DIFFERENT. SOMEBODY ELSE CAME IN.
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ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE HAVE A QUORUM AND IT'S SIX O'CLOCK, SO I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO[1) CALL TO ORDER: Mayor]
ORDER. GOOD EVENING.THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO AB361 ISSUED BY GOVORNOR NEWSOM ON SEPTEMBER 20TH 2021 AND IN GOVERNMENT CODE 54953E.
AND ALL MEMBERS ARE JOINING THIS MEETING REMOTELY VIA ZOOM WEBINAR.
WE WILL NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER MADAM CLERK WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ IS ABSENT.
THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, IF YOU'RE ABLE PLEASE STAND FOR A FLAG SALUTE AND WE WILL OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AFTER THE FLAG SALUTE.
THERE'S A FLAG RIGHT BEHIND ME SO YOU CAN USE THAT IF YOU WISH.
MOVING ON TO ITEM 4 PUBLIC COMMENTS, THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS RESERVED FOR PERSONS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND INCLUDING THE COUNCIL ACTING AS A GOVERNING BOARD FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY ON ITEMS ONLY ON THIS AGENDA AND WHICH THE COUNCIL AND SUCCESSOR AGENCY HAS JURISDICTION.
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A VERBAL COMMENT USING ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISED HAND BUTTON TO REQUEST TO SPEAK.
IF YOU'RE USING A TELEPHONE, PLEASE DIAL NINE ON YOUR TELEPHONE KEYPAD.
IT WILL BE CALLED UPON BY THE NUMBER YOU'RE CALLING FROM WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR COMMENT.
ONCE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, YOU WILL BE MUTED.
ANYONE WHO HAS NOT PROVIDED THEIR COMMENTS BY THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING CAN EMAIL THEIR COMMENTS TO THE CITY CLERK AT CITYCLERK@CITYOFWASCO.ORG, AND THEIR COMMENTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL RECORD.
AT THIS TIME DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? MADAM CLERK. MAYOR JUST ONE MOMENT.
THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE.
DO WE HAVE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS? IF YOU GIVE ME A FEW SECONDS, I CAN CHECK THE E-MAIL.
MAYOR, THERE ARE NO EMAIL COMMENTS.
[5) a. Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager or Designee to Negotiate and Execute an Agreement with FLO Analytics for Re-districting Services Subject to review and approval as to legal form by the City Attorney in the amount of $33,880.00 and Authorize the City Manager to approve any contingency cost and change order(s) not to exceed a total amount for the project of $50, 000.00. (Hurlbert)]
WE MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS. ITEM A ADOPT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH FLO ANALYTICS FOR REDISTRICTING SERVICES SUBJECT TO REVIEW AND APPROVAL IS TO LEGAL FORM BY THE CITY ATTORNEY IN THE AMOUNT.EXCUSE ME, THE CITY ATTORNEY IN THE AMOUNT OF THIRTY THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DOLLARS AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE ANY CONTINGENCY COST AND CHANGE ORDERS NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THE PROJECT OF $50000.
YES, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ, WELCOME. WANTED TO START THIS ITEM, THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR ASSISTANCE IN PERFORMING THE REDISTRICTING OF OUR COUNCIL VOTING OR ELECTORAL DISTRICTS, AS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE 2020 CENSUS AND THE RESULTS THEREOF.
AND WE HAD SOUGHT QUOTATIONS OR PROPOSALS FROM A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT DO THIS SORT OF WORK, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE WITH THE CENSUS.
THIS IS A VERY BUSY TIME FOR THESE COMPANIES.
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IN ADDITION, IN CALIFORNIA, THE INTRODUCTION OF.ASSEMBLY BILL, TWENTY ONE, SEVENTY TWO THAT AFFECTS JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE STATE PRISON POPULATIONS, INMATE POPULATIONS HAS ALSO CAUSED ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY FOR THOSE JURISDICTIONS. WE RECEIVED FOUR RESPONSES FROM OUR CANVASING AND HAVE TALKED TO VIA EMAIL EACH OF THESE COMPANIES AND THEN HAD ADDITIONAL ZOOM MEETINGS WITH TWO, INCLUDING ARCBRIDGE AND FLO ANALYTICS.
THE OTHER TWO COMPANIES BEAR DEMOGRAPHICS AND ZILLION INFO LLC PROVIDED MINIMAL INFORMATION, NOT A FULL PROPOSAL, IN OUR OPINION, AND IT WAS SOME DATA AS TO WHETHER THEY WERE HAD THE BANDWIDTH AVAILABLE TO TAKE ON AN ADDITIONAL PROJECT AT THIS TIME.
THE BEAR DEMOGRAPHICS PROPOSAL WAS ALSO AT THE HIGH END OF THE PRICES AND COST ESTIMATES THAT WE RECEIVED.
AND SO WE REALLY CAME DOWN TO THE TWO THAT YOU'LL SEE LISTED THERE.
WE THE STAFF, AFTER MEETING WITH EACH OF THESE COMPANIES, DETERMINED THAT FLO ANALYTICS WAS THE MORE QUALIFIED OF THE TWO.
THERE WAS SOME QUESTION ABOUT ARCBRIDGES ABILITY TO DO BUSINESS IN CALIFORNIA.
OUR CITY ATTORNEY NOTICE THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE, THAT THAT CORPORATION DID NOT HAVE A CLEAR CLEARANCE TO DO BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DUE TO SOME SORT OF TAX SITUATION, AND WE REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO PUT OUR TIMELINE AT RISK WAITING FOR THEM TO TO RECTIFY THAT PROBLEM.
SO THAT LEFT US WITH FLO ANALYTICS.
STAFF WAS UNANIMOUSLY IMPRESSED WITH THEIR ZOOM MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH THEM, AND THE PRICING WAS NOT OUT OF LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE HEARING IN THE MARKET.
SO ATTACHED TO THIS ITEM, YOU WILL FIND A STATEMENT OF WORK OR SCOPE OF WORK PROVIDED BY FLO ANALYTICS, ALONG WITH A BASE PRICE AND SOME OPTIONAL TASKS THAT MAY BE NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE ENTIRE REDISTRICTING WORK.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR TESTS, ONE THROUGH FOUR TOTAL, THIRTY THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DOLLARS.
THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS UNDER ITEM 2 A, B AND E.
INCLUDING COMMUNITY OUTREACH, A REDISTRICTING ENGAGEMENT PORTAL AND COMMUNITY BUILDER.
OUR INITIAL THINKING IS WE WILL LIKELY NEED TO USE THE REDISTRICTING ENGAGEMENT PORTAL.
THIS IS A MECHANISM THAT IS ALLUDED TO IN THE LEGISLATION ABOUT REDISTRICTING, THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY AND CAPABILITY OF OF PROPOSING THEIR OWN DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. AND THE CITY OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY OR THE STAFFING TO BUILD A PORTAL FOR THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS TO MANAGE THAT SORT OF THING.
FLO ANALYTICS CAN PROVIDE AN ONLINE TOOL THAT'S SEAMLESS.
IT CAN BE HOSTED OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO TO DRAW THEIR OWN BOUNDARIES AND SEE THE RESULTS OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS THERE.
SO IT IS LIKELY WE WILL BE USING OPTION 2B.
IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT WE'LL BE INTERESTED IN USING OPTION 2A, WHICH IS ADDITIONAL WORK THAT'S AROUND THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND A STRATEGY FOR HELPING OUR STAFF TO DESIGN MEDIA AND ANNOUNCEMENTS AND AND INTERACTIVE INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC TO USE.
IT'S UNLIKELY WE'LL USE THE COMMUNITY BUILDER OPTION.
THIS IS A PRODUCT THAT FLO ANALYTICS OFFERS, BUT GOES BEYOND THE SIMPLE REDISTRICTING TASK AT HAND. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT AT THE AT THE CONCLUSION OF YOUR
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STAFF REPORT, THE FISCAL IMPACT STATES THAT THE BUDGET TRANSFERS WOULD BE USED TO COVER THE BASE IN POTENTIAL ULTIMATE COSTS OF THIS ACTIVITY.WE SHOULD HAVE CONSULTED MY FINANCE DIRECTOR A LITTLE SOONER IN THIS PROCESS.
THERE WILL BE A BUDGET REQUIREMENT OR BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED FOR THIS WORK, AND THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING IS PROPERLY WORDED TO AUTHORIZE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT TO TO ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS ANY OF THESE, THE DETAILS OF THE SCOPE OR QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU, SCOTT. BEFORE WE DO THAT, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK? AND JUST ONE MOMENT, MAYOR.
TAKE YOUR TIME. SO THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE ATTENDEES.
DO WE HAVE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS? THERE ARE NO EMAIL COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS MAYOR PRO TEM PALLARES.
MEMBER GARCIA? UM, NOT TOO MUCH, JUST, TO SAY THANKS TO THE STAFF, LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PROCESS THAT THEY BROUGHT THIS UP.
ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT WE JUST DID THIS FOUR YEARS AGO.
GIVE OR TAKE. THERE SHOULDN'T BE TOO MUCH DRAMATIC CHANGES, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE OPTIONS BEING AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU MEMBER GARCIA, MEMBER MARTINEZ.
THANK YOU. AND I'LL JUST BE BRIEF FOR MY COMMENT, TOO.
I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA.
I DON'T THINK ONE WASCO HAS CHANGED THAT DRAMATICALLY FROM THE TIME THAT WE WENT TO DISTRICTS, AND MAYBE THE CHANGES WILL BE MINIMAL OR NONE AT ALL.
SO. BUT WE'LL FIND OUT SOON ENOUGH BEFORE APRIL.
IF I COULD FOLLOW UP WITH THAT HONORABLE MAYOR.
YES, THE THE TWO THE TWO FACTORS THAT MAY CAUSE A SHIFT IN THE DISTRICT ARE THE RELOCATION OF THE LABOR CAMP POPULATION FROM ONE DISTRICT TO ANOTHER.
AND ALSO THIS AB 2172 REQUIRES THAT RATHER THAN THE INMATE POPULATION BEING ALLOCATED TO THE JURISDICTION WHERE THEY ARE HOUSED, IT REQUIRES THAT THERE THEY ARE ALLOCATED TO THE JURISDICTION THEY LAST RESIDED BEFORE INCARCERATION.
SO THIS WILL REMOVE A LARGE NUMBER FROM DISTRICT ONE, OUR CURRENT DISTRICT ONE, AND SO THE OTHER DISTRICTS WILL NEED TO ADJUST SOMEWHAT.
IT MAY NOT BE RADICAL, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT NUMBER HAS NOT GROWN, SO IT'S A FIXED NUMBER THAT NOW WILL BE DILUTED.
THE REMAINDER OF THE CITY HAS SEEN SOME GROWTH IN ALL THE OTHER DISTRICTS JUST THROUGH NORMAL, NORMAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO I EXPECT TO SEE SOME SHIFTING OUR.
OUR HOPE IS THAT THE DEMOGRAPHER WILL FIND A SOLUTION THAT THAT MOVES THOSE LINES AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, AND SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL GIVE YOU A SECOND MAYOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND SECOND, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL.
AYE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ.
A MOTION BY MAYOR REYNA, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA, TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION WITH THE CHANGES MENTIONED.
MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, ON TOITEM SIX CLOSED SESSION.
[6) CLOSED SESSION:]
I THINK WE ALL NEED TO LOG OFF FROM THIS MEETING AND MOVE ON TO THE INVITATION THAT WE RECEIVED JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO AND THEN COME BACK TO THIS AFTER WE FINISH WITH CLOSED SESSION. IS THAT CORRECT, MADAM CLERK?[00:15:03]
THAT IS CORRECT, MAYOR.THANK YOU. I CAN YES, MADAM CLERK, THERE IS NOTHING TO REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION . AND THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
NO ACTION TAKEN. OK.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.