Okay, we will reconvene the special meeting, Mr. City Attorney, any final action to report out?

No final action tonight, Madam Mayor.

Thank you. So we will adjourn the special meeting and call to order the regular meeting of the Fulsome City Council for Tuesday, March 11th, 2025, where the clerk please call the roll.

Yeah, Council members, Cous Lau's key is absent and Council members, Larry, here, Racial, Roorba, here and Akino.

And we also have a new face on the day, yes, tonight.

We would like to officially welcome our new City Manager, Brian Whitemeyer.

You started yesterday for City Council meeting today, so we're not wasting any time, but we want to sincerely welcome you and your family to Fulsome. We are happy to have you here.

Thank you.

All right, if you'd all please rise and join me in a pledge of allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the five of the United States of America and the European public for which it stands by nation under God in the visible with liberty and justice for our own.

Okay, Mr. City Attorney, any agenda updates?

Yes, good evening, Madam Mayor.

Items three and seven on tenets agenda will be continued to the next City Council meeting on the 25th.

Okay.

That takes us to business from the floor.

This is the public's opportunity to address the Council on items that are not on the agenda.

But please understand that we cannot deliberate or take action on items that are not on the agenda.

If you want to speak at this time or on any item on tonight's agenda, if you please spell out a blue speaker card at the back table and hand that over here to Sergeant Rice, the clerk will call you up at the appropriate time.

So do we have any requests to speak from business from the floor?

Yes, you have six requests to speak this evening from business from the floor.

What we'll do is we'll call the first speaker and then we'll let you know who's next.

So if you hear your name, you know that you're on deck.

So our first speaker tonight will be Todd Beffer.

Todd will be followed by Svetha Ramasha.

Welcome.

Thank you.

There is a retired Sacramento County Sheriff's Sergeant who has a history of boldly ignoring traffic laws in Fulsen, especially an empire ranch on April 2nd, 2024.

He ran a red light.

I phone non-emergency and reported this to Fulsen police.

Nine days later, he exited his vehicle and threatened me with physical violence while I was legally in a crosswalk.

I phone 911 and reported the assault to FPD on August 50.

He turned his headlights off just before he ran a red light.

I phone non-emergency, reported this to FPD.

Twelve days later, he made a threatening gesture at my wife and me as he drove past us.

I phone non-emergency and reported this to FPD.

On October 8th, he ran a red light and drove within inches of hitting me with his vehicle while I was legally in a crosswalk.

I phone non-emergency and reported this to FPD.

Twelve days later, he ran a red light and drove within inches of hitting me with his vehicle yet again while I was legally in a crosswalk.

On September 9-1-1, he reported the assault to FPD.

The retired SAC County Sheriff's Sergeant admitted to running the red light and entering the crosswalk while pedastrians, my wife and I, were present on October 20th.

All six of these unlawful actions were recorded on the city's closed caption television camera archive file footage.

On November 1st, the individual was observed driving down my street.

And when he noticed me looking at him, made a quick U-turn and sped away in the opposite direction.

I asked Officer Kyle Raider on January 8th of the current year.

If he issued citations for the vehicle code violations of October 20th, he never replied.

One week later, I asked Chief Rick Hillman if he, if FPD intended to issue citations.

And he never replied.

I submitted three public records requests in an attempt to ascertain whether citations were given to the retired SAC sheriff sergeant.

None of the three were produced.

I asked City Attorney Steve Wang on January 22nd if he directed City staff to Stonewall me.

And he never replied.

How is this blatant disregard for public safety by no less than a retired peace officer allowed to occur without consequences?

This individual has yet to receive a traffic citation for numerous violations of the California vehicle code.

Is the retired sergeant who has lived with his wife one half mile from the police department for more than 26 years receiving what the public knows to be professional courtesy?

My question to the governing body of Folsom is what the hell is going on?

I hope one of you wants to get to the bottom of this.

Law abiding tax paying citizens shouldn't have to fear for their safety when walking the streets of Folsom while getting exercise and enjoying the outdoors.

Thank you for coming.

Next speaker.

Okay, our next speaker will be Swetha Ramasha followed by Amogi Ataji and I apologize if I mispronouncing your name please correct me when you come up here.

Good evening.

Good evening.

Good evening, esteemed Mayor and Council members and namaste.

My name is Shweta Ramachar, resident of Rancho Cardo city and they volunteer at Indus Viam Seyvak Sangha HSS.

I'm honored to share the HSS has been organizing the annual health for humanity Yogatan or Suriya Namaskar Aydna since 2007.

Every year it starts on 18 January.

This is a 16 day event aims to create awareness about yoga and benefits for a healthy body mind and spirit.

Makara Sanghranti assures in longer days which is why the festival symbolizes sunshine in life.

To mark this occasion HSS has organized the health for humanity Yogatan from January 18 to February 2nd, 2025.

HSS initiated this health awareness project in 2007.

Now in its 18th year.

Since its inception, participants of all faiths and beliefs from 40 to 60 states have actively taken part in the Yogatan through Yoga centers, community organizations, schools and colleges.

Collectively we have participated in and performed over 4 million Suriya Namaskars.

Community leaders and many elected officials across the nation have been shown their appreciation for this initiative and encouraged their residents to participate and gain their benefits for an

overall healthy lifestyle.

This year HSS invites community groups, yoga centers, students, teachers and individuals to learn and participate in the health for humanity Yogatan.

This program is open to people of all ages, genders and races and we aspire to collaborate with the city as much as possible to reach out to members of our community.

Our goal is to get as many people as we can from our city to reap benefits of this initiative.

At HSS we believe that a healthier individual leads to a stronger community.

Through this initiative we hope to empower people to take charge of their physical and mental well-being.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak and for your support in promoting health and wellness in our community.

Thank you for coming now.

Our next speaker is Amog Itaji, who will be followed by Orohi Misha.

Welcome.

Dear esteemed Mayor, Akino and City Council members, hello and Namaste.

My name is Amog Itagi and I'm a Hindu American freshman student living in the city of Orangeville.

I'm a youth volunteer for HSS, Hindu Swaim Sevaksong, which aims to uphold Hindu values such as Vasudeva Kutumbakam, the whole world is one family and Nara Seva Nara and Seva, which means service to humanity is service to God.

On February 23rd, 2025, Sri Krishna Shaka, the Folsom chapter of HSS, came together in solidarity with Black individuals to honor Black History Month.

We were privileged to welcome Mr. Chris Clark, the president of the Folsom cordova Unified School District of Board of Education as our guest of honor.

Mr. Clark has been a strong advocate for inclusivity and community engagement.

This event had a total of 40 attendees, including children, parents and community members.

In addition to our regular Shaka activities, we took time to reflect on the significance of Black History Month and how its message resonates with all communities.

The children had an opportunity to engage in meaningful discussions, work on crafts, play games and interact with our distinguished guests.

During his address, Mr. Clark shared his personal story, recounting how his ancestors endured slavery, how his family eventually moved to California, and how he became the first African American to serve on the FCUSD school board.

His journey serves as an example of how our society continues to move forward overcoming past injustices and creating new opportunities.

Mr. Clark also emphasized the importance of community involvement and the need for a conscious effort to learn about and appreciate different cultures.

He spoke about how people and leadership roles have the ability and responsibility to foster stronger, more inclusive communities.

He also took questions from attendees on a range of topics, including education, curriculum development, and the role of local representation in shaping academic programs.

This observance encourages conversations about racial justice and equality. It reminds us that progress is made through awareness, education, and a commitment to inclusivity.

By learning from history and celebrating the voices that have shaped it, we take steps forward to a stronger and more united community.

As a student, I feel proud to be associated with HSS to work with other individuals who come from different cultural backgrounds to make the world a better place.

Thank you, Dhani Wad, and Amosti.

Well done. Thank you very much.

Okay, our next speaker will be a Rohe Mishra followed by Vandana Mishra.

Good evening.

Hello, esteemed mayor and council members and Namaste.

My name is Rohe Mishra and I'm a Hindu American ninth grade student living in the city of Fosa.

I'm a youth volunteer at HSS, Hindu Swamsava Sangh, which aims to uphold Hindu values such as Vasudeva Kutumbakam, the whole world is one family, and Narasava Narayan Sava, service to humanity is service to God.

October holds a special significance to Hindus across the globe as it is the month we celebrate the Vali, the Festival of Lights.

This festival encourages us to strive for moral order, right action, and the promotion of peace.

Though we do, though we do several community outreach projects throughout the year, we take extra effort during this time utilizing the opportunity to give back to the community through various service projects to make the city better and stronger.

One prominent initiative called Sava Devali is a nationwide project that strives to make a difference in the lives of those suffering from food insecurity.

Sava translates to selfless service, along with several other youths, I derive great satisfaction in being part of this project.

This not only helps the needy but develops the characteristics of leadership and giving back to the community.

During this drive, hundreds of people make their homes collection centers for their neighbors to contribute.

People are encouraged to donate non-perishable vegetarian food to food pantries and homeless shelters.

Last year through this project, we collected about 725,000 pounds of supplies across 38 states.

In the greater Sacramento area alone, 8,300 pounds were donated to 14 food banks and shelters, including the Salvation Army in Roseville.

To spread awareness for this project, we also have a Vali parade of lights, in which we drive around the city with our cars, decorated with lights.

We were glad to have Councilman Scott Albert, Rockland Councilman, Mr. Bill Holden, and Mr. Ken Broadway, Place Our County Supervisor, Mrs. Shanti Landon, and Karen Albert as the guests of honors who flagged off last year's parade and participated with decorated cars.

As we celebrate the Vali, we want to share the light and illumination of selfless service with all our fellow citizens.

I want to thank the city of Folsom for taking this critical step toward creating and accepting society for Hindu adults, kids, and teenagers like me.

I look forward to serving the city to the best of my capacity and playing my part in making it an excellent place to live. Thank you.

Well done. Thank you very much.

Okay, our next speaker will be Vandana Misra, followed by Ravi.

Welcome.

Thank you. Good evening, Honour Mayor and Consul Member Namaste.

My name is Vandana Misra and I am a proud resident of Folsom.

Today, I am honored to share the inspiring story of the Mahakumbh Mela, the world largest and most peaceful gathering.

This sacred Hindu festival occurs every 12 years and circles between four holy cities in India, Prayagraj, Hari Dwar, Nasik and Ujjana.

It brings together millions of people from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and traditions, united by a shared sense of spirituality, purpose, and community.

Mahakumbh Mela is deeply rooted in ancient traditions and symbolizes the eternal human quest for spiritual growth, self-reflection and renewal.

At its core, the festival revolves around taking a holy deep in the sacred rivers and people believe it cleanses the soul and brings inner peace.

But the Mahakumbh Mela is more than a religious event, it celebrates unity, harmony, and the shared human experience.

It is a living example of Vasudeva Kutambakam, that the entire world is one family.

The Mahakumbh Mela ability to inspire peace, cooperation and mutual respect on such a massive scale makes it extraordinary.

It is a festival where people from different cultures, languages and traditions come together as equals.

Sitting aside, there are differences to celebrate their humanity.

The Mahakumbh Mela is not just a Hindu festival, it is a global event that highlights the beauty of cultural diversity and the importance of fostering understanding among all people.

As a family person growing up in the city of Falsam, I am deeply inspired by the values of unity, inclusivity and service, that the Mahakumbh Mela represent.

It reminds me that our strength as a community lies in our ability to embrace diversity and work together for the common good.

By learning about and appreciating the tradition of others, we can build a more inclusive and harmonious society where everyone feels valued and respected.

The spirit of the Mahakumbh Mela unity, peace and service can guide us in making the city of Falsam a better place for everyone.

By fostering understanding and respect among all residents, we can create a community where everyone feels a sense of belonging and connection.

Thank you for allowing me to share this important aspect of my heritage.

By learning about the Mahakumbh Mela, we can all reflect on the importance of unity and work together to build a brighter future for our city.

Thank you. Namaste.

Thank you very much for coming up.

Okay, your next speaker will be Ravi. Sorry, there's no less name, but Ravi.

Come on down please.

Is Robbie here?

Not here. Okay. Thank you.

That concludes business from the floor.

Let's see. Call the first item then please.

Your next item this evening will be scheduled presentation item number one.

This is the resolution of accommodation honoring the Vista Junior Eagles comp cheer squad.

All right, let's have coaches and cheerleaders come on down.

I'm going to ask you where you're in your uniform, but that's because you're wearing these national champions and jackets.

I get it now that I can see the back of them.

All right, Rachel, I'm going to hand this to you while I read it.

Okay, this is a city of Folsom resolution of accommodation honoring the Vista Junior Eagles comp cheer squad.

Whereas the Vista Junior Eagles comp cheer squad is part of the youth football and cheer organization in Folsom.

And whereas members of the Vista Junior Eagles comp cheer squad earned first place in division 15, level two,

Jambs National Championship in Las Vegas.

And whereas the team was the grand champion for all 42 teams in division 15 receiving the highest overall score.

And whereas their hard work dedication and performance may recognition from the city of Folsom.

Now, therefore, I Sarah Aquino, mayor of the city of Folsom on behalf of the Folsom City Council and the Folsom community.

Do hereby extend commendations in the highest regard to the members of the Vista Junior Eagles comp cheer squad and encourage their continued success in the future.

Commended this 11th day of March 2025.

Would the coaches like to say a few words?

Are you ready, Andrew? Okay, we're going to look at Andrew first.

Rachel, would you like to say a few words?

Thank you for your recognition for our team. Thank you, Ossies. Thank you, Karen.

You guys, please go ahead.

Congratulations. Thank you.

Thank you.

You're welcome to say for the whole meeting, but if you'd like to leave a little bit.

Thank you all a week.

Yeah.

I'm going to say one. You ought to say we'll listen to a short sweet.

All right. Well, they are exiting. Nobody's taking us up on our offer, apparently, to say you may call the next item, please.

So are you next item is scheduled presentation item number two. This is a presentation on the benefits of youth sports.

Good evening, mayor and members of city council. I'm Kelley Gonzalez, your parks and recreation director.

Tonight's presentation was a request from our previous intern city manager, Dan Haverty.

When he was first here, we did a tour of all of our facilities and Derek Perez gave him an overview of our sports programming here at the city of Folsom.

So tonight, I am proud to introduce Derek Perez, our recreation supervisor for sports.

Derek has been with the city for 24 years and a supervisor for the past eight years. So welcome, Derek.

Come on up. Hello, Derek.

Hello, Madam Mayor, members of council.

Pull my presentation really quick.

Okay, I did that right. Good evening. My name is Derek Perez and the recreation supervisor for the city of Folsom.

I'm going to be doing a presentation on community sports. So I oversee all the adult youth sports in the city as well as the community sports leagues in the city.

The anymore sports complex as well. So just a few things that we oversee in our sports division.

So off that was actually a good segue of the cheerleaders competition and to well presenting tonight.

As you can see, there's many benefits of youth sports. That was a great example of the ladies recognition with the cheer.

You know, it's part of the emotional emotional support. You know, it decreases anxiety, depression.

There's social dynamic that creates teamwork. I just haven't be out at my daughter's comp soccer game this weekend. So I'm a dad.

I get to see that firsthand. I start last night with my son's baseball team as well as seeing the benefits of youth sports of house impacting children in the community.

And it's really huge. One thing I want to do really quick is any parents or anybody has kids that's participated in youth sports your life and raise their hands.

So it's a pretty, pretty impactful sport.

So some of the youth sports that we offer in the city through our division, we offer contract classes and seasonal camps.

Some of the highlights that we do, one that's really unique, the summers we offer a fencing camp. That's a very popular camp.

I think we offer about two or three weeks. That fills up. We have wait lists. It's unique.

It's just something very different that we like to offer. We've been doing that for years.

Something else. Another sport that you might have heard of is pickleball. You know, you might not have heard of it, but that's kind of big right now and across a nation.

We do offer some classes for the youth. There's courts down at Limby Park. And then one adaptive program that we're looking at, including the summer,

which we're excited about is adaptive wheelchair basketball league. So we're actually partnering with a nonprofit organization, he'll,

we'll be hopefully advertising that here in the last couple of months and get that league up and running on Sundays at the sports complex.

So it's just something new. It's not offered a lot. So we're excited to kind of offer that to the community.

In any way that wants to participate. Some of our city leagues that are part of the department offer in the city.

Our first one is our NFL like football league. That's played Friday nights in the fall and the winter out at John Camp Community Park.

You know, we have a total of about 424 players.

You know, it's always interesting is when the high schools are winning sections and league champions and state championships.

This is where they started. They started in the second third grade through our parks and recreation program. So we've seen all those kids grow up and

you know, when state championships and really benefit the community and go on a college and so forth. So one future league that we're excited about to offer is an all girls like football league this summer.

Staff's working hard to develop that get up and running right now a lot of middle schools in the area surrounding areas are offering leagues.

All the high schools now is actually a CIS sanction sport in the high schools. So Folsom high school has a team this has a high school team.

So we're hoping that this will help develop the girls and want to encourage them to like like football and then eventually play for the high schools.

So forth. Another league that we offer at the anymore sports complex is the indoor soccer league. That's going on right now. Session two is wrapping up.

We average about 160 170 teams starting December all the way through April May. That's about 1600 players. That's not even including the parents that come into the facility to watch your kids play on a weekly basis.

And then the next leagues that we offer is adult sports leagues. So we offer leagues. We offer some classes. We offer tennis and basketball classes. We actually ran a basketball term in January that had about eight terms or eight teams. Excuse me out at economy park on a Saturday. They're about 50 players out there participants.

And then our adult leagues that we offer tonight's the first night of adult softball out at Limby Park. They started out six three tonight.

There's two fields going out there with the lights. So you'll see games going starting up this week. I'm the first game tomorrow. So we'll postpone that the next week.

So it's just some of the leagues that we offer here in the city to the adults.

Our community sports leagues as a city. As you know, sports is huge and Folsom. We work with all the community sports leagues. Those are all the CYSLs. There's Stamat. He know them in the city. That's little leagues softball.

Our recreation basketball program FIBA Folsomake soccer or Folsom Surf Soccer Club. We work with all those leagues in the entire city. We schedule all the facilities at all the city fields, gyms. And we also throw a joint agreement schedule all the school facilities as well too.

So when Rex soccer is out there when there's 3 300 kids in the fall playing my staff. We schedule all the facilities on the city fields and the school feels to as well. So it's a really big undertaking.

This what you see here with the city of Folsom, cordova. It's part of a joint use agreement. We can't make this work without them. They're a huge partner with us. It's a great relationship we have. And then we have a community sports league. And then also the FAA. The FAA plays a role in it where they work with all the youth leagues.

They have programs for the facility programs that help provide enhanced musty facilities. They offer scholarships to high school kids too as well. They do fundraiser for the community sports leagues. So it's a great partner all around.

So the joint use agreement as stated the city has a great one with the school district. I have a picture here of this is Folsom Middle School. This is Ed Mitchell Park and this is Blanche, Lawrence Elementary School.

A lot of our parks we design are next to elementary schools and it's it's for reason that we're going to schedule soccer or baseball on those fields. So it's a nice way to kind of share and brainstorm and how we can partner and we can use each other's facilities.

It's really unique you see the majority of our schools are like that in our parks we design that for reason. One bullet point I have on here is added security.

You know when schools kids go home schools are done at 315 to 15 early release. The schools is sit there well we activate those parks we schedule practices we schedule games.

An example that really was beneficial to the school district was a few years ago Russell Ranch. There's a soccer team out there about 430 practicing and a water line broke in one of the classrooms started gushing outside the classroom.

The coach saw that called not emergency line water park went out shut that off before flooded the rest all the other classrooms. So that's just a benefit that has that this is extra security that's out there extra eyes on the ground too as well.

So that's really nice.

In summer programs you know we have a couple of cave programs that are at Sutter and Folsom Middle School. We work with both schools there and then the city we run a summer program called destination.

Recreation that's going to be a theater due to this summer again over there for kids and we'll be running camp there money through Friday.

Daily schedule example. This actually I want to show a sample of all the facilities that my division schedules last Tuesday. This was this last Tuesday March March 4th.

The stand of volleyball courts were activated in the afternoon through Folsom Lake College. We have a partnership with them through their brand new stand of volleyball program. They started up last year so they practice out there three or four times a week.

They play games out there other junior colleges come and play them. Turn league and then you know pick a ball. There's all 12 courts are going right now rock and rolling and the anymore sports complex. We have leagues rentals out there batting cages.

And then last week F.I.B.A. these are all the gyms they use 13 gyms in entire city. And then also last week was when baseball started little the softball. There's about 30 ball fields between the city and the school district that we scheduled just on last Tuesday night alone.

And we schedule all those lights to and then the turf fields economy both of them at camp and then liver more.

So we had soccer programs lacrosse in session right now too as well. So that's just a sampling of one day right there that staffs are so also for sports impact in our community aside from our classes our camps scheduling all the youth leagues.

The adult leagues we also program tournaments and events in the city too as well. So a lot of tournament director will come do it and look to see if we have any facilities available that we could rent to them.

This is just a sampling of what we have going on this year in 2025. Some notable ones are you saw ball tournaments we have 34 weekends starting March 1st of the end of October.

We have 32 weekends scheduled already we only have two weekends available so it drives in a lot of teams to play games shop here.

Look at all the amenities that Folsom has to offer and just make that impact to the community.

Last year for example of 2024 we host a 66 tournaments in the city and this year we're projecting 84 that's what we have in the books right now in the city alone.

That's a you basketball tournaments you soccer terms of soccer clubs too as well.

So we're always open to brainstorming we're always looking to do something new so we're always open you know if we have something available we'll brainstorm and talk to tournament director so we can get here in town.

Sporting event impact so this is new for us.

I went to a session a couple years ago that the city of Elco put on with consumer CSD and they showed kind of economic impact calculator that they offered.

And what this did was it just kind of showed what a soccer could have on the community right.

So we all hear that city Sacramento is hosting after shock it's this huge music event that we all know about four days Thursday through Sunday.

Well they'll come out and say well this had a one million dollar economic impact to the community this calculator can can can do that it can calculate that stuff so staff is learning that right now.

We're just learning how to plug things in we've only had three tournaments so far this year January February.

So measure the impacts of lodging transportation you know food and beverage retail recreation space rentals and business services and it it will just allow us to have an idea and some data that we can compare to the next year because we really don't know this we like I said we rent these tournaments out we know how's an impact but we just don't know.

This is kind of a really nice tool that we're using and we're going to be really looking at and comparing it from you know 25 to 26 what we have using as a really useful tool for us.

So it allows to gather data to make some informed decisions in the future too so which would be really nice.

With that I like to introduce my staff if they're here so Tony basin is back there code is in charge of the sports complex operations and he worked with all the youth groups though he works with schedules and lights and everything.

Penelope across the hands she's over there she's in charge of adult sports so I'm assuming after this meeting she'll be running a let me park to checking on her adult softball leads and make sure everybody is behaving.

And then Cynthia Mandel she's back there too as well so she overseas you sports she runs our youth in her soccer league which is our biggest league in the city and she overseas escaped by park operations and Jeremy Diocio he's probably not here he was having car issues this morning so.

I'm happy to answer any question you might have about sports.

I have to throw the first pitch out this Saturday I've been practicing in my backyard for the last week hoping I don't embarrass myself but I wouldn't be sorry if it gets rained out on the on.

You've been losing your party.

I have a couple questions.

Okay, how's the number one?

Is there a reason that you think it's 66 scheduled tournaments last year to 84 already scheduled this year I think you said is there.

You feel like there's a reason it's a positive thing it is a positive thing I've been working a lot of tournament directors to so.

I think that's one of my a couple comments and one of them was on the economic impact calculator I'm really really happy to hear that you guys are incorporating that because having that data to be able to compare next year I think is so important to kind of where we can prioritize and focus.

You sports is a big deal in this community and so I'm very happy to hear that you guys are doing that it'll be fun to learn I'm sure.

Right and I do just want to acknowledge I really appreciate you putting your staff up there and seeing a few of their faces because I just think that we should do more of that with that we get the department heads all the time which they all are beautiful people but it would be nice to kind of so I really appreciate you doing that so thank you for that.

Thank you for all your work to that you're doing all behind the scenes people so they do great work.

Council number Larry yeah and I'm glad to see you active you all are I know that a lot of our parks are used pretty much throughout the daylight hours and into the evening you know I see a lot of lights when I drive around town of games going on with the lights on the fields one thing I want to ask about and that is that I and this is because this is my favorite sport that's missing and that would be swimming.

And that is a wonderful program for the kids you know there's several swim teams in there on a regular basis practicing they bring in you know people for their various competitions yeah and it's a critical thing for the kids in our community to learn how to do since we live by a river and a lake.

And you know there's also the adult water aerobics laps swimming on top of that and then in the summer there's a lot more going on in the pool and I don't want that to be overlooked I think it's a really important piece of what we have to offer here.

Yes it's very important piece to it you know what I always say is I do everything I'll land and shed gunter to the water so yeah that's a very important piece and even when it comes to the swim meets to as well as we collaborate and we talk to make sure that we have a use of ultimate he has a swim me things like that too but yeah you know my parents moved the Folsom three years ago my mom goes and does the open swim during lunchtime my dad plays pickable limby so they're active users of it but yeah no I mean that's a great point yeah.

The quality is a huge portion I believe may as you know Tom and correct me is water safety months so I'm sure there'll be a presentation coming down the down the pipelines on something like that too.

It provides jobs for our youth to my daughter was one of the life cards there nice school left learning to swim and which I believe there's interviews tonight there and I think there's like 50 kids are there right now.

Thank you Derek and thank you to all of the sports staff we greatly appreciate your work thank you for being here tonight Kelly did you want to say anything else or?

Yeah your stand-ins I didn't know if you were coming back.

No I just wanted to say thank you just wanted to reiterate we're very grateful for the sports staff Derek and his team.

We're doing a great job.

Just so the public knows there was a go Derek go sign back there.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

I know we're point item number three but did you want to say a couple words about that Brian?

Yeah just wanted to mention something related to the city managers fiscal year 2024 25 second quarter financial report.

It's my privilege to have started with the city of Folsom just yesterday and appreciate the opportunity to review that and go over some items with staff so we're just going to push it off to the next meeting and look forward to presenting that at that time.

Perfect thank you very much.

Next item please.

That takes you to your consent calendar and as a reminder item seven has also been continued to the next meeting.

And if I may staff would like to pull item four for a little oral update.

All right so we'll entertain a motion to move items five six eight nine and ten.

I'll move.

Second.

We have a motion and second please call the roll.

Okay council members Larry.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Okay item number four is receiving file the city of Folsom annual comprehensive financial report for the year ended in June 30 2024.

Great thank you.

First off we'd like to thank our finance director as Stacy for her work in getting the act for ready.

This is a big deal for us and so she has a few comments about the report to share with us.

Thank you and good evening mayor vice mayor and council members.

I'm pleased to report that the annual audit has been completed and you have it there in your chairs.

And we will have it on the website tomorrow morning.

We received an unqualified opinion confirming that our financial statements are presented fairly and accurately in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

And even better there were no adjustments from what was previously reported.

We ended the year with an unassigned fund balance of 24.9 million or 21.6% of expenditures which is what was estimated.

We've also submitted the report to the government finance officers association for the procedures award program.

And based on our track record we fully expect to receive the award once again this year.

And this recognition reflects the dedication of our finance team and the city's continued excellence in financial reporting.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Any questions for Stacy on this item.

No. Okay then I'll entertain a motion to move item four.

I'll move.

Second.

All right please call the roll.

Council members Leary.

Yes.

Rathal.

Yes.

Roarba.

Yes.

And a keynote.

Yes.

And now we will convene the joint meeting of the Folsom City Council the Folsom redevelopment successor agency the Folsom Public Finance Authority the Folsom Ranch Finance Authority and the South of 50 parking authority meeting.

Would you please call the roll.

Council members Leary.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Here.

Here.

Here.

Here.

And Kausowski is absent.

All right.

First item please.

Yeah.

Your only item under the joint meeting portion is the consent calendar.

Any questions on the consent calendar.

Otherwise I will entertain a motion.

So moved.

Second.

We have a motion and a second.

Please call the roll.

Council members Leary.

Yes.

Rathal.

Yes.

All right.

We will adjourn the joint meeting and reconvene the regular city council meeting that takes us to city manager you get to give your first over reports.

Great.

Thank you.

Madam Mayor members of the council.

It's a privilege to be here.

I just want to thank the city of Folsom team for the warm welcome.

It's been great to get the know.

The team so far and look forward to being able to introduce myself to the various community groups the residents and it's just an honor and a privilege to.

I'm just going to say I'm going to be here and have a motion to be here and have a motion to be here and have an honor and a privilege to serve with you.

Just some updates to share.

Related to public safety.

Here's an update on operation Folsom blues 2.0 on February 27th and 28th.

The Folsom police department special investigations unit led operation Folsom blues 2.0 targeting street level drug dealers on online platforms.

They were on the monitoring plan and had an emergency.

Resulted in significant arrests and drug seizures.

51 felony arrests 38 misdemeanor other arrests.

They seized over a thousand fentanyl pills a thousand plus other illicit pills 10 plus pounds of meth eight ounces of powder fentanyl.

excellent work. Ten search warrants were served, 18 probation parole searches,

10 vehicles towed, 25,000 in suspected drug proceeds seized, 25 illegally

possessed firearms removed. Of the 51 felony arrests, 27 individuals communicated

with undercover detectives on various online marketplaces and social media

platforms to arrange the drug deals. Operation Folsom Blues 2.0 builds on the

success of the operation of the first operation in 2024, which led to 15 arrests

and significant fentanyl seizures. Folsom's police, Folsom Police continue to

emphasize the importance of Alexandra's law warning that those who manufacture or

distribute controlled substances could face manslaughter or murder charges if

their actions result in a death. On March 5th, Folsom firefighters were

dispatched to a medical emergency at Folsom Prison due to the number of

patients and severity of injuries. The incident was upgraded to a

multi-casually incident. Additional resources arrived on scene and prioritized

patient treatment and transport. Several patients who were all inmates were

transported to local trauma centers with injuries ranging from critical to

moderate. Folsom Fire Department would like to thank our partners at

California Department of Corrections and neighboring agencies for their

assistance. And as far as community engagements and events, I'm pleased to report

that the recent friends of Folsom Library book sale raised $9,000 to support

library programs and services. Pretty cool. Last week, Folsom City Council

members, city staff, community members, and Folsom Police and Fire Personnel

joined students at Alder Creek and Empire Oaks Elementary schools to celebrate

Read Across the Merck a Day. And the City of Folsom is seeking vendors for its

second annual Earth Day celebration on April 26th. Earth friendly businesses and

organizations interested in a free 10-foot by 10-foot space must apply by March

21st and that concludes my report. Thank you very much. Vice Mayor Rathal, anything

to report? Just a real quick. I just wanted to thank the Hackathon

participants at Folsom Tech Week. That was going on at our last Council meeting

with Hackathon. It just just gotten started there. There was three projects that

were done with Hackathon and two of those were City of Folsom projects. And so we

had folks that donated their time, volunteered their time to look at our data

and look at our processes and try and make some recommendations that City staff

can use and can carry on. So just wanted to take a moment and thank those folks

and congratulate the team that worked on the Seeklic Fixed Project. They are

going to come in and sit down with staff and with our City Manager and our mayor to

review those results and let staff take it from here because they only had a

short amount of time to work on it. But they do have different backgrounds and

the tech industry. So I just appreciate them helping the City out. Very good. Thank

you. Council Member Rourbal. I just have one update about SACRT again. They

three of them, including the CEO, came out and met me down at the station and

historic district and we went through the train, the rail and I got to say it

was very clean, met some of the officers that are working on duty there. They

were super incredibly responsive but it's really a lot better than I think a

lot of people think. So one of the things we had discussed that I discussed with

them was they would love to come and do a presentation here about kind of some

of the delays, how they've overcome that and the safety and what they've

done to overcome that. So maybe late April beginning in May. So I just wanted

to see if that works for you guys and then I can relate back to them but that's

it. Thank you. Council Member Leary. Thank you. I just wanted to mention that

the habitat for humanity homes are coming up on Persever Street. I had an

opportunity to work there on Saturday for a bit to help with the

construction and to meet some of the incoming homeowners who are required to

spend 500 hours actually working on their own homes and I really thank the

foresight that our council members who made this arrangement with habitat for

humanity had when they established that partnership. These are eight of the

ten occupants are actually hardworking women who work here in Folsom and

you know they're very excited about finally being able to own a home that's a

big step up in their lives for the kinds of homes that they come home to each

day and provide for their children in. Right now the city staff is organizing a

couple of builds in the future and I'm looking forward to participating in at

least one of those. So if any of the community is interested in helping give

people a link up in our community develops some generational wealth and own

their own home here in Folsom and become a member of our community you can look

for the information by googling habitat for humanity. I'm not going to read out

the whole URL and find out about how to sign up for a build and contribute to

this. So thank you. Very good thank you and I just have one thing to report. So

last week the Folsom quarter of a school board held a study session on

capacity and as we all know the two middle schools in Folsom and the two high

schools are busting at the seams. They made the decision to basically eliminate

inter district transfers to Folsom high going forward so anyone wanting to

come from outside of the district to Folsom high will be denied. They already

did that for Vista several years ago. Up until now there has been a standing

agreement between Folsom, Cordova and San Juan Unified that the people who live

in a very small section of American River Canyon those of them who are who are

in the San Juan district they've had a standing agreement where those folks

if they wanted to come to a Folsom quarter of a school they could. They are

eliminating that exception with this elimination of inter district transfers. So I

do think that we need to schedule a meeting in the near future the city of

Folsom should host a meeting for the residents in that section of American

River Canyon as the school district to come as a guest and explain to them the

situation because Assemblyman Hoover is pursuing legislation that would

possibly allow us to basically annex that portion of American River Canyon

that's in the San Juan district into Folsom Cordova. If it doesn't work

legislatively the city of Folsom can pursue a territory transfer through the

State Department of Education but I do think we need to know that that's

something that the residents want I assume they do but I think that we should

confirm that for sure. So anyway that's all I have thank you very much 720 and we

are adjourned.