Folsom City Council Regular Meeting

[Gavel pounding] . Go ahead and reconvene the special meeting of Folsom city Council Madam Secretary I believe we have no actions to report was adjourned the special meeting called to order the regular meeting of Folsom city Council Tuesday March 22. >> All please rise and join us for 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 . >> Good evening, everybody. As a reminder if you have not been here before if you have cell phones turn them on we get enough ringing from the speakers so don't add to it. With that will move on to the agenda update. >> Mr. Mayor if I could back your a diligence -- beg your indulgence, I would like to make a few comments on the occasion of bruce clang final council maybe we are very happy for bruce and excited for what his future holds but we will Miss Him around city hall. He is absolutely one of the most ardent supporters and I am grateful for the opportunity to have served it with you these last 15 years. On the occasion of the city's 70th anniversary I've been going back to the archives to figure out what was important to the city council back in 1946, 70 years ago. Among those things resolution number 2 to secure the city attorney. Presumably that was the second most important thing a brand- new city council did back in 1976 and to have an outstanding corporate council no less important today and we have the commensurate I guess city attorney in bruce klein he has served with real purpose. He gives a sense of great character high ethics a lot of creativity. And a lot of compassion to his job. Those behaviors I think are something that all city staff, myself included and probably all of but hope to aspire to. I know bruce shuns the word retirement so I will use that but whatever you want to call it, I know you will tackle your next journey with the same fervor, same excitement and same passion you have served the city so well over your career. I just want to offer my thanks and congratulations to you. Congratulations, vaya con dios my friend. >> it will take the opportunity to call mayor and council privilege we know bruce keeps under the radar we are doing opposite source bruce you would come to the microphone my colleagues and I would like to bring something to you. We had to take the opportunity to make sure we all said goodbyes, hellos and everything in between most stories wouldn't be appropriate for a city council meeting. With the bat I say this in just because bruce is one incredible attorney ever before to an privilege of working with the fear and I will tell you bruce will give you the honest truth is the day is on that dry humor now and again. We up to keep him on his toes. We will keep this on the radar because we know how much you hate the limelight. Keep cameras rolling, smile big, look at the audience in the city of folsom resolution accommodation honoring bruce klein on his retirement from the city of folsom. Whereas bruce klein is faithfully served as attorney since 2005 for us he first twin city impulsive and 2001 assistant city attorney previously served as supervising deputy city attorney for the city of sacramento. Whereas bruce klein also practiced law in private practice turning his profession earlier in his legal career whereas bruce climb as a police officer and sergeant for the city of santa monica prior to working the legal profession earning his degree in the long evening hours. [Laughter] . >> I was not prepared for that. >> he is our resident attorney on the cy council, appropriate appropriate. >> great changing growth of the city bruce klein skillfully guided folsom to critical complex legal decisions on a broad range of issues including, but not limited to, the annexation, highway 50, land use, infrastructure, housing, human resources, public finances, water rights and many more. Whereas he has clear legal acumen. Bruce klein was perhaps most appreciated and well regarded with the city family forest intense commitment to living by positive character, optimistic spirit and encouragement in employee health and wellness all leading by example. >> strike a successful balance between the demands of career and building memories with his beloved family his wife julie, four children, parents and other family members whereas -- we are stretching this out as long as possible. >> [Laughter]. >> kind of like closed session got stretched out. >> the best possible legal decisions for the city for thi" e trail out nature with his family are enjoying time with friends and family bruce klein lives by a personal motto of go big and that is a positive approach to life into his retirement. Therefore -- . >>> you finish it right there. >> [Laughter]. >> I can take my glasses off to read. I am running out of space totally qualified [Indiscernible -- low volume] . >> [Laughter] . >>;v [Indiscernible -- low volume] . >> for some reason I had a vision where I got to see bruce and ernie on a cycle. >> with one of those little trailers behind. >> mayor and city of folsom on behalf of the council and community we do hereby extend accommodations in the highest regard to bruce klein thank for his service and wish him the very best upon his retirement. And all future endeavors the 22nd day of March 2016 bruce, you know how much we love you. >> [Applause] . >> pictures first before closing remarks? >> [Laughter] . >>> we are going to make you stand here a while before you go. Spinner bruce I want to thank you. It has been af work, we have gotten a lot of things done. We have all worked hard you and your staff have worked as all the staff at the city of folsom we wish you well in what ever the next adventure will be I am sure there will be several so keep us apprised of where you are and what trouble you are getting yourself into and we wish you well. >> thank you. >> now what things are you going to volunteer for now that you have more time? >> I will be around the. >> congratulations. >> address a little to the audience and bruce at the same time. One thing, first of all I have an extreme dislike for lawyers [Laughter] And the second say I can count on one hand this is the one I really like and this is the one I really love the consummate professi, and exceptional lawyer ie argued with him more times than we could probably count. (Multiple speakers) [Laughter] He is always extremely logical in his approach. I really respect his skill. The things that members of the public need to appreciate this man fought for all of you. A lot of times -- we heard things from people on the other side bruce said this, bruce said that and I would just sit back and think because he is defending the city. Protecting the city and he never faltered. I'm very, very proud to a fortunate few, bruce, you are extremely skilled at that but also very skilled at reaching compromise with people which as a litigator I don't do very often. You are extremely good at it and I want to make sure people knew that you are extremely good at it. Very big shoes to fill here because I probably have a little bits of by a form of my 16 years on t$kj council he been city attorney for 15 of those. So I have relied on him very, very heavily. The staff, my colleagues rely on him. His true expertise you are an outstanding, skilled lawyer and you will be sorely missed here in the city because you have clearly given and devoted yourself to protecting the interests of the city, something to be very, very proud of but I'm so very proud to know you and I thank you so much for your 16 years you have been outstanding. >> [Applause]. >> [Indiscernible -- low volume] [Laughter] (Multiple speakers) [Indiscernible -- low volume] . >> you are still doing it. >>> [Indiscernible -- low volume] . >> thank you. >> [Applause]. >> two things that come to mind [Indiscernible -- low volume] He just defends the city professionally but also privately [Indiscernible -- low volume] Involved in so many things that are folsom part of his professional life he really does love this town inside and out we have all seen that and I appreciate on behalf, your defense and the community as good as it can be secondly succession planning. You are so diligently -- we have great people [Indiscernible -- low volume] Is pitches we hate to see you leave there is comfort that we have great people behind you thanks for putting them in place . >> [Applause] . >> we will take the best is the last we'll fill the family and keeping to the brevity of the meeting on a personal I honestly can say bruce is one of the most genuine individuals you will ever meet in your entire life, straight up says it the way it is which is good because you can sit back to him the way it is and have discussions always issue-based and went and you can share something to drink. The good thing about bruce he really does truly give his heart and soul to the city. For me as an individual and the council when I go to bruce and say I'm thinking about doing this mayor's bike ride, before I could finish it what are we doing where we going. He is always right there to jump in and say how do we put this together. He is wearing an official had to keep us out of jail make sure we are doing things right but at the end of the day folsom is always first and his family. He talks about his family, I get to see pictures of his sun pass fishing all the time I live vicariously through his life at the key bruce has a good perspective on balancing work, community and family and that is pretty rare especially the responsibilities you have watching over the entire city council and staff [Multiple speakers] [Laughter] . >> I know bruce is not retiring it's not in his dnase on your next adventure the happy and enjoy all the things you always enjoy keep the same character we've seen you for the last 20 years and stay healthy. >> thank you very much. Appreciate it. >> [Applause] . >> I did some calculations we will be finishing 324th meeting. >> with your permission if I could speak to you? >> you don't need my permission you are leaving anyways. >>> that means you changed your mind on the agenda update. >> this wasn't an agenda by the way but mayor, members of the council, thank you very much I really very much appreciated. You are right I do love folsom, and amazing, incredible place. It was great to go back and reflect on my 15 years here, martha back there appointed me as city attorney. I came in with her when she was city manager and we really accomplished a lot of things. My family is here, my wife julie [Indiscernible -- low volume] Another folsom resident by the way robert flew back from kansas city [Applause]. >> make sure you reregister to vote, robert. >> he already did. >> we have lived in folsom 26 years I've BEIb to serve the city or 16. What an honor to be the city attorney of your own home town. So many different things to interact on those things it has been AMAZINGWx |e I will conclude 31 years of practice but I won't go away I will be in the community for sure. What I want to say is the dedication of employees I have gone to work with over the years particularly employees in the city of folsom. You are very blessed to have the people you have in this city . 400 plus employees who have choices to where they want to go, dedicated to the city of folsom to make it a great place to live and work but also a great place to have a business. The opportunity for the planning area, I will talk about a couple pieces but we are so fortunate to be part of it. It was interesting when I look at my colleagues around the state and region, put stuff on listserv or read stories you have made my job pretty doggone easy. We've had a stable city council, we have a council -- you all have differences of course, sometimes you express them on the dais that you are always professional when people come up to the dais they are speaking to you and you treat them with respect. The city is accessible. You can get information, the city is transparent in all respectsafter all the years we have done think and what amazes me oftentimes is how things that should be controversial and nobody shows up and the reason for that is because the council is accessible, the staff is accessible and we are transparent about what we do. All the issues with respect to the south of 50 we still keep -- your people grouse now he can are always transparent about what we do. Thanks to our employees, really, for driving the policy pieces you all put forth and are manager, evert palmer and city managers before him involved in the same thing. We articulate policy and staff drives it. We have amazing people. , to publicly got the my city attorney staff, steve long, a great successor to me he will be the fourth in house city attorney after martha, rudolph and myself. Steve long is a consummate professional, ethical as the day is long and not a harder worker. We've had a lot of good times here. Katie mulhern has served all city attorneys and katie is an amazing asset to the city, the fountain of all historical knowledge, mostly employees prefer to go to katie then steve and I, honestly. She knows so much and has done so much for the city. Beyond her knowledge is -- she suffered her physical setback a couple years ago and never lost a beat with respect to her drive for handling items in our office office. And amazing amazing person I feel blessed to have a chance to work with her all these years. Candy glass, kept steve and I in line what a great staff we call ourselves tbm, tiny but mighty help to roll a lot of things. And now the same values keep driving it. I went through a top 10 list so if you can just indulge me for just a min '( | my number one thing this council ever did in 2006, adopt the ethics policy. That was a big move. Before anybody talked about the nonsense that goes on in local government, it was the year before ab 1234 training required. Are council adopted an ethics policy that governs your behavior and the behavior of your commissions and committees that it was a big deal and still is a big deal. Steve and I train on that when I train others on ethics we talk about that policy. I think what happened because of that policy is all the other things that have come forward in our city, transparency, treating people with respect, recognizing your role as a councilmember. All those issues come back to the policies you drafted. Top of my top 10 list. We all got to live the affordable housing, resume, settlements, ordinance, fees we have all done them again a couple different times but what stands out to me about the whole affordable housing issue is the issue didn't necessarily align with your personal and political philosophies all the time. Councilmember starsky vocal many times during the course of that. What happened is he recognized the legal obligation, recognize the folsom way to accomplish that and drove those policies forward and despite all the concerns of the neighborhood about the affordable housing place next door to me about which houses four properties we would resound, at the end it was all done well because it was transparent. Now you have driven actual housing, you built money into a housing trust fund all done the folsom way. You mentioned the annexation thank you what a great professional opportunity for a lawyer to be part of that annexation and watch development and idea of another project going forward. 's team did an amazing job driving all that along. Also we take pride in our relationship with the developers down there because we drove hard bargains, we still argue about any of these we are still arguing points. Every time up to the very end. At the same time we are here to make a good immunity and have folsom be a good community like folsom, again done the folsom way whether discussing water or any other issue. We all survived the economic downturn we hope we survived the economic downturn, but in 2082 today you have 140 plus employees -- 2008 to today@4f |~ 25% to 30% less employees. Think about all the things we do in this town at the level of services provided to the members of the community. It is remarkable. A testament to the people that worked for you. Proud to be part of that. We all get to see the demise of the redevelopment agency and the roles of the department of finance would pop up and governors edicts that would come about and the saddest part is we were always a great steward for the redevelopment 4Sr council did at the white way we never on the rules and everybody can look to where redevelopment dollars were going so we survived it just like we always do you create a parking structure and agm in the historic district despite consternation sort of a theme, all transparent all their available to see the public can come and step up and voice their opinions. we get it and move along. We got to survive the goat related ordinances we had to go to the dictionary to look up some of those terms that they not stand up the most is jerry standing and telling us about his trip to portland and learning about adult related businesses in portland. City council got out for that issue and adopted ordinances that avohe ills that affect some other communities. There is one council meeting that stands out over all. >> [Indiscernible -- low volume]. >> negative I talked to councilmember starsky. Very few occasions where you pack the city council meeting that night I got to present the staff report about prevailing wages. One person in the audience speaking of favorite of the proposal alternatives I was given to you and the entire rest of the council chamber filled with people opposing that. One meeting I will never forget. The governor has taken away our ability will to do that anyway it was for the best. Marcus came here a couple years ago and since that time it stopped raining until recently but nonetheless [Laughter] He stepped in and it stopped raining because he wanted to demonstrate the he could handle a drought. Like all of our directors he's done a wonderful job bringing meters and, addressing rates, arguing and fighting to protect our water resources our predecessors secured wells to keep them from the exporters who want to steal our water. we continue to fight the fights. Lots of credit goes to josh horowitz, -- really fighting those issues. Last but not least, the closure of the folsom dam wrote in February 2003 thereafter almost herculean some council members did bringing many in and all the issues we dealt with our historic district having to deal with traffic was at the herculean effort by public works and the mayor going back back to washington bringing many to get that. He could get going on and on. It was amazing, I had to stop at 10. Along the way we have had a lot of fun I appreciate your support support. Sending pictures of all council members. >> I think he ran a meeting one night too. >> participating in things. >> [Indiscernible -- low volume] . >> [Indiscernible -- low volume] . >> supporting efforts like the odometer challenge and other fun fun. We've had a lot of fun it's been an honor to be your lawyer over the last decade. Again I thank you for building trust, being accessible and being transparent. Thank you. >> thank you, bruce. >> [Applause] . >> bruce I know it is inappropriate to correct you but you've been a lawyer for a decade and a half I did want you to get away thinking you're that young. >> you, bruce. Thank you very much, bruce. You had the privilege of the floor. With fat present -- introduce a presentation by folsom high school engineering department it was mentioned to me what they have been doing we need to have them down here and tell us what is going on. We are proud of our sports but there's a lot going on in the high schools and middle schools so this is the first to help of many different presentations of our schools in the community. With that I will turn it over to eric. By the way I won't embarrass you that I will, county teacher of the county in January this year. Congratulations for that. >> [Applause] . >> sympathetic over the folsom high schl physics and engineering program nine years ago, took over physics nine years ago and engineering five years ago. Proud to say we have some outstanding results. In the last six years averaging about 70 kids starting off college as engineering majors another 50- 60 coming out of each graduating class in biology and chemistry. The program is very come a very strong and turning out very, very well prepared kids. I wanted thank you Mr. Palme for that nice note you sent me very touching I appreciate it. Right now we have four engineering classes in addition to physics we have and throat engineering, civil architecture [Indiscernible] [Multiple speakers] % bioengineering and next year digital arch linux. Digital electronics brand name is kelly johnson I have been at engineering folsom middle school philosophy near as I was excited when I are kept the opportunity to expand the programs like him last year in intro to engineering an introductory class of about 100 students that come into the middle school. We are fortunate to have entry engineering even at russell ranch they have an engineering program in the transition to folsom middle school and the stem academy at sutter middle school and! students transition to our program. Some of the things they do is to sign a public infrastructure learned what a three- dimensional dryness, based drafting and get into cod -- cd practice work on real-world examples we look at basics face -- vacant commercial property, so they all went through and came up with the clubhouse and a consistent theme kind of an all around the world came and looked at property there. Last year we started a civil engineering program. People on the same game, students learned what is available, what is sony. The first thing they did start a short video here, this triangular piece of property behind safeway across the street from him to overlook -- is owned residential and they designed the house and we put those houses together into a neighborhood. They went around and designed and figured out the stop signs and zoning requirements. All houses are accessible they met with habitat for humanity and figured out code requirements. >> did they have to have a neighborhood meeting. >> no. This is video of that. The next project is looking at the folsom planning area and we will need another library. To look at what the zoning is there and students work with partners this is one of the samples for what the new library could look like. We look at some properties and students designed this. One of the things we have is virtual reality, students can put on virtual reality glasses and look around the building they designed. They can put cameras within it and pan around and use the accelerometer on your phone and you are inside the building you designed which is cool for the students to do. The final project is a maker space we imagining a mixed use development looking at the state of california at other city's codes and the makerspace workshop, into the laps, conference rooms, residential units. Students will be working in teams to design that we have local architectures and engineers coming out to judge that next month. The library project we will be meeting with the library commission and it will be presented at their next meeting in April as well. Great partnerships for the city. >> other classes we have principles of engineering and mechanical engineering class strengthened materials learning robotics, this is a group goldberg project where they have to build a machine and completes objectives, we give them 16 marbles and they have to sort them by property and to four trades those kinds of things. They learn projectile motion and a few other things really it's all here, see, do method of education it really sinks them and they get into the programming and try to outdo each other and come up with amazing projects. Another class I have is my bio engineering class one of the major projects is aqua politics I have two renounces on the roof of the building there so last year we grew enough basil for two wonders of pesto and enough solid for two lasagna trees of salad greens. Proud to say with the help of bluemac and smud we would be completely off grid we have bunch of donations and it will be self-sustaining all the way around but we also do molecular biology next week we will come back and transfer plasma of jellyfish and if the e. Coli picks it up it will go in the dark and we will be able to purify. Some high-end biology stuff this is what it looks like when the transformation happens and the class was incorporated into dna for e. Coli. And tell this year a couple weeks ago donated a couple microscopes. They are strong enough to look down at single bacterium now. they were very generous with what they don't it to us. Forensic test around halloween they take a picture I have plastic schools and they re- create a face with clay. We have this year the most kids take physics over 175 it folsom high taking physics this year. In 2015 we started a two year program also this is grown with the bond measure that passed chances are they will remodel the building for us. We no longer have to build a vote in the hallway of the second floor. I brought some flowers I want to invite everyone out to our open house thursday April 7 way half hour art show one thing I always land is engineers can't spell split this one can choose about to point out the April is spelled wrong. >> might be in the month. >> this is what you get for minimum-wage. >> the question is is it the seventh or eighth? >> seven is open house 5:30- 7:30 April 7 open house and you can see all the art and engineering challenge projects and you can go to the school play at 7:30 open to the whole community. Friday April 8. >> students for the school play? Selected sure students to set designs? >> no they will be out there showing off set designs stuff. We have about 100 projects about 150 teams anywhere from 50-75 engineers come in interview the kids and evaluate projects. We also have computer programming staff, it is quite exciting. A whole variety of different projects I run as a double-blind lottery so kids paul a project out of the hat, designed, tested, build it, click the data it and presented to the visiting engineers. It is a really nice here one, see one, do one out of the box learning and they really get into the projects to get boys to a project they took a nerf gun a built-in optical recognition system and firing system and if you are not wearing the right t-shirt it will fire you. Adam just got into north carolina engineering direct there was resting marshmallows at tesla coil serving s'mores to everybody. You could not bring your phone within 30 feet. This is the group felt the end of the day we took a big group picture they are doing the second right-hander role of electromagnetism there. We have a solar vote team this is solar vote 1 about 4 miles an hour I would say six of the boys are off engineers now and there is solar vote 2 engineering majors their solo vote 4 got three engineering first-place prizes last year look like something out of star trek. Twin drive articulating solar panels. Solar vote five we will take the solar panels and hook it up to a servo motor and photo resistors and adjust angle automatically, our next week. In May we have our vote regatta May 20. >> spell check, regatta was spelled wrong too. >> all the middle schools and high schools involved three middle schools last year four high schools, 54 boats and a drag race and a solid race, a titanic competition, how many kids can sit before it sinks, best in show, these girls got best in show for the rubber ducky vote. It looks like something out of braveheart, there is the titanic division, the boys did a great job but they did not paint the inside of a cardboard got wet and started melting like butter, hysterical. 9vCb it is the greatest nerd olympics you could come out to. Go hands-on. Water rockets, this year a possible stick bridge that exceeded the limit of the stress tester. I have to take it down I am guessing that hold 700 kilos. That is a young boy that just got into mechanical engineering. This is 200 poppel six -- popsicle sticks. Very strong. >> we did have the [ Indiscernible] Last year and we have a plan the school board has approved this so one of our buildings will be remodeled and we will see what the spaces are and we will go down to stanford and their design thinking lab and the new ideas that can be used with that's. We are fortunate to have a lot of partnerships. Erik lorig credibility was coming -- us army corps of engineers we mentioned smud and intel, working with students on satellite missions some engineers came over on launching a mock satellite into space and a project they are excited about is the folsom the engineering students designing models so of their needed a new bed so the students are building a new bed for the bear at the zoo and they are excited designing a new popsicle for the tiger 221 so students are working on this getting creative , meeting almost weekly with the staff to figure out what does the bear need how hard can it get up it's getting arthritis and needs a bed so they are working on a cool community partnershipt >> just how to wilden fabricate . >> that is excellent I have the opportunity when I spoke to a large group of students two years ago and got a chance to get up and say the facility up there just coming from an engineer I would have loved to have had those opportunities when I was that age is still not paying attention and during the mechanical drying side of the class so that is a great program. >> amazing kids, amazing families. >>> wonderful. >> those numbers you have going in to college with degrees very impressive we hear the opposite in american schools we have a decline in engineering and you guys are an anomaly I think and it is very impressive I have to say. I think everything you are doing is spectacular the more you can get them interested in science is so much better their futures are guaranteed when they are in sciences and engineering. i would love to talk to guys I don't know how this high school does it, but my company does internships at the summer, we are looking for mep engineers if you're interested I would be happy to set something up with the because we always -- rehab facilities where they can also do welding if they are proof depending on what high schools allow but we generally try to pull kids from every high school a lot of in-house mechanical engineering staff that would love to help you guys out. The more opportunities we can expose them -- which you are doing a think is incredible. Congratulations. Of you come over and share what we have being able to build their great support from administration they basically tell us go and apologize later. >>> thank you for your patience I know we ran a little long in closed session certainly want to check the appropriate time for Mr. Klein one thing I would like to have you do is send an e-mail to elaine on those dates for the events and can we take a flyer? Like to post on the city webpage it's hard for people to see this83: > so will post on the city website for you guys and a by the public to come out not only to the open house but the actual events. >>> get the chamber to post it on their website as well. >> open the scroll thursday April 7 and have the whole community come in open house during the day friday. >> the mayor mentioned we talk about athletes of the high schools and if you take a look at the latest interviews of athletes in the telegraph you always ask what is your favorite class and the majority. In physics and that speaks well they also know where they are going to go if that does not pan out which in many cases it doesn't. A good opportunity. >> we try not to do harm and send them out well prepared. >> to add one thing, my younger son had eric in your class he is doing good finishing up his third year in engineering in arizona. Vzyou were a real mentor and david hansen spent a lot of time `2 5d(Hcan't remember what they were trying to make their. >> plasmpropulsion. >>> a lot of spot I spent a lot of money on parts thanks for encouraging them to spend my money I appreciate that. You really are an inspiration to so many of those kids thanks for the great work, tyler as well. >>> thank you, gentlemen. >> [Applause] . >> it's also interesting I think encouraging but middle schools having physics operation classes is unheard of from what I know. That is impressive and a great way to start. Congratulations the next item proclamation of the mayor of the city for some programming April one-nine as creek we can ask council member kerri howell to do the presentation if she would? >> engineer after engineer after engineer -- this is a proclamation city of folsom April 1 through 9th 2016 as creek week and that is cool that is actually eight days as opposed to seven days simply just print them the way to get them. >> whereas the area craig counsell is a nonprofit organization to preserve, protect and restore urban streams and riparian habitat and urban creeks and city of folsom including an important amenity and our community providing recreation, wildlife habitat and many other benefits and west because folsom's creeks flow to the american river an important source of drinking water and fisheries and recreational resources for the region actions to promote creek week also affect health and benefit our rivers whereas citizens are being called upon to be part of an areawide volunteer effort to improve and enhance our creeks. And trash and invasive plants and whereas the city of folsom is a platinum sponsor of the sacramento area creek week activity helping to cover costs to publicize the events and provide lunch to volunteers, staff to guide citizens with the April 9, 2016 cleanup of folsom area creeks collecting and disposing of trash and providing other materials and services as needed and whereas the sacramento area craig counsell designated April 1 through 9th, 2016 creek week in the sacramento region. There for I kerri howell on behalf of the mayor and city of folsom behalf of the folsom city council proclaim the week of April 1 to April 9 as creek week in the city of folsom the call upon citizens and civic organizations to take part in activities, fun and adventure during this special week set aside this 22nd day of March I'm a 2016. And accepting folsom resident and principal engineer thanks for been here. >> [Applause] . >> first I would like to got to city council for all your leadership over the years we are lucky, very fortunate in the city of folsom to have these creeks and trails we can go down and enjoy. So many other cities don't take advantage of the wonderful resource for thank you for the leadership always years and we move down to 50 looking forward to getting more creeks and trails. The second I would like to thank staff and allowing staff to support creek week, monitory support as mentioned providing lunch, staff help, really makes it easy for us. I can get volunteers to pick up litter cutter gets piled up on the sidewalk and any garbage guys to pick it up monday morning otherwise it is spread out again. Third we have the big event saturday, April 9 from 9:00- 12:00 doing a variety of activities, groups of volunteers to different segments of the trail to pick up trash and litter also having another group of individuals going out to the nature center and removing invasive plants THEREw . We been doing that for a few years, making a dent there so animals can go down and get into the water. Then a large group in conjunction with city trails day event, johnny cash trail. Just a little down the street here where the future johnny cash statue will be. All this happen every night sign up on the website or show up at that location. >> what website? >> actually shown on both, the city's website because of the conjunction -- . >> arbor$ n z month too. We are planning 300 -- planting 300 trees. >> a large number. >> 400? Even better. >> a big event. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> [Applause] . >> thank you for doing that. Next item consent calendar. Anyone wishing -- sorry business on the floor, members of the public can speak on any item not on the agenda I do not have any written request is anyone wish to speak to any item not on the agenda? With that we will move to consent calendar. >> pulse e and f for comment. >> so moved. >> motion a second please call rolls. Councilmember morin sinecure. >> sheldon. >> yes. >> starsky. >> yes. >> how. >> yes. >> resolution authorize city manager to execute an amendment to the program agreement with caltrans and execute an agreement with the low bidder viking construction incorporated for the orangeville bridge rehabilitation project. >> this will cause problem orangeville avenue bridge passed class a minor classic canyon into orangeville that has been in need of repair for many years this project has been in discussion entire 22 years I've been involved in government here unfortunately it will be for nine months that bridge will be closed we will get the bridge back to its historical significance and deal with the pain associated with doing that there will be detours for a while but is all for a very good cause. Project is been a long time in the work. >> if I could piggyback this item and a couple others, as you say nine months is a long time to figure how to get to a house going over the bridge so exciting for the people that live over there. >> I think they know the alternate way out but other people trying to visit them maybe that will know quite how to get there. >> that and they also go down -- oldtown. >> same reason. >> call the roll police. >> councilmember morin? >> yes been sheldon. >> yes. >> starsky. >> yes. >> how. >> execute an agreement for the construction of the old town sewer rehabilitation project and appropriation of funds. >> again I want to when I spoke to staff I think they have done a good job evaluating the alternative so we can get this done as cost effectively and effectively as possible again interruptions for people whose homes back up to those alleys and hopefully we will do everything we can to minimize those disruptions from people getting in their garages and the alleys side of the property but fixing those pipelines is a good thing. With that I will move resolution 9054. >> second. >> please call the roll. >> [Roll call]. >> that concludes consent and move on to public hearing public hearing item 8 a large lot tentative subdivision map project design guidelines number one to the first amended and development agreement do you want me to introduce each resolution independently or separately? >> independently. >> after the presentation? >> yes. >> thank you Mr. Mayor and council. We have for your consideration this evening the white rock springs ranch project which consists of two tentative subdivision maps a set of design guidelines, inclusionary housing and the development agreement amendment. Just to get everybody acquainted with where we are, we are talking about a project within the plan area located south of highway 50 and that is this area shown in the pink color. This particular project is located in this light blue color area buts white rock road. Within the project plan area as I said earlier this is the light blue piece shown and labeled white rock springs ranch . >> just say it and get it over with. >> it is really hard. And that we did what all planners and engineers do we gave it an acronym and gave up trying to say it because it is hard to say quickly it's abuts white rock road and plaster ville road. We have an idea of where we are talking about. >> that property does include the actual rock correct? >> yes. >> correct land-use this is the existing general planned land- use diagram for this particular piece of property that has a mixture of single family and single-family high residential the only issue for project consistency with the general planned for this particular application is the location or arrangement of the particular land uses. The applicant has applied for and received approval of a minor administrative modification and the resultant land-use rearrangement is as you see on the wall before you this evening. Off approvals are allowed consistently with current specific plan for the folsom plan area so it is something that is accessible and approved. Given the new land use arrangement the applicant has submitted two tentative maps first is the vesting subdivision map for the whole 138.9 acre property. It would subdivide it into 18 large lots. Of the 18 large lots 10 will be further subdivided into the single family residential lots. The remainder of friday of open space lots some of which graded and some will not. This is the vesting small lot tentative map which creates 395 single-family lots as mentioned on those 10 lots from the previous map. The shows you what neighborhoods with a quick when they are ultimately developed out this particular project has a lot of similar characteristics to the russell ranch project located right up in here. Ultimately when we have to come back with amendments it will ultimately wraparound all the way down into here as well. This particular project has slopes on these open spaces. The entire subdivision is graded into a series of terraces the same concept used in russell ranch. It is actually constructed in some of fact it look like an extension of what you have already improved. Worked very hard and closely with the applicant to get them to mimic a lot of the same concepts with grading. This is hard to see, this is included in your packet that has all the detailed information on the grading and shows tears between various layers as you go up the hillside. >> can I interrupt you? This item has been before us three times. I reread the changes in the packet all three times. This is all in the staff report. What I'm really interested is the interest -- the issue of terms we were having dispute over. Has that issue been resolved? That, for me, was the only remaining issue with the entire thing. Where do we stand? Is there agreement amongst all these guys? We kicked this twice because there wasn't agreement, that was the only issue remaining of the item coming before us. And you cut to that piece for me and give me an update where you are there? >> yes, sir we are pleased to announce and certainly invite to the city council and audience that the city and all developers and representatives have reached language containing I believe condition approval for the launch and condition of approval 205 and 206 with a small lot maps and those conditions are acceptable not just to this developer but to representatives of folsom planning. >> we gave you direction at the last meeting to make sure certain things were accomplished within that namely the corporation has the issue been resolved? >> yes, sir we also secured a presentation from interested parties alternate sites ship the primary site not work out. We have received very, y/h positive feedback from various agencies we are working with pertaining to the process. >> we have a backup plan? Am not confident that will come to fruition. I hope I am wrong. If we don't we have alternatives in place. We have an acceptable backup plan that ties in well with the streets system. It ties in well with nature improvements in terms of locating a yard where there won't be [Indiscernible] In either location. I think we made a lot of progress. >> good. >> that was the real issue remaining for us. A double how much more of this you need to go through. >> entirely up to council. >> I agree with the vice mayor we have seen the overall plan many times. Unless for public legality reasons probably up to go to the rest to show the public what we are approving. >> yes, sir. >> there isn't too much more. The grading as I said is similar to the concept used on the russell ranch project. We also have provided within the project two alternatives for it the area that about white rock road because as you all know we aren't certain at this moment in time west will be built when. In terms of the subdivision or road reconstruction itself. this gives staff two alternatives to handle whatever the development happens to be at this time. >> for clarification so no one is confused when you refer to the road reconstruction we are talking about the connector road. >> correct civic that is something not necessarily within the control of the city council or developer because it is a regional project. >> irks. You have alternatives consistent with the connectors moving forward. >> I didn't want people to think we were not thinking about what would go there. >> correct. >> we also have off-site improvements that grant perry and placerville not included with the boundaries of this map this particular exhibit shows how they will be constructed at that time. The bike trails and trail system throughout the project, a funny question shaped piece right here are white rocks. They are being preserved and open-space easement and there is sort of a trail that will provide an ability for people to walk and look as they need to . This is an exhibit the applicant provided to show you what it would look like basically from white rock road, a three d illustration of the grading and landscaping after it has gone back and. With that I will entertain any other questions you May have about the projects. Any questions at this point? >> I am sure that is -- the artist rendering is going to look like and is not going to be conventional grass and drought tolerant. >> writes. The conditions require it be drought tolerance. The design guidelines contain those kinds of plant materials and the river friendly guidelines. >> just if someone is watching on tv it looks like grass. >> exactly. >> there May be certain times where it looks greener than others but it is not grasped. >> let's hope so. >> comments? Before we go to public hearing? >> this is a public hearing anybody who wishes to address vitamin d so at this time. I don't have any written requests. Anyone can come down and still speak to us now. Seeing none I will close the public hearing and asked my colleagues that they would like to do. >> merit like to move resolution wind -- 9713. >> second. >> call the roll on resolution number 9713. >> [Roll call]. >> introduction and first reading. >> second. >> roll call. >> good work guys. Mj >~qe]A2f city manager support. >> so happy we don't have to carry this gigantic package for another two weeks. >> agreed. >> I don't have any conditional comments. >> before we get into -- the mayers comments this evening I will announce the successor agency oversigh y::l| appointment to fill will be a lane anderson thank you for fulfilling that role I am sure you will do just fine and also take a quick second with my colleagues and I, our next special thing to present to our city manager from the folsom city council great appreciation and gratitude for your 20 years of outstanding a dedicated service congratulations sorry we had to put the soft you and I were both out of town so I got me college to say can you hold one more meeting. Congratulations. Ever and I go back and forth because he started I remember having the new it guy on the black. Congratulations for working your way up in a very prestigious career. >> [Applause]. >> can you hand at that back 20 years and 30 days I will just write that. >> [Laughter]. >> we will go ahead and do council comments. Ernie? Would you like to start us off this evening. >> if my voice holds out that long. >> thank you very much. >> [Laughter]. >> I want to talk about a hard subject to talk about. That is the homeless people of this town. It is time to get a handle on this and what ever we need to do we need to do it is if we can -- as an ex-park guy still in touch with the >>wzeparts is becoming a real hazard in other words home was to the point they are causing financial problems they are ruining things but they are also scary people away from using our parks and that is wrong. I know it is a slippery slope, nobody ce: 4likes to deal with but we are going to do it. The city managers have one meeting coming up to talk with this police, fire, code enforcement and so forth. I am serious we need to take a step even if we screw it up we have to do something. I heard the comment about, no disrespect to my colleagues and sacramento I will probably get harassed for making the statement but I am not too sure there are too many in sacramento that they do out here if we are trying to imitate or duplicate something they are doing in sacramento I'm not sure that is the right course I think they are talking about a nonprofit organization trying to do a good thing May be having trouble with the city of sacramento to get it done. But we have to take some direct action and sit down with the right people, the committee or group everett has formed are the right people to do this but we have to take this but we have to be humane. Anybody can be homeless at any time for any reason and they have a right to basically be where they are but they do not have a great two destroyed our town. That is not their right. we have to find out what the legal point is where we can go where we can go if they refused to come then they cannot cause us -- I've had people say you can handle as it costs too much money it's costing us money now. I is example which is pretty crude it should not happen for park and rec people. A massive program going on to remodeled bathrooms, spending a lot of money for the city manager for getting it started, the system will lock up bathrooms be a remote we don't have to go down there. F the homeless can't get in there, they are beating the doors to get in gorgui natures calls you have to recognize people have nature calls and they do it right outside the door and park and rec has to clean that up the next day, that is wrong. It is wrong we deprive them of a place to do what they have to do but it is wrong that the city employees have to be subject to cleaning that up. That is wrong. W?G b I encourage city manager and council to be active and proactive involved in trying to fix the problem or at least make an attempt. Doing something and not getting it done -- I know code enforcement trying their darndest. I know when we did the last volunteer community day behind the aquatic center pretty discouraging and disgusting. But they are back. We have to figure out something . I don't mean put them on up bus and put them someone else's problem is that the solution. I am coming public because I expect to see similar action very same -- very soon we have to do something. Another subject first said in his complement to city employees I believe we are very blessed with the 400 and some we have left. We still have a lot of good people. That this council, I will refer back to my days in the military, there are times to go on the base and somebody already has a boss. A base commander is a base commander you May not like them but there is protocol that goes to the base commander you have to recognize. Sunday that yvan mayeur will go away but the job is still there and a protocol is still there. Think the council fills the same mode in my mind he May not like any of us up here and this council has prestige regardless of who sits here it is up to us to keep the ethics we talked about at the level we need to keep the city in ethics. At the same token we need to be informed. I have seen, I have been here 30 and years, I have seen it evolve to micromanagement of the council to city staff which is absolutely not right. We pay good salaries we hire competent people and let them do their job and you can't hardly buy a house in this town for people who want to live here. That this council, I need to have information provided to me, not to make a decision but to know the decision the staff can make because we delegate a lot of things to staff to do we pass the consent calendar crime analysts to do to please -- to the police department she took away because it cost too much we need information to come up here here, to do her job and when she does her job I want to know what it is I don't want to cause extra work but at the same token I have an obligation to 75,000 people in this town to know what is going on. I will make another example we have three people on the dais here that sit on where we have shifted our economic development from city staff to a nonprofit, which is fine, I am sure they are capable, but we have three people the mayor, vice mayor and city manager that sit on the board right now. I get no information about where we are going or -- three people on the council know what is happening I don't know I get asked by these 75,000 peoplely]Nm7t what is this. I think we need to include the system to tell all council members regardless of where it is coming from or where it is happening. We don't have to tell you how to do it we pay you good money, go do the job that let us know what you did. So I'll ask with mayor's concurrence in city manager to get together and be specific what I am affected by. Open the next few months we can make strides. I will ask and public it is if I ask and private I have attended some May be to forget. And by asking public I will write it down and come back if i don't get an answer. Those are to get things I wanted to talk about. >> thanks, ernie. And he? >> nothing too much just 0q zgl? Of spring break stuff going on right now everybody have a staff josh everybody have a safe spring break. >> the happy easter I believe the extravaganza is next saturday I don't know what the status of pg&e pipeline project is, for all the e-mail I am getting and stuff I am seeing on line, the road work is not a city of folsom thing it is pg&e installing the ability to better inspect high-pressure gas lines. It is always a good thing to better inspect high- pressure gas lines than not so inconvenient. I drive that were frequently but am hoping we are not going to have them out there this saturday with 10,000 kids looking for easter eggs. Traffic at the intersection last week with that section was horrible. I will ask all the people ringing kids to that event to please cross at the light with across walk is. Where the crosswalk is. A couple years ago I was there there were people walking little kids in strollers across riley street and it's a dangerous thing traffic is traveling a relatively high speed versus baby carriage happy birthday to the city of folsom just a reminder the birthday celebration in the historic district April 9 that will be a very busy weekend. safe spring break to everybody and remind everybody to drive carefully and I will say good night speewun thank you Mr. Mayor I want to congratulate congratulate, I see the chief of police is not here, he was probably recovering from the run she was in. Please pass along our congratulations to the police officers that ran this race in southern california. It is quite impressive. The timesheet they had run was-Buc.> ju{ x0tz`xm:z9 of the age of the old guy she was talking about the 7:15 7:15 outstanding. Pass along my congratulations that was very impressive they did a great job. Bruce again thank you very much for your years of service, to wife julie I will say you need to remind him in two weeks not to come back here. One thing I would ask is he not send me a photograph from his backyard watching the sunset with a beer in his hand on a tuesday night I would appreciate if you did not do that. >> [Laughter] . >> I wish you the best of luck. >> julie, do not let them fill out an application for committee or commission. Take some time off. Give us a warning. >> I was going to appoint him directly. >> m 8 reporter my last two trips back to the city the first again congratulations to the city managers for your outstanding service and ernie I was made aware a short time ago to your home was think that the faith- based community has formed a subcommittee they are working with other cities and agencies throughout the region to do all the stuff you're talking about. It's in the works, I don't know anymore, they are in the formulation stage talking to police specifically cindy and jason. They have taken to heart and are working closely police to figure out and do everything you are talking about. I watched them they are very humane, they show these men and women a lot of respect given her situation. Sometime the situation is something we would want to deal with personally that they show a tremendous amount of respect. Congratulations to the man and women of the police department code enforcement and faith based community for taking the high road trying to deal with the issue. The most important THINGJOug8k: a treat them with respect regardless and that is the key to try to get somebody back to being a member of society. Thank you for all you work with that. The last two meetings I missed it is representing the city in washington dc. We are having issues with the drought and thank you markets for turning the drought into a good rainy season so far. See how you manage this on. Marcus tonight were in washington dc together we did not want to fall back on our laurels we have a full late we don't have issues. We do. Long, systemic issues we want to be in front of the the the behind. Marcus and I along with the city of roseville and the water district had multiple meetings, very tiring days going from here to there to talk about the issues with lake levels, the operation of the lake certainly a product many times economic development and opportunities at the recreation component too many times people concentrate on water for fish or drinking and hyde road whatever. The biggest components is the number one most visited park in the state of california is an economic driver to many communities and businesses in the region not just folsom or roseville or other communities addresses it is a huge economic engine for the entire region we stress that as well. The biggest message was the new forecast based operation manual hopefully able put into play that allows them to more efficiently, storm water longer take advantage of the opportunity to raise the level of the lake by 7 feet you have a billion-dollar emergency spillway let's start using the existing technology. The good news I say with extreme confidence the same gentleman we worked with over the years for all the bridges were built by the same gentleman of the project. My confidence level high, I got good feedback and thank you marcus for all the stuff you do. there are communications very well received from your actions in washington dc at the bureau of reclamation truly partners truly make a difference for other agencies in their operations throughout the country. We are a good -- we got good feedback. In addition want to make sure we have the individuals to make sure our $3 million plus for the empire ranch interchange was still secure. We had to make tough decisions and an economic recession soda people south of highway 50 so we had to park the project. I was able to put across enough information we proved we didn't just sit on the money or project we moved incrementally to show progress, an ongoing project and because of the economics downturn, no secret, he put it on hold. And billing comfortable we secured that grant and we would not lose it because of timing. The last but not least many others in washington, assured with college last time before I went, the amazement to see this 10-foot wide laser beam being