ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE AS WELL AS THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK THAT CONTROLS THOSE. TO SLS QUIELT A BIT OF FEDERAL AND STATE REQUIREMENT THAT AFECT THE APPROVAL PROCESS WHEN DEALING WITH CELLULAR SITES. WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO ABOUT SLIDE 16 AND GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS. I THINK THERE IS 33 SLIDES AFTER THAT, AND WE'LL GET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD. >> N PROBLEM, WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT INSTALLATIONS. THIS WILL FOCUS ON THE INSTALLATIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. THESE ARE CITY LIMITS OR PERMANENT CELLS ON THE J G*,-NETWORK. NOW THERE IS MORE OF A DISCUSSION WIDE 5-G SO THERE WILL BE A FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THE DEPLOYMENT OF THESE SMALL CELLS WILL SUPPORT THE G-5 NETWORK. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS, IN THE PREVIOUS TWO SESSIONS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT EXPANDING CONNECTIVITY. SO THAT'S LIKE DROPPING A CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET. MORE CAPACITY TO HIGH SPEED DATA OR HIGH SPEED OF THE PURPOSE OF DOWNLOADING VIDEO.
SO THE PREVALENCE OF CELL PHONE USE THAT THAT IS DESIRED. WE WANTED FOCUS ON SOME OF THE NEGATIVE ROLL OUT AND THAT CAME THROUGH WITH THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE EXPANSION BUT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS THAT'S THE INTENTION OF THE SESSION. SO FOLLOWING ALONG WITH THAT, WE WANTED TAKE THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN WORKOUT AS FAR AS SOLUTIONS.
SO WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT A LIMITED RELEASE ON STREET LIGHT INSTALLATION THEY'VE BEEN ON UTILITY POLLS. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT. WILE EXPLAIN FURTHER WHY WE WANT TO DO THAT. AND THAT WILL BE LIMITED TO COMMERCIAL AREAS. NON RESIDENTIAL AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT IS AS WELL. SXL THAT IS TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OVER THE LAST YEAR. WE'LL ALSO BE TALKING ABOUT EMERGENCY ALERTING. THAT CAME UP IN STUDY SESSIONS, WE WERE SINCE THEN, WE HAD THE EVACUATIONS DUE TO THE KIN KAID FIRE. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING EMERGENCY ALERTING IN THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS. SO WHEN LOOKING AT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTIONS, THERE WAS AN ADOPTION IN JULY OF 2007 THAT CREATED POLICY AND THAT'S OUR TELECOMMUNICATION POLICY. AND THAT DEALS WITH EQUIPMENT AND ANTENNA AND IT MAINLY FOCUSED ON PUBLICLY OR PRIVATELY OWNED PARCELLS, NOT THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO MOST OF THE LANGUAGE IN THAT POLICY GOVERNOR MACRO SITES, SO INCORPORATE SMALL CELLS THOSE ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
THEY'RE SMALLER IN SIZE AND LOCATED IN THE RIGHT AWAY, AND THAT POLICY GOVERNORS THE GUIDELINES BEFORE GETTING APPROVAL OF THE SITES. AND IN THE POLICY, IT REQUIRES AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY THAT GIVES THEM RIGHTS TO INSTALL SMALL CELLS IN THE CITY LIMITS. IT DOES NOT GIVE SPECIFIC POLLS AND THEN THEY HAVE TO GO WITH AGREEMENT. SO WE CAN CONTROL THE OUTCOME OF THAT. ALSO ANNUAL LICENSE FEES THAT ARE NEGOTIATED INTO THE MASTER AGREEMENT AND THE EXECUTION AUTHORITY HAS BEEN DELEGATED DOWN TO THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE .
IN ADDITION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE POLICY, WE HAD COUNCIL STUDY SESSION CONDUCTED ON MRCH 6 OF 2018 AND JUNE 5 OF 2015. AT THAT POINT WE WERE DEPLOYING SMALL CELLS BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE HAD A SMALL POLICY. SO IT WAS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE. AND BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE ELECTED TO PAUSE THE INDID I OCCASION. –INDICKATION. SINCE THE PAUSE WAS TALKED BY STAFF. SOME WILL MOVE FORWARD BASED ON THE LANGUAGE OF THE POLICY. PROPERTY OWNER WE'VE SEEN IT CHURCH OR IN PRIVATE BUILDINGS. AND IT'S ADDRESSED UNDER THE ZONING CODE AS WELL AS THE POLICY. THE PROCESS REQUIRED THAT THE PROCIDER SUBMIT A DESIGN REVIEWED. THEY'RE REVIEWED AGAINST GUIDELINES IN THE ZONING CODE. SXWL AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO AN AGREEMENT AS WELL AS RADIO FREQUENCY ANALYSIS, ALT NA SITE REPORT AND A ANALYSIS, BASICALLY LOOKS AT OTHER SITES TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS CREATING THE LEAST AMOUNT OF IMPACT.
SO THEY HAVE TO SHOW THAT THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER APPROVAL. THE RADIO FREQUENCY LOOKS AT THE RADIO FREQUENCY FROM EMISSIONS FROM THE SITE. AND WE'LL HAVE A HEFTY AMOUNT OF CONVERSATION. SOL THIS WILL BE COVERED FOR FUTURE IN FUTURE SLIDES TO EXPLAIN HOW THAT REVIEW PROCESS WORKS. SO IN ADDITION, THE REVIEW PROCESS INVOLVES PUBLIC MEETINGS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT'S PART OF THE DESIGN REVIEW. THOSE ARE BUILDING PERMITS. THOSE ARE NOT FOR THE ATTACHMENT OF THE EQUIPMENT FOR THE BUILDING. AND THEY'RE ALSO LEASE AGREEMENTS IF IT'S ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY. SO AS IMENTIONED THERE IS A ASSOCIATED FRAMEWORK.
THE IMPORTANT ONE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RF. AND THIS ACTUALLY COMES FROM THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNICATION OR THE FCC AND THE RF HAS TO BE REVIEWED AGAINST EMISSION LIMITS PRESENTED BY THE FCC. SO THEY DETERMINE THE THRESHOLD IN WHICH THE SITES CAN EXCEED AND THEN THERE IS AN ANALYSIS OF THE SITE TO DETERMINE THEY'RE WITHIN THRESHOLD. AND GENERAL LAW, AND THIS IS A TELECOMMUNICATION ACT. THAT THEY'RE DENYING TO CONSTRUCT A WIRELESS FACILITIES OVER RF EMISSIONS PROVIDED THAT THE EMISSIONS FROM THE FACILITY PROVIDE WITH FCC STANDARDS. SO A BG PIECE IS INSURANCE THROUGH THAT ANALYSIS THAT THE EMISSION MEETS THE FCC STANDARDS. MORE RESENT CELLULAR TYPE IS THE SMALL CELL. AND THIS IS SMALLER IN SIZE AND THIS IS DESIGNED TO FILL-IN SMALLER COVERAGE GAPS. SO WE'RE SEEING THE PLACEMENT IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY.
AND THEY'RE COVERED UNDER POLICY 3-04. AND THAT SECTION OF THE CITY CODE DEALS WITH STREET ENCROACHMENT. SO WHEN WE REVIEW THESE INSTALLATIONS THEY'RE REVIEWED TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE CONSISTENT WITHSTAND ADSER AND PROTECTING THE PRIVATE CORRIDOR. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WITH THE SMALL CELLS THAT THERE ARE TWO POLL TYPES AND TWO SEPARATE PROCESSES. SO AS WE CAN SEE TO THE LEFT AS WHAT IS REFERRED TO JOINT UTILITY POLL. THE CITY DOES NOT RETAIN SITE, SO WE HAVE POWER IN THE WHITE CIRCLES ARE THE SMALL CELL EQUIPMENT AND THE CABLE THAT'S ARE OTHER COMMUNICATION, THEY MAY BE FIBER OR COMCAST BUT WE HAVE MULTIPLE PROVIDERS ON THE POLL. SO THOSE POLLS SINCE THEY'RE THEY DO NOT FALL UNDER THE CITY, THEY ARE ABLE TO GO STRAIGHT TO ENCROACHMENT PROCESS. SXL THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN DEPTH IN THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL STUDY SESSION. SO AS PART OF THAT THEY PROVIDE ENCROACHMENT PERMIT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION DOES NOT IMPACT TRAFFIC.
WE LOOKED AT IT FOR CONSISTENCY WITH DESIGN STANDARDS AND IT DOES HAVE A NOTE FICKATION REQUIREMENT. THE NOTIFICATION IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN ENTITLEMENTS AND THAT SITUATION SINCE IT'S COVERED UNDER THE STANDARD IT LOOKS AT THE IMPACT AND NOISE IMPACTING DRIVEWAYS, CLOSING SIDEWALKS, SO IS THE NOTIFICATION IS 48 HOURS PRIOR TO PERFORMING WORK. WHICH FOR THE SMALL CELLS IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THE COMMUNITY. THEY NEED MORE NOTICE ON THIS. SO WE TALK ABOUT THIS AS A FIX IN THE PROCESS. THERE IS ALSO A BUILDING PERMIT AND THAT'S A METER INSTALLATION. NOW ONCE AGAIN, THERE IS LEGAL FRAMEWORK AROUND THESE. AND IT'S IN THE STATE TO THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION HAS GRANTED THE WIRELESS PROVIDERS RIGHTS TO THE POLLS.
SO THEY TREAT THEM VERY SIMILAR TO THE WIRED PROVIDERS. SO PG&E DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DENY THE POLL. AND THAT CRITERIA IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INSTALLATION NOT IMPACTING THE NATURE OF THE UTILITIES THAT ARE AROUND THAT POLL AND STRUCTURAL ASPECT OF THE POLL SO IT'S HOLDING MORE WEIGHT. SO AS PART OF THE PROCESS, MANY OF THE SITUATIONS THE POLL IS BEING REPLACED TO REPLACE THAT AS PART OF THE INSTALLATION. THE OTHER TYPE OF SMALL CELL ARE THE ONES ON CITY POLLS. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PAUSING, THIS IS WHAT THE PAUSE HAS APPLIED TO. SO WE HAVE NOT INSTALLED ANY ON CITY POLLS TO DATE. IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE JOINT POLLS T.REQUIRES FOR FRONT END WORK SO AS MENTION FROM THE SLIDE, THEY REQUIRE A LICENSE AGREEMENT AS A MASTER LICENSE AGREEMENT.
AND ALSO REQUIRED AS PART OF THE MITIGATION TO MITIGATE ANY OPERATIONAL ISSUES. SO WE MAINTAIN THE POLL. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE REACT TO A KNOCKDOWN. IF IT'S LAYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND HOW THEY'RE OCCUPYING THE POLL. ANOTHER ASPECT IS WE LOOK AT CONTROLLING THE CONTROL EQUIPMENT. SO THE WHAT WE'RE SEING IS THERE IS LARGER CABINETS AD WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT THE BENEFIT OF THE CABINET IS. SO WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF MAINTAINING THAT CORRIDOR AND REDUCING THE IMPACT. SO THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK IN GENERAL AROUND SMALL CELLS IS THE FCC. WE ENCOURAGE AGENCY TO DENY THEM. IT REALLY BRINGS IN THE RF. SO THEY CREATED THE SHOCK CLOCK WHICH DEFINES A PERIOD IN TIME WHERE WE MUST REVIEW THE APPLICATION. AND MOST OF THE SMALL CELLS WILL LIKELY FALL IN 60 DAYS.
AND THE APPLICATION CAN BE DEEMED AUTOMATICALLY APPROVED AT THE STATE OR LOCAL AGENCY DOES NOT AT WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME. NOW WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, THERE IS A LOT OF CASE LAW. THERE IS A LOT OF CHALLENGES THAT IS ASSOCIATED. AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO FIGURE OUT THE LAND. BUT THIS IS THE INITIAL STANCE WHERE THE FCC IS COMING FROM WITH THE RESENT ORDER. SO THE NEXT SLIDE, SHOWS THE ACTUAL DEPLOYMENT THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. SO WHEN WE SAW THE PREVIOUS MAPS, THEY ALSO FOCUS ON APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAD NOT SEEN YET.
SO THEY'RE CONCEPTUAL SITES, AND THOSE ARE GOOD BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THE OVERALL DEPLOYMENT OF THE PROVIDER. SO WHAT WE'VE SEEN ARE THINGS ON VERIZON. SO WE'VE HAD 45 COMPLETED. AND THOSE ARE BY GREEN DOTS AND THOSE ARE THE ORNG DOTS. AND THEN THE BLUE DOTS THEY'RE NOT THE SMALL CELL DOTS, THEY'RE WHERE THEY'RE PROVIDING WIRING. THAT WAS THE PIECE THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING OUR LAST GO AROUND OR THE SMALL SITES IN PARTICULAR WITH OUR DATA TRANSPARENCY. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, WORK TO SUPPORT THE SMALL CELL WAS HAPPENING A BLOCK AWAY SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS BROUGHT SO WHAT THAT AREA LOOKS LIKE. SO WHAT WE HAD IN THE OTHER MAP, WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO WE HAD TWO COMPANIES THAT AT THE TABLE THE LAST TIME WE HAD A STUDY SESSION. THAT WAS VERIZON AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE THESE, AND ANY ADDITION WERE THE STREET LIGHT SITES.
THAT WAS A TOTAL OF 86 DEPLOYMENTS, WITH THE TWO PROVIDERS OF COURSE THAT DID NOT INCLUDE AT&T AND IT DID NOT INCLUDE SPRINT. AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL SEE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM AS WE BRING PROVIDERS TO THE TABLE. SO AS PART OF THE ROLL OUT PROCESS, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY OUT REACH THAT WAS PERFORMED. VERIZON, ENCOURAGED THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2018, THAT AND THERE WERE FOUR OF THOSE AND VARIOUS TIMES AND LOOKING AT THE STATS.
WE HAD 26 PARTICIPANTS, 20 AND 10 IN THE THIRD AND 4 IN THE LAST. AND IN ADDITION, WE WANTED TO CONTACT MORE, DOWN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL SORT OF MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERSED THAT HAD CONCERNS WITH THIS AND THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED AT THE BOTTOM WITH THE HIDDEN VALLEY GROUP. SO THOSE WERE TWO POTENTIAL SITES THAT WERE BEING LOOKED AT THE TIME. THEY WERE BOTH ON BOTH POLLS. AND WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WAS CONCERNED WITH TO SEE IF IT WS RF TO BASICALLY BE ABLE TO BUCK AT THOSE CONCERNS. WES HAD TWO OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD VALLEY GROUP ONE WITH MYSELF AND ONE WITH VERIZON TALKING ABOUT THEM COVERAGE.
AND I CONDUCTED A MEETING AND THEY HAD A TENDENCY, THEY–THEY WERE SIGHTING RF EXPOSURE. THOSE HAD A TENDENCY, THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT ESTHETIC AND THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THE INSTALLATIONS. AND SOME OF THAT EFFECTS THE PROPERTY. THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT SATURATION AND WHAT WE SAW AT THE TIME AND WITH MANY OF THE MEMBERS THAT THE COMMUNITY THOUGHT WAS A TIP OF THE ICEBERG. WE ALSO HAD VERIZON INSTALLING, THERE WERE CONCERNS THAT THERE WOULD BE MORE FROM OTHER PROVIDERS AND RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS. MANY SITED A LOCK OF NOTIFICATION EARLY NOTIFICATION. AND WE HAD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. AND THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE CABINETS THAT WERE BEING INSTALLED THAT PROVIDED BACK UP BATTERIES AND POWERS FOUR HOURS AFTER. AND WE WERE CONCERNED HOW THAT WOULD BACK UP IN A VEHICLE SITUATION WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN FUTURE SLIDES. SO AS I MENTIONED IS GET IT DOWN TO THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND HOW CAN WE FIX THESE AND WITH THE FEDERAL REGULAR LAYSSING, THE RF STANDARDS ARE PROBLEMATIC, BECAUSE WE CANNOT MAKE A DECISION BASED ON RF.
BASED ON TE QUESTION, THAT'S A BIT OF A CHALLENGING QUESTION TO ASK BECAUSE OF A TECHNICAL REVIEW THAT GOES INTO THE REVIEW. SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS BRING A CONSULTANT ON BOARD THAT COULD HANDLE THE TECHNICAL ASPECT OF RF TESTING OF STANDARD DEVELOPMENT IN 5-G AND HOW THAT IS GOING TO EVOLVE AS FAR AS THE STANDARDS. SO WE WANT INTO CONTRACT AND I HAVE BILL HAMET WTH ME TODAY WHO WILL TALK ABOUT THE ASPECT. SO THEY OFTEN DO REVIEWS WITH THE CELLULAR PROVIDERS SUPPORTED BY LOCAL AGENCIES BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BY CELLULAR PROVIDERS. AS A LICENSED INDIVIDUAL IS TAKING THE INFORMATION THAT IS BROUGHT TO THEM AND MAKING A DETERMINATION AND GIVING A FIND THATING IS TO THE BEST OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE. AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING BILL FRWARD T HAVE HIM DISCUSS THE MAIN POINTS HIGHLIGHTED ON THIS SLIDE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS BILL HAMET I'M A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. IMANAGE A FIRM OF 18 LOCATED JUST DOWN HIGHWAY 12 IN SONOMA. HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE 94. THE REGULAR PART OF THE PRACTICING IS THE MITIGATION WHERE IS APPROPRIATE OF RADIO FREQUENCY EXPOSURE.
WE DO THIS WORK FOR BROADCAST STATIONS, WIRELESS CARRIERS FOR CITIES FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR LANDLORDS, AS ENGINEER THE ISSUE IS STRAIGHTFORWARD. WHAT ARE THE EXPOSURE AND HOW DO THEY COMPARE TO STANDARDS. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 34 YEARS. GRAU HILL HAS PUBLISHED THE TEXT I WROTE ON THIS TOPIC AND IT'S OVER 20,000 SITES THAT WE'VE BEEN EVALUATIONS FOR OVER THAT TIME. I WANTED TO TALK ADDRESS THE QUESTION OF SMALL CELL SAFE, THE TIMING IS GOOD. THE FCC HAS JUST RELEASED. IT HAD SAID SOMETIME AGO, BACK IN 2013 THAT THEY WERE GOING TO STUDY THIS ISSUE AND CONSIDER A NEW SET OF RULES AND THEY RELEASED THOSE RULES. THE KEY FINDING IS THAT THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE EXPOSURE STANDARDS.
THEY HAVE NOT TIGHTENED THE EXPOSURE STANDARDS OF HAVING IN EXISTENCE SINCE THEY WERE ADOPTED IN 1996. 1996, IT WAS AN ACT OF KINDNESS THAT THEY HAVE STANDARD. AND THE ONLY STANDARD THIS APPLICATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. MR. OSBOURNE MENTIONED THAT THE EXCEPTION THAT IS IN THE TELECOMMUNICATION ACT FROM APPLYING ANYTHING TIGHTER FROM THE STANDARD. SO PART OF THE ANALYSIS THAT HE DESCRIBED TO THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS A SHOWING OF WHETHER O NOT IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE STANDARD. THAT'S THE THRESHOLD THAT NEEDS TO BE MET. ONCE THAT THRESHOLD IS MET, THEN THE EFFECT IS OFF THE TABLE. SO THAT'S ONE PIECE OF CURRENT NEW INFORMATION IS THE FCC REPORT AND ORDER. ANOTHER KEY PIECE OF INFORMATION, IS AN UPDATE IN THE STANDARD ON WHICH THEY HAD BASE THEIR ADOPTION ON.
THAT IS THE FCC IS NOT A HEALTH AGENCY. IN FACT, WHEN CONGRESS SAID YOU WILL ADOPT THE STANDARD, THEY WENT TO EPA AND THEY SAID WE DON'T HAVE A STANDARD. SO THE FCC ENDED UP A DOPGT THE BLEND–ADOPTING THE STANDARD. IT WAS UPDATED IN 1999, IT WAS UPDATED AGAIN IN 2005 AND NOW UPDATED AGAIN I 2019, SO WE HAVE THAT DOCUMENT BASED ON ALL THE RESEARCH THAT HAS BEEN DONE. THIS IS THE STANDARD. IT'S A VERY INTERESTING TECHNICAL READ. THEY HAVE NOT TIGHTENED THE STANDARDS FROM THE PREVIOUS ADDITION. AND THENT THIRD BIT IS A EXPECTATION FROM THE ITERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
THEY ALSO MUCH LIKE I E.E.E. WAS LOOKING AT THE STANDARD, DO WE NEED TO CHANGE. AND THEY HAVE NOT ISSUED BUT THEY'RE GIVEN INDICATION THAT THEY'RE NOT TYPE IN STANDARD. SO THE KEY QUOTATION FROM ALL OF THIS NEW INFORMATION, AND THIS I FROM THE NEW 19–2019 STANDARD. THERE IS NO INFORMATION CAUSED BY CHRONIC STANDARDS. SO FOR 70 YEARS THEY'VE BEEN DOING RESEARCH AND THERE IS NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE OF ANY ADVERSE IMPACT. THAT'S AT LEVELS AT THIS OR BELOW. SO I'M REPEATING WHAT THE STANDARDS SAY. >> EXCUSE ME.
IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO INTERRUPT THE PRESENTATION, YOU'RE INTERRUPTING THE MEETING AND YOU'LL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. PLEASE RESPECT THE FOLKS SHARING THEIR OPINIONS WITH US NOW. THANK YOU. >> THOSE ARE THE FACTS THAT WHAT THE ENVIRONMENT IS FOR THE STANDARDS. FCCI E.E.E. IT'S A TECHNOLOGY FOR ENCODING DATA ON TO A RADIO WAVE. SO THE IF YOU LISTEN TO THE RAO, AM IS MODLATION, IT'S A WAY TO PUT INFORMATION ON A RADIO WAVE. TO WHERE IT'S PUTTING DATA ON TO A RADIO WAIVE. AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH DIFFERENT GENERATIONS OF IMPROVED DATA CAPACITY BY THE CARRIERS AND INDUSTRY, YOU KNOW WE'VE HAD, 2-G AD 3-G WHERE THERE WERE DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES, GSM AND CDMA WHERE TWO DIFFERENT METHODS FOR ENCODING DATA ON THE RADIO WAVES. BY THE TIME THEY GOT TO 3G, THAT'S THE TECHNIQUE THAT THEY USED FOR ENCODING DATA ON RADIO WAVES.
5-G IS JUST THAT. IT'S ANOTHER WAY OF ENCODING INFORMATION ON THE RADIO WAVES. SO WHEN PEOPLE SAY, 5-G THEY COULD BE REFERRING TO THE NEW MORE EFFICIENT SAY OF ENCODING DATA ON TO RADIO WAVES. AND 5-G CAN BE RULED ON THE SAME SET OF FREQUENCY, THEY HAVE BEEN ON YOUR PHONE NOW AND A LONG TIME. HAS ALLOTTED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 5-G, TIMES REFERS TO A DIFFERENT SET OF FREQUENCIES. AND THE COMMISSION IS RELEASING NEW FREQUENCIES IN THE BAND, THEY'RE HIRED BY THE WY OF TEN AND FREQUENCY THE WAY WAVES ARE SHORTER THAT YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON AND IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY POWERFUL METHOD FOR DOWNLOADING INFORMATION. SO WE NEED TO MAKE A DISTINCTION, SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT DOING 5-G UNDER EXISTING FREQUENCY, NO CHANGE IN EQUIPMENT. SOME CARRIERS ARE HVE PURCHASED FROM THE DPOFT THESE FREQUENCIES AND THEY'LL BE USING THESE FREQUENCIES.
THE BAND WITH IS LARGER UP WITH THE NEW BANDS. SO IT'S GOING TO BE EASIER TO GET MORE DATA. BUT T MOBILE PURCHASED OLD TV CHANNELS IN THE 600 MEGAHERTZ BAND. THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT 5-G ON THAT. SPRINT HAS SOME FREQUENCIES ON WHAT IS CALLED THE BRS BAND AROUND 2.5 GIGA HERTZ. SO THEY'RE USING EXISTING FREQUENCIES AND ROLLING OUT THE 2-G. SO THE QUESTION WAS, TECHNOLOGY YES, IT'S A TECHNOLOGY. DOES IT REFER TO FREQUENCIES? IT CAN AND SOME OF THE COMMENTS ARE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW MILLIMETER WAVE, WHERE THE STANDARDS DO APPLY. WE CAN COME BACK TO THE QUESTION OF STANDARDS. THE STANDARDS INCLUDE THE FREQUENCIES, THE LIMITS ARE ESTABLISHED THERE. AND THE LITERATURE, THAT I GAVE YOU THE QUOTE BEFORE. A LOT OF LITERATURE IS DONE BY FREQUENCIES, NO ADVERSE EFFECTS. SO THAT IS THE ANSWER TO INITIAL QUESTIONS, ARE THEY SAFE? FULL COMPLIANCE WITHSTAND ADSER.
NOW I WAS ALSO ASKED TO TALK ABOUT THE TESTING REQUIREMENT WHICH ARE A LOCAL ISSUE. AND SOME JURISDICTIONS HAVE MORE STRENUOUS MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENT IN TERMS OF STRUCTURING. IS THAT THEY CARRIERS ISTALL THE RADIO PARTICULARLY TO SMALL CELLS. SO THEY INSTALL THE RADIO AND THEY TURN IT ON AND IT RUNS. CRANK UP THE SOMEBODY CAN – POWER AT SOME OTHER LOCATION. THE RADIOS ARE PUT IN AND THEY'RE RELATIVELY LOW POWERED FACILITIES, MAYBE 20-WATT RADIOS. JUST PUT THEM IN THERE AND THEY RUN. SO THE LEVELS ARE VERY STEADY FROM THESE FACILITIES AND THE INITIAL TEST IN SOME CASES, THEY MAY BE PUTTING THEM ON DIRECTIONALS. I KNOW SOME VERIZON WERE HIGH. HIGHER THAN THE NEIGHBORING HOMES AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THOSE WILL BE IN ALL DIRECTIONS. WHEN YOU GET INTO MORE BUILT UP, URBAN AREAS, THEY WILL USE DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS RATHER THAN BACKWARD BUILDINGS THAT MAY BE CLOSER.
SO PART OF THE TESTING PROCESS THAT WE USE, WE GO UP AND WITH OUR METERS MEASURE AT THE ANTENNAS TO MAKE SURE THAT IF IT'S A DIRECTIONAL, THAT MAKE SURE THE LEVELS ARE AS EXPECTED WELL BELOW THE STANDARD. TYPICALLY WE MEASURE THE LIMIT AS A MATTER OF FOOT OR A COUPLE OF FEET. AS MOVE THE POWER SOURCE, THEY WILL GO DOWN THE LEVEL OF SQUARE. IF YOU HVE 10 TIMES AWAY, THE POWER LEVEL CAN PICKUP AS A–IT'S DROPPING WITH A SQUARE IN THAT DISTANCE. SAME ELEVATION AS AN ANTENNA WOULD BE A PERCENT OR LESS. THERE IS ANOTHER 100 TIMES SAFETY FACTOR IN MOST OF THE CON STILATIONS AT LEAST. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
IF THIS WAS THE POINT YOU WANT TODAY PAWS. SO ICAN TALK AT LENGTH ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS HOW THE SYSTEMS WORK. THE VARIATION OF STANDARDS AND WHATEVER MIGHT BE OF INTEREST. I KNOW YOU'VE HAD SEVERAL STUDY SESSIONS ALREADY. >> THANK YOU, BACK TO COUNCIL. QUESTIONS FOR EITHER THE STAFF OR MR. HAM HE WILL? >> SEEING NONE. GO AHEAD. >> MR. MAYOR, WHAT IS CONSIDERED DANGEROUS LEVEL OF RF? >> THE STANDARDS HAVE TWO TIERS. SO THERE IS A PUBLIC EXPOSURE LEVEL. FIVE TIMES, WE LAXED FROM THAT, SO FIVE TIMES HIGHER IS THE OX OCCUPATIONAL LEVEL.
THE OCCUPATIONAL LEVEL HAS TEN TIMES THE OCCUPATIONAL LIMIT BEFORE YOU REACH THE MOST SENSITIVE MEASURE OF RESPONSIVENESS AND THAT PRODUCABLE AFFECT IS BEHAVIOR IN ANIMAL SPECIES, RELATING TO RODENT AND FREQUENCIES. SO THEY'LL HAVE PRIMATES DOING SOME TACK RELATE TODAY FOOD AND BEHIND THE WALL, THEY WILL TURN OFF RF AND AT SOME POINT THEY CAN SENSE IT AND ASSUME THAT IT CAN BE PART OF THE ROOM. IT'S NOT CANCER, IT'S NOT CATARACTS, IT'S NOT ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT THAT WHICH DO OCCUR AT EXCEEDINGLY HIGH LEVELS. >> IT'S NOT A LEVEL, IT'S NOT A NUMBER. >> YES, IT IS. IT'S FOUR WATTS PER KILL A GRAM. THAT'S WHAT THE RESEARCH SHOWS. 70 YEARS OF RESEARCH IS A THRESHOLD OF EFFECTS. AND THAT WILL BE AN AFFECT. SO THE STANDARD HAVE 50 TIMES SAFETY FACTOR WHICH IS 8 WATTS PER KILOGRAM. AND AS A DESCRIBED YOUR BELOW YOUR POINT.
008 WATTS PER KILOGRAM. >> WHAT LEVEL IS IT LIKE TO EXPERIENCE IN A SMALL TOWER. >> THE QUESTION IS PROXIMITY. IF YOU'RE AT THE ANTENNA ITSELF WORKING ON ANTENNA OR CHANGING THE LIGHTS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE BELOW THE ONE MILA WATT TYPICAL THRESHOLD LEVEL. MIGHT BE 50% OF THE LIMIT. >> SO IF YOU'RE IN A BUILDING, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ONE OR TWO PERCENT. YOU'RE GOING TO BE 10th OF THE PERCENT. SO 100 TIMES BELOW. 1,000 TIMES BELOW. >> SO WE'RE DEALING WITH THE SAME RADIO WAVES? WHAT WOULD THAT BE? WOULD THAT BE THE SAME AS IF I STAND NEAR THE RADIO TO PUT OUT FM? >> FM ANTENNAS WOULD BE HIGHER. THEY'RE TYPICALLY OPERATED AT HIGHER POWER LEVELS AND THEY'RE UP HIGH ON TOWERS. SO THE PROXIMITY IS YOU CANNOT GET NEAR THEM. SO, WE DO WORK TOWERS WTH CLIENT UP ON TOP OF THE TOWERS, THAT HAVE THE HIGH POWER TRANSMITTER AND WE HELP THEM WITH OCCUPATIONAL LIMITS. >> AND FORGIVE ME I KNOW, YOU TOUCH ON THIS, HOW DOES THIS COMPARE. ARE THESE SMALLER FREQUENCIES THAT ARE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA? >> TEY ARE HIGHER FREQUENCY WHICH ARE SHORTER WAVELENGTH THAT CARRY INFORMATION.
BUT THEY ARE, PART OF THE RADIO FREQUENCIES SPECTRUM. THERE IS A LARGE SPECTRUM THAT GOES FROM THE CURRENT THAT COMES FROM THE WALL SECOND, 6 TIMES A SECOND. –60 WATTS A SECOND. FREQUENCIES IN THE RADIO SPECTRUM VARY FROM 1,000 FEET AT AM TO FRACTION OF AN INCH. >> BUT THEY'RE LARGER? LARGER FREQUENCIES? ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT SOMEBODY MENTIONED TO ME WAS THE SMALLER WAVELENGTH ALLOW TO PASS THROUGH HARD MATERIAL EASILY IS THAT A VALID CLAIM. >> IT'S ACTUALLY THE OTHER WAY AROUND. >> THE OTHER WAY AROUND. >> WHEN YOU GET INTO IONIZING ENERGY, THAT ADD UP OVERTIME A LITTLE BIT OF DAMAGE. AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT THE WAIVE LENGTH IS SO SHORT THAT IT WILL BREAK OFF ELECTRON. SO IONIZING, IS ABOVE LIGHT. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, RADIO WAVES, WHERE THE WAVELENGTH IS ANYWHERE FROM 1,000. SO WHEN WE'RE OUT OF THE IN SAN FRANCISCO AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE TO OFFER MEASUREMENTS TO LIVE OF ANYONE WHO LIVES WITHIN 20 FEET FROM AN ANTENNA.
WE'RE TYPICALLY ON APARTMENT HOUSES A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. WE MEASURE BELOW THE ANTENNA, YOU'RE GETTING NEXT TO NOTHING. IS IT REALLY WORKING? YOU GO, AND IT'S HIGHER AT THE WINDOW BECAUSE THE ENERGY IS GING OUT TOWARDS THE HORIZON AND COMING BACK INTO THE WINDOW. YOU MOVE THE PROBE OVER THE WALL INSTEAD OF THE WINDOW, TO GOES DOWN. VERY REPRODUCABLE DEMONSTRATION OF THE FACT THAT THE ENERGY GOES THROUGH DOES NOT LIKE TO GO THROUGH THINGS YOU CAN'T. >> THANK YOU. AND YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION, THAT THERE WAS SOME STRICT TESTING STANDARDS BEING IMPLEMENTED IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. CAN YOU TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT. WHAT TYPE OF MYTHOLOGIES WERE THEY ADOPTING? >> WELL IT'S THE JURISDICTION CAN INSIST ON A PRELIMINARY STUDY WHICH HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT, THEORETICAL STUDY. WE USED THE MANUFACTURES DATA FOR THE ANTENNA, WE USE THE DRAWINGS AS TO WHERE THE ANTENNAS WAS GOING TO BE. AND CALCULATE WHERE IS ALL OF THESE LOCATIONS. ALL THOSE LOCATIONS HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE STANDARD IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO HAVE PASSED THAT THRESHOLD IN ORDER TO GRANT A PERMIT.
AFTER THE FACT, THE CITIES CAN ADOPT WHATEVER, PROGRAM AND YOU'RE ASKING WHICH ONES. SAN FRANCISCO EVERY TWO YEARS, THE SITES HAVE TO BE RECERTIFIED. THAT'S THE MACROS ON TOFPT REQUIRED BUILDING. EVERY TWO YEARS. THAT'S ABOUT THE MOST STRICT OF THOSE. SO WE'RE BACK TO THESE SITES EVERY TWO YEARS. AND TYPICALLY THE OPERATION HAS NOT CHANGED BUT THE ENVIRONMENT MAY HAVE CHANGED. OUTDOOR TO HAVE THIS AND UNLOCKED. FOR SMALL CELLS, IT'S NOT A CHANGE OF ENVIRONMENT CHANGES, BECAUSE THE BUILDING IS NEAR BY AND IT RUNS. IT'S NOT THAT ANYTHING HAS CHANGING IN ITS OPERATION. IF THEY WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PERMIT PROCESS AND IT WAS DESCRIBED. THAT DOES NOT CHANGE AND THE ENVIRONMENT DOES NOT CHANGE. IN SOME CASES WHERE WE'VE BEEN BACK AGAIN AFTER A CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE, UNLESS THERE IS A CHANGE IN ENVIRONMENT IS STILL THE SAME.
>> THANKS SO MUCH. >> CERTAINLY. >> COUNCIL ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. IF YOU CAN PULL OUT SLIDE 10 AND JUST REITERATE, THAT'S A JOINT UTILITY POLL. IF THERE WAS A COMPLAINT OR A RESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL, WE DON'T LIKE THOSE IN OUR NAIBTD. –NEIGHBORHOOD, DO WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY ON TO DO ANYTHING ON THE UTILITY POLL THERE. >> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT AND WE'LL COVER IT IN LENGTH IN FURTHER SLIDES. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS ON THE ESTHETIC. OTHER AGENCIES HAVE ATTEMPTED TO CONTROL THAT. I WILL SITE SAN FRANCISCO AS AN EXAMPLE. THEY LOOK AT HOW THEY LOOK FROM A LIVING ROOM, HOW THEY LOOK IN HISTORIC AREAS, DO THEY IMPACT VIEW CORRIDORS.
SO THERE IS MECHANISMS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT. AS ITS CURRENTLY STANDING OUT NOW, AND I DO WANT TO STRESS THIS, WE HAVE VERIZON AND AT&T, TO CONTROL THOSE. AND THAT'S NOT JUST THE METAL POLE H POLL. WHAT WE CAN DO TO SPREAD IT OUT. SO HAVE THOSE LITTLE ESTHETIC FEATURES THAT MAKE IT LOOK BETTER. THAT'S A GOOD START AND WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IS HOW WE LET THAT EVOLVE. AND I THINK THAT WILL BE CLEAR OUT OF THE STUDY SESSION, IS THERE IS STILL CONCERNS IN THE COMMUNITIES AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO BE SENSITIVE TO. HOW CAN W GET THAT EVOLVE, AND THAT WILL BE THE NEXT PHASE TO WHEN IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL. IN CASE SOME OF THE CASE STUDIES COME OUT AND DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY THAT A DRESZ THAT. THANK YOU. –ADDRESSES THAT, SLIDE 17. >> SO THE NEXT SERIES OF THE PRESENTATION IS GOING TO LOOK AT THE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE POLICY RELATED THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CONTROL NOW. THAT ARE LITTLE DIFFERENT IN OUR ZONING CODE THAN OUR RIGHT AWAY.
I WANT TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY EARLY AND OFTEN UNDERING THOSE CONCERNS AND WE WANT TO ALIGN THOSE SECTIONS. SO BETWEEN CHAPTER 13 AD CHAPTER OF THE CODE, WE WANT TO BRING FORWARD THE ADDRESSES. WE ALSO HAVE A DESIRE TO IMPROVE EMERGENCY LEARNING AND I'LL LET THAT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PRESENT THAT SLIDE AND HE'LL TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THAT. BUT IT'S REALLY TO DEVELOP SOLUTIONS FOR ESTHETIC CONCERNS WHICH WE FEEL OF WHAT WE CAN CONTROL AND FLEXIBILITY WHICH GIVES US THE ABILITY.
SO THAT'S SOME OF THE DIRECTION AND THIS WILL COVER SMFT FTURE SLIDES AND WE'LL GO WITH SOME OF THE DEPTHS OF SOME OF THE TOPICS. SO WE HAVE ENGAGED THE TWOS PROVIDERS TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE LOCATIONS AND THE SITE WE SEE NOW IS THE RESULT OF THE CONVERSATION WZ VERIZON AND SO WHEN WE SEE COMMERCIAL AREAS ARE NON RESIDENTIAL AREAS. SO IT'S DEFINED BY THE ZONING CODE. SXL IF WE'RE RIGHT ON THE FRINGE OF A COMMERCIAL AREA, IF IT'S ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL, WE LOOK FOR A PHYSICAL BUFFER SO WE LOOK AT INTO A COMMERCIAL ZONE.
WE HAVE MIX USE, WE HAVE TRANSIT VILLAGE, WE HAVE DOWNTOWN, WHERE POTENTIALLY YOU COULD HAVE RESIDENTIAL IN A COMMERCIAL BUT YOU HAVE LOCATIONS WHERE THE PLACEMENT WHERE IT'S NOT DIRECTLY TO A RESIDENTIAL UNIT BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF COMMERCIAL. AND HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE ONE ON MENTICINO AND IT'S ONE BLOCK AWAY 200 FEET FROM A RESIDENTIAL AREA. SO ALL THOSE THAT'S A GOOD LOCATION, WHAT WE DISCUSSED I HOW WE'LL ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS IS WE'LL DO A HEFTY LEVEL OF OUT REACH. IT'S NOT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A COMMERCIAL AREA. SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR DOWNTOWN. SO THERE IS A LOCATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT PRINCE MEMORIAL. NEXT TO COMMERCIAL, GOOD BUFFER TO RESIDENTIAL BUT CLOSE ENOUGH TO SEE WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE ABOUT THAT. ONE OF THE BENEFITS THAT I CAN TOUCH ON A LOT OF SLIDE IS A LOT OF STREET SLIDES, WE WANT TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OTHER LOCATIONS, THEY'RE CLEARLY IN COMMERCIAL AND CORE B, WE HAVE ONE LOCATION HERE THAT I IDENTIFIED AS CLEVELAND AVENUE, AND THAT'S IN A TRANSITION AREA BUT THAT'S FULLY IN A COMMERCIAL AREA NOW.
WHEN WE LOOK AT AT&T, THEY HAVE FIVE WE ARE ALLOWING SIX. THEY'RE FOCUSING ON THE AVENUE, VERY MUCH COMMERCIAL. AND THEY HAVE A LOCATION AND VERIZON HAD ONE AS WELL. AND THAT'S ONE ON FACILITY. WE INITIALLY TALKED ABOUT A GOOD LOCATION BECAUSE IT'S CLOSE TO THE TEAM THAT MANAGES IT. SO WE WANTED LOOK AT THE SITE. SO THE NEXT FW SLIDES, AD ONCE AGAIN, NO RESIDENTIAL IT'S CLOSE TO COMMERCIAL IT'S NOT CLOSE TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE OCCUPYING. THAT'S A PHOTO SIMULATION. SO THAT'S ROUGHLY THE SIZE CABINETS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
IT'S GROUND EQUIPMENT BUT WE THINK WE HAVE SOME SOLUTIONS. NOW THAT WILL COME BACK INTO PLAY IF WE TALK ABOUT BACK UP BATTERIES. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE POINT OUT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IMPACT FROM COUNCIL ON THAT AND THAT WILL CONTROL THE GROUND EQUIPMENT. THE NEXT LOCATION IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE BECAUSE IT'S HIDDEN BY THE TREE. ONCE AGAIN, NOT RESIDENTIAL THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY.
THIS IS THE LOCATION IN FRONT OF TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING THE LOCATION THAT WE WANTED USE AS THE STONEY PILOT. SO ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOLUTIONS, THE IMAGE WE HAVE RECOVERY MAPS THAT WE DEVELOPED FOR THE REBUILD. AND ONE OF THE TOOLS IN THE CONCEPT THAT'S WE USE IN THIS WAS PRETTY SIMPLE. IT WAS SPAISHLLY, PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THINGS ARE AND THEY WANT TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. WE'LL GIVE PEOPLE INFORMATION WHERE THEY ARE FROM A STAND POINT AND THE DOCUMENT OF WHAT THEY WOULD WANT TO SEE. I ALSO WANT TO SEE THE FEEDBACK SO WE CAN TALK THROUGH THAT. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT LINK TO SEE STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENT AND THEN AS OTHER AGENCIES HAVE DEVELOPED THERE IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF FAQs THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ITEMS HAPPENING NOW. WE WILL WORK THROUGH THIS IN THE NEXT COMING MONTHS. AND WE HOPE TO HAVE A DELIVERY IN THE NEXT FINAL MONTHS OF THE PRODUCT.
WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CODE ALIGNMENT AND THAT'S A PIECE IF WE START TO ESTHETIC VALUE WHERE IT BECOMES MORE DISCRETIONARY. WE WNT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COURT SUPPORTS THAT. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE TECHNIQUES THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT THESE CODES TO MAKE THEM LOOK BETTER. THAT ALSO ACROSS THE BOARD. AND WE WANT TO TREAT MACRO SITES BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF CONCERNS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS MORE ROBUST. THERE ARE OPTIONS TO LOOK AT GOING BELOW GROUND WITH THESE. THERE ARE PROS AND CONS. THE CABINETS THERE ARE BETTER LOCATIONS FOR THE CABINET. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE APPROPRIATE LOCATION FOR THAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT IN OUR DESIGNED CRITERIA IS GOING TO SPECIFY WERE WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THIS. AND THAT'S WHERE MOST AGENCIES FOCUS ON. THIS EXPANDS ON THAT A LITTLE BIT. SO THE IMAGE TO THE LEFT WAS PRODUCED IN OUR PRESS DEMOCRAT. AND MANY THE RESIDENT WERE NOT HAPPY WITH THAT INSTALLATION FOR A FEW DIFFERENT REASONS. NOW WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BACK UP BATTERY SUPPLY, THIS LOCATION IS ACTUALLY ON MONTGOMERY DRIVE. IT BACKS UP TO THIS. THESE ARE THEIR BACK YARDS. SO IF WE LOOK AT PROTECTING THE BOXER THERE IS A SITUATION. IT MEANS PSHING IT BACK FROM THE RIGHT AWAY. THE ESTHETIC IS IN FRONT OF THE LIVING ROOM. AND WE CAN LOOK AT IT ALONG THOSE LINES TO GOVERNOR WHERE THAT GOES.
ONCE AGAIN, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS ABOUT THE BACK UP POWER BUT THIS IS MORE ON THE ESTHETIC FRONT. ONCE AGAIN TIENAGE MEASURES AND OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO SCREEN THE EQUIPMENT BASED ON THE POLL. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO ENTERTAIN. THESE IMAGES WERE TAKEN FROM THE CITY OF FREE MONT. THESE ARE NOT SMALL CELL BOXES, IF PROVIDERS WANT TO PUT THESE IN. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MITIGATE THE ASPECT OF PLACING ART. WE CAN ACQUIRE AN ARTIST OR WE CAN CREATE THOSE THINGS AND HAVE A PROVIDER PERFORM AN ART. ONE OF THE PIECE THAT'S WE'RE GOING TO ROLL OUT IS THIS PROGRAM AND BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR DETERMINATION. WE DEFINITELY WANT TO LOOK AT THIS. POTENTIALLY FOR THE LIMITED RELEASE AS A BIT OF A TEST CASE. SO THE OTHER IMPORTANT POINT IS LOCATION PLEX ABILITY. SO THIS IS AN IMAGE OF THE HIDDEN VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE DEALT WITH THIS COMMUNITY GROUP ON TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
THERE WAS A PROPOSED LOCATION AND THEY HAD CONCERNS WITH IT. AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS IS THE ONLY POLL OUT THERE IS THE WOODEN POLL AND THE STREET LIGHT IS NOT ON THE WOODEN POLL, THAT'S THE WHITE CIRCLE. THEY HAVE A TENDENCY TO BE A 20-FOOT SETBACK. SO YOU CAN NOT CREATE A BUFFER FROM THE HOME. AND THE PLACEMENT IS MID-BLOCK AND INTERSECTION. SO THAT POLL FALLS IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY'S PHONE. SO WE LOOKED AT HOW IT LOOKS AT OTHER LOCATIONS AND IN SOME SITUATION, YOU CAN PICK LOCATION THAT'S HAVE A BETTER POLL BUT HAVE A BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY.
MUCH IN THE EAST AND MUCH IN THE OLDER AREA WHERE THE UNDERGROUNDING HAS NOT COMMENCED. IT WILL REQUIRE A FUTURE COUNCIL ACTION IS THE ABILITY TO ERECT A CUSTOM POLL AS A WAY TO MITIGATE CONCERNS. SO IF WE AGREE THAT THERE IS A BETTER LOCATION, WE DON'T WANT TO LIMIT AT THAT THAT BY THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A POLL. IT WILL BE LIMENTED TO THAT SORT OF OCCURRENCE. SO WE WANT TO PLAYS AROUND WITH THAT TACTIC. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE WE WANTED TO TAKE THE NEXT BREAK. THE NEXT ONE SO MOST OF THOSE ITEMS WERE POLICY RELATED. AND BEFORE WE GET INTO THE EMERGENCY ALERTING AND MORE OF THE FIRE RELATED PIECES, THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OVER THAT PORTION OF PRESENTATION? MR. TIBBETTS? >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANKS. I APPRECIATE IT A LOT. ON THE ONE HAND I LIKE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE SITUATION THAT OTHERWISE SEEMS THAT WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER IT. ONE OF THE FRUSTRATING PARTS FOR ME IS WHEN WE GET CALLS FROM CONCERNED NEIGHBORS OR RESIDENTS, THE BEST ANSWER I HAVE FOR THEM IS SORRY, IT'S THE CP'S JURISDICTION.
BUT ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS IF, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE ANTENNAS AND SMALL CELL WIRES ARE TIGHTLY KNIT ANTENNAS. IF WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS PIECE MEAL HOW IS THAT GOING TO ACHIEVE IN THE LONG RUN FOR THE CARRIERS WHAT THEY ULTIMATELY WANT TO DO. MY FEAR IS ARE WE BRIDGING A GAP WHERE THE POLLS EXIST. >> THAT IS AN EXCELLENT POINT. AND THAT GETS INTO THE CONCEPT INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM. SO WHEN WE SIT DOWN, WE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE DEPLOYMENT. IT'S THAT A WAY, DOES THAT PUT FURTHER PRESSURE ON THE RESIDENTIAL. WHAT WE WANT TO DO I FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION FOR THE RESIDENTIAL SO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT HIDDEN VALUE IF WE HAVE SITES FOR THE PROVIDER HAS A GAP IN THOSE AREAS, HOW DO WE TACKLE THAT.
SO KNOWING WHERE WE'RE GOING IS A TYPICAL OF THE CONVERSATION. THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH CONCERN WITH AD THE ONES THAT ARE MORE CHALLENGING. I'M GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION A LITTLE MORE BLUNTLY, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT? POETING ESTHETICKLY AND ENCROACHMENT. >> AND THAT'S A DIFFICULT ONE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY OUT SOME OF THE CASE LAW TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CONTROLS. SO WITH THE CPU C AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH THE FCC REQUIREMENTS ON THE REMISSIONS, WHAT I'VE SEEN WITH MOST AGENCIES IS THEY TRY TO GRAB THAT CONTROL BACK. AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE ESTHETIC IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND FROM A STAND LINE STAND POINT, THEY REQUIRE THAT THEY BE IN PLACE.
AND A LOT O AGENCIES ARE SITTING ON THE FENCE A LITTLE BIT TO SEE WLA IT PLAYS OUT. WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN CONTROL WHICH MAY TAKE TIME TO FIGURE OUT TO LOOK AT THAT. WITH THAT COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION OF THE PROVIDER AS WELL THE COMMUNITY. BUT IT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT AND IT'S THE CHALLENGE THAT WE STRUGGLED OVER THE YEARS IS REALLY UNDERSTANDING WE KNOW WE HAVE CONTROL OF THE METAL POLLS, WHICH I THINK IS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO FIGURE OUT WLA THAT LOOKS LIKE. >> OKAY, I APPRECIATE THAT, STRAIGHTFORWARD RESPONSE AND I'LL HOLD MY COMMENTS FOR THAT. >> MS.
VICE MAYOR. >> THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMUNITY OUT RACH. –OUT REACH. I'M GOING TO HOLD MY QUESTIONS TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A CHANCE TO COMMENT ON THIS. BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS. ONE IS FOR THE AREAS IDENTIFIED THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAVE JOINTLY MADE CLEAR THAT WE WANT TO SUPPORT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SPECIFICALLY MAXWELL COURT AND DOWNTOWN. WOULD WE BE SETTING A PRECEDENCE WHERE THESE, IF WE GO FORWARD AND LATER ON DECIDE THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY SOMETHING ELSE AND WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO, WOULD WE BE PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE HAVING THESE UTILITIES TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE HOPEFULLY MOVING INTO THESE, TRANSITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS BEING IN AN AREA WHERE THERE IS MIXED POLICY? >> ONCE AGAIN, AND I, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
ONCE AGAIN AN EXCELLENT POINT AND I THINK THAT'S THE CHALLENGE IN A MIX USE AREA. YOU WOULD ALLOW SOMETHING LIKE UNDER LIMITED DEPLOYMENT AND AS WE ALLOW THIS WE DETERMINE THAT THAT HAS CHANGED AND IT'S BECOME RESIDENTIAL AND THERE IS MORE CONTROLS ON THAT. SO I THINK THAT IS SIMILAR T HOW POLICY IN SOME SITUATIONS PROGRESSES, IF WE HAVE ROLL OUT AND DETERMINE THAT IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY WORK. THAT WE DO HAVE THE POSITION TO CHANGE THE ESTHETIC CONTROLS THAT WOULD GOVERNOR THAT IN THE FUTURE. SO WHAT W'VE SEEN FROM THE SMALL SITE. IT'S A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION. I KIND OF MENTION THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT USE CELL PHONES. WE DO RECEIVE A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT THAT HAS BENEFICIAL.
SO THE MOST RESENT ROUND OF COMMENT THAT'S WE RECEIVED WERE ALL POSITIVE ABOUT INDIVIDUALS GETTING BETTER CONNECTIVITY. SO PEOPLE ARE USING THE PHONE FOR DATA AND WHEN WE GET THAT INPUT WE KNOW THAT THAT SIDE, I'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO BALANCE THIS OUT. AT WHAT POINT DOES IT BECOME A PRODUCT THAT PEOPLE WANT, THEN IT BECOMES A LITTLE CHALLENGING, THEN WE'RE BALANCING THE OTHER SIDE. >> IT SEEMS LIKE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE CRYSTAL BALL AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM. WE APPRECIATE YOU TRYING TO A PINE WHICH DOES NOT HAVE A CLEAR ANSWER UNDERABLY.
I'M WONDERING, THE LAST QUESTION BEFORE I MOVE ON IS DO WE HAVE ANY SORT OF MECHANISM TO DRAWBACK NOT JUST ADDRESS ESTHETICKLY BUT AT JUST THE LOCATION. IF IT BECOMES A PROBLEM. WITH ANY OF THESE SITES. >> WE DO WHEN WE HAVE THE LICENSE AGREEMENT. SO FOR THE STREETLIGHT POLLS, WE CONTROL IT'S A DISCRETIONARY ACTION. WE CAN SAY YES OR NO. AND YOU GET IN CERTAIN AREAS WHERE THEY'RE MOSTLY STREETLIGHT AND THEY'RE MOST RECENTLY DEVELOPED AREAS. TION ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. SAWYER. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE COVERAGE. ARE THERE ANY REQUIREMENTS THAT EVERY AREA OF THE CITY HAVE THE SAME COVERAGE? AND IF THE WORST TAT HAPPENS THAT WE HAVE ALE GAP OF COVERAGE. IF THAT'S THE BIGGEST RESULT OR THE MOST NEGATIVE RESULT WHICH TO MY MIND SOUNDS NT ALL THAT IMPORTANT ACTUALLY JUST BECAUSE THROUGH THE GAP AND COVERAGE. IS THERE A REQUIREMENT THAT THE COVERAGE BE CONSISTENT. >> SO THERE IS DISCUSSION ABOUT COVERAGE GAPS AND HOW YOU DETERMINE HOW YOU GAP. SO WE HAVE NO REQUIREMENT TO SAY THAT'S ON PROVIDE TORE PROVIDE THAT PRODUCT.
AND BENEFIT TO THEM OF PROVIDING THAT PRODUCT IS THEY'RE SATISFYING THE CUSTOMER BASE. SO AND THERE IS A LITTLE BIT NOW WITH DATA BEING AN INTEREST PIECE, BECAUSE VOICE CALLS FALLING, IT'S ALL ABOUT DATA CAPACITY. AND AT THAT POINT IF YOU START TO SEE A DEMAND. SO IT'S BASICALLY GIVING MORE CAPACITY THAT THE COVERAGE ISSUE. SO THAT'S THE TRICKY PART TO BALANCE OUT BECAUSE THE REQUIREMENT AS FAR AS DETERMINING WHAT THE GAPS AND AS FAR AS THE PROVIDERS HAVING THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE PRODUCT THAT CONSUMERS WANT. SO TO ANSWER THE SIMPLE QUESTION IS WE DON'T CONTROL IT. WE CAN ACTUALLY FORCE THE PROVIDERS TO JUSTIFY WHERE THE COVERAGE GAP EXIST AND HAVE THAT BROUGHT INTO THE CONVERSATION TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, THAT'S SIMILAR TO OUR SITE ANALYSIS. WE LOOK AT IT MACRO SITE. HOW ARE YOU MEETING THE DEMANDS IN THE MOST INOBSTRUCT I HAVE. >> AS A FOLLOW-UP DOES THE COMMUNITY HAVE A ROLL IN DETERMINING WHETHER THEY'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT A GAP IN COVERAGE AS OPPOSED TO HAVING ANOTHER ANTENNA IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> THE WAY WE WANT TO LOOK AT IT BASED ON EXPERIENCE, IS THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD. AND IT'S THE EXAMPLE THAT WE LOOKED AT IN OUR HIDDEN VALUE. SO IT'S NOT TALKING TO ONE RESIDENT THAT HAS A POLL IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. IT'S TALKING TO THE OVERALL NEIGHBORHOOD TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS AND ONCE WE GET TO THE LEVEL OF CONVERSATION, THERE IS THE DESIRE TO GET THE COVERAGE. IT'S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT RF, IT GETS INTO ESTHETIC AND PLACEMENT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU GET NOT ONLY THE ENGAGEMENT AT THE LEVEL BUT THE FLEXIBILITY TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS.
IN THE SITUATION, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET THAT FEEDBACK AND INCORPORATE THAT IN THE PROCESS. >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY, IF WE GO TO ALL THE QUESTIONS. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYORS MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. PAUL FIRE MARSHAL WITH FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND OCTOBER 2017, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE AWARE THAT OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE SITUATION AWARENESS TO FIRES DEVELOPING AROUND SANTA ROSA WAS LIMITED AS WELL AS THE ABILITIED TO USE WIRE EMERGENCY TOOLS, THAT WE HAVE SPOKE TONE COUNCIL ABOUT. ONE OF THOSE IS OUR ABILITY DEVELOPING THROUGH THE NETWORK OF CAMERAS. BUT A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF UTILIZING DETECTION IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THAT WE'RE PROVIDING ALERTING TO COMMUNITY. IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YAE, WE TESTED THE ABILITY AND SPECIFICALLY IN SANTA ROSA. AND ONE THING THAT BECAME CLEAR TO US WAZ THAT WHEN WE WORK AND OPERATE AN AREAS WHERE WE TRY TO PROVIDE ALERTING. WE KNOW, AS WE'RE WORKING TO MOVE FORWARD, THAT COMMUNITY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY TO AVOID WHAT HAPPENS IN 2017 IS TARGET SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WE WANT TO GET THE EMERGENCY ALERT TO. WE REFER TO IT AS GEO TARGETING.
SO ONE OF THE COMMON CONCERNS IS OAK MONT. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NEED TO EVACUATE TO A PLACE LIKE OAKMONT. WE WANT A GEO TARGET SPECIFIC AREAS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AND AREAS WHERE WE DON'T RUN INTO ISSUES THAT AND HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. SO WE DO BENEFIT FROM ADDITIONAL SITES THAT ALLOW US TO ADD THOSE SITES INTO THE AREA THAT ARE GEO TARGETING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE RECEIVING THE INFORMATION GET THE EMERGENCY INFORMATION. AND MAPS THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. IN REGARDS TO THE BACK UP. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING BECAUSE OF OUTAGE AND CATASTROPHIC OUTAGE IS THE ABILITY TO GET EMERGENCY INFORMATION TO OUR COMMUNITY IN THE FIRST SEVERAL HOURS. SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF MACRO SITES TAKING THE BACK UP POWER AND EXTENDING IT TO INSTALLATION, BUT WE'RE ALSO ASKING ON THE SOUTH SITES CURRENTLY, THAT WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF INSTALLATIONS THAT HAVE ONLY A HOUR OR COUPLE OF HOURS OF HOUR BACK UP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE LONGER, BATTERY BACK UP IN PLACE SO WE CAN GET CRITICAL INFORMATION TO THOSE IN NEED OF DISASTER. >> OKAY, THAT AND BRINGS U TO THE COMPLETION OF THE PRESENTATION.
WE BUCKET THAT INTO TWO CATEGORIES. WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE POLLS THAT'S THE PIECE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD TOMORROW AND A FEW DIFFERENT STEPS IN THAT. WHAT WOULD THAT VOLVE IS MASTERMIND ING THE EXECUTIONS ON THAT. THAT WULD PROVIDE EQUAL PROVIDERS. WE'LL BE EXECUTING SITE LICENSE AGREEMENT WZ GOING THROUGH THE PUBLIC NOTICING PROCESS FOR THE SITES THAT WE DISCUSSED. THE SITES WERE NOT WRITTEN IN STONE. LIKE I SAID WE'LL MOVE THE SITES INTO MORE COMMERCIAL. THAT'S ALSO AN AREA TO ACCEPT FEEDBACK. IF WE WANT TO GO MORE COMMERCIAL WE CAN WORK WITH PROVIDE OAR ON THOSE SITES. BUT THE CONCEPT IS WHAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS WEEK AND START THAT. THAT'S GOING TO WORK COLLABORATIVE TO IMPROVE THAT NOTIFICATION PROCESS, SO WE'LL WORK REQUIREMENT IN. WE DO WANT TO AREAS OF BACK UP. ONCE AGAIN A GOOD PIECE TO GET BACK. SHOULD WE FOCUS ON THESE AND MAKE THAT A PRIMARY GOAL OR SHOULD WE LET ESTHETICS BE A PRIMARY GOAL.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET SOME FEEDBACK ON THE DIRECTION. SO WE ALSO ARE GOING TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATIONAL MAPPING RESOURCES AND WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP MAPPING RESOURCES. WE WANTED TO DESIGN WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND PART OF THAT IS REQUIRING THAT RF ANALYSIS. WE CAN HIRE CONSULTANT AND CONSULTANT CAN PROVIDE IT OR SOME PURE VIEW ON THE TECHNICAL ASPECT AND THERE IS A FREQUENCY. AND LIKE WAS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS SLIDES IS ANY EQUIPMENT MODIFICATION, WE CAN HAVE THE ANALYSIS RERUN TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SAFE ANYTIME IT'S TOUCHED. SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. THE SECOND BUCKET ARE THE BIGGER CODE CHANGES. HOW DO WE WANT TO GET BACK TO OUR COUNCIL POLICY, 300-04.
WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE UNTIL WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL. SO THIS I WHERE WE GET INTO THE CODE UPGRADES. WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE DESIGN CRITERIA AND STREAMLINING THE PROCESS. AND IT'S THAT CORE OF DEVELOPING THE SOLUTIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL AREA AND AT THAT POINT WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR THE MORE FORMAL ADOPTION. NOW, IF WE HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THESE PARTICULARS, MOST OF WHAT IS IN ONE IS EASY ENOUGH TO MOVE FORWARD INTO CURRENT PRIORITIES. WHEN W GET INTO THE UTILITY ART PROGRAM, THAT IS GOING TO TKE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO DEVELOP AND DOING THE CODE ADJUSTMENTS, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE IS USUALLY A 12-MONTH PROCESS. WHAT WE HAVE A LOT MORE IS A LOT OF AGENCIES HAVE MOVED FORWARD. WE'RE NOT REINVENTING THE RULE. SO WHAT WE'LL LOOK FORWARD WITH THIS IS THERE IS SOME LEVEL OF COST RECOVERY MODEL, IT DOES BENEFIT TO HELP ASSIST THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
BUT IT WILL BECOME A PRIORITY DISCUSSION. SO W'LL START TO SHRINK THE TURN AROUND TIME BUT THE START DATE WILL HAVE TO BE DETERMINED. IF THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT DESIGN CRITERIA, IF THAT'S BETTER IN A DEPLOYMENT TO START SAYING WE NEED TO JUMP ON THAT. BUT THIS IS THE ONE THAT TAKES SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME. AT THIS PINT THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. WHAT I ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO DO THAT HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THIS, THAT'S MY CONTACT INFORMATION. WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY. LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS. SO I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REACH OUT AD COME TO THE TABLE WITH SOME IDEAS. WITH THAT, I'LL SLIDE BACK TO THIS SLIDE WHICH LISTS SOME OF THE DETAILS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION, GABE AND OTHERS. SO I THINK WE'LL FIRST TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT HERE. SO WE HAVE, YOU HAVE A QUESTION, SURE.
>> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I DID WANT TO GET A CLARIFYING QUESTION BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC BECAUSE I THINK IT WLL BE INTERESTING TO HEAR WHAT OUR RESIDENTS DO HAVE TO SAY. IS THERE A SIGNIFICANT CONFLICT BETWEEN FOCUSING SIMULTANEOUSLY ON ESTHETIC AND BATTERY BACK UP. >> I THINK THE BATTERY BACK UP SHOULD FOCUS ON TE ESTHETIC DISCUSSION. AND THE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE THERE MAY BE BETTER WAY TO SEE CONTROL THAT CABINET SO. IF WE SAY OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE BATTERY BACK UP, IF IT ENDS UP WITH THAT CABINET. CAN WE PUT THEM UNDERGROUND. CAN WE PLACE IT IN APOLL, THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME IMPACT. IT LAYS IT DOWN, AND IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO TAKE IT. >> AND CAN YOU DISCUSS THE MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE OPTIONS FOR OUR TESTING PROCEDURES, BETWEEN THE CITY CONSULTANT OR APPLICANT RESPONSIBILITY.
>> SO USUALLY THEY'RE A MEANS TO THE SAME END. AND YOU HAVE A CONSULTANT TO RUN AN RF ANALYSIS. SO ONE OF THE REQUIREMENT IS TO SAY, YOU HAVE AN RF CONSULTANT AND SUBMIT AND WE REVIEW THAT. IT'S SOMETIMES NOT HAVING A PROFESSIONAL. SO THE BENEFIT IS YOU CAN WORK THROUGH AND GET ABETTER UNDERSTANDING AND YOU CONTROL THE RESULT OF IT A LITTLE MORE. SOL IT'S NOT THE APPLICANT PROVIDING THAT. THE PURSUE ASPECT IF YOU DO NOT THE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, YOU CAN HAVE THE FINDINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONCLUSIONS ARE CORRECT. SO THE BENEFIT IS WE CONTROL THE TIMING OF WHEN THE RF IS DONE MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE NOW. THERE CAN BE A THEORETICAL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE AND TESTING WHEN IT'S MODIFIED.
>> THANK YOU, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY ABOUT THOSE THINGS. >> OKAY, WE'RE AT THAT POINT. SINCE WE DO HAVE SEVERAL CARDS. I'M GOING ALLOW THREE MINUTES FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS. PLEASE LISTEN, THE INTENDED AUDIENCE IS THE FIVE OF US HERE. SO IF YOU WANT TO WAVE WITH YOUR SUPPORT, THAT'S GOOD. BUT LET'S KEEPING THE APPLAUDING SO WE CAN HEAR EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE HAS TO SAY. FIRST UP, IS PAUL ANDRE, FOLLOWED BY TOM LA PORT A. >> I'M PAUL, I'M A URBAN PLANNER. AND PROPERTY OWNER IN SANTA ROSA. AND APART FROM THE WELL DOCUMENTED ADVERSE HEALTH AFFECTS, ONE KEY ISSUE FACING THE CITY COUNCIL IS WHETHER IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO INSTALL WIRELESS TRANSMISSION THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHICH WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT REDUCED PROPERTY VALUES, AND THERE BY LOWERING THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE VERSUS THE DOUBTFUL BENEFITS O INCREASED CONNECTIVITY. THE RESEARCH CLEARLY INDICATES THAT OVER 90% OF HOME BUYERS ARE LESS INTERESTED IN PROPERTIES NEAR THE FACILITY. DOCUMENTATION OF A PRICE DROP IS FOUND IN MULTIPLE SURVEYS. AND I'VE GOT THE REFERENCES AND THE DOCUMENT THAT'S I'M GIVING TO YOU.
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING URBAN DEVELOPMENT WICH IS HD, CONSIDERS WIRELESS TRANSMISSION FACILITIES TO BE QUOTE HAZARD AND NUISANCES. THEY TAKE THE PRESENCE OF NEAR BY WTS INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN DETERMINING THE VALUE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. HUD ALSO PROHIBITS FH A FROM UNDERWRITING MORTGAGES FOR HOMES THAT ARE R WITHIN THE ENGINEER FALL ZONES OF TRANSITION FACILITIES. THE STANDARD PROPERTY QUESTIONNAIRE WHICH CALIFORNIA USES, REQUIRES SPECIFICALLY THE CELL PHONES AS ONE OF THE DISCLOSURES OF PROBLEMS IN A PROPERTY. AND THERE IS ALSO IN YOUR, PACKET, THERE IS A NATIONAL ISTITUTION OF SCIENCE LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY SURVEY WHICH WAS DOWN IN 2004 WHERE PEOPLE FOUND THE MAJORITY OF RESPONDED REPORTED THAT CELL PHONE TOWERS AND ANTENNA WOULD IMPACT THEIR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY AND THE PRICE THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT. AND 79% SAID THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD THEY EVER PURCHASE THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE FEW BLOCKS. 88% SAID THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD THEY PURCHASE OR RENT THE GROUP OF SELL TOWERS ON A ROOF OR SIDE OF BUILDINGS. SO THESE ARE, WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO WOULD ACTUALLY RESULT IN AN I IMMENSE DROP AND THE VALUE OF PROPERTY OF WIRELESS TRANSMISSION FACILITIES, ONE OF THE EFFECTS FOR YOUR TAX REVENUE WOULD BE IT WOULD GO DOWN AND PROPERTY OWNERS LIKE MYSELF, WOULD SUFFER A BIG DROP IN YOU ARE EQUITY THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. TOM FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER. HELLO? THERE WE GO. >> MY NAME IS TOM AND I HAVE A BACKGROUND AS AN RN AND ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN. THIS IS HOW RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION EFFECTS US, IT CEATES CHAOS IN OUR BODIES. IF YOU'RE HEALTHY, YOU MAY NOT NOTICE NIZ IMMEDIATE EFFECTS BUT THE RADIATION IS EFFECTING YOU NONETHELESSING, D NONETHELESS REDUCING ME LA TONIN AND CAUSING CELL DIVISION. THE MAIN ENERGY PRODUCERS IN OUR CELLS THE MYTA CONDRIA, THIS IS CALLED THE ELECTRIC TRANSPORT CHAIN. THEY COMPLETE A REACTION RESULTING IN THE PRODUCTION OF ENERGY. HOWEVER, RF RADIATION CAUSES A WORK SLOW DOWN THAT IS LESS ENERGY FOR HEALTH AND MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR DISEASE. THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE HAS BEEN OUT THERE FOR DECADES THAT OUR CELLS ARE THROWN INTO CHAOS. IT'S LIKE A DISTRACTED HOTEL DORE MAN WHO HOLDS THE DOOR TO LONG AND THE CROWD RUSHES IN.
NO WAIT AROUND THE HOTEL OR A CELL. OVER TEN THOUSAND STUDIES SHOWS THAT IT'S NOT BENIGN. YOU CANNOT SEE WHAT YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR. AND EXPOSE YOU'RE IS HAZARDOUS PARTICULARLY WHEN MOD LATED AND WHEN IT'S WAIVE LENGTHS MATCH OUR WAIVE LEVELS. IN THE FACE OF ALL THIS EVIDENCE, WHY DO SOME STUDIES SHOW NO EFFECTS. IF THE CELL IS HEALTHY, IT CAN MAINTAIN A HIGHER VOLTAGE AND REPAIR MINOR INJURIES. THE CELL MAY ABSORB THE RADIATION BUT DAMAGE IS STILL BEING DONE. WHAT WE DON'T SEE IS HURTING US, THE EVIDENCE IS CLEAR. IT'S OUT THERE FOR THE LOOKING. PUBLIC OFFICIALS NEED TO USE WHATEVER TOOLS THEY HAVE TO PUT THE BREAKS ON NEW WIRELESS FACILITIES IN THE CITY. SO THAT'S NOT PAY FOR FEASTER DOWNLOADS WITH OUR HEALTH. THANK YOU. >> JENNIFER, FOLLOWED BY E ORLENE COALY. >> THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT ARE TRUE AND WITHIN MY KNOWLEDGE.
THEY RECOGNIZE THE ACTUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OF RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION OR RFR FROM WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION OR WTS. THIS ACT LEFT REGULATION OF THE HEALTH EFFECTS ENTIRELY WITHIN STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AUTHORITY OBLIGATED SAID OFFICIALS TO PROTECT ITS RESIDENTS WITH REGARD TO THE PLACEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF WTS, IN QUOTE NO INSTRUMENTAL MAY REGULATE THE PLACEMENT CONSTRUCTION AND MODIFICATION SERVICES FACILITIES ON THE BASIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH FACILITIES COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSION REGULATIONS CONCERNING SUCH EMISSIONS END QUOTE. ON 3/6/18 DURING THIS COUNCIL MEETING AS RECORDED ON VAO, CITY ATTORNEY SUE GAL LR STATED QUOTE, EMISSIONS, THERE IS FEDERAL LAW STATUTE, FCC AND ALSO CASE LAW THAT I LOOKED AT THAT WENT TO SAY IF A LOCAL JURISDICTION THAT BASED ON RF EMISSION THAT'S DECISION WOULD BE SET ASIDE, EVEN IF THERE WERE GOOD AND VALID AND OTHER GROUNDS FOR THE DECISION.
SO THAT'S PRETTY STRICT END QUOTE. CURRENTLY THE RESENT DECISIONS WITH T MOBILE VERSUS SAN FRANCISCO AND THE MEET THE DECISION EARLIER THIS YEAR, UNDERLINE THAT THIS OLD VIEWS IS INCOMPLETE. FCC IS NOT THE U.S. CONGRESS AND DOES NOT MAKE LAWS. CONGRESS TCA DOES NOT PREEMPT LOCAL AUTHORITY INCLUDING EMISSIONS. RATHER WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE TO PRETEMPT AUTHORITY, LEFT ALL AUTHORITY OVER OPERATIONS ENTIRELY STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS HANDS BY MAKING REPORTS LIKE TIS, THE CITY ATTORNEY DID NOT HAVE THIS DID NOT HAVE ALL THIS –RESENT LAW. IT IS NECESSARY THAT YOU IMMEDIATELY STOP ALL PLACEMENT CONSTRUCTION MODIFICATION OPERATIONS OF NEW RESENLT AND APPLIED FOR WTS. WIRE A LETTER THAT ALL THEIR APPLICATION RIGHT SIDE INCOMPLETE. THEY MUST INCLUDE SAFETY CONCERNS AS PER THE 44 19 CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT RULING AND T MOBILE VERSUS SAN FRANCISCO. THIS WILL GIVE SANTA ROSA TIME TO UPDATE ITS ORDINANCE. LET'S HAVE SET BACKS FROM THESE TOWERS WHERE PEOPLE SLEEP. I SOLELY MATTERS OF FACT IN LAW. >> THANK YOU. E ARLENES FOLLOWED BY BILL COSET. >> THANK YOU, YOU PRONOUNCE MY LAST NAME OCCURLA GERM ANL.
I REPRESENT AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS NATIONALLY WIDE AND PRESIDENT OF EAGLE FORUM OF CALIFORNIA. IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT PRIVACY RIGHTS AND PROPERTY RIGHTS. I HAVE WRITTEN TWO BOKS THAT I'M GOING TO GIVE TO YOU. ONE I WROTE BACK IN 2012 JUST SAY NO TO BIG BROTHERS, SMART METER AND THIS ONE IS WELL NELLY, 5-G DANGERS AND DECEPTION OF POWERFUL NEW WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY. I AM VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THIS DATA COLLECTION THAT IS COMING IN ON ALL OF US IS SO PERVASIVE THAT IT'S ALREADY PERVASIVE WITH 4G WITH YOU WITH 5G IT'S GOING TO BE SPED UP SO MUCH QUICKLY AS YOU ALREADY HEARD THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT THEY'RE USING TO PUSH 5G.
EVERYBODY WANTS FASTER DATA. THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD A MOVIE IN 3 SECONDS WHETHER IT USED TO TAKE 24 HOURS. BUT THIS DATA COLLECTION, IS REALLY GOING TO BE THE BIG OIL. IT'S GOING TO BE BRINGING IN SO MUCH MONEY THAT WHAT IS REALLY PUSHING 5G. THAT'S WHAT THE BIG TECH COMPANIES WANT. AND SOME ESTIMATED MAYBE 5 BILLION DOLLARS ARE GOING TO BE COMING BECAUSE OF 5G. WELL IN MY BOOK, I MENTIONED THIS QUOTE, SMART CITIES, THAT'S WHAT WE ALL WANT OUR CITIES BE WITH 5G WILL BE LIKE EXPOUNDED MICROWAVE BLANKET ABOVE EACH CITY AND COUNTY PERMEATING THE AIRSPACE AND PROVIDING SEEMLESS CONNECTIVITY WHERE PEOPLE AND THINGS WILL EXCHANGE DATA ININSTANTANEOUSLY.
THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. IT'S CALLED THE INTERNET OF THINGS. I HAVE A WHOLE CHAPTER ON IT. AND HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN. ALL OF THESE THINGS WILL HAVE TO BE CONNECTED, THEY WANT TO DO THINGS TO THINGS TO PEOPLE CONNECTED. HOW'S CAN THAT HAPPEN, UNLESS PEOPLE HAVE CHIPS. THAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL AND I HAVE MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THAT IN MIZ BOOK.
TOM WHEELER WHO USED TO BE THE HEAD OF THE FCC, UNDER OBAMA, SAID THAT THIS SUPER FAST DATA CONNECTION IS WHAT IS 5G IS ALL ABOUT. I WILL URGE YOU TO PLEASE, CONSIDER THIS AND SAYS NO WITH ANY FURTHER IMPLEMENTING DEPLOYMENT OF SMALL CELL ANTENNAS. >> BILL >> HI I'M BILL, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF THE KNEEL THOMAS AREA, WE ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL LAST MAY. THANKS FOR THE TIME TODAY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. MY CONCERN AGAIN IS THE SATURATION THAT THE CELL TOWERS WILL PROVIDE. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THEY VERIFY THE USE OF THE CELL TOWERS. BUZZ I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY SEE THEM. IF THERE I A PLACE NOW TO TURN SEVERAL OF THEM ON, USE THEM UNDER ACTUAL CIRCUMSTANCES, FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. MAKE THE REQUIREMENTS THERE, AND THEN HAVE THE LICENSE PROFESSIONAL CHECK THE RESULTS THAT HE COMES UP WITH AGAINST WHAT THE MANUFACTURE IS SAYING, TO SEE IF WE'RE OVER SATURATED THESE AREAS. BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF DOTS ON THAT MAP FOR JUST VERIZON ALONE WOULD LIKE TO STALL. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOUR PROVIDERS IF AT&T, IS COMING ON BOARD AND TWO MORE MAJOR PROVIDERS, WHAT IS THE SITUATION WITH THAT TYPE OF SATURATION, ARE WE GOING TO BE OVER COVERED WHEN WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO BE? SO THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.
AND ALSO THAT I'M JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED VERY CONCERNED WITH THE FACT THAT WE'RE USING 1996 STANDARDS, DIAL UP MODE UM STANDARDS IN 2019 FOR 5G AND BEYOND. I THINK THAT'S A MAJOR CONCERN FROM WHAT I'M HEARING SO FAR TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. I TEST AND AFFIRM ARE TRUE AND ACCURATE. I'M A LICENSE ACUPUNCTURIST ALSO A LICENSED HEALTH INSURANCE BROKER. I LIVE JUST OVER THE BORDER OF SANTA ROSA AND SPENT A LOST TIME SERVING MY CUSTOMERS IN THIS SANTA ROSA AREA. THERE IS AN INCREASED CANCER WITH POLLS. SO YOU HAVE THE 1996 STANDARDS AND ON THE OTHER HAND, THE EXPERIMENT REALITY WHICH I'LL MENTION NOW. HERE'S A SMALL SAMPLING. EXPOSURE TO MICROWAVE PREVENTS AND XLAOUN OCCASION SYSTEMS. THIS PARTICULAR REPORT WAS PROVIDES YOU AFTER ALL, EVEN A YEAR FROM MOBILE COMMUNICATION REPORTED THE RESULT IN A DRAMATIC INCREASE OF CANCER INCIDENT AMONG POPULATION LIVING NEAR BY UNQUOTE.
THIS NEXT IS MORTALITY BUSINESS NEIL AND CELLULAR PHONE BASE STATIONS. THIS TENURE ON CELL PHONE BY SUB UNIVERSITIES IN BRAZIL FOUND THAT CLEARLY ELEVATED RISK OF CANCER MORTALITY OF END QUOTE. UZ FIGURE 500 METERS COMES UP IN A NUMBER OF THESE STUDIES. THIS ONE, FROM PHONE BASE STATIONS, STATED THAT THESE STUDIES INCLUDING FRANCE AND PORTUGAL AND ISRAEL. AND REPORTEDLY INCREASE PREVAILENCE AND THE POPULATION. AND 500 METERS FROM BASE STATIONS. WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT THIS IS NONE OF THE STUDIES OF THE TEN STUDIES REPORTED EXPOSURE AGAINST THE GUIDELINES SUGGESTING THAT CURRENT GUIDELINES WILL PROTECT. AND OF COURSE THERE WAS A LARGE STUDY IN WHICH LAB ANIMALS WERE EXPOSED TO ENVIRONMENTAL LEVELS COMPARABLE TO LIMITS OF CELL TOWERS THAT ALLOWED INCREASED CANCERS AND ALSO CONFIRMED THE SAME OF THE 25 MILLION DOLLARS TOXOLOGY PROGRAM WHICH WAS THE GOAL STANDARD OF THE STUDIES ALSO FOUND THE SAME RESULTS. THE LAST ONE IMENTIONED IS INCREASED INCIDENTS OF 300% OF ALL RESIDENT LIVING WITHIN 300 METERS. I THINK I FIT IT IN THANKS. >> THANKS. >> I'M A RESIDENT IN SA BASSTOBOL I'M INTERESTED IN THIS TOPIC AND I'M STUDYING ALONG THE WAY.
AND I HAVE TREE CHILDREN AND A CAT AND I CARE ABOUT HEALTH AND HAPPINESS IN OUR HOME. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M LEARNING IS THAT, DATA MINING AND SELLING DATA IS MAKING MORE PROFIT THAN OIL. AND THE GIST OF MERE FACT OF LOOKING OUTSIDE OF OURSELVES FOR INFORMATION, IS ALREADY LIKE A BIG DYSFUNCTION IN OUR CULTURE, THINKING ABOUT ESTHETIC AND WHAT THINGS LOOK LIKE.
OUR COMMUNITIES ARE GOING TO LOOK PRETTY BAD WITH MORE ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AND CHILDREN WITH DEFICIT DISORDER AND ILLNESS THAT'S ARE CONNECTED TO THE RADIATION FREQUENCY THAT IS GOING TO BE COMING OUT OF THESE DEVICES. I, YOU KNOW, WISH AND HOPE THAT WE CAN ALL BE HUMBLE AND BE GRATEFUL FOR THE INTERNET THAT WE HAVE AND HAVE SOME MORE PATIENCE.
I THINK OUR CULTURE NEEDS TO SLOW DOWN INSTEAD OF SPED UP. I WAS PASSED A LETTER BY A DOCTOR, DEAR MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'M WRITING AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN AS A CONCERNED SERVANT WITH THE PERMITTING OF 100 MICRO WAIVATION ANTI NA. I'M A FAMILY PHYSICIAN WHO WORKS IN THE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE AND HAVE BEEN IN PRACTICE FOR NOW FOR 20 YEARS AGO. RADIATION HAS BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS PERIOD. THIS IS NO LONGER A SUBJECT OF DEBATE. ALL MEDICAL RESEARCH AND THE LITERATURE ON THE TOPIC. THESE EFFECTS PLANT ANIMALS MICROBES IN HUMANS. WE NOW HAVE CAUSES OF CANCER. GROWING EVIDENCE LINKS GROWING EVIDENCE LINKS VAIDATION TO DNA DAMAGE. DIABETES LEAD TO GO RENAL FAILURE AND NEED FOR DIALYSIS. IT'S NOT ABOUT THESE EFFECTS EXIST. 5G IS CONVERSATIONAL ABOUT UNSUSTAINABILITY HEALTHCARE. WHY DO I SAY THIS? THE DATA ON RADIO FREQUENCIES HAVE BEEN ACCUMULATED FOR YEARS NOW. WITH THIS NO INDUSTRY OF THE DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY. IN ESSENCE WE HAVE BEEN SITTING IN THE DATA IN OUR PUBLIC HEALTH O DISORDERS AND SUICIDE–THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. GENE FOLLOWED BUSINESS KIM. >> HI I'M JANE, A FAIRLY LONG TERM SANTA ROSA RESIDENT. I'M VERY OPPOSED TO THIS MAINLY FOR HEALTH CONCERNS AS RADIO FREQUENCY SHOULD BE PROVEN TO BE INJURY. WE NEED TO BACK UP AND CONSIDER WHAT WE'RE DOING CAREFULLY. WE MAY WORRY THAT THE STATE OR THE FEDS CAN OVER RULE ANYTHING DONE IN THIS ROOM OR DECIDED. BUZZ –BUT IF WE CAN TAKE A STAND FOR HEALTH AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY FOR LIFE IN THE PLANET, I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. KIM FOLLOWED BY SCOTT COMPTON. >> THERE YOU GO. >> OKAY, MY NAME KIM, I'M A SANTA ROSA NATIVE AND RESIDENT. I ATTEST AND AFFIRM THAT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT RIGHT SIDE TRUE AND ACCURATE AND WITHIN MY PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE. REGARDING SLIDE 17 OF THE SANTA ROSA CITY PRESENTATION, I HAVE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A. HERE ARE SOLUTIONS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT AND HISTORY FROM SO-CALLED SMALL CELLS. HERE AND AFTER WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION ARE WTF. AN ORDINANCE MUST INCLUDE LIGHT POLLS.
WTFs RADIATION AND BLOKT LANDSCAPE AND DISALLOW HEALTHY PRIVATE LIVING. THEY CANNOT BE PLACED WITHIN 1500 FEET INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATIONS, RESIDENTIAL AND SCHOOL ZONES AND SENIOR CONSIDERS AND PLAYGROUNDS AND PARKS. A DE TAIL LIST OF DIS FAVORED LOCATIONS IS INCLUDED TO SANTA ROSA TELECOMMUNICATION ORDINANCE. FUZE EXAMPLES INCLUDE, ALL WTFs, NOTIFY ALLE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 1500 FEET WITHIN 14 DAYS OF PUBLIC HEARING. 1500 FOOT SETBACK. RADIO FREQUENCY DATA REQUIREMENT. ADA REQUIREMENT, GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE TO PROTECT THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA, OBTAIN AND PAID FOR AND OBTAINED BY THE COMMITTEE. FOR THE LAST ITEM, NOTE THAT THE INSURANCE INDUSTRIES HAVE REFUSED TO ENSURE THE COMMUNICATION 4G AND 5G TECHNOLOGY. WHEN ALLOWED IN COMMERCIAL ZONES, WTFs MUST COMPLY WITH CITY CODE DOT 44 AND THEIR EFFECTIVE POWER, ERP MUST BE LIMITED BY MEANS OF PRODUCTIVE USES. THEY PROVIDE CARRIERS TO PROVIDE COVERAGE AND NOT RADIATE AT CAPACITY. PROTECTIVE USES WILL EARN THE CITY CONSIDERABLE INCOME. THE TELECOMMUNICATION ACT OF 1996 DOES NOT PREEMPT LOCAL AUTHORITIES. IN DEED IT REQUIRES THEM TO DO SO. ANY REFUSAL TO REGULATE AS CITY OFFICIALS ARE OBLIGATE TODAY DO AND ANY MISREPRESENTATION SUCH AS THE FALSE DENIAL OF THE EXISTENCE RENDERS AN OFFICIAL, THE BEST SOLUTION FOR ANY CITY IS FIBER T THE PREMISES FTTP, FIBEROPTIC CABLE IS THE MOST EFFICIENT EXPEDIENT AND DEMOCRATIC WAY TO OFFER BROADBAND SERVICE.
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHETHER THEY WANT TO RUN WIRELESS OR NOT. SANTA ROSA WOULD USE THE OPTIC CABLE THAT WE ALREADY PAY FOR. WHICH THE WIRELESS INDUSTRY USES FREE OF CHARGE. I HAVE EXPRESSED NO CONCERN OR ANY OTHER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. SCOTT FOLLOWED BY ALEX. >> MAYOR VICE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I'M SCOTT COMPTON, I DROVE DOWN FROM OREGON TO BE HERE. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY THERE BECAUSE OF A CELL PHONE TOWER IN FRONT OF A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SO IT'S VERY LOW TO THE EXPOSURE OF THE SCHOOL. I WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY A RUN OVERVIEW. I'M A ELECTROMAGNETIC A DISTRICT AND VIDEO GAME MAKER AND SCIENTIST OF STANFORD.
PROTECT YOUR BRAIN THAT CAN BE DEGRADED FOREVER TIME. ON NEURON EFFECTS REDUCING ANXIETY EFFECTS AND A BIG ONE THAT MARTIN PAUL TALKS A LOT IS THE VOLTAGE CHANNELS ON THE MEMBRANES. BUT THE REAL QUESTION IS, WHY AREN'T WE SEEING, WHY IS THERE A DISCREPANCY OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING WHICH IS THE INTENSITY OF RF, AND THE LIGHT, FREQUENCIES HAVE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES. AND ONE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT IS NEVER TALKED ABOUT, IS THE POLARIZATION OF THE LIGHT. POLARIZATION SUNLIGHT COMES OUT NATURALLY. IT'S JUST AS CHAOTIC AND IT DOES NOT HAVE A WAIVE FORM TO IT. WE'RE NOT HEARING A LOT ABOUT THE PULSE EFFECTS OF THE LIGHT. ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING IS PULSING AT US EVERY MOMENT. AND THAT HAS BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS. AND THE MODLATION HOW ON THE LIGHT IS UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT WHEN YOU DO IT ARTIFICIALLY SO. WHEN YOU LOOK AT TE EFFECTS AND THE SIGNS WHAT WE SEE IS AN INCREASED BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF THESE ARTIFICIAL FREQUENCIES. SO YES, IONIZING RADIATION CAN CAUSE EFFECTS LIKE THE SUN. THERE ARE NON IONIZING EFFECTS WHICH I JUST TALKED ABOUT WHICH CAUSE THESE EFFECTS.
MY BIG QUESTION WHY ARE WE HAVING A PHYSICALIST WHAT A DOCTOR OR A BIO PHYSICIST SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SAFETY ON THE BOARD. PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED WE HEARD ON SLIDE 7, IT WAS GOING TO BE FCC LAW ON HEALTH EFFECTS, BUT REALLY IT'S RALLY DEFINED BACK IN 1996 AS ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS. RIGHT. AND RF HAS CAUSED THE USES A BLANKET TERM RADIO FREQUENCY WHEN YOU LOOK AT 300 MEGAHERTZ AND HIGHER, THIS IS MICRO SAFE RADIATION SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS CLEAR. >> ALEX FOLLOWED BY CATHERINE. >> I ATTEST AND A FIRNL THAT THE DK I'M A LICENSED PHYSICAL THERAPIST AND WORK AND LIVE IN SANTA ROSA.
SLIDES PREPARED SLIDE 3 EXITER A, THE COUNCIL 300-0 HAD WAS DRAFTED AND PRESENT TODAY CITY STAFF ON FEBRUARY 14, 2019 BY ERIC McHENRY. PRESUMED EXEMPTION OF SALL CELLS, TO OUR CITY CODE 20-44 THAT PROOFS THE SAME EQUIPMENT USED FOR MACRO TOWERS ARE BEING USED FOR SMALL CELLS. THE AMOUNT FOR THE ADENDA WERE NOT COMPLETE. THEREFORE THESE WERE VOID. SO I SIDE 10 EXHIBIT B, UTILITY COMMISSION ORDER WAS USED THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS TO ADVISE CITY COUNCIL FALSELY THAT IT HAD NO JURISDICTION OVER THE PLACEMENT OF WTS ON UTILITY POLLS. CITY STAFF FURTHER USED THIS DOCUMENT TO NOT ADOPT ORDINANCE AND THERE BY ANY OTHER ACTIVITY. REGARDING TO THE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE WERE FOR ONLY 41 POLLS. THIS SLIDE IS SHOWING 45 UTILITY POLLS. JUST IN COMPETENCY MAKES IT UNREASONABLE FOR THE CITY TO MAINTAIN PRECISE DETAILS AND DYNAMIC WEBSITE PORTAL AS PROPOSED IN SLIDE 23. SLIDE 15 MR. AUS BORN CATEGORIES HEALTH AS A NEAR CONCERN. DESPITE ESTABLISHED SCIENCE PERTAINING TO ADVERSE HEALTH AFFECTS WHICH ALREADY OCCUR IN SANTA RSA AND INCREASE WITH THE WGF OF SANTA ROSA, HOMES AND WORK PLACES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS. STILL IT'S LARGER THAN PESTICIDES LIKE DTT, LAERJ THAN SPOKING, ALL OF THESE TOOK SEVEN TO TEN YEARS BEFORE THE DAMAGE WAS DETECTED.
THE STANDARDS THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT HAVE BEEN DIS POVED BY COUNTLESS ARTICLES APPEAR IN SCIENCE. YOU HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF EVIDENCE. THE FCC IS A CAPTURED AGENCY, IT'S MADE OF TELECOM EXECUTIVES. THEIR STATEMENTS, IN FACT DISREGARD SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, THEY'RE THE FOX REGARDING THE CHICKEN HOUSE AND WE ARE THE CHICKENS. I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO WHAT IS AT RISK, I'LL HAND YOU MY TESTIMONY. 5G IS INVOLUNTARY TEE EXPOSURE. WE'RE NOT VOLUNTEERING TO BE EXPOSED TO THIS. PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO MOVE FROM THEIR HOMES HERE TO TO AVOID BEING SICK.
SYMPTOMS RECOGNIZED IN THE CODE OF AGENCY OR ICD10. YOU MUST KEEP US SAFE. I WANT IT ADD THIS LAST COMMENT ABOUT RF EMISSION CHECKING. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. YOU NEED AN INDEPENDENT STAFF PERSON TO THE CITY TO DO UNANNOUNCED RANDOM VISITS AND IF THEY EXCEED 2 TIMES IN TWELVE MONTHS, THEY LOSE THEIR PEMITY. >> THANK YOU. I'M HERE FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN AND OTHER GRANDCHILDREN WHO HAVE NO VOICE. WIRELESS RADIO FREQUENCY IS A FORM OF POLLUTION TO OUR CHILDREN. THE TRUST SAYS CHILDREN ARE NOT LITTLE ADULTS, OBVIOUS, CHILDREN SKULLS ARE THINNER AND TISSUES OF A CHILD'S HEAD INCLUDING THE NARROW AND THE EYE ABSORBS MORE ENERGY THAN THOSE OF THE ADULT HEAD. IT'S SCIENTIFICALLY ACCEPTED THAT CHILDREN ARE MORE VULNERABLE T MICROWAVE EXPOSURE AND ADULTS.
CHILDREN SYSTEM CELLS ARE EFFECTED BY MICROWAVE RADIATION. NO STUDIES SHOWS THAT EXPOSURE IS IN CHILDREN IS SAFE. THEY WERE SET IN 1996 IN THERMO EFFECTS LIKE HEATING. NO GUIDELINES, THE GUIDELINES DO NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE EXPOSURE OF MULTIPLE SOURCES AND ONLY CONSIDER 30 MINUTES OF EXPOSURE FROM ONE DEVICE AT A TIME. THE GUIDELINES DO NOT CONSIDER RESEARCH THAT CURRENT CELL PHONES CAN PRODUCE HOTSPOTS IN THE BRAIN. I HAVE A HAND OUT THAT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT SHOWS THAT. NOT PEEK EXPOSURE, THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS RECOMMENDS THAT THEY TIGHTEN WIRELESS EXPOSURE LIMITS AND THAT THE PUBLIC REDUCE EXPOSURE TO CELL PHONES, AND CELL PHONES AND OTHER DEVICES THAT EMANATE RADIATION. I URGE YOU TO HEED TE ADVISE OF THE EXPERTS.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL JOIN OTHER CITIES IN CALIFORNIA AROUND THE U.S. IN THE PENDING COURT CASE AGAINST THE FCC. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. PLEASE THINK OF YOUR CHILDREN WHILE YOU'RE MAKING YOUR DECISIONS. >> I'M GARY OAR, IM A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SANTA ROSA I'M IN ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE ONE OF THESE POLLS IS GOING TO BE, OUTFITTED WITH I SUPPOSE, THE SAME SMALL WIRELESS DEVICE WHICH JUST HAPPEN TO BE 20 FEET FROM MY ROOM AND 35 FEET FROM MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE IS SLATED FOR THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR TO ME. BUT IT'S RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF MY PROPERTY OR ON MY PROPERTY COMMON NEIGHBORS. IS ASSUME THAT THE CTY COUNCIL HAS ON THE INTERNET PROBABLY PUT OUT FLIER OR CONTACT AS FAR AS WHEN THE MEETINGS ARE GOING TO BE OR THE OTHER. I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE INTERNET.
BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THE PAPER FINALLY CME OUT TODAY AND I WAS ABLE TO FIND OUT SOME INFORMATION. I HAD ANOTHER NEIGHBOR THAT CALLED AND HAD A HARD TIME GETTING AHOLD, HE FINALLY DID. I'M HERE BECAUSE OF MY NEIGHBORS AND MOST OF THEM DON'T WANT THIS TO HAVE THIS RIGHT WHERE IT'S GOING. THE CITY NEEDS TO FIND A WAY TO COMBAT THAT THE COMPANIES ARE TRYING TO PUSH ON YOU. THE BEST WAY IS TO GET A CLASS ACTION AGAINST PG&E AND VERIZON. I'M CONCERNED FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN AND MY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. I DON'T EVEN WANT TO HAVE THEM COME TO MY HOUSE IF THIS THING GOES IN BECAUSE I'M AFRAID IT'S GOING TO BOTHER THEM. AS FOR MYSELF, I'M OLD ENOUGH THAT IT DOES NOT MATTER. BUZZ THERE SHOULD BE SOME WAY OF CONTROLLING AN AMOUNT OF SOME AREAS OF WHERE THESE THINGS GO. AND I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO ME TODAY. AND I HOPE YOU CARRY ON FOR THE REST OF US, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> HELLO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. IS ATTEST AND AFFIRM THAT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT ARE TRUE ACCURATE AND WITHIN MY PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE.
MY NAME IS JNICE BRADSHAW AND I'M A MOTHER AND GRANDFATHER AND PAST TEACHER AND RESIDENT OF SANTA ROSA. THE MICROWAVE RADIATION THROUGH WIRE LTS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES THAT THE CITY WISHES TO ALLOW WITHOUT REGULATION WOULD PRODUCE MANY HARMFUL EFFECTS ON THE NEWER LOGIC FUNCTIONING OF THE PEOPLE OF SANTA ROSA. IT IS WELL ESTABLISHED AND RELEVANT SCIENTIFIC STUDIES TAT THE HIGHLY SEEN O BIOTIC RADIATION DEPLOYED BY WDTF PROVIDES IMPACTS ON HUMANS AND ANIMALS. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AT TE WHOLE BODY LEVEL RELIES ON ELECTRON FLOW TO AND FROM SIN OP SIS AS WLL AS ENERGY TO FUNCTION. THE PULSE RADIATION THAT THE WTF INTERFERE WITH PROPER FUNCTIONING OF THE SYSTEM. SUBMITTING CONSTANT 24/7, 365 FOREVER RADIATION WILL LEAD TO MORE NUERO LOGIC, PROBLEM, INSOMNIA AND FATIGUE AND LACK OF PRODUCTABILITY AND LOWERED IQ, ATTENTION-DEFICIT DISORDER AND HYPER ACTIVITY AND HEADACHE ANXIETY DEPRESSION AND BEHAVIOR AND ACCELERATED NUERO DEGENERATION.
LET ME BE CLEAR THAT BY THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF SUCH RADIATION ACTION UPON A NERVOUS SYSTEM, EVERY PERSON IS ADVERSELY EFFECTED. OUR CHILDREN ARE MORE EFFECTED THAN THE ADULTS. SINCE I HAVE A MOTHER AND A GRANDMOTHER I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ABOUT CHILDREN AND AS A PAST TEACHER. I SUBMIT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT IS REVIEWED AND ADMISSIBLE UNDER THE SUPREME COURT DOBBART RULE THE EVIDENCE CANNOT BE REFUSED IGNORED OR MISS CHARACTERIZED AS MERE CONCERN.
I HAVE EXPRESSED NO CONCERN OR OTHER NON SUB STATIVE MATTER. I'M SUBMITTING TO YOU TO EACH OF YOU MY PRESENTATION ALONG WITH LINK TO SEE STUDIES. I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE READ THE PEER REVIEW STUDY YOURSELVES. DON'T RELY ON ANYTHING ELSE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING AND ALSO, I HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH–[BUZZARD] >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> MOSHER. I BROUGHT THIS A LICENSE ARCHITECT IN SUSPECT OF CALIFORNIA. FIRST, IS A QUESTION AND A STATEMENT, WE ARE THE PEOPLE, WE OWN THIS BUILDING AND WE OWN THE MCHINES. WE ARE GIVEN ONLY THREE MINUTES TO TALK HERE, WHY THE THE TELECOM INDUSTRY GIVEN UNLIMENTED TIME.
AND I'M UPSET ABOUT IT. WHAT IS MISSION NOW, MEDICAL EXPERTS AND RESEARCHERS THAT TELL YOU THE DANGERS OF THIS MAGNETIC FIELDS. IN 1993 I ATTENDED A CONFERENCE ABOUT INDOOR POLLUTION, WE STUDIED MAGNETIC FIELDS OF 60 HERTZ FROM THE HOME ELECTRICITY AND WE LEARNED HOW TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR PEOPLE. TODAY WE'RE SPEAKING OF ENERGIES AND FIELDS MILLIONS AND STILL TALKING ABOUT THE ESTHETIC LIKE THE ENGINEER LYING TO US, TELLING US IT'S SAFE DOES NOT HAVE A MEDICAL CLUE. I SERVED IN THE ISRAELI ARMY. ORDERS WERE TO STAND BEHIND THE MACHINES WITHOUT TURNED OFF BECAUSE OF THE TOXIC RADIATION, WE WERE PROTECTED BUSINESS OUR SUPERIORS. NO ONE IS PROTECTED IN THIS ROOM. I FEEL CONSTANT LEES UNCOMFORTABLE HERE BECAUSE OF THE RADIATION HERE. BEST OF MY EXPERIENCE, I NEVER USE THE WI-FI IN MY HOME OR ANY OFFICE, ALL HARD WIRE AND WORK WELL.
IN 2015 I WAS HIRED BY COMPANY IN MILLBODY, AFTER TWO WEEKS I START BEING SICK. THEN I DISCOVERED IT WAS A WI-FI ROUTER, WHEN I ASKED TO TURN OFF, I WAS THREATENED TO BE FIRED. I WAS FIRED. THOU SHALL NOT HAVE FALSE AGAINST. FULL STATEMENT DATA RESEARCH CLAIMING THAT WI-FI AND WIRELESS ARE SAFE. THEY ARE NOT. THIS CREDITS INDEPENDENT RESEARCHERS. AND SOME OF THEM ARE NAMES THAT ARE TELLING US THE TRUTH BECAUSE THEY DO ALL THE RESEARCH. DR. CLEAN HEART, DR.
SHOELDBERGH. DR. GEORGE CARLO HARASSED AND FIRED BY THEM. DR. DEBRA DAVIS AND DR. MARTIN POLE. THE SCIENTIFIC FRAUD IS LARGER THAN TOBACCO AND EVERYTHING. >> THANK YOU, SIR. JUDE FOLLOWED BY TOM SAWYER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, I HAVE PRAYED TO A HIGHER POWER THAT YOU WILL HEAR US TODAY. LOOK HOW MANY HAVE COME IN THE MIDDLE OF AFTERNOON WE HAVE JOBS AND CHILDREN TO PICK UP AND THESE PEOPLE ARE CALLING OUT TO YOU AS GUARDIANS OF OUR WELL BEING OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN SANTA ROSA. THAT'S WHY YOU WERE BROUGHT HERE. NOT TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE AT THE STABLE. I CAN TELL YOU PERSONALLY I SAT THERE BITING MY TONGUE LISTENING TO LIE AFTER LIE AFTER LIE. I WILL TELL WHAT YOU REALLY GOES ON AND WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. I BOUGHT A HOUSE AT 721 LINK LANE. AND ONE MORNING VERY EARLY, BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS, I HEARD A LOT OF NOISE GOING ON OUTSIDE. FOR SEVERAL DAYS, OVER A WEEK FROM CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE NEW YEAR PERIOD, WHEN CITY OFFICERS WERE CLOSED AND IT WAS HARD TO GET AHOLD OF PEOPLE, I SAW THESE CREWS COME IN.
THEY WERE IN TRUCKS, THAT DID NOT SIGNIFY WHO WAS INVOLVED. THERE WERE BLANK TRUCKS, PENSKE RENTED TRUCKS ANYTHING. BUT EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD NOT IDENTIFY WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WHO SENT THESE PEOPLE. THEY STARTED DIGGING 20 FEET FROM MY LIVING ROOM, MY FAVORITE CHAIR WHICH WAS THE SANCTUARY WHERE I CAN SIT AND READ AND SUPPOSED SAFETY. THEY WENT AND FILLED PG&E POLL WITH ALL OF THESE UGLY EQUIPMENT AND THEN THEY SUNK AT LEAST 5 BY 4 FOOT MAYBE LARGER OF THIS COLLECTION ELECTRIC BOX, AND THEY STUCK IT IN HERE AND WHEN I WENT TO THEM AND I SAID I LIVE HERE WHAT IS GOING ON, THEY WOULD NOT RESPOND.
AND I HAD TO KNOCK ON THE DOORS ALL OVER THESE BUILDINGS TO NARROW DOWN THIS EECTRICAL WIRING THAT WAS GOING TO GO 20 FEET FROM ME. I PROTESTED AND FINALLY HEARD AND ELECTRIC BOX WAS LEFT BUT ALL THE EQUIPMENT OF PG&E POLL WAS LEFT. THEY DID NOT, I'M TELLING YOU, IT WAS A FRAUD OF GOING OUT TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY. NOT ONE PERSON IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD EXCEPT MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR. >> THANK YOU. >> THERE IS LIES.
>> TOM SAWYER FOLLOWED BUSINESS BRIAN POWELL. >> HELLO I'M TOM SAWYER I'M ELECTRICAL ENGINEER AND LIFETIME MEMBER OF E.E.E. I HOPE WE CAN KEEP THESE AWAY FROM SCHOOLS AND RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. ONE THING WE HAVE NOT TALKED A LOT TONIGHT IS EXPOSURE LIKE IF THEY'RE ON SIGNALS AND PEOPLE ARE PASSING UNDERNEATH FOR THE MOST PART F.THEY'RE IN FRONT OF A RESIDENT, THAT'S 24/7.
ALSO IS WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE FCC TESTING THAT WAS DONE IN 1996 THAT WAS NOT DONE WITH POST MODLATION IN MIND. SO A LOT OF ENERGY CAN BE PUT INTO A SINGLE SPIKE OVER A GIVEN AMOUNT OF TIME. AND YOU CAN BE COME WUP A SAME AMOUNT OF POWER ALTHOUGH THAT SPIKE CAN HAVE CONSEQUENCES THAT HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THAT TESTING. ALTHOUGH A LOT OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND ACADEMIC STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT, THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE THERE.
ALSO, YOU KNOW, OCCUPATIONAL RF, THERE IS TIME LIMITS ON THAT. SO I KNOW THAT WAS NOT BROUGHT OUT TODAY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT MR. HAMEN WHO I KNOW IS ALSO A CONSULTANT TO REVIES ON. VERIZON JUST THOUGHT I WOULD THROW THAT OUT THERE. >> SO THERE IS A FEW THINGS THAT CAN MAKE PEOPLE SICK, POOR MENTAL STATE AND, POOR NUTRITION AND POOR ENVIRONMENT. WE CAN SHOW THE PERSON TO VIBRATE BUT IF YOU STICK THEM IN A MICROWAVE AND SPRAY THEM WITH PESTICIDES, THEY WILL GET SICK ANYWAY. THIS EQUIPMENT WAS DESIGNED IN THE PAST FOR SPECIFIC REASONS. IT'S STILL THE REASON, THIS IS NOT MY KNOWLEDGE, READ BACK IN HISTORY WHAT THIS WAS USED FOR THIS. IS A WEAPON AND WE'RE UNDER ATTACK. MY SON IS 12 YEARS OLD AND WE WILL NOT SEE HIS FTURE IF WE DON'T STOP THIS MADNESS. THE INDIVIDUALS YOU SEE HERE IS PART OF THE PROBLEM.
WE NEED TO STOP TO COMPLAIN ABOUT IT, WE NEED TO STAND UP AND FIGHT. EVERY MAN AND EVERY WOMAN THAT CAN STAND AND FIGHT AND GET OUR TOWN BACK AND OUR COUNTRY BACK. WE HAVE LOST CONTROL OF WHAT IS IMPORTANT. AND IT'S TIME TO GET T BACK. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CELL PHONE POWERS. THESE DEVICES HAVE BEEN MAKING SICK SINCE THEY PUT THEM IN THE 1990s.
MY FAMILY WAS HERE FOR 100 YEARS. WE LOST THE BEES AND BUTTERFLIES, BUT THEY SAY, I'S DESTROYING EVERYTHING AS AT CELLULAR LEVEL. IT DOES NOT GIVE CANCER, IT MAKES YOU SUSEPTABLE TO EVERYTHING. THE YOUNG AND OLD AND COMPROMISED ARE THE MOST SUSEPTABLE. THEY'RE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO DESTROY OUR FUTURE AND WE'RE ALLOWING IT TO HAPPEN. ENOUGH OF THIS MADNESS, TIME TO STOP THIS. GET ALL THE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW AROUND AND STAND UP AND TAKE THESE GOD DAMN THINGS DOWN AND STOP DESTROYING OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE. THESE ARE WEAPONS, THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE MADE FOR AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE BEING USED FOR.
GO AHEAD AND DO YOUR RESEARCH. GO BACK TO THE COLD WAXER UNDERSTAND WLA YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN HERE. UNDERSTAND WLA IT'S BEEN DOING. UNDERSTAND THE AFFECTS. NOBODY ON CITY COUNCIL, WE NEED TO ELECT INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE QUALIFICATIONS TO COUNCIL THAT ARE QUALIFIED TO GOVERNOR THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES. IT'S TIME FOR CHANGE. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CELL PHONE TOU,Z WE NEED TO GET OUR COUNTRY BACK. WE HAVE NO TIME TO WASTE. IF WE DON'T STAND UP SOON, THERE IS GOING TO BE NO HOPE FOR OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE. >> [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. MARTHA FOLLOWED BY DEBRA.
>> I ATTEST AND AFFIRM THAT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS TRUE AND ACCURATE. I'M THE MOTHER OF TO TEENS AT QUEST HIGH SCHOOL A HOME OWN END AND LANDLORD AND ADD JUNK INSTRUCTOR AND FOR OVER 30 YAE,Z WE'VE BEEN IN SANTA ROSA. MY PARENTS WERE INSTRUMENTAL TO CREATING GLACIER, BARBARA AND JOEL LIVED AND DIED AND BURIED HERE. COMMUNITY IS AN IMPORTANT VALUE IN MY FAMILY. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS COMMUNITY. ALTHOUGH SPEAK APPROXIMATING OUT NOW ABOUT MIZ EXPERIENCE IS VERY HARD TO DO. THIS IS MY CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME. I'M NT ALONE WITH THIS CONDITION. EMS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH AN OFFICIAL MEDICAL CODE. ALSO CALLED TO OTHER EXPOSURE IONIZE. I ALREADY LIVE IN A WORLD THAT FORCES ME TO CARRY A–THE EFFECT OF MY BEING IN A ENVIRONMENT LIKE THIS, MAKES ME VERY UNSETTLED WITH A FIGHT OR FLIGHT FEELING LIKE I'M IN DANGER. THIS IS THE SOUND OF THE MICROWAVE RADIATION I PERCEIVE AND REACT TO, WE'RE ALL I THIS. I WILL MORE SPECIFICALLY FEEL HEAD PAIN AND JAW PRESSURE AND BEGIN TO FEEL ANXIETY AND HAVE A DIFFICULTY REMEMBERING WHAT I HAVE TO SAY, GET WORDS WRONG AND FORGET, GET NOSE BLEEDS, I'LL FEEL HEART PALPITATION.
I SUFFER FROM DEEP FATIGUE. WHAT HAS CONVINCED ME THAT MY SYMPTOMS IS THAT WHEN I'M AWAY FROM ANTENNAS AND TOWERS OR ANTENNAS NEAR BY, AND ETHER NET, I JUST NEED TO B AWAY FROM RADIATION. HIGHLY UNNATURAL RADIATION OF THE TELECOM IS TRYING TO FORCE UPON COMMUNITIES MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO STAY AWAY FROM WIRELESS DEVICES SXEN JOY OUR HOMES. IT BREAKS MY HEART THAT I WILL NOT CONTINUE TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. IT'S UNHEALTHY FOR ALL TO PUT PROFITS OVER COMMUNITY VALUES. I KNOW THAT SANTA ROSA WILL LONGER BE INHABITABLE WITH MORE CELL PHONE TOWERS. OTHERS FEEL THIS TOO AS MANY FEEL THE IMPACT OF THEIR RADIATION ON THEIR OWN BODIES AND UNDER THEIR LOVED ONE. YOU, FROM PUSHING THROUGH THEIR AGENDA AND CHASING AWAY MANY SOLID ROOTED COMMUNITY MINDED PEOPLE. YOU CAN AVERT HARM, YOU FOR THOSE WHO REMAIN. WE HAVE JUST LEARNED THIS MORNING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET SUPPORT, 100 MAYORS IN ITALY HAVE JUST DECLARED A MON TORIUM. [BUZZARD] >> THANK YOU. DEBRA, FOLLOWED BY DISANA. >> HI GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M DR. GABRIEL I'M NOT A TECHNOLOGY EXPERT.
RATHER IM A TRIPLE BOARD CERTIFIED PHYSICIAN AND ONE OF MY ROLES IS A PEDIATRIC DEVELOPMENTAL SPECIALIST. ONE FLT THINGS I DO IS GO INTO CLASSROOMS AND EVALUATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AS THEY TRANSITION FROM KINDERGARTEN TO FIRST GRADE, AND WHAT I'VE SEEN, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WHAT I SEE IS WHEN WE TURN THESE RF REMIT ING DEVICES WITH OUR CELL PHONE, THE CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOR CHANGE. THEIR ABILITY TO CONCENTRATE CHANGES. THEIR PERCEPTION OF ABDOMINAL CHANGES. THEIR COMPLAINT OF HEADACHES CHANGES. THEIR ABILITY TO MOVE IN THEIR BODY CHANGES. NOUZ I WAS AN INTERN WHEN THE WHOLE MERK SCANDAL CAME OUT. WHEN I SAW PATIENTS THAT CAME INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM DYING AFTER BEING ON VOX BY HEART ATTACKS AND I WAS TOLD BY MIA TENDING, DON'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU SEE, THE VIEAX REP IS HERE, TELLING US THAT THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE. WHAT I TRUST IN MY FACILITIES IS TRUST WHAT YOU SEE.
WHAT I SEE WITH THESE CHILDREN, DEVELOPMENTALLY IS THEY ARE EFFECTED. I DON'T CARE WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS. IS SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING. LIKE I SAID I'M A TRIP MANY BOARD CERTIFIED PHYSICIAN, I'M NOT FALLING TO SOME FAD. THIS IS WHAT I SEE CLINICALLY. DESPITE WHAT ALL THE RESEARCH SAYS, WE NEED TO ASK, WHAT ARE WE SEEING, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. >> GRASIANA FOLLOWED BY KATHY MILLER. >> I'M AN INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN AND I'M A RESIDENT OF SANTA ROSA.
I WANT TO ADD THAT DR. GAMBREL HAS SAID AND I HAVE SEEN THAT IN MY PRACTICE ESPECIALLY WITH THE CHILDREN. TODAY I ATTEST AND AFFIRM THAT THE STATEMENT IS TRUE AND. MICROWAVE RADIATION FROM WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES IS HAZARDOUS. IT CAUSES DNA DAMAGE TO THE MYTA CONDRI AND MEMBRANE OF RED CELLS, THEY CAN STILL RECOVER. HOWEVER, THEIR DNA DAMAGE DOES NOT RECOVER AND THIS GETS PASSED ON TO OUR CHILDREN.
WHEN CELLS ARE CONSTANTLY EXPOSED TO MICROWAVE RDIATION THEY DO NOT RECOVER. ONE MICRO WATT CAN DECREASE SPERM VIABILITY. 2.5 MICRO WATT CAN EFFECT THE CALCIUM IN THE HEART MUSCLE. MIKE MIKE RO WATTS CAN CREATE DNA DAMAGE. EXPOSURE OVERTIME. CURRENT RADIATION EXPOSURE WITHIN CITIES WITHOUT 5G HAVE CAN REACH AROUND 5,000 MICRO WATTS PER SQUARE CENTIMETERS. 5G IS EXPECTED 100 TIMES THE CURRENT LEVELS. THE CELLS MOST EFFECTED AE THOSE ARE REPLICATION LIKE SPERMS AND CELLS OF YOUNG CHILDREN AND FETUSES. THIS CAUSE WZ PROBLEM WITH INFERTILITY, LEARNING DISABILITY AND CANCERS. ADULTS CAN BE EFFECTED AS WELL. THEY CAN DEVELOP SHORT-TERM AND AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER MEMORY PROBLEMS FATIGUE. THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF RADIATION CAN BE DOCUMENTED BUSINESS OVER 10,000 STUDIES, OVER THE LAST CENTURY. BIO INITIATIVE 2012 WHICH IS NOW UPDATED IS PUT TOGETHER BUSINESS SCIENTIST ABOUT THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF OUR RADIATION ON HUMAN HEALTH.
THE GLOBAL FERTILITY RATE HAS DECAESD 3% JUST IN THE LAST YEAR AND MUCH OF THIS IS DUE TO MALE INFERTILITY. SOME STUDIES HAVE SHOWED THAT SPERM EXPOSE TODAY RADIATION LOSES POTENT SEE. INCLUDE IN THEIR UNBORN CHILDREN. HOWEVER WE WILL NOT KNOW THIS FOR ANOTHER GENERATION AND THIS REPERCUSSIONS. >> THANK YOU, DR. COTIA MERYL FOLLOWED BUSINESS MAX CRONE. >> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS STUDY SESSION. IS ATTEST AND AFFIRM THAT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT RIGHT SIDE TRUE AND ACCURATE AND WITHIN MY PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE. MY NAME IS CATIA MILLER. AND I'M A MOTHER, A GRANDMOTHER , I'M A RESIDENT OF OAKMONT A COFOUNDER OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED SNOMA COUNTY, I'M A RESEARCHER AUGTER WITH THE WASHINGTON DC. OUR GROUPS COMMITTED PACKETS TO YOU FROM OUR NATIONAL ORGANIZATION CALLS AMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING THIS PRO SURE, WIRELESS RADIATION AND UNDENIABLE RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH WHICH I HOPE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO READ. AND I'M GOING TO INCLUDE A FEW EXCERPTS. THE CURRENT TELE COMMUNE CASING FACILITIES WTF MISLEADINGLY CALLED SMALL CELLSED WHICH ARE UNDERMINING THE CARDIAC PEOPLE IN SANTA ROSA AND IF NOT REMOVED WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
RESEARCH SHOWS INCREASES IN HEART RATE, ARYTHMIA, INCREASE IN BLOOD PLEASURE AND OTHER DISTURBANCES, FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO WIRELESS RAID ALESING. –RADIATION, SEVERAL STUDIES REPORTED IN EEE AFTER EXPOSURE TO RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION SUCH AS THE WTCs DEPLOY AND IMMEDIATE AND SHORT-TERM EFFECTS WERE ALSO COMMON. THE PEOPLE OF SANTA ROSA ARE EXPERIENCING AND WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE INCREASED AUTOMATICKIC SYSTEM AND DECREASED SYMPATHETIC, MICROWAVE RAID ACE, DIMINISHED HEALTH AND PRODUCTIVITY WILL RESULT LEAD TO GO INCREASE HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURE AND EARLY DEATH. I SUBMIT HERE IN ONTO THE PUBLIC RECORD SUBSTANTIAL EIDENCE IN TE FORM OF RELEVANT SCIENTIFIC STUDIES WHICH ARE ADMISSIBLE UNDER SUPREME COURT RULE. I HAVE EXPRESSED NO CONCERN OR ANY NON SUBSTANTIAL MATTERS BUT SOLELY LAW AND I ACCEPT YOUR ACTS IN OFFICE. THANK YOU. >> MAX FOLLOWED BUSINESS TOBARES. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. I ATTEST AND AFFIRM THAT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT ARE TRUE AND ACCURATE AND WITHIN MY PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE.
MY NAME IS MAX AND I LIVE IN THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA. CONSISTENT EVIDENCE IN TEXTOLOGY SHOW THAT RF MICROWAVE EXPOSURE IS ASSOCIATED WITH AND CAUSE YOU TO PRODUCE SPERM COUNT AND MOTEL ALT AS WELL AS DNA. RESEARCH ALSO SHOWS DAMAGES AFTER WIRELESS EXPOSURE TO OVARIES OF RATS AND MICE AS WELL AS TO THE EGGS OF FLIES AND BIRDS FOR JUST A FEW GENERATIONS. DECADES OF SUCH STUDIES HAVE PRODUCED ENORMOUS VOM AND DATA CONSTITUTING PROOF OF HARM TO HUMAN, ANIMALS AND PLANTS PARTICULARLY RADIATION WHERE RADIATION IS MOD LATED AND I HAVE A PACKAGE HERE TO SUBMIT THAT SHOWS SOME OF THESE STUDIES. AND I HAVE EXPRESSED NO CONCERN OF THIS MEATER. THIS MATTER ONLY FACT IN LAW. I ACCEPT YOUR CODE IN OFFICE. >> THANK YOU.
DEBRA FOLLOWED BY MARK SULLIVAN. >> DEBRA AND I RUN THE WEBSITE STOP THE CRIME.NET. I'M A RESEARCHER, JOURNALIST AND INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AND ON SHOWS ALL OVER THE WORLD. ON STOP THE CRIME NET.NET WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THIS EPOCHALYPSE AND THAT IS WHAT THIS IS IS. THIS IS A DEATH, MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS IS A GENOCIDE PLAN, WE KNOW THAT.
WE KNOW THAT. WE LOOK AT THE LEGAL.COM WEBSITE AND WE UNDERSTAND THE PERCENTAGE OF REDUCTION OF POPULATION BY 2025 IN THE UNITED STATES. BUT I SHALL NOT DIGRESS BECAUSE WE ALL MUST UNDERSTAND THIS IS AN ELUSION OF PUBLIC INPUT RIGHT NOW. THIS IS A CORPORATION. SANTA ROSA IS A CORPORATION. THEY ARE IN LOCK STEP WITH ALL OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT RUN THIS COUNTRY. THIS IS WHAT THIS FOUNDATION IS AUTOMATIC ABOUT. WE'RE HEADING TOWARDS A DIDGE CAL EVERYTHING. THEY ARE LIKE SLAP NAL. THIS ISING GOING TO BE OUR BACK UP BATTERIES THROUGHOUT TE CITY, EVERYWHERE, SOLAR AS WELL WHICH IS A WEAPON. BUT IT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN ELUSION OF REPRESENTATION. S THE UNITED STATES IS A CORPORATE AGENCY, RUN BY BANKERS AND IMF. THIS IS A SILENCE WAPONS ATTACK AND THERE IS A DOCUMENT THAT ALL OF YOU SHOULD READ IF YOU HAVEN'T, CALLED SILENT WEAPONS FOR WARS .S HAVE YOU KNOWN OF THE WARS INLAND CASTER IT'S ON THE STREET LIGHTS.
IT'S GOING TO COME HERE TOO TOO. IT IS CREATING THE INTERNET OF THINGS WHERE YOU WALK OUT AND SAY UBER AND IT ARRIVES WITHOUT A CELL PHONE IN YOUR HAND. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE GOING RAPIDLY. [BUZZARD]. THANK YOU SEE COUNCIL AND ALL OF MEMBERS OF THE CITY ITSELF WHO ARE PULLING THIS TOGETHER TODAY. AND EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE, GIVE YOURSELF A A HIGH FIVE FOR FEELING YOUR POTENTIAL IN BEING HERE. DON'T EVER FORGET YOU GOT IT. IN 1996 WS MENTIONED AS THE TESTING STANDARDS FOR TELECOM INDUSTRIES USING WHICH IS NOT GOOD ON THE FACE OF IT. BUT, ASO THE FLAWED ASPECT OF THAT IS THAT THEY'RE USING A THERMO RATING MUCH LIKE YOUR MICROWAVE IS HIGH TESTIMONY, MOST OF THE ELECTRONIC COMMUNITY DOES NOT GET THAT HIGH AS FR AS THERMO SO IT'S A DECEIVING NUMBER WHEN THEY CALL IT SAFE.
THE HUMAN BODY IS A BIOWAY ELECTRIC COMPONENT BUY LOGIC CLAIM, EVERY LIVING THING IS. SO THE EXPOSURE TO ANY RADIATION AT ALL, IS DEFINITELY GOING T HAVE AN EFFECT. BABIES ESPECIALLY BECAUSE CELL DIVISION HAPPENS SO FAST AND THAT'S WHY IT HAPPENS SO FAST AD IF THERE IS ANY DISRUPTION OF DNA OR MYTO CONDRIA TAT PROGRESSES AND CAN TURN INTO SO MANY ASPECT OF ILL HEALTH FOR THE CHILDREN. HUMAN TECHNOLOGY IS ADVANCED REALLY WELL AS WE ALL KNOW. BUT WE TEND TO BE, NOT USED TOO MUCH WISDOM WHEN IT GETS GOING BUT THERE IS A LOT OF INSTANCES AS WE BACK UP. AND WE SAY WHY DIDN'T WE SEE THAT COMING. SO IT'S A PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPAL NOW GLAD TO SEE THE CITY IS MOVING FORWARD SLOWLY. THE OTHER ASPECT OF THE TELECOM INDUSTRY, THEY HAVE NO INSURANCE AGAINST LAWSUITS AGAINST, DAMAGE. SO AND IN THIS POSITION, THE CITY MIGHT BE OPENING ITSELF UP TO TREMENDOUS LAWSUITS THAT WILL EFFECT ALL OF US DOWN THE ROAD THAT IS WITNESSED BY THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE THAT IS EVIDENT FROM THIS TECHNOLOGY.
SO, S FORTH AND DO WELL. >> THANK YOU. PETER FOLLOWED BY NOAH DAVIDSON. >> I'M PETER I'M HERE TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER, FEAR OF ALL FEAR. DEBRA STOP THE CRIME.NET IS WORTH LOOKING AT. SHE IS TELLING THE TRUTH. AND THE YOUNG MAN IN THIS SPOT, HE SAID TO TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK AND THAT'S RIGHT. BUT THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE DO THAT. WE'RE UNDER MARSHAL LAW SINCE THE 1987 NATIONAL SECURITY ACT WHICH SAYS YOU'RE ALL SLAVES. AND THIS GUY DOWN HERE, OTHERS NOT ASKING THEM TO DO THIS, HE'S TELLING THEM. HE'S GOING TO RAPE YOUR KIDS BUT HE'S GOING TO ASK NICELY TO DO IT FIRST. THEY DO NOT HAVE THE POWER THAT YOU THINK THEY HAVE. WHICH IS WHY, I'M COMMANDING YOU TO GENERAL STRIKE THIS SYSTEM STARTING NOW WITH A TOTAL ECONOMIC STRIKE. I TRY PROPHECY TOGETHER, TO POWER THE WIND ONCE RETURNED BACK TO THE CITY, TIES IN EPHESIANSES, WE FIGHT NOT AGAINST THE FLESH OF BLAO, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOK AT.
I TRUFPTED A FORMER SHERIFF FROM ALAMEDA HAVING OFFERED A BOOK VERIFYING THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY IS MILITARY APPLICATION AND ALSO HAS THE ABILITY TO GO TO LETHAL FORCE AND BEFORE THIS SHERIFF, BECAME A SHERIFF HE CREATED THE FIRST RADIO DISPATCH TECHNOLOGY FOR LAWSUIT. –LAW ENFORCEMENT. THIS WAS IN THE 1930s, ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP TO CALIFORNIA AFTERWARDS. I THINK YOU NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT WE ARE BEING TOLD. THIS MILITARY TECH IS AN INITIAL STEP TO ADDITIONAL UPGRADES INTERFACES ALL BROUGHT TOUZ BY THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AND THEIR XOE HERTZ WHO RULE OVER THEM. HOW DO WE FIGHT THIS? WHILE YOU SEE THE FIREFIGHTERS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SATANIC RIDDLE. THE ENTIRE WEST COAST FOR 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER RELEASED WHO IS DOWN 44 YEARS AND NOW THE WHOLE WORLD AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKS FOR US.
AND THIS SHIP GOES AWAY IMMEDIATELY. AND SO, I AM HERE SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER. I'M COMMANDING YOU TO JOIN THIS STRIKE. YOU'RE ALL OVER THE IF HESER, NO MORTGAGES, NO FENCE AND GET READY TO PUT A PARTY TOGETHER TO PUT TOGETHER SOME OF THE WELL-KNOWN PRISONERS. >> NOAH, DAVIDSON FOLLOWED BY SHARYL HEALER. >> I ATTEST AND AFFIRM THAT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT RIGHT SIDE TRUE AND WITHIN MY PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE. I WILL BE PROVIEEDING YOU WITH AN EMAIL TO ADD DOCUMENTING WHAT I STATED TODAY. MY NAME IS NE LA DAVIDSON, I LIVE IN SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA ONE OF THE FIRST TEST 5G IN THE WORLD. UNTIL LATE DECEMBER, VERIZON INSTALLED AN ANTENNA. 4G SMALL S*EMZ FORMED THE BACKBONE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WITH TENANT. THIS IS THE SAME INFRASTRUCTURE THAT VERIZON IS TRYING TO BUILD IN SANTA ROSA. SHORTLY AFTER THE ANTENNA WAS INSTALLED MY NIECES BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEM MANIFESTED AS COLD AND BLUE SYMPTOMS. THESE SYMPTOMS HAVE SINCE BEEN DOCUMENTED BY A PRACTICING PHYSICIAN AND ATTRIBUTED TO AN ANTENNA OUTSIDE OF OUR HOME.
HE MEASURED EXPOSURE HIGH AS 460,000 MICRO WATTS PER SQUARE METER OR 4.6 PERCENT INSIDE MY NIECE'S BEDROOM. WELL THIS MAY SOUND LOW, IT'S HUNDREDS OF TIMES HIGHER THAN TYPICAL EXPOSURE FROM CELL EN ANTENNA. THTS MAIN PROBLEM WITH SMALL CELL TECHNOLOGY. BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING INSTALLED SO MUCH CLOSER TO THE GROUND AND SO MANY CLOSER TO PEOPLE'S HOMES, EXPOSURE FROM SMALL CELLS CAN BE MUCH HIGHER THAN EXPOSURE FROM PREVIOUS GENERATION ANTENNAS. THIS IS CONFIRMED BUSINESS A PILOT STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO WHERE THEY HIRED EDISON TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANTENNA THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. GREATER EXPOSURE, MEANS GREATER HEALTH. THERE IS NO DEBATE. IN 2011, THE INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER, PART OF THE WORLD ORGANIZATION LABELED RF RADIATION AS A POSSIBLE CARCINOGEN. BASED ON RESEARCH THAT HAS BEEN CONDUCTED SINCE 2011 AND THEY HAVE DESIGNATED AS A HIGH PRIORITY. THIS IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S SAYING CLEARLY THAT RF RADIATION IS CARCINOGENIC. THE ONLY RADIATION IS SAFE IS THE TELECOM INDUSTRY, THE FCC THAT IS IN THE POCKET OF THE INDUSTRY AND ENGINEERING FIRMS WHO IS NOT AN ORMENT. AS REPRESENTATIVES OF SNTA ROSA, YOU HAVE A SWORN DUTY TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS.
>> THANK YOU. SHARYL FOLLOWED BY HAIRY LAYMAN. IS SHARYL HERE? OKAY, LET'S GO WITH HARRILIMAN FOLLOWED BY IAN WILL ACRESON. >> I WANT FIRST TO ENGAGE AS OTHERS DID EARLIER IN THANK YOU. I PARTICULARLY WANT TO ADDRESS MR. TIBBETTS, MR. TIBBETTS WAS ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT FREQUENCY AND PENETRATION LEVELS. I HAVE SUBMITTED TO YOU TODAY WHICH HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY EMAIL, PAPER WIZ I THINK YOU'LL FIND, PIEM TALK ABOUT TELLING THE TRUTH. I'LL TELL YOU TAT EVERYTHING HA HAS BEEN SAID IN THIS PAPER IS WELL DOCUMENTED AND WELL SOURCED AND EASY TO READ AND EX PLANETARY. SO IF YOU WANT ONE PLACE WHERE YOU CAN FIND OUT WHETHER THERE IS THE TRUTH IN ADDITION TO MY OWN WORK ATTACHES THE WORK TO DR.
AND THERE BY INTEGRATES, 370 REVIEWS STUDIES ON THIS. SHE IS A PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE IN UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO. POINTS FIRST THERE IS INPERMISABLE AND I SAY THIS TO YOU WITH GREAT RESPECT, I THINK YOU'RE A SINCERE MAN, JUST AS THE ADMINISTRATOR DOWN TL. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SIN VEER BELIEVING IN VIETNAM AND BEING IRAQ FOR EXAMPLE, FOR JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE GOT ON THE BANDWAGON. THIS IS ONE OF THEM. ONE OF THE REASONS IS, THE WHOLE THEORETICAL MACES FOR PUTING THE SMALL CELLS UP IS BECAUSE TE SHORT WAVES REQUIRE THAT. OF AUTOMATIC THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN READ. STUDIES SHOW THE CARCINOGENIC OF THESE WAVE LINK WHICH BY THE WAY, HERE'S THE CORE POINT.
TALKING ABOUT MR. HAMON ANYTIME. THE ENTIRE DIALOGUE AND THAT'S BASED ON THE FALSE PREMISES AND THAT'S THE HOW DO WE KNOW? THE TOXOLOGY PROGRAM ON MAY 27, ON MAY 18th AND ITS FINAL REPORT STATED THAT THE MECHANISM OF THE CANCER CAUSATION ESPECIALLY OF GLIOMA. I WISHED I HAD MORE TIME. BUT THIS IS NOW A PUBLIC RECORD. I BEG YOU THAT TO DO THE JOB WHICH IS BEGGED TO DO. PLEASE LOOK AT THE SCIENCE, PLEASE STOP THIS HORRIBLE THING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, IAN FOLLOWED BY SYDNEY COX. >> IAN, SYDNEY COX. FOLLOWED BY MARY DOLL. >> I'M SYDNEY COX. I LIVE IN WINDSOR CALIFORNIA.
I HAVE A LETTER THAT I'VE DRAFT TODAY GO TO THE WINDSOR SCHOOL BOARD. IT'S A BIT OF A STORY FREQUENCIES. MIZ HUSBAND, A RETIRED PHYSICS PROFESSOR AND I HVE ELECTRIC MOG FREQUENCY METER WE'VE IT FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS. EVER SINCE HIS DIABETES ALERTED US TO THE FACT THAT THE SUGAR LEVELS WERE LOWER IN A RURAL AREA ON EASTERN LONG ISLAND WHERE THE RF LEVELS WERE VERY LOW. CELL PHONE RECEPTION WAS BASICALLY NONEXISTENT IN THE HOUSE. WE STAYED AT THE LOCATION THREE SEPARATE TIMES IN THE WINTER AND SPRING OF 2013 WHILE CLEARING OUT MY AGED MOTHER'S HOUSE AND NOTICED THIS REMARKABLE EFFECT EACH TIME. ONE RING BROUGHT US TO THE POSSIBILITY OF RFs. THAT BEGAN MY SIX-YEAR INVESTIGATION, INTO THE EFFECTS OF RFs. WHICH INCLUDES SMART METERS. NOW I HAVE BEEN A VOLUNTEER IN THE WINTER SCHOOLS FOR TEN YEARS. SPENDING TIME EVERY WEEK IN THE SECOND GRADE CLASSROOM.
IFLS ALWAYS LOVESED MY TIME WITH THE CHILDREN. HOWEVER THIS YAE, THE SECOND GRADE HAVE MROFD AND MOST HAVE WI-FI EMITERS WHICH ARE MUCH MORE POWERFUL. I BROUGHT MY METER IN AND TOOK SOME READINGS AND ALARMED. THE READINGS RANGE FROM.241, TO POINT 0152 MICRO WATTS PER KILOMETER SQUARE. WHICH STUDIES SHOW WESTBOUND FOUND TO PRODUCE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS. I STILL SPEND TIME IN THE CLASSROOM BUT SINCE I'M 60 YEARS OLD AND ONLY THERE ONCE A WEEK, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT MYSELF BUT THE CHILDREN. DISORGANIZED THINKINGAGE OCCASION, LAKES AND EMOTIONAL WAIVERS AND I NOTICED ALL OF THESE IN THE CLASSROOM. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR TEN YEARS AND I SEE SUCH A CHANGE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MARY DOLL FOLLOWED BUSINESS MEGHAN.
HELLO MY NAME IS MEGHAN DOLL. SINCE THE SELL TOWER WAS TURNED ON APPROXIMATELY JULY 20, 2018 HAS HEALTH HAS DECLINED TO THE PINT THAT I CANNOT BE IN MANY OF MY ROOMS WITHOUT BEING VERY SICK. MANY TIMES I WAS CLOSE TO CALLING 9-1-1. THINK BACK TO YOUR WORSE FLU BUG THAT'S WHAT I LIVE WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY. I AM A PRISONER IN MY OWN HOME AS A AS A RESULT OF THIS, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM MY NORMAL ACTIVITIES LIKE CHORES COOKING, GAERNDING SINCE THE SELL TOWER HAS BEEN TURNED ON. EVEN MY ORANGE TREE NORMALLY PRODUCES ONE FRUIT NOW ONE SIDE BARELY HAS ANY FRUIT. IT'S CLEAR TO MY FRIENDS THAT MY HEALTH HAS DECLINED. MEGHAN, FOLLOWED BY ME LISA.
IS MG AN HERE? GO AHEAD MELISSA FOLLOWED BY DANA DAVIS. THERE I A LITTLE BUTTON THE SIDE IF YOU WANT TO LOWER THAT. >> OKAY, CAN YOU HEAR ME. >> YES. >> OKAY. AS A CANCER SURVIVOR, I'M EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF EMF THERE IS RESEARCH THAT INDICATES THAT IS DANGEROUS. 2000 LETTERS OF IN THE EFFECTS OF EMFs. THE STATEMENT SAYS RESENT PUBLICATION HAVE SHOWN THAT IT EFFECTS OR NANN I CAN WELL BELOW NATIONAL GUIDELINES. EFFECTS INCLUDES INCREASED CANCER RISK, CELLULAR STRESS, GENETIC DAMAGES AND STRUCTURE CHANGES OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS. AS EVIDENCE OF HOW IT EFFECTS TO LIFE. Ph.d THE DIRECT FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH AT UC BERKELEY. HE BEGAN BEGAN TRAS LATING IN THE EFFECTS OF WIRELESS RADIATION AFTER HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES PUBLISHED A 2009 RESEARCH THAT SHOWED THEY WERE AT GREATER RISK THE BRAIN TUMORS. AND WE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE 5G IS SAFE. DOCTOR MASSCOWIT WEIGHS IN ON 5G THAT HAVE BEEN USED FOR OLDER TECHNOLOGY 2G TO 4G, GIVEN 5G REACH.
EXPOSE OTHERING MANY PEOPLE TO MILLER WAVE. WITHIN A FEW MILLIMETERS OF HUMAN SKIN AND LAYERS OF THE CORNEA CAN HAVE EFFECTS. THE RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT LONG TERM EXPOSURE MAY POSE HEALTH RISK TO THE SKIN. ONE OF THE DEFINING EXPERIENCES OF GOING THROUGH CANCER IS FEELING COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL. IT'S A SENSE THAT ECHOS AND IF ONE IS LUCKY FOR YEARS OF SURVIVING IT. TO ME THE ECHO RAISES TO A HORROR KNOWING THAT CORPORATIONS ARE MAKE DECISIONS THAT CAN EFECT ME AND OTHER CANCER PATIENTS IN SONOMA COUNTY. I DEMAND THAT YOU DO NOT GIVE THEM CONTROL. GIVE THE POWER BACK TO THE PEOPLE WHERE IT BELONGS. >> THANK YOU. DONNA DAVID FOLLOWED BUSINESS RICHARD. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL I'M WITH AT&T EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF AS WE LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS. WE SAW A 250% INCREASE IN DATA ON OUR NETWORK. THIS IS NOT JUST FROM US AS INDIVIDUAL USERS BUT ALSO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH NOW DEPEND ON WIRELESS SERVICE TO SEE SUPPORT THEIR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATION SXZ MST IMPORTANTLY HERE IN SONOMA COUNTY, WE LOOK AT EMERGENCY AND FIRST RESPONDERS SUPPORT TO DO THAT.
WE HEARD FROM ASSISTANT FIRE TALK ABOUT EMERGENCY WHICH DEPEND ON THE NETWORK, 2018 WE BEGAN THE ROLL OUT OF OUR FIRST NET WHICH IS THE NATION'S FIRST UNIFIED PLATFORM DEDICATE TODAY FIRST RESPONDERS. WITH THAT NETWORK AND THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE V SUR VIALING FOR A FIRST RESPONDERS TO HAVE LIVE VIDEO FEEDS DURING AN EVENT FOR INFORMATIONAL AWARENESS SOMETHING WE DID NOT HAVE PRIOR TO 9/11. SO WITH ALL OF THIS, INCREASED DEMAND HOW'S IS SANTA ROSA FAILING WITH NETWORK PERFORMANCE. YOU MAY RECALL IN 2016, YOUR PRESS DEMOCRAT SITED A REPORT WHICH RATED SANTA ROSA 122 OUT OF 125 METROPOLITAN AREA WITH RESPECT TO PERFORMANCE. SO, HOW DO WE SOLVE FOR THIS. WE HEARD ABOUT THE SMALL CELLS AND ADDRESSING NETWORK PERFORMANCE WITH RESPECT TO COVERAGE AND ALSO TALKING ABOUT CAPACITY. SO THE WHY YOU MIGHT HAVE BARS WHERE YOU ARE, THE SERVICE MIGHT NOT WORK WHEN IT'S NEEDED DURING THE HIGH CAPACITY MOMENTS. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT LIKE 101 THAT'S THE PATHWAY TO GET AROUND IN THE NORTH BAY. BUT WHEN IT'S HIGH PEEK OR HIGH TRAFFIC, IT BECOMES SLOW OR MAYBE IT COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP.
AND IT WILL TAKE ME AND DIVERT ME TO A SERVICE STREET SO I CAN GET TO WHERE I'M GOING. SO THESE SMALL CELLS WILL OFF LOAD SOME OF THAT CAPACITY DEMAND ON THE NETWORK. SO I JUST WANTED AGAIN THANK THE CITY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLAB RATE WITH THIS. I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND W'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS SOLUTION FOR YOU. >> RICHARD FOLLOWED BY STEVEN. >> EXCUSE ME, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ESTABLISHED STANDARDS. THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED STANDARDS. I DO NOT TRUST THE GOVERNMENT. THE GOVERNMENT LIES. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PRACTICALLY A HOLY SUBSIDY AREA OF WALL STREET. WALL STREET'S INTEREST IS MONEY NOT PEOPLE. WALL STREET WRITES THE LEGISLATION THAT CONGRESS PASSES. THERE ARE HIGHER STANDARDS FOR THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE INVOLVING THESE SELL THINGIES. THE EUROPEAN UNION DEMONSTRATED GREATER CONCERN THAN OUR GOVERNMENT HAS DEMONSTRATED FOR US. I'LL GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE, M & Ms. THE M & Ms SOLD IN THIS COUNTRY MAY NOT BE SOLD IN EUROPE. YOU CAN GET COLORED M & Ms IN EUROPE BUT NOT THE COLORED M & M IN UNITED STATES. THEY'RE MADE WITH VEGETABLE COLORING.
THE COLORED M & M IN UNITED STATES IS MADE WITH PAINT. THAT'S NOT ALLOWED IN EUROPE. EUROPE HAS HIGHER STANDARD. THAT'S ONE PLACE WE CAN LOOK. MAYBE IT'S TIME W PETITION OUR GOVERNMENT FOR REDRESS. SOMETIMES IF YOU GET THEIR ATTENTION, IF THEY HEAR FROM ENOUGH PEOPLE, ENOUGH VOTERS, THEY'LL ACT. THEY WILL NOT JUST TAKE THE MONEY FROM WALL STREET. BECAUSE THEY KNOW WALL STREET CAN GIVE THEM MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BUT WALL STREET HAS NO MORE VOTES THAN WE DO.
WE EACH HAVE ONE VOTE AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN USING IT PROPERLY. BUT WE NEED TO CONTACT OUR CONGRESS PEOPLE IN MY OPINION AND GET THEM TO RAISE THE STANDARDS OR FIND A BETTER METHOD. LET THEM KNOW DIRECTLY. AND I TEY DON'T VOTE THEM OUT. THAT'S THE ONLY POWER WE HAVE. SXL IF THAT AIN'T GOING TO WORK, AND I ASK YOU TO TAKE THE LEAD IN THIS PETITION OF REDRESS, YOU ARE CITY LEADERS.
IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND HEARD ENOUGH TONIGHT, YOU CAN TAKE THIS LEAD AND WE CAN JOIN YOU BUT YOU'LL BE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE THAN WE WILL BE. AND IF NOT, THE OTHER THING THAT GOVERNMENT UNDERSTAND IS LAWSUITS. THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE WILL GET THEIR ATTENTION AND THE CORPORATION ATTENTION. AND THIS SHOULD GO ON WORD BECAUSE WE CAN PROOF THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT IT AND STILL ACTED AGRECIOUSLY. >> FOLLOWED BY ROB HANSEN. IS STEVEN HOLIS? BOB HANSEN FOLLOWED BUSINESS CHRIS. GO A MEAD BOB. PLEASE. >> BOB HANSEN. GOING ON TWO YEARS AGO, I GAVE THE CITY COUNCIL DOCUMENTATION. DOCUMENTATION WHICH STATED THE MAJORITY OF WORLD'S SCIENTIFIC AND MIRACLE COMMUNITIES HAVE DEEMED COMMUNICATION TRANSMITTERS PLACE WITHIN CITY PROPER A GLOBAL MEDICAL CRISIS. YOU DON'T GET MORE BLUNT THAN THAT. WHEN THE MAJORITY OF WORLD'S SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL COMMUNITIES CALL THIS A GLOBAL MEDICAL CRISIS, YOU'VE GOT TO LISTEN. LIKE ROUNDUP, AND THE CITY COUNCIL, MEETINGS WITH THE PUBLIC SAYING, WE DO NOT WANT THIS IN OUR CITY.
IT TOOK MULTI MILLION DOLLARS SETTLEMENT AGAINST ROUNDUP FOR CITY COUNCIL TO ACT. IT'S TIME OUR CITY COUNCIL REALIZED YOU DO NOT WORK FOR THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA. YOU WORK FOR THE PUBLIC. YOU WORK FOR EVERYBODY HRE THAT VOTED YOU ON TO THAT SEAT. AND WHEN THE PUBLIC SAYS WE DO NOT WANT THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY, YOU GOT TO LISTEN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. CHRIS. >> MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS I'M CHRIS AND I'M THE COMMUNITY OUT REACH REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE NORTH BAY FOR VERIZON WIRELESS. AT VERIZON, WE'RE HOPEFUL AND EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PROVIDING BERT COVERAGE AND CAPACITY SOLUTIONS TO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES OF SANTA ROSA. THROUGH THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH CITY SAFF AND SUPPORT THE REQUEST THAT CITY STAFF HAS MADE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE INDUSTRY. VERIZON WIRELESS IS HAPPY TO BE A RESOURCE TO THE CITY AS WE HAVE DONE MANY SMALL SELL DEPLOYMENT.
I'M CHRIS AND I'M HAPPY TO SWEAR ANY QUESTIONS UZ MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL THE CARDS WE HAVE HERE. WE'LL BING IT BACK TO COUNCIL. CAN YOU OFFER THE NEXT STEPS, SLIDE 32 UP, TO FIND THE CONVERSATION. LET ME START WITH COUNCIL BASED ON ANY OF THE COMMENT FROM THE PUBLICKER, YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO ASK THE PRESENTERS? SEEING NONE, LET'S START WITH YOU MR. TIBBETTS FOR ANY FEEDBACK. >> TUZ MR. MAYOR. –THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I WANT TO THANK THE GENTLEMAN I'M MISSING YOUR NAME. I APPRECIATE THE INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC. FOR ME THIS GABE I MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY, THE HARD THING FOR ME HERE IS NOT EVEN NECESSARILY TRYING TO DETERMINE OR SPEAK OF THE HEALTH BENEFITS. IT SEEMS THERE SEEMS TO BE A STUD FOR EITHER SIDE OF THE ARGUMENT. WHERE I STRUGGLE IT COMES DOWN TO A CITIZEN ABILITIES TO FEL SAFE IN SANTA ROSA. AND I THINK IT CAN BE WELL THAT IN 20 YEARS THAT PROOFS TO BE A NON ISSUE. I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA THAT SOMEBODY WHO SOMETHING IS AS SACRED TO THEM AS THEIR HEALTH FEELS THREATENED, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE IN THEIR HOME.
SO I AM, I LIKE WHAT YOU'VE GOT HERE. I LIKE THAT WE'RE LOKING AT COMMERCIAL ZONES. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TRULY CREATE A SYSTEM THAT DOES THAT AND HAS ENFORCEMENT CAPE ANLT. I THINK I MENTIONED TOUZ, BUT I REALLY WANT TO SEE US IF WE'RE GOING DOWN TO ROAD COME UP WITH A POLICY THAT ALLOWS US TO ALSO HAVE SOME DGREE OF CONTROL OVER THE CPU C POLLS AND THAT HAS TO MOVE HAND AND GLOVE WITH THIS POLICY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TONIGHT. I WOULD ALSO, I WAS NOT DISCUSSED BUT IT WAS BROUGHT UP A COMMON THEME THAT I WAS HEARING, IS THAT RESIDENT WANT SOME AGREE OF CONTROL. AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT, WHAT CAN CONTROL LOOK LIKE FOR A RESIDENT? LET'S SAY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN A COMMERCIAL ZONE LET'S USE THE LOCATION OF JUNIOR LOCATION, 200 FEET FROM THE HOME.
WOULD IT BE PLAUSIBLE TO DRAW A CIRCLE 500 FEET AROUND THAT POINT OR WHATEVER THE EFFECTIVE RANGE AND NOTIFY THOSE RESIDENTS BEFORE IT COMES IN MUCH LIKE WE WOULD FOR A PLANNING HEARING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT NOT JUST TO SAY THE RESIDENTS SAY, COME ON DOWN TO THIS HEARING OR COME ON DOWN TO PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND VOICE YOUR OPPOSITION, BUT IF THEY GATHER MORE THAN 51% OF SIGNATURES OF PEOPLE SAYING NO, COULD PROCESS. WHICH EXTEND DOES IT CREATES A CHALLENGING, AND WE TURN AROUND AND OPEN UP A OPEN PROCESS TO CHECK SOME BOXES ON DESIGN CRITERIA. WHAT WE'LL LOOK A IS A RADIUS THAT WILL BE MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN THE IMPACTS OF THAT SITE JUST TO WE INCORPORATE THE COMMUNITY CONCERN AND IN THIS SITUATION, SINCE WE'RE TRYING SOME THINGS OUT. WE CN DEFINITELY LOOK AT OTHER SITES IF WE GET THOSE TYPES OF CONCERNS.
WHEN WE GET TO MORE POLICY DEVELOPMENT, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DISCRETIONARY. AND WITH THAT REALM, WHAT ARE WE REVIEWING IT AGAINST. IF WE'RE SEEING THE CONCERNS THAT WE CANNOT CONTROL, HOW CAN WE GET CREATIVE IN WAY TO INCORPORATE IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. SO DEFINITELY ON THE LIMITED DEPLOYMENT AND INPUT THAT WE CAN FACTOR IN? >> I'LL BE INTERESTED IN THAT. AND I'M NOT ASKING TO BOG DOWN THE COMMISSION, BUT IT WOULD BE ADMINISTERIAL PROCESS BUT A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO PETITION AND IF THEY COLLECT THE 51% OF SIGNATURES OF PROPERTY OWNERS IN THAT ZONE, IT'S NOT GOING IN. THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD BE CURIOUS ABOUT. I'M TRYING TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD IN THE STUDY SESSION. THE ABOUT IS THE BATTERY BCK UP BOBSSING FOR THE ONES THAT DO GO INTO THE XHERNL ZONES. I THINK IT'S IT MAKES ABSOLUTE SENSE TO HAVE A BATTERY BOX. IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE THINGS AT ALL, THEY MIGHT AS WELL WORK IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.
WLL IT COMES TO THE TESTING, SO I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS IMPORTANT BUT I ALSO WANT IT TO BE EFFECTIVE. I DON'T WANT IT TO BE DOING SOMETHING FOR THE SAKE OF DOING IT. SOMEBODY SAID THAT IN SAN FRANCISCO, IT'S CHECK TWICE A YEAR. THE HARD PART HERE IS WHAT IS ENOUGH? AND I DO AGREE WITH YOUR IDEA OF HAVING THE LEASEHOLDER, EXCUSE ME ON THE LEASEHOLDER ON THE TENANT ON THE POLLS THAT PAY FOR THAT SERVICE BUT DO YOU ENVISION THAT SYSTEM WORKING? >> WELL WE CAN LOOK AT AND THERE WAS PUBLIC COMMENT POINTS ADDRESSING THIS TOO. SMFT CONCERN IS WHEN THEY'RE UP AND RUNING. HOW SF HANDLED A YEAR AFTER THAT. AND SAN FRANCISCO TOOK THAT TWO-YEAR MARK. WE CAN TAKE SOME RESEARCH TO SEE HOW EFFECTIVE THAT IS.
THERE ARE OTHER PIECES WHICH ARE ANY ACTIVITIES FROM A PERMANENT STAND POINT AND WE CAN RETEST BUT THE MORE IMPORTANT POINT IS HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THE CONCERNS WHEN THEY FEEL AS ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS HOW DO WE PROVIDE THE INTERNAL SERVICES IS TO TEST THE SITUATION. THAT WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE PUT IN THE COST RECOVERY BUT WE CAN EXPLORE THAT ALONG THE LINES TO GO OUT AND TEST HOW CAN WE HANDLE THAT. >> AGAIN, I RECOGNIZE THAT'S GOING TO CREATE A HEADACHE FOR WHOEVER IS DOING THAT JOB. AND YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT I'M GLAD T HEAR YOU SAY THAT THAT SHOULD BE A INPERSONAL PERSON. THAT PERSON SHOULD BE INDEPENDENT OF CARRIERS. WHAT WE DO, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR THAT PERSON THAT FEELS UNSAFE AND FOR ME TO SUPPORT POLICY LIKE THAT.
IT COMES DOWN FOR HOW THAT PERSON IS FEELING ON THEIR HOME FOR ME. AND I THINK THAT MIGHT HELP. I THINK, AND OH, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME FOR NOW. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MR. OLIVARES. >> THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS AND ALL THE EFFORT TO DEVELOPING? OF THESE SOLUTION THAT'S ARE VIABLE HERE.
I AM IN SUPPORT OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WITH OUR LEGAL RESTRICTIONS WITH THE LIMITED RELEASE OF CITY POLLS AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS RELATES TO THE UTILITY BOXES, I AM SUPPORT OF HAVING SOME ART ASSOCIATED. ALL OF THIS RECOGNIZING SO MANY OTHER RESPONSIBILITIESING THAT YOU HAVE GOING ON WITHIN YOUR DEPARTMENT NOW. HOW DO WE ROLL IT OUT. AND ALSO LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY WHAT POLICY CHANGES WE CAN MAKE WITHIN OUR POLICY TO MEET OUR CURRENT ISSUES AND FUTURE ISSUES AS WELL.
>> MR. SAWYER? >> TUZ, MAYOR. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. GIVEN THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF LEGISLATION AROUND THIS ISSUE, NOT ONLY IN CALIFORNIA BUT ACROSS TE COUNTRY, HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THE RETROACTIVE THAT COULD BE IN PLACE IF LEGISLATION CHANGES AND ALLOWS US AND WHICH WOULD PROBABLY FOLLOW OTHER STUDIES. ONE CAN ALWAYS FIND WHEN SOMEBODY USES THE WORD STUDIES SHOW, THERE IS GOING TO BE SOMEBODY ON THE OTHER SIDE, SHOWING ANOTHER STUDY DHA PERHAPS COUNTERS THAT. IT PUTS US IN A DIFFICULT POSITION OF COURSE. BUT AS A SENSE, THAT THERE WILL BE MORE INFORMATION THAT WILL COME TO BEAR AROUND THIS TECHNOLOGY, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. AND IF THERE IS A RETRO ACTIVITY. I AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER OLIVARES, THAT ANYTHING THAT GIVES US MORE DISCRETION IN OUR DECISION MAKE ABOUT WHERE THESE, ANTENNAS ARE LOCATED, I KNOW THAT GABE YOU MENTIONED IN OUR MEETING, THAT PRIOR TO THIS EVENING, THAT YOU WERE DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE THAT WHENEVER POSSIBLE, THAT THESE WERE NOT LOCATED IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND IF SOMETHING DID OCCUR WHERE THERE WAS A POTENTIAL OF THAT, THERE WOULD BE A COMMUNITY OUT REACH.
I KNOW YOU'RE DEDICATED TO THAT. AND I KNOW THAT WOULD BE HAPPENING BUT AGAIN, IT IS DISCRETION AND OUR DECISION MAKING THAT I THINK IT'S NEVER, IT'S NEVER VERY COMFORTABLE WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS, YOU CANNOT SAY NO. AND MAKES ME FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE. AND THIS IS NOT THE ONLY AREA WHERE WE ARE IN THAT POSITION. BUT I EXPECT IN THAT WAY, I MAY CHANGE. AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND CLEARLY TO THE COMMUNITY THAT IS HERE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. >> MS. VICE MAYOR. >> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT AND EXPRESSED THE INFORMATION THAT THEY DID AS WELL AS THE HARD WORK OF OUR TEAM. I'M WITH MY COUNCILMEMBERS IN THAT, WITH WITHIN OUR LIMENTED SCOPE OF AUTHORITY, I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD SO WE CAN EXERCISE AS MANY LOCAL CONTROL AS POSSIBLE SXW. TO THAT END, A COME OF MY THOUGHTS ARE THAT I DO BELIEVE THAT IN AS MUCH THAT WE CANNOT MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT BATTERY BACK UPS.
THAT THEY HAVE MOVED FORWARD WITHOUT ESTHETICS AND WE HAVE PAID DEARLY FOR THAT. SO I BELIEVE THAT VERY HAVE TO GO FORWARD WITH URGENCY OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE. THE SECOND THING THAT BOTHERS ME IS THE IDEA OF HAVING LESS DHAN 300 FOOT SETBACK IN DOING OUT REACH TO NEIGHBORS. BUT WHEN PEOPLE HAVE TWO OR THREE JOBS. I DON'T THINK THAT'S REASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AT THE SAME TIME AND THAT WILL DISADVANTAGE LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES AND I'M NT IN SUPPORT OF THAT T.I DEFINITELY SUPPORT THE IDEA OF HAVING A CITY REVIEW PROCESS AND FIGURING OUT A WAY TO FUND THAT THROUGH UTILITIES. LET'S SEE DID I MISS ANYTHING ELSE? IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO FEEDBACK? >> I THINK THAT COVERS IT THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND VARIETY OF PERSPECTIVES. I APPRECIATE THE ONE NON RESIDENTIAL AREAS THE DEPLOYMENT OF THESE SELL TOWERS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, IT CONCERNS ME. AND I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS IS INTERESTED.
WHEN THAT DOES COME BACK, COULD WE HAVE A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL TALK ABOUT THE DEVICES. WITH ALL RESPECT TO THE ENGINEER. ALL OF US ON COUNCIL HAVE RECEIVED MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THE DIFFERENT STUDIES AND THERE SEEMS TO BE A MISSING POINT. I DO APPRECIATE THE ENGINEER'S PERSPECTIVE. BUT SCC DEALING WITH MEDICAL ISSUES, IT CONCERNS ME. IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IS OUT OF THEIR BALLPARK. ONE OTHER QUESTION THAT I WAS INTERESTED WITH OUR CURRENT POLICY. WHAT IS OUR STANDARD? THERE HAVE BEEN NO CELL PHONE TOWERS. CAN YOU UPDATE ME ABOUT WHAT INSTITUTIONS ARE SELL TOWERS ARE ALLOWED TO BE AWAY FROM? ARE THERE ANY? >> SO AS IT STANDS NOW, THERE ARE NOT.
THERE IS A LOT OF TENSE TIFFITY AROUND SCHOOLS. THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO THE DISCUSSION. THESE ARE FEEDBACK, SO IF THERE IS FACILITIES AND CONCERN ABOUT SMFT LOCATIONS AND GOVERNOR THE RADIUS IN WHICH THEY GO IN THAT'S FEEDBACK NOW. >> THAT CONCERNS ME. THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT FIRE HOUSE THAT'S FORBID THEM FROM GOING CLOSE TO THEM. >> I CANNOT SPEAK TO THEM CLOSE CLOSELY. HISTORICALLY, THEY ARE LOOKED AT COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF SELL TOWERS GOING IN AD IN FIRE STATION LOCATION AROUND THE STATION BECAUSE IT'S A SOURCE OF INCOME FOR A LOT OF SMALLER DISTRICTS. BUZZ ONE OF THE REFERENCING IS IMF REQUESTING BECAUSE THEY'RE LAOKDS AT AS HOMES. THE CONCERN IS THAT WORK THAT HAS TO BE ON OFF HOURS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE. BUT SPECIFICALLY WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY. >> WHAT I HEARD JUST HEARD YOU SAY ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION NOT THE ACTUAL, WHAT COMES OFF THE DEVICE WAS THE BIGGER CONCERN FOR IT >> >> THERE IS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT POINTS. THERE IS POINT TO DISRUPTION TO THE CREW BUT OTHER ISSUES FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE STATE BUT ALSO POTENTIAL LIMITATION TO SEE ANY EXPOSURE.
WHETHER IT'S SOUND OR CARCINOGENS AND ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN LIMIT TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXPOSURE IS I BELIEVE WHAT THE IFF WAS REFERRING TO. >> SO COMING BACK WITH A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY IF THERE ARE–WHATEVER REASONS THAT THOSE ENTITIES WERE EXCLUDED I WANT IT TO BE CONSISTENT. PLEASE. ALEX YOU'VE BEEN HERE ENOUGH, GIVE US THE RESPECT, I DIDN'T INTERRUPT YOU. THANK YOU. SO ANYWAY THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ONCE GE GET INTO ITEM NUMBER 2 WE'LL BE MORE SPECIFIC. WHEN WE GET TO POTENTIAL BACK UP BATTERIES, I LIKE THE ART THING IN COMMERCIAL AREAS. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A STEP IN THE GOOD CONNECTION. I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK. AND NO TIMELINE. WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ROLL OUT AND WE'LL EXPAND IT ABOVE THE 300 FEET AS WE GET INTO THAT PILOT PROGRAM. AND THEN WE'LL INCORPORATE THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD TO DETERMINE THE CODE CHANGE? COUNCIL WILL TAKE A BREAK AND RECONVENE AT 5:30. >> LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ARE PRESENT.
>> TUZ. WE HAVE OUR STUDY SESSION. MADAM CITY ATTORNEY WILL YOU LIKE TO REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. >> YES, THE COUNCIL HELD THE DISCUSSION ON TWO CLOSE SESSION ITEMS 21 AND 2.2 AND EACH OF THE THOSE GAVE DIRECTION TO STAFF. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. >> — ~>> GOOD EVENING, I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE STATUS AN CAL ?ND YON PROGRAM. AS YOU MAY RECALL. THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WAS AWARDED 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS IN DISASTER ASSISTANCE, THIS IS TO PROVIDE ELIGIBLE HOME ENERS, GAP FINANCING FOR THE RESTRUCTION FOR THEIR DESTROYED RESIDENTS. THEY HAVE MADE AMENDMENTS TO STATE LEGISLATION, SO THE PROGRAM IS NOW AVAILABLE TO HOUSEHOLDS UP TO 120% OF EMI WHICH IS A FAMILY OF 411,000 DOLLARS A YEAR. WE ARE WEAVING THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF A MENDING GUIDELINES WITHIN CD. SO WE'LL HAVE A ROLL OUT OF THE PROGRAM IN EARLY JANUARY. WE'RE ALSO SEEKING TO MODIFY TO ALLOW GAP FOR OWNERS OF MANUFACTURED HOMES. SMFT OTHER PARAMETERS OF THE PROGRAM IS THAT THE POST REHAB OR RECONSTRUCTION VALUE OF THE HOUSE CANNOT EXCEED 660 SO THAT IS ONE OF THE LMITATIONS THAT HAS BEEN AN IMPEDIMENT OF THE PROCESS.
SO WE CAN NOW ASSIST HOUSE HOLDS TO AREA MEDIUM INCOME AND HOMEOWNERS CAN LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE AND THEY CAN CONTACT STAFF WITH ANY QUESTIONS. AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? THANK YOU SO MUCH MEGHAN. IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ASSESSED WHEN IT'S COMPLETED. I DO SEE PRICES STARTING TO COME DOWN AND I'M WONDERING IF THAT IS ONE OF THE UP SIDES OF THE SOFTENING REAL ESTATE MARKET.
>> SO THE VALUE DOES HAVE THE MARKET AND THAT'S AVAILABLE ON THE STATE'S WEBSITE BY COUNTY AND IT IS AN APPRAISAL THAT NEEDS TO BE PREPARED PRIOR TO THE EXECUTION OF LONE DOCUMENTS. SO WE NEED TO HAVE A GOOD SFIMENTED VALUE PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION OF THE RESIDENTS. >> IT'S ABOUT ONE WHEN IT'S THE COMPLETED VALUE AND IT'S THE COMPLETED VALUE IF THE TREND LINES ARE GOING DOWN. IF IT WERE COMPLETED WHAT THE VALUE WOULD BE TODAY. >> SO IS THE ESTIMATED VALUE PRIOR TO BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION. SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO ESTIMATE THE VALUE OF THE HOUSE IS GOING TO BE 150 WHEN YOU START CONSTRUCTION AND THAT'S WHAT THE STATE IS TRENDING, THEN W WOULD ACCEPT THAT. WE WOULD NOT REASSESS THAT IN CONSTRUCTION. >> IT'S PURSUANT TO STATE REGULATIONS. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, THANK YOU MAGGIE. ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO REPORT. >> THAT'S THE END OF THAT ITEM. >> GREAT. IN ASSISTANCE CITY MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT FOR US THIS EVENING.
>> I HAVE TWO ITEMS BOTH FROM SANTA ROSA WATER. IN OCTOBER, SANTA ROSA WAS HONORED BY THE AMERICAN, NORTH CHAPTER AS A 2019 OWNER OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID FOR RESTORING THE WATER SYSTEM AND THE FIRE DAMAGED AREAS. SO THAT WAS BACK IN 2017. I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR TEAMS, THEY DID ACT VERY QUICKLY AND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS AND GOT THAT SYSTEM ADJUSTED VERY QUICKLY SO APPLAUD TO THEM AND SHARED OTHER KNOWLEDGE WHICH IS A GOOD THING TO PASS THAT ALONG. SECONDLY, DUE TO THE MOST RESENT FIRE, THE KINKAID FIRE. PROVIDE POWER TO THE PUMP STATIONS THAT WOULD PROVIDE RECYCLED WATER FROM OUR SYSTEM. THEY WERE DAMAGED, THOSE HAVE BEEN OFF LINE SINCE MID-OCTOBER. SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE THE POWER WAS OFF. AND THAT MEANS THE WATER CAN'T BE PUMPED UM.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE. THEY'VE BEEN UP TO THE GUYSER. TO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE THAT'S ABOUT, 60% OF THE STORE I'M SORRY 40% OF THE STORAGE THAT WE HAVE THAT WE RESERVE FOR FUTURE RAIN EVENTS. SOL THE WATER PUMP IS GOING TO BE WATCHING THAT CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THAT IF RAIN EVENTS COME ON, THAT IS GOING TO BE A TRIGGER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DISCHARGE–AND WE'LL GIVE MORE UPDATES. AND DP ANYTHING DOES MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE'RE TALK TO THE COUNSEL I WILL >> CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT. >> I DO NOT. THANKS. >> I DO HAVE ONE CARD. PETER. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I AM PETER. I'M A BIT OF A SPIRITUAL ARSONIST. THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ALL THEIR GOOD INTENTION CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDER UNITED NATIONS.
THEY'RE HAMPERED BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL THAT THEY CAN USUALLY HAVE. AND THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN, SOMEHOW ARE LACKING THE SPIRITUAL WILL TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. I WANT TO BRING UP THE FACT, THAT THERE IS TO BE, THE EARTHQUAKE RIGHT SIDE COMING, YOU HAVE ALL THE THESE FIRES AND WATERS. THE CITY HAVE DRINKING WATER PUT ASIDE. OR ARE WE GOING TO RELY ON THE BIG STORES. AND WHEN I HEAR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT MANUFACTURING HOMES AND I SEE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HOMELESS ON THE STREETS AND THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE STRUGGLING THAT HAD HOMES AND THEY'RE ALSO IN THE STREETS AND CAMPERS WHY NOT SOMEBODY PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER.
USING TPs THEY'RE PERFECT. AND SO I WANT TO FINISHED. IF WE STOPPED THE FENCE AND THEN DECIDE TODAY PAY 25% OF WHAT IT WAS BEFORE, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE ELIMINATE THE BANKERS AND THE LAWYERS IN THIS GAME AND A 40-DAY STRIKE FOR THE CONSTITUTION FIRST TIME. AND WE CHANGE THE ENTIRE EQUATION. IT CANNOT BE DONE WITHIN THE SYSTEM BIT SYSTEMS RULES. IT'S A UNITED NATIONS, IT'S THE BANKERS RUNNING THE SHOW. THIS IS THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND YOU HVE THE POWER TO LET THEM HAVE THE RIGHT THING. BUT HAVE YOU TO DIS ENGAGE FINANCIAL FROM THE SYSTEM FOR THE 40 DAYS WHICH THE PROPHECY CALLS FOR THAT SETS THE ENTIRE FREE.
MARTIN LUTHER KING SAYS YOU CAN'T IF ONE PERSON WEALTHY ENDORSEMENT–JA NAL 39, McdONALD 47, AND WE'RE SITTING THERE WORRIED ABOUT OURSELVES. SO AS THOSE WHO SEEK THEIR LIVES, SO LOSE THEM. YOU HAVE TO DO FOR OTHERS FIRST. OUR JEDI KNIGHTS, SO THE POWER IS, WITH ONLY THE POWERS WITH THE STRIKE, THE 40-DAY ECONOMIC STRIKE THAT DIS ENGAGES OFF THEIR BACK. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY CANNOT DO WHAT YOU ASK WHEN IT COMES TO SERIOUS ISSUES. [BUZZARD] >> THANK YOU, PETER. COUNCIL ANY STATEMENT OF ABSTENTION, MR. ROGERS. >> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I'LL BE ABSTAINING FROM ITEM 14.1. >> ANY OTHERS? COUNCIL AND MAYOR REPORT. MR. OLIVARES. >> THANK YOU MAYOR, WE HAD OUR MONTHLY DOWNTOWN SUBCOMMITTEE LAST THURSDAY. NOT A HIGH ATTENDANCE. THE MEMBERS THAT ATTENDED, THE DOWNTOWN FOLKS THAT ATTENDED WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF OUR EFFORTS IN MOVING FORWARD WITH ROLLING BACK OUR PARKING HOURS. BUT THEY WERE SURPRISED IN WHICH THE SPEED FOR THAT WAS DONE. I'M SORRY TWO DAYS WITH THE HELP OF VARIOUS VOLUNTEERS AND GETTING THOSE LABELS ON THE PARKING METERS SO THEY WANTED TO EXTEND THAT APPRECIATION.
>> THANK YOU. >> MR. ROGERS? >> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. SO THREE PRIMARY THINGS. FIRST I HD A CHANCE LAST WEEK TO JOIN THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES FOR A DISCUSSION ON LEAGUE PRIORITIES, I THINK I REPORTED BACK TO THIS BODY, THAT I WAS APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF LEAGUE OF CITIES AS THE CHAIR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE AND WE WERE–RECOVERY MADE IT AS A TOP THREE ISSUE. PRIMARILY AROUND FOR OTHER JURISDICTIONS HOW TO PREPARE FOR DISASTER FOR FIRE AND LEARNING FROM THE LESSONS THAT WE LEARNED AS WELL.
THAT WILL BE MOVING FORWARD. AND THERE IS GOING TO BE A RIBBON CUTTING, THIS COMING FRIDAY FOR SMART FOR THE LARKSPAR'S EXTENSION AT 1:00 O'CLOCK. EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO ATTEND. BUT THEY'RE DOING TWO SPECIFIC PROGRAMS TO GET FOLKS TO USE THE RAIL LINE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FAIRY DOWN AT LACKSERBERGHS. SO FIRST IS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. FREE RIDES, ON THE WEEKENDS. SO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER IS DURING THE WEEK, AT THE NON PEAK TIMES AND THEY HAVE IT ON THEIR WEBSITE. WHAT THE PEEK TIMES ACTUALLY ARE. THEY'LL BE DOING A RAIL AND SALE PASS WHERE IF YOU ARE, USER OF THE SMART TRAIN, IF YOU PAY YOUR FAIR, YOU CAN RIDE THE FERRY FOR FREE.
AND IF YOU'RE COMING INTO MARIN AND SONOMA FROM SAN FRANCISCO TAKING THE IF HE FERRY AND THEN YOU CAN RIDE THE SMART TRAIN FOR FREE. THEY TRY TO BRING FOLKS IN SONOMA COUNTY TO CHECK THAT OUT. AND THEN TO BRING UP FROM SAN FRANCISCO PEOPLE TO SHOP IN OUR DOWNTOWN AND TO SEE WHAT SONOMA DOWNTOWN HAS TO OFFER. THAT WILL BE RUNNING FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. THIRD AND FINAL, I ATTENDED THE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY YESTERDAY. THERE WAS VERY INTERESTING STUDY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED TO TRIES TO JUDGE WHERE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING SHOULD GO. WE HAD 84% OF OUR TRIPS IN SANTA ROSA THAT WERE UNDER TEN MILES TOTAL. AND WE HAD 61% OF THE TRIPS THAT WERE UNDER FIVE MILES. SO OUR FOLKS DON'T TEND TO MOVE A WHOLE LOT. WE ARE 44% OF THE TRIPS THAT WERE GENERATED OVER THE TIME SPAN AND ONLY 36% OF THE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED AND FINALLY THEY DID A CROSS-REFERENCE AND ALL OF THIS IS AVAILABLE ON THE SONOMA TRANSPORTATION WEBSITE.
THEY DID A CROSS-REFERENCE TO SEE WHICH LANDS GENERATED THE HIGHEST DENSITY OF TRAVEL. COSTCO AND TARGET WAS NUMBER ONE. DOWNTOWN SANTA ROSA INCLUDING THE MALL WAS NUMBER 2. DOWNTOWN PETALUMA WAS NUMBER 3 AND KAISER WAS HIGHEST DENSITY PER SO SOME INTERESTING DATA TO TAKE A LOOK AT. WE TALKED ABOUT MEASURE M AND THE AUTHORIZATION OF MEASURE M AND HOW TO BEST SPEND THE TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS. >> SO MUCH FOR THAT, ANY OTHER REPORTS? SEEING NONE. APPROVAL OF MINUTES? DID ANYTHING SEE ANYTHING TO ADD OR DELETE FROM THE MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 19th? SEEING KNOXER WE'LL ACCEPT THOSE. MR.–CONSENT CALENDAR. >> 12.1 IS A MOTION REPLACEMENT AND FOUNTAIN GROVE. ITEM 12.2 IS A MOTION CONTRACT AWARD TO FIX FIRE LIGHTS. –SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA NOT TO EXCEED 550 TO PURCHASE AND INSTALL A RADIO SYSTEM SOLUTION APPROVAL OF LEASE EQUIPMENT AND APPROPRIATION OF $145,000 FROM FEDERAL FUND.
144–AND 3 MILLION, 77 2000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE TO THE RADIO PROJECT KEY. ITEM 12.4 IS A RESOLUTION, SPEED LIMITS ON SUMMERVILLE ROAD. 12.5 IS A RESOLUTION VOLKSWAGON TRUST FUND APPLICATION. AND ITEM 12.6 IS AN ORDINANCE SECOND READING, ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL INCREASING THE COMPENSATION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY BY PROVIDING EFFECTIVE MAY 12, 2019, 1 A 7.5 MAYOR INCREASE AND IT.5 FOR TOTAL OF CONTRIBUTION OF 5% OF BASE PAY AND EFFECTIVE JULY 7, 20–LIVING SALARY ADJUSTMENT AND 2 INCREASE IN CONTRIBUTION BIT CITY BY THE 2020 FISCAL YEAR EQUAL TO 2.5% OF BASE WAGE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S RETIREE HEALTH SAVING PLAN FOR A TOTAL OF CONTRIBUTION OF POINT 7.5% OF BASE WAGE. >> COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MS. VICE MAYOR. >> YES, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, I MOVE 12.1 THROUGH 12.6 AND WAIVE FURTHER READING OF THE TEXT. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENT ? YOUR VOTES PLEASE? AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE CARDS FOR NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY, THESE ARE FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. FIRST UP THOMAS ELLIS FOLLOWED BY LISA. GOOD EVENING, I'M ALAN THOMAS, 306 BOYD STREET. I SENT YOU AN EMAIL THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS MORNING REGARDING 9th STREET. AND AS YOU KNOW, I LIVE OVER IN THE WEST END NEIGHBORHOOD. AND OUR KIDS GO TO SCHOOL UP 9th STREET AND THEN THEY GO OVER TO 9th STREET AND THEY GO TO HIGH SCHOOL. THESE ARE SCHOOL CHILDREN THAT HAVE TO WALK IN THE GUTTERS, FILLED WITH BEER CANS AND GARBAGE BECAUSE OF FOLKS HAVE DECIDED THAT THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO LIVE. AND I SAID IN THE EMAILS TO YOU FOLKS, TO ME THAT'S THE TAKING. THAT'S ADVERSE TAKING. SO YOUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT CAN DESCRIBE WHAT A LEGAL TAKING IS TO YOU. THAT'S WHEN YOU TAKE SOMETHING AND YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T MITIGATE IT. YOU DON'T MITIGATE IT WITH MONEY OR SERVICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU JUST TAKE IT FROM SOMEBODY.
AND YOU'RE TAKING OUR PUBLIC PROPERTY AWAY AND GIVING IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE FOR THEIR USE. WHATEVER THE USE, IT DOES NOT MATTER. YOU'RE BASICALLY TAKING IT. DOES THE ENDS JUSTIFY THE MEANS TO THE KIDS THAT HAVE TO WALK IN THE GUTTER AND GARBAGE TO GO TO SCHOOL. YOU'RE ALL ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL AND SCHOOL SAFETY AND ALL THAT STUFF. YET YOU SIT QUIETLY AND THERE IS PEOPLE UNDERNEATH HIGHWAY 101, PROBABLY RIGHT NOW, THAT ARE CAMPING AND THEN TOMORROW MORNING, THOSE KIDS ARE DING THEIR SCHOOL WORK. AND THEY MAY OR MAY NOT WALK TO SCHOOL. BUT OUR KIDS DO WALK TO SCHOOL. SO I'M ASKING TO PUT YOUR EMERGENCY HOMELESS ITEM THAT YOU KEEP EXTENDSING –EXTENDING, SO THE PUBLIC CAN COMMENT ON. AND WORK WIDTH COUNTY AND SENDING, LETTERS BACK AND FORTH AND WORK WITHING SHIRLEY OR LINDA, IT DOES NOT MATTER TO THE KIDS THAT HAVE TO WORK AFTER SCHOOL AFTER BASICALLY WALK IN THE STREET. AGAIN I'M ASKING FOR YOUR COOPERATION TO LOOK AT ALL SIDES OF THIS ISSUE. AND THERE IS NOT A MORE PROTECTIVE CLASS IN MY OPINION THAN SCHOOL CHILDREN. IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE AND YOU CAN DO BETTER.
I KNOW YOU CAN. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND PLEASE PUT THIS ON YOUR AGENDA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >> THANK YOU, LISA FOLLOWED BY VALERIE. >> LISA, I GOT THREE QUICK THINGS FOR YOU. ONE IT HAS COME TO MIA TENSION THAT CLERICAL SUPPORT WOULD BENEFIT OUR CITY COUNCIL. A LOT OF THEM HAVE FULL-TIME JOBS. THIS IS AN AFTER WORK JOB. SO I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEEDS TO BE AN AGENDA, BUT I DON'T WANT OUR POLICE WITHOUT GUNS OR TEAR GAS AND I DON'T WANT OUR CITY COUNCIL TO GET CLERICAL SUPPORT.
THAT WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL. OKAY, MY SECOND ITEM. WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSION. WE GOT ALL PARTIES TO THE TABLE, ANIMAL CONTROL, SONOMA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WE HAVE MAYOR TOM AND CHRIS ROGERS, DID I FORGET ANYBODY? SO THERE IS A MULTI LAYER THING THAT HAPPENS WITH ANIMAL CONTROL. WE ALSO ENFORCEMENT THAT COMES A LITTLE BIT FROM SANTA ROSA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEN SONOMA COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL THAT HAS TO BE BROUGHT IN AND THEN THEY'RE GOVERNED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. WE GOT EVERYTHING COMING TO A LISTENING SESSION, IT'S TO HAPPEN IN THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY. SO IF YOU'RE A RUNNER OR SOMEBODY THAT LIKES TO GO TO PARKS.
AND HAVE BEEN ANNOYED BY OFF LEASH DOGS, BY HOMELESS PEOPLE IT SEEMS TO BE MORE PREVALENT. NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PLACE TO VOICE YOUR CONCERNS ON THAT. AND MAYBE WE WILL NOT HAVE TO HAVE ANYMORE VICIOUS ATTACKS BECAUSE EVERYBODY WILL COME TOGETHER AND FIND BETTER SOLUTION SXZ FIND HEAD WAY. MY THIRD THING IS NEEDLES. I'VE BEEN IN CREEK STEWARD FOR MANY MANY YEARS AND I DON'T DO IT ALONE. I'M FINDING SO MANY NEEDLES. I USE CONTAINERS AND LABEL THEM AND HAND THEM OVER TO PARKS AND REC. I GOT THIS WILL THE SHARPS CONTAIN EER BUT THEY'VE BEEN OUT FOR OVER A YEAR. I THEN CALLED THE ECO DESK. SO FUR EYE TRASH PICKER UPPER, TALK TO THE CREEK STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM ALICE ESTHER AND HE WILL GOAT –GET YOU ONE OF THOSE CONTAINERS. THANK YOU. IS VALERIE HERE? VALERIE? PETER? SO HERE WE ARE IN THE EE OF A FULL MOON AND NOT A THING HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED YET. IT'S GOING TO BE VERY EXCITING RIGHT NOW WITH THE HOMELESS, WE GET THE FORCED VACCINE, THE 5-G MILITARY PROGRAMS. WE HAVE A BUNCH OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THAT CAN LIST FIVE OR SIX OTHER THINGS.
WE HAVE A FEW ADULTS THAT DO WORK AND TRY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, WE'RE STILL ON OUR KNEES TO CORRUPTION AND THE GOD MAN OF GREED FOR WE MAINTAIN THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE OF THE ANIMALS AND OIL, WHICH IS THE BLOOD OF THE EARTH. GHOST ABOUND, WARRIORS ARISE, STUDENT WALK OUT OF SCHOOL LEAD THE WAYS UNTIL YOU SPECTATOR JOIN THEM TO PLAY, SAEDE, SADE SHINE AS THE RUN'S. I'M PETER SERVANT COMMANDING THE ON GOING FIRES AND EARTHQUAKE UNTIL EVERY KNEE HITS THE EARTH. NO NEIGHBOR NO SCHOOL NO MORTGAGES NO RENTS WE'RE ALL OFF THE FENCE.
I'M CONSTRUCTING THE STRIKE ON THIS FULL MOON. AS ABOVE SO TOO BELOW. NOW REVEALED SO LONG ON SEALED BEHIND THE GOLDEN MASK THAT CAP NOW OFF CONTENT REVEALED OF THIS ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MASK A MYSTICAL COBRA PROCEEDS WITH ITS TASK. ALREADY ARRIVE WITH THIS FULL MOON, THIS MOMENT THIS HOUR WITH THE WARRIORS OF CRAZY HORSE. BOTH BID EN AND UNSEEN, THEY HAVE MIGHTY FORCE ALL HEART BREAKS, THEY WILL BE HERE TO SUTURE IN PRESENT TIME. IT WILL NT BE NICE OR PRETTY, THAT BE FILLED WITH CRIME FOR THE PROMISE LAND LIVING AS THIS MAGICAL RHYME. POLITICAL RELIGIOUS DESEEDERS ARE NO MORE THAN RIFFRAFF MORE THAN LIGHTENING, END SEEDS OF USERS, THE HIERARCHY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE INNOCENCE BY SEARCH. THE DOOR IS OPEN, ONCE THEY ROAM BE FIRST AS WE SEIZE THE CURSE BY THE FIRES NOW THE EARTH SHAKES SO ALL REMANDED THEIR NEEDS TO THE EARTH AND LAYING DOWN OF THE SOURCE.
>> BETTER NOW. I GOT A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT THE RESENT POLICE SHOOTING, THE OTHER DAY AT THE CORNER OF GRENVILLE AND BOLT ON AND ALSO ABOUT POLICE FIREARM DISCIPLINE AND COMMAND DISCIPLINE IN GENERAL. I WAS A BOY SCOUT AND IF, WE WENT TO, SHOOTING RANGES AND SCOUT CAMPS IN PENNSYLVANIA AND MARYLAND A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS. NIZ OF US WHO WOULD USE THE LEVEL OF ILL DISCIPLINE THAT IT WAS REPORTED IN THIS INCIDENT, WOULD HAVE BEEN EJECTED FROM THE RANGE HE IMMEDIATELY AND GIVEN THE LECTURE OF OUR LIVES NOT BEING ALLOWED TO RETURN IT STRIKES ME THAT, YOU KOW, PRIVATE CITIZEN OPENING FIRE UNDER THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES THIS MAN WAS YIELDING AN UMBRELLA WOULD LIKELY FACE FELONY CHARGES MIGHT BE BARED UPON CONVICTION FROM EVERY POSSESSING A FIREARM AGAIN. YOU KNOW, RANGE DISCIPLINE HAS TO DO WITH SIGHTING AND IDENTIFYING A TARGET.
YOU JUST DON'T OPEN FIRE BLIND AND AND I DON'T REALLY SEE HOW I WOULD –I HOPE THAT A POLICE OFFICER WAS IDENTIFIED AND IDENTIFY AFTER OPENING FIRE. THIS SEASON NEW GENERAL OF PRIVILEGE THROUGH PROBATION ARE VERY FEW RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT THEY CAN DO ON DUTY. ANOTHER RELATED COMMENT I HAVE IS IF THERE IS, AN EVEN WORSE PROBLEM WITH TASERS NOT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT POLICE FORCES IN GENERAL. THEY HAVE THE SAME GRIP AD DESIGN AS SIDE ARMS AS WE SAW IN THE SHOOTING IN OAKLAND, THAT'S VERY CLEARLY AN INCIDENT WHERE, WHERE THE OFFICER INVOLVED MISTOOK IT FOR HIS GUN.
HE REACTED WITH SHOT WHERE HE DISCOVERED OSCAR GRANT. JUST IN GENERAL, OTHER INCIDENTS LIKE THAT. AND IT REALLY TASER SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM POLICE OFFICERS THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. CRAIG MURPHY. >> HELLO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS, GREG MYRRH CITY SANTA ROSA. WANTED TO START BY REPORTING OUT, CITIZENS FOR ACTION NOW IS A GROUP THAT I'M IN. AND RECENTLY WE WERE SUCCESSFUL AT CLEARING A HOMELESS THAT WAS BEHIND MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT THAT WAS NOT THE END. THERE WAS STILL WORK TO BE DONE BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING TO PREVENT THE FOLKS FROM MOVING BACK IN. SO WE HAD CALTRANS INVOLVED THROUGH A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS WTH CHP AND CALTRANS. THEY CLEARED THE SITE OF ALL BRUSH AND JUST THIS MORNING, THEY INSTALLED SIGNS STATING NO PRESS PASSING, AND THAT IS NO BG DEAL BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM AUTHORITY. SO CITIZENS FOR ACTION NOW WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING, WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. THE TOPIC THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BRIEFLY TONIGHT IS ABOUT NEEDLES THAT ARE IN PARKS DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
A WOMAN WAS WORKING IN THE PARK. SOMEBODY LEFT THEM BEHIND AS THEY WERE SHOOTING UP PROBABLY THE NIGHT BEFORE. LITERALLY THEY LEFT THEM ON THE PLAY STRUCTURE WTHOUT THE PRODUCTIVE CAPS ON THE NEEDLE AND THIS LADY'S CHILD WAS CRAWING AROUND AND SAW SOMETHING OVER THERE AND WENT OVER AND STOPPED HER CHILD BEFORE THE CHILD GOT TO THE NEEDLES. THERE IS HOMELESS CAMPERS, HOMELESS CAMPERS THAT ARE WITHIN THE SLEEPING AREA AND OTHERS THAT CAMP NEAR THE BASEBALL DIAMOND AND OTHERS THAT LIVE UP IN ANDALE PARK. SO IN PRIMARILY THE USERS OF DRUGS ARE THE HOMELESS POPULATION. SO IT'S PRETTY SAFE T SAY THAT IT'S LIKELY HOMELESS PEOPLE. . WHY ARE WE HOLDING THEM TO A DIFFERENT STANDARD THAN WE'RE HOLDING OURSELVES. WHAT IF THAT WAS SOMEBODY'S CHILD AND THEY GOTTEN INFECTED FROM A NEEDLE. I EMAILED CHIEF AND ASKED FOR EXTRA PATROL FROM THE PARKS. MY OWN KIDS HAVE WALKED BY DIRTY NEEDLES AND SOMEBODY THAT WAS STRUNG OUT. IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO ENFORCE THE SIGNS, LET'S WARN PEOPLE TO STAY OUT OF SPRING LAKE PARK. >> THANK YOU. 14.1, MR. McGWYNN. >> ITEM NUMBER 14.1 A REPORT ANNUAL REPORT AND PRESENTING CHUCK McBRIDE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND C.F.O.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL START AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO POLICE. COUNCILMEMBERS THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. THIS IS OUR ANNUAL REPORT ON THE MEASURE O FOR THIS THE CITY. AND AS THE AGENDA SAYS, FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL KICK O OFF WITH THE FINANCIALS. AND WE'LL GET GOING RIGHT NOW. >> SLIDE 4, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR SALES TAXES WERE 4 MILLION DOLLARS. THAT WAS UP. 424,000. TO BRING US 6 MILLION UP TO 3.1 MILLION AS OF THE END OF THE YEAR. SLIDE 5 GOES INTO THE EXPENDITURES, 10% WAS SPELLED ON DEBT SERVICE FOR ONE OF THE FIRE STATIONS AND ANOTHER SIX PERCENT ON ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPLIES. WE INCREASED OVERALL OUR EXPENDITURES BY 330,000, BUT LIKE I SAID BEFORE, GOING TO SLIDE 6 YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENCES WHERE YOU LAYOUT THE REVENUE AND LAYOUT THE EXPENDITURE. AND RIGHT IN BETWEEN AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE. THAT MEANS YOU ARE BUILDING FUND BALANCE AND IT'S BY DESIGN THAT WE'RE DOING THIS. AND AT DRESS THAT WE HAVE OUR FUTURE CONCERNS. WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF. >> SO MEASURE O HAS BEEN GREAT FOR THE SANTA ROSA AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IT PROVIDES TEN ADDITIONAL PEOPLE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEN WE HAVE ONE TRAINING CAPTAIN. SO WITH FIRE ENGINE COMES ONE CAPTAIN AND THREE ENGINEERS AND THREE FIREFIGHTERS AND ENJOY 25% PAY FOR A USED TO BE A QUARTER TIME EMS BATTALION CHIEF AND WE HAVE MOVED THAT TO 25% OF DAY ONE. ALSO A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK, WE ADDED PARAMEDICS TO ALL OF OUR TRUCK THE IMPACT WITH THE 9 FIREFIGHTERS, WE HAVE RUN OVER 30,000 CALL FOR SERVICE. OUR PROGRAM IS VERY VERY STAUT, MEANING IT'S YEAR TO YEAR 35 HOURS OF TRAINING THAT WE PERFORM TRAINING. THE SO MEASURE O GIVES US THE ABILITY TO PUT SOME REALLY GOOD TRAINING IN THE WORKS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND ONE OF THE TRAINING IS ONE OF THE ASPECTS THAT WE HAVE A HARD TIME SHORTHANDING. I DON'T WANT TO CUT ANY TRAINING. AND THE LESS STAFF WE HAVE, THE MORE TRAINING THAT WE NEED.
IT ALLOWS US TO FUND TWO STATIONS SO STATION 5 NP NEWGATE WHICH WE'RE NO LONGER CITIED. AND STATION 11 ON LEWIS ROAD. SO ENGINE 11 IS ONE OF OF OUR BUSIEST STATION. AND THESE ARE THE TYPE OF EQUIPMENT. WE HAVE TYPE 3 ENGINE WHICH MEASURE 0 ENDED. ALL OF THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE USED AND IT WAS USEFUL LAST YEAR. MANY TMES THROUGHOUT THE FLOODS AROUND THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA WHILE WE DID NOT TYPICALLY HAVE TOO MANY ISSUES WITH FLOODING. THERE WAS A LOT OF FLOODING AROUND US, WE PROVIDE FUTURE AID TO EVERYONE AROUND US. LOOKING AHEAD, SO WITH OUR ADDITION OF OUR WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE COMPLETED A STRATEGIC PLAN IT'S THREE-YEARS IN.
AND THREE YEARS OF COVERAGE AND ON JANUARY 14, WE HAVE A STAFFING STUDY. SO ALL MAJOR MEASURE IS TRYING TO HELP, PUSH THESE ITEMS FORWARD. AND EARN AVENUE AREA. NOT NORTH DID YOU TELLON AND HERN AVENUE. AND THN WE HAVE TO REBUILD STATION 9. STATION 9 WHERE WE HAVE TO BUILD STATION 9. IT'S A TRIPLE WIDE BUILDING THAT WAS MEANT TO BE 7 TO 10 YEARS. IT'S BEEN IN SERVICE FOR TEN YEARS. AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN MEASURE O BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE SAVE IT FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. >> I HAVE A QUICK STATION ON STATION 8. DO WE HAVE A LOCATION ON THAT. I GET THE RESPONSE TIME THING BUT DO WE HAVE A LOCATION? >> WE HAVE A GENERAL LOCATION. RIGHT NOW WE'RE FOCUSED ON STATION 9 UNTIL WE GET STATION 5. >> ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL AY QUESTIONS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? YES, VICE MAYOR. >> I WANT TO SAY THAT ENGINE NUMBER 1 IS EVY FAVORITE. >> THAT WAS MY FAVORITE TOO. >> SO MANY COMMENTS NOT TO SAY. THANK YOU CHIEF. >> THANK YOU. >> UP NEXT IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CHIEF NAVARRO. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR SCHEWEDHELM, VICE MAYOR FLEMING AND CITY COUNCIL. CHIEF NAVARRO AND BEFORE WE GT STARTD, STATION 1 IS MY FAVORITE TOO. SO WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE A REPORT ON MEASURE O FUNDS. AS YOU SEE FROM THE SLIDE, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 5 MILLION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR. THAT INCLUDES THE BGINNING BALANCE OF 1.3 AND THE TAX REVENUE OVER THE YEAR OF 18-19 ABOUT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS.
THE BULK OF THE EXPENDITURE THAT WILL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT LATER HERE, INCLUDES A SPECIAL PROJECT REGARDING THE RADIO PROJECT. IN THIS SLIDE LEER, YOU CAN SEE ABOUT 85% OF OUR MEASURE O FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED TO SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR OUR STAFF. THERE IS ABOUT 3% THAT GOES TO SERVICE SXZ SUPPLIES THAT IS OVER BY THE SANTA ROSA TRANSIT MALL. YOU CAN ALSO SEE ABOUT, THERE IS ABOUT 390,000 THAT WAS TRANSFERRED OUT.
THAT TRANSFER ALLOWED US TO D WORK ON THE RADIO INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH DURING CONSENT YOU PASSED FUNDING PHASE FOR THAT PROJECT. WLA THAT ALLOWED, ALLOWED US TO UPGRADE OUR DISPATCH CENTER AND LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR THE NEXT PHASE. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT MOVING FORWARD. THIS SLIDE HERE, PROVIDES AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT OUR TREND IS. AS YOU CN SEE, THAT OUR EXPENDITURE ARE INCREASING GREATER THAN OUR REVENUE. EARLY ON, DURING THE MEASURE O, WE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO PREVENT LAYOFF BECAUSE OF MEASURE O VERY IMPORTANT TO US. BUT AS I MOVED THROUGH THE YEARS, WE'RE EXPERIENCING INCREASE IN BENEFITS THAT MAKES US DIP INTO THE RSERVE TO ADDRESS THE INCREASING COST OF STAFF. AS A STAFFING MOTTO, OUR MEASURE O IT'S VITAL TO US. WE GAIN A LOT OUT OF MEASURE FUNDS THAT WAS VOTED IN BY THE COMMUNITY. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 19 POSITIONS THAT ARE STAFF THROUGH MEASURE O. AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A LIEUTENANT THAT LIEUTENANT IS OVERSEES OUR SPECIAL EVENTS PROGRAM. AND OUR TRAFFIC BUREAU.
THE SPECIAL EVENT PROGRAM BECOMES VITAL ESPECIALLY WITH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. WE HAVE IRON MAN, THE WINDSOR MARKET AND ALL OF THE SPECIAL VENTS THAT GO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND THE LIEUTENANT IS WHERE WE PUT THOSE TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT IN A SAFE AND EFFICIENT MANNER. THE SERGEANT OVERSEES OUR ENFORCEMENT TEAM AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OFFICERS WITHIN OUR ENFORCEMENT TEAM. I APOLOGIZE. WE ALSO HAVE, OFFICERS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO TRAFFIC AND THEN WE HAVE, TWO FUEL EVIDENCE TECHNICIANS IN COMMUNITY OFFICER.
WE'RE USING FUNDS IN NON SWORN POSITIONS, TO PROVIDE A GREATER EFFICIENCY FOR FUNDS IN USING CIVILIAN PERSONNEL OUT IN THE STREET TO PROVIDE DIRECT RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY. AGAIN, WE HAVE FROM A MEASURE O IMPACTS WE CAN ATTRIBUTE 611 ARRESTS AND 412 CITATION TO SEE OUR MEASURE O STAFF. EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE EXPERIENCES STAFFING ISSUES, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE AND SOME OF THE STAFFING ISSUES THAT WE DEALT WITH, WE HAD TO PLL BACK TO PATROL FROM SOME OF OUR SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS. BUT MEASURE O HAS ALLOWED US TO MAINTAIN MOTOR OFFICERS WITHIN THE MOTOR TEAM TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC ISSUES AND CMPLAINTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE'VE INCREASED BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE OUR CUSTOMERS SERVICE. AGAIN, THE MEASURE O FUNDS HAS ALLOWED US TO LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR THE RADIO INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE NEXT PHASE. WE ALSO USE IT WITHIN OUR DOWNTOWN ENFORCEMENT TEAM. IT'S THE MAJOR COME POENT FOR PATROL DOWN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THEY REPRESENT THE LIASON WITH THE HOST TEAM AND SME OF OUR PROVIDERS. AND THE MEASURE O HAS SUPPORTED POLICE OPERATIONS RELATED TO HOMELESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. AGAIN, LOOKING AHEAD, WITH MEASURE O, SMFT THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE AND PRIORITIZING THE NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF FUNDS. THIS BASICALLY MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT HOW WE USE MEASURE FUNDS HW IT RELATES TO STAFFING AND SPECIALIZED TEAMS AND EQUIPMENT THAT ENHANCES OUR CORE FUNCTION. OUR VISION FOR THE STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. AND WE BELIEVE THAT MEASURE O IS HELPING US REACH THAT VISION. IN THE FUTURE, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
WE'RE GOING TO EVALUATE HOW WE USE MEASURE O FUNDS. THAT INCLUDES ADDRESSING AND ASSESSING, WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING IN ACTIVE SHOOTER SCENARIOS, RESCUE AND NATURAL DISASTERS AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. WE HAVE LEARNED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC IS VITAL AND NECESSARY. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ASSESSING HOW WE CAN USE FUNDS WITHIN MEASURE O TO HELP US OUT WITH THAT. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO USE TECHNOLOGY IN THE FUTURE. TECHNOLOGY HAS BECOME AN INDUSTRY STANDARD AND TECHNOLOGY IS BECOME MORE ADVANCE AND MORE EXPENSIVE AND SO IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MEASURE MEASURE O FUNDS AND WE'LL ALSO BE EVALUATING HOW WE ASSESS AND WORK WITHIN THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES INCLUDING HOMELESS LESS AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE AND OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS AS WE'RE CURRENTLY HAVE, IF WE CAME HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO, IN FRONT OF YOU AND THE SCHOOL BOARD AND TALKED ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS ARE, WE CURRENTLY HVE 5 AND WE HAVE YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR ANNEXATION OF ROSELAND THAT WE ADDED HIGH SCHOOLS.
SO IT WILL BE IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD LOOKING HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE SOME OF THESE FUNDS. WITH THAT I'M OPEN TO MY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. I ALSO HAVE MY ASO WTH ME IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION CHIEF, ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF NAVARRO. VICE MAYOR. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR GOOD WORK. I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT SLIDE 16. YOU MENTIONED THAT BENEFITS AND SALARIES HAVE GONE UP. I WANT TO KNOW IF IT'S WITH THE LIE ANLT OR BUDGETING AND PLANNING THAT IS MORE UNDER OUR CONTROL. >> SO, IT, PURRS DOES PLAY A PART. BASICALLY THE FND IS, IS GOING TO RUN OUT AT SOME POINT. AND SO IF YOU KNOW, IF MEASURE O IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US, IF IT DOES SUNSET.
THEN, THE FUNDS BEGIN TO DWINDLE AND DISAPPEAR. SO TE MEASURE O FUNDS CANNOT COMPETE AND KEEP UP WITH THE CURRENT FUNDING. >> THANK YOU. DOUSE HAVE A PLAN TO HAVE THE BLUE LINE AND B LINE GO FORWARD. >> WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. WE'RE EVALUATING HOW WE CAN DO FROM THE STAFFING LEVEL AND HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THAT AND THE GENERAL FUND. SO WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR FINANCE TEAM INCLUDING CHUCK LA BRIDE AND OUR ASO AS WE LOOK INTO THE FUTURE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
>> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, CHIEF. GREAT THE NEXT SECTION IS VIOLENCE PREVENTION IS KICKOFF THE PRESENTATION IS INTERM DIRECTOR CARTER. >> MAYOR SCHEWEDHELM VICE MAYOR FLEMING, WITH ME I HAVE KELLY. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF RECREATION AND ASO BEFORE I HAND IT OER TO JASON, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ANNETTE MINORS, FEEL FREE TO PASS ANY COMMENTS. SO WITH THAT JASON WILL START US OFF. >> ALL RIGHT, ON THE FIRST SLIDE ARE ENDING FUND BALANCE JUST SHORT OF 1.1 MILLION DOLLARS IS ROUGHLY 100,000 IS MORE THAN THE CITY COUNCIL SAW FROM THE TEN-YEAR PLAN.
THAT MONEY WILL BE RECONSIDERED AS PART OF THE NEXT PROJECT PROCESS AND HOW WE WILL CONTINUE TO FUND THE PROGRAMS. AND OVERALL IN THE FUNDING SCAOEM IS THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES IS 35% OF THE VIOLENCE REDUCTION PROGRAM. THE REST OF THE MONEY IS SPLIT TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES IN RECREATION OR THE COMMUNITY OUT REACH AND GRANT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM WITHIN THE OFFICE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO ENSURE THAT FOR THE LONG TERM HEALTH PROGRAM THROUGH THE END OF THE MEASURE O, THAT OUR EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE RIGHT SIDE ABLE TO BE SUSTAINABLE THROUGH THAT. SO THE PARTNERSHIP HAS CONTINUED ALIGNMENT WITH LOCAL AND STATE INITIATIVE SUCH AS ACTIONS TO PROBATIONS AND KEEPING KIDS IN SCHOOL INITIATIVES AND ALSO THE INVESTMENT POLICY TEAM. AND OUR REGULARLY OCCURRING INTERNAL COHERTZ THE POLICY TEAM AND OPERATIONAL TEAM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 43 MEMBERS AND 64 MEMBERS OF THE OPERATIONAL TEAM REPRESENTING OVER 50 ORGANIZATIONS. IN SEPTEMBER 2018, WE HAD OR FIRST ANNUAL GANG PREVENTION MNTH AFTER A SUCCESSFUL NINE YEARS OF GAIN PREVENTION AWARENESS.
WE KICKED IT OFF WITH A SEMINAR. AND ALSO HAD OUR FIRST ANNUAL YOUTH SEPTEMBER MADNESS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT WITH RECREATIONS DIVISION. WE HAD OVER 300 IN ATTENDANCE AND OUR UNITY RUN. IN ADDITION TO CONTINUING EVENTS SUCH AS THE SOUTH PARK FESTIVAL. FOR OUR THIRD ANNUAL ENGAGEMENT MONTH. THAT'S A SERIES OF AWARENESS AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE THAT'S ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH NON PROFITS AND VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. WE DID A LITTLE TWIST THIS TIME INSTEAD OF ASKING OUR PARENTS TO COME TO US, WE WENT TO THEM. WE WENT TO THE ELAC WHICH IS THE ENGLISH LEARNERS AND PARTNERED WITH THE CBI GROUP WITH ENGAGEMENT DINNER.
IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR PARENTS TO BE EDUCATED ON SOME THE RESOURCES OUT THERE BUT ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INITIAL SOME OF OUR POLICING DIALOGUES. WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL ADMINISTERING OUR CHOICE GRANT PROGRAM WE'RE WRAPPING UP CYCLE 9 AND WE WILL BE HERE NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS THE GRANT REVIEW TEAMS. ARE WE SAFE? [SIRENS IN BACKGROUND] FOR CYCLE TEN. AND THE PROGRAM I'LL DISCUSS ON A FUTURE SLIDE.
SO YOU CAN SEE WITH CYCLE 9, WE FUNDED 9 ORGANIZATION WZ 736,000. OF THAT DATA WE SERVED OVER 100 PARTICIPANT. ALMOST 1400 EVENTS WORKS OUT TO 6100 ATTENDEES. SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE. WE FLARE OWED IT DOWN TO 4. SCHOOL READINESS AND TRUANCY AND STUDENT OUT REACH. AND THIS SHIFT WAS NOTICEABLE. >> WE ADDED A SOFT BALL COMPONENT AD THAT SERVED 350 YOUTH. A LOT OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATING WERE VOLUNTEER PARENTS AND COACHES SO A VERY POPULAR PROGRAM OVER THE SUMMER. AND THEN DURING THE SCHOOL YAR WE HAVE COMMUNITY AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AT DIFFERENT SITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY PRIMARILY IN THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST.
HOWEVER, THIS PAST YEAR WE ADDED ON THE LARKFIELD SITES IF YOU REMEMBER AND THEY WERE FULLY FUNDED BY BURBANK HOUSING SO THE 6 SITES ARE ALSO COFUNDED BY BURBANK HOUSING WITH MEASURE O DOLLARS AND SOME GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, BUT THEY CAN BURBANK HAS AND CONTINUED TO WANT TO ADD ON SITES IN THE REC ROOM IN THE HOUSING FACILITIES SO WORKING WITH THEM ON THE HIGHEST NEEDS NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL, SO THOSE PROGRAMS ARE GOING REALLY WELL. THEY HAVE A HOMEWORK COMPONENT, ARTS AND CRAFTS, RECREATION ACTIVITIES, SPORTS, FILD TRIPS WE BRING GUEST SPEAKER JZ HAVE SEVERAL LARGE SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND THEN DURING THE SUMMER WE HAVE THE FULL DAY PROGRAMS WE CALL RECREATION SENSATION. THEY ARE FOR 7 WEEKS DURING THE SUMMER, VERY POPULAR. THEY ARE AT SCHOOL SITES AND SO WE PARTNER WITH SANTA ROSA CITY SCHOOLS AND ROSELAND SCHOOL DISTRICT AND LAST YEAR WE WERE AT BELLEVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL. AND DURING THE SUMMER SEASON, WE HVE A PROGRAM CALLED WORK EXPERIENCE WHERE WE HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL AGE KIDS PARTICIPATE ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS AD THAT IS REAL POPULAR AS WELL. THERE IS ABOUT 40 MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS THAT HELP OUT IN THE PROGRAM JZ THAT IS LIKE A TRAINING GROUND FOR THEM TO APPLY FOR THE PAID JOBS SO WE LIKE TO TAKE THE KIDS FROM THE PROGRAM AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM AND HOPEFULLY WE ARE HIRING THEM TO COME BACK AND WORK IN OUR PROGRAMS.
ALSO DURING THE SUMMER WE HAVE THE TEEN BASKETBALL CAMP, THAT IS POPULAR. 50, 60 TENS PARTICIPATE IN THAT. WE HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD LAST COUPLE YEARS. THE SAFF ARE DOING ORIENTATION NIGHTS SO THEY GET T MEET THE WHOLE FAMILY. THEY ARE DOING MORE BBQ AT EACH SITE, SPECIAL EVENTS SO THE GOAL IS TO KEEP THE FAMILY INVOLVED WITH THE YOUTH AND THEIR PROGRAMS AND WE HOPE TO SEE THEM PROGRAM AFTER PROGRAM YEAR AFTER YEAR TRYING TO KEEP THEM INVOLVED. LASTLY, I LIKE TO NOTE THAT ABOUT 30 PERCENT OF OUR TEMPORARY SEASONAL STAFF THAT WORK IN OUR PROGRAMS ARE FROM THE HIGH NEEDS AREAS THAT WE SERVE. I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. >> THE VICE CHAIR-WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS ON CONVERSATIONS YOU HAD WITH THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE? >> GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING A OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I WANT TO REITERATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS MEASURE O. I HAVE SEEN MANY STUDENTS AND MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AS YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT AND HEAR PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS SERVED MY MEASURE O. I WANT TO REITERATE TO YOU ALL THAT YOU CONTINUE TO KEEP THIS IN MIND AS WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AND THAT THE SUNSET TIME IS COMING UP, SO PLEASE TKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. MANY OF THESE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS A MEASURE O PERSON, LIKE TO SEE MORE BUMPER STICKERS AND THINGS, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHAT MEASURE O I FUNDING. ALL IN I HEAR IN THE COMMUNITY IS FIRE AND POLICE, THAT ISN'T MEASURE O DOES. SO IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT WHAT IT OFFERS THE CITY.
AS YOU ARE MOVING FORWARD AND AS WE ARE ALL MOVING FORWARD I LIKE TO SEE MORE DOCUMENTATION POINTED OUT WHAT MEASURE O FUNDS IS TAKING CARE OF OUT IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT DO SERVE A GREAT PURPOSE AND HELPS KEEP PEOPLE, KIDS, FAMILIES TOGETHER AND KEEP THEM TOGETHER IN THE SENSE OF BEINGABLY TO HAVE THAT FAMILY TIME AND SPEND MORE TIME TOGETHER SO PLEASE AS YU MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE DECISION THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE, CONTINUE TO KEEP US IN MIND AND CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FUNDING. >> GREAT. THANKS. COUNCIL, QUESTIONS? >> THAT THANK YOU FOR AL THE GREAT WORK YOU DO.
YOU SERVE A TON OF YOUNG PEOPLE. I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS DEMO OGRAPHIC INFORMATION YOU COLLECT ON THE YOUNG PEOPLE BEYOND THE MORE AT RISK? I'M ASKING BASICALLY ARE WE SERVING EQUAL PROPORTIONS OF MALE AND FEMALE CHILDREN? >> CAN YOU SAY THAT LAST PART AGAIN? >> ARE WE SERVING EQUAL AMOUNTS OF MALE AND FEMALE CHILDREN? >> EQUAL AMOUNTS? >> ARE GIRLS GETTING-THERE IS A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON SPORTS AND CURIOUS IF GIRLS GET SERVICE THE SAME RATE BOYS ARE AND THE REASON I ASK BECAUSE YOU HAVE A AWESOME PIPE LINE OF JOBS BUT ONLY 30 PERCENT CITY EMPLOYEES ARE FEMALE.
>> I THINK WE ARE DO A GREAT JOB. ALL THE SPORTS ARE COED AND HAVE A LOT OF GIRLS PLAYING IN THE LEAGUES AND THEN OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS I SAY ARE EQUAL AS WELL. >> FANTASTIC TO HEAR. >> IT IS GOING REALLY WELL. WE TRY SPECIFICALLY TO GET THE GIRLS TO PLAY ALL THE SPORTS AS WELL. >> WONDERFUL. >> THE EFFORTS WERE [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] IN 2016, SO I THINK IT IS GUIDING THE CURRENT PLAN SO HOW DO THEY TIE IN, IT HAS BEEN 4 YEARS SO WHEN WE DO MEASURE WHAT HAS CHANGED OVER 15 DIFFERENT DOMAINS INCLUDED IN THAT? >> WE WILL HAVE A UPDATE TO THE SAFETY SCORE CARD AND ALSO WORKING WITH THE HUMAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT UP STREAM INVESTMENT TEAM THAT NOT ONLY RELEASED [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] THE LATINO SCORE CARD. THAT WAS RELEASED AT THE STATE OF COMMUNITY AND SO WE REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE 10 ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND HOW THE STRATEGIC PLAN NARROWED DOWN TO 4 AND FROM THAT GATHER THE DATA WITH THOSE 4 AND SEE IF THERE IS POTENTIAL CHANGE IN HOW WE ARE GATHERING THE DATA, WHO WE ARE FUNDSING WHO AT TE TABLE.
WE MADE A BIG STATEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL READINESS COMPONENT. AS YOU KNOW IT IS MAINLY THE INTERVENTION PIECE AND OVER THE YEARS IT EVOLVED AND MATUREED INTO A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH AND NOW I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT CATEGORY OF SCHOOL READINESS IS THE HIGHEST FUNDED CATEGORY AND THAT IS A BIG STATEMENT TO US AND SO I THINK FOR US WE ARE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING AND LOOK FORWARD SEEING WHAT THE DATA SHOWS BUT NOT ONLY THAT UTILIZING THAT TO IMPLEMENT AND RELEASE A NEW UPDATE TO THE SCORE CARD.
>> SO WE ARE COLLECTING DATA AS TIME PASSES SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCORE CARD AND THE CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN. >> CORRECT. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE CARDS ON THE ITEM? MR. SAWYER. >> THANK YOU, BEFORE I INTRODUCE THE MOTION I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AS WELL. I KNOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE VOLENCE PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP ALL BENEFIT A GREAT DEAL FROM THE FUNDS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE RESIDENT OF SANTA ROSA. WE WILL LOOK AT REAUTHORIZING I WOULD THINK REAUTHORIZING MEASURE O. IT HAPPENS FAST SOMETHING THAT SEEMED FAR AWAY NOT THAT LONG AGO, AND SO I AGREE AS MUCH PROMOTION TO GET ENHANCEMENT GETTING THE WORD OUT THE BETTER OFF WE'LL BE. WITH THAT, I INTRODUCE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MEASURE O ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018-19 AND WAVE FURTHER READING. >> SECOND.
>> WE HAVE AMOTION AD SECOND. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? I ALSO WANT TO REITERATE MY THANKS FOR THE WORK BEING DONE AND YOUR POINTS ABOUT WHETHER WE ARE MARKETING REC AND PARK DOES A GREAT JOB MARKETING ALL THE ACTIVITIES THERE. THE ONE THING MISSING IS HOW MUCH IS TIED TO MEASURE O. PEOPLE I THINK ARE GETTING THE BENEFIT OF IT AND NOT REALIZING THAT IS A SOURCE THE VOTERS OF SANTA ROSA SO SOMETHING IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS WE'LL WORK ON AS THE MEASURE IS DUE TO SUNSET AND THE BODY WILL MAKE A DECISION AS WE MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THE WORK IS INCREDIBLE SO APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS. WITH THAT, YOUR VOTES, PLEASE. [ROLL CALL] THAT PASSES WITH 5 AYES . THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 14.2. >> REPORT AND POTENTIAL TERMINATION OF THE CITY'S TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON RENTSAL HOUSING PRICE GOUGING TO REPEAL OF CHAPTER 10-44 OF CITY CODE. REPORTING IS SUE GALLAGHER, CITY ATTORNEY. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS IS A OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER WHETHER TO CONTINUE OR TERMINATE THE CITY TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON RENTAL HOUSE PRICE GOUGING.
THAT PROHIBITION WAS PUT IN PLACE SHORTLY AFTER THE 2017 FIRES AND HAS BEEN CONTINUING SINCE THAT TIME. SO, AS I SAID, THIS IS A SCHEDULED REVIEW IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THE 2017 FIRES THE COUNCIL ADOPTED THE TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON RENTAL HOUSE PRICE GOUGING AND LAST YEAR LAST NOVEMBER OF 2018, THE COUNCIL CONSIDERED WHETHER TO CONTINUE THAT PROHIBITION IN PLACE AND DETERMINE DS TO CONTINUE IT AND EXTENDED THE PRICE GOUGING ORDINANCE TO AND I QUOTE "AT LEAST OCTOBER 9, 2019, AT WHICH TIME ITTIAL BE SUBJECT TO THE REVIEW BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT A REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING". SO THIS IS THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR REVIEW. THE BACKGROUND WE ARE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE BACKGROUND OF THIS ORDINANCE. CAME OUT OF THE OCTOBER 2017 WILDFIRES WHEN THE WILDFIRES DESTROYED APPROXIMATELY 3 THOUSAND HOMES IN SANTA ROSA ALONE BUT IN ADDITION SEVERAL THOUSAND MORE IN THE SURROUNDSING AREA. THAT DESTRUCTION MADE SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE A AURD SEVERE SHORTAGE OF RENTAL HOUSING AND IT WAS ALL MOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FIRES WE DID BEGIN RECEIVING ALLEGATIONS OF POTENTIAL PRICE GOUGING IN THE CITY RENTAL HOUSING MARKET. THOSE ALEGATIONS AND COMPLAINTS WERE RECEIVED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OUR STAFF.
WE ADOPTED ORDINANCE 1044 TO THE CITY CODE. CHAPTER 1044 PROHIBITS A LANDLORD INCREASING RESIDENTIAL RENTS TO MORE THEN 10 PERCENT ABOVE THE PRICE CHARGED IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO OCTOBER 9? OCTOBER 9 WAS THE DATE ON WHICH THE CITY PROCLAIMED A STATE LOCAL EMERGENCY DUE TO THE FIRES THAT WERE STILL UNDERWAY AT THAT TIME. CHAPTER 1044 ALSO PROHIBITS LANDLORD EVICTING AN EXISTING TENANT OR TERMINATING AN IST XING LEASE AND SUBSEQUENTLY RENTING THE SAME UNIT FOR MORE THEN 10 PERCENT ABOVE THE PRICE THAT HAD BEEN CHARGED IN THE 30 DAYS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING OCTOBER 9, 2017. THESE PROHIBITIONS APPLY TO ALL RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN SANTA ROSA. RESIDENTIAL UNITS OF ANY KIND AND INCLUDES ALSO HOTELS MOTELS AND VACATION RENTALS. THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS THAT ARE BUILT INTO THE ORDINANCE THAT ALLOW LANDLORDS TO INCREASE RENTS WHEN REPAIRS ARE NEEDED TO THE UNIT. THE ORDINANCE IS ENFORCED THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT. I WILL SAY THAT WE BELIEVE IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT DETUR RNT EFFECT AND HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH LANDLORDS AND TENANTS, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NO FORMAL ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED UNDER THE ORDINANCE.
THE ORDINANCE GENERALLY MIRRORED STATE LAW IN PENAL CODE SECTION 396. : SECTION 39 IX IS IS TRIGGERED IN THE EVENT OF A EMERGENCY DECLARED BY AT THE FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LEVEL. PROHIBITS LANDLORDED INCREASED RENTS MORE THEN 10 PERCENT AND BEGINS DURING THE FIRST 30 DAYS AFTER THE DECLARATION OF A EMERGENCY AND ALSO CONTINUES FOR ANY PERIOD IN WHICH THE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY IS EXTENDED. TE GOVERNOR HAS SPECIFIC AUTHORITY ALSO TO EXTEND THE OPERATION OF 396 AS HE DEEMS APPROPRIATE. RENTING THE SAME UNIT TO A PERSON GREATER THEN THE ALLOWED UNDER THE STATUTE THAT WOULD BE ABOVE THE 10 PERCENT BASED ON THE DATE OF IT DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY.
THE STATE STATUTE APPLIES ONLY TO THOSE UNITS WITH A INITIAL LEASE TERM OF ONE YEAR OR LESS SO IT IS SLIGHTLY MORE NARROW THEN PARTICULARLY OVER THE 2017 FIRES THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE DID HANDLE QUITE A FEW COMPLAINTS AND DID PURSUE A NUMBER OF CRIMINAL ACTIONS. SO, INITIALLY CHAPTER 1044 WHEN THIS COUNCIL FIRST ADOPTED IT WAS TO REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL APRIL 18, 2018. THAT FOLLOWED THE GOVERNOR EXTENSION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PENAL CODE 396 TO THAT SAME DATE, SO THAT WAS HOW WE SET THAT DATE WAS THAT WAS A DATE THAT THE GOVERNOR HAD SET FOR THE STATE STATUTE. EX10ED THE ORDINANCE TO DECEMBER 4, 2018 AND MIRRORED ACTIONS BY THE GOVERNOR. WE MADE THE TERM GO TO DECEMBER 4 OR FOR SO LONG AS THE STATE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY REMAINED IN EFFECT. ON NOVEMBER 27, 2018 WEEK OR SO BEFORE THE ORDINANCE WAS SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE, THE COUNCIL BY URGENCY ORDINANCE FURTHER EX10ED THE TERM AGAIN TO AT LEAST OCTOBER 9, 2019 AND THAT WAS THE POINT COUNCIL DIRECTED AFTER OCTOBER 9 THE MATTER WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION OF NEXT STEPS.
THE PRICE GOUGING ORDINANCE REMAINS IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME. GOVERNOR EXTENDED THE APPLICABILITYF OF THE STATUTE 3 ADDITIONAL TIMES RELATING BACK TO THE 2017 FIRES. SO UNDER THOSE EXTENSIONS REMAINS IN EFFECT SONOMA CONTE THROUGH DECEMBER 1, 2019 THE END OF THIS YEAR. I'LL NO, SECTION 396 IS TRIGGERED BY THE DECLARATION OF STATE OF EMERGENCY RELATIVE TO THE KENCADE FIRE THIS YEAR. SO, IT IS NOW UP TO THE COUNCIL TO DETERMINE WHAT NEXT STEPS TO TAKE WHETHER TO CONTINUE CHAPTER 1044 IN EFFECT OR TO TERMINATE THE PRICE GOUGING ORDINANCE NOW AFTER A LITTLE MORE THEN 2 YEARS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS. THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT. FIRST IS WHAT IS THE STATE OF CITY RECONSTRUCTION AND RECOVERY. AS YOU KNOW, AND AS YOU HVE HEARD REPORTS, WE HAVE SUBSTANTIAL RECONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY. MANY HOMES HAVE BEEN RBUILT, BUT WE ARE STILL FAR FROM COMPLETION. THERE IS STILL A LOT OF RECONSTRUCTION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE. A RENTAL MARKET REMAINS SIGNIFICANTLY CONSTRAINED PERHAPS IN PART DUE TO THE DISCONSTRUCTION 2017 FIRES BUT ALSO THE RENTAL MARKET IN GENERAL HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME.
SECOND ELEMENT THAT WE LOOKED AT IS THE PASSAGE OF TIME. CHAPTER 1044 SETS A BASELINE OF OCTOBER 9, 2017, THE DATE OF THE LOCAL DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY, AND IT PREVENTS INCREASES OF MORE THEN 10 PERCENT ABOVE THE BASELINE FOR IT DURATION OF THE ORDINANCE. SO IT IS A ONE TIME CAP AND IT SURVIVES FOR THE ENTIRE LIFE OF THE ORDINANCE. IT IS NOT ANTONINIIAL INCREASE, IT IS A ONE TIME CAP. WE ARE HEARING FROM A NUMBER OF LANDLORDS I KNOW WE GET CALLS TO OUR OFFICE AND SIT CITY MANAGER OFFICE GETS CALLS AND IMAGINE COUNCILMEMBERS GET CALLS AS WELL AS LANDLORDS FEELING PRESSURE BECAUSE OF THAT ONGOING RESTRICTION. THE OTHER THING WE LOOKED AT IS THE AVAILABILITY OF ONGOING STATE PROTECTIONS. AT THIS POINT PENAL CODE SECTION 396 IS STILL IN EFFECT RELATIVE TO THE 2017 FIRES, BUT ONLY THROUGH DECEMBER 31.
I HAVE NOT HEARD WHETHER THE GOVERNOR INTENDS TO EXTEND THAT, BUT AS I MENTIONED THAT SECTION IS NOW APPLICABLE UNDER THE DECLARATION WITH RESPECT TO THE KENCADE FIRE. THE OTHER PIECE OF STATE LEGISLATION IS THE TENANT POTECTION ACT OF 2019. THAT IS AB1482. THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT AS OF JANUARY 1, 2020 AND ITHINK IT IS RELEVANT TO LOOK AT WHAT THE TERMS OF THAT STATUTE ARE. TENANT PROTECTION ACT APPLIES TO RENTAL HOUSING UNITS IN GENERAL APPLY TOOZ RENTAL HOUSING UNITS 15 YEARS AND OLDER. IT DOES EXCLUDE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES UNLESS THOSE HOMES ARE OWNED BY CERTAIN TYPES OF TRUSTS OR CORPORATIONS. LIMIT RENTAL INCREASES TO EITHER 5 PERCENT PLUS THE INCREASE IN THE CPI OR 10 PERCENT WHICHEVER IS LESS. I WOULD NOTE ALSO THAT THIS ANNUAL CAP IS A ANNUAL CAP AND THAT 4 FOR THE INITIAL YEAR IT WILL REACH BACK TO MARCH 15, 2019 SO INCREASES IN RENT THAT TOOK PLACE FROM MARCH 15 UP TO JANUARY 1 WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE CALCULATION OF THE RENT INCREASES THAT ARE SUBJECTS TO THIS LIMITATION.
THE TENANT PROTECTION ACT ALSO INCLUDES JUST CAUSE EVICTION RESTRICTIONS, SO IT PROHIBITSS EVICTION OF TENANTS WITHOUT JUST CAUSE AND INCLUDE AT FAULT JUST CAUSE WHICH WOULD BE A TENANT'S FAILURE TO PAY RENT. TENANT BREACH OF LEASE, MAINTENANCE OF NUISANCE AND SIMILAR BEHAVIORS. ALSO INCLUDES NO FAULT JUST CAUSE, WHICH WOULD BE THE LANDLORD ACTIONS. THE LANDLORD REMOVES THE UNIT FROM THE MARKET THE OWNER IS MOVING IN, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. THE ACT IS-DOES INCLUDE A SUNSET PROVISION THAT WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR 10 YEARS, AND THEN WE'LL SUNSET IN LESS THE LEGISLATURE DECIDES TO CONTINUE IT AND WILL NOTE THE ACT EXPRESSLY DOES NOT PREEMPT ADDITIONAL LOCAL REGULATIONS ON TOP OF THESE PROVISIONS. WITH THAT WE RECOMMENDS AND THIS IS PURSUANT TO COUNCIL DIRECTION FROM LAST NOVEMBER 20S 18.
RECOMMENDING BY MYSELF THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDER WHETHER TO REPEAL CHAPTER 1044 OF THE CITY CODE AT THIS TIME. REPEAL OF CHAPTER 1044 WOULD TERMINATE THE CITY TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON RENTAL HOUSING PRICE GOUGING AND THE ASSOCIATED TEMPORARY LIMITATIONS ON TENANT EVICTION. AGAIN AS THE PROHIBITIONS WERE ORIGINALLY ADOPTED FOLLOWING THE 2017 WILDFIRES, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FWR OUR CITY ATTORNEY? MR. ROGERS. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SUE, THERE IS ON SLIDE 9THERE'S A LITTLE OF A ODD OVERLAP BETWEEN TE LOCAL ORDINANCE AS WELL AS THE STATE LAW, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THAT FROM THE REACH-BACK OF AB1482 TO MARCH 15, IF SOMEBODY IN SANTA ROSA A LANDLORD IN SANTA ROSA HAD NOT RAISED RENT AT ALL OR HAD DONE 5 PERCENT, FROM THAT POINT FORWARD FROM MARCH 15, 2019 THROUGH MARCH 15, 2020 THEY ARE STILL UNDER THE 5 PERCENT PLUS CPI CAP? >> THAT IS CORRECT.
5 PERCENT PLUS CPI OR 10 PERCENT WHICH EVER IS LESS. >> CURRENTLY THEY HAVE THE 5 PERCENT BECAUSE THAT IS ALL WE HAVE IN OUR ORDINANCE AND TEN IF THE ORDINANCE WERE TO EXPIRE THEN THEY HAVE BASICALLY THE CPI LEFT? THAT MAKE SENSE? >> I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND. OUR ORDINANCE 1044 LIMITS THE INCREASE TO 10 PERCENT OVER THAT FROM 217, AND THAT IS FOR THAT ENTIRE PERIOD, SO A LANDLORD COULD HAVE INCREASED THE RENT SHORTLY AFTER THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED COULD HAVE INCREASED THE RENT BY 10 PERCENT AT THAT TIME AND THEN WOULD HAVE HAD TO STAY WITH THAT RENT LEVEL ALL THE WAY THROUGH TILL TODAY UNTIL FOR SO LONG AS THE ORDINANCE SURVIVES. ANOTHER SCENARIO PERHAPS SOMEONE HAD NOT RAISED THE RENT AT ALL UNTIL AND ON MARCH 30 OF LAST YEAR OF THIS YEAR 2019 RAISED IT BY 5 PERCENT, THEY WOULD THEN BE LIMITED TO AN INCREASE BY THE INCREASE IN THE CPI OR 5 PERCENT. WHICH EVER IS LESS. >> HAT IS THE DIRECTION I WAS ASKING QUESTION ABOUT IS FOLKS WHO HAD NOT RAISED TO THE 10 PERCENT LEVEL BEFORE 1482 WAS PASSED HOW THAT INTERPLAYS.
OBVIOUSLY WE ARE NOT DISCUSSING THIS IN A VACUUM. THE COUNTY ALSO IS DISCUSSING THIS, THE STATE HAS BEEN DISCUSSING OR GOVERNOR'S OFFICE HAS BEEN DISCUSSING 396. DO WE KNOW IF THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE LOOKING LIKE? DO WE KNOW IF THE GOVERNOR INTENDS TO ALLOW THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION TO ACTUALLY SUNSET ON DECEMBER 31 AND HAS THE COUNTY GOTTEN INTO CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PRICE GOUGING AND WHAT THAT MEANS ON THE COUNTY LEVEL AS WELL? >> I'M NT AWARE OF ANY DECISIONS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND I AM NOT AWARE OF CONVERSATIONS TAKING PLACE AT THE COUNTY EITHER. THE COUNTY BACK IN 2017 CHOSE NOT TO ADOPT A LOCAL ORDINANCE, BUT TO RELY ON 396 AND SO THEY WILL BE-IT WILL NOT BE A COUNTY DECISION AT THIS POINT. >> THEY ARE AT THE WHIM OF THE GOVERNOR. >> THEY ARE. NOW, THAT BEING SAID, IF 396 CONTINUES IN EFFECT, COUNTY HAS ADOPTED LOCAL DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY, SO LONG AS THEY MAINTAIN THE DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
396 WILL CONTINUE TO APPLY. SO, IT APPLIES WHETHER IT IS A FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY AND FOR SO LONG AS THAT DECLARATION REMAINS IN EFFECT. >> IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM THE LOCAL DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY WE DO AS WELL? >> NO, BOTH OUR LOCAL-BOTH CHAPTER 1044 AND PENAL CODE 396 BOTH APPLY AT THE SAME TIME WITHIN THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA. >> I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WILL WE CONTINUE TO SEE LOCAL EMERGENCIES FROM THE CITY THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA THAT ARE SEPARATE FROM THE PRICE GOUGING ORDINANCE AND DOES IT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THAT CONVERSATION? >> YES-UNDER STATE LAW WE NEED TO BING BACK FOR REVIEW BY THE COUNCIL THE DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY EVERY 60 DAYS. WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL I BELIEVE IT PAY BE EVEN AT YOUR NEXT MEETING, AND SO LONG AS YOU CONTINUE THAT DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY THE PROVISIONS OF 396 WOULD CONTINUE TO APPLY. >> OKAY.
GRAIRT. GREAT. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? VICE MAYOR. >> THIS IS SORT OF TAGGING ONTO WHAT MR. ROGER WAS SAYING. WHEN WE CONSIDER REPEALING THIS, HOW WE DETERMINE A STATE OF EMERGENCY? BECAUSE I'M WONDERING IF STAFF AND UNDERSTAND THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW BUT STAFF WILL LIKELY RECOMMEND WE MAINTAIN A STATE OF EMERGENCY. >> YES AND AGAIN, THAT STATE OF EMERGENCY ISN'T OF COURSE ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT, BUT I WILL AT LEAST ANSWER IT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE IMPACT ON THIS MATTER. AT THIS POINT WE WILL BE RECOMMENDING I BELIEVE IN THE PRELIMINARY AGENDA PUBLISHED RECOMMENDING CONTINUANCE OF THE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY. WE ARE AWARE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SUGGESTIONS THAT AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO CONTINUE THAT PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY FROM THE 2017 FIRES, WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA WE SHOULD USE TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO CONTINUE IT OR NOT, AND THAT DISCUSSION WE WOULD BE ANTICIPATING THAT WOULD HAPPEN SOON. >> RIGHTS, SO AGAIN YOU FEEL FREE TO TELL ME THAT THIS IS NOT AN AJENDSIZED MATTER TO MOVE TO MY NEXT QUESTION.
HOW WOULD WE DETERMINE FIDELITY IN THIS AREA TO A EMERGENCY OR SAYING WE ARE DONE VERSUS NOT IN ANOTHER AREA? I CAN TELL I HAVE GONE OFF THE AGENDA HERE, BUT JUST TRYING TO FIGURE HOW TO JUSTIFY SAYING THAT IN THIS ONE MATTER WE ARET NOIN A EMERGENCY, BUT STILL IN A EMERGENCY FOR BROADER PURPOSES. >> WE WILL EITHER BE -EITHER THE PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY RELATIVE TO THE 2017 FIRES WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT AND HAVE THE IMPACT HERE OF KEEPING US UNDER 396, AND HAVE IMPACTS IN OTHER ELEMENTS OTHER REALMS IN THE CITY IS WORKING IN AT THIS POINT, OR IT WILL BE TERMINATED AND TERMINATED FOR ALL PURPOSES. IT WOULD NOT BE CONTINUED FOR ONLY ONE PURPOSE. A PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY EITHER CONTINUES OR IT DOESN'T. >> OKAY. I'LL MOVE ON BECAUSE I CAN SENSE I WANT TO GO FURTHER OFF ON THAT. LET'S NOT DO THAT AND STAY WITHIN THE BROWN ACT.
AT WHAT RATE COMPARED WITH 18 MONTHS AGO ARE WE GETTING COMPLAINTS OF RENT PRICE GOUGING? >> I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA. OUR OFFICE EARLY ON WE WERE RECEIVING THOSE COMPLAINTS. WE HVE NOT-THAT IS A ANECDOTAL INFORMATION. >> I DON'T EXPECT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE NUMBERS JUST CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE SEEN DECLINE. >> WE HAVEN'T IN OUR OFFICE BUT OUR OFFICE IS NOT THE PROPER VENUE FOR BRINGING THOSE COMPLAINTS, SO I CAN'T SAY WHETHER FOLKS LEARNED THERE ARE OTHER AVENUES BETTER AVENUES TO BRING THE COMPLAINT BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF-I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE. >> I SEE THE DIRECTOR COMING DOWN. >> THANK YOU. >> SORRY IT PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. >> DAVE [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] COMMUNITY SERVICE. WE OPERATE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM AND NOT HAD COMPLAINTS REGARDING PRICE GOUGING WHERE WE HAD TO OPEN A CASE. MOSTLY WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT IT IT COMES FROM THE SECTION 8 VOUCHER PROGRAM.
THE PROPERTY OWNER IS INQUIRYING HOW TO INCREASE THE RENT AND WHAT THE RULES ARE. COMPLAINTS, NO. >> WHEN I LOOK TO CONSIDERING REPEALING THIS ORDINANCE WHAT I TRYING TO FIGURE IS THERE IS A CHANGE SINCE THE POST FIRE PERIOD AND ASKING IF YOU ARE ABLE TO TRACK THAT AND IF THERE IS A CHANGE? >> NOT THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT. >> IT REMAINS CONTINUAL COMPLAINTS OR- >> UNDER PRICE GOUGING AND CODE ENFORCEMENT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED COMPLAINTS IS THE MOST DIRECT WAY I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION. >> THERE IS NEVER A COMPLAINT? >> NO, WHAT I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN COUNCIL MEMBER IS, WE GET INQUIRIES INTO THE VOUCHER PROGRAM FROM THE LANDLORDS HOW THEY MIGHT WORK WITH THE CAP TO RAISE RENTS UNDER OUR PROGRAM BUT NOT THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.
SORRY IF I CONFUSED YOU THERE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. >> MAYBE I CAN ADD A LITTLE TO THAT. I THINK WHAT DIRECTOR CLINE IS INDICATING AND HAS BEEN AT LEAST AS I SAY ANECDOTALLY EXPERIENCED THROUGH OUR OFFICE IS THAT WHILE INITIALLY WE RECEIVED MANY COMPLAINTS BY TENANTS CONCERNED ABOUT PRICE GOUGING OUR IMPROPER EVICTIONS, MORE RECENTLY WE ARE RECEIVING MRE CALLS FROM LANDLORDS EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADJUST THEIR RENTS, BUT AGAIN THAT IS ONLY ANECDOTAL. >> THAT'S HELPFUL. JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW FROM THE-I DID GO ONLINE AND SAW THE PORTAL FOR FILING CODE ENFORCEMENT AND FILING A COMPLAIN. I WONDER IF IT IS POSSIBLE GOING FORWARD IF WE WERE TO REPEAL THE ORDINANCE CAN WE HAVE A WAY OF ESSENTIALLY TAGGING THE TYPE OF COMPLAINTS SO WE KNOW AND THE SECOND HALF IS, IF WE ARE ABLE TO TAG IT, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL? I UNDERSTAND IF WE ARE NOT UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY WE DO THIS TYPE OF THING BUT MAY BE ABLE TO DO OTHER POLICY THINGS OR AWARE THIS HAS BEEN A IMPACT AND WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS LIKE LEGAL AID TO ASSIST OUR MORE VULNERABLE TENANTS.
>> WE CAN TRACK COMPLAINTS ON THIS NATURE, AND CERTAINLY IF THE COUNCIL WANTED US TO RETURN WITH THAT INFORMATION WE COULD DO SO. >> THANK YOU. >> THANKS. I HAVE A RELATED QUESTION. THERE ARE NO FORMAL INVESTIGATIONS BUT I ALSO HEARD YOU SAY SONOMA COUNTY DA OFFICE INVESTIGATES VIOLATIONS OF 396. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TEIR NUMBERS ARE? >> I DON'T HAVE THEIR NUMBERS OFF-HAND AND SOREE I DID NOT BRING THOSE, BUT I KNOW IN THE EARLY PROBABLY 6 TO 9 MONTHS AFTER THE FIRES THEY DID HANDLE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS AND IN FACT WE OFTEN REFERRED PEOPLE TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IF THE ALIJED VIOLATION FLL WITHIN OUR ORDINANCE AND WITHIN 396, WE WOULD GIVE PEOPLE OPTIONS BECAUSE UNDER 1044 IT IS A CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDING WHEREAS, IF IT IS UNDER 396 IT IS A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING AND HAS ALL THE-HAS A STRONGER AND QUICKER ENFORCEMENT THROUGH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. SO, I KNOW THAT WE ALSO REFERRED PEOPLE. WE GAVE THEM THE OPTIONS, WOULDN'T SAY REFERRED PEOPLE BUT CAN TAKE CARE OF IT HERE O HAVE THIS OTHER OPTION AS WELL AND DON'T RECALL THE EXACT NUMBERS BUT RECALL IN GENERALLY THEY PROCESS PROBABLY A HUNDRED OR MORE COMPLAINTS AND THAT THEY DID PROSECUTE OR AT LEAST INITIATE ACTIONS AGAINST PERHAPS A COUPLE DOZEN LANDLORDS.
>> JURISDICTIONALLY THE DA WOULD PROSECUTE AND SOME OF THE CASES WERE SANTA ROSA RESIDENTS, CORRECT? >> CORRECT. >> OKAY. GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MR. ROGERS. >> JUST AS A QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE INFORMATION FOR US DATA ON WHAT THE MARKET TRENDS ARE RIGHT NOW? WHAT THE VACANCY RATE IS IN SANTA ROSA VERSUS SUNOMA COUNTY OR COMPARABLE COUNTIES? >> I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME TONIGHT. THERE MIGHT BE SPEAKERS IN THE AUDIENCE WHO CAN SPEAK TO THAT. >> OKAY. I HOPE THAT THEY WOULD. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU I'LL CHIME IN BECAUSE BEFORE THE ITEM I SCANNED THREE SITES. THE SITE THAT DERIVES NUMBERS FROM THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU AND HUD AND [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] BECAUSE I WANTED TO GET A IDEA WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE MARKET OUT THERE. THE NUMBERS I GOT I WILL SHARE WITH COUNCIL. IN 2017 THIS IS FROM THE WEBSITE DERIVES FROM THE CENSUS, SAYING 4.6 PERCENT OF VACANCY RATE UP FROM 1.9 PERCENT FROM 2016. HUD WEBSITE IS 3.5 PERCENT UP 1.9 PERCENT, AND RENT CAFE I ALSO WAS CURIOUS ABOUT AVERAGE RENT CHT IT WENT DOWN 1 PERCENT AVERAGEERANTS IN THE CITY BUT THAT WAS ACROSS ALL SECTORS OF HOUSING SO THAT INCLUDES STUDIOS ALL THE WAY TO MULTIPLE BEDROOMS SO DON'T KNOW HOW DETAILED THAT IS. I TOO WELCOME IF ANYBODY FROM LEGAL AID IS HERE MIGHT HAVE MORE SOME OTHER NUMBERS. >> ALRIGHT. SEEM LIKE A NICE TRANSITION. WE HAVE SEVERAL CARDS. FIRST UP IS SHELLY CLARK FOLLOWED BY [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] SHELLY HAS LEFT THE HOUSE.
EFREN, ARE YOU STILL HERE? EFREN ISN'T HERE. MARK [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] FOLLOWED BY ISABELL FISHER. >> HI. SO, I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO WHY WE SHOULD EXTEND THE PROHIBITION ON RENT GOUGING. IN 2016 I MOVED INTO MY HOUSE AND I WAS PAYING RENT AT $1900. THEN IN 2017 THAT WAS MAY, 2017 OF MAY BEFORE THE FIRES MY LANDLORD RAISED THE RENT A HUNDRED DOLLARS, AND THEN IN 2018 SHE DECIDED TO RAISE IT $200 AFTER THE FIRES, AND THEN I GOT AN E-MAIL I 2019 SAYING THAT SHE WANTED TO RAISE IT-NOW I'M PAYING $2200. SHE WANTED TO RAISE IT TO $2500, WHICH IS $300. HOWEVER, I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK WITH PEOPLE WHO KNEW THAT THERE WAS A PROHIBITION ON RENT GOUGING, AND FIGURE OUT THAT THAT WAS ILLEGAL AND SO FORTUNATELY I'M STILL PAYING $2200 THANKS TO THIS PROHIBITION ON RENT GOUGING. THE SAME LANDLORD ALSO TO GIVE A QUICK STORY SINCE I HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME WAS MY BROTHERS LANDLORD AND MY BROTHER LIVED IN COFFEE PARK AND HE-IF YOU DRIVE COFFEE PARK FROM HOPPER LANE, THE FIRST HOUSE YOU SEE STANDING IN THAT AREA WAS MY BROTHERS HOUSE THAT HE WAS RENTING.
HE WATERED DOWN THE HOUSE, SAVED THE HOUSE AND SO THAT IS THE FIRST HOUSE YOU SEE STANDING AND HE WAS EVICTED FROM THAT HOUSE BECAUSE IT WAS BELOW MARKET VALUE AND THAT SAME LANDLORD KNEW SHE COULD RAISE THE RENT MUCH HIGHER AND IT CURRENTLY IS BEING RENTED OUT FOR MUCH HIGHER THEN WHAT MY BROTHER WAS PAYING AT THE TIME, SO THERE IS A LOT OFERANT GOUGING GOING ON. IT WILL HAPPEN FOR SURE IF THIS DOESN'T GET EXTENDED, AND YOU SAW DIFFERENT POPLE HERE TALKING ABOUT THE HOMELESS POPULATION AND NEEDLES AND WHAT NOT, AND I LIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HIGHWAY 12 WHERE YOU SEE ALL THE TENT ENCAMPMENTS SO IF THIS DOESN'T GET PASSED MY GUESS WOULD BE THAT THERE WILL BE MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE.
I THINK IT IS A SIMPLE CONCLUSION TO REACH, SO IF WE WANT TO PREVENT THAT WE SHOULD EXTEND IT AND PEOPLE JUST REALLY NEED IT, SO PLEASE EXTEND THE PROHIBITION ON RENT GOUGING. THANK YOU. >> ISABELL FISHER FOLLOWS BY KEITH BECKER. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. ISABELL FISHER THE CHAIR OF NORTH BAY ORGANIZING PROJECT UZHOING TASK FORCE. HERE TONIGHT TO URGE YU TO EXTEND THE PROHIBITION ON RENT GOUGING NOT JUST UNTIL THE END OF THIS YEAR BUT EXTEND IT UNTIL THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
I HAVE SEVERAL REASONS WHY I BELIEVE YOU SHOULD DO THIS. ONE, WE JUST HAD ANOTHER FIRE. PRIOR TO IT DURING AND AFTER CAME POWER OUTAGES AND WITH THOSE POWER OUTAGES CAME A LOT OF LOST WAGES FROM WORKPLACES BEING OUT OF POWER. PEOPLE LOST FOOD IN THEIR HOMES, PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE UP FOR THESE LOSSES AND IT IS HARDER THEN EVER TO PAY RENT. TWO, AS WAS MENTIONED, AB1482 IT IS GOING INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1 IT IS NOT GOING TO PROTECT ALL RENTAL UNITS IN THE STATE. ALL UNITS BUILT WITHIN THE LAST 15 YEAR EZ WILL NOT BE PROTECTED UNDER THIS BILL, SO IF THE PROHIBITION ON RENTAL GOUGING IS TERMINATED AND WE ARE STILL IN A HOUSING EMERGENCY, WHAT ARE RENTERS IN THE UNITS SUPPOSED TO DO WITHOUT ANY PROTECTION IT IS VERY LIKELY GOING BECOME A FREE FOR ALL TO RAISE THE RENTS. WE JUST PASSED A $15 MINIMUM WAGE WHICH WAS A NECESSARY STEP TO HELP WORKING FOLKS, IT WAS ONLY ONE SMALL STEP FORWARD.
$15 AN HOUR IS STILL NOT EVEN CLOSE TO A LIVABLE WAGE IN THE CITY OR COUNTY WITH RENTS STILL HUGELY DISPROPORTIONATE TO WHAT WORKING AND MIDDLE CLASS FOLKS MAKE. FINALLY, AS YOU SAY YOU HAVEN'T HEARD REPORTS RENTS RAISED OVER 10 PERCENT AND USING THAT TO JUSTIFY TERMINATING THE PROHIBITION ON RENT GOUGING, THEN PLEASE CONSIDER THAT FOLKS ARE TOO AFRAID TO REPORT WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN TO THEM.
IN ANY UNBALANCED POWER DYNAMIC THE PERSON IN THE POSITION OF LESS POWER WILL RARELY REPORT WHEN THEY ARE BEING ABUSED OUT OF FEAR OF RETALIATION. AND AS WE JUST HEARD, LANDLORDS HAVE TRIED TO RAISE THE RENT BUT BECAUSE TENANT KNEW THEIR RIGHTS AND KNEW IT WAS ILLEGAL THEY WERE ABLE TO PREVENT IT. SO JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD A REPORT ABOUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN RAISING THE RENT PAST 10 PERCENT WAS NOT ATTEMPTED. FINALLY, THROUGH UNDOCKUE FUND NORTH BAY ORGANIZING PROJECT HEARD STORIES FROM TENANT RECEIVING EVICTION NOTICE BECAUSE THEY ARE UNABLE TO PAY THE RENT BECAUSE OF LOST WAGES FROM THE POWER OUTAGES. PLEASE EXTEND THIS NECESSARY PROHIBITION ON RENT GOUGING FOR ANOTHER YEAR. WE ARE STILL IN A STATE OF MANY EMERGENCIES ESPECIALLY HOUSING EMERGENCY. DO THIS FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS, PLEASE USE YOUR POWER TO PROTECT AND EXTENDING THE PROHIBITION WILL PROTECT TENANTS.
THANK YOU. KWRRKS : >> THANK YOU. KEITH BECKER FOLLOWED BY PAUL ADAMS. >> GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. FIRST THING I DO WANT TO COMMEND BOTH CITY COUNCIL AND THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO DATE, BECAUSE THE INSTITUTION OF PENAL CODE 396. THE INSTITUTION OF THE ORDINANCE IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTER MATH OF THE FIRE HAD A DRAMATIC EFFECT.
IN THE AFTER MATH OF THE FIRE THERE WERE TERRIBLE THINGS HAPPENING. ARE THOSE TERRIBLE THINGS STILL HAPPENING? HAVE THEY BEEN HAPPENING? I HAVE BEN TRACKING THIS FOR MANY YEARS, AND ONLY RECENTLY DID WE START ACTUALLY DOING MEASUREMENTS BUT I HAVE BEEN DOING MEASUREMENTS AND CALCULATIONS OF NOT JUST OUR VACANCIES BUT THE 11 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FIRMS THROUGHOUT SONOMA COUNTY AND ONLY RECENTLY THIS IS JULY TO PRESENTS. 11 DIFFERENT FIRMS LISTED AVAILABLE FOR RENT, RENT DECREASED IN 5 MONTHS BY 10 PERCENT ON AVERAGE.
THE LENGTH OF TIME THEY HAVE BEEN ON THE MARKET HAS INCREASED FROM 16 DAYS ON AVERAGE TO 36. THE MARKET IS AS SOMEBODY MENTIONED EARLIER ON A DIFFERENT SUBJECT AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE REAL ESTATE SALE MARKET, MODERATING AND ACTUALLY SOFTENING THE RENTAL MARKET IS DOING THE SAME. IT IS FINDING ITS BALANCE. YES, THERE HS BEEN AND HAD BEEN YEARS AGO MANY INSTANCES EGREGIOUS BEHAVIOR BUT THAT IS NOT HAPPENING. FURTHERMORE, AS CHRIS POINTED OUT, AS YOU CONSIDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY PENAL CODE 396 REMAINS IN EFFECT. IS IT NECESSARY TO KEEP THE URGENCY ORDINANCE IN EFFECT ON TOP OF THAT? MY ARGUMENT WOULD BE NO BECAUSE I THINK THE MARKET IS FINDING THE BALANCE AND NO LONGER NECESSARY TO KEEP THIS IN EFFECT.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. PETER ADAMS, FOLLOWED BY [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] >> HI. I'M JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENT RIGHT NOW AND WORK 30 HOURS A WEEK AT A RESTAURANT AS A SERVER AND CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THE ONLY REASON I'M ABLE TO GO TO, JR. COLLEGE IS BECAUSE I LIVE AT HOME WITH MY PARENTS. IF I WAS NOT ABLE TO LIVE HERE BECAUSE OF THE HIGHER RENTS-I WOULDVENT THE TIME TO GO TO SCHOOL. I WOULD HAVE TO GET A SECOND JOB AS ALL MY COWORKERS WHO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY DO IN THEIR 20 AND OVER. SO, THAT BEING SAID, HOMELESSNESS IS ABSOLUTELY A CRISIS HERE. I THINK WE ALL CAN AGREE ON THAT. I TINK THERE IS SADLY SOME WHO VIEW IT MORE AS HOMELESS ARE PEST AND JUST WANT TO LEAVE, BUT IT IS TRUE THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS BECAUSE OF DRUG USE AND MENTAL ILLNESS, BUT EXPECTING THAT TO GET BETTER WHILE SOMEONE IS HOMELESS IS A PRETTY TALL ORDER.
DOESN'T HELP. MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WAS LOOKING AT VACANCY RATES VERSUS HOMELESSNESS AND IN THE NORTH BAY IT IS ABOUT 3 TO 2. 3 VACANT HOME PER HOMELESS RESIDENT PER 2 HOMELESS RESIDENT BUT THAT IS ALSO ASSUMING EACH PERSON WILL HAVE ONE HOME ALL TO THEMSELVES WHICH IS ALSO NOT HOW THINGS ARE AROUND HERE. BUT, THE MAIN REASON PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS IS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD RENT. THREE OF MY COWORKERS WORK MULTIPLE JOBS AND STILL SLEEPING IN THE CARS. TWO COWORKERS BOTH PARENTS ARE WORKING AND HAVE THREE CHILDREN ARE SHARING ONE ROOM WITH ONE BED, S THIS ISN'T-THESE ARE WORKING PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE ALREADY. INCREASING THESE RENTS WILL NOT HELP ANYONE-IT WON'T HELP POOR PEOPLE THAT IS FOR SURE. IT WILL CERTAINLY HELP SOMEONE. SO, IF OUR SOLUTION TO HOMELESSNESS IS TO HOPE TO OUT TERRORIZES THEM AND MAKE IT UNPLEASANT TO LIVE HERE VIA LAW ENFORCEMENT RAIDS THEN MAYBE WE CAN BEAT THE OTHER CITIES AROUNDS HERE AND MAKE IT SO BAD HERE THEY GO SOMEWHERE ELSE BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IS PRACTICAL AND DON'T THINK IT IS MORAL.
SO, I LIVED HERE MY ENTIRE LIFE. I WOULD LIKE TO REMAIN HERE, BUT THESE INCREASING RENTS ARE MAKING THAT VERY VERY UNATTAINABLE FOR ME AND IT IS LIKE SAYING IF THE RENT CAP BECOMES 5 PERCENT PER YEAR THAT IS 60 PERCENT OVER 10 YEARS, AND SO I MEAN I DEFINITELY WOPT BE ABLE TO HAVE KIDS HERE AT THIS RATE AND I MIGHT END UP JOINING MY FRIENDS IN NEVADA AND SACRAMENTO.
>> THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] >> MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] A TEACHER HERE, A LOCAL TEACHER, AND I WAS GOING TO SAY I HAVE WANT HEARD THAT THE CITY COUNCIL REACHED OUT TO GET RESEARCH AND DATA THAT WOULD ACTUALLY INFORM US WHICH I CAN SEE BY THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE I HAVE CONCERNS SOME OF THE DATA IS TAKEN FROM REPRESENTATIVES THAT FROM LANDLORDS AND COMMUNITY AND HERE TO SPEAK FOR THE FAMILIES IN MY SCHOOL. WE HAVE 3 SCHOOLS, WE HAVE IN ALL OUR DISTRICTS ABOUT 12 PERCENT STUDENTS THAT ARE REGISTERED AS HOMELESS, THAT MEANS EVERY CLASS ROOM HAS 3 STUDENTS WHO SLEEP IN CARS.
MANY FAMILIES LIVE WITH OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS. THEY RENT GARAGES, THEY DO CACH SURFING AND THINK IT IS URGENT THAT THE COUNCIL REACHES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT RPRESENT THE COMMUNITY BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION ON HOW FAMILIES ARE STILL EFFECTED, AND WHEN W-I WAS HERE LAST YEAR AGO JUST ABOUT AYEAR AGO AND I REMEMBER THE CITY COUNCIL SAYING THEY GOT COMPLAINTS ABOUT WERE NOT ABLE TO HANDLE THEM SO THEY REFERRED THEM TO THE DISTRICT NOT ACTED HO HAD AT THAT TIME – ON IT. I REMEMBER SHELLY CLARK FROM LEGAL AID SPEAKING THAT THEY HAD ABOUT 500 CASES OF RENT GOUGING AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IF YOU ARE AFRAID TO BE EVICTED AND THERE IS NO PROTECTION AND STILL DON'T HAVE PROTECTION FOR THAT, YOU ARE JUST BITING THE BLLET IF YOU [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] AND ALSO I REMEMBER PEOPLE SPEAKING UP THAT THEY THE EVICTION HAVE BEEN INCREASING SO THERE ARE LOOP HOLES WITH 10 PERCENT AND SEE PRESSURES FROM LANDLORDS AND SEE 10 PERCENT ISN'T MUCH, IF YOU CONSIDER THAT OVER 3 YEARS, BUT I'M A TEACHER, WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR 2 PERCENT PAY RAISE EVERY YEAR SO IF I LOOK AT 3 YEARS THAT IS 6 PERCENT IN 3 YEARS SO I DON'T SEE WHY THEY ARE IN A DIFFERENT BOAT THEN WE ARE AND I AM PROTECTIVE OF THE UNION JOBS.
WE HAVE DATA FOR CALIFORNIA AND IT DATA IS VERY DIFFERENT. IT IS BETWEEN 2006 AND 2017 MEDIUM ANNUAL EARNINGS FOR CALIFORNIA FULL-TIME WORK WAS INCREASED BY ABOUT 2.1 PERCENT ANNUAL THE RENT INCREASED 16.1 PERCENT. I REMEMBER A REPORT LAST YEAR SAYINGERANT PRICES WENT UP 35 PERCENT NOT LESS, SO I'M URGING YOU TO DO FURTHER RESEARCH AND 1482 DOES FOT GO FAR ENOUGH. >> THANK YOU. [CALLING SPEAKER NAMES.]. >> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EMERGENCY BUT REALLY THE REALTY AS WE KNOW IT IS THAT THE WAGES ARE LOW AND THE RENT IS HIGH AND IF WE NEED TO EXTEND THIS AS YOU SHOULD KNOW.
I AM WONDERING AND I JUST FEEL LIKE NOBODY WHO WILL BE MAKING THIS DECISION ACTUALLY HAS THIS PROBLEM WITH RENT. I COULDN'T GUARANTEE THAT. FOR YOU TO MAKE A DECISION FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY CANT MAKE THE RENT AND TO YOU WANT TO SEE MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE WHICH WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING ABOUT. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LANDLORDS, BUT ARE WE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A ROOF? WHAT ELSE? IF 396 WILL STOP, THEN I THINK WE NEED TO STILL EXTEND OUR ORDINANCE HERE, BECAUSE WELL YOU KNOW WHY. I JUST URGE YOU EXTEND THIS AND NOT REPEAL IT, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AT ALL AND WE SHOULD ACTUALLY KNOW THAT. >> [CALLING SPEAKER NAMES] >> GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND STAFF. ALEX [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ASSOCIATION. THANK YU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AGAIN. NO ONE IN THE ROOM IS GOING TO ARGUE THAT THERE IS HOUSING SHORTAGE AND IT ISN'T JUST THE SANTA ROSA IT IS ACROSS THE STATE.
THAT IS TRUE AND THE FIRES MADE A ISSUE THAT WAS ALREADY HARD THAT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO HANDLE. THE ISSUE WITH THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE IS THAT WE HEAR FOLKS TALKING ABOUT 10 PERCENT, WELL, WE ARE ENYEAR NUMBER 3 NOW AND I YOU DO THE AVERAGE IT IS NOT 10 PERCENT, IT IS THREE PERCENT THE FIRST YEAR OR SECOND OR THIRD THAT IS WHAT WE TALK ABOUT. IF YOU EXTEND FORWARD THAT CREATES A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE FOR FOLKS TRYING TO MANAGE THEIR PROPERTIES.
CAPITAL COST DO NOT GO UP, THEY ARE NOT CAPPED. FOLKS ARE STILL RESPONSIBLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR UNIT AND THAT IS A CHALLENGE FOR SOME OF THE MEMBERS SO IT IS MOT NOT JUST SIMPLE AS A 10 PRCENT CAP, IT IS A ONE TIME ISSUE. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION TO YOU IS THAT WE HEAR A LOT OF RENTS ARE HIGH. OKAY, BUT LET'S ADDRESS IT AND I THINK THE REAL SOLUTION HRE IS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION UTIL WE ACTUALLY INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF THE UNITS. THERE IS NO WAY TO GET AROUND THAT. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT UNITS ARE EXPENSIVE TO BUILD. THAT IS A FACT. THE REASON WHY UNITS ARE EXPENSIVE TO BUILD IS THAT IS WHAT THEY COST TO BE BUILT SO WHEN PROJECTS COME FORWARD AND DEVELOPERS LOOK AT THEM, THEY LOOK AT THESE TYPE OF POLICIES THAT CITIES HAVE AND ASK THE QUESTION, WELL IS THIS PROJECT GOING TO BE FEASIBLE.
IT IS AENDLESS CYCLE WHERE WE WANT TO INCREASE THE UNITS TO GET THE RENTS DOWN BUT CAN'T BECAUSE WE HAVE POLICIES ON THE BOOKS THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO DO THAT. IT IS NOT THAT SIMPLE AND WHILE I AM SENSITIVE TO THE ARGUMENT OF WAGES, I'M NOT CONVINCED WAGES GO LONG WITH THE ISSUE AND WHY IT IS SO HARD TO COME TO A SOLUTION BECAUSE IT BECOMES A VERY EMOTIONAL ISSUE WHERE IT TRNS INTO MANY DISCUSSIONS AND WE LOSE THE GOAL OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. ON THE POINT OF 1482, THAT BILL WANT PASSED IN A VACUUM. THAT WAS MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS OF DISCUSSIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS AT THE TABLE THAT HAD SKIN IN THE GAME ON BOTH SIDES AND THAT WAS THE COMPROMISE THAT WAS REACHED AND I THINK IT PROVIDES A SIGNIFICANT LEVEL OF PROTECTION FOR TENANTS MOVING FORWARD AND NEXT YEAR.
IT IS THE STRONGEST BILL I THE COUNTRY. THAT IS ALSO A FACT. SO, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU THIS EVENING. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR SCHWEDHELM. >> [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] WANT TO POINT THE OBVIOUS. THE EMERGENCY ORDINANCE THE COUNCIL INSTITUTEED DID WHAT IT WAS INTEPDED TO DO. IT PREVENTED THE POSSIBILITY FOR IN MOST CASES FOR FOLKS TO INCREASE RENTS OR PRICE GOUGE AS WAS SEEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FIRES. ON BEHALF OF BURRBANK HOUSING, WE DONT HAVE A POSITION ON THE EXTENSION OR THE CONTINUANCE OR POTENTIALLY THE TERMINATION. TE POSITION FOR BURBANK HOWEVER IS THE COUNCIL DOES DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PRICE GOUGING ORDINANCE, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING ORGANIZATIONS LIKE BURBANK THAT MANAGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITIES TO BE EXEMPTED AS WAS THE CASE WITH ASSEMBY BILL 1482. THE COMPONENT AS SHARED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO-[INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] WE HAD SOCCER PRACTICE EARLIER TODAY SO HE IS WITH ME.
AS I EXPRESSED BEFORE THE COUNCIL COUPLE WEEKS AGO, HAVE BEEN UNINTENEDED CONSEQUENCES AS TO HOW RENT INCREASES HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS ALSO EXPRESSED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. WE ARE ESSENTIALLY RENT RESTRICTED BY FEDERAL OR STATE COVENANTS AND SOMEICACIES LOCAL COVENANTS ADMINISTERED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND WE WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE AGAIN IF THE COUNCIL DOES HAVE THE DESIRE YOU CONSIDER THE EXEMPTION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITIES BECAUSE WE ARE RENT CONTROLLED BY DEFAULT AND THE FUNDING MECHANISMS AND COMPLIANCE THAT COMES FORWARD.
YOU HAVE A TOUGH TASK AHEAD OF YOU. I THINK IN BALANCING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF PROTECTING RENTERS PROTECTING COMMUNITIES AND ALSO AFFORDING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT INVITES DEVELOPMENT AS WAS STATED WE DO HAVE A SUPPLY ISSUE. THERE CERTAINLY IS A DEMAND CONCERN. KEEPING FOLKS HOUSED IS WHAT WE DO AT BURBANK BUT ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO DO WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO TO INSURE THAT IT FOSTERS A ENVIRONMENT THAT INVITES THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WE WANT TO SEE AND THIS IS DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE BOARD AT ALL LEVELS BOTH MARKET RATE AND DEED RESTRICTED OR AFFORDABLE. THANK YOU. >> [CALLING NAMES] >> THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THE ISSUE AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE PREVALENT AT THE TIME OF THE FRES HAVEN'T CHANGED. WE HAD ANOTHER FIRE IN WHICH CASE WE ARE STILL UNDER THE 396 STATE CONDITIONS, SO AND AS LONG AS THE GOVERNOR WOULD ALLOW THAT BUT THE POINT IS WE DON'T HAVE THE HOUSES BUILT YET.
I THINK YOU NEED TO EXAMINE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE PEOPLE AS THEY ARE-THEY HAVE COME OFF THEIR PAYMENTS MADE BY THE INSURANCE COMPANIES, SO IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO RENT IS THEY WEPT TO AS HIGH AS $10 THOUSAND A MONTH PEOPLE WERE PAYING DOCTORS HAD TO PAY RENT. SUPPOSEDLY IN A HOME THAT WASN'T RENTED-WHERE THAT WASN'T A INCREASE. THOSE PEOPLE ARE STILL EXPECTING REALLY REALLY HGH RENTS. THOSE ARE GEING TO EFFECT THE MARKET AS WE SEE IT.
UNTIL THE HOUSES ARE BUILT TO REPLACE THE HOUSES THAT ARE BURNED THE PEOPLE PAYING HIGH RENT WILL DRAG UP THE OTHER RECHBLTS SOMEBODY WILL SAY I HAVE THE SAME HOUSE WHY IS HE GETTING $10 THOUSAND A MONTH OR GETTING $5 THOUSAND A MONTH FOR THIS HOUSE AND I CAN'T GET THAT? UNTIL THE HOUSES ARE MADE UNTIL THERE IS A STABILIZATION IN THE MARKET WHERE THE RENTS STABILIZE OF THEIR OWN THROUGH THE PRODUCTION OF THE HOUSES THAT WERE BURNED, THEN YOU WILL SEE THIS TREMENDOUS IMPACT IF YOU RELEASE THIS.
PEOPLE WERE JUST AUTOMATICALLY RAISE THEIR RENTS. MAYBE THERE ARE SOME CAPS, WE SEE CAPS THROUGH THE STATE THAT COULD BE IMPOSED, BUT THOSE ARE STILL UNATTAINABLE FOR THE PEOPLE HERE BECAUSE FOR THE VERY SAME REASONS THAT WAGES ARE NOT RISING. I WOULD JUST SAY THAT CONDITIONS ARE STILL THE SAME, THERE IS NO REASON TO TAKE OFF THE CAPS. THANK YU VERY MUCH. >> [CALLING SPEAKER BRAI NAME BRASH >> GOOD EVENING [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] I JUST WANTED TO MIKE A QUICK STATEMENT ON HOPEFULLY THE OFF-CHANCE YOU DECIDE TO LIFT THE EMERGENCY RENT GOUGING ORDINANCE.
WHAT I MAINLY WANTED TO SAY IS THAT MY CONCERNS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LOCAL DATA COLLECTED AT THE MOMENT AROUND THE POSSIBLE IMPACTS IT COULD HAVE AND I KNOW A FEW HAVE SPOKEN AND WE ARE HOPING THAT THE IMPACT WILL BE LITTLE TO NONE AND I UNDERSTAND THE COMPLICATION OF HAVING THIS ON TOP OF THE STATE LAW, BUT I REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO EITHER PUSH THIS OFF FOR A FEW MONTHS UNTIL THERE IS MORE COMPREHENSIVE DATA OR THERE IS THEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE TENANT UNION, LIKE NORTH BAY JOB OF JUSTICE AND LEGAL AID TO SURVEY RENTERS WHO MIGHT BE IMPACTED TO GET A SENSE HOW MANY CASES OR ORGANIZATIONS SPECIFICALLY IT TENANTS UNION HAD TO DEAL WITH MAYBE NOT RECORDT A THE DA. IF THAT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT THIS COUNCIL IS WILLING TO DO I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL T BE PREPARED TO COLLECT DATA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MUPTHS SO WE GET A SENSE OF REPEALING THIS RENT GOUGING ORDINANCE DID IN FACT HAVE A IMPACT.
I KNOW IT IS SOMETHING I AM REACHING OUT TO CITY STAFF ABOUT IN TERMS OF MINIMUM WAGE MAKING SURE WE COLLECT INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE IMPACTS OF WAGE THEFT SO IN TERMS OF REPEALING THIS I KNOW THAT W ARE HOPING THE RISK WILL BE-IMPACT IS LITTLE TO NONE BUT HOPE THE CITY IS THINKING ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH WE WILL PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENCE OF CITY TO KNOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT THEY ARE SEEING RENT INCREASES ESPECIALLY NOW DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON BECAUSE THIS WAS REPEALED. THEY ARE THE FOLKS THAT FALL BETWEEN THE CRACKS WHERE THE LAW IS NOT PROTECTING THEM, SO AT THE VERY LEAST I HOPE THAT THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL AND THERE IS DIRECTION BY CITY STAFF TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A FORMAL PROCESS FOR PEOPLE TO LET YOU KNOW AND 4 MONTHS FROM NOWIA CAN KNOW FOR SURE WHETHER REPEALING THIS TONIGHT WAS A MISTAKE OR NOT.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL THE CARDS WE HAVE. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF THE COMMENTS? VICE MAYOR. >> THIS CAME UP FOR ME AS I WAS LISTENING TO COMMENTS, UDER 1482, THIS QUESTION IS PROBABLY FOR YOU MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, DO THE REBUILDS COUNT AS BUILT WITHIN THE LAST 15 YEARS OR DO THEY GO BACK TO WHEN THEY WERE ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED? >> THEY ARE-I'M NOT SURE OF THE ANSWER WITH RESPECT TO WHETHER THEY WOULD GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL DATE OF CONSTRUCTION OR WHETHER THEY ARE DEEMED NEW CONSTRUCTION, BUT I WOULD NOTE THEY ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO THE EXTENTS THEY ARE OWNED BY IDIVIDUAL OWNED BY ANYTHING OTHER THEN A REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST CRPORATION OR LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, THEY WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE RENT CONTROL AND JUST CAUSE EVICTION STATUTE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. IN THE POSSIBILITY THAT NOT SURE WHERE THE COUNCIL WILL GO TONIGHT BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO CONSIDER, BUT HOW QUICKLY-IF WE WERE TO REPEAL OR MAKE A CHANGE IN OUR ORDINANCE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, AND WE ARE STILL INSIDE OF OUR PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY, LET'S JUST SAY THAT I DON'T BELIEVE THIS WOULD HAPPEN BECAUSE I THINK MANY OF THE LANDLORDS ARE MOST OF THE LANDLORDS ARE NOT PRICE GOUGERS, WE KNOW THE ONES WE READ ABOUT, THE ONES WE AE CONCERNED ABOUT, THE ONES THAT DONT PLAY FAIRLY I BELIEVE ARE IN THE VAST MINORITY.
HOW QUICKLY IF WE NEED TO EARE SPOND IF THE LANDLORDS STARTED TO REACT IN A WAY TO TRY TO RAISE THE RENTS QUICKLY AND AS HIGH AS THEY COULD WHICH AGAIN DONT THINK IT WILL HAPPEN, BUT HOW QUICKLY COULD WE DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND OR REINSTITUTE A PRICE GOUGING ORDINANCE? >> LET ME START BY THE PRICE GOUGING ORDINANCE IS-THE REPEAL WOULD BE PERHAPS INTRODUCED TONIGHT AND PERHAPS ADOPTED NEXT WEK. IT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT ON THE 31 DAY AFTER THAT, SO IF YOU CHOSE TO ACT TONIGHT OR BEGIN THE PROCESS TONIGHT, TE REPEAL WOULD TAKE EFFECT IN MID-JANUARY.
396 REMAINS IN EFFECT AND IT REMAINS IN EFFECT WITH RESPECT TO THE 2017 FIRES AND 2017 DATE FOR AS LONG AS THE COUNCIL CONTINUES THE DECLARATION OF PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE 2017 FIRES. WE NOW HAVE LAYERED ON THAT THE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION OF EMERGENCY RELATIVE TO THE KENCADE FIRE SO AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL. THAT WOULD GO TO SETTING A BASELINE IN 2019, SO THERE WOULD BE A 10 PERCENT CAP STARTING IN 2019. WE COULD IF YOU DECIDE TO TERMINATE THE PRICE GOUGING AT THIS POINT WE CAN CERTAINLY TRACK THE NUMBERS AND ALSO WORK WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO FOLLOW THEIR NUMBERS AND TO ASK TO THE EXTENT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY NUMBERS LOOK BACK TO THE FIRES.
IN TERMS OF THE REINSTITUTEING THE PRICE GOUGING ORDINANCE THAT CAN BE BROUGHT BACK. THE PRICE GOUGING ORDINANCE WAS INITIALLY ADOPTED IN SPECIFIC RESPONSE TO THE IMPACTS OF THE 2017 FIRES, SO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE 3 THOUSAND HOMES IN SANTA ROSA AND COUPLE THOUSAND HOMES IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND IN RESPONSE TO AS I THINK ONE OF THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS MENTIONED, THE INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT WERE WILLING TO PAY QUITE EXORDDANT RENTS AND THERE WERE INSTANCES OR WE WERE GETTING REPORTS OF INSTANCES OF LANDLORDS EVICTING TENANTS TO RENT TO A FIRE SURVIVOR WITH INSURANCE PROCEEDS. IF YOU WANTED TO PURSUE ANOTHER PRICE GOUGING ORDINANCE, WE WOULD NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THOSE KINDS OF ELEMENTS. PRICE GOUGING ORDINANCE IS ENACTED UNDER A DIFFERENT LEGAL PATH THEN A RENT CONTROL ORDINANCE. RENT CONTROL ORDINANCES HAVE SATE LIMITATIONS, SO IF YOU WANTED TO REINSTITUTE IT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FACTUAL BASIS OF WHAT CONDITIONS RELATED TO A EMERGENCY ARE WE RESPONDING TO.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. >> IT DOES FOR THE MOST PART. I'LL WAIT FOR MORE COMMENT AFTER WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE. THANK YOU. >> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, MR. OLIVARES YOU HAVE THIS ITEM. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WILL INTRODUCE A ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 10-41 OF THE CODE TERMINATING THE TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON RENTAL HOUSING PRICE GOUGING ORIGINALLY ENACTED AFTER THE 2017 WILDFIRES. >> SECOND. >> AND IF I MAY CLARIFY, IT IS 10-44. >> 10-44. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. COMMENTS? >> I WAS GOING TO SAY, FOR ME I FEEL THAT THE ORDINANCE HAS DONE WHAT IT INTENDED TO DO. I THINK IT HAS RUN ITS COURSE AND HAVE OTHER AVENUES ENPLACE THAT STILL PROVIDE PROTECTION TO RENTERS.
IT WOULD NOT INTENDED TO BE A SOLUTION TO OUR HOUSING CRISIS IT WAS REALLY IN RESPONSE TO THE FIRE ISSUES WE HAD IN 2017 SO I THINK IT IS TIME. I THINK WE EXTENDED IT A COUPLE TIMES AND TALKED ABOUT REVIEWING IT IN OCTOBER GOING PAST THAT DATE AND NOT HEARING SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION COMING FORWARD THAT WE HAD AN ONSLAUGHT OF REPORTS OF PRICE GOUGING. WE CAN LOOK FOR THEM NOW BUT IF THEY WERE THERE THEY WOULD BE THERE BUT WE CN GO BACK HISTORICALLY AND SEE HOW IT STARTED OUT AND POTENTIALLY TAPERER OFF. THAT MAY BE VALUABLE INFORMATION BUT NW I'M CONFIDENT IN REPEALING THE ORDINANCE. >> MR. SAWYER. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER OLVARUS COMMENTS AND THERE WAS A CONCERN I HAVE IS THE QUALITY OF OUR HOUSING STOCK. AS WE MOVE FORWARD IF WE WERE TO GO ANOTHER YEAR THE INCREASES WOULD BE 3 AND A THIRD PERCENT. I KNOW THAT LANDLORDS STILL NEED TO MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTIES AND SO IF THEY DONT HAVE THE-IF THEY HAVE BEEN KEEPING RENTS LOW AND THEY HAVE AND I DO AND I HAD A REPAIR TAT REQUIRED LOST 2 AND A HALF MONTHS OF RENT AND THE REPAIR WASN'T BIG BUT KEEP THE RENTS LOW AND MANY LANDLORDS DO, THEIR ABILITY TO MAKE NEEDED REPAIRS DEPENDENT ON THE AMOUNT OF RENT COMING IN AND I THINK LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER OLIVARES SAID, I THINK THIS RENT GOUGING ORDINANCE HAS DONE ITS JOB AND I AM READY TO MOVE TO THE STATE'S POSITION IN AB1482 AND THEN LOOK FOR A GREAT DEAL OF SUCCESS IN THOSE RESTRICTIONS.
>> MR. ROGERS. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WANT TO START WITH THE LOW HANGING FRUIT AND THERE WAS A COMMENT THAT WAS MADE THAT WAGES ARE NOT RELATED AT ALL TO THE COST OF HOUSING AND ACTUALLY IN FACT IT THAT IS OPPOSITE TO ME THAT THAT IS THE REASON WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION BTS THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASING IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN THE DESIRE IN OUR COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE TO STAY HERE WHO ARE PARTICULARLY SERVICES INDUSTRY WORKERS WHO DON'T MAKE ENOUGH TO LIVE HERE SO I WANT TO START WITH THAT.
WE DO I THINK AS A COUNCIL NEED TO HAVE A ALL ENCOMPASSING CONVERSATION ABOUT AT WHAT POINT ARE WE NO LONGER IN A EMERGENCY, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH ISSUES WHETHER IT IS PRICE GOUGING OR WHETHER IT IS SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE HAVE DONE IN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT ON REBUILD THAT WILL LOOK PIECE MEAL IF WE DONT HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND I THINK DEPENDING WHERE YOU ARE IN THE RECOVERY PROCESS OR WHERE YOU SIT IS WHERE OR NOT YOU FEEL WE ARE STILL IN A EMERGENCY.
IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE YOUR INSURANCE TAKE CARE OF YOU AND GET YOU BACK INTO A HOME, YOU MIGHT FEEL LIKE THE EMERGENCY IS OVER AND IF YOU ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO BUILD YOUR HOUSE YOU MIGHT STILL FEEL LIKE THE EMERGENCY IS ONGOING. MAKING THAT MORE DIFFICULT IS THE FACT WE ARE LAYER ADDITIONAL EMERGENCIES IN THE COMMUNITY IMPACTED BY THE WILDFIRE BUT THEREFORE BEFORE HAND AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE THERE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING CRISIS.
UNTIL WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE METRIX TO USE WHEN WE ARE NO LAINGER IN THE EMERGENCY WE WILL KEEP RUNNING INTO THE THE ISSUE. I CAN SEE BOTH SIDES OF IT BECAUSE I AM A RENTER, I DO KNOW WHAT THAT IS LIKE TO BE SITTING THERE AND RELIANT ON WHETHER OR NOT YOUR RENT IS GOING TO BE INCREASED. I ALSO DO UNDERSTAND THERE ARE GOOD LANDLORDS TRYING TO MAKE INVESTMENTS ENTHE PROPERTY TO BE ABLE TO REACH THE STANDARDS WE ARE TRYING TO PUSH AS A COUNCIL AS IT PERTAINS TO THE RENTAL INSPECTION PROGRAM SO FOR ME THINKING ABOUT WHAT WS THE BEST SLOWEST WING WALK APPROACH TO MIKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT.
IT WAS GOING TO BE TO COME TO DAIS AND TALK ABOUT A FORM OF ALLOWANCE FOR MODEST INCREASE NEXT YEAR AS WELL AS A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF INVESTMENTS AND I SEE THAT A LITTLE BIT IN AB1482 WHERE I GET A LITTLE BIT SQUIRRELY ON IT AS I UNDERSTAND THAT DOESN'T APPLY TO ALL RENTAL UNITS. 1482 DOESN'T. CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT TE IMPACT ON THE LOCAL HOUSING MARKET IS. I GOING TO LISTEN TO THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES BT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS EXTENDS THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID THROUGH NEXT YEAR TO AT LEAST MAKE SURE THAT THE MINIMUM RENTERS HAVE THE PROTECTIONS OF 1482 AND COLLECT IT DATA AND SEE WHETHER THAT IS INSUFFICIENT WHAT IS HAPPEN IN THE MARKET MOVING FORWARD.
>> MR. TIBBETTS. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. FOR ME, I CAME IN HERE TONIGHT WANTING TO DO AWAY WITH THE PRICE GOUGING ORDINANCE. I FELT THAT 1482 WAS PRETTY SUFFICIENT. I LIKED IT FROM DAY ONE. I ALWAYS FELT THAT WAS WHERE A RENT CONTROL ORDINANCE SHOULD HAVE EDED UP AND GLAD THAT THE STATE WAS ABLE TO CONVENE BOTH TENANTS AND LANDLORDS AND RESPECTIVE GROUPS AND REACH THAT AGREEMENT. NO MATTER WHAT I WANT TO DO TONIGHT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COME UP WITH A TIME WHEN OUR ORDINANCE WILL END, BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T THINK IS FAIR IS WE KEEP EXTENDING IT GOAL POST BUT THE GOAL POST ISN'T IN SIGHT.
UT, HERE'S WHAT I WAS THINKING, WE DID JUST PASS THIS MINIMUM WAGE ORDINANCE BECAUSE WITH THE INTENTION IT WOULD HELP PEOPLE PAY FOR THINGS LIKE RENT AND GOODS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND WRUN ONE OF THE THOUGHTS THAT CROSSED MY MIND AND KICK IT OUT TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION, MAYBE THE MOTION IS TO HAVE OUR ORDINANCE END EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1 THAT GIVES THE LANDLORD REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY A HARD SUNSET DATE BUT ALSO GIVES RENTERS ASSURANCE THERE IS HEAD-ROOM COMING FROM THEIR JOBS BECAUSE I DO EXPECT AND GOOD LANDLORDS AND BAD AND DO EXPECT PEOPLE INCREASE THE RENTS ONCE THEY ARE UNABLE TO BECAUSE WE HAVE PUT A CAP ON THEM FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, SO I OPERATE AS THOUGH THAT WILL HAPPEN AND DID MATH IF YOU MAKE $14 A HOUR NOW AND IT IS GOING UP TO $15 THAT IS $160 A MONTH DIFFERENCE CHANGE FOR YOU. IF YOU ARE THE CURRENT AVERAGE RENT IS $1916 ACROSS ALL CLASSES OF UNITS, 7 PERCENT INCREASE ROUGHLY CONSISTING WITH THE STATE IS $134.
TO ME IF YOU JUST LOOK AT IT THAT WAY IT MAKES SOME SENSE. IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES NOT TO GO THIS DIRECTION TONIGHT, I'M STILL SUPPORTIVE BUT LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS I DO WANT US TO TRACK WHAT WILL HAPPEN. PERSONALLY I THINK THE OUTLOOK LOOKS FAVORABLE FOR TENANTS RIGHT NOW GIVEN WHAT THE MARKET IS DOING BASED ON THE THREE SOURCES I LOOKED UP QUICKLY, BUT MORE INFORMATION-I FEEL BETTER WITH MORE INFORMATION CERTAINLY DOWN THE ROAD. I'M FEARFUL OF THE CONCEPT THAT WE WOULD STOP A PRICE GOUGING ORDINANCE, SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THE MARKET OR ANOTHER DISASTER HAPPENS, IT IS NOW TIGHT AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING A PRICE GOUGING ORDINANCE BACKISM I THINK THAT WOULD CREATE MORE DISRUPTION THEN EXTENDING WHEN THE MINIMUM WAGE ORDINANCE TAKES EFFECT BUT THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL AND APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S THOUGHTFULNESS ON THE ISSUE AND APPRECIATE THAT WE DID A PRICE GOUGING ORDINANCE TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS EFFECTIVE.
>> VICE MAYOR. >> THANK YOU. MR. ROGERS AND MR. TIBBETTS SAID 90 PERCENT OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, BUT SO WITH THAT, I LIKE TO PUT A COMPETING MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT WE END THE PRICE GOUGING ORDINANCE EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1 OF 2020 AND SEE IF THEY CAN GET ASECOND. >> SINCE I BROUGHT THAT IDEA FORWARD I'LL SECOND IT. >> I WANTED TO RESPOND TO A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT I HEARD TODAY. ONE IS THAT WE WERE NOT RENTERS. THERE ARE TWO RENTERS AND THINK I'M GETTING GOUGED AND IT IS TOUCH THING TO GO TO THE LANDLORD AND A TOUGH THING TO BE A LANDLORD BUT THE DIFFERENCE AND SAID THIS BEFORE THAT IT ISN'T A CHOICE, IT IS A CHOICE TO BE A LANDLORD AND OPEN TO DISCUSSION ABOUT ALLOWING FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND ALLOWING FOR INCREASES THAT MATCH CPI OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED FOR LANDLORDS TO BE ABLE TO REMAIN IN THE BLACK AND FOR TENANT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. I UNDERSTAND THAT IS PROBABLY NOT ATTAINABLE TONIGHT, BUT I AM OPEN TO THAT GOING FORWARD. AS A MATTER OF PHILOSOPHY ONE REASON I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS SUNSETDING IN AUGUST IS THAT IN 2017 THE VOTERS WERE CLEAR THEY DO NOT SUPPORT RENT CONTROL AND I DO NOT THINK THAT WE SHOULD USE THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION AS A A METHOD OF AVOIDING THE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE DISPARITY BETWEEN INCOME AND RENTAL COEST AND WE NEED TO AS A COUNCIL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATION AND DEAL WITH THOSE DIFFICULT ISSUES.
BUT I AM AS A MATTER OF PHILOSOPHY SUPERSEDE THE VOTERS OUTSIDE THE STATE OF EMERGENCY. GENERALLY NOT IN SUPPORT OF GOVERNMENT OVERLAY AND I DO HOPE THAT IF WE DO MOVE TO REPEAL THIS NEXT YEAR THAT WE'LL HAVE STREAMLINING IN TERM OZF THE ORDINANCES AND GIVE BOTH OUR LANDLORDS AND TENANTS SOME CLARITY AND TIME TO PREPARE.
ALSO INTERESTED TO KNOW-I DID TALK TODAY WITH SHELLY CLARK OF LEGAL AID WHO MENTIONED THERE WAS FORMALLY A PROGRAM CALLED SCRIPTS WHERE LANDLORDS AND TENANTS CAN GET INFORMATION AND CAN SEE GOING THROUGH THIS HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO DECIPHER WHAT IS AVAILABLE AND WHAT THEY CAN DO AND I THINK IF WE ARE GEING TO PERSIST WITH OVERLAY, THAT WE NEED TO OFFER NOT JUST CLEAR DATA COLLECTION FROM OUR LEGAL AND OUR HOUSING COMMUNITY SERVICE WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL, BUT THAT WE ALSO NEED TO BE CEAR ABOUT OUR SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE MARKET REGARDLESS WHAT SIDE THEY ARE ON TO GET STRAIGHT FORWARD INFORMATION.
I'M IN SUPPORT OF A MEASURED APPROACH THAT HAVE THE ORDINANCE EXPIRE AND HOPEFULLY MY HOPE WOULD BE THAT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD SUNSET ALONG ONG SIDE THE EMERGENCYORDS NNS SO WE HAVE FIDELITY IN THE MESSAGING. >> THANK YOU. I AM IN SUPPORT OF WHAT THE FIRST MOTION WAS. REASON BEING I THINK IT IS DUPLICATIVE. I THINK THE ORDINANCE SERVED THE PUNS WHY WE PASSED IT AND EXTENDED IT AND NOW WITH BOTH 396 OF PENAL CODE AND THEN 182 I THINK THOSE PROTECTIONS ARE IN PLACE AND SO I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT BECAUSE IF I HEARD YOU CORRECT MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, IF IT WAS-WE DID THE FIRST REPEALING TODAY IT WOULD STILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 2020 BOTH 396 IS STILL IN EFFECT AND 1482 IN EFFECT, CORRECT? >> THAT IS CORRECT.
IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE THE 31 DAY AFTER THE FINAL ADOPTION. >> OKAY. SO, MR. TIBBETTS. >> THANKS. I'M READING THE VOTES HERE, IT ISN'T LOOKING PROMISE BUT WANT TO ASK YOU VICE MAYOR FLEMMING TO CLARIFY FOR ASSURETY THAT THE EXPIRATION DATE WILL BE AUGUST 1 AND ACTUALLY WANTED TO EXEMPT FEDERALLY RENT RESTRICTED PROPERTIES. I DON'T EXPECT IT TO PASS- >> I PUT FORTH THE MOTION WHEREIN THE PRICE GOUGING ORDINANCE WOULD SUNSET ON AUGUST 1 REGARDLESS OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY OR LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY AND THE OTHER QUESTION OR OTHER-I ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OF EXEMPTING THAT CLASSIFICATION OF HOUSING.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> IF I MAY THROUGH THE MAYOR, IN TERMS OF PRICE GOUGING DOES NEED TO BE ATTACHED TO A DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY, SO THAT WOULD BE THE PIECE OF THE MOTION THAT WOULD BE WITHOUT BASIS. >> I WILL AMEND THAT TO SAY, WHICH EVER DATE IS FIRST. THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION OR AUGUST 1, 2020. JRKTS >> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. >> MR. ROGERS. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WAS GOING TO THROW OUT FOR DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL THAT PERHAPS WEIGHING ALL THE INTEREST ONE THING WE COULD DO IS IS ALLOW THE PROVISIONS ON MULTIFAMILY HOMES THAT THE THINGS THAT ARE COVERED IN AB1482 TO GO TO THE 5 PERCENT PLUS CPI WHILE ALSO THEN EXTENDING THE PRICE GOUGING ORDINANCE ON THE HOMES THAT ARE NOT COVERED WITHIN 1482 TO ALSO THAT 5 PERCENT PLUS CPI AS A MIDDLE GROUND TO MOVE BACK INTO WE WON'T SEE A HUGE LURCH IN THE MARKET BUT GIVE LANDLORDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IMPROVEMENT TOOZ THE HOME AND GIVING ASSURETY TO THE PUBLIC WITH A END DATE AS COUNCIL MEMBER TIBBETTS SUGGESTED CALL JULY 1 AT $15 A HOUR, AUGUST 1 WHEN WE REMOVE THE DECLARATION BUT THAT SEEMS TO M LIKE A PRUDENT APPROACH FOR US TO STILL SEE THE IMPACTS WHILE ALSO GIVING LANDLORDS A OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN THE PROPERTIES AS WELL.
I'LL MAKE THAT AS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. >> EXCUSE ME, MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY STEP IN. WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS CURRENTSLY ON THE TABLE. THIS WOULD BE A THIRD UNDER ROSENBURGS RULES UNLESS YOU ARE ASKING IT AS A SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT? >> I ASK AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO VICE MAYOR FLEMMINGS MOTION. >> IF I MAY, BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR DOWN THAT ROAD, THE AGENDA ITEM WAS REALLY ABOUT WHETHER THE ORDINANCE AS IT IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN WAS GOING TO BE EXTENDED OR NOT AND IF WE WANT TO-IF THE COUNCIL DESIRES TO DELVE INTO SHIFTS IN THE ORDINANCE IN TERMS OF THE COVERAGE OR ITS TERMS, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU ASK US TO BRING THAT BACK AT ANOTHER DATE TO GET INTO THE AGAIN THE SUBS STANCE OF THE PRICE GOUGING ORDINANCE.
>> ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT IF I WERE TO ACCEPT THIS FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT IT WOULD GO INTO THAT TERRITORY? >> THAT IS MY CONCERN IS THAT WE WOULD BE DELVING INTO TERRITORY THAT WASN'T REALLY PART OF THE AGENDA WHICH WAS REALLY MORE OF A CONTINUATION. I THINK THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY BUT IF WE START CARVING UP WHO IS GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO THE ORDINANCE AND WHO IS NOT AND WHAT PERCENTAGE I WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE IF WE BROUGHT THAT BACK AS A SEPARATE ITEM.
>> FOR THAT ITEM I'LL RESPECTFULLY DECLAIN DECLINE. >> WE HAVE TWO-DEAL ONE AT A TIME, BUT WHAT IS THE RESULT OF IT IF IT IS 3-3 VOTE WITH THE 6 OF US, THEN THE ORDINANCE STAYS IN EFFECT UNTIL IT GTS 4 VOTES TO REPEAL OR IT STAYS IN EFFECT- >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> OKAY. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO ADD? >> ASISANT CITY MANAGER MENTIONED THE MOTION HAS THE EXEMPTION FOR THE RENT LIMITED-I'M NOT AS TROUBLED BY THAT AS THE COMPLETE REVAMP OF PERCENTAGES, SO I THINK THAT IS OKAY TO HAVE THAT AS PART OF THE MOTION THAT IT WOULD TERMINATE ON AUGUST 1, 2020 AND WOULD-BUT RENT LIMITED UNITS WOULD BE RELACED FROM THE TERMS.
THE ORDER OF CONSIDERATION WOULD BE THE SECOND MOTION WOULD BE CONSIDERED FIRST, THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION. THAT WOULD VOTE AND THEN IF THAT DOES NOT PASS WE GO BACK TO THE FIRST MOTION THAT IS ON THE TABLE. IF THAT DOES NOT PASS THEN THE ORDINANCE ABSENT ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE MOTION THE ORDINANCE WOULD REMAIN IN EFFECT AND WE CAN TAKE YOUR DIRECTION FROM THERE AS TO WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE.
>> EVERYONE ON COUNCIL UNDERSTAND WHAT VICE MAYOR FLEMMING'S MOTION WAS FOR THE VOTE BECAUSE THAT IS THE FIRST ONE WE ARE VOTING ON? ALRIGHT. WE GOT A MOTION AND SECOND BY MR. TIBBETTS. YOUR VOTES, PLEASE. THAT RESULTS 3 AYES AND NOES MYSELF, MR. OLIVARES AND MR. SAWYER. DO WE REVERT BACK TO THE FIRST MOTION? >> YES. >> THAT MOTION MR. OLIVARES COULD YOU RESTATE IT SO WE ARE CLEAR WHAT WE ARE VOTING FOR NOW? >> CERTAINLY. ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF REPEALING CHAPTER 10-44 OF THE SANTA ROSA SITDY CODE TERMINATING THE RENTAL HOUSING PRICE GOUGING ENACTED AFTER THE 2017 WILDFIRES AND WAVE FURTHER READING OF THE TEXT. >> SECONDED BY MR. SAWYER. YOUR VOTES, PLEASE. >> [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] >> AND THAT PASSES WITH 5 AYES, 1 NO, VICE MAYOR FLEMMING VOTING NO. >> I WANT TO SAY WE DID HEAR YOU AND BRING BACK INFORMATION ABOUT TRACKING THIS AND BRING INFORMATION BACK. >> ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ON TO ITEM 14.3. >> ITEM 14.3 REPORT ITEM. THIRD AMENDMENT TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT F01622A WITH BUREAU VER ITOS NORTH AMERICA INC. WAVING THE COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCESS 600-1 EXTENDING THE TOURNAMENT OF AGREEMENT INCREASING COMPENSATION BY $3.045 MILLION NOT TO EXCEED $13.77.399 POST FIRE RECOVEREE REBUILD SERVICE AND AMEND THE FISCAL YEAR 2019-20 GENERAL BUDGET INCREASED APPROPRIATION BY $2.425 MILLION.
PESENTING IS DEPUTY DIRECTOR [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] >> GOOD EVENING. AS MENTIONED IN THE INTRODUCTION THE ITEM BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS A AMENDMENT TO THE FIRE REBUILD SERVICE. THIS IS OUR THIRD AMENDMENT AND USED THE AMENDMENT PROCESS AS A OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE CENTER AND SERVICES WE DELIVERED AND FINANCIAL STABILITY OF THAT. LOOKING A AT THE REVENUE IN REGARDS TOTHEX PENDITURE. MANY SLIDES WE HAVE TODAY WILL BE COMPARING SOME OF THE EFFORTS EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS AND HOW IT PLAYED OUT. THIS SLIDE GENERATED WHEN WE APPROVED THE BUDGET FOR THE CENTER NOVEMBER 2017 AND WE WERE NOT SURE WHAT SORT OF SERVICES WOULD BE DELIVERED. WE KNOW THERE IS DEDICATED STAFFING AND PLAN REVIEW AND A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SUPPORT RESOURCES AND OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL.
WHAT WE FOUND IS FAIRLY DIVERSE. WE DEDICATED STAFFING TOPPED AT 6 THOUSAND PEAK MONTHLY STAFF HOURS OVER 30 POSITIONS IN THE HEIGHT. THERE WAS EXPEDITED PLAN REVIEW. MOST MINOR PLANS OR SAME HOUSE PLANS GET APPROVED IN 5 DAY PERIOD. THERE IS 24 HOUR BUILDING INSPECTIONS WITH NO CAP, SO THAT MEANS WHETHER WE GET 2 INSPECTIONS OR 150 WE TURN THOSE AROUND IN 24 HOURS RCHLT LANDSCAPING DESIGN AND CONSALITATION. THE COMMUNITY STRUGGLED MEETING STATE REQUIREMENTS ON THAT SO WE PUT MORE RESOURCES TO HELP OUT.
THERE IS A AVERAGE NUMBER OF 3 THOUSAND BUILDING INSPECTIONS PER MONTH. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STATUS THIS FOCUS ON THE NUMBER OF PARCEL MOVING FORWARD. THERE ARE 2682 PARCELS THAT EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OF A UNIT AND TOTAL UNIT COUNSEN COUNT IS 3123. THE PIE CHART SHOWS THE PARCEL AS THEY MOVE FORWARD. AUTD OF THE TOTAL WE HAD 1983 PARCELS THAT EITHER FINALED IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS OR PERMITTING. THAT IS 75 PERCENT EFFECTED BY THE REBUILD AND THAT TRACKWISE THE TWO YEAR PERIOD.
THE DATA GENERATED OCTOBER 31 OF THIS YEAR. WHEN WE INITIALLY CAME TO COUNCIL TO DEVELOP THE BUDGET FOR THE PERMIT CENTER WE CREATED THE CHART WHICH WAS OUR ANTICIPATED REVENUE EXPENDITURES SO BROKE OUT THE COST OF THE CONTRACT SERVICE OVER 2 YEARS, SO OUR INITIAL COST UP FRONT WE ASSUMED ABOUT $4.6 MILLION IN TE FIRST YEAR OF THE OPERATION OF THE CENTER AND APPROXIMATELY $4.2 MILLION IN THE SECOND YEAR AND WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE OFSET BY REVENUE WITH YEAR ONE OF THE REVENUE BEING 6 MILLION AND 2, $4.4 MILLION. THERE WERE THE ASSUMPTION ABOUT PLAN CHECKS.
1500 IN THE FIRST YEAR AND 1700 INSPECTION AND IN THE SECOND YEAR ASSUME THAT DROPPED OFF. 800 PLAN CHECK AND THOUSAND INSPECTION AND BEHIND THAT NUMBER IS A PER UNIT PERMIT FEE. THIS SHOWS THE ACTUAL. WHAT WE SAW IN YEAR ONE AND THIS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL WITH THE PREVIOUS AMENDMENT IS THE ESTIMATE IS 4.6 AND SAW 5.8 EXPENDITURES AND SAW THE SAME TREND ON THE REVENUE SIDE AS WELL.
WE ASSUME $6 MILLION IN REVENUE AND SAW ALL MOST 7.2. WE SAW 1500 PLAN CHECKS IN THE INITIAL ESTIMATE GOT CLOSE TO THAT AND HAD 1460 IS THE TOTAL PLAN CHECKS. WE WERE A BIT OFF ON INSPECTIONS. WE THOUGHT 750 AND ENDED UP WITH 15 THOUSAND. THE ESTIMATE FR THE NUMBER OF-THE TOTAL PLAN CHECK FEE PER UNIT REDUCED A LITTLE BIT AND THERE WERE A FEW FACTORS. WE SAW MASTER PLAN CONCEPTS SO INSTEAD OF 5 THOUSAND WE WERE AT 4733. IF WE EXTEND OUT FOR A SECOND YEAR WE SEE A LITTLE DIFFERENT TRENDS. OUR ESTIMATE FOR THE COST OF THE CONTRACT IN OUR SECOND YEAR WAS 4.2. WE WERE AROUND THAT WITH THE ACTUAL AT 4.5. THERE IS A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE THERE. WE SAW CHANGE OEN THE NUMBER OF PERMITS COMING THROUGH. OUR ESTIMATE OF REVENUE COMING IN WAS 4.4. THE ACTUAL REVENUE COMING IN WAS 3.1. SO, WHERE WE THOUGHT HID AROUND 800 PLAN CHECKS WE HET AROUND 498. WHAT HAPPENED IS LOT OF THOSE HOMES GOING TO REBUILD ARE GOING TO PUSH TO YEAR 3 WHICH MEANS THE REVENUE PUSHES TO YEAR 3.
WHAT WE DID SEE INCREASE IS AVERAGE COST PER PLAN CHECK. THAT WENT OVER 5 THOUSAND SITTING AROUND 6346. TOTALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SIZE OF THE HOME SO AS WE SEE BIGGER HOMES THE PLAN CHECK FEE INCREASES. SO, THIS CHART WILL TRACK THE NUMBER OF INTAKES OF PERMITS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS WE SEE AND THIS WILL GIVE A GOOD EXAMPLE WHY WE SEE THE BUDGET PICTURE. WE SAW A SPIKE IN THE NUMBER OF PERMITS AND TOPPED AT 2 TWEN IN PEAK MONTH MAY 2018 AND THAT TREND HAS DROPPED SENSE THEN. IF WE OVERLAY INSPECTIONS WE PERFORMED THAT TOPPED OUTAND STAYS THERE AND DUE TO THE FACT WE HAVE 1100 HMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THEY STAYED IN THAT PERIOD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME. WE HAD INVEST RESOURCES THAT ARE FAIRLY COSTLY BECAUSE OF THE 24 HOUR INSPECTION TURN AROUND TO THE INSPECTION PROCESS FOR SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME SO THAT THROUGH THE PROECTION ANDS OFF A BIT. IF WE LOOK AT THE TOTALS ON THAT, 1983 PERMITS SUBMITTED, BUT IN THE PERMITS THAT IS 56 THOUSAND DOCUMENTED INSPECTIONS.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS PROBABLY DOUBLES FROM THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE RIGHT-OF-WAY INSPECTIONS. THERE IS A EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THE PERMITS MOVED THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS ON INSPECTION SIDE. THIS NEXT CHART WE SHOWED IN THE LAST AMENDMENT THAT WE DID IT TRACKS THE REVENUE AND THE EXPENDITURES. THE FIRST LINE IS THE CONSULTANT EXPENDITURES. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY DEDICATED TO THE PROCESS. THE NEXT LINE SHOWS TOTAL EXPENDITURES THROUGH THE PERMITSENTER. HERE WAS HARD COST UP FRONT WITH GENERATION OF DOCUMENTS SO THAT EXPLAINS THE GAP AND THAT WILL FOLLOW THROUGH. WHAT WE SAW IN YEAR ONE IS SIGNIFICANT REVENUE. IT SHOWED THE LINES CROSS SO IF WE LOOK WHERE WE STARTED THERE IS MORE INVESTMENT FROM THE GENERAL FUND INTO THE PERMIT CENTER AND THAT SHIFTED QUICK IN APRIL OF 18 WHERE THE REVENUE WAS HIGHER THEN EXPENDITURESISM IF WE BREAK DOWN IN THE FIRS PHASE THAT IS BUT PERMIT CENTER DEVELOPMENT.
WE DEVELOPED OUTREACH AND DOCUMENTATION GENERATION FOR AS FAR AS RESOURCE GUIDES GO, THERE WAS MAJOR POLICY MODIFICATION THAT IS WHEN WE DEVELOPED THE R C ORDINANCE AND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STAFF PARTICIPATION IN THAT. WHEN WE SEE THE LINES START TO CROSS THAT IS DUE TO THE FACT THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PERMITS COMING IN SO WE SEE MORE SUBMITTALS AROUND THE FIRST QUARTER 20S 18. WE DEAL WITH LIGHT BUILDING INSPECTION AND DEEP INTO OUTREACH MATERIAL, STILL DOING PUBLIC OUTREACH, THERE IS MINOR MODIFICATION TO POLICIES BUT STILL SIGNIFICANT STAFF PARTICIPATION.
WHEN WE SEE THE SIGNIFICANT GAP AND ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT IS FULL SPEED AHEAD ON ALL FRONTS. WE ARE DOING TON OF INSPECTIONS TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR AND SEEING A HIGH VOLUME OF PERMITS OUTREACH MATERIAL AND THE TRENDS ARE PLAYING OUT. IF WE EXTEND-AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT RESULTED IN A ADDITIONAL REVENUE ABOVE EXPENDITURES OF MILLION DOLLARS AND AT THAT TIME WE THOUGHT THAT PROBABLY ABOUT 5 OPERCENT OF THE DEDICATED COST HAVE TO HOLD BACK AND GO TO FUTURE INSPECTIONS BECAUSE ALL THE REVENUE IS BROUGHT IN WITH PERMIT INTAKE. IF WE EXTEND OUT THE SAME CHART INTO THIS PREVIOUS YEAR, WE HOLD THE SAME LINES SO THE BLUE IS STILL-THE CONSULTANT EXPENDITURES.
THE ORANGE IS THE TTAL SO THAT IS IT GAP. THEN WE SAW A DIFFERENT TREND. DUE TO THE FACT WE WERE SEEING SLOWER INTAKE OF THE PERMITS THAT STARTED TO DROP SO ESSENTIALLY OUR OPERATIONAL COST AND REVENUE HAVE MATCHED AT THE END OF THE YEAR IN THE PERMIT CENTER. IF WE LOOK AT TOTAL COST AND RUNNING A DEFICIT. IF WE LOOK AT THE TRENDS THAT CREATE THAT, SO ROGET AROUND THE FIRST OF 2019 WE ARE STILL SEEING SIGNIFICANT PERMITS AND HAVE RIGHT-OF-WAY COORDINATION AND STORMWATER INSPECTION AND SAME HOLDING ING .
WHAT WE SAW MAY OF 19 IS- THES DROP OFF ON THE PERMITTING INTAKE. THAT IS WHERE WE GT THE 1100 HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION, HEAVY AMOUNT OF INSPECTION, BUT WHAT WE SEE I AVERAGE NUMBER OF PERMITS PER MONTH STICKING AROUND 14 MOST 2019 AND 18 DROPPED TO 50 SO SAW REDUCTION IN PERMITS. IT IS DIFFICULT TO TELL FROM THE LINES BUT THERE WAS DROP IN THE COST AROUND THAT TIME BECAUSE WE STARTED MAKING STAFF REDUCTION TO ACCOUNT FOR REDUCTION IN PLAN CHECK SO ALL ALONG WE PREPARE FOR THE SITUATION AND KNEW IT WAS POTENTIAL TO OCCUR BUT THE LINES WOULD CROSS FROM REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES AND DEVELOP A GAME PLAN TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ENDS OF THE YEAR IT IS SHOWING A DEFICIT OF 365 THOUSAND FROM THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES FROM THE CONSULTANT AS WELL AS REVENUE COMING IN. SO,–SO, WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS THAT INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THE OVERALL REBUILD AREA WE WANT TO BOIL DOWN TE PROBLEM IN YEAR 3.
WE HAVE 699 INACTIVE PARCELS. AS FAR AS THE YEAR 3 SERVICES OF DELIVERY WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THAT AND DETERMINE WHAT LEVEL OF SERVICE TO MOVE FORWARD AND IN THAT GROUP IS A BIT OF A MIXED BAG AS FAR AS WHO CONTROLS THE PARCEL. WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE FIRE VICTIM IN SOME SITUATIONS SO WE ARE DOCUMENTING THAT AND ALSO HAVE GOT SALES OF PROPERTIES AND NOW HAVE SPECK HOME BUILDERS IN THE MIX. THAT IS MORE GOING TO B DEVELOPED AND SOLD AS A MARKET RATE HOME AND ISN'T THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNER THAT CONTROLS THE PROPERTY ANYMORE. WE HAVE BEEN SEGMENTING THAT OUT AND COMMITTED TO PROVIDE THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE TO FIRE VICTIM JZ THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF BREAKING THIS OFF.
THE MAP YOU SEE TO THE RIGHT HIGHLIGHTS THAT AND WE HAVE THIS PUBLISHED IN THE CITY MAPS SO AS THEY GET INTO THE PERMIT THESE COME OFF THE MAP SO IT FRAMES THE PROBLEM IN YEAR 3 AND 4 AND HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES TO COVER THE REBUILD AREA. WHEN LOOKING AT THE PARCEL NUMBER WE STILL SEE ANTICIPATED REVENUE OF ABOUT $5 MILLION. EARLY IN THE PROCESS THE WERE PEOPLE THAT SAID WE WILL NEVER GET TO HUNDRED PERCENT RECOVERY. IN COFFEE PARK WE ARE 95 PERCENT SO NOT TOTALLY SURE I BELIEVE THAT. I THINK THERE WILL BE SITES THAT DON'T MOVE FORERED WITH. THE REASON OUR NUMBERS ARE CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE THEY DON'T FACTOR THE COMMERCIAL. IT IS A HIGHER PLAN CHECK FEE SO OFF SET THE LOSS OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS NOT GOING THROUGH SO THINK THAT I ARICERATE ESTIMATE FOR FUTURE REVENUE. WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE HOME WE ARE ANTICIPATING 7 THOUSAND PER PLAN CHECK FEE FOR RESIDENTIAL UNITS. SO, WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS MARKING TRENDS TO PERMIT INTAKE TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE AND WHEN IT COMES IN. THIS SHOWS THE TREND LINE ON THE NUMBER OF PERMITS SO WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING TO FIGURE IF THAT CARRIES FORWARD ANTICIPATING REVENUE IN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS AS WE FIGURE THE PICTURE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL YEAR SO THE REVENUE IS BASED OEN THE METRIX WHERE WE LOOK AT TRENDS AND BE CONTIN DROP ON PERMIT INTAKE AND UNTIL WE SEE REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS WHICH WILL BE A MASS FINALIZATION OF THE PERMITS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
WHEN WE DROP 200 AND 300 UNITS OUT OF 1100 WE CAN MAKE DIFFERENT DECISION ABOUT THE INSPECTION SERVICES AND START TO REDUCE THE SERVICES TO ACCOUNT FOR THE REDUCTION. WHERE WE ARE STANDING AND THIS IS PROJECTION IS WE WANT TO BASICALLY DEDICATE ADDITIONAL $2.425.MILLION TO THE CONTRACT. THAT COMES FROM ALL MOST $900 THOUSAND FROM GENERAL FUNDS RESERVES AND REST IS OFFSET BY THE BUILDING COST. IF WE PROJECT OUT INTO THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR WE DO SEE THAT DEFICIT RECOVERING BASED OTHEN TRENDS. WE THINK THAT DEFICIT LIKELY WILL TAKE PLACE WHEN WE GET INTO MORE A FISCAL YEAR DISCUSSION BUT WE A QUICK RECOVERY BECAUSE WE SEE A AVENUE TO REDUCE SERVICE INCORPORATE THIS IN-HOUSE, DON'T HAVE THE DEAL WITH THE CONSULTANT SO MAKE SMART FINANCIAL DECISIONS TO REDUCE THAT DEFICIT DOWN KNOWING WE HAVE THE 5 MLLION DPLZ IN REVENUE COMING IN.
THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE THREE YEAR SERVICE DELIVERY AND WHAT WE ANTICIPATE AS PART OF THAT. WE WANT TO ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN A CONSISTEN LEVEL OF SERVICE. WE MADE A COMMIT TO TRY TO MAINTAIN TO THE BEST OF THE ABILITY. WE ARE TAKING THE 699 PARCEL AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTAND HOW THEY MOVE FORWARD AND WHEN THEYPT TO MOVE FORWARD, WHAT IS THE WALL THEY ARE RUNNING INTO WHY THEY ARE NOT GEEING AND WHAT WE DO TO ASSIST. THAT WILL GIVE US BETTER DATA TO UNDERSTAND OR PROJECTIONS FROM REVENUE EXPENDITURE OPINION. THAT PROCESS WE ARE GOING THROUGH NOW AND ENGAGED THE COFFEE DPRUP AND LOOKING FOR AVENUES TO REACH OUT TO THE FIRE VICTIMS TO UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION. WE WILL CONTINUE STAFF REDUCTION BASED ON TRENDS.
A PERFECT EXAMPLE IS WHEN THE AVERAGE DAILY INSPECTIONS 150 A DAY CAN'T SEEM TO GET AWAY FROM THAT NUMBER WHEN REDUCED TO HUNDRED WE DROP A INSPECTOR. WHEN THE REDUCTION OF SERVICE OCCUR WITH THE NEED. WE ARE TRACKING THAT AND HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS SO SOME OF IT WILL BE BASED OEN TRENDS BUT RIGHT NOW WE DO SE PRETTY MUCH ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF THE DEDICATED STAFF IS SUPPORTING THE INSPECTION PROCESS RIGHT NOW IN BUREAU VER ATAS SO THERE CAN BE REDUCTION AS THE THE NEEDS DECREASE.
WE ARE DEVELOPING A FUTURE CLOSURE PLAN. WE ARE MAKING DETERMINATION WHEN THAT CAN OCCUR AND STILL SEEING FOOT TRAFFIC SO WHEN THAT REDUCES DOWN WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT IS POTENTIALLY INCORPORATING INTO THE THE REGULAR SERVICE PLANNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ATTEMPTING TAMAKE THE COMMITMENTS FROM TURN AROUND TIME OF INSPECTION AND PLAN REVIEW. THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE YEAR 3 SERVICE AND CONCLUDE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS. MANY ITEM 2 WHERE THE MONEY IS MOVING IS HIGHLIGHTED. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ITEM 1 WAVING THE COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCEDURE PROCESS AND THE REASON THAT IS IMPORTANT IN THE SITUATION IS VERY DIALED IN AS WE REDUCE STAFFING DOWN IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT EXPERTISE THAT STAFF HAS GAINED OVER THE FWO YEARS REMAINS. SO THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE DELIVERY OF SERVICE IN YEAR 3. WITH THAT, WE CAN OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND DON'T WANT TO REFLECT THE LACK OF AUDIENCE WITH THIS PRESENTATION BUT IT WAS EXCELLENT. NOTHING PERSONAL. JUST THE TOPIC. QUESTIONS OTHEN PRESENTATION? SEEING NONE, ANY CARDS? NO CARDS. MR. ROGERS YOU HAVE THIS ITEM. >> THANK YOU, MR.
MAYOR. I DID WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT AS WELL THAT RIGHT AFTER THE FIRE WE HAD A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANT FOR THE FUTURE OF OR CITY BUDGET AND ONE THING THIS COUNCIL AGREED UPON WAS LOOKING AT HOW WE SPEND OUR DOLLARS AS A INVESTMENT AND RECOVERY AD NOT SHY AWAY SPENDSING DOLLARS BECAUSE OF OUR FINANCIAL AND LOOKING WHERE TO SPEND THE DOLLARS IN A WAY THAT COMES BACK TO US AND BE BENEFICIAL TO US AND THINK MORE THEN ANYTHING WHEN I TELL THE STORY TO FOLKS WHAT THE IMMEDIATE RECOVERY WAS I THINK THE PERMIT DEPARTMENT AND THINK OF THE STAFF BRINGING US $8 MILLION OVER 2 YEARS SAYING I KNOW WE HAVE ALL MOST NOTHING LEFT IN THE RESERVES BUT TRUST US, IF YOU RESPOND THIS MONEY YOU WILL SEE IT COMING BACK AND IT WILL EXPEDITE OUR RECOVERY FASTER THEN WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO.
I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION FROM YOU. I AM TRUSTING STAFF BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE A INCREDIBLE JOB. YOU PUT A LOT OF WRK INTO THOSE NUMBERS AND HOPE THE PUBLIC LOOKS AT THIS AS A INVESTMENT AND CONTINUING THAT RECOVERY IN A WAY THAT IS GOING TO ALLOW SANTA ROSA TO COME BACK STRONGER. WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE THE RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL WAVING THE COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROPROCEDURES AND COUNCIL POLICY 66-01 IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY APPROVING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE NUMBER FO1622A WITH BEERO VERATOS NORTH AMERICA INK TO INCREASE COMPITATION AND EXTEND THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT FOR POST FIRE RECOVERY AND REBUILDING SERVICE AND WAVE FURTHER READING O THE TEXT.
>> SECOND. >> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? MR. TIBBETTS. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANT TO PIGGY BACK ON WHAT CHRIS WAS SAYING AND THANK YOU GUYS. ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS BEING ON THE COUNCIL IS QUH I GET A E-MAIL FROM A FRUSTRATED CITIZEN ABOUT THE REBUILD PROCESS AND WHATEVER THAT MAY INTON TAIL AND FORWARD TO DAVID OR SOMETHING, I THINK JESSE I FORWARD ONE TO YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT-YOUR PROACTIVITY GETTING BACK TO THE FOLKS IS STELLAR. NEVER IMAGINE YOUR ROLES IN THE ORGANIZATION WOULD DRILL DOWN INTO DETAIL SUPPORTING SOMEBODY ON SUCH A CLOSE TO HOME CERTAINLY FOR THEM AND REALLY THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT. IT IS AMAZING. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY IS, I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE DRAWN FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND HOPE WE WILL DRAW FROM THE GENERAL FUND IN THE FUTURE IF YOU SEE NEED GO UP.
ONE THING I HOPE DOWN STAFFING-IT IS GETTING LATE-IF WE SEE A UP TICK IN APPLICATION FOR WHATEVER REASON SPRING TIME GETTING READY FOR THE BUILDING SEASON WE GOBACK-YOU BRING BACK TO COUNCIL AND WE STAFF UP AND KEEP THE PERMITS FLOWING. I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS. THANK YOU, GUYS. >> I WANT TO ADD, I HEARD YOU SAY GABE TYING INTO THE TWO CONCEPTS STAFF REDUCTION AND ACTIVITY TRENDS. YOU HAVE BEEN WALKING THE TALK AND THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY BUT VERY CONFIDENT IN YOUR FISCAL MANAGEMENT IN YOUR TAKING THOSE TWO THINGS WILL DRIVE THE STAFF REDUCTION SO HAVE FULL CONFIDENT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
YOUR VOTES, PLEASE. AND THAT PASSESUE UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHTY WE HAVE TWO WRITDEN COMMUNICATIONS. WE HAVE THE QUARTERLY BOARD COMMISSION ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE REPORT AND POWER SAFETY SHUT-OFF GRANT APPLICATION. ANY CARDS FOR ITEM 17? WITH THAT, NO FURTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. MEETING ADJOURNED. [MEETING ADJOURNED].