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Good morning everyone.

I'd like to

thank you for attending the

board meeting of the personnel

and Public Employee Committee, this day, January 27th, at 11.11 a.m.

We have a full agenda, and we will start with land acknowledgement and pledge of allegiance.

Chair, I will first need to take a roll call.

Please do.

Vice Mayor Talamantes.

Here.

Council Member Kaplan.

Here.

Council Member Vang is absent, and Chair Jennings.

Here.

Thank you.

We have quorum.

Okay.

Please rise if you are able for the land acknowledgement.

In honor of Sacramento's indigenous people and tribal land,

to the original people of this land, the Niseon, the Southern Maidu,

the Valley and Plains Newark, the Pat and Whitney,

and all the people of the Wilton Rancher region,

Sacramento's only federally recognized tribe.

May we acknowledge and honor the Native people who came before us and still walk beside us on these ancestral lands by choosing to gather together in the active practice of acknowledgement and appreciation for Sacramento's indigenous people's history, their contribution, and their lives.

Please join me in the salute to the flag, to 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.

Chair Jennings, before we continue, I have a quick announcement on item 12, status report of youth serving on City of Sacramento boards and commissions.

That item is going to be continued to a future meeting.

That item was requested by Council Member Vang, who is not able to attend this meeting today,

and has requested that it be continued.

Do we need to vote on that?

Not unless there's any opposition by any of the members.

No opposition, therefore, we will continue it to our next meeting.

Okay.

All right.

Let us move to our consent calendar.

items number one and number two.

Is there any public comment?

Thank you, Chair.

I have no speaker slips for the consent calendar.

Is there a motion?

Chair, I'd like to move

or have a couple of questions on item two

if we need to move that to the discussion calendar

and off consent.

We can pull it now if you'd like

and have a discussion on it.

Yes.

Okay.

I was going to do the same thing,

so that's great.

Well, then I will move on consent item one,

our minutes.

I will second.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Okay.

We will now take item number two for discussion.

Good morning.

I'm Jennifer Wilkinson.

I'm the administrative officer in the employment services of the Human Resources Department.

And I brought for you the report for the establishment of the new unrepresented unit for the personal resolution covering appointed officers.

And I understand that there was an amendment that the committee would like to make regarding longevity pay.

So if you'd like to make that amendment, then if you could please state into the record what you would like that amendment to be,

and then HR would make that adjustment, and then we would go ahead and bring that forward to the council,

which is scheduled for next week on February 3rd.

So my understanding is it will not come back here.

It will go straight to the council.

Unless the committee would like it to come back here again.

Is there any committee member that desires that it come back here first or straight to the council?

Okay.

I don't have you up, so.

I'm nobody.

Okay.

All right.

I'm one.

You are somebody in my eyes.

Member Kaplan.

Thank you, Chair.

You know, I think it's important for the public that this is something new, council directed,

but I need to understand as we create a new unrepresented unit covering our appointed officers,

my concern is that they will be lumped all the same.

If we're creating a new unit, which are officers, we should negotiate and have discussions with individually.

It shouldn't be just because one got 5%, they all get 5%.

Can you describe why we would be creating a new unit,

and are they going to all be lumped together for the purposes of negotiations?

For the establishment of the new unit is for clarity and transportation.

Currently, all of the council appointed officers are together with the unrepresented resolution,

which also includes director heads and other employees that are appointed by the council appointed officers

and other department heads.

And so it's just for transparency and clarification that we're going to separate those that are appointed by the council.

and then as far as salary goes,

council would still have to make determinations

on what different classifications are being paid.

So if there was, it wouldn't necessarily mean

that they're all gonna be lumped together

if there was a 5% increase.

If we wanted, for example, to appoint the treasurer

a 5% increase, it could be voted out separately as well.

They wouldn't necessarily be lumped together

for salary purposes by creating a new unit.

I would really like to make it clear

because if it's not clear and we're putting something in writing,

I think that amendment needs to be put in place,

that all salary negotiations shall come individually to council for consideration for appointed officers.

I think it is unacceptable that they are the highest paid.

Each job is completely separate,

and in my opinion they should not be considered or compared with city employees they should be

compared with like treasures to treasures city clerks to city clerks city attorneys to city

attorneys so it would be very disconcerting to me that we'd create this unit and they get treated

kind of as the same and not that they need to be looked at separately so i would like if you're

amenable, Chair and

Council Member Telemante, is that

we make it very clear that if

items related to salary negotiations

come to Council, that they must be

taken separately. We can highlight

that in the Council report for next week, yes.

So therefore

the entire Council would have an opportunity

to weigh in on this

as we go forward.

I can support that.

All done?

And then what was your amendment, Chair, that you wanted in?

This was the amendment to item number two to pull the item for further discussion for the same thing that you just talked about.

By the way, we did not talk, so I did not.

Okay.

There's a longevity item that we wanted to discuss.

Okay.

Yes, you can make your recommendation for the longevity, and then also if you could let us know when you would like that to be effective.

If this moves forward to next week and the resolution is approved, would you like that effective date for the longevity to be the first pay period following council approval?

So explain to me a little bit more.

Are we adding in that appointed officers are eligible for longevity?

I think that's part of the discussion that I'd like to have as a council.

Okay, so I think the item that we want to add in actuality is the discussion of longevity.

I don't think we want to put in a preference one way or another.

We need to have that when it comes to council, the discussion of should longevity be considered for appointed officers.

Sorry, for next week.

Okay.

Thank you.

So I will move this item to council with those two items regarding longevity and salaries being taken separately for full discussion at city council.

I will second.

All in favor?

Opposed?

Records show there we are unanimous.

Okay.

Let us now move to our discussion calendar.

the review of applicants for the city of Sacramento.

We have several different departments.

We will start with the active transportation department.

Thank you,

chair.

Uh,

the seat meeting meeting recommendation today for the active transportation

commission is seat K.

Uh,

the requirements for this,

for this seat are as follows.

Uh,

member who must have an expressed interest or demonstrated history of

community involvement or interest in walking,

bicycling or rolling issues and is at least 16 years old.

and not older than 22 years old at the time of appointment.

We had one applicant who met the age criteria,

Dania Ahmed Amin.

They did not appear to be in the audience today,

and they did not RSVP for this meeting.

Chair, as this is our youth seat,

and I'm pretty sure they're probably in school right now,

so I'm very happy that they did not skip school to be here,

and this is furthering what Vice Mayor Telemontes and I put in for having youth sitting on all of our boards and commissions,

that I am happy to move forward Denea Ahmed Amin for the CK.

Is there a second to that?

Okay, it's been moved and seconded.

Any further discussion?

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Opposed, abstained.

We are unanimous.

3-0.

I am glad she did not skip school too.

Fantastic.

We will now move to item four.

Thank you, Chair.

Item four is review of applicants for the Ethics Commission.

The seats needing recommendation today are seats B and D.

The requirements for seat B are a member of the general public with a background in law, ethics, local government, or similar experience.

and the requirements for seat D is something that the member represent the general public.

We have two applicants for review today.

Our first applicant is Michael Kelly.

And per our review, both applicants were eligible for both seats B and D.

Good morning. My name is Mike Kelly.

I'm a lifelong resident of Sacramento.

I grew up in River Park.

I've lived in Midtown for the last 20-some years.

I worked for 33 years as an attorney for the state of California, retired in 2013.

The last 12 years, I was the supervisor at the civil law section for the Legislative

Council Bureau, the civil service attorneys for the state legislature.

After that, I took a job as senior research attorney for a private law firm by the name

of Nielsen Merxemer, where my primary duties were to draft and update summaries of the

law in the ethics area.

I worked in their section called National Compliance, which dealt with gift law, campaign contributions, lobby registration and reporting, and revolving door requirements.

So I maintained these summaries of the law in all 50 states, all major cities in America, including Sacramento, mostly cheat sheets, essentially, of the law.

As part of that employment, I also participated in an organization called the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws, COGEL.

It's sort of the trade association for ethics officials in North America.

It's primarily a U.S. and Canada organization, although it gets smattering of people from around the world.

And as part of that, I served a four-year term on their board.

If any of you know Galena West, who's the executive director of the FPPC here in California,

she was the recent past president of that organization.

I retired in December and started looking around for things that could use my skill set and I found this and I actually found it in December and I was past the date to apply.

I thought well you know and then I looked in January and it seems to draw me in.

Sacramento has a fairly I would call it light ethics commission.

Most of its work is outsourced and it's really a review body.

But nevertheless I'd simply like to offer my perspective and I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you for being here today.

Our next applicant is Mikau Tao.

They do not appear to be in the audience today.

That concludes our applicants, and I'm here for any questions.

Chair, thank you, Mr. Kelly.

As also a member of the bar, your background is fairly illustrious,

and you might be drafted if finally approved to actually do some of the teachings at the ethics commission that we've been looking for.

And it's another way I think we can make it a little stronger than just a pejorative body.

So I am happy to appoint Mr. Kelly to seat B.

and I read through Mr. Tao's background

and I think their youth will be welcomed

on the Ethics Commission

as they see things a little differently for seat D.

Council Member Tillamontes will second?

I second.

Okay.

Any further discussion?

So it sounds like our second candidate is probably in school as well.

And so you're moving both of them forward, correct?

I am moving both of them forward.

Okay.

All right.

And I will say, all in favor, say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

All opposed?

There is none.

And no abstentions.

So that moves forward three to zero.

Okay, we will move to the next one.

Before we do that, I just want to let everyone know,

when you come up to the microphone and speak,

it's a two-minute limit, and we're going to try to hold you to that.

I know you have a lot to say, and we could be up here longer than that

and should be up here longer than that probably,

but it is a two-minute limit, and I didn't say it earlier,

So I want to say it now so that everybody understands the two-minute.

And then we'll ask you questions that will give you additional time.

Okay?

Thank you, Chair.

Our next item is item five, review of applicants for the Parks and Community Enrichment Commission.

The seat needing recommendation today is seat K.

The requirements are as follows.

A member who must have an expressed interest or demonstrated history of community involvement in parks and community enrichment

and is between the ages of 16 and 22 years old at the time of appointment.

We have two applicants for review today.

Our first applicant is Morgan Flournoy.

Good morning.

Good morning.

I'd first like to say thank you for giving me the opportunity to interview for the UC

on the Parks and Community Enrichment Commission.

To start off, my name is Morgan Flournoy, and I am a high school junior from District 1, born and raised in Sacramento.

I've always been passionate about serving my community, whether it is through volunteering with Lisa Kaplan's One Youth and Angelique Ashby's Youth Action Corps,

interning at the North Natomas Library, or exemplifying the principles of leadership and responsibility as a member of my school's National Honor Society.

I love helping people in direct and meaningful ways and learning about this commission and the essential work that is done for parks, youth programs, and community enrichment inspired me to bring my passions to the city level.

Thus, I want to bring my own unique youth perspective to the table and ensure that the most important parts of Sacramento that really help connect us all remain open to as many people as possible.

I also want to help represent the voice of my peers by helping create more events centered around issues that we care about,

such as park cleanups and recycling initiatives to address climate change.

I'm experienced with providing recommendations and actions through my position as the student board representative on the NP3 school board,

as well as my role on the teen advisory board at the North Natomas Library.

I am skilled in public speaking and communication as I've given detailed presentations to the mayor and city council members during my two summers spent here with the Summer at City Hall program.

One is a participant and one is a peer mentor and also helped develop the 2025 Summer at City Hall program by being a member on their youth task force.

Ultimately, I am here because I want to inspire, create, and maintain Sacramento,

a diverse and beautiful community that honestly just deserves undivided attention, support, and love.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you for being here today.

You may have a seat.

Our next applicant is Emily Vong.

Emily does not appear to be in the audience today, and they did not RSVP for the meeting.

Okay, Chair Kaplan.

Thank you, Chair.

Ms. Flournoy, do I need to get you a get-out-of-jail free card to Ms. Mancini?

Okay, okay.

Because if you didn't hear, she's a junior in high school at one of our local high schools.

Your resume is impressive.

Thank you.

The one thing I will tell those who are applying to boards and commissions,

If you can't be here, make sure what you present and put in is comprehensive, and you did.

So whether you were here or not, I felt comfortable that you were the right person,

that we should appoint to this because of your past summer at City Hall leadership,

but also being on the Teen Advisory Board from the North Natomas Library.

You have shown leadership and activism,

and I think the youth voice on our Parks Commission is very much needed.

So thank you, and I would be happy to appoint Morgan Flournoy to the youth seat for Parks and Community Enrichment Commission.

And I would be happy to second that.

Just a couple of things.

I was just very impressed with your presence at the microphone.

The content, your speaking, just everything about you, your presence in front of the microphone.

You are an impressive young lady who has a bright future, and I just am happy to second the motion for you.

All in favor?

Aye.

Aye.

We are unanimous.

Welcome.

All right, go back to school, young lady.

Our next item, item six, review of applicants for the Compensation Commission.

The seat meeting recommendation today is seat B.

The requirements are that the member represent the public at large.

We have one applicant for review today, and that is the incumbent, Elizabeth Prey.

Good morning.

I am the incumbent.

I've served on the commission now for two years.

I first became interested in this commission because I'm a former resident of the state of New Hampshire.

New Hampshire has the second largest legislative body in the United States with 400 members of its House of Representatives.

Each member represents about 3,300 people.

one of the problems in New Hampshire is that the compensation of those representatives is so low

that the member diversity is is affected by that that they don't you have to be retired

or you have to be in a job where you can take frequent leaves of absence and I find that

Compensation is critical in a city council where we know our city council members and mayor are working full time at that position alone,

that they be compensated adequately so that they don't have to have a second job on the side.

So that was my first concern.

The second concern is obviously that we have a deficit here in the city's budget.

and so we can't be wild about compensating our members,

but we do have to weigh those two things.

I think it's critical,

and I'm very happy to be on the commission

that weighs those concerns,

and I appreciate the opportunity to speak to you today.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Chair, I'm going to delay us for a quick second

as our colleague stepped out,

so we don't have a quorum quite to vote,

But I want to thank Lisa Prey for her service on the Compensation Commission.

She was also Measure U before that.

So this is not anything she is new to because compensation was set by the voters.

So it's not just whatever we need to think happens.

The Compensation Commission actually has to look at reports and everything else

and determine if they're meeting the terms of what the voters approved.

So I think that's something that is unique and takes some extra skills to look at to make sure we're meeting the terms of what the voters wanted.

And honestly, it's never easy when electeds get raises, but I am glad that the city of Sacramento has a voter-approved process that you guys get to handle,

and I am not responsible for my own raise or decrease.

and then I think I hear Vice Mayor Telemontes coming back in so we can actually vote but I don't mind a pause for a brief moment or Jacob can we take a motion under advisement and wait for Telemontes to come back in and hold it open.

Why don't I ask a question of the candidate and that way we don't have to do that.

Sure.

So my question to you was, you spent the last two years on the commission.

I want to know what do you think your greatest accomplishment was to the commission and with your peers.

And then I also have a second question that says, what more do you want to do in your next term if re-elected?

Okay. Thank you. Thank you for that question. It's really good.

The first year I was on the commission, we voted not to increase any of the salaries of the mayor or city council.

Part of the reason behind that was the deficit.

The second year I was on the council, it seemed that the commission, rather,

it seemed that we came to the realization that that was a mistake,

that we had fallen so far behind comparable cities

in how we were compensating our members and mayor.

In fact, of the basket of 10 cities that we received as comparable from city staff,

our mayor was the lowest compensated of any of those 10.

So we realized that we needed to make sure to increase the pay.

just because we want to attract highly qualified candidates.

And this is where I feel my skills come in.

I have a human resource background,

and I really want us to be able to ensure that we,

first of all, people don't have to have a second job

to work on the city council.

I think you could if you wanted to,

but you'd have to be super person.

I know from my own representative and other representatives I've dealt with, city council members, they're working 60 hours a week at a minimum.

And it's not fair to think about carrying on a business on the side just to make it through the day.

So I feel that that perspective is good, and I feel that I'm a voice on the commission that nobody else has from my background.

Thank you very much.

Well, then I will move Lisa Prey for reappointment.

I will move Ms. Prey for reappointment to the seat on the compensation commission.

I have a second.

No, it's seat B.

I see.

I have a second.

I have a first and a second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? None. And abstain? None. So welcome for another two-year term. Glad to have you. All right.

Our next item, item seven, is review of applicants for the Natomas Basin Conservancy Board of Directors.

The seats needing recommendation today are seats A, B, and D.

The requirements are as follows.

A member who is not a current employee of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,

the United States Department of Interior, California Department of Fish and Game,

or the State of California's Natural Resources Agency,

and must not be currently compensated by the Natomas Basin Conservancy for services rendered to it within the previous 12 months,

whether as a full-time or part-time employee, independent contractor or otherwise,

excluding any reasonable accommodation paid to a director as a director,

or any brother, sister, ancestor, descendant, spouse, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, mother-in-law or father-in-law of any such person.

We have on the staff report you'll see three applicants. We received notification

from applicant Sarah Haddon that they are withdrawing their application. So

today we will have two applicants for consideration for these seats. Our first

applicant is Melinda Doran Bradbury.

Welcome.

Morning.

First, I want to say I'm humbled by Ms. Flornay

because I did not prepare comments.

So nice to see that energy come into the room.

I have served a term on the board before.

I have 25 years of work in the endangered species

and conservation realm for the state of California.

And I have served a term.

I really enjoy my work.

I feel like my technical expertise and my history with the HCP

and as well as living in Natomas add value to the board

and hopefully over these next few years with a lot of development coming in,

we can make some good decisions about that conservation

and keeping habitat available for the species that we're here to protect in Sacramento.

And I'm happy to answer questions.

Thank you.

Any questions?

Thank you.

Our next applicant is Patrick Huber,

and they notified our office

that they would not be able to attend

due to a work conflict.

So that concludes our review of applicants.

And I should note that applicant Melinda Doran Bradbury

is the incumbent for seat D,

and that Patrick Huber is the incumbent for seat A.

Okay, Vice Chair Kaplan.

Thank you, Chair.

I just want to clarify, because questions came up through the clerk's office,

as to the validity of the applications of Mr. Huber and Ms. Bradbury,

which the first time they were appointed, I did get clarified somehow that got lost.

And I want to personally and publicly apologize to Ms. Bradbury and Mr. Huber for going through that and

receiving something from the clerk's office that said you were no longer valid to serve on the Natomas Habitat Basin Conservancy.

That should have not occurred.

This is a time that it is crucial with the Natomas Habitat Basin Conservancy that we have people who understand the Protected Species Act,

land development and that expertise is very much needed and welcomed as well as the tenure.

So it would be my honor to reappoint Mr. Huber to seat A, Ms. Bradbury to seat D,

and keep the applications open for seat B since Ms. Haddon removed her name from consideration.

I will second that motion and be more than happy to call the question if there's no further discussion.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Opposed?

Abstain?

We are unanimous.

And Patrick Huber for seat A and Ms. Melinda Bradbury for seat D.

And you said you did not prepare at all.

I did not.

I know, but you did.

I do this a lot, so.

And you do it well.

Thank you.

Congratulations.

All right.

Our next item is review of applicants for the Sacramento Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District.

We have one seat needing recommendation today, and that is seat A.

and the requirements are that the member represent the public at large and be a resident of the city

of sacramento we had one applicant for review today raymond latore however they did notify our

office that they had a conflict and would not be able to appear at this meeting and we do have

one public speaker for this item gary goodman

Good morning, almost afternoon, I suppose.

My name's Gary Goodman.

I'm the district manager for the Sac Yola Mosquito Vector Control District.

Ray has been on our board for the last 10 years.

He's actually been gone through the chairs, been the president of our board as well.

He brings an excellent perspective on vector control.

We have a 13-member board, and we have a couple folks from UC Davis and from Yolo County

that are entomologists, so understand and worked with mosquitoes their entire life.

Ray brings a different perspective.

He's been a long resident of Sacramento, the city of Sacramento,

and we're very happy to have him, so I'm just here to speak on his behalf

and support his reappointment for the upcoming term.

So I don't know if it's a two- or a four-year.

I think you can do either, but up to, obviously, the council.

So just wanted to speak on his behalf and see if there's any questions.

Thank you very much.

Appreciate that.

The recommendation that the clerk's office is bringing forward is a four-year.

However, per the California code, yes, it could be a two or four-year, so it's at your discretion.

Vice Mayor Telemontes.

I'm happy to move this to a two-year for Raymond for CA.

All right.

It's been moved and second.

Any further discussion?

All in favor, say aye.

Aye.

Opposed?

Abstained?

No.

We are unanimous.

Good job on Raymond.

And 10 years, he served?

Fantastic.

Fantastic.

Thank you.

Tell them congratulations from us.

Okay, next item, please.

That concludes all of our review of applicant items.

So, again, I thank any applicants who appeared today.

We'll now move on to the remainder of the discussion calendar.

Our next item is item 9, City of Sacramento Active Transportation Commission 2025 Annual Report.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Chair Jennings and members of the committee.

My name is Chris Doherty.

I'm the Transportation Planning Manager for the Mobility and Sustainability Division of Public Works.

I am joined today by our outgoing chair for the Active Transportation Commission, Hodel,

who will be assisting me on the presentation today.

The item in front of you today is the Active Transportation Commission's 2025 annual report.

I'd also like to acknowledge we have several other commissioners in the audience today to support this effort.

So in 2025, the ATC, as we call it, held 10 commission meetings.

We take a recess in December and July, just like City Council does.

And over those 10 meetings, we heard 30 items that really focus on transmission planning efforts,

inputs into our corridor and project plans and designs,

and input on the grant applications that the Public Works Department pursues.

The active transportation has seven powers and duties.

I won't read these all out to you, but in general,

the Commission's duty is to advise the City Council on all things for active transportation.

Part of these duties is to make an annual report of recommendations to the City Council

and that is why we are here in front of you today.

The 2025 annual report has eight recommendations,

and to go through these recommendations,

I'm going to hand it off to our outgoing chair, Arlette Hodel.

Good morning.

This is the last time that I will present the annual report to you.

It has been my honor to serve as chair for the past two years.

I truly thank my fellow commissioners for their support and all the work they do beyond the actual meetings

to research issues and data, write reports, and participate in the wider community

to promote the goals of active transportation.

Also, I'd like to thank the members of the public who attend our ATC meetings and provide valuable input.

it. Also, city staff, Chris Doherty, Jennifer Donlan-Wyant, and many others have been absolutely

wonderful to work with. Again this year, our focus for the annual report is to increase

safety for bicyclists and pedestrians. Our recommendations reflect this overriding concern.

Number one, increase funding. Help make our city more competitive by doubling the average

amount for active transportation grants. Without a permanent place in the city's budget, this is the

best way to gain ground in the grant-seeking world. Implement, number two, implement the traffic

calming toolbox. The most significant benefit is the reduction in both the frequency and severity

of vehicle crashes. By reducing vehicle speeds, the risk of serious injury or death for pedestrians

and bicyclists in a collision is greatly diminished.

Calmer streets lead to a more comfortable and inviting environment for residents and visitors.

Number three, increase funding for the quick build program.

Quick build street design projects get bikeable and walkable infrastructure projects built fast and affordably.

There are new techniques that realign and reassign space on streets using paint

and simple physical objects that can be cheaply purchased and quickly installed.

Number four, implement leading pedestrian intervals citywide.

LPIs allow pedestrians to enter a crosswalk three to seven seconds before vehicles receive a green light.

This enhances visibility and can reduce conflicts with turning traffic by up to 60%.

Number five, develop a citywide safe routes to school program.

Safe routes to school is a national movement that aims to make it safer and easier for children to walk or bike to school.

Benefits include improved health and well-being, a reduction in traffic congestion and air quality improvement.

funded projects include removing barriers to walking and biking creating safe routes and

providing education and encouragement programs number six implement no turn on red policy

citywide prohibiting turns on red eliminates conflicts between right turning vehicles

and vulnerable road users in the sidewalk studies have found that allowing right turn on red

increases crashes involving people walking and bicycling by more than 50 percent.

Number seven, pedestrian safety review of proposed transitional housing.

How far is it or should it be to go from transitional housing to a transportation stop?

What is the safety of that route?

These are important questions to answer.

One example, some of us have observed vulnerable users,

some in wheelchairs, using the bike lanes on Marysville Boulevard because the sidewalk is in extremely poor condition.

Severe cracks and holes, driveways with a steep incline, the sidewalk blocked by utility poles and signposts.

Sidewalks are a part of our transportation system and should be as important as traffic and bicycle infrastructure.

number eight expansion of the creative crosswalk policy creative crosswalks improve safety and

visibility calm traffic reflect local culture and neighborhood history increase walkability

and encourage foot traffic to local businesses this is a relatively low cost way for the city

to improve infrastructure thank you very much i'll turn it back to mr doherty

Thank you, Chair Hardell.

This slide reflects a summary of the cost of those eight recommendations as we proceed this to go through to City Council.

Just to reiterate, there's an initial cost annually of $8.2 million per year with a reoccurring cost of about $7.7 million per year.

And that concludes our presentation today, and we are here available for any questions you might have.

Thank you very much.

You did a great job presenting the annual report.

I was very impressed with your energy, your direction, the plan itself.

I was just really, really impressed.

So I will entertain other questions from my colleagues.

Vice Chair Kaplan.

Thank you, Chair.

I also just want to echo, thank you, District 1 resident Arlette Hodel.

You've been lifelong in active transportation for your two years of service as chair,

and making sure you're leaving your commission in a good place while still serving.

I would like to move this to the council,

but also at the same time direct that their requests go for consideration

in front of budget and audit.

Is that okay, Vice Mayor?

Because I think there might be some things that we should consider

as part of our budget process.

Yeah, I think that sounds good.

And then I did have my briefing with the city auditor, and I know she has some carryover in her department.

And right now it's like, okay, do we use that money for this next budget deficit cycle to close the gap

or use the money to hire a consultant to help us with the study that we're supposed to do on traffic and pedestrian safeties?

And so that's in addition to sending it to budget and audit.

I think that's a conversation we need to have a budget audit so that she can get this study either started now or have to wait when her staff has capacity.

And if we want to treat, you know, pedestrian safety as a crisis, as it is, I think that we need to give that appropriate direction.

So, yeah.

Awesome.

So I will move this plan to consideration for council approval as your annual work plan, but discussion of funding projects to budget and audit for further consideration.

So I'm going to just put us on hold for a second because we do have some public comment.

Okay.

Then we'll look for a second to that motion.

Thank you, Chair.

I have three speaker slips for this item.

Our first speaker is Isaac Gonzalez.

Good morning, everybody.

Thank you for listening to our report today.

My name is Isaac Gonzalez.

I'm the incoming Chair of the Act of Transportation Commission and the founder of Slow Down Sacramento.

Councilmember Jennings, thank you for your kind remarks about our report.

We strive very hard at the commission to get that report done promptly and early, exactly so.

As Councilmember Kaplan and Talmanza says, it could be discussed in your budget cycle.

We definitely want to make sure that that's included in the conversation.

So we're glad to hear you echo the same sentiments about the importance of talking about it now.

And just want to note that all of the money that we talk about that's in those recommendations

are investments that will pay dividends multiple times over,

not just on the financial side of things,

that they increase opportunities for economic commerce where installed,

where people who are walking and rolling can stop and buy wares

and services and food at our local businesses,

but also on the back end, on the human costs.

The lives saved cannot be measured in dollars,

but typically also the money that we'll save from potential litigation

by the deficits in our infrastructure also is real.

So while I know you are in a difficult budget cycle situation, and I definitely wouldn't want to be up there making some of the tough decisions that you are making right now with these cycles, just know that this is good money to be spending and investing in the city of Sacramento, and it makes Sacramento a better place for everyone.

Thank you very much.

Thank you for your comments.

Our next speaker is Donald Gibson.

Welcome.

My name is Donald Gibson.

I serve on the ATC for District 3 and the incoming Vice Chair.

I just want to first thank you all, Council Member Kaplan and Vice Mayor Talamantes,

for looking to advance this report for budget and on it

and using any funds we already have to begin expediting some of these studies.

So first of all, thank you all for an advance.

Normally at the ATC meeting at the end, I end on a somber moment to acknowledge those people

who were either rolling, riding, or walking, who lost their lives since our previous meeting.

Sadly, there's something after every meeting pretty much,

and it's usually the same streets over and over.

But instead of dwelling on that I just want folks on positive positive is I've seen you all city leaders really recognize that this is a

Critical thing that we all need to work on and we can solve these solutions

We are solutions here our report this year is focused on things that we know enhance safety as

Chair Hodel mentioned there's a lot of these things that will save lives and so those streets where you sadly get those texts and

conversations from

Our public safety officials or just your community members.

These are something where you can say at the end of your term or hopefully in your term saying,

I got an accomplishment.

I got a little bit of extra safety here.

Hopefully it's more than just a little.

It can be extensive.

So thank you all for your efforts on this.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

Our final speaker is Orlando Tirado Amador.

Hi there.

My name is Orlando Tirado Amador.

I'm here today to give you my perspective as a cyclist who commutes from North Natomas to Midtown and beyond the city and uses public transit.

As a cyclist, I'm able to survey and understand the places where this city has fallen short,

the hazards, the dangers, the holes, the mistakes made by an infrastructure that has always historically prioritized vehicles over pedestrians.

Cars are like bullets.

The leading factors of vehicle deaths include speeding,

impairment like drugs and alcohol, distraction, and fatigue.

These factors can be curbed by proper maintenance and designs of roads.

As the report shows, it comes as no surprise that some streets,

like Broadway or neighborhoods in Elk Grove, as your map indicates,

are most dangerous for pedestrians.

It comes as no surprise then why vehicular fatalities occur in some places more than others,

but some of these fatalities can be prevented with your leadership.

Take, for example, the case of Riray Reyes,

a 19-year-old R.O. Atiz member who was killed by a drunk driver

while he waited for the bus at a bus stop at Del Paso Road and El Centro

in North Natomas, just a few blocks from where I live.

Now, let me paint you a picture.

This bus stop is just a few feet away from a large intersection

that is busy where cars are traveling at fast speeds

in preparation to merge onto the freeway.

As a cyclist, I avoid this overpass for this very reason.

When I heard about the accident, I was saddened but not surprised.

Now, I didn't know this young man,

but I visit the place he died many, many times,

and in death he has become a kind of friend.

Sometimes I feel so connected to him because he gives me strength where I lack it.

You see, from what I understand, Mr. Reyes was a strong young man with aspirations of becoming a mechanic.

In fact, he was in my neighborhood touring UTI, the mechanics school.

It is he who has prompted me to come to speak to you today.

just a week ago i spent the day speaking to the parks department and the county about the bike

lane going south on northgate boulevard again a road in which vehicles travel at fast speeds

to go onto the 160 freeway

at del paso boulevard on january 10th three people died there a young couple maria titman

and Christian Flores and their mother remains in critical condition.

They were on their way to buy hospital scrubs

because Ms. Titman was about to start a new job at a senior convalescent home.

This accident remains under investigation.

I called 311, spoke to representatives from the county and the Parks Department

who volleyed responsibility for cleaning the bike lane that I have no choice but to take

due to the flooding of Discovery Park every year.

a road that is very dangerous.

The lane continues to be obstructed in areas

because it has not been prioritized.

Cars are like bullets.

This is my first time going to advocacy around this topic.

But in the four years I have lived here in this city,

coming from New York City, it seems pressing.

standing on the bus stop or getting on your bike or on your wheelchair should not put you in harm's

way but in Sacramento it does. Thank you. Thank you. So sir? Orlando. Orlando? Yeah. It's okay.

It's okay. I gave you extra time because you were passionate about what you were speaking to

and I could see the pain that it caused you

and I gave you the extra time,

I would like it, if possible, to get your notes

and to have that for us to be able to use as a guide

to see what it was that you went through

and what we all go through when we lose someone

because of traffic problems.

So I would just like a copy of your notes if that's possible.

Okay, thank you.

You can email those to agenda at cityofsacramento.org if you wanted to type it out, and we will make sure that that gets forwarded to the...

Thank you.

And I just want to express thank you.

I live on the west side.

I actually came upon the accident after the young man was killed, just coming from UTI.

So it is a tragedy and it is something that if I want you to see my office as a resource, I am your council member.

This is something I care about passionately.

In 24, we had two grandpas killed on Club Center because of ineptentive driving.

And these are just examples.

Like you feel it.

People are feeling it every day.

And it is a priority for our city.

I'm Lisa Kathleen.

So you can Google and you can get my information.

but I would love to stay in contact with you because I am working on how do we make Del Paso safer.

You know, I know that many people live on the west side,

and especially young students who go over to Inderkum High School,

but going over Del Paso, there is no safe way.

As well as public transit.

Thank you.

We have two.

And I have been working with Sacramento RT because people in North Natoma should have a safe way to get downtown

other than riding their bike on dangerous streets.

Thank you.

So it's a passion of mine.

I want to say thank you because I know you rode your bike down here today.

That's right.

Thank you for making it safely.

But your activism and passion for making things safer in our city, I admire.

And thank you for coming to speak for us and speak to all of us and speak on behalf of those that can no longer speak.

But I'd like to also help you make sure that I can show you how you can get involved and help me make a difference.

Because it's the we that makes the change, not the I.

Thank you.

So I appreciate that.

All right.

Is there any other direction that we want to give to regarding the annual work report and work plan?

Motions on the table.

Can I ask one clarifying question on the motion?

Would you like us to go to the budget committee in advance of the city council or?

Well, it can be two separate because this is their annual work plan that we're just pushing forward.

and then for their budget request,

they can come in the normal order that they come.

I think it should come before the budget is adopted.

Well, but it's two, because their annual work plan,

every single one of the commissions

are going to come with their annual work plan.

They're going to have requests

that I think it should just come to council for adoption,

but their requests, if they're budget-related,

I don't want to hold up their annual work plan

that they're working on

because they have requests in them.

That it's like, I want it be seen as two separate items.

Like the plan comes to council, so that's public.

And then the budget requests,

it's not like we're approving the budget requests,

but the budget requests go.

But I added the city auditor.

Yeah, and that'll go to budget as well

because that's for you guys to determine

and then bring to the full council

because that's related to money.

This is mostly they have a plan and it's policy

and they've got requests,

but requests always go through you guys

and budget and audit.

Okay, then we'll do two separate ones.

We can take the plan directly to city council,

but my request, because our commission doesn't know

about the city auditor's budget and her carryover,

I want to make sure that it gets used

so we can start the study right away,

so send that to budget and audit

so that we can get agendized and move forward.

I will do.

Thank you.

Jacob Redbrook's clerk's office.

just to clarify the motion.

The motion is to approve and forward the 2025 annual reports

and 2026 work plan to the City Council

and forward the recommendations that you stated

to the Budget and Audit Commission regarding funding projects.

Correct.

Thank you.

Okay.

And there's a second to that?

It's been moved and seconded?

I'm a second.

Okay.

Moved and second.

All in favor?

Aye.

Opposed?

Abstain?

We are moving forward.

Thank you.

Thank you, everyone, for coming with that.

Next item.

Our next item is item 10, City of Sacramento Parks and Community Enrichment Commission 2025 Annual Report and 2026 Work Plan.

And I believe we do have a staff presentation.

They're on their way up now.

Water.

Water.

Water.

How you doing?

Morning.

Good.

Good to see you.

Good afternoon.

Morning, Chair Jennings, members of the committee.

My name is Shannon Brown.

I'm the Assistant Director of the Department of Youth Parks and Community Enrichment.

I want to take this time to thank all the members of our Park and Community Enrichment Commission,

specifically Chair Gaines and Vice Chair Robbins here joining me today as well as an additional member of our commission, Joe Flores.

We want to really thank them in supporting our department's mission.

Together we empower our youth, strengthen neighborhoods, and provide life-enriching programs for a beautiful, livable community.

This is the Park and Community Enrichment Commission's 2025 annual report.

I will introduce the purpose of the commission,

share their powers and duties,

and then Chair Gaines will review the 2025 accomplishments

and Vice Chair Robbins will cover the 2026 goals.

The purpose of the commission is to provide recommendations

and advice to city council and our department

on policy projects and programs pertaining to parks

and community enrichment within the city.

The commission is guided by the five powers and duties listed here.

In 2025, the commission held 10 meetings, heard 51 agenda items on a variety of topics,

including new park developments, budget workshops, park plan 2040,

hosted several volunteer projects year-round, specifically the 916-day projects in September,

and hosted the annual volunteer recognition awards.

And with that, I would like to introduce Chair Gaines to go over the 2025 accomplishments.

Thank you so much, Shannon, and thank you.

Before I start, I just want to thank you guys for your vote today for our youth member.

We've been without a youth member for a very long time, and that's so important to have youth voice as a part of the commission.

And so we're very excited. We were able to catch her on the way out.

So we're just so grateful because Youth Voice is so important, not just in our commission, but all of them, especially on ours, because we do so much work in the youth space.

So super excited to have Morgan be a part of our commission.

But on behalf of our commission, we're pleased to share the highlights from the past year and to look forward to 2026.

As Shannon said, my name is Janine Gaines.

I'm the chair of the Commission. I was just reappointed as chair this past

meeting and so in partnership with the department we share a very simple vision

and that is beautiful well-maintained parks and enriching programs that help

every neighborhood thrive. Together with our dedicated staff and volunteers the

department stewards a broad system of parks, community centers, aquatic

facilities and public spaces and we're honored to support this work and the

residents who bring these places to life. Two highlights that we want to share are two key

accomplishments. First is the 916 Day Volunteer Program. So 916 Day we championed a citywide day

of service that invited residents, local organizations, students, and civic leaders to

beautify parks and public spaces. What was different a little bit about this year is that

we focused on three of our regional parks. So instead of doing smaller events in each area,

we came together in clusters to focus on our regional parks.

So volunteers turned out across the city for cleanup, planting, improvement projects,

really showing that civic pride.

So this year, volunteers contributed 413 hours, which equates to $118,103.70 in labor.

And so this collaborative effort showcases the power of community involvement and pride on 916 Day

and really celebrating Sacramento's spirit and the people who make it stronger.

And as I said, we really focused on our regional parks this year

and having people from across the city come together in very specific spaces.

And second, we wanted to acknowledge our Volunteer Recognition Awards.

And so this is part of our ongoing mission to foster community involvement

and recognizing several outstanding volunteer individuals and groups.

And so what's really exciting about this program is we're able to recognize volunteers not just who are supporting the parks, but who support our youth, who support community enrichment from throughout the city.

So this year in total, there were 39,441 hours of volunteered, and that is labor that otherwise would require funding.

And we know that in this day and age, we need all the help that we can get.

And so looking at the valued the value at the rate provided by the independent sector at forty three dollars and ninety cents per hour that equates to an estimated one million seven hundred and thirty one thousand four hundred and fifty nine dollars in economic economic impact which really highlights the vital roles that our volunteers maintain our volunteers plan maintaining and enhancing you know what we're doing here in the parks department.

So we're really just excited to have the opportunity to bring all of our volunteers here to City Hall and to be able to celebrate them with their friends and family.

So it was really exciting to have them out here in December.

So those were two key accomplishments that we wanted to highlight.

And now it's my honor to introduce our new vice chair.

He was just voted in at our last meeting in January.

So it's been two weeks, a week and a half.

So I would like to introduce our new vice chair, Robbie Robbins, who is going to tell you about our 2026 work plan.

Thank you, chair. Thank you, council, for giving us time today.

Vice Mayor Telemontas, it's great to see you and everyone else.

As she said, my name is Robbie Robbins. I am the new vice chair of YPSI over here.

And we're just going to jump right through it.

As we look forward ahead of the coming year, the commission remains committed,

straightening partnerships that drive our work and furthering efforts and

ensure equitable access to the city parks and recognizable resources the

Commission has chosen to focus on the following three goals a support equally

transparency and park improvements to advance to equitable parks and community

enrichment by engaging our neighborhood associations and park other user groups

identify needs and issues that help ensure inclusive accessible recreational

places for all Sacramento residents be we're gonna formalize 916 process a

a little different as usual we bombard September 16th and we have a million

events now we're going to celebrate throughout the year so everything that

we do throughout January to December we will celebrate as a celebration of all

things 916 as volatilism as this was voted in 2018 the current chair I mean

the former chair Flores over here voted to make that happen and see expanding

fundraising and public private property and parks and community enrichment the

The commission will work to enhance funding sources for parks, recreation, and community enrichment incentives.

This will conclude our presentation.

We're happy to answer any questions, and thank you for your time.

Outstanding.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I'm trying to get my page up.

Thank you.

We're here to answer any questions.

Okay.

Vice Mayor Telemontes.

I don't have any questions, but I will say that the Parks Commission is one of the most engaged, active Parks Commissions I've ever seen.

And I think that every single commissioner just does such a good job in the district, getting to know the people, planning events,

and truly just being a third partner to our Parks Department and us as mayor and council.

And so just thank you, all the commissioners, for all the work that you do in making Sacramento greener,

more beautiful, more climate change friendly, cleaner air, just everything that you do.

Thank you so much for the work that you do.

I am happy to move this recommendation.

I'll second.

It's been moved and seconded.

I, too, want to just thank you for all the work.

Our parks are well-maintained, and they're beautiful.

Our volunteers are probably the highest that we've had in many years,

And so we continue to increase in volunteerism and people who want to be out there to make it a better city for all.

And so I just really want to congratulate you and recognize you on the work that you've done.

And 916 Day has taken it to a whole new level.

And so I'm really excited.

That, what do you call that drone that young man has flying around?

The drone?

Yeah, I was convinced that you were going to come in here with a thousand pictures.

But I know we can see those at any point in time, and I think we should at some point in time have a show for the entire council

to be able to see all the great things that are going on in our parks all over Sacramento.

So, again, congratulations.

Chair, before we vote, can I clarify that the motion is for option one to forward the annual report and work plan to city council for review?

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

It is made.

Motion has been made.

It's been seconded.

All in favor, say aye.

Aye.

There is no opposition and there is no abstentions.

So congratulations and thank you so much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next item, please.

Next item is item 11, City of Sacramento Planning and Design Commission 2025 Annual Report.

Chair Jennings, Councilmembers, I'm Stacia Cosgrove, Principal Planner.

with your community development department.

It's nice to be here with you this year.

I'm pleased to present the 2025 Planning and Design

Commission annual report.

And I'm joined by your planning director, Greg Sandlin.

Planning and Design Commission was established in 2012.

It's comprised of 13 members, nine of which

are recommended for appointment by each member of the city

council and the mayor, and four recommended by yourselves,

the PMPE committee.

The Commission's been granted the authority to carry out state planning and zoning law.

And what that means is that it's in charge of implementing planning and development code

related to zoning and design review.

And this includes the authority to approve, conditionally approve, or deny a whole host

of different planning permits or entitlements as we call them, which typically include conditional

use permits, site plan and design review, tentative maps to subdivide land, or plan unit development

amendments.

The Commission makes recommendations to City Council on legislative change requests, including

rezones, development agreements, general plan amendments, code and policy amendments, and

is responsible for hearing any appeals of decisions that are made at the director level.

In sum, the Commission held 17 meetings in 2025.

The work was divided roughly evenly between private development project applications and

policy items. It heard one appeal from the director level in 2025 and worked on 13 items

that are part of the planning and zoning work program.

Just a little bit more about the planning and zoning work program is that's an attachment

to the annual report. It's exhibit A. Each year, at the end of each year, staff brings

forward a list of policy items it anticipates putting together and bringing forward during

the new year, and the Planning and Design Commission helps review that list, prioritize

the items, and helps us really make decisions based on the number.

We could do any number of different projects, but we do have limited staff hours and resources

and some things that are mandated and some that are wished for looking forward to doing

based on council priorities.

And so that work program is a list of the things that we anticipate doing in the next

year.

It's actually on today's council consent agenda.

So what you have in your report is a draft.

There are no specific recommendations

made by the Planning and Design Commission this year

or requests to review with you today.

Thank you.

That concludes my presentation.

Thank you very much.

Okay, I'm looking for my screen that tells me.

Thank you.

Vice Mayor Talamantes.

I will move this work plan to the City Council.

I'll second.

I'll third.

All in favor, say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Thank you.

Excellent report.

Thank you so much.

Very good job.

Okay, item number 12 will be continued to a future meeting.

And so we will move to item number 13,

which is the selection of the Vice Chair for the calendar year 2026.

I'd like to make a recommendation if, oh, I have one up already.

Vice Mayor Telemontes.

I'll nominate Council Member Kaplan for your vice chair.

It's amazing.

We were thinking the exact same thing.

She has done such an incredible job our first year.

Just hang on your coat tab.

Just keep it going.

Keep it going.

Hang on your coat tab.

Seeing no further recommendations, all in favor say aye.

Aye.

Opposed?

abstain. No. It is unanimous. And for the record, you seconded that motion. I did. Yes, I did.

All right. Thank you. Absolutely. Okay. Way to move a long agenda, Chair. I didn't think we were

going to get through this. But we've cleared out the room with the exception of one individual.

who happens to be my intern in my office,

Kyra Swihurt.

I think I'm saying it right.

Close, she said.

And I don't know if she wants to say anything or not.

Please come forward to the...

We're putting you on the hot seat, young lady.

She did a great job last night of going on the point in time count and really was incredible out there as well.

Hello. Wow, I've never spoken at one of these.

Hello, I am a District 7 intern.

I am a fourth year undergraduate at UC Davis studying international relations and minoring in environmental policy.

It's a pleasure to meet you all.

she's doing a great job and I just wanted to give her an opportunity to

be at the microphone just for a couple of seconds I told her to always be ready

especially when you work with me so

of course good all righty so with that said I think our business for the day has been done

I have no speaker slips for public comment it matters not on the agenda you don't have anybody

in the audience either.

I have to say for the record.

Okay.

Are there any questions or comments from my colleagues?

Nope.

Nope.

With that said, where's my gavel?

This meeting is now adjourned.

It's okay.

Here, Raider.

Welcome to the jury.

Thank you.