're not just making housing decisions based on anything but that we actually make sure that we have the natural resources to sustain that as well so thank you for that and I think yes right direction any other council members want to make comments okay seeing none and I would like to correct myself we do engage with the public but we do not engage when people ask questions during public comment but I wanted to make sure that your question was answered thank you very much thank you guys for the presentation we will now move on to item five which is closed session and study session report out so madam city attorney good afternoon madam mayor and council and community closed session was had on the item on the agenda and no reportable action was taken madam city manager being as though we just completed our study sessions I'm going to assume you don't want to report out on those thank you just wanted to clarify all right madam city clerk can you please facilitate public comment we are now taking public comment on item five if you are in the council chamber would like to comment please make your way to the podium if you are participating via zoom please raise your hand or dial star nine you will have two minutes and a timer will alert at the end of the period if you would like to provide your name please do so before stating your comment seeing no public comment in chambers we have no hands raised on zoom thank you moving on to item six point one our proclamation for the evening which will be read by council member step my pleasure madam mayor I like it that we've got a number of water themes for the evening so here it goes whereas water is santa rosa's most valuable resource and without it our community and the economy could not thrive or expand and whereas we are extremely proud of the role santa rose of water plays in delivering safe and reliable drinking water collecting and recycling water for beneficial reuse capturing storm water to prevent flooding and protecting our watershed and the environment and whereas thanks to our highly skilled team of water experts we are ensuring a safe and reliable water future for our community and whereas our community's drinking water is regularly tested to ensure it meets all drinking water standards and whereas santa rosa water operates and maintains 1200 miles of water and sewer infrastructure and whereas our team operates the laguna and the laguna treatment plant that recycles millions of gallons of wastewater daily and is nationally recognized for beneficially reusing nearly 100 percent of our recycled water and whereas the santa rosa water team maintains 340 miles of storm drains and cares for 100 miles of creeks and whereas santa rosa santa rosa's water professionals work 24 7365 24 hours a day seven days a week 365 days a year to maintain repair and upgrade our community's water systems and whereas santa rosa water invests 135 million annually to improve the resiliency of our public water systems and whereas the 278 water professionals at santa rosa water are dedicated to protecting our community's water future now therefore be resolved that the city of santa rosa rosa hereby declares october 7 through 15th 2023 water professionals appreciation week and extends our sincere gratitude to our santa rosa water professionals i would like to invite the representatives that will be receiving director if you would like to make a comment please do thank you you all hear me thank you thank you mayor rogers and council members i would like to ask all of my water team members who are here in the chamber say if you could please come join me up at the podium i want to thank you so much for honoring the santa rosa water team with this proclamation the water team greatly appreciates this your recognition and our water professionals help ensure our community's quality of life every day during california's water professionals week santa rosa water will be appreciating our water team members for their dependability relentlessness and their talent this week and beyond will include sharing stories and it well the week it's not this week the week will include sharing stories and employee spotlights of our teams and their accomplishments as well as highlighting the vast array of exciting opportunities for careers in water your proclamation this evening goes a long way and not only recognizing the efforts of santa rosa water but all water professionals and the critical jobs they perform for our communities day in and day out california water professionals do the work to provide safe and reliable drinking water treat and beneficially reuse recycled water regulate our storm water systems protect our water resources and the environment so thank you so much mayor rogers vice mayor mcdonald council members for recognizing these efforts and many thanks to our santa rosa water professionals and other california water professionals for the important work that they do thank you so much thank you i must say prior to being on council and being on the water advisory committee i did not know very much about water i knew it came out my faucet i knew i could flush my toilet i knew i could water my grass prior to the drought prior to the drought so there was very little known and you guys have been doing a great job bringing awareness so thank you so much for all your work are there any other comments from council members seeing none madame city clerk may you please conduct public comment in following public comment we will ask all of you to come down and take a picture with the council we are now taking public comment on item 6.1 if you are in the council chamber and would like to comment please make your way to the podium if you are participating via zoom please raise your hand or style dial star nine you will have two minutes and a timer will alert you at the end of the period if you would like to provide your name please do so before speaking i'm seeing no one in chamber and we have no public comment on zoom thank you would you guys like to come on down and take a picture with the council all right moving on to item seven we have no staff briefings for the day item eight madame city manager and city attorney reports i have nothing to report out this evening thank you i also have nothing to report thank you now looking at council for statements of abstention by council members seeing none we will move on to item 10 which is our mayor and council members reports council members that three quick items for me excuse me with the first one again pretending to water so i sit on the ground water sustainability agency for the center as a plane and we were one of three groundwater sustainability agencies to receive 15 million dollars in funding so center was a plane uh pedaluma and and uh sinoma valley and it's worth pointing out that pedaluma and center was a plane we kind of joined together to help out sinoma valley a little bit so they can get their funding but then in the end it all came in so we've got 15 million dollars to implement our ground groundwater sustainability plans which is which is great news for the area then two other items on september 18th a lot of us here we're celebrating the center was a merit awards which was just a really fun evening and and and uh shown a spotlight on some folks doing some really good things in the community um and then on the 20th uh vice mayor mcdonald and i were were part of the violence prevention partnership meeting um and i'll let the vice mayor go into greater detail about that meeting but one highlight that i'll share is that there was a great exchange for a while between rosalind university prep um and our police department because they'd commute they had partnered in an active shooting drill several months ago uh and the and rosalind was effusive about their um the benefits that they saw in partnering with with s rpd um and then from our side we we saw a lot of benefits as well and so a good portion of the meeting was spent discussing um the the value of that drill and what what all parties had taken from it um and it was a it was a memorable meeting and with that i'll turn it back over to you mayor thank you councilmember o' crepeke thank you mayor a number of events um over the past few weeks some to shine a light on um i as well attended the merit awards great event shining um a light on some community members doing some great work many of whom most of us did not know we're doing that great work so um getting that spotlight uh to those individuals is important um last week we also had uh taco with a cop at the steel lane community center over in apple valley a phenomenal event um meeting the residents of that area uh playing with the kids trying not to throw frisbees over into the smart tracks um but it was a great time and uh a great event so thank you to the police uh department for helping organize and the parks department and the rec department and the vpp i mean all of these uh organization parts of our uh city uh participated in it it was great um then on saturday i was honored to be asked to speak at a fundraiser that was um quickly organized uh by um our firefighters here in santa rosa to benefit firefighters in mawi a number of whom lost their homes and um it was a great event uh up at um paradise ridge beautiful beautiful view because it happened at sunset and um it was really great to see them uh raise especially uh for their their their brethren 44 000 dollars for those that are uh helping to heal the physical and emotional scars of what they endured and then lastly um just a heads up on october 25th just to give fair warning that will be the first public safety subcommittee official meeting of the year uh with a uh fairly lengthy agenda um but with some good stuff on it so uh for those of you that are interested please mark that on your calendars thank you thank you councilmember fliming yes thank you um uh couple of things let's see the enhanced infrastructure finance district met for the first time i'm the interim chair until the full board is seated and we will be meeting next month on october 19th uh 19th uh normally we'll be meeting i believe the second thursday of the month but next month we're meeting the third thursday and this is a great opportunity for folks to come and talk about what kinds of infrastructure and what kinds of financing they'd like to see come to the downtown as we begin our negotiations between the city and the county that'll lead to greater prosperity for both entities and uh two weeks ago wednesday and as well again tomorrow the bay area housing finance authority um is meeting to discuss the various policy points for the housing bond that will likely be on the ballot in november we're going to be really interesting discussions the public comments that we've been getting have been really high quality and i want to thank everyone who's here who's been paying attention to this and i invite continued participation and then the renal enterprise district hired a new executive director and i was trying to find a bio of her for you guys but i'm going to wait until next time so i can properly introduce her but thank you to everybody who applied and um it's great that we have someone else at the helm and i want to sincere thank you to michelle whitman for her dedicated service she turned this entity which was really just an idea into something that is now housing units that people are going to be moving into it's pretty exciting thank you vice mayor mcdonnell thank you mayor um a few things i just want to say thank you again to the mayor at awards committee to carolina spence who was the chair this year it's really inspiring to be able to go and hear about the stories of what people are doing to support our community and so it was an honor to be able to attend that uh we also attended the annual cal cities conference last week in sacramento we were able to go and have some professional development and hear what other jurisdictions are doing around the state so that's always interesting for us to be able to go i attended the firefighters fund razor as well as council member o'crapkey and council member alvarez um and i want to say thank you to them for putting that on i had just recently been in mawi this summer and and i want to say thank you also to paradise ridge winery for hosting that great event and i'm happy to hear that they made that much um at it i left fairly early so we could get to the other event that was in the downtown um courthouse square and i just want to say thanks to the i believe it was our cities who put on that event and it was great to see so many youth out um in the evening time celebrating and and being together and and so i was happy to go to attend that as well and um the last thing i'd like to talk about was the vpp meeting we've talked about the strategic plan which i believe is coming forward to council for consideration in the next month or so but in addition to that we're breaking down what we're going to be doing for the violence prevention program um by years and so we're starting with year one and one of the things we've been able to do is do outreach to about the 40 different groups that participate within this committee to ask them how they see themselves fitting into our strategic plan to help us reach our goals with the community and the youth in the community so i want to say thank you so much to danielle for all her work for for the work that she does her entire team i want to say thank you to everybody who's attending those meetings and um we're ready to get started and roll up our sleeves and get things done councilmember alberus thank you madam mayor i too attended as as you heard just a little bit ago the event at the at the paradise wage winery and i do want to thank councilman crappley for for the words of of both of your experience here and that support must continue to be given to the survivors not only of san rosa but those of hawaii and how imperative it is to their recuperation that's just not when the and and i quote you or paraphrase you when the news teams leave the site it goes much further than that and that was from a person who's experienced that it was very important to hear and be reminded of so thank you sir afterwards i attended a courthouse event that was faith-based and i must can really just compliment the folks out there for the amount of youth that they incorporated madam mayor please the amount of youth that they incorporated into the programs it's definitely a lesson that they can can share with us how to involve the youth into the civic process i definitely said they have a strategy book which i'm definitely paying attention to i did attend a soups meeting last week in regards to hazard pay for agricultural workers and i bring this up on this platform just because it affects all of us here in sonoma county and i do want to commend both supervisor coursing and supervisor goren for understanding the the difference between right and wrong so definitely um kudos to both of those individuals i did attend ram's school and checked out their brand new gym as well as took a tour of their campus i'm happy to see the amount of technology that's being implemented into our schools in the southwest area i was i was very happy to see all the technology that i wish i had when i attended the schools there and uh lastly i did also attend the first of i believe chief cregan for the first of five weeks the the program that was being held at the boys and girls club and the the the initiative there was to incorporate the community so so they can both have the interaction build relationships and see what the daily operations are of our centers of police department so i'm i'm happy to see that the boys and girls club is now being used as that hub that's been so sought after in our community where the community can can build the relationships not only with our centers of police department for other branches of our of our government and also in in in the in the situation that where an emergency might arise so we do have the library now and we also have the boys and girls club which i'm very happy to to recognize thank you thank you any other reports from council members okay seeing none um on 9 14 the long term financial policy and audit committee met we were able to review our revenues specifically our tax revenue and how it's been affected over the years also on 9 14 um i was able to attend the lime foundation gala and i must say i go to something like every weekend so sonoma county has the most nonprofits ever but i think it is great because we are giving back to back to our community so i was able to participate in clean santa rosa and we were on sabastopol road and i made a note to know when i crossed over stony point that i was going into mr alvarez's district and i picked up quite a lot of trash so i just want to let you know that i was out there picking up trash in your district so next time i hope we can see you out there and and i hope we can get more participants uh from the community i was able to meet with uh s rpd detectives and um as some of you know because of my reports i've been trying to go to all of the departments and meet the staff that we have um in our city because they do such a wonderful job but they allowed me to ask questions um and really to get to know the units that they work in um and what exactly they do and i was able to thank them for their service to the community and extend my gratitude and appreciation to their families for supporting them for doing such a hard job um this group of detectives deals with everything that the rest of the community does not want to think about or address until it happens to our family members or someone that we know um so i was very thankful for the the job that they do and i wanted to to pass that on to them um i too attended the league of california city's annual conference in sacramento and i was elected as the second vice president for the league of california's uh city's north bay division so did want to report that and i'm not sure anyone reported the annual housing champion celebration at me telltale food park which was uh fun and it was exciting and we do have some champions in the community um so we wanted to celebrate them and thank you to gen h for putting that on and allowing us to celebrate um i attended the 14th annual south park day and night festival honoring uh the late fence harper which was great and had a lot of resources for the community and a lot of fun um 923 i attended the chops team club fall gala so that was a lot of fun because i've been on a lot and i won so i like to win um and lastly on 924 this is our city um it was a movement of generosity in our city um they had live music food trucks and family fun and this is the event that i believe well they were both talking about it but when you said there was a lot of youth there yes there was definitely a lot of youth there the event was a collaborative effort um but it was organized by new vintage church so just wanted to thank them for getting everyone out into the square and having a fun time and there were people there that had no faith people there of all faiths but we were out there having a good time and congregating together so that was great um and i wanted to announce the town hall that we have coming up on october 11th um at 6 p.m the spring lake middle school so i hope everyone um in the community is going to be able to come and um participate in the town halls and we will continue to have them around the city so with that being said madam city clerk can you please facilitate public comment we are now taking public comment on item 10 if you are in the council chamber and would like to comment please make your way to the podium if you are participating via zoom please raise your hand or dial star nine you will have two minutes and a timer will alert at the end of the period if you would like to provide your name please do so before stating your comment we do have one speaker in chamber sir please go ahead when you're ready are you wishing to speak at the podium sir no thank you we have no colors uh via zoom thank you we will now move on to approval of minutes we have one set of minutes september 12th 2023 council are there any corrections to the minutes seeing none madam city clerk can you please facilitate public comment on item 11.1 we are now taking public comment on item 11.1 if you are in the council chamber would like to comment please make your way to the podium if you are on zoom please raise your hand or dial star nine you will have two minutes and a timer will alert you at the end of the period i'm seeing no comments in chamber and no public comment via zoom thank you we will adopt item 11.1 as presented moving on to our consent items madam city clerk can you please read the consent items item 12.1 is a resolution professional services agreement approval data instincts public outreach communications and community engagement services 12.2 is a motion work order number a 010139-216-29 approval coffee park and fountain grove neighborhood road disaster recovery construction management and inspection services 12.3 is a resolution appropriation of cdbg-dr grant funds and contract award coffee park and fountain grove neighborhood road disaster recovery 12.4 is a resolution authorization to execute joint standard agreements for the affordable housing and sustainable communities a hsc program and a separate implementation and mutual indemnity agreement for the roseland village housing project 12.5 is a resolution re-adoption of city of santa rosa policy 200-20 and policy 200-21 regarding the provision of priority water and sewer service to residential developments with affordable housing units 12.6 is a resolution approval of blanket purchase order with bmi imaging systems incorporated for microfiche conversion services of planning and economic development department records 12.7 is a resolution approving a professional services agreement with quadriga landscape architecture and planning to provide landscape architectural design and engineering services to prepare design and construction documents for kawana springs community park in amount not to exceed 603,763.60 12.8 is a resolution extension of proclamation of local homeless emergency thank you bringing it back to council are there any questions council member rogers thank you mary i have a couple of questions about item 12.1 i'm not quite sure who to actually address them towards good evening madam mayor my name is james jensen i'm the deputy director of engineering services for transportation and public works great thank you so much my main question about this is how this position would this contract would interface with future communications and community engagement positions especially i know it's an 18 month position but 260 let's see 236,000 when we just eliminated a position that was i think less than that all included in terms of benefits and whatnot so my question is really i guess between the two of you wouldn't we be better served to actually hire the position we eliminated than to bring on a contract position it's a it's a good question in terms of this particular contract it's an on-demand need the reason that we're using this service in this instance is the depth and breadth of the project it's a large-scale project covers a lot of ground and it's a fire recovery project and we're really looking to go the extra mile on being proactive with public engagement it's not a service we would typically use at this level for for every project so it's hard to say that we would have that that consistent need for all projects that would justify keeping a full-time staff on board and i do understand i i love mark i think mark does great work and worked with him when he was on the council up in winsor just wanted to flag this it also says in the fiscal analysis that it doesn't impact the general fund and i was hoping the city manager could kind of explain how or why or whomever assistant city manager not you want to talk about the funding yeah thank you councilmember jason nut assistant city manager this particular project is being funded by a series of of grant funds and allocations made by the city council in prior project years for example the community development block grant mitigation and infrastructure funds that's the lion's share of the work of the funding that's going in but we've also identified gas tax funds funds that were from the pg&e settlement have gone into this particular project and so all of those components are being used to fund the three specific actions we're asking council to take tonight but no general fund specifically described as general fund reserve is being used pg&e settlement fund is a component of the general fund but was identified during the 2021 budget year as separate and delegated in a specific manner with this project being one of those in an amount about four million dollars so for the grant funding in particular is that flexible funding that we could use some other way in our recovery or is it prescribed specifically for community engagement so we worked very closely with the state department of housing community development on what constituted an infrastructure project that would qualify to use the cdbg infrastructure funds and while there is a there is breadth in the description this was the project that most closely fit our need and the scope that they were looking to fill with the funds you're asking if that funding source could go to other projects and and what i'm saying is we spent three years working with housing community development this project was the best and most close fit to what they were looking to fund in our recovery effort we did look at other projects there are other projects identified through the process that are receiving cdb gr funds but when it comes to the infrastructure component this was where our largest hole was in order to recover our community from the 2017 tubs fire okay what's the hourly rate for the contract because i know that this is a not to exceed that it sounds like it's based on whatever our need is over the next couple of years for 18 months for the project what's the hourly rate for the consultant yeah the average hourly rate was about $170 an hour okay i'm fine with moving forward and approving it but would like city leadership to take a look at whether or not there's a way for us to supplement with what i would assume is cheaper city staff to do some of this outreach and engagement work that we have a department for um particularly given our tight budgets that we're expecting next year and and council member i'll say over the last four months we've been coordinating with uh the communication and intergovernmental relations team on this issue they did identify that they didn't have capacity to take on this large of a project and we worked collaboratively in order to go out and solicit for this particular uh service um there will be tight coordination between the contractor and our internal team not only from the standpoint of consistency of communication but yes if there is something that we can do that we don't have to utilize the consultant with we will okay and last question is there any urgency to us approving the contract tonight we'd certainly like to get this project rolling i think the community has been very eager to see us get new pavement on the ground and the communities that were affected especially considering the counting came in two years ago and completed their project from the standpoint of the communications work um we think it's better to be at the beginning early on so that we can start the communication before the contractor actually rolls into the community with 33 miles worth of road being reconstructed well being resurfaced it's it's a sizable impact to each of the communities that will be affected no i absolutely i don't want to come across like i'm not supportive of the project projects long overdue it's the 170 an hour to have somebody do community engagement for us that i have heartburn with but i appreciate it thank you councilmember rogers you're gonna leave that one on you're not pulling it you're fine i'm fine and i can follow up with the city manager and assistant city manager i think having the contract approved as a not to exceed but then talking about how we keep constraints on the contract so that we get the best bang for our buck in utilizing our existing staff i'm fine with it as supplemental for sure um but we definitely want to make sure that we're keeping an eye on it looks like your point is well taken by staff thank you um are there any other comments councilmember roger yeah on the same subject um might it be useful to go into more detail on what kind of outreach that might be um that would exceed the capacity of our um our team's ability um i i'd suspect since we're talking thousands of homes being uh told they can't park on their streets and and whatnot that that would be fairly intense i'll hand it over to our project manager flea shong hi my name is flea shong i am the assistant manager for this project and the capital projects team um so the services that data instincts will be providing is that they'll be providing media for two community meetings to inform the public um there you will be preparing notification letters and door hangers um and they will be creating and maintaining a project dedicated website and establishing a and maintaining a hotline for residents to call in with questions and concerns and they'll be providing translation services and providing digital outreach notification thank you are there any additional questions from council regarding the consent items all right seeing none we will now go to public comment madam city clerk we are now taking public comment on item 12 or if you are in the council chamber and would like to comment please make your way to the podium if you are participating via zoom please raise your hand or dial star nine you will have two minutes and a timer will alert at the end of the period if you would like to provide your name please do so before starting your comment okay our first speaker go ahead when you're ready yes you at at the podium okay 170 something dollars an hour that's an excellent point council member a tight budget roads falling apart parks look like they've been abandoned and you're going to bring someone on part time for 170 something dollars an hour i don't think you're meeting your fiduciary responsibility a word i've always wanted to use by the way your fiduciary responsibility to tax payers of this city now this is a mindset of the bureaucracy that i've seen it's not our money it's federal money state money settlement money it's free money ain't no such a thing it's free money and that makes a very good point and whether you call it the general fund or this special fund or that fund or whatever fund it's all our money and this person is worth 170 something dollars when the problems we have in this city i think you're making a big mistake here a big mistake an expensive mistake thank you we have no additional speakers in chamber and we have no speakers on zoom thank you vice mayor mcdonnell would you like to make a motion thank you mayor i'd like to move items 12.1 through 12.8 second motion made by vice mayor mcdonnell and seconded by councilmember o'crapkey madam city clerk may you please call the vote councilmember staff hi councilmember rogers hi councilmember o'crapkey hi councilmember fleming hi councilmember alvarez hi vice mayor mcdonnell hi mayor rogers hi that motion passes with seven affirmative votes thank you moving on to item 14.1 graffiti abatement pilot program madam city manager item 14.1 is a report graffiti abatement pilot program if the team could introduce themselves for the record please thank you lou kirk assistant chief building official jessie oswald chief building official and gay bosburn interim director of planning and economic development and please bear with us for a second until we get the presentation up give me one second gentlemen all right good evening mayor vice mayor and members of the council um actually very excited to be here today to present this program and i'll just give a few of those elements that i'm excited about before i handed it over to mr. kirk to dive into the presentation when we talk about private property graffiti abatement and really what it means to do that i think it really speaks to the mission vision and values of our code enforcement team it's very easy to get caught up into the enforcement side of code enforcement in the punitive side and code enforcement but there really is a very significant education partnering collaboration component and we really look for voluntary compliance and this program speaks to that so it's really grounded in that concept the second element is it's an area where we have identified a gap in our service delivery and we're looking at creative ways on how we can close that and we're presenting a pilot program today which is we're going to try it we're going to navigate through that we're going to better understand the community's needs and we're going to adjust so what you'll hear today is as many of the foundational elements that we've been talking about but the phase one in this process is to really understand the needs of the community understand that universe and then understand a strategy for how we respond to that so there is going to be some ebb and flow to the program and if we're properly responding to the community what we start with may very well be where we don't end because of the challenge of being able to adjust to their needs so i just wanted to lay that framework we'll do our best to answer questions but there will be a lot of just attempting to approve the program long term and what we start with may not necessarily be where we end because it's really adjusting to the needs of the community so with that said i will hand it over to mr curt and he will dive into the program thank you game good evening mayor rogers vice mayor mcdonnell and members of the city council staff is here tonight to present a proposal for the establishment of an 18 month graffiti event pilot program excuse me there we go there we are thank you this program recognizing the realities of limited funding sources aims to address several key objectives these include the generation of visible reductions in graffiti prevalence restoration of aesthetic appeal and fostering of community pride as a proof of concept this program would rely upon limited term staffing and interdepartmental support to lay a strategic foundation for the long-term goals to address graffiti abatement for both public and private properties thereby also establishing the infrastructure for upwardly scalable future program this initiative would seek to contribute to the city's economic health to create safer communities to support development and to enhance the vitality and resiliency of the city of santa rosa these benefits align closely with council goals and priorities representing a proactive approach to graffiti control before diving into the specifics of staff's proposal i would like to take a moment to supply some context over the years our city has implemented various initiatives and programs to combat graffiti notably in 2003 ordinance 3601 restricted the possession and sale of graffiti tools while in 2005 ordinance 3270 3729 excuse me strengthened debatement efforts emphasized the importance of prompt removal and introduced other additional provisions including parental responsibility for minors involved in graffiti and penalties for offenders in 2007 a grant program enabled the creation of a civilian graffiti coordinator position within the police department this grant funded program ran through 2014 in 2019 graffiti abatement duties fully shifted to the city's code enforcement program and was absorbed into its complaint-based general enforcement caseload in recent years code enforcement has seen an increase in graffiti vandalism and its impact to the city's aesthetic appeal and community pride turning to staff's analysis of the structure and components of the proposed graffiti abatement pilot program the overall concept is to establish two core positions supported by an interdepartmental team comprised of additional key personnel the first of the two core positions proposed is a full-time equivalent limited term housing the community services slash code enforcement technician this position will play a crucial role in communicating and enforcing anti-graffiti regulations ensuring swift removal of graffiti through their field presence the second position is a halftime limited term community outreach specialist this role will complement the efforts of the hcs technician by focusing on community engagement needs assessments and the mobilization of resources for graffiti prevention the goals of the proposed program include an acknowledgement of the potential for disproportional impacts within certain segments of the community in recognition of this staff will seek to maintain an awareness of and a sensitivity to the capacity of individuals to self abate graffiti that is found upon their properties we aim to raise awareness of the harms created by law and graffiti to remain and to emphasize education to prevent its spread by fostering an interdepartmental team environment we will strengthen our ability to address this issue we also seek to explore alternatives to enforcement through the efficient utilization of available community resources creating a cleaner more vibrant community within our city through a variety of well considered and consistent approaches in terms of the fiscal impacts of this proposal staff is requesting a one-time funding appropriation of two hundred and eighty five thousand two hundred dollars this includes two hundred and seventy one thousand one hundred and sixty eight dollars in direct staffing costs and fourteen thousand and thirty two dollars in incidental material costs importantly there will be no direct fiscal impact on the general fund it is important to note however that the program will automatically sunset in the absence of sustained funding after 18 months to move forward with this program we require council approval for this funding appropriation once approved our next steps would include solidifying the program framework and refining the composition of the interdepartmental support team we would also initiate the hiring process for key positions upon filling the position staff would commence outreach and engagement activities with the community and conduct regular progress reporting and evaluations in conclusion we recommend authorizing the city manager to appropriate two hundred and eighty five thousand two hundred dollars from contingency funding sources to establish an eighteen month graffiti abatement pilot program this program will include the hiring of one full-time limited term code enforcement technician and one half-time limited term community outreach specialist by taking this proactive step we can work towards a cleaner more attractive city while involving the community and addressing graffiti related challenges in a strategic and sustainable manner thank you for your time and consideration of this proposal we believe that this program will not only make a significant difference in graffiti reduction but also contribute to the overall well-being and pride of our community staff stands ready to answer any questions you may have at this time thank you thank you for that presentation looking at council members any questions vice mayor mcdonnell they're pretty easy question for you can you tell me how the public would contact you if they saw graffiti or how the system works is there a number that they contact or an email they would be able to use our existing infrastructure for turning in complaints to code enforcement and we would put out as part of our initial outreach additional information reinforcing that that would be the number and email to use so that they would be able to get to us and we wouldn't need to create any new technologies to have them get in touch with us so they contact code enforcement yes okay thank you council member okraki yes two quick questions first would this program include properties that run along the smart tracks that tend to be extremely susceptible to graffiti and are also the first impression many people who are taking the smart train see of our beautiful city they would include those properties and i'll add that those particular properties pose a unique challenge for us one that we're working on currently i've been in communication with representatives from smart they are reluctant to have just anybody enter onto their right of way for purposes of removing graffiti and they have a process an application process for the public that in my mind is expensive for the average homeowner to engage in it's almost as if they're being doubly penalized first they get graffiti on their fence and then they have to pay for a permit to go on to the right of way to repair their own fence so we're looking at options there i don't have a clean answer yet as to how that's going to play out but we're definitely going to find a way to address those areas thank you i appreciate that continue definitely continue working on that and try to find a solution because that's something i think i can all of us have would have a concern about since that's a large first impression my second question is what kind of i appreciate the the rapid response uh note in here however what kind of interdepartmental communication would there be between you and if i can interrupt chief cregan up there for a second uh in terms of i mean i think we've all heard in terms of the the graffiti when it comes to gangs and crime to kind of tell a story is there going to be some interdepartmental discussion so that that's not removed too quickly before the police can respond it's it's absolutely going to be an interconnected effort i've i've been in touch with the chief and others at the police department and other members of staff throughout the city and everyone is very excited to contribute to this program and support it in terms of rapid removal you're absolutely right it's it's critical uh the idea behind successful graffiti abatement is to uh remove it as quickly as possible take away the benefit of it being there for a period of time and having it be seen uh so with response to that again this being a pilot program we have so many opportunities to create something that's very specifically tailored to this city uh and i imagine one of the scenarios might be that when we're out taking photographs of the graffiti we're sharing those with the police department so that they can keep track of those monikers through their own system and and find a way to perhaps find the person responsible for it as a separate enforcement issue they could handle the criminal aspects of the graffiti being placed there while the rest of the team is working on the rapid removal i appreciate that yeah definitely uh keep a uh an open source of communication between the two departments i think that'd be huge if i may uh add to the conversation just to expand on the efforts uh i was not being rude earlier when i turned my back to the council i was speaking with chief cregan earlier about this very specifically uh he had the the delight in educating me back in 2018 or 19 about the former graffiti program that was very robust and it contained all of the elements that you're probably envisioning not just with the collaboration between police and or other agencies say code enforcement there are numerous other agencies that we've met with already and we really strive to mirror and and certainly improve on that program that was very successful back through through that period uh i was i was uh well educated i spent a good hour and a half or more with chief cregan on that matter a few years ago prior to him being the chief and he he really had a lot to say about it is very intimate with it and and i really want to take take the opportunity and learn from what personnel in the department still have we actually still have contact with the original manager of that program who is willing to speak with our team on how they did that and did it so well along with the collaboration and connection with so many of the other departments and divisions within the city including gang violence violence gang task force violence prevention public works so many in in our our partners in the community as far as the uh the uh um not-for-profit agencies that are also really very willing uh as the mayor so well pointed out earlier to to do uh work in the community so there's a lot of ideas out there that we hope to really leverage and and again i'm going to echo what my uh my boss said earlier super excited about this program because i want to give us the opportunity to prove it out and show how successful it can be with with this effort moving forward so thank you yeah and if i may add to that because i think it's an incredibly important point and i think it gives some framework to the policy you have to understand the difference between what would constitute typical street art and what has a violence prevention component to it right so there's an understanding about it and then there's two different paths potentially to the resolution and i think as jesse mentioned we have to be in lockstep with other departments on what that looks like so really from an educational standpoint um what we're really looking at is a singular point of contact that can assist people in the resolution um and what i want to be incredibly sensitive to is obviously we have a lot of people in the community that are just dealing with this and they're not letting us know and they're getting frustrated by it so there's that outreach component and then that's there's that singular point of contact that can get in touch with other departments and if it's on private property we handle it if it's in the public right of way we have resources for that um so this will help be that singular point of contact to help and to guide people through the resolution any additional sorry i do have a list councilmember alberus thank you madam mayor understanding this pilot program give us an idea of your determination or how do you determine if somebody's able to pay for the fines if it goes to that point or if you understand that that homeowner is unable to do so do you have an idea of what what the metrics were absolutely well we're going to be responding to the property first of all and we're going to talk to them we're going to find out what their story is and that's that's something that code enforcement does in every case we we get to know the people that are involved we find out how we can best help them uh and if people are able to take care of this that's fine if they can't that's where the community outreach component is going to come in um while the while the technician is out in the field documenting graffiti and making field contacts and enforcing where necessary the community outreach specialist again supported by our interdepartmental team is going to be looking uh to our big box uh hardware stores our service organizations other community groups that are willing and waiting in many cases to help the city and they just need some direction and we're going to we're going to go out and beat the bushes and find those organizations and individuals and and sponsors and and be able to bring resources to people that just can't take care of it themselves uh and again we don't want to penalize them twice they've they've already been penalized by having graffiti we're not going to issue a citation on top of that we're going to find a way to help them uh now on the other hand if people can take care of it and just don't want to we have the enforcement component available and just i believe this might have been on the tip of your tongue social justice and i'm sure it's one of the things that you might have uh had a conversation about i know that the original director was very heavy on the social advocacy program and i'm wondering if that conversation has been had in regards to uh the implementation of of this current program councilmember absolutely and that that's a key component of the underlying uh foundational element to this that we have talked about from from day one it this this opportunity was presented to me early on in our city manager's tenure here it wasn't presented to me it was just a we need ideas to help the community and this is one of those things that i i knew existed out there that we were just unable to really drive towards and our team the code enforcement team uh they are very in tune with the community and those especially the areas that have more of the the problems so to speak and the people that are in those communities so that's why again i'm confident and excited about this to just give our team a chance to shine at doing that type of work for social justice for the betterment of the community overall so thank you for the question no i see it on your face i i can see like the great the great asset that it is to the community taking a negative and turning it into a positive and i do appreciate that that i see that being the direction um my last question how are we going to collaborate with the blue shirts that i see removing graffiti downtown is going to be a joint effort um and what does what does that mean for not only downtown san rosa but let's say another economic powerhouse such as rosalind uh how how can we work together i love this i love this yes we're we're we have great ideas and i i would love for the team to share and i think that's an incredibly important point it really is the concept that i know gets overused but it takes a village um right and and the more we can identify resources and the more we can partner with the community whether there are there are eyes and ears on the ground whether we workshop this with them and we come up with ideas together um i don't think any ideas off the table which is really what has us so excited about this program um because it it does have really constraints with the funding right we're looking at a pilot concept we're going to be looking at how we really scale this in the future and what does it really look like um and it may very well be if we we have that singular point of contact that singular point of contact is engaging with a variety of different community groups a variety of different organized groups to propose concepts into workshop ideas so i think that's incredibly important to this success of this program and thank you for bringing that up because i think it's a very critical point but i would love to hear from the team because i know they have great ideas as well i was going to say exactly what he just said i'll just add to it again i'll refer to my brief conversation with the chief earlier um being not uh maybe appropriate we have when chief and i have conversations about issues and and how to address them we we have very similar thoughts and we're typically very aligned on what that means for the community or the instance but also on how to execute it in the appropriate manner that supports our community um the best i could do at the moment was give him a pat on the back and say watch this we're going to do really great things if we'd have been in his office reminded i probably would have hugged him famous famous last words watch this right no but we have the right people for the for the for the for the jobs and i appreciate that for that that the whole staff and team is putting into it thank you councilmember rogers i just want to thank you guys for your work on the the program uh as the city manager is painfully aware uh i like using graffiti cleanup as a tool for organizing our neighborhoods and i hear in particular from downtown folks west end folks along the greenway when they have substantial graffiti uh one of the shortcomings that i see and i'd like to make sure that we address is uh have the resources accessible to community groups or council members to really go out there and organize people to do some of the work and uh there seems to be a constant sticking point about the issue of public space versus private space and in particular what i see when i go out there and we had on west ninth a couple of weeks ago not only did somebody tag the fence line but they were tagging the actual houses and we put in uh we had staff go out there on thursday friday it was public spaces so that they didn't take care of it monday came around and over the course of the weekend everything had been tagged even more whereas if we had just had something in place to help people perhaps that could have been avoided so i'd like to see a component and oftentimes we're talking about the back of somebody's fence especially right there on west ninth they don't see it as their property they see it as the part of the fence that abuts the public spaces right and so i'd like to see in this program uh a way for us to address those issues as well that it's even if it's graffiti in a public space but it is abutting the public space actually private space but abutting the public space we provide resources and we provide help and i understand the equity concerns about some people could potentially pay for it some people couldn't i'd say if your fence uh the back of your fence is in a public area and you don't address it will help you address it it just might not be the same color paint right but i want to make sure we get that covered sooner rather than later so that we don't get more tagging and in this case it was uh three separate times that gangs were tagging over gang symbols no you're you're right on point with that i think there will definitely be a grassroots component to this and again we've got the opportunity to tailor this so i'm listening to everything that's said tonight and this will go into the mix as you're aware tpw already removes a great deal of graffiti from public property and again that'll be part of this collaboration is you know when we see something on private property there's an adjacent public component we can let them know they can reciprocate and we're going to have that communication and again that's centralized effort to allow us to respond quickly and i think we're talking about the same thing i think i think so and i just want to make sure that we're developing this in a way where we're partners with folks and i know a lot of folks get disenchanted because they did take care of it and then it came back and they took care of it again and it came back i want them to not feel like they're fighting the problem on their own potential property by themselves but actually part of a team that is trying to lift up the entire community and that is our goal as well absolutely great thank you vice mayor mcdonnell i just wanted to say a couple things chris really did most of it and so did eddie as far as making sure that this is not just a public it's also private property and how we're going to collaborate and i want to say thanks to the current team that takes care of all of our public property i know they are really good about getting right out and making sure that the graffiti abatement is taken care of within the city so i'm happy to see that this is extending onto the private property as well i still want to go back to my original comment i'd like to make it easier for folks to get a hold of us when there is a problem and i'm not sure that it's natural for people to go i should contact code enforcement for this so i don't know if there's a way that we could put it on our website or through communications of how to contact somebody because i would say that that's just not what i would normally have thought of to contact anyone and maybe already have that in place i think we're certainly able to do that we uh we did that for short term rentals we put it on the website we created a hotline number i'm sure we have the ability to do that and um that's definitely something we'll we'll deeply consider as part of our formation of this program and i think i'm sorry i think i could take that probably a step further and commit to that um i think we have my center as a app we have a few different ways where we can engage the community but i think some general concepts of spinning up a dedicated website spinning up a dedicated email address um those are really simple things on our end that mean a lot to the community um so i can commit to that today um we'll build that out with time but i think that's great feedback as well and and we will include that in our initial phases thank you so much all right any additional questions seeing none madame city clerk can you please facilitate public comment madame city attorney madame city clerk we are now taking public comment on item 14.1 if you are in the council chamber and would like to comment please make your way to the podium if you are participating via zoom please raise your hand or dial star nine you will have two minutes and a timer will alert at the end of that period if you would like to provide your name please do so before starting your comment seeing no speakers in chamber we do have one zoom speaker please go ahead when you're ready hi council i have a comment on the graffiti but just real quick did we skip public on agenda items and entirely agenda number 13 we'll go back to that item okay thank you um yeah i just wanted to mention you know i think we should take a hard line approach on the graffiti i think we need to be contacting all the paint vendors you know home depot all the small paint stores etc and like i said just take a hard line approach and just ban all mexicans from being able to purchase we have no additional comments on zoom with no additional public comment uh and seeing no additional questions or comments from the council council member albarez can you please make a motion thank you madam mayor this mexican with great honor would like to present this resolution of the council the city of san rosa accepting and appropriating 285 200 from the sonoma county landfill settlement agreement funds to establish an 18th month graffiti abatement pilot program and amending the city classification and salary plan to add one full-time limited term housing and community services co-enforcement technician and a half time limited term community outreach specialist for a period of 18 months in the planning and economic development department and way further reading of the text second we have a motion made by council member alvarez seconded by council member rogers and is there any additional questions or comments saying none madam city clerk may you please call the vote council member staff i council member rogers i council member okrepke i council member fleming yes council member alvarez see vice mayor mcdonald i mayor rogers yes the motion passes with seven affirmative votes all right thank you it is now after five o'clock so we're going to go back up to item 13 public comment on non-agenda matters madam city clerk we're now taking public comment on item 13 non-agenda matters this is the 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 were in the chamber and would like to comment please make your way to the podium if you are participating via zoom please raise your hand or dial star nine you will have two minutes and a timer will alert at the end of that period if you would like to provide your name please do so before starting your comment if we have more than 12 public comments on item 13 the remaining speakers will be afforded an opportunity to speak on item 17 non-agenda matters if yeah you can line up at each podium i'll start um i'll start with this one over here on the right you're being unmuted all right right all right all right okay thank you yes got it good afternoon mayor rogers city manager smith and council members i'm joanne jones with the country home mobile home park we really appreciate all that you have done for us and it was a step in the right direction to protect the affordability of senior manufactured homes but we can't stop now and we need your help more than ever senior housing zoning overlays are an urgent matter for santa rosa petaluma and katati actually across the country park residents are finding their homes at the center of a bullseye when large investment companies come in to buy up the parks the owners will apply anywhere from 50 to 100 percent rent increase and at the same time make new rules by imposing the cost of extensive alterations to their porches awnings or driveways making it pretty much impossible for the residents to keep up if they're not able to comply with the new requirements they're issued an eviction notice were forced to leave their homes actually this happened at the brookwood in santa rosa over a driveway compliance issue several months ago the resident was served a seven-day eviction notice i saw it actually for insisting that the owner fix the park driveway which belonged to the owner the intent is to force the seniors out so that the park can then be turned into an all-age park and increase the rents so we are asking you to start the process for the senior parks under rent control to be designated as senior housing by using zoning overlays to protect their designations from being changed to all-age parks the carriage court is in the process of doing this now so please put this on your agenda as an urgent matter thank you so much okay speaker at the next podium go ahead please oh hi my name is sydney cox i'm director of the emf safety network and safe tech for santa rosa there are some dangerous bills in both the state legislature and the federal congress the in the state there are ab 965 and ab 1065 ab 965 allows telecom to batch applications above the 50 or more for a city the size of santa rosa ab 1065 um a bit of background there are billions of dollars authorized by the feds and the state to lay fiber networks along public right-of-way it's called the middle mile but now wireless companies want those free dollars to build out their networks which is is not nearly as robust as the wire fibered connections and it uses up to 10 times more energy than fiber 1065 ab 1065 allows wireless companies to compete for those dollars that are supposed to be for wired connections and this further perpetuates the digital divide we're asking new some to veto they've already passed all the hoops and now they um now they're on the governor's desk for a possible veto but there's another very important bill that must be opposed and that's the federal bill hr 3557 i believe you've all gotten this stop big government takeover wireless deployment postcard that we've sent out and also there's a new double-sided handout called the fatal constitutional flaws in hr 3557 hr 3557 is really really bad i'm also providing a letter on the subject it will basically make all telecom ordinances meaningless the most important thing we are recommending for santa rosa to do is to harden their zoning laws now they're building codes the fire codes the electric codes and even the aesthetics thank you yes next speaker please go ahead my name is tom lapena i'm the president of the santa rosa manufactured homeowners association to add to what joanne said the petaluma council will be voting next week on senior overlay zoning to protect their senior parks the votes are scheduled for october 2nd and october 16th i'm asking you to help my members and all the residents living in rent control parks two issues continue to have my membership living in fear the parks we live in are the last affordable housing for seniors and Hispanics in our city number one i'm asking you to once again to please direct city staff as soon as possible to start the process to create overlay zoning for the 12 parks that are designated senior parks in santa rosa number two please remove from the rent control ordinance the in-place transfer petaluma has none in their ordinance this is just another phrase for a rent increase or consider lowering to four percent the the current 10 cap to match the four percent cap or please work with me to find a lower rate more acceptable than the current 10 percent in place transfer amount which will eventually make the rents unaffordable and destroy affordable housing in our city let's work together to keep santa rosa's rent control parks affordable we started this journey together a few years ago and i have always said that i trusted this council to do the right thing and i know you will again thank you we have no additional speaker speakers in chamber and no speakers on zoom thank you we will now close public comment and go back to 14.2 madam city manager item 14.2 is a report approved refuse rate increase effective january the first 2024 set by recology as consistent with solid waste collection services agreement and authorized city manager to negotiate and approve a fifth amendment to the collection service agreement between the city of santa rosa and recology santa rosa yes and recology all right good afternoon council members jason nut assistant city manager with joey henowitz's departure the work relating to solid waste has somewhat become part of my more active work in the portfolio and i'm just thankful that we have really great consultants to come in and provide us with more detailed information along the way so today i'm excited to be able to introduce jim howison and kerry baxter from the r3 consulting group they have been working at our request to produce a detailed rate review study and they're going to walk through that i also want to let you know that recology staff is in the room and they are also available to respond to questions and i'd like to take the opportunity to introduce our new assigned senior general manager logan harvey from recology who is in the room as well should we have any questions more directly related to the services being provided by recology that are associated with the detailed rate review we're going to cover so with that i'm going to pass it over to kerry and jim and they will go through the presentation good evening mayor and council members and thank you jason again my name is kerry baxter with our three consulting group and we've done a detailed rate review and been working with the city for a number of years so we got quite a bit of background on on what's been going on with your solid waste and recycling services prior to recology joining signing a new agreement in january of 2018 you had rato services being providing those services and at that time the city had chose to go out to bid do a competitive procurement process with those new services came exclusive 15-year term with recology services new vehicles new collection containers all new equipment superior customer service in comparison to what was being provided previously new website new outreach and education materials and over the last five years now there have actually been five amendments that have taken place or sorry four amendments have taken place and one that we're presenting tonight for you um in the franchise agreement there are two ways to adjust the rate adjust rates for customers both options are available to be used one or the other the first option is on an annual basis the refuse rate index adjustment this is the standard adjustment that would take place and has taken place over the last five years this is based off of indices from bureau bureau labor of statistics as well as the changes in the disposal and processing fees and the second option is what is being presented tonight which was a detailed rate review so again this is the detailed rate review is taking place of that refuse rate adjustment where we look more closely at the actual operating costs and maintaining profit within the terms of the agreement and I'm going to pass it over to Jim because he did the the deep dive into those rates thank you okay thank you so the city staff requested on April 17th of this year to go in and do the detailed rate review uh in response recology submitted its application on June 12 2023 and this is where our three took over the actual analysis and the review of the application so what that actually entails is we actually do check the math make sure that the math is accurate but not only that we go line by line through the different revenue streams through the different expense lines we compare those numbers and the logic behind them to the franchise fee agreement to industry standards and we just do a thorough review to anything and our goal is to not only confirm the numbers to but to make sure that those numbers are reasonable and rational part of the other part of the detail rate review over the rri process is it allows the city and recology to reset the profitability of recology at 90% or that equates to approximately 11% profit so what happens is as there's more the point of me oh i'm sorry they have different sensitivities so as as time goes on and rates go up and costs change there's a possibility that the profitability changes as well and that differs from what's allowed in the contract so what is happening is the detail rate review allows that adjustment to come into place and we found that to be very beneficial in this case can i have the next slide slide please so the initial application that came in the request was for 7.46 percent total expenses within which included compensation vehicles depreciation things of that nature came in at 32 million dollars and based on the original application recology would have been allowed a profit of approximately 3.6 million dollars during the review of the actual numbers of financial analysis is is being conducted we proposed the following adjustments in which recology has agreed to so compensation was reduced from 14 million to 13.2 million dollars for an adjustment of 807 thousand dollars downward asset depreciation went from 3.75 million to 3.1 million and again that was an adjustment down up about 600 thousand dollars the profitability level dropped by 200 thousand and the overall total revenue based on the revised proposed adjustments went from 65 million to 63 million so what that does that equates that to a two million dollar annual savings for the businesses and the residents of san rosa now the adjustment drops down from 7.46 to the 4.33 which is actually the 4.33 is what's under consideration tonight so so one of the nature of what we do is we do a comparison of rates by local jurisdictions to kind of get an idea of where things lie and so based on our analysis the proposed 2024 residential rates and this is based against the 4.33 percent the 20 gallon carts uh the pricing for the 20 20 gallon cart for recology is approximately 51 51 percent higher than the overall county average uh 26 percent higher for the 32 gallon cart seven percent for the 65 gallon and then the final one is 11 percent for the 95 gallon cart we did a similar analysis for the commercial and multifamily customers and for one cubic yard bin the difference was 13 the two cubic yard bin was 20 percent three came in at 11 percent and the four came in at 17 percent so on this graph what i want you at first to focus on is if you go to the far right side the very last bar that you're looking at is the proposed rate for a 32 gallon cart the bar right next to that is the current rate that recology is currently charging and then all the rest of the bars to the left of that are the different agencies that came into play in the rate study so when we're talking averages sonoma katati petaluma those are the different agencies and communities that we compared if you look at the horizontal line at 29 and 50 cents that is the average but the average does not include santa rosa's numbers i just wanted to make sure there was a clarification on that so we did the exact same thing with a four cubic yard one time pickup again if you look to the far right side that's the santa rosa proposed at 817 dollars the current rate is 783 and then again the different jurisdictions and communities that we put within that survey and on average the average is 691 and 55 cents and again that is an average but does not include santa santa rosa's numbers and and so one of the things i want to highlight in there one is the information that jim just went through there is a detailed rate review memo that's attached that actually goes into far more detail as to how all of those numbers were arrived what was considered and incorporated into that data set but one of the pieces that that is important here is even though we're looking at the rates for each of these the services being provided the total combination of costs associated with each of those agencies is not necessarily the same for example we provide street sweeping services we provide large debris pickups we provide a number of things that other agencies actually aren't incorporating in their franchise agreement so i just wanted to make that clear is that there are other costs that we've incorporated into our service requirements that some of those others may not and that may be why you see the dramatic difference so this is our final slide there are two recommendations before the council one is to authorize the city manager manager to negotiate and execute amendment five to the solid waste collection service agreement between city and recology and the second is to approve the 4.33 percent increase set by recology to be effective january 1st 2024 it is not 2023 i apologize for that and okay and in accordance with the city's existing solid waste services agreement that ends our three's presentation in this area so thank you for your time and we are available answer questions and as i mentioned recology is also in the room if there are questions that are more suited to to them thank you for that presentation thank you for recology staff being present while we go over this looking to council to see if there are any questions or comments questions thank you madam mayor um so you mentioned in our services that we get um as part of our rates we get street sweeping services is that that's correct yes is there any sort of quality assurance or quality control or anything like that with the service that's provided yes there is actually recology and and i would invite them to come speak in more detail but recology does have a quality control component to it we do get regular updates from recology and the work that they do to be able to follow and track the service that's being provided and so it is it is a component of their program so the one that's giving feedback on their performance and the quality is the one that's performing the service that's correct now i will say we do receive feedback from the community we communicate with recology and recology's responsiveness has been good to date okay thank you if i could add there's also a requirement in the or a clause in the franchise agreement that allows the city to perform a performance review if there are ever any performance standards that are not being met to the city's expectations that could be reviewed and considered as well as i fall to that um assistant city manager not have we has the city done any sort of internal analysis to whether or not they wanted to go down that route uh not that i'm aware of and i'll say it in such a way that the conversation that i've had with joey to date we did start talking about doing a quality control and check we didn't have the discussion about that specific clause in the contract and so happy to consider that and work closely with recology and our internal staff to determine how we would proceed but we have been working with recology to update and improve the services that are providing with street sweeping including their online presence so that folks know exactly what day i'm based on feedback i've gotten from my district i'd like to see that conversation go a little bit further um internally before we actually do engage recology and go down the full length of that but i'd like internally for us to do a little bit of a have a conversation as to whether or not um we believe that the performance is up to snuff or that it needs to be checked very good thank you councilmember alvarez i do have to applaud the city of san rosa for introducing street sweepers into district one and they're greatly appreciated but i must also be reminded that just earlier today one of my fellow residents made the comment that she came to district one and found the amount of trash unacceptable and i'm hoping that that could be addressed and and moving forward that there is a way that we can use the metric systems to show not only ourselves but our community that we are keeping our streets and areas clean thank you since we're talking about street sleeping i think we have to move the vehicles because things just get pushed under the vehicles and i've seen street sweeping um but with no notice to residents and so it's really difficult to make sure that the streets are clear in order for the street sleeping to be effective um if there is no notice so i would like to see more notice and i know they're working on it but it's just not fast enough for me mayor if i could ask when you suggest notice um how how what what is an example of notice that that you're thinking of um like when i go to san francisco even though it's a pain they know that street sweeping on this day during this time like they prefer for you to move move your vehicle thank mayor let me ask you this question do you know what day your neighborhood streets are swept no i just okay and i only seen it once i i think this is an opportunity for us to have a conversation with recology i think each of you all know i have brought this up on several occasions um it's difficult one to implement a no parking or parking plan when the first thing our residents need to do is actually know when to sweep um i have actually conducted my own audit um and unfortunately somebody who's ran a collection service in a street sweeping department for over 10 years you know i kind of know what to look for when i walk into a city um i have noticed some of the street sweepers they don't go curve to curve um they go pretty fast i know exactly what time my street sweeper comes and i can tell you the piece of paper that i put out when he's supposed to be there does not get collected and um it's not a criticism but it's a quality of life issue for me um eddie will tell you when we walked his district i was very clear that there was not a street sweeper that came down that area i did talk to joey about it and i think a week later we did see um street sweepers so i don't want to put the onus at this time on our constituents because i think we have to do our due diligence to make certain that one the residents know exactly what day they're supposed to sweep and i think we do need to hold um our a vendor accountable you know how many hours are you streets are you sweeping how much collection are you picking up um how fast are the street sweepers going how often are you dumping i think those are questions that we probably need to put forward to um uh recology and and i'll say to that point there are specific criteria in the contract that to to the city manager's point that there is a speed limit there is a specific quality and and um methodology on how the streets we were supposed to impact and address the curb line the gutter pan and and all of that area so uh there is a methodology that's outlined very specifically one of the activities that recology did do recently and i and again to the city manager's point what had been a non-standard schedule uh historically is now a same day same same day of the month for every neighborhood listed on their website and so i think that is a a very positive step forward so that individuals can understand when their particular neighborhood is being swept and it will be the same time same day uh every month and and and that's a key um in addition i just wanted to point out that district seven in our neighborhoods we don't have a lot of parking to begin with um so to be mindful um of neighborhoods like that because people go to work at certain times so it's a more ideal time to um to do street sweeping and i don't know if you do the same both sides the same day i would think it's but i don't know where people are supposed to park i just know it's not effective the way that it is right now vice mayor mcdonnell i think you mentioned it earlier but i noticed in the staff report as well as a resolution it has as starting this effective january first 2023 is that should that be amended to be january first 2024 including in the resolution yes okay so when the resolution is on the floor i'd like to make that amendment it's already in there all right well he mentioned it but i think we have to change the resolution no the resolution has it correct the resolution says 2023 really okay council member rogers seeing no additional questions we'll now go to public comment we are now taking public comment on item 14.2 if you are in the council chamber and would like to comment please make your way to the podium if you are participating via zoom please raise your hand or dial star nine you will have two minutes and a timer will alert at the end of the period if you would like to provide your name please do so before starting your comment we have no speakers in council chamber and no speakers on zoom thank you any additional comments or questions from council members seeing none council member rogers can you please make a motion absolutely thank you mayor and i do want to call out one of our good friends and colleagues the former mayor of sonoma logan harvey not only is logan a former mayor but now working for ecology means he's my favorite has been that there is and with that i will introduce a resolution of the council of the city of san aroza approving a refuse rate increase of 4.33 percent effective january first 2024 set by recology as consistent with the solid waste collection services agreement and authorizing the city manager to negotiate and approve a fifth amendment to the solid waste collection services agreement between city of san aroza and recology sonoma marin dba recology san aroza and wait for the reading of the text i second motion made by council member rogers and seconded by council member alvarez madam city clerk can you please call the vote council member staff hi council member rogers hi council member okrepke hi council member fleming yes council member alvarez hi vice mayor mcdonald hi mayor rogers logan i am so sorry for my colleague i the motion passes with seven affirmative votes thank you we have no public hearings uh written communications are attached madam city clerk can you please conduct public comment on item 16 we are now taking public comment on item 16.1 if you are in the council chamber and would like to comment please make your way to the podium if you are participating via zoom please raise your hand or dial star nine you will have two minutes and a timer will alert at the end of that period seeing no speakers in council chamber and no speakers on zoom thank you we will now go to item 17 which is our final public comment on non-agenda matters for the evening madam city clerk can you please facilitate public comment we are now taking public comment on item 17 non-agenda matters this is the time when a new person may address the council on matters not listed on this agenda but which are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the council and if you are not able to speak under agenda item 13 if you are in the chamber would like to comment please make your way to the podium if you're participating via zoom please dial star nine or raise your hand i am seeing no speakers in the council chamber and we have no speakers via zoom seeing no additional items on our agenda i would like to go ahead and adjourn the meeting acknowledging that this month is hispanic heritage month and i hope everyone can find some festivities to get into thank you so much


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