y that so thank you the next slide please so some quick background on the choice program measure out past in 2004 so this comes from our measure o funding which was a quarter cent transaction tax and use for the last 20 years and it will be concluding in fiscal year 2024 2025 the violence prevention partnership and recreation neighborhood services division received 20 percent of the measure o revenue of that 20 percent 35 percent of that is allocated for grants to community-based organizations and local school districts so we launched the community helping our indispensable children excel grant program in 2006 and it's been instrumental in our violence prevention efforts and we can go into the next slide please so after rebranding from the mayor's game prevention task force in 2015 the partnership expanded the scope of its mission to reduce youth and gain violence by adopting a public health approach consistent with other local initiatives such as health action cradle to career and upstream investments the violence prevention partnership is designed to improve the health and safety of the community this upstream approach of understanding the root causes of violence provides the partnership with an opportunity to identify strategies that will address key determinants of the community's overall health and safety the community safety scorecard articulates the idea that safety is more than just crime statistics and incorporates indicators across from four major domains those being economic conditions crime and safety family and community connectedness and school conditions in 2017 the strategic plan was launched which included data gathered and analysis through surveys and focus groups with community members and partners complemented by extensive research of evidence informed practices and programming the plan that the strategic plan that the violence prevention partnership needed to found that they needed needed to invest in numerous programs that supported pro-social activities and behavior in youth and families and provide alternatives to gang involvement by supporting community organizations that align with our four pillars which are school readiness street outreach and mediation student engagement and truancy prevention and workforce development and next slide please so if approved funding for the agencies will commence on July 1st of this year and end on December 31st of 2024 each funding year we will be able to allocate $750,000 with a cap of $150,000 per program meaning that no program will receive more than $150,000 per year the allocation will take place contingent on available funds satisfactory performance of scopes of work completion of required outcomes and measurements and discretion of the city manager or doesn't need another point to keep in mind is that the recommended agencies must provide a 50% undine match with up to 25% of that being available to be in kind so that's another point to make and we can go to the next slide please the process for identifying and selecting the community agencies began with the 2021 community needs assessment where we identified a deep and urgent gap in services for youth ages 13 to 18 through this report we identified further important needs or items to consider for cycle 11 one of those being a need for pro social activities and in and out of schools need for mentorship and access to positive role models guidance and support during and post pandemic need for trauma-informed care among school staff and community partners and a need for culturally relevant programming the the request for qualifications was released on January 10th of this year our team provided a technical assistance orientation shortly after the release for community agencies to inquire more about the grant opportunities and partnership by the last day to submit we have received 17 applications totaling an ass of over $2 million per year February 24th the grant review team met for an orientation on the selection process April 5th our grant review team who represented various community sectors came together to culminate the selection process I do want to note that in addition to the framework from our 2021 community needs assessment the review team made the selection using again the 2017 to 2022 violence prevention strategic plan the 2016 community safety scorecard and the measure ordinance so these documents highlighted and specific focuses on positive use justice model trauma-informed care wraparound approaches culturally relevant methodologies results based accountability place-based initiatives and high needs areas as identified by our scorecard finally on May 18th we shared the upcoming recommendations with the violence prevention partnership policy team and the executive advisory board so we're going to go to the next slide please so the grant review team was made up of the committee members and partners that you see here we have Bridget Beck from Sonoma County probation uh interim chief John Cregan from Santa Rosa police department superintendent Anna Trinnell from Santa Rosa City Schools Dr. Hector Rico from Rosalind who's a superintendent at the Rosalind school district and Leslie Graves who is our chair for the community advisory board. Jesus Rosales not only works for Verity as a as a youth outreach specialist but also is one of our Latino service providers pro-promotores and works very closely with with youth in and out of the juvenile hall and in our communities. Jeff Tibbets who is our director of recreation and we can go to the next slide please so to get us started in the categories we have school readiness and the grant review team selected four C's early education outreach intervention program which works one-on-one with at-risk families in prioritizing communities and connect families to early education childcare as well as all needed family supports four C's will also offer early care scholarships to families needing immediate support and additionally four C's will continues has continued to successfully launch grassroots outreach strategies including door-to-door on the radio social media and they have a very strong presence in community at community events. Next slide please. In the category of student engagement and truancy prevention the review team selected center for well-being project true which is a school-based leadership program which empowers youth in high need areas it employs a strength-based and harm reduction model that is effective in increasing student engagement and fostering student success community matters safe school ambassador program this is a evidence-based program it which empowers and equips carefully selected students with intervention skills that reduce bullying and mistreatment lamp hats brooding youth in nature providing teens ages 13 to 18 with culturally relevant healthy outdoor recreation trust and relationship building addressing stressors through nature and supporting adults to support youth all alongside peers and positive adult role models. RISES Collective Programma Josecha this is a student-led community-facilitated program which will allow students to identify current social emotional needs which will both bolster RISES capacity to serve as critical partners in delivering culturally relevant and informed workshops that will meet student identified needs. Next slide please. The Boys and Girls Club of Sonoma Marin's REACH program which is divergent and intervention program is housed at our local juvenile hall the REACH program aims to mitigate dangerous behaviors of high-risk youths through outreach mediation and intervention along with life skills education and cognitive development programs to change the lives of youth community action partnership of Sonoma's rosin strong program it's a continuum of integrated place-based programs providing services in southwest San Rosa focusing on youth and family success including building strong relationships with residents and connecting them to partners and the larger community. LIFORC's Sonoma counties and Puente program provides in-home therapy to youth and their families using a culturally responsive strength-based approach focused on healing trauma building communication connection and enhancing resiliency the program is delivered by two bilingual by cultural counselors trained in evidence-based therapeutic modalities who join families in creating their own goals breaking disruptive cycles honing in on existing strengths and building effective skills. Next slide please. So the process of selecting the affirmation agencies was very difficult and there were a lot of important factors that went into the deliberation taking into consideration the framework elements and the need to meet specific earlier mentioned indicators and given the limitations of the funding amount for this cycle there were no agencies selected for the workforce development category but we can speak later to how we will still be working with agencies on that. Next slide please. So it is recommended by the office of community engagement that the council by resolution adopt the funding recommendations of the grant review team for the measure of choice cycle 11 grant program for July 1st 2022 to December 31st 2024 and direct the city manager or does it need to enter into funding agreements with approved funder providers and authorize the city manager or does it need to approve and execute the funding agreements and amendments with choice cycle 11 funded agencies subject to approval as to form by the city attorney and we'll go to the next slide and that is the end of my presentation. Thank you so much deputy director and I want to appreciate all of the work that goes into this from from you from your staff from community partners from the whole team and the rest of our staff as well. Let's open it up for questions from council members council member McDonald. Thank you and thank you for the presentation. My question to you is do we ever get any data on how the programs that we funded are working or is there something that they report back to the city of Santa Rosa and then how do we access that or does it just go straight to you? That is a great question. Thank you for asking that. We do have our choice grant update it's like an updated scorecard. We have our 2020 updated scorecard available on our website and it and it's used our results based accountability so it'll tell you how much we did how far we got and are we being successful. We're very grateful to upstream investment who got us sort of started on that and that will be available every year and we are hoping to soon be able to close out cycle 10 to let the community know how collectively we did within cycle 10 cycle and then we will be doing a close out at the end of cycle 11 as well so it'll be a larger more extensive report. Thank you so much. Any other questions council? All right let's go to public comment on this item. Thank you mayor. I see nobody rising to go to the program or podium and I see no raised hand oh hold on I do one moment please. Sandra Valencia please go ahead. Yes I definitely we're stand here as a choice fund today just see with community chocolate council I just want to hopefully support that you support moving forward with approving this funding. I am first hand at working with families and being in a community with a community chocolate council for 28 years have been able to do intensive case management in a whole different level things to this funding and be able to secure more families to be able to provide for their families at the same time make sure that their children are safe healthy environment which nurturing adults and being able to support this program to really impact the families and the community overall in Santa Rosa and the families and adults in the children that are not here today to represent to say please support them so thank you very much. Thank you um I see no other hands and there's no voicemail public comment on this item. Okay let's go ahead bring it back to council then and council member Fleming I believe that this is your motion. Thank you mayor I'll bring a resolution of the council of the city of Santa Rosa adopting the funding recommendations of the grant review team for the measure O 2004 choice cycle grant 11 or choice cycle 11 grant program for July 1 2022 through December 31 2024 and granting authority to the city manager or designee to approve and execute funding agreements and waive further reading of the text. Second. Do we have any additional comments? Okay let's go ahead and call the vote. Council member. Mr. Mayor could I make a comment I have my hand up there oh yeah my apologies go for it just for the vote. I really want to thank the grant review team having done that a couple years ago reviewing 17 different applications and have to select just eight is quite the challenge so I really appreciate the time energy and effort and the volunteerism especially for those couple superintendents I know they've got busy schedules but it was very impressive that they agreed to participate on this and I also like to thank the voters of Santa Rosa because without this measure O funds here's almost two million dollars going back into the community this is exactly what we said we were going to be doing and the golly thank you for talking about the evaluation of it because these programs do work but again we have just to thank the voters of the city of Santa Rosa who approved this funding stream and it's just been a great collaboration throughout the community thank you. Council members now we will call the vote. Council member Schwedhelm. Aye. Council member Rogers. Aye. Council member McDonald. Aye. Council member Fleming. Aye. Vice Mayor Alvarez. Aye. Mayor Rogers. Aye. That motion passes with six ayes with council member Sawyer being absent. All right thank you. Item City Manager let's do item 14.4 please. Thank you mayor and if you would just give me one quick second before we go to item 14.1 deputy director tell us jumped in before I could make a comment I just want to remind this body sometimes we will bring comprehensive reports onto this body and we may not always have all the answers we may not have answers that you like but I have a extremely dedicated and hardworking team and I want to make certain that that we are respecting staff for the hard work that they put in and that if we have to come back to you with an answer or we need to make adjustments I just ask that you remember to respect the staff thank you. Item 14.4 is a report it's the parklet program manual adoption I'd like to introduce deputy director Osborne and deputy director De La Rosa. Good evening Mayor Rogers and members of the council so at long last deputy director gave Osborne and I are here along with a number of other dedicated and very involved city staff to present a pathway to move us from the temporary parklet program to permanent one and if we could get the presentation up that would be great. Thanks okay so this has been something that has been an interest particularly to economic development for many years well before the pandemic but like most things the city does it is far more complicated than the name implies and this is because parklet programs are informed by local state and federal regulations and touches almost every department in the city that said we believe we've created a program that will be easy to navigate in as affordable a manner as possible so next slide please. Okay the purpose of adopting the parklet program manual is so that we can clearly outline the process criteria and costs for safely delineating and repurposing certain spaces within public streets and the benefit of this is to broaden the potential of these spaces from auto-centric uses to uses that create or really bolster vitality and social activities predominantly in commercial districts but in residential centers as well so I want to note here that parklets are mostly associated with eating and drinking establishments but this isn't always the case certainly it isn't the only thing we're proposing in the manual they can be built by other business types for other community oriented purposes as well. Next slide so years ago when we first began looking at developing a program we hit many many internal roadblocks starting with whether businesses should even be allowed to privatize public space and that's on top of just a myriad of other operational concerns and considerations but you know necessity is the mother of invention and once COVID came along we were able to very quickly develop the temporary program that we have today that is operated out of the planning and economic development department obviously with the support of all other departments and we did this using the encroachment permits as the permitting path and this is really the model that we'll be using moving forward using encroachment permits but specific to public versus private parklets by a way of background before COVID when parklets became a thing in other cities they were almost always public spaces though primarily used in Service 2 and budding private businesses to where it wasn't always evident that they were open for public use so COVID changed this and is actually continuing to change and inform programs even in cities like San Francisco where those programs were adamantly designed to be public so while our temporary program allowed parklets to be private spaces moving forward what we'll be presenting to you covers two options either public or private parklets with the difference really only reflected in what fees are applied so we'll get that into that in a minute but just so you understand so public parklets will still be sponsored by a business organization or community group but they're open for public use regardless of whether people patronize the sponsoring establishment or not and then private parklets are just that they'll have more costs associated with them but the sponsoring organization has the right to limit the use of the space of those patronizing their business and I just want to mention here that fairly soon we'll be rolling out a small business facade improvement grant program and parklets are or will be an eligible expense within that program next slide so I'm actually going to hand this over to Gabe here in a second to get into the technical details of the manual but before I do I just want to point out the isolated area this this program addresses so on this diagram uses that fall within the frontage zone and the furnishing zone so really any area of the public sidewalk that is not the shaded five foot uninhindered through zone the the other sidewalk areas are covered under a separate approval and permitting process and especially in the downtown those uses are generally permitted by right and so with that I'm going to go ahead and hand it over to Gabe. Thank you Risa and good evening Mayor Vice Mayor and members of the council as Risa mentioned our proposed parklet program today really adds to a portfolio of existing programs the city has in place for outdoor seating and that's really what this exhibit is intended to show we do have existing programs for sidewalk or cafe seating and we do have existing programs for the expansion of patio seating on public excuse me private property the parklet program for reasons Risa mentioned earlier on in the presentation has definitely been most challenging mainly due to the location it is located in an area that historically has been programmed for parking and it creates a significant number of challenges to address all the variety of issues that potentially it can present long term in that area but what we hope we're able to present today is a program that not only focuses on aesthetics but also focuses on safety and a program that alleviates some of the burdens from a processing and time standpoint on the applicant as well as the fees because we really do want this to be as successful as it possibly can next slide please so as we step through today's presentation I'll dive into quite a bit of detail on the specific requirements and permit processing steps I'd like to begin by a very brief overview of what that permit pathway duration and process looks like we are proposing to allow parklets to move forward under encroachment permit applications that is an existing application type that is supported by our city code it also has an existing fee structure associated with it so the manual will actually supplement the code and it dives into some of the details that are very unique to parklets and addresses those but it will work in conjunction with the code requirements we are proposing to issue those permits for one year with annual renewals and we are not restricting the number of renewals hence the permanent program the reason we have it on a one year cycle is because the universe around a parklet in the public right of way can change so parklets have to always be associated with an active business and that can change and then obviously in the public infrastructure arena we're dealing with a lot of capital projects that might temporary displace the parklet so the one year cycle gives us the ability to review to make sure that it's free and clear for that year from a process standpoint we are pushing it through two reviews the first is an initial review that really what that looks at is site suitability and that's intended to provide clarity to the applicant through that process and that process can be submitted by a business owner it does not require a design professional we will approve the site and that will provide clarity in the process before they engage architect and start investing in final design the second process is the final design review and that is a review of the design drawings reviewed against all manual requirements code policies and standards that will have a public noticing process associated with it which is a 15-day public noticing and then obviously once approved we'll be generating construction drawings and the encroachment permit will be issued next slide please so when looking at the location criteria we didn't want to create a policy that created any allowances or restrictions based on geographic areas we really wanted to look at a solution that would allow parklets to go throughout Santa Rosa when the location criteria is met and that location criteria falls into a few different categories the first is traffic safety so we're only proposing to allow parklets on a street with a speed limit of 25 miles per less and a trip volume of less than 5000 vehicles a day we're proposing to create a separation from intersections of 15 feet so that would be 15 feet from any street corner intersection or active driveway we are allowing the traffic engineer some discretion in this area so if a lesser distance actually meets the same safety goal we can allow it we're not allowing installations in any blue curb zone or red curb zone those are accessibility and emergency parking we are allowing parklets to go on yellow zones but they actually have to replace the yellow zone that is a loading zone the other category that can control the location is utility clearances the biggest being hydrant clearance so in the public right of way we have to maintain access to all hydrants and fire department connections so we are creating a buffer of seven and a half feet parklets can go over the top of other utilities that exist in the right of way those are typically underground utilities we are requiring that the parklet provide access to most utility covers so those can be valve covers they're generally areas where we need to operate the utility from the surface and the parklet will have to provide direct access to that through this process we worked closely with PG&E because obviously they have infrastructure in the right of way as well and they have more stringent requirements in some situations utility covers are vented because of air circulation reasons the parklet cannot be placed over the top and PG&E also has requirements with overhead power lines so we actually incorporated those PG&E requirements into our proposed program the other item that can control the location of parklets really is the public process so in this particular case we are restricting the parklet to the fringe of the building so that really means the width of the business a parklet that wants to extend beyond the business has to obtain permission from the adjacent owner or tenant that individual can approve or deny that request and we're also going to analyze unique site specific issues that are brought forward as part of the public noticing process we don't necessarily see that that would result in a denial of the application but we want to open it up for that public review and we want to be able to address the community's concerns next slide please so obviously parklets take up public parking and one of the challenges is balancing out the need for public parking with the desire to activate that space in a different way and to create that balance we are restricting the number of spaces that a parklet can occupy parklets can be in either parallel perpendicular or diagonal spaces and they can either occupy three diagonal spaces or three perpendicular spaces or two parallel spaces i think it's important to note that we in the policy are adding staff discretion to increase the number of spaces when unique circumstances exist and that would typically be when an applicant cannot take full advantage of a parking stall and that type of situation would exist when the buffer increases so as you can see in the detail we're proposing a buffer of three to four feet from the adjacent parking stall just for operational purposes for example you may see a fire hydrant right along that line which would include that separation of seven and a half feet which would further push the parklet away from the edge of the parking stall so you can run into a situation where a property excuse me a business owner is essentially getting 20% of the parking stall so in that type of situation we would allow an additional stall to be brought in the mix to be able to provide the same amount of space next slide piece so what i mentioned before is really when we go through our preliminary site plan or preliminary review we're really trying to determine site suitability and we also wanted to make this a simple process so we provide a significant amount of guidance in the program manual including plans that can be submitted obviously you can see that this is the digital representation but if an applicant wishes to prepare this by hand we will accept it but this is generally what we're looking for we're looking for the footprint of the parklet and all the surrounding features that are in the right of way and where the parklet is in relation to the business so this does really add its guidance for the applicant next slide please so although we really wanted to create a program that was universal to the city of Santa Rosa when the location requirements are met we did have to place a specific focus on the downtown station area and the downtown station area is the downtown and railroad square area and the reason being is we really wanted our permanent program to be informed by the lessons learned in our experiences under our temporary allowances so right after COVID when we had the initial shelter-in-place requirements we stood up two programs that allowed temporary seating in the right of way those had very minimal requirements limited cost and we learned quite a few lessons from that and we also were able to see where the demand existed for that and 100 percent of those applications were issued in the downtown station area so we knew that there was a definite demand for permanent parklets so we had to focus on some of the unique issues in that area and the biggest issue is associated with the paid parking so in addition to balancing the parking needs with a desired activate public space we're also incorporating into the discussion a potential impacts to the parking fund by allocating or excuse me placing parklets in areas that normally would generate parking revenue so as we first started down this road a year or so ago to start working on the manual we originally came up with a proposal that looked at potentially recovering some of that parking fund and that was looking at a one-time fee and then an ongoing fee for that parking impact and as we started doing our community outreach and engaging the community on that front there were some significant concerns about the overall fee package parklets are not cheap to build and just the cost of construction can be fairly pricey so we were looking at developing a model where overall from a development of the plan standpoint and a fee package that we were balancing that so that didn't really create avoidance because we wanted this to be successful so once that came up we started taking a harder look at the parking fee and from a methodology standpoint if we look at the downtown and the railroad square area there is surplus parking so when we look at a limited number of parklets they are isn't potentially an impact on the parking revenue and that's due to the fact that as a vehicle approaches a space that has a parklet in it it is able to further maneuver in that area to utilize surplus parking and that surplus parking is generating revenue so the vehicle is really not being displaced out of the parking district to where it doesn't pay now it's very hard to make that finding when we don't have a restriction on the number of parking spaces that can be allocated to a parklet because you could run into a situation where there is saturation and there's too many parklets in the area and then we're pushing outside of that surplus so to address that issue we are proposing to delegate authority to the parking manager to set a cap on the number of meter parking spaces in the downtown and railroad square areas that initial cap is proposed to be set at 50 meter spaces between the two areas that 50 meter spaces is a well above and beyond the current demand that we've been seeing for permanent parklets and it's also very close to the total number of spaces that we allocated to our temporary program and at the height of that program we were utilizing 50 spaces so we think that 50 will not only meet the current demand for permanent parklets but also the future demand and it also allows us to move forward with no fee for the parking on the parklets because there isn't necessarily that nexus because we're taking advantage of the surplus parking. Next slide please. So once we get through site suitability we're actually getting into design and there's a few components to that which traffic safety being the most important. The detail that's provided on this slide was provided by the National Association of City Transportation Officials. It gives a general idea of how a parklet lays out. That organization also has provided some protection measures for parklets. Those have been incorporated by other local jurisdictions and they've also expanded on those as have we. So what we're requiring to protect from a traffic safety standpoint is we're requiring wheel stops on both sides of the parklet and as you can see from the detail parklets typically have parking on both ends and the wheel stop prevents the vehicle from striking the parklet as it maneuvers in and out of the parking stall. We are also requiring soft hit posts and those are number two on the detail so those are posts at the corners. They make the parklet more visible especially at night because they have reflective material on them so the vehicles approaching can see the corner. We're also controlling the depth of the parklet so the parklet is pushed away from the edge of the parking stall to create more of a buffer from vehicle traffic running parallel and in some situations we may see where the end of the parklet is not protected by a parking stall and this can be a situation where the parklet is located fairly close to an intersection and is occupying the last parking stall adjacent to the intersection. In that particular case when an edge is exposed to oncoming vehicle traffic we are requiring a water barricade on that edge as an additional measure. And then I think the most important is to limit the exposure to the high number of vehicles traveling at a high speed and that's why we're only allowing parklets when the speed limit is 20 miles per hour with the specific 5,000 vehicles per day allowance. Next slide please. As parklets are installing a structure in the public right-of-way they do have to meet building code requirements. All portions of the structure shall meet live loads and win loads what that means is obviously you have people occupying the parklet they are leaning against railings they are sitting on chairs so structurally the parklet has to make sure it meets those loads. As you expand vertically on the parklet it is more susceptible to wind so there has to be a structural analysis from a code compliance standpoint to make sure it works. All portions of the platform in the seating area shall meet ADA requirements and I think this is an important point. A parklet is a very unique seating area in the public right-of-way and being that it has to meet all associated ADA requirements and some of the more specific items with this is not an all-inclusive list but it includes slip resistant surface materials it ensures that wheelchair users can access the parklet it also ensures that the parklet has the correct percentage of accessible seating and one of the big reasons why there's always a platform is because the platform can control the slope which is a particular item from an ADA standpoint. We are also with the structure attempting to reduce vertical and overhead elements roofing is strongly discouraged it can be allowed at the discretion of the chief building official the reason it is discouraged is because of the wind issue it becomes more of a risk to the general use of the right-of-way and generally there's more support structures and anchoring that happens at the base to make it work and of course the next bullet point is we want to reduce anchoring because that potentially impacts the roadway. The final item on the building side or occupancy load calculations those really look at the number of occupants that a business has private part fire sprinklers or the number of restrooms we don't anticipate that to occur based on the small square footage but that can actually happen and they actually have to go through the calculation as part of the smell. Next slide please. So in addition to building design there are general aesthetic requirements and these are always a bit challenging because from a processing standpoint we're trying to make parklets very ministerial mainly to support a very streamlined process and those are very much check the box sort of items when we say ministerial application so we're really encouraging every effort to beautify and create visual character in the street so we're looking modular and movable outdoor dining because we're not required or excuse me because we're not recommending a more formal design review process we're actually requiring the parklet to meet the design of the building which the assumption is as most situations the design of the building goes through a design review process so by matching that you're essentially bringing in that design review element all exposed support structure shall be covered with visually pleasing products so we don't want to see any bare wood materials cannot create glare illuminate an offsite area that's potentially just creating impacts to the right of way so metallic materials may be problematic. Next slide please. So one of the items to support a ministerial application and more of a checklist are including items that we will not permit and this is a bit of a comprehensive list from what some other agencies have done some of our experience with our temporary parklets what we're not proposing to include in the installation are pop-up tents those can be problematic for a variety of different reasons outdoor carpeting or fake lawn products any form of lattice either wood or plastic any pallets which likely will not hold up from a structural standpoint based on the current requirements anyway no plastic tables or chairs no plastic or vinyl fences trellises or furniture no picket fencing or chain lint fencing and no hinged middle pet enclosures so all those are included in the policy next slide please so the amenities that not only are we allowing but we're also encouraging our bike parking that may be included as part of the parklet or may be installed directly outside of the parklet we're encouraging native drop tolerant plannings in planners incorporated into the parklet instead of doing overhead roofing structures we're allowing some level of vertical with overhead umbrellas and canvas covers to provide side coverage we're also allowing warm tone which is generally a yellow light string lights or lanterns which we're encouraging those to be solar powered powered and battery powered candles our fire department is also allowing propane heaters but that must be consistent with fire department requirements so there's a separate permitting requirement for that it controls separation from overhead elements and it also deals with the storage of propane and then obviously trash and recycling and compost bins are also encouraged next slide please so when we get into the fees this is one of the areas where we put a significant amount of effort over the last three months and as i described in a previous slide we were able to move forward without proposing a parking fee public and private parklets do deviate a bit on the total fee package both are susceptible to the general permitting fees those include processing plan review inspection fees associated with the encroachment permit there's also a fee that covers the hard cost of the noticing the other fee that comes into the mix when it's a private parklet is potentially the water and wastewater demand fees all businesses basically go through a calculation when they start up to determine the anticipated sewer and water use and when those businesses expand that calculation is revisited and this is an expansion of the business because it's a privately controlled area very similar to an internal additional square footage add to the building so the water department goes through a calculation and if that calculation shows that the usage on the overall site will increase which is an important point it looks at the overall parcel then the applicant is susceptible to paying a one-time demand fee that demand fee is actually a benefit to the property owner because it basically goes into the pool of available capacity that the parcel has and it's not always due there's a variety of different reasons oftentimes there can be credits where more intense uses have left the building and when as the restaurant comes in even though it expands it's able to leverage credits that exist on the parcel but it definitely is a calculation that we go through and it is a possibility that private parklets will have to pay it next slide please so looking at the two-year fee program so for a proposed parklet and this will see a deviation here really based on a public and a private parklet they all have to pay the encroachment permit fee and that's estimated to be about $720 based on the current fee structure obviously as that changes in the future then this fee changes with it we're also adding the public information services fee which is essentially covering our noticing and the water and sewer demand fee this is a bit of an estimate based on an increase in 2000 gallons of additional demand as I mentioned in the previous slide it only applies to private parklets and it may not apply if the parcel has available fee credits and then as we see in our second year that's a very small renewal fee for just the encroachment permit which covers our cost review that the overall fee package we're proposing is one of the smallest that I've seen for permanent parklets so as I mentioned we're really trying to encourage the deployment of these parklets and we're trying to give the applicant the ability to invest more in the design and create the beautification element in the right of way next slide please so I think it's always important to talk about how we touch public processes both with the manual creation that we've gone through as well as how we administer this policy so through the application review obviously we require permission from the adjacent property owner so they have a voice in the installation that parklet especially when it extends into their frontage we also run this through a 15-day public review period that will involve notices sent to tenants and owners within 600 feet of the radius anytime we do that we obviously work with the adjacent community to address any concerns that are brought forward as we develop this manual it was a bit of a unique situation that we did have a very targeted audience we did our best to create a universal policy that can apply throughout the city but we had a real desire within the downtown area in the railroad square districts to implement permanent parklets so we worked very closely with those districts we held multiple meetings with business owners to talk through some of the concepts that we were looking at it's of course correct when needed in addition to that we also conducted some very direct interaction with the temporary permit holders to see what their interests were and moving forward with a permanent parkway next slide please so we're moving to the conclusion here you know obviously I mentioned in the the early stages of presentation that we do have a temporary outdoor seating program so our goal obviously because that was temporary that was put in strictly for COVID relief to throw a lifeline to businesses is we really want to stand that down as we bring forward the permanent policy so the temporary program was very simple I'm a hundred percent COVID relief it was all private use very minimal requirements in that particular case we actually allowed it under the city code chapter 13 which allows for an encroachment permit to occur so that was all done through that code allowance simply due to the need that we needed to get it up and running fairly quickly to support the needs of the community now if we move forward with the adoption of the permanent policy today what our proposal is is to cease any issuance of temporary permits because we'll have the permanent program in place that any applicant wishing to move forward can go through the permanent program and then we also want to remove the temporary seating by September 12th and of this year and that date is fairly strategic so for those applicants that have no desire to move forward with the permanent program we still wanted to give them an opportunity to have some level of outdoor seating through the summer so September 12th actually gets it through Labor Day and also gets a weekend after Labor Day and what we found is that most parklets are removed on the weekend because of the resources that can come in to support that another option if an applicant does want to actually move forward with the permanent program by completing the application and formally submitting a complete application prior to the date we will allow the attempt seating to remain while the permit goes through the review process and just a notice for the public obviously when we get into revoking permits and sunsetting policies that exist we do our best to get voluntary compliance we do our best to notice and we do our best to support the city can remove seating out of the right of way and that seating can be removed with permit holders expense we do our best to not let it get to that point but that is usually our last effort to address these issues if we run into a non-compliant situation next slide please so before we hit the the final side I did discuss some of the components that are involved in our recommendations today one specifically is we do want to potentially authorize the director of the planning and economic development department to execute future updates to the program manual and that would be very specific to the following areas fee references obviously those are changed through other processes as fees are adopted and modified we want to want the flexibility to update those numbers in the policy just to keep it clear and keep it up to date same holds true with local state and federal code references those are adopted and this will be incorporated in the policy through this means to keep that fresh and then we do control internally often permitting procedures and application processes and those can change for a variety of different reasons with digital submittals coming into the mix so requesting the flexibility to be able to make those changes next slide please and that brings us to the end so I'd like to complete the presentation by simply restating the recommendations I apologize we do have a slight typo in the first the first is to adopt the parklet program manual outlining requirements to expand a business's outdoor operating space on a public street and assign existing service fees to applications initiated under the program second recommendation is to authorize the director of planning and economic development to approve future changes to the parklet program manual when references to local state and federal code requirements adopted fees or applications middle processes require updating and the third is to authorize the parking manager to determine the total number of mirrored parking spaces within the downtown station area that may be utilized for permanent parklet program and with that both rice and I and a variety of different staff and different departments are available to answer any questions the council may have I thank you so much Gabe there's always a very thorough and and very good presentation I want to thank all of the staff that have worked on this and have worked on compromises to try to move this program forward council do you have questions for staff council member Fleming yeah I have one question about the five hundred five thousand trips and 25 miles will that impact any of our existing uses in terms of the the parklets that are currently going on with will they have to dismantle that that is an excellent question the area that we're further analyzing is on mendicino we see different traffic patterns as we move up from mendicino pretty much from college to fourth the highest trip counts are from college to seventh and that's over the five thousand but we didn't see any parklets in that corridor fifth to seventh was slightly over five thousand and we did see parklets in that corridor and then fourth the fifth was under the traffic counts are actually from 2019 and we are going through the process now of doing additional traffic counts to accurately capture what those traffic patterns are obviously we had the change with courthouse square we had issues with covid affecting really traffic patterns so we're fairly certain fifth to seventh will be under it and we'll be working with those applicants directly to iron out those details if we start seeing permanent requests in that corridor but that is the only area that we've identified that would not be eligible the rest of the parklets would be eligible based on those restrictions and Gabe do you want to speak a little bit about brew as well absolutely yes brew is a fairly unique situation and we do have that referenced in the manual that is not parking that's essentially taking additional right of way space that's not programmed for a specific use because it's in the middle of the two travel lanes so our manual does allow for that it is very much a unique situation so in that particular case we're going to do our best to apply all of our requirements to that but it won't always fit because of those situations are fairly unique and they can be very unique from a traffic standpoint as you can see from brew obviously more water barricades out there more temporary redirection of traffic so we will be working very closely with them and we have from the start and the policy does allow for it it just will be a fairly unique case by case determination on what the ultimate requirements under that permit will be okay thank you and going back to my question about the existing parklets that which was specifically identified on Mendocino between 5th and 7th would it be possible for the traffic engineer or the city manager or there does a need to make exceptions for existing uses that come close to the the parameters but that are not within it and or what and then an adjacent question is what if in the future existing uses end up with higher traffic or higher trips I don't imagine we would increase the speeds but that perhaps the the amount of trips begins to exceed 5000 in a particular area in spite of our traffic calming measures around the downtown and those are all excellent points I think from a policy standpoint to address the question about an existing permit so basically as we review the permit those requirements really lock in so if patterns change within that year we don't revisit it but we are creating a a permitting process where we actually revisit this on an annual basis and one of the reasons for that is because conditions can dramatically change so when we deal with the 5000 trips it you know what point does it become more of a safety issue with the parklet and at what point are there more stringent traffic control measures that we implement so as we currently sit that is not an area where we added a discretion that is an area where we can add discretion and we have that in other areas in the policy especially with the 15 foot separation where basically that bounces back to the traffic engineer to make a determination that if you're essentially 5001 that that's close enough to 5000 so it isn't into the policy now but that would be consistent with some other allowances we have in there and that can be specifically focused on existing parklets that were approved under different circumstances so what you're saying just to be super clear is that the traffic engineer has a bit of discretion around the amount of trips and then I suppose since it's coming back to us it'll be a great opportunity to look at traffic calming and then the other thing that I noticed about the parklets is that they are inherently traffic calming in and of themselves and so I imagine that that when there are collisions there are much lower speeds because the roads are significantly lower I know there was a parklet collision on 5th street between Mendocino and D I want to say but I don't think anybody was injured necessarily I think it was the the I'm gonna butcher the name it was something pig it was it's a great restaurant anyway I don't know if it's still there the what pig the naked pig that's right anyway so you know there are risks associated with it but I one of the things that I really like about these is that they do slow down traffic and they make the area more accessible and I'd like to hear that the traffic engineer does have some discretion Gabe if I if I may Mayor Gabe I don't know if anyone from traffic engineering is on if they are they can talk about the Mendocino Avenue corridor study that's currently underway in the downtown if they're not on I'll just simply mention council member that that we actually are actively looking at alternatives for Mendocino Avenue between 4th and 10th and that may feed directly into the work that that Gabe and Rice have done to try to understand what that corridor may look like in the future that may enhance the ability for future parklets so I think some of that work is in the process of of happening that's really exciting I'll contact you separately to learn more about that I know the businesses and and the bike pad people will be excited to hear about that as well and we do have Rob sprinkle available and Rob would you like to provide more detail on I think Jason really nailed it on head I was I was ready to jump in but yeah we did we have had a public meeting and got a lot of great input there's actually a survey online right now where we've gotten over 600 different comments regarding what to do with Mendocino Avenue and how to help accommodate all different modes of transportation on the segment between college and 4th Street so that's going to be incorporated into our slurry project which is coming up next summer so we're really excited to get the feedback from the public and to move forward with a design to help accommodate all those there all right thank you Rob any other questions all right let's get a public comment on this item mayor I don't see anybody going to the podium I see no raised hands and we have no voicemail public comment on this item all right I'm going to go ahead and bring it back then and councilmember mcdonald I believe it's your motion yes thank you mayor I moved the resolution of the council the city of Santa Rosa adopt the parklet program manual and assigning existing service fees to applications initiated under the program authorizing the director of planning and economic development to prove future changes to the parklet program manual to address code updates fee adoptions and changes to permitting process and authorizing the parking manager to determine the total number of metered parking spaces within the downtown station area that may be utilized by the permanent parklet program and waive for the reading of the resolution second so motion from councilmember mcdonald and a second and councilmember clemming there any additional comments from council mayor let's go councilmember rogers and then clemming thank you mayor I just wanted to thank staff for all the hard work it is very thought out and thorough very comprehensive and I think all the comments that I received from a lot of the the neighbors that had concerns about parklets that were next to them that you really address those issues and did it very thoroughly and did it in a way where it is creating community not division and so I just wanted to thank you for doing that and doing it in writing so thank you very much for your hard work on this and councilmember clemming yes thank you mayor I just I wanted to add that these these parklet programs they can seem really simple when you just want to throw something up but the devil is in the details and it's always you know interesting on the outside to watch the cities that tried to permanent make these permanent a year ago or 18 months ago and how how difficult it was so I just want to applaud our staff for going through all these finer points the fact the fact that I haven't been delused by emails from my constituents and business owners in the downtown is a real testament to your outreach and your wisdom on these topics and that that we had no comments tonight just baffled me I thought we were going to be here till midnight so really well done thank you cast member mcdonald thank you mayor in addition I received some emails just requesting that we approve this item from different members of the community that weren't business owners but found that it was really important to have opportunities to sit outside and I think we know that the pandemic is not over yet and many people do want to still eat outside and so I appreciate the aesthetic part of what we're doing in the parklet program as well so that there's some consistency and there's some some recommendations for design so that we do have that aesthetically pleasing downtown area I think that that's critical when we look at building and what we want to have and see specifically around the lighting so that it's inviting it also creates an opportunity for people to feel safe when they're down at our restaurants in the evening time when there's outdoor lighting like that so thank you again for the great presentation tonight and I echo what all of my colleagues have said about the importance of having this continue thanks mr vice mayor thank you sir very quickly I just want to applaud all the efforts that were uh that were made to make this happen uh government didn't dictate how a business should be ran and said it witnessed it supported and it assured that that our downtown commerce and merchants thrived during the pandemic so thank you on behalf of all the merchants of downtown let's go ahead and call the vote councilmember schwedhelm hi councilmember rogers hi councilmember mcdonald hi councilmember fleming hi vice mayor alvarez hi mayor rogers hi that motion passes with six eyes with councilmember soyer being absent okay thank you so much gave and rise and everybody to move on to item 14.5 report item 14.5 is city code charter 18-52 flood damage protection amendments chief building official jesse oswald will present the report thank you well good evening mayor rogers vice mayor alvarez and council um glad to be with you tonight always a tough act to follow uh going behind gave and race uh i always seem to be stuck behind these these rock stars so tonight uh we bring before the council uh the first uh a look at uh the the flood damage protection ordinance with the city of san aroza uh next slide please so the this flood damage protection ordinance uh is really the operational physical element of the national flood insurance uh program which is operated under fema and a little extra information on that is this program affords homeowners in flood prone areas uh typically lower rates for flood insurance than say your your commercial type carriers so it's a beneficial program for the for those property owners in in flood potential prone areas uh so the the ordinance sets forth the requirements for construction and development within designated flood flood prone areas next slide please so what started this uh revisit to our ordinance our ordinance uh is is fairly um it's not long it's not overly complicated and it historically has been uh very compliant so the first thing that brings us here is fema recently uh completed a flood insurance study and a flood insurance rate map for areas within sonoma county that were primarily outside the city of san aroza limits focused the the study was focused in the todd creek and its tributary areas in very few uh if i recall right maybe two or or maybe more but not very many more parcels actually within the city limits were affected uh here we have a statement from the director of floodplain management with fema rachel sears that indicated these maps didn't have any significant changes that made flood flood hazard data any any more uh instrumental in in the local application uh that the flood insurance study in the in the firm maps will become effective july 19th 2022 uh necessitating necessitating the changes uh the adoption of the changes to our local ordinance to maintain participation in this national flood insurance program next slide please so as i indicated um we were fortunate and i believe uh have remained vigilant over the years in our ordinance and in maintaining compliance with the federal requirements and other state requirements to essentially match those ordinances uh the the idea is that we we literally are told by the federal agency that we we must be consistent with their laws regulations and ordinance to maintain compliance and maintain enrollment uh in the program so some of the highlighted changes uh that were uh brought forth to affect our ordinance some additional definitions including the definition of recreational vehicle which is we're seeing more common use of those for some types of housing so they wanted to identify those and how those are dealt with in flood prone areas uh proceed procedural clarifications on how we apply uh requirements to development in flood prone areas and the additional of one technical requirement that is is fairly new is the establishment for what's uh normally called a free board it means essentially that uh the lowest floor of any new development say a house uh meaning say it's a one-story home that floor needs to now be one foot above what's called base flood elevation next slide please and i apologize for the blurriness of these pictures i'm not sure uh the transition from the the snip to the slide this shows uh the original requirement trying to indicate the the somewhat blue-green area of where a flood level could be anticipated to rise to in that level it really shows that it could rise to about the floor level of of a home and that was the old requirement that we simply have that floor level at or above that level that's identified in the flood flood maps uh next slide please so the newest requirement again apologies for the blurriness tries to indicate showing that lowest floor now if we were to build a home in a flood prone area in the established uh base flood elevation was x the lowest floor of the home would have to now be one foot above that that's an extra element of safety when uh designing structures homes primarily but other structures and how we would want those to be constructed to be reusable so to speak in the event of a flood next slide please so bringing this to the the short uh and end of the the presentation uh it's recommended by the planning and economic development department that the city council by resolution number one introduce an ordinance adopting amended city code chapter 18-52 flood damage protection to comply with regulatory requirements that our ordinance coincide with 44 code of federal regulation 60.3 and adopt a resolution setting a public hearing on july 12 2022 for adoption of the ordinance and i also have waiting in the wings uh claire meyers stormwater and creeks manager and flannery banks assistant engineer with stormwater and creeks for any technical questions that may be posed more on the flood study side as opposed to the ordinance itself all right thank you so much jesse let's see is there any questions from council members not seeing any so let's go to public comment i see nobody rising in the council chamber no hands raised in zoom and i have no voicemail public comment on this item okay council members let them can you introduce uh uh suggestion the motion a suggestion first of all i want to say jesse awesome presentation don't sell yourself short nice job so i would like to introduce an ordinance of the council of the city of santa rosa adopting amendments to city code chapter 18-52 and waive further into the text second in any additional conversation all right let's call the vote council member schwedhelm hi council member rogers hi council member mcdonald hi council member phleming hi vice mayor alvarez hi mayor rogers hi that motion passes with six eyes with council member soyer being absent and then i'd like to introduce a resolution of the council of the city of santa rosa setting a time in place for a public hearing for the proposed adoption of amendments to santa rosa city code chapter 18-52 flood damage protection in waive further into the text second so motion from council member schwedhelm with a second from council member rogers let's call the vote council member schwedhelm hi council member rogers hi council member mcdonald hi council member phleming hi vice mayor alvarez hi mayor rogers hi that motion passes with six eyes with council member soyer being absent all right thank you council so we have uh one written communication for tonight it's the notice of final map for belview ranch phase seven let's go and open it up and see if there's any public comment mayor there i see nobody rising to the podium i know hands raised and i have no voicemail public comment on this item all right let's also then take public comment for non-agenda items for our second time for the night and again i see nobody rising to the podium no hands raised and i have no voicemail public comment on item 17 okay well thank you everybody we'll go ahead and adjourn tonight's meeting see you all back at home soon


There's a door to the halls of memory for you. March 1944, Italy. Seven months after surrendering to the Allies, Italian airfields resounded with growing American airmines. From rebuilt access bases, the Allies were able to attack Nazi targets beyond the working range of bombers based in England. Out of the many sky battles, Allied air forces had gradually achieved air superiority. Arrived at closure to plan new strategy with General Nathan Twining, the 15th Air Force CG. Spots and acre were handing Twining the biggest job his bombers had ever undertaken. The 15th Air Force soon got the news. They had been ordered to fly through Hitler's back door and destroy his oil industry. General Twining and his staff took on the job. Gentlemen, you just received a new directive establishing target priority for the bomber offensive of the 15th Air Force. The decision has been announced. We will destroy oil refineries and synthetic oil plants. But, does our intelligence show us in regard to these targets within our area, more than 50% of the refineries and synthetic plants producing gasoline for the exercise within range of the 15th Air Force production of gasoline is represented by the 10 large refineries around the Westin. While these refineries attacked Nazi targets by the past force operating from Kenya, recent polar reconnaissance revealed that with one exception, all refineries are currently operating at home. And when you've heard about them, it's a big challenge ahead. The knockout of the Westin means Germany will be defiant of one third of its oil resource. We bomber boys who moved up from Africa started the Ploesti air siege. On the morning of April 5th, 94 B-17s swung into formation. Close by were 136 B-24s. We were strong. We expected the enemy's coastal radar network in Albania and Yugoslavia to spot us as we made our approach over the Adriatic Sea. Although it was still early in our 600-mile run to target, we got into flax suits. They're a kind of insurance. Climbing to altitude, we skimmed the Yugoslav mountains. Mighty peaceful. Peaceful until they bristled with flak guns. We were soon to find out the hard way that Ploesti had become the third best defended spot on the continent. This was a high altitude mission, 21 to 24,000 feet. As we neared the target, we edged into tighter formations. Each had top cover. We all remembered a 1943 Ploesti mission with 177 liberators in which we lost 54 planes. Would this be like last year's mission? This one might be worse. 250 enemy fighters outnumbering hours 301 attack. The enemy fighters almost had enough. By the time we crossed the Sophia Belgrade line, our lightnings moved in for the knockout punch. Then we ran into flak. 256 heavy guns filled the sky with black deadly mushrooms. Intense flak, the enemy had added smoke. We could almost smell the nauseating acid fog. 2,000 smokepots effectively covered Ploesti. Accurate visual bombing was impossible. At headquarters, they knew something had to be done. After many missions, the target was still effectively protected. On 10 June, operations decided on a new tactic. We're going to guide Bob from Mono America tomorrow using P-38. It was 1,200 miles. We buzzed the vocals. The smoke screen had to be linked. We climbed the bombing altitude and some of us dumped our wing tanks as we got close to the enemy. After hitting the refineries, we attacked German fighter units on the ground. Our P-38s got through the smoke. The mission was successful. We had destroyed 29 enemy planes and had damaged three refineries. But the job wasn't done. Operations increased. Servicing went around the clock. The plan called for the bombers to be on target during the morning hours and stop Ploesti's working day. Now they prepared for 600 plane missions. They tried new electronic devices for blind bombing. Everyone hoped the sheer concentrated weight of tonnage would crack German and Romanian defenses. Ploesti sort of got under everyone's skin. After hitting it from the air, the flyers rehashed it on the ground. The men ate it, slept it, cursed it, especially the flak and smoke. The four-month campaign since April had cost 1,900 men, the crews of 189 bombers and 41 fighters. Early in August, General Twining called a meeting of our group commanders. I've called him today to discuss future air operations against Ploesti's oil refineries. This strategic air force during the next three days will attack potentially night and day with maximum effort against all primaries in the area. We got over Ploesti all right, but the enemy gave us a warm welcome. They rammed up more than 45,000 rounds of flak. That didn't stop us. During three days of smoky air siege, we lost 30 more planes, 23 to flak. But now we had over 100 mustangs as escorts. The enemy jabbed, and our 51 swooped into the battle. Enemy fighters' strength fell apart. Displaying courage far beyond the call of duty, our boys drove the enemy into the ground. Flak kept our bomber crews on their toes. We waited through it all the way to the target. The full weight of our attack fell on Ploesti. That did it. The steady pounding whittled away 90% of Romanian oil production. The global and greedy designs of an Axis dictator were consumed in a blazing oily Ploesti. This was the crowning climax to our air siege. In only five months, this had become the graveyard for one-third of Hitler's oil. Oil, a pre-war weak point in the Nazi military supply system, became a bottleneck under repeated Allied blows. The bombs had crushed gasoline-producing, storage, and shipping centers. Vamely, Germany's 350,000 slave workers tried to repair the damage. But now all the refineries in the rich Ploesti cluster were damaged or knocked out. We hurt them, but they hurt us too. The Ploesti campaign had crushed us 270 heavy bombers, 49 fighters, and their crews. Each plane and each man helped to shorten the war. As we hit the donut line, we were still flying the mission, and we wondered about our missing air crews. How many would come back? The answer came sooner than we had expected. 12 days after the last bombing of Ploesti, we got a real thrill. An airlift of 56 transport-converted B-17s were bringing back our buddies who had been forced down. Romania had surrendered to the Russians. In just three days, more than 1,100 returned as part of Operation Reunion. This was the first mass prisoners of war liberation. Of the first 600, only 10 were stretchy cases. All in all, considering what they'd been through, they were a lighthearted bunch. It was good to be back. Yes, it was a day to remember that day at Pogia Airport. These were the first, and General Twining made it plain how glad he was to have his men back. He had planned something special. From his Coral Sea experience, he remembered what privation meant. First, he gave his men medical care and food. Then, God speeded on their next mission. Their new checkpoint was the Statue of Liberty. Their target was home.  They brought eventual disaster at compounded interest. The German war machine was stalled for lack of fuel. Later chapters will show Allied air power accurately blasting the vitals of the Axis with the hard-won bombing experience of the United States Air Force.


Leadership and knowledge of the game, she was a freshman, I'm not gonna make a freshman a captain, but her leadership on the court and off the court with the other players, getting them together, practicing in the gym, her and Alicia came in and they just did so much. I'll never forget she was a great team player. There were times she had shots and wouldn't take them. She wanted to pass them up and she did pass them up to the point where I got a little upset because I want to score, I want to win and but she she looked beyond that and she saw the importance of her getting the other players involved and when she got him involved we became a better team. Sometimes you don't have a good game and they'll be down on themselves and all but Carol was always the one to go over and give them an encouraging word you know and always you know always there for people even if it's situations where they you know may have personal issues or whatever they can always talk to Carol and you know she was always there for them. Yes and then not only lead by example she would lead on the court when we're playing games she would get in the huddle and give suggestions and be a coach player on the field on the court that's what she was and then we only had the gym over there at Greenspring and so that was in we didn't have but a lot of spaces so we had to pick and choose when we could go in and use them because we had physical education classes then and so she would get the other girls and they'd and they'd go in and they come in my office coach we needed basketball and I'd say there they are in my office get them and they'd go in they shoot and shoot and shoot they worked on their game. Oh yeah absolutely she's not gonna ask anybody to do something that she wouldn't be willing to do and you know she was captain for three years so you know you're not a captain for three years and get the respect of your teammates you know without setting that example and I think that work ethic and that training and that discipline I think they went to first time in history Stevenson they went to the conference semifinals and that was the first time in women's basketball for the university which I'm sure contributed to the fact that we're here talking about her today so yeah no she's always been you know tough on herself she's always been tough on herself


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And for full disclosure, this back room is in excellent shape as well. You get power mirrors built in blind spot mirrors on there.  You get the bucket seats there. No rips or tears there in very nice condition. They are manual seats in the front. All-weather formats, power windows, power locks, and power mirrors are right there. You can lock your axler, disconnect it right there. We all will drive. And the back seats are just as clean as the front seats. No rips or tears back here. It does have the latch child safety system for any child car seats you may have. Once again, very nice and clean. All-weather floor mats back here. These headrests fold down, and the seats go down like so. You can see how nice and flat that they go, which is very nice if you have to haul a bunch of extra stuff. And then they go up like that. They actually do lean back quite a ways. So that's nice as well. Do get child safety locks on the back doors. And the bottoms of the doors all look really good on this RAV4. We'll hop inside, check out the miles, the radio, and everything that this vehicle has to offer on the interior. You can see this one only has 13,147 miles. You do get an outside temperature display. Instrument cluster is very nice and clean. You do get the audio controls on the steering wheel, as well as Bluetooth controls. Your cruise controls are right there. You do get the touchscreen radio, AM, FM, and Bluetooth capabilities. This is also where your backup camera shows up. And you can see that is working nicely. And it does have the CD player. Climate controls right there. You get an eco and a sport mode, a USB and AUX jack. Let's see if I can get a little bit better look there. And then a 12-volt PowerPoint there as well. Automatic transmission, passenger side, format, and seat are in excellent condition as well. No rips or tears on there. And the headliner is in very nice condition as well. You do get map lights up there. And we'll start it up and take a look under the hood. Starts right up. No check engine lights or anything like that. Turn those lights on for you. I would personally like to thank you for checking out the video today. And hopefully from this HD video, you've been able to verify the quality, condition, options, and, of course, cleanliness of this RAV4 inside and out. Under the hood, we have the 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine, 176 horsepower. Engine bay is very clean, runs very smooth. Once again, this vehicle has been fully safe and inspected by our service shop as a fresh oil and filter change. All the fluids have been checked and topped off. See a windshield washer fluid is full there. And this vehicle is 100% ready to go. There is your mission sticker. And I would highly recommend this RAV4 from a quality and condition standpoint. 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