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          YEAH, I AGREE WITH YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. I WILL NOW CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. 
          [1) CALL TO ORDER]
IT'S 3:03 P.M.. MADAM CLERK, CAN WE PLEASE HAVE THE ROLL CALL? MAYOR SALDANA HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM URENA HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ COUNCIL MEMBER MEDINA HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. RAYA. YES. LET'S DO THE FLAG. 
          SALUTE. SALUTE. PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. 
          ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          VACATION, VACATION. SO YOU GUYS CAN. WE CAN SIT. 
          I'LL MAKE. MEETINGS BEGIN. 
          OPEN. 
          I SUPPOSED TO READ IT ALL? YEAH. YOU BETTER GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC COMMENT
SECTION. 
          THE COMMENT SECTION. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING RIGHT HERE. THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING. THERE WAS
NO SCRIPT PROVIDED, SO IT WAS JUST. YEAH. YOU CAN PROBABLY JUST READ IT. 
          YEAH. IT SAYS RIGHT HERE. JUST GO STRAIGHT TO THE OVERVIEW AND THEN. 
          OVERVIEW. THE REVIEW OF WASCO MISSION AND CORE VALUES. 
          DIRECTLY TO. ITEM NUMBER FOR CITY COUNCIL FINDS. 
          [4.a. City Council finds this action is not a project not a “project” under Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines; City Council 2026 Strategic Planning Session; Goal and Priority Setting Discussion and Direction related thereto.]
THE ACTION IS NOT A PROJECT, NOT A PROJECT UNDER SECTION 15378 OF THE SQL GUIDELINES. 
          CITY COUNCIL. 2026. STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION GOAL AND PRIORITY SETTING,
SETTING, DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION RELATED THERETO. 
          HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THIS IS OUR ANNUAL STRATEGIC MEETING. 
          AND SO AS I SAID IN THE REPORT SUMMARY THE GOAL TONIGHT IS TO GO THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT BY
DEPARTMENT WITH REMINDER OVERVIEW, INFORMATION FOR CHARTS AND SO FORTH. 
          YOU'LL SEE ON THE POWERPOINT. AND TO TALK ABOUT THE,
WHERE WE ARE IN OUR CIP PROJECTS IN A SUMMARY FASHION, AND THEN ALSO TO REVIEW THE PRIORITIES AND GOALS THAT THE COUNCIL
HAS PROVIDED. 
          THOSE HAVE BEEN SUMMARIZED INTO JUST LIKE LAST YEAR AND RANKED BY FREQUENCY OF A
PARTICULAR TOPIC. 
          BUT THEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHIFT THAT LIST BASED ON THE COUNCIL'S CONSENSUS PRIORITY FOR
THOSE DIFFERENT ITEMS. AND THIS AFTERNOON, I SHOULD SAY OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR,
TRACY BLACKMORE, WILL WALK US THROUGH THE SLIDE SHOWS IN GENERAL, AND EACH DIRECTOR WILL TAKE THEIR PORTION AS WE GO. 
          PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS. WE WANT TO TRY TO AVOID SLIPPING INTO PROBLEM
SOLVING DURING THIS MEETING, BUT ABSOLUTELY INTERESTED IN CAPTURING QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT JOHNSON MAY HAVE TO ADD
TO THE FOLLOW UP WORK FOR THE STAFF TO DO. 
          AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE. SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROCESS TO START WITH? NOT FOR ME. HOPEFULLY OUR OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL JOIN US. 
          AND GET STARTED. ALL RIGHT. OKAY I THINK YEP. 
          THIS IS ON. GREAT. SO WE'RE ALREADY ON SLIDE TWO. 
          AND SO SCOTT BRIEFLY, HE JUST WENT OVER THE AGENDA. 
          BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THE MISSION STATEMENT,
CORE VALUES, THE GOALS, THE CALENDAR WHAT WE CALL THE IMPACT CATEGORIES. EVERY, EVERY DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK,
GO OVER THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THIS PAST YEAR, GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR. THEN WE'LL GO OVER THE,
TO OF THE EXERCISE FOR THE HOMEWORK PRIORITIES AND SEE IP AND HAVE THE CLOSING REMARKS. 
          SO THE NEXT PAGE IS THE MISSIONS AND CORE VALUES. 
          NOW THIS IS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM OUR CITY OF WASCO WEBSITE,
AND THAT THE MISSION STATEMENT IS WE ARE COMMITTED TO A PURPOSE GREATER THAN OURSELVES. 
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WHAT WE DO MAKES A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE AND LEAVES A PROUD LEGACY. 
          WE SERVE TOGETHER THROUGH THESE VALUES. AND SO THE CORE VALUES BEING TRUST,
RESPECT, INTEGRITY, TEAMWORK, OWNERSHIP, AND INNOVATION. AND THOSE ARE JUST STRAIGHT FROM OUR WEBSITE. 
          AND I DON'T THINK THOSE HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. 
          THEY MAY HAVE THE GOALS FOR THE THIS PARTICULAR MEETING IS TO ESTABLISH PRIORITIZED AREAS
OF FOCUS TO GUIDE THE COUNCIL AND STAFF IN DEVELOPING THE FISCAL YEAR 2627 BUDGET AND CIP PROGRAM. 
          AND THESE PRIORITIES WILL ALSO HELP US INFORM STAFFING DECISIONS,
DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION AND FACILITY DESIGN. 
          AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE VISION WHILE REMAINING ADAPTABLE TO CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES,
OPPORTUNITIES AND REALITIES. 
          THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST A SLIDE, VERY SIMILAR. 
          I JUST TOOK IT DIRECTLY FROM OUR MID-YEAR REVIEW,
WHICH IS OUR BUDGET TIMELINE. 
          SO TODAY IS THURSDAY, APRIL 30TH, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS MEETING. 
          IF IT GOES LONG, WE'LL MEET AGAIN TOMORROW IF NECESSARY. 
          OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP FOR THE DEPARTMENTS STARTS ON TUESDAY,
MAY 12TH AND CONTINUES ON OR TUESDAY, MAY 12TH AND CONTINUES ON TILL WEDNESDAY IF WE NEED IT,
AND THEN BUDGET ADOPTION ON JUNE 2ND. 
          ANY MODIFICATIONS, IF WE PRESENT ON THE SECOND AND WE NEED TO GO BACK AND CHANGE ANYTHING, WE'LL HAVE BUDGET MODIFICATIONS ON THE 16TH AND THEN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 25 AUDIT IS
CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON. 
          THE NEXT TWO SLIDES, ALSO TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM OUR WEBSITE WERE THE GOALS THAT WERE PUT IN
THE 26 ADOPTED BUDGET. 
          SO THESE WERE THE AGREED UPON GOALS FOR THIS YEAR,
WHICH IS ENHANCED FINANCIAL STABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY. 
          ENHANCE AND MODERNIZE CITY FACILITIES, IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN CITY INFRASTRUCTURE,
IMPLEMENT STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND BECAUSE IT WAS SO LONG, I HAVE IT ON TWO SLIDES. 
          FOLLOWING THE ENHANCED EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT AND RETENTION. 
          DEFINE AND PRIORITIZE COMMUNITY BUILDING INITIATIVES AND PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          SO JUST KEEPING THAT IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND AS WE GO THROUGH THESE POWERPOINT SLIDES. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS QUITE PROBABLY GOING TO BE QUITE SMALL. 
          SO YOU'LL WANT TO LOOK ON YOUR MONITORS FOR THIS,
BUT THIS IS THE OVERALL CITY ORG CHART. 
          FROM THE WASCO RESIDENTS TO THE CITY CLERK TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS,
CITY TREASURER, CITY MANAGER, AND EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT FALL UNDER THE CITY MANAGER BEING THAT FINANCE,
PUBLIC WORKS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
AND WE'RE ALL PRESENT HERE TO GIVE OUR PRESENTATIONS FOR EACH OF OUR DEPARTMENTS. SO THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF OVERVIEW. 
          AND SO FOLLOWING THAT, WE WERE JUST GOING TO GET INTO OUR DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW. 
          IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH THAT NEXT. OKAY. YEAH. 
          THAT WORKS. YOLANDA, CAN YOU JUST MAKE THIS INTO THE PRESENTATION DUE AT THE BOTTOM ON THE
POWERPOINT TO MAKE IT INTO PRESENTATION MODE? YES. THANK YOU. OR F5 DOES IT. 
          ON THE KEYBOARD. THE FUNCTION NUMBER FIVE AT THE TOP. 
          F5. YEP. OKAY. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. 
          PAGE TEN. PAGE TEN. YEAH. SO THE FIRST DEPARTMENT IS THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. SO I'LL CONTINUE SPEAKING. THIS YEAR,
FISCAL YEAR 26 WE HIRED THE ACCOUNTING MANAGER AND MYSELF. 
          THIS IS THE CURRENT ORG CHART. IT'S BEEN LIKE THIS FOR AS LONG AS I KNOW OF. 
          WE DO HAVE SOME VACANT POSITIONS RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A BILLING AND COLLECTION SPECIALIST
WHO WE ARE ACTIVELY HIRING FOR THAT POSITION. 
          THAT POSITION BECAME VACANT BECAUSE THE PERSON IN THAT ROLE MOVED OVER TO OUR ACCOUNTS
PAYABLE PAYROLL SPECIALIST POSITION. 
          SO IT WAS A PROMOTION WITHIN, WHICH IS GREAT,
BUT IT LEAVES THAT POSITION VACANT. 
          SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE HIRING PROCESS. HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY
EXTEND AN OFFER. 
          WE'LL SEE WHAT OUR CANDIDATES ARE LIKE. WE ALSO HAVE AN ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR POSITION
OPEN THAT HAS BEEN OPEN FOR QUITE A WHILE. 
          MAYBE WELL OVER A YEAR. SO YEAH. AND THEN WE HAVE AN ADMIN ASSISTANT POSITION THAT HAS
BEEN VACANT FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 
          SO CURRENTLY AT NINE BUT HAVE POTENTIALLY FOR 12 PEOPLE IN THE DEPARTMENT. 
          THE NEXT TWO SLIDES I TRY TO TO MAKE OVER FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THE INITIATIVES. 
          BUT THE FOCUS FOR 26 WAS STABILIZATION AND TEAM REBUILDING,
GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN PLACE. 
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AND MAKING SURE THAT ROUTINE FUNCTIONS WERE BEING,
WERE BEING DONE. 
          SO I'M JUST, OH, I LOST MY POWERPOINT. SO LOOKING AHEAD AT FISCAL YEAR 27,
THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS REALLY MOVING FROM A PERIOD OF STABILIZATION INTO A ONE FOCUSED ON LONG TERM IMPROVEMENT AND MODERNIZATION. 
          KEY FIRST, A KEY PRIORITY WILL BE COMPLETING THE FISCAL YEAR 25 AUDIT AND MAKING SURE THE
2026 AUDIT STAYS ON TRACK. 
          ALONG WITH THAT, WE WANT TO STRENGTHEN OUR MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY CLOSE PROCESS SO THAT
FINANCIAL REPORTING IS MORE TIMELY, CONSISTENT, RELIABLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SECONDLY,
WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THAT INCLUDES CONTINUING THE ROLLOUT OF THE TIME CLOCK PLUS SYSTEM,
EVALUATING TOOLS LIKE INVOICE CLOUD, WHICH WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE TO EXPAND PAYMENT OPTIONS FOR OUR RESIDENTS,
AND FURTHER LEVERAGING MUNIS THROUGH WORKFLOW AUTOMATION AUTOMATION. 
          A BIG PART OF THIS IS ALSO MAKING SURE WE'RE FULLY UTILIZING THE SYSTEM WE ALREADY HAVE IN
PLACE. 
          AND THIRD, WE'LL CONTINUE STRENGTHENING INTERNAL CONTROLS AND STANDARDIZING PROCEDURES
BOTH WITHIN FINANCE AND ACROSS DEPARTMENTS THAT WE SUPPORT. 
          AND THE GOAL, THE GOAL HERE IS TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY,
ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERALL AUDIT READINESS CITY WIDE. 
          AND FINALLY WE'LL BE INVESTING IN CROSS TRAINING OUR STAFF. 
          THIS HELPS WITH OPERATIONAL COVERAGE TODAY, BUT IT ALSO SUPPORTS LONG,
LONG TERM CONTINUITY AND SUCCESSION PLANNING FOR THE ORGANIZATION. 
          AND OVERALL, THE DIRECTION IS TO BUILD A FINANCE DEPARTMENT THAT IS STABLE,
EFFICIENT, MODERN, AND FULLY EQUIPPED TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S LONG TERM NEEDS. 
          AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AS SOMEONE WHO'S ONLY BEEN HERE WITH THE ORGANIZATION FOR JUST
UNDER TWO MONTHS, THESE PRIORITIES REFLECT BOTH THE PROCESSES,
THE PROGRESS THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE, AND SOME OPPORTUNITIES I'VE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY SINCE JOINING. AND I ALSO SEE THIS AS A CHANCE TO STRENGTHEN THE FOUNDATION NOW IN A WAY
THAT WILL BENEFIT THE CITY FOR FUTURE YEARS TO COME. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE GOALS. ANY ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PART OF IT? I THINK WE'LL PAUSE AT THE END OF EACH DEPARTMENT AND AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS. 
          I WOULD POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE STAFF CHANGES THAT WE HAD IN THE FINANCE
DEPARTMENT BOTH MRS. BLACKMORE AND, AND BLAKEMORE AND ROCIO HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF DIGGING IN,
FIGURING THESE THINGS OUT WITH WITH THE AUDIT IN PROGRESS AND THIS BUDGET PROCESS. THEY'VE,
THEY'VE REALLY DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF CATCHING UP AND KEEPING US ON TRACK. 
          SO VERY PLEASED WITH WHERE WE ARE THERE, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS,
GLAD TO CAPTURE THOSE OR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KIND OF ANSWERED IT, I THINK. 
          SCOTT I WAS LOOKING THROUGH MY NOTES FROM LAST YEAR. 
          LAST YEAR, WE WENT THROUGH THIS EXERCISE A LOT EARLIER IN THE YEAR. 
          RIGHT. SO WHEN IT COMES TO AUDITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT,
I MEAN, ARE WE IN A GOOD PLACE? ARE WE BEHIND OR WHAT IS WE'RE BEHIND. FOR SURE. 
          THERE, THERE WAS, THERE WERE SEVERAL THINGS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN PROGRESS AT THE TIME
OF THE DEPARTURE OF THE PREVIOUS STAFF, AND WE'RE JUST SCRAMBLING TO CATCH THAT UP. SO WE'RE PROBABLY 60 DAYS BEHIND WHERE WE
SHOULD BE. 
          BUT GAINING QUICKLY, AND THE COUNCIL HAD AUTHORIZED THAT OUTSIDE ACCOUNTING RESOURCE TO
HELP STAFF WITH SOME OF THAT. 
          AND WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT, AND THAT'S HELPING AS WELL. 
          OKAY. AND I GUESS AN ADD ON TO THAT WITH THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE VACANT IN THE FINANCE
DEPARTMENT, DOES THAT HINDER ANY OF THIS AUDIT PROCESS? DO WE NEED TO BE LIKE,
SHOULD WE BE WORKING ON THAT OR. 
          I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A POSITION THAT'S BEEN OPEN FOR A YEAR. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN
FOR. 
          YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO HIRE FOR THAT POSITION. 
          YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE TEAM. 
          SO THAT PERSON CAN FOCUS ON MANAGING A COUPLE OF THE STAFF AND TAKING ON SOME KEY ROLES IN
JUST FINANCIAL REPORTING. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. AND I AGREE WITH THAT STRATEGY THAT THAT WAS LEFT VACANT ON PURPOSE
JUST BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION WE HAD. AND I THINK WE'RE IN A MATURITY LEVEL THAT WE CAN MAKE UTILIZATION OF THAT POSITION
NOW. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE COUNCILMAN? GO AHEAD. GREAT. WE WILL MOVE TO KERI. ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. SO THIS IS THE OVERALL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORG CHART. 
          IT HASN'T CHANGED MUCH THIS YEAR. WE STILL HAVE A FROZEN CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL POSITION
AND SENIOR PLANNER POSITION. 
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AND AND THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THAT IS THAT,
AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT BUILDING ANY NEW HOUSING TRACTS. 
          SO WE ARE WHILE WE ARE BUSY IN BUILDING WITH COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT,
WE DON'T HAVE NEW HOUSING TRACTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT I RESERVE THAT EXTRA POSITION IN BUILDING SO THAT WHEN THAT COMES ALONG,
WE'RE ABLE TO, TO STAFF UP AND, AND BE WHERE WE NEED TO BE. I DO ANTICIPATE A POTENTIAL PROMOTION IN
BUILDING. 
          SO THAT THAT POSITION REMAINS THERE AND READY FOR THAT PROMOTION. 
          THE SENIOR PLANNER POSITION WAS PREVIOUSLY. THAT WAS THE POSITION I PREVIOUSLY HELD PART
TIME, AND THEN WHEN I TOOK OVER AS DIRECTOR, WE DID NOT BACKFILL THAT POSITION. 
          SO AGAIN, SHOULD THE DEPARTMENT GET BUSY, WE GET A SEVERAL NEW HOUSING TRACKS IN. 
          ONCE WE HAVE WATER AVAILABILITY, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO FILL THAT POSITION AS WELL. 
          SO AGAIN, NOT MUCH CHANGE THERE. PLANNING. OKAY. 
          SO IN PLANNING ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS YEAR INCLUDED CONTINUED PROCESSING ON COMMERCIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS. 
          WHILE NO SIGNIFICANT NEW RESIDENTIAL, WE HAVE PROCESSED SEVERAL ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS,
RESIDENTIAL ADDITIONS, MODIFICATIONS, THAT SORT OF THING, AND SOME INFILL PROJECTS AS WELL. 
          WE'VE CONTINUED WITH THE MONTHLY COMMUNITY BREAKFAST MEETINGS. 
          I THINK THOSE HAVE BEEN PRODUCTIVE THIS YEAR. 
          OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH COORDINATOR HAS BROUGHT A,
SOME NEW RESOURCES TO THOSE MEETINGS. 
          AND THAT'S, I THINK BEEN HELPFUL AS WELL. WE COMPLETED THE SURPLUS LAND ACT PROCESS FOR
PARCELS OWNED BY THE CITY. 
          THAT'S THE STATE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHEN WE WANT TO SELL ANY CITY OWNED
PROPERTY. 
          SO THE OLD LABOR CAMP IS NOW POSITIONED TO BE ABLE TO BE A LONG TERM LEASE OR,
OR SOLD. 
          WE'VE WORKED WITH FINANCE STAFF. I'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT IN,
IN OUR GOALS ON THE BUSINESS LICENSE PROCESS. 
          SO IF WE MOVE ON TO OUR INITIATIVES AND GOALS FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR,
A BIG PART OF THAT IS GOING TO BE TO WORK WITH OUR NEW FINANCE STAFF TO IMPLEMENT AN ONLINE BUSINESS LICENSE RENEWAL PROCESS. WE THINK THAT WOULD SERVE OUR CUSTOMERS BETTER
AND CERTAINLY STREAMLINE THINGS BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND ALSO WAYS TO STREAMLINE PAYMENT PROCESSING IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SO THAT WE CAN
TAKE PAYMENTS ON OUR SIDE. 
          AGAIN, IN AN ATTEMPT TO BETTER SERVE OUR CUSTOMERS,
WE WANT TO CONTINUE A WEB PRESENCE AND CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT UP TO DATE AND REFRESHED. 
          SAME WITH OUR APPLICATIONS. THESE ARE ALL SORT OF STANDARD THINGS THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK
ON EACH YEAR. 
          WE TRY TO TO LOOK AT OUR APPLICATIONS AND ARE THERE WAYS WE CAN MAKE THEM MORE EFFICIENT? DO WE NEED TO UPDATE ANYTHING BASED ON NEW LAWS? THIS YEAR, WE WILL LOOK TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF WORKING THROUGH THE TASK LIST IDENTIFIED
IN THE CITY'S RECENTLY ADOPTED HOUSING ELEMENT. 
          THERE'S A LONG LIST OF ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TO TO WORK ON BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT HOUSING
ELEMENT CYCLE. 
          SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT THIS YEAR. OUR IMPACT FEE STUDY HAS BEEN KIND OF HANGING OUT
THERE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. 
          BUT WITH TRACY ON MY PLAN IS TO GO THROUGH THAT WITH HER AND GET THAT ADOPTED AND UP TO
DATE. 
          SO OUR IMPACT FEES ARE MORE CURRENT. AND THAT'LL BE TIMELY. 
          AGAIN, WE DON'T, THAT'S NOT SUCH AN ISSUE RIGHT NOW WITHOUT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 
          BUT ONCE WE GET HOUSING BACK ONLINE, THAT'LL BE IMPORTANT. 
          AND THEN ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS, IN AN ATTEMPT TO STREAMLINE THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS A
BIT AND MAKE A LITTLE MORE SENSE OUT OF IT, WE'RE LOOKING TO DEVELOP A STANDARD CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL MATRIX,
WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY JUST A STANDARD TEMPLATE OF CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT WE MAY USE ON A PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH TO HELP DEVELOPERS UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT MAY BE
REQUIRED ON A PROJECT. 
          SO THAT'S A LONGER, LONGER TERM PROJECT THAT I'LL BE WORKING ON WITH PUBLIC WORKS. 
          OTHER OUTSIDE AGENCIES AND MY STAFF, WE ALSO STILL NEED A PLANNING COMMISSIONER. 
          SO THIS IS A PLUG FOR THAT. IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY THAT IS INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE
PLANNING COMMISSION, PLEASE SEND THEM OUR WAY. WE'VE HAD AN OPEN RECRUITMENT ON THAT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW AND
NO TAKERS. 
          SO BEFORE YOU GO ON, YES, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED
THAT THE PROPERTY WHERE THE OLD LABOR CAMP USED TO BE. HAS BETHLEHEM. THE COMPANY THAT DOES THE. 
          CONCRETE FORMS HAVE THEY LEASED THAT? SO IT'S A TWO STEP PROCESS AT LEAST. 
          SO BETHLEHEM NOW, OF COURSE, WAS ACQUIRED BY A COMPANY CALLED KIEWIT. 
          THE BETHLEHEM OPERATION FOR PRESTRESSED CONCRETE HAS BEEN RENAMED TO PINNACLE. 
          SO A LOT OF THE SAME STAFF, SAME MECHANISM AND PROCESSES. 
          BUT THEN KIEWIT IS BRINGING IN SOME ADDITIONAL. 
          THEY'VE BOUGHT PROPERTY ACROSS JAY STREET ON THE EAST SIDE OF JAY STREET,
AND THEY WERE RENTING THE LABOR CAMP PROPERTY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WHILE 
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WE WERE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE SURPLUS LAND ACT PROCESS. 
          THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY INDICATED A STRONG DESIRE TO DO A LEASE TO PURCHASE TYPE OF AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, WHICH THE COUNCIL AND CONCEPT HAD HAD APPROVED. 
          AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME STAFFING CHANGES WITHIN PINNACLE AND KIEWIT,
WHICH IS SORT OF SLOWED THAT DOWN. 
          AND JUST TALKING ABOUT IT TODAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO REENGAGE THEM AND FIND
OUT WHERE THEY STAND. 
          IF THEY NOW HAVE CHANGED THEIR PLANS, THEN WE'LL GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. 
          IF THEY ARE STILL INTERESTED, WE WOULD PURSUE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO BRING IT UP BECAUSE I REMEMBER THAT WE HAD MOVED
FORWARD TO RELEASE IT TO THEM. 
          AND THE RENTAL PART OF THAT HAS NOW CONCLUDED. 
          AND MOVING TO THE NEXT STEP IN REGARDING ONLINE PROCESSES FOR DEVELOPERS. 
          IS IT AN ENTIRELY ONLINE PROCESS OR DO THEY STILL HAVE TO COME TO THE OFFICE AND BRING
SPECIFIC PLANS? OR IT CAN ALL BE DONE ONLINE THROUGH OUR MYGOV PERMITTING SYSTEM. 
          SO YES, IT'S AN ENTIRELY ONLINE PROCESS. SO THAT MAKES IT A LOT MORE EFFICIENT THAN HAVING
TO COME TO THE OFFICE. 
          RIGHT? IT DOES. YES. ALTHOUGH WE'RE STILL AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE,
WE HAVE LOTS OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE ONLINE SYSTEM. 
          SO WE DO SPEND TIME. WE HAVE A KIOSK COMPUTER IN THE FRONT THAT MY STAFF WILL GO HELP WALK
RESIDENTS THROUGH THE ONLINE PROCESS IF THEY NEED HELP WITH IT. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME JUST BRIEFLY, HOW LONG AGO DID WE IMPLEMENT THIS ONLINE? ALL OF IT. ONLINE PROCESS 2019. ALL RIGHT. SO BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN,
YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS. 
          AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT WE DO HAVE THIS,
WHICH MAKES IT A LOT MORE EFFICIENT FOR EVERYONE. 
          YEAH. FORTUITOUSLY, THAT THAT HAPPENED BEFORE COVID. 
          AND WE WERE, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T KNOW COVID WAS COMING,
BUT WE WERE GRATEFUL THAT WE HAD THE ONLINE SYSTEM. 
          THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES THAT WERE QUARANTINING SETS OF PLANS AND
STRANGE THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE EVERYTHING ONLINE, SO IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL FOR US. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE PLANNING? NOT FOR ME. OKAY. OKAY. SO CODE COMPLIANCE. THIS IS OUR CODE COMPLIANCE ORG CHART. 
          ALSO NOT CHANGED IN A YEAR OR TWO. STILL OPERATING WITH ONE LEAD CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER
AND A CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER. 
          ONE AND AN ADMIN ASSISTANT UNDER ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR CODE COMPLIANCE. 
          YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE STANDARD THINGS THAT YOU SEE EVERY YEAR,
THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS AND CASES THAT WE'VE MANAGED WE CONTINUE TO MANAGE SPECIFIC TARGETED ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS COMPLAINT BASED ENFORCEMENT NEW TO THE PARTY THIS YEAR WAS A
LOT OF WORK DONE WITH OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH COORDINATOR. A LOT OF COORDINATION THERE WITH CLEANUPS AND SOME BOARD UPS AND
THAT SORT OF THING. 
          SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK IN COOPERATION WITH THE WASCO PD. 
          KERN COUNTY FIRE, KERN COUNTY HEALTH, OCCASIONALLY CPS,
APS, AND CERTAINLY WITH MANDY AS A HOMELESS OUTREACH COORDINATOR. 
          EVERY YEAR WE CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE THE TWO COMMUNITY CLEANUPS. 
          THE SPRING ONE HAPPENED JUST LAST SATURDAY. WE'LL HAVE A FALL CLEANUP,
I BELIEVE IN OCTOBER. 
          I DON'T HAVE THE DATE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. AND THEN ONE COMMUNITY BIKE RODEO WELLNESS
EVENT THAT I BELIEVE WE'RE TARGETING FOR AUGUST THIS YEAR. 
          AGAIN, THE NECESSARY INSPECTIONS AND FOLLOW UP INSPECTIONS ON OPEN CASES. 
          THE APPEAL PROCESS THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO INTO WHERE CASES,
PEOPLE THAT HAVE, HAVE HAD CITATIONS AND FINES ARE ABLE TO APPEAL THAT. 
          AND THEN FINALLY UNPAID FINES THAT ARE PLACED ON THE PROPERTY TAX ROLLS. 
          SO WE'RE GETTING READY, DID THAT LAST YEAR AND GETTING READY TO GO INTO THAT PROCESS AGAIN
THIS YEAR. THE YEARLY THING BEFORE YOU GO ON, I DO HAVE SOMETHING TO BRING UP AND THAT IS REGARDING EMPTY LOTS. 
          WE HAVE SEVERAL THROUGHOUT WASCO. I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE ONE ON SEVENTH AND
BECKY'S WAS MODE AND NOW, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE EVEN MODE IT EVEN FURTHER AND HAVE KIND OF ROWS OF MATERIAL IN
THE MIDDLE OF THAT FIELD. 
          BUT THEN AS WE LOOK AT HIGHWAY 46 CORRIDOR, WE HAVE SEVERAL LOTS THAT ARE VERY LARGE AND
THAT ARE STILL WITH TALL GRASSES. 
          AT LEAST A COUPLE OF THEM HAVE BEEN MOWED. BUT AGAIN,
THESE ARE NOT JUST AN EYESORE, BUT THEY ARE A FIRE HAZARD. 
          AND I BELIEVE I SAW ON FACEBOOK WHERE SOMEONE YOU KNOW,
A FIRE HAS STARTED NEXT TO THEIR FENCE AND THEY WERE OUT THERE WITH 
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A WATER HOSE TRYING TO, PUT OUT THE FIRE. AND IT HAPPENED ALSO IN SHAFTER. 
          JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR REFERENCE THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN JUST HERE IN WASCO. 
          BUT I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PREVIOUSLY ABOUT MAYBE HAVING A DEADLINE FOR WHEN THESE
GRASSES NEED TO BE MOWED. 
          RIGHT. I THINK WE NEED TO HOLD PEOPLE TO THAT DEADLINE AND THEN JUST SAY,
YOU KNOW, BY A CERTAIN DATE, YOU NEED TO HAVE THOSE GRASSES MOWED BECAUSE ONCE THEY TURN DRY THEY BECOME A FIRE HAZARD. 
          AND SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WE, YOU KNOW,
JUST LIKE WE ENFORCE THE CODE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, WE NEED TO ENFORCE THE CODE THERE AS WELL. AND THEN JUST ESTABLISH A DEADLINE FOR THEM AND
SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO HAVE THIS CRISIS MODE BY THAT TIME,
WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. 
          AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE PAST,
INCLUDING SOME SORT OF A MAILER IN THE WATER BILLS AND THE UTILITY BILLS THAT JUST INDICATE IF YOU HAVE VACANT PROPERTY OR, YOU KNOW,
YOUR ALLEYS, THAT SORT OF THING, THAT BY MAY 1ST OR WHATEVER THE DEADLINE IS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE WEEDS MODE. SO WE'LL WE'LL LOOK AT THAT FOR SURE. 
          MAYBE SOME OF THIS OWNERS ARE EVEN ABSENTEE OWNERS. 
          THEY DON'T LIVE HERE IN WASCO. THEY LIVE. AND THAT'S VERY LIKELY. 
          YEAH. BUT AGAIN, THAT DOES NOT EXEMPT THEM FROM HAVING TO MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTY. 
          SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE MAINTAINING IT TO AVOID AVOID THESE HAZARDS THAT
ACTUALLY BECOME REAL AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER. 
          YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED TO YOU. SO THANK YOU. 
          YES. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY, SO ON TO INITIATIVES FOR THIS YEAR. 
          A COUPLE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES WILL BE ADDRESSING SUBSTANDARD LIVING CONDITIONS. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S ALWAYS A PRIORITY. SO I THINK WE'VE TALKED BEFORE THAT CODE COMPLIANCE
REALLY TRIES TO WORK ON HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES FIRST. 
          RIGHT. THOSE, THOSE HAVE TO BE TOP PRIORITIES. 
          SO SUBSTANDARD LIVING CONDITIONS. WE'RE LOOKING AT RETURNING TO SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER
YEARS AGO WE DID ZONE ENFORCEMENT, WHERE WE'D HAVE ONE OFFICER THAT WOULD ENFORCE A PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHIC AREA FOR A MONTH OR
SO AND WOULD ENFORCE ALL OF THE CODES IN THAT AREA AND THEN MOVE ON TO ANOTHER AREA. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT RETURNING TO THAT METHOD OF ENFORCEMENT AND THEN
KEEPING ONE OFFICER ON FOR COMPLAINT BASED ISSUES. 
          WE WILL ALSO BE WORKING WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. 
          I'M SURE YOU'VE NOTICED WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE OPEN PERMITS THAT ARE TAKING A
LONG TIME TO GET COMPLETED OR BUILDINGS THAT HAVE SAT VACANT. 
          SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND PD ON LIST OF VACANT
PROPERTIES, RED TAGGED PROPERTIES. WE RECENTLY STARTED GIVING OUR RED TAG LIST TO PD SO THAT THEY CAN
GET IT ENTERED INTO THEIR SYSTEM, AND THEIR OFFICERS ARE ABLE TO KNOW WHICH PROPERTIES SHOULD NOT HAVE PEOPLE ON THEM. 
          AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, WORKING WITH MANDY HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF WHAT CODE HAS DONE THIS YEAR
WITH THE HOMELESS OUTREACH PROGRAM. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE THAT. WE'D LIKE TO FURTHER DEVELOP OUR COLLABORATION WITH PD AND PUBLIC
WORKS ON SOME OF THOSE ISSUES WHERE WE HAVE CLEANUPS HAPPENING IN PUBLIC, RIGHT OF WAYS OR IN PUBLIC PLACES. AND THEN THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
WORKING ON ARE FINDING CREATIVE, NEW WAYS TO EDUCATE AND INFORM OUR RESIDENTS ON WHAT OUR CODES ARE AND HOW TO BE A GOOD
NEIGHBOR. 
          HOW TO PARK PROPERLY IN CUL DE SACS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS SO THAT OUR TRASH TRUCKS CAN
GET THROUGH. 
          SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH IT ON THAT TO COME UP WITH SOME,
YOU KNOW, WAYS THAT WE CAN PUT THAT OUT ONTO OUR SOCIAL, IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. AND I'VE GOT THE CODE GUYS THINKING OF,
YOU KNOW, CREATIVE WAYS TO PUT OUT SOME CONTENT THERE THAT WOULD BOTH HOPEFULLY BE FUN AND EDUCATIONAL FOR OUR RESIDENTS. ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED? NO, I LIKE WHAT YOU MENTIONED, BUT I DO WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING. 
          HOW WIDESPREAD IS THE USE OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA? DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA? I DON'T THAT'S PROBABLY A BETTER QUESTION FOR IT. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE ACCOUNT FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT,
ONE ACCOUNT FOR CITY OF WASCO, BOTH ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM. 
          EACH ACCOUNT IS ROLLING AROUND ABOUT A THOUSAND USERS OR FOLLOWERS RIGHT NOW. 
          WE'RE LOOKING INTO EXPANDING THAT. WE'VE ONLY BEEN LIVE WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA FOR UNDER A
YEAR, AND WE, LIKE KERI SAID, WE'RE TRYING TO PUT OUT BOTH INFORMATIVE AND FUN VIDEOS OUT THERE
FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          ESPECIALLY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT WAY OUR RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO SEE THAT THESE
MEN AND WOMEN ARE JUST NORMAL PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE TRYING TO HELP THEM OUT AND KEEP THEM SAFE, AND THAT THEY ARE FRIENDLY AND APPROACHABLE AND ALSO POSTING INFORMATIONAL
STUFF THAT RELATES TO ROAD CLOSURES, CONSTRUCTION, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BOTH ON PD THE. 
          AND ON THE CITY SIDE. AND WE'RE WORKING WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS HERE TODAY TO BE ABLE TO
DO THAT. 
          [00:30:06]
THANK YOU MANNY. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S GOOD. 
          1000 THAT'S NOT SMALL. RIGHT. AND IT'S LIKELY TO GROW. 
          BUT A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. THEY SAY. 
          SO MAYBE BECAUSE EVERYBODY RECEIVES A MAILER,
RIGHT. 
          FOR WITH THEIR BILL YOU WERE MENTIONING ABOUT YOU KNOW,
WHERE TO LOCATE MAYBE THEIR TRASH CANS OR WHATEVER OBSTACLES THE, THE VEHICLE MIGHT ENCOUNTER, MAYBE SHOW THAT AND SEND IT OUT,
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY IS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE CONTINUE TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          I'VE SEEN SOME VERY NICE, VERY CUTE KIND OF POSTS,
YOU KNOW, AND I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          IT HUMANIZES THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THOSE VIDEOS. 
          I SAW ONE ABOUT DUI, I THINK IT WAS SOMEBODY DANGLING THE WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? THE WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? YOUR HANDCUFFS. THE HANDCUFFS. 
          I COULDN'T THINK OF THAT. YEAH, LET'S CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          BUT ALSO, I THINK YOU WOULD GET AN IMMEDIATE BANG FOR OUR BUCK IF WE,
YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE MAILER, SEND THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION AGAIN, BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE IS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          YEAH. AND MR., RIJINO AND COUNCIL. WE DO ALSO POST STORIES LIKE THAT ON OUR NEWSPAPER. 
          WE DO HAVE THE TRIBUNE THAT WE POST THOSE AS WELL. 
          AND ALSO ON OUR LED BOARD THAT WE HAVE OVER AT THE VETERANS PARK RIGHT HERE IN THE CORNER. 
          THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND BEFORE WE GO ON,
ONE MORE THING CODE COMPLIANCE, YOU TOUCHED UPON THAT KERI. 
          AND WE, WE HAVE A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM. YOU'RE AWARE. 
          I KNOW YOU'RE AWARE. WITH VENDORS, SOMETIMES IN LARGE GROUPS SETTING UP ON CENTRAL AVENUE
OFF OF POSO. 
          SO THEY SET UP BOTH ON POSO GOING WEST AND THEN ON CENTRAL AVENUE,
AND YOU CAN FIND ONE AFTER ANOTHER. 
          AND THERE'S A TACO STAND THAT SETS UP ON POSO. 
          AND I KNOW THAT OUR CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE WORKING ON THE WEEKENDS
SOMETIMES, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN THEY'RE WORKING EVENINGS. 
          AND I THINK THAT THESE PEOPLE RELY ON THE FACT THAT NO ONE WILL COME TO,
YOU KNOW, SAY, YOU CAN'T DO THIS. 
          AND THAT'S WHY THEY FEEL SO COMFORTABLE SETTING NOT JUST 1 OR 2,
BUT SEVERAL OF THEM. 
          SO ARE WE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THAT? YES, YES,
YES AND NO. 
          SO THE, THE CENTRAL POSO THAT THE OTHER THING THAT THEY RELY ON IS THAT THEY'RE JUST
OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY LIMITS. 
          THEY'VE LEARNED THAT THE CITY LIMITS LINE IS RIGHT ON CENTRAL. 
          AND SO THEY'RE JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT WHERE WE CAN'T ENFORCE. 
          BUT WE ARE WORKING SOME SOME EVENINGS WE'RE WORKING WITH THE WASCO RECREATION AND PARKS
DISTRICT. 
          THEY'VE ASKED FOR EXTRA HELP AROUND THE LITTLE LEAGUE GAMES AND THE,
AT THE PARKS. 
          SO THEY ARE WORKING SOME EVENINGS RIGHT NOW,
PARTICULARLY TARGETING THOSE AREAS. 
          BUT YES MY SUSPICION IS THOSE AREAS AT CENTRAL AND POSO,
THEY'VE, THEY'RE ALL JUST ON THE OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS. 
          I'VE LEARNED SOMETHING NEW. SO AS YOU CROSS CENTRAL AND YOUR OWN POSO AND YOU MOVE WEST
ON, ON ON ON POSO, THAT IS COUNTY LINE. THAT'S CORRECT. 
          WOW. I DID NOT KNOW THAT. I KNOW THAT THE THE COUNTY LINE IS FURTHER. 
          IF YOU'RE GOING SOUTH. IT'S FURTHER SOUTH FROM FROM FROM POSO. 
          YES. CORRECT. AT CENTRAL. IT RUNS ALONG CENTRAL ON THE. 
          ON THE WEST SIDE OF. ON THE WEST SIDE OF CENTRAL IS OUTSIDE THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          THAT'S COUNTY UNTIL YOU GET TO SEVENTH. SEVENTH IS A LONG FINGER OF CITY OUT TO THE RIGHT. 
          RIGHT. SANITATION PLANT, BUT THEN IT NEXT BACK DOWN TO THE RIGHT OF WAY UP TO 46. 
          RIGHT. AND SO THE, THE OTHER TACO STAND THAT IS SET UP JUST,
JUST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF GROMER SAME THING. 
          SO JUST OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS ON THE OTHER SIDE. 
          SO THEY DO THE OTHER THING THAT CODE DOES THEY WORK WITH COUNTY HEALTH AND THEY DO
QUARTERLY VENDOR SWEEPS. 
          AND WHEN COUNTY HEALTH IS OUT HERE, WE, WE, YOU KNOW,
SHOW THEM WHERE THESE PLACES ARE. 
          AND TYPICALLY WE CAN'T BE INVOLVED IN THE ENFORCEMENT,
BUT WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW. 
          SO I GUESS, CAN ANY ONE OF US I GUESS THE ANSWER IS GOING TO BE YES,
BUT CAN ANY, ANY ONE OF US REPORT THIS ACTIVITY TO THE COUNTY AND SAY, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT IT,
RIGHT? PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN. I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW I DIDN'T KNOW I WE HAD TALKED ABOUT HOW
THESE PEOPLE FIND THE COUNTY AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ALL SIT UP THERE AND THAT'S VERY SMART. I'VE SEEN 5 OR 6 VENDORS. 
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IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE ORCHARD. THEY'RE THEY'RE OFF THE ROAD. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWER. OKAY. ON TO THE BUILDING DIVISION. 
          AS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, WE HAVE A FROZEN CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL POSITION. 
          I WOULD ANTICIPATE FILLING THAT WITH THE PROMOTION,
POTENTIALLY THIS THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND I, AND I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, RAFAEL HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF MANAGING THE BUILDING
DEPARTMENT AS A ONE, REALLY A ONE MAN SHOW WITH YOLANDA AND JESSICA'S HELP IN TERMS OF THE,
THE ADMIN SIDE, BUT HE HANDLES ALL OF THE INSPECTIONS AND YOU KNOW, REVIEWS PLANS THAT COME BACK FROM PLAN CHECK. 
          SO VERY ORGANIZED. MOVING ON TO ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THIS YEAR. 
          AGAIN, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT IS A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD DEPARTMENT. THE PURPOSE IS TO
PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY BY INSPECTING THE, YOU KNOW, INSPECTING PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COMPLY WITH THE BUILDING STANDARDS
AND FIRE CODES. 
          THIS YEAR, WE ADOPTED THE NEW 2025 BUILDING STANDARDS AND FIRE CODE. 
          YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS EVERY THREE YEARS. SO THAT HAPPENED
THIS YEAR. 
          AGAIN, THE REST OF WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS JUST OUR STANDARD. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE INVESTMENT AND VALUATIONS AND AMOUNTS THAT WE PERMITTED THIS YEAR. 
          THE REPORTING, WE HAVE MONTHLY REPORTING THAT YOLANDA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING TO THE
COUNTY AND VARIOUS OTHER AGENCIES KEPT, YOU KNOW, ALL PERMITS ACTIVE AND OPEN AND PERMITTED. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THOSE NUMBERS THERE. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT. 
          NO QUESTIONS. I SAID PRETTY, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. 
          IN TERMS OF INITIATIVES, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO STREAMLINE AND MAKE THE PROCESS
MORE CUSTOMER FRIENDLY. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING EASY ABOUT BUILDING OR DEVELOPING IN CALIFORNIA,
BUT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO TO HELP STREAMLINE THE PROCESS. 
          SO IF WE CAN FIND WAYS TO STREAMLINE THE DIGITAL PERMITTING PROCESS THE OTHER THING THAT
WE'RE WORKING ON IS RECORDS RETENTION AND DIGITIZING SOME OF OUR RECORDS. THAT'S A LONG HAUL PROCESS. WE HAVE RECORDS ALL THE WAY BACK INTO THE
1940S IN SOME CASES. 
          SO WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF QUITE A BIT OF DATA OUT THERE. 
          WE ARE ALSO THIS YEAR UPDATING OUR PRE-APPROVED ADU PLANS. 
          THEY JUST CAME BACK IN FACT FROM UPDATE AND THEY'RE GOING INTO PLAN CHECK NEXT WEEK. 
          SO THOSE WILL BE READY AGAIN WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS FOR DEVELOPERS OR HOMEOWNERS WHO
WANT TO BUILD AN ADU. 
          IT'S REALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. SO IF YOU KNOW OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN
BUILDING AN ADU, IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GET A SET OF PLANS WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY TO HAVE THEM DESIGNED
OR PLAN CHECKED OR SHELF READY. 
          YOU JUST NEED TO SUBMIT A SITE PLAN. SHOW US WHERE YOU WANT TO BUILD IT AND THE PLANS ARE
YOURS. 
          SO TO DATE I THINK WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE PERSON USE THEM. 
          SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE IT AND HOPE TO GET SOME TRACTION WITH IT. 
          A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. KERI YOU MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE RECORDS BACK TO THE 1940S. 
          DO THESE RECORDS, I MEAN, WE HAVE A RECORD RETENTION POLICY. 
          ARE THESE RECORDS REQUIRED TO BE RETAINED THAT FAR BACK? I DON'T HAVE PLANS NECESSARILY BACK TO THE 1940S,
BUT PERMITS I HAVE PERMIT RECORDS. 
          AND THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. BUT YES, I WOULD MAYBE IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE HISTORY ON A
PROPERTY AT TIMES. 
          YEAH. PARTICULARLY WHEN A PROPERTY DOESN'T CHANGE HANDS FOR DECADES,
THEN IT BECOMES AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE DUE DILIGENCE FOR THE BUYER TO SEE. IS THAT PATIO COVER EVER PERMITTED, OR DO I NEED TO GET IT RIGHT? OKAY, THAT MAKES THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. IT JUST SEEMS LONG,
LONG AGO. 
          IT IS A LONG TIME. THEY'RE INTERESTING RECORDS SOMETIMES,
BUT BUT SCOTT'S RIGHT, YOU KNOW, BUYER COMES IN AND WANTS TO KNOW IF SOMETHING WAS PERMITTED. WE CAN GO BACK INTO OUR
RECORDS AND SAY YES OR NO, OR IT'S HARD TO TELL FROM WHAT WE HAVE, BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE PLAN SETS THAT FAR
BACK. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE ON BUILDING? IF NOT, WE'LL GO ON TO OUR NEWEST DIVISION, HOMELESS OUTREACH. 
          AND I DON'T HAVE AN ORG CHART FOR YOU BECAUSE IT'S A ORG CHART OF ONE. 
          SO THE ACCOMPLISHMENT THIS YEAR WAS REALLY JUST ESTABLISHING THE PROGRAM. 
          AS A REMINDER, WE'RE USING THE PLHA PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION FUNDS TO FUND THIS
PROGRAM. 
          IN THE FIRST YEAR, MANDY WAS ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT AND WORK WITH 77 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS,
RANGING FROM FOLKS THAT WERE HOMELESS TO FOLKS THAT CAME UP ON AMTRAK, GOT OFF THE TRAIN AND NEEDED TO GET TURNED AROUND AND BACK TO WHERE
THEY WERE GOING OR ON THEIR WAY TO WHERE THEY WERE GOING. 
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AGAIN, RIGHT NOW, AS OF RIGHT NOW IN THIS, THIS DATA FROM WHEN I DID THIS SLIDE IS
PROBABLY ALREADY OUT OF DATE, BUT WE HAVE 18 ACTIVE CLIENTS, FOUR THAT ARE IN A PROGRAM,
SOBER LIVING OR SKILLED NURSING FOUR THAT ARE INCARCERATED, 20 THAT HAVE KIND OF FALLEN OFF AND ARE INACTIVE RIGHT NOW. 
          16 THAT NO LONGER NEED SERVICE. THEY'RE HOUSED,
SHELTERED, OR THEY WERE HOMEBOUND. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM HOME. AND THEN 15 THAT CAME FROM OUT OF THE AREA WERE AMTRAK OR
ENDED UP HERE SOMEHOW. 
          AND WE WERE ABLE TO HELP THEM KEEP GOING. SO AGAIN,
THAT WAS AS OF A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN THIS SLIDE WAS PUT TOGETHER. 
          WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS. 
          THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO WHAT WE DO BECAUSE AGAIN,
THE GOAL IS NOT TO PROVIDE ANY NEW SERVICES, BUT TO CONNECT OUR FOLKS TO THE SERVICES THAT ARE ALREADY OUT THERE. 
          AND THERE ARE MANY. SO WE CONTINUE TO FIND THOSE,
THOSE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND CONNECT WITH THEM AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY CAN PROVIDE HERE. 
          AND WE STARTED THOSE COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS. AND AGAIN,
WE CONTINUE THOSE INITIATIVES FOR NEXT YEAR INCLUDE CONTINUING TO HOST. 
          WE HOST WEEKLY COLLABORATIVE STREET OUTREACH ON WEDNESDAYS. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE THAT. THAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN PRETTY PRODUCTIVE FOR US. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO FOCUS ON NEXT YEAR IS TO RESEARCH AND GATHER PREVENTION
EDUCATION FOR FOLKS TO HELP PREVENT HOMELESSNESS, RIGHT? IF WE CAN PREVENT PEOPLE FROM ENDING UP THERE,
THEN THAT SAVES SAVES THE WORK OF HAVING TO HELP FIND THEM HOUSING. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MANDY'S ALREADY KIND OF STARTED LOOKING AT,
BUT EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES WILL WORK WITH IT. 
          WE'RE WORKING WITH IT NOW TO TRY TO PUT OUT ANYWHERE. 
          MAN DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF KEEPING HER EYE ON JOB FAIRS AND LOCAL EMPLOYERS THAT ARE
HIRING. 
          AND SO WHEN WE FIND THOSE ADVERTISEMENTS, WE'LL REPOST THEM THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA
CHANNELS AND HOPE TO GAIN SOME TRACTION AND HELP PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY SEE WHERE THERE MIGHT BE JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM. SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS FOR THIS NEXT YEAR. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, JUST COLLABORATING WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO,
YOU KNOW, FIND WAYS TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS WHAT THEY NEED HELP WITH. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? NO, JUST A COMMENT. I THINK THAT OVERALL MANDY IS DOING A GREAT
JOB. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT TAKES MANY CONTACTS WITH INDIVIDUALS FOR THEM TO TRUST YOU AND MAYBE
EVEN MORE TO ACCEPT SERVICES. SO AT LEAST NOW WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS FOCUSED ON THAT PROBLEM AND,
YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIND SOME, SOME SOLUTION BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY WILL NEED THE SAME SOLUTION,
RIGHT? EXACTLY RIGHT. IT'S DIFFERENT FOR EVERY UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL. 
          SO THANK YOU. IT'S A CHALLENGE, BUT SHE DOES A GOOD JOB OF PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, I'LL LET MARIA AND SCOTT CHIME IN IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT SIDE. 
          BUT ACCOMPLISHMENTS EARLY IN 2026 THE COUNCIL. 
          APPROVED AN AGREEMENT WITH CRIS. COM AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN FRUITFUL SO FAR. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM TO LOOK FOR DEVELOPERS AND RETAILERS THAT MIGHT BE
INTERESTED IN WASCO. 
          WE ALSO ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH PLACER AI SOFTWARE TO HELP US WITH LOCATION AND
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS THAT I THINK HAS BEEN USEFUL. 
          WE'LL USE IT SOME MORE AT THE UPCOMING CONFERENCE. 
          AGAIN, STAFF AND COUNCIL ATTENDED ICSC LAST YEAR AND WILL ATTEND AGAIN IN MAY OF THIS
YEAR. 
          SO THOSE OF YOU GOING GET YOUR COMFY WALKING SHOES READY. 
          AND MARIA WORKED HARD TO SECURE FUNDING FOR PHASE TWO OF THE DOWNTOWN SEVENTH STREET
PROJECT. 
          SO THAT'S EXCITING. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THAT STARTED. 
          INITIATIVES AGAIN, WATER IS A BIG ONE. WE'LL CONTINUE TO RESEARCH AND PURSUE ALL AVAILABLE
RESOURCES TO FUND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THAT'S A BIG PIECE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 
          OF COURSE. ATTEND ICSC, BEGIN THE PHASE TWO OF THE SEVENTH STREET PROJECT. 
          I AM GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR A BUDGET FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE ART IN THE DOWNTOWN. 
          THE, THE PHASE TWO PROJECT DOES NOT INCLUDE FUNDING FOR ART. 
          IT'S SPECIFIC THAT WE CANNOT FUND ART WITH THAT. 
          SO PART OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUDGET YOU CAN ANTICIPATE A REQUEST FOR SOME FUNDING
FOR EXPAND OUR ART PROGRAM SOME AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS, WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES TO EDUCATE
THEM ON THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING INVOLVED AND TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THEIR SPACE AND PARTICIPATING IN EVENTS THAT BRING PEOPLE DOWNTOWN. 
          AND THIS IS NOT ON THERE, BUT IT CAME UP TODAY. 
          I HAD A REQUEST TO USE THE PLAZA DOWNTOWN FOR A FATHER DAUGHTER DANCE UPCOMING AND WANTED
TO MENTION THAT TO YOU ALL. 
          THIS WOULD BE OUR FIRST REQUEST, I THINK THAT I DON'T THINK THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN-KIND
SUPPORT OR STAFF SUPPORT NECESSARILY. 
          [00:45:04]
BUT WE'LL HAVE THEM FILL OUT AN APPLICATION AND MAKE THE PLAZA AVAILABLE FOR THAT
COMMUNITY EVENT. 
          SO PROVIDED I'M SEEING HEADS NODDING IN THAT DIRECTION,
I'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          WOW. THAT'S THAT'S NICE DANCING ALFRESCO. YES. 
          YEAH, I LOVE THAT. WELL, TO EXPAND ON WHAT KERI SAID WAS IN DISCUSSING THIS BETWEEN
OURSELVES, WE THOUGHT, IS THIS THIS WILL BE INFREQUENT ENOUGH THAT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT SHOULD
REQUIRE A SPECIAL LOOP TO OR HOOP TO JUMP THROUGH FOR THIS. SO I GUESS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR CONSENSUS TO TODAY FROM
THE COUNCIL IS WE'LL, WE'LL HANDLE THIS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. IF IT'S A GROUP THAT SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT BE
CONTROVERSIAL. 
          OUR PLEDGE IS TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL SO IT CAN BE DISCUSSED A LITTLE MORE FOR A LITTLE
MORE THOROUGHLY. 
          FATHER DAUGHTER DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S GOING TO PROBABLY CAUSE A LOT OF CONTROVERSY. 
          SO YOU KNOW, BUT IF THE CAT JUGGLING CLUB WANTS TO HOLD THEIR,
THEIR EVENT THERE, THEN WE'LL BRING IT TO COUNCIL AND WE CAN. 
          WHAT DO YOU GOT AGAINST CAT JUGGLING? NOTHING AT ALL. 
          BUT SOME OF MY STAFF MIGHT BE OFFENDED. SO ANYWAY. 
          BUT IF THAT SEEMS REASONABLE, THAT'S THE WAY WE'LL HANDLE IT. RATHER THAN MAKE A WHOLE NEW
PROCEDURE AND POLICY OUT OF IT. WE'LL JUST HANDLE IT ON A CASE BY CASE. 
          YEAH, THAT SEEMS LIKE A REASONABLE APPROACH. HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THAT THING? THAT'S AN OLD MOVIE REFERENCE. I WON'T GO INTO IT. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE PLEASED TO SEE THAT SOMEBODY'S THINKING ABOUT USING THAT SPACE THE WAY
WE HAD HOPED TO SEE IT USED. 
          SO I'M I LOVE IT. I THINK IT'S GREAT. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT HAPPEN. 
          AGAIN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT BRING PEOPLE TO THE DOWNTOWN AND,
AND BRING PEOPLE TO WASCO. 
          I THINK THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE IMPORTANT. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AS WELL. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, WORKING WITH CHRIS. COM TO RECRUIT DEVELOPERS,
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN IS WE'D LIKE TO, TO FIND A DEVELOPER WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN TAKING SOME OF THE PROPERTY AROUND WALMART
AND REALLY DEVELOPING IT OUT. 
          AND OF COURSE, THE OLD KMART, THE OLD RITE AID. SO THOSE,
THOSE ARE ALWAYS IN THE FRONT OF OUR MINDS WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND I. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT WE ARE SEEING,
YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY SIGN ON THE LINE AND START DIGGING, BUT WE'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO A WHOLE DIFFERENT ORBIT OF DEVELOPERS AND EVEN HOMEBUILDERS AND
FOLKS LIKE THAT. 
          THAT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO LOCATE AND BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE. 
          SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LEAPFROG AND HAD AT LEAST ONE MEETING A MONTH WITH A NEW GROUP OR
INDIVIDUAL THAT DOES THIS SORT OF THING, AND AT LEAST THEY KNOW WHERE WASCO IS, WHAT'S AVAILABLE,
AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CIRCLE OF ASSOCIATES. 
          SO WE FEEL PRETTY HOPEFUL THAT AND ENCOURAGE THAT THE WORD IS GETTING OUT AND WE'LL
STUMBLE ACROSS THE RIGHT PEOPLE SOONER THAN LATER. I HAVE A QUESTION KERI ON, ON WHAT BENEFITS HAVE WE SEEN FROM THE PLACE,
RIGHT? AI AS SEEN RIGHT HERE. AND WHAT BENEFITS HAVE WE GOTTEN FROM A PLACE WHERE AI. 
          SO PLACER PROVIDES US WITH DATA ON ACTIVITY IN AND OUT OF WASCO. 
          WE'RE ABLE TO GENERATE REPORTS THAT SHOW THE TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF WALMART,
SAY, OR TRAFFIC COUNTS. 
          SO WHEN WE GO TO CSC, WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL PUT TOGETHER A A HANDOUT THAT WILL HAVE
ALL OF THAT DATA ON THERE. 
          BUT WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO, ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS,
ANALYZE SPECIFIC TYPES OF USES. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE COULD SAY, OH, WE THINK A CHILI'S WOULD DO REALLY WELL IN WASCO FOR AS
A, AS AN EXAMPLE, WE CAN LOOK AT THE CLOSEST ONE. 
          HOW MANY PEOPLE FROM WASCO ARE FREQUENTING THAT LOCATION? WE CAN RUN THOSE THAT TYPE OF ANALYSIS. SO IT IS HELPFUL. 
          IT'S, IT'S SUPER POWERFUL AND I STILL HAVE A LOT TO LEARN ABOUT IT,
BUT IT, WE CAN'T RUN THAT TYPE OF ANALYSIS TO HELP, TO HELP SOMEBODY UNDERSTAND HOW, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF USE MIGHT WORK HERE IN WASCO OR
WHY? WHY IT MIGHT MIGHT WORK. ALL RIGHT. MAY I ASK A FOLLOW UP QUESTION? YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. AND I REMEMBER WHEN WE SAW THIS SHOWN AT
ICSE. 
          I REMEMBER NOW THAT OUR STAFF WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS DATA. 
          RIGHT. AND YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT. 
          YOU'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE FINDING IT USEFUL,
RIGHT? IS THERE A BIG LEARNING CURVE FOR ACCESSING THIS DATA? IT IS. IT'S DEFINITELY A LEARNING CURVE. IT IS,
BUT WE HAVE THE SUPPORT THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING IS, 
          [00:50:01]
IS GREAT. I CAN CALL ANY TIME AND SAY, HEY, I NEED HELP RUNNING THIS REPORT. 
          THIS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO. CAN YOU REMIND ME ALL THE PLACES I NEED TO CLICK TO GET
THERE? RIGHT. IT IS A BIT OF A LEARNING CURVE, BUT IT'S A,
IT'S AN INTERESTING TOOL. 
          IT'S, I THINK IT'S HELPFUL IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT,
WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITY IS HAPPENING HERE AND WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITY ISN'T HAPPENING WHERE WHERE WE'RE LEAKING, RIGHT? WHERE WE'RE LEAKING TO OTHER MARKETS. 
          YEAH. I IMAGINE IT WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME LIKE MUSCLE MEMORY,
RIGHT? I HOPE SO. YES. I REMEMBER HIS PRESENTATION WHEN WE SAW THE PRESENTATION THAT WE SAW WAS
VERY IMPRESSIVE. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. AND WE'VE WE DO THE VENDOR DOES SET UP A REGULAR TRAINING SESSIONS AND
EXERCISE SESSIONS. 
          AND, AND THEY'RE NOT REALLY PRESCRIPTIVE. WE'LL GET ON THE PHONE WITH ONE OF THE VENDORS
EXPERTS AND SAY, WE'RE CURIOUS ABOUT THIS. HOW DO YOU USE YOUR TOOL TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION? AND I THINK KERI TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT. HOPEFULLY NOT CAUSING ANY PROBLEMS,
BUT WE, WE CAN RUN A REPORT THAT SAYS HOW MANY PEOPLE COME TO THIS STORE IN WASCO FROM WHERE,
AND IT'S NOT BY NAME OR ANYTHING, BUT CREATE A HEAT MAP AND FOLKS WILL COME TO AN ESTABLISHMENT IN WASCO FROM A NEARBY TOWN INSTEAD OF USING THAT SAME ESTABLISHMENT IN
THEIR TOWN. 
          SO IS THIS LIKE, DOES IT COLLECT THE DATA WHEN YOU PUT LIKE,
DO NOT TRACK IN GOOGLE MAPS? IS THAT HOW THEY'RE OBTAINING THIS? THEY FOCUS JUST ON THE FOLKS THAT OPT OUT. 
          YEAH. NO, IT'S, IT'S A COMBINATION OF, OF CELLULAR DATA PRIMARILY,
BUT THEY HAVE OTHER, OTHER MEANS OF COLLECTING DATA AND TO DEBIT. YEAH, THEY, THEY HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH DEBIT CARDS. 
          AGAIN, IT'S NON-PERSONALIZED, BUT IT AGGREGATES IT AND PROBABLY TO THE ZIP CODE AT LEAST. 
          THE OTHER THING WE'RE ABLE TO DO IS PUT WHAT THEY CALL A TRAFFIC PIN JUST PLACED ANYWHERE. 
          AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF TRAFFIC PINS DOWNTOWN ON 46 TO SEE,
YOU KNOW, WHO'S GOING EASTBOUND WESTBOUND. 
          BUT WE ALSO PUT ONE IN PASO ROBLES. AND SO NOW WE CAN SEE WHO PASSED OUR TRAFFIC PIN AND
THE PASO ROBLES ONE. 
          AND WE CAN SEE HOW MANY FOLKS ARE USING 46 AS THEIR METHOD OF GETTING TO AND FROM THE
COAST. 
          SO THESE WOULD BE NONRESIDENTS COMING FROM SOMEWHERE. 
          AND, AND THE ONES THAT PASSED THE WASCO PIN,
WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? AND SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET OUR BRAINS AROUND. 
          WELL, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AND WHAT IS IT USEFUL. 
          BUT THAT KIND OF TOOL, I THINK IS IMPORTANT WHEN WE START TELLING A STORY TO A POTENTIAL
DEVELOPERS. 
          YOU'RE NOT JUST RELYING ON THE 25000 PEOPLE HERE IN OUR CITY LIMITS. 
          THERE ARE THESE EXTRA BODIES, TENS OF THOUSANDS OR 100,000 THAT PASS THROUGH HERE ON THEIR
WAY SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THEIR POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS FOR YOU. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE THE POTENTIAL FOR THAT TECHNOLOGY IS LIMITLESS. 
          I REMEMBER HE TOLD US, ASK, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW? AND YOU KNOW, HE HE CAN BRING IT UP, RIGHT? SO THAT'S EXCELLENT. 
          KEEP WORKING AT IT. THANK YOU. I WILL. AND I THINK. 
          IT'S ME. ALL RIGHT. SO YEAH, HERE WE GO. SO PUBLIC WORKS,
THERE'S OUR ORG CHART THERE. 
          AND WE DO HAVE TWO POSITIONS VACANT, ONE SANITATION SUPERINTENDENT. 
          AND THAT ONE IS PROPOSED TO HOPEFULLY PROMOTE IT WITHIN HOUSE. 
          AND THEN THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR POSITION AS WELL,
NOT TO PROMOTE IN-HOUSE UNLESS IT COMES ABOUT, BUT THAT ONE'S JUST ON HOLD AS WELL. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO WATER. 
          SO WATER ACCOMPLISHMENTS, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM. 
          I'LL PICK ABOUT THREE OR SO MORE. CONSTRUCTION OF WELL,
13 STORAGE TANK IS 95% EXECUTE EXECUTED STATE REVOLVING FUND GRANT FOR THE CITY'S WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. 
          AND THAT'S WITH THE FOUR WELLS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS LOEWENSTEIN HOUSE UTILITY. WELL,
I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS THAT? UTILITY HOUSE RATE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. FOR THE WATER ENTERPRISE AS WELL. 
          THIS IS THROUGH THAT WATER. SYSTEM THAT WAS PURCHASED LAST YEAR INITIATIVES THROUGH WATER
WAS PLACE NUMBER. 
          WE NEEDED PLACE NUMBER 13, BOOSTER PUMPS, THE TANK SYSTEM ONLINE CONTINUE TO REPLACE AND
REHABILITATE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND FINALIZE AS WELL. PHASE OF THE SRF WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WHICH STARTED THIS
WEEK. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON WATER SO FAR? YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH TOO FAST. 
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I HAVE A FEW, FEW SLIDES. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. SO WE GOT THIS GRANT,
RIGHT? YES. WHICH IS A WHAT'S THE TERM? REIMBURSEMENT. 
          CORRECT. GRANT AND YOU MENTIONED WE'RE LOOKING TO BUILD THE FOUR WELLS,
RIGHT. 
          CORRECT. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, ARE THESE FOUR WELLS SLATED TO BE BUILT THIS OR DRILL THIS YEAR? NO, NOT ALL FOUR. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THE FIRST IS THE TEST LIKE A
PILOT. 
          WELL TESTING. SO FOUR OF THOSE WILL BE DRILLED THIS YEAR. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS STARTING TO DRILL THERE ON CENTRAL AND CENTRAL IN THAT CORNER. 
          THEN THE NEXT ONE WILL BE AT SIX AND NO NINTH AND J LOCATION. 
          THEN AFTER THAT COMPLETED, THOSE FOUR TEST WELLS ARE COMPLETE. 
          THEN THE INITIATIVES START DRILLING THE WELL,
WHICH WILL GO BACK TO WELL 15 WITH CENTRAL IN POSO. 
          SO YEAH, IT'S A PROCESS. IT'S A LENGTHY PROCESS,
UNFORTUNATELY. 
          BUT THE PROCESS THAT PROBABLY THE LONGEST WAS,
YOU KNOW, GETTING THE FUNDING. 
          SO NOW IT'S JUST TACKLING IT. YEAH. OVER FOUR YEARS. 
          YES. VERY GOOD. NO, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT JUST ASKING FOR MYSELF,
BUT FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL. 
          SURE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. SO I DON'T THINK WE NEEDED THAT ONE UNLESS YOU WANT TO BREAK IT DOWN. THAT'S JUST A COMPLETE IT'S JUST A BREAKDOWN PER
DIVISION. 
          UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO BREAK IT DOWN. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED THAT. 
          YEAH, I DIDN'T THINK SO. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO WASTEWATER. 
          SO WASTEWATER ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE GATE VALVES AND THE EFFLUENT
EFFLUENT DISPOSAL SYSTEM, WHICH THAT'S OUR IRRIGATION. THAT'S OUR TREATED EFFLUENT GOING OUT TO THE FARMER. 
          SO A LOT OF THOSE VOWS ARE AGING WHERE YOU CAN'T CLOSE THEM OR,
YOU KNOW, DO ANYTHING WITH THEM. 
          SO STAFF IN-HOUSE DID A LOT OF IT, SAVING A LOT OF MONEY. 
          SO PROUD OF THOSE GUYS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO,
TO, TO ADDRESS THOSE AREAS OUT THERE FOR THE FARMER AND HAVING OUR BEING IN COMPLIANCE IN REALITY. SO THE NEXT ACCOMPLISHMENT, ACCOMPLISHMENT,
EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FACILITATE OPERATOR ADVANCEMENTS AMONG STAFF. 
          SO AND WASTEWATER, I BELIEVE TWO OF OUR, WELL,
THREE OF OUR GUYS OUT THERE ALREADY ADVANCED TO, TO THE ONE, TWO AND THREE GRADES. YOU CAN GO UP TILL FIVE. 
          SO IN-HOUSE, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN DOING, YOU KNOW,
A LOT OF STUDYING YOU KNOW, WE, WE GET THEM, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR TEXTBOOKS THAT THEY NEED THEY PUT A LOT OF IT. 
          THEY NEED HELP. FLORES, WHICH IS A SUPERVISOR OUT THERE,
OR ALBERTO, WHICH IS A, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR WILL ASSIST THEM IN DOING SOME OF THE MATH WORK THERE. SO AGAIN, JUST ENCOURAGING STAFF TO,
HEY, STAY ON TRACK IF YOU NEED YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, ANYTHING, THEN WE'LL GIVE THEM HOMEWORK, THEY'LL TAKE OFF WITH IT,
COME BACK WITH IT. AND IF THEY NEED HELP, WE'LL ADDRESS IT IN THE MORNINGS. SO IT'S PRETTY GOOD. SO ZERO SANITARY OVERFLOWS DUE TO OUT OF THE SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM UPKEEP. 
          AGAIN, THAT GOES BACK TO THE BACK. SO WE HAVE TWO GUYS THAT GO DAILY. 
          WE HAVE, THEY HAVE A ROUTE, THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW,
WHAT WE CALL HOTSPOTS. 
          THOSE HOTSPOTS ARE ADDRESSED AND ANY AREAS WHERE,
WHERE, YOU KNOW, FLOWS MAY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE EXCESS AMOUNT OF FLOWS. 
          THEY HAVE A LOT OF GREASE BUILD UP. SO THEY HAVE THOSE LOCATIONS LOCKED DOWN PRETTY GOOD. 
          WITH THAT MAINTENANCE THERE, ZERO OVERFLOWS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          SO THE STATE RECOGNIZES THAT AND WE'RE IN GOOD STANDING. 
          I DO WANT TO ASK YOU BRIEFLY ABOUT GREASE BUILDUP NOW,
RESTAURANTS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DUMPING GREASE INTO THE SEWER. 
          CORRECT. ARE SOME OF THEM VIOLATING THAT? IS THAT WHY WE'RE FINDING GREASE IN THE SEWERS? NO. SO GREASE, EITHER WAY STILL GETS THROUGH MOST OF THE. 
          IF YOU PRODUCE ANY TYPE OF GREASE LIKE RESTAURANTS,
THEY HAVE AN INTERCEPTOR INSTALLED IN THEM. 
          SO IT HOLDS MOST OF THE GREASE THERE. SOME STILL GETS BY,
YOU KNOW, HOUSEHOLD GREASE. 
          WE DON'T HAVE INTERCEPTORS THERE OR GREASE TRAP. 
          SO WE ARE PRODUCERS OF GREASE AS WELL. SO IT JUST GETS THROUGH. 
          EVENTUALLY THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. I SEE THEM OUT THERE ALL THE TIME. 
          YEP. THANK YOU. YES. SO INITIATIVES OVERHAUL PIPING EFFLUENT DISPOSAL SYSTEM. 
          THAT'S THE ONE I JUST TALKED ABOUT FOR IRRIGATION AND STORAGE PONDS OUT AT THE WASTEWATER
FACILITY AND CONTINUE TO OPERATE CONTINUE OPERATOR DEVELOPMENT TO ENCOURAGE RETENTION. AND THIS IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. 
          SAME THING IS, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE OUR STAFF SAY,
HEY, IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, WE'RE HERE TO HELP TO TO GET YOU THROUGH THIS AND BECOME AN 
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OPERATOR AND RETENTION AS WELL. WE, WE FOR PROMOTION SAY,
HEY, YOU PASS YOUR GRADE ONE, LET'S GO. 
          LET'S LOOK FORWARD. HEY, START ON THE NEXT BOOK. LET'S GET A GRADE TWO. AND,
YOU KNOW, JUST ENCOURAGE THEM ON THAT LEVEL. 
          AND THEN INITIATIVES CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL
BOARD. 
          THEN WE CAN SKIP THAT AND GO TO THE NEXT ONE. 
          SO TO SANITATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS PURCHASE NEW RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE TRUCK. 
          AND THAT AGAIN, HELPS US OUT WITH YOU KNOW, BEING EFFICIENT,
YOU KNOW OUR, MOST OF OUR EQUIPMENT'S AGING, SO IT SLOWS US DOWN GETTING NEW SERVICE TRUCK CONTINUE ROUTES,
COMPLETING THEM QUICKER. 
          SO ENSURING BUSINESS COMPLIANCE THROUGH BUSINESS LICENSE RENEWAL REVIEW. 
          WHAT WE DID HERE IS WE COLLIDE WITH FINANCE AND KERI DEPARTMENT AND YOU KNOW,
THROUGH, THROUGH THE PERMITTING. 
          WHAT WE DID WAS REVIEW WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO RENEW THEIR LICENSE. 
          THAT ALSO COMES THROUGH US AS WELL TO PUBLIC WORKS TO REVIEW,
SEE IF THEY'RE COMPLIANCE OR THEY'RE MISSING SOMETHING BEFORE THEIR LICENSE WAS ISSUED. 
          A LOT OF IT IS BLUE CARD RECYCLING. SO EVERYONE'S MANDATED TO RECYCLE. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT HELPED US OUT TO,
TO TRACK WHO WAS NOT IN COMPLIANCE IN RECYCLING. 
          AND SO THE OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT, CITIZENS IN GOOD STANDING AFTER REVIEW SITE VISIT THE
SITE VISIT HAPPENED ON APRIL 22ND. 
          WE WENT AROUND TOWN, VISIT A SCHOOL. WE MET WITH THEM. 
          OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE INITIATED ARE ROLLED OUT,
AND WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH CALRECYCLE. 
          INITIATIVES REPLACING OLD WELL, WE'RE REPLACING OUR AGING FLEET,
WHICH IS THE TRUCK SWEEPERS AND ROLL OFFS. 
          AND CONTINUE JUST SB 1380 COMPLIANCE THROUGH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. 
          AND OUR STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB DOING OUTREACH,
GOING THROUGH A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS EVENTS. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE THE PARADES AND EVENTS WE HAVE,
THEY'RE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON RECYCLING. 
          OKAY. SO THEN IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT,
ON RECYCLING ARE WE IN COMPLIANCE? WE ARE, ARE PEOPLE RECYCLING ENOUGH? YES, WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE. 
          OKAY, THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. AND THAT I WOULD ADD THAT THAT CAL CYCLE REVIEW CAN BE. 
          OR TO USE THE WORD CAREFULLY. YES. INTRUSIVE AND AND EXHAUSTIVE AND AND SO,
SO NO SMALL FEAT TO GO THROUGH THAT REVIEW AND COME OUT WITH NO VIOLATIONS. DOES IT INCLUDE LIKE,
DO THEY LOOK AT HOW MUCH YOU'RE COLLECTING FROM THE RECYCLABLE BLUE BIN? THEY DO. AND THAT'S REPORTED ANNUALLY ONLINE. 
          AND THEY ALSO, ONCE THEY DO THEIR REVIEW ON THAT END,
THEY THEN GIVE US THEIR COMMENTS AND SAID, HEY, DO YOU HAVE THIS? YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A REVIEW OF IT. 
          SO FAR SO GOOD. NO COMPLAINTS THERE. BUT YES,
EVERYTHING'S REPORTED. 
          ANYTHING THAT'S HAULED TO THE LANDFILL WHETHER IT BE TIRES,
WHATEVER IT IS, EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING RECYCLED GETS REPORTED ON THAT ANNUAL REPORT. 
          DOES IT INCLUDE THE GREEN WASTE TOO? IT DOES. 
          OKAY. WELL, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. YOU KNOW,
WE ARE PASSING THIS THAT KUDOS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO GET US THERE. 
          AND NOW EVIDENTLY, WE'RE DOING WELL. YES. AND THAT GOES BACK TO EDUCATION OUTREACH. 
          YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, OUR STAFF DOES GREAT GOING,
PUTTING, PUTTING IT OUT THERE. 
          WHEN ANY EVENT COMES UP AND STARTS, YOU KNOW,
WITH THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND YOU TEACH THEM, YOU KNOW, THE GUYS ARE PRETTY GOOD ABOUT HAVING A GAME THERE. 
          AND TELL THEM, WHERE DOES THIS GO? YOU KNOW,
WHERE DOES THIS COME GO? AND, YOU KNOW, YOU EDUCATE THEM THERE. THEY TAKE THAT HOME AND THEY SEPARATE IT AT HOME. 
          CAN I GO TO THOSE EVENTS? I SOMETIMES DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PUT IT. 
          SURE. ANY OTHER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO STREETS. SO STREETS HAVE REPLACED 500FT OF SIDEWALK IN HOUSE TO ENHANCE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. 
          SO I KNOW WE JUST ROLLED OUT THAT PROGRAM, WHICH IS GOING TO GET STARTED NEXT WEEK ON
TUESDAY. 
          YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE WORK ALREADY ON SOME OF THE AREAS FIFTH STREET STARTING
TUESDAY WITH THAT PROGRAM. 
          BUT IN HOUSE IS WE HAVE A COUPLE OF GUYS THAT ARE PRETTY GOOD AT CONCRETE WORK. 
          ONE OF ONE OF THEM WE HIRED LAST YEAR SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT THEN TRAINS IN-HOUSE,
THE REST OF THE STAFF AS WELL. 
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AND ANY TRIP HAZARDS, ANY PANELS THAT ARE LIFTED WITH TREES DO THE SAME THING. 
          JUST KNOCK THEM OUT, REPOUR THEM AND IT SAVES A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY 36 TONS OF ASPHALT
TO REPAIR AND REHABILITATE EXISTING ROADS AND STAFF UTILIZING ZIPPER, THE ZIPPER, ASPHALT ZIPPER TO GRIND HALF A MILE OF ASPHALT FOR
THE SUMMER PROJECT, WHICH THAT'S THE PROJECT THAT'S ONGOING RIGHT NOW. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, ONLY THE FIRST CAP WAS WAS DONE. 
          IT GOT PUSHED BACK. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED TODAY. THEY'RE COMING TOMORROW MORNING
TO FINISH. BUT THE ASPHALT ZIPPER WAS THE ONE THAT THAT GRINDED ALL THAT AREA OUT. 
          WE ALSO DID A COUPLE OTHER LOCATIONS IN SOME OF THE ALLEYS,
BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE UTILIZING THAT ASPHALT ZIPPER THROUGH THE REAP 2.0 PROJECT ON THE STREET ON THE ALLEYS, WHICH IS COMING UP PRETTY QUICK,
AM I? I MAY JUMP AHEAD OF MYSELF, BUT IT'S IT'S GOING TO GO OUT TO BID IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
WEEKS. 
          WELL, I MEAN, I WILL SAY I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE I DID PUT THAT INTO MY
GOALS. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF ALLEYS THAT ARE NOT ONLY AN EYESORE,
BUT ALSO A HAZARD, YOU KNOW, A LAWSUIT WAITING TO HAPPEN FOR US BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOME DEEP, DEEP POTHOLES. 
          AND I KNOW WE HAVE THE ZIPPER AND IT DOES A WONDERFUL JOB. 
          SO I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WE'RE EMBARKING ON THIS PROGRAM. 
          YEAH, IT DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB. WE'LL WE'LL BE UTILIZING IT A WHOLE LOT MORE THIS YEAR
FOR SURE. 
          GREAT TO HEAR. THANK YOU. SO INITIATIVES FOR FOR STREETS WILL BE STRIPING THE CITY
ROADWAYS ALONG WITH BIKE LANES. 
          WE ANTICIPATE PUTTING OUT A BID. OF THIS UPCOMING YEAR,
FISCAL YEAR FOR IT. 
          SO LOOK OUT FOR THAT. THAT THAT'LL BE GOOD. YOU DRIVE AROUND A LOT OF THE ROADS. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FADED. BIKE LANES ARE FADED BY THE SCHOOLS. 
          SO THOSE NEED TO BE TOUCHED UP AND INSTALL NEW INSTALL NEW LIGHTING ON G STREET. 
          SO CURRENTLY THAT BORING IS COMPLETE. SO CONDUIT IN IS IN ELECTRICAL. 
          THE WIRING ARE GOING NEXT. AND THEN AFTER THAT'S COMPLETE OUR CITY CREWS WILL COME IN,
INSTALL THE LIGHTS AND CONNECT AND BE DONE. 
          SO AGAIN, UTILIZING OUR CITY STAFF TO CUT COSTS AND,
YOU KNOW, TRAIN A LOT OF THE GUYS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TO DO ANY OF THAT TYPE OF WORK. ALL RIGHT. THEN WE MOVE ON TO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THERE,
IF NO QUESTIONS, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ENGINEERING. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO ENGINEERING ACCOMPLISHMENT, ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 
          COMPLETED TEN IN-HOUSE DESIGNS ESTIMATED TO HAVE COST 500,000 HAVE THEN BEEN CONTRACTED. 
          HAD THEY BEEN CONTRACTED OUT, PERFORMED IN-HOUSE TOPOGRAPHICAL AND CONSTRUCTION STAKING
SURVEYS FOR SIX PROJECTS, SAVING AN ESTIMATED 7000. ADDED A PROJECT COORDINATOR AND PROJECT MANAGER TO THE TEAM. 
          INITIATIVES. GET A JUMP START ON PHASE TWO OF DOWNTOWN PROJECT ONCE AGREEMENTS ARE
EXECUTED. 
          I BELIEVE KERI TOUCHED ON THIS. YES, WE REALLY WANT TO GO AFTER THAT. 
          ONCE EVERYTHING'S EXECUTED, WE'RE. WE'RE READY TO START THAT PROJECT. 
          SO AND THEN OTHER INITIATIVES DEVELOP WORKFLOW WITH NEW STAFF TO STREAMLINE PROJECT
DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION. SO MENTIONING THAT WE,
WE JUST RECENTLY HIRED ONE WAS IN-HOUSE PROMOTION, WHICH IS A PROJECT COORDINATOR. AND THE NEW HIRE RECENTLY,
A COUPLE MONTHS WAS STELLAR, WHICH IS PROJECTS MANAGER. 
          AND ONCE, ONCE THEY, SHE CAME IN IT WAS AMAZING. 
          JUST HIT THE GROUND HARD. AND SHE'S BEEN TAKING A LOT OF PROJECTS. 
          SHE'S ACTUALLY THE ONE ON THE PROJECT NOW ALONG WITH OTHER PROJECTS,
WHICH ALLEVIATES, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY ENGINEER TO FOCUS ON OTHER AND DESIGN. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE IN-HOUSE DESIGNS IS COMING,
WHICH IS SAVING A LOT OF MONEY AND TIME. 
          SO THE IN-HOUSE DESIGNS THAT EXPENDITURE THAT WE SAVED WAS BECAUSE OF INTERNAL PROMOTIONS, RIGHT? CORRECT. THAT'S GOOD. YEP. OKAY. NO QUESTIONS ON THAT. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL HIT ANIMAL CONTROL NEXT. 
          SO ANIMAL CONTROL COUNCILWOMAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS CONTINUE PROVIDING SNIP EVENTS TO THE
COMMUNITY, WHICH FRIDAY THE 24TH WAS THE LAST ONE WITH OUR OUR CURRENT GRANT,
WHICH WAS A THREE YEAR GRANT. 
          SO THAT ENDED ON THE 24TH. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO,
TO SEEK OTHER GRANTS FOR THIS, TO PROMOTE THIS. BUT THAT ONE HAS ENDED. AND NOW I SHOULD HAVE A REPORT OVER THE THREE
YEARS, HOPEFULLY FOR FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING, I'LL HAVE A REPORT THEN. 
          IF WE GET ALL THE NUMBERS BACK TOGETHER, I'LL REPORT OUT ON THAT. 
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WE DID INITIATE A NEW FOSTER CARE PROGRAM, WHICH IS HASN'T BEEN TOO SUCCESSFUL,
BUT WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO DOGS OUT ON FOSTER AND ONE CAT. 
          SO IT'S A FOSTER PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN ROLLED OUT. 
          IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO FOSTER AN ANIMAL THAT WOULD HELP US OUT,
I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE STAGE FOR IT, BUT IT'S IN SOME SAYING IT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL PROVIDE,
YOU KNOW, FOOD THE BOWLS HOUSE, A CRATE. 
          ALL THIS COMES WITH FOSTERING AN ANIMAL. JUST ONE RECOMMENDATION. 
          KEEP THE CAT AWAY FROM SCOTT. WILL DO. MUCH APPRECIATED. 
          AND AS ALWAYS, EUTHANASIA RATES LOW. SOME INITIATIVES IS THE HIGHER ADDITIONAL ANIMAL
CONTROL OFFICER. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE PROPOSED,
YOU KNOW, WITH THE CITY. 
          YOU KNOW IT IS GROWING. WE HAVE MORE. WE HAVE ANIMALS. 
          I MEAN, JUST EVERYWHERE. AND IT'S IT'S KIND OF TOUGH. 
          IT'S NOT KIND OF IT IS TOUGH FOR JUST TWO ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS. YOU KNOW,
ONE TAKES A VACATION, ONE GETS SICK, THE OTHER ONE IS JUST LEFT, YOU KNOW,
JUST TO HANDLE ALL THE CALLS. 
          IT'S PRETTY STRESSFUL. AND IT JUST BECOMES A BURDEN WHERE,
YOU KNOW, ONE GUY HAS TO HAS TO DO IT ALL, JUST, YOU KNOW, GO OUT ON CALLS. YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET ADOPTIONS GOING,
YOU KNOW, MAN, THE OFFICE AS WELL. 
          AND SO IT BECOMES PRETTY TOUGH. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE REQUESTING FOR ANOTHER ACO. 
          WHEN WHEN YOU REPORT ON THE ON THE SNIP EVENT,
COULD YOU ALSO REPORT IN HOW MANY ANIMALS HAVE BEEN EUTHANIZED? COULD YOU COULD YOU PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION? YES. 
          I AM OF THE BELIEF THAT WE DON'T EUTHANIZE A LOT OF ANIMALS. 
          NO, AND THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT. THE THE EUTHANIZE. 
          WHEN YOU EUTHANIZE AN ANIMAL, IT'S IF IT'S BEEN HIT YOU KNOW,
BEEN HIT BY A VEHICLE, WE TAKE IT TO, TO THE VET. VET SAYS THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO WITH ANIMAL. 
          THEN THE ANIMAL OR AFTER HOURS, MIDNIGHT. THEN THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER MAKES THAT
DECISION THERE. 
          CANDACE. ANIMAL SURVIVE OR DO WE EUTHANIZE? SO IT DOESN'T SUFFER,
RIGHT? SO WHEN YOU MAKE A REPORT, WOULD YOU MAKE THAT DISTINCTION? YES. SO THAT BECAUSE FREQUENTLY ON FACEBOOK SOMEBODY PUTS OUT THERE THAT WASCO IS
EUTHANIZING ANIMALS. 
          AND I HAPPEN TO BELIEVE THAT'S NOT A TRUE STATEMENT. 
          YOU KNOW THAT WE DON'T EUTHANIZE MANY ANIMALS. 
          NO. AND SO IF YOU COULD REPORT ON IT, THAT WOULD BE GOOD. 
          SO MY CONCERN WITH ANY REPORT ON IT WOULD BE THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TAKE THOSE
NUMBERS AND PUBLISH THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          YES. AND THEN IT'S A BIGGER ISSUE PUBLIC INFORMATION. 
          IT IS. BUT AT LEAST IF THEY HAVE TO COME IN AND REQUEST IT,
IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING RATHER THAN US PUTTING IT OUT THERE AND THEN HAVING THEM DO A WEEKLY UPDATE ON HOW MANY ANIMALS WERE EUTHANIZED. 
          AND THEN EVERYBODY'S MAD AT US. YEAH. I, I'M SUSPECTING THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A BIG
NUMBER. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT. AND THEN IF YOU PUT, YOU KNOW,
THIS ANIMAL WAS HIT BY A CAR OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, THEN YOU KNOW, AND THAT DETERMINATION IS BEING MADE BY THE,
BY THE VET. 
          RIGHT. IN WHICH AN ANIMAL NEEDS TO BE EUTHANIZED. 
          YOU MENTIONED THAT. YEAH. SO SO IT VARIES. IT DEPENDS IF IT'S DURING THE DURING THE DAY,
WE DO TAKE THE ANIMAL TO THE VET. 
          AND IF THE VET DETERMINES THAT THEN THAT'S WHAT WILL END UP HAPPENING. 
          IF NOT, IT'S ALREADY KILLED. IT DETERMINES IT DEPENDING ON HOW HE SEES THE ANIMAL,
YOU KNOW, DOESN'T WANT TO SEE SUFFERING. OR CAN THIS ANIMAL SURVIVE THE NIGHT,
YOU KNOW? SO WE IF IT'S ON THE WEEKEND, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT TILL MONDAY TO GET AN ANIMAL
SUFFER THROUGH A WEEKEND, YOU KNOW. RIGHT. INJURY. IT'S IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. 
          AND I THINK TO COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ POINT,
THERE'S A DISTINCTION THERE THAT THE TERM EUTHANIZATION GETS USED IN BOTH CASES. ONE IS A MEDICALLY NECESSARY TO PREVENT SUFFERING,
A VICIOUS ANIMAL THAT'S ALSO INJURED, THAT KIND OF THING WHERE IT'S THE, IT'S THE COMPASSIONATE THING TO DO. 
          I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST AND PROBABLY STILL SHELTERS THAT USE EUTHANIZATION TO
EASE CROWDING. 
          JUST AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ACCUSED OF. AND THAT'S,
YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS THAT ARE JUST NON-QUALIFIED NUMBER OF EUTHANIZATION COULD BE TWISTED TO, TO INSINUATE THAT. AND SO WE DO WANT TO BE CAREFUL HOW WE REPORT THAT DATA AND HOW WE
CHARACTERIZE IT. 
          SO AND I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN HIGH MARKS FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE,
THE PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT WE STARTED LAST SUMMER WITH THAT GRANT THAT WAS RECEIVED TO KIND OF MENTOR OUR ANIMAL CONTROL
FACILITY. 
          WE'VE RECEIVED HIGH MARKS FROM THEM AND OTHERS THAT HAVE REVIEWED OUR OPERATIONS. 
          SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO BE HIDING OR BE ASHAMED OF HERE. 
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BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE RELEASE THAT
INFORMATION. 
          I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU. I JUST DO THINK THAT,
YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE INDEED SAVING THE MAJORITY OF ANIMALS AND WE'RE EUTHANIZING WHENEVER IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, I MEAN, PEOPLE WILL SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT TO SAY,
BUT IT ISN'T HOW YOU, YOU KNOW, DO THE NARRATIVE. YOU JUST EXPLAINED THAT,
RIGHT? RIGHT. IF YOU DO THAT NARRATIVE THEN I THINK WE'LL BE ALL RIGHT. 
          I JUST DON'T LIKE IT WHEN I SEE THESE REPORTS. 
          YOU KNOW, WASCO IS, YOU KNOW, KILLING DOGS, RIGHT? WHICH IS NOT WHAT REALLY HAPPENS. OKAY. ANYWAY,
QUICK QUESTION, MR. RIA. WHEN IT COMES TO THE THE ECO OR THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS,
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME? SO DO WE HAVE 2 OR 4 OR DOES THE FOUR INCLUDE THE PERSON YOU'RE TRYING TO HIRE ON YOUR
ACCOUNT? RIGHT. THERE'S FOUR TOTAL STAFF. THERE'S A LEAD ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER AND THEN ANIMAL
CONTROL OFFICER, RIGHT? YEAH. I DIDN'T CATCH THAT. SO IT'D BE ONE. 
          SO IT'D BE A LEAD ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. NO I'M SORRY. 
          YES, THAT THAT IS CORRECT. SO ONE IS A IS A PART TIME. 
          SO THE PART TIME IT'S NOT AN OFFICER, IT'S A KENNEL ATTENDANT. 
          SO WHAT THAT PERSON DOES IS MAINTAIN KENNELS,
THE FEED WATER, THE DOGS AND CLEAN KENNELS AND THE FACILITY. 
          AND THAT'S A PART TIME EMPLOYEE. SO WE PROPOSE TO TO HAVE A LEAD OFFICER AND TWO
ADDITIONAL OFFICERS MAKING THREE OFFICERS AND ONE PART TIME FOR EMPLOYEES. SO WE HAVE TWO NOW AND THE PART TIME. 
          CORRECT. OKAY. SO THIS COUNT IS WITH THE PROPOSAL OF THE FOUR. 
          THAT'S WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS. THAT TOTAL FOUR. YES. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A LEAD
OR WE DO WE DO HAVE ONE LEAD OFFICER. 
          YES. OKAY. SO WE HAVE ONE LEAD, ONE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER AND YOU'RE LOOKING TO ADD ONE
MORE. 
          CORRECT? OKAY. WE'RE PROPOSING FOR ONE MORE HIRE. 
          OKAY. I THINK I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY NEEDED. 
          I MEAN, I THINK WE HAVE WE TALK ABOUT ANIMALS ALL THE TIME. 
          I AGREE. THE SNIFF PROGRAM AND WHATNOT. I THINK THE LAST THING WE WANT IS TO PUT A STRAIN
ON, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE 1 OR 2 OR I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF THESE FOLKS ARE WORKING AT
NIGHT OR ON CALL OR WHATNOT, RIGHT? SO YEAH, SO IT'S AN ON CALL STATUS. SO THEY DO THEY DO GET QUITE A BIT OF CALLS
AFTER HOURS. 
          USUALLY. YOU KNOW THEY ABOUT PD. PD CALLS OUT YOU KNOW THEY STOP SOMEBODY WITH YOU KNOW A
DOG IN THE VEHICLE AND THEY'RE GETTING ARRESTED. 
          THE DOG GETS IMPOUNDED UNFORTUNATELY. YEAH. OR THERE'S A BITE AFTER HOURS A LOT NOW WITH
THE SUN YOU KNOW GOES DOWN LATER. 
          SO THERE'S MORE EVENTS. THERE'S DOGS OUT. SO THEY GET CALLED OUT QUITE OFTEN. 
          BUT YES, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE STAND BY. HOW MANY TRUCKS DO WE HAVE? TWO TRUCKS, ONE NEW ONE, ONE NEW TRUCK AND ONE OLDER TRUCK,
WHICH STILL WORKS. 
          BUT OUR MAIN ONE IS THE NEW ONE THAT WE JUST RECENTLY OUTFITTED. 
          OKAY. YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REST OF THE COUNCIL,
YOU KNOW, THINKS OR, OR WHAT THEIR OPINION IS, BUT I MEAN, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE ONE THAT'S PART TIME AND TWO FULL
TIME OFFICERS, I DEFINITELY SEE A NEED FOR A THIRD. YES, TO SORT OF ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT. 
          BECAUSE YEAH, I THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF ANIMALS OUT THERE. 
          AND I CAN SEE HOW IT PUTS A STRAIN IF THERE'S A CALL AND YOU GOT A PACK OF DOGS RUNNING
AROUND OR WHATNOT, OR EVENTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. SO YEAH. AND FORTUNATELY,
WE'VE MADE JUST SOME OF THE STAFF WE STILL HAVE ON, ON BOARD HAS EITHER BEEN AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER OR HAS SOME TYPE OF EXPERIENCE. 
          SO WE'LL USE THEM TO ASSIST OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER NOW WHEN THEY'RE ON THERE BY
THEMSELVES. 
          SO WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE STAFF THAT THAT WAS WILLING TO HELP ACROSS THE BOARD SO THAT
WE'VE BEEN GETTING BY THAT WAY. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. JUST ONE BRIEF QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT,
THAT SERVE AT THE KENNELS? WE DO, I BELIEVE WE HAVE TWO VOLUNTEERS CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW THAT HELP OUT THE SHELTER AS
WELL. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. THEY EITHER HELP OUT CLEANING AND THEY HELP NETWORK SOME OF THE
ANIMALS AS WELL. 
          AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE? I IMAGINE SO, RIGHT. YOU WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS. 
          YES. AND IT'S ALWAYS OPEN. A LOT OF APPLICATIONS COME THROUGH HR. 
          WE SCREEN THEM AND WE, WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO TAKE ANY OF THE HELP. 
          OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO PROPOSE THAT,
YOU KNOW, WE SORT OF PROMOTE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE CAN VOLUNTEER AT THE KENNELS. 
          THERE'S A LOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LOVE ANIMALS AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM,
YOU KNOW. 
          WELL, EVEN IF THEY'RE AT THE KENNEL. RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          SO SOMETHING TO PROMOTE, I SUPPOSE. GOT IT. HOW ARE WE WITH CAPACITY AT THE ANIMAL CONTROL
SHELTER? WE'RE PRETTY TIGHT, AND I'M NOT TOO SURE IF I HAD THIS WRITTEN DOWN SOMEWHERE,
BUT WE JUST ADDED FOUR NEW KENNELS WITH THE SHADE AS WELL. 
          OUR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE, THAT'S PROBABLY ON THE SLIDE. IT'S ON. ONE OF THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS THEY ADDED FOUR NEW KENNELS TO, TO THE SITE CONCRETE PAD AGAIN, 
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IN COMBINATION WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT STREETS LAID THE CONCRETE FOUNDATION FACILITIES,
THEN BUILT KENNELS AND THEY BUILT THE SHELTER AROUND THE KENNELS WHICH THEY JUST FINISHED FRIDAY. SO WE'RE EXPANDING BECAUSE THE NEED THAT,
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE ANIMALS ARE STAYING IN THE FACILITY AND IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT SLOW, SLOWER THAN THAT, WORK THEM OUT AND WE DO NEED THE SPACE. 
          SO WE JUST RECENTLY ADDED FOUR NEW KENNELS, WHICH IS WHICH IS HUGE. 
          HOW MANY HOW MANY ANIMALS CAN THE SHELTER HOLD? WITH THE ADDITION OF THAT, I BELIEVE 20, 2020,
I'M SORRY, 20 KENNELS. 
          IF DEPENDING ON THE SPECIES ON THE ANIMAL IF THEY GET ALONG,
THEY DOUBLE THEM UP. 
          OKAY. YOU KNOW, WITH TWO SMALL DOGS TOGETHER,
THEY GET ALONG, THEY GO IN ONE KENNEL. 
          THEY'RE PRETTY BIG. THEY'RE EITHER FOUR BY EIGHT KENNELS OR A LITTLE BIT BIGGER. 
          BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TIMES THESE RESIDENTS, WHEN THEY CALL,
THEY ALWAYS GET THE ANSWER, OH, WE'RE FULL, CAN'T GO. SO. GOT IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE US GET SOME TRACTION ON A NEW,
NEW SHELTER. 
          YEAH, DEFINITELY. DEFINITELY. AND THAT'S THAT'S PART OF THAT CENTRAL AND FILBURN. 
          YEAH. FACILITY WILL WILL INCLUDE THE NEW, BUT I LIKE THE IDEA OF HIRING A NEW ANIMAL
CONTROL. 
          ANOTHER ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A STRAY PET PROBLEM,
100% AGREE AND CONTINUE THE SNIPPET EVENTS TO. 
          IF WE CAN GET THE FUNDING TO HELP, THAT'S GOING TO BE A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO THE ADOPT. I MEAN, I KNOW GROCERY OUTLET HAS BEEN BIG ON THAT,
RIGHT? IN TERMS OF PARTNERSHIP. YES. IS THERE SEEMS LIKE ON THOSE EVENTS,
ALL THE ANIMALS GET ADOPTED OUT FOR THE MOST PART. 
          OR IF WE HAD ONE EVENT THAT, THAT DOGS GOT ADOPTED OUT,
BUT I, I GUESS IT DEPENDS OR IT DEPENDS WHAT TRAFFIC GOES THROUGH AT THE TIME. 
          THE LAST EVENT THAT HAPPENED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THREE OUT OF THE FOUR DOGS GOT ADOPTED. 
          I WAS THERE AND THERE WAS ONE ALREADY BEING PICKED UP. 
          ONE WAS LEFT. I, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WAS A NICE LOOKING DOG,
BUT A LOT THERE LARGE ANIMALS OR THEY WILL BE, YOU KNOW, THEIR PUPPIES, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PRETTY,
PRETTY BIG ALREADY. 
          SO IT DEPENDS. YOU KNOW, THE SMALL DOGS GO FASTER THAN THE BIGGER DOGS. 
          UNLESS YOU HAVE A BIG YARD OR YOU KNOW SOMEONE. 
          I GUESS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT IS, IS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO ADOPT,
IS THAT LIKE LOCAL RESIDENTS OR IS IT PEOPLE COMING FROM ELSEWHERE? IT IS. IT'S IT'S OPEN TO LOCAL RESIDENTS. ALL THEY REQUIRE REALLY RIGHT NOW IS JUST THE
LICENSE, THE LICENSE, JOT DOWN YOUR INFORMATION. AND PRETTY MUCH YOU'LL BE RESPONSIBLE WHEN WE GET
THERE. 
          WHAT WE'RE GETTING IS THEIR ADDRESS, WHICH IS,
YOU'RE RIGHT, THE LOCAL RESIDENT CONFIRMING THAT AND THEY GET TO ADOPT. 
          OKAY. I MEAN, I KNOW WE'RE SHORT ON STAFF, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S ANOTHER AVENUE TO TRY
TO GET SOME OF THESE ANIMALS, YOU KNOW, RIGHT OUT OF THE SHELTER AND KIND OF,
YOU KNOW, OUT THERE. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES WITH OTHER BUSINESSES THAT ARE WILLING TO DO
SOMETHING SIMILAR. I KNOW GROCERY OUTLET PROBABLY THEY LIKE ANIMALS, SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE WILLING TO DO IT. BUT RIGHT. 
          MAYBE LOOKING FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES. BUT SO,
SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO DO THAT. 
          WE'VE, I'VE ENCOURAGED REO, WHICH IS OUR CONTROL OFFICER. 
          THEY'RE NOW THE LEAD. AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN BEING BUSY,
HE WOULD LIKE TO DO MORE. 
          UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT NOW WE REALLY CAN'T NETWORK SO MANY THAT ACTUAL SITE BECAUSE IT TAKES
AWAY FROM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, ALL THE REST. THE LAST EVENT WE WENT TO GROCERY OUTLET HE HAD ACTUALLY
TWO VOLUNTEERS THERE HELPING OUT, YOU KNOW THERE. SO IT WAS, IT WAS FOUR OF THEM. 
          IT WAS HIM, THE PART TIME EMPLOYEE AND TWO VOLUNTEERS THAT HELPED OUT WHICH IS REALLY
GOOD. 
          AND IT PROMOTES THEM. I, I SEE THEM INTERACT WITH,
WITH THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S GOOD. 
          A LOT OF THEM WISH THEY COULD TAKE THE ANIMAL HOME. THEY JUST CAN'T,
YOU KNOW? SO I WAS LIKE, HEY, CALL ANYBODY. YOU CAN JUST HELP US OUT HERE. 
          BUT THAT'S HOW IT IS. BUT NOW WE'LL DEFINITELY WORKING TOWARDS IT COMING UP WITH DIFFERENT
IDEAS AND, AND GET THESE ANIMALS FOREVER HOME. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE HOSTING FREE ADOPTIONS AND CAN
INCREASE COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR ANIMAL CONTROL. AND I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING ON TO FACILITIES. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO FOR FACILITIES, IT'S THE ONE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. INSTALL THE TEN BY 20
SHELTER WITH FOUR KENNELS TO INCREASE CAPACITY AT THE SHELTER. 
          THEY RECENTLY INSTALLED THREE NEW MINI SPLITS IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS. 
          A LOT OF THESE BUILDINGS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE,
THE OLDER UNITS. 
          UNITS ARE 10 TO 15,000 TO REPLACE AND USUALLY COVERING 2 OR 3 AREAS WHERE YOU CAN GET A
MINI SPLIT FOR ABOUT $3,000. 
          AND INSTEAD OF HAVING TO HIRE SOMEONE TO INSTALL THIS UNIT,
OUR, OUR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE CREW CAN DO THE INSTALL. 
          SOMETIMES THE SAME DAY, YOU KNOW, OR WITH A MATTER OF A COUPLE OF DAYS,
DEPENDING WHERE IT'S GOING. 
          SO GOOD ACCOMPLISHMENT THERE. YOU KNOW, INSTALLED THE NEW C TRAIN FOR THE EVIDENCE AT THE
PD. 
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SO THEY HAVE A LOCATION FOR THEIR EVIDENCE STORAGE THERE AND ELECTRICAL AND NETWORK CABLES
FOR THE PD DRONE LOCATION, WHICH IS THE NEW DRONE SYSTEM THAT PD HAS. SO FACILITIES BEEN PRETTY,
PRETTY PRETTY BUSY, BUT IT'S GOOD FOR THEM. THEY LEARN QUITE A BIT AND THE INITIATIVES FOR THEM IS JUST
CONTINUE TRAINING ON ELECTRICAL HVAC UNITS, WHICH THEY'RE PRETTY WELL VERSED, BUT GET SOME MORE CONTINUOUS TRAINING FOR THEM AND THEN
CONTINUE CAMERA INSTALLS AROUND THE FACILITIES WHICH THEY HAVE ASSISTED QUITE A BIT ON INSTALLING SOME OF THE,
WELL, MOST OF THE CAMERAS, UNLESS THEY'RE DONE BY THE COMPANY YOU HIRED. 
          SO ARE THOSE THE SECURITY CAMERAS THAT ARE INSTALLED? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT OUR DISPATCHERS CAN MONITOR? 24 OKAY. 
          YES. THAT WAS A MAIN PART OF THE VISION FOR THAT WAS NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 24 OVER SEVEN
EYES. 
          WE CAN'T HAVE THEM LOOK AT EVERY CAMERA ALL THE TIME. 
          NO, BUT I MEAN, AT LEAST THEIR SYSTEM IS IS GOING TO HAVE MORE CAPABILITIES AS WE GO BE
ABLE TO ONES THAT ARE SENSITIVE TO MOTION, IT CAN BRING THOSE TO THE FRONT, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHT THEM AND LOTS OF OTHER ADVANTAGES. 
          OKAY, COOL. WITH THAT SHORT INTERRUPTION, I'D LOUIS MENTIONED THE PD DRONE LOCATION. 
          IF YOU HAVE TIME DURING A BREAK OR AFTER THE MEETING,
YOU CAN SEE IT'S FINALLY OUT OF THE CRATE. 
          AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE BOX WHERE THE DRONE LIVES OUT HERE NEXT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
BACK DOOR. 
          SO IT'S A, IT'S NOT AS IMPRESSIVE AS WHEN IT'S,
YOU KNOW, OPENING UP AND FLYING, BUT YOU'LL SEE THE BOX AND YOU GET AN IDEA OF THE SCALE OF THE DEVICE. I SAW IT THERE ON FRIDAY AND IT MAKES THE BOX MAKES LIKE A HUMMING SOUND. 
          IS THAT CHARGING OR WHAT IS IT CHARGING. I THINK IT HAS A COOLING FAN IN IT AND WHO KNOWS
WHAT ELSE. 
          TOP SECRET. CAN'T TELL YOU. SORRY TO INTERRUPT. 
          NO, NO. NO WORRIES. OKAY, SO I'LL WRAP IT UP. 
          I KNOW IT'S BEEN QUITE A BIT OF TIME ON THIS,
SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO FLEET MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS OUR SHOP. 
          OH, SORRY. JUST ONE OTHER THING. THE PET OF THE WEEK. 
          I LOVE THAT IDEA. WHAT'S THAT? THE PET OF THE WEEK INITIATIVE. 
          OH. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. SO, OKAY, WE GOT FLEET MANAGEMENT,
RIGHT. 
          OKAY. SO ACCOMPLISHMENTS, IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW SHOP SOFTWARE,
WHICH IS MITCHELL ONE FOR WORK ORDERS. 
          THIS HELP HELPS STAFF ESPECIALLY WITH NO, NOT WITH THE PD VEHICLES,
YOU KNOW JUST KEEPING TRACK OF MAINTENANCE AND KEEPING ON TOP OF THEM HELPS OUR STAFF OUT. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING ADDITIONAL MECHANICS,
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT FOR THEM. 
          AGAIN, JUST BECOMING EFFICIENT LEAD MECHANIC AND OF COURSE,
ON REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE WITH A LOT OF OUR VEHICLES NOW BECOMING EITHER A HYBRID OR VEHICLES, TRANSIT VEHICLES ARE ALL GOING TO BE WE NEED TO HAVE REVERSED IN. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING IT'S ALL ELECTRICAL. 
          SO THAT WAS A GOOD ACCOMPLISHMENT THERE. A LOT OF THINGS THAT,
THAT THESE TWO GUYS DO NOW OUR MECHANICS IS THEY, THEY'VE TORE DOWN SUSPENSIONS ON, ON OUR HEAVY EQUIPMENT,
A LOT OF OUR OUR COMMERCIAL TRUCKS, THEY'RE HUGE. SO THEY'VE DONE THAT. THEY'VE DONE TEAR DOWN THE SUSPENSION,
REPLACED IT. 
          THEY'VE DONE SOME ENGINE SWAPS. THEY'VE DONE TRANSMISSION SWAPS WHICH NORMALLY THEY GO,
YOU KNOW, WE, WE SEND THEM OUT AND IT'S PRETTY EXPENSIVE. 
          THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF DOING IT. THEY HAVE THE LIFTS. 
          BEFORE IT WAS JUST TIME. NOW WITH AN ADDITIONAL BODY THAT WILL BE GETTING SOON,
HOPEFULLY WE'LL ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT AS WELL. 
          A LITTLE BIT MORE IN-HOUSE AND SAVING MONEY. INITIATIVES PROVIDE CONTINUED EDUCATION AND
TRAINING FOR FLEET STAFF ON ALTERNATIVE FUEL LIKE ELECTRICAL ACQUIRE A SERVICE TRUCK AND TAILGATE, LIFT AIR COMPRESSOR FOR SERVICE CALLS AND TIRE
REPAIRS. 
          SO JUST GETTING THEM NEW EQUIPMENT SO THEY CAN MOVE AROUND A LOT OF OUR SANITATION TRUCKS. 
          THEY'LL GET A FLAT OUT IN, YOU KNOW, MIDDLE OF NOWHERE,
REALLY. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE TRUCK ABLE TO HAVE,
YOU KNOW, AIR COMPRESSORS ON THERE THAT TAKE THIS OFF WITH IMPACT WRENCHES HAVING A LIFT TAILGATE LIFT ON THE BACK. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE TO FORCE THEMSELVES TRYING TO
LIFT A HUGE TIRE OR GETTING HURT FOR THAT MATTER. 
          IT'S JUST GETS EVERYTHING DONE QUICK AND EFFICIENTLY AND BACK ON THE ROAD. 
          AND WITH THAT I THINK THAT'S FINALLY IT FOR ME. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER OR SOMETHING I MISSED. 
          GOOD. WELL, I'LL JUMP IN WITH ONE THING THAT'S KIND OF A OVERARCHING WE ASKED THE COUNCIL
TO APPROVE, 
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THE SOFTWARE FOR HELPING US DO OUR OWN RATE STUDIES AND OUR RATE SCHEDULE DESIGN. 
          AND I'VE GIVEN A BRIEF UPDATE OF THIS IN THE PAST,
BUT ALBERTO HAS KIND OF TAKEN OVER AS THE LEAD ON THAT. 
          AND WE'RE WE'RE THROUGH TWO OF OUR ENTERPRISES WORKING ON THE THIRD. 
          WE'RE ABOUT A YEAR AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ON DOING THAT ANALYSIS AND STARTING TO COME UP WITH
THE RATE STRUCTURE. 
          AND IT'S BEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR US. INSTEAD OF SENDING AWAY DATA TO A CONSULTANT IN A
BLACK BOX AND COMING BACK WITH WITH NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE TO SPIN AROUND IF WE WANT TO TWEAK THEM. NOW, WE CAN DO THE THE TWEAKING OURSELVES. 
          I THINK IT'S GOING TO RESULT IN A MUCH MORE MUCH MORE CONTROL OVER THE PROCESS AND,
AND MANY MORE OPTIONS FOR OUR RATEPAYERS TO, TO KEEP THOSE RATES LOW AT A REASONABLE LEVEL. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S BEEN ONE OF OUR, OUR GOOD INVESTMENTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          I AGREE. LEWIS HAS BEEN PART OF THAT. YES. NO,
NO. 
          LIKE YOU MENTIONED, ALBERTO IS TAKING A LEAD. HE'S DOING A VERY GOOD JOB ON THAT. 
          SUPER TIME CONSUMING. OKAY. IT IS MY TURN. SO HERE'S A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE CITY
MANAGER'S DEPARTMENT OR OFFICE. WE HAVE ONE VACANT POSITION THAT WILL BE FILLED NEXT WEEK I BELIEVE. 
          IN THE SECOND TRANSIT BUS DRIVER. AND THEN 12 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES IN THAT
DEPARTMENT. 
          IS IT THE TRANSIT BUS DRIVER OR TRANSIT COORDINATOR? TRANSIT COORDINATOR IS ALREADY IN PLACE. THAT WAS A IN-HOUSE TRANSFER FROM ONE DEPARTMENT
TO ANOTHER. 
          AND THE TRANSIT BUS LEAD WAS AN INTERNAL PROMOTION AS WELL. 
          SO WE'LL, WE'RE DOWN ONE. WE'RE DOWN TWO BUS DRIVERS ON MONDAY,
WE'LL BE DOWN ONE AND WE HAVE OPEN ONGOING RECRUITMENT TO, TO FILL THE SECOND POSITION. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST ON STAFFING. OKAY. GO TO THE NEXT. SO WE'LL START WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. SO AS YOU GUYS KNOW,
I'M THE IT MANAGER AND I HAVE NAOMI WORKING UNDER ME. 
          SHE'S MY IT AND MARKETING SPECIALIST. THE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THIS YEAR IS ONE OF THE BIG
ONES WAS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE WENT AHEAD AND REPLACED THE 911 CALL HANDLING SYSTEM FROM OUR OLD VENDOR,
NGA TO MOTOROLA VESTA. 
          THIS WAS DUE TO ONGOING ISSUES WITH THE PREVIOUS N G SYSTEM. 
          ALL OF THAT GOT COMPLETELY REPLACED, AND OUR 911 DISPATCHERS DIDN'T HAVE ANY OUTAGE
BETWEEN THE TWO SYSTEMS. WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT WITHOUT ANY ANY ISSUES AT ALL. 
          THE OTHER ONE WAS WE IMPLEMENTED A NEW BACKUP SOLUTION FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THIS IS TO IMPROVE THE DATA PROTECTION OF THE SYSTEM AND ALSO TO HELP US WITH RECOVERY. 
          WE HAVE A VENDOR THAT IS HELPING US WITH THAT ALSO WITH ANY. 
          LIKE I MENTIONED, RECOVERY OR FAILURE OF OUR SYSTEM. 
          WE HELP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THEIR ELECTRONIC TICKETING SYSTEM. 
          THIS WAS A NEW SYSTEM THAT THEY BROUGHT ONLINE AND WE HELPED THAT GET DESIGNED AND
ESTABLISHED. 
          AND THIS HELPS THE OFFICERS IMPROVE WITH EFFICIENCY. 
          AND OUT IN THE FIELD WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO WRITE OUT THE TICKETS ANYMORE. 
          EVERYTHING IS DONE THROUGH ELECTRONICALLY. AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING RIGHT NOW AND
GETTING ALL THAT, HAD MOVED OVER INTO OUR CALL HANDLING SYSTEM,
SO IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR THEM TO FILL THAT INFORMATION OUT. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS THE DRONE PROGRAM FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL. 
          WE HELPED IN DESIGNING AND INTEGRATING THAT PROGRAM FROM BASICALLY FROM START AND ALSO
WITH THE HELP FROM PUBLIC WORKS, WITH LEWIS'S HELP, WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. 
          WE INSTALLED THE NEW NETWORK AND CAMERAS, MORE CAMERAS OVER AT THE POWELL BUILDING. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND OUR CAMERA SYSTEM OUT THERE. 
          THE NEXT ONE WE DESIGNED, IMPLEMENTED AND COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF THE CAMERA SYSTEM
FOR OUR DIAL-A-RIDE BUSSES. 
          NOW, OUR FLEET MANAGER AND THE REST OF THE FLEET DEPARTMENT HAS THE CAPABILITY OF
MONITORING AND VIEWING CAMERAS ON THE BUSSES. 
          THE NEXT ONE OVER IS WE UPGRADED OUR CORE SWITCHES OVER AT THE ANNEX BUILDING. 
          THOSE WERE HAD COME TO THE END OF LIFE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE AND REPLACE THOSE. 
          AND WE ALSO EXTENDED OUR CONNECTIVITY TO THE TEMP OFFICES THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS USING IN
THE LOT ACROSS THE STREET. 
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THEY DO HAVE THREE EMPLOYEES WORKING OUT OF THERE RIGHT NOW. 
          SO WE WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH A NEW NETWORK CONNECTION TO THAT BUILDING. 
          WE'VE BEEN UPGRADING MULTIPLE WORKSTATIONS AND LAPTOPS ACROSS THE CITY AND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT. 
          SO THAT IS AN ONGOING PROJECT. AS EQUIPMENT REACHES END OF LIFE,
WE HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND REPLACE THOSE. 
          WE ALSO ANOTHER BIG ONE WAS THAT WE TRANSITIONED ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT OR LAPTOPS,
DESKTOPS FROM WINDOWS 10 TO WINDOWS 11, WHICH WINDOWS 10 CAME TO AN END OF LIFE LAST YEAR? WE ESTABLISHED AND LAUNCHED THE CITY AND POLICE DEPARTMENT SOCIAL MEDIA,
AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, BOTH ON INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK, AND THIS HAS BEEN HELPING US AND REACHING OUT TO THE
COMMUNITY, LETTING THEM KNOW ABOUT PROJECTS ANY ALSO COMMUNITY EVENTS OR POLICE PROJECTS THAT ARE
GOING ON, AND WE WORK WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND CREATING CONTENT AND SUPPORTING THEM FOR GRANTS
AND FOR COMMUNICATION OF THEIR DEPARTMENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. WE ASSISTED THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WITH THE DEPLOYMENT OF A TIME KEEPING
SYSTEM FOR CITY WIDE. 
          THIS IS FOR EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO CLOCK IN AND OUT FOR THEIR BREAKS AND FOR THEIR
REGULAR WORK HOURS WITH A DIGITAL SYSTEM, AND WE IMPLEMENTED AN IN-HOUSE TICKETING SYSTEM FOR THE IT DEPARTMENT. 
          SO WHAT THIS ALLOWS US TO DO IS TO KEEP BETTER TRACK OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE OUR USERS
ENCOUNTER, AND ALSO TO KEEP TRACK OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND THEN OUR INITIATIVE FOR NEXT YEAR. WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND IMPLEMENT ON MULTI-FACTOR
AUTHENTICATION TO STRENGTHEN OUR SYSTEM SECURITY FOR BOTH THE CITY AND THE PD. 
          THIS WOULD MAKE OUR WE ALREADY HAVE SOME PLACE FOR EMAIL. 
          SO BASICALLY, IF YOU NEED TO SIGN IN TO EMAIL,
IF SOME OF YOU GUYS KNOW YOU HAVE TO GET A TEXT ON YOUR PHONE TO BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IT IS YOU. SO THAT WAY WE PREVENT ANY HACKING OR ANY ANYBODY FROM ACCESSING OUR
SYSTEM. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THAT AS WELL WITH OUR REGULAR COMPUTERS. WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT
AN ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO KEEP BETTER TRACK OF OUR EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THE BIG ONE FOR US NEXT YEAR IS UPGRADING THE CORE
SERVER AND THE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE AT CITY HALL. 
          AND THIS BASICALLY IS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. OUR SYSTEMS ARE COMING TO END OF LIFE. 
          THEY'RE ABOUT SEVEN YEARS OLD AND WE WANT TO REPLACE THEM THIS COMING YEAR. 
          WE'RE ALSO WORKING INTO TRANSITIONING OUR CURRENT PHONE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN HOUSE INTO
A VOICE OVER IP THAT WORKS ON CLOUD LEVEL. THIS IS BASICALLY TO THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS ALSO COMING IN END OF LIFE. 
          AND TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNICATION AND SUPPORT FOR OUR SERVERS,
FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          WE'RE ALSO LOOKING INTO MIGRATING OUR EMPLOYEES FROM THE CURRENT OFFICE 2019,
WHICH IS YOUR WORD DOCUMENTS, YOUR OUTLOOK, YOUR EXCEL, ALL OF THAT FROM OUR CURRENT 2019 PLATFORM,
WHICH HAS COME TO END OF LIFE, TO THE NEW OFFICE 365 THAT SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES ALREADY HAVE. 
          SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING INTO MIGRATING THE REST. 
          WE'RE ALSO LOOKING INTO MIGRATING OUR UPGRADING OUR COPY MACHINES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THOSE ARE ALSO COMING TO END OF LIFE. SO WE'RE LOOKING INTO DOING THAT THIS YEAR,
AND WE'RE WORKING ON THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A DARK FIBER PROJECT NETWORK PROJECT ACROSS THE CITY. 
          WE HAVE DESIGNATED LOCATIONS, THE CITY BUILDINGS SOME OF OUR BUILDINGS FOR PUBLIC WORKS,
FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR WELL SITES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, DIFFERENT CAMERA SITES THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE
CITY WORKING WITH UNWIRE, THEY ARE PROVIDING US WHAT IS KNOWN AS A DARK FIBER CONNECTION. 
          WE'VE TOLD THEM EXACTLY WHERE WE WANT THOSE DROPS TO BE. 
          SO THAT WAY WE'RE ABLE TO CONNECT IN A MORE EFFICIENT WAY FROM CITY HALL AND FOR ALL OF
OUR OTHER BUILDINGS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON A LOT. A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU,
MANNY. 
          I BELIEVE THAT WE USED TO PAY A COPY SERVICE,
SO ANY TIME WE RUN A COPY, WE WOULD INCUR A CHARGE. 
          WE WE DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE. WE HAVE OUR OWN COPIERS AND WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THEM. 
          IS THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING? BOTH. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. 
          YES. SO RIGHT NOW WE CURRENTLY HAVE OUR COPY MACHINES. 
          THAT IS WHERE OUR USERS ARE ABLE TO PRINT, COPY,
SCAN TO EMAIL, FAX ALL OF THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO IN HOUSE. 
          BUT WHEN WE DO HAVE A LARGE PROJECT WHERE WE DO PRINT OUTSIDE AND THOSE MACHINES THAT WE
HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY BUILDINGS, 
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THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE COMING AT AT END OF LIFE. 
          OKAY. SO THE ONES THAT WE IN ESSENCE, LEASE OR RENT,
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE PROPER TERM, IT'S CALLED A CLICK RATE. 
          AND SO EVERY TIME YOU RUN A PAGE, YOU GET CHARGED. 
          THERE'S THIS. AND IT'S DIFFERENT FROM VENDOR TO VENDOR. 
          AND WE CAN CHOOSE THE FORMAT OF THE CONTRACT THAT'S LOWEST TOTAL OVERALL COST. 
          SO SOMETIMES YOU JUST PURCHASE THE THE THE MACHINE OUTRIGHT,
BUT THERE'S STILL A TONER AND STAPLES AND REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE. AND SO TO, TO ALLOW THAT COST AND THAT EFFORT FROM THE VENDOR,
THEN THERE'S A CLICK RATE, AND THAT CLICK RATE IS NEGOTIATED AND ADJUSTED BY THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT THAT WE WANT. 
          OTHERS ARE PURE LEASE AND YOU PAY ONLY THE CLICK RATE AND IT COVERS EVERYTHING. 
          SO IT'S WAITING ON ME TO BE PERFECTLY TRANSPARENT HERE TO ANALYZE THE,
THE COUPLE OF QUOTES IN AND PROPOSALS THAT WE HAVE TO SEE WHICH ONE REALLY IS THE BETTER DEAL FOR US. 
          OKAY. YOU'RE A BUSY MAN, SO I UNDERSTAND, BUT I GUESS THE FOLLOW UP QUESTION IN THIS,
IS IT BETTER FOR US TO JUST BUY THE COPIERS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE JUST RUN COPIES THROUGH THEM AND WHENEVER THEY NEED
MAINTENANCE, WE HIRE SOMEBODY TO MAINTAIN THEM. OR IS IT MORE FEASIBLE TO,
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. 
          IS IT LEASING THAT YOU DO? YEAH, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON ON THE COST OF IT. 
          WE DO TAKE THE THE FRONTAL COST OF PURCHASING THE ACTUAL EQUIPMENT,
BUT WE STILL HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE VENDOR, LIKE SCOTT SAID, ON THE INK, ON THE STAPLES,
ON THE PRINT BY BY NUMBER. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH YOU PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT, YOU STILL HAVE THAT. 
          BUT WE HAVE TO COMPARE. AND WHAT HE'S WORKING ON IS COMPARE IT OF WHAT'S A BETTER COST FOR
THE CITY IF IT'S TO PURCHASING THAT EQUIPMENT UPRIGHT AND THEN JUST HAVE THAT MAINTENANCE COST, OR IF WE HAVE THE LEASE COST WHERE WE DON'T OWN THE EQUIPMENT,
BUT WE'RE PAYING EVERY MONTH FOR IT. 
          CORRECT. SO THAT'S THE ANALYSIS THAT'S WAITING ON ME TO COMPLETE. 
          AND, AND I'VE EXPERIENCED BOTH. I MEAN, MY PHILOSOPHY IN THE PAST IS BUY IT AND RUN IT
TILL THE WHEELS FALL OFF AND THEN PUT IT IN A, A LOWER VOLUME DEPARTMENT AND LET THE WHEELS FALL OFF AGAIN. 
          THAT MAY NOT BE THE SMART WAY TO GO WITH THE NEWER EQUIPMENT MAY BE MORE OR LESS DURABLE. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT RIGHT NOW. AND,
AND TO BE HONEST, IT'S NOT 100% A COST QUESTION. 
          SOMETIMES THERE ARE EXPERIENCE WITH THE DIFFERENT VENDORS THAT MAY BE BETTER SERVICE,
FASTER SERVICE, YOU KNOW, BETTER AVAILABILITY OF PARTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION ALSO. YEAH. 
          THE RELIABILITY OF THE SERVICE. YES. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. SO I GUESS THIS WOULD BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE TIME FOR ME TO ASK MY QUESTION. 
          HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS USED AI FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS? NOBODY. OH I WAS GOING TO SAY YOU ALL SHOULD BE IT WOULD BE MUCH QUICKER JUST TO PUT SOME
PROMPTS IN THERE AND HAVE IT SPIT THIS OUT. 
          AND IT'S NO DISRESPECT TO ANY OF YOUR PRESENTATIONS. IT'S GREAT,
BUT AI IS JUST REALLY REVOLUTIONIZING THINGS AND TIME SAVING FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS. 
          SO DO WE. ARE WE WORKING ON IT LIKE AN AI POLICY? YES. OKAY. AND IN VARIOUS LEVELS, THERE ARE CONCERNS,
ESPECIALLY FOR PUBLIC AGENCIES, ABOUT HOW YOU IMPLEMENT, RIGHT? EVEN AT THE DESKTOP LEVEL. 
          AND SO I'VE BEEN PRETTY CAUTIOUS ABOUT THAT. AND SOME OF THE SESSIONS THAT YOU AND I
PROBABLY BOTH ATTENDED AT LEAGUE OF CITIES HAVE POINTED THAT OUT. EVEN MORE A PRESENTATION THAT I THINK MAY BE AT LEAST TWO OF US SAT
THROUGH LAST WEEK, POINTED THIS OUT IN A, IN A VERY POWERFUL WAY. 
          WE'RE A SMALL CITY, 2500 PEOPLE. THREE PEOPLE AT CITY HALL. 
          THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY CLERK AND AN ASSISTANT IMPLEMENTED A CHATBOT SYSTEM BECAUSE
THEY WERE THE ONLY THREE IN THE WORLD THAT COULD ANSWER THE CITY PHONES, AND THEY WERE JUST BEING OVERWHELMED. AND, AND THIS CHATBOT TOOK A YEAR AND A HALF,
TWO YEARS TO PERFECT, BUT IT CUT CALLS DOWN BY 70%. THE PROBLEM IS THEY RAN IN PARTWAY INTO THIS PROJECT. 
          THEY WERE USING FREEBIE COPIES OF THIS AND THAT,
AND THEY'RE UPLOADING DOCUMENTS TO TEACH THE LARGE, LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL AND NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE DOCUMENTS THEN BE BECOME PART
OF THE UNIVERSE OF DATA THAT EVERYONE ELSE'S VERSION OF THAT SOFTWARE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO. 
          AND SOME FOLKS HAVE GOTTEN IN A HURRY AND THEY JUST LET THE,
THE LEARNING MODULE LOOSEN THEIR NETWORK AND IT GRABS EVERYTHING. 
          HR MEMOS, CONTRACTS, DISCIPLINARY RECORDS. IT GETS SUCKED UP INTO THE INTO THE LEARNING
MODULE. 
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AND IT'S A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. YEAH. AND SOME OF THESE SERVERS THAT HOLD THE THE
AI PROGRAM ARE ARE OUTSIDE OF THE US, IF NOT MOST OF THEM. SO FOR GOVERNMENT WE HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ON WHAT PLATFORM IT IS
THAT WE ALLOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BEING IN PLAY AND WITH ALL THE SIEGES AND CALIFORNIA
OS THAT WE GOT TO BASICALLY BE COMPLIANT TO. 
          SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT SOME OF US HAVE PERSONALLY USED,
BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING IN THE CITY OR ALLOWING AT THIS TIME. 
          SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS JUST ANSWERED ALL OF MY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS. 
          SO BECAUSE LIKE WHERE I WORK, THERE'S A LITERALLY THERE'S A POP UP THAT COMES UP. 
          IF YOU GO TO CHATGPT AND IT SAYS, DO NOT PUT ANY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION IN HERE. 
          RIGHT? WE HAVE OUR OWN INTERNAL AI SYSTEM THAT WE USE. 
          THAT'S IT'S JUST INSANE WHAT IT'S ABLE TO DO,
RIGHT? BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF SYSTEM THAT,
YOU KNOW, MAYBE DOWN THE ROAD WE CAN BUY INTO AND IMPLEMENT. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PEOPLE,
IT'S JUST, IT'S ALMOST BECOMING A NECESSITY. 
          IT, IT IS, AND IT HELPS OUT A LOT. AND ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE,
IF WE WERE TO IMPLEMENT ONE WOULD BE THE MICROSOFT COPILOT, WHICH IS INCLUDED WITH THE MICROSOFT 365 LICENSE THAT WE WANT TO EVENTUALLY MOVE OUR USERS
TO. 
          OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER IT RELATED QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I JUST WANT TO SAY, JUST FOLLOWING UP ON THIS IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PRIVACY LAWS. 
          YES, WE AS A CITY NEED TO COMPLY WITH AND ALLOWING A CHAT BOX ACCESS TO EVEN SOME PARTIAL ACCESS MAY BE PROBLEMATIC. WHY EXACTLY WHY I'VE BEEN DRAGGING MY FEET AND
DRIVING MY STAFF CRAZY BY NOT LETTING THEM LOOSE OUT INTO THAT. BUT I THINK PICKING THE PROPER PLATFORM,
UNDERSTANDING FULLY HOW TO HOW TO CLOSE IT DOWN SO WE DON'T HAVE THOSE RISKS IS, IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          AND YEAH, BECAUSE ANYTHING YOU SHARE WITH IT,
IT'S ALREADY, IT MAKES IT PART OF ITS KNOWLEDGE. 
          RIGHT? RIGHT. IF YOU CAN KEEP IT'S AVAILABLE FOREVER. 
          YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. IT'S A VERY POWERFUL TOOL. VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE. 
          LIKE COUNCILMAN MARTINEZ MENTIONED, IT'S ALMOST BECOMING SOMETHING THAT WE NEED IN A DAY
TO DAY, BUT WE JUST GOT TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP A GOOD ONE THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE PUTTING ANY RISK
ON OUR ON THE CITY OR THE DATA, AND ALSO TRAINING OUR EMPLOYEES TO USE IT PROPERLY. 
          SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS DON'T SHARE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION,
DON'T SHARE ANYTHING LIKE THAT WITH IT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP SOME OF THE DATA SAFE, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES ME COMFORT. THE YOUNGER INDIVIDUALS WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS
OF A VERY SMART AI. 
          I WON'T BE AROUND FOR IT. SO GOOD LUCK WITH IT. 
          OKAY, WE'RE READY TO GO. NEXT UP IS HUMAN RESOURCES. 
          YOU WANT TO GO INTO THE BREAKOUT FIVE OR. SURE. 
          IS IT THAT TIME? 452 SURE. IF IF EVERYONE'S READY TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK,
LET'S DO IT. 
          AND IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN SOMETHING TO EAT, NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME. 
          TO CONTINUE, MR. MAYOR. YES. OKAY. 
          I'LL TURN THE MEETING. AND I, BEFORE I TURN IT BACK OVER TO MISS VERA FOR THE HUMAN
RESOURCES THING. 
          I WAS JUST GOING TO CHECK OFF WITH YOU ALL. HOW'S THIS FORMAT VERSUS THE U-SHAPED TABLE? YOU LIKE THIS? OKAY. YEAH, I LIKE IT UP HERE. 
          AND BEING ABLE TO SEE THE THE SCREENS A LITTLE CLOSER. 
          OH, YEAH. DEFINITELY. OKAY. I JUST LIKE SITTING HIGHER THAN EVERYBODY. 
          LIKE I'M IN CONTROL. OF COURSE. IN MORE CONTROL. 
          YES. WELL, IT WAS AN EXPERIMENT. AND SO THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT IT'S WORKING FOR YOU. 
          SO WE'LL ANY SUGGESTIONS ON IMPROVEMENTS ALWAYS OPEN FOR THOSE. 
          IT REALLY WORKS FOR ME. I'M HALF BLIND. SO THIS MONITOR REALLY. 
          RIGHT. OKAY, WELL, THEN WE'LL CONTINUE FORWARD AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MISS VERA. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON ALL. WITH REGARDS TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION,
WE'RE STILL A DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION OF TWO. 
          ONE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER. ONE HUMAN RESOURCES ANALYST. 
          ONE. OUR MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR ARE ASSOCIATED WITH PERSONNEL
RECRUITMENT AND INTERNAL PROMOTIONS. 
          WITH REGARDS TO INITIATIVES FOR THE ONGOING FISCAL YEAR AND FOR THE NEXT COMING FISCAL
YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDRESSING RISING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH WORKER'S COMP AND LIABILITY
INSURANCE, WHICH IS ALWAYS A HOT TOPIC FOR US IN HR. MANAGING EFFECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS WITH OUR TWO
BARGAINING UNITS, 
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THE ONE FOR THE W, POA AND OF COURSE, SEIU. AND THEN AS WELL AS CONTINUING WITH ONGOING
RECRUITMENT PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT, AMONG OTHER HR RELATED ITEMS. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT FOR THE DIVISION AND I CAN GO AHEAD
AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AT THIS TIME. 
          I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. IN A PREVIOUS LIFE,
WE ALWAYS HAD SOME KIND OF A PROGRAM THAT PROMOTED SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE. DO WE HAVE SUCH PROGRAMS HERE WITH REGARDS TO WORKING EFFICIENTLY
AND SAFE SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE? WE HAVE INTERNAL TRAINING, SO FOCUSING ON PUBLIC WORKS. 
          PUBLIC WORKS HAS A WEEKLY TRAINING. SO MULTIPLE DIVISIONS WILL GET TOGETHER AND HOST LIKE
A HOT TOPIC WITH REGARDS TO WORKING UNDER LIKE HEAT STRESS CONDITIONS. SO IF IT GETS OVER A PARTICULAR TEMPERATURE,
THEY'LL HIGHLIGHT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE REMINDING STAFF TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THEIR BREAKS, GET WATER, LOOK FOR SHADED AREAS. 
          IF THEY START TO FEEL SICK, TO GO AHEAD AND CONTACT EITHER THEIR SUPERVISOR OR HR FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE EFFECTIVE BREAKS. 
          BUT THEY DO HAVE PARTICULAR TRAINING SESSIONS. 
          SOME OF THEM ARE DEPARTMENT FOCUSED, SOME OF THEM ARE AGENCY FOCUSED,
SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE TOPIC. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWER. THE REASON FOR THE QUESTION IS THIS. 
          I WONDER WHETHER WHEN YOU HAVE THESE PROGRAMS IN PLACE,
WHETHER YOU'RE ABLE TO OBTAIN A BETTER RATE OF INSURANCE. 
          THAT'S THE REASON FOR MY QUESTION, BECAUSE IF THEY KNOW THAT YOUR FOCUS ON SAFETY,
THE LIKELIHOOD OF HAVING ACCIDENTS DECREASES, I IMAGINE, DRAMATICALLY. IT DOES. AND IT ALSO DOESN'T REALLY HELP THAT WE'VE DOUBLED OUR
AGENCY SIZE. 
          SO POPULATION HAS REALLY AFFECTED US. AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS NOW FIGURE OUT
WHERE WE'RE KIND OF LIKE AT A PARTICULAR STATE WHERE WE'RE EITHER JUST HIRING OR PROMOTING WITHIN AND THEN BACKFILLING THAT PARTICULAR POSITION. 
          IT GIVES US A GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE TRUE COST ASSOCIATED
WITH THAT. 
          SOME OF THE COSTS ARE ALSO COORDINATED WITH OUR ACTUAL PAYROLL SALARY. 
          SO A PORTION OF THAT GETS FRAGMENTED FROM THERE. 
          A PORTION ALSO GETS FRAGMENTED FROM THE ONGOING COSTS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUTSTANDING WORKERS
COMP CASES. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY PUSHING FORWARD TO TRY AND CLOSE ALL OF THOSE OUTSTANDING CASES. 
          YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S JUST AN UNFORTUNATE THING BECAUSE IT IS A REQUIREMENT. 
          RIGHT. AND I KNOW IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE. SO THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWER. 
          DID I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY THAT PAYROLL SALARIES IMPACT OUR WORKERS COMP. 
          THAT IS ACCURATE. ALL RIGHT. NO MORE RAISES. THAT'S A JOKE. 
          BUT YOU DO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE ACTUALLY WENT FROM A POPULATION SIZE OF ABOUT 60
STAFF MEMBERS TO ABOUT 107 THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY AT NOW IN THE LAST PROBABLY THREE YEARS, TWO AND A HALF. SO IT HAS BEEN A HUGE SHIFT FOR US. 
          AND SO THOSE FIGURES ARE JUST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          BUT WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH HOW THE DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING AND HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE,
EVEN WHEN REPORTING EVEN SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A INCIDENT, INSTEAD OF IT BEING AN INJURY WHERE IT'S CLASSIFIED AS A FIRST DATE. 
          THEY'RE VERY RESPONSIVE AS TO GETTING US THE FORMS THAT WE NEED. 
          SO THAT ALSO REALLY HELPS KEEP THOSE CASES AND THOSE CLAIM COSTS LOW. 
          WELL, I WOULD ASSUME WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
THAT'S GOING TO EXPONENTIALLY MAKE OUR RATES HIGHER BECAUSE OF THE DEGREE OF DANGER THAT THEY HAVE. EXACTLY THE LEVEL OF SAFETY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM AND THE HIGHER RISK. 
          SO THAT ALWAYS IS A KEY IDENTIFIER AS WELL. THANK YOU NANCY. 
          AND I THINK JUST TO PILE ON THE SORT OF SAFETY TRAINING ISN'T JUST A MANDATE. 
          IT'S A GOOD IDEA. AND ESPECIALLY IN THE PD. SO THEIR PD IS EASILY THE MOST HIGHLY
REGULATED DEPARTMENT WE HAVE AND FOR GOOD REASON. SO. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE FOR HUMAN RESOURCES? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NANCY. SO I GET THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE CITY CLERK SLIDE
SINCE MY CITY CLERK IS IN TRAINING. SO THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR CITY CLERK WILL SOME SOMEWHAT LOOK FAMILIAR
THIS YEAR. 
          WITHOUT A DEDICATED DEPARTMENT TO HANDLE THESE SORT OF THINGS,
THE SIZE WE ARE ALL THE MISCELLANEOUS KINDS OF TASKS FALL TO THE CITY CLERK, THE YOU KNOW, BEING THE FOCAL POINT FOR CITY EVENTS AND THINGS AND LISTED HERE RIBBON
CUTTINGS AND MEETINGS AND WHATNOT FALLS TO OUR CITY CLERK'S. 
          THERE WERE UPDATES TO THE BROWN ACT THIS YEAR. 
          SB 707. WE'RE NOT DONE IMPLEMENTING THOSE. SOME OF THOSE HAVE TO DO WITH BILINGUAL
PRESENTATION OF MATERIALS AND, AND AGENDAS AND SO FORTH. SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO THERE. 
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THIS YEAR WE'VE PROBABLY, IT'S A RECORD AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BREAK THIS RECORD 141
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS THIS THIS PAST YEAR. IT'S A SYSTEM THAT IS BEING ABUSED BY ACTIVISTS AND AMBULANCE CHASERS AND, YOU KNOW, FOLKS THAT JUST WANT TO INTIMIDATE CITIES INTO YOU KNOW,
SOME SORT OF LEGAL ENGAGEMENT. 
          SO IT'S FRUSTRATING, DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE A SOLUTION,
IMMEDIATE SOLUTION ON THE HORIZON. 
          BUT I THINK IT WILL BECOME ENOUGH OF A PROBLEM. 
          WE'LL PROBABLY COME BACK AND TALK TO COUNCIL ABOUT WHETHER THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO BUY
TOOLS TO HELP US MANAGE THAT, OR WE MAY EVEN NEED TO HAVE A PERSONNEL THAT ARE SOMEWHAT DEDICATED TO,
TO DOING THAT RATHER THAN DISRUPTING THE REST OF THE STAFF. 
          AND THEN 18 CLAIMS OF ONE FORM OR ANOTHER, ANY OF THOSE THAT RISE TO A CERTAIN LEVEL. 
          OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU GET TO SEE THOSE AND MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT SETTLING THOSE
WITH THE CLAIMANTS. 
          FPPC FILING. WE WE ALL DID OUR PART. GOT OUR FPC'S FILINGS IN BEFORE THE DEADLINE. 
          SO THAT'S A NOT AN EASY THING ALWAYS. SO INITIATIVES TRAININGS FOR RECORDS MANAGEMENT
POLICIES. 
          WE HAVE A STRUCTURE IN PLACE WITH OUR EXPANSION OF OUR ADOBE LICENSING AND WHATNOT. 
          THERE'S STILL STEPS TO BE TAKEN. WE TALKED ABOUT RECORDS THAT ARE 40 YEARS OLD OR GO BACK
TO THE 40S. 
          SOME OF THESE THINGS STILL, THERE NEEDS TO BE A PROCEDURE AND MECHANISM FOR GETTING THEM
ARCHIVED. 
          WORK WITH OUTSIDE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HAS BEEN ACTIVE THIS YEAR. 
          IT'S AN ELECTION YEAR, SO THAT'S EXTRA WORK. THE IMAGING WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WORKFLOW FOR
PUBLIC RECORDS. 
          I JUST TALKED ABOUT EXPANDED ON THAT A LITTLE BIT. 
          THAT'LL BE ADDRESSED THIS YEAR. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN QUITE A BIT OF MOVEMENT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE,
THE ORG CHART THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET HERE YOU'LL SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING SOME TWEAKING TO THAT ORGANIZATION AND IT LOOKS TO BE ESPECIALLY THE
CHANGES IN THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE, WHICH I DON'T WANT TO STEAL MY ASSISTANTS THUNDER THERE. 
          SO AND THEN A PORTAL. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO ONCE WE GET TO A CRITICAL MASS ON OUR
ARCHIVED RECORDS IS, IS PARTIALLY AUTOMATE THAT PROCESS. SO IT CAN BE A SELF-SERVE PUBLIC RECORDS RETRIEVAL
FROM OUR ARCHIVE. 
          SO OTHER CITIES HAVE SUCCESSFULLY DONE THAT. AND I THINK WE CAN TOO. 
          IT JUST IS A LITTLE TOUGHER FOR A SMALLER OPERATION LIKE OURS. 
          SO I'M ASSUMING OF THAT 141 PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST,
MOST OF THOSE WERE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          I DON'T THINK SO. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT, BUT I WOULDN'T SAY A MAJORITY. 
          JUST A FEW. BUT YEAH, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL. THERE ARE. 
          AND. AND UNFORTUNATELY, TO THE CHIEF'S CREDIT,
SOME OF THEM THEY CAN MANAGE ALMOST ENTIRELY THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT MARIA DIDN'T INCLUDE ALL OF THOSE IN HER ACCOUNT HERE, BUT THERE ARE AN AWFUL LOT THAT ARE JUST RANDOM TOPICS,
A LOT OF PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS THAT ARE DONE. YOU KNOW, I WASN'T PROPERLY FITTED OUT,
SO OKAY. 
          I SEE. SO YEAH, AFTER ANY MAJOR BID AWARD, THERE'S A FLURRY OF THE OTHER BIDDERS
REQUESTING ANY OF THOSE COME IN FROM MAYOR OF IT. 
          NO, NO, WE'RE WE'RE PAST THAT. YEAH. SO SO ANYWAY,
THAT'S THAT'S CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY,
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MARIA WHO WILL TAKE ON THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT. 
          OKAY. WELL, I HAVE THE HONOR TO GO OVER TRANSIT FOR THE CITY CLERK THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT
IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, THEY'VE THEY'VE GOT A COMPLETE NEW FLEET. THEY WENT FROM HAVING OLD,
YOU KNOW, FUEL AND CNG TRANSIT VEHICLES TO NOW HAVING FIVE NEW TRANSIT VEHICLES. THREE OF THEM ARE ELECTRIC,
ONE IS CNG, AND THE OTHER ONE IS GAS. 
          SO THEY HAVE A DIVERSE FLEET OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS. 
          AND WE DID THAT INTENTIONALLY BECAUSE WE'VE HAD BEEN,
WE HAD BEEN HEARING FROM NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES THAT ELECTRIC FLEETS WERE GIVING THEM A LOT OF A LOT OF CHALLENGES, A LOT OF ISSUES AND THEY HAVE HAVE DONE THE SAME THING
FOR US. 
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MARIA HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THE BRAND NEW. 
          THE THREE THAT WE GOT THAT ARE ELECTRIC. THEY'VE HAD ISSUES WITH THE BATTERIES. 
          THE WHEELCHAIR LIFT. AND SOME OF THEM HAVE, YOU KNOW,
BEEN SITTING OUT IN THE PARKING LOT FOR A FEW MONTHS WAITING ON THE TEXT TO COME OUT AND FIX THEM. SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH OUR ELECTRIC FLEET AND ALSO OUR CNG. 
          SO I KNOW THAT MARIA HAS WORKED WITH LEWIS LEWIS AND THE MECHANICS AND WE'VE HAD,
I BELIEVE ALL OF THEM ARE NOW UP AND RUNNING. 
          SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL KEEP IT THAT WAY FOR A FEW MONTHS. 
          THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS THAT A LOT OF THESE REPAIRS ARE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY,
RIGHT? THEY STILL HAVE WARRANTY, SO THEIR NEW VEHICLES BUT YOU KNOW,
WE'LL JUST KEEP MONITORING THEM AND MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE ON IT TO ENSURE THAT WE GET THOSE REPAIRS BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRES. 
          THE OTHER ITEM THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IS HIRING AND,
AND PROMOTING WITHIN WE'VE, WE'VE RIGHT NOW, LIKE SCOTT MENTIONED WE HAVE ONE OF OUR DRIVERS GOT A JOB OVER AT SANITATION. 
          AND HE'LL BE, HE, HE WILL BE MOVING TO SANITATION. 
          THE OTHER DRIVER GOT PROMOTED TO BE THE LEAD TRANSIT AND DISPATCH,
I BELIEVE THAT'S HER TITLE. 
          AND RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A DRIVER WHO'S GOING TO START NEXT
WEEK. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT WITH STAFFING. 
          AND WITH THAT, WHAT THAT MEANS IS SHE, SHE ALSO HAS TO TRAIN THEM TRAIN THEM ON THE NEW,
YOU KNOW, OUR POLICIES. ALSO THE NEW VEHICLES ELECTRIC VEHICLES,
YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO A LOT OF OUR DRIVERS HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO PROPERLY DRIVE THEM TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BATTERY IS MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 
          AND SO THERE'S TRAINING INVOLVED. SO I KNOW MARIA HAS BEEN WORKING VERY,
HER WHOLE TEAM, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW FLEET AND ALSO HIRE AND RETAIN QUALIFIED DRIVERS. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT SHE'S VERY PROUD OF IS THAT HER TEAM HELPED KERN COC COMPLETE THE
FIVE YEAR TRANSPORTATION PLAN. COUNCIL APPROVED THAT PLAN. THAT'S THE,
THAT'S THE FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR TRANSIT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          AND THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED THROUGH COUNCIL AND SUBMITTED THROUGH TO KERN COC. 
          AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT PLAN WILL GIVE US GRANT MONEY FOR OUR FUTURE PUBLIC TRANSIT
FACILITY THAT WE'RE WANTING TO BUILD OVER THERE ON CENTRAL AND FILBERT. 
          AND THAT THAT'S, I THINK I COVER EVERYTHING THAT SHE HAS HERE. 
          AND SHE'S, YOU KNOW, SHE'S WANTING TO INCREASE MARKETING TO INCREASE RIDERSHIP FOR
DIAL-A-RIDE. 
          I KNOW THAT THEY'RE VERY ACTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNITY EVENTS. 
          THEY PARTICIPATE IN ROSE PARADE, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. 
          THEY'RE OUT THERE. THEY'RE INFORMING THE COMMUNITY OF DIAL-A-RIDE THEIR SERVICES. 
          SHE DOES THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, SO THEY'RE VERY INVOLVED. 
          SO I THINK IN THE NEXT YEAR SHE'LL CONTINUE DOING THAT AND,
YOU KNOW, TRAIN TRAINING HER NEW STAFF. 
          AND I KNOW THAT SHE IS LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING A SENIOR ADA APPLICATION TO REDUCE RATES
FOR, FOR SOME OF OUR SENIORS MIGHT BE IN A FIXED INCOME. 
          SO THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WILL COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AND FOR YOU GUYS TO
CONSIDER AND REVIEW. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TRANSIT. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE. UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS WE'LL ATTEMPT TO ANSWER OR CAPTURE. 
          WE WILL. YEP. GOOD. OKAY. SHE'LL BE HAPPY THAT THERE'S NO QUESTIONS. OKAY. WELL I'LL CONTINUE THEN. NEXT UP IS CITY MANAGER. 
          SO I'LL DO THOSE. SO JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS HERE. 
          I WON'T READ THEM TO YOU, BUT CERTAINLY THE RETIREMENT OF OUR FOUNDING POLICE CHIEF AND
THE, AND THE ONBOARDING OF CHIEF MORA WAS A BIG HIGHLIGHT LAST YEAR. 
          AND REALLY FROM ANY KIND OF OBSERVATION THAT HAS GONE EXTREMELY SMOOTHLY AND THE,
THE TROOPS ARE, ARE DOING WELL. AND THE DEPARTMENT IS OPERATING WELL. 
          THEN WE, AS WE POINTED OUT AT THE LAST MEETING,
JUST PASSED OUR TWO YEAR MARK ON THAT. 
          SO LONG TERM FACILITIES UPDATE AND REPLACEMENT,
AS WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE COUNCIL 
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2 OR 3 YEARS AGO. YOU KNOW, THAT THAT TOPIC OF KEEPING AN EYE ON OUR FACILITIES,
THE AGE OF OUR BUILDINGS AND WHATNOT, AND HAVE A SYSTEMATIC PLAN AND PROJECTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH REFURBISHING AND,
AND REPLACING THEM WELL UNDERWAY. 
          AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PART OF THAT, THE,
THE PURCHASE OF THAT LAND, IT'S CENTRAL AND FILBURN WILL KNOCK OUT THREE OF THOSE FACILITIES ONCE IT'S DONE. AND WE CONTINUE WITH THE SEARCH FOR FUNDING AND,
AND WE'LL, THERE'LL BE A LOT MORE TO TALK ABOUT DURING THE BUDGET MEETINGS ON, ON EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE. 
          BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY A FOCUS FOR MYSELF. GOT A COUPLE OF NEW LEASE AGREEMENTS,
LONG TERM LEASE AGREEMENTS. 
          WE'VE GOT THE YOU KNOW, FINALLY FINISHED THE 3 OR 4 YEAR LONG SEARCH FOR REVOLVING FUND
FUNDING. 
          AND NOW IT'S JUST THE IMPLEMENTATION, AS WE HEARD EARLIER FROM MR. VILLA. CONTINUE THE INNOVATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND WITH HUMAN
RESOURCES TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH OUR RECRUITING, THAT WE'RE COMPETITIVE WITH OUR,
OUR SALARY AND BENEFITS. 
          AND THEN WE RETAIN OUR, OUR BEST RESOURCES HERE FOR THE CITY AND DELIVERING OUR SERVICES. 
          LET'S SEE, WHAT HAVE WE GOT NEXT? THE SOCIAL MEDIA I WOULD SAY IS WALKING,
IT'S PAST CRAWLING, MAYBE WALKING, NOT RUNNING YET, BUT WE'RE PROCEEDING CAREFULLY IN THAT REGARD,
BUT I THINK WE'RE SEEING SOME GOOD COORDINATION NOW, THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME PROCEDURES TO MAKE IT EASIER TO PUT OUT TIMELY INFORMATION THROUGH
OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER KINDS OF MEDIA, THE THE SIGNS AND THE NEWSPAPER AND SO FORTH. 
          THE EXPANSION OF ECONOMIC GROWTH IS REALLY A BIG PART OF,
OF OUR WORLD. 
          WE REALIZE THAT WE CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING GROWING WITHOUT THE,
THE REVENUE SIDE OF THE HOUSE KEEPING UP. 
          AND SO I THINK WHAT I SHARED EARLIER IS CERTAINLY THE,
THE ASSOCIATION WITH CHRIS. 
          COM AND SOME OF THE OTHER IN-HOUSE TOOLS LIKE THE PLACE FOR AI AND OUR ATTENDANCE AT THESE
VARIOUS TRADE SHOWS IS I THINK WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE ENGAGEMENT FROM THE MARKET,
FROM THE DEVELOPER SIDE, FROM THE NATIONAL CHAINS. THEY KNOW WHERE WASCO IS. 
          THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH US. THEY RECOGNIZE US. NOW WHEN WE WALK UP TO THE BOOTH AT THE ICSC, AND EVEN IF THEY'RE STILL NOT READY, THEY'LL AT LEAST ENGAGE. 
          AND THEY KNOW THEY'RE AWARE OF WHO WE ARE. AND THEN AGAIN,
YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE PROBABLY THIS YEAR WAS THE CHANGE IN PERSONNEL IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND TRACY COVERED A LOT OF THAT. AND SHE AND THE REST OF THE TEAM OVER THERE ARE A BIG
PART OF ABSORBING THAT CHANGE AND GETTING BACK ON OUR FEET AND, AND GETTING CAUGHT UP. AND I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO TO REALLY
FOCUS ON SOME OF THE LONG TERM ISSUES THAT HAVE, HAVE BEEN THERE, BUT JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH OR THE OUTSIDE RESOURCES TO
ADDRESS THEM. 
          FOR INITIATIVES. I THINK THE GETTING THE PD FACILITY UNDERWAY AND BREAKING GROUND ON THAT
IS A BIG PART OF MY WORLD. AND. AND AGAIN, IT WILL BE A MUCH MORE IN DEPTH DISCUSSION DURING THE BUDGET
MEETINGS. 
          BUT ALONG WITH THAT, WE, WE HAVE THIS ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ARCHITECT'S OFFICE. 
          AND SO THEY'VE STARTED ON SIMILAR KIND OF WORK,
WHICH THE COUNCIL ALREADY APPROVED FOR THE CENTRAL AND FILBURN CAMPUS THAT WILL HOUSE EVENTUALLY HOUSE NEW FACILITIES FOR PUBLIC WORKS,
TRANSIT, ANIMAL CONTROL AND A IN A WELL SITE. 
          SO THAT WORK IS IS UNDERWAY. NOW IN LARGE PART DUE TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND ALL
THE DEPARTMENT HEADS. 
          WE'RE REALLY AGGRESSIVE ABOUT SEEKING AND, AND TRYING TO SECURE ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING
FOR ONE TIME EXPENDITURES. WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT SPENDING TOO MUCH ON THEM FOR RECURRING EXPENSES
AND ONGOING PERSONNEL, ESPECIALLY. BUT FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. IT'S IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR WORLD. 
          WATER SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT. YOU'VE HEARD QUITE A BIT ABOUT THAT TANK. 
          AT WELL, 13 WILL BE ONLINE BY SUMMER I THINK IS THE,
THE GOAL AND THE NEXT ONE. 
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YEAH. SO THAT WILL BE A BIG HELP FOR US AND HELP US ALL SLEEP A LITTLE BIT BETTER DURING
THE HIGH DEMAND SUMMER MONTHS. 
          WE, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LABOR CAMP DISPOSITION AND THAT'S STILL SOMETHING
THAT'S BEING WORKED ON. 
          AND THEN JUST AGAIN, ONCE WE GET OPPORTUNITIES TO BE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE,
WHICH DOESN'T HAPPEN A LOT, BUT WE DO GET OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT AS IDENTIFYING AND,
AND, AND MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR PROCEDURES AND OUR EFFICIENCY. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EACH OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS IS CONSCIOUS OF. 
          AND I RELY A LOT ON, ON THOSE IDEAS TO COME FROM THE DEPARTMENTS,
NOT FROM ME. 
          SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT DEPARTMENT? NO. OKAY. WELL, WE'LL MOVE ON. AND GRANTS WILL TOSS IT BACK OVER TO MARIA TO GIVE US AN
UPDATE ON GRANTS. 
          THANK YOU. SO I'LL GO BRIEFLY. A LOT OF THESE,
I THINK WE'VE KIND OF COVERED A FEW OF THEM THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION. 
          BUT THE FIRST ONE THAT A FEW OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED WAS GETTING FUNDING FOR PHASE TWO
FOR DOWNTOWN. 
          WE GOT $5 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED TO FINISH THE PHASE TWO. 
          WE'RE PENDING OUR AGREEMENT. SO THAT'S WHY A LOT,
YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T START THE WORK WITHOUT AN EXECUTED AGREEMENT. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSMAN VALADAO TO GET US AN AGREEMENT. 
          AND THAT AGREEMENT WILL PROBABLY COME TO YOU TO CITY COUNCIL ONCE WE WE HAVE THE AGREEMENT
SO YOU GUYS CAN REVIEW AND APPROVE IT. 
          BUT THE MONEY WILL BE COMING THROUGH THE HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS THROUGH THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR THE WHOLE TEAM HERE TO BE ABLE TO FINISH THE WORK THAT WE
STARTED. 
          AND FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THE OTHER ONE THAT I AM VERY PLEASED WAS WE RECENTLY GOT A
CLEAN CALIFORNIA LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM FOR TO DO CLEANUP AND YOUTH WORK FORCE INITIATIVE. 
          MEANING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HIRE EIGHT YOUTH ENTRANTS FROM THE PAL PROGRAM. 
          SO WE'RE HOPING THAT I KNOW RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FIVE THAT WE ARE AWARE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO
BE GRADUATING, AND THEY HAVE TO BE GRADUATING WITH EITHER INDEPENDENCE OR WASCO HIGH SCHOOL. 
          THEY HAVE TO BE 18, 18 OR OLDER. WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO AT LEAST THIS SUMMER AND
NEXT SUMMER. 
          SO WE MIGHT CAPTURE A FEW OF THEM THIS YEAR,
AND THEN WE'LL LEAVE ROOM MAYBE FOR TWO OR 2 OR 3 FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED. WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY HIRE THEM. 
          THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO PARTNER WITH THE PAL. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM WORK WITH THE STREET SUPERVISOR. 
          I BELIEVE WE'RE A STREET IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT IT. 
          LOUIS. SO. NO. YES, YOU'RE YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. 
          INITIALLY ALBERTO MYSELF WILL TAKE THE LEAD ON IT. 
          ONCE THAT EVERYTHING GETS IMPLEMENTED AND STAFF GETS TRAINED UP THEN WE'LL,
WE'LL BRING IN THE STREET SUPERVISORS AND TAKE THE LEAD. 
          YOU KNOW, PROBABLY A FEW MONTHS IN, HOPEFULLY SOONER. 
          BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S ON THE UP AND UP ON THAT END. 
          SO THE GOAL, THE VISION OF IT IS WE'RE GOING TO HIRE THESE YOUNG,
YOU KNOW, YOUNG KIDS TO COME IN. 
          WE'RE GOING TO DO INTERVIEWS. WE'RE GOING TO TEACH THEM,
YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW YOU APPLY. THIS IS HOW YOU INTERVIEW. 
          AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM FOCUS ON AREAS LIKE DOWNTOWN WHERE,
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE LITTER, A LOT OF THE TRASH AREAS WHERE WE KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO BE CLEAN AND THE PUBLIC USES. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT JUST BEING ABLE TO OFFER THEM THIS
OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL GIVE THEM JOB SKILLS AND SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN PUT ON THEIR RESUME AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, GET A JOB LATER ON. AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM THAT WE WERE
SUCCESSFUL AT WAS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE GOT $37.9 MILLION TO DO THE WATER WELLS. 
          THAT WAS A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT. THAT WAS A TEAM EFFORT. 
          AND ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS, I BELIEVE MR. REYNA ASKED WHAT THE DEADLINE WAS FOR THAT GRANT. 
          SO I MAKE SURE WE INCLUDED THAT HERE. SO, YOU KNOW,
IT'S NOVEMBER 30TH OF 2027. 
          THAT'S NO JULY 1ST OF 2027. THAT'S THE DEADLINE. 
          BUT THEY ARE WILLING TO DO AN EXTENSION IF NEEDED. 
          AND WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO NEED AN EXTENSION BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO
FOR NEW WELLS BY JULY OF 2027. 
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NO, THAT THAT IS CORRECT. I MEAN, IT'S TOO MUCH WORK. 
          TIMELINE, THEY UNDERSTAND IT. AND INITIALLY THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID. 
          HEY, WE WILL EXTEND IT. IT'S JUST THAT'S THE WAY THAT THAT IT'S FORMATTED,
BUT THEY WILL DO THE EXTENSIONS ON IT. 
          NO PROBLEM. SO PROBABLY SIX MONTHS, YOU KNOW,
THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY OF 2027 WILL BE ASKING FOR THAT EXTENSION. 
          AND BY THEN WE'LL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. 
          YOU KNOW, WHERE THE PROJECT'S AT AND HOW MUCH TIME WE NEED. 
          THE OTHER GRANT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN WAS A C-MAC GRANT. 
          THIS YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE MONEY FOR A NEW CNG STATION FOR THE NEW PUBLIC WORK YARD
OUT ON CENTRAL AND FILBERT. THIS WILL BE, THIS WILL GIVE THE ABILITY FOR THIS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CNG
STATION, THE SANITATION, THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT TRUCKS CAN USE AND TRANSIT. 
          SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A PRETTY BIG WIN FOR US. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MONEY TO BUILD THAT OUT
THERE. 
          THE OTHER ONE WAS WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE AN RSVP GRANT FOR A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION. 
          SO THAT'S THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL GIVE US,
YOU KNOW, SOME MONEY TO DO REPAVEMENT AND SIDEWALKS AND THIS WILL BE REALLY GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW THAT MR. RIJINO SITS ON THIS BOARD. 
          SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR, TO, FOR CONSIDERING OUR PROJECTS AND FUNDING THEM. 
          THE LAST ONE THAT I WANT TO KIND OF GO OVER,
IT'S A WONDERFUL THE WONDERFUL GRANT THEY GAVE US $13,600 TO HIRE A SUMMER NUTRITION COORDINATOR FOR THE PAL PROGRAM. 
          I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE DID INTERVIEWS THIS WEEK AND WE OFFER THE JOB TO A POTENTIAL
APPLICANT ALREADY. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED. WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN GET SOMEONE ON BOARD HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR
TWO AND BE READY FOR SUMMER. 
          SO WHEN THE KIDS GET OUT OF SCHOOL, THEY'LL HAVE. 
          WE'RE HOPING THAT THE HOURS FOR PAL WILL BE ANYWHERE FROM 9 A.M. 
          TILL FIVE, SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO OPEN IT UP EARLY FOR THE KIDS THAT WANT TO LEARN ABOUT
NUTRITION AND THOSE THAT WANT TO, YOU KNOW, STAY AROUND AND WORK OUT, THEY CAN DO THAT. 
          OR IF YOU JUST WANT TO COME AND DO THE BOXING,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT TOO. 
          SO IT'S EXCITING. THE OTHER LAST ITEM, YOU ALL KNOW,
WE FINISHED THE RENOVATION OF THE POWELL BUILDING. 
          THE PROGRAM WAS OPENED LAST JULY. AND I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SAY THAT,
YOU KNOW, AND WE WERE ABLE TO BE WE RECEIVED AN AWARD, A REGIONAL AWARD. AND I THINK ALL OF YOU ATTENDED THAT EVENT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IN LESS THAN A YEAR OF BEING OPEN,
YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, CITIES AROUND US ARE WATCHING WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR OUR YOUTH. AND IT'S, IT'S A GREAT INVESTMENT THAT WE,
WE DECIDED TO INVEST IN THIS BUILDING, INVEST IN THIS PROGRAM, AND WE CONTINUE TO GO AFTER MONEY TO BRING THE RESOURCES THAT THE YOUTH NEED TO BE
SUCCESSFUL. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. CONGRATULATIONS. 
          IT'S A TEAM EFFORT. THIS IS NOT JUST MY WORK. 
          IT'S EVERYBODY'S WORK IN THIS ROOM THAT, YOU KNOW,
IT TAKES THE INITIATIVE OF THE STAFF. 
          I'M ALWAYS OUT THERE CHAMPIONING OUR CAUSES. BUT WITHOUT THE STAFF,
NONE OF IT WOULD BE FRUITFUL. 
          YES, THE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE IT COME TRUE. 
          I AGREE. SO SOME OF THE INITIATIVES, IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PAGE WE,
WE SUBMITTED A CDBG APPLICATION FOR A NEW WATER TANK. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO ADVOCATE FOR
WATER, WATER FUNDING BECAUSE WE, WE NEED NOT JUST A WATER TANK,
WE ALSO NEED A. 
          WELL, SO I'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO FUND THAT TO FUND A NEW. 
          WELL. AND I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT IN THE FALL OF 2026,
WE'LL HEAR GOOD NEWS. 
          SO WE GOT THE MONEY FOR THE WATER TANK, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE. 
          LIKE I SAID, LOOKING FOR MONEY TO DO A NEW WELL. 
          THE OTHER THING IS WE SUBMITTED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027. 
          WE SUBMITTED A COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUEST TO THE OFFICE OF DAVID VALADAO FOR $3
MILLION FOR AN EMERGENCY OPERATING FACILITY. AND THIS WOULD BE HOUSE WITH A NEW POLICE STATION ACROSS THE STREET. 
          AND THEY'VE CUT CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES ISSUED A,
AN ENDORSEMENT LETTER ENDORSING OUR, 
          [02:20:01]
OUR PROJECT. AND VALADAO IS PUSHING THAT FORWARD. 
          SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL MAKE IT TO THE FINISH LINE. 
          SO THAT WOULD ADD HOPEFULLY ANOTHER $3 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT ACROSS THE STREET. 
          IF IF THE MR. VALADAO SHOULD COME TO THE CITY. 
          BE SURE TO INVITE US SO THAT WE CAN BE PRESENT AND BE ABLE TO EXTEND OUR GRATITUDE FOR
THIS AWARDS. 
          WE WILL. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE INVITE ALL OF YOU NEXT TIME. 
          AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK. 
          ONE OF MY JOBS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY INITIATIVE IS NOW THAT WE'VE BROUGHT IN CONSULTANTS TO
HELP WITH SOME OF THE GRANT WRITING. 
          I WANT TO START WORKING WITH OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS TO YOU KNOW,
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CONNECTING BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A REP WITH CHRIS. 
          COM THEY ASSIGN A REP TO THE CITY. SO I'M TRYING TO CONNECT WITH OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS,
CONNECTING THEM WITH THIS REP TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WORKING ON SOMETIMES THEY'RE SMALL GRANTS,
BUT THEY CAN MAKE A BIG IMPACT IF WE GET THEM AND BE ABLE TO ASSIST THEIR DEPARTMENT ON A NEED THAT THE COMMUNITY MIGHT HAVE. SO I'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS. 
          I WILL STILL BE VERY INVOLVED WITH THE GRANTS. 
          JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE TIMES OUR STAFF IS BUSY OUT IN THE FIELD WORKING. 
          SO I, I TEND TO BE THE PERSON I, I DON'T WANT TO BE THE MIDDLE PERSON,
BUT IT'S HARD NOT TO BE THE MIDDLE PERSON BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I, OUR ENGINEERS OUT IN THE FIELD DOING WORK AND I WANT HIM TO BE OUT
THERE DOING THE PROJECT. 
          AND SOMETIMES I'M LIKE, I DON'T MIND DOING THE PAPERWORK IF I CAN DO IT. 
          AND THEY'RE VERY HELPFUL. ALL OF THEM, YOU KNOW,
THEY WILL DROP WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING TO, TO TRY TO GET ME THE ANSWERS WE NEED. THE OTHER ITEM THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT I HOPE
THAT WE CAN WORK ON NOW THAT WE HAVE A NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR IS IT'S, THIS HAS BEEN ON OUR LIST SINCE,
I THINK SINCE I GOT HIRED IS TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND IF, IF, IF IT'S NOT A SOFTWARE MAYBE UPDATING OUR GRANT BILLING PROCEDURES INTERNALLY JUST TO
MAKE SURE THAT BECAUSE THERE IS GRANT MONEY THAT SOMETIMES DOESN'T COME TO ME BECAUSE THEY,
THEY, THEY'RE ESPECIALLY CURRENT SOME OF THE MONEY, IT'S LIKE A, YOU KNOW, WE, WE GET OUR ALLOCATION. 
          WE JUST GOT TO SUBMIT IT. AND A LOT OF THAT IS TYPICALLY PUBLIC WORKS,
THE STREET DEPARTMENT, ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND FINANCE, SOME OF THAT STUFF. 
          I REALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT. MY FINGERS ARE REALLY NOT ON ON ALL THAT,
BUT I DON'T. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT. SO I, I WANT US TO GET A SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN ALL SEE
WHAT WHAT IS OUT THERE, NOT JUST WHAT I MANAGE, BUT I WANT TO SEE EVERYBODY. 
          SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN DO THAT, THAT ME AND TRACY COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING WHERE
EVERYBODY CAN, YOU KNOW, GET INTO A SYSTEM AND SEE WHAT'S WHO'S DOING WHAT WHEN IT COMES TO GRANTS. 
          WELL, THAT WAS WONDERFUL TO HEAR. AS YOU KNOW,
I INFORM YOU ANYTIME THAT THERE IS SOMETHING AVAILABLE. 
          YES. AND WE IF YOU CAN SEE IT AHEAD OF TIME,
THAT'S EVEN BETTER. 
          YES, AND WE ARE PART OF A CURRENT COG HAS A GRANT FINDER SOFTWARE THAT WE. 
          WE DO HAVE A FREE MEMBERSHIP BECAUSE WE'RE PART OF THE CURRENT COG MEMBER CITIES. 
          SO WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO SOFTWARE LIKE THAT, WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO GET IN THERE AND SEARCH
FOR A PARTICULAR GRANT. 
          AND, AND THEN, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE WORKING WITH OUR CITY MANAGER,
OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS ON GETTING, YOU KNOW, SHOVEL WORTHY PROJECTS, SHOVEL READY. 
          AND BY THAT, I MEAN, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT,
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THE, THEY'RE IN THE CIP, BUT MAYBE WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE LIKE AN ENVIRONMENTAL OR WE DON'T HAVE A SITE PLAN. 
          WE DON'T HAVE AN ENGINEER DESIGN SOME OF OUR PROJECTS. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING THERE. I THINK OUR BIGGER PROJECTS LIKE PD,
CITY HALL, ANIMAL CONTROL, WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THAT, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD. 
          BUT WE HAVE A FEW THAT I, I KNOW THAT WE COULD PROBABLY DO A LITTLE MORE,
BUT IT'S IT'S JUST STAFFING, YOU KNOW, AND WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO HIRE AN ARCHITECT AND AN ENGINEER TO MOVE THOSE ALONG. 
          AND THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL,
UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME. 
          THANK YOU MARIA. THANK YOU. YOU GUYS WELCOME. 
          KIND OF BORING, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VALENTIN AND SCOTT AND I WERE IN SACRAMENTO AND WE DON'T GO THERE JUST TO
BE THERE. RIGHT. WE, WE WORK AT TRYING TO GET FUNDING NEEDED FOR,
FOR OUR CITY. 
          AND I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I DON'T WASTE A MOMENT. 
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RIGHT. I WILL ASK, AND IF THE ANSWER IS MAYBE THEN I WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT,
AND I WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP UNTIL I EXHAUST EVERY AVENUE AVAILABLE TO US TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT LEAVING ANY STONE
UNTURNED. 
          BUT SOMETIMES THAT WORK PAYS OFF AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T,
RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S WHY EVERYBODY'S WORK IS SO IMPORTANT. 
          YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS ENDEAVOR AND MORE SO THE STAFF,
BECAUSE EVEN IF I WERE TO GET SOME KIND OF A COMMITMENT FROM SOMEBODY THAT THEY CAN GET US MONEY,
AND THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN JUST BY ME ASKING, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF HAS TO DO ALL OF THE WORK NECESSARY TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          SO ANYWAY, I THINK THAT AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT,
IT'S A TEAM THAT WE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          AND YOU KNOW, WE ALL CAN ROOT FOR EACH OTHER,
RIGHT? I'M ALWAYS ROOTING FOR ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT UP IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          OTHER WAY. OTHER WAY. UP. UP TO ONE MORE, ONE MORE. 
          YOLANDA. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. THERE WE GO. 
          WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. SINCE I HAVE YOU ALL HERE,
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND OBVIOUSLY THE ONGOING SUPPORT THAT WE'RE LIKELY GOING TO GET IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 
          SO THIS IS OUR ORG CHART. WE HAVE 34 STAFF MEMBERS THAT INCLUDE SWORN AND UNSWORN. 
          AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES OUR VACANT POSITIONS,
WHICH IS ONE POLICE OFFICER, ONE DISPATCHER AND ONE RECORD CLERK. 
          AND WHAT WE'RE FACED WITH RIGHT NOW IS A GOOD PROBLEM. 
          SO WE HAVE ONE OF EACH, BUT WE HAVE I BELIEVE WE HAVE THREE VERY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FOR
EACH POSITION. 
          SO SOMETHING SOMETHING WORDS GETTING OUT. PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT WASCO. 
          AND THAT OBVIOUSLY MAKES US HAPPY. AND SO BECAUSE OUR FOCUS IS PUBLIC SAFETY,
I'M GOING TO START THERE. 
          LAST YEAR, 2025, WE HANDLED 19,819 INCIDENTS. 
          WE RESPONDED TO 11,977 CALLS FOR SERVICE. AND WE MADE 1053 ARRESTS. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT THROUGH THOSE EFFORTS, WE WE MANAGED TO REDUCE BURGLARIES BY 45%. 
          WE REDUCED CRASHES BY 19% AND VEHICLE THEFTS BY 10%. 
          WE ALSO ONBOARDED FIVE NEW POLICE OFFICERS. IN REALITY,
WE CAME UP ONE POSITION BECAUSE WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF TURNOVER. 
          ONE OFFICER RETIRED, ONE RESIGNED, AND TWO MOVED ON TO BIGGER AGENCIES. 
          WE IMPLEMENTED A PROMOTIONAL PROCESS WHICH INCLUDES TESTING. 
          AND THAT'S AN ONLINE PLATFORM THAT STREAMLINES THE PROCESS AND WE GET IMMEDIATE RESULTS. 
          SO IT'S WORKING WELL FOR US. WE PROMOTED ONE SERGEANT,
ONE SENIOR AND WE RECLASSIFIED ONE RECORDS CLERK POSITION, SENIOR POSITION. WE PURCHASED SOFTWARE FOR USE OF FORCE IN VEHICLE PURSUIT REPORTING AND
TRACKING. 
          THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DO A LITTLE MORE ANALYTICS THAN THE CAD SYSTEM WE HAVE NOW. 
          AND WE. WE PURCHASED A PROJECTOR HOPING TO USE IT IN OUR FUTURE COLLABORATIONS AND
PRESENTATIONS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR DISPATCH CENTER WITH A CONSOLE CAPABLE OF
INTEGRATING RADIO TRAFFIC, TELEPHONE CALLS, AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS SUCH AS TEXT MESSAGES AND NEW SYSTEMS CAPABLE
WITH ACCESSORIES. 
          DISPATCHERS, DISPATCHERS WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE HEADSETS AND PEDALS,
WHICH WILL HELP THEM BE MORE EFFICIENT IN THE MULTITASKING AREA. 
          WE'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF UPGRADING OUR RADIO SYSTEM FROM ANALOG TO P25 DIGITAL
ENCRYPTION. 
          AND THAT IS REQUIRED BY LAW. OUR DIGITAL SYSTEM,
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS A STRONGER SIGNAL CAPABLE OF PENETRATING WALLS, STEEL AND CONCRETE AND JUST A STRONGER SIGNAL OVER A LONG A LONGER
DISTANCE. 
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AND WE PURCHASED THE BRINK DRONE, AND WE'RE HOPING TO IMPLEMENT A FULL DRONE AS FIRST
RESPONDER. 
          THIS THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST IN KERN COUNTY. AND WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO GET OUT OF IT IS
IT'S DEFINITELY A FORCE MULTIPLIER. 
          IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE OUR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. 
          IT'S GOING TO HELP US WITH HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION. 
          JUST, JUST HAVING THE EYE IN THE SKY BEFORE THE OFFICERS EVEN GET THERE IS A HUGE
ADVANTAGE. 
          AND, AND THAT COULD CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE WHOLE CALL. 
          ON AVERAGE, THEY GET THERE WITHIN 70S. AND WE ARE PRETTY GOOD AT OUR RESPONSE TO CRITICAL
CALLS TO HIGH PRIORITY CALLS. 
          WE'RE AT THREE MINUTES RIGHT NOW, ROUGHLY 3 OR 4 MINUTES. 
          SO THIS REALLY HELPS US IN THAT REGARD. AND FOR INITIATIVES,
WE HOPE TO CONTINUE OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS TO BE FULLY STAFFED. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN SOON. 
          WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING FULLY STAFFED SO WE CAN IMPLEMENT A DETECTIVE COLLATERAL
ASSIGNMENT, A TRAFFIC ASSIGNMENT AND A GANG OFFICER ASSIGNMENT. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO HOPING TO IMPLEMENT A ADMINISTRATIVE SERGEANT POSITION SO THEY CAN HELP US
WITH ALL THE MANDATES AND ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO HOPING TO CROSS TRAIN OUR DISPATCHERS AS DRONE PILOTS WITH FAA PART 107 AND
POST CERTIFICATION. 
          I HEAR THAT THAT CLASS IS PRETTY CHALLENGING,
BUT OUR DISPATCHERS ARE VERY EXCITED AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY TAKING THE, THE, THE COURSE NOW. AND WE'RE ALSO HOPING TO IMPLEMENT A NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM. 
          LAST CONVERSATION WE HAD ABOUT THIS, THEY'RE HOPING TO START WITH BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN AND
SLOWLY MOVE IT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO CONTINUE COMPLETING OUR QUARTERLY REPORTS FOR OUR ACTIVE GRANTS
TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE. 
          SO 90% OF OUR EFFORTS ARE OBVIOUSLY POLICING. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT TAKES MOST OF OUR OUR TIME. BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          ANY QUESTIONS. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I WANT TO ASK YOU REGARDING GANGS. 
          WE'RE SEEING AN UPTICK OF ACTIVITY IN THE CITY SHOWN BY THE KIND OF GRAFFITI THAT WE HAVE
SEEN SEEN THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THAT LOUIS HAS BEEN VERY QUICK ABOUT REMOVING. 
          THANK YOU. ARE WE DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT AT THIS TIME,
BEING THAT THIS ACTIVITY IS INCREASING. 
          ARE WE PURSUING. YOU KNOW, WHERE THIS WHO THE INDIVIDUALS ARE THAT ARE CREATING THIS
UNSIGHTLY MARKINGS WITHIN OUR CITY? SO WE DON'T HAVE, AS OF NOW,
A DEDICATED GANG OFFICER, BUT WE DO HAVE OFFICERS THAT ARE VERY PROACTIVE AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING. 
          THEY MAKE THOSE CONTACTS LOOKING FOR ANY TYPE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. 
          NOW, AS WE AS WE HIT OUR TWO YEAR MARK AND, AND EVEN IN THE FUTURE,
WE KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE. 
          AND WE DO FEEL INTERVIEWS AND TRY TO IDENTIFY WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GANG MEMBERS. 
          AND WE CAN WORK IT THAT WAY. BUT WE ARE, WE ARE STOPPING EVERYBODY THAT,
THAT WE CAN, AND WE'RE INVESTIGATING EVERY CASE. SOMETIMES GRAFFITI IS HARD TO. 
          IT'S HARD TO CATCH HIM IN THE ACT BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR US,
RIGHT? THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE BLACK AND WHITE IN THE AREA. BUT THROUGH CONFIDENTIAL MEANS,
I THINK WE CAN GET THERE. 
          AND WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT. 
          WHAT I HEAR IS THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON IT. OH YEAH. 
          THAT'S THAT'S WHAT MATTERS. I KNOW IT'S NOT AN EASY THERE'S NO EASY SOLUTION TO IT. 
          OKAY. REGARDING THE DRONE YOU MENTIONED THAT WE WILL HAVE PERSONNEL THAT WILL BE TRAINED
TO YOU KNOW, FLY THIS DRONE DRONE. I REMEMBER THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THE DRONE WOULD BE AT
THE LOCATION THAT THE CRIME OR WHATEVER SITE LOCATION AHEAD OF,
OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS. 
          IS THIS DRONE LIKE YOU, YOU SEND A SIGNAL IN A LOCATION AND THE DRONE WILL LIFT UP AND GO
ON ITS OWN WITHOUT SOMEBODY HAVING TO ACTUALLY CONTROL IT. THAT IS CORRECT. THIS IS TIED DIRECTLY TO OUR DISPATCH CENTER. 
          SO IF THE CALL WARRANTS A A DRONE DEPLOYMENT,
THE DISPATCHER THEORETICALLY SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUSH A BUTTON AND SEND IT THE THE DRONE 
          [02:35:09]
WILL RECOGNIZE THE LOCATION AND IT WILL ORBIT AROUND IT. 
          OKAY. SO AT THAT POINT, WILL SOMEBODY NEED TO CONTROL THE DRONE ONCE IT GETS TO THE
LOCATION? I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU NEED THIS INDIVIDUAL. 
          YES. SO SO DISPATCHERS, THE DISPATCH IS GOING TO HAVE THAT ABILITY. 
          BUT IF WE NEED TO, THE OFFICER IN THE FIELD CAN TAKE OVER CONTROL AS WELL. 
          OKAY. RIGHT. I MEAN, IT'S A VERY USEFUL TOOL. 
          I CAN'T THINK OF A DOWNSIDE FOR IT. YOU KNOW,
IT'S ALL A BENEFIT. 
          BUT I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER YOU NEED SOMEBODY ACTUALLY CONTROLLING THIS
DRONE AT ALL TIMES. 
          BUT IT APPEARS THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. NO. THIS IS THE TRUE DEAR FOR JONAS FIRST
RESPONDER SYSTEM THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY, LIKE I SAID, THE FIRST TO TRY IT AND HOPEFULLY IT WORKS FOR US AND PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW. 
          HAS IT BEEN OUT IN THE COMMUNITY? NO. WE'VE DONE SOME FLIGHT TESTING. 
          WE ARE JUST WAITING ON TRAINING AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO CALL ME. 
          WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT MAYBE MID-JUNE BEFORE IT'S COMPLETELY READY TO BE FLOWN. 
          I'LL ASK YOU ONE MORE QUESTION, IF I MAY. IF YOU MAY INDULGE ME. 
          FIREWORKS. BIG PROBLEM FOR US, RIGHT? WILL WE BE ABLE TO USE THE DRONE TO IDENTIFY WHERE
FIREWORKS MIGHT BE COMING FROM? I BELIEVE SO. THEY USUALLY COME FROM THE SAME LOCATION. 
          YES. I MEAN, IF A CALL FOR SERVICE WARRANTS A DRONE DEPLOYMENT. 
          YEAH, SURE. WE CAN DEPLOY IT. UNFORTUNATELY,
THE CALLS COME AFTER AFTER THE FACT. 
          AND. THE DRONE STILL TAKES ABOUT 75 SECONDS TO GET THERE. 
          BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN. COULD YOU REPEAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID? THE DRONE TAKES, WHAT, 75 SECONDS TO GET TO THE SCENE? OKAY. THAT'S VERY, VERY SHORT. IT'S VERY GOOD. 
          YES. VERY FAST. BUT THE LAUNCH AND THE EXPLOSION HAS OCCURRED. 
          SO UNLESS SOMEONE'S PUTTING ON A CONTINUOUS SHOW. 
          WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS IS THE PEOPLE THAT DO THIS,
THEY DON'T DO IT JUST ONCE. 
          THEY CONTINUE TO DO IT. AND SO IF WE COULD JUST GET PEOPLE TO CALL,
I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. AND MR. REINA, JUST TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON YOUR QUESTION,
THE DRONE AND THE SOFTWARE THAT IT OPERATES UNDER, NOBODY HAS TO BE FLYING IT MANUALLY. THE DISPATCHERS ARE ABLE TO TELL IT WHERE TO GO,
AND I WOULD LIKE THE CHIEF SAID, IT WILL HOVER THERE UNTIL SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TAKE OVER MANUALLY IF NEEDED. 
          IF NOT, THE DISPATCHERS ARE ALSO ABLE TO BRING THE DRONE BACK DIRECTLY FROM THEIR
COMPUTER, AND THE DRONE IS SMART ENOUGH ALSO TO KNOW WHEN IT'S RUNNING LOW ON BATTERY TO COME BACK
TO HOME BASE AND RECHARGE ITSELF. 
          ANOTHER SOFTWARE OR EQUIPMENT THAT CHIEF WAS INTERESTED IN IS SOMETHING KNOWN AS A,
A GUNSHOT DETECTION WHERE BASICALLY IT WOULD IT COULD ALSO TIE IN TO THE DRONE WHERE IF A GUNSHOT IS DETECTED
BY THAT SYSTEM, THE DRONE WILL GET DEPLOYED TO THAT AS WELL. WONDERFUL. 
          THAT'S VERY GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. 
          THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION, CHIEF. IT SAYS HERE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE FULLY
STAFFED BY 2020 BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. 
          I'M HOPING SOON, YES. DO YOU GUYS PLAN TO HAVE AN ASSIGNED OFFICER AT THE POWELL BUILDING
NEXT YEAR? WELL YES. WELL WE'RE GOING TO ROTATE GIVEN THE ABILITY TO GO. 
          WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO USE IT AS AN OFFICER WELLNESS OPPORTUNITY WHERE AN OFFICER CAN GO
WORK OUT WITH THE KIDS AND KIND OF RELAX IF THEY NEED A LITTLE BREAK. 
          BUT YES, THAT'S THE IDEA. AND LIKE RIGHT NOW,
YOU GUYS, I KNOW, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE SHORT ON OFFICERS, BUT IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU GUYS CAN TELL YOUR OFFICERS,
JUST GO IN THERE, CHECK IN THERE, LIKE FOR TEN, 15 MINUTES AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN GET OUT. 
          SURE. YES. WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEM THERE RECENTLY,
SO. 
          AND I KNOW THAT KIDS USED TO LOVE IT WHEN THEY CAME IN AND JUST TALK TO THEM. 
          YEAH. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, YES, WE ARE NEARLY FULLY STAFFED,
BUT SOME OF THE OFFICERS ARE STILL IN TRAINING, AND WE WANT TO TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO GET THE TRAINING THAT THEY NEED SO THAT
THEY CAN GO AND BE OFFICERS. 
          SO BUT YEAH, THAT IS VERY, VERY POSSIBLE. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. 
          SO THE PORTION OF THE EXERCISE FORMERLY KNOWN AS HOMEWORK. 
          I THINK WE AVOIDED USING THAT TERM THIS YEAR. 
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SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE PLANNING ON RUNNING THIS PART OR NOT. 
          YEAH. THAT'S FINE. I'LL START HOW I CONSOLIDATED THESE. 
          BY THE WAY, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT SUBMITTED YOUR ANSWERS GREATLY APPRECIATED. 
          THANK YOU. I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT VIEWED THEM JUST SO THAT YOU GUYS ARE VERY CLEAR. 
          NOBODY ELSE KNOWS WHO THE ANSWERS. SOME. I ASKED FOR SEVEN. 
          AND SOME OF YOUR GOALS WERE SIMILAR IN LINE ITEM DESCRIPTIONS. 
          AND SO THE WAY I PUT THESE TOGETHER IS I HAVE THIS FIRST COLUMN IN COMBINED GOAL CATEGORY. 
          THE SECOND ONE. SIMILAR RAW GOALS INCLUDED. AND THEN FIFTH,
THE COMB OVER IS HOW MANY TIMES IT WAS MENTIONED BECAUSE SOME OF YOUR SEVEN GOALS HAD LIKE SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS. AND SO THERE'S ACTUALLY THE TOP FOUR,
WHICH WERE MENTIONED FIVE TIMES THROUGHOUT, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER. I JUST PUT THEM IN THIS ORDER. 
          BUT INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER CAPACITY MANAGED GROWTH AND YOUR GUYS'S INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS WERE
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, A NEW WATER WELL FINISH. OTHER WELLS DETERMINE GROWTH CAPACITY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HOUSING
GROWTH AGING WELL REPLACEMENT LARGE CAPACITY STORAGE TANK. THAT WAS MENTIONED FIVE TIMES THROUGHOUT AND WITH,
YOU KNOW, LOUIS TALKING AND, AND SCOTT, I MEAN, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT WELLS ENOUGH HERE. 
          SO THAT WAS A TOP GOAL FOR YOU. THE SECOND, WHICH WAS MENTIONED QUITE A BIT WAS STAFFING,
DEVELOPMENT, RETENTION AND SUCCESSION PLANNING. DEVELOP RETAINED STAFF EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION AND MAKE
SURE THAT STAFF FEEL VALUED. 
          EMPLOYEE FEEDBACK AND EVALUATIONS. SUCCESSION PLANNING. 
          DEPARTMENT HEADS TRAINING LIKE REPLACEMENTS. VERY BENEFICIAL FOR WHEN PEOPLE,
YOU KNOW, GO OUT AND LEAVE OR ON VACATION. 
          TO GET OUR DEPARTMENTS CROSS TRAINED AND TO ADD A LEVEL OF,
YOU KNOW, JUST TO GET THEM INVOLVED IN MORE, MORE PARTS OF THE BUSINESS. IT'S GREAT. AND THEN THE THIRD ONE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
BUSINESS GROWTH TAX BASE GETTING THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, ATTRACTING NEW BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO RECRUITING HIGHER PAYING BUSINESSES,
NOT NECESSARILY JUST FAST FOOD WAS ONE OF THEM. 
          GROW THE TAX BASE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT, WHICH LUCKILY WE'VE GOT THAT PHASE TWO GRANT
ATTRACT RETAILERS, RESTAURANTS AND MOBILE VENDOR. CONGREGATION. AND SO THAT WAS THAT. 
          AND THEN THE FOURTH ONE. AND REMEMBER THESE,
THESE TOP FOUR, THEY ALL RANKED OR MENTIONED FIVE TIMES. 
          SO THERE'S NO PARTICULAR ORDER PUBLIC SAFETY,
POLICE FACILITY TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. 
          AND SO THE CONTINUE THE TRAFFIC REINFORCEMENT BIKE CONTROL BUILDING,
THE NEW HEADQUARTERS SECURE THE FUNDING FOR THE PD ALSO WITH PEDESTRIANS AND ALTERNATE ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND LIKE ADDING SPEED BUMPS
OR CROSSINGS. 
          THAT WAS ALL ON IT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH THOSE,
BUT THOSE WERE THE TOP FOUR. 
          AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT FIFTH WAS THE ANIMAL CONTROL AND PUBLIC SERVICES REVIEW,
NOT ONLY THE ANIMAL CONTROL, BUT EVALUATING THE STAFFING SERVICES PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS AND SECURING FUNDING FOR THE
NEW FACILITY RELOCATION. 
          SO THOSE ARE YOUR TOP FIVE. AND THEN COMING DOWN THE LIST WOULD BE PARKS,
RECS, SPORTS COMPLEX. 
          COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY. HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH. 
          FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY, LONG TERM BUDGETING THE COMPANY MOTTO AND THE STREET AND ALLEY
REHABILITATION. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THE TIMES MENTIONED ON THE, THE RIGHT SIDE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, RANKED FROM 7 TO 11, THERE'S NO PARTICULAR RANKING IN THOSE. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. AND WE'RE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION BECAUSE WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IN
ESSENCE, IS NOW THAT YOU SORT OF SEE WHAT EVERYBODY SORT OF COMMUNICATED,
YOU CAN MAYBE WHAT I SAW, AT LEAST LAST YEAR'S PRESENTATION IS A VALIDATED LIST THAT YOU GUYS EITHER CAN DISCUSS IT
AND SEE WHAT OR REALLY YOUR REVISED GOALS. 
          WANT TO ADD TO THAT? SCOTT. YES, THAT'S, IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT FOR THE LAST 2 OR 3 YEARS. 
          THESE TOP 4 OR 5 ARE RECURRING ITEMS. I THINK THE THE GOAL HERE IS TO VALIDATE AND OR
CHANGE THE THE PRIORITY FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. IF. IF A PARTICULAR LINE ITEM NEEDS TO MOVE UP,
EVEN THOUGH IT ONLY HAD ONE FREQUENCY OR THREE FREQUENCIES, IS IT REALLY IN REALITY A HIGHER PRIORITY THAN MAYBE SOME THAT THAT HAD MORE MENTIONS? THE OTHER IS IF THERE ARE CLARIFICATIONS THAT ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE YOU
KNOW, 
          [02:45:05]
WE CAN CERTAINLY DISCUSS THOSE. THERE MAY BE QUESTIONS. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO RETAIN THE ANONYMITY OF THESE,
OF THESE LISTS OF, OF ITEMS. BUT PERHAPS THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY SOME OF THAT AFTER,
AFTER THE MEETING FOR ME, I COULD REACH OUT DIRECTLY AND SEE YOU KNOW,
IF THERE'S MORE INFORMATION THAT I NEED, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I'LL OPEN IT TO THE COUNCIL ON TO DECIDE HOW YOU'D LIKE TO ATTACH OR ATTACK
THIS. 
          BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO END UP WITH IS IF THERE ARE SHIFTS IN THE CURRENT ORDER,
THAT THERE'S A CONSENSUS THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO MOVE UP OR DOWN THAT STAFF WALKS AWAY UNDERSTANDING THAT. YEAH. I THINK THE TOP. 
          OH, SORRY. GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THE TOP FOUR ARE CLEARLY LOCKED IN. 
          I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT EVERYBODY IN CONSENSUS. AND I MEAN,
FROM MY PERSONAL POINT OF VIEW, ANIMAL CONTROL IS THE FIFTH MOST IMPORTANT THING. 
          I AGREE WITH MANY OF THESE OTHER THINGS, BUT OBVIOUSLY I DON'T THINK THEY'RE AS IMPORTANT
AS THE TOP FIVE. 
          OKAY, JUST MY $0.02. AND I WAS GOING TO SAY,
I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD A LOT MORE DIVISION. 
          I THINK THIS ONE'S MORE IN SYNC. WHICH I THINK MAKES IT EASY. 
          AND TO ME, I THINK THE TOP FIVE THAT ARE THERE ARE FINE TO ME AS WELL. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THE REST OF THE I AGREE MYSELF. 
          I AGREE TOO. OKAY. YEAH. I THINK THAT THE TOP FIVE ARE ACCURATE THERE. 
          I THINK THE ONE THAT GOT ONLY THREE MENTIONS IS ABOVE THE AVERAGE. 
          AND. THERE ISN'T A, A HARD CUT OFF AT FIVE EITHER. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE WE'RE WORKING ON SOME OF THE ITEMS DOWN BEYOND THAT ALREADY. 
          AND THEY'LL CONTINUE TO BE WORKED ON AS PART OF OUR OTHER INITIATIVES. 
          I THINK I WILL MENTION NOW BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT. 
          THE, THE SPORTS COMPLEX WE'VE BEEN LEARNING A LITTLE BIT IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH LAND
DEVELOPERS. 
          SO THERE'S, THERE'S KIND OF THE HOMEGROWN SPORTS COMPLEX CONCEPT,
NOT TOO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT OUR NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH IS DOING OR HAS BEEN DONE IN OTHER NEARBY CITIES. THEN THERE'S WE'RE, WE'RE BEING INTRODUCED TO THESE OTHER APPROACHES. 
          AND ONE OF THOSE IS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. 
          THE ONE I'M FAMILIAR WITH IS THIS FIELD OF DREAMS APPROACH. 
          IF YOU'VE BEEN TO MANTECA, MANTECA, AND SEEN THE GREAT WOLF LODGE,
AND RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS THIS FIELD OF DREAMS TYPE FACILITY THAT IS BASEBALL DIAMONDS, WHERE THE STANDS ARE MODELED AFTER ACTUAL PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE STADIUMS. AND THEY, THEY'RE VERY EFFECTIVE AT ATTRACTING TOURNAMENTS AND,
AND FOLKS THAT COME IN, BRING THEIR WHOLE FAMILY, THEY STAY AT THE LODGE, THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY IN THE SHOPPING CENTER
ACROSS THE STREET AND THEY ATTEND THESE TOURNAMENTS AT THE FIELD. 
          AND THERE ARE NFL VERSIONS OF THOSE. THERE ARE SOCCER VERSIONS OF THOSE. 
          THE THING WE'RE DISCOVERING IS I DON'T THINK WE'VE SEEN AN EXCEPTION YET,
BUT THE CITY THAT HOSTS THESE IS ALMOST ALWAYS LOOKED AT TO PROVIDE A BIG CHUNK OF THE INVESTMENT CAPITAL TO MAKE THEM HAPPEN. 
          THERE'S A RETURN, BUT IT'S A PRETTY LONG HORIZON AND THERE IS SOME RISK INVOLVED. 
          IT WOULD BE A RARE CASE WHERE ONE OF THESE DEVELOPERS WOULD COME IN AND SAY,
I'M GOING TO COVER ALL THE CAPITAL AND AND WE'LL GET THIS UP AND GOING FOR YOUR CITY. 
          AND SO YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THOSE THINGS ARE ATTRACTIVE. 
          THEY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN SOME PLACES. THEY'VE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN OTHERS. 
          BUT I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S UNLESS WE FOUND AN UNUSUAL COMBINATION. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE REALLY IN A POSITION TO TAKE ON. 
          YES. GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE OF THE, THE INVESTMENT. 
          SO I THINK WE'RE WE'RE DEFINING THIS SPORTS COMPLEX BACK DOWN TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN
NEIGHBORING KINDS OF CITIES, WHICH STILL TAKE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CAPITAL. 
          IT WOULD TAKE SOME PARTNERS, IT WOULD TAKE SOME SPONSORS TO,
TO GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT DONE. 
          AND THAT IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE AN ENCOURAGEMENT. 
          IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN LEARNING AND,
BUT SOME OF THESE CAN BE SYNERGISTIC. 
          EVEN A LOCALLY DEVELOPED PARK CAN ATTRACT TOURNAMENTS AND TRAVEL TEAMS AND THINGS LIKE
THAT, THAT, THAT WANT A NICE FACILITY TO DO THEIR THING. 
          IF I COULD ADD TO THAT, MY TAKE ON IT IS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS. 
          WE'VE WE'VE HEARD PEOPLE COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND SAY,
YOU KNOW, WE NEED THIS, RIGHT? RIGHT. IT'S NOT JUST AN ANECDOTAL, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME TO US AND SAY
THAT. 
          AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A RECREATION AND PARKS DISTRICT THAT TAKES CARE OF THIS
TYPE OF FACILITIES. 
          [02:50:03]
MY TAKE ON IT, AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS THE ONE THAT ONE OF THE ONES THAT WROTE ABOUT IT IS
THAT WE NEED TO COLLABORATE WITH RECREATION AND PARKS DISTRICT. 
          WE NEED TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR STATE OFFICIALS AND WHOEVER CAN HELP US GET THIS DONE. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT WE AS A CITY NEED TO INVEST IN IT PER SE. 
          YOU KNOW, WHERE WE WOULD END UP ACQUIRING A FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE CANNOT AFFORD
AT THIS TIME, BUT RATHER THAT WE CAN TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION TOGETHER. 
          RIGHT. AND, AND I THINK THAT IF WE DO THAT, WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. IN PRESENTING THIS BECAUSE THE WORST THING THAT WE CAN DO IS SAY,
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS. IS THERE A PROBLEM? BECAUSE IT'S NOT. WE ALL SERVE THE SAME CONSTITUENTS AND THEY ALL WANT IT. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT I HEAR ABOUT REGULARLY. AND YOU KNOW,
WHOEVER WROTE THE SECOND ONE, WHICH I THINK I CAN GUESS WHO WOULD YOU KNOW, ENCOUNTER THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS TOO. 
          RIGHT. AND SO I THINK IF WE JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT WE DO NEED TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          WE NEED TO BRING DIFFERENT VOICES TO THE TABLE AND SEE HOW WE CAN GET THIS THIS DONE,
RATHER THAN US SAYING, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THIS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO INCUR SOME TREMENDOUS HIGH FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY,
WHICH WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DO. 
          RIGHT? AND I THINK OUR CURRENT FOCUS AND STAFF'S ACTIONS MATCH VERY,
VERY WELL WITH WHAT YOU JUST EXPRESSED. 
          WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TAKING A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO SUPPORT THE REC
DEPARTMENT. 
          LOOK FOR THESE SOURCES OF FUNDING WITHOUT TAKING ON THE LEAD RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAKING IT
HAPPEN. 
          THE CITY IS THERE TO SUPPORT IT. IF IT COMES DOWN TO IT AND,
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FINANCIAL NEED TO PUT IT OVER THE FINISH LINE, THEN THAT COMES BACK TO YOU AS THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE IF THAT'S A THING WE WANT TO DO. 
          AND AND AGAIN, I, I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR DOWN IN THE WEEDS ON PROBLEM SOLVING ON THIS
LIST, BUT IT IS GOOD TO CLARIFY, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY WHAT THE GOAL IS. 
          AND I, AND I THINK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES, AS YOU SAID,
THERE ARE GROUPS AND THERE ARE POLITICIANS THAT ARE BEHIND THIS SORT OF PROJECT. 
          AND, AND I THINK EVENTUALLY IT, IT WILL FIND A WAY TO GET FUNDED,
SOME VERSION OF IT. 
          MY BIGGER CONCERN IS SADDLING THE CITY WITH THE MAINTENANCE AND ONGOING COST OF
MAINTAINING IT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE A REVENUE STREAM TO DO THAT. 
          I'M NOT PROPOSING THAT AT ALL. RIGHT. AND AND SUFFICE IT TO SAY TOO,
THAT I HAVE SHARED SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT I FOUND WITH THE POWERS THAT BE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DIRECTOR OR THE DISTRICT MANAGER FOR THE RECREATION AND PARKS DISTRICT
THAT THERE ARE AVENUES WHERE FUNDING CAN BE LOCATED. I HAVEN'T PURSUED IT FURTHER THAN THAT. 
          MAYBE I SHOULD AND FIND OUT WHETHER. YOU KNOW,
SHE HAS LOOKED INTO IT, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I MEAN, OH THEY HAVE, I BELIEVE THEY HAVE. OKAY. 
          WELL VERY GOOD. AND SO BUT THIS IS WHERE A MEETING WITH THE RECREATION AND PARKS DISTRICT
BOARD WOULD CLARIFY SOME OF THESE THINGS WITH YOU KNOW, EXPRESS TO THEM WHAT OUR POSITION IS AND WHAT WE'RE WILLING TO DO FOR,
FOR THE EFFORT. 
          I AGREE AND THAT THAT MEETING WILL HAPPEN. YEAH,
NO, I HAVEN'T. 
          SOMEDAY WE'LL, WE'LL GET IT TOGETHER. AND IF WE ARE GOING DOWN THE LIST,
I WANT TO BRING THE ONE AT THE BOTTOM STREET ALLEY REHABILITATION. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WROTE MYSELF. AND THIS IS SOMETHING ALONG MAINTAINING STREETS. 
          RIGHT? RIGHT. AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THERE ARE VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN WHICH YOU
LITERALLY HAVE SINKHOLES THERE. 
          YOU KNOW, I'M JUST CALLING THEM THAT BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A DEEP INDENTATIONS ON THE
ALLEY. 
          AND THEY'RE NOT ONLY, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE,
AN EYESORE, BUT ALSO A LIABILITY FOR THE CITY. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT ALONG WITH MAINTAINING THE ROADS,
IT'S MAINTAINING THE ALLEYWAYS. 
          I'LL GIVE YOU A, FOR INSTANCE, THE ONE BEHIND US BANK. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH IT. THAT'S IT ENDS ON BROADWAY. 
          THE, THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE D STREET, I BELIEVE IN TERRIBLE CONDITION. 
          OKAY. THE ONE BEHIND THE THE BIG GAS STATION,
THE NEW GAS STATION OR EXPANDED GAS STATION ON HIGHWAY 46. ALSO IN IN TERRIBLE CONDITION ON THE WEST SIDE OF THAT AREA. 
          AND THERE ARE MANY ALLEYS THAT ARE RIGHT IN THAT,
IN THAT CONDITION, SOME MORE THAN OTHERS. 
          [02:55:02]
BUT I THINK WE JUST NEED TO SOMEHOW, JUST LIKE WE DO EVERYTHING ELSE,
YOU KNOW, IT'S WE JUST NEED TO HAVE A PROGRAM AND SAY, WE'RE GOING TO START AT ONE END. TAKE THE ONES THAT ARE THE WORST. 
          WE HAVE A PCI FOR OUR STREETS, RIGHT? YES. AND WE DO FOR THE ALLEYS AND WE'VE,
WE'VE, YEAH, WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THAT IN PREVIOUS STRATEGIC MEETINGS. 
          YEAH. AND WITHOUT GETTING TOO INTO THE WEEDS,
WE JUST NEED TO PRIORITIZE AND GET STARTED. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO. AND IT'S,
IT'S, IT HAS STARTED. 
          I MEAN, IT IS UNDERWAY. YOU'LL NOTICE EVERY YEAR THERE ARE ALLEYS THAT ARE ADDRESSED. 
          IT'S JUST NOT AN UNLIMITED POT OF MONEY AND TIME,
YOU KNOW. 
          WITHOUT SHIFTING OUR PRIORITIES, WE CAN'T DO ALL OF THEM IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          IT'S PART OF OUR REGULAR MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE? YEAH. YEAH. ONCE YOU GET BEHIND, IT TAKES A PRETTY GOOD EFFORT TO GET CAUGHT UP. 
          YEAH, WE'RE LUCKY NOW. WELL. NOT LUCKY. WE WE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION IN BUYING THIS
APPARATUS. 
          RIGHT. THIS MACHINERY. RIGHT. THAT THAT DOES A WONDERFUL JOB. 
          IT HELPS. IT DEFINITELY DOES. SO, SCOTT, REAL QUICK ON THE ALLEYS. 
          SO I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT RIP 2.0 MONEY SO THAT THAT PROJECT WILL GO ON THE WAY WITH
REPAIRING ALLEYS. 
          SO THE, THE, THE PAVING PORTION OF IT IS WE HAVEN'T OBTAINED OUR OWN PAVER YET IS GOING TO
BE OUT TO BID NEXT MONTH. 
          DESIGN WAS DONE IN-HOUSE AND THE ASPHALT ZIPPER WILL BE USED ON OUR IN-HOUSE AS WELL. 
          ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATIONS THAT I MENTIONED,
NOT THOSE PARTICULAR LOCATIONS. 
          OKAY. SO BUT YOU HAVE SELECTED. YEP. OKAY. I WAS JUST GOING TO START. 
          I WAS JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THOSE LOCATIONS. YES,
DEFINITELY. AND I THINK SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS WERE THOSE MENTIONED ON, ON THE DOWNTOWN. I WAS THINKING DOWNTOWN. SO YES,
PART OF DOWNTOWN IS PHASE TWO. 
          THAT IS TRUE. WE HAVE $5 MILLION FOR THAT AND THAT. 
          RIGHT. AND THOSE WILL BE INCLUDED FOR FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          THERE'S ONE, AS I MENTIONED FOR HIGHWAY 46. WHAT IS THAT? THE CHEVRON, NOT THE CHEVRON. THE BRAND NEW STATION. 
          THE BIG ONE. THAT'S TRUE. BASTROP. YEAH. RIGHT BEHIND. 
          RIGHT BEHIND. OH, RIGHT. YEP. IF YOU TAKE A RIDE ON THAT ALLEY,
IT'S ATROCIOUS. 
          YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AS I SAID, THERE ARE MANY NO DOUBT,
THAT ARE THAT WAY. 
          SO LEWIS AND KERI, MAYBE WHAT'S THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WAY FOR THE PUBLIC TO
BRING THOSE TO THE ATTENTION OF THE CITY WHEN THEY'RE OUT DRIVING AROUND AND YEAH, JUST REPORT IT TO PUBLIC WORKS. CALL IT IN. 
          YEAH. I THINK MY GOV HAS A YES. MY GOV DOES THE SAME THING. 
          THEY CAN REPORT ONLINE SO THEY CAN REPORT ONLINE OR CALL PUBLIC WORKS OR ANY OFFICE STAFF, THEY'LL, THEY'LL SEND IT, THEY'LL DIRECT YOU TO PUBLIC WORKS. WE'LL TAKE IT. WE HAVE A
LIST JUST ALMOST IDENTICAL TO, TO THE SIDEWALK PROJECT. PEOPLE CALL IN AND SAY,
HEY, WE, YOU KNOW, OR TRIP HAZARDS THAT THEY REPORT AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THEM. 
          SO IT'S JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. SO WE AS CITY PEOPLE,
PERSONNEL DO WE GO OUT THERE AND THEN IDENTIFY THIS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A CCIP. NO, NO, THAT'S NOT THE CORRECT TERM. NOT FOR ALICE. 
          THE ONE WE HAVE CURRENTLY IS THE 2.0 MONEY IS WE DO HAVE THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR ALICE,
BUT PRIOR TO THAT, THERE IS NOT. ALL RIGHT. SO IN ANY CASE, I THINK WE JUST I'LL DO MY PART IF EVERYBODY DOES
THEIR PART. 
          YEP. WILL IDENTIFY THEM ALL AND THEN HAVE THEM DONE WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO. 
          LIKE SCOTT SAYS, YOU KNOW. WELL NO, WHAT I SAID IS THERE ISN'T ENOUGH TIME OR MONEY TO GET
THEM ALL DONE IN TWO YEARS. 
          OKAY, I MISUNDERSTOOD YOU. YEAH. I WAS HOPING THAT YOU WERE SAYING THE OPPOSITE. 
          NO, I. I'M GLAD YOU CLARIFIED THAT. ANYWAY, AS LONG AS WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION,
WE'LL GET THERE EVENTUALLY. 
          SO, LOUIS, THE ALLEY BETWEEN BACK OF CAR CLEMENS,
WHERE THE SOCCER FIELDS AT IN APPLE MARKET, THAT ONE'S GOING TO BE COVERED BY THE SECOND PHASE IN SEVENTH STREET. THAT IS CORRECT.
OKAY. THAT ONE'S PRETTY BAD. YEAH IT IS. 
          AND WE'VE WE'VE DONE A COUPLE OF THINGS THERE WHERE WE HAD A BASE TO IT AND PACK IT IN. 
          WE'VE DONE THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES WHEN IT'S REPORTED TO US. 
          OR SOME OF THE DRIVERS SOMETIMES WILL REPORT CERTAIN AREAS AND WE'LL GO OUT AND ADDRESS
THOSE BECAUSE I MEAN, OUR TRASH TRUCKS GO THROUGH THERE ANYWAY. THEY REPORT IT AND THEY REPORT THE POTHOLES AND
WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THEM. 
          ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. SO SO UNLESS THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS,
I GUESS I'D TAKE NOMINATIONS FOR AGAIN, UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME OF THESE ARE ON OUR RADAR. 
          THEY ARE BEING WORKED. IT'S GOOD TO BE REMINDED THAT THESE ARE ALSO TOP OF MIND FOR YOU AS
THE COUNCIL. 
          SO ARE ANY OF THESE THAT WE SHOULD PUT AN ASTERISK NEXT TO OR MOVE UP IN THE RANKING? BEYOND THOSE TOP FIRST FIVE. SO NOT OH, I'M SORRY. 
          GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY WE JUST HAD THIS BIG CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ALEX,
AND IT APPEARS THAT WE HAVE A CONSENSUS ON IT, 
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RIGHT? RIGHT. AND SO IF YOU WANT TO MOVE IT UP OR NOT,
TO ME, I MEAN, IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE IT BE ANY LESS IMPORTANT BY BEING AT THE BOTTOM. 
          NO. OKAY. AND FOR THE FIRST FIVE, AS WE MENTIONED,
WE KNOW THAT THOSE ARE SHOE IN, RIGHT? RIGHT. AND THEN WE DISCUSS THE SOCCER PARK OR THE SPORTS COMPLEX. 
          AND IT APPEARS THAT THERE'S A CONSENSUS OF IT TOO. 
          SO IT APPEARS THAT IT IS ON THE RIGHT SPOT AS WELL. 
          AND SO IF YOU ASK ME, I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO MOVE ANY OF THOSE ONES UP OR DOWN. 
          OKAY. AS LONG AS WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE IMPORTANT. 
          OKAY. DOES THAT DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU? YEAH,
ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO GOT YOUR GOT YOUR VOTE FOR KEEPING THEM IN THE CURRENT ORDER WITH,
WITH THOSE CAVEATS. 
          SO ANY ANY OTHER COMMENTS. SO I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. 
          ONE OF MY THINGS. I'M A BIT NOSTALGIC. I LIKE OUR OLD CITY LOGO. 
          I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY WHO LIKES COME GROW WITH US. 
          I JUST WONDER IF THE REST OF THE COUNCIL FEELS THE SAME. 
          I'VE BEEN FEELING THE SAME WAY SINCE I FIRST CAME IN HERE,
BECAUSE THAT SIGN HAS BEEN TO ME. 
          IT'S LIKE I MEANT A LOT. I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING IT. 
          I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. THEY NEVER SAID NOTHING ABOUT NO MODEL CHANGE. 
          AND I'VE ASKED, I'VE ASKED DIFFERENT PERSON NOW,
YOU KNOW, AND NOBODY HAD AN ANSWER FOR ME. 
          BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN FOR FROM WASCO FOR MANY
YEARS. 
          SURE. I THINK, I MEAN THAT EVEN IF WE COULD ENHANCE THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH JUST TO PUT
THE LETTERING RIGHT BACK ON IT. 
          WELL, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO DO THE LETTERING ON VEHICLES AND PROBABLY BUSINESS CARDS. 
          THERE'S A BIG EXPENSE. SO. SO WHAT WE COULD DO IS,
AND I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND, AND I'M NOT OFFERING TO DO AN EXHAUSTIVE STUDY, BUT I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO TAKE A SWAG AT WHAT THE COST AND TIME WOULD BE TO DO THAT,
AND WHETHER OR NOT WHETHER OR NOT THIS THIS BODY IS GOING TO MAKE THAT DECISION FOR THE CITY OR WHETHER YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH PUBLIC OUTREACH AND
QUERY FOR, YOU KNOW, PROPOSALS FOR OTHER. AND THEN, YOU KNOW,
WE COULD DO THIS AS EFFICIENTLY AND CONCISELY AS POSSIBLE, OR WE COULD MAKE IT INTO A WHOLE ABSORBING PROJECT. 
          I GUESS I PREFER CONCISE. YEAH, I SEE. OKAY,
SO LET ME DO THIS. 
          I'LL OFFER TO DO AN EDUCATED SWAG AT WHAT THE COST AND TIME WOULD BE. 
          AND THEN I THINK YOU NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT YOU. 
          FIVE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT, DO YOU WANT TO OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND DEBATE? OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO DO IT? APPARENTLY, HOW IT WAS DONE LAST TIME,
WHICH IS JUST BY FIAT. 
          AND AND I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS DONE. 
          I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I WAS ON THE COUNCIL WHEN IT WAS DONE. 
          AND NOBODY APPARENTLY IF YOU TO TO PUT THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE,
I DON'T REMEMBER, I DON'T REMEMBER TO PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE, I MEAN, THE EFFORT THAT WILL BE PUT INTO THIS,
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO BRING US ANY ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. 
          IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE PERCEPTION OF THE TOWN. 
          NONE OF THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S SIMPLY A NAME CHANGE. 
          AND WHEN YOU PUT IT IN, WHEN I PUT IT INTO CONTEXT,
YOU KNOW, IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS IS WAY AT THE BOTTOM. 
          OH, I AGREE, IT'S NOT A HIGH PRIORITY. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT AND THINGS ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO BE DONE AS TIME IS COMES ABOUT. YEAH. IF I COULD ADD MY $0.02. SURE. I REMEMBER I MADE A COMMENT ONE TIME AND I
THINK IT WAS HERE ON THE DAIS. 
          THAT WAS EXACTLY THAT. RIGHT? ONE DAY I WOULD LIKE US TO BE ABLE TO SAY IT'S A NICE PLACE
TO LIVE. 
          AND I THINK WE'RE AT THAT POINT, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'VE TURNED AROUND,
YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO WHEN THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, CRIME RATE WAS THROUGH THE ROOF AND PEOPLE WERE GETTING STABBED AND MURDERED ALL
THE TIME. THAT WAS NOT THE MOTTO. 
          RIGHT. BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS. 
          SO, I MEAN, I AGREE, I DON'T THINK IT'S HIGH ON THE LIST,
BUT I THINK WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT IT BECAUSE IT IS I MEAN, FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S WASCO THAT HAVE BEEN HERE ALL THEIR LIVES. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PRIDEFUL FOR, RIGHT? LIKE THAT SIGN. 
          AND I TO MYSELF, I NEVER REALLY KNEW WHEN THAT HAPPENED,
WHEN THERE WAS LIKE, HEY, THAT SIGN IS NOT THERE ANYMORE. 
          OR IT DOESN'T SAY THIS ANYMORE, RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO TAKE PRIDE IN JUST BECAUSE WE GREW UP HERE,
YOU KNOW, THAT WAS WHAT WE KNEW. IT'S A NICE PLACE TO LIVE. 
          UNFORTUNATELY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, THAT WASN'T,
YOU KNOW, WHAT IT WAS. 
          BUT I THINK WE'RE BACK, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOWARDS THAT. SO I THINK IT HAS SOME MERIT AND I
THINK IT'S WORTH LOOKING INTO. OKAY. 
          I THINK SO TOO. YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE OUR MOTTO. 
          THAT COULD BE OUR OBJECTIVE. JUST LIKE A NICE PLACE TO LIVE. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STRIVING TO. AND I THINK THE WASCO CLOWN WAS LOOKING FOR THAT SIGN FOR
HALLOWEEN. 
          HE COULDN'T FIND IT. WELL, HOW ABOUT THIS? HOW ABOUT IF I SAY. 
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I USED TO SAY BETWEEN NOW AND FOREVER. CLOSER TO NOW. 
          BUT WHY DON'T WE GET I'LL GET YOU THE SWAG. AND WE'LL ALSO KIND OF COMMIT TO MAKING A
DECISION TOGETHER ONE WAY OR THE OTHER BEFORE WE PUT UP ANOTHER MONUMENT SIGN, BEFORE WE BUILD A NEW BUILDING AND PUT A SIGN WITH THE LOGO ON IT,
OR BEFORE WE START GETTING TRUCKS REPAINTED WITH THE OLD LOGO ON IT. 
          WELL, WE'LL GET TO A DECISION POINT HERE WITHIN A FEW MONTHS THAT WE DON'T. 
          WE DON'T CONTINUE PERPETUATING THE OLD LOGO. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO
IT, THEN WE DO IT. AND, AND THEY'LL PROBABLY TAKE SOME MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT,
WELL, HOW, HOW DO WE WANT TO APPROACH THIS FROM A COMMUNITY STANDPOINT? I JUST THINK ABOUT CHANGES MADE RECENTLY NEAR US AND HOW THOSE WENT IN THIS CONTEXT,
AND I'LL LET YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT I SEE, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. OKAY. YOU CAN ASK ME LATER. BUT SO
BUT I'LL COMMIT TO COMING BACK TO YOU RELATIVELY SOON. 
          WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO, OR MAYBE BY THE NOT TUESDAY,
BUT THE NEXT MEETING AFTER THAT, I'LL COME BACK WITH THE SWAG. 
          I PROPOSE TO YOU THAT WHEN YOU DO THAT, THAT YOU ALSO COME WITH THE COST. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. YES. SWAG OF TIME AND MONEY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          AND MAYBE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. ONE IS THE BY FIAT MODEL AND THE OTHER IS THE
FULL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS, VOTING, PUTTING IT ON THE BALLOT. YOU KNOW,
THERE'S A, THERE'S A CRAZY END TO THIS SPECTRUM THAT THAT I'M NOT RECOMMENDING SO THAT HOW'S THAT? THAT SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. ANY ANY OTHER SHIFTS OR SO ASSUMING THAT THOSE ONES WITH ONE ARE ALL, YOU KNOW,
APPROXIMATELY EQUAL OR WORKING ON SOME ALREADY, WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THE OTHERS. THE REST OF THE TOP FIVE ARE WHAT THEY ARE. 
          AND THE SPORTS COMPLEX IS, IS GOT IT GOT ITS OWN LIFE. 
          I THINK ENGAGEMENT AND SEEKING FUNDING IS THE CITY'S PART AND ENABLING AND HELPING THE REC
DEPARTMENT, FRANKLY, FIGURE OUT WHAT THEIR PART NEEDS TO BE. 
          YEAH, I THINK WE HAVE A BIG ROLE TO PLAY IN THAT. 
          YEAH. NOT NOT NOT A BIG DOLLAR AMOUNT. AND I WAS JUST GOING TO CLARIFY THAT AGAIN,
THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT PROPOSING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING MONEY,
WHICH WE DON'T HAVE. 
          BUT IF AT ONE POINT, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE IT MAY COME TO THAT,
YOU KNOW, WHETHER OUR CONTRIBUTION WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN, IT IS A REASONABLE REQUEST. THEN WE MIGHT CONSIDER IT. 
          WELL, YOU KNOW, AND I WOULD POINT OUT, NOT IN A,
YOU KNOW, RESENTFUL WAY, BUT WE ARE SPENDING MONEY ON IT. 
          WE'VE PROBABLY GOT 2 OR 300 MAN HOURS OF CITY STAFF TIME JUST MOVING IT ALONG TO WHERE IT
IS TODAY. 
          OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF OR TWO, YOU KNOW,
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE TAKEN UNDER MY WING FOR QUITE A WHILE. 
          YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU'VE HEARD ME TALKING ABOUT IT TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE,
INCLUDING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN SACRAMENTO. 
          SURE. OKAY. SO I THINK WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED TO KIND OF LOCK THIS LIST DOWN. 
          THIS CERTAINLY WILL HELP STAFF. IF IF IN THIS DISCUSSION,
YOU FELT THAT YOUR PARTICULAR CONTRIBUTION WASN'T FULLY UNDERSTOOD OR ADDRESSED, PLEASE REACH OUT TO TO EITHER OF US AND WE'LL,
YOU KNOW, IT JUST TAKES A PHONE CALL TO STRAIGHTEN THAT OUT. 
          TRACY CAN LET ME KNOW AND I'LL, WE'LL DO THAT. 
          OKAY, SO NEXT PAGE, THE NEXT PAGE WAS JUST THE TOP FOUR THAT WE WENT THROUGH. 
          WE JUST HAVE TO ADD THAT ANIMAL CONTROL AT THE END AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE TOP FIVE. 
          SO ANIMAL CONTROL ADDED TO THAT. AND THAT WILL BE THE TOP FIVE PRIMARY STRATEGIC PILLARS. 
          NEXT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO CIP. AND SO WITH CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT CIP,
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PROJECTS 91 IS A LITTLE HIGH RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE LIKE A LOT OF NEW ONES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN STARTED. 
          THEY'RE ZERO. THEY'RE ON THE LIST BECAUSE WE JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT THEY WERE. 
          SO I PUT THEM IN BUCKETS. AND SO OF THE 91 PROJECTS,
GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE WILL BE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER 100% COMPLETED OR WILL BE 100% COMPLETED BY JUNE. I PUT THE PROJECT NUMBER ON THE LEFT HAND
SIDE, JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW. THAT WAY, IF YOU EVER HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT. 
          IT'S AN EASY REFERENCE FOR BOTH FINANCE AND AND THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO LIKE LOCATE AND
TRACK DOWN. 
          THAT'S OUR JUST OUR INTERNAL PROJECT NUMBER TO HELP TRACK IT. 
          AND THEN AS FAR AS THE WAY I LISTED IT, I LISTED IT ALPHABETICALLY BY DEPARTMENT. 
          THAT'S HOW I ORGANIZED IT. SO THOSE ARE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WERE ON YOUR CIP PDF PACKAGE
FROM LAST 
          [03:10:05]
JUNE. AND SO THESE WERE PROJECTS THAT WERE COMPLETED THIS YEAR OR WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE
NEXT TWO MONTHS. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, WE'LL DEFER TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE RUNNING THE
PROJECTS. 
          MISS BLAKEMORE YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING AND I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THAT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. WE NEVER RECEIVED EITHER THE CIP PROJECT LIST OR THE BUDGET, WHICH NORMALLY WE RECEIVE EACH YEAR. 
          BUT THERE WAS A BIG REASON WHY. YES. IS IT AVAILABLE? IS THERE AN ELECTRONIC COPY AVAILABLE? YES. IT'S PUBLISHED. 
          IT'S BEEN ON THE WEBSITE FOR A WHILE AND AVAILABLE TO BE DROP BOXED OR SOMETHING,
IF YOU'D LIKE IT THAT WAY. 
          YEAH. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A BLOCK OF TIME WHERE WE COULD CREATE THESE. 
          IT'S. YOU MEAN THE ONE ON THE PAPER? THE PAPER COPY IS I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO GET
PAPER COPY. 
          IT'S TOO LATE IN THE YEAR TO ASK YOU TO DO THAT. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW BUDGET VERY SOON. WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS,
CAN YOU DROP THAT INTO MY CITRIX FILE SO THAT I CAN HAVE IT? OR YOU CAN JUST CLICK ON IT ON THE WEBSITE AND IT'LL DOWNLOAD THE PDF. 
          I CAN DOWNLOAD IT TO THE IPAD, SAVE IT RIGHT TO YOUR DESKTOP OR A FOLDER ON YOUR PC AT
HOME, GO TO FINANCE AND THEN THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING ON THERE. 
          YEAH. OKAY. THE IN THE PAST. IN YEARS PAST, IT HAS BEEN DROPPED INTO MY IPAD AND THAT
CITRIX FILE. 
          SO I WOULD PREFER THAT. OKAY. SO THAT, YOU KNOW,
IF WHOEVER CAN CAN DROP IT THAT WAY I HAVE IT ACCESSIBLE. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE I ALWAYS LIKE TO HAVE A HARD COPY THAT I CAN GRAB AND,
YOU KNOW, THUMB THROUGH IT AND MAKE NOTES, WHICH I CANNOT DO WITH THAT. I AGREE AND I, AND I JUST APOLOGIZE. 
          THAT'S. NO, NO, NO, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR AN APOLOGY. 
          I KNOW THE REASON WHY IT WASN'T DONE RIGHT. SO UP TO NOW,
YOU NEVER HEARD ME ASK YOU FOR IT BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD THE REASONS WHY IT WASN'T THERE. 
          I KEEP A STACK OF THOSE BEHIND MY ME, MY CHAIR ON MY DESK,
AND I SPIN AROUND ONCE A WEEK LOOKING FOR A PAPER COPY. 
          AND I REMEMBER I HAVE THEM ALL THE ONES THAT I HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO ME. 
          I STILL HAVE THEM ALL. BUT I DON'T HAVE THE ONE FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR. 
          SO IF SOMEBODY COULD DROP IT INTO MY CITRIX FILE,
THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. RIJINO. DO YOU NEED THE BUDGET TOO OR JUST CIP BOTH THE BUDGET AND THEY'RE
BOTH THERE. 
          YEAH. IN FACT, WE'LL GET TO THE END OF THIS. WE'LL BRING IT UP ON THE SCREEN TO SHOW YOU
BECAUSE IT'S IT'S 3 OR 4 CLICKS TO GET DOWN TO IT IN THE FINANCE TAB ON THE WEBSITE. 
          RIGHT. BUT I WANT IT ON MY CITRIX FILE. OKAY. 
          BECAUSE AND THAT'S A, THAT'S A CITY CLERK THING. 
          SO IF YOU COULD MAKE A NOTE. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          SURE. ALL RIGHT. AND SO SO WHAT HAPPENED IS IN ORDER TO PREP THESE SLIDES,
ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WORK TOGETHER TO UPDATE THEIR CIP THROUGHOUT THE POINT IN TIME WE WERE DOING THIS. SO LIKE MID TO MID APRIL,
THEY WERE ALL WORKING ON EXCEL FILES. 
          SO WE CAME UP WITH THE PERCENTAGES A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          ONE COST INCURRED TO DATE OR WILL BE INCURRED BY JUNE DIVIDED BY TOTAL COST TO GET
PERCENTAGE COMPLETE. 
          OR IF THE PROJECT MANAGER HAD A BETTER ESTIMATE BASED ON WHERE THEY STOOD ON THE PROCESS,
THE PROCESS. 
          SO THE 100% COMPLETE ONES, I MEAN, THAT IS WHAT IT IS. 
          THE NEXT SLIDE IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING WHERE IT'S OVER HALFWAY DONE,
BUT IT'S NOT DONE. 
          ONCE AGAIN LISTED IN DEPARTMENT ORDER BY THE PERCENTAGES. 
          AND SLIDE AFTER THAT IS SOMETHING FROM LIKE ONE. 
          THE LOWER HALF PAGE 59 IS A SIP FROM 1% TO 50%. 
          AND IF YOU'RE SEEING THE 1% OR THE TWO PERCENTS,
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY MINIMAL COST, MAYBE LIKE A SURVEYS DONE OR JUST A PRELIMINARY DOCUMENT, BUT NOT MUCH MORE. AND THEN THE LAST PAGE, WHICH IS PAGE 60 IS THE BIG ONE. 
          AND THAT'S THE 0% COMPLETE, MEANING WE HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED IT. 
          IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PROJECT NUMBERS ON THE LEFT AND YOU GET TO A FIELD THAT'S
COMPLETELY BLANK, AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF CNG, LIKE THE STREET SWEEPER ACQUISITION. 
          THAT WAS ON THE FISCAL YEAR 26 PDF DOCUMENT THAT SCOTT'S GOING TO PUT IN YOUR FOLDER. 
          BUT IT JUST WAS NEVER ASSIGNED A PROJECT NUMBER BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER STARTED DURING FISCAL
YEAR 26. 
          SO THAT'S WHY IT DOESN'T HAVE A PROJECT NUMBER. 
          IT'S NEVER STARTED. SAME WITH SOME OF THE POLICE PURCHASES FOR THE EXPLORER OR THE
INTERCEPTOR HAS THE 27XXX X'S ARE NOT A NUMBER IN OUR SYSTEM. AND THEN WASTEWATER,
YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF NEW. 
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THOSE ARE NEW NEW PROPOSALS. PER THE WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT THAT WERE JUST PROVIDED TO ME
IN THE MONTH OF APRIL. 
          SO THEY HAVEN'T BEEN STARTED, BUT THEY'RE ON LEWIS'S LIST. 
          SO I'LL MAKE ONE COMMENT ABOUT 6 TO 8 ITEMS DOWN THE POLICE FIRING RANGE RESTORATION. 
          GOT TO GIVE PROPS TO LEWIS AND HIS CREW. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE IT'S IT'S MORE THAN ZERO. 
          IT'S PROBABLY TEN, 15% WAY ALONG THE. WHEN THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY,
THEY TAKE THEIR BIG TOYS OUT THERE AND THEY PUSH PUSH THE DIRT UP INTO BERMS. AND SO IT'S STARTING TO ACTUALLY TAKE TAKE SHAPE OUT THERE. 
          SO. OH, THERE'S NO COST BECAUSE THERE ARE NO COSTS. 
          AND THAT WAS IT WAS THERE'S NO COST BECAUSE THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE RIGHT NOW,
IT'S ALL IN-HOUSE. 
          SO NO MONEY HAS BEEN PUT OUT. WE HAVEN'T PURCHASED ANYTHING UNDER THAT. 
          BUT AS A PERCENTAGE COMPLETE. CORRECT. IT'S BASED ON THE MONEY PERCENTAGE COMPLETED ZERO. 
          OKAY. AND THAT'S THE CASE WITH MANY OF THESE. 
          AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN PREVIOUS YEARS. 
          SOME OF THESE ARE ON THERE FOR THE EXPRESS REASON OF A PLACEHOLDER. 
          SO THAT WHEN WE MAKE AN APPLICATION FOR GRANT MONEY,
WE CAN POINT TO THIS CIP LIST AND SAY, LOOK, THIS THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN ON OUR CIP LIST FOR THREE YEARS. 
          WE JUST CAN'T FIND THE FUNDING FOR IT. AND IT,
IT'S A LITTLE THING, BUT IT HELPS OUR CASE WHEN WE'RE ASKING FOR THESE GRANT FUNDS. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE PAGES? JUST A COMMENT. 
          OUR CIP IS ALWAYS AN INCOMPLETE LIST, RIGHT? I MEAN BY MEANING IT'S NOT ALL DONE. 
          OH, IT WILL NEVER BE DONE. EXACTLY. SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE. 
          YES. OH, YEAH. SO WE ALWAYS HAVE THIS 0%. NO. 
          YEAH. BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST MOVING ON TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR. 
          ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS ON THAT. AND THOSE ESPECIALLY THE ONES ON THAT LAST PAGE,
THE 0% THOSE GET SHUFFLED AS OPPORTUNITIES ARISE OR PRIORITIES CHANGE OR WHATNOT. 
          SO IF THERE ARE BIG JUMPS OR BIG CHANGES, OBVIOUSLY THOSE COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO
CONSIDER. 
          BUT ONCE YOU'VE AGREED WITH STAFF THAT, YES,
THIS IS A VALID CASE, IT'S PART OF THE CIP STAFF TAKES A FAIR AMOUNT OF, OF LICENSE TO, TO ADJUST THESE AND GET THEM IN THE CHUTE WHEN IT'S A GOOD TIME OR
MATERIALS ARE A BARGAIN AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME OR, OR A CONTRACTOR IS AVAILABLE. I THINK A GOOD EXAMPLE IS DIDN'T REQUIRE A CIP CHANGE,
BUT PAVING THE SHOULDER NEAR ROSALITA VILLAGE AND, AND STRIPING. IT WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE. GOT A CONTRACTOR THERE. 
          IT'S A CHEAP CHANGE ORDER. LET'S TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AND GO DO IT. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES WE LOOK AT. 
          ALL RIGHT. OKAY. EVERYBODY'S GOOD. COUNCIL. OKAY,
SO WE HAVE WE HAVE JUST TWO SLIDES LEFT. 
          JUST A FEW. YEAH, THAT ONE'S YOURS. THIS IS,
THIS IS MINE. 
          OKAY, SO THIS IS THE SUMMARY AND I, I AGAIN,
I WON'T READ THESE TO YOU. 
          WE, WE CAN ALL READ THESE, BUT THE LAST TWO PAGES. 
          WELL THIS IS MINE. WE HAVE THREE SLIDES LEFT,
NOT TWO. 
          SO YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE THIS SLIDE. WE HAD A VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL LAST YEAR. 
          THIS ONE HAS SOME UPGRADED AND UPDATED VALUES IN IT. 
          THE LAND COLUMN NOW IS YESES ALL THE WAY DOWN WHERE A COUPLE OF THEM HAD IN ESCROW LAST
YEAR. 
          AND THEN WE'VE TIGHTENED UP SOME OF THE ESTIMATES AND THE FUNDING DOLLARS AND THEN
ADJUSTED THE TARGET DATE RANGE TO BE SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE REALISTIC. SO YOU KNOW, THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CITY HALL,
THE BOTTOM TWO ROWS, THOSE, THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE HERE AND ANIMAL CONTROL,
TRANSIT AND PUBLIC WORKS IS OBVIOUSLY THE CENTRAL AND FILBERT COMPLEX THERE. 
          THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS, THE ESTIMATED DOLLARS ARE EXACTLY THAT. 
          WE LIKE I SAID, WE'VE TIGHTENED UP SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS. 
          WE HAVE MEDIA AND, AND PROMOTIONAL BROCHURES FLOATING AROUND. 
          SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE OUR NUMBERS ON HERE MATCHED WITH,
WITH WHAT'S OUT THERE FOR OUR GRANT ASKS AND SO FORTH. 
          THERE WILL BE MUCH MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THESE ITEMS,
IN PARTICULAR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND AT THE BUDGET MEETINGS 
          [03:20:03]
TO, TO REALLY START GETTING DOWN TO SOME DECISIONS ON,
YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE OUR EARMARK AND FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SOME OF THE GRANT APPLICATIONS WE HAVE ARE SPECULATIVE. SOME OF THEM HAVE TIME FRAMES THAT ARE OUT
BEYOND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S WORTH WAITING FOR TO, TO GET A DECISION EVEN. 
          AND SO WE HAVE THOSE, THOSE DECISIONS TO TALK ABOUT IN WAY BETWEEN USING RESERVES FOR SOME
OF THESE FUNDINGS AND, AND THEN USING THE LOAN OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US TO FINANCE THEM. 
          SO THAT, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A DISCUSSION FOR THE BUDGET MEETING. 
          AND, AND WHEN WE START REALLY TALKING ABOUT SOME,
SOME DECISIONS AND SO THAT STAFF KNOWS WHETHER WE GOT TO PRESS THE GAS AND GET THESE THINGS GOING. SOME OF THEM, IT'S STILL POSSIBLE TO BREAK GROUND ON THEM DURING THIS
CALENDAR YEAR. 
          IF WE DON'T AND WE WAIT FOR MORE GRANT DECISIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES,
WE MAY HAVE A CROSSOVER IN, IN INFLATION AND, AND SAVINGS. THAT, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. 
          SO WE'LL PREPARE A LOT MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU AT THOSE MEETINGS. 
          SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT SLIDE IS JUST A REVIEW OF WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. AND SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND SO I'LL JUST REITERATE THESE BOLD CATEGORIES HERE. 
          WE'VE GOT THE CORE OPERATIONS WORKING MUCH, MUCH BETTER AND MUCH MORE STABLE THAN THEY
HAVE BEEN. 
          THE GRANT FUNDING CONTINUES TO COME IN. I MEAN,
A COUPLE OF BIG WINS ARE REPEATED THERE. 
          THE, THE REVOLVING FUND AND THE PHASE TWO DOWNTOWN MONEY. 
          YOU KNOW, THE TWO YEAR MILESTONE FOR THE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THIS CHIEF GETS A LOT MORE OF THIS THAN I DO,
BUT JUST CITIZENS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          IF YOU'RE TALKING TO THEM, THEY FIND OUT I'M THE CITY MANAGER. 
          THEY'LL ALMOST ALWAYS SAY POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT JUST
SPONTANEOUSLY THERE. 
          THAT'S AN ONGOING FEEDBACK THAT I GET. THINGS THAT WE'VE JUST TAKEN ON OURSELVES,
THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WELL. 
          13 STORAGE TANK. I THINK IT, IT REALLY IS GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. 
          I'LL MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE,
BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR CREATIVE WAYS TO GET ADDITIONAL WELLS WITHOUT SADDLING THE COST OF THAT ON OUR RATEPAYERS. AND WE'VE HAD ACTUALLY A,
RECENTLY, A VERY ENCOURAGING DISCUSSION WITH A DEVELOPER WHO UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND THAT IF HE WANTS TO COME IN AND BUILD HOUSES A WELL AS
NECESSARY. 
          AND IF, IF A DEVELOPER WANTS TO COME IN AND PROVIDE A WELL AS PART OF THEIR IMPROVEMENTS
STREETS, SEWER LINES, WATER LINES AND A WELL, AND THAT GETS DEDICATED TO THE CITY THAT WE WOULD
WORK WITH THEM AND FIGURE OUT A WAY FOR THEM TO GET REIMBURSED FOR THAT. 
          BUT AT AT MARKET RATES AND MARKET TIME INSTEAD OF PREVAILING WAGES AND GOVERNMENT TIME
FRAME. 
          SO THERE IS, THERE IS SOME DAYLIGHT ON THAT MAYBE FINDING SOMEONE THAT IS INTERESTED IN
THAT STRUCTURE. THAT'S A CREATIVE SOLUTION. YEAH. WELL,
IT'S ONE I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, BUT IT TAKES SOMEBODY THAT CAN JUST GET PAST,
OH, IT'S SCARY TO GO BUILD A WELL TO SAY, EITHER I'VE DONE THAT BEFORE, OR LET'S WALK THROUGH THIS AND SEE IF IT HELPS THEM GET THEIR PROJECT OFF THE GROUND. 
          THEN THEN SOMEBODY EVENTUALLY SOMEBODY WILL BE INTERESTED IN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT. 
          SO SO THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE THE SIDEWALK PROJECTS THAT WE'VE TALKED
ABOUT QUITE A BIT STARTING TUESDAY, STARTING TUESDAY. SO THAT'S AN EXTENSION. YES. 
          THE, THE NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THE,
THE WORK WITH THE HOMELESS OUTREACH. 
          I THINK THOSE HAVE BEEN REALLY PRODUCTIVE, ESPECIALLY THE OUTREACH COORDINATOR POSITION,
I THINK IS IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CAN MANAGE. IT CAN AFFORD. AND IT PROVIDES REAL RESULTS IN,
IN A, IN A SMALL TOWN LIKE OURS, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING HOUSING OR SERVICES, DIRECT POINT OF,
OF SERVICE DELIVERY. 
          IT'S JUST NOT, IT'S LIKE BUILDING A SOCCER PARK. 
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WE JUST DON'T HAVE A REVENUE STREAM TO SUPPORT THAT. 
          BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO AND WE'VE SEEN REAL RESULTS. 
          SO PROUD OF THAT INTERNAL EFFICIENCY. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THE SAVINGS BY HAVING AN
IN-HOUSE CITY ENGINEER, A LICENSED P E THAT CAN DO SOME OF THIS WORK INSTEAD OF SHIPPING EVERY SINGLE THING THAT
HAS TO BE STAMPED OUT TO AN OUTSIDE ENGINEERING FIRM. IT HELPS WITH TIMING AND IT HELPS WITH COSTS. 
          THE NEXT SLIDE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT. FIRST OF ALL. 
          OKAY. THEN THE LAST SLIDE. STAFFING VACANCIES IS ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES. 
          ALTHOUGH IF YOU SAW BY THOSE ORG CHARTS AND THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES,
WE'RE GAINING GROUND ON THAT. 
          NOT TO SAY THAT PROBLEM WON'T COME BACK. IT GOES IN CYCLES,
BUT WE HAVE GAINED SOME GROUND ON THAT. 
          THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THING, I MEAN, IT'S A,
A REALITY OF LIFE, AS MANNY POINTED OUT, THE AGE OF OUR IT T INFRASTRUCTURE IS COMING DUE WITH THINGS THAT WE'RE OUT LIKE TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT. 
          BUT I THINK WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO DEPRECIATE THOSE,
AT LEAST IN OUR FINANCIAL PLANS. 
          SO THEY AREN'T A SURPRISE WHEN IT COMES TIME. 
          WE'RE PUTTING MONEY AWAY AND WE'RE, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS TO BE MORE PROACTIVE
INSTEAD OF REACTIVE. 
          BUT COSTS WORKERS COMP LIABILITY, GASOLINE PENS,
THE COST OF EVERYTHING GOES UP. 
          SO THERE'S A REALITY THAT WE FACE IN OUR PRIVATE LIVES. 
          IT'S, IT'S EVEN MORE AMPLIFIED HERE AS RUNNING A BUSINESS. 
          SO WE DO OUR BEST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY NOTICED AND THAT WE'LL CONTINUE
TO PURSUE ARE CONCEPTS LIKE THE CITY BUYING AND STORE HOUSING OR STOCKPILING MATERIALS FOR A PROJECT. 
          WE CAN BUY ALL THE LAMPPOSTS AND WE CAN GET A BETTER DEAL IF WE BUY DIRECT. 
          INSTEAD OF HAVING OUR CONTRACTOR MAKE THAT A LINE ITEM AND MARKING IT UP ABOVE THE COST. 
          THOSE ARE SMALL THINGS, BUT THEY SAVE REAL MONEY AND THEY CAN HELP PREVENT LOGJAMS IN THE
IN THE PROJECT SCHEDULE LATER, IF THE CITY CAN BE WORKING IN PARALLEL AND ORDER THOSE THINGS EVEN MAYBE BEFORE THE BID
GOES OUT. 
          SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT I CAN SAY ABOUT THAT. 1383 IS,
IS A GOOD POSTER BOY FOR THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, RADIO AGENDA LANGUAGES THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT COME DOWN THAT ARE MAYBE GOOD IDEAS AND GOOD
PROGRAMS, BUT THEY ARE UNFUNDED MANDATES NONETHELESS. IT'S FOLKS IN SACRAMENTO DECIDING WHAT'S BEST
FOR US AND INSISTING THAT WE DO IT, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO WAY TO COVER THE COST OF CHANGING HOW WE DO BUSINESS. 
          WE DO HAVE DEADLINES WITH OUR, OUR PROJECTS,
ESPECIALLY GRANT FUNDED. 
          AND MARIA'S POINT ABOUT SHOVEL WORTHY VERSUS SHOVEL READY IS A GOOD ONE. 
          AND I THINK MORE SO IN RECENT YEARS THAN BEFORE THE GRANT PROCESS AND THE SHIFTING SANDS
IN SACRAMENTO AND WASHINGTON ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS,
THIS PANIC THAT TAKES PLACE BECAUSE THE PROJECT FUNDING STARTS AT A CERTAIN PLACE AND IT'S IN THE LEGISLATURE OR THE, THE THE BILL THAT'S THAT CREATED IT HEARS THE END DATE
OUT HERE, BUT A 30% OF THAT TIMELINE IS CHEWED UP WITH STAFF CHANGES AND DELAYS IN JUST PROCESSING
OUR OUR GRANTS AND GETTING US A GOOD EXAMPLE, AS WE'VE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED FOR THE PHASE TWO,
BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE GRANT DOCUMENTS YET, AND WE DON'T HAVE REALLY A GOOD IDEA OF WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO ARRIVE. 
          SO THE CLOCK IS TICKING ALL THAT TIME. SO FORTUNATELY IN THIS CASE,
YOU KNOW, EXTENDING DEADLINES IS SOMETHING THEY'VE BEEN FAIRLY COOPERATIVE WITH. BUT, BUT IT DOES CREATE EXTRA PRESSURE AND EXTRA PAPERWORK,
EXTRA PAPERWORK AND, AND JUST CHEWS UP TIME UNNECESSARILY. AUDIT AND CONTROLS. 
          IT'S THIS IS PART OF THE FINANCIAL FINANCE DEPARTMENT RE REBUILDING. 
          AND YOU KNOW, AS WE SAID, WE ARE BEHIND ON SOME OF THAT WORK,
BUT TRACY AND HER STAFF ARE DOING A GREAT JOB CATCHING UP AND THE COUNCIL SUPPORT THROUGH ALLOWING THESE OUTSIDE CONSULTANT RESOURCES REALLY MAKES A BIG
DIFFERENCE. 
          AND SO WE ARE CATCHING UP. WE WILL CATCH UP AND AND HOPEFULLY PUT INTO PLACE THE
PROCEDURES THAT PREVENT US FROM GETTING SO 
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FAR BEHIND IN THE FUTURE, CONSTANTLY MOVING FORWARD. 
          YES. I WANT TO BRING UP SOMETHING REGARDING DOWNTOWN ONLY BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN TOLD TO ME
MORE THAN ONCE. 
          WHEN WE WENT AHEAD AND REMODELED, REFURBISHED DOWNTOWN,
WE HAD PUBLIC HEARINGS WHERE PEOPLE COULD GO AND EXPRESS, YOU KNOW, HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE. BUT I FREQUENTLY HEAR DISSATISFACTION WITH CERTAIN
ASPECTS OF THE DOWNTOWN, PARTICULARLY THE THE GREENERY OR LACK OF GREEN IN THE GREENERY. 
          AND SO WE ARE EMBARKING AND DOING THE SECOND HALF. 
          RIGHT. AND ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT INCLUDE A PLAZA,
IT WILL INCLUDE SOME. 
          GREENERY, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD. SOME LANDSCAPING,
I GUESS, IS A BETTER WORD. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE LANDSCAPING THAT WE PUT DOWN THE GRASSES. 
          I PARTICULARLY LIKE THEM WHERE THEY WERE, YOU KNOW,
PUT DOWN. 
          THEY LOOKED BEAUTIFUL. BUT WHEN THEY ARE DRY THEY LOOK TERRIBLE. 
          AND THEY THEY LOOK DRY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. 
          AND PEOPLE CRITICIZE, YOU KNOW, THAT. AND, YOU KNOW,
GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE. 
          THEY'LL BE CRITICAL NO MATTER WHAT. BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT I DON'T KNOW
IF WE ARE GOING TO HOLD HEARINGS FOR THE SECOND HALF OR NOT. 
          IF WE'RE NOT, THEN WE NEED TO CONSIDER THESE THINGS I'M MENTIONING SO THAT,
YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE LANDSCAPING, IT'S LANDSCAPING THAT IS EVERGREEN. FOR EXAMPLE. 
          IT STILL MAY BE DROUGHT RESISTANT, BUT STILL EVERGREEN IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER BECAUSE
AGAIN, THOSE GRASSES LOOK REALLY BAD WHEN THEY'RE DRY. 
          AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I HEAR ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          OKAY, SO TWO COMMENTS ON THAT. ONE IS ADDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK,
NOT NECESSARILY TECHNICALLY HEARINGS, BUT WORKSHOPS OR WHATNOT. RIGHT, RIGHT. I THINK IS PROBABLY REASONABLE. 
          AND I THINK THAT YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. 
          SO THOSE, EVEN SOME OF THOSE SPECIES WERE, WERE MANDATED. 
          SO THE LOW WATER USE IS DEFINITELY MANDATED AND WAS PART OF THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE
GRANT WAS TO REDUCE WATER USE IN TOTAL, WHICH IS GENERALLY A GOOD THING. AND BEAUTY'S IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER. 
          SO IS UGLY. SO AS I MENTIONED TO YOU, I LIKE THEM,
YOU KNOW. 
          RIGHT. BUT BUT I THINK THERE, THERE PROBABLY IS ENOUGH WIGGLE ROOM AND CORRECT ME IF I'M
WRONG, THAT WE COULD MAKE SOME DIFFERENT CHOICES AND SEE IF THEY'RE BETTER. 
          AND AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO GET LOCKED INTO A CYCLE OF PUBLIC APPROVAL WHERE WE'RE
EXTENDING THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO MAKE A DECISION BY TRIPLE OR QUADRUPLE. BUT WE ALSO WORK WITH A TALENTED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WHO
CERTAINLY CAN PROVIDE OTHER OPTIONS. AND ONCE THEY'RE APPROVED BY THE FUNDING AGENCY,
THEN WE WOULD BE FREE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE DIFFERENT SPECIES. 
          YEAH, THAT THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT, I THINK. 
          OKAY. THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION. ONE, ONE MORE THING I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH IS THAT AS WE
PREPARE TO WORK ON OUR NEXT BUDGET CYCLE IS AND I MENTIONED THAT ALREADY, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL THINKING ABOUT IT
IS THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ECONOMY IS NOT GOING TO BE THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY A FEW MONTHS, A FEW MONTHS FROM NOW. 
          WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT. WE NEED TO BE VERY AWARE THAT WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT
NOW IS. 
          A GOOD THING, RIGHT? BUT IT'S GOING TO CHANGE,
AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SO GOOD IN A FEW MONTHS. 
          AND YOU'RE ALREADY STARTING TO HEAR PUNDITS TALKING ABOUT IT,
YOU KNOW, ON THE NEWS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SAYING, OH, YOU KNOW,
THE THE ECONOMY IN THE UNITED STATES IS GOING TO TAKE A TURN. 
          AND SO AS WE EMBARK ON TRYING TO. NOT PREDICT,
BUT PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OURSELVES AS A CITY, WE NEED TO BE VERY AWARE OF THAT AND NOT GET OVERLY OPTIMISTIC AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE MIGHT BE A YEAR FROM NOW. RIGHT. 
          BECAUSE WE MIGHT GET INTO TROUBLE IF WE DO THAT. 
          SO PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS. CONSIDER THESE THINGS THAT ARE OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD,
RIGHT. 
          AND THAT ARE ALREADY AFFECTING LARGE PARTS OF THE WORLD. 
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YOU HEARD ME MENTION THIS BEFORE. ASIA IS SUFFERING GREATLY FROM THE SITUATION IN THE
MIDDLE EAST, BUT IT'S ALREADY STARTING TO AFFECT US AS WELL. 
          AND, AND IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE. IT'S NOT GOING TO GET BETTER. 
          AND ONCE IT HITS, IT'S GOING TO TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS FOR IT TO BEFORE IT GETS BETTER. 
          IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER. SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT AS WE PLAN FOR THE
NEXT 12 MONTHS OF OUR BUDGET. 
          YEP. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER CLOSING COMMENTS FOR ME OR STAFF? THINGS WE I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR PRESENTATIONS. 
          THEY'RE GREAT. THEY'RE EASY TO FOLLOW. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THAT A LOT OF LOT OF WORK WENT INTO IT, A LOT OF SCURRYING AROUND ON EVERYBODY'S PART TO
PUT IT TOGETHER. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE IT GETS BETTER EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW? THANK YOU. WE YEAH, I REMEMBER WHEN WE USED TO SPEND HOURS AND SEVERAL DAYS GOING THROUGH
THESE PROCESSES AND KERI YOU REMEMBER? NOT THAT I CAN EVEN REMEMBER BECAUSE I,
I SHOWED UP IN JUNE, AND I THINK THERE WERE SIX MEETINGS JUST IN JUNE ON BUDGET STUFF. RIGHT. AND SO THIS IS A BETTER PROCESS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE GET THROUGH IT, WE TALK ABOUT IT WE CAN HAVE A KIND OF A BIRD'S EYE OVERVIEW
OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING. BUT DEFINITELY YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO COME UP WITH A BUDGET AND
THAT'S A LOT OF WORK. 
          SO BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. GREAT JOB. ALL RIGHT. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          IT'S 703 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.