fficer and you may are coming In your resident of jana cruz county, and I just wanted to say that I support creating a special session to discuss the police department funding and reallocation of funds to more community supportive associations and taking some of the responsibilities that are placed on police and creating alternative departments to address the issues that could be raised without force and I also would like to say that I support the initiative to um Do a mural for the black lives matter movement on front street. Thank you. My name is elizabeth I'm a resident of santa cruz. I want to first take a moment for all the lives that have been lost recently um from police brutality from the protest or from covet um, and then I just want to support all the calls that have been made to refund and reallocate the resources that are going towards the police um, I think that Santa Cruz deserves to be a safe and fair place for everybody not just those white, wealthy residents in making the meeting to make these budgetary changes that is concrete re-showing the residents of color that the santa cruz city council cares and is committed to eradicating the racism that does exist here and that affects the lives of everybody, especially those residents of color. Thank you for taking my call My name is mel. I'm a santa cruz resident and I want to address the proposed increase to the police budget It doesn't make any sense to me as well as many other community community members who have stated in this meeting Why we would increase the police department budget to a proposed 28 of our budget Which will be more than multiple sectors combined The police which historically started as slave patrol in the south is entrenched in systematic racism I know y'all know what that means I know you know what that means black and brown people are racially profiled in santa cruz all the time We also demand that you immediately stop sending the santa cruz police department to participate in egregious violence against protestors in oakland This is this is just wrong and I know y'all know that and you have the power to do something The answer is to fund the police and work towards abolishing the police so that we can truly invest in community based solutions We demand that you call a meeting to address reducing funding for the police Do y'all want to be on the side of justice? Be fund the police Do not doubt that we are all watching to see how you show up and fail to show up for justice. Thank you Speaking on the line cruise is a paradise beach city the ocean breeze and hugged by the redwood forest The city also has a long history of racism that spawns from the oppression of the native peoples To the daily harassment or worse of its current non-whites Listen to the voices of your people They have overwhelmingly spoken You fill the city with more police action You fill the city With the image of a town out of control and who wants to vacation or go to college or buy their house In a heavily policed municipality people like justin beaver vacation in the area Because of the giant dipper not the giant police department You have artists educators innovators and passionate population to whom you can direct funding to come up with the solutions needed To make santa cruz the amazing place. It's always meant to be The choice is yours You may not have long to make it Because the people will speak out and act out against you This is black. My name is nicolas church. I was born and raised in santa cruz county I'm calling for a defunding and of the police department taking up 28 percent of budget more than library public work And economic development I'm truly appalled that we would send our police department to oakland to enforce systemic racism We claim to be one of the most liberal places in california, let alone the country We need to act like it become the cornerstone for the redefining how a community could be protected If you do not act if you do not work towards We will see it You are under a microscope now I yield my time Hi, my name is avatar joshi and I'd like to thank the council members for taking my call I've lived in santa cruz for the past five years and i've been a homeowner for the past two years And i'm calling about the use of excessive force by the police department Across the nation and I know that in city of santa cruz That a significant portion of the city's operating budget goes to the police department The sbpd uses more force for arrest than 23 percent of other police departments in california And the excessive use of force has even been used against peaceful processors peaceful student protesters on the campus of uc santa cruz during the cola movement And this is absolutely unacceptable I would like to urge the council to vote against the proposed budget increases to the sheriff's office and the sbpd And instead reallocate their current funding towards services that support our community Such as housing and health department education parks and rec and public works Other cities are adopting this model as they're confronting the disproportionate violence inflected by the police on Black indigenous and people of color and we should not be the last to follow I'll be following how the council members vote and I intend to use this issue to inform how I vote in the next election. Thank you very much for taking my call I'm also calling to encourage you to put defunding the police on your next agenda or call a special meeting um, I agree with everyone that the way we're treating homeless people in this county Is atrocious and we really should be using Money that's currently going to mostly harass homeless people it feels like to Support them and to address the housing affordability crisis. Thanks y'all Hi, my name is ashley. I've lived in santa cruz for 23 years as the world grapples with tough and necessary decisions about systemic racism policing And funding communities. I believe it's far past time santa cruz does something in all part of this Stop sending our police to terrorize other communities. Why is santa cruz allowing their cops to go and trample other communities? Right to the free of speech. We must end these mutual aid agreements SCCD's budget is going to be more than the Economic development community development and public works combined with housing crisis climate change at our front door And a pandemic in our hands. We must thank progressively and spending money money for forward change I hope that the council takes this to heart and will push for official time for a community to express In fact, their concerns and their hopes for a future of the city and take a closer look at the proposed increased sbcd's budget and see that if the money would be spent better elsewhere. Thank you Thank you This is Veronica Barnard I'm frankly appalled by the proposal to allot 28.1 of the budget towards policing These budget increases are clearly not investing back into our community The one million dollar budget to alleviate homelessness one of the most pressing issues in santa cruz Especially during the time of COVID-19 tales and comparisons eyes. There's only an 800 thousand dollar budget for project room key in santa cruz There are 1 204 individuals experiencing homelessness With a whopping 78 un-sheltered in santa cruz with only 150 grams allotted by project room key With the city spending 17 million of city resources towards quote reacting to the impact of homelessness Is clear that more policing is not going to fix the issue You must reallocate funds towards affordable housing shelters rehabilitation programs related to drug through mental illness The city is currently burning through money an abusive cycle of arrest and release with its population experiencing homelessness And the criminalization of this population break the chain Reallocate this money and invest in bettering our community defund the police. My name is emory woodell I live in santa cruz, california, and i'm also calling to defund the police You guys have been drilled with uh all the statistics already. Um, we don't need police in in schools and uh We need to reinvest in our community services. Thank you Toria nobles and I have lived in santa cruz county for 20 years I co-own a preschool and live oak serving families of children age two to five years old We actively practice practice anti-bias and anti-racist education. We stand with and support black lives matter We do not shy away from difficult and uncomfortable conversations. We hold ourselves accountable when we mess it up I would like to see the issues that directly relate to inequity Experienced by black indigenous and people of color in our community be made a priority by our city government Have the difficult and uncomfortable conversations hold each other accountable when you get it wrong Hold yourselves accountable to the people who need you most. Thank you for your time and all your work that you're doing Yep, this is lisa how I was born and raised in santa cruz and the santa cruz resident now And I would like you to be fun the police. I think it would be in the community's best interest to reinvest in housing mental health services harm reduction drug treatment and And education so thank you very much. Uh, yes charles lee wood. I'm a resident of santa cruz I think uh The what the police department is doing is absolutely wonderful. I think it should be fully funded I I see From what I've seen is a police department that is well organized Knows how to control people and has very well trained Officers so please do not defund Any part of the police department at all. Thank you Thank you. Hi, this is piper de bella and echo what so many of the others have said and really urge you guys to consider defunding the police The money spent on the santa cruz police department could be so much more effectively On services for housing and education and mental health. Thank you for taking my call My name is rachel. I um A santa cruz resident born and raised here and I would like to echo the calls to Defund the police and invest in Community programs. I would also like to add that a variety of sociological and criminal criminal logical research on the causes of crime has shown that at least in part crime occurs Because pockets of concentrated disadvantage deny people opportunities to participate in community in their greater community and invest therefore investing in community works and programs that center community advocates from within these neighborhoods is a way to lower crime rates therefore Need for highly militarized police forces, which in fact incite violence as we have seen across the country this week Thank you for taking my call. My name is Santiago as a longtime resident of santa cruz I'm calling for an immediate community meeting or at least for you to add to your agenda the discussion of Our current and projected budgets with the intention specifically of reallocating percentages of scpd's budgets Into more community-based resources including but not limited to families education community-based support community engagement housing etc etc. Thank you very much Thank you CJ Fagundas and I was born and have spent most of my life living in santa cruz I would like to join the voices of many who have spoken before me to call for both a special city council meeting agenda item regarding the police budget And particularly defunding the police I would like to call for the defunding of the santa cruz police department and the reallocation of those funds to community-based programs That are in high demand such as housing mental health Education harm reduction addiction services and many more Pleasing these issues has proved been proven to be ineffective and only hurts our community further I would also ask that we step away from the practice of mutual aid Which uses taxpayer dollars to enact violence in cities like oakland against citizens who are using their right to peacefully protest I would like to also remind each of you that the members of this community will be watching and will hold Each of you accountable for the actions you take in the coming weeks and months. Thank you yep Okay, we have two speakers left Then we'll likely take a really short break and then I'm trying to get to our evening item Okay, see you on the line Hello, I'm Karen leewood and I do not want to defund the police department Uh, I moved here in 1970. I've been here for 50 years and I cannot believe I that I would have to try and protect myself. I do not own a gun And people have come in they've stolen the trust things like that We need to have the police be available If I need them, thank you very much Thank you Hi, my name is cameron bacher. Um, I'm a senator's resident and I'd like to echo the need to defund the police The police department is built on violence and racism and cannot be reformed Santa Cruz also has a history of white supremacy racism And colonialism and it's time that we make decisions that value anti-racism And the people of this community rather than the police, please defund scpd and remove santa cruz officers from oakland immediately Thank you Yeah, our evening item See you on the line My name is david doulan. I'm a senator's resident and I've written with the police a number of times The way that they interact with the public is compassionate caring And yet at the same time protecting of our people I feel like they should Continue with the level of funding that they need to protect the citizens and at the same time Act compassionately with with all of the people that they interact with thank you Thank you. We are going to take a break And reconvene 35 we'll say 33 and I'm sure people will be on at the 35 So we'll try to get our evening items started about 835 to give uh council members another quick break Since we haven't really had many this entire day So if this is an item you want to comment on now is the time to call and using the instructions on your screen The order will be a presentation of the item by staff for the council members who brought the item forward Follow my questions for the council then take public comment and return to the council for action deliberation And with that i'll turn it over to um maureen smith assistant senior manager Thank you, mayor vice mayor and council members. Are you able to see my screen? Okay with the power point? great, um, we are here to Discuss a shift on to an interim recovery plan But the quick topics will cover our the convergence of covet 19 and our existing strategic plan process A model for discussion and what possible next steps would be with the council So as we started emerge from the Beginning of the shelter in place in the middle of march toward the end of April going into may we began to realize that we were on a little bit of a Mental and emotional teeter totter where on the one hand We were dealing with all of the reactionary needs We had to do to the shelter in place and the shifting public health orders and having to be responsive as much as possible Maintaining nimbleness and decisively acting in order to maintain key services and deliver what we needed to to the community that was offset by this Definite need to also start looking toward the future and To be very thoughtful and start to do a balanced evaluation of how we would go about recovery So this is a situation that we found ourselves in and uh Mayor Cummings vice mayor Myers and councilmember Watkins separately went to city manager marquine Bernal Basically asking about the recovery part of the teeter totter So based upon that we had a brief Meeting to discuss the convergence of these two Aspects of our lives at this point. So we had COVID-19 on one point which is as you all know unpredictable We have to figure out what works now In relationship to the course of the pandemic and what's going on at the state and county national world levels And then it's always changing and we're constantly redefining our world in order to be able to adjust to the course of the pandemic This was offset by an existing process that we had already launched in the winter time for strategic planning But the strategic plan that we launched was broad-based. It had a one to three year horizon And it essentially was going to represent the stable foundation on which we made Decisions so it was going to be the policy direction from the council for one to three years and help guide staff operational decisions and priorities and Ultimately budget decisions as well So with these two forces in mind They collided and what we hopefully need to do now is Balance the teeter totter of COVID with strategic planning and focus on interim planning informed by the COVID-19 context So How could we explain this in in a model so This is a legend to a model I'm going to put up next that helps context of The win the who the what and the how So the winners are related to the phases that we're in related to the pandemic as well as with planning the who is who works on various aspects of the different phases and what output Would the council work on in the context of this and then underline all of this How does the council want to go about establishing guiding principles for us to be able to do the what the who and at what time This is the model when we think about the convergence of COVID-19 and strategic planning And it becoming interim planning Over the top we have the state and county orders and the other health disaster impacts that the pandemic represents Those are constant. We're not sure How They will develop what course they'll take but we know that they're out there. We're not sure when they'll taper We know that we're increasing Availability we're moving from stage three. It looks like a little bit into Stage two a little bit into stage three at this point with the opening of the movie theaters and that sort of thing And the timeline that that will occur in is uncertain so we just have that across the top as The disaster is going to impact us on an ongoing basis So phase rise the win We're in the reactionary and responsive phase. We've been taking steps To help residents and businesses and developing support programs and that's been ongoing since The march time frame of when we first started sheltering in place And then we're also at this point now in parallel Working in the recovery mode and in the recovery mode. We are developing new normals it's normal now to walk into the building and see a fellow community member in with a pace covering on it's normal for us to walk down a sidewalk and look ahead and want to Participate how we're going to maintain that maintain that six foot of social distance with the other person So during this recovery phase, we've developed to these new normals and the new normals will evolve and change as the disease changes course and then ultimately ultimately out in possibly, you know, 15 18 Plus months out We start to then to consider the bigger picture and the vision and the re-visioning of Santa Cruz And how we're going to move forward given the economic health social and other Impacts that this disease has had on us So those are the phases that we're in The model seems that we're in this reactionary and responsive phase as well as the recovery at this point So who works on items during these phases So one of the things that the conversation with the council members and some staff members spoke about is There are existing county-wide structures that are in place and your agenda reports Alludes to those there are economic councils that are being started by the county of Santa Cruz And we want to leverage those county-wide structures and participate in them for those that bigger picture county-wide work So those have been primarily focused on this recovery and new normal phase We've obviously been working in reactionary and responsive with joining with them or the operation centers But these structures are focused on the recovery and then eventually the re-visioning of our area Also working in these phases economic development and other Departments like public works and planning and community development, but primarily economic development has been taking a very strategic but But tactical as well role in developing these Resident and business support programs So they've been very nimble and they've had to be to be able to put together the business Reopening kits to be able to put together with public works planning and calm death And everybody else the ability to open up different sections of Pacific Avenue So economic development needs to remain nimble to be able to help Lead the reactionary and responsiveness phase as it relates to especially business support in this phase overlapping economic development are citywide teams and Here a possibility for a citywide team that currently is not in place would be an interim Planning an interim recovery plan team Consisting of council members. So that could be the mayor and the vice mayor and a council member to be named and they would develop into a interim recovery plan team And we already have the budget Committee that the council formed at the April 14th meeting and that consists of the mayor And the vice mayor and council member brown So the city team here focuses in this recovery mode helping establish new normals figuring out financially How we're going to respond to the pandemic and then hopefully focusing on The interim recovery plan as well So more specifically how does council What does council look like in this planning phase? so The possibilities that you could act upon this evening is you could do an immediate prioritization And the bubbles are kind of proportional to the amount of work So the the immediate prioritization you could look at the backlog of cal council initiated and assigned items That we re-looked at on april the 14th and took action on as far as a restart date And then a first return date to council You could look at those that immediate prioritization and you could look at the list and decide to take action on some of those Tonight to be able to say move this one up take this one Off move this one lower etc. And so on so that could be something that you could do and it really Impacts this reactionary responses and recovery work The other thing that is probably needed for those items that you aren't able to act on immediately tonight if you do item number a with item number b. You might wish to develop a council rubric for tactical response Because we need something as staff to be able to ping against that has let's say, you know Yz number of criteria that helps us remain nimble and helps us make decisions out there on a day-to-day basis So some of this is recovery But a lot of it still remains the reactionary and responsive work that we need to do to be able to Work day to day and take quick action That is still very much a need for staff and our organization to be able to function that way So b might be developing a council rubric for tactical response And you could articulate your priorities through criteria that we could then apply to the backlog of lists that is out there And then finally that council rubric could be part of a bigger effort that you do That is a council interim recovery plan. So that could be item c for you to take action on So rather than focus on the broader one to three year Stabilization strategic plan that we were previously going to do We would focus on a council interim recovery plan with a horizon of 12 to 18 months So that could be an example of what you would do for that area And then ultimately out here Hopefully in the 12 to 15 month time frame even as late as 18 months from now As we emerge and we understand what the economy is doing what the pandemic is doing How the health is going how or how the the situation is going with our community You could shift your attention to a council strategic revisioning process But this is something that I think is quite a few months out at this point And what we really need at this point is this interim recovery plan that shifts from bigger picture one to three year out to a 12 to 18 month horizon offset by the cove in 19 context And then ultimately the other thing that the the group had wanted to put forth are guiding principles of how The council planning and the work group is guided along its path to planning So responsiveness and nimbleness were critical Creative pursuit of all funding. Those are always continuing to emerge. We get new information at the federal state levels on a pretty consistent basis We need to be aware of risk and mitigate it where we need to We need to have community engagement and underlying all of this is our health and all policies and equity sustainability and public health obviously equity After everything that's been going on with the joy George Floyd and everything else Equity is a huge lens through which we need to influence the way that we go about our recovery and and an interim recovery plan So that's the model So the sweet spot for council should you decide to act on this this evening is possibly considering the list of items and there is a handout in your agenda packet of how you might wish to take any immediate prioritization on the list of items and then through a council recovery plan committee you may wish to um direct staff and or that committee to develop a rubric for tactical response and then also form The committee in order to produce an interim recovery plan with an approximate 18 month time horizon We talked about the underlying principles already and then This just summarizes in your agenda report the possible actions I know I went through that really quickly, but I also know that you guys are pretty tired at this point. So um Mayor Cummings vice mayor mires and councilmember Watkins if there's anything you'd like to add and elaborate on I would appreciate any feedback presentation. No, I think it's you know, just want to make sure the public is aware that um, we councilmember Watkins Vice mayor mires myself, and I'm sure the other council members as well We're all really concerned with you know, how the community is going to recover from COVID-19. And so I think we were you know, a few months ago really trying to be proactive um with regards to understanding what can a recovery process look like and rather than thinking about some of the one to three year out priorities given that we're in such a time of uncertainty that it was really important that we focus in On the impact of COVID-19 on our community and people's ability to Gather and then kind of come up with a plan that would really help our community recover from So thanks for putting that together and I'll turn to my colleagues to see if they have any Other comments or questions. So vice mayor mires. Thank you. You're muted. Donna All right Yeah, thank you to the staff and to um mayor Cummings and former mayor Watkins Yeah, I mean we all came kind of came out this from slightly different perspectives and I think City manager martin or don't burn all to kind of pull us together And you know, I think You know my my day-to-day experience And and just and and mayor Cummings has been much more intense than mine, but this is uh This is a very Evolving and changing situation almost on a daily basis and I've watched our staff literally Folks do the legal analysis as well as You know respond to the governor's orders orders from our health officer Um, and then you know be able to communicate back out to our community in a way that's meaningful And um, that's that's just been a constant for them Really for the last four and a half months and um Now on the other side, you know When I do see people or people contact me, you know, and there's just a lot of concern There's a lot of families that are struggling because schools are closed Um, there's a lot of teachers who have been put into situations where they're teaching kids online um, you know the level of uh, Unstability and just sort of The place where people are at is is um extreme And um, of course, we have all of our business owners who are also trying to forecast their future And take risk in terms of you know, what should they do with their businesses? So um, the magnitude of this is is quite large and um Uh, we as we all stuff This approach in a meeting in may and early may Um, I really thought that The former mayor and current mayor and myself made a good team in terms of really having that perspective of coming into this sort of from um You know last year where we worked on important policy, um as well as um learn more and more about Certain issues such as homelessness and the approaches to that that we could take over time Um, so um, I'm really happy that we were able to bring this together. I appreciate Laura's work She really was the one that put lots of ideas Into an actual document that we could all respond to so I really appreciate her work And I also just appreciate her work and really thinking having to think as a model for a model on how we would move through these stages Um, I think this is an important pivot away from our traditional strategic plan efforts And um, I look forward to um continuing to work um with the mayor and and hopefully with um You know, I'll put that council member and moving this important work forward and Just happy to have the conversation with my colleagues tonight. So thanks my council member. Welcome. I don't know if I have much more to add than what was previously said other than um, I just also thank martin for bringing us all together and Recognizing that we have assured interest in how we could collaborate in that way um kudos to laura for helping us with a big brain dump and putting that into a logical process for us to follow um And then obviously the work that's been happening with the mayor and vice mayor and and so many of our Colleagues and the city as well in terms of just supporting our community as it's really tough time um, the only thing I guess I could add which is um been highlighted is just how uh unique this opportunity is to really um think about how we want to recover and how to See the convergence between the policy direction we took last year with health and all policies They're early this year with health and all policies as we embed these principles into into our recovery effort and align the um the prior directions uh to meet sort of into uh to um synergize with what nothing can report as well. So um with that I uh look forward to the conversation and um And a hopeful uh, we can recover in a really a really um powerful way for our community Thank you Councilmember golder. Um, I just want to thank everybody that worked on this. Thank you very much I'm sure it was a lot of thought and just kind of unprecedented decision-making um to bring this to us and um, I think moving forward I don't know if there's a plan but obviously I trust the mayor and the vice mayor to choose A council person, but I think um having marking would be an asset seeing that she was the mayor um In the previous year and I just think the three of you worked really well on this and so um, thank you Ends your comments from council members. So hearing none. I'll turn it over to The public for public comment. So if you would like to comment on this item, uh, please Call in now and press star nine on your phone to raise your hand You'll have up to two minutes Once you've been called upon To comment on this item Who do you think can you hear me just change you and Whitman? I had written Several times asking for four minutes to comment on this on this we Have a we've been getting inundated with uh emails over the past few days And so it might have gotten buried in the hundreds of emails that we received. So I'll go ahead and give you Justin Thank you so much. So my name is James Ewing Whitman. I'm actually a prolific writer I grew up running around the stanford hospital and engaging with dozens of phd fellows So a friend from colorado that I drove there a couple weeks ago She sent me this picture and I would really like to have it validated But I want to read this as a response to This and some other issues in 2019 medical malpractice killed 400,000 Police killed 34 unarmed You are 12,000 times more likely to be killed by a doctor than a police officer stop the anti-police bias And you know, I'll talk to and emails personally about some other suggestions. Let me find what I'm going to read give me a moment This this morning and I sent it to the city And I did get one reply back and here it is. So let me put on my reading glasses Publish this this morning and what happened? I'm sorry. It's really it's just a video I believe I said this before the strategy here for myself as the same the strategy here For myself is the same as all four 104 nuclear reactors in the united states melting down at the same time Yes, this is my observation about contact tracing Hold on hooked it and the santa cruz county health officials provided about 10 of this information at a public hearing may 29 2020 I'm going to pause you real quick because this item is on recovery planning and so I'm just going to ask as a reminder to the police if we can stay on topic because I'm not sure if you're talking about COVID-19 the topic right now is our recovery plan Tracing is part of the COVID-19 is every other aspect of what I'm going to discuss Is part of the COVID-19? Hey, if you don't allow me to share what I want to share and I'll just be done Or I can continue reading what I sent to the city this morning It's related to the recovery plan, which is what is before us Then you can continue I speak about 17 languages that are scientific that most people Have not talked about today at all during the six hours. I was listening to this So I'm not quite sure what to say. I don't really want to rock the boat more than I actually already do And so I suppose at this point I'll I'll bring up my discussions directly with mr. Mills because we've talked before and we've had great conversations and It is part of the recovery plan. So I'll leave it at that justin. Okay. Thank you very much Thank you. Hi, this is Wendy Melrose and I'm a lifelong resident of Santa Cruz as well as a small business owner And haven't haven't had a house has been burglar life three times I'm in just such utter shock and belief that this is happening Officer mill and his team officer mills and his team have been nothing but genuinely concerned for all of our citizens I need to follow you for this the item that we're discussing is the recovery plan So, sorry, I don't know. I don't know how to do this. I must have got in the wrong thing I was just waiting for the last time. So you tell me what you want me to do Yeah, unfortunately, um oral communications ended and now we're on to public comment Honorary based central labor council ASL CIO As you all know, we have over 80 unions. We have over 38,000 working families It's very exciting is that the city is going to be shifting And on the planning process to a recovery plan It's also very exciting that there's been discussion already to include a community workforce agreement in the recovery plan. Now, I look forward to the possibility that there could be more opportunities for local employment As you all know, you can create local jobs, but it's best when we create local employment for folks who already live here It'll be great to have more opportunities to hire local apprentices And as you know, the Community workforce agreement or project labor agreement It has has often led to Cost savings and early completion of projects and of course the public safety center in live oak The watsonville ordinance that's been in existence for a while. These have been great models And I look forward to labor and the city working forward to make sure that the recovery plan includes Not only the community workforce agreement, but other opportunities to help Build our local economy and make sure that it's more equitable as we come out of this Thank you Thank you. Oh, yeah. Hi Justin and honorable mayor and council members of Santa Cruz city Manny Panero CEO of Monterey Santa Cruz county building construction traits plan Good evening. Let me have the opportunity to speak In your recovery plan. I'll just reiterate the glen sheller. It said This is important that we move forward and pass on the community workforce agreement Let's start talking. Let's bring jobs back here Not only for those who live here in Santa Cruz county But those who want to stay continue to live here and earn livable union wage with great benefits It would be Ideal for us to start talking and moving forward So we can create jobs for these young people to give them a hope and a future to stay in Santa Cruz county And I thank you for your time and can't wait for a phone call soon. Have a nice evening Yeah, thank you. You're on the line Okay, this is care. So hey you say quote can cause severe disease and death throughout age groups Unquote which is of course highly misleading because death is relatively rare among the healthy young population Which is about two-thirds of the people you say quote has literally changed our entire way of life for the foreseeable future Unquote but that is due more to the government's kill switch blinders on approach That it had understandably taken at the beginning But it's no longer justifiable as the facts have become known than the covid danger now Too bad the government's actions have and will continue to cause so many bankruptcies destroyed the social fabric Destroyed the monetary system made a mockery out of debt And will not save lives in the long run and can easily be much worse than even doing nothing Isn't it ironic? We are now told we need 18 months at least recovery from the government's covid response actions As if it was just another agenda item take notes hold meetings never mind individual rights lives delayed health care To clear some people essential not others Uh, what the public things doesn't matter as if we even have that long as the social fabric around us Dissolves into revolution those who take orders are equally to blame as those who give them they must be held accountable Okay, I don't really care I have to say All those clueless moron leftists who called in earlier and don't know who the bad guys are Who wanted to defund the police department better than they had better be packing because that is the alternative I had more of it by Now is the time please press star nine on your phone To raise your hand to comment on our evening agenda item Which is interim recovery planning and prioritization Within the context of the coronavirus other members of the public would like to comment on this item I'll bring it back to council for actions of liberation Councilmember brown I thank you So I first wanted to say That I really appreciate all of the thought and work that's gone into bringing us this proposal and I fully support a council member committee being established to To work on this with staff directly And deliberately so I really do appreciate all the work that's gone into it and I recognize that this is a very fluid situation and And I just appreciate the efforts of everybody to try to respond accordingly and ensure that we You know do what we can to get our community kind of back up and running and the economy and You know people who depend on Those jobs for their livelihoods. So with that I do want to say That I also support and I supported back in when we discussed this in april the kind of shifting of some of the priorities that had been established by the council Given that some of them are they're not super time sensitive. They are issues that we want to get around to I know I'd like to actually just take this opportunity to make a motion that we kind of I mean I won't repeat it all but that we I'd like to move the direction from the council council members and staff to Move ahead as discussed in the staff in the agenda report And then with respect to item number four So it would be you know all one through three as stated in the The staff report or the sorry the agenda report with the exception on number four in of Building back in a shorter turnaround time on the community workforce agreement item I I do not suspect that anybody wants to get into You know a discussion about how we play prioritize and place all of these items You know tonight and I think that the committee would be the best to best Equips to deal with that And come back to us, but I do think that This is really important and it's an important element to our You know our revitalization of our economy and our community The the work that we need to do These community workforce agreements have been demonstrated to have a really positive effect in the community and I won't reiterate what The mbclc the building trades and Monterey the labor council Representatives said just now, but we also I will just say we also heard from sheriff heart that The sheriff station built with a community workforce agreement in place came in On time and under budget and we heard from Council member and former mayor aurelio gonzalez from watsonville that it's been Really positive experience for the city of watsonville. I think there is data to show that These these can these agreements can be really important to you know, how we move forward with rebuilding So and we do have a lot of work that is coming our way in terms of new development projects Residential commercial mixed use, you know public and private. So I would like to move that Uh that item back up I think it was suggested that it would come back to us in october And I would like that to come back at the second meeting in august And I don't have that that date in front of me. Um, so I would make I would move the the agenda report Uh recommendations with that addition into this year, I know towards the end of Last year, this was something that came up and uh, there were a lot of items that were going to put on the agenda We were having really long meetings with this was something that Has been a priority of mine Ever since I sat down and talked with the building trade council last year I've talked with unions and other cities people who I know who work in trades who work with Project labor agreements and community workforce agreements and all them overwhelming. We were saying how good they are And I think it's important that as we're moving forward We have a lot of projects that are coming. We have our library. We have our war And so many other critical infrastructure projects where these types of agreements could be really important and useful for our community a lot of what These are intended for it is not to just increase jobs, but to increase local employment So really putting a lot of the youth in our community having a pipeline for youth into the trades So that they can have high paying good quality local jobs And as councilmember brown mentioned A project labor agreement was used for the construction Because it's put to work local skilled knowledgeable craftsmen and their apprentices The use of apprentices on a project of this scale is important because it cultivates and trains tomorrow's workers Which is a forethought I appreciate I would gladly consider using PLA's on future projects in the Santa Cruz county sheriff's office constructs And additionally recommend PLA to other awarding bodies with the Monterey Santa Cruz building and construction trades council Here's one of our you know local leaders who's also You know highlighting how good this PLA was in the construction of our Santa Cruz county sheriff's and Corners office, and I think that you know We have an example of how this can be effective and useful in our community And I think that we should make this a priority given that we want to Have good employment coming out of this and and also pipelines for young people to get into a high paying career path Yeah, I didn't know if councilmember brown was looking for a section second to that motion. I don't know if we want to if you want to But I appreciate the motion and Certainly, I think that the reprioritization is an important step in this process um To the extent that we can I'd like to also See that the some of the ordinance work might potentially be on the same timeline as well um, and so I'd like to see that Possibly see that those two things could go concurrent with one another Um, I agree that uh employment strategies moving ahead is going to be really important um, and I'm I'm supportive of of looking at the project labor agreement this summer Um, I think there's also a lot of other sectors that we will want to communicate with As well. So while this is an important piece Uh construction often uh times with uh with the length of time to get approvals and all the other things Um, I think it's important to build a strategy on around that that uh fits with the current Stream of projects that we're working on. I know the water department Has been has been doing a lot of very You know expensive projects well, uh well researched and well a design project So there is opportunity there. I think some of our existing contracts, um, you know support some of these principles as well Um, so I I'm happy to have that discussion. I think the more broadly though You know, we have a labor force that has been decimated by this by this COVID-19 because Um, much of our economy is based on tourists and they're not here anymore. And so I think Looking at the committee's work in that context of broader broader populations that we need to be rethinking and really almost Rethinking about who we are as a city and what are we doing to attract better-being jobs Beyond the immediate construction related things that we may be supporting So looking at health care looking at wellness looking at a lot of Innovative things that we as a community have an opportunity to explore through this process So, um, I'd like to see the ordinances scheduled together Looks like one is scheduled for june. The other is for july. Maybe we can combine those into june I'd like some feedback from the staff on that And I think moving ahead with the with the immediate needs around both jobs job creation consideration Is also really important. So, um We'll see, uh, I think those are my comments for now. And I'll look forward to hearing from my colleagues I'll remember Matthews You are muted. Um, sorry mayor Cummings. Were those friendly amendments or Not Right But I'm Council member vice mayor meyer is with talking about bringing they're just comments bringing ordinances back at the same time and That's not a friendly amendment. That's for now. Um, the motion has been seconded. So sorry I seconded the motion, but I will say that mentioned wanting to hear comments from staff on those timelines So maybe after council member Matthews we can hear from staff on the timing of these ordinances and Kind of what the potential for aligning them or maybe a little bit more background as to why we kind of staggered I'm sorry. I didn't like I didn't realize mayor that you would that you had seconded I would put my ordinance, um request as a friendly amendment or I'm not sure the process from how we want to go to the list So I'll let my colleagues talk to him I had expected there would be a little more discussion before jumping right into the motion. Um, so just a little bit disappointing um I One of the things I would like to see and uh, and I don't see listed here is um And maybe it's included in what you're talking about. This is economic recovery endeavor, but uh, a really consolidated um Focus on on downtown recovery because that has so much wrapped into it in terms of Getting our retails and the the economic hub Revitalized downtown and all the big construction projects that are I mean the the various housing projects these projects Lining up there So it seems to me that that takes some Special endeavor there was some of that going into effect with the he did endeavor, which um, but truly got Just knocked out of the park by the um the covid Shutdown would like to see opinion of others How they see that the focus on what has to happen downtown um In comparison, it's not listed as a line item here nor is which is the economic recovery committee listed as a line item So much right now on the plate of our economic development department I am concerned about capacity Um thoughts that occurred to me just looking over this list. Um I do see here the the la viega golf course. It's not clear to me that that's the work item still I know if there were some questions raised in the past it seemed to me that there were more or less answers So I'd be curious to know what other people feel on that. I don't know if I don't see Tony on here, so maybe our team you can say Um to my mind that appeared to be on the way to A good plan and and being carried out. I am reluctant to see the project labor agreement Landed to us on august in august We will be quiet in the month of july it seems from what I know, which you know, this is not my field admittedly, but Um Talking to both our staff and others it seems there are many variations of this some of them are a pla for a specific project some are a pla ordinance that Are mandatory for everything we do so I think In order to actually benefit our community. It's worth spending some time to investigate and see What are the variations? Where can we have to see? Most productive effects and so I would like to make sure that there's adequate time Now with everything else going on to engage a variety of opinions and stakeholders and it came to us before It was very sudden and I think suffered from the fact that there hadn't been a very full exploration of it so I am not comfortable with bumping that up to August date I much prefer we take the time august through october to really Do a good job on that and not rush it I would also personally like to see The quality of life ordinances come forward I'd like to see the sidewalk bending I know we have a executive order on that right now, but at some point the Covid restrictions will go away the current executive order is tied to the covid restrictions And so I'd like to see us working on something That will carry over once those those go away. So Those are really some of some of the issues that are For me personally priority So I don't know how to resolve this with the motion on the floor my understanding is that there's And also with my big college of china, but my understanding is that There are a number of items that you know, we're going to try to form this economic recovery committee, and I think that it's Kind of that committee's job to identify and maybe take any feedback from council members on kind of water some of the different Things that we should be considering as it relates to economic recovery. So You know the downtown recovery I could see that being a piece of it Economic recovery in different sectors. So which is and is there a need to focus? Is there an opportunity for us to Think about whether there are new sectors we need to really start emphasizing On emphasizing and trying to either attract the community or just support locally But my understanding as well is that the council has provided some direction on the list that is in front of us And that in order to because we've pushed those off due to covid-19 You know understanding Which of these items since there's already been Direction do we want to see Either timelines get extended or we make sure that we're prioritizing and that's why it seems like there's some that have adjusted timelines and others I also have to point out there are items on here that it seems like we've already for example today Cannabis the licensing the licenses that's pretty much taken care of Events and on site consumption. I mean We could continue moving forward with that But that could also get put off given that for example events We're not anticipating having large gatherings anytime soon on site consumption And although it's something that I'm interested in I think other folks have mentioned being interested in today The industry hasn't really been focusing on that So for example, that's another item where we can push that off to make room space for Other items that might be related to planning and community development And then it seems like there might be some items that we want to shift the timeline so that they overlap More accordingly. So that's where myers mentioned the quality of life Surveillance camping. Do we want to shift those timelines so that they all are coming back at the same time? so I don't think that there's I don't think that the um committee would be restricted from taking in input and putting other priority items Before the council and into that recovery plan, but I think it's a both And situation where we need to get that committee So there's the forms of their kind of thinking and bringing forward What would really help with recovery and then resolve the items that were already acted on in the past Well, my comment was really, uh, the concerns raised by, um, council Member Matthews, I I totally hear what you're saying about the You know concern about displacing, uh, you know Revitalization efforts and all of the other work that needs to be done in other sectors of our economy And so my intention here was not to suggest that those Would be, uh, delayed in favor of this. I think, um, as mayor Cummings suggested it For me, this is a both and and I would just remind my colleagues that, you know, back in january when we, um, moved to provide this direction that, uh, we Consider that this come back to us and we consider it, you know, there was a lot of discussion about, um, You know, how to how to actually have that conversation Uh, with the with state community stakeholders and, um, perhaps kind of cut through some of the complexity and challenges that we Kind of think we see before us on this, you know, I mean the there are, you know, model ordinances that we can look at There are data about the experiences of our, um, you know, other local jurisdictions in, you know, our neighbors And, um, and then beyond as well So, uh, to me it just seems like, you know, that we, you know, at least, uh, beginning to reach out to those stakeholders And have the conversation could happen. It hasn't happened. The direction was in january prior to the the covid crisis And I'm I say that with no judgment about it not having happened yet. I'm just saying this was clearly a priority And I don't I, you know, I think that we we ought to, um, You know, move forward with that if it ends up taking longer and ends up taking longer But if we just wait until october, um, it's really going to take a lot longer. So Um, that's, you know, what I would respond to the question about how to reconcile the in this motion. I mean, I'm open to Also indicating with support for prioritizing some of these other issues, but I I'm not willing to, um, You know, take that out of my motion because that was essentially Why I made the motion, right? So Amanda Golder And thank you mayor. Yeah, I guess I you know, I I guess I'll try to reserve some of my comments But I I do know, um, that it'd be helpful to hear from some of the staff as to where Their thoughts are on some of the feasibility of timeline and then just sort of a disclaimer that You know at the kind of the onset of the items within the attachment It says sort of look, you know, we recognize that this is a fluid situation and We're going to need to be flexible. So we'll do the best we can to meet some of these, um expected and ideal timelines, but Some of these things might take a shift in a different direction given sort of the current circumstances So just I think that we kind of can hold space for that scale 13 or somebody else wants to weigh in as the staff perspective or or Yes, thank you Yeah, a couple of the points to clarify so The the list that you that you see The one of the things that that staff did was to look at it and make some adjustments based on Just what is what has changed in the last few months? And so that is the red that you see on on the chart there um So again that reflects some changes that occurred since the last Council last looked at this and approved this um, and so those are the staff recommendations and there also been some other adjustments that I want to highlight and feedback so With respect to the golf course and the downturn recovery I think I would say that those really belong in the uh, particularly because of the golf course and how it's been impacted by the the pandemic and the budget Impacts that those belong probably in the group b that uh, Elora highlighted, which is that the covid The more midterm responses And certainly the golf course is also tied into the budget discussions So I think those were those would would go And then the other one that has become uh More urgent also relates to some some some aspects of the quality of life ordinances And that is revolving around the uh Homelessness covid response in that uh, that has really become a major initiative as there is a concern that will allow uh A spread of the of the virus in the homeless population Which we want to not have in the void And and we do have some major, uh, encampments In in the city that uh, we will need to be addressed in terms of health and health and safety and pandemic spread And so as a result of that obviously a big part of this has been the county Really doing a lot more to provide shelter capacity And also receiving additional funding for that purpose And so they're they're standing up a number of facilities to do that And uh plan to do more and in in in that respect We need tools to be able to Manage the situation and some of the quality of life ordinances will assist with that along with the additional shelter capacity In the contingency planning around Providing in the hotel space and all the work that's being done to provide services for the homeless individuals um, and so uh Those are the I think the main ones that I would highlight as far as uh, uh Some of the items that have shifted into clarification Can you guys hear me with these headphones on? I think I'm going to echo kind of what uh, martin Bernal and what Cynthia Matthews said and that given Uh, the circumstances around covet. I think it's really important to reach out and Uh, collaborate with the counties and our efforts to house the unsheltered population especially those that are up in um, like, you know along the Pogunate barrier is up for hiking today and one of the parks workers ran into me that I'd seen before He said the population is probably close to a thousand people between golf club drives to go more grove and the railroad tracks And so I think we really need to focus on our efforts on outreach and case management and I think um The impacts of homelessness are unfairly felt here in the city and I think we need to really focus on getting some substantial housing in other Areas of the county especially looking forward Towards the winter when the weather is going to get worse and all likelihood that we're going to have a Second outbreak it could be worse and I think just um the unsheltered population it could be Disproportionately affected if we're not, um Consciously looking forward and making plans for that and so um, I think just focusing on That would be huge for me and the other thing is as things are opening up, um the seems kind of goofy and irrelevant, but the the um, the uh sidewalk bending And yes, I am the person that will buy a hot dog off the street But like given the circumstances, I think it might be something we might need to Focus on right now. So those are You know, just because of the circumstances things I think are really important. Thank you Thank you um, I'm wondering if um, it seems like the prioritization list might be a slightly different not as different, but it's It's part of the process, but I'm wondering if if we could entertain If the motion maker could inter would entertain maybe Separate separating out items one two and three from the motion and we could take a vote on that I'm I mean, that's really procedural in terms of accepting the report Formalizing the shift to from the strategic plan And then establishing the committee I'm wondering if the motion maker would be willing to do that if we could break that into a separate motion and If the motion maker would consider the nomination of Councilmember Watkins to be part of the committee under number three for that and maybe we can vote Thanks, Andy Yeah, sure. Yeah, I kind of assume that uh, that would be the direction the mayor would go in and we usually have You know the mayor makes those appointments, but if you want to include it in the Motion here, but yeah, sure. I would I'm supporting Councilmember Watkins participating in this as well. Yeah Thank you One two three and four from one another or to separate one two and three from four One let's go ahead and kind of do the procedural process of one to three, you know one through three one two and three And sort of and then I think um, and then maybe we can revisit um Some some ideas on how to how to effect the prioritization piece and But if we could get one through three down, I think that might be helpful for Matthews and then Watkins I'd be happy to vote on one three three now I think that's routine and we could do that and that focus on Priorities and as we've talked there are things that I mean certainly very high on the list is the coordination with the county on homeless Services programs both during the coveted and both coveted periods So I mean that's not even on the list here and that's that's going to be huge. So It does seem like we need some further discussion on this list So I think maybe that would be the first I have some other comments on the priorities So maybe we should first dispatch number one through three Is there anyone opposed? I was one two and three. If so, please Let me know right now Councilmember Byers is absent councilmembers Matthews Can we just make sure that the motion captures the nomination of uh Of councilmember Watkins. Yes. Got it. Hi I do myself too If I may I just wanted to say thank you for the support of the council to serve on this committee And I really look forward to um working with both you and the vice mayor and Getting input from the community and our colleagues to really have it informed and thoughtful recovery plans. So Thank you for that add City manager martin Bernofi, do you have a Oh, I'm sorry. I want to comment after you take the vote on one two three. Sorry. I just wanted to find additional clarification But after you're done I think we're done with the vote so Oh, okay. All right. Uh, yeah, so just I just wanted to clarify with respect to the question of the um Of the homelessness uh response Again, just to clarify that the county is taking the lead on providing the sheltering They they've got the the uh dc center for that The infrastructure and the funding to do that and in their Plans in the works to do that and obviously to work closely with us and our staff And they're looking at facilities, uh, you know throughout the county to be able to do that. However, uh, what we need on our end and The chief here also to answer questions if you need that is we need to have tools available to us because The reality of the situation is that there will be individuals that will choose not to avail themselves of the shelter services And what we want is to have tools to not let allow Uh encampments to to reform and redevelop and so we want to have some tools to be able to manage that situation again to be able to uh to minimize impacts particularly health and safety impacts and so that is why the Some of the aspects of the quality of life ordinances Are important in order to really manage the the homelessness response During this time particularly as we're looking at As councilmember colder mentioned some fairly large encampments in the poking up in other areas of the city That we're going to have to deal with because if I are getting to other issues Then we need to just have the tools to be able to manage that situation appropriately and safely And reasonably And so that's that's the rationale for that I'm Matthews and then I have a comment for that later Thank you. Do you stand in vision? I see on the grid that we have been given It shows the quality of life ordinances Um We've done in july. I guess that's the staff work begins in july and comes up in september But the camping ordinance you have the Work beginning in june and coming to us in august yet. You've talked about those coming forward at the same time What what timeline do you? Envision going forward what we recommend is that you direct us to Look at the various aspects of the camping ordinance in the quality of life ordinances that will assist with addressing these Potentially difficult situations are going to be facing him in the next few months and bring those back Really as soon as possible. So if they could bring them back in I guess would be I'd have to be August at the earliest That would be helpful again We want we want to try to get ahead of that before the fire season starts Also, which we can work with but with the county on making preparations and intensive plans for dealing with those situations That would move. I could be um quality of life So that would start now and then uh come back in august Well, I guess the other one so um I just I kind of agree with your comments early I think we've kind of been a lot of time on cannabis Could we just like putt on the that other stuff till just some future time tbd? I mean, they all agree on that one and um Just looking down this list. It was it didn't have a date attached to it but the river coordinator I mean from what I've heard talking with various staff It's never been filled.  Is that a priority? Um My mind's probably not um And I said I would like to see the sidewalk bending um Tony, maybe I asked you um It had it's coming to us in june And I understand there's the executive order, but I would like to see something more long term So what what can you do? We have we have drafted an ordinance that's been circulated and uh, you know, just quite frankly the um the covid-19 crisis and and response there to has Sort of uh interrupted our our staff level discussions of that So there's a draft ordinance and in fact just an agenda report and an ordinance that could be placed on any an agenda at any time But given the complexity of the issue and by complexity I mean The constraints that were under uh, under the new state law fd946 and the very legitimate concerns that That the impact of the law has on our brick and mortar sales sex paying Uh local businesses and and the legitimate legislative intent behind the adduction of fd946 Has complicated that and so um, so it's a complicated discussion and and um I I don't think we completely exhaust the discussion at the staff level But from my perspective we could put an ordinance on your agenda through this in the 23rd But I don't know that that would be the best route to go The discussion that we intended to have but for covid-19 We really haven't we really haven't had it. Oh, maybe I need to talk to a fly and that's that was a that was a mistake I didn't mean on how it happened. Sorry. I was just gonna suggest that I think all of us have kind of Laid forth what we think are priorities And there's no more than about four of them that I think that we all are kind of on the same page with And so I was wondering if I could make a suggestion that we leave it to the committee to decide When they would fall in priority. I mean, I think there's I don't know 12 or 13 here and there's four They're bubbling to the top You guys can figure it out amongst yourselves The order in which those are presented. Yeah, I was just gonna I was just gonna Yeah, I I similarly was hearing Um Kind of some common some common ones that are bubbling to the top and I'm wondering if If I potentially just make a motion to At least capture some of the conversation, but I I'm happy to um, listen Happy to have council member browns Make her comments if needed if if I'm you know, it's but I'm happy to do a motion I think I think we're getting close and we could get it done and call it a night very soon I'll just remind council member. There's still a motion on the floor as it relates to um, I don't know for me Right with that last the previous motion make a moat. I'll go. Okay. Should we vote on the first motion then? Yes, yeah, we can and um Round your head your hand up and so does Councilman will walk in Well, yeah, I was just gonna say there's a motion on the floor and I'm not going to withdraw it So I appreciate uh, vice mayor mires your uh, your point and I agree. Um, but I do want to um, You know vote on the motion that's on the floor I agreed to split it and it's the number four is still there I was walking and then Matthews. Thank you Councilman brown My understanding is that I think it's and maybe you could restate the motion But it's essentially to move forward with number four Um as uh written but when thinking about how to um Look at the timeline that the plas would uh kind of be accelerated with the original timelines, but also was sort of a You know understanding that There could be something that could hinder that progress as with any of the other items. Is that accurate or no? Yeah, no my uh, well I mean, I guess it is but the motion is pretty clear the motion is to restore the original timeline agreed to in april for project labor agreements I think with all of this we I mean we everybody understands that This is a fluid situation another emergency may arise etc. Etc. So I mean, there's nothing that is You know locking us in to That timeline it's simply a matter of saying this is a priority. This was that the Timeline we agreed to in april everybody agreed to and I'd like to restore that So it's pretty simple just number four in terms of direction of priorities As recommended in the table by staff with the exception of returning the Uh and the date and not accepting the adjusted dates for project labor agreements is pretty simple Just crossing out those red adj in that part of the table. I just asked a question about that because I um The way the the issue came to my attention initially was in the form of a draft agreement called Not a project labor agreement but a community workforce agreement that would have been um an agreement that was entered into between the city and The monorail and tannicus county's building and construction trades council that would apply Generally to public works Contract entered into between the city and a third party contractor as distinguished from a project Labor agreement that is an agreement that's entered into between the contractor the city and a labor council specific one project And so the way that's done a lot of cities is that that the city has an adopted set of criteria by which It requires a project labor agreement and I think the stand you county water authority We've done some research on this in the stand you county water authority for instance Required a project labor agreement on any project that is in excess of a hundred million dollars um Obviously operating on a much grander scale than the city But I just think it's a very complicated topic And so when you suggest to bring it back at the second meeting in august I'm just not quite clear on what The council wants I would like for uh us to receive uh report. I would like us to receive a recommendation Uh, well, I maybe not a record. I'm sorry. I'm trying to sort through the language. I would like for us to uh receive staff report on The use of project labor agreements using I mean you you received the information from the building construction trades That is a model that was used with some variation in the city of watsonville and other jurisdiction neighboring jurisdiction so, uh Proposal that involves the the guidelines for the use of project labor agreements community workforce They're different names, but kind of the same intent um to the council for uh consideration So does that help but Tony, I'm sorry. I'm it's I'm kind of it's kind of late. I don't have the pl a um document in front of me right now to kind of Clarify exactly but Kind of as we as we recommended I can look up um the Direction that was given I wasn't anticipating this as being a topic on tonight's agenda because I didn't I didn't see it in the recommended recommendation. So I apologize. I was prepared Let's spend more time preparing our discussion. So I apologize for this And if I could just give a follow-up, I mean, I think that the idea is that we gave direction I think back in I've been changing for February and the intention is that We move forward with and I'm in a community workforce agreement. I've just been thrown around and now there's PLAs when I think initially the initial Report it was community workforce agreement. So I think the intent is that we That work to be done because I know having spoken with the building trades That 19 they haven't been able to have follow-up discussions with uh department heads and I and that those discussions need to happen in order for the city and for The labouring groups to understand what's going to work best for the city of sand crews because these agreements aren't going to Completely say that you can't, you know, well, I should rephrase that One of the things that these labor agreements do is they determine a threshold beyond which you will then Enter into these workforce agreements and that threshold is what We're really, you know, hoping that the city can work with the labor unions and contractors to determine what's going to work best for ensuring local employment The opportunity for apprenticeships and good paying jobs for workers in the community Sorry to just jump in but I I do want to try to actually better respond to tony's question that was posed to me So the motion that we made was to direct staff to work with the Monterey Bay Santa Cruz county's building and construction trade council To draft a community workforce slash project labor agreement and bring Back a draft for consideration by the first meeting in april Including broader community participation Any analysis the staff needs to do and draft updates as needed. Should it need more time? So the and so we said at that time community workforce project labor agreement, but I think it's the um the guidelines for Requiring those agreements in construction projects may hopefully that helps a little bit maybe Mayor Cummings Sorry, if I could just clarify for item four, is it still for the second meeting of august? Okay, thank you walk in lily of matthews brown and um, well Martin, do you want to weigh in for an all do you want to weigh in right now? I was just going to say with respect to the project labor agreements rosemary. I think she's on worked on developing the the work plan and the follow-up so She may be able to provide some information on that if she's on About the the timeline that what we came up with the revised platforms So just a quick Summary of the work that's been done up to now Which is that we have done a lot of research on how these have been used as tony mentioned We've collected examples everywhere. There's been some legal analysis of you know, uh, how they're how they are appropriately used and what kind of criteria that Entities need to use in order to avoid anti competition elements of For accusations of anti competition from these things There was a we've done some work with the local chamber and santa cruz county business council to organize a meeting to discuss the you know, what these are and and what concerns or questions the local businesses might have And that meeting was originally scheduled for the 16th of march or this you know, right in that week I forget maybe that the shutdown occurred. So Clearly that's all been put on hold since that time. So there was some work to organize that we've also done quite a bit of analysis and and sort of trying to understand how What our local workforce is with respect to construction trades And you know, what are really the opportunities for us to grow that workforce? As you might be aware, we don't have a huge our local construction workforce isn't big And we don't have a huge element of the construction workforce here locally that is unionized So to some degree project labor agreements that might require or give preference to unionized workers might actually result in having Folks coming in into the area doing the jobs getting the jobs coming from labor halls You know as far away as benesha and elsewhere who are then hired to do the work here because They're they're So I think we have our arms a little bit around the Around the the sort of general background of what these are and how they work What we haven't done as you know is we haven't engaged in conversations with labor unions about An existence of an agreement so Happy to take a question if you have one Calculator walk. I see you have your hand up Yeah, no, thank you very very and I I think, you know, we definitely want to get it right for our community And I appreciate the update and input on where you are with it and where we are with it And then also just sort of recognize that this is uh A component of just I think those conversations as the city and as a community We're going to have around workforce recovery in general So I know that there's a lot of work to be done It's moving forward as a committee. I think we're going to factor in all of these different things on the timeline So as appropriate, I'm happy to see this move forward in the best way for our community At the best informed timeline. I don't know what that means for where you are and for how to move forward at this moment Based on kind of the input we've received this time In terms of the timeline, I don't know if you have any yeah I mean, I I think we could bring a staff report back and give you an update of and You know, have had some conversations with the labor folks about what you would like us to do In the august timeframe, whether it would be ready for You know, if we could take action on say make it so I don't know for sure But we could certainly move in that direction if that's what you want to do I think there still is quite a bit of analysis to be done particularly about You know, what is really the mechanism by which we Leverage the opportunity if you will to really pretty good living wage jobs for people who live here Yeah, no, it's important. Thank you I want to make it really clear. I'm quite happy to have this discussion I did not support the motion as it was expressed way back when because the motion at that time was to go straight to Uh, draft ordinance I thought that was really rushing it. I'm so grateful that our staff has been doing the research What are the varieties? How would they play out for us? Talk to some other people Which is why I I support moving on that path And to give us the time. I think we should Stick with people that they have proposed. I I hope that others can go along with that I think we will get to a better product in what the staff has told us Looking at everything else that is out there to be done. It was not expected Or they can bring us a staff report in august. I would expect that would be Here are the varieties here are here's our local situation here's how I can play out Here's how we can move forward do that methodically get the information give it some careful discussion and end up with a better product I really would prefer to stick with the uh, staff suggested not to avoid it But to do a good job on if I if I may it sounds like it's a both and that if it's if it's ready It could come back to and or if it's not then an update would be sufficient as well I think I don't know if that meets the needs of the council at this moment But I think we're all on the same page in regards to sure we want to explore it Absolutely see it move forward and if it's ready in an informed way to come back If not then update from rosemary on sort of the status and the analysis would be helpful either way Understood. I appreciate what everyone's saying. I hear what everyone is saying and um, I am not Amending my motion. I'm not withdrawing my motion At some at some point we're gonna need to vote on it So, I mean we can continue to have this discussion or we can have it um in august depending on what we get but the direction I'm giving is to proceed Along the timeline the amended timeline that was given to us in april which Um, extent, you know extends by four months. I think the initial direction and recognizing that We have we are in an emergency situation I do believe that The possibilities can be discussed and kind of Worked through um, if the building trades is contacted um as was directed. So I'm just going to leave it there and um You know, I'd call the question, but I it seems to me that people want to keep talking about it, but I'm just I'm ready to Councilmember Watkins All right, I just I think I think we're all on the same page in that Regarding I just I don't know if we're in a different position I do from what I'm hearing is that yes, we'll move forward with uh, uh the original timeline and If it's not fully prepared then we'll get an update and that's I mean But with the idea of having them move forward in a way that's gonna Make it a priority I mean, so I don't know if I don't I guess I I feel like I'm hearing this I'm hearing the same thing maybe or I maybe I'm I'm often it's just way at this point Jump in I think that you know the similar to things that we've done in the past and emotions that we've made on items that sometimes on Unperceivable events occur Words and items come into play and we need to you know postpone to another meeting We almost did that tonight with one of our items because we've been going over so long so I feel personally that like when We're discussing many of these topics and many items. There's Generally flexibility built in but I think that the intention is that we stay on track because We've kind of pushed this and delayed and pushed the delay in that the work doesn't begin until August, you know, we don't know what can What might happen then that could potentially delay even further. I think that Kind of having it as a priority if we can get the work continuing now I think we all understand I mean based on the county health advisors models You know, we're predicted to have worst case model is predicted that we have a spike at the end of July and if that were to get the intention is that we Be working on this we continue moving forward as was directed earlier this year and You can have something come back at the end of August And if there's something that you know sums up that we'll Adjust if necessary, but I think the intention is that we want to keep this on track I just want to again ask what is the it that we're talking about is it a draft ordinance for action or is it a report on the The general territory the many forms of these might take and what would best fit our local Community city-sized projects and labor courts here I'm happy to have that first and then take it Maybe where we're going to end up but right now I'd like to very clear that this is a priority and Could happen, you know in the next month or so I think To kind of sort some of that stuff out. So my motion is for draft ordinance And If somebody else wants to make a different motion that I'll support that but I right now I'd like to vote on The ordinance motion. It's it's simply the direction we gave In January to Come back in April to us. So I and In April we received Recommendation that included this being moved to and that's with that post covid arriving a motion Suggestion that it be Considered in June and brought to us in august and I would just like to keep to that timeline So I I don't know if is that clear. Is everybody clear about what? She are from city manager mark even all policy can put up the the list Of items so that you have that as a reference Can do that Laura yep, this is um This is my interpretation of where you guys are at this point So you said for cannabis events and on-site consumption You're deferring that so taking the date away To it's a to be determined Anything these two roads these three roads were untouched. So they would go forward as They are on the list for the project labor agreement Um, I've highlighted june and august and I've written down do not adjust date And right now I think you're in the process of discussing draft ordinance as put forward by councilmember brown versus a staff report Furthering discussion that would come back in august For dela viega the recommendation was it should be part of the council budget commission work and then um, the other recommendation was combined quality of life and camping ordinance And that they would come back start working in june and come back at august at the earliest together and then uh surveillance ordinance would go as forward And sidewalk bending you didn't discuss. So I left that as is And then river coordinator there was a recommendation by councilmember mafios to defer that item And then beach plots was not discussed. So left as is and then um lee and planning and community development had a recommendation to discuss housing opportunities Um, and that was not discussed. So left as is I think um, that's my understanding of the discussion so far and obviously this is the Uh, major item that still needs to position is the community workforce agreement project labor agreement And what comes back in august for matthew's councilmember walkings. I mean, I had a comment on this, um, the prioritization list Um, I do I have another question too. I actually could not understand what that final one meant Housing opportunities through parking updates and other clean up and streamlining changes I think I know That's lee are you still on the call? Yeah We'll try to get lee and and I think I know it is all these little ordinance things that if we did them We could really create some more housing opportunities and they They just kind of got stuck with other things. It looks like Yeah, so we believe on it. It is that councilmember mafios. Yeah, I mean it's that Yeah, so I would want to proceed with that and it looks like you can bring that but actually make some progress Is that am I reading it right there? Yes, I was sorry. I was on mute and didn't Board parking requirements changes to accessory dwelling units accessory Building so we can hopefully move through the process more quickly if we're not spending time on some of these other things And on the other things So some of them are like Do you want to comment on some of the things that you've been working on with samantha and catherine at this point? You're muted matt I think I think you mentioned a number of the the main code amendments that we'd be working on Those those are the main ones and then some would just be like small text items that will help staff navigate the code better To counter and such And then that would also be taking the place of the cannabis work that's getting deferred on to councilmember Matthews it sounds like that's a high yield area For you if you can be liberated from cannabis events Then you can put some directions into these code amendments that will actually lead to some Housing creation. Is that is that what you're thinking here? It would certainly aid in in supporting housing development Especially the the parking changes and and some of the the ad new changes Okay, and then just other things that I would I They're not a priority for me. There was a suggestion Earlier in a year. It was really an idea for a beach flat parking district Um and That seems to me Really not thoroughly thought out. It's not at all a priority for me So I would be just as happy to strike that from the list Having said all that I would then like to make a substitute motion at this point That we approve this amended list maintaining the Schedule for the project labor agreement and that's the What we expect the form of that work to take is continued staff analysis coming back to us in august for Discussion and direction for further action the substitute motion made by councilmember Matthews That's the councilmember watching japan's raid. Is that to second the motion or is that for comment? So that was originally for comment I guess I just I think I just want to kind of maybe I know we're in the The nuances and the details. I think we're a little bit in in the weeds but um, and I I value the the opinion, but I also just want to highlight the Really the number four bullet which is really looking at how the establishment of this potential recovery committee Can develop a rubric to help us best inform our strategies? I know councilmember Matthews also brought up the downtown strategy That workforce labor agreements are part of this broader workforce recovery effort Like there's just so many bigger concepts and umbrellas that I feel We can't lose sight of as we get to the nuances of it. Um I I mean if there's an informed policy ready in terms of You know some of the some of the original work that was designed To move forward as part of Sandy's motion Councilor Brown's motion That's informed and ready to go. Then I think that that's fine. And if it's not then that's okay too But I think we do want to have this sort of bigger kind of context in place And I don't want to lose that as we get into the lease at this hour personally. So I guess And I don't have all of the details of some of these proposals in front of me You I have the sort of the summary but without kind of that In-depth look at it builds to me a little bit premature personally Those are my comments wanted to make one comment with regards to Uh lords you get school down to the Beach flats parking That if we you know Set a later timeline on that so that public works could focus on project labor agreements. I think that I would be fine with that given that by the time this actually with that timeline by the time that Um If anything were to come forward it would be right before winter Which means that that You know area wouldn't actually benefit from you know the The potential increased revenue from parking within that area. So That in my opinion, I think it gets deferred as well because even if If the council wants to revisit that which I can see why it's important to that community, you know, we could start work on that and October or You know November and if it comes back to council next April it would be in time for it to be implemented for the summer Which is when that revenue is actually going to come in. So I've personally, you know I think it's important and members from the community came and so I asked for that and so I can see why we made what we should revisit it But I think at this point in time if That can make space for the community workforce agreement through public works I think that'll be a really good use of time on that item and can help it, you know come forward much more quickly The other thing too is I know that we are off and we recess in july But I do also remember from last year that a lot of The surveys and community work that was done on health and all policies was done in july So I do understand that you know people are going to be taking some time off But if we start now that gives us almost three months to kind of do the outreach and the communication and like work with the unions and the construction um The construction businesses and it sounds like a lot of work has already been done So what comes back to us in august might I mean it might I think that there's a very good chance It'll give us enough time to have something that comes to us in august and if we need More time because there's a couple factors that you know We need to reconsider that we can send it back out But I I think that if we alleviate some of the pressure off public works through pushing back on the beach last parking That that you know could help us you know, we get to a good spot. Well, I'm happy isn't in brown And then vice-mayor mayors Tla if you even want to stick with that proposed schedule that Several analysis come to the calc for discussion Prior to I think we have to have things in that viewpoint So even if that came in, you know the first meeting in august, I think That analysis works to be able to come by the first meeting in august. I think that's time Which is exactly what Is the reason they wouldn't start working on it again until august And what we're proposing is that they start working on it now and then the friendly amendment and I'm happy to stick with Just don't want us to be kind of Never getting to an ordinance because we always have to delay or have more work to do So I'm just trying to move this along. So that that that works. Thank you Um, just that just want to also remind council that uh, you know, one of the things that uh, Also is going to be new Here is that we're doing furloughs too. So just to kind of remind council that With respect to staff capacity that it can be further reduced Obviously, uh, there's a lot of work now too. So again, I just want to just emphasize that I just wanted to yeah kind of add on that The recognition that we are going to go into furloughs and I just want to make sure that um, That there's a furlough staff support that can be provided with this. Um, I do have concerns I'm just going to be honest that um with this tool that we're looking at The some of the response that I got when it was first brought to us. Um, there was concern about losing losing local jobs. Um So I just want to make sure that we have we allow our staff enough time to do it. Um, I'm I'm definitely happy to to do the vote tonight, but um, just want to echo that I just want to make sure we get a really thorough staff report to accompany the ordinance So thank you And I would say as my Comment said to precede consideration of an ordinance I think I think we've got to have analysis and discussion And then I I just want to try to clarify here um that what Mayor Cummings said was uh He was suggesting that that analysis and uh Staff report for consideration could come At the first meeting in august so that we can consider an ordinance on the 23rd I or excuse me on the second meeting in august. I that is a very short turnaround I it's hard to imagine that we could move that quickly Um, so but I I'm just you know I'm really just trying to stick with this idea that I do not want to change the timeline To beginning to get around to hearing Some more some additional information in october. So I'm okay with the change as it was suggested by mayor Cummings If that's what you're talking about councilmember matthews If that's not then I I just like to I mean, I'll just leave the motion on the floor if a substitute motion is Has a majority vote and so be it So there's no further comments. We have a substitute motion that's on the floor I don't know if the maker of that motion wants to withdraw or if there's somebody who wants to withdraw it if it's very clear That we first have a thorough staff analysis and report on the subject Of CLA project labor agreement at that point We give direction ordinance. What shape of ordinance we'd like to build if we hear that in august We don't have to hear the ordinance the second week in august, but we can hear it soon We can make progress on this. Let's do a good job of it That's our understanding if that's acceptable to the to the mayor And I'm always online. We're not adjusted So the yellow dates would stand and the clarification is that august would represent a discussion and direction for further direction A discussion and That's not right discussion for further direction prior to a draft ordinance Oh You know, we've heard from rosemary. She's been working hard on this But it is not possible to have the kind of analysis and conversation with stakeholders that I think needs to have happen In order for us to have a good foundation for moving forward with it so She said I can do this in august She's already working on it, but I mean, I don't even know what the state's name now June august august is october She's working on it now, but to think that we would have something on board in in august Even the fact we take july off May not be realistic, but we can do it soon If I may I think that Is that, you know, there's a desire for us. I think the goals have an ordinance and No If that can come at the second meeting and in august that would be great There is another desire to have a conversation before that happens So we can make sure whatever the ordinance is that it's going to be something that's you know Good for our community And so And that needs to come before so I think that we can have that discussion at the first meeting in august um, and that but the with the goal of having the Ordinance at the second meeting in august I think we can move forward and knowing that if we have a discussion at the first meeting in august And it's clear that we're going to need some more time Then we can you know We can reschedule I mean that meeting in august will give us an opportunity to kind of have a conversation But I think that councilman brown's desire my desire um, and you know from the folks who we've spoken with in the community is that They don't want to see this just get punted on forever similar to how What we're hearing from folks in canvass where you know, they've been working for years to try to get something And they just feel like it just keeps getting delayed and delayed over and over again Mayor Cummings just to make note um The reports for the second meeting of august would we do Two days after the first meeting of august Something to consider too I'd be even willing to move to the the ordinance to the first meeting in september if that's the case just to give us more time um, but Let's ask the maker of the motion was considering Yeah, I have concerns about the potential to get an ordinance within two weeks of that kind of discussion So yeah, september is is okay to substitute there That's fine with me. So we'll have the discussion come back the first meeting in august and then the for now with the Draft ordinance come before us at the first meeting in september Item and invited mayor by consumption work For cannabis inclusionary housing work from july Just to restart in july and september Work on project labor agreements or community workforce agreements would um Would start in june there would be a Meeting to discuss analyses at the first meeting in august With draft ordinance to come at the first meeting in september If you can keep scrolling down, it would be part of the council budget commission Discussion commission work. Yeah, sorry quality of life ordinances and camping ordinance But it seems like because this is and there's three sets of dates So bottom highlighted dates are the ones that are valid for the combined So the combined quality of life and cabining ordinance the Restart date would be june and return first return to council would be august at earliest The surveillance ordinance and I just want to clarify and highlight This is that the predictive policing and live facial recognition Item is to come back to the next meeting. These are all the other remaining Items that were related to surveillance. So just as the community is aware because because the police chief and I've been talking about this And the policing and live facial recognition is what went to public safety and was supposed to come back So these are all the and so those would come back later position would be deferred and the beach flats parking would be deferred So that's the motion before us this evening councilmember buyers is absent Matthews vice mayor mires and mayor Cummings passes unanimously, uh, with or sorry unanimously with the exception of councilmen buyers Who is absent that concludes all of our uh items on our agenda with the exception that councilmember golder asked that we return to uh closed session to discuss An item that we voted on earlier in the day We'll adjourn our open session A general business evening item and we'll go back closed session To discuss one of the items from closed session from earlier in the day