So we'll adjourn the special meeting and call to order the regular meeting for Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 with the clerk please call the roll.

Council members Rayfield.

Here.

Roarbaugh.

Here.

Koslawski.

Here.

Leary.

Here.

And Aquino.

Here.

And if you'd all please rise and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.

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.

Okay, Mr. City Attorney, any agenda updates?

None to none, now the mayor.

Okay, thank you.

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.

So if you'd like to speak to Business from the Floor or on any agenda item, please fill out a blue speaker card at the back of the room.

Hand it to the city manager over here at the end of the dais and the clerk will call you up at the appropriate time.

We do give everybody three minutes.

So if you can keep your comments short and sweet, that is much appreciated.

Madam clerk, do we have anybody who wants to speak from Business from the Floor?

You have two requests to speak this evening under Business from the Floor.

Our first speaker will be Michael Harris.

Come on down, Michael.

Michael will be followed by Bonnie London.

Landon.

Good evening, y'all.

Mayor, council.

You know, it's a blessing always to be here.

And I come with the best thing a man can have is women that are good friends.

And I think it was a no, I know it was Alexander Dumas.

He said men's minds are raised to the level of the women they associate with.

So I got two good ones with me today.

So the idea is that

as some of us historians know, this is like

this crazy time to celebrate the Civil War, 160 years of the Civil War.

And if you ever get a chance, you should like spend a little time on just one of the battlefields,

not one of the gory ones, because that might be too much for you.

But that was the path to get to Juneteenth was a bloody Civil War.

And this year is the 25th anniversary of celebrating public Juneteenths here in Fosal.

And it's a blessing.

It's a curse.

But it's something that

well, my great grandfather was in the military, my grandfather was in the military,

my father was in the military.

And I got the long straw and my two brothers, they didn't have to go because I went in the army.

And so Juneteenth is near and dear to my heart.

My grandpa's from Texas.

And I still know how to cook, you know, two day brisket slow and easy.

And it's real good.

So I'm going to leave these and

I'm not going to talk about the monkey in my back right now is the ongoing challenge with

state parks about what we're going to finally do with the 1840 to 1854.

You know, they spent millions of dollars to kind of like rewrite history

or figure out how to weigh to tell it without telling it.

So I'm going to leave that alone.

Y'all want to say anything today?

Say what you want to say.

We hope that you guys would support us on our event for Juneteenths.

And it's a blessing because it's a title five holiday,

meaning federal government is paid holiday.

Various jurisdictions around the state,

58 counties, 160 with 100,000 people.

And unfortunately, because the state has not aligned itself with 22 other states

with the title five holiday, I get to go around the state and like do this same

type of thing, encourage people to make it a paying holiday.

But the good thing is we're going to have fun and continue doing what we do year round

is celebrate the blessing that we all have by living here and in and around Folsom.

Thank you. Thank you all very much for coming out.

Okay, your next speaker will be Bonnie London.

Good evening, Bonnie.

Hi there.

My name is Bonnie London and I'm new to the library commission here.

I'm honored to be a council member, I'm honored to be appointed by

council member Leary and grateful for the opportunity to serve.

I've been advocating and supporting libraries for 10 years now.

Folsom's library is a shining star and it's one that many look up to and admire.

For those who don't know, Folsom was part of the Sacramento Public Library system until 1992

and it was closed due to budget cuts.

The city of Folsom reopened it in 1993 as a municipal library and back in the 90s,

it was really small and housed in a strip mall just off of East Bidwell.

But with vision, strong leadership, dedication and community support,

the Folsom Public Library has flourished under local control

and the new library built in 2007 is a source of great civic pride and envy throughout the region.

In addition to all the great programs and services the library provides,

it's also an extremely wise and efficient use of public funds.

Public libraries are economic engines that deliver a positive return on the funds invested in them

to benefit the residents and the communities.

Every library institute, which is a national nonprofit,

has a funding map to view each library's return on investment

so you can see and compare other libraries in your area.

In our region, the return on investment is between three to eight dollars

and the Folsom library is the top performer in the area.

For every dollar invested in Folsom's library,

there's a return of eight dollars and 91 cents of savings and benefits to the community.

These include direct benefits such as free access to materials,

resources, programming and services, and indirect benefits like literacy rates,

job skills and community engagement.

During periods of recession and economic downturn,

the need for library services become even greater as people turn to libraries

when their budgets tighten and they seek resources to strengthen their economic well-being,

such as resume building, improving digital literacy skills,

job training and materials to advance learning.

I want to thank the City of Folsom's library director, Thomas Grunyson,

council members and city staff for having the vision and commitment

to build, develop and grow a library which is beloved and serves the Folsom community extremely well.

As a library lover who's worked with different libraries in the region,

the Folsom library is a shining beacon and a model of excellence to guide others.

And I speak from personal experience. I was part of an ad hoc committee to save a neighboring

library and we used Folsom as an example to lead the way. I'm happy to report we were able to

save that library and it's now thriving too. Thank you. Thank you, Bonnie. Okay, next item please.

Okay, your next item will be scheduled presentations and your first presentation is

a proclamation of the mayor proclaiming April 13 to 19 as national public safety telecommunicators.

Week in the City of Folsom. Okay, so we have four proclamations. I've asked my colleagues to

help present these and once you are done presenting it, if you and your group would

look toward the back of the room to Andrew Eggers in our communications department,

he's going to take a photo. All right, I'll have the communications supervisor and the

dispatchers come on down and join me. Welcome. Thank you. Thank you all.

I'll hand you this proclamation here.

And tonight we have a proclamation of the mayor of the City of Folsom proclaiming April 13 to 19,

2025 as national public safety telecommunicators week in the City of Folsom. Whereas when our

citizens experience crisis, the men and women of the City of Folsom Police Dispatch Center are

responsible for answering their call and dispatching emergency services and resources to help save

lives and property. In 2024, Folsom's public safety dispatchers handled 85,658 telephone calls.

They created and monitored 60,388 incidents. It's amazing.

Oh, it gets even better. And in 2024, the Folsom's communications dispatchers answered

over 99% of all 911 calls in 15 seconds or less. And whereas Folsom's public safety dispatchers

contributed substantially to the relentless pursuit of criminal behavior and fostering

of positive relationships with our citizens. Now, therefore, I, Justin Raythal, the Vice

Mayor of the City of Folsom, on behalf of the Folsom City Council, do hereby proclaim the

week of April 13 to 19 as national public safety telecommunicators week in the City of Folsom.

And I want to extend our gratitude to Folsom's communications dispatchers for their dedicated

service to our community, diligence, and commitment to keeping our city and citizens safe. Thank you.

I'm glad I got it real quick for a photo. Would you guys like to say a few words or?

Thank you for your service.

Okay, next is item number two. This is a proclamation proclaiming April 22 as Earth Day,

which will be celebrated on April 26. So can I have our Senior Civil Engineer, Ryan Neves,

Senior Environmental Specialist, Mackenzie Jones, and Admin Assistant Jennifer Theot.

I say that right? Yeah. Hi, nice. Here, I'll hand this to you. Thank you. You look very nice.

A proclamation proclaiming April 22 as Earth Day, celebrated on April 26, 2025,

whereas Senator Gaylord Nelson and student activist Dennis Hayes organized the first

Earth Day rallies on April 22, 1970, across the United States, which signaled that protecting

the environment is an important goal of the American people, creating the modern environmental

movement and landmark pieces of environmental legislation in the United States. Whereas Earth Day

has evolved into the world's largest civic event, uniting people across 192 countries in a shared

celebration of our planet. With this year's theme, Our Power, Our Planet. Folsom proudly joins the

worldwide effort on April 26, 2025, whereas the city of Folsom recognizes that an environment free

of pollution increases property values and has enhances economic vitality, protects native species,

maintains air and water quality, and beautifies our community. And whereas the city of Folsom

recognizes the efforts of our city staff to comply with state and federal environmental

regulations that protect our community and natural resources for future generations, not a heart,

not an easy feat, I'm sure. The city of Folsom has adopted a five-year strategic plan with specific

goals of establishing a plan to transition to a full electric feat by 2035 and conducting a full

inventory of greenhouse gas emissions and the city and whereas the city of Folsom desires to share

information with the public about sustainability efforts and inspired stewardship of our distinct

natural environment. Now therefore, as Anna Roarba as your council member on behalf of the rest of

the Folsom City Council and our mayor, do hereby proclaim April 22, 2025 as Earth Day, which will

be celebrated on April 26 with Earth Day volunteer opportunities and a community festival at Prospector

Park at 4-5-7-8 Sparrow Drive. I hope you all can come proclaim this 8th day of April 25th. So thank

you to our staff members. You guys want to say anything? Yes.

You can also use that other microphone with a handheld if it's easier.

Thank you very much Council Member Roarba on City Council. We're very excited to bring

the second annual Earth Day event to the City of Folsom. Prior to last year, the city had multiple

separate events held in the spring and programs run by different departments including Cree-Kwee

Cleanups, Trails Day, Arbor Day, Volunteer Events, and Recycling Education and Outreach.

And at our inaugural Earth Day event last year in 2024, we combined them into a more cohesive

and collaborative event that we are thrilled to be able to hold again. This year we've moved the

event from in front of City Hall to the newly completed Prospector Park south of Highway 50

and expanded our Earth Day celebration from two to four hours. Let's not trip. Okay. Something

you want to just recognize is the history of Earth Day. So as Council Member said, the first

Earth Day was held April 22nd 1970 as a day of action to draw attention to pollution, environmental

degradation, and the need for environmental oversight. Over 20 million Americans demonstrated in

different cities across the country that day. This led to landmark environmental legislation

and is now recognized as the birth of the American environmental movement. In the 50 years since

Earth Day, the day has become widely celebrated across the globe as a day to recognize both the

environmental movement but raise awareness for the continued protection of the Earth for future

generations. The City of Folsom is very proud to celebrate Earth Day. Our Earth Day event is

only 18 days away on Saturday, April 26th. For the volunteer morning portion of the event, more

than 300 volunteers will complete multiple community projects around the city such as

creek cleanups, ladder fuel removal, tree care, and beautification at the zoo. In the afternoon,

the Earth Day festival will include educational and interactive booths from city departments and

environmentally focused businesses and organizations. We have many new booths this year including the

Elder Auto National Forest and the American River Conservancy. Event details can be found on the

city website under Earth Day and we hope to see you there. Thank you all.

Okay next will be item number three. This is a proclamation of the City of Folsom encouraging

the community to become involved in Arbor Day.

This is Amy Nunes. She is our city arborist and works hard every day to help keep our city

covered with a tree canopy and helping our neighbors keep their trees growing and healthy.

So this proclamation of the Mayor of the City of Folsom is encouraging the community to become

involved in Arbor Day. Let Amy hold that up for you. Whereas in 1872, Jay Sterling Morton

proposed that a special day be set aside for the planting and nurturing of trees and whereas in

1907 President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed this as a national time to plant and nurture trees

and whereas Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world and will be celebrated

in Folsom on Saturday April 26, 2025 and whereas trees reduce the erosion of our precious top soil

by wind and water, lower heating and cooling costs, moderate the temperature citywide,

catch rainwater, clean the air, produce life-giving oxygen and provide habitat for wildlife and whereas

trees in our city increase property values and enhance the economic vitality of business areas

and beautify our community and whereas trees wherever they are planted are a source of joy

and spiritual renewal and whereas caring for our existing trees is one of the most important

and often overlooked ways to foster a vibrant urban forest and whereas the city urban forester

in partnership with volunteers and the Sacramento Tree Foundation will be nurturing a grove of

sapling oak trees through the application of mulch along the Willow Creek Humbug Trail to

ensure a healthy, viable future for our city's urban forest in celebration of Arbor Day.

Now therefore, I, Barbara Leary, Council Member for District 4 on behalf of our Mayor Sarah Aquino

do hereby proclaim April 26, 2025 as Arbor Day and the City of Folsom and urge all citizens to

celebrate Arbor Day by supporting efforts to protect our trees and woodlands, planting a tree

of their own or joining in our Arbor Day event and further, I urge all citizens to enjoy the cool

shade of trees and promote the well-being of this and future generations as Folsom becomes a tree

city USA for the 19th year in a row. Proclaim this eighth day of April 2025.

So yes, just as the proclamation says, trees are crucial infrastructure for our city

and one of the surest ways that we can contribute to the collaborative initiatives going on statewide

to increase canopy cover for our communities is to actually help grow the trees we already have.

So on April 26th in partnership with Earth Day and with the help of the Sacramento Tree Foundation,

we're going to be tending to a grove of native saplings off the Willow Creek Trail

and also doing some, we're going to be doing mulching, we're going to be doing some watering,

pruning and also educating some volunteers on cultural practices that they can take home to

help their own trees thrive. So anyone interested in learning a thing or two about growing trees

and helping us grow our urban forest are encouraged and welcome to join us. Thank you.

Okay, our next presentation will be item number four. This is a proclamation proclaiming April

six through the 12th as National Library Week in the city of Folsom.

Last but not least, we'd like the Friends of the Folsom Library. Come on up, Bonnie come up,

Tom, Vijay come on up. If there are any other commissioners from the library in the audience,

come on up. We want you all.

I'm going to have to get your wide lens, Andrew. Okay, this is a proclamation of the mayor of

the city of Folsom proclaiming April six to 12th, 2025 as National Library Week in the city of Folsom,

whereas the Folsom Public Library leads the county of Sacramento with the most visits,

the greatest number of checked out items and the highest program attendance of any library

location in the county and whereas libraries spark creativity, fuel imagination and inspire

literacy, offering a space where individuals of all ages can explore new ideas and engage new

possibilities and whereas libraries nurture young minds through story times, STEM programs and

literacy initiatives, fostering curiosity and a love of learning that lasts a lifetime and whereas

libraries partner with schools, businesses and organizations connecting the dots to maximize

resources, increase efficiency and expand access to essential services, strengthening the entire

community and whereas libraries empower job seekers, entrepreneurs and adult learners

by providing access to resources, training and opportunities to support career growth and economic

success and whereas libraries serve as vibrant community hubs, connecting people with knowledge,

technology and resources, while fostering civic engagement, critical thinking and lifelong learning

and whereas libraries provide free and equitable access to books,

digital tools and innovative programming, ensuring that all individuals regardless of

background have the support they need to learn, connect and thrive. Now therefore I, Sarah Aquino,

mayor of the city of Folsom, do hereby proclaim the week of April six through 12th, 2025 as National

Library Week in the city of Folsom and extend our gratitude to the friends of the Folsom Library

and our dedicated volunteers and staff. During this week I encourage all residents to visit

their library, explore its resources and celebrate the many ways it draws us together as a community,

proclaim this eighth day of April 2025. And I, and if you haven't been to our library recently,

you can check out more than books. There are games and passes to state parks and botchy ball

equipment and pickleball equipment and there's just all kinds of things to explore there. Would

you like to say a few words? Well thank you very much. On behalf of the friends of the Folsom Library

I'm honored to be able to accept this and in addition to what Bonnie mentioned earlier about the

intangible benefits from the library, there are so many but most of all it's a magical place that

makes people happy. You can go and everybody's there smiling, very happy, getting free books and

learning and it's just awesome when you go and you see little kids so excited for story time that

they're waiting outside 10 minutes before the library opens and they can't wait to get in the

door. So I invite you all to celebrate National Library Week with us and come to the library.

If you don't have a library card it's free. You can come get one. If you don't have time to read a

real hardback book you can get an audiobook and listen to it in the car. There's something for

everyone. Bring your kids to story time or to the engineering club or to the Lego club. All that's on

this week so please come by. Did you want to say anything? I just would like to thank the community.

The Friends of the Folsom Library Bookstore is based on donations and we have wonderful

readers in Folsom and they are kind enough to donate and that keeps us keeping books at a very low

price. Our goal is to get books into hands and so I thank you as the public for supporting us.

We really do appreciate it. Thank you. We need to take a picture so we might need to get a few people down in front.

We're not down. You don't have to take a picture.

Okay our next item this evening is going to be a presentation from Heart of Folsom regarding

the 2025 winter shelter.

Good evening, Bev. Welcome. Hi, thank you. Thank you Mayor, Vice Mayor, our new City Manager,

City Council. It's good to be here in front of you again and thank you to all the City staff who

is here tonight as well. You'll hear more about yourselves later as I go through this but

the Folsom Winter Shelter we just finished year eight of that. January 2nd, March 9th,

we ran nine and a half weeks. Next year we'd love to run 10 and a half weeks if we can stuff that

because great things happened this year and we would love more of that.

The purpose of the shelter is to firstly provide shelter, food, safety and compassion to the guests

who come from the unhoused community in Folsom. The second thing is just building trust and community.

Many of these people trust and that sense of community is not something that they experience

a lot and the kind of magic that happens at the shelter when we all come together

is really an important part of that and I'll share a story a bit later about that.

The third thing is to connect guests with local resources. We have three non-profits in Folsom

that work with unhoused folks. Heart transitional housing is sort of the other half of what Heart does

where we have seven living units and a case manager and we work with folks to help them get

jobs, transportation, what they need to move ahead and get properly housed more permanently.

Jake's Journey Home works with folks out in the field and Powerhouse Ministries has their

day center along with housing options as well with programs so that's kind of the three main thrusts

of why we do what we do. People in Folsom are the winter shelter. You'll see a number of logos

and signs up there. The whole process begins with about 20 heart leaders who plan beginning in the

late summer and lead then 90 additional volunteers with heart who work the entire season. Most people

do a shift a week or a shift or more a week with a shift taken an hour to three hours at the most.

So we spread the work around of making this all happen for folks to feel safe and cared for.

Ten groups were involved this year and hosting it overnight. It's 200 plus volunteers involved with

that. We have faith communities primarily involved in the city. This year Rotary Clubs joined us.

It was great. We had the Evening Rotary Club, Lunch Rotary Club and Morning Rotary Club. Thank you

Justin for being one of the leads for that. And that was wonderful. It was wonderful to work with

them and I think it was a good experience for them and a great experience for us and our guests.

And so we hope to continue that. We had six shelter locations this year because we have a couple of

places where we're able to use their site Oak Hills Church in particular and Lakeside for more than

one week and let others come in and do the hosting. So that's our kind of key pieces of

putting it together. We also link arms with some others across Folsom. We have now three

restaurants that provided dinner weekly that damn place. Provided a dinner weekly. Mr. Pork events

did and then joining us this year. Bakas House also did and Anna Porna which is an extension

or a piece of the Indian Association of Sacramento provided meals on day week making the work lighter

and food really lovely for everyone there, the volunteers and the guests. Hampton Inn has lent

us a van for the last seven years and this year they actually donated the van to us. So it is now

ours to use perhaps somewhere in our transitional housing program as well. And District Church

lends us a shower trailer for the entire season which is a huge benefit. We all know the wonderful

feeling of a clean a good warm shower and our guests are just like us and so that's a gift from them

to us that's really significant in what we do. I would even mention Jake's journey home in

Para House but also the city of Folsom thank you to everyone involved with supporting what we do

for unhoused folks here. I want to point out particularly the police department

and particularly the hot team that I think I know the impact of their service in the city has been

great all across the board but for us it was wonderful to meet with them a couple times before

the season so that we really understand what they're doing and they really understand what we're doing

and we were able to they were able to know much more about how we operate so that when they see

people out there they can say hey there's a shelter 5 p.m. upper rodeo you know you want to be there

and they have all the information that they needed and then on our side we were able to contact them

if we were concerned about someone a potential guest possibly and just get their input and

insight on that so super helpful to us so thank you for that thank you for the police department.

The other group is Kelly Gonzalez and the Parks and Rec department because we do intake at upper

rodeo it has been such a gift and made such a difference to as soon as guests come in through

the gate that we can shelter them that we have a place out of the wind and the cold and the rain if

it's raining and that they feel safe right away as we're interviewing them and all of that sort of

thing before we actually take them to the shelter so just want to really shout out to to those two

particular groups. A little bit in statistics we were open for 66 nights we served 64 guests in total

some came one night some came 60 nights our total guest nights was 695 which is pretty typical for us

average guest per night was 10 and a half and this year weather wise we had a high number of very

cold nights less than 45 degrees many of them less than 40 degrees so 46 out of the 66 nights were

very cold so not as much rain this year as we had last year but cold and windy so still really

wonderful to get folks out of there. Our census was overall two-thirds men and one-third women

and our ages ranged from 24 to 76 which again pretty pretty typical for us.

Oh sorry about that I have one more screen not sure what happened to it but I wanted to share

a few stories the first thing that that we do at the shelter and happened was trust building

and so I want to share just an older woman who has been in Folsom quite a long time

and has come to the shelter in previous years but has not stayed very many nights during the year

she came almost double the amount that she's come in previous years and I think people encouraged her

before she came over to intake and people there encouraged her that she would be safe in the

shelter and and it really had an effect on her that she felt she could stay and she did stay far

more than she's ever been in there before in that community in that safe space feeling safe when she

doesn't normally she feels very vulnerable so the trust building is just a big important piece of it

employment reconnection and housing we early in the season had a gentleman who had been in the

trucking business in southern california come to the shelter and he wanted to get back to that

he had been there working things had fallen apart he had moved up here because he had family

and he wanted to get back to that so as we learned about him he needed glasses in order to pass a test

to be able to be a truck driver again we got glasses for him we reconnected him helped him

reconnect with his employer previous employer in southern california and provided transportation

for him to get back down there and he was super grateful both for having a place to stay while

he was with us as well as us helping him get to his back his life back on track

we also near the end of the shelter had a woman able to find employment again in her field and

find a room for rent in citrus heights so she was moving on to housing and work so that's

those are things we love to to be able to help people with transitional housing heart as i said

it has a transitional housing program we don't always have units available when the shelter is

running sometimes everybody's just in the midst of their program and we don't have them but we did

have some openings appeared this year so three men actually went into heart transitional housing

and all three of them are doing well one is nearing completion looks like and ready to move on up

and out so so we were grateful to be able to do that near the end of the shelter we had a

woman move into powerhouse ministries women and children center and which was just a delight

you guys are familiar with that program i know um so i wanted on behalf of kind of many guests at

the shelter who express verbally their appreciation and what it means to be inside in a community

together with people who care about them um i want to share um an email that she wrote to some of

the leaders of the shelter just a couple bits of it so that you get a sense of of kind of what the

shelter is like for folks and she's very eloquent she's a good good writer so she says when i first

walked through the doors of the shelter i was lost i had spent so long feeling invisible like i was

just another face in the crowd another person society had given up on but here you made me

feel something i hadn't felt in a long time human you greeted me with kindness no judgment you call

me by my name looked me in the eyes and treated me like i mattered and that simple act alone

that changed everything for me because of you i found the courage to start over because of you

i had a safe place to lay my head at night because of you i got up each morning with a little more

hope than the day before so from the bottom of my heart thank you thank you for your kindness

your patience your compassion thank you for reminding me that people still care

you don't just provide shelter you provide home even if it's only for a little while

and sometimes that's exactly what a person needs to find their way back to themselves

so um i pass that on to everyone who worked at the shelter supported the shelter city of fulsome

thank you on behalf of us volunteers and guests for your support thank you but we know this

requires a tremendous amount of work and coordination so thank you for taking that on that

roll every year and thank you to the heart board and all of your volunteers any questions or comments

from my colleagues council member leary um yeah thank you for all of the work that you do it's

amazing to hear some of these stories i'm glad you came in to tell us about them tonight i just

just wanted one clarification and this is just so maybe you can broadcast some information that

are people in the audience or watching this on tv can pick up because you say upper rodeo and can you

be more specific about that so if someone comes across someone in need that's looking for shelter

they could give them an address or a more specific direction because you know a lot of people are

transient they're going through town but they still need shelter right well we only run in the winter

right i understand that that's another question the address of the upper rodeo gate is is an

interesting one i'm not sure i've really not got a really great response but if you're at the

fulsome library and you go straight across the park and not that's where we are at the gate to

upper rodeo um on stafford street that's generally the best generally if you put a number on it you

end up at the zoo or or somewhere close so it'd be past the library on stafford and down the hill

no up still up the hill still up the hill thank you yep yeah that's right next to the maintenance

yard i think the maintenance yard is right there at stafford right so you just go away okay great

and then is there any um possibilities of having some heat shelters in the summer i don't know if

you've all talked about that or you know because we've had a lot of days where it's 110 yeah 15

etc and i um i'd like to know if there's and this may be another group all together that would take

this on but i'm just wondering what the options are out there for that yeah that i don't know for

for us we're all volunteer led and run everything in the winter shelter and our transitional housing

is as much as heart can can hold um at the moment but i don't know the city the city um hosts cooling

centers one of the temperatures above a certain degree it's not overnight but it's kind of during

the peak heat hours great yeah can you tell everybody where that's at or uh a moving target

a moving target okay yeah thank you okay um a couple of years ago when you presented you um i

appreciated the data um but you also presented how many people you had in the shelter from fulsome

do you have that information this last year we don't i mean it's self reported and not very

meaningful um i would say this season we had um we had more people who had been here a long time

we had people who had been here five years and longer about a third about a third less than

two months and about a third spread across that in between so um yeah so that's about what it was

self reported um from them so that so not everybody in the shelter is from fulsome correct

correct because i don't even know what that means honestly okay to say from fulsome so i mean they

were born here this yeah they lived here for a while they became homeless by their end of some

or maybe they've been in fulsome for a long time um for for reasons um so so you don't track where

they're coming from like if they're coming okay no we don't okay thank you no at our intake center

we're really concerned most concerned that they're ready to be inside for a night in a community

that it's going to go well for them and for everyone so that's kind of the primary thing

that we do in the bit of time that we have in the evening that's my raffle it's a big lift i just

want to say thank you i really appreciate all that you guys do hey you're welcome thanks for being

part of it keep up the good work all right we will all right thank you for being here thank you

yes thank you i'll see you out there okay our next item is item number six this is the fulsome plan

area semi-annual report

good evening mayor keno members of the council pam johns your community development director

and uh over the last six and a half years the community development department has been providing

regular reports about development activity in the newest area of our city the fulsome plan area

specific plan located south of highway 50 this report is um highlighting key activities development

related within this area of the city and we started doing it kind of quarterly once development

went vertical and then we adjusted that to about a six month period and this evening we

have an abbreviated presentation a little bit different than what we've done in the past

and we're proposing a new approach to how we do this moving forward where we actually provide

development information about what's happening citywide so i'm going to talk a little bit about

that and then after some planning highlights i'll turn turn it over to our city engineer

rebecca neves to uh to finish it out so just a reminder that the um master planning the city

voters decision to um annex this land and master plan this community started well over 25 years ago

and there was a lot of planning work and um activity to make this community a a reality and a part of

the city of fulsome when the backbone infrastructure started to support development um down in this area

around 2016 um there wasn't there weren't a lot of people kind of driving down into and around

this area but when um the houses were uh the land was subdivided consistent with the master plan and

houses were approved and started going vertical that's what we say when you see the sticks come

out of the ground um that's when we started reporting out to the the city council the first

home was occupied in in 2018 and was a pretty big celebration celebration in the community for you

know a long time coming so um within the the next few years most of the development um throughout

the city was happening in this this part of the city and so we we highlighted you know planning

activities site development activities building activities um in this area and we made sure that

we have a a website that keeps the community current not just about um what's happening today but

where you can find historical data about the city's considerations and approval of this area

moving forward this is one of six specific plans that have been approved in the city and

while most of them are primarily fully developed we certainly have other development activity

happening throughout the city and we thought um we would be better served and the city council would

be better served if we expanded that and talked about you know things that were happening citywide

so tonight we're going to continue again in an abbreviated fashion just giving a few highlights

of those things that are happening in the Folsom plan area specific plan but moving forward we'd

like to give you a broader picture about things that are happening throughout the community we

certainly get questions about it um from you from the community from stakeholders and we felt that

that was a a better way to reflect kind of this whole city approach so um just a few highlights

this is again kind of capturing the last six month period from October 1st of 2024 to March 31st so

that 180 day or six six month period the city council and the planning commission approved

several large lot maps and I think this is notable because most of the development activity that we've

seen in this master planned community has been largely to the east side of east bidwell up towards

El Dorado County and what we what we have seen is an interest in taking kind of large land ownership

and creating the parcels that will eventually come forward for development but in order for those to

be sold and for them to move forward they had to go through this large lot map process which is the

same process that we went through for other areas of the development that are east of the of east

bidwell street and and this is important because sometimes this happens um incrementally and um in

a phased action over time and it was a little bit surprising you know for us to see how much interest

there was in moving a lot of these areas forward and so you certainly saw a lot of these details

in the actions that came before you but I'm showing you kind of a comprehensive exhibit of all those

map areas that have now been where parcels have been created on paper and they go through a process

that that Rebecca's going to talk about in a little bit. One other slide of planning highlights is just

this city council has been asking for you know a wider range of housing choices throughout the city

and I think there have been some notable housing projects that have been approved or proposed

over this last six month period that include both condos and townhomes and I wanted to call that out

to you because that's something you've certainly been asking for and I think the market and the

developers are starting to deliver you know on those types of things and and so we're working

through that with with them and then finally I want to highlight um a couple of um pre-application

and other items that are that are noteworthy and you will certainly um see more information or

activity on on this front moving forward but um what's identified initially as the metal shop or

more recently called fulsome ranch sports complex is the combination of a um a concept for ice hockey,

ice rinks and um and a soccer covered soccer complex and we've been talking about um that

process and project moving forward with a formal application on the northeast corner of prairie

city road and alder creek parkway and um from the applicant's perspective they um will they're

planning to submit that that application formally to us this month um we also um uh approved through

the planning commission and um the the um dignity health or common spirit is now kind of referred

to as fulsome ranch medical center there on the northeast corner of alder creek parkway and east

bidwell and you see the you see davis hospital under construction but dignity health has been

moving forward with site work and they had modifications to their phasing plan um that

were approved by the planning commission over this last six month period um we expect them to be

moving forward with their phase one building permit in in the coming months um following that

site work and then finally um we have started work on the the grant that was awarded to the city as an

rt city of fulsome partnership um for a cal trans grant to study the the opportunity for a um a bus

route that would be kind of the first transit service down into this area of our city um primarily

focused on alder creek parkway and iron point road and that's a collaboration with all of the medical

services that are being provided in those areas and the goal would be to get a route going that

would go and uh and meet up at the iron point um light rail um station and and provide service so

that work is well underway and we're getting a lot of enthusiasm i i receiving emails about other

people who have heard about it and now want to know how they can participate in the process because

we're going to be looking for ways that we can help uh kind of supplement the funding for um for

this type of of service in the future so with that i'm going to turn it over to rebecca neves to

talk about engineering and building highlights and we coordinated our colors tonight thank you pan

good evening mayor and council members uh thank you for having me it's great to see you all um

i'll briefly cover the mapping and current upcoming construction and building activity in the plan

area including some other miscellaneous projects of interest and as we move into this year's

construction season so since our last update we've seen mapping activity making its way west

and pam did a great job of highlighting the most recent notable mapping entitlements

all of which have now been submitted and are in for review with the engineering division

the parcel merger map for cindero is progressing well and that's the condominium project that

pam mentioned and we anticipate it recording in the very near future creating one parcel for the

development of 136 condominium units additionally council may recall at its last meeting the agenda

item approving the recordation of toll brothers phase 2d subdivision final map that map has since

recorded establishing the single family lots and in june we anticipate bringing to you the phase

2c final map which will complete the mapping in the toll brothers development also known as

regency at fulcrum ranch although the large lot mapping activity tied to town center north

alder creek west and hillsboro area 40 large lot map don't allow for development activity

just yet it's important to note that these maps are creating the parcels consistent with the

fulcrum plan area specific plan that will ultimately allow for future development

i'll briefly touch on some of the active construction projects in the plan area

the model complex at cindero is under construction as well as the at well apartments and we anticipate

the south point commercial center will begin construction this summer homebuilding continues

in phase two and phase three of tolls regency at fulcrum ranch construction continues at the

uc davis medical center site and engineering has received the civil improvement plans for

alder creek marketplace which is the future home of the plan areas first grocery store the city has

also received civil plans for the phase one of the dignity common spirit site and the independence

at fulcrum ranch multifamily project is near approval and will be starting construction this spring

rustle ranch villages two and five are also under construction and the biggest area of activity is

at fulcrum heights the pre-construction meeting was held this morning and we're looking forward to

that project progressing as you can see there's a lot of activity from engineering we spend a lot

of our time implementing conditions on the site work and ensuring that improvements are built to

city standards before we accept them as city-owned facilities as it is for all development projects

once the civil improvements are completed and final maps are recorded creating the single family lots

this will allow the project to pull building permits as the next step in the process

another form of construction activity i'd like to highlight is the construction of the trails in

the plan area both led by our development partners and our awesome parks department

2025 year is the year of trails in fulcrum plan area within regency at fulcrum ranch

toll brothers will be putting in several trail segments out to bid this month each of the trail

segments you see here were conditioned to be rough graded as part of the development projects

they are funded through pooled spiff fees and reimbursed through a development agreement

phase one of the trails shown here in blue was completed earlier this year phase two

shown in pink phase four shown in yellow and phase five shown in purple will be constructed this

year completing nearly two miles of new trails and delivering a total of nearly three miles of

trails overall in the regency community located on the west side of east bidwell in the plan area

on the east side of the east bidwell in the plan area our own parks department will be putting

out to bid the man genie ranch phase one trails constructing nearly 2.3 miles of trails this

impact fee funded project is bidding this month and we'll start construction this summer i'd like

to give a huge shout out to kelly gonzalez and the parks department for their work on prospector

park and this upcoming man genie trails project we're grateful for the work they do in service to

our community and improving the quality of life in fulcrum building permit activity over the past

six months has included issuance of 428 building permits and we closed out 2024 having issued 861

building permits total staying fairly consistent from 2023 and a slight increase in 2022 2024

also marked the milestone of 10 000 plus residents that we have welcomed to the plan area and into

our beautiful fulcrum community in our last update we highlighted the cfd 18 phase two water

improvements project and in this update i'm happy to report that the city has made significant

progress in construction this project will provide the new water mainline feed and connection to

the fulcrum plan area from the city's water treatment plant thanks to the good work of our ewr

department marcus and his dedicated staff have done a great job on the project and especially

nathan stites who is serving as the city's project manager with support from the departments

also since our last update we've been able to welcome the newly constructed prospector park

which is being thoroughly enjoyed as a community asset for our residents city-wide and as the

hosting spot for earth thing and you haven't lived until you've tried the dueling ziplines out there

thank you that concludes my presentation i'm happy to answer any questions you have

any questions for rebecca or pam

yeah

do you happen to know if it got filled in they have been extended yeah there was a gap

yeah between their property and the right of way where ours connected to yeah to get to the bike

yes um at that particular spot i'm not a hundred percent sure

however i do know that they've been extending those areas of the trail specifically on phase four

and phase five which is the yellow and the purple and uh those two have basically bridged that gap

but i can confirm and get back to you too awesome thank you yeah any questions just a small detail

question sir may or may not know it um i see the this is the right slide by the way um so thank you

mike um this is for the trails but are there also is it also include i don't know why i can't spike

speak but it's coming um are there trees and landscaping planned around these trails for shade

so it kind of looks like north of 50 um so there has been some plantings yes as part of their

mitigation efforts as well too there's some mitigation areas that are specifically protected

as a requirement of the project in their environmental document um so the short answer is yes and i

will say that a lot of these areas also retained their natural grades too you'll notice um i'll use

phase four as the example here let's see here that's yellow which is the yellow one so this area

right here is considered open space and it's a natural preserve so that has retained its original

environmental components so trees streams hills etc okay and is there only one connection

to north of 50 um on a trail um so these aren't like if i'm coming from north of 50 from like

broadstone yes and i'm on a trail one of the Tarola Creek trail or whatever um if i don't

want to get on a road is there only one way to to stay on a trail not get on a road to get over to

south of 50 no there's a couple of ways um there's let's see if i can go back here

actually this one might be a good one so part of it also is um up old placerville road there's

a trail segment that goes and connects underneath uh highway 50 there and then there's obviously um some

segments coming in from from east bidwell um but as far as the major connection in terms of north

south um i would say that it's pretty limited to those two right there okay thanks and the the

placerville road one it's a little bit challenging because you've got the road the railroad track and

the caltrans columns that are literally holding up the freeway and um we we did ask the puc for

permission to put a bike trail closer to the railroad tracks and would normally be allowed

but caltrans um has insisted on fully engineered plans before they'll decide if we're allowed to

encroach on their space so that's i think kind of where we are right now yeah i have one silly

request and i don't know if this is for community development or public works but um you know before

before you dig two one one or whoever it is comes out and puts all these little flags for um

there's a gas line there's a water line so you know whatever those flags always seem to stay even when

the construction is done and for example um across the street from fire station 34 on the northwest

corner at one point there was kind of the telephone pole there that i think was doing some

electricity or whatever when it was under construction well fire station's done but all

those flags remain and i would just like somebody who knows whether the project is down or not to

just go pick up all those things south of 50 we can we can certainly help with that especially

as it relates to encroachment permits that is with community development if it if there's a public

works project um i know mark staff is um you know able to provide that direction but we're happy to

support in any way we can that's um i would say that's kind of a punch list item for us too on

some subdivisions okay so um but we i will certainly follow up with that and i can follow

up with you thank you very much of course Barbara do you have a question council member yeah um

this is in follow-up to um council member roe boss uh question about the trees along the trail and

this is something that came up several years ago when i was on the planning commission and that was

about planting mitigation trees along those trails and along those drainage areas and one of the

issues was that there is not irrigation supplied to those areas in general so that some areas where

there trees already exist you know they've clearly found their own groundwater source but i think it's

it would behoove us to continue to try and work with the developers to see if they can't

extend some irrigation and and and and make an effort to put more shade along those trails

because it's very sunny and very hot down there in the summer thank you yeah sure we can certainly

work with them on that thanks yeah thank you very much okay next item please okay this takes you to

your consent calendar and you have no request to pull any items okay i'll make a motion to approve

the consent calendar second the motion is second please call the roll council members rayfield yes

roe boss yes cos louski yes leary yes and a quino yes thank you and those of you from an

atoma station thank you very much for your patience that takes us to our next item it does item number

nine is resolution number 11341 this is a resolution declaring results of the natoma station maintenance

assessment district number 2025-1 ballot proceedings and abandoning district formation proceedings

come on down james then

good evening jameson good evening mayor members of the council let me pull up a power point real

quick

i got you you got me okay thank you uh good evening i'm here to uh present on the natoma station

ballot proceedings uh so the total ballots distributed were 1375 and the uh ballot proceeding

failed with 49.65 in favor and 50.35 in opposition uh it was within 1% and within $1,000 in the weighted

value and then so i just wanted to touch on the assets that are maintained within the district

so this is the yellow line is the district boundary and then within the district the

lighting landscape district maintains a little over nine acres of open space a little over nine

acres of irrigated landscape as well as two mini parks and many other assets within there including

sound walls monument signs 21 pieces of artwork mini irrigation controllers backflows and street

light service pedestals this is just a little graph showing the assessment rate of 91.70 which has

been static since 1990 when this assessment district was created and just based off of the

consumer price index that 91.70 would need to be 252 to provide the same buying power today uh the

california construction cost index uh they didn't start tracking the increases until i believe it

was 94 um so that one doesn't quite jump up as high but it is still telling a very similar story

uh so what was proposed for this assessment district uh the current rate is $7.64 a month

per single family and then the average proposed rate was $21.54 per single family home and there

was a range based off of benefit received by each individual parcel and that range was between $15

a month and $30 a month and this is just some of the existing conditions some of the things that

we're hoping to be able to take care of so all of the sound walls of the paint and the stucco

are wearing off um this one here you can see the cinder block under that stucco um it's going to

start chipping off and falling out and then we have many redwood trees planted in close proximity

to walls those will need to come out at some point before they start damaging the walls and causing

uh a very large ticket item to fail uh some other conditions the trees and the small landscape

strips are affecting the sidewalks as well as not being able to do appropriate tree maintenance uh

and remove mistletoe which is taking over a lot of those mature trees along term pike and natoma

station drive again this is just some sycamore roots and just showing how how aggressive they are

with the sidewalks and they're starting to kind of form over the sidewalks and then so we are looking

at potential service level reductions uh they are currently running a deficit and we will need to

reduce the services to respect the vote and live within the means of the budget and the revenue

that is being provided so uh some areas that will be cut back are landscape watering we're

looking at reducing the watering by 10 to 30 percent however much we can reduce it while still

keeping the trees alive um the mowing will be reduced by 80 percent or more fertilization

weed control and shrub pruning will need to be eliminated and the district will not have

funds to replace damaged assets such as walls fences shrubs art and landscape lighting so anything

aesthetic uh will not be able to be replaced we'll have to focus our energies on hazard mitigation

and making sure that the area is safe and then the next steps uh staff will continue to evaluate

the priorities and explore potential adjustments to service levels uh we will engage with the

community to understand their priorities and discuss potential solutions to address the

ongoing maintenance needs uh we will be providing updates to the residents as more information becomes

available and we do hope to have a public meeting in the next 30 to 45 days to let the residents know

what to what to expect what kind of service levels will be able to be funded in the next

coming fiscal year and if there appears to be enough community support at some point

staff will present information to the city council to consider going out for a new assessment

district in the future and that concludes my presentation my contact information is here

should anyone at home uh or anyone who sees this uh powerpoint have any questions please reach out to

me and then we also have a fact sheet on the lighting landscape committee website uh that has

a lot of information for the residents of that community i'm happy to ask thank you james and

i'm going to go to public comment first we have three members of the public who'd like to address

the council okay first baker will be tracy mckinney who will be followed by west jigger so as tracy

makes her way down west you can be ready knowing that you will be next on deck

welcome hi mayor vice mayor council jay mason um thank you for the opportunity to speak and i'm

sure you'll understand um disappointment in this result i'm one person here but i represent a handful

of my neighbors that couldn't be here um who have lived in atoma station since its beginning

this is uh very devastating um and um we have a lot of opinions on potential things that

maybe could have gone better in this process um when something is left as it is for over 30 years

people don't remember people don't know what is happening i can't tell you how many people told

me oh the city takes care of that the city takes care of that they don't understand the lighting

and landscape district so i feel like we failed in educating the community better for those that

are new for those that have been around but have forgotten um but i don't want to go over a litany

of things that are my opinion of what could have been done better but i do have some questions

and jay mason did touch a little bit on those so bear with me um but one of the things is um

it was very concerning to me that um we've been our community has been allowed to have a deficit

to this point of six hundred and twenty thousand dollars um that deficit

started before the first community meeting to talk about a new assessment district at that

point we were already 300 over 300 000 uh deficit spending i feel that uh that number

contributed a significant value to what we had to add to the cost to keep our neighborhood

just up to par right we have to pay back that debt um i point that out more as an item of

learning for the city and for the the staff because i feel there might be other communities that might

find during this place that budgets need to be reviewed you know one year might be a blip

but there are patterns in spending right and we should have known and things should have been

done sooner tracy about 30 seconds so if you want to give me your questions um we'll have

jay mason come back up with the very good my main question one question was around the budget

when the new budget will be developed because obviously we don't have the money that we thought

we had to spend and so i'm curious about how that deficit will be repaid and what will be left

because we're already spending about a third of our budget on water and electricity um and then

lastly i would like to know what are the next steps it sounds like there's going to be some meetings

maybe the community can rally together and get that done so i just was curious about what could

be what could happen next what could be those next steps i don't want this to be the end our

neighborhood we love it and we don't want it to become a neglected part of the city thank you we

appreciate the feedback and when we're done with the public comment i'm going to have the city

manager address your comments okay thank you very much okay our next speaker will be west jigur and

west will be followed by kevin goddard good evening west good evening uh mayor and members of council

my name is west jigur my wife kevin easterling and i have lived in the tomah station in the

woodbridge development for 30 years since it was built the walls were not open yet we had deer

roman through so so we've been around a while we've watched it and you know the landscape and

lighting district initialed like with any new development was very nice and shiny and just

like what's happening down in south of 50 and unfortunately these projects are constrained by

the tax uh requirements the city must comply with and actually i thought the approach the city was

taking was quite uh was was really good in the in the in the event that uh it was tagged to uh

track with the expenditures and if expenditures with if we were to achieve the the new funding

would have uh not increased because it would have been would have been cpi indexed for with a cap for

years that it needed increased funding but it would not increase for years that it would uh

that it would the bud you know everything was done within budget so i thought that was a good

approach i did check also the cpi going back to 1990 we moved in in 1990 well technically 93

the community uh things and much of the tomah station was already built out but i would say this

the city's done some great things on the along the school area where they've put where the uh

the median was put in to do traffic calming and it's i've gotten comments over the years when

friends and family come to visit they really admire the neighborhood but over time with as you saw

the pictures of the walls and uh they've they've just been neglected and so we were enthusiastic

and the hearings we went to it seemed like the especially the members off of turnpike and so forth

um we thought it would go go well but as with anything with tax people don't appreciate the

benefit of what they're paying for and i would really be interested to know uh it would be interested

to see the viewpoint from an appraiser as to how they factor in a nice community that's with

landscaping and so forth when they're looking at home value or they're looking just only at that

home itself but anyway my two questions were one in vain one in the vein of the previous speaker is

you know what uh it was so close there was a five vote uh lost by five uh votes and there was a six

invalid votes and then of course we were less than 40 so i certainly would like to know how

soon that we could proceed forward uh with another uh stab at this because i thought it was the right

approach um and then one last question uh or two other questions one is um the lld here that we're

currently under subject to the requirements of ab 1452 which was uh approved by the legislature in

2023 which is going to mandate removal of non-essential turf and i'm assuming those back

on treatment areas where there is lawn may require removal which will mean you'll be needing to put

in a zero escape and that will be incumbent upon the city that's the last question west the last

question is um what would be an outcome in the event that um um this continues to even get worse

i mean can the city require a bandit of those properties and and and and foist it back onto the

hoa like the outside along black diamond is owned by the city this is dedicated on our map and along

natoma station the there's a parcel out there this landscape and you can see those those walls so

that's really my question thank you very much thank you for the feedback okay next speaker is kevin

goddard welcome kevin hi thank you very much mayor uh city council members and city staff my name is

kevin goddard my wife and i and my son we live in natoma station and we've lived in fulsome for a

little over 10 years when we looked at fulsome as a place to raise our family we we looked at

everything and obviously it has all the things that check the boxes natoma station checked the

boxes for us as a family so we were excited to move in there and and uh and then bought a home

home we didn't understand the l&l what that meant how it was attached to anything else just we figured

property taxes pay for property things and then taxes go to pay for stuff that are nearby learned

about the l&l looked at the fee we're like oh 91 a year well that must take care of whatever is

necessary uh for the area because i haven't heard anything else about it until we found out do a

seating meeting that it was actually well underfunded and how the previous presentation

showed that it is it is nowhere even close where it needs to be so we were excited when we said hey

the city is looking at it we're going to put a ballot measure and we're going to take a stab at

bringing this up to at least make it where it makes sense with inflation and costs so that we can pay

for what we have and when you learn that we're in debt i don't like to be in debt if we can pay it back

even better so that was a great idea well it didn't didn't pass um as as we saw with this um i i don't

think that people understood it though because i took my own perspective when i learned about it

it was because it took me effort to understand it and when we went around and we talked to our

neighbors about it and said hey the l&l you know did you hear about this what's going on they're

like oh yeah our taxes pay for it they didn't understand so we had to educate them about the

l&l about the district and how it has its special privileges and that you're paying for the area that

you live in that's why it's a valuable thing so i've already reached out to um brian and he got back

to me within a very short period of time so i appreciate that um and helped answer the questions

and just like the other ones that uh asked the questions that i had the same thing and think

your presentation uh did a good job showing kind of what it is what was frustrating is that the

efforts that were made to educate people and bring it up to speed and so that you could understand

what was going to happen if that if the vote didn't pass i don't think that was there because people

figured that oh well it'll just get taken care of whatever it just will stay the same so i don't

have to worry about it you don't have to build new things whatever i don't think they realized that

this was the consequences that this is what we're going to be looking at and all of a sudden we're

going to start seeing that so i think that's going to be an important thing to communicate i'm excited

to have a community meeting uh and that you're acknowledging that and then we'll have an effort

to um re-engage you so thank you for your time and uh thank you thank you mr city manager do you

want to address these questions starting with the the deficit and and how we're going to budget

going forward uh yeah thank you madam mayor uh appreciate the speakers who have come to to speak

on this uh jameson and his uh support team have been working really hard on this and i think uh

uh his presentation tonight articulated some of the challenges that we have with the limited budget

one of the messages i would like to send out is uh it's a privilege for me to be here to be your

city manager and i didn't come here to watch things degrade right our goal is to come together to

find a way that we can make things better right i mean we want to renewal uh in replacement to occur

so that those families that have been there for a long period of time uh those families that have

just recently moved in that they will be able to experience uh the the amenities that those

who moved in there right from the beginning experienced so um we're not going to give up

and so i appreciate jameson and in the folks from the parks department that uh and i plan to attend

this public meeting as well where we can talk about what the community wants because in many ways

um what comes next depends on what the residents want and and i appreciate you know kevin sent me

an email where uh he he kind of had some feedback on our process going forward and and i really

appreciated that and take that to heart that there are areas where we probably can do better and we

will so answering some of the questions what's next and this is not necessarily for natoma station

this is for the entire city of fulsome budget is we are going to build budgets where we live

within our means and so in order to do that we're going to have to tell everyone what that means

you know the impacts uh positive or negative but i think it's important because the solutions are

going to come from the community and from the staff and the council working together to figure

out what is that best fit and so um this i think you know we're disappointed in the outcome of

this ballot but i think in many ways it enables us to focus a little more not just on the

tomas station but we do have other lighting and landscape districts that we're going to have to

have that outreach and discussion too into what the speakers talked about to educate them of what

that means and some of it is just basic fundamental math and and inflation so you can't expect something

that was assessed in 1988 or 1990 wherever it was to go forward for 30 years and not increase

and expect the same level of service and so i think in some ways we we missed an opportunity

to educate folks that that's our reality you know so that's some of the message that we'll have to

communicate because if you were just to call someone today and say hey how much would it cost

for you to maintain even a small front yard it's not going to be seven dollars a month right i mean

so those are things that i think if we put in that perspective the neighbors and others want to

say oh wait a second so you're just saying for you know 20 bucks a month i can get this and so

that's part of the messaging so i think it's important moving forward related to uh because

there's some fixed charges in their water and and lights that's before you do really any other

maintenance and so those are things that as we build the budget we'll communicate to the community

of what that looks like there are opportunities we'll explore any opportunities if there's

areas that individuals want to adopt or whatever what we'll consider that it's not ideal

but i guess the ideal would be at some point in time we'd be able to communicate this have

another ballot and have a different outcome and that's still a possibility let's see do you know

how soon you can do another election uh can you remind me steve thank you madam mayor and

mr cd manager there's no time cap so it can actually happen anytime but how having said that

there is a typical 45 day time frame there's a process we have to go through whenever we start

a process so it's just up to the community to decide what they want if the community wants to

have another attempt at it we can do it anytime the council can authorize any time is there is there

a point at which we could no longer use the most current engineers report and we would have to pay

for another engineers report every time oh even if we had another election in 45 days man right and

one of the reasons because i asked that question as well is you know um i'm trying to relocate

to relocate to fulsome so i'm looking at you know houses for sale for rent whatever it is and so i've

been watching i mean there's homes for sale now in the tonal station so you have to actually go out

and pull the property records to make sure we have an uh an accurate vote but i i think if if there's

any message i want to the natalma station community is is we recognize that time is of the essence

there's some urgency behind what we're trying to do not just for natalma station but um the other

lighting and landscape districts and just the budget at large i mean we understand that we are in a

race to get things to where they need to be okay and then i don't know if you know this brian or

maybe jameson but there was a question about um non-essential turf which we know that's a mandate

from the state right that um yes so there's a state mandate to remove non-essential turf uh right now

the all turf that doesn't have a tree on the same valve has already been turned off throughout all

the lighting landscape districts and community facilities districts so without can doing a complete

new irrigation system within any of these areas we can't separate the trees from the turf strips

so there's not a great way to do those ones with trees in them currently especially in

natalma station okay and to the last question we don't have any plans to abandon any of this

property we're just hoping that at some point maybe we can go back to the voters for that that's

our ideal yes okay okay any other questions for jameson or city manager um yeah i had a couple

of questions jameson and you know we talked about deferred maintenance repair and replacements of

things that are damaged not functioning well um you know like the walls the street lights and all of

that um do you have any kind of an estimate of what the amount of what it would cost to to actually

put everything um in the shape it was in when we started there 30 years ago or you know or

upgrade things let's just i think there was a suggestion at one point about replacing the

street lights with led because it's more it's less costly and more efficient uh yes so we do have

within each lighting landscape district you have a maintenance and improvement plan which lays out

the short term which is one to five year projects and long term which is out to 30 years for those

larger assets such as street lights service pedestals irrigation controllers things that have a

little longer life on them so the 24 25 maintenance improvement plan for natalium station uh they should

have been putting aside funding every year as part of their regular assessment so right now

there are nearly 400 000 behind in setting funds aside for those end of life replacements on those

assets so what's in the maintenance and improvement plan is approximately a million dollars for

replacing things like repairing the artwork doing repainting of all of the walls replacing a

number of street lights because we don't expect every street light to fail but having funds set

aside to do let's say a half dozen street lights when they fail at end of life and so right now

the district was behind around 400 000 and putting money aside for that

thank you and um you know when we talked about the 600 000 that was money that was helping to

subsidize what was being collected by the city from the existing residents contributions over the

last several years so that what the neighborhood is now seeing will be reduced because what we

are currently seeing has been subsidized for quite some time in terms of frequency of maintenance

etc uh yes and brian may correct me or add some additional context to this but right now i have

the baseline budget for natalium station that i'm working on and at the reduced level of service

that we're currently providing it is 85 000 beyond the revenue that it is bringing in so in order to

get a balanced budget i need to reduce it the maintenance by that 85 000 plus set funds aside

to pay back the deficit so essentially reducing the budget by nearly 100 000 on the maintenance side

for context your landscape maintenance cost 100 000 and maybe like 101 so that is really and i can't

not maintain street lights can't turn the power off to the street lights i can't turn the water off

so the landscape maintenance is one of the only areas where we can really cut anymore without

creating a safety issue thank you i think that's all my questions can i remember warba any questions

no i have comments okay let's do you have a question okay go ahead i'm on the face yeah no um

i well i do just want to address the the few people that spoke and and our staff too thank you

for doing what you could to get this through um i can i want to encourage you guys to look at this

as a positive and in a some sort of a way um there's a lot more awareness here than there was before

and i think several of you spoke to that and i i appreciate what i heard from our city manager

about the accountability and the leadership that we can we can have going forward and i

want you to know that that you guys will have our support on this i think the message was very clear

from um brian that he didn't come here just watch things deteriorate so this is uh there's

going to be a new opportunity i think to bring more awareness and i appreciate as as well that he

spoke to the the broader budget in a whole and what tracy had said was um she's concerned about

our patterns patterns of spending um what this has done for me is um it educated us as well this was

a real problem which i was not aware of i've had a lot of questions the last two and a half years

about our budget and where our expenses are going where the spending seems to be um uh where we're not

um where there seems to be a lack of accountability accountability for our spending so i think this

is just an example of um sometimes when a spotlight gets shined in a in a negative situation that there's

a lot of positive things that can come out of it so um i do see that that there are positive steps

that we're going to be able to take going forward um and if another tax measure or an assessment is

what you guys are wanting to do i think um you're going to see a bigger turnout than 40 percent for

sure um so i i encourage you guys to look at this as positive our city staff and with the leadership

of our new city manager is going to do everything they can to make sure they're going to hear your

concerns answer your questions and take the appropriate steps to go forward to make sure that

your property values stay where they should be if not even increase them and i think what i'm

hearing from the um council but i'll speak only for myself um but i think that several would share

it is that we're going to be behind you too to make sure that that you guys are in and safe hands

so thank you council member kosalowski yeah my question was just about um options other than a

landscaping and lighting district um and maybe that's for the city attorney could be for the

engineering department but um it is natoma station forever sentenced to live with a lighting and

landscaping district or could they form a take it over as a homeowners association or some other

entity thank you madame and and council member kosalowski um it is certainly an option

for the city council to dissolve the ldl district and hand it over to the private sector to the

hoa where the neighbors decide what they want with respect to to their own hoa community

but it also it depends on what the community wants so if community community would rather

do it themselves that's certainly an option for the for the city and we've done that in the past

you know very very limited situation by working with the hoa to just let the hoa handle those

matters because sometimes they can get the cost cheaper than the city can because we're the government

but sometimes cannot because of economic of scale so it depends but those are definitely

options very good i you hit the nail on the head that i was looking for which is it this is a

question for the community answer for themselves it's not one where we're trying to dictate some

some future state thank you nice mayor itho i'd just like to say you know maybe we have the

makings of a dark sky initiative here in natelma station oh um you know the one thing i lived in

elder auto hills for five years before i moved to fulsome and one of the things i really appreciated

about the elder auto hills community was being able to see the stars at night so i would push back a

little bit on the idea that we need a streetlight on or multiple street lights on every street i

think it's something that the community should discuss there are many other communities that are

out there that don't have as many street lights as we have i personally prefer landscaping over

street lights i think we have too many in my own neighborhood so i think it's worth discussing for

as a community whether we need all of those street lights especially if they're you know going to be

phased out or outdated you know going to be replaced at some point in the future

but that's up to the community to decide in that that discussion really my question and it doesn't

necessarily need to be answered tonight is i'm i'm kind of shocked that we let it go on as long as

we did here in the in that community i think it has contributed i think the comments that were made

about letting them run in arrears for multiple years and you know you've addressed it and you've

said hey we're we're not going to do this in the future anymore but i would like to see how many of

other l&l's are in this situation as part of the budget process so we start educating those

communities now and they start seeing those service cuts get phased in in a slower format than more

you know this seems like a very big cliff that this community is going to experience

in a cliff that we have we have generated versus living within those means and shuttling down

services as we ran out of money or as those services became more expensive instead of a

tape or doubt it's it's it's turned into a very large cliff which is going to be abrupt for the

community so understanding which of our other communities may be looking at this cliff with a

change in in our policy or approach to these would be very helpful for me councilmember leary yeah

thank you for getting back to me and i really appreciate the effort that our new city manager

has has put into this we've had some discussions about concerns that were brought to me by other

members of the community and it is that it is a disturbing situation we have 30 lighting and

landscaping districts in fulsome and seven have actually passed an increase this is the first

one that failed but there are others that are that are due for the same kind of evaluation but one

thing i wanted to bring up about the suggestion about having a homeowners association and hoa there

is not an hoa for the entire area of natoma station at this time there are three developments in

there with single family homes that have hoas that pay for the internal you know maintenance of those

communities but not for the landscaping strips and the sound walls many years ago we looked at

what it would take to establish an hoa and the information i got from the city attorney at the

time who was not mr wong uh was that we would have to have a hundred percent vote uh from land

owners in the community to go forward with that and i don't know if the rules on that have changed

but that is something you know that they require a significant amount of research to find out how

we could establish one and how that might affect the existing smaller community smaller members of

communities hoa that exist right now so you're saying we got a chance well i i'm saying i'm saying

we have a lot of work to do okay i wasn't suggesting we're not entertaining that tonight um do we have

a motion to approve um resolution number one one three four one so moved i will second uh we have a

motion in a second please call the roll council members rathal yes roarba yes koslowski yes leary

yes and akina yes thank you all very much for coming out last meeting and this meeting please

keep um your eyes and ears open for uh news about the upcoming community meeting and we will hope to

see you there thank you okay next item okay and your next item this evening is new business item

number 10 related to the sacramental placer rail transportation corridor jpa updated joint

powers agreement you have two resolutions before you tonight resolution number one one three five

two and resolution number one one three five three

good evening ryan good evening i got the whole needs family here yes uh members city council

ryan needs uh senior engineer in the public works department um here to give you a brief

presentation related to the um sacramento placer rail transportation corridor joint powers authority

agreements and the two resolutions before you

so again very brief history the jpa uh was formed in october 1991 um member agencies and were

sacramento regional transit city of fulsome and the counties of sacramento and el dorado

and one of the main purposes was to acquire uh the rail corridor about 53 miles of rail corridor

from uh with from city sacramento to the city of placerville and that acquisition was completed in

1996 this map shows the limits of the of the jpa corridor starting at the 65th street overpassed

in sacramento to the west and continuing up into el dorado county in the city of placerville on the

east the jurisdictional boundaries are denoted in black and there as you can see in in blue is

the city of rancho cordova one of the main reasons for the proposed amendments to the jpa agreement

is to add the city of rancho cordova as a member agency they are not a member agency currently

and and partly because when the jpa was formed they were not an incorporated city

uh the structure of the jpa is that there's a five uh members uh each of the four member

agencies appoints a a board member and the fifth is identified as a public at-large member

which is currently held and has historically been held by the city of rancho cordova

upon completion of the acquisitions uh of the of the rail corridor the jpa adopted policies for

moving forward largely to conduct the administration and maintenance of the corridor to maintain it

and facilitate uh uses transportation uses through the corridor uh historically the

member agencies have financially contributed 27 500 to the jpa and that amount has not

changed since the original funding agreement was executed but it should be noted in the proposed

budget for the jpa for fiscal year 25 26 there's a slight increase which would be the first

to 29 200 dollars so the main purposes again for amending the joint powers authority agreement

and the continuing agreement to advance funds to the jpa are largely to add the city of rancho

cordova as a member agency to clean up um old language from the original agreements that just

no longer apply and to increase the maximum allowed contribution limit to 35 000 per member agency and

this would obviously apply to the new uh member city of rancho cordova as well

um so that's that's it um uh we're recommending that you uh adopt the the resolutions noted on

the screen if you do have any questions uh besides myself brett ballinger from the city's parks and

rec department is here and he serves as the deputy ceo of the jpa so if you have any questions i'm

sure we can answer them any questions for mr neves i just have one question go ahead i just have

one question about that corridor and that's basically the rail line that runs from rancho

cordova on up through placerville and that the only use that it's currently getting

um is for the excursion train when it gets east of fulsome is that correct um so there there's um

i guess a natural trail project that extends east uh in el rato county and and so previously the

city council did approve the license agreement for within the city of fulsome for psv r r to

operate however we're waiting for some clearance from um the federal rail authority on the track

condition issues i'm not sure if that answers your question el rato county also runs their own

excursion train called the el rato western railroad okay thank you councilmember kosolowski

did you have something that corridors used by light that corridors used by light rail coming

to fulsome yes that section i was referring to the section between fulsome and elver hales thank you

all right we have no public requests to speak so i will entertain a motion to adopt resolution

number one one three five two so moved second the motion in a second please call the roll

councilmember rafael yes robera yes kosolowski yes leary yes and a kino yes i'll also move are we

did we do both together nope okay i'll also move resolution number one one three five three for

approval second we have a motion in a second please call the roll councilmember's ratha

yes robera yes kosolowski yes leary yes and a kino yes next item please okay your last item this

evening is new business item number 11 this is resolution number one one three five five authorizing

the city manager to enter into a contract with bob murray and associates for executive recruitment

services for the public works director good evening allison good evening for the public works director

or for a public works director the agenda says for the we'll get into that madam mayor members of

the council allison garcia your human resources director the item before you tonight is a request

for direction to proceed with contracting an executive search firm to conduct the public

works director recruitment after 27 years at the city current public works director mark racavan

announced his retirement from the city of fulsome effective may 30th 2025 37 working days left

it's counting me exactly given the critical nature of the role the city manager and human

resources recommend partnering with an executive search firm to help us attract and retain top tier

talent these firms offer specialized expertise and the strategic approach necessary to ensure

alignment with the city's goals and values while maintaining discretion efficiency and best practices

throughout the process executive recruitment requires industry knowledge a broad network

and targeted outreach resources that extend beyond the scope of the city's hr team by working

with a search firm we gain access to a wider talent pool and benefit from their expertise in

executive hiring discretion in the process and efficiency allowing city staff to focus on other

core responsibilities while ensuring a successful selection human resources evaluated multiple

executive search firms reviewing their qualifications approach and pricing

after consulting with each firm staff recommends moving forward with bob murray and associates

they offer strong regional expertise a competitive price point an improved understanding of public

sector recruitment their experience and approach make them well suited to support a successful

hire for this key leadership position in accordance with the fulsome municipal code the

contract award limit for the city manager is about $75,000 although the proposed contract cost falls

within the city manager signature authority we are bringing this item forward to the council

to support our ongoing efforts of transparency and encourage engagement in selecting the next public

works director if council adopts this resolution staff will proceed with the contract and begin

recruitment efforts this will include meetings with the city manager and stakeholders so bob

murray and associates can gain a full understanding of our values culture and the challenges and

opportunities facing the department we also hope to include both community and professional

interview panels to ensure a broad range of perspectives are represented in the selection

process they will create the recruitment brochure implement strategic outreach conduct evaluations

of candidates perform background and reference checks and engage with the community and professional

stakeholders throughout the process with that we respectfully recommend council approves resolution

11355 a resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into a contract with bob murray and

associates for executive recruitment services for the public works director thank you very much

any questions for allison see none i will entertain a motion to adopt resolution number 11355

we have a motion in second please call the roll council member rathal

yes roarbaugh yes kosolowski yes leary yes and a kino yes thank you very much

happy retirement so mr rackavan uh that takes us to city manager reports great thank you

madam mayor members of the council it is great to be here into uh wanted to share a little bit

about my observations related to the team that i have the privilege of working with

i can't help but recognize the effort the energy and the dedication that they put forward on a

day-to-day basis to serve this community and i appreciate their support in and patience with me

as i get up to speed on the various documents and and and more than anything for my constant

questions about hey where's this what's that what's this mean so really appreciate them

but here's some i have a variety of updates um the city has secured three three point seven

million in federal funding through the highway bridge program to support bridge maintenance

projects the grant made possible by the infrastructure investment and jobs act will fund critical

repairs at eight bridge locations including fulsome lake crossing and lake natoma crossing

planned improvements include deck treatments joint seal repairs and repainting pedestrian railings

the total estimated project cost is four point six million dollars the federal grant will cover

80 while the city of fulsome will provide the remaining 20 match the design is expected to

begin in 2026 with construction to follow in 2027 the historic train depot reopens i was happy to

join the debut the debut of the historic train depot at 200 wool street it has been transformed

into a multifunctional space featuring office space for the fulsome historic district association

a meeting room in the peter t lewis green room

the green room will be for the performers at the amphitheater there thanks to the fhd a board

board members jerry brunel and the community donors for making this project possible

as we've seen on social media and other places the fire hazard severity zone maps were released

and so it's important to note just fundamentally that this does not have a direct impact on your

insurance rates the california office of the state fire marshal has released updated 2025

fire hazard severity zone maps these maps classify areas including parts of fulsome as

moderate high or very high fire hazard zones based on vegetation slope wind and weather conditions

the maps are now available for public review and comment local agencies must adopt them within

120 days followed by submission to the state for final approval these zones support long-term

fire planning they do not assess the risk of fire damage to individual properties to learn

more about this you can go to our website at fulsome.ca.us forward slash fire zones

appreciate our fire chief for his efforts to try to get information out to the public on that

fulsome firefighters welcome new arrival this is pretty neat on march 6 fulsome firefighters from

engine 36 and medic 36 helped deliver a baby boy who arrived earlier than expected after a safe

delivery both mom and baby were transported to the hospital for continued care the crew recently

had the chance to reconnect with the family pretty pretty neat and then one of my favorites quick

thinking saves ducklings last week on blue ravine road animal control officer bradley spotted a mother

duck and her ducklings crossing the street when several ducklings fell through a storm drain she

quickly radioed for a co grondon for help together they lifted the great and safely

reunited the ducklings with their grateful mom pretty great work from our acos juvenile party

intervention and firearms arrest another great more great work police work from our police

department on friday night officers intervene in a juvenile organized party promoted online

which moved from rancher cordova to cameron park and ended at the lead store parking garage

thanks to citizens tip officers monitored the area deterring over 50 vehicles from gathering

during the incident a juvenile driver fled from officers leading to a short pursuit the driver

was arrested after officers found open alcohol containers and a loaded handgun the juvenile

was booked into sacramento county juvenile hall i think it's important to note there was a well

reported incident you know of a party where teenagers had gone into a vacant home appreciate

the efforts of our police department to be vigilant about this and to be aware that stuff

like this may happen again and and so kudos to them uh some community engagement events

announcements festival of ag or festival of eggs at lemby park so please join us on saturday morning

april 19th at lemby park for the annual festival festival of eggs enjoy a pancake breakfast free

carnival games entertainment vendor displays hands-on activities and photos with the bunny

not a bunny the bunny um and then also for community service day there's a call for project

ideas uh so these uh dates are important the 12th annual community service day is set for saturday

september 20th we're asking our community to submit their project ideas by june 27th but if

it's a school-based project those uh have a deadline of may 16th prior to school getting out

national prescription drug take take back day the fulcrum police department is partnering with the

dea excuse me dea for national prescription dark drug take back day on saturday april 26th

from 10 a.m to 2 p.m at the fulcrum police department community members can safely dispose of

unused medications to help keep our community safe and that concludes my report thank you

very much councilmember kosovsky the duckling story sounded like the start of a paul harvey

like the rest of the story kind of thing right thank you for that um and nothing to report

okay vice mayor rachel i want to start by giving a quick shout out uh to eliza philip from vista

doh lago she recently won the rotary district 5180 uh speech contest so she won at her club which was

fulcrum lake rotary and then the semifinal and then went on to the final uh to win so she spoke

about the magic of service uh and the nonprofit that she started with her parents uh teaching

middle school kids how to debate and the life schools that come with communication so big shout

out to her uh for really setting a new standard for those folks that are participating in that

speech contest you can find her video out on youtube i encourage you to go and and watch her

and listen to her words because they're very impactful i also had a chance to judge the fulcrum

high architecture program uh last week and that was just an absolute joy we've got some really

talented kids um and really talented educators um that are helping those kids do some really first

class projects um in architecture and design so we saw everything from 80 years to construction on

the moon uh all in one day really impressive um so just a big shout out to the fulcrum high

architecture program i also wanted to give a report out from sax sewer the harvest water

program received another grant this one for 73 million dollars from the water storage investment

program another project had pulled out and sax sewer pursued that money that was left on the

table from this other project pulling out and was able to bring 73 million dollars back for the

harvest water program so what that means is less cost to all the ratepayers because this large

project which is a $597 million price tag is now with the addition of the 73 million dollar grant

it's now 404 million of it is grant funded so every grant that's brought home to that program

is less than has to come from the ratepayers so shout out to sax sewer for in the harvest water

program for that um also by the i participated in the two by two with fulcrum cordova unified

school district uh brian already mentioned community service day so get those projects in

that form is uh online now and the request for proposals is out there uh but we also talked

briefly about the american river canyon south and interdict interdict transfers and the impact

that could have there so i know brian is working with uh san juan and fulcrum cordova unified

school district to put together the options for that community and get input along there

so i know the team will continue working on that to make that clear for those residents that would

be impacted that's all for me thank you thank you council member warbaugh yeah just a couple comments

i just want to piggyback on what our city manager brian said about the citizen's tip um so we had

two different incidents concerning homes or the big parties that were happening um and the reason

the second one um got stymied so early was because of that citizen's tip so it's important for our

community to know that if they hear something that they should say something and then our police

department can actually be more proactive and prevent um big house parties from breaking out so um i

just wanted to reiterate that um as always we want to hear everything that you hear um it helps us

keep our community safe and our kids safe um i just want to report out i was at um the conference

in monterey last uh meeting two weeks ago um we had about 10 plus meetings all on different

opportunities available in fulcrum and what we could offer um intel's property came up quite a bit

lots of questions surrounding that um has our have already been able to set um meetings and

had a couple meetings with the city manager and interested parties so we're moving forward in

that just how do we fill out our retail space that is empty those areas that need some rig

rig ignition ignition um so really just how to keep fulcrum thriving and increase our revenue sources

that's it thank you councilmember larry uh thank you um i have a little bit of the duckling story

to add because i've had to rescue ducklings more than once in my neighborhood because they seem to

like some of the local swimming pools uh in people's backyards and um how it actually ends up working

out as the moms will eventually lead the ducklings down the street to the local pond and um if somebody

leaves their gate open um last year someone hit one of the mother ducklings and a number of them

went down a grate and so i uh went by um because a neighbor told me about the incident and um

i could hear all the little ducklings crack you know quacking away uh ended up pulling up the

grate myself and netting the ducklings and getting them to rescue but um that's just for an aside

thanks for the softball now we know the rest of the story

i can i can help house the animal control service that's needed but no i i'm looking forward to

community service day i've led a community service day every year since its inception in various areas

mostly in my neighborhood um and i have a large group i think this year that will want to engage in

signing up for projects and we'll be meeting to put together something that uh so we can

temporize until we get things uh on a better trajectory for the future so thank you and

i have no report so we will adjourn at 829 thank you