nna have to pick a bad option Right. That's not something I can tell my daughter You can continue and wrap it up. Thank you Right There are bad options because all I've seen are bad options Right, but it doesn't mean you have to pick one on an arbitrary timeline Right. There's made up by the council. It doesn't have to happen on the timeline that's being suggested Right. There are industrial zones. Use them. Please and please city council I know that it's not just you but please represent me and represent the people that voted for you. Thank you, sir Next speaker, please Can you put on the overhead So this morning instead of going to work in my busy downtown shop I spent some time on google maps trying to explain my name is susan pappas and I happen to live at on salisbury drive my 10-foot fence which I built myself To get people from coming and jumping over my fence to play with my dogs during the day But's up to the soquel park and ride So that little yellow line that I have on your handout is my fence Their fence their fence and their fence that all have small children A surgery center a six complex with babies in it a daycare center and 30 houses 10 of which have children under 10 There is no road access other than to fall into The area of the green area um The only access that people have is to either run into the bushes or get on the freeway If they're trying to escape which has happened. How many times have we been on lockdown? We happen to have all of the we have private road. No road maintenance. No police service We call daily over all the um the um RVs that are parked on our street that are illegally parked there every day because there's no police activity to come and call them off and we have All kinds of reasons why we're in such a small neighborhood that doesn't get any support now To have them just because it's a convenient parking lot that is owned by the county Doesn't mean you could just drop and place people that need services that we don't even have now In our community.  Oh, okay johne Is a widow who lives next to me? Who lost her husband to a gunshot because The son and mother did not get services that are needed for mental health So the widow is on the street looking at the yellow line at the end That would be her house next to my house that is unsupported by any structure other than woods open woods that we call Weekly for encampments. She's worried about her house burning down She already lost her husband because of services that weren't available to county people We can't see this happen again. Our neighborhood is broken enough We will not Tolerate this in our neighborhood. Our neighborhood says no Thank you. Thank you next speaker, please Hello, my name is andy werner. I've uh lived in this neighborhood since 1973 I've seen a lot of changes Including the park and ride being built which is no longer used as a parking ride But a lot of people park there and if you just eliminate the parking Uh, that's going to create some problems One of the reasons uh it would is because the benican hospital, which is the biggest employer in the area Doesn't have enough parking for its people right now They're contracting with a graveyard to have actual parking light in the graveyard Oakwood cemetery for their personnel And I know they've been negotiating with the transit district to see if they might Purchase parking spaces or rent them in the parking ride But that aside, it's just a very bad location for it I personally have a wife who's disabled from a stroke I still work part-time and i'm not always around and she's kind of fearful She'd be totally helpless against somebody who would break in We already have uh transients coming there Some in some cases RVs and some cases they've actually cut the fence and Going down the bushes. I have called the sheriff many many times because of that reason And in other words, we're already impacted and this would be much more of an impact And i'm also wondering Okay, the people are here in in that location. Where are they going to go? They're miles away from any services that they would utilize Probably a couple miles from downtown santa Cruz if they choose to take the bus I don't think all of them will be on the shuttle Some of them will try to come by bike by bus and it's really a heck of a An intersection. I don't know if you guys probably live in a city of santa Cruz You know river street and uh in highway one This is actually more complex, but it it gets terrible gridlock at certain times of the day Cops aren't going to be able to get there ambulances aren't going to be able to get there Well, dominicans right there they they probably could walk him to the emergency room But it's just a place that offers nothing for these people They're going to have to go far away and they're going to try to come And it's a little bit difficult to find the entrance to the park and ride And I can foresee them walking through the neighborhood like people do even now And uh Again, I go with my neighbors totally against this and I hope the county will listen to thank you Can we get the next speaker, please Good afternoon council. My name is mike pappas co-owner of uh trial of connection better known as susan's husband Most of you probably saw my wonderful email this morning Uh, it was not meant in any disrespect whatsoever, but it was meant to be direct and that is usually how I deal with situations My backyard does back up to the park and ride When I said that the sheriff's probably answered her phone. Hello, mike. I wasn't joking I do call two three times a week andi and I are pretty much a sheriff's around town My last stop before I go into my driveway is to the park and ride I checked the changeling fence. You'll see the back boards have all been replaced I've been strengthened on what two by six is two by 12s metal studs They constantly come through they kick the boards out. They cut the fence. I'm picking up trash left and right Not the right location guys. I don't have your solution. I wish I did I don't know what to tell you on that part But we know that this is not the location for us Thank you. Thank you Next speaker, please Hi, my name is christina moreto and I am co-owner of a property that butts up against the poganib And this is a property where my son who is developmentally disabled is going to be living My concern about having an encampment in this area is number one There is only one way to get to it and it's a tiny little road That goes right up past our property Our fences are right up against it. So that you know, we're concerned with the vulnerable population You know being in danger, frankly and You know, I'm very sensitive to the homeless situation And understand that I think that there are a lot of like People who need places to stay and are willing to abide by the rules But that this encampment will actually draw other people who are doing, you know Who are going to be more involved in drugs and you'll be more violent So that really is a primary concern of ours and that there was a report that stated that there are no neighbors That go up against the poganib. Well, we're the neighbors. So there are people that live there Thank you. Next speaker, please Good afternoon. Thank you for having me. Kevin Herbst. I'm the managing director for shamanad resort in spa I'll pass on the redundancy here. You've heard it I've just I've always told my staff and people around me my children come with solutions So it's all been said already not a great location economic impact other impact to the area Thank you for your stewardship of the community. I'm the steward of a 200 acre parcel off of paul sweet I already deal with the program and the problems Call upon me for help in Finalizing this and whatever I can do for you and whatever shaman I can do for the community. Thank you. Appreciate that Next speaker, please Hello, my name is susan geype and I've been a resident of this county for 40 years And I'm here to deeply implore you not to consider pogo nip as what as the temporary location I've hiked there for 30 years in the last 20 years. I hiked there weekly And my main concern is fire danger last august a friend of mine and I were hiking in pogo nip And we saw smoke in the distance and we went over and there was a homeless camp It looked like it had been abandoned that morning and the fire had not been put out And it was going out into the grasses and small trees And it was really frightening and I called 911 and the fire department came But in my opinion pogo nip is a jewel and a treasure. It's a very sensitive ecological system And I've talked to the rangers over a number of years and they've done tons of work in trying to weed out Illegal homeless camps and we've seen huge bags black garbage bags of trash that are waiting to be hauled out And we've when we've come across the camps. There's been a lot of debris clothing metal bark pike bike parts And um, I just think it would be a tragedy to lose and compromise pogo nip because it's just such a beautiful ecological environment And I'm personally as a single woman. I hike with a friend there a lot, but I I don't feel safe hiking alone I've seen some of the people coming out of homeless camps that Really scare me and I've heard they go back there and do drugs and deal drugs and One guy had a big pit bull that totally frightened me So I I Agree with the gentleman who encouraged you to consider industrial parks industrial not parks, but industrial Properties for the camp and I have great sympathy for all the people who have neighborhoods Are in neighborhoods close to the park and ride And so anyway, I really ask you not to consider our jewel and our treasure of pogo nip. Thank you. Thank you Next speaker, please Afternoon, my name is Jessica and I live at 3 1 1 5 palsuit road Which is one of the three houses actually on palsuit on the park and ride side of the graveyard And it wasn't uh more than a handful of years ago that Before on the graveyard. There was no parking overnight signs. I believe the shaman odd was actually partially responsible for getting those No overnight parking before those signs were we basically had a homeless camp up and down that street RVs campers camper vans abandon vehicles All the time and they would encroach up into my house now for my job. I get home several nights a week after one in the morning There's no lighting on that street and when I would get out of my car. There were several times that I was approached by people It's terrifying My I do have security cameras, but they don't come on until you get to a certain amount So then I started Arming myself with two mace cans every time I get out of my car When those uh no overnight parking signs went up the problem a lot of it went away. It's not great, but it's Night and day to what it was before And i'm just terrified that i'm gonna have those problems again and be terrified to get out of my car when I get home from work Thank you. Thank you Are there any members of the public other than those that are standing that like to speak to the side? If you just stand to your left just so I know account sir, you can begin Hi, I'm Doug Wilson. I live on Salisbury And i'm totally opposed to having a camp you know area I've looked at the map and there are lots of areas Below um off club drive Out in the open about a mile from where the current um homeless shelter is on Costco near Costco When I drive by there And look at the trash And the junk I just don't want that in my neighborhood Thank you. Thank you next speaker. Please Hello, my name is Teresa Souvenier and i'm one of the owners of 335 golf club drive This is my daughter Hannah Hannah will be living there eventually and our properties on that small little road that leads up to the Pogonip And our farm uses the water from the creek that runs through that area for our organic farm I am all for services for the homeless, but I believe moving A large number of people to live in the Pogonip would be an environmental disaster It's a beautiful nature area people have said It's enjoyed by the entire community including hikers bikers You see Santa Cruz students and faculty and of course the wild animals and birds It's my understanding the city has focused many resources in the past cleaning it up Uh, I've read an article several years ago Tons of a garbage was removed and has really um Cleaned it up so it could be the wonderful refuge it is today So I urge you as you're looking at your options to make sure you understand that the Pogonip is a jewel and um I I just think it would be a disaster. I'm worried about the fire danger My daughter's going to be living the little road that dead ends to the Pogonip, which I believe is the only entrance To it. Um, I also saw an online document that Christina referred to earlier saying the pros and cons of the four Areas and under the Pogonip it said there were no neighbors So I believe somebody asked that that be changed. I don't know if it's been done But um, we have a family living there right now and we'll be building houses with um to serve our developmentally disabled kids So thank you Thank you. Next speaker, please Hi, my name is Jim LaTorre and for the last 15 or so years My wife Kathy has run the secret garden preschool, which is the preschool there in the area I don't want to um, I mean you certainly have heard enough Conversation about how inappropriate it is But I would hope that you guys would consider when and if you were to consider an area for a homeless shelter That you would certainly take uh into consideration all of the things that are already mentioned Along with certainly are concerned of 57 families and 13 employees um So I um, I have all the confidence in the world in you Understanding the the nature of the issue. I am sympathetic to the homeless situation in our town. I Hope that you guys can do something about that And I um, I wish you the best of luck, but make sure you consider everything that you can when determining a Place for your your work. Thank you so much. Thank you. Next speaker, please Hello council members. My name is Jason Booth. I live at 435 Demy Elaine. We've spoke before I didn't plan to speak today. I just planned on watching but uh, chris crone mentioned talking about different possibilities and Needs to say uh driving around town. I Had my eye open for different places that might be an option. I don't know if these have any Possibility, but I thought I mentioned them because uh, we only have so many eyes in the community There's a place that's uh, directly adjacent to sanitary gymnastics. I think that's off of You'll have to look it up, but uh, there's a fenced area there that looks like it's totally Not being used obviously owned by somebody But uh, it's a it's a fairly Large size area that's fenced off that might be something to look at. There's also an area In almar, which would probably upset a lot of people so off of almar But it's a triangle right next to the railroad tracks that is not occupied But something to consider again that that one might cause some issues Also, uh, I don't know if council members have gotten the videos and things and letters that we've sent in From our road, but definitely would be worth taking a look at The gentleman that was talking earlier about it being Looking at commercial areas. I hope he wasn't speaking of our neighborhood Our neighborhood is commercial ag, but it's generally agricultural and very very residential So looking at the zoning by itself Would be a mistake in that our neighborhood is very very family tied very very Community structured And I hope you take that into consideration when it comes to the point of making a decision I know that you guys are in a very very difficult position And you have a lot of things to look at But uh, please do consider us when you think about it along with everybody else that's been speaking today Thank you. Thank you next speaker. Please Hello, um, I am also a resident on demilane. Um, our street has Um, hardworking families tons of children I spoke at your last meeting giving many reasons why demilane is a bad choice for this because of the families The children the detouring tours from wilder ranch the extreme weather the far proximity of town The mountain lions I wasn't able to touch on the fact that there is a family that lives directly on the property of the proposed property um There are two hardworking parents with two school age children What will happen to them and where will they go? Um, you need to find a place away from all of the santa cruz county residents or drop the program altogether You will be bringing the homeless into whatever location you recommend and whatever problems result will be on your shoulders Thank you next speaker. Please Hello, my name is christina lupano and I live in the city of santa cruz. Um I don't think any neighbor should actually share the burden of a homeless camp I still need to understand how this Council has come to a conclusion that we have to have a homeless camp First of all, there was an example that I believe 15 years ago santa cruz have done Had opened an homeless camp that became like a tragedy afterwards I think I was in one of these meetings before and i'm not sure who has mentioned the first Homeless camp that was open 15 years ago And then it kind of turned into a nightmare and the police couldn't even go in And clean it and keep it under control. So i'm not really sure why This is has become a decision second of all Um, I saw some of the numbers. I don't want to talk about location because apparently location is not on the agenda today But I saw some of the numbers on the slides that said that um, it would cost as operation cost will cost like 1.3 million a year Does that include emergency call and um, you know sheriff and police and firefighting and Dominican hospital with their emergency coming in and removing people and taking people into the hospital and things like that Because 1.3 million dollars to run a shelter for 100 and plus 50 plus people It sounds like it's not enough honestly um The other thing that I wanted to say is that um You know, there's been also um other community in united states like Seattle or Portland that has started an homeless shelter in their cities Did any of these studies were reviewed and understood? Why do we think that we can actually keep it under control? I think it's Seattle right now who has an A huge problem with the homeless shelter that they open. Why do we think that we can do better in sienna cruz? Thank you. Thank you next speaker, please Next speaker, please Ed Silvera I want to make a Comment that the the last speaker We definitely support what she said Actually, it should really be focused. There was significant discussion there I'm ed silvera representing Friends of the la viega and the surrounding residents of the la viega park Now, I know we're hearing for now. The la viega is not being considered But we're not going for that We find it interesting that the national guard is in the process and letting you know that they're building buildings And talking and asking around with the planning department and and everywhere No one seems to have an interest about what are these buildings are going to build Are they going to build golf course houses up there with their surplus land across the street? This council has no interest on what they're going to be building up there or why in the middle of a city park Well, we're requesting that this council look into it city manager too when he gets around to it The point is We have a serious concern regarding this not for now up into la viega park And we don't we don't really care about hearing that for years they bust people up there in the winter time when it was cold well What it comes down to is what it did it directed a lot of people They didn't want to get up at six in the morning in the cold And they made that park their little center in a situation and having a more of an impact isn't going to help its situation especially with fires And we were overwhelmed with was stacked up debris up in that park trees crisscrossed Not enough money for the fire department to deal with the issue And we think that it's time that there's put some energy There's been some needs to be some energy to clear up the park For more fired issues from homeless encampments. It's already started fires and one at the national guard itself Which has cleared some land recently about five acres We're taking this very seriously and we'd like to thank you too Especially members that we voted for in the branch of 40 area that doesn't seem to really give a damn Thank you, sir. Next speaker, please Good afternoon. My name is jeff rollings and I live over on solsbury drive I'll echo some of the comments most all the comments that my neighbors have made but a couple of reasons why I think The terrible idea to put a put a shelter in that area is in part The the infrastructure of that of that community is So inferior. I've just Diverted a sewer lateral for example Sewage system there is 70 years old. It was installed in 1943. It's not designed for the type of commercial Workload that's gonna it's gonna hit it were there to be hundreds of people living nearby Suggestion I think paving lighting The ability for people to the lack of roads is always a problem the ability of people to Quote-on-quote escape on foot Is real morise ainsworth comes to mind. He was able to escape from law enforcement for hours before emerging on english drive With a standoff for six hours You can just that a random gulch area is just prone for people jumping into I'm concerned of two small children that live there suggestions for other ideas I think there needs to be some sort of law enforcement presence nearby 17th avenue has a substation performance food services is leaving There's a huge warehouse complex with a massive transportation area that cannot how that would be a large open space for people If we're talking about demaeo lane, what about round tree on the other side of town? Where there's a where there's the county facility with law enforcement There are many other options.  I think it's still available for the 17 express But it's not available for the local transportation So there's going to be a bunch of people there that would be isolated and I think it would be a terrible Location to consider the salisbury drive, but thank you very much. Thank you next speaker, please Hi council, I was here a couple meetings ago to talk about emeline drive And I guess because something was in the paper that's kind of dropped off the radar, but here I am back again I wanted to mention the goodwill bargain barn building which has recently been vacated It's a pretty big building and has some large parking structure area around it So if you're looking for alternate sites, I don't know if it's I suppose it is Goodwill property But if you're looking for partners, they they seemed that they would be Compassionate the other thing I wanted to ask is during the presentation It says return on June 7th with actionable options But before that you mentioned wanting to Partner with the community that may be involved and get their buy-in and take time to discuss You know, it's it's may 22nd I don't know how much buy-in and talking and Cooperation you can get from any community Site you choose in three weeks and I guess I'm I'm confused as to why this is moving so quickly. It seems to be moving quicker than our ability to Slow down and take some time and look for you know, it's like looking for a house you can buy a house tomorrow It may end up being the wrong house So if you take more time and look around and You know look at many houses you find the house that works for you and I I just hope you guys Possibly I don't know what the rush is exactly if if river street has to be closed or if it's a budget Situation is there an answer there? Does anybody know why it's if you pause for a second We'll answer that question. I've been writing some of these questions. Okay, great. Thank you Next speaker, please Name's surge cag. No, I'm not gonna speak to which site you're gonna choose The I was one of the respondents for the letter of interest I hear what everyone's saying that safety for children and absolutely. I think that that's My goal and you know the Whoever does the the program that has to be the safety for children is number one I've run a lot of different programs and meeting the neighbors and them having my cell phone number is just part of how you do business It's People need whatever their needs are they need to be addressed. You know that you have to answer to a lot of people too um, I think being creative and having a lot of Collaboration will be able to answer Different all everybody's needs as much as possible That just doing the shelter doesn't mean it needs to be an unsafe neighborhood I don't think those are equatable things. Um, I'm more about numbers and about you know the Talking about schools and unsafe schools and stuff like that Like there there is a family shelter that's over on coral street too Like they do go together kids and homeless people like they interact There are groups of people that are criminals and there are groups of people that substance use and mental health and all that And you still have to make plans to be able to deal with that the talking about running buses in and out so that the The neighborhood's not impacted Well, that that's the plan for the thing and the question to the neighbors of the river street is how impacted have they been I've heard that they have not been impacted. So I definitely hear that safety should be number one I absolutely agree with that. Um, I don't think a shelter makes safety not possible I thank you next speaker My name is linda weaver and um, I want to thank you for for trying to find the solution at least part of it Comes in pieces. I think I was a volunteer at the winter shelter program And I know for a fact that when that closed people were put back onto the streets or in the parks People who are making progress because they were getting support because they were getting services Have deteriorated. I know that for a fact so, um, I just encourage you to um I encourage you to um move forward Diligently, I hear all of the concerns. Um, but to also know that a lot of this is mental health There just has to be some sort of solution I wanted to ask you whether You were looking into the state funding for perhaps shared housing Maybe part of the problem is Looking at it is such a large Facility in the old days back in the 70s They used to have shared housing for folks that needed supportive services And I don't know whether any of the money that's coming from Sacramento or anywhere else could be used for that, but I would encourage you to look into it Thank you. Thank you Are you here to speak to item number 12, sir? Speaker number 12. I'm no, are you here to speak to item number 12? We're on item number 12 We're not on public comment yet. I understand that. Okay. Just want to make sure please you have two minutes Yeah, name is pat kiddles Santa Cruz um with regard to the homeless have um I have compassion for them, but I also feel like um Some expectations have to be put on them.  You know you can unfortunately you could write it down and pass it you know pass it through us But we've already commented unfortunately. Okay, but we'll be available to send an email if you like and we'll review it Um, are there any members of the public that would like to speak to item number 12 anyone who hasn't spoken already? Okay, see none. We're going to bring it back to the council. There was a couple questions that I wrote down Maybe I'll put those out first One gentleman asked if a site is looked identified. Can it be extended beyond the recommended Temporary period or would there be some additional permitting required? So if we if once a site is identified, can you Automatically extend it even further without any sort of additional process So permitting is really site specific And I I would not be able to address that based on you know, generally speaking But from the perspective of the declaration of the shelter crisis that the council took a few months back You know that we do have some leeway with permitting and especially around a temporary facility. So I think The intention though around the phasing is to ensure that each phase And you know, that's part of the reason why we're Bringing this and having you know, some urgency around this is we are hoping and fully expect to Maintain those timeframe promises that we make to the community So as it relates to phase two, we would expect to have that open only into only until we Build and start to operate phase three And those again our Commitments that we've kind of discussed up. Do we have do we know those are the same commitments? They're shared by the county as well for the same timelines Well, I think generally speaking the commitment that we're trying to make together is to implement the permanent shelter and how we phase Moving into that really depends on the site that's available and being able to find an operator and also having the budget available Thanks So I would just say that if anything was or to be selected and there's a time period that's identified If it were to be extended I guarantee it would come back to the council before done. It wouldn't be something that would be arbitrarily extended So there would be a process that would happen to answer that question The second one was is there is it a budget question regarding continuing the use of the river street shelter? And I'll ask the city manager that The the challenge with respect to the the the current shelter facility and I think I think there's a lot of misunderstandings about what we're talking about because I think people Probably pictured the homeless shelter on coral street Is what the envision is what's being proposed to be moved and that's just not the what what is being proposed to be moved The the current river street shelter is a completely new model. It's it's completely different then then And also some of the members of the public point to do some some encampments that happened years and years ago Which yes had at serious problems. So so that's not what is is being Envisioned let me just say the question was is it a budget question regarding continuing the river street shelter, right? so Yes, so with respect to the river street shelter, which again is a different operating model The the issue with that is a couple things one is that the city alone cannot fund. It's a regional It's a regional shelter facility for the entire region It happens to be in Santa Cruz, but this is the city the this is the regions the Shelter facility and Santa Cruz hosts these regional services right now And at the cost that it's operating. It's not cost effective It is a lot of money for a small level of capacity and we have you know Couple of thousand homeless individuals in our county and about 300 shelter beds And so part of the goal here is to increase shelter capacity So that we have fewer people as many people pointed out who are who are out In encampments and already creating a lots of public safety and public health Issues so the idea is to increase capacity so we can Reduce that impact on the community and also at the same time Assist individuals to perhaps get getting out of homelessness So it would be yes, there is a there there is a To the question is there a budget question regarding it? Yes, there there is it is a budget question You can't just continue without right right. Okay. Just want to make sure that was clear Um, I I'm gonna I just want to say something I I wrote something out And I just want to bring it up because I think it's critical right now We've had this at these discussions And as we've heard over many months And through the recommendations of the homeless coordinating coordinating committee I don't think there's any escaping a required regional response to address the need for emergency emergency shelter at this time And I'm proud of the city efforts that have engaged partner agencies in this. I think Susie O'Hara has kind of really taken a lead in this as well as all the other city staff that have gone out there And kind of set something up to move this forward as well as the city staff and actions to really try something new I mean, I think this is just really we we were at a place where we could not continue Operating the same way with some of the impacts we're Experiencing downtown and throughout our city We are now at a critical critical point in time We're a firm public commitment by our partners is required if our region is to continue to make progress To address this Mental health challenges in our downtown to address homelessness and the actions by some Who have overburdened our public safety and park staff here in the city We have critical decisions to make as a region about where we go from here And this will require a strong commitment to address these challenges through the funding of a cost And operationally effective interim shelter If we are to proceed in addition to the next steps recommendations that are here, I would ask the council to authorize Need to draft a correspondence on the council's behalf to our county partners can confirm their support for increasing emergency shelter capacity on a year-round basis as outlined in the report by staff And requesting their support both respect to the contribution Contributing a fair share of funding and to collaborate and make a recommendation with respect to the site evaluation and decision making process I would ask that we get a response by mid-june so that city staff can formulate decisions about the fate of the river street camp And also to ensure our own budget solvency in terms of how we've Taking this on and really looking for some long-term solutions that are sustainable In my opinion with a regional commitment Our county and city can make a determination about the status of the river street camp And how it might transition towards a cost and an operationally effective facility with the full support of partner agencies Without it. I think we're in a position where we have to decide where we want to go from here And so for me The recommendations that are there Are good ones, but I think we also need to get a little bit more clarity as far as the the level of our partnership as I mentioned There's some sort of Communication that's authorized through our discussions here I do like the outreach in terms of To the governor and elected officials and I and I know we had action on this earlier in the year to have some sort of public outreach in terms of legislative affairs And I I know we have legislative Staff members in sacramento currently that work for the city I think we should really be also looking at engaging them on this very issue in terms of where we can do this and not Just rely on a correspondence and so I think right now as we have our discussion I think we are at a point where we need to really kind of hone in where we want to go because We did make a commitment as far as this temporary use at the um shelter on river street to address the benchlands and If we are to continue we really have the council have to you know decide where we go and what direction Without a partnership. Um, we I think we're we we can't continue and so that's that's really the question I I'd like to second that motion to can't make a motion. Oh, I'm sorry Okay, I would like to move the motion that I could not possibly repeat everything that you just said But I would like to um make a motion that we do send a letter to the county asking for more clarification On their commitment to move forward And may I make a comment why I support that? Okay, so I make that motion. I don't know if someone would like to second it Yeah, I mean I'll I'll put it out there and the reason I want to second it is we had a county supervisor Specifically john leopold send a letter that surprised everybody You know and sent a letter basically Warning people about a plan that wasn't even a plan Um, and that was really too bad Um, because I think it you know It's it's sent an alarm out that didn't need to be sent Because it was something that first of all, I just want to state that it was the county staff That came up with this location as an idea And it was communicated to city staff and neither staff was ready to even present this to us as a possibility Whether it was to the board of supervisors or to the city council So to have a supervisor send that letter out was a bit shocking I have to say and I think it just it scared people when it didn't need to scare people Because we're not even at that point yet where that proposal was coming to us So that's why I support the idea of a letter because what I'm finding at my experience is I'm seeing staff at county willing to think of new ideas and willing to maybe partner with us But I'm not necessarily seeing a board of supervisors who's willing to do that I'm seeing a couple supervisors like I see Ryan Coonerty who's been trying to work with us on this But I'm not really hearing from the other members of the board to get clarity on whether We should continue having our staff spend their wheels and research these issues So, um, I second the motion and I just want to you made the motion I'm sorry We've been meeting since uh, you know one one o'clock today So, um, the other thing I just want to mention, you know, somebody got up and said it's simple Just put this in an industrial area And I just want to say that it's not simple for staff because they have looked at industrial areas As a city, we don't have the power to just point out a piece of land and say that's it That's where we're putting our homeless shelter. Um, there's property rights. There's people who own the land Um Yeah, there's property there's property rights involved. So someone who owns that You know, we have to ask their permission to be able to be able to use that and so I just want to give kudos to the staff. They have looked at those Possibilities they have looked at industrial areas. The last thing they want to do is propose something that You know is going to make a neighborhood unhappy. So I just want to say they have tried and I want all of you to know that too So, you know, we will go back to the drawing board There are a couple of suggestions that people had that I think I saw them writing, you know Very very much taking notes about those ideas. So they'll go back to that drawing board But I I really just want to stress that, you know, we have thought of those possibilities and You know, we've found buildings that are empty But if the owner isn't willing to lease the building to us, we can't use it. So Um, just just to know it isn't easy. Unfortunately I just want to say that also This is about the commitment in terms of funding and coordination to identify sites We're not even at the point of like identifying if there is a location. So I think that's the first issue that needs to be addressed Um, but I do want to make sure that we know that we're looking at these recommendations here as well as the one to have Direct correspondence on The issue is from our county partners as well. Is that part of your motion? Yes, that is Okay Council member chase um, I I appreciate the the motion on the floor because I'm not going to begin to speculate what exactly happened in this process between county and city staff working on this diligently for months And somehow it getting miscommunicated or not communicated to supervisors where we were in the process So I I think it's really important that we do get clarity from the elected officials so that we understand are we all moving forward On the same page and in good faith to pursue this because I agree With the mayor's point which has been made many many many times Something like this cannot be done without collaboration. We don't have enough resources. We are clear that we need a shelter here there's plenty of data to show that um, and This really I think that we do have to understand who we're working with and what the rules are of agreement on this and how we Plan to proceed because absent that we are spinning our wheels. So I Will support the recommendation. I also want to say I absolutely appreciate that people are I appreciate council member crone's question about Do you have proposed solutions because I think it is important that we Not just talk about our concerns, but always think about what solutions we have and Literally every solution and proposed site that's been suggested has had opposition. Uh, and so it is uh It is a fantasy to think that we are going to find a site that doesn't So we just have to be really clear that there's going to be opposition regardless of where the site is And it's about us doing our due diligence to make sure that we create the safest and most responsible Place for that to be knowing we need a shelter And just to clarify too And just in terms of language, this is a universal we this is a partnership and it's us as in terms of a regional solution So when we talk about these things, it's hard because we're up here at the council and we've we've been actually having several opportunities to have these discussions and I without any sort of clarity as far as whether or not there's agreement I feel like it's important that we kind of maybe You know revert to getting that that commitment to decide if we're going to continue this discussion And so when you say use the we I assume that's what you meant Yeah Is there any other council member crone? um, thank you. I I wanted to say excuse me. Um Send a letter also. I think that's a great idea. Um, I'm just a little bit. I was a little bit, um mildly Returbed quizzical. Um, why a camp someone said why a camp? Why a homeless shelter? Um, because people need a place in in their community Um, these are our sons and our daughters and our mothers and our fathers who are homeless right now And they are part of this community. I think the council has realized this And and also I think if you go out, uh, I don't know if the person's still here If you go out to the the camp on river street, you know, you can go in and you can see, um, that it is well maintained and, um That it seems to be working out and it is a camp Uh, and it is serving people 50 to 60 people, uh, each night.  The perfect site finding if we did find the perfect site that there is a crisis a homeless crisis There's a crisis in this community and we are looking for a homeless shelter. I just wanted to get a sense from the city attorney Um, concerning eminent domain if the perfect site was came up Can this council use eminent domain if it's in the public interest? Yeah, there there is an eminent domain process that uh, could be utilized it is it can be a very, um, lengthy process but it starts with um establishing public public necessity as um, uh, council member crone was mentioning, um, and Kind of the process is a resolution of public necessity And there are several elements that would be required under the under the statutory scheme Including the project for which the property is to be acquired as deemed necessary The property is considered necessary for the interests of the public The project is located where it will offer the greatest public benefit with the least private detriment And an offer to purchase the property has been made and then as part of that there's a there's a process in terms of engaging with the property owner and, um Going through an appraisal process and and things like that, but that that is um an available avenue And don't get me wrong. I think that we you know, this council would not just you know, willy-nilly, um be be, um Identifying properties and saying oh, that's the one And also in the eminent domain process you always compensate people It's not it's not taking their property away without you know, just compensation It's usually 15 percent over the asking price as far as I know. Thank you Thank you. Is there any other comments from council? Vice Mayor Watkins Thank you for the presentation and for the community members to come and speak in Their opinions about this complex issue. I appreciate the comments That have been previously made by my colleagues up here in terms of clarity and expectation And helpful in terms of navigating how to move forward I just wanted to make sure I had clarity on one of the slides, which is the budget funding model And I'm wondering if you wouldn't mind going over sort of the concept and where we're at with that again Just to make sure I'm I heard you correctly if that's okay. Sure sure Yeah, so the the high level concept is that the north county jurisdictions that are part of the HAP Would be translating the winter shelter model to a year around shelter model and there has been a great deal of Um progress on developing this proportionality. It's based on population and that's um has been the funding model for a winter shelter for How long? Yeah, and so the the theory is as we translate from just winter shelter to a year around shelter We would use that same proportionality and that's what we have requested for consideration at the HAP And did you say if I can for clarity? Excuse me That you've had commitment from some of the jurisdictions or you have not at this point So um when we met with HAP last week It's obviously staff there and as um each jurisdiction goes through their budget process ultimate decision goes to those governing bodies But what they did signal from a staff level is that there is you know a priority around Moving forward with the year around shelter and that the cities in particular We're going to do their their best to come up with the money Obviously, that's a very small portion scott's valley and capitol of the of the larger funding models So they also signaled to the city in the county to come up with a recommendation and actually you know Ensure much like you are suggesting That we're really clear on our partnership and then go back to them with the recommendation for funding from the cities Thank you Any other discussion I'd just like to also kind of bring this point up and that um, you know We're talking about you know timelines as far as our kind of the emergency shelter that's on river street and The the language and we'll I'll have or shall restate the motion um in a minute, but Assuming what what happens if there is no uh commitment on this what happens to the river street shelter in terms of You know our funding do I mean I even understand from the question We don't have budget to continue beyond our current deadline So, you know do we do you come up with a proposal in terms of how to wind that down? Yeah, so I think the do you want to go martin? He can add to it So I think um the intention for the next meeting is to provide those alternatives and based on What we understand from the county with with the letter from the city council We'll be able to make recommendations around a few alternatives and a wind down alternative is something that we'll have to consider On the 12th and in addition to other alternatives if we do Have some success with the county around siding as well as budget and other you know the program model as well And then because it came up in terms of even though we're not talking siding here We're just looking at commitment first Would it be appropriate this time to talk a little bit about like some of the criteria that the staff is using to Identify what locations you might consider So I think that really is Based on our our overall guiding principles with with regard to the siding Um, it's obviously a very complex issue as councilmember norion and others talked about Um feasibility, um, there are many different aspects of the feasibility discussion Um, and so we look at the feasibility um predominantly around cost and whether it's even remotely Possible to have a temporary camp at the site Neighborhood compatibility is part of that as well Understanding the proximity of neighbors. I'm looking at the current uses in that area zoning and permitting There's many different layers in terms of feasibility and how we look at that that criteria, but overarching concern is how do we How do we find a location that we have some control around and that's what's really brought us to this question about publicly Own facilities Okay, I guess one of the points that came up Was the idea of the proximity to schools and you and I do you think that's a fact it should weigh against a particular location I just want to make sure that and you know in terms of how you should look at it that there's you know one We want to not have facilities near a school or even some of the recreational facilities We already see sometimes the impacts that have happened in certain parts of our City I know that there are also areas in a rural basis. Maybe they are publicly owned outside of the city that should be considered We've had some You know recommendations for you know within the city, but it'd be good to get a mix of different places That are out there I know the homeless and I'll I'll ask some of the people that were on the homeless Committee that looked at this this was intended to be a regional one that's located You know mid county is what was I understood to be the recommendation that came out or okay. Well, then you can clarify that Never had a specific location or a regional facility that was centrally located I think it was what the language was and no, okay Well, then maybe you could talk a little bit about how you talked about geographically It's serving a geographic group. Well, I wasn't on the committee. So I don't know Right, but I would like those that we're on the committee to speak to that Sure. What we've talked about with the with the county in so far as phase three is to create these You know navigation centers and we've talked about having them spread throughout the county Um, and you know possibly having you know, three or so Uh, Watsonville, you know, they also are discussions. They're having similar issues as well Again, this navigation model is a completely different model than what we've had thus far um, but the idea is to have regional models, uh, and uh, not just in the city But you know, perhaps in your north county mid county and south county Or the discussions and in this particular case, the other thing that's important to just recognize is that The reason why we're looking for an interim facility is because with respect to a north county facility We have identified a site and we are in the process of Acquiring, you know doing the appraisal and with the property acquisition because ultimately what we want to do is to Moving to an appropriate facility, which would be a building not necessarily an encampment So these are just intern measures to get us to that and we are making progress on the more permanent solution But that's going to take a bit of time And uh, just to address the the proximity to the school issue This did come up when we were talking about the armory and um The superintendent of the Santa Cruz city schools district Did send a letter to the neighbors that were concerned about the armory Suggesting that she didn't have concern about proximity to schools And I'm not suggesting that would be the opinion of the council But also wanted to be really clear that This type of shelter would serve families and families in the school district as well and just for for you know All those that are considering this to take that into consideration as well So I I think we'd want to you know coordinate and collaborate with the school districts and Both the coe and the Santa Cruz city school districts around siding as well Well, we've actually experienced that the river street camp is actually that security and safety has actually improved around the shelter Um, because there's just 24 hour security in the facility and around the facility. So it's actually improved conditions Okay, I'd like I mean for I know I had one of the subcommittee members that isn't on the homeless committee That commented about the direction that came up and I just was curious You know, is this consistent with the the recommendations from the homeless subcommittee in terms of what we're doing now In regard to what? The phase two discussion that we're at on the on the agenda right now Yes, okay Oh, should I go ahead and repeat the no I was just want to make sure that confirming that we're being consistent with the recommendations of the homeless subcommittee I would say we are. I mean we didn't necessarily See this in phases like we're doing because we wanted, you know, we wanted to institute it more quickly because You know as days went on just the amount of homeless people we're seeing just has been increasing rapidly and so Um, we felt we needed to I guess as a council increase our our timeline And then the geographic location that came up in terms of having multiple locations It did no it definitely did come up. Um, it wasn't the absolute requirement But you know, I mean some people think the ideal would be to have A shelter say up in the santa cruz mountains a shelter in mid county something in the city You know, watsonville already has shelters So, um, you know, and I just wanted to mention somebody said well, why do we need these shelters? I mean what we find is when people get stabilized and go into them all of those calls for service that they were causing For ambulance calls for police calls the same police officer sometimes would have contact with the same homeless person Three times in one evening because the homeless person is trying to find a place to sleep And each time a call comes to ask the homeless person To leave and so there are some real pragmatic reasons for doing this There's a human humanitarian reason and also there are cities who no longer can enforce Any of their ordinances related to people who are homeless, you know, camping out And doing other activities because the courts are now saying if you don't have a place for folks to go You can't enforce these ordinances and so we didn't want to get to a point either Where we weren't able to enforce our own ordinances because we didn't have a place for people to go So there's pragmatic reasons and there's humanitarian reasons for us to come to the conclusions that we did And i'll say too that uh while we didn't come up with specific locations We did absolutely recommend a regional approach that this would not be something that would be the responsibility of any specific jurisdiction But actually all the jurisdictions really needed to come to the table on this if we were going to have a solution because it's not Our jurisdictional issue. It's at least a regional issue and as we know by the numbers It's clearly a state issue and in many cases a national issue I guess looking at the way that this is unfold and we have one in the incorporated watsonville area one in the That's you know being led by you know, basically, you know, our staff has been investigating that the city one I think I think this kind of direction is really kind of see where we are going to move forward to See what our next steps are so I um I would like to ask at this point to have the motion restated Okay, so in addition to the next step recommendations that are up on the screen right now The council authorizes the mayor to draft a correspondence to our county partners To confirm their support for increasing emergency shelter capacity on a year round basis is outlined by staff And requesting their support support both with respect to contributing A fair share of funding and to collaborate and make a recommendation with respect to the site evaluation and decision making response Decision making process. Excuse me And with a response by mid june So the city staff can formulate decisions about the fate of the river street camp And i'll hand this to you clear I'll hand this to you. Um, just one point of clarification. It would be nice to get the letter back before the council meeting on june 12th So do you want me to site a specific date june 11th? No, we need to do an agenda for Thursday. Maybe the wednesday before You give me a date. No, yes Um, it's hard to give direction on june 6th or june 7th requesting a response by june 6th Okay, that's optimistic, but We can try I have a question for the maker of the motion The the language around fair share is pretty subjective So we might want to consider Fair share is related to what was just Fair share. Yeah, whatever. I mean, I I'm just suggesting that I think we're all gonna have different opinions including the other Members. Do you have a suggestion for something else other than that? So, I mean, uh, did you Yeah, I mean, I think what we would recommend is that we that we use the you know The winter shelter funding formula that we've been using it's it's been well established for many many many years So are we seeking an agreement on the specific recommendation for the hap breakdown of Funding yes, okay And recognizing that, you know, I guess we all have constraints too So I think, you know, if we have a fair formula that we all agree on We can certainly work on the on the cost side of it and also on identifying additional funding As well So it's it's not like we're forcing everybody to come up with sort of a fixed dollar amount They may not necessarily be able to Afford but if we can get a commitment towards Using a formula that's fair that's established in that one and then secondarily to Recognizing that we'll have to Provide additional funding. Okay. So just a suggestion. So maybe to say um, there's support both with respect to Funding and just say to funding As it pairs to saying to fair share or a formula funding or blah Okay, it's fair share funding as described in our guiding principles. So you want to keep it? Okay And we'll we'll craft it in the letter. Oh, yeah, we'll do the letter. We'll craft it. Okay. All right. I'm open to and I It's a detail and you can take care of it in the editing, but this is just going the supervisors, correct So we can't commit them to what scott's valley and capitol are going to do but I think we can just say um Generally assumed on the existing Hap formula for division of cost or something like that Just because in a letter maybe as opposed to the motion and okay, all right And because without that commitment nothing moves forward. Yeah, so I just want I also I haven't been a part Direct part of these conversations. My understanding is informal conversations with the various jurisdictions Are headed in this direction. So this isn't going to come Okay, and then the other piece was once we get a response you will also know by june 12th You'll give recommendations on either way what the statuses of the the emergency river street shelter in terms of that impact Is it appropriate to say if there is well, I'll just leave it at that Okay, is there any other discussion? Okay, we have a motion on the floor and a second all those in favor. Please say aye. Aye Those opposed that passes unanimously. All right Hey, we're not done Okay, so the next item is number 13 and that's the meeting calendar Anything up for the meeting calendar to report No, we have um, yeah, I'll ask uh city manager burnall. No, no, I think it's it's up to date What size it's up to date the calendar. Okay the calendar changes. Okay Um, and then there was also a kind of an update from marcus pimentel regarding the budget that has some background There's going to be a public meeting may 31st. That's not on our agenda that regarding the budget And okay, so moving on um We have not um covered oral communications yet Is there any member of the public here to speak to oral communications? Okay, any member i'm going to wait just a little bit Couple minutes Maybe 60 seconds Any member of the public that would like to speak to oral communications? This is a time for you. This is a time for any member of the public who would like to speak to any item That's not on today's agenda. Yeah, thanks. I'm glad glad you asked the question No problem. You have Thanks for your patience too Good evening mayor and council members. I am uh, Heather Sawyer I'm the chair for the city's equal employment opportunity committee And i'm here on behalf of the ee oc To request um city council to submit a letter supporting the adoption of north america's urban libraries councils Statement of commitment to racial and social equity The uh City's equal employment opportunity committee ee oc was established in 1986 to support any affected affirmative action program Its current mission is to confirm the city's commitment to maintaining a work environment free from unlawful discrimination and harassment for all current and prospective city employees The santa cruz public libraries is currently contemplating adopting the urban libraries council Statement of commitment to racial and social equity It's okay with you. I'd like to read that Um, can you start the time? Yeah. Yeah, you you can finish it if you can we did you had some time Okay, thank you So the north american urban libraries council statement of commitment to racial and social equity serves as a baseline upon which santa cruz public libraries will build policies and actions that make the communities serve More inclusive and just the statement reads as follows as leaders of north america's public libraries We are committed to achieving racial and social equity by contributing to a more just society in which all community members Can realize their full potential our libraries can help achieve true and sustained equity Through an intentional systemic and transformative library community partnership Our library systems are working to achieve equity in the community serve By eliminating racial and social equity barriers and library programs services policies and practices Creating a maintaining an environment of diversity inclusion and respect both in our library systems and in all aspects of our community role Ensuring that we are reaching and engaging disenfranchised people in the community and helping them express their voice Serving as a covener and facilitator of conversations and partnerships to address community challenges Being forthright on tough issues that are important to our communities Libraries are trusted venerable and enduring institutions central to their communities And an essential participant in the movement for racial and social equity So the eeoc has reviewed the statement And in this time of political and social divisiveness the eoc strongly supports the intent expressed in the statement And requests that the city council submit to the library board a letter in support of the adoption of the statement The reason why i'm here is because this just came up last week's Committee meeting and it's possibly going to the june 7th library joint powers board Tend to so tentatively june 7th or august 2nd. So we want it to come forward now Absolutely. Hey, I um, I wanted just to ask you When maybe i'll ask our board member for the library board um city manager bernal How did this come up where the the board was contemplating putting this on the agenda for um action This particular item. Yeah, um, you know, i'm not i'm not familiar with it. I haven't really So We had our regular eeoc committee meeting last week. Um, Amy Sherman who is the vice chair is also a librarian and brought this forward And this was an item that we thought Um They requested that I come forward and present this on behalf of the committee or the eeoc committee to ask for I guess did the eeoc put put this on the library board agenda? No, this this is something that just falls in line with what the committee Yeah, it hasn't been to the library board. Okay. Yeah, I mean I support it And if I guess it's not enough time to put on agenda, but I mean if everyone's I'll work with heather. Yeah, that was gonna be if I could those could be my point We can't take action now because exactly agenda. Um, I'll personally write a letter. I think that would make sense and All of this is very much reflected in the kind of initiatives our library has already undertaken in so many ways So I think it's kind of consistent with our library practice our library system practice But we can't authorize Yes, and I understand that we just thought we would maybe I'll get a letter out Before the library deadline make sure that the city manager gets it Okay, so that closes our oral communications. We have one more item Here on our open session and that is Provide opportunities for council members and the city manager to report on actions or external boards or committees That occurred since the last city council meeting. I'll start. Yeah, I'll go Councilmember crown. Do you have anything come back to me? Okay You could do lrdp Um, I just want to mention a few events. They weren't really committee assignments, but uh, several of us were at the gala greatsa Yeah Which was Fantastic, and I've never seen sandlands of park as full And just incredible for any event ever It was wonderful and the city of santa cruz was a sponsor of this and got fully recognized and very much appreciated Then there's also at the museum of natural history. The art of nature is a wonderful exhibit. That's a I think, you know, the museum proper is the property of the city. Um, the museum Association runs it, but I've really if you haven't gone to this in the past. It's a wonderful exhibit and then Um On the I'm a representative to the league of california cities regional division and we had a meeting on monday last monday evening And top of mind for everyone was defending sp1 for all the representatives from all the cities in our region and the Uh topic was how are the many many many different ways that we can let the public know the benefits of sp1 I think mark mentioned it in his comments about Something in public works weaker That just try to say this is made possible by sp1 So metro is having an event On thursday may 31st in the morning 10 to 11 at pacific station And it's going to be celebrating the bus and paratransit vehicle purchases made possible by sp1 and measure d and those of you who are familiar with the metro system know that they They're due for about 60 new buses that are past their useful lifetime But we were able to buy a few because of sp1 and measure d So they want to promote that and again just raise the visibility because as you know, that's a risk of repeal in the fall So, um, again, uh, that's uh thursday may 31st 10 to 11 at pacific station promoting the benefits of sp1 Ready chris or you i'm gonna keep going Okay, councilmember chase Um, so I want to report out on the housing blueprint subcommittee We had a really really well attended event at loud nelson. There was over 200 people Some faces that we've seen many times before but a lot of faces that we haven't and really incredible activities interactive presentations that were set up by staff and was a very very successful event We got a lot of great feedback and a lot of surprising information that we received from folks And then a lot of things that have confirmed things that we've been hearing For a while, so I just wanted to highlight what a great event that was and that I think it accomplished what we were trying to do I don't think I have any other things to update on Nope, that's it. That's my breath Well, I actually don't have anything to report Related to any of the interagency boards and commissions and jpa is that I serve on right now but I did want to say that um councilmember matthews and I went and Had a wonderful time trying to listen to a band in alusha I'm one of our sister cities And um, we had a great time and um, you know, despite some technological challenges. We um, We got to communicate across a considerable distance So that was really awesome. And I also want to say happy birthday to isabella maria terrazas Oh, I know it was cute Oh, so um, unfortunately, I was sick a lot the last couple of weeks, but I did manage to Um, uh, see the housing fair up at uc santa cruz. So every year my interns with my um, uc santa cruz position partner up with many city Agencies to host a housing fair up on campus for students who are planning on moving Who are living on campus moving off campus and trying to make their experience as smooth as possible We have property managers. They can talk one on one with them But we also had our fire department. We had waste management and code enforcement up there as well So students can know what to do, you know, for instance a student that approached me a couple years ago And said we have a hole in our living room. What should we do? So that was kind of the the impetus to have me ask code enforcement to be part of the housing fair And they've been there the last few years waste management explained to students about the need to order a cart That's actually big enough for their garbage because that's an issue that comes up a lot during the year So it was um, really successful a lot of students were able to make it and It's the fifth year in a row that we've held this and we get really good feedback from students that it's really helpful. So Um, maybe in next year, I'll remember to let all of you know ahead of time if any of you want to drop by for it I'll bring up one thing before we turn it over to Do you want to go first? I just can go brief. We have our ad hoc budget committee. It's uh, Consistent council member brown vice mayor walk-ins and myself and I tell you it's been a really, um a really engaging and educational experience working with um, the um finance director mark Marcus pimentel and his staff. He's really been Really supportive about increasing our outreach and engagement with the public We um, we have a coordinated campaign and we've identified lots of different opportunities to reach out Leading up to our june 6 budget. So I wanted also mentioned that on may 31st There's going to be a public meeting at I believe the police community room And there's a flyer for that to provide, um, you know a budget Presentation and answer questions We'll also be gathering questions as we go along from community members that we've had contacts with And um, I think it's uh, going to be a different budget process this year We're going to have a one day budget hearing on june 6 And I think that um, there was a memo that was left at your table from marcus that kind of outlined some of those things But I just want to express appreciation for working with the committee members. I think it's been going really well That's just to fill it out. Just finish. Um, you know the LRDP committee has not met since our last council meeting as far as I know We are meeting this week Thursday And I'm kind of excited because I put an item on the agenda But that this agenda item won't be taken up until june meeting, but I pose the question How can we get to 19 500? How can we have everybody save face and you know do a team approach here City working with the university and going to sacramento or whatever it takes to get to that 19 500 can they contemplate that can they think that that would be an okay thing the other thing I wanted to alert the What's that Well, and no more. Yes, and no more And the measure 69 is right now before the students they started voting last thursday and measure 69 Is a really significant Issue concerning transportation the loop bus the metro bus what the students pay into the system right now It's so funny. It's like in 2000. They were paying 350 Matt Miller I saw him today at the jump bike thing and he graduated a few years ago And he said it was 750 he remembers per quarter right now It's 111 dollars per quarter per student. They're asking the students to pay about 192 to 200 By 2022 it's become a big issue on campus There wasn't much talk about it before it came up and I was concerned about that so I'm very concerned A if it's going to pass B If students know what they're getting from their transportation monies There really hasn't been what I would call a robust debate around on on campus about this issue But I'm holding my breath to see where it shakes out. I have a feeling that we might be disappointed in them not supporting it Because it's either not widespread enough or because there's active opposition on campus Okay, thank you chris So, um, we held a 911 center board meeting since our last council meeting And uh, did a couple of things approved the budget, uh, which includes About a seven percent increase to the member agencies including the city We updated our sexual harassment policy and also heard from the Auditor who did a the annual audit and gave the agency a clean report We also had a meeting of the operations board of the Monterey Bay power And noteworthy items or the approval of a request for offers for a local renewable generation and energy storage project and that's Really interesting because we might have some project at the city That might be eligible for some of that funding including some of our solar projects and some energy storage projects that we're looking at Trying to create Here in the city And then finally one of the other things that was interesting about the meeting is we agreed the operations board agreed to To hold remote meetings where we through skype Here at the city of santa cruz. We can have members of the public attend In the conference room and be involved with the meetings and also because it's such a large area Uh and in the meetings it takes like an hour just to get to the offices and then an hour to get back Uh, and so the board agreed to try to have these remote meetings to for the convenience of the board members as well as the public So they're going to try it to see if we can have these remote skype meetings You mean the board members and the public would participate remotely or the board members? Yes, so like santa cruz member agencies could could be here in santa cruz Uh via spike a skype and then and and members of the public And it'd be with video feed kind of a meeting. Are there any agencies that do that? Um, you know, I'm not sure if I know there are any that seems here But there should be I mean all these meetings you drive all the way to monoray for whatever I'm just curious. Yeah It was really uh all the time, you know, and and the people in from san veneto county and all of the other places that People are coming from, you know, we all just show up and think wow So, um, it's great to hear that you're doing that. Yeah, I decided to try it You know at least at least to try it and see if it works out and see if it can be successful. So We might even televised planning commission meetings sometime and be a model. Thank you Well, you know, we do have one more item to recess to you for closed session So we're going to go back to do that then we'll adjourn the meeting from there Okay, so thank you. Um, we'll Uh leave this portion of the meeting and finish


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