few other scientific studies here Specifically on 5g and millimeter waves I hope you guys get a chance to look at these and actually do some research. Thank you Thank you. Jennifer Laporta followed by Kim Schroeder Hi, I'm very concerned about Your plan to install over 100 small cell towers In santa rosa of which 25 have already gone up with inadequate notice to the public The FCC is issued a rulemaking order on march 30th 2018 to expedite the deployment of densified 4g 5g Another advanced wireless facilities what the FCC calls small cell facilities This order exempted all of these 5g facilities from two kinds of previously required review historic preservation review Under the national historic preservation act and environmental review under the national environmental policy act called nipa On august 9th 2019 the u.s. Court of Appeals for the dc circuit Vacated the FCC's rulemaking order. I submit to public record a link to this case The legal effect of vacating the FCC's rule necessarily means that the prior rule was reinstated and any actions taken On the basis of the vacated rule have to be reconsidered under the terms of the prior rule So the prior rule required the FCC to apply nipa to the construction of 5g facilities Consequently, it is not lawful for any such facilities to be constructed without prior nipa review While other actions of congress and the FCC have attempted to circumscribe the city's authority Over the construction of densified 4g 5g facilities in light of the court's decision The city is now within its rights in requiring the sponsors of densified 4g 5g facilities to provide evidence that the FCC Has conducted a nipa review prior to approving any request for construction Moreover in as much as the court's decision vacated the FCC's rule The decision applies nationwide and its effect is not limited to the district of columbia By simply writing a letter to the wireless carriers and their agents declaring all of their wireless Facility applications are incomplete the city Will stop all shot clocks and give the city the time it needs to update its municipal code To provide safer faster and more reliable data connections by doing the following Regulate conditions to preserve the quiet enjoyment of streets in the city to achieve this By writing a local protective ordinance that limits the maximum effective radiated power output from wireless facilities I Can't see how much time I got 21 seconds. Okay um For any fiber optic cables installed in the public rights of way require that the public have access to a junction box At the base of each each facility allowing city residents to directly connect to this fiber optic goodness via wire This is the best choice for routing big data Thank you Kim Schroeder followed by mark mortensen I'm Kim. Good evening council. I'm kim schroeder And last week I spoke as a Montgomery parent concerned about the cell tower in front of our school Montgomery That was a quick three minutes and I just want to add a few things before the upcoming study session um It's the following cities contra costa danville davis mill valley Monterey nap in nevada city oakland orinda palo alto pedaluma San Francisco San Jose sander fell Santa Cruz sabastopol sonoma Kentfield Fairfax Sacramento The list goes on there are many more in northern california and throughout the state In u.s. Working toward and many have already established ordinances to protect our neighborhoods and schools from invasive self cell towers These cities are taking steps to protect their residents And we need our city to do the same our community is very fearful right now With fires we've had and we are resilient. However, people are scared The red flag alerts power outages continue to trigger the ptsd and it's difficult to relax these days The thought of another dangerous threat of high level dense radiation entering homes and schools Is also making people scared not to mention the privacy issues Decline and property value that we'll have We need to give our residents another reason to stay in our great community In talking with friends families neighbors I'm finding that people don't want these in their neighborhoods and schools And they they don't they want the choice small cells are not small. In fact, most people don't even know that this is coming I live in benet valley and polls are contracted to go along summerfield south of howan That entire corridor would be radiating in nearby neighborhoods Including benet valley Montessori preschool I of course am concerned about all neighborhoods in santa rosa and the contracted polls are dispersed throughout I recently learned that some neighborhoods hired attorneys before the first group of small cell cell towers went in almost two years ago They managed to keep towers out of those neighborhoods so far Those who had no idea or couldn't afford attorney got the towers All neighborhoods should be safe in our community regardless of financial status If we really want to be a smart city, we should have safe efficient and more reliable equipment Then so many wireless towers that require electricity Wired internet fiber optic cable is faster safer safer private secure Way more efficient and doesn't have the massive carbon footprint that these so-called small cell towers do I know our city supports fighting the climate crisis and being a green city We want to be a city that attracts and retains businesses But it makes sense to do it in a way that is in our citizens best interests. Thank you. Thank you mark mortensen followed by lisa landers Good evening Good evening mayor. Good evening council. My name is mark mortensen resident of santa rosa And i'm also a member of the santa rosa climate emergency resolution team Um, i'm here to speak in support of the city of santa rosa adopting a strong climate emergency resolution as soon as possible Over 1,000 local governments in 25 countries Including five cities in our in sonoma county have done so Tonight, uh, sabastopol is voting on their climate emergency resolution And as you know, the sonoma county board of supervisors has adopted a climate emergency resolution A robust cer is one that recognizes the latest science Which strongly indicates that getting to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 Is the only way to possibly reduce or prevent catastrophic extreme weather events like we've been seeing The santa rosa cer group has put forth a robust climate emergency resolution and a list of actions That would help santa rosa achieve net zero greenhouse gases By 2030 One of the actions for instance is on the agenda to be voted on later tonight um I ask that the council and staff continue to review the santa rosa cer groups resolution and its list of actions In front of you tonight is a room full of community members Many of whom which are eager And ready to assist their council in their city in taking actions and implementing the solutions That are available to us right now The petitions that i've got here compiled online and on paper Currently around 3000 Ask for the resolution They are an indication of the support For your action and the political will That you can expect going forward Um a quick quote from president x president obama No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations and climate change This was during his state of the union address in 2015 All of us together community members of a great c our community members of a city with great vision Let us not delay in taking the steps necessary To ensure that those future generations that he was talking about Uh live a safe and secure life that they deserve Thank you very much and best wishes to councilmember coombs Thank you lisa landers followed by eric frazier I'm coming on the heels of the dog attack victim. That's also from my neighborhood I want to share this sign if you didn't get a chance to see it because I had firsthand experience with this last week as well I was on yalupa avenue when a hundred pound dog seated on the church Steps at new vintage church took off at a 50 foot offensive move and tackled the cyclist off his bike Who was riding in the street? He then went after the gentleman's dog after he tried to bite the guy on the arm But the guy had a padded jacket so it kind of blocked that The woman who owned the dog appeared to be a transient. She had multiple bags all around her She slowly got up from her spot and sauntered to the scene of the attack I pulled to the next corner to check on his welfare where he was shaking. I've never seen anybody shake like that I said, are you really okay? And so I had dispatch programmed in my phone I had him call santa rosa pd dispatch And talk about the particular particulars of it that it was totally unprovoked this dog chased him down like a rabbit I'm from ranch property.  So I followed it up with animal control the next day I'm going to describe the woman's demeanor as curt And very unhelpful. I filed the e-file complaint from a witness standpoint with all the particulars I then notified city council with all the particulars of it I then notified board of supervisors with all the particulars because there's overlapping jurisdiction With city and county on different kinds of issues. I see there's a city fine So I followed up again with animal control And I got a message from santa rosa police department saying it wasn't their concern that they referred me back to board of supervisors Who then told me why are you calling us? You should call city council. It's their problem So i'm going to talk about accountability from departments There's a lot of people with a lot of budgets and a lot of people on salary and a lot of people who apparently don't collaborate Unify and talk with each other We should not have to go to these links to file a dog complaint about a dog that's doing this that dog was 100 pounds That's the bike route for all the kids. It would have taken a small kid out.  This was obviously on the attack in prey mode She said oh no, that's a whole other thing. So we need to address those dog issues We need to figure out a new way to give people a feeling of safety and get those dogs off the street Thank you Eric Frazier Yes, thank you very much. I appreciate your time today Um, I am very concerned about the comments I'm hearing about the dog attacks and other examples where you guys aren't doing your job quite frankly I think what we see also in sitting through the progressive parking session Is that we have a city now that has Devolved into one that depends on consultants Uh, we are also It's like you guys don't take responsibility for everything for anything You you have consultants that do it for you or you have consultants that support whatever Attitude that you want to bring to the table or the consultancies when they come forward They're going to advise the formation of yet another quasi government agency that's going to pick our pockets You know, I think what also pointed out and it is truly orwellian That here we talked about cooperation and information But when we look from department to department at the reports that are published, they're not auditable They're not correct. They're not complete. Nobody's held responsible. Nobody signs off on these reports What you have is developed a Cropocracy unfortunately that people are going to flee from not only from the dog bites Not only from the lack of ordinance enforcement when it comes to homelessness and and bad behavior But they're going to flee because they can't get a fair deal here You guys are mirror bound To the quasi government you're beholden to them now as we'll see in the cvd formation And you ignore the residents we heard from parking for instance where they have a discounted monthly parking rate at the parking structures That they offer to businesses. Well, they don't offer it to residents Residents that are also starved or have a low income or me whatever criteria that they put out there They're not offered that We have to park in the structure of full cost The other thing that happens is that here we are in various states of emergency and the power of shut off situation continues to linger linger on But yet you use parking enforcement as a revenue driver You can sit there and say oh no parking is not in the business of making money They made 200 000 dollar profit last year from enforcement Millions of dollars flow through enforcement When people have to leave their homes because they are fleeing a state of emergency Or because they're responding to a psps They come into the welcome arms of Santa Rosa, which will give them a parking ticket It was interesting to see that oh geez when the progressive parking was first installed where there was some waivers on those fees I would expect it would have been huge based on the amount of emergencies that we've gone through Thank you very much Okay, those are the first 10 cards if you do want to make comment on items not on the agenda We will open it up on item 17 later an agenda and also just to give update Several speakers were talking about the cell tower discussion that was previously scheduled for today's agenda It's been moved due to the number of events in our community including the public safety power shutoffs And that is on our agenda for a study session on december 10th So with that mr. McLean item 14.1 item 14.1 report third amendment to homeless outreach services team host program agreement housing first fund and risk mitigation for section 8 housing Choice voucher program kelly kijkendall housing and community services manager presenting Good evening mayor schwadhelman members of the council kelly kijkendall with housing and community services I'm the department's homeless services manager and I have with me this evening rebecca lane and she Is a manager with our excuse me housing choice voucher program So I will provide A background on the homeless outreach services team program also referred to as host I'll also go over funding in our contracts for The prior fiscal year and the current fiscal year 2019 2020 talk a bit about the housing first fund the proposed third amendment Before you this evening and then rebecca will cover the council direction we received On september 4th including providing Access to risk mitigation for the housing choice voucher program So the city first sponsored a host program back in august 2015 Host is a street outreach team that engages individuals experiencing homelessness with the goal of bringing them into Services shelter and housing as part of the housing first model Host also operates the mobile bathroom shower trailer known as clean start and as the lead Outreach provider for our encampment team the homeless encampment assistance program council first funded the housing first fund in march of 2018 I'll go into more detail on that program in the next slide Just want to cover briefly the 2018-2019 Accomplishments for the host program. So last year hosts served 334 individuals 171 were sheltered through the program 137 were housed and the housing retention rate is 77 percent So last year council approved a low over a million dollars for the host program 534,000 of that was for the housing first fund That provided for landlord incentives Such as a sign-on bonus and a support hotline A risk mitigation which is an insurance pool or access to an insurance pool if there is For non-payment of rent or excessive damage to a unit and tenant assistance to help with things like Transportation costs to apply for housing Or to help with application and credit check fees as well as housing assistance to so to provide direct assistance for moving costs security deposits short and short term or long-term rental assistance and operational expenses So this boils down to salaries and benefits for specialized staff to support the housing first fund including housing navigators housing locators and housing Stabilization case managers At the end of the last fiscal year there was a balance of 189 $5,500 for the housing first fund and those have rolled over for the current year Catholic charities did draw down the full amount budgeted of the 534 for housing assistance Moving into the current year council approved an additional million dollars for the host contract including the housing first fund We have so far committed 557 350 dollars via a second amendment And catholic charities is rapidly deploying the housing funds Under this year's contract, which brings me forward to you this evening to commit the balance of $443,100 to provide you with some information in terms of Just how quickly catholic charities is deploying the housing funds. They've drawn down as of september 245,000 of the funding budgeted for housing assistance this year And the housing first fund as of september had a balance of 174 thousand dollars. We still have the full hundred thousand budgeted for The risk mitigation a majority of the funding for tenant assistance and some funds have been drawn down for the Excuse me landlord incentives The third amendment before you this evening Is doing two two things where like I said committing the balance of the funds already budgeted for this fiscal year The $443,100 and that includes an additional 350,000 for housing assistance 50,000 for landlord incentives and $43,100 for operational expenses plus an additional $35,000 for support administrative staff support to the housing choice voucher program Which rebecca will cover in the next couple slides. So the total amount being committed this evening Via the third amendment should you approve it is 47 478 thousand $100 Okay, thank you kelly and good evening council members My name is rebecca lane and i'm the manager of the housing choice voucher program for the city of san erosa And i'm here as a follow-up to our last meeting on september 24th when council approved The housing anti-discrimination code That passed on october 1st of 2019 and the adoption was 30 days from that date During that or as a reminder that ordinance bans rental housing discrimination based on source of income Which includes the use of housing choice vouchers, which are issued by the city of san erosa housing authority Similar legislation is also going into effect on january 1st 2020 at the state level under senate bill 329 The council during our presentation on september 24th requested that we parallel The ordinance adoption With immediate access to the existing risk mitigation pool And that's what brings us back here today to jointly present with kelly regarding this host contract amendment council's request was based In the interest to have both the carrots and sticks To address some of the concerns that we heard from owners during our outreach efforts regarding the anti-discrimination ordinance The 35 000 that's being requested tonight would expand access to the existing risk mitigation funds to cover housing choice voucher participants for the risk mitigation The housing authority will continue to explore long-term lost mitigation strategies and other owner incentives Where our interest is to Open this immediate access, which is what council requested And continue to build on the momentum that we have established with our Owner community as well as our participants to find ways to make the housing choice voucher program More successful and optimize the the experience for both landlords and tenants through ways that we can mitigate some of the known challenges for for owners and tenants on the program So in order to support those efforts There we we would plan on coming back future general fund may be requested to support the efforts because the Funds for the housing choice voucher program are limited Statutorily to the payment of the rental assistance and then the administration of the program to cover staffing and Things like that and it does not include Something like owner incentives the other communities that we've spoken with throughout this process Those are the the mitigation And incentive pools are funded through the general fund of the Jurisdictions where those programs exist So again this Request tonight is to open the immediate access to the risk mitigation pool And going forward we'll continue to develop more comprehensive landlord incentive and risk mitigation With that I'll cover the recommendation and we can move into any questions that Thank you that you might have so it is recommended by the housing and community services department that the council by resolution approve a third amendment to grant agreement for the host program with catholic charities in the amount of $478,100 for the continuing administration of a housing first fund This includes landlord incentives risk mitigation tenant assistance and housing assistance To include access to risk mitigation funding for the santa rosa housing authorities section 8 housing choice voucher program Bringing the total amount of the agreement to 1 million 35,450 for fiscal year 2019 2020 And lastly authorize the chief financial officer to appropriate 35,000 from the general fund unassigned reserves To the homeless shelter operation fund for host administration of risk mitigation funding for the housing choice voucher program This concludes our presentation. We'd be happy to answer any questions that you might have Great. Thank you for the presentation Councilmember combs. Do you have any questions? Thank you very much for bringing this to us Council any questions I have Two questions a the risk mitigation fund amount. I see it's 100k. It wasn't tapped into How did we come up with that figure versus what if we made it 50,000 and applied that 50k towards other uses of actually getting people housed The 100,000 is the original amount that council approved with the housing first fund last year 534,000 and so we're keeping it at 100,000. However, there's flexibility within the budget For this program to move money around should we need more for a particular use specifically the housing first fund Right now catholic charities is over budget and housing assistance line item in the The budget as it stands before you approve it this evening And staff has a flexibility to move money around within the budget so long as they don't go over the total budget Great. Thank you. That's very helpful. And can any of these dollars you use for master lease agreements? Contract provides flexibility. So absolutely it's housing assistance So we're looking at short term and long term and also being creative with that So we would certainly consider master leasing So if there are landlords out there that are willing to enter into a master lease agreement with catholic charities or other providers We could use these funds to help realize those. Yes great Okay, any mr. Sawyer Thank you, mayor. I have a question regarding the mitigation fund And it was a concern of many landlords as to the Some of the consequences at times for Being required To move into the program the section 8 program So i'm wondering if there is a if there's room for some more Prescriptive or a little more specificity on how much would be given to landlords that are Are Now potentially and under some circumstances required to Move into the section 8 program certain amounts that are tied to The the risks involved whether and then in time Hopefully those risks will be will not come to fruition and the program will be more will be more embraced That is my hope But in the meantime there are to be able to encourage landlords Is there is there a some room for specificity With these amounts to to help mitigate some of the landlords concerns Thank you council member for that question and yes, that's exactly what we want to do in the long term So we'll continue to work on that. We we've established great relationships with many Owners and representatives that we didn't have before As part of the process of going through the anti-discrimination ordinance and So what we're attempting to do here is to basically You know piggyback for lack of a better word on the immediate access To the the risk mitigation pool that already exists Through the city funds and that's administered by catholic charities So 35 000 will allow catholic charities to expand their Administration of that fund to participants in our housing choice voucher program and in the long term That's where we hope to continue to address Other concerns and get more specific about what our local owner participation incentives will be for the program Are you in receipt of the letter from the north bay association of realtors regarding some recommendations for those mitigations? Yes, yes, and that's one of the the foundations that we're working from. Okay, excellent. Thank you very much Any additional questions miss line? Thank you I do have a couple of questions one is um, so in the last Allotment there was a a surplus of 189 thousand dollars. Was that eventually spent or drawn down? through flexibility and spending to that slide Hold on. So this was the balance of the 534 534 thousand that council approved last year That's rolled over for use this year catholic charities is drawing on that they haven't drawn anything on the risk mitigation fund That's just available Should um, you know should they need it or should a landlord need to access that They are spending down on the landlord incentives and also on the tenant assistance Does that answer your question? It does. Um, I'm wondering if it's consistent with best practices when An organization comes so far away from target Spending what we allot to continue to allot at that rate or to adjust to be more in line with Real spending rather than um projected spending I think the only response I have to that was this this was approved. I believe in March of last year and it took a few months for catholic charities to get the program up and running So it's not You know, it's not a full 12 months that they had access to the 534 thousand I've really seen in the last probably three months or so that they have this program You know well established and they're starting to draw on those funds So is it your belief that they will be able to effectively deploy their funding if we fund them at the level that we did last year? particularly with the um housing assistance Yes at the rate that they're drawing it down We will use that the goal with the risk mitigation is not to draw that down but to have it available for landlords So I don't anticipate seeing a decrease in the risk mitigation funding Unless some landlord draws on those funds I I do anticipate them being able to draw down on the landlord incentives and the tenant assistance And as I mentioned to councilmember schwethelm should we need more from housing for housing assistance? We can draw from these other line items within the budget Can you remind the council and the public what the current balance is on the risk mitigation fund? The current balance as of september as of their last invoice was 174 thousand dollars So you're asking for an additional 35 thousand dollars? These funds rolled over from last year and are available what we're asking for this night tonight is 35 thousand dollars from the general fund Plus councils permission to commit what was already approved as part of the budget For this year So the only piece we're asking for additional funding is the 35 thousand from the general fund to support the housing choice voucher program The balance the funds this evening. I think it's 478 thousand Hold on Excuse me Sorry jump floor inside Here's a breakdown right here So you previously budgeted funds for this year that were approved as part of the budget the 443 100 Plus the 35 thousand is what is in the third amendment this evening. Does that answer your question? It does it does and um, just where i'm going with this is that you know, the council did put forward a request for housing support for our anti-discrimination and i'm curious to know how far 35 thousand dollars can get us. I also am uh Eager to support that effort but also reluctant to give really any amount of money out of our general fund without Knowing the specifics of that type of program and I invite you to come and share that with us Back here or in any other forum. So thank you Mr. Rogers Thank you, mr. Mayor. I just wanted to appreciate. I think it was on slide three somewhere in the beginning You had the retention rate of 77 for the uh for for folks who had received services That's to me a really key number particularly when we're talking to the community about how these dollars are being allocated the Number I would assume but correct me if i'm wrong is from the time of the placement To now or do we have a one year what the retention rate is for one year number? I guess the better way to put it is what's our metric that we're using there to determine the retention We look at we look back at six months and 12 months And there's some overlap between the program years based on when people are entering the program It might cover, you know last year and this year But we do look back six months and 12 months and that's typically what our system of care does Okay, so that 77 is that 12 month look back or a six month look back I'd have to look at the report the 77 percent should be a 12 12 month look back and we're Refining that in the report this year. I'd say each year with this program, you know how started in 2015 We're looking at how it's performing And how we can be better tracking information To you know look at performance management. So we've refined that point for this year as well I really appreciate that I think one of the things that we're all very focused on is how we keep people housed and get people Housed who are not and I think that number is the key one for being able being able to properly evaluate which programs are seeing that type of success Great, okay, we have two cards on this item My hand up.  It's appropriate now. Thank you I do I do have a couple of follow-up questions I'm wondering if we have set An upper limit on payouts for risk mitigation. My understanding is it's not uncommon for cities to set an upper Limit for risk mitigation payouts Have we established anything like that Hello, it's rebecca. Yes, so we uh are going to be following the existing Catholic Charities policy for the risk mitigation funds and there are maximum amounts For claims based on the size of the unit. So it varies from a shared housing situation to at $2,000 to Two plus bedrooms at $10,000 just to confirm that We have folks in place Who are able to tell the difference between ordinary wear and tear? And uh, it's really improper use that would trigger risk mitigation use Yes, again Catholic Charities That's how they administer this fund And so there would be a pre-inspection required of the unit as well as a post inspection and verification that the Damage to the unit Qualifies and is in fact beyond normal wear and tear Well, thank you very much If we needed to move monies for example, if we decided we needed to Increase the amount of tenant assistance. Do we have the flexibility to move monies among these pools? Yes, we do as I mentioned We've done this before for housing assistance And so if there are other areas or a need demonstrated So long as it fits within what council's approved and the budget and doesn't exceed the Total amount approved for the program. We have flexibility Fabulous, thank you very much Okay, we have two cards here first up Alex Colfin followed by Eric Frazier Good evening, mr. Mayor madam vice mayor. Thank you for the opportunity to be here I'm here this evening in support of 14.1, especially The policy relating to access to risk mitigation for those property owners who participate in the section 8 voucher program We certainly appreciate the effort of city staff and the council To have this conversation and these are the types of programs that we fully support and encourage I also would like to mention that this was one of our one of our Three concerns and it's really nice to see When a conversation happens with staff and it happens with city council and here we are talking about it with a possibility of it actually happening So thank you for that I think that builds a certain level of trust that folks can look at and feel confident that this program is something that they can use Additionally I completely understand that the program is in the early stages and I'm certain that there will be an opportunity to have further discussions What would be really helpful is to have a level of clarity of what is exactly available On at what levels So if folks are going to be using the program, they know exactly where they stand So again, I understand that this is early on and I'm sure we'll have discussions And I look forward to working with the city to making sure this this is a successful program As I think it will benefit all of us if it is successful. Thank you for your time Thank you. Alex Eric Frazier Mayor and city council, I appreciate it. I did want to talk about risk mitigation I find that to be a very compelling program and Before I do that though, let me just mention that unfortunately I find the financials and the reporting to really be deficient I think the questions about the risk mitigation fund being an item that's spent down Sort of proves my point. That's a separate item in accounting. It's obviously a risk abatement pool That's only used from time to time The whole point is not to have to use it not to use it not to spend it So, you know, again, here is where the data just does not comply with reasonable standards for accounting, unfortunately Be that as it may I find certainly a silver lining in the risk mitigation pool Mayor you may recall a conversation we had a couple years ago about the importance of risk mitigation funds And how they can be applied and we talked about a different community Denver I believe it was where their risk mitigation fund of about a million dollars is hardly used at all I mean just a couple percentage points of that fund is really called upon And in fact, I think given the millions and millions and millions of dollars That people need to spend on security deposits in the city And the millions of dollars perhaps tens of millions of dollars of those security deposits that are lost through Actions of the landlord in other words just keeping the security deposit not giving them back somebody has to fight in small claims court Oh all sorts of problems I'm sure anybody who's been a renter here had been a tenant here has horror stories about how they've been ripped off on their security deposit And of course there are landlords that are going to have stories about Their risk that needs to be mitigated. I think that it would be an outstanding Opportunity to look at how risk mitigation funds can apply to the broad spectrum of landlord tenant relationships I think that uh, the idea that a tenant has to pay a security deposit is actually quite obsolete in the age of renters insurance for instance that should help mitigate risk for the landlord And it represents again a way to just sort of suck the tenant dry in the city And you guys should be concerned about that. You guys should be concerned About the lowest common denominator in your community And as you are with the with the homeless and with the catholic charities But I have to remind you that the house community is struggling as well This program could be a boon For helping people get in housing when they need it and save their money from unscrupulous Practitioners who'd want to keep that security deposit. Thanks for your time. Appreciate Any additional questions from any council? We'll see none. Mr. Sawyer. I believe you have this item So I'll introduce a resolution of the council the city senator Rosa approving the third amendment to grant agreement for homeless outreach services team program with catholic charities of the diocese of senator Rosa for fiscal year 2019 2020 for the continued operation of a housing first fund to include access to risk mitigation funding For the center was a housing authority section and housing choice voucher program Authorizing the chief financial officer to appropriate 35 000 from the general fund unassigned reserves To the homeless shelter operations fund And delegating authority to the director of housing and community services to execute the third amendment and wait for the reading second Any additional comments from anyone for a vote I just want to thank you for all your efforts and you know, this is you know, as we heard from one speaker today I think we are walking in the talk and we're trying to do everything we can to be as a community together To work on this challenging and housing issues and thank you for their presentation Madam city clerk, could we do a real call vote? Thank you mayor schwedhelm hi councilmember rogers councilmember combs vice mayor phleming our Councilmember ala veris hi councilmember soyer hi That passes with councilmember tidbits abstaining Okay, thank you so much for that presentation Okay, we now have moving to Item 15.1. We have three public hearings to just for members of the audience here. We will listen to or handle Item 15.1 the first public hearing and the council who's been here since one o'clock will be taking a break And then we'll reconvene we may have the results of item 15.1 But we will take a break before hearing item 15.2 and 15.3 So with that mr. City manager item 15.1 public hearing Resolution forming the santa rosa railroad square community benefit district and levying the assessment and connection therewith This item was continued from number fifth 2019 regular meeting Who's raffial? raffial revero economic development specialist presenting living honorable mayor schwaith home and distinguished members of the santa rosa city council buenas noches con sehal combs greetings from santa rosa So the item before you is a consideration as a resolution Of formation, which is the final step in the potential formation Over second community benefit district here in santa rosa under the new cbd ordinance passed in march of 2018 18 which enables these type of assessments The city of santa rosa along with the railroad square association and with the guidance of our cbd consultant expert new city america With a record of forming over 98 community benefit districts throughout the united states Held over a dozen series of meetings throughout the year to discuss the potential formation Of a community benefit district in railroad square these meetings Included property owners as well as business owners members from smart general managers from the three major hotels in the area and most recently the association also had a presentation by city staff members On this on the topic or on the subject of the downtown station area Downtown station area plan which led to a fruitful discussion outlining the benefits of a community benefit district So the first critical test As you know came on september 10th when the property owners were presenting a minimum of 30 percent of the total assessments In the area under consideration For a community benefit district in railroad square needed to submit sign petitions for the resolution of intention to move forward Which then would trigger the ballot process the threshold needed Was met that evening and the council adopted the resolution of intention Clearly that's why we're here tonight So as part of the process of community benefit districts on september 12th 2019 following the approval of the resolution of intention Ballot packets were immediately mailed or on september 12th through property owners of the 95 parcels within the proposed district along Along with instructions and a self-stamped return envelope in essence the district Sorry may be established an assessment assessments levy for the physical year 2019 2020 if a majority of the weighted return ballots vote in favor of Formation Placement making so railroad square interesting place Historical the interest in creating an assessment district stands from the concept of the living of assessments on real estate properties Property within the proposed district to fund physical improvement attract new customers increase business sales And make railroad square a destination for tourists as well as for nearby visitors and local residents The railroad square association has been watching closely how the downtown cvd continues to evolve Within its first year and the success that it's been having Since its formation the concept seemed very interesting and achievable for the railroad square property owners and business owners as well The assessment provides the opportunity to fund maintenance special events and activities and other special benefits within the district Revitalizing the area creating jobs attracting and retaining businesses and reducing crime Santa Rosa Historic railroad square is a great way to define Placementing it is an area that inspires people to collectively reimagine and reinvent public spaces It strengthens it strengthens the connection between Local and and people from outside the area it promotes collaboration urban design and cultural and social identity of the area There are well over a dozen driving restaurants Two iconic coffee shops exclusive boutique shops a major smart train shop a visitor center And a theater playhouse And as of march 2020 we will welcome A new flag hotel in the area with a grand opening of the ac marriott hotel So the values again are tremendous And the values and opportunities are tremendous We talked a little bit about this and uh the september 10th meeting so the proposed railroad square CVD consists of approximately 18 square blocks consisting of 98 92 parcels owned by 58 property owners Including a parcel owned by the city of Santa Rosa The following include The different benefit zones within the proposed railroad square community benefit district Three of the benefit zones are Geographically geographically based the fourth is a land use based reflecting the unique nature Of the residential condominiums through the district and that one is not listed on the uh on the on the uh legend there So zone one the green one is the core are the core properties north of third street from 101 from the 101 freeway On the east and the railroad tracks on on the west To a street on the north Uh Let me highlight that benefit zone one eight will be a reduced cost for office related building square footage You know in if office use is the predominant use for that building zone two and uh the color orange Are the two large hotels south of third street and east of the rail tracks And then uh zone three yellow and yellow The parcels west of railroad tracks north and east of the center of the creek and south of sixth street And then like I said the zone four it's um All residential condos in zones one and three So annual assessments are based upon an allocation of program cost by accessible linear frontage plus lot or Parcell square footage plus accessible Building square footage and in the case of residential condominiums By actual building and unit square footage So current future residential condominium owners are assessed differently since condominiums include actual building square footage that are not necessarily on the ground level Therefore linear frontage and lot size are not relevant to residential condominiums This alternate assessment methodology is created to respond to special needs within the growing district And uh slide that's uh being displayed right now Um talks a little bit about the primary factors we at the last uh meeting We didn't cover this so well So I just wanted to reiterate that the primary factors used to in the determination of the proportional cost to the parcels in the district are linear frontage Lot size or the footprint of the parcel With deductions for lot size that is allocated to private parking for adjacent business or underdeveloped parcels And then building square footage designation for reduced office space Assessments if they are the predominant land use for the building that is being assessed in zone one zone one current and future residential condominiums that will Be constructed within the district And location within one of the three geographic benefits zones of the district. So there they are right there Quickly we also cover this a little bit at the last During the resolution of intention So the total first year assessment, but I'll go through it quickly So the first year assessment revenue in the proposed cvd is calculated to be $31,836,000. There's actually a minor adjustment from the previous presentation Which uh detail a $232,832, there was an adjustment made to one of the lots Reducing it by $996 It is important to know that the special benefits funded by the district will not replace the city's funded general benefits As we can see here in the downtown cvd City staff is working very closely with the DAO staff It's a big collaboration going on again to make improvements to the downtown Area That obligation does not go away. So that's what i'm trying to reiterate The special benefits to parcel owners are over and above those general benefits provided by the city. However In looking at this charge if you take away the 19 percent of program management and administration contingency and reserves then there's 81 percent That will go towards programming obviously the administration costs includes office rent space insurance and all of those items related to the administration of the district Examples of the program include civil sidewalk operations, steam cleaning, beautification, maintenance of existing and new public spaces, private security, maintenance of an attractive appearance to the district district identity marketing and Placemaking would include website development, social media, holiday and seasonal decorations branding of railroad square cbd properties banner program And public art display and connectivity to downtown As well as obviously the smart serving as the gateway to santa rosa And the city's commitment is for the lot Is three thousand three hundred and eighty four dollars a year So on to the Ballot process, which will take place this evening. So in terms of the ballot process Once again, we're looking at a weighted tabulation system Where the weight of the ballot is determined by the amount of each property owner Of each the amount each property owner will be paying Owners with the largest property Properties buildings lot size street frontage and within a specific benefit zone Will be subject to paying more and therefore have their votes count in proportion To what they will pay Unlike the petition process where we had to meet a 30 percent threshold The ballots are actually tabulated the vote is simply counted by the ballots that are returned tonight So there isn't a percentage threshold We're looking for this evening At the close of the public hearing city staff including the acting city clerk As well as the assistant city attorney We'll go to room seven right here at city hall where we will tabulate the ballots So should any property owner be present this evening who has not yet submitted a ballot We have duplicate ballots available and they can do so tonight As such if there is actually a property owner present present who wishes to withdraw their ballot They may also do so this evening The tabulation process is open to the public For and for those who would like to participate and witness the proceeding We ask That the room Is they're going to be sitting in the room for the room to remain silent so that we can clearly hear the tabulations being called If anyone has any question any questions will be available to a system all ballots within Will be considered so if there are any questions about a ballot the intentions of a ballot or a marked up ballot Or any discrepancy on a ballot something that is not clear That validity or question the ballot will be given to the assistant city clerk To the acting city clerk Or the city assistant city attorney and a ruling for interpretation for that ballot will happen at that time When the ballot tabulation is complete the city clerk will report their results to the council And the council will then make a motion And that went over the process. All right, so So this evening It is recommended by the planning and economic development department that the city council by resolution Hold a public hearing to consider Oral and written testimony regarding the formation of a community benefit improvement district Tabulate all assessment ballots return to the city pursuant to procedures set forth in the resolution of intention and If the assessment balloting does not result in the majority protest then approve the resolution forming the senator railroad square community benefit district And levy and collecting of the assessment In connection they're with Thank you Great raffle. Thank you for that presentation. And can you just let everyone know room seven? Is that upstairs straight down? Same level as we're Yes, right out here room seven. So Walk down the ramp and then make a right and there's a planning a signage And the room's at the at the end of the hall. Great. Thank you council any questions on that presentation miss combs CBD for railroad square and I look forward to hearing what the public and the local Property owners have to say Great. Thank you. Okay. This is a public hearing. So I'll open the public hearing. We have a couple cards First up Eric Frazier followed by Jeffrey Smith So I appreciate your indulgence Uh, given what I know about how the city conducts this business and having a chance to review these details I would say that the people that I've consulted stand firmly against The formation of the cvd at this time. There's a number of reasons for that Number one the dao that was formed a couple years ago has just started and already there's some problems that have developed There's problems in that the 12 administration costs that that contract with consultants said we're going to be part of that Is exceeded tremendously estimates have it between 50 and 60 percent Why because the administrative costs of the contractor that you use are not included in the administrative line item Basically your line. It's all sleight of hand The data that supports the performance of the dao is also highly suspect and does not appear to be accurate And therefore the formation should be tabled until you have a better handle on the performance of this dao scheme The formation of the cvd increases the cost for tenants and their customers or assessments are passed on by the property owners To their tenants and the tenants to their customers Uh, this is not the right time to have additional costs put on the shoulders of small businesses and the and the residents It just does not a good time at all. It's not well thought out The city is using the cvd process to subject property owners to pay for these services They already pay through for the municipality the report seems to suggest that this is all cut and dry This is something this is uh sprinkles on the cupcake, but that's not actually what's happening There's been battles ranging about what the city is responsible for as far as costs and what this newly formed dao has to shoulder The city is potentially using its interpretation of voting rights As a property owner to cast votes in favor of the cvd when in fact this appears to be more of a collusion between The city and this quasi government organization known as the chamber of commerce. That should not be allowed Who's interest are you protecting? The city is willing to use defective data to promote the formation of the cvd One example of this comes from the chamber's own Organization called visit santa rosa According to them they claim 61 177 unique visitors go to the california welcome center every year Well that number is a bunch of hooey I mean seriously just stand there for an hour or two You'll find that a couple people go in there get some brochures But there's not nowhere near the 177 people a day that would be necessary to meet those numbers In fact, what it is is the staff walks back and forth by the counter And then those numbers are reported to sonoma county economic development in the state We'll get to the bottom of that, but that's all another reason to give you poets pause But the disasters that we're dealing with and the lack of value creation. This is an ill advised scheme that needs to stop right now Jeffrey smith is jeffrey smith here Seeing no one raise You don't have to fill out a card If you want to make comments on this item to the city council Would you like to please state your name and three minutes? My name is d richardson. I am a property owner in railroad square I've been involved with the association for decades on the borough square association board and i'm a property owner Um And I sort of beg to differ with the prior speaker, but I do want to Let you know that as businesses and property owners We have already gone through an assessment district over 20 years ago When we assessed ourselves to provide parking for our employees under the freeway And in addition we were able to do banners garbage cans Finger lights and provide highway signs things that we could not do as individual volunteer Doors paying members and so we have seen the benefits of an assessment district and we're very excited about what the potential can be um I just want to thank all of you and particularly our city staff who have worked with us To get to this point We really appreciate it. It's going to make a huge difference in railroad square It's a right time to do this. We there's so many things happening with the new station area draft plan And the amount of people coming into railroad square and santa rosa via the train um Our goal is just to create a better Little world and another district in downtown santa rosa that Enhances the charm that we have makes it safe for visitors and for the people who live there And continues to make it attractive place to visit. So we appreciate your help as in the last year and a half And i'm going to be holding my breath for the next Time hour and hope that we have a positive outcome. Thank you Thank you. Would anyone else like to address the council on this item? Thank you. Good evening. My name is uh, mike monague. I'm president of the historic railroad square association I wasn't going to speak but I felt it's important that I do This assessment district was Brought on by me personally I watched how courthouse square or downtown has started theirs and developed it And I know most of you have been very involved with that You see the positives and a little bit of the negatives negatives. I take as a challenge And railroad square we'd like to copy a lot of the things that courthouse square is done But not everything so this mold will be put together by our new board And we hope to share a lot of resources between the two to benefit both sides My family owns a couple of pieces of property in railroad square The dollar amount that's going to be assessed to our personal property is not going to be assessed to our tenants And it's not going to be paid for by our customers Um, and I feel a majority of the property owners are going to do this similar thing It's really not a lot of money to do Much with but it's a great foundation for us to get started Our biggest key In my opinion is to work on grants Either grants that are paid 100 percent or 50 percent or portions The more grants that we can apply for and get For railroad square and even courthouse square The monies will go a lot farther Um, I really appreciate your support. The staff has been incredible Thank you very much. Thank you. Would anyone else like to address the council on this item? That's thank you Seeing no one else arise We'll close the public hearing And at this point, uh, make sure I get the terminology we'll recess this item to tabulate the results Correct. Okay. Correct. And then we'll also recess the council means that council can take a dinner break We'll reconvene in about 15 20 minutes. Thank you Okay, we'll reconvene the city council meeting Tabulated results are not back yet. So mr. McGlynn item 15.2 Item 15.2 public hearing ordinance adoption ordinance of the council of the city of santa rosa Modifying chapter 1 8 dash 3 3 to adopt by reference with local amendments the 2019 california energy code Title 24 part 6 of the building standard codes all electric reach code Jesse oswald chief building official presenting All right. Thank you the item we have before the council this evening is our second reading of the ordinance To adopt the all electric ready Reach code which is essentially the our local amendments to the california energy code So i'm going to go through the presentation much like i did before Just because there's such a high interest in this item and i will truncate it as much as possible and we'll go through questions for me As necessary at the end So back to the background california building standards are published every three years california energy code is one of the 12 parts of this series And it is for both Public private buildings residential and commercial the focus on our ordinance tonight is for residential low-rise Construction which is three stories or below residential construction the california energy code was published in on july 1st of 2019 And that started our work down the actual process of adopting it with our local amendments If adopted the effective data the code will be january 1st january 1st 2020 As i have spoken before the potential for a bit of a delay on the adoption Due to the significant number of reach codes being reviewed by the california energy commission It could be pushed off till february, but they will let me know my goal is to actually have this submitted once it's voted on as early as possible tomorrow So we locally as a jurisdiction Can adopt more stringent requirements from the california energy code if we provide analysis showing that the proposed local amendment amendment Will save more energy than the base code and be cost effective So this this represents the body of the codes the california energy code which we're discussing tonight is Part six of the entire body of codes These measures that are shown here are the Some of the highlights of what will come in the base code This doesn't these are measures that we are going to get from the california energy code Regardless of the outcome of of our amendments The highlights are the lighting efficiencies are increased You will no longer typically see two by four exterior wall construction previous code Would allow it Through certain measures now with these significantly increased insulation values. You'll typically see two by six exterior walls Doors are being addressed for the first time in energy energy efficiency It It is a measure for them to go after something that Nobody it seems like nobody thought to address before and now they're specifically addressing Insulation values for doors The hers is a specific third party inspection quality insulation inspections, which were only Recommended in certain instances. They'll essentially be required in almost every installation of insulation Uh pv photovoltaic are known as solar systems for low rise residential will be essentially required on every new Building and natural gas is not eliminated from the code nor is propane This information was provided by the california energy commission the The cost savings that they have Calculated over a 30 year mortgage is 19 000 dollars the initial Increased cost for construction is 9 500 And here are some of the other Items that are proposed the required photovoltaic increased building envelope requirements indoor air quality and the appliances significantly increase in requirement for efficiencies And here is another depiction of the the requirement for the local jurisdiction to adopt more stringent measures showing that they must be More energy efficient than the the base code and be cost effective All all codes must go through the public process And i'll reach codes What we're talking about today If we were to carry it on through another code cycle We would have to make sure that the state agreed with our findings of energy efficiency over base code and be cost effective So these are the options that we presented to the climate action Subcommittee and clear direction was given to go with the all-electric reach code The other options were the all-electric ready, which essentially required pre-wiring for the eventual Potential upgrade to electric only And then the all-electric favored was a mix That would allow trade-offs to still allow gas appliances installed in in the building But increased efficiencies in other areas of the building Much akin to cal bring tier one efficiencies, which would mean 10 to 20 percent more efficiencies in other either insulation other Other appliances or other other elements such as windows doors and those kinds of things here's our metric tons of carbon dioxide That are shown to be proposed would be Saved over we have the the current code 2016 code Then we have the 2019 code shown with a reduced amount of co2 emissions That's the base code And then 2019 Efficient homes, which are a higher level of efficiency. And then we have the 2019 Electric only being shown with this significant decrease in in co2 emissions So we've spoke of the cost effectiveness requirement before the study was implemented with with throughout the region For use by all jurisdictions if they chose to use it to go down the path of Providing this the state energy commission with the backing to show that it was cost effectiveness And our partners here have been Implement extremely valuable in in this process And here is a summary of the cost savings or cost effectiveness that the state Has accepted and this cost effectiveness study was not specifically targeted to The north bay. This was Averaged over the entire state that way anybody in the state could actually use it. They they addressed and targeted the cost Effect effectiveness study to all climate zones So this overall total Cost savings is six thousand one hundred and seventy one dollars per unit We had discussed at previous study sessions and council meetings about Fire rebuilds and what the effect would be on it The assembly bill 178 was signed by the governor in september that exempts rebuilds for that are in An emergency area declared prior to january 2nd 2020 from having to install photovoltaic solar systems by proxy This has been determined and interpreted that that will exempt any rebuilds from the all electric ready ordinance Because the cost effectiveness studies only addressed All electric homes with photovoltaic systems. They didn't they did not Analyze any any buildings without photovoltaic And that bill sunsets in 2023 So we had significant outreach and input from partners in the community Our building officials Rico redwood empire code officials group have met several times and includes Numerous stakeholders in the the north north bay area several counties and city jurisdictions and townships Our rebuild meetings with our north coast builders exchange have been very valuable in getting the word out on this We have a monthly meeting specifically targeted at the rebuild effort But this this issue came up very specifically and early About to to discuss and get the word out Coffee strong meetings our coffee neighborhood meetings It's been an item of interest at every meeting for the last several months Our redwood empire rebuilders That group typically isn't affected For new build Construction, but I went to the meeting with them in windsor back in october and found that many of those are either Subcontractors that this would directly affect and some of them that actually do new builds So they were very interested and and were appreciative to hear the information and were provided The forum here and there to give feedback We do have our city website that was started to contain all the information that we've discussed the public forums At the src.org backslash all electric. We continue to put more information there Radio interviews press democrat and then a list of the public meetings that we've held over the last six nearly six months So there are 50 cities and counties interested in the electric reach codes And of course we don't have 50 listed here the list continues to grow about those cities and jurisdictions that have actually taken action Of of note for local interest is windsor has actually passed the all electric only reach code So recommend the planning and economic development department recommends that this Santa Rosa city council Adopt an ordinance by reference The 2019 california energy code california code of regulations title 24 part 6 has adopted and amended by the state of california And further amended based on local conditions for use in chapter 18 dash 33 The Santa Rosa city code to modify the Santa Rosa city code to reflect the new model code Oops And apparently you're done. Oh, there we go. I hit the wrong button Alrighty council any questions miss combs start with you Did you have a question we could hear you? I'm sorry. I couldn't get the the mute off I don't have a question. Thank you very much I'm sorry. You said no questions No questions. No questions. No questions. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Rogers. Thank you, mr. Mayor So we talked about some of these issues last time you answered some of these questions But we did receive a fair amount of feedback and it did appear that there was a lot of misinformation that was out there So if you don't mind answering some some questions again for us So first and foremost does this make building cheaper? The increase in initial costs is more for the base code The there is a cost savings by the accepted cost analysis Of six thousand two hundred some dollars In initial construction to for the upgraded reach code So the difference there is Not an overall savings. So for the uh for the study that shows an overall savings Who funded this study? I don't know who funded it, but it was through the California energy commission It was presented through the enter the enter to the energy commission for acceptance. Okay, and adopted at that point For local jurisdictions to use for the justification. Correct. Okay Does this apply to rebuilds in coffee park? It does not At what point should I expect david guin to kick in my door and take my gas stove? If you already have one You will not lose your gas stove Excellent Is there any intention in the near future of us trying to take people's existing gas infrastructure? Not that i'm aware of great. Thank you Any other questions I have a couple first life if you can go to slide eight the yearly per home emissions There you go. Where would uh all electric favored code fit on those bars? So it's the farthest that it's the red red bar Oh favored no favored i'm sorry Would it be in between the last two on the right? It would likely be in between the last two Okay, and then regarding construction going back to propane Any idea how many current santa rosa homes in the city limits of santa rosa have Hard wire like we have natural gas, but it's not natural gas. It's propane. Is that a reality here in the city of santa rosa? I don't have an actual confirmation, but I saw data that showed it was 0.07 percent of households in the city limits have propane And my my belief is through searching some of the old data is that was established prior to natural gas being They were those services were established prior to natural gas being readily available wholesale throughout the city limits So that's hardwired in but even if we go with the all electric reach you can still have your propane barbecue in the backyard You can All right, any other questions All right, this is a public hearing. So I'll open the public hearing has several cards on this item first up Ann Sealy followed by andy farkison Thank you, mayor If I'd known this was coming up right away through the public part, I would have been up here faster And Sealy speaking for concerns citizens for santa rosa Council, please do take this forward step in adding the all electric ready policy There are many good reasons to adopt this And you'll hear more about those from other people i'm sure but there's one that's really important to me Most of california's supply of natural gas comes from the very environmentally destructive process of fracking Something I believe must be reduced or stopped You might think that this is not a big enough market to make a big difference here, but Every little bit helps. So I do hope that you'll pass this This code. Thank you Thank you Andy Ferguson followed by bill howzak Good evening. Is this mic? Okay. I'd like to relate a story Distinguished council members and mr. Mayor a story that I heard last week at the sonoma clean power board meeting by board member okrepki and hopkins They described the fight against the kincaid fire Computer models that were accurately predicting that fire's behavior and path indicated That it was going to burn all the way to the coast Heroic efforts by firefighters and some luck with the wind Saved multiple towns and communities in our county from devastation It's hard not to believe that the fact that the five hottest months of july over the last five years In world history Did not contribute to this problem The only way to slow climate change Is to massively reduce methane emissions from natural gas leaks that come from our aging gas infrastructure As well as the large emissions that occur during natural gas development Doing so along with reducing and stopping other man-made methane emissions Sanctions from landfills and massive industrial animal husbandry must take place To forestall the deadly march of climate change The main point to remember is that methane is only in the atmosphere For about 20 years The carbon dioxide that was put into the air when the first squint steam engine was developed is still there Because methane occupies about 40 percent of the causes of Climate change Taking methane out of the equation will give us time to deal with the carbon dioxide Please pass the resolution as stated Finally, I want to thank the council for taking this issue head on It's a difficult issue But it's one that needs to be addressed and you've done so admirably. Thank you Thank you. Bill. How do you Zach followed by mike turgeon? Bill here No, mike turgeon followed by christine weiss Thank you, mayor and council Last week a vocal part of the community the builders in particular were calling for continuing business as usual However Making some relatively easy changes to business will go a long way toward reducing greenhouse gases And we've made some good strides in that direction Stopping methane's methane emissions by ending the use of natural gas. Of course is why we're here tonight But also reducing and capturing dairy farm and livestock emissions And not putting organic food waste in landfills or all steps that must be taken And we've moved in that direction with the zero waste ordinance, which is we'll be studying again and taking up next year And so the city council should do what we've spent almost a year Putting forward and not shrink from carrying through on our reach code for home new home electrification But in in in addition It's going to be important to educate the public as to why this is necessary For some of the reasons that andy just mentioned To ensure that there's a safe future for santa rosa as well as other communities. Thank you very much Thank you. Christine weiss followed by kevin conway Hold on a second. There you go. You're hi. My name is christine weiss Um, I've been in sonoma county for over 30 years. I grew up in the central valley in the farm belt Watching them build houses upon houses on the best agricultural area because of money It settles me immensely I come to sonoma county Um, I'm 28 years old. I bring my kids here to have a better future I believe that we have had a better future But right now i'm concerned I too I support this Tremendously and at the same time i'm i'm questioning it How are we going to replace what we have in place right now and not And how we prevent future problems I hope that nuclear power is out of the equation If you get rid of all the gas that means more electricity That means the power lines that caught on fire that created this last fire Um, where what are we going to do? I just I just i'm concerned because I want to make sure we're thinking out of the box that we don't make a bigger problem For our future. I have grandkids and I think about it I looked so forward to grandchildren and now i'm thinking what do they have to look forward to I'm an organic gardener. I have been since I was a kid I have my own chickens. I use the fertilizer from my chickens. I use my eggs. They're all organic I create my own mulch and compost pile and doing it for years my whole I have no grass. I have garden I I I hear you but please I implore you to please make sure this is the right answer And I say think out of the box. This is sonoma county We've we've got a lot of great collaboration here But I wonder I hope we're not just following status quo because we all have a great intention and we're all concerned Is it the right direction? I don't think that all electric is the right answer. I don't think that gas is the right answer either How can we even have a full? We want to go solar because I'd love to go solar But there's a big tree behind my house that that shades my yard I'm not educated enough to really figure out how to get solar into my house So that I don't use the gas that I have and the electricity that I have Maybe combining them. Maybe combining stuff so that we use less Of each I don't know. I just I just want people to please think out of the box Think beyond california's decisions because I think there's more And I think we're making a big decision here to go all electric when I think there's more that we can do My father worked for pgd and retired. I watched him set up all of My time is up. I just Please think out of the box and please be open-minded. Thank you Kevin Conway followed by maddie herfield Good evening. Thank you, uh, mayor and council members Uh, thank you for the the full attention and the hard work by the council and the staff Jesse Owens and david you and The work that's gone into having this come before us tonight Over the long course of this campaign for going with this reach code I've heard the argument that we're moving too quickly That we haven't done our homework But as I've said before the scientists have done their homework and the fact is that we should have been phasing out All fossil fuels 40 years ago When scientists first warned us that we had to act in order to avoid runaway climate change As dramatic as it it might sound it's not hyperbole to say that we're facing an imminent threat to our existence Because we are and with all respect to the prior speaker I too have grandchildren And it's it's my concern for them and their future that i'm such a strong supporter of this Reach code Knowing what needs to be done isn't enough being willing to do what needs to be done isn't enough It's only doing what needs to be done that can never be enough And I think pushing the button tonight in support of this reach code is the final step in doing what needs to be done At least as far as this action is concerned And I want to also, uh, thank julie combs for her excellent service to our city and Julie best wishes to you and to your husband for all that's ahead. Thank you Thank you. Maddie Hirschfield followed by richard lane Good evening mayor and council members maddie Hirschfield with the north bay labor council And i'm here to say that the north bay labor council strongly supports this code There's a couple of things so it just while i was waiting for this item to come up I got a text that the pg is turning off all the power in a large swath of sonoma county So i'm sure that's going to be figured out When we get there, but uh, we also would like to see a placeholder if that's the right word for um For a just transition for all the um building Building trades folks that will be out of work Because they depend on other kinds of power So otherwise, we're very very much in favor But we just want to make sure that there's a just transition for those who will be losing jobs and maybe transition into another Thank you Thank you, richard lane followed by Ann jordan Uh before I address the reach codes I just wanted to thank jesse and the council for all the outreach you have all done on all of these issues And my assumption is that none of you ever sleep and so I don't know when you recharge your batteries Um, I spoke at the climate action subcommittee meeting in september and at that time suggested that we needed an alternate energy Storage solution to go along with the reach codes And since then we've now had firsthand experience with the power safety shutdowns and how difficult that reality is And so I ask all of you would you buy an all-electric house now knowing that your energy may be turned off at any time For who knows how long Not a really viable option. I don't know that I would buy an all-electric house now with psps looming tomorrow And I don't know when electricity is going to be turned back on uh to address uh chris roger's comment about the natural gas Uh, no one's going to come in and steal your stove But what's going to happen to the natural gas infrastructure if all we're focused on is electricity We've already seen what 10 years of a lack of maintenance does to a system It's why we're having the fires lack of maintenance So now we stop maintaining the natural gas system in favor of the all-electric and we are looking at a similar problem with natural gas down the line Um, I'm with coffee strong and I've talked to a number of my neighbors Who uh are thinking about leaving sonoma county now because of the fear and the stress And uh the unsupported feeling that they have coming in the face of the psps And so I ask you all to add grid Grid resiliency or micro grids or a program for affordable alternative energy Before passing the reach codes. Otherwise, we just have the reach codes and no alternative to them By having an alternative backup to go with the reach codes Santa rosa would be a model for communities throughout california winds or reach codes no alternative energy program yet So I ask you all take a step back Get some balance and let the neighbors my neighbors feel like they are really being supported In this whole program. We will do all electric. We will give you an alternative electric solution Rather than we're going to take all electric and you're on your own We'll see a mass exodus from sonoma county with just all electric and no alternative. Thank you Thank you and jordan followed by jillie etcho Thank you for letting me speak. I appreciate it. I have to add the previous speaker. I agree. I think that Approaching this in quite such a fast manner is a little premature I would be in favor of the I believe it's called the favored code But this reach code in my opinion I'm just speaking for myself as a citizen who's in touch with the community on facebook and other social media here Um What I hear is people think this is just way going way too fast If I may point out your own staff report says that This is not actually required You're ahead of the curve, which I was always great and wonderful But in this case, I think it's not great to be ahead of the curve because you're getting ahead of yourselves Having gas available in homes is really important as I said I've talked to a lot of people Who lost their electric service during the recent psps that we had But they were still able to cook their food keep their homes warm and have hot water Especially for seniors for people the small children for people who are medically fragile These are really important considerations And that is something that you'll be taking away from people in new housing if you Enact the reach code as opposed to the favored code. I believe it's called favored You'll have to correct me if it's the intermediate code is what i'm talking about um And having gas it's even more important now because on october night Excuse me october 18th npr reported the ceo of pg&e is predicting frequent strategic blackouts for the next 10 years 10 years of blackouts all the time and we're also supposed to sit around huddling in the dark I realize not you know the rest of us but the new people in their new houses They will be sitting there in the dark or going to a hotel or something and that is not going to be cost effective for them You talk about cost effectiveness. That's not it Ah Fine, let's easy to say this is a small thing Um, but it's not this is the beginning beginning of a much bigger change to the code. We all know that Talk about just the new housing But in fact, we're talking about the next step will be It will be all electric for renovations and people you know changing their houses around and stuff and and um That repairs So if your hot water heater goes out at some point probably the next four or five years Guess what you won't be able to get a new gas hot water heater. You will be required to get electric That's all that will be available to you and your costs will go up So that is not cost effective or a lot of people I know people that have waited for 15 20 years to finally get that Beautiful kitchen they want well, they're not going to get a gas stove in that kitchen That's not going to happen either. These are all We're going too fast with this. We need to take a step back watch Berkeley Watch Windsor see how this goes for them. Give it a couple years. Give it three years So the next go round of discussions about this and see what happens because I think there Be a backlash. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Julie etchel followed by david petrits Good evening mayor and city council. Um, thank you for your time this evening My name is julie etchel. I'm a realtor here. I was born in Sonoma county and I'm still here I kind of echo the last two speakers in That the recent power service shutoffs have me very very concerned about what might happen if we move to all electric my grandmother Is in her 80s and her home went to mid 50s overnight when the power shutoffs occurred Tonight it's going to go to I think somewhere in the 40s the next night. It's going to go almost to freezing And if we have all power homes and no gas for furnaces There's no way to heat the home So if if that's really something that you'd like to do Maybe turn off your furnace overnight and see how that feels It's just it seems like it's a little bit too much too soon Um, there might be something like battery backups Um To put into place so that people can have Some way to heat their homes and survive Through these frequent power service shutoffs that we're seeming to come up on with PG&E So anyways, thank you for your time and please consider just taking a small step back from all All power right at this moment. Thank you. Thank you david petrits Followed by chris thompson Yeah, um, thank you 27 48 uh lake few drives santa rosa And um, I would like to express my support for the reach code um, that was standing some of the concerns, but I think that Uh with climate change being as real as it is and as fast as it's coming This is a a good first step and yes, maybe they Maybe as quickly as possible Really institutes and things with battery backup, but I commend you for Taking this first step. Thank you. Thank you chris thompson followed by tom amato Yeah, wait to see my name up there. Hi. Good evening. My name is chris thompson and i'm from the oakmont democratic club I am a senior i've experienced. I don't know how many shutoffs up at oakmont and i'm still here This is bigger than The issues that some people feel are necessary to bring up Against a reach code the reach code is is full of exemptions for people who Would not be appropriate And it's about new building. It's about new Uh structures. We're not talking about the existing structures. I don't understand why people Can't look into the future a little bit and look at our young people who are sitting right down in front of me down there Who's they're gonna live with this This reach code measure does not stop people from having and maintaining mobile propane tanks That can be used for cooking or even operating a generator during a power outage new homes By the existing 2019 code must already right now have solar panels And technology is coming on to the market that will enable solar panels to be used for power without battery backup systems Induction stove top cooking is vastly superior easier and safer Than cooking with natural gas and does not emit the indoor air pollutants nitrous oxide and carbon monoxide Which pose health risks and have now been linked with rising rates of asthma Induction cooking is also far safer Because the stove burners and surrounding environment do not heat up or have any dangerous heat or flame during cooking That can accidentally harm children That are disabled or the elderly Please pass the reach code. Thank you very much Thank you. Tom Amato followed by christine helix From the Oakmont area town and I expect to lose my power the march tomorrow morning But I would buy it all electric house in a heartbeat Probably because I'm thinking about the future generations, not just my own convenience Um natural gas is not the answer natural gas systems in our county are plagued with leaks and faulty equipment gas was turned off to many homes in cloverdale from cloverdale to west county during the recent Kincaid fire and faulty valves and leaks revealed a distribution system Of pipes and valves around a hundred years old in disrepair Trying to fix maintain and upgrade the system promises to be an enormous waste of consumer and public expenditures in the future furthermore natural gas homes unlike Electric homes with solar panels with battery backup will not operate during earthquakes Possibly for several months natural natural gas homes can be disrupted as far as their gas connection Many years ago when the big quake hit in the bay area that some of you might have also lived through I happened to be meeting when the big shakes happened. I happened to be meeting with people in shaky's pizza of all places and One of the things they noticed is how much the city of san jose rock and rolled The more gas we have is not an asset All electric is the way to go and we thank you for your support Thank you. Christine hoax followed by laura niche Christine hoax and I am with uh 350 sonoma So I think to start out by saying that I have a 99 year old mother Who lives in brincon valley and she we've gone through several and we'll go through another power shut off and yes, it gets cold and But to not to pass this reach code now Is not acceptable We it's a it's a crisis.  We are already experiencing existential threat from this climate crisis From people who have lost their home who are in danger of losing their home in their lives caused by climate and We're going to we're going to be in an age of non sequiturs to get a propane Generator or diesel generator so you can have power during and to continue to use gas when we've When we're having For the power shutoffs because of fires that are being exacerbated by global warming. I mean, it's crazy making So what we have to do is move forward in spite of these Non sequiturs and moving away from fossil fuel infrastructure Which natural gas and fossil and the infrastructure that it takes is the right thing to do now and We can't wait. We have to move forward and we need education and town hall meetings To help answer all these questions that people are so concerned about so we need you to be leaders And to lead with this because now it's the time to do this for the future So, um, please but please let's let's engage the public and and educate everyone about the solutions There are tons of solutions For all of these things that people have had concern about concerned about but going backwards And and not passing this it's not a solution. The solution is to move forward all electric ready Now, thank you. Thank you. Laura niche followed by phil kerr Hi, my name is Laura niche an executive director of 350 bay area, which is a climate change organization And we have an active group here in sonoma county 350 sonoma And i am a santa rosa resident and very pleased that this board is willing to take up this conversation and hopefully brave enough to pass real action to address the climate change problem, so I think it's been pretty clear that our survival really does depend in particular on shutting down The natural gas network. This is the beginning of the process It is again, so this before it's kind of the least we can do To stop extending a distribution network that is causing so much trouble in our atmosphere Um, it is it is quite heartening to hear from our community members deep concern about the public service power shops And I of course agree Um Just as a point of fact 30 about over 30 percent of the homes in the united states And I don't know what the statistic is here in the county are already all electric using outdated technologies Which are more expensive and I think there is some Sometimes it concerns me talking about Our community as if there aren't people a lot of whom are in our low income community. They're already on All electric systems, so we do need to come together and take care of those people that are vulnerable in our community So we're not now we're talking about new homes, which is a slightly different Population that we're that we're directing these comments to These new homes by this code that you're going to adopt tonight will all have solar on their roofs There exists technology today that is very inexpensive Allowing those homes to run their systems during sunlight admittedly on their solar power their solar panels without Having batteries and battery prices are coming down So I think confounding those two problems is not wise and what we need to move swiftly To start shutting down the network and then figure out what the next steps are I'm not sure if we're ever going to have hand-to-hand combat over gas stoves But you know, we are going to keep pushing this agenda and see if we can replace some of the older gas technologies With newer and super efficient all electric technologies Um also in terms of the all electric favorite option and the amount of carbon dioxide that would go into The atmosphere the it wouldn't be a bar in between It would totally depend on how many people replaced gas systems with Electric systems because there would be no strong push to get them to accept that so if you look at the difference You have an opportunity to say four times the amount of co2 going into the atmosphere So thank you very much for your considered deliberation over this issue and we encourage you to pass the all electric reach code Thank you. Phil Kerr followed by Cindy Bishop My name is Phil Kerr. I'm the CEO of city ventures I'm here as a builder a developer and a businessman and when I say next might come as a little bit of a surprise Um, we're the largest Residential builder in california of solar all electric homes We've built over 3 000 solar all electric homes in california They've sold extremely well We're right now the largest. I think largest residential builder in santa rosa And we're pulling permits this week on 238 homes at round barn. There will be solar all electric homes So the future you're talking about is already here. We've been doing it for 10 years And it's not that hard It's not that complicated And it's a better home What we've been building is based off the reason we went to solar all electric was based off three things It's based off livability It's based off cost It's based off safety So in terms of livability, there's been some big changes along the way Induction cooking if you look on consumer reports the top nine stoves are induction Number 10. I think is gas The the future's come in terms of cooking and induction stoves are just better stoves Our buyers that come in they might have a question about gas at first. They use the induction stove I think it's pretty cool last power outage. I have my induction stove And power went out and I thought oh look at the propane stove and I was like I can't burn this inside I was like, oh wait, that's what I was doing before So it's it's it's a better stove the technology's come a long way in terms of Heat pumps in terms of electric hot water heaters all that is what is what has made it possible to build solar all electric homes That are better homes in terms of cost As a builder as a businessman as someone that is doing this for our business to drive returns for our investors The reason we do solar or electric is you pull out the gas infrastructure you save all that cost But more importantly you're not waiting around for pg and e to install a gas meter Which will delay your home closing by a month to two months waiting for that gas meter to be installed We can get rid of the electric meter. That'll be great. We're working on that The homes in uh in uh round barn, uh, we're working with tesla to provide batteries So that there'll be a battery option there as well to provide continuous electricity during a power outage with the solar solar standard Batteries coming as well Last is safety From a fire standpoint when we developed the round barn project. We pulled gas out on purpose Just for the safety of that system not being in there and having gas in the neighborhood As well as air quality and the safety within the home So as a store to the environment but mostly here as a businessman and someone wants to build the best homes Solar or electric is real easy. Thanks. Thank you Cindy bishop Thank you. Thank you, mayor. Thank you council It's time for us to do something And I am in favor of the reach code being passed And i'm grateful that the council's considering passing it like winzer and other cities And i'm also grateful for the comments of everybody including those about educating the public about the different aspects of What's possible to address the concerns that some people raised against passing this I think it will be for cleaner safer homes. I think it's important to Take the measure now not wait and The methane issue is pretty serious and this is a great way to address it. So I'm here not for an organization just as a resident of santa rosa and the planet And I hope you'll pass this. Thank you. Thank you. Guy connor followed by ann Cummings jacko petty Hi, my name is guy connor 1898 been at meadows lane santa rosa I first came to a city council meeting in 1984 In this in this room I was here because I was appalled by some of the things the city council was doing and I wanted to do something about it I'm here tonight for much better reason. I have a happier reason I'm here to thank you each and every one of you for doing something that makes us makes us all proud to be santa rosa thank you Thank you Ann jacko petty followed by miles virgin Yes, I'm ann jacko petty. I'm here from 350 sonoma I'm a retired teacher after 50 years in the classroom and Mother and grandmother So I come with all of these concerns and just can tell you that I have great turnberg's words ringing in my ears as she spoke to the assembled un Why haven't you done something? You must act and I hear That I hear the feeling that I've had from the lack of action I've known about climate change since The late 70s have been working And trying to live simple there was a time, you know when we thought small as beautiful was the way to go And we're very far down the road and we have very little time left so Thank you for doing your due diligence doing the work and coming to the point of actually making a first step That's always the most difficult, isn't it when you're up against people's fear of change and habit But this is what we all have to deal with in our lives. Laura spoke my mind on The energy aspects of this Laura Nash But I would just want to tell everybody that I've done the same. I've made my house all electric My lovely Rot iron stove is now an infrared heater My old gas range Which I thought was better than the old fashion electric stoves But it was polluting my environment. I now Have an induction stove A wonderful stove chop that I got at I got it for three hundred and seventy five dollars over Where what is it the? Place where you can buy used appliances. I couldn't believe it. It's fantastic So the change is positive. Thank you for moving in that direction. I hope this is only a first step Thank you. Miles Bergen followed by Christine Bernd Good evening, Mayor Schwedhelm and members of the council. My name is Miles Bergen. I'm a board member with Sonoma county conservation action I know you guys have been here for a long time today So I'll try to be relatively brief that Sonoma county conservation actually strongly supports the ordinance in the front of you today Because quite frankly climate change is the single biggest crisis that we face in the world's top scientists give us 11 years to keep our global Global temperature warming between one or below one and a half degrees Celsius And here in Sonoma county building energy is nearly one fourth of our county's greenhouse gas emissions And even though we have 11 years we're still waiting for action at the federal level So our local governments should be looking to do what they can in the short term And this ordinance is a great step in the right direction We've already covered cost. We've already covered the carbon emissions and the climate impact of this ordinance I want to touch briefly on on fire safety Natural gas lines create danger in the event of wildfire potentially igniting and spreading fire through our neighborhoods A hazard that an all-electric system doesn't Doesn't create I've also heard a couple things in public comment that I wanted to mention First there's a lot of concern over moving too fast With this ordinance and while I understand these concerns We need to treat treat this climate crisis with the seriousness it deserves We only have 11 years to keep warning warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius Time is our most precious resource here and we have to move fast if we're going to live or leave a livable planet to future generations In terms of gas stoves Gotta say the home I live in has a gas stove and I kind of like it But sacramento mud found that 92 of folks who try electric industrial induction stoves preferred them over gas And all of that comes with no risk of carbon monoxide poisoning from natural gas stoves So for all of these reasons, uh, we would urge you to pass this ordinance today and thank you for your consideration Thank you. Christine bird Followed by sierra downey And I organize with sunrise movements in oma county and I stand in support of the all-electric reach code Because I am deeply concerned about my future Moreover, I am deeply concerned about the future of my three month filled nephew aiding kumar rye Who just lived through his first fire season here in santa rosa where my sister had to take a fire mask A smoke mask and put it over his tiny little face Moreover, I'm deeply concerned for our frontline communities who are disproportionately affected by climate disasters that keep occurring time and time again in our community and As I come of age to begin considering buying a home here in sonoma county My concern is not whether I get a old-fashioned Luxurious gas-fired stove or whether I have an electric stove What I am most concerned about is that you stand before us today and you make a decision for my future The future of sonoma county the future of those that I love And make sure that we do everything possible to cut fossil fuel emissions So what I ask you is whose side are you on? Do you stand? Towards the electric reach code in a livable future Or are you going to stay on the side of polluting out-of-date technologies? Thank you. Thank you Sierra Downey followed by michael kenney Thank you. My name is Sierra Downey and I'm an organizer with the sunrise movement I've lived my entire life here in sonoma county and I've actually often envisioned my future here But that future is becoming more endangered every day I'm 25 years old, but I am already tired I am tired of walking out into a windy warm october night and feeling anxiety squeeze the air from my lungs wondering if tonight's the night for the next fire I am tired of seeing the fabric of my community fray under the pressure of each new blackout No matter how sonoma strong. We are I am tired of watching the CEOs of dirty energy companies Toasting each other while small family businesses and local restaurant owners deal with crippling losses in the face of energy cutoffs But most of all I am tired of complacent politicians bartering away my future for short-term profits I and my compatriots are staring down a future darker than any generation before mine We need clean regenerative energy and the time to act is now You in those seats down there You hold the power to help lift some of that darkness from our future right here in sonoma county I urge you to be on the right side of history Please please reach for that regenerative and equitable future for all of us Reach out your hand and generation green new deal will be there to hold it will be there to take it We are the future And we are watching you Thank you. Thank you michael kennedy followed by steve bird law Hi, uh, my name is michael kennedy I'm here as a member of the climate emergency resolution group in san aroza and also as a member of the sonoma county sunrise movement um hearing some of the comments earlier about this being too fast and being too much is I don't know if it makes me sad or angry, but I stand before you i'm sure as many others with friends and families who lost their homes during the tubs fire in 2017 I also Had um completed my undergrad at chico state. So I have friends and family who lost their homes True to to the campfires in 2018 and i'm someone who was evacuated a few weeks ago during the kinkade fire and so For me and my community What we want from our city council is for you all to demonstrate that you are fully Committed to fighting the climate crisis and Supporting the the all electric reach code is a significant way that you can do that Um, and it's a step in the right direction and it's it's something we need. So That's it. Thank you. Thank you steve bird law followed by amy writer Thank you major swed helmet members um My small contribution to this issue is that One of my first jobs Was riding around chicago in a truck With any other trucks Roaming the city Looking for leaks in gas lines I try to think about the number of years that leaks have been Contributing to what we're dealing with right now And it's more than I really want to think about Gas Does leak it's very hard to keep it Controlled it leaks at every stage of the process This is a small step To deal with a very large problem I commend you for taking it Thank you. Thank you. Amy writer followed by daisy piste lung Good evening. Thank you mayor and council members. I'm amy writer I'm a local energy and sustainability consultant and I heard some Misconceptions that are really common about all electric construction and I just wanted to take a moment and speak to The resiliency issue in light of the very real concern we all feel here in Sonoma county Around the public safety power shutoffs And so one thing in particular again a new construction New appliances don't have pilot lights They have electric ignitions So if you have a new construction project with a furnace, even if it's running off of gas It will not work during a power outage So the technology actually For better or for worse puts us in that situation. The good news is We have a solution. We have many of them in fact And so in addition to that I should point out that Uh We've we've heard some comments about battery storage and storage in general as a potential solution Because all of these these projects will have solar on the ropes. They have the automatic opportunity to really bank that Um an on-site solution. So I encourage any developers in the room to consider that as a feature I imagine that those of us in the Might be in the market of looking for a new home if we could upgrade to a all electric home with a battery backup system So I just I just want you to under to hear kind of Some of the challenges that I've heard Come from the members of the public who are really concerned about this and rightfully so And know that there are some solutions Induction stoves are a really good example. I've heard many times tonight the magnetic technology that's far superior to gas and Is really well accepted within Famous chefs around Around the world really. Um, but just in our backyard. Thomas Keller of the french laundry uses one So this is not new technology It's actually California has been a little bit behind the curve when it comes to all electric homes and i'm excited to see it come here So thank you. Thank you. Daisy pistiline Good evening. My name is daisy pistiline resident of santa rosa and Over many years. I've worked on climate change. I've Been away from santa rosa and engaged on this issue quite deeply and I can say that this is an extremely important step That we are taking not only Because it's important for the health of our communities, but also to set the precedent santa rosa will be among one of the first Cities in the nation to do this and sonoma county has a long history of always leading the way on environmental issues And we can't stop now This is as many have said the crisis facing our globe And we have mandates from the voters of every city in this county from about 10 15 years ago to say we need to move away From emissions and the city is far behind on its climate goals. So this is an important step forward that you can take furthermore Most natural gas 90 of it comes from outside california By getting our power from local solar installations and local battle group producers and getting it from the sun We're getting away from bringing in a commodity that destroys communities I have been in communities in pennsylvania in oklahoma in ohio Where natural gas fracking has destroyed the water supply and has damaged The communities has given cancer and numerous other diseases to people in those communities There's no reason from a climate perspective or from an environmental justice perspective to keep Extracting natural gas from the ground when we have a plentiful endless supply of power that we can get that is clean And when I was a kid growing up, I lived in grenville I remember how great it was to have a gas stove when the floods would come And the electricity would go out But the reality is that when I was a kid There were a lot of things that we did that we no longer do because we recognize that they were bad And I would much rather These days be getting a solar and a battery as that backup generation during the psps Then relying on gas, which A doesn't work when the electric ignition doesn't or the electric pilot doesn't exist B explodes during fires And c is something that I know is damaging this planet and my future on it There is Very little construction happening in santa rosa But what there is should be paving the future paving the pathway to the future for what we need to be doing and It will save money a good friend at so cal Edison was talking to me about this study that they Did along with smud and la dwp that showed that it saved eight to ten thousand dollars per home To get away to get off of gas So really there's no argument against it and all we can do is say Yes This is the future. This is what our community and our health and our planet are all calling for so please vote. Yeah Thank you. Those are all the cards we have this is a public hearing So you don't have to fill out a card if there's anyone else who would like to address the council on this item Please go to one of the podiums up there Seeing no one rise. I'll close the public hearing Council based on any of the comments or questions that were We just heard are there any additional questions for staff that you might have Julie any questions No, thank you and thank you. Thanks to public for coming out and speaking up on this Okay, miss. Let me have this item I do. Thank you very much It is my honor and privilege to move this ordinance Of the city of santa rosa adopting by reference with local amendments the 2019 california energy code including all electric low rise residential code And way further reading of the text We have a motion to second comments. Um, miss combs. Did you want to make any comments before we vote? Okay, mr. Rogers you had comment. Yeah, thank you, mr. Mayor It's no surprise to people who've been watching these discussions that i've been a strong supporter of this And just to be clear to the public because we have seen a lot of concern from folks Based around misinformation There is no credible response to climate change that doesn't include decarbonizing our housing stock It's not a question of will we it's a question of when And I think that's really where we've been trying to get at is there's never going to be a perfect time There's always going to be additional challenges But I will point out that just today the governor put a moratorium on fracking Understanding that there are additional climate challenges that come from the extraction of natural gas and we can do our part as well I think In our subcommittee one of the most interesting and substantive conversations was around Doing the full all electric versus doing the all electric preferred and where we really got an interesting I think philosophical conversation was about the need for individual change versus systemic change And I was joking with john after the last meeting I think of it very much in terms of the ban that government put on cfcs when they started to see the ozone being depleted It is an excellent example of where government intervention was actually able to Stop and now reverse the studies are showing the depletion of our ozone layer for the good of the public Through a systemic change. That's really what we're talking here about here is systemic change We have been offering the all electric We know some people have taken advantage of it But there are misconceptions that are out there that are preventing people from utilizing it I think that this will help a lot. I know it's not perfect But I also feel very strongly that our council can't be paralyzed by fear when it comes to addressing our climate Crisis and I did appreciate the speaker who talked about her nieces. I have two nieces Miriam is for the onus two And I already know that even if we take these steps Their lives are going to be impacted by decades of inaction from other folks as well So I will be moving this forward today. I'm very happy to be moving it forward But I've also been a strong supporter of climate justice from the dais as well We can't continue to move forward if we don't bring people along with us So I do hope that the council will circle back with our partners in labor to make sure that the workers that are in this place do have options as well So that we are moving forward as a community not just moving forward as individuals You know the comments I just want to make oh go ahead miss flaney Thank you, mr. Mayor This is an issue that is close to my heart. I believe that the discussions that we have around convenience are Unfortunate because I think we're really talking about survival And this is a situation where our personal conveniences have to be set aside So that we can survive as a society I I really do answer to the young people of our community And to my daughter who has what she's developing as what she calls her dark look Which is when I do something that crosses her. She's practicing Giving me this look, which is not pleasant. So um as painful as changes It really beats the alternative In this situation. So I want to thank the community for coming out and for us and speaking In in favor of our future as a civilization So thank you Thank you So I just want to comment for those of you that Followed our climate action committee was a two to one vote and I was in favor of the all-electric favored ordinance Because there's that power of choice in the community also in thinking about it The long-range impact and how quickly can immune can a community accept that change In other words a thought was and I've heard some members of the community say that if you give me the choice And I'll be your biggest advocate as we start incorporating these different changes to all electric Using myself an example earlier this year got my electric vehicle. Just today. We're starting the um Solar installation of my house. It doesn't happen overnight I know there's some other colleagues on my council that started with electric cars much earlier than I did But it's that rate of change that we can all accept whereas in the long run. I think it's going to do us much better Excuse me, um, but for me with the compelling reasons and the urgency of this It is no time to delay. I was you know, I missed the last week's vote, but I was impressed that it was unanimous selection And um, um pleased to be able to join uh council. I know we haven't voted yet, but I anticipate it'll be a unanimous Um Direction and that we are taking leaders and not only the north bay as our mission statement is but Hopefully other communities can model what the city of santa rosa is doing not only with our decisions But about the community discussions that we've had that have led us to this point So with that, um madam assistant city clerk Could we do a real call vote, please? Thank you. Mayor schwedhelm. Yes councilmember rogers. Hi councilmember combs Yes vice mayor fleming Yes councilmember ala veras. All right Councilmember soyer. Hi councilmember tidbits That passes unanimously What's nice about that. It was actually unanimous seven zero. We've had other unanimous votes, but we haven't had to seven so Madam city clerk, are we ready to go back to 15.1? councilmember combs, we are just transitioning back to item 15.1 Okay, we will be going back to item 15.1 once our abstaining councilmember is able to leave the chamber Gently And it appears as though he's safely out of the chamber So the city clerk provided me with the following report Report of the protest hearing results again. This is item 15.1 Folks if you could take your conversations out of the chamber, please we still have city business So report of protest hearing results There was not a majority protest meaning that the ballots cast in opposition to the establishment do not exceed those cast in favor When weighed by dollar amount Council may now act to adopt the resolution establishing the downtown santa rosa community benefit district And the levy of assessments on properties within the district I will need a motion and second to proceed with the vote and mr. Oliver's I think it is in your court Excuse me Move a resolution of the council seat of santa rosa forming the santa rosa red road square community benefit district and levy in the assessment In uh connected in connection there with wait for the read the text second We have a motion in a second. Are there any additional comments on this item? Seeing none shall we do a roll call vote, please Thank you mayor schwedhelm. Yes councilmember rogers I councilmember combs vice mayor phleming I councilmember oliveris I councilmember soyer I That passes unanimously with jack tidbits or councilmember tidbits abstaining. Thank you Thank you very much And now if we delay just a bit so we can transition who has to abstain and who shall not abstain We'll get some dinner and clean up if you want if you don't feel like sticking around to clean up Mr. McGlenn item 15.3 Item 15.3 public hearing ordinance introduction ordinance of the council of the city of santa rosa modifying chapter 18-44 in its entirety and subsection b of section 18-04 dot 015 of the santa rosa city code concerning adoption of the 2019 california fire code is amended ordinance of the council of the city of santa rosa modifying chapter 18 to adopt by reference with local amendments the 2019 california building standards code Not including the 2019 california energy code The 2018 international property maintenance code and the national pollutant discharge elimination permit and waste discharge requirements And resolution setting a public hearing for adoption of the ordinances Jesse Oswald and eden heart heartage presenting Okay before us before the council we have Our first reading of the ordinance for the building and fire codes We also have Chief moon here to assist with any technical assistance and input as well So this will look familiar Every three years the codes are adopted local by california The building and fire codes encompass Two general codes that make up the set of 12 This ordinance we're specifically talking about again does not include the california energy code, which we just adopted locally And much like the other codes that we discussed They were adopted in or published in july of the california building standards commission And the effective date will be january 1st 2020 and these codes we don't anticipate a delay like we did with the Potential delay for the energy code Excuse me So the the california building standards are statewide standards for all public and private buildings just like we discussed before And includes the building fire plumbing mechanical electrical energy Disabled access green and other standards and as a note to make sure we're clear This adoption does not include the energy code updated every three years by the building standards commission and They would be mandatory regardless of local amendments to be enforced by local jurisdictions Uh much like we discussed in the other code adoption local jurisdictions may adopt additional amendments based on local or regional topographical climactic or geologic conditions germane to each local entity The uh 2019 was adopted by the state january 1st and published uh july 2019 july 1st We have until january 1st to adopt any additional amendments and Which would be effective the first of january and are effective and enforceable statewide Uh city staff have collaborated internally with other external peer organizations Many of which were identified in the previous code adoption To to be consistent throughout the region Staff had significant outreach again with two city council study sessions various meetings with stakeholders Such as building and fire code officials informed developers contractors and general public And the meetings were held throughout the city all right, so just to continue on the stakeholders that met We had the riko redwood empire building officials that represented marin sonoma mendicino napa county Involved with the development of our building standards in building and fire codes along with All of sonoma county fire authorities fire prevention officers fire marshals chiefs Representing sonoma county fire chiefs association Involved in these as we have in past years. So Very collaborative Involved all the stakeholders did the outreach We've gotten a very little Comment back other than can you send me your ordinance? We'd like to use what you've done That this is just a list of most of the agencies that participated and have in past years as well So some of the examples As it relates to some of the stuff that we've been asked to look into because of our recent wildfires where our our new construction Building standards and how are how are we addressing some of the existing built environment? We've done that and we continue to do that through various processes. We have a cwpp process Which out of that will be a vegetation management ordinance So in in light of that coming on in the future We've added a couple permits so that when those do come online. We have the permits already in the standards to Effect those Ordinances so we have a vegetation management and a fire protection plan permit along with some of the ever emerging Cannabis industry we brought in some nationally recognized standards for men of pa one chapter 38 specifically To help regulate some of those new emerging technologies there As it relates to a lot of the collaborative efforts between the building and fire code officials This is where the most of the work was done and that's your chapter 7a and the home hardening stuff And residential code section r333 essentially chapter 7a in the residential code The code already addresses Fences and connections to structures in the wui area and will require a Noncombustible or limited combustible material to be constructed and attached to the building within the first three feet As all these new homes will be built they'll be sprinklers So the three feet would be the threshold for them substantial remodels And significant additions or remodels in the built environment Um, if they're not required to be sprinkled would have a five foot threshold or what we're calling a ignition-free zone around the house And this is to reduce the amount of combustible material up against the house including fencing connections combustible vegetation Excaping gorilla hair bark, etc. You know those types of fuels that are sitting right up next to the house Based on some of the experiences we had in the most recent tub fire 2017 ember cast was obviously a factor that can continue the spread of the fire So like many agencies Our surrounding county being one of them were moving to an all class A roofing throughout the city Whether you're within the wooly or not And that's to help protect those people not in the wooly from ember cast Being a ignition source And then within the wooly We had wood shingles and wood shakes that you know We found whether they were treated or not were significant fuels in the spread of the fires Okay, one of the other significant Measures that we're bringing forward to be adopted We have discussed over the the past year or so Uh hcd housing and community development the state agency provided some interim emergency housing measures That were available for use and adoption by jurisdictions in 2017 and then in 2018 The hcd proposed that they be permanently included in the code and they have provided those as Appendices for both the residential code and the building code So we're proposing to adopt those in their entirety and these these Measures provide minimum standards that jurisdictions can look to for a wide variety of emergency housing measures from Tents to to other other measures that you normally wouldn't find in a code So it gives us those minimum standards that we can Have something to land on comfortably and provide input and and approvals And so uh next steps And start with our process and then go into the next steps So we did our peer review with numerous agencies fire agencies building agencies And and those entities that we talked about uh rico and our fpo's group Much of the final language hasn't been incorporated into other coded option packages For fire and building agencies throughout the county in the greater bare area And I apologize the slide is incorrect Due to some changes in our our meetings. So tonight being the 19th will be the introduction of the ordinance ordinances for the building and fire codes and then the We're going to be asking for a hearing set for december 3rd So recommendation it is recommended by the fire department and the planning and economic development Development department that the council introduce an ordinance adopting by reference the 2019 edition of the california fire code as adopted and amended by the state of california And further amended based on local conditions for use in chapter 18-44 of the santa rosa city code repeal existing sections not applicable to new codes and Modify the santa rosa city code to reflect the new model code Recommendation To introduce an ordinance adopted by reference with local amendments the 2019 california administrative code 19 california building code 19 california residential code 19 california green uh building standards code 19 california electrical code 19 california mechanical code 19 California plumbing code 19 california historical building code 19 california existing building code 19 california reference standards code in the 2018 international property maintenance code Along with the national pollution discharge elimination permit and waste discharge requirements and Adopt a resolution setting a public hearing for december 3rd for adoption of the ordinances Thank you, mr. Owens Council questions Mr. Rogers Thank you, mr. Mayor. I appreciate the comments about embers being thrown Which is something that we've seen there was a question from the public that I think went to you mr. Moon about loose tan bark And the potential for that being thrown in the wooey was that contemplated at all in this discussion? Whether an outright ban or some way to make that safer in the event that it does get thrown That was brought to our attention at the fire department. We did speak directly with that caller Based on the conditions at the site it was evaluated We did inspect the area that was of concern And our observations did not find there to be any issue with the current condition And the material is actually being applied to different areas within that location And at this point in time as I mentioned we close that matter. Yeah, so pulling back from one specific location My understanding is that you still have that throughout the wooey As a permissible type of landscaping has there been any conversation about potentially Eliminating that option for folks Well, what we looked at for the newer structures and through our conversations in the study sessions We wanted to take the step of the new construction moving forward. We would implement the three to five foot Combustible free zone if you will and that's where we'll see that implemented initially moving down the road We may look at coming forward to council and presenting maybe a retroactive type of Ordinance as we rolled through the cwpp process into A vegetation management ordinance Okay, I appreciate that and I know uh, there was a focus a number of years ago About assisting people and switching to drought tolerant Landscaping perhaps there's an approach that we can do there from the city as well to try to incentivize Existing homes that have that type of landscaping definitely Ms. Combs, do you have any questions? No, thank you. Actually that was uh, an area of concern of mine was the continued use of wood chips So thank you very much for addressing that And I look forward to when it comes back on the Any other questions for staff? Okay, this is a public hearing. So I'll open the public hearing. Do we have any cards filled out? You don't have to fill out a card. Anyone in uniform can come down and talk Seeing none. I'll close the public hearing And mr. Sawyer, I believe you have this ite