Welcome to the 2 30 p.m. Public portion the closed litigation session of the April 10th 2018 meeting of the city council in this part of the meeting the council will receive public testimony Thereafter the council members will move to the courtyard conference room for the closed session Before we open public comment I have a brief announcement The city attorney will provide a report on items listed on the closed session agenda beginning at 3 p.m Are there any members of the public who would like to speak to any items listed on the closed session agenda? I think we skipped roll call.  I'll adjourn this meeting to the oh actually let me go to the city attorney. Yes, sir I'm requesting that the council add an item to the closed session based on a subsequent need the the item is Related to the April 5th 2018 letter that that the council received from Whitworth Park in concerning the PG&E tree removal project and in the subsequent need is that the the letter arrived after the regular agenda was posted and Threatens to take legal action against the city. So I Would request by motion that the council add it to the closed session I'll move second a motion by council member Matthew second by council member Brown. So Adjourned now to the closed session Good afternoon, welcome to our 3 30 p.m. Session of the April 10th 2018 meeting in the city council I'd now like to ask the clerk to please call the roll Thank you mayor council member. It's crone here Matthews is currently absent chase Brown here Narayan here Vice mayor Watkins here and mayor trousers here and if the clerk would please lead us in the pledge of allegiance To the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation Indivisible with liberty and justice for all At this point it's I'd like to announce that we're gonna have some new employees We'd like to introduce and I'd start with deputy of public works Chris Schneider Good afternoon, I'm gonna introduce two new employees the public works department To my far left is in any of NS which I'm sure I butchered But anyway, she is a parking attendant Formally a temporary parking attendant now has moved into a regular position Existing position. She was born and raised and lives in Watsonville She enjoys spending her time with her daughter and their dog Coco and We're happy to have her and to my immediate left is Jacqueline de Priest She's been hired as an assistant engineer and currently working in the engineering division and the Resource recovery section so she's working as engineering support for the landfill and recycling center She comes to us from Virginia Beach where she was born and raised she has a Engineering degree masters and a bachelor's in environmental engineering from Virginia Tech as well as an engineering and training Certificate, which is the first step in becoming a professional engineer She's moved from Marin where she was working for the Marin Municipal Water District and before that for a daily city We're happy to have her here And part of the team Very much. All right. Welcome aboard Now I'd like to invite up director of water Rose Maria Menard afternoon mayor and council It's my pleasure to introduce to you Leah Vandermotten lia has come to us as a New position that we have as a associate engineer She's working on the largest single project that the water department has right now Which is a the no quick gam inlet outlet project, which is about a 40 million dollar 40 to 50 million dollar investment to rehabilitate or replace the Pipeline that goes through the dam that brings water either from the lake to our treatment plant or it sends water back Up to the treatment plant or to the lake via The Felton booster station that sends water back up there when we Have the conditions that allow that so Leah has actually been with us as a temporary employee for a number of years And we just recently obtained by your good graces a new three-quarter time Engineering associate position associate engineer position so she's joined us in that position But she had been working on this project for a couple of years She's born and raised in the Santa Cruz area and she graduated from Soquel high school She has a BS in engineering from University of California in Irvine and also a civil engineering master's degree from San Jose State She's worked for in the water business since about 2001 So she brings a lot of really great experience to our position and we would we're really thrilled to have that because we have a Lot of much more complicated projects than we've had historically And she also worked for us before from 2008 to 2011 So then she took out a little break to be what she describes as a professional mom of two boys We're now six and eight and so she likes to For sort of fun time when she has fun time She likes to hang out with her family or husband and two kids and a cat and a dog and some chickens and neighbors She drives our kids around to the sporting events. She likes to and she does a lot of laundry She says using a lot of water, but she didn't live in our service area now, so it's okay And she picks up a lot of Legos. She says and She likes to run and surf under free time, but she can't remember when she had free time most recently So please join me in welcoming Leah Vandemotton Welcome Thanks, and that was great to hear about the new employees next I'd like to transition over to dr. Tiffany wise West the Sustainability and climate action manager will give a presentation on the climate action plan. Yes. Thank you, mayor Good afternoon council members and mayor I'm really pleased to be here today to share with you our progress on our climate action milestones As well as a little bit of an update on climate adaptation since I've last seen you on that topic last summer So jumping right in We did adopt our first climate action plan in 2012 that plan contains 12 Milestones that are tracked through 13 indicator metrics each of those Indicator metrics have a target or goal associated with them and we achieve those goals through Implementation of 254 actions that are called out in the plan Currently the climate action program is a point seven five FTE. That's me As well as anywhere from two to nine interns at any one time But we work quite collaboratively across departments and in the community Working through the department head every other month meeting on major projects and decision-making With our external Community climate action task force that's made up of all kinds of sectors of our community These folks are really grateful for Providing their time and their expertise You can see on the right-hand side all of the things that we accomplished over 2017 and I'm looking forward to Continuing to identify productive ways to work together Also, our employee sustainability team has members from most departments and you can see on the right-hand side The types of projects that were completed over last year annually We do do a couple things each year number one we We prioritize projects for that are funded through the carbon fund these are carbon reducing projects and we also go through the capital improvement program projects and Note those that implement the climate action plan which then becomes a sheet on the CIP and Lastly we really work with a number of key departmental staff and divisions on Implementing the climate action plan So real quickly I wanted to give you an at a glance snapshot of what we've achieved What's on track and what's not on track so going from left to right? We have achieved three of our milestone indicator targets this year up from two from last year Where achieved is indicated by a solid green circle? in terms of Indicator milestones. I'm sorry indicator targets that are on track. We assume at this point in time They should be at 67% progress or greater. They're indicated by an orange circle and The number and there are five that are on track to meet The the milestone by 2020 there are five that aren't on track So those are ones that are have achieved less than 67 percent progress It's important to remember that our milestone year our baseline year is 2008 and our Target year is 2020 and it's also important particularly with respect to those that were not on track to make to remember that Our baseline year values were really high to start with because of the environmental ethic of our community So that's one thing to bear in mind with those that aren't on track of those 254 actions over 30% have been completed already and another 32% of the actions are either ongoing or in progress So jumping right into the 12 milestones the first one is to reduce energy use some municipal buildings So we're talking about all buildings here except for water transport and street lights We haven't updated this metric since 2015 because the data are not available yet from PG&E And as you can see we have achieved some progress not enough to say that we're on track But I think it's important to keep in mind that we have three major energy efficiency projects that are either in progress Or coming up that should get us to our milestone I think at this point it's also important to remember that in 2015 we spent two point five million dollars on electricity and natural gas and Just this year PG&E raised rates about eight and a half percent and so energy costs going forward are going to be something that We really need to pay attention to We did transition our Electricity accounts to Monterey Bay community power just last month in March and so now our electricity emissions going forward will be zero Okay, then second one is to expand energy efficiency programs to 30 percent of homes and businesses and as you can see here This is one that we've really struggled with what we're tracking here Are the number of homes and businesses that go through the green building program or? And I should say those that take advantage of central coast energy services low income weatherization And other programs that they have Here it's really difficult. I think for the city to influence uptake of these programs and You know, this is something that I think with Monterey Bay community power some of the profits that they have could be directed into supplementing or incentivizing these kinds of programs And so I really am encouraged by that and hope that that will help us to make better progress on this particular milestone Oh, and right now we have about 1300 homes and businesses that have taken advantage Of those our next milestone pertains to solar and we have three indicator Metrics associated with this first of all 5000 residents are our target by 2020 to have solar PV installations Last year was a record year for us 446 systems installed was by far the most in any year and we are more than halfway towards our goal I do expect that with the federal tax credit incentive Starting to step down next year We will have a rapid increase or a big rush of more solar PV So I think that we will achieve that goal goal in terms of businesses trying to get to 500 businesses Right now we are at 72 again last year was the highest year on record in terms of number of systems Installed in the year at 10 systems This is another one where we really are challenged with how can we influence businesses to uptake solar PV? and in the past we had done a technical assistance project with three Property owners who ultimately ended up all three doing solar PV So if that's something that we can find funding for in the future I think that's something we'd like to do and then again some of those incentives that Monterey Bay community power might have as Well as the federal tax credit starting to decline I think will also motivate more installations on the business end and then last we call for supplying 33% of our municipal building load With renewables so here we define renewables is electricity from methane right now that's about 20 meets about 23 percent of our load and Electricity from solar that currently meets five point three percent of our load and when I'm talking load I'm talking both electricity and natural gas Made into common units and again here We're excluding water transport and streetlights and you can see that we're doing really well here last year the water department installed the Bay Street reservoir which got us to about 28 percent total of our load that's being met by renewables and The solar projects that we have in the hopper that we're hoping to complete this year will get us to our target of 33 percent two years early so Very encouraging on that We do have a number of other projects that are possibilities in the future and again looking to Monterey Bay community power for some potential energy storage combinations with solar PV That they might incentivize and we're actively in conversations with them By the way on all of these incentives that we would like to see One of the milestones that we actually achieved this past year was partnering with UCSE on 25 Sustainability and alternative energy projects We are considering establishing a stretch target. We haven't done so yet since we achieved that and the types of projects that we've worked on Really are a broad range We have the grid alternatives workforce training that's coming up We've done green business certifications. We have stormwater improvements and rainwater harvest at Bayview school. We've done tree planting. So a number of projects there In terms of the rail trail how we measure measure progress on supporting bike and pet use and establishment of the rail is by the amount of Funding both fully funded and partial funding and as you can see on the little chart on the left-hand side We're slowly creeping up to a hundred percent of the rail trail being funded currently It's at 92 percent of funding or partial funding Next we don't have a target metrics associated with water conservation But as you can see on the right-hand side overall system water use continues To be more than 20 percent lower than it was in 2013 even though wattage water shortage regulations and restrictions were rescinded in 2015 and the chart on the left-hand side shows you the per capita water use and you can See Santa Cruz residents are the green line on the bottom and we are consistently using much less than the state and Central Coast averages on water conservation in terms of waste diversion and organic waste we currently have a 67% diversion rate a slight dip from the year before But still the overall trend is very good Our next step on this where we'll see a major bump or decrease in the disposal rate Will come when we get the food waste diversion into full operation And there is a pilot program going on right now for commercial foods scrap collection Next is to increase bike ridership. We previously had a target of 10 percent that was reached in 2016 We established a 12 percent stretch target and as you can see we are making good progress to that goal Again, we did have a slight dip from 2015 to 2016 which are the last data years that are available But overall the trend is still very good and for reference. We are by far over both the county the state and California in terms of mode split for bike ridership We continue also to be the second highest bike commute mode split in California And we're really eager to see how the new bike share Affects this mode split in the future and I know that you know all about that Next our ninth milestone is to switch 20 percent of low-carbon fuels Of cars to low-carbon fuels Those include both electric vehicles and hybrids and you can see we're at about 8.5 percent right now almost halfway to our goal and just a few things on that You know, we are second in the country in terms of new vehicle purchases that are electric vehicles So that just speaks to you know, what our residents are thinking and their environmental ethic We also are doing quite a bit of work to improve the EV user experience On the consent agenda is the EV fee for charge Which is really meant to help turn over parking spaces something that we heard from our EV owner survey We also are doing outreach to commercial property owners To encourage them and and educate them about programs that are available to fund EV charging on their properties And we do have some plans for EV expansion in the future At this point, I also want to mention that on May 3rd We're having an electric drive event down here in downtown Santa Cruz Where we'll have e-bikes and electric vehicles on hand for folks to drive off the civic auditorium lot and so encourage folks to to check that out and Hopefully things like that can help us to also improve our progress towards this goal Next is to retain 200 certified green businesses and we're at 163 up from 155 last year We have just hired Internally Kristen Perez to be our new green business Coordinator and that position has been empty for some time So I'm I'm I think that with Kristen's hire We're really going to reignite the pace at which we are certifying green businesses, but on track here making great progress Next is to maintain an increase urban tree canopy by 10 percent If you might recall from last year when I presented to you, we've never been able to report on this metric But we have two studies that are going on right now. We're working with UCSC On a tree estimate canopy estimation project, which the preliminary findings put tree canopy at 32 percent of our overall city acreage It is too early, however To ascertain the percent difference between our baseline year and last year And we have already done one of our 12 tree plantings through our cal fire grant That will add to the canopy and our GIS based inventory will start later in the year Finally our last milestone is to reduce single occupancy vehicle commutes by 10 percent We are making good progress towards that We are currently at 56.5 percent our target's 55.6 percent So we are almost there 6.3 percent will represent 10 percent of Sov and just to let you know look in the lower left hand column of this table You can see our sov rate compared with the county the state and national and you can see that We outperformed by far These other scales of jurisdictions and some of the other mode splits are there for your reference as well And last in terms of our community greenhouse gas emissions goals We do show that we've achieved our 2020 emissions target and that we are on track for 2050 One last thing I want to mention in terms of climate mitigation is that you know, we are also Working on our climate suit as you all are aware So that is something else that is a major thing that we're working on In terms I just want to give you a little bit on climate adaptation because it has been sometimes since we last was in front of you Last year we did complete our first sea level rise vulnerability assessment as well as a social vulnerability to climate change analysis Those were integrated into the draft climate adaptation plan update that was released in 2017 We will integrate regulatory comments public feedback from our outreach events As well as new data that are available And we'll package that in a final update that we're hoping will come to you this summer for adoption with the local hazard mitigation plan We've also initiated updating the local coastal program with sea level rise policies We've started some ad hoc monitoring at our river mouth And we are about halfway through a nine month climate adaptation outreach campaign, which I'll share a little bit About that with you in just a moment And we are also leading cross jurisdictional coordination With the central coast climate collaborative and our local Monterey bay climate action compact In terms of our outreach, we have over 50 events scheduled doing things like tabling at the library and farmers markets Spanish language story time tabling at the library Coastal restoration workdays community forums those kinds of things Why i'm showing this is I want to point out that you know, we did the vulnerability assessment and we're really actively trying to Engage vulnerable populations. And so over 20 of our events are targeted to or in vulnerable populations where they live work and play Some of the things that we're asking when we're out in the public is You know, what do you love or what's your favorite thing about Santa Cruz? And why are we asking this question? These are some sample responses All of these things are impacted by climate change, right? And so that's a way to get us all on the same page and have a common value around this topic Secondly, we worked with a nonviolent communication specialist who said you really need to give space for people's feelings about This kind of thing climate hazards and you can see we do have some kind of sad Responses here, but what we're really trying to do is provide information and tools for residents that are going to Transition from kind of these sad negative feelings to being motivated or activated And last we also really wanted to start having a conversation about possible solutions So we talk about some areas in Santa Cruz where there are known vulnerabilities like west cliff We talk about the trade-offs of different possible solutions and we ask what do you think? What would you prefer? This is just a one subset sample from one group So please don't construe this as all of the responses, but these are the kind of answers that we're that we're getting Um, you know folks are expressing their preferences after hearing trade-offs in terms of what next what's next? We have a lot coming up that we need to do or pursuing grant funding Uh to do many of these projects and um, As I said, we'll be bringing the update uh to you in 2018 and this is the first annual reporting to city council on the progress So with that, I thank you very much and if you have any questions, I'm happy to answer them All right. Thank you. Are there any council member questions council member brown Well, first of all, I want to say thank you for uh putting together this report and for all of the work that you've been doing I had the um pleasure of attending one of the sessions that when you were piloting this process and um I can say that the word clouds really do reflect the feeling in the room when we went around and talked about our both our uh happy You know stories about santa cruz and then our concerns about um what may be coming our way So thank you for this. Um, I have uh, well, I have a lot of questions But the question that I really want to make sure I get a chance to ask is related to um Energy storage so um, as you know, I'm on the I'm the city's representative to the Monterey Bay community power um jpa and we talk a lot about this and So I've come to understand that solar uh energy while Obviously desirable and renewable energy sources are obviously desirable. We have a storage Capacity issue and so I'm just wondering and I know that we're going to be working on that with the jpa The joint powers authority, but I I do wonder if there are things that you Have been thinking about that the city can do To facilitate increased storage capacity Both either either in terms of incentivizing and or the city itself taking on those kinds of projects Yes, absolutely. Thanks for the question in terms of incentivizing You know, that's something that we actively will be uh, I think supporting with Monterey Bay Community power in terms of our consideration of energy storage. We've had some ad hoc conversations about it But we have not done um of any full-scale analyses yet I'm hoping that would be part of maybe a strategic energy planning or master energy planning effort Which I would like to see coupled with the climate action plan You know, we our climate action plan is done in 2020 So we will need to uh revisit that and I'm hoping that we can uh do some master energy planning at that time Where we would address energy storage Welcome any other questions on the side on the side council member krug On the uh, reduced single occupancy vehicle commutes wire Will we seem to be a lot lower in um carpooling? Is there any attributable noticeable reason obvious? You know, I don't know the answer to that question. I'm not sure if uh, Perhaps someone from public works who works directly in that area. I don't know if claire. I think claire might be here Claire, do you have anything to say on that on carpooling? Putting you on the spot Clearly slayer transportation planner Um, generally our carpooling has remained slightly lower than what you see in the us california and um It's about on par with santa coast county as a whole I think part of the reason that we see that lower is because we're significantly higher in biking walking and working from home So people in our area have just chosen other modes rather than sov not necessarily carpooling Thank you. And uh, probably, you know, we talk a lot and there's a lot to chew over here I really appreciate these um stats and stuff and I'll have other questions But if I can put you on the spot, how do you stay, you know, given this global, you know, the whole thing climate Disruption is what um, some of the people who are studying it are calling it and they're not calling it climate change anymore How do you stay motivated and activated? That's a great question You know This field is always changing There's new technology innovation new policy and that really excites me and I find it um Intellectually challenging as well um As well as the fact that I mean, I'm committed to environmental This environmental profession that I've been doing for, you know, quite a long time Working in this field and I'm also really motivated by our community We have so many community activists and advocates for this kind of work That, you know, we this needs to be a collective effort. This isn't a one person one program kind of thing And so that really encourages me as well and keeps keeps me positive and motivated. Thanks. You're welcome Councilmember matthews No questions just so impressed with this report and it is truly a testimony to community plus staff and To have picked a point in time set ambitious goals and making really amazing progress I have no doubt that that the rate of progress is going to include Increase on all these measures. So just thank you and congratulations. Thank you and congratulations to the public Okay, um, see another questions that concludes the presentation Obviously, some of these projects will appear back in the capital improvement program We'll review that in the budget But I just want to thank you for this update on all the work that's taking place today You're welcome. Thank you We'll transition to the next item on the agenda Which is the presiders announcements and just as a transition from this presentation Just want to announce it's almost time for earth day saturday april 21st The whole family can celebrate the environment at san lorenzo park from 11 a.m. To 4 p.m. So mark your calendars This year our city tables include climate action parks and rec santa cruz public libraries waste reduction Including our new community master recyclers and two special street smarts ambassadors Mavericks the warriors max mascot and chipper the chipmunk of the california highway patrol Both will be helping youth to learn best traffic safety behaviors. So mark your calendars and we hope to see you there Also, I have a few other announced. Oh council member matthews if I could just insert here Proceeding earth day will be the march for science year two starting at city hall at tan and All comers be there So I have a few announcements and then we'll move on to our regular meeting today's meeting is being broadcast live on community television Channel 25 and streaming on the city's website city of santa cruz.com Mike oliphant is our technician in the uh in the back this week and I would like to thank him for his work today He stays here throughout the day and in the evening. I really appreciate him being there Broadcasting this all city council members can be emailed at city council at city of santa cruz.com If you would like to communicate with us about an agenda item, we'd like to receive your email by monday at 5 p.m Before our council meeting this provides us with an opportunity to review your email include it with the rest of our agenda packet Please bear in mind that all items of correspondence with the city and the city council constitute public records and are generally subject to Disclosure upon request by any member of the public Accordingly, if you have sensitive or private information that you do not wish to be made public You should not include that information in your correspondence Our rules of decorum are on the window ledge to my left It's my job to keep the meeting running without disruption and we ask that you respect your fellow citizens When you're inside or outside of the chambers Are there any statements of disqualification from council members? Anyone Seeing none At clerk are there any additions or deletions to the agenda Um in regards to oral communications oral communications is an opportunity for members of the community to speak to us on any items That are not on our agenda Oral communications will generally occur at the conclusion of our afternoon business at or about 5 30 p.m But may occur before that time At this time, I'd like to call on the city attorney for the city attorney's report Thank you, mayor trazos members of the city council. Um this afternoon's closed session commenced at 2 30 p.m in the courtyard conference room Uh, the items discussed in closed sessions this afternoon are one item of pending litigation And that is the case pending in the united states district court for the northern district of california entitled oralt Versus the city of santa cruz We had two items of real property negotiations. The first uh pertains to the real property at 1101 fair avenue Uh, that is uh, the the owners Engle street partners llc and Negotiating parties included That entity and new seasons market llc This is uh pertaining to uh real property being sought for completion of the segment of the Rail trail adjacent to the west side new leaf community markets Second item is a real property owned by the city of santa cruz in the city of scott's valley commonly known as the sky park property Um, the city received a report from its real property negotiator bonnie libscomb Negotiating parties for that property are the city and palisades builders ink Lastly we had one item of potential litigation that was added To the council as a subsequent need item prior to the closed session There there was no reportable action on any of those listed items Thank you. Tony. I'd like to now call on the city manager for his report. Uh, thank you mayor and council I just have a brief update on a few items For the slides to go up. Oh here we go. Thank you Um So first I just wanted to kind of give you an update on some of the actions that council director related to the recently adopted emergency ordinance related to rent increases and Just cause and uh council director that we um provide some information to landlords and uh also to residents In the community and so there's been some progress made on that The website's been updated. We've mailed about over a thousand postcards And then we're also following up with about 4 000 additional emails to to landlords in addition, uh, we've now put in place and provided information on our website related to the provisions of the ordinance that relate to the ability of landlords to Buy for rent increases above the two percent If there is a reason to to do that And so that's in place now and the information is also available on the web page. So just to let you know about that The other thing that just to point out that the the city's adopted short term vacation rental ordinance Is now before the coastal commission And it'll be heard actually this wednesday april 11th Before the commission and as you know, the commission staff is recommending a different Recommendation than what the council adopted which is essentially to exclude the provisions that you adopted from the coastal zone and so we will Be there at the commission meeting our planning director to speak to it and then we've had some letters of Communications to the coastal commission soon formed them of our concerns related to that the concern again is that there would be no regulation of Short term vacation rentals in the coastal zone, which is where a lot of our short term vacation rentals exist currently So some major concerns are relative to what the commission might do in that regard. So as soon as we hear what happens Well, we'll let you know about that just a Preview of some upcoming agenda items that I thought I would share with you and the members of the public At that your next meeting on april 24th We plan to do an update to you on the homeless shelter the phase 2 update Which is the next phase after the current reverse street campground And so we'll be doing that concurrently with the county on the 24th We also will have the HUD 2018 2019 action plan the public hearing that we do every year will be here in front of you as well We did receive some good news there that we've received additional funding that we weren't expecting. So there's some a bit of good news there also some more of Recognitions or presentations. There'll be a couple the outstanding volunteer recognition and the Hans Christian Anderson contest awards will be presented at that meeting Moving on to may 1st. There's a study session in the evening on the downtown Well, we'll be presenting all the various major initiatives and projects related to the downtown such as the Some of the housing projects transportation projects the downtown library advisory committee recommendations the farmers market related projects So those all will be before you on may 1st for a study session and then finally On may 8th we'll be presenting an update on the two-year work plan as well before you And that's all I have happy to answer any questions you may have Are there any council member questions? Council member matthews. It's not a question, but I don't know where else to say this Um, the city has developed an informational page on measure s Which is now embedded on the city web page Finances section, but we'll as I understand it soon move to the home page just giving Impartial analysis of what what is included the specifics f aqs and so forth. Yeah, that's correct. Uh, as you know the city council adopted to A directive that we place a ballot measure a sales tax increase of on at the on the june ballot And we are developing a public education Web page, which is what the council member matthews is referring to and we will also will be providing public education related to The the tax and and what it would fund and what would be essentially the the consequences or what the city would have to do In the absence of the additional revenue, which is you know, pretty significant Reductions that we're facing obviously like many other communities. Um, yes Council member crud going back to the homeless camp at 12 20 river street I'm wondering is there is is there a date certain that that might close and is there something? After that that we're pursuing So, uh, we'll be doing an update a more specific update on april 24th But the the timeline for the existing camp is uh through the end of june That's what it's funded for and so what we're working on now with the county is on what and that's phase phase one So we're working on phase two. It's which is what happens after june and so we're looking at A variety of options and that's what we'll be bringing before you uh Both the options relative to sites as well as the funding approach again concurrently with the county Okay, so, you know other questions First up on our agenda is the consent agenda. These are items numbers two through 18 on our agenda All items will be acted upon in one motion unless an item is pulled by council member for further discussion Is there any council member that wishes to pull an agenda item? Council member chase. Yeah, so I know that uh item four senate bill 8 27 And this might be a comment might be pulling it. So I'll just leave it up to um The mayor um was significantly changed yesterday and I haven't actually had a chance to look at all of those Changes, so I'm wondering if we want to postpone that on our agenda Would you like to pull that for discussion? I can pull it? Okay, we'll pull item number four. Um council member crone You had a comment about the the minutes And um number two right and Also wanted to vote. Um I have to pull it. I'm going to vote no on seven and eight harvard drive summary vacation in frederick street I think the city should not be giving away property and this seems to be a long-standing Habit of ours and I'd like to see it stop, but I'm going to vote no on on that Okay, when it comes up before the vote just if you could just mention that so we can record that Okay, and I also want to Pull um item uh Well 12 or 12 and 16 Okay, so we'll pull um Items four 12 and 16 council member brown Yeah, I just want to make a comment Actually, um number three Okay, would you like to do that now? Sure. Well, so on item three and I guess relatedly. Um, so this is the the item um Declaring Santa Cruz appreciation of the onylc odyssey upon its hundred thousand student celebration and um Direction to rename the cow beach Annex parking lot as jack o'neill way. I just I think it's worth just highlighting the role that the onylc odyssey and the O'Neill family has played in our community and I hope that this Is a harbinger of things to come to really try to Use that that site as a place where we can Support and highlight the um surfing community and Santa Cruz In the next item comment. Yeah. Um, so on item six. Um, I actually it's really more of a question. I'm uh not In opposed to implementing a fee for electric vehicle charging and I understand the rationale But and I know you mentioned this tiffani when during your uh climate action Uh program report, but if you could just give us a little bit more Information about what why? Um, it's actually not going to be a deterrent to um ev Do you want to pull this or do you just no, I just want to I did it's just a really quick question Okay, good. Yeah, I don't want to pull. I'm not opposed to it Just curious as I noted in the staff report for this This was one of several items that came up in our ev owner survey this past year to Kind of get over the obstacle of or one way that we could get over the obstacle of folks staying parked in these spaces longer than they are really allowed to This will motivate a turnover in those spaces by imposing a penalty after four hours. That's pretty substantial I do want to note that we really did take an incremental approach here and when we evaluated all the different ranges that were out there for fee structure We really took the low end trying to make this be a very incremental step And I did present this at the Monterey Bay Electric Vehicle Alliance last month and Folks there were supportive as well for the reason I mentioned Of course, this will also allow us to recoup Nearly $60,000 on electricity costs and maintenance that we spend and as I mentioned with our utility rates increasing That's only going to increase also. So kind of a dual purpose here You're welcome. So chris you had a comment on two that you want to just yeah, I just want to ask um there on two point one five um It said the council through a motion We directed that a letter of support for ab 3037 be agendized at the next city council meeting I'm wondering why that didn't happen or what why that's missing I do you want to give it? Yeah, I think you responded To all of us you wrote something to all of us on that Right. I'm just sorry. I just lost my track bill is in progress and there's going to be coming back in the next agenda meeting She was in conk communication with a third party to get an update on that. Okay. Thank you, but it will come back There's there's amendments being offered and so just to have more clarification on what exactly the bill will be like So that was your question on the minutes. That's okay So items the items that we pulled are 4 12 and 16 So if there's any member of the public that would like to speak to an item other than 4 12 and 16 now is the time Is there any member of the public that would like to speak to an item other than 4 12 and 16 adam? We'll come up You don't need to go ahead and mayor and council members. My name is adam stackley I'm the operations coordinator of ony lc odyssey and I just wanted to say thank you to the council and Um For considering honoring jack ony ony's legacy and as we approach our milestone 100,000 students. So again Really looking forward to celebrating with the community of supporters who have been with us for the last 22 years So thank you again I think xana Is any member of the public want to speak to an item other than 4 12 and 16? Okay, ma'am you'll step right up Hi, Beverly Day show electric auto association central coast chapter I wanted to personally invite all of you to come to earth day to our electric vehicle Uh display you said earth day, but I didn't hear electric vehicles Well, let me just say this is a the consent item and we have public comment at 5 30 if you want to speak to that item then So if there's an item that sir, I invite you to come appreciate that Thank you. Thank you. Okay. See no additional comment We'll bring it back to the council and I'd just like to say you know first of all Thanks adam for being here and kim and the rest of the surf club that are here speaking There's a memorial project on there as well and you were talking about historical references That exactly what we like to see in that area So I appreciate their work to make this possible as well as the upcoming event on june 24th at cal's to recognize the 100,000 student For the only you'll see how to see Did you have a comment also? I just wanted to briefly comment on item number five Which is the resolution urging the adoption of federal gun regulation and insensible activity around Supporting the safety of our children in our community and hopefully we'll be able to see some movement And this is one act that us as a local government can do to express our support And so I appreciate the council's support for that So member matthews, I'll go ahead and move the consent agenda except for items 4 12 and 16 It's noting just noting also there's a whole lot of water business Yeah, right for later tonight Motion by council member matthews second by council member or vice mayor walkins And I know council member crone is logging a no vote for number seven and eight on that That's correct and for the record. I don't think for the record. I don't think the city should be giving away property Okay, so that's a no votes for seven and eight by um council member brown and council member crone Okay, so all items on the consent other than items 4 12 and 16 motion by council member matthews second by Vice mayor walkins all those in favor. Please say aye. Hi Those opposed That that motion passes with council member crone council member brown voting no on seven and eight, but all others pass unanimously Hey, great. Thank you. So the next we'll take these in order and we'll move on to item number four Which is senate bill 827 resolution of opposition and council member chase You mentioned the issue of the amendment that came forward late last night and just was sent early this morning Go ahead. Yeah, I was just gonna say I had come planning on supporting it until I realized that there were some significant amendments to it And so I haven't had a chance to read through those So I'm just I'm not sure if other council members have been able to do that But if it remains on the agenda today, I'm gonna vote no on it only because I haven't read the updates Any other questions or comments? I agree. I haven't read it either And I I think I still might oppose the bill even with the amendments that are in there because I think There are a lot of bills passed last year for instance sp35 which I think really does address a lot of the issues of cities not fulfilling their rena numbers And so even with the amendments on this, um, I still think it it perhaps Um, it has too much influence Over local control of decisions of important land use decisions, but It's true with bills. They're ever-evolving and changing and we specifically know this one has new amendments, so it might be worth Waiting until we see how it practically affects Santa Cruz Any other Questions, I would just prefer to postpone action on this I'll make a motion to postpone action on this. Um, until like at least we have time to read the amendments I'll second Okay, um, we We can go. Um, I guess what I'd like to do is If that's what you're questioning at this time to yeah for a public comment on that, um, I guess, um We'll we'll do that. Are there any member of the public that would like to speak to the side of on agenda 8 27 Specifically, there's a motion on there to postpone. You can come up and step and speak to the agenda item as well as the motion on the floor Thank you very much, uh, honorable members of the council and members of the public I appreciate you postponing the vote because it's it's a very dynamic Uh piece of legislation. So thanks for for doing that and pulling it What I what I would like to see or recommend is is um, perhaps, um, positively influencing it through the Um association of governments and the council of governments Um, to see whether, uh, Mr. Weiner and the other authors might be willing to kind of meet Meet halfway I think it's really important. I think I'm old enough to remember that You know, my parents got sick of the The, uh, growth in the bay area and And so they and a lot of their friends said well, we're going to get ourselves elected To city councils and boards of supervisors and we're putting an end to all this building because we hate the air pollution and the traffic and Houses popping up everywhere You know, and I think they did a pretty good job, but Now we're paying for the consequences, which is displacement of, uh People that don't have lots and lots of money to afford the houses and we're also seeing some A perversity in where investor money is going Because for some reason, um, no apartments are being built And so I think the dialogue around sp8 27 is really important Whether You know, I know it's an issue of local control and Uh, a lot has come out You know really strongly against it But um, maybe give it a chance as an opportunity to engage and see if the Council of governments is willing to, you know, really talk it out And give an exception maybe for for cities And counties that that are working actively. Thank you, sir. Next speaker, please Next speaker Just step right up I'm Evan Soroky. I'm speaking in favor of sp8 27 I, uh I'm urging you to support it since it will allow the production of a lot more housing And I'm just going to read a few excerpts from some letters of support from various people On the matter of affordable housing san francisco planning department has noted that sp8 27 May reduce interest in local programs, but may result in more affordable housing overall Because sp8 27 much broader effect will stamp substantially increase the total number of inclusionary units A manner of environment three major environmental advocacy groups have rode in support Stating the shortage of affordable housing is decades in the making failure to maximize transit opportunities and allow adequate housing Your transportation centers has caused displacement longer commutes more vmt Increased greenhouse gas and loss of open space And on the topic of equity race, uh, a group of fair housing experts has wrote a letter of support Stating that tactics used to make housing inexhaustible or Privately expensive for people of color and low-income families Include detached single-family housing front yard and building setbacks restrictive florida area ratios parker requirements height and density requirements These policies prevent developers and landowners from Developing affordable housing near areas of employment and public transit Walking out many low-income people and people of color from high growth areas And I want to quickly note last year. You're uh, the same council is concerned about sp35, which is now law Uh, it has been used to create projects that Have at least 50 percent affordable housing in all cases including kerbetino where there's a project being proposed That could create more inclusionary affordable units than all units that exist in sankers county all jurisdictions today So I urge you to support the bill. Thank you next speaker, please Good afternoon mayor council members. Um, I just want to say, uh, I agree with your assessment of the situation In terms of recommending to table the issue until um, The kind of bill comes more comes more into place of what it's actually going to be I understand the way the the legislation was originally originally written that the scale of the up zoning was definitely A lot, um, especially for a small community like Santa Cruz and I think we need to recognize that I think the amendments that were offered. Um, yesterday go a long ways towards Kind of mitigating the impact the bill would have on smaller communities like Santa Cruz And looking at the transit maps that we have that would be affected by this this bill Because of the limited bus service that we have in the headways that we're currently offering the the, uh The area around the bus routes that we have that would have been up zoned or have the mandatory up zoned No longer applies and there actually isn't any area that I can see in the city of Santa Cruz that has an average 15-minute headways for bus routes year round. So But in general, um, I also want to speak to the to the notion of collective action problems You know, we as as a state really in the whole of california We haven't built enough housing to keep pace with population and job growth over the past 40 years And it's been substantial and I'm not going to echo all the different effects that we've had that housing or that How to ensure it has I just want to say that in the spirit of collective action problems, whether it's climate change or other especially sustainability related, um Ways in which you're trying to address these issues collective action problems are defined by In uh problems where it's within the interest of individuals to continue doing what they're doing But collectively not within our entire interest. And so I the way that we address collective action problems again in the You know drawing an analogy from climate change is we work together and governments work together and oftentimes we have to build contracts that Bind each other and this means oftentimes working with a higher level of government whether it be The feds or in this case the state and so I know it's you can finish the sentence if you want Well, I would just to encourage you that the principle behind the bill is actually pretty sound and solid in that local control as a balance Um for meeting our essentially our housing shortage. Thank you. Thank you next speaker. Please Here in council kc byer from the santa cruz area chamber. Uh first off We uh looked at this bill last year when it first got introduced in january and I called the senator and I said As a as a business organization, we will not take a position on until it actually goes through a first hearing I was surprised to see you I wanted to put an opposition letter out when it hadn't even been addressed by the by the By the committee itself. There's two committees of origin that are here to this bill The senator is approaching both the chairmen's of the of those particular Policy committees and trying to work out Relationships that are changing the bill it's dramatically changed when since it's written and as robert had earlier said I've reviewed the bill and I don't think substantially There's much in the bill that's going to impact the city of santa cruz Or perhaps around the bus station, but no other Ontario would meet the requirements of that So I would highly recommend that you postpone this action until you've actually seen the bill come through a hearing And then you'd have more input of how other legislators are looking at the bill. Thank you Thank you next speaker Council members gillian greenside. I wasn't going to speak to this but since you pulled it I just thought it worth mentioning that a seara club california has come out in opposition to senate bill 827 and they're taking a lot of heat for that because traditionally they would be in support of Housing and so-called smart growth the reasons for taking that position a strong position against their senate bill Is because they feel that it will the effect Of this rezoning will be to displace lower income residents and also to turn people or bodies against public transit Developments and they thought that was serious enough to take this position So while the bill obviously will change with amendments I still think that Of strong position against this bill Is worthy of examination and although the comment being that We don't have any headway. So it won't affect us I'll remind you that we may have a rail with trail a rail line Transversing our county and that may have implications under this bill as well Thank you for your thoughtfulness on this and being willing to Take a stand even if you're delaying it to see what the further developments are. Thanks. All right. Thanks jillion Are any other member of the public that would like to speak to the side item number four regarding senate bill 827 Okay, see none. We'll bring it back to the council for further discussion On this side council member brown Well, I appreciate the comments of uh, the People who have come to talk with us today. I also appreciate the attempt by senator weiner to amend it in ways that address some key concerns definitely of mine and clearly of many members of the public in the state of california But at the at the same time i'm still prepared to vote in favor of the Recommendation to oppose this measure because what I don't see in the amendments and I did have time to look at them is any real guarantee that We'll get any affordable housing out of it. And so the idea that Increased density is automatically going to bring us affordable housing whether or not in santa cruz or any other community Is just not has not played out in practice. And so we already have State mandates to increase density. We can't we don't have any control over that I don't want to see us supporting another measure to do so without the Affordability guarantees that we would I would need to see it to be supportive if that's a substitute motion. I would second it I'm just saying i'm gonna I don't think it's i'm not making a substitute motion I'm just not prepared to vote in favor of delaying the vote That's a member and ryan. Oh, I didn't have a question. Okay. Well, this is comment period now After you hear the public. So do you have anything to add? No, I don't at this time Mr. Watkins, I just I mean I seconded the motion to postpone at this point This will come back to us, right? Yeah, if we at our next meeting or and also with A transcript of the changes that have taken place since Okay, can I have make one more comment about this? I don't see that Voting to oppose this bill in its current form takes away our ability to Have a voice in what kinds of amendments happen. I mean, we won't be precluded from doing that Should we oppose it? So that's another argument that just I I have doesn't resonate with me I guess I'll just speak to it since you both are I think in favor of postponing I think this is an opportunity to weigh in on it We brought it forward because I think our city's done a tremendous job in terms of planning through its own public processes To go to the public and and plan out where we have growth We've seen that we as a city have approved many projects that just can't get funded right now. In fact, some of the height Limits that we have under a 27 have been approved in our downtown and I feel that in my opinion We are committed to building housing and I'm just not committed at this point to losing the local control over a housing process So as a city we've done a lot of good work and I'd like to make sure that work continues moving forward If the council thinks of postponing this I think of it in terms of well, let's have those comments that we want to provide To senator weiner because tomorrow our deadline to send comments for this bill is tomorrow at noon I was in contact with the league of cities and so I think we'll lose that opportunity We um, we looked at um, this was senate bill 35. I don't contrary to what was said I think that there was a letter that was sent to The senator on that providing recommendations. It wasn't an outright Objection it was just that we looked to provide guidance. We didn't there want to lose the local control as well So rather than postponing I'd rather make an affirmative step and just make our comments So that we do have some sort of communication to see how we'd like this to move forward You know, did you have a comment? I do. Thank you. Tina Scholl assistant city manager I just want to say that the amendments did come out yesterday And as a staff perspective, we haven't had the time to even analyze It's how it's effect on Santa Cruz You've heard some perspectives from from some speakers and there were changes to the height limits To changing the word from transit to bus and also to changing The definition of a transit stop to reference headways and times of days So we do have to reference maps and do this analysis of what it's actually going to look like for Santa Cruz and for us And so we we would like that opportunity to take a look at it and analyze what it's actually going to do to us Because right now we actually can't give you that advice around What our professional opinion is about his impacts on Santa Cruz? So I just wanted to say that we are engaged in that we won't be able to do that by tomorrow And who neither just due to preparing for the coastal commission hearing as well So that's where we are in a staff perspective from a staff perspective Do you have any opinion about the local control issue about the planning process? You know, I would prefer us to look at the bill and come back and have an engaged discussion And not have myself represent my views and have the planning director here on that as well Because I think that looking understanding the bill and its entirety is really important So I'd like to defer on that. Thank you When just speaking with the league of city is that who we work with in terms of our legislators I mean they've talked about this taken even with the amendments in oppositional positions So I guess if we are thinking about postponing it, I'd like to you know At least have some sort of guidance as far as what we're Because we're not going to be able to send any communication to the bill's authors on what our position is But I mean mine is that we have done quite a bit of good work in in terms of planning And we've made a lot of approvals and so a city of our size I mean in terms of looking at control would be losing that local control would be a big deal Yes I'm generally sympathetic. I I do feel it's premature. I'd like to have Understand the amendments is clearly work in progress. So I I feel quite comfortable postponing it. I think Anyone who has individual input is quite clear quite Free to submit those comments as a council member and I think you know considering it more more fully fleshed out and time to consider the impact on our community makes a lot of sense Okay, I would ask then if we are going to postpone this to the next one that We also work with whoever our legislative affairs folks are at the state so that we're One having direct contact so that when we are looking at this bill and its impacts at the city We're are looking at more of a longer term plan not just like this one off with Senator Wiener's bill because I've seen with 35 last year That we did see this idea that you know a lot of communities aren't doing their part in terms of meeting the housing needs And I think our city has been And I feel like we have had difficulties and challenges in funding some of those projects But we have gone through a lot of public process to make those approvals and I think we're kind of we're not recognizing that in at this point If I could just continue my comment briefly I mentioned it may have been in the last meeting We've gotten communications from the league in their weekly newsletters and communications about the whole package of housing related bills that have either been Gone into effect or being contemplated and I think I suggested we maybe have some sort of a study session maybe involving League personnel and our staff whatever because it's just seem like there's there's a lot of change going on right now We're anticipated so that would just be a suggestion when there's a Available time for us to to take kind of a holistic look at the bills Yeah, I was I was ready to support opposing the bill Then the amendments came in and I saw that they didn't necessarily apply to santa Cruz nearly as much But this is a bill that is addressing housing on a statewide level And I think to oppose it right now We're we're going to give it a very narrow focus as just a city and as we know Housing is a statewide original issue And so that's why I'm going to go ahead and vote to postpone because I don't necessarily Want to oppose a bill that might turn into something that maybe areas That aren't Fulfilling their fair share or need a little extra push whereas we aren't necessarily going to be affected By the bill because we are doing our fair share. So I'd like to take A little bit of time and postpone to see if this bill can can end up being productive like that It sounds as though that's the consensus To postpone this for the next one and if we do that then I'd like it to come back at like a You said the next one could just come back again with the staff analysis We would have to go back and talk to our staff I mean, it's possible we can at least give you an update by our next meeting which is April 24th One of the speakers also referenced that this bill going through at least its first committee hearing might be somewhat transformative So we would want to check in as you suggested Mr. Mayor with our legislative advocates in Sacramento the league of california cities and talk more about process Who is it most productive to come back? So we can at least give you an update next meeting if it doesn't come back in full And also if we package it with the host of housing bills that could take a little more time as well So if we do want that holistic viewpoint to look at not just a a point in time on housing legislation But the package and to see how this could influence our community and community statewide We would need a bit more time for that so for something more holistic that might be more in the may time frame But again, we'd want to check this against Our our advocates in sacrament about timing because we want to make sure that you can take action while things are still malleable And you can still make an impression and an impact Listen for tina. Um Speaking of fair share, uh, what is the percentage of our affordable housing that we've we've built or haven't built? That's a great question. I don't have that on top of my head If you're referencing arena numbers, we actually do quite well. There's many categories There there's market moderate low and very low and we do very well in most the categories We are behind in the very low category, but many communities are but in the others We're actually ahead of many other communities. I can certainly get you those exact numbers tomorrow One of the things that actually I think it goes to your point the councilmember mathies that I think doing a little bit of an update last time you saw those numbers other arena numbers But that's a little deceptive because that showed the numbers relative to a particular Time period that that covers the arena the arena numbers And so you really have to look at it more Longer time period to really get a good assessment of what's actually been produced To get a better picture of that. So actually after the last meeting staff talked about how we really need to update that data To present to you and to provide you that gives you a clearer picture of what's actually being produced because it's actually You know better and more than what that chart indicated, but we'll we'll get that to you councilmember norion I'd like to call the question Is there a motion to call the question second by anyone? second by council our council councilmember chase so You said to postpone it to the next meeting Yeah, that's the most I just I just want to call the question We need to take a vote if we all agree to postpone it to the next meeting No, no, no, we need to take a vote to stop discussion And then we can vote on the motion the second right, okay All those in favor of calling the question, right? I I'll call I'll vote to call the question. So we've got two So passes. So The motion on the floor is to postpone this item Can I get the votes on that? I didn't Councilmember brown opposed councilmember norion for vice mayor walkins for councilmember crone Against councilmember matthews for councilmember chase for Myself for to call the question Okay, so if this is If the question is having this for the next meeting, I will support that That's precisely why I voted no on calling the question because I wanted to see if the maker of the motion would be willing to include a provision to bring it back at our next meeting So I I'm in support of this coming back when we have as As tina stated enough information to actually weigh in on this. So an analysis by staff And which would include at least the amendments and perhaps The information from the committee. I don't know what the committee's schedule is So if it's coming back and we don't have complete information I'm probably still not be prepared to vote on it at that point So I'd like it to come back to us when we have staff analysis that allows us to actually weigh in substantively on the bill That's where matthews I agree. So let's have a clear statement of the motion Oh, uh, I will make a motion to postpone item for senate bill opposition of senate bill 8 27 To return to council when we have a staff analysis that will allow us to substantively vote on Them bill you write that. Sure. Do you mean to write that down? Okay, and that's um, uh, supported by council member uh, or vice mayor walkins seconded It's seconded So no further discussion. I'm not going to support that. I'd like a little bit more clarity on when when it's coming back So I won't be supporting that Okay, um So should we take so take a vote to it all those in favor of the motion on the floor, please say aye. Hi That's uh, council member matthews council member chase council member walkins and council member doroyan those opposed Please say no. No, okay Noes council more crone council member brown and myself Okay, so moving on to item number 12 Number 12 is the encroachment permit for the uh, broadband telecommunications network Thank you, mr. Mayor. Um, I would just like some clarity on these these contracts. They come to us They seem more like ad hoc and like what What rights do we have to either accept or reject these? Kinds of uh of contracts with astound wave broadband telecommunications network Pd attorney yeah I talked to council member crone about this yesterday. Unfortunately. I haven't had a chance to Uh research it in the meantime, so I'm not prepared to To address the city's regulatory authority over this. Um, it's a standard encroachment permit that we It's correct. It's correct that it's typically done on a fairly routine basis, but I don't know if anyone here from the public works department is prepared to talk about it Deputy director christ neider Good afternoon, um Typically we do it through an encroachment permit In this case broadband's a new provider in this area. They've proposed a for For areas of santa cruz to implement their fiber project We can't regulate and Manage the right-of-way, but we can't deny their permit This is just the first permit which Is based on their conceptual design. They will then need to submit plans To show specifically what they're going to be doing and they will we will have to issue A variety of street opening permits concrete permits, etc for them to do the work But we'll be reviewing traffic control plans, so they'll be covering the cost of staff time to review the plans and for them to implement That was my question like why can't we deny them doing this and have Why why this company over another company? It's it seems any company that has the authority to Implement communications Projects in the city has the authority to do this. We can't we can't restrict anyone. It's like cruz aio broadband Anybody else who wants to you know Fiber projects in the city of santa cruz or any other community for that fact Now we do have the dig ones policy And we notify a contract when we get this kind of plan that we notify all the other providers saying here's an opportunity to Jump in the trench with this company And sometimes there are people who do that. It's not very often though Any other questions? Hmm picking that I can go to the public while you're No, I just it was a similar discrepancy if our city attorney said he wasn't he has not at least he told me I Was not aware of anything that we have to accept this or do you I didn't know if I phrased it the right way Maybe I phrased it the wrong way Yeah, I I the question came to my attention yesterday afternoon or yesterday When I spoke with council member crone I just haven't I did some very preliminary research and to haven't had a chance to follow up with it But I mean that the assistant director of public works His understanding of the situation is is consistent with the way I've understood that but I just can't give you Any citation to a statute or regulation that's applicable Thanks Okay, I'm going to turn it over to the public. This is item number 12 The encroachment permit for stownway broadband telecommunications network Is there any member of the public that would like to speak to this item? Is she none I'm going to bring it back to the council for action Council member matthews it appears that this is a standard operating procedure that's extended to Utilities in general it is consistent with the dig wants policy, so I'm going to move approval Okay, and I'll second that I had a motion by council member matthews second by myself Any further discussion all those in favor, please say aye Those opposed no Okay, that motion passes with council member brown and council member crone opposing So we're moving on to the next item on the consent which is item number 16, which is the encroachment permit in public right away for santa cruse bike share And I think I'd like just to have it start with a presentation if you would thanks Good afternoon, mayor and council members. I'm claire fleece layer transportation planner Amelia conland transportation coordinator and this afternoon We're presenting to you the second round of encroachment permits for our bike share system So we'll try to go through this quickly because you've seen updates on bike share before But hopefully this will help to head off some of the questions that we've been seeing from public communications And then we welcome any questions that you have during the presentation or after So a brief overview of the system to set the stage for what it is and what we're looking for an approval of today Our system santa cruse bike share will be 250 bicycles all class one electric There will be 27 total stations within the city of santa cruse seven of which you are seeing today This is a no cost to the city contract. All of the expenses are borne by our contractor jump And it's part of our go santa cruse initiative, which as tiffany wise west mentioned earlier We've been making great strides in reducing our single occupant vehicle travel And this is one of the other tools in our toolbox that we're implementing towards that As for status the first batch of encroachment permits were approved by you at a previous meeting This is the second batch today. You are looking at seven station locations and of note We received a lot of communications in public about the woodrow west cliff location That is not included today. The zoning administrator's decision on that was appealed So that's on a separate track through the normal appeals process. It'll next be seen at the planning commission in early may So again woodrow west cliff not included today Overall the program goals of bike share are to implement another transportation option for both residents and visitors For people who live and work and visit the area The locations that you're looking at today Most of them are in the coastal zone because they had to go through an additional step of going to the zoning administrator For coastal permits and design permits. Um, and so one of the things we see here is they also increased coastal access via sustainable transportation options Our general plan and our climate action plan also include numerous policy goals that support this Most notably our climate action plan includes a specific goal to increase our bike commute mode split to 12 by 2020 And this is one of the tools that we see helping us to get there Of the bikes as I mentioned there were lots of questions on the bikes that we had come up There are 250 of them. They are eight speed bikes They are pedal assist electric bikes. There's no throttle to them. So Some of the older and different types of electric bikes you see have a throttle These you have to actually pedal and as you pedal they give you a little boost They go up to 20 miles an hour is one of the questions that we got a lot This is consistent with a class one type of electric assist bike And class one bikes are able to be ridden in bike lanes and on our multi-use paths Additionally, they have front and rear lights a bell for you to alert people that you're coming A built-in lock and this style of uh, or the vendor that we're working with jump bikes Requires that the bikes be locked to a physical asset a bike rack That was one of the other questions and I think you've received numerous emails also about piles of abandoned bikes Notably the images from china Our bike share bikes cannot do that. They have to be locked to an actual bike rack to have some some order to the system Also, they're made to be theft and vandal resistant They're in 40 cities in the u.s So far made to be left outside in the environment and many of the issues that were brought up have been addressed with having Custom components that cannot be swapped out any other bicycle None of the parts can be removed and they're they're really made for rough and tumble The color is this orange red color. I actually parked the bike outside in the courtyard if you want to take a look at it It's part of the overall jump brand And so it's consistent between our system and other systems that they're going to be rolling out in They most recently rolled out a system in san francisco and one of the cool things about Working with this vendor is that you can use your membership in Santa Cruz at any of the other jump systems So if you happen to be in san francisco for for business or for pleasure or in sacramento Which is the next system that's system that's rolling out. You can use the same membership across platforms The stations another question that we got asked a lot. The stations are Essentially just glorified bike racks. These gray images in the bottom left. You see Are the racks that we will have that we put in place. They're low profile They're very similar to the bike corrals that we have in other locations throughout the city They're um dark gray in color Each station will also have signage associated with it. The signs are six feet tall by 11 and a half inches wide They're dark gray in color non illuminated. No solar component They include a system map safety information pricing information and information on how to sign up and use the system Through the outreach process. I'll just go through this very quickly. We had Two public meetings. We did tabling at bike to work day in open streets We had an online interactive map for people to suggest station locations when they couldn't participate There were numerous articles and press releases in the sentinel good times patch and the city press releases Also prior to citing station locations. We sent outreach letters to neighboring properties Asking anyone if they had any feedback or would like to meet with us either in person or on the phone or via email Of those that contacted us we went out and met with them in person that resulted in numerous Tweaks to the proposed station locations that we had And then from that once we had a more solid set of these station locations. We did our formal public noticing to all Owners and renters and tenants within 300 feet of those locations Which then went through our transportation public works commission and our downtown commission as applicable And those in the coastal commission at the coastal zone went to the zoning administrator as well. So At each of these times there was opportunity for a public input and public comment And they were reviewed and the second batch then has been through that whole process as well So of the overall station locations that we have to orient into the whole system blue dots are all of the 27 locations that we will have in the city those circled in red are what are being considered today Sure. Yeah, so I'll go through each station one by one The first station is here at lighthouse Field this was situated so as to avoid blocking views of the coast We'll be taking some of the landscaped ice plant area right behind the parking lot And we're looking to fit 15 bikes in this location And here's a site plan for what the station location would look like Our next location is on beach street and we were able to work with the boardwalk on this station location They were open to removing two parking spaces adjacent to a loading zone On beach street close to cliff There's the site plan for that location Our next location this location may be having some tweaks We're going to potentially need to bring this back to you with some revisions but at this point we're looking at using some of the Dead space in the parking lot adjacent to the wharf roundabout We may need to consider an alternate here that's closer to the monterey bay sanctuary center entrance To avoid conflicts with the future rail trail How's this is that better? Okay So here's a site plan for that location And next up we have swanton boulevard and west cliff At this location, we were able to utilize some red curb area so as to avoid parking removal This is the site of a former bus stop and Here is the site plan for that location This location at sea bright beach, you know This is meant to serve people visiting sea bright beach as well as the museum of natural history here And we were able to work with the museum to get their support for removing two parking spaces on pilkington adjacent to the museum We did not want to get any closer to the beach because we know that parking is a big issue On those residential streets Immediately adjacent to the beach and here is the site plan for this location Our next location, you know, this is meant in part to serve some of the hotels down on san lorenzo boulevard and ocean street This is adjacent to the mike fox skate park and the basketball courts And we're able to use a little bit of this paved area in between the tree wells for a station Again, there's no view shed impacts of the coast here Um, and here are is the site plan for this location Next up, so this is being brought to you Because we need to modify One of the performance spaces Each of the performance spaces were included in the ordinance when the performance space Conversation was happening And so this is being brought to you in conjunction with a change to the ordinance to remove one of the performance spaces on pacific avenue The station is adjacent to poor and we have been able to work with The property owners at poor to get their support as well as the managers of verizon Both of those are open to this station location Here is the site plan for this location I forgot to update the recommendation So the recommendation is that the city council approve encroachment permits today And also make a change to the Performance space ordinance to remove one performance base on pacific avenue in front of poor And again, the the woodrow west cliff location is not on the list today and may come back to you at a future date Okay, thank you. Welcome any questions at this point should I um, if you have a question you want to ask that now Councilmember mathews it's pretty trivial. So the recommendation would be To approve these understanding that there may be minor modifications I mean You mentioned the roundabout one. Yeah, if we're unable to resolve that then you would see it again Would you want that in the language? Or it would just have to come back to us. It would just come back. Okay Want to move a crow quick question? I just want to clarify. Um, because I think you said this in an email. Um Jump will be the exclusive Provider for the city. We we cannot enter into any other contract with other bicycle providers like this For five years The contract with with jump indicates that they will be the exclusive vendor for the city It wouldn't preclude another vendor from trying to set up a business But not pursuant to an agreement with the city. They'd have to go through their own Uh, that's a separate process I'll turn it over to the public Is there any member of the public that would like to speak to this item number 16 on the consent agenda? Sir, you can begin. Yes Can begin I'm sorry. You can begin. Oh, can I Hold for a second.  Maybe you speak to the clerk and I can have someone else start Okay, next speaker, please the process Next speaker And speaking to the mic, please can I go ahead and jump in? Hi. Hi. Thank you everyone for uh hearing us I'm Megan Dawson. I'd like to thank you all for Listening to our concerns. We met with you individually. We've appeared before this entire body and before your advisory bodies I'm told you've received hundreds of letters from residents urging thoughtful city planning for a bike share program We can be proud of I know a lot of people are here today who are interested in the in the bike share program But we want to see it succeed Uh, I'm not quite sure why mr. Schneider was waving us away and telling us there's nothing to see here today Because anybody who lives in this city who's interested in bike share and how it's going to affect affect the entire city You know, we'll we'll want to be heard Also, there was mention of a formal outreach letter By staff and there was no one on our street who received any kind of formal outreach letter. We all got a little postcard That was it Okay, I want to make three quick points first Please consider the visual impact to the beauty of our natural coastline before approving an installation of nearly half the inventory That's 120 bikes out of the 250 total at seven sites that are in the coastal zone The vendor plans to double that number at these sites in the future phases in that regard Please also consider a redesignation of the sites away from the coastal zones to link with established Transportation corridors the rail trail parking lots and to coordinate with other supporting amenities Second, please consider the safety implications of stalking the coast For immediate launch into the coastal path with electric bikes that will top out at 200 Excuse me 20 miles per hour. You get a lot of torque with an e-bike. That's what makes them fun to ride e-bike riders will need time and space to acclimate to the use and speed of the vehicles before entering a very congested coastal path Please do not launch this program on a wing and a prayer with fingers crossed that all will go well We want wise council members suggested a slower pilot program low out Roll out you ma'am you need to conclude chief suggested added traffic controls Thank you very much. Thank you next speaker. Mr. Crawford if you want Thank you members of the council. I'm phil crawford. I live at west cliffs in wood roll Which is not on your agenda here today. I've lived there for 35 years my wife I practice law and paying taxes there and my wife also practices law in the city And in the county of Santa Cruz I have passed this out to you just to show that Social bicycles submitted an rfp with the blue bikes. There were no Orange bikes there when they submitted it. I think attorneys call that bait and switch Anyway, that's what you're going to get is a bunch of red orange garish bikes on the coastal view shed And that's what we're objecting to but I want to talk about safety. I teach bicycle safety at San Jose city college And you're going to put Four stations along the west drift cliff corridor. That's not a transportation corridor. I'm a bike rider I do the Santa Cruz triathlon. I enter a number of bike events. I have $10,000 worth of bikes. I'm pro bike I'm not against all your stations here Just the ones that are on the west cliff the roundabout and the other three stations right on west cliff That are going to put 60 bikes into that walkway With pet owners people pushing baby carriages skateboarders rollerbladers Bicycles pedestrians runners. They're all just going to get along wonderfully with 60 Electrified bicycles running up and down there and no helmets And they're twice as like to have dramatic brain injury and twice as likely to die if they're in an accident Now if they're considered and they get off of that pathway and get on the road There is no bike lane there and if two garbage trucks Or two fire trucks come together. There's not enough room. Somebody's going to get squished And so there's some very serious safety issues here I don't believe that you have qualified for any of the exemptions on their sequa And I'd actually just hold off take a look at this at least on the coast. Thank you next speaker, please Mr. Searle Hi, my name is Reed Searle The previous speaker did not mention people like me who is so bloody old that they can't get out of the way of a bicycle But we can't and sometimes we can't also hear the bell if it rings Um, if you approve this project, please ensure you have a mammoth liability policy indemnity because You know, I walk west cliff and I have for 30 years and not a cyclist anymore But the amount of pedestrian and motorcycles i mean motorbikes all other kinds of Users of west coast drive has exploded. I mean and I am sure we all have spent time there But go there one weekend in decent weather and see what it's like and see if you would feel safe walking on west cliff With a bunch of people who don't know much about electric bikes Using them. I mean I just to me it just doesn't make any sense I think the proper thing to do would be to refer this back to the Or whatever authorities there are to tie it into the west cliff management plan or the west cliff drive plan Both of which are in progress you know I cannot emphasize that a lot of us who are Getting a little bit older No longer feel at all comfortable walking on west cliff drive on weekends and pretty soon it's going to be that way seven days a week Thank you Next speaker please afternoon My name is Hemant Vedya. I live on the west side I would say I drive walk about 10 12 miles a week on west cliff drive. So I'm very familiar with the traffic situation there and certainly share The concerns expressed by the previous two speakers In addition to my personal concern Through next door. I reached out about 2200 residents to share my concerns with them To get some feedback and in fact Number of them said they have sent you emails In response to my post But just to give you a sense 42 percent of the respondents in fact did say that Having these motorized motorized e-bikes onto west cliff drive is a dangerous proposition There's another 29 percent We're talking about just overall concern about west cliff car traffic. How crowded it's getting Maybe we should block it to cars. Maybe we should make it one way So though not directly related to bikes I think it does get to the underlying concern people have a good 7 out of 10 In the west side community that adding these 20 mile bikes to the current traffic mix Is a dangerous proposition So my request to you is to consider some options One could be to block west cliff drive from e-bikes Pull the bike stations onto Delaware. Delaware is a nice Wide street It has bike lanes Almost all the way through on both sides of the road in both directions It has sidewalks on both sides almost all the way through and you have a tremendous east to west Wide road conduit all the way to the marine center. So why not pull the bikes away from the course put them on Delaware for example something worth looking at But just to wrap up my request is you need to wrap up please Please postpone the permit till some good traffic control measures are put into place. Thank you, sir next speaker Hello, mayor terrasis and council members. My name is yonica strauss and the executive director of bike santa cruz county In 2015 the city of santa cruz received a gold level recognition for being a bicycle friendly community by the league of american bicyclists We are so proud of this recognition And it really acknowledges all the hard work that city council members and staff have done over the years to improve bicycle safety in our city With that recognition the league provided recommendations for advancing to the platinum bike friendly level A bike share program was one of their recommendations and we are thrilled that the city has entered into a contract with one of the most Highly acclaimed bike share companies social bicycles bike share offers a new transportation option for both residents and visitors with the goal of reducing motor vehicle traffic And increasing trips by bike which improves community health mobility and livability while reducing co2 emissions And traffic we are excited that the entire fleet will be electric assist Which will incentivize users to travel further distances by bike and new cyclists to attempt our santa cruz hills Which can be tough at times Even if you have your own bike bike share is a great option If you're worried about bike theft if you need to go one way Or if you need extra bikes for out-of-town visitors Bike share stations on the coast are an important part of the overall network since west cliff is a major destination For both residents and visitors We support the bright orange color and this is mainly because of the safety that that allows the cyclist Making cyclists more visible on the road improves the safety since most collisions occur when drivers simply do not see cyclists Many bike friendly communities around the u.s. Have already established some similar programs as this and with much success Please approve the encouragement permits. All right. Thank you next speaker. Please Mayor terraces councilmember julian greensight I'm a strong supporter of encouraging more people to get out of the cars and to ride bicycles And i'm a strong supporter in concept of this program and therefore I feel What's the word? I'm not pleased to have to be here to sort of be the bad guy to point out what I think you should have seen or staff seen before this was unrolled and that is that the To encourage people to ride bikes you need to have people looking at bicycles in a very positive way Now it doesn't apply to those of us who already see it as an inherent good and for bicycle Enthusiasts but for those who are on the other side of the fence the way to get them over is to not irritate them Not set it up for failure the garfield park site, which i'm sorry. I thought that was going to come back for a reloc Once the library patrons see that 50 of their parking is gone. You're going to have people who are really PO'd about bicycles. You're not going to have converts And the and they don't know this is going to happen. The same thing is with these sites on west cliff Once the impact is felt you're going to have people saying negative things about bicycles rather than positive things So i'd encourage you it's a great program in concept But some particular sites have not been chosen with a broader view in mind the library staff were not Enthusiastic about it. They have problems with it. They weren't really consulted Obviously the people who are concerned about the safety on west cliff The fact of putting a sign between the path and the ocean a six foot tall Sign however narrow is against your own ordinances. So i'd encourage you to Either take another look take a pilot program start small But don't just blanket approve all of these sites. Thank you. Thank you next speaker, please Afternoon honorable council members staff and public my name is kirsten liskey I'm the vice president of community programs at ecology action And we are working to help people act now for thriving people and plan it I'd like to echo Definitely concerns for safety and the fact that this is new technology and innovation for our community that we're going to have to Continue to work out I definitely would also like to echo all of the comments from bike santa cruz county about all the accomplishments And how grateful we are for the city leading the way to help make biking and walking a norm Normal way to get around that's much better for the planet and people two things I want to just mention from our perspective is That from an industry perspective for this kind of a program to work It actually can't start small you have to get a lot of people seeing that where people are Is where the bike stations are so there has to be good distribution of the bike stations There have to be ample and available bikes going where people are and where they want to go For it to work out so If it's pilot if it's small it's not going to be People aren't going to choose that as a normative way to get around and it's not going to have visibility for our tourist visitors So I just want to strongly encourage The support of the very thoughtful planning process that went in with industry expertise to put together a program That's actually going to fly if we shrink it too much There's a good chance that won't fly and we won't have a bike share program Which is pretty critical for norming biking as a way to get around town. Thank you so much for all your work Thank you next speaker, please Good afternoon. I'm brett garrett and I just want to strongly support the bike share program Um, I like the bright color. I think it's a safety feature Um, a couple of ideas for west cliff Some people talk in terms of keep the electric bicycles off of west cliff We might want to keep the electric bicycles off of the sidewalk, but um Maybe tame the automobiles a little bit so that the bikes can fit into the street There could be a speed limit of 15 or 20 miles an hour along west cliff It could be limited to local residents so that there's no through Automobile traffic on west cliff. I don't know the best solution, but I I think there's ways to To reduce the automobile traffic or or tame the automobile traffic So that it will be a better place to ride an electric bicycle Thank you very much. Thank you next speaker Is there any other member of the public that would like to speak to this item item number 16? Okay, ma'am. Are you waiting to speak for this oral communication? Okay, you'll be our last speaker. Please go ahead. Aldo Good afternoon. My name is Aldo Joaquino Again, I'd like to emphasize the hazardous conditions that Bicycles that can do 20 miles an hour Present when they're allowed to ride on a sidewalk And west cliff drive is the only West cliff Drive path is the only sidewalk in the city where you can ride a bicycle to put A 20 miles an hour bicycle on that path with the intensity of use that it has at peak times Um, it's just not sensible. It's going to create a tremendous amount of conflicts and animosity This program should be tested out For one thing it's a not a comprehensive program. It doesn't address the whole city It leaves out a third of the city, which is the university campus There are 20 000 people up there that can use bikes like this and this kind of program and the staff has not pursued That to the point of reaching a firm conclusion about how to serve the university It needs to be served if you want to have a really sensible program So I strongly urge you to do a pilot project that involves the all of the areas except the coastal zones After you see what kind of results you have with that then you can come back and See to what extent to expand it. Thank you. Thank you. Nick speaker, please Any other member of the public that would like to speak to item number 16 Thank you Well, I think of bicycling You know like a long west cliff or in an open area. I don't um, this sounds problematic from what people are saying here and um Seems like it needs to be looked at more And I also think wherever we walk or bicycle or get exercise It needs to be in a place Where it's a healthy safe environment and the fact that the city I mean, you know, it's like I wouldn't bicycle or walk where people are smoking constantly but with the broadband Approval of encroachment for everywhere And the 90 cell sites and the agreement with crown castle to put these all over This is like being in a toxic waste area Where we're trying to have fresh air a good environment and a safe place to exercise So this just doesn't sound like the right way to do it. Thank you. Thank you Okay, you're our last speaker ma'am. Please step up My name is Lynn Ricchio and I live on west cliff in Woodrow and would like to ask you to consider a pilot program before launching Such a broad based On slot sort of In that chronicle today, there's an article on more personalized electric vehicles that These are Variety that are scooters, but it also kind of mirrors maybe some of the problems that we're using the same sidewalk Thank you. Yeah, we'll bring them back to council for deliberation Any further questions or comments council member matthews? I have a bunch I'll just start by saying in general, I think this is a really exciting New program for us to commit to Certainly, we live in a visitor serving area and west cliff drive seems to me like a natural place to have this kind of Resource available. I'm pretty Sensitive to the concerns about how crowded west cliff is already on at on many days many types of Many times of year etc So I do want to ask staff a couple of questions One is whether you considered the possibility of Not allowing the motorized bikes on the west cliff drive path Because it seems to me everywhere else. They're going to be used. They're going to be used in street. Is that a correct statement? so I think it's a multipart statement. Um West cliff drive has a multi-use path. I understand that so it's intended to be used by both bikes and pedestrians We have other multi-use paths in town as well And so the type of bike share bike that we have it's a class one electric bicycle And per california vehicle code class one electric bicycles are allowed on multi-use paths So whether it's a bike share bike or your own personal e-bike same standard Um, so no different than status quo right now where there are e-bikes currently using our multi-use paths Does that answer I think yeah Technically, I mean this one is a different order of magnitude than say the levy for example Um So you have answered my question. Um What is the opportunity for? tweaking this program In whatever form it may get approved We go through some period of time and It shows up that there's some specific elements Or and I don't mean a wholesale scrapping, but it needs some tweaking. What are the opportunities there? So one of the lovely things about going with a Dockless smart bike system rather than the dock based system is that it's really really easy To make changes to this program. Um where the stations are dropped in It's essentially a bike rack that's bolted into the ground It takes one to two hours for installation if we find um station wise that a station's not getting used or is getting used a Lot that's something that then we can look at to tweak the program on likewise if we're having specific issues that keep coming up in I don't know what they would be but if specific issues do keep coming up We do have the ability to to modify the program And I I didn't ask this in advance and it's not clear. Are they um the docks in Units of pick a number six whatever Clusters or are they just individual? They're mostly in units of seven. I believe So there may be as I think you implied Cases where seven makes sense 21 doesn't you know So um, what our vendor has told us is that when you get down to seven which is about the size of a single parallel parking space It makes less sense to do the regular rebalancing. It's a lot more maintenance and operations So if you can find locations that it makes sense to have 14 or 14 plus It works out better. Uh, there are locations where uh, we do have seven where they said that that's one that will work Because there's also in proximity to that regular bike parking nearby Okay, and these were not questions with an agenda. They're just questions. Um, and I do want to ask questions about Helmets, obviously there's not a helmet attached to each bike and liability if that There's some Contractual agreement when people sign up. I understand that and then the liability is with the company and not the city So just if you could clarify that So the first point helmets in california For those over 18 you are not compelled to wear a helmet There's also a lot of research that shows that compulsory helmet laws actually decrease bicycle use and bicycle adoption for Social bicycles in order to sign up with a user account You need to say that you are over 18 So you can only be over 18 an adult using social bicycles And therefore helmets are not required although we do encourage them and on all of our materials It does encourage using helmets To your second point about liability It is on social bicycles And there is a liability waiver that you sign when you are you sign when you sign up for an account I think that's it for now Great council member pro and then council member brown Um Real quick the blue versus red. How did that happen? Um color was not something that we included either in our contract or in our rfp requirements What we were looking for was a vendor who could provide the best service with great project management in the track record So when they came in we did not evaluate any of the proposers based on color Um, and actually originally it had been looked at as something that could mini bike show systems are sponsored Um, so it could have been based on a sponsorship and instead Social bicycles is self sponsoring under their jump brand and their color is this red color Okay, so jump is a separate part of social bicycles And so jump is red and but then then they have they do have blue socials bicycles too So it wasn't they do and so some of their um, that is a system that's sponsored by a health care system I believe that one's kaiser. There's another one that's white also sponsored by Another health care system in new Orleans. Um, so depending on who their overall sponsor Would you say the program's more for tourists or for local workforce? Um, both interesting data point there Coming out of their pilot system in san francisco They're finding that about 22 percent of the rides are occurring during the morning commute and about 25 during the evening commute The rest are spread throughout the day. So they're seeing this as a real commute option Another cool data point is that with the e-bikes They're seeing that rides are about three times as long as non-electric bikes And the e-bikes are being used about four times as frequently as non-electric bikes Not and pursuing the ucsc angle to oh, yeah So we've been in active discussions with transportation and parking services at ucsc We intentionally wanted to make sure that the program rolled out in the city first to benefit local residents rather than all the bikes ending up on campus Um, so ucsc is looking for an expansion in the future onto campus And it's something that we've been in discussions about and they've been in discussions with jump as well So that would be a future phase and I saw the pad installation up there at uh high and bay and how many bikes are going to be there Uh 14 I'm gonna say 14. Yep. And um, I don't know if we can prohibit these bikes from west cliff From the the bike path or no We would I believe have to prohibit all electric bicycles From west cliff. I don't think we could prohibit just a certain class That's my math. You said a follow-up. Yeah follow-up related or motorized because I'm I do remember the whole discussion about segues Oh We'd have to research that yeah, yeah And my last question to just speak could you somehow address the multiple questions about the 20 miles an hour on on west cliff drive? That seems to be of great concern to people Yeah, I would just say that just because these bikes have a maximum speed of 20 miles an hour does not mean that they'll always be traveling At 20 miles an hour they increase in speed in conjunction with how hard you're pedaling So I think for most folks who are easily pedaling down west cliff drive. There'll be nowhere near 20 miles an hour You would have to be you know pedaling very very very hard to get to that 20 mile per hour speed Um, and so we're not expecting that to be something that happens all that often Councilman Brown and councilmember chase So Just following up on councilmember Crohn's question about uh the use intended use by tourists versus Locals, uh, local residents I'm just wondering if you could talk a little bit more about the decision to place so many of the Bicycles along west cliff and in the coastal zone as opposed to on Delaware or or locations where Bike commuters might be more inclined to ride Yeah, so one of the things that There's a couple drivers to this one was the community process We went through we asked people in town where they wanted to see bike share So that was the primary driver that then we went out and ground truthed what that looked like Another driver in station sighting was where our best bike facilities. So where if we're going to have Um new cyclists on the road and people taking short trips around town Where are some of the facilities that we've invested in that make cycling safest and west cliff drive? With a completely separated multi-use path is one of the gems of facilities that we have in town And so really linking bikes to great bike facilities was one of the drivers there to follow up on that I'm not seeing any locations close to the bike path towards wilder ranch and not as many as I'd like to see along the Rail trail line because it seems that those will be likely to be More actively used by These bikes such bicyclists Yeah, so out towards wilder ranch is right on the edge of city limits and because the program boundary ends at city limits We wanted to encourage people to stay within As to the rail trail one of the things that we looked at there is the location at Swift and McPherson more or less right in front of Humblesea So adjacent to the rail trail there at bay in california So adjacent to segment seven there and at the wharf roundabout So there are three locations there that directly tie into segment seven of the rail trail And then in front of the boardwalk Which is segment eight on the cycle track and then right near the museum of natural history, which is right near segment Eight still no nine it started nine there. So we're looking at that and then also looking at as we Move to construction on segments eight and nine identifying spaces in that design process for where a future expansion could occur And to member chase I'm interested in the process for I'm kind of following up on member Matthews questions about how can this sort of change as we go forward so Who's what's the process for if the project is going really well and they want to add additional Bicycles so say we're at 14 and they're saying we really want to go to 21 or we want to go even more than that What would the process look like? I mean, I I think that that's Something that council could recommend that if an expansion for a station Was something that we were looking at that it would go to the transportation commission for approval at the transportation commission The transportation commission has asked to see regular updates on usage for each station And we would use that data to decide, you know, is this a viable station? Is this something that we should move? Is this something where we should look at adding more bikes? So we are planning on bringing that information to them regularly and then basing station decisions on that Thank you Council member Naroy and the council member brown So how crucial is it to have bike stations on west cliff to make this successful because I am concerned about the amount of traffic already on west cliff between people who walk Right-of-buy kids with scooters. I mean it there's some days where I'm out there walking and it's like on your left On your right and it it's you know, kind of chaotic so I'm just trying to understand the value of Increasing that type of traffic on west cliff Especially with tools that allow someone to go 20 miles an hour potentially I think for the system It's incredibly valuable to have stations located immediately adjacent to some of our best facilities I think even if you don't have stations located on west cliff You are still going to have people riding bike share bikes on west cliff drive because it's such a great facility So even if you located them a couple blocks away from that people would still be using that as their facility of choice Yeah, I I agree with that but to have them ride on west cliff. I kind of wonder You know like part of this is to get people out of their cars I don't see you know like the purpose of So you can take a leisurely stroll on a bike along west cliff.  I park at lighthouse field. I maybe take a bike and come back I would rather encourage somebody to walk Let's say and not increase necessarily the traffic along west cliff drive and an already just, you know, heavily used area So that's why I was asking those questions. Um, if the goal Is to just provide leisurely bike rides. I get why this would be here, but um, You know, I don't I'm not sure I agree that it's with the other goal of actually getting people out of their cars And using them for real transportation. Yeah, I think I'll I'll hit it. I mean, you're welcome to I mean, I'd love to hear a different perspective I think further to that one of the things that we find is when you look at a survey of bicyclists about 60 Percent qualify themselves as interested but concerned that they would ride more if there were facilities that were separated from traffic That's the the number one concern that we here brought up And so, uh, what we find is that cyclists will go out of their way to use facilities like this My personal example my housemate. We live in Prospect Heights She works on the far west side at ccof and she will ride intentionally out of her way to ride down the river walk path To go over the trestle to connect to west cliff drive to then go up in order to avoid having to ride on the roadway in mixed traffic So looking at that as her commute corridor, which is a longer distance But is on facilities that she feels safe riding on Is that the type of rider that we think of for bike share I'll add that we also see west cliff as a major destination within our city And for somebody who wants to go on a walk on west cliff being able to access the station from soquel or from bradway Or from delaware and use a bike share bike to get to west cliff Have a station there to drop it off and then be able to access that facility. We see that as a benefit as well Councilman browning then vice mayor walkins Let's have a really quick question. Uh, so you mentioned that the woodrow and west cliff site is not Coming before us today pending an appeal to the zoning administrator. Um, and I I'm just wondering, um, because I I think we may see more of those kinds of appeals So I I'm wondering if you could just talk a little bit more about the process How we will deal with that should we receive appeals on previously approved locations before you answer that You know in terms of that would be a longer informational item Do you in terms of are you thinking in terms is that going to weigh into your vote here? Okay Go right ahead. Yeah, so at the point that you're at today, you're granting the final Permission so the encroachment permit the previous batch that you granted those are done and could go in Tomorrow if we had the facilities in town right now The appeals process there were multiple points for appeals to occur They could have occurred from the transportation and public works commission's recommendation Um, and we did receive four appeals on that they went through that appeal process And none of those or those appeals were all for denied by the transportation public works commission and that was their recommendation Um, the zoning administrator reviewed seven of the locations which were in the coastal zone Which had to be done because uh coastal appealable coastal zone process They had to get a city coastal permit and design permit They had um 10 days to appeal the zoning administrator's decision there one of those locations was appealed At this point, there's no other appeals process that can be exercised So I'm going to turn it to vice mayor walk-ins I'm prepared to move the IMS recommended, but I'll just add a quick comment, which is um The questions that I had had been asked by our our council But I think one of the things that goes to your point um councilmember chase is how we look at when there's a Sort of a threshold for increasing the number of bikes We can also look at to your point councilmember matthews The similar types of concerns that may come up within an area as well in terms of modifications and changes because Essentially, absolutely. This is a big step and we want to be in action But we want to be also responsive if things arise and we can be you know Responsive to our community members or neighbors as well as other types of safety concerns But I do feel this is exciting and I think um, we have to sometimes take the leap and I'm prepared to move the item as recommended to um move this long I have a request to the maker of the motion and um, I appreciated the suggestion of using the transportation and public work commission as a place where we could review concerns specifically around any If we're enhancing the contract in any way, I think that that would be important But I think it's also an important space To talk about some of the concerns that have come up here So I don't know if the maker of the motion is um open to adding I don't know exactly what the language would be if you have a recommendation of what the best way to state That would be so that we do have a process in place Around some of the concerns that have been brought up Would regular reviews and updates at transportation and public works commission That sounds great. And that's I mean, I appreciate you doing that. I think that's important Maybe a second. So if you say to restate the motion Is to approve the recommendations with regular reviews at the transportation and public works commission. Is that Regarding both concerns our potential growth. Yes, I appreciate that. Thank you Councilmember noyan may I make a suggestion that we actually put a time on that that maybe we get an update three months after the program's been launched I accept that as a friendly amendment Did you have any success I was just gonna say we're gonna get monthly reports Both accept that as a friendly amendment that it come back three months after the the opening Any other discussion councilmember matthews? Yes, and I would just ask that whatever reports are going to transportation public works come to us as well FYI because obviously We'll want to know yeah councilmember crown Would you take as a friendly amendment to? send the west cliff drive bike stations back to the transportation and public works and Look at other other places like possibly Delaware Where they're close to the coast but not on the coast I think that that process has already taken place But again, we've built in a process that if there are concerns or if there are potential Things that come about that we will have a review that we can then at that point make a decision So I don't think that's necessarily at the track that I would pursue at this point I would I would make that as a motion to then to the main To the main motion or an amendment rather to the main motion that um the swanton boulevard And um Lighthouse go back to the um the public works transportation commission I'll second that Okay, so are you adding you're requesting that that be within the main motion just a substantive amendment An amendment to the main motion and that the other alternatives be looked at first before um Is there discussion going with those two stations councilmember matthews? I'm going to vote against that because to my mind These different stations will serve different user groups, but clearly The coastal area is so important to visitors and it really is an enhancement to the visitor experience You can walk from the lighthouse out to natural bridges and back Most of us have done it a whole bunch of times, but it takes a good chunk of time And as a visitor you may want to just have a different time frame a different experience And talking to people who've used e-bikes in other communities as visitors I haven't personally, but it's really it's really made their visitor experience more intimate and Uh personalized and enjoyable. So I I think there is a role for some stations along west cliff Okay, so if there's no further discussion on the amendment, um, I just want to say that I've used these bikes in Minneapolis, Houston, New York And I've asked people where do you know where the bike station is and people just direct you to that to where the bike station is I don't think you have to just like I don't think you have to have a parking space in front of a business downtown And you pull up and yeah, that's the only way you'll go to that business I mean people can find the bike stations and they can find the coast as well Great, so the motion by councilmember crone and second by councilmember brand On this item is up. So all those uh support that please say I I Was that councilmember okay councilmember brown councilmember neroy and councilmember crone those opposed so no No, okay That's vice mayor walk-ins. Um councilmember matthews councilmember chase myself. So we'll go back to the main motion um I'd like to See something where we these types of bikes have a lot of data too in terms of reporting I think it's important to look at like when you look at gps or others Not just looking at the operations, but how where they're riding them and also Coming back. So we look at if these locations aren't working, especially those that are in the coastal area I do agree like having them move back, but Having a place where they're kind of like one aesthetically, you know pleasing not only to the visitors But also the locals as well who are going to be using them and um, I think that You know, we do have another one that'll come up for appeal on woodrow But I mean having a process where we look at these and where the placement is So we're getting locals to use them just as much as a visitor is I think really important to the success of this program Councilmember matthews, but isn't that exactly the kind of report that we'd be expecting at the three months? Yeah So that's intrinsic in the motion. Yeah. Yeah. No, I'm just want to just make sure that it's not just about You know anecdotal like we really kind of look to see what's how it's working Councilmember neroyan and was wondering as a friendly amendment. Could we make sure that the Report includes any sort of accident or collision data I'm assuming that would be specifically on west. I mean in general would be good But I specifically want to hear about west cliff drive Okay, great so motion on the floor by council or vice mayor walk in second by council member chase those In favor, please say aye. Aye those opposed. Please say no Okay, that passes unanimously Okay, moving on we have nine of 19 and thank you mary for your patience This is your item and it'll be the last one before we oh actually, you know what? Let me just do this While you're studying that but like to call up for oral communications So we could do that. Um, is there any member that would like to speak to oral communications at this time? On our council agenda Okay, yeah, you are okay. Okay, please line up. We're gonna need to try and move this so oral communications You're up. Um, scarlet you can just step right up and begin Go for it. Please begin Oh big wireless made us think that cell phones are safe a special investigation The disinformation campaign and massive radiation increases behind the 5g rollout i'm going to read this title again of a investigative journal report in the nation magazine of april 23rd How big wireless made us think that cell phones are safe? a special investigation The disinformation campaign and massive radiation increase behind the 5g rollout by mark Hertzgaard and mark dowey on the let's see Last thursday, I think was the fifth on democracy now Amy Goodman interviewed the co-author of the article mark Hertzgaard and continued the discussion online And i'm going to give you copies of that 10 minute interview but basically it shows The deception of the industry How independent scientists like george carlo who wrote the book cell phones invisible hazards in the wireless age in 2001 were discredited maligned how agencies Like the world health organization Had a conflict of interest Even though they did categorize in may of 2011 wireless radiation as a possible carcinogen Others said it should have been in the category of probable carcinogen and lennard tardell said It is a carcinogen. Thank you miss garret So i'm going to give you this. Please do next week. We need to go to the next speaker Hazardous technology you just to prove more broadband next speaker, please I was uh, I was informed by the police that i'm not allowed to juggle anywhere but on pacific street in Santa Cruz now I work real hard There's three places on pacific street. I can juggle There's places along the beach where people go I make pennies compared to most people I work real hard for the money that I do make and uh I need to be able to work along the beach I do not block the paths. I don't uh, I don't uh I don't interfere with anybody. I try to be a good neighbor I'm real good with the children the children are are great. I can teach them how to juggle But uh, this is one if this is an ordinance where I cannot juggle anywhere But on pacific street is one I cannot follow So i'm here to let you know that if i'm approached by the police. I will take a ticket I will fight it in court or fight it in any way that I possibly can I'll try to find ways that I can find it But I wanted to inform this this the city council Of my decision before I started juggling back on the on the beach again So I hope you all have a wonderful day. Sorry to Thank you If you could leave your name and contact information on the tablet someone will contact you from the city Mayor can we also get maybe a report back if that's true that you can't juggle anywhere? Yeah, we'll ask the city attorney or city manager to just to report do an informational, but thank you next speaker, please Hello again. Um, again, my name is kirsten liskey. I'm the vice president of our community programs group at ecology action I and my organization are passionate about uh working for a thriving people in planet And we're very grateful to partner with the city of santa Cruz that shares our values of stewardship equity and innovation We acknowledge the city leaders and staff acting for the climate long before it was called that with Being a leader in the state with water conservation Waste reduction and bike ridership. I've used as you've heard so much about today And now really demonstrating leadership in climate action planning and achieving measurable results as tiffany shared There still remains an urgency to act to shift from fossil fuel powered vehicles to electric vehicles and active Transportation and from polluting power sources to clean renewables as quickly as we can Currently as I mentioned in correspondence to you last week, there are incentives and structures in place that make it economically feasible Or preferable to implement solar on city properties and expand the ev charging network That we should act on as soon as possible There are plans and community support for these in place As we noted in our correspondence, we request that the city prioritize these projects as soon as possible And thank you for your leadership in our community and helping our community and environment thrive Enjoy your evening. Thank you. Nick speaker, please Good evening council So I I wasn't going to speak about a few I was going to add a number of things I wanted to talk to you about one is the annoying tendency of people to drive their bikes on the sidewalks on mission Street as if it wasn't hazarded hazardous enough Another one is the weird guy doing the sign thing for barry swanson the 555 pacific As if the corner of uh, laurel and pacific wasn't hazardous enough. Um, but I wanted to talk a little bit about, um The ratings that ucs he has in, uh, uh, uh, us news and world reports forbs and the economist So us news and world reports is tied for 79th It it's up one from 80th. If you want to look at it a certain way, but uh from from when I was a student there and um And uh, but I was very disturbed when I went and looked at the forbes rating Which is uses a metric which is more about like the value you get for your Your education dollars. We all know tuitions have risen, uh, three times the rate of inflation So, uh, you look at, um, the forbes rating and it's 200th not not 70th not not 79th, uh, no 200th And then if you look at the economist rating, uh, it's abysmal. It's like I can't even remember I can't even remember the number. It's so bad. It's less than 600 Place. It's like ridiculously bad And I think there's a definite one-to-one correspondence bet