particular case, it really this gets into the arrow. I discussion and the determination for every dollar spent. How much is there a return on that dollar? And it's very difficult to make that determination without a defined projects. But once they define project materializes, we can do an analysis to determine what sort of benefit that defined project has had in other communities. And usually there's more data that can be brought to the table to really understand what that our ally is. So but it is important. And typically there is some level of the multiplier just very difficult to determine at this point time. You also have really the qualitative socioeconomic and cultural benefits and that's really creating a better space downtown and really activation of public space beautification increase and environment people want to be in an often times. When you create that environment, you're bringing discretionary spending into that. But it's very difficult to put a return on the investment on that. But those are typically the categories that hold the benefits. Now, when we look at the flip side of it, obviously because we're taking increment that would normally go for general fund purposes that are not constructed the same way they

would be in the district. There's obviously the impact of that 50% that be going into the district. Really property tax and veal after so vehicle license fees is And that actually comes to the city in the form of property tax. So those 2 get join together that has made that makes up about twenty-six 0.9% of the ongoing operational revenue into tally the growth of revenue is included in the city's long-range financial forecast. The immediate impacts in this particular case are very difficult to determine. And there's a few different reasons for that. Obviously, we don't quite know what the increment looks like. That's based on a few different factors. We know generally trends up. But really when we look at the offsetting of those projects because we don't have that larger project at the table, it's difficult to say if that larger project will drive other revenue measures that will offset that loss of property tax. So when we look at 50% of the income into the city as a whole, so we had 70 million totality between the city and county. We're looking at investment of almost 45 million from the into 2070. This will be anticipated based on those projections that I listed before to deliver a project in the tune of around 4.5 million in 2034. So generally with the Afd, day to spin up fairly slowly and then they gain more in future years as bonds are sold. The fda has to cover that bond debt and can't make a decision about selling the bonds until that occurs. So the understanding the revenue, the tracking of the revenue decisions are made by the pfa as this moves forward on that

expenditure and having a broad project list and having flexibility gives the pfa more movement there. But once again, it's very difficult to understand what the impacts are moving those funds because of how the project list is being formed to because the generalities of the projects and that list. So with brings me to the recommendation and now just go ahead and read it recommended by the Department of Planning and Economic Development Finance that the council by resolution set forth a maximum portion of the city's property tax increment to be included in the downtown enhanced infrastructure financing districts, draft infrastructure financing. Plan to 50% of the total property tax increment collected within the district boundary. And with that, I'm happy to answer any questions. And I have members of our finance team here as well that are happy to assist with any questions. The council Thank you for that presentation looking to council to see if there any questions. Sorry, councilmember for me. >> Thank you, Gabe, for said for all of your leadership over the last year and a half with this project. I think that we. So lucky to be here at this point today, talking about how we can invest in our community. I realize I'm really remiss, you when we talk about how these take things take a while, it's realize overall our meetings, I never asked the question if you could happen if the percentage of increment has to be static or if it could buy ordinance or statute of the council be something that is tear down over time so that

you can have a bit more of a up front and then less of the percentage that actually going forward in order to service the debt. >> Yes, that's an excellent question. And we have been doing a significant mayor research on that front. The vast majority of the ISPs that I have seen are static, but they don't have to be. So there are there are a few different solutions. It can be a ramp up or ramp down. And as it moves forward, the isp or the infrastructure financing plan has to provide that level of guidance to make sure as it goes to the public process that the ramp up in the total ramp-up amount to is known and then the fiscal impact has to really understand when that ramp up will occur. So, for example, if the ramp-up was known to to occur over a set number of years, that's very easy to mathematically work out. But the ramp-up could also be in this particular situation if a larger project came to the table and I have p identified that if there is a larger project that can generate a significant amount of return on the investment that the council would have the ability to reset the tax commitment at that point in time, some of the other options that I have seen or more of a ramp down where they are reviewed year to year. Obviously, if that is taken on by the pfa, then the ramp down has to make sure that that debt is accounted for and cannot go below that. Okay. >> That's really helpful. And then one thing that I didn't see up here today is what it comparison. 50% of the county increment is not the same as 50% of the city in common in terms of real dollars. Is that something that you can share with the council on the

public? >> That is correct. So basically it it has to do with the amount of taxes that the both jurisdictions receive so out of the total property taxes that are generated county gets approximately 19.83%. Exactly. 19.3% of that proximity, 20% with the city are property tax pieces around 12%. 11.9, 8. When you look at the the left, which is the vehicle license fee that is actually in in Lutfi. That's the few we all pay to register vehicles that comes back to the local jurisdictions as Lou and property tax that actually adds another 5.0, 4, 3%. So typically out of the total dollar amount of tax increment taken in the county, get slightly more at almost 20% in the city does at 17.4 1%. So really what that what equates to is that generally, if if we are at 50 50, the county is actually committing more to the district. The county has to be less than that. I don't have a total that exact relationship between those percentages, but those percentages can be utilized to better understand. Thank you and one last question, which going back to the question of stepping down are stepping up. >> increment over time at knowledge that it's difficult because we don't have a clear project. And so it's hard to figure out what we're funding and what tune have you seen? Jurisdictions adjust those levers from the outside or do they typically do it on annual or biannual review bases? From what I've seen and it has been limited that it has been. >> General in the ifp and what occurs behind the scenes. Not sure we haven't done that level of research yet. But generally the ifp will say

that the taxing entity MAY review the tax increment on a schedule basis when it's to 100% and it's going down. Then the commitment to the community is that the maximum is 100% and going down doesn't have the same impact is going up. So based on the review of our consultant team, if we go up, we need to clearly identify the triggers for how we would go up and what we would go up to. And that would either be review every year annually with the potential of going up to a commitment or it would be the project trigger that I discussed >> Well, hold my afterwards, thank you for all your work. >> Are there any additional questions from council? City clerk? Me please facilitate public comment. Thank you. We are now taking public comment on item 15.2, if you're in the chamber would like to comment but have not yet provided a speaker card or your name. >> Please make your way to the podium. You will have 3 minutes and a countdown timer. Or at the end of that period. In a push to Putin for public comment. >> Thank you. Bring it back to council to see if there any comments. Councilmember over us. >> Thank you, MADAM Mayor. When we >> move this project for the Ari of And you're right. There's plenty of arcanum is going around right? We definitely understood the importance of having downtown Santa Rosa. Be the heart as it should be and how each different sector sentiment percent. Rosa, benefits when when our downtown is healthy, part of the conversation was also the pilot program to see what worked and what didn't

work with this with item. But I must memorialize that second coming is Roseann as being the second producer of of revenue for the city. And I'm wondering what that picture would look like. All right here. Here in 2070, think it's so far down the line and what what is Rosa, what is the other sectors of Santa Rosa look like halfway to point? The 50% of Santa Rosa be distributed in the future. Thinking of asking be a psychic here and in future teller. But what? How would that work? Once Rosen is prepared and is able to to have its own program. >> That's an excellent question. Councilmember Alvarez, I think obviously, as we go through the downtown enhanced infrastructure financing district, we are testing out the concept. I think in this particular case without a defined project in place, you really have to let it run its course before you can really understand the impacts and the benefits associated with something like that. But also, really, these programs are the long game. And there there's a 45 your life. There's a there's a long spin up of the revenue. So to really understand those impacts here are a few years down the line. But really, I think there's 2 different ways that it can be looked that. And ifb a lot of jurisdictions are looking at that concept right now for a variety different reasons. Some of them being that news, just a shortfall in infrastructure and how can you fund it where others are looking at for purely the economic development side when it's the public private partnership or that catalyst project that really is going to change in an area by its construction and then other things coming along. It is in some ways

easier to spend a penny. I have to based on that because you can understand the impacts up front because there's more data that you can generate is part of that project. So I think as we've gone down this journey, there's really an understanding of when you use this tool in the tool box, where else can use and have the same level benefit where you're creating this level of equity throughout the community. We do need to learn from it, but I don't think we're shutting down the whole proposal that others can come into the mix. I think financially we really do have to run the course to understand what it looks like. But as as we shift gears and we see more projects and those projects have a need for tax increment financing, we're not shutting down that conversation. We're willing to let that evolve and understand how that would work. And I think that really puts our finance team in a much better situation to really understand that driver. The challenge we have right now is really just testing the waters. And that's a great point that you make about what what the metrics, right, how we measure success. >> And when you do have so underfunded, you definitely see what the return on investment is like. And it's on monetary. It's really just the growth of the community. And look forward quality of life the uc income. And so I do appreciate you making a point. >> Councilmember Rogers. Thank you, I did want to just thank you again for all the work on this. It really is a public-private partnership. Our staff, the county staff, have found a way to make sure that we're all working well together and playing well in the sandbox. Our supervisors who both David Rabbit in Chris Coursey had different sort of

opinions or thoughts when we started this process were able to find common ground and then the public that's been very involved in as well. The vice chair for the pfa, Hugh, for trail in the audience. Thank for all the work that you've done to help get us to this point. I think that one of the questions that we had asked pretty early on was was there a level of increment that we had to get to to make it worthwhile for the city to engage on this. To your point, not a lot of people have done this yet. So it is a little bit of testing the waters. It is redevelopment. 2 point know. And I think that we've really done a good job of trying to strike that balance. The Board of Supervisors has bought in our council has bought in. It's a really looking forward to 30, 40 years down the road being able to answer the question of was it a good investment? I think based on the plan that we have in place, I think that it will be. >> Thank you. Are there any additional comments? >> Okay with that. I'll hand it over to you. My my comments in the move. Item think you so much. >> So what what I love about this is that. >> Here we are as a community, not taxing ourselves but directing our tax dollars are future tax dollars towards something that we know is going to add to our tax base is in future without causing additional burden. And to that point, you know, I'm kind of dubious about a particular number particular percentage. I'm really bullish on downtown because it's been a long term goal of the council. And year after year, we come together and say we want to do this and our staff has come forward with a way for us to do this. Well, but there are so many unknowns. And to that point, I

want to know it's in If in this. In ordinance is a resolution, I'm hesitating. It's a resolution. Excuse in this resolution we convey can something that allows us to lever up or lever down based on the projects that it comes forward with, is for us to pigeonhole ourselves into a position here and and Beaver, we're not talking about more or less money to tax people. We're talking about directing the increment of the tax, not the basis of the taxes it is now. So this is all future additional revenue that we can direct towards this common goal. And so I'm wondering what that would look you to have it to come back. Let's say in a year when the infrastructure finance plan has been a little bit more solidified. So think there's a few different options for Obviously, if we can get a commitment from the council at this point in time on the 50% that is allows us to move forward. >> If we get guidance from the council to look at options to increase to a certain percentage when certain things occur or just generally look at options to increase or scale up, then what we can do as we go through the public process and the formation of the ifp, we can work out. The particulars of that would look that what that would look like. It would be really helpful to understand what that ramp up would look like. If that's the ramp up to 100% or 75. So we have that level of guidance and then we can look at the particulars as part of the process. >> I hate to put you on the spot now, but because I'm going to ask the council to consider adding some flexibility here. Curious if you could share with us on an

annualized basis, what 100% of our projected increment. It would in real dollars if you have any sense of how much money that would >> So generally in these are just rough numbers. And this is really the total of that. Yeah, I have to use of this is getting an idea of the commute of revenue on the ift. We are about 78 with a 50 25 split. We're about 95. We go about 25 billion 25 million dollar increments. As we go up. So that really gives a good guideline were probably another. 25 million on top of that and 100% Probably adding about 50 million in additional revenue over the life of the Afd once again, not all project percent going to administrative costs and then whatever debt service would be associated with that. >> Right now I'm trying to get what the actual. Increment portion is over what period of one year, not over the life of the. So I'm asking the council to consider saying going to 75% for the first years are saying not today to go. I want to I'm gonna recommended 50%. But that we have come back and have the option to lever up or love or down based on the infrastructure finance plan. And so be helpful for us to know on an annual basis. What the increment I know you don't know for sure because it's a projection, but the idea the general idea. >> Yes, we have to run those numbers because really year to year to year the increment is growing. So the total dollar

amount you're collecting in year, one is quite a bit less than when you get out to 2070. So we would have to run those cashflow projections understanding where those ramp ups Whitaker and if it's ramping up and then ramping down on whatever increment that that that would look like we have to work that into the cash model. Okay. >> Well, I'm gonna go ahead and read the resolution as it is with the addition of no, we would like to hear it. I would like to hear it in the year with the option the council leaving itself the option to adjust up or down as appropriate. Increment based on the I p and the needs of the fiscal needs of the city at point in time. That acceptable to the city manager? Okay. Great. City attorney. Do I need to call that out specifically as I read the resolution? >> I think it would be a good idea to do that. This is really supposed to said the maximum until you're saying you're setting 50% the Senate he lives with the leeway to come back to consider levering So I would suggest that you include that language and then we could come back. Call the question on whether or not you're going to want to go up. Okay, great. So. >> I read introduced a resolution of the council, the city of Santa Rosa setting forth the Max. I'm gonna instead substitute out maximum for minimum. Portion of the city's property tax increment to be 50% of the increment included in the downtown enhanced infrastructure finance district draft ifp to 50%. It's redundant. Thank you of the total property tax increment collected within the district's boundaries and way for the reading of the text. Second. Motion made by Councilmember Fleming in a second by Councilmember Alvarez. >> MADAM City Clerk, the

please call Thank you, Councilmember Chris Rogers. I. >> Councilmember Okrepkie. I councilmember MacDonald's absent councilmember Fleming. I Councilmember Alvarez. I vice mayor step. I Mayor Rogers. For the record show this passes 6 affirmative votes in MacDonald. Absent. Thank you very much. >> Seeing that it is 508. >> We will >> Go to our first public comment non agenda matters. MADAM City clerk me please facilitate public comment. >> Thank you, Mayor. We are now taking public comments on item 14 non agenda matters. This is a time when any person MAY address the council on matters not listed on this agenda, but which are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the council. If you're in the chamber and would like to provide comment but have not yet provided a speaker card or your name. Please make your way to the podium. You have 3 minutes and a countdown. Timer will alert at the end of that period, we will take 12 speakers under item 14. If we have more than public comments on item 14, the remaining speakers will be afforded the opportunity to speak under item 18 non agenda matters. Mariam. See no one approached the podium and public comments for non agenda matters. Thank Moving on to item 16, which is our public hearing. >> For tonight. >> And I'll pass it on to Madam City manager. >> Item 16 is for a public hearing and approving a plan of finance and the issuance of revenue bonds by the

California Municipal Finance Authority and then aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed 45 million dollars for Casa Roseland 6, 6, 5, 8, 8, 3 Sebastopol World. >> Good evening counts. Good Evening Council. My name is Angela Morgan program specialist for the Housing and Community Services. Item before you today is to request it. To request to hold a public hearing and approve the issuance of bonds for Gasol Roseland project. And jurisdictions are required to hold a public hearing receive public comment and approve the issuance of bond financing. Consistent consistent with the tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act and internal revenue code of 1986. This action will not. That will not result in a fiscal impact to the general fund. And the responsibility, the financial responsibility, Shelby of the bar or in this case, the borrower. We'll be mp Rosen Village Associates lp and the sponsor for this project is meant and housing. The project site is located at 6, 6, 5, 8, 80 Theresa Best Poole Road in the name in the Roseland neighborhood. This location formally contained commercial buildings which has been demolished and the site is currently vacant. It is directly adjacent to the meat that the food park that find needle and a host of other commercial businesses to the south of the project, our other neighborhood restaurants, a local supermarket, Roseland Elementary's Rosen Elementary School and to the east of the site you'll find fosters freeze a local gas station all within walking distance. Once

a developer has obtained the necessary financing to develop the site. It It estimates that commencement of construction by JANUARY 2025. And completion by AUGUST 2026. The proposed project the proposed project include 75 affordable units of which 24. We'll be targeted to households with incomes up to 30% of area median, area median income. Am I? >> 6 units at 50% of am I-44 units at Am I and one unrestricted managers unit. The unit mix will consist of 24 one-bedroom units 30 2 bedroom units, 23 bedroom units and 1, 2 bedroom manager unit. Additionally, this project will further counsel tier one goals by meeting housing needs within the city's jurisdiction. It is recommended by the Housing and Community Services Department that the council conduct a public hearing under the requirements of the tax equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. As amended and to resolution approved the finance, including the issuance and Reissue Inc of tax exempt multi-family housing revenue bonds by the California Municipal Finance Authority aggregate, outstanding principal amount not to exceed 45 million to finance and refinance the acquisition, construction and equipping of. Roseland 6, 6, 5, 8, 83 Sebastopol Road within the city of Center this concludes the presentation and in addition to staff, we have representatives from meant

penned housing present in Chambers and Travis Cooper from Cmf bond issue or on zoom to answer any questions that you MAY have. Thank you looking to council to see if there any questions concerning this item. >> Councilmember >> Not to go too far into the weeds, but is it possible too? Offer the department's too local residents and teachers first or is that not a regular practice? Is it more open to the public? >> The project isn't proposed with any preferences at the moment, but that believe the project has also been awarded are recommended for working tax credit financing. I don't know that that was a part of their proposal, certainly can be a question for the developer. >> thank you for the question, COUNCILMAN. Our is I think it depends on. The funding that was received. Some federal funding does not allow us to do that. Also, if you want a preference policy, they're generally a study that the city has to conduct ahead of time. And I'm not certain that we did that. But can check into it with the developer and get back to you. >> The thank yous City manager. I would appreciate that. Just deals with the concerns of the community that definitely keep them or actually the creation of houses for the to live where they work. I know that I would love to see something like that happen if at all possible. I have no further questions. >> Any additional questions from council seeing none. We will now open the public hearing. MADAM City Clerk,

Leap least facilitate public comment. Thank you. We are now taking public comment on public hearing item. 16.1. If you're in the council chamber and would like to provide comment but have not yet provided a speaker card or your name. >> Please make your way to the podium. You have 3 minutes and a countdown. Timer will alert at the end of that period. See see no one approached the podium. Thank you. We will now close the public hearing. Look at council to see if there any comments saying then I will hand it over to a counselor us. >> Thank you, MADAM Mayor present a resolution of the council, the city Santa Rosa approving a plan of financing, including the issuance revenue bonds by the California Municipal Finance Authority. An aggregate, outstanding principal. Amount not to exceed 45 million Casa. The Rosen for actors. 6, 6, 3, 8, 8, 3, Sub s of road and wait for the reading of the tax. >> Have a motion made by Councilmember Alvarez in a second by Councilmember Okrepkie. MADAM City Clerk. Can you please call the vote? For clarification? Can you confirm that? It is 6, 6, 5, Sebastopol Road and 8, 8, 3, Sebastopol Road. I believe you said 6, 6, 3, >> I did. And that was my poor eyesight. With a correction of 6, 6, 5, Theresa Best Parade Council member. >> Can you confirm who had the second Councilmember Okrepkie in? Does a second still stand. Thank you. Does. Thank you. Councilmember Chris Rogers. I Councilmember Okrepkie councilmember MacDonald's absent councilmember funding. Councilmember Alvarez. I. Vice

mayor staff. I Rogers, I let the record show this passes with 6 affirmative votes. Thank you very much for presentation. We will now go to item 15.3, MADAM City manager. >> I don't 15.3 resolution to approve professional services agreement. >> With the new hope you for street outreach in crisis response services. And I just want to thank the staff for making some adjustments. We initially had this on the consent agenda. But I thought it was important. For the team to kind of give you an overview of the great work that's going to be done with this contract. Good afternoon. >> Rogers, Vice mayor staff and members of the council. >> We are very excited to be here this evening to discuss this item. My name is Jeff Tibbetts, deputy director with recreation and parks overseeing the recreation division and the violence, French and partnership with me this evening, doing the majority of the presentation will be Daniel Gardenia or Biden's French in partnership program manager. We also have Phillip Rodriguez with us, the ceo for New Hope for who can address any questions about the organization that MAY come up after the presentation. So I will just quickly set the table here. Well, so we'll see how quickly I do it. As many of you know, I started the first decade of my career working in a at that point, the mayor's Gingrich and Task Force and neighborhood services and there's a number of different models that look like what's present free in front of you right now. But its really kind of what what drove my passion and doing this type of work. What I like

about this model is primordial prevention is kind of added on there. And that's an element that sometimes gets left out of the conversation. But essentially what is the community that we have and that that foundation of just a strong community and it relates to another model I've seen where when you're trying to work with families who are really working on that, the Corps foundations of survival, food, shelter, those types of things. And you're trying to for these other services it it really doesn't matter because they're in survival mode and they can only focus on that baseline survival so I think it's key any time we have these conversations from air. That's a key part of it. Our entire community from housing to food to our school districts to, you know, recreation side of recreation and parks and all the services we provide is a community that make this a good place to live and then allows all the other work to take as I got back involved with this again after spending about a decade, I was very excited to get involved again, the pp was coming back over to recreation and parks. I was excited to be a part of that. Daniel Gardenia was starting as violence. French in partnership manager we quickly start having conversations and we really identify the same thing of some early goals as we have some holes and services that need to be addressed it was showing up in incidents that are taking place in our community and these cracks in the foundation. You know, the whole purpose of these programs is is to build our use. And when there's cracks in the foundation, it doesn't work in every aspect of the foundation has to be strong. And I really feel like what we're bringing for you for today with some of the other things we've done over the last year, really address that foundation in those holes in those services that we are

providing a continuum of services for youth, supporting them throughout. Early youth into teen years into early adulthood and making sure that we give them every opportunity to be successful. So when you look at this just to kind of address types of services we provide when you get into prevention with primary prevention of youth enrichment programs, pro-social activities, community education, workforce development, big How we do primary prevention is our neighborhood services section of recreation and parks out of school programs and Richmond programs, sports dance programs, all these different things that we do neighborhood services that again, give kids a safe place to be give them positive role models. Bill Self esteem hopefully we get you tackle as many of the kids with all those positive things and then keep them heading on that path. As we move up primary French and in a secondary prevention, there's additional services that are needed diversion programs that workforce development. Some of those types those programming. And that's where we utilize the choice grant program. And we brought you cycle 12 recommendations a month or 2 ago and very excited the direction that's going to make sure that we really are getting into that secondary prevention addressing kids who are slipping through the cracks and given them the services that they need to continue to help them be successful. We have also made some changes with our friends, French in partnership and how we staff and with the program that we're doing, the safe Campus intervention program, the guiding people successfully program and that's, you know, at the heart

of secondary prevention creeping in intervention services. And so we've done a really good job of tackling the bottom of that, but they're still glaring hole in our community. And that is that really intense intervention services. And it's essentially since 2017 that we've had that that hole in our community, which means that we basically raised a generation with that whole now and we're seeing the effects of it. We've gone through fires without it. We've gone through a pandemic without it. And it's very clear the impact that has on our community. And so we're very excited to be here today and present an opportunity to start addressing that gap and that higher intervention with re-entry with crisis response with Street outreach and hospital based intervention. And with that, I will pass on to Daniel talked about the proposal and agreement that we have here today. Thank you. >> All right. Got to jump right in with some background information for you. As you are all aware. In 2004 Santa Rosa voters passed the public safety and prevention tax that tax measure was then extended in 2022. Measure h and now known as the Public Safety and prevention packs the piece money allocates 20% for gang prevention and Intervention Services and street art region. Crisis response is a component of gang prevention and intervention as Deputy Director Tibbetts has as mentioned. But I do want to point out that that ordinance requires us to provide mental health counseling, wrap-around services and programs for at-risk youth and their families and neighborhoods affected by high levels of gang activity, which emphasize positive role models problem

solving and community safety as well as to provide grants to organizations for youth and parenting programs which focus on gang, an anti-violence education prevention and intervention, Community safety and a comprehensive array of social services in high need neighborhoods. So we actually used to have this service prior to 2017 through the California Youth Outreach, which was funded to the choice Grant program. Unfortunately in 2017, see had to close their doors due to budget cuts. And as Deputy Director Tibbetts mentioned, we have not had that provider here in our community. Since then we've seen kind the fallout from that and what's happening in our community now. Also, the violence Prevention partnership went through a strategic planning process and recognize this intervention gap and also called out specifically street outreach in crisis response is being one of key missing pieces to the intervention work that we are doing here in Santa Rosa and again, as mentioned before violence prevention partnership has brought back a lot of these interventions services in-house through the Safe Campus Intervention Program and then also really excited to share with you this evening that are clean Slate Tattoo removal program is ready to go. We are starting the intake process with our wait list, which without lot

of people on the waitlist. But we're starting the intake process this month. Now that we have one of our clinics fully contracted and on board. So also excited to get that going. But again, the street outreach and crisis response team piece is a key component that is missing. Additionally, our current community climate. I wanted to review that with you quickly as well is really showing the need for the street outreach in crisis response team. So we've had an increase this. Stats are coming from the Santa Rosa Police Department Summit County, Juvenile Probation. Sonoma County Superior Court and other community partners that we work with. So we've had an increase in juvenile firearms so. This is over the last year. 55% here in Santa Rosa and increasing ghost gun seized up 129% over the last year. Felony referrals to juvenile probation are up. 25% since 2019. And they did mention that misdemeanor referrals are down, but they've seen a drastic increase in those felony referrals to their department since 2019, which typically are obviously include those higher level crimes that our youth are committing. And in addition to that, they're seeing a higher number of youth in the hall over the last few years as well. And that number continues to go up. And not only are they seeing a higher number of youth, but they're seeing youth staying for longer periods of times due to the longer sentences that come

with those felony charges. In addition to that, Sonoma County Superior Courts are reporting the juvenile case. Filings in Summit County have increased from year to and specifically from fiscal year 20 to 23 to 23. 24, that increase was 49%. So we are seeing that and that, you know, that that's on on brand at this point because we're having a a higher number of felony referrals to juvenile probation. Therefore, higher number of cases being filed with the court. In addition to that, just anecdotally we're seeing increased violence among our youth in the downtown core and in a variety of other neighborhoods throughout Santa Rosa and increase in gang graffiti and some of our equity priority communities in Santa Rosa. We have seen multiple incidents of violence over the last few years involving youth and clued fights, stabbings and shootings, which then lead to hospitalizations, arrests and convictions. And then those juvenile hall. And finally, as you MAY have heard, we recently had to to separate incidents at 2 local high school's involving fire loaded firearms being found on students on those campuses. This is a real problem. And it hasn't gotten much better over the last few years. So we're really trying to address that here with the street are reaching crisis response. Team? So we really have to look at what's missing to address this. And so we developed a requests. The street outreach in crisis response a request for proposal. The goal of this proposals to enhance and expand the partnerships, intervention services and and the objectives for this street outreach team are to provide a

coordinated response to community violence, offer victim services to reduce your talent, Henri and gain related and interpersonal violence offer diversionary re-entry services to justice involved individuals provide whole family support to those impacted by violence per pro social opportunities to at-risk high risk getting impacted in gang intentional. Use. Just real quick. Some of our key dates. We did release the rfp out to the public on AUGUST. 26 of this year and it closed on SEPTEMBER 23rd on OCTOBER. 11th, we finalize the review process. And then on OCTOBER, 30th GOD took the recommendation to Pete Sepp Citizen Oversight Committee for their thumbs up to utilize measure h funds for that purpose or piece funds for that purpose. And then we're here with you today with the that you will approve this so we can begin services beginning JANUARY. First of 2025. So the outcome we received 3 eligible applications in response to this rfp. We had a review team that consisted of 3 community partners, which included representatives from juvenile probation Santa Rosa police departments can crimes team and Santa Rosa City schools who reviewed and evaluated the applications that we received and all 3 reviewers recommended. New hope for youth to receive full funding to run the street outreach and crisis response. Team. I just wanted to provide you with some background on new hope for youth. New hope for youth is an organization that was founded in 2013 in Santa Clara County. They have spent the last 11 years reaching out to and serving at-risk youth and

their families using the credible Messenger model. This model utilizes individuals with lived experience to build relationships with that risk. High risk getting impacted in gang, intentional youth and young adults. These credible messengers are familiar with our of passed through justice system and have sustainably transform their lives for the proposed contract. The purpose of this contract, you hopefully for youth will hire credible messengers from our community and provide them with extensive training and support while the implement the components of the street outreach and Crisis response team and these components include neighborhood climate checks, Cold Street outreach case management services crisis response after critical incident violence victim support of services, re-entry and diversion services for youth involved in the juvenile justice system. Whole family support and prosocial activity, opportunities. The budget for the street outreach in crisis response Team is $600,000 per year and it is a two-year term contract. Funding will provide a six-member team for new hope for youth, with 5 of those positions dedicated to direct street outreach. So where is this money coming from? We have 475,000 coming from our one time available funds through our Measure. H General Fund contribution budget key. And then in addition to that, we're using some of our reserve funds through Measure h and the Sum of $725,000 as well to dedicate to this additional funding. We will

look for additional funding through state in federal grants, including the board of State and community Corrections. Cal, that grant program which is set to come out here and any time now. So eyeing that as possible additional funds as well as looking also at private community foundations for their support as well. And I will also point out that new hope for youth also has a track record, successful track record at all. So fundraising for the work that they've done and the 2 other counties that there are communities that they're working in. So expected outcomes under this contract. New hope for youth proposes to serve 80 as well as their families direct case management services. This includes youth in juvenile as well as victims of gang related and interpersonal related violence. For you, that includes case management services, re-entry services and referrals to additional services in pro social activities or opportunities. And specifically for the families. It includes case management services as well as well as referrals to additional services for other family members in the household. And that is just the direct number that they anticipate to reach. And in addition, I mentioned there are we doing Cold Street outreach. They'll be out neighborhoods. They'll be out at community events. So the indirect reach will be much higher than that when they come across talk to and engage with members here committee members here in Santa Rosa. We're there also slated to do

those neighborhood climate checks in at least 7 in Santa Rosa's equity priority neighborhoods. Again, this includes that outreach and targeted neighborhood events also regular neighborhood. Climate looking for things graffiti, gang-related graffiti and reporting that a city stopped having immediately cleaned up as well as checking for things like white and other conditions and the neighborhood that might make unsafe. There are many benefits to having a street outreach in crisis response team come back to Santa Rosa and and specifically for law enforcement in our juvenile justice system. It does lower the cost for them. The cost to house a youth in juvenile hall ranges from anywhere. 600 to $800 per day. So you're looking at almost $220,000 for an entire year for just one youth. And they're seeing an average up anywhere between 60 and 70 youth per per week. In the hall right now. The cost for juvenile case representation at the public defender's office is roughly $1500 per And that is a rough estimate. But did want to give just an estimate of of the services that they provide on a regular basis. And then the da's office did provide me with the salary for their juvenile team that they have, which is about 1.1, 2 million dollars per year to prosecute juvenile cases. So it reduces their costs as well. If they're having cases come

across their death, desks. It also reduces the burden on law enforcement and allows police to focus on more serious crimes in our community and as well as looking at an investigating the adults that are recruiting to participate in this type of activity. It also reduces the costs for victims of violence. So when you have a victim there often hospitalized, they have to go to the er that costs money. Other hospital stays costs money, so it'll reduce the costs associated with that as well as costs for trauma services, including therapy and counseling relocation services. If their neighborhood is no longer safe for them to reside in. But I do also want to say the cost savings to reducing the number of victims of violence and the associated trauma that comes with being victimized is absolutely priceless. Had also allows for more direct presence our priority neighborhoods has, you know, I have a very tiny team of 2 intervention specialists. And is nearly impossible for them to get out to all of our priority neighborhoods? So this will expand our capacity to do so. With increased presence in the neighborhoods that you reduce our incidents of violence in parks at the transit mall and at the downtown plaza in in and around schools. It also increases the number of positive adult role models, particularly those with lived experience in our community, which is desperately needed here right We don't have very many folks doing this type of work in our community as it is and using the credible messenger model, these individuals with lived experience who are from this

community will be building trusting relationships with youth ages 12 to 24 and sometimes a little bit older who are again, high-risk impacted, working intentional. And he's credible messengers again, are able to break through to the youth that they work with. And for most powerful, transformative and personal relationships. And finally bring in at all the way back to the top. It fulfills a much-needed gap in our intervention services. This is the final piece of the intervention focus area of our strategic plan that needs to be implemented again. We created the safe Campus Intervention program. We're getting ready to relaunch the clean slate Tattoo removal program. We're also in the process of developing a workforce development strategy. This street outrage in crisis response team is the final piece that is missing been missing in this community for over 7 years. So with that, it is recommended by the recreation and Parks Department. Violence Prevention partnership that the County Council by resolution, one approve of professional services agreement and the amount of 1.2 million dollars with new hope for youth. San Jose, California. First read outreach and Crisis response services from JANUARY. First 2025 through DECEMBER 31st. 2026 2 delegate authority to the city manager to execute this agreement. And with that, we will take any questions or comments you might Thank you.

Thank you for the presentation looking council see if there any questions. >> Thanks for your step. >> Daniel, thank you for representation. I want fill up. Could take the time or not, not that much time but highlight that I highlight a few of the organizations with which new hope is working do is just very, very briefly, some of that some of the other organizations help right now. >> close, >> And so in settles a working with many different organizations. We have a partnership, the contracts with probation Dfc as city of San Jose. We're working with Catholic Charities working with firehouse. We work with momentum into how to move the committee solutions. We work of varity partnerships out there, right? We work very closely with police department, the da's office public defender's office in order to come up with you know, good strategies and plans for our communities and our kids in order to keep them out of the system. When I say work with them, we're not trying to bring him into this. Try to get him out of the system, keep them out and keep their neighborhood safe. Our been working with the city's with the trauma that Ryan program. We did lead agency. We have been for the last 70 years, you know, for the for the gang Intervention Outreach program that we have out there. We've been doing that since 2013 where, you know, citywide out. There are organizations county way and into Hollister on somebody's county as well. Work information out there for probation. We go into the juvenile halls were doing on,

you know, life skills with the kids were doing one-on-one mentoring, respond to every crisis they have in there. We're you know, doing case management for the reentry program. Secure track, Green realignment that they're doing out there. And so we have a you were on 10 different school campuses for the state school district. We work on the campuses for the county schools. So we're doing lot of different working. A lot of partnerships out there. It's an impressive body of work and beyond the scope of work that we're talking about today. >> Your presentations by you and your team didn't want to mention partnership policy board have been very helpful. So thank you for all the time taken. Thank you. >> additional questions did have one question. So in looking at the youth that we will target. >> Are we going to be targeting that? Have not a victim and or have not gone to juvenile hall because to me, it's very important that we're proactive and not waiting for them to go to juvenile hall. >> And or become a victim of a crime in order for them to cut services? Yes, absolutely. So I mentioned youth in juvenile hall as part of the re-entry services that are required and this contract and then victims of violence as >> the victim services under this contract. However, we will be sending through the partnerships, guarding people successfully program referrals directly to new hope for you for youth that have not yet come into contact with the juvenile justice system that have not yet been victims of violence. That MAY be showing some early warning signs of interest in the gang lifestyle or MAY have like an older sibling at home that is

actively involved in lifestyle. But maybe it is being pressured. For example. They'll also be responsible for doing Cold Street outreach a variety of our different neighborhoods around town going directly up to random strangers and just starting a conversation to find out what's going on in the neighborhood. What the needs are and through that engagement, the start to build relationships with the young people in the neighborhood and then can approach them about additional services. Thank you. >> Seeing no additional questions. MADAM City Clerk MAY please facilitate public comment. >> Thank you, Mayor. We are now taking public comment on item 15.3. If you're in the chamber and would like to comment but have not yet provided a speaker card or your name, please make your way to the podium. You'll have 3 minutes and a countdown. Timer will alert at the end of that period. As you approach the podium, please state your name for the record. If you choose to do so. >> Henry, a corona move for youth part of history. Our reach out their son was question about prevention. One of the things we do is to our reach is that we not just targeting the kids that are inside over our client. Our economy would be you gaming our attention. We also do prevention work. We also work kids. Still middle school school program. So we kids like even 9.90, young 9 years old. What we do if they live in a household that live in the community, we're doing our reason. You see they have the tennis season running around, doing the same crime as adults. We would will provide service for them. We do try to

do is we do home visits. Service for the family part of his and his own mask schools. So the prevention work we on a school. >> Of of of of what was provided to and the presentation. >> Thank you. Mary c no one else approaching the putting for public comment on this item. Are there any additional comments from council? You want to do that when you heard your motion? Have a question or comment. You want to do and you do your motion. >> I just wanted to say that I had the opportunity to visit juvenile Hall. I live every day. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday in a week. And I spoke to every single unit that they had. And I cried. For about a week and a half. So it is definitely a. Refreshing, although very emotional for me that we're going to be offering the support they were asking for the tools they were asking port connecting them to services in for us going to them not expecting them to come. To and I'm sorry, but it was it was very heavy when I was there when I asked them, what did they want to be? They told me what they wanted to be when I asked them what was standing between what you want it to be. They told me minimal family support. He told me their own drug addiction. I mean, the list went on, but to know that we're going to have someone on the street, someone there, someone that they can identify with. It means a lot. So just so you know where I

stand. I will be voting yes in welcoming you and your organization into Santa Rosa with open arms. It's breath of fresh air. Our children need it. They really need it. They are suffering. They're in pain and they don't know where. To turn. Thank you for even a green to come here and to help our kids. And vice mayor step. Have a kids. So that's why children are there are are are now they're our future. >> There are everything's. I'm very passionate about our kids. So that's why it's very emotional for me. And with that Vice Mayor step. >> Well used you summed it up, MADAM But I I I just want to say thank you again, Daniel, Jeff and Philip for this for this presentation, the importance of the issue can made clear by the by the folks we have here in the audience tonight. Ellen Ernesto, thank you for coming Railey ou and long the work you're doing. Danny, welcome back to the city. It's nice to have you here again. There are so many people who are passionate about about this I want to say thank you on 2 counts. Thank you for highlighting the downstream costs not doing this work. The fact you're calling out the figures now expensive. It gets not to invest in these in these kinds of interventions. People forget that I think is optional work. It's really not release its not. This could optional. And then I'm glad you highlighted how even our local business community has noticed. If you don't want to think of this in terms of

moral cost or social cost, think about in terms of economic development and we certainly hear from Montgomery Village. We hear from the Simon to put them all we hear from the downtown business community at the transit corridor just from adjustment. Economically development angle. This is important. The city's investing in So again, thank you for the work they are all doing. Thank you for good presentation. Tonight. And without a weight, I actually have more work to do make. An official motion. I move that. We doubt the resolution entitled Resolution of the council. The city of Santa Rosa approving the professional service agreement with new hope for youth and wave for the reading of the resolution. Text. >> motion made by Vice Mayor stop in a second by councilmember a cookie. City clerk. The please call the Loop. Thank you. Councilmember. Chris Rogers, I Councilmember Okrepkie. I MacDonald is absent councilmember Fleming, I councilmember offer as vice mayor step. I Rogers. Let the record show this past the 6 affirmative votes. >> Thank you for the presentation and again, thank you. We have no written communications and we will now have our last public comment on non agenda matters for the night. MADAM City clerk. Thank you, mayor. We are now taking public comments on item 18 non agenda matters. This is the time when any person who has not previously addressed the council under item 14 non agenda matters MAY address the council. If you're in the chamber would like to comment. Please make your way to the podium. Mayor doesn't look like any of the people moving in the chamber are wanting to provide public comment on non agenda matters. All right. So before we adjourn the meeting, I have 3 things that I would

like to say. The first and is I would like to congratulate in. This will be our last time. Councilmember Rodgers on his accomplishment and going to Istanbul e well deserved. And it has been a pleasure. I think I can say for all of us to have worked with you and we look forward to continuing to work with in your new capacity. Want to wish my sister happy birthday since I am here. So happy birthday, Leticia Jordan. And lastly on a more somber note, I would like to sit in our love from the council to the mail carrier that lost his life. So and with that, we will adjourn the meeting. Thank you.