Good evening everyone. I'd like to call to order meeting number 3077. The special close meeting of the city council is 5pm. Madam City clerk roll call please. Councilmember Fink. Present. Councilmember Schnell. Here. Councilmember Gallagher. Here. Mayor Perteneel mayor lumbered here. Thank you Next we have public input at this time any member of the public may address the council on matters which are on the closed session agenda If any members of the public core participating through zoom wish to address the council please raise your hand And if you were calling in please press star nine to raise your hand that city clerk any requests to speak no mr Seeing none in person, we will move to the closed session update, Mr. City Attorney. Stess, City Council will be convening a closed session to discuss items four and five A, as they appear on the agenda, including conference with its labor negotiators, Aldo Shindler, Nicole Bernard, Brian Monkrieve, Brian Swantuck and Ken Begui. All right, thank you. We will recess the closed session. It's called to order the open session of the mayor and the mayor of the council members. Meeting number 3077. Tonight's invocation is by Pastor Cameron Zimini from Mariner's Church. Pastor. Thank you, Mayor Lombard. Hello, everyone. Hope you all a great day. Thank you for the privilege of being here on behalf of the mayor and his church. This is an honor of ours. Hello to the community. male and barred, Mayor Pro Tem. So glad to be here and thank you for this. If you would, please buy your heads with me. Father God, Lord, I know that to be in this room is a gift. Lord, there's many places around the world where communities cannot gather like this in a peaceful setting to express needs, and share wisdom, and learned and cast vision from leadership, Lord. And so we thank you for this time that we have together tonight. Lord, I ask for each of the staff members in this room, Lord, and those that are part of our great city of Tusson, Lord, that you would continue to guide them, give them discernment, and all that they do, Lord, and the work that you have given them, Lord, it's evident that our city continues to grow and thrive because of what you're doing through these leaders. And I ask for your continued guidance in their lives, for their families and protection. Lord, in all the things that we get to do, we recognize that they come from you and we're so grateful for this. I want to read a passage from Philippians 2 and its verses 3 and 4 and it says, do not do nothing out of self-ambition or vain conceit rather in humility value others above yourselves not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interest of the others and so Lord I ask that tonight be just that or that in all that we plan and do and think of that we are looking to our neighbor that we are thinking of our neighbor or that we're we are continuing to build our city of testing. Or to ask that you just help things go smoothly tonight, that the things that are presented, anything issues, trials that need to be taken care of, or that they go smoothly tonight, that they be taken care of with integrity and boldness to know, and to do things right in your eyes. Lord, thank you for this opportunity, thank you for this time. We ask God in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Pastor. The College of Allegiance is by AmeriProtem Nielsen tonight. Please rise. Please join me in saluting a flag of our country. Ready? I'd like to welcome the 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. Thank you, Mr. Mayor Pro Tem. Next we have our presentations portion of the agenda this evening, both with OCFA. I'm going to read the first one, but it's 2025 Wildlife Awareness Prevention Season, which is defined as mid-summer through early autumn 2025. It says, whereas in 2020, California experienced a record-breaking wildfire season with over 4 million acres burned across the state. In 2024, the state faced 8,024 wildfires that burned approximately 1,050,012 acres, reflecting a significant increase from the previous year. And whereas the recent wildfires in Los Angeles County, including the Eaton and Palisades fires in early January 2025, resulted in at least 29 fatalities and destroyed over 16,000 structures, the economic impact of these fires is profound, with estimated damages and economic losses reaching up to $250 billion. And whereas extreme fires are a growing threat to public health and safety, homes, air quality, and climate goals. Approximately 25% of California's population lives in areas identified as high or very high-fired hazard severity zones. Sudden and intense wildfires may swiftly emerge, traversing vast distances and penetrating urban zones far from their origin, thereby detrimentally affecting public health and diminishing overall quality of life. And whereas every citizen has a key role in preventing destructive wildfires from occurring, public education and up-to-date regional emergency planning are key to making our communities more resilient to the impacts of wildfire in other extreme weather events. Orange County residents can learn about Ready Set Go to prepare for wildfire season and help prevent loss of life and property at www.ocfa.org slash RSG for Ready Set Go. And now therefore, the City Council, the City of Tusson, California, does hereby proclaim the height of A.org slash R.S.G. for ready to set go. And now therefore, the City Council of the City of Tuss in California does hereby proclaim the height of wildfires season beginning in mid-summer and running through early autumn as wildfire awareness and prevention season and encourages everyone to do their part to raise public awareness, take steps to protect our homes and businesses and prevent sparking a wildfire. One less spark means one less wildfire. And Chief, you have some comments? Good evening, Honorable Mayor, Council and City Staff. In acceptance of this presentation, I'd like to provide a few reminders. Some key elements of wildfire awareness are maintaining defensible space, home hardening, and maintaining our zone zeroes. These are measures that we can all take to significantly slow the spread of wildfires to protect our homes and communities. And lastly, I would also encourage everyone to visit our website and look at our robust list of online resources, including the ReadySet Go information, as well as you have the opportunity to conduct an online home assessment or schedule your in-person visit for a home assessment and review of your property. Thank you. Thank you, Chief. And our next presentation also with OCFA's Drowning Prevention and Awareness and I've asked Council Member Gallagher to read the proclamation. All right, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Whereas in the United States, unintentional drowning has seen a concerning rise with over 4,500 deaths each year from 2020 to 2022, marking an increase of 500 annual fatalities compared to 2019 and remains a leading cause of injury-related deaths among children under five in California, with approximately 60 children in this group, age group losing their lives to drowning each year. And whereas drowning incidences can occur, silently and swiftly, often as little as 20 to 60 seconds, and as little as two inches of water, among infants under one year old, one year's old, two thirds of all drownings occur in bathtubs. And whereas for every child who dies from drowning, another seven receive emergency department care for non-fatal submersion injuries, which can result in long-term disabilities. And whereas the themes of this year's water safety campaign always watch the water and never swim alone gives in-depth information that will be provided by staff on what Orange County residents can do to prevent drowning. And whereas the initiative set forth in the ABCs of Water Safety Program will increase public awareness regarding proper procedures to prevent this needless tragedy. And the Orange County Fire Authority will be taking this opportunity to increase public awareness about drowning prevention through a robust community outreach campaign. Now, therefore, the City Council of the City of Tuston, California does hereby proclaim its participation in the always watch the water and never swim alone 20-25 campaigns. Commencing in May and continuing through August, the City Council urges all families, parents, residents, schools, recreational facilities, businesses, and homeowner associations to become proactive partners and preparedness by enhancing their knowledge of water safety measures and drowning prevention strategies. Thank you, Council Member. Chief. Mr. Mayor and Council and City staff, a few more comments to this effect. The basics of drowning prevention can be emphasized by the review of the ABCs of water safety. These can truly make a difference in the safety of the children in our communities. First, a, active adult supervision, designating a water watch. Or this is an individual that's designated with clear expectations that's there responsible for watching our pools or other water areas. Be barriers, installing and maintaining fences and gates around pools and spots to eliminate the potential for these emergencies to occur in the first place. And see classes. Everybody should know how to swim and adults should know how to do CPR. OCFA wants to remind everyone to never swim alone. Thank you. Have a safe and happy summer. Thanks, Chief. And we have some proclamations. I just wanted to say, I don't know, having five young children myself, you know, I'd learn early on that drowning is a silent event, right? And a lot of times in movies we see arms flying about people yelling, I need help, I need help. But drowning often occurs underwater. under water and so if you're not watching the water somebody could be drowning and you would never hear that So thank you so much. We have some proclamations down here. Take some pictures trying often occurs underwater. And so if you're not watching the water, somebody could be drowning and you would never hear that. So thank you so much. We have some proclamations down here. Take some pictures with you. I'm going to move it around. We get it. Yeah. I'm so happy to have you here. Thank you. One, two, three. One, two, three. One, two, three. That's one. One, two, three. That's the best. Just a little down there. I can have a lot of that. No, no, there's no. Sorry. Okay. Thank you. I'm sorry. Thank you. Thank you, again, Chief. Next we have our public input portion of the agenda. At this time, any member of the public may address the council on matters which are not on this evening's agenda provided the matters within the subject matter jurisdiction of the city council. If any members of the public who are participating through Zoom wish to address the council please raise your hand and if you're calling in please press star nine to raise your hand. Madam City clerk and your request to speak. No, Mr. Mayor. Anybody in person? Okay. Moving on to the closed session report, Mr. City Attorney. With all council members present, the City Council unanimously approved a motion to table claim 25-18 by the Center for Toxology and Environmental Health and other than that there's no reportable action. Thank you. We will move on to the consent calendar which is items 1 through 12 this evening. All matters listed under the consent calendar are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion without discussion. Public input for the consent calendar items. If any members of the public wish to address the council, please submit a request to speak for them if you have not already. If any members of the public are participating through Zoom wish to address the council and items 1 through 12, please raise your hand. Madam City clerk, any request to speak on the consent count riders. No, Mr. Mayor. Okay, anybody in the room? All right. I'm noting for the record that the council received eight written comments over the last few days for item number 11, which has been those comments have been distributed to the council and made available to the public on the city's website. I have requests to poll item number five and item number 11. Do we have any other request to poll items? Number seven. Seven. Okay. Five, seven, 11, any others? Okay, do you have a motion to approve the balance? Second. Motion in a second. Madam City Clerk, roll call please. Council member Feet. Aye. Council member Chanel. Aye. Council member Gallagher. Aye. Mayor Puritan Mnielsen. Yes. Mayor Lombard. Aye. Motion passed. Thank you. All right. Item number five was pulled by Council member Schnell which is approved the engineering report for the test and landscape in lighting district instead of public hearing to consider levying fiscal year 2025-26 assessments Council member Schnell. Yes I have to recuse myself since I have a real property interest in the laying district. Okay. I can step out. I will move staff recommendation. Do I have a second? Second. Madam City Clerk, roll call please. Council Member Pink. Aye. Council Member Gallagher. Aye. Mayor Pertene Oston. Yes. Mayor Lumberd. Aye. Motion passes. Thank you. Okay. Go on again, Mr. Monson. Can we stand up? Okay. All right. Moving along here, we have item number seven, hold by Councillor Rufink, which is the second amendment to the waste disposal agreement with the County of Orange. Councillor Rufink. Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to just report to the council and to the public that's listening in on this. I also serve on the Orange County Waste Management Commission. And this has come up in the commission. And there was a huge turnout of the last Waste Management Commission meeting about the ongoing tipping fees and the extension of this agreement. So I just want one of the public to know that the cities are all working on this to try to make sure that the trash fees are not too high but to keep those reasonable and work with the county on that. So I wanted to let the council know that there is action on this for a long term one that's anticipated next year and I know that the staff is working on this but if there's any messages that anyone wants to pick back just to let me know. So I just wanted to point that out. And with that, I'll move to staff recommendation. Thank you, and all second. Madam City Clerk, roll call please. Council Member Fink. Council Member Schnell. Aye. Council Member Gallinger. Aye. Mayor Perter, Mielsen. Yes. Mayor Lumber. Aye. Motion passes 5-0. Thank you. The next and last poll item is item number 11, poll by Mayor Protell Mielsen, and it is consideration to rename the city of Test and Corporate Yard to the Loubone Test and Corporate Yard. Mayor Protell. Thank you, poll by Mayor Pro Temnielson, and it is consideration to rename the City of Test and Corporate Yard to the Loubone Test and Corporate Yard. Mayor Pro Temn. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I just wanted to say that this is a very well-deserved recognition for Mayor Loubone. I knew Mayor Loubone fairly well. He lived in my neighborhood, and he started on the City Council in the year 2000, served through 2008, was a two-time mayor, but he was the one that really motivated the city of Tustin to get into more regional leadership in order to push Tustin's points of view on things and had several successes in that. He was a big mover as far as some of the initial planning for the legacy. A lot of what you see out there is due to him and his input. He was also very big on public works. You want to make sure that the streets and the sidewalks and everything look pristine, that we didn't have potholes. You know, that kind of stuff. He was very, very supportive of our police officers and our police department. He loved testing. He really did. And for those of you, those of the folks that knew him, he was very direct. And some people didn't like that, but you always knew where you stood with Lou. So unfortunately, you passed away, but fortunately, we have a way to honor him by naming the corporate yard after him, the mayor Loubone corporate yard, or some of his friends like to call it the bone yard. So with that, I would definitely like to move this item. Well, second. Madam City Clerk, we'll call please. Mr. Mayor, I've got some questions because I had some concerns about this item. And there's three specific concerns that I had that I wanted to raise and see if we can get some clarity. One is, I heard about this fundraising effort, and then I saw on the TCF website that there was a fundraising effort that would include renaming the yard after lieu, and that was nothing that the council had adopted. And I'm a little concerned about the communication going from the city to the Test and Community Foundation that this was something that was going to happen. And that didn't seem to be any contingency in there. The second issue, I'm a little wary of, you know, the city doesn't have a lot of assets and a lot of resources. So a little wary of naming a lot of places after people who have, you know, even people who have served. And I thought of, you know, Chuck Puckett, who served 12 years on the council and 12 years on the planning commission, and I saw that he commented in. And so I was concerned about that, but I appreciated Mayor Pro Tem's comments. I was actually swayed on this point by, actually Aaron Neilson's comments and talked about Lou Bones' longer history. I didn't really know Lou Bones personally. So I could only go off of what was there and what was presented, but her longer comments about his deeper history as a volunteer even proceeding is time on the council. So I do appreciate that. And so that sort of swages me, assuages my concerns about naming places after, because lots of us are going to serve up here. And so I'm assuaged by the fact that he's done a lot. So I appreciate the comments from the community. And the third point that she actually raised that I'm concerned about is that, and this is a great thing, that excess funds over and above what it's going to take to do the naming, it's going to go to other efforts to the Test and Community Foundation, which is great. But I just want to make sure that the, I guess we can always name it after him, but the cost is gonna be fully raised. And I just want it to make sure that, in the process, there's a fundraising effort on that. Yeah, well, there is, as you mentioned, a fundraising effort to private money will be paying for this. So this will not be tax payer money. This was a ground swell situation of citizens in Tustin that appreciated what Lou did and took on the task to try and honor Lou. And you know, there are council members and there are council members. Lou Bohn was one of the most influential council members, probably in the last quarter century. So the fact that we're naming, you know, Corporate Art Aftrom is a very, very apropos, you know. He is a standout, always has, always will be. And I think it's extremely appropriate that we do this. And the fact that it's being privately funded is just another thing that kind of exemplifies lose situation looking after tax dollars even if he isn't here anymore. So I think it's very appropriate. Yeah, just a process. And what I brought this item to the agenda met with private community members who suggested that it would be zero cost to the city, but they would fund raise raise and I thought that that was a good idea. So we're taking the formal action tonight, but Appreciate your concerns Madam city clerk roll call please. I think we have a motion in a second already right Council member fink. All right. Council member Chanel. Hi council member Gallagher. Hi mayor Perreter Mielsen. Yes, may Lumber. Motion passes 5-0. Thank you. Next we will move to our public hearing items. We have two tonight. Item number 13 and 14. Item 13 is the Family Forward Inc. Request for approval of an 8-unit affordable housing project which is designed review 2025-105. It's going to open the public hearing and And then we have a presentation tonight by Assistant Planner Jose Harra. Is this on? Nope. Good evening mayor and City Council members. My name is Jose Haras, a disciplinary with the community development department. And tonight I'll be presenting the design review application for families forward, a affordable housing development located at 1852 San Juan Street. The applicant, Family Forward, Incorporated is requesting approval to construct a new three-story building with eight rental units, affordable to lower income families. They're also requesting four waivers and two concessions under state density bonus law to help accommodate the site layout and building design. So a little background on families forward. It is a nonprofit organization that provides housing for housing and support services including programs focused on health and life skills. In November of last year, the City Council awarded a $2 million grant from the inclusionary housing fee fund to support this project before you tonight. So again on the right, that's where the site is located and located in red there 1852 San Juan Street has a General Plan designation of high density residential and The current zoning is suburban residential otherwise known as R4 some of the nearby uses include the middle school to the north and and single family residential homes to the north as well to the left there and then a church to the west and it's parking lot the church parking lot to the south and also to the adjacent to the east is additional single family homes. So the proposed building features a contemporary Spanish architecture. It includes amenities such as a shared luxury room, outdoor courtyard and common room. So to the left, that's the kind of site layout of where the building. The building is located towards the rear of the lot to maximize street facing space for parking and access, which you see for vehicles. It's that green arrow there and to the left is the yellow arrow is for pedestrians. It does include eight surface parking spaces at the front with direct access from San Juan Street. The layout also includes a dedicated trash enclosure bicycle parking and landscape buffers along the perimeter. So under the density bonus law affordable housing projects may request relief from certain development standards when strict compliance would make the project either economically or physically infeasible. This relief is categorized either as waivers or concessions. In this case for this project, the project includes four waivers. The first is to exceed the 50% paving limit in the front air setback, which the applicant is proposing 69% of heart scape to accommodate the trash and closures and parking. The second waiver is to reduce the required driveway queuing depth from 20 feet to 5 feet. The third waiver reduces the required parking. The second waiver is to reduce the required driveway queuing depth from 20 feet to 5 feet. The third waiver reduces the required parking from 18 spaces to 8. All proposed spaces will be uncovered where the code would normally require the 16 of those spaces to be covered. The final waiver is to reduce the rear yard setback from 25 feet to 5 feet to allow the building to be pushed back creating space for parking and circulation at the front of a lot. In addition, the applicant is requesting two concessions. The first is to allow building height of 40 feet and three stories where the code would limit buildings to 35 feet and two stories. The second is to permit overhead utility lines in lieu of undergrounding due to physical site limitations and cost considerations. The Planning Commission reviewed the project on March 25th and adopted resolution number 4522, recommending approval. And staff is recommending that the City Council adopt resolution number 25-28 to approve the design review and associated then city bonuses request. So this concludes staff's presentation, the applicant, Niche Star, Mohandra. Chief Program Officer with Families Forward has prepared a presentation for you all, and I'm also happy to answer any questions. Thank you, Jose. Do we have questions for staff before we let the applicant come up and present? I just have one, just on that report. Thank you, Mayor. This one through planning, oh, never mind. I don't know what day today is, thank you. I have no problem. All right, thank you, as I presentation. A very good evening, Mayor Protem and Council members. My name is Nishita Mahindra, like Jose mentioned. I get to serve as the Chief Program Officer at Families Forward. I'm also joined here this evening by our amazing CEO, Made of the community of the community of the community of the community of the community of the community of the community of the community of the community of the community of the community of the community of the community of the community of the community of the community of the community of the community of the community of the community of the community of the community of the community of the community of the community of the community of the is founded in preventing an ending family homelessness in Orange County and although we're not new to the city of Tustin, in 2024 we served 180 Tustin families which comprised of 678 Tustin residents. We serve the city of Tustin with multiple services, a capturing some of them and highlighting how we show up in this community is by offering case management services, helping people navigate what social services look like in the organization, in the community, housing navigation, how do you approach a landlord? How is it that you work with if you have a vision on your record? What does that negotiation look like so that you can get permanently housed? And working on mental health counseling, also often career coaching. Income becomes an economics, become a huge factor of why families sometimes cannot access housing in our community. So how is it that we can help you get rightly employed if you're under employed? If you don't have employment, help you build a resume so that you can get employed while you're being housed. Basic needs like food insecurity do get addressed. We have a recently redone community market, which is our food pantry located in our program center that Thustin residents continue to access. Although it's a little bit of a drive, but our ability to be present in the city of Tastin-Malala was to also offer more basic means. At all times, our focus is about increasing savings for our families. We have a tremendous success rate in our affordable housing projects. There are about 135 units spread across Orange County where we serve residents. Our average length of stay in our permanent affordable housing has been about three years and seven months. That's 50% of what the national average is. And some other important factors to mention on there is our success rate with increasing income. 51% of our families have been successful with that. To give you a snapshot of what we are known for and do in the community, our most recent project was in city of Costa Mesa. We lovingly call it the bungalows. It really was a surfer's hideout if you may. We went in and the image that you see before you was the before and after of the product that we finished and really believe in offering the dignity of living to the families as we serve them. Creating community spaces is very important for us. Those are the opportunities that our team can meet with the families on site and work on all of financial planning, budgeting, helping people access transportation needs, what does childcare look like, and work on other important life skills. I know Jose mentioned rightfully in his presentation some other amenities that we're going to be offering at the project which is going to be located in Dustin. We did win an award in 2023 for our project in Costa Mesa. And let's hope that success continues. Before you are some updated renderings, the staff at the city has shared with you a couple of the renderings and we wanted to make sure that you have an image of what this final outlook of the property is going to look like. It's a three-story walk-up unit. We've been so lucky to get the support at the city with your staff, our conversations with the Planning Commission and And on 30th of August, we submitted our SB 330 preliminary application, the state bill 330. The staff did an amazing turn around and got back to us within 30 days. And on 22nd of January of 2024 is when we, 2025 is when we submitted our final application. We're currently going through our conditions of approval conversations with the staff and I'm really hopeful that we can get the process going faster than anticipated. Another view of the site plan, I just wanted to point out how mindful we were and when we designed it in pulling up the parking up front so we don't block the view of our neighbors right next door Along with doing some deep landscaping surrounding our building So there's never an opportunity for why someone can peek in and out of either of the buildings on the sides I would be remiss if I didn't thank you all For the financial support that you offered towards the project We're also fortunate leverage funding for construction support from Cal Optima of $2.5 million, along with $750,000 that the board at Family Sparward is going to be putting towards the project. And then some amazing pro bono support that we get in the community through KTGY, developers Edge, Petra and our preferred preferred GC on the project is Gaskell. Those are our contact information, and thank you very much for the opportunity to be able to present to you this evening. Thank you very much for the presentation. Are there questions for the applicant before we open the public? Yes, Mr. Mayor. Just a quick one. Yep. So, just wanted to kind of talk to you a little bit about or ask a little bit about your outreach to the church next door. Obviously they have a sizable parking lot and things of that sort. Have you been having good response from them as kind of a good give and take I hope? Definitely good give and take even as we were coming in to go into escrow for the property it was important for us to engage with immediate neighbours and not just the church to our vest but even the sickle more homes to the east. We actually met with their HOA board about two weeks ago and had a really good interaction on that we're going to be new neighbours what does it look like? So it's been preliminary conversations and we know that the church would be responsive to if need came up. Okay, then the other quick question is do you do any sort of collaboration with families together because it seems like they would provide a medical portion of that for maybe support services for your families. We absolutely do. And thank you for mentioning that there are other partners in the community that we also engage with. There's Families Promise, which is actually right around the block, is the Transitional Housing Program. And Families Together OC is an organization that we do partner with. We bring in some other community experts too. We work with banks who offer some financial literacy classes on site. There is the hurt clinic that we also engage with for any medical needs. So it's all part of the package that we hope to continue engaging with our families. Great. Thank you. Thank you. Well, first I do have a question, but I did want to thank you for the presentation and all the background and I'm very impressed with the 80% graduation rate. That's exactly what these types of programs should be doing. So thank you for all the hard work you're doing in addressing affordable housing. My question was how do you identify candidates to be able to enter this housing program at this location and in particular is there any preference to being a TUSDAN resident? It is a preference that is offered for TUSDAN residents for this project and using fair housing laws the outreach is unified, it's far invite. We work with different community partners in the city of TUSDAN and the opportunity is made available and it's time for us applications come in. to to give you an idea, Councillor Memberg-Galgierre, for a Costa Mesa project, the day that we posted the opportunity, we received 220 applications in 24 hours. So it's never been a dirt of the number of applicants. It's usually been a challenge of that we can't build fast enough and fill fast enough. Yeah. Okay. And is one of those partners orange County Rescumation? In the- That you work with as far as- Yes, we do. The emergency sheltering is an important piece of the puzzle for us. And we actually do offer tenant education classes on site at OC Rescumation. Thank you. Thank you. Councilor Fink. Thank you. questions and the first is free and the second might be for staff but I'll ask and see what comes. But just in terms of the model, these are rental units. So am I right that families forward will own the building and continue to collect the rent and I assume that there's some of this is loan and mortgage payments but some of this is revenue for your ongoing programs. Is that the model how it ends up working? Ideally, yes. Cash flow pending itself out. There's a huge risk that the board continues to take. These projects are deeply subsidized. Don't add up to that number that we would like for it to. Rent collection is not the priority that we focus on. Our graduation rates, increasing saving, reducing debt, increasing employment are the performance measures that we'd like to believe we evaluate ourselves on. And I appreciate that. I'm on the board of Family Promise Orange County. Oh, thank you. And so, but you're part of the, you're in the next step of the model in bringing families out of homelessness because now they graduate from a shelter or situation to their paying grant, they're paying for their own responsibility. So it's a virtuous circle. My second question, and I'll pose it to you, but staff my intervene, which is what are the next steps for the council if we approve this tonight before you start actually building and construction? Just need them. Did intercept as I kind of expected. Thank you, Council Member Fing. Yes, so from the approval after tonight, then the applicant would need to submit the construction drawings and go through plan checks. And once the plan check has been approved, they can move forward with construction. There's nothing more for us for the council. Okay. Thank you. Maybe a ribbon cutting or job hopefully. Absolutely. There have been cutting. Council Member Snow. Thank you for your presentation. I really appreciate what you're doing to help families in Tustin. Kind of following up on what a council member thinks said. So when do you expect to start housing families in this facility? Thank you for that question and thank you just enough for filling in on the next steps. Everything goes to plan. We break ground and do demo work. You know, as the staff mentioned, there's existing buildings on there this summer. Our GC has anticipated at least 12 weeks worth of construction time. And so we're anticipating early 2026 is when we should be able to start moving families in. If all goes to plan, and we have enough supplies, and we have enough raw material to get the construction going. Okay, and then how is this actually marketed, advertised to make sure that the families need know that this is an option that's available to them? Councilmember Chanel, I stand corrected. I said 12 weeks. I hope casco is listening or not. It's actually 42 weeks is what is anticipated in the construction time. Hey, you're not in the room. But going to your question on, it's a diligent process in which we posted widely using the County of Orange outreach. So we work with family solutions collaborative, which is the collaborative, the largest of its kind, and orange county to spread the word across different providers. There are 35 member organizations in it. We work with the cities where we're located, posting it locally in newspapers for a stipulated time, along with the intake that we see at our community market as families are accessing food and other basic needs with us. Perfect. And I had the honor and the opportunity to actually do a tour with your CEO, Maddie. Very impressed by your corporate location, amplifying what council member Gallagher said about these are the types of programs where you're kind of a whole-of-care approach, where you're training people and the intent is not for them to stay forever, but to upskill themselves and to be able to stand on their own two feet and get their own housing. really also was very impressed and Maddie mentioned this to me, the Savings Match program, where the savings that the residents actually put into an account is matched by you to help them purchase their first home. So again, very impressive program, very happy that you'll be servicing an extra eight family, so 188 families, hopefully, in 42 weeks, not 12 weeks. Thank you. That's right. And I'm glad this is being recorded. I'm going to use that pitch. But we are so lucky that we get to do this work. And I'm so glad that you got to tour our site. I would really like to extend that to all of you when you get an opportunity and find yourself around Irvine. We, our community market is as dignified an experience of shopping for groceries, except that you don't have to pay at the end of your shopping. So thank you for making the time for being there. Thank you very much. So this is a public in public hearing items. We need to take public input. So thank you. We might circle back and we'll see. Thank you. Public input. If any members of the public wish to address the council, please submit a request to speak for and if you're participating through Zoom, please raise your hand. Madam City Clerk, can you request to speak? No, Mr. Mayor. Okay, I want to note for the record that the council received two written comments which have been distributed to the council and made available to the public on the City website. Anybody in the room wish to speak? If you wish to speak, come on up. you can fill out a speaker request for but you can give your comments first. Good evening, Mayor Lombard, City Councilman and City staff. I apologize. I didn't realize that you start at six. We thought you started at seven so this is why I came in late. most most of you know, our Tustin Area Historical Society Museum is in the heart of Old Town on El Camino Real just north of Main Street. To maintain our museum for our visitors' enjoyment and to continue to provide the Tustin community with our historical research and programs, we depend on on We depend on membership, donations and fundraising. This year we are very pleased to partner with the City of Tusson again for Tusson's historic preservation week that begins this coming Monday, May 12th through Monday, May 19th, which will include a variety of informative venues through the week, as well as a walking tour of Old Town, a cemetery tour, and we have a special event planned that weekend. For our historical society's largest fundraiser this year, we will be presenting a unique living history garden party on the evening of Saturday, May 17 from from 5.30 to 8 p.m. on the front lawn of the Sherman Stevens Mansion, also known as Steven Square, located on Maine and B Street in Old Town. Time travelers, Sherman and Martha Stevens will entertain us with their enchanting stories about their home and live here in the late 1800s early 1900s there will be live music delicious food and drink and exciting live auction along with an opportunity to receive other wonderful prizes and a very special take home gift for each attendee. Tickets are $75 and are available for purchase at our website or by contacting the museum at 7-1-7-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 So purchase your tickets now. Our Garden Party is just one week from this Saturday. Thank you for your time. Thank you. May I lease a couple of flyers at the point? You can leave it with staff, Yelou. Thank you and I'll go after. Thank you. So just to clarify, at this portion of the meeting, we're taking public comments on item number 13, and I wanted to let direction go, because it's an important thing. No worries. But just if anybody else wants to speak on item number 13, now is your opportunity to come for. Go other requests to speak on item number 13. No? Okay, I'm gonna close the public input portion of this item, bring it back to the council for questions, comments or discussions. Any further discussion? Kind of jump through a lot of that with the presentation. I'll move it. I have a motion. I'm going to second. Motion and a second. Further discussion? Anaconda Cleverell call please. Council Member Feet. Aye. Council Member Schnell. Aye. Council Member Gallagher. Aye. Mayor Persona Nielsen. Yes. Mayor Limburg. Aye. Motion passes. Byte here. Congratulations. We'll see you in 12 weeks. Item number 14, which is our second public hearing item, is assembly bill 2561 compliance. I'm going to open the public hearing and hand it over to Derek Yasuda, our director of human resources for presentation. And if you want to leave, shuffle out, but give Derek some respect while he presents. I will not. All right. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Mayor of Pro-10, members of the Council. I'm here to present the city's first annual presentation on Assembly Bill 2561. So in short, this is a new law that was passed signed by the Governor last September. The legislature, the intent behind this is child vacancies have been declared to be a problem statewide. And so this is an effort to highlight that at public agencies. So effective this January, each public agency is required to annually report on the status of their vacancies as well as their recruitment and retention efforts during a public hearing. If the vacancy rate of any group is 20% or higher, additional information must be provided upon request of any bargaining unit and any employee bargaining unit does have the right to make their own presentation if they wish. Before you are as a summary of our representative employee bargaining units and unrepresident employee groups, the vacancy rates by group, I won't read them all out loud. But there is a range, but the good news is none of them exceed 20%. Overall, the city's vacancy rate is about 9%. And these are all positions that we are actively one phase or another recruiting for so they will, you know, they will be filled. Another snapshot just looking at a by department, again, there's a range but nothing in a, you know, very high range. Recruitment and retention efforts, It's a multi-pronged approach. The city is not unique in that it's difficult to recruit and retain employees. So we do with the council's blessing, with the city manager's input, with employees input. We do a lot of different things from negotiating new contracts to more soft things, like employee recognition events. There's a whole wide range of things that we do actively take a look at to try to improve our recruitment of attention. There's a whole list here. It was detailed in the report, but if interest of time, I'm not going to read them all. And that concludes my presentation. Are there any questions? Thank you, Derek. Yeah, do we have questions for staff? Councillor Gallagher and then Councillor Finghalla. Just a quick comment. I'm not sure why the state did this. It just seems like if all the things they could be fixing, they're adding more to our plate. I see no value in this and so I would encourage staff to do the bare minimum going forward, be compliant with the law, but we have so many more important things to do with our precious tax pair money than To make more work for everyone. So that would be my comment Council member think Convenient because I was gonna thank his As I understand at the purpose of this bill is The legislation is to sort of encourage cities that might be using vacancy control as budget management efforts and sort of shame cities if you will into hiring where there's large amounts of vacancies. But I want to ask this because I think it's important. We're not doing that, aren't we? We're trying actively trying to hire, right? We're trying to hire all 30 vacancies that we have and if you were out there and wanted to apply where could you find these job opportunities that we're desperately trying to find among other places yes and thank you for figuring out how to do this it is a weird requirement but it's we're not doing it because we're trying to hire everybody but there's other places in the in the state that are not hiring. Mayor Pro Tem and then Councilmember Snoltz. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. So is the state reimbursing us for the staff time for this particular project? Mayor Pro Tem. Unfortunately, they are not. Okay, I just wanted to clarify that. So again, the state foisting things on cities and going along with Councilmember Gallagher on this. What a flipping waste of time anyway. But that seems to be the state legislatures' role in life these days. Anyway, that's my two cents. Thanks. Councillor Schell. A quick question. I don't know if you've benchmarked, but are 9% vacancy rate at this city had a benchmark against the other 18 or 20 cities that we kind of take a look at? I don't have all the data because to be honest, this is a new requirement that everyone I think we're kind of out of the curve to do this. The ones I've seen were within on the low end, so there are cities with higher rates. I'd say nine is pretty pretty good. It is. Okay, and then I did notice that the HR department which I think you lead correct Zero percent vacancy rates. The great department to work for. No one wants to leave. I don't know if you were trying to just you know Just saying but I guess well done zero percent vacancy. So. Okay. Thanks. Thank you. This actually is a public hearing. So we're going to take it public input. Thank you, Derek. If any members of the public wish to address the council, please submit a request to speak for them. And if you're participating through Zoom, please raise your hand. Madam City Clerk, may I request to speak? No, Mr. Mayor. Anybody in the room? All right. Those public input, those of public hearing. Do the council have any other questions, comments, discussion? No vote is required, this is received in file. So without discussion, we will move on. Thank you. We will move on to other business. Mr. City Manager, do you have a report tonight? I do. Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to take this time to welcome our new Deputy Director of Economic Development, Valentin Flores. He's with us here tonight. Val, if you can raise your hand. Val brings a tremendous amount of experience spanning a career of entrepreneurship and economic development. He began as a co-founder for an art gallery after Lancia and then went on to Lancia's own marketing firm. And then also went on to co-own and operate two different restaurants. This hands-on small business background, led him to municipal government, where he's dedicated himself to supporting local businesses and fostering economic development growth. We're thrilled to have Val on board and look forward to his expertise and energy that he's gonna bring to our community. It's a conclusion. Thank you. Mr. City Attorney, do you have a report? I have no further report. Thank you. Council for reports. Council Member Fink. Thank you, Mayor. Yes. Just a few things. I was happy to attend with most of you. The Easter egg hunt and pancake breakfast at the Tusson Sports Park on April 19th. Appreciation to everybody who planned that massive event. We were my daughters in the small egg hunt area. So it was not part of the massive undoing there, so it was a little easier. But I appreciate that. I had the chance to sort of get a more formal tour of the Test and Branch library here. And there's services that I want to make sure the public knows about. There's ways of converting conventional media, whether it's VHS tapes or photographs into digital media. So we've got a very unique service there. There's a library of things. So all sorts of items that you can borrow from the library, including I think power tools, popcorn makers, things like that. So there's books and digital media as well, of course, but the library has a lot more. I'm also on the Library Advisory Board and on the Executive Committee. And we met the following day April 24th. I was as a vice chair. I was chair in the meeting because the chair was out of town, but I can report back that the library's county library financial condition is in good shape. The irony of the Irvine city leaving the county library system has worked out well because they're leaving half of the revenue with the county system. So while we're losing overall revenue on the county basis, the costs are even lower. So it's going to allow for expanding services. The test in Branch Library will be the largest in the system. And so we expect more services and more people to be coming here to test them. I was happy to attend the the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of It's a really important thing, so I was happy to be there. And then Delta Delta Sigma in concert with Coddy Petri Norris' office and Aldersgate Church had a dental clinic on the 26th where they have a mobile unit that comes out. It was a great event, offers mobile dental services. These are all volunteers from UCI students. And one of the things I'll bring it up with the city staff but they have this big mobile truck that they move around and it's parked in Chino Hills right now and they're looking for a place that's closer to serve Orange County and they just need a gated space. So I'm wondering if we have space somewhere in the city that they might be able to use to store that truck and allow us to get more services. Two places like the Family Forward Project and the Family Promise as well as our shelter. There's a new art gallery and to our new Deputy Director, we have a new art gallery and test and various small fires over on Prospect Avenue. They had their opening on April 26th, I was able to attend that for a short amount of time. Should be a great addition to our community. I wasn't able to get, I was supposed to go to the Anaheim State of the city, but I wasn't able to get there because of work obligations, but my wife was able to go and report it back. That's a great event. I'd like to see us. They raised a lot of money for the Anaheim Community Foundation. I was there last year. And I know we've had that in the past in concert with the chamber. And I'm hoping that we could bring that back and Mayor give you a chance to speak about all that in a big setting. Also was able to get to Viva Tustin over at Frontier Park on May 2nd, on last Friday. That was great. Huge turnout. Lots of community services. So thanks again to our park staff for putting that out, putting on that event. Really is a great event and Frontier Park is a great resource to the city. Supervisor Sarmiento was there and he noted something that we don't take a lot of note of but around you know, Synchro Demile which you know the event has a connection to but really Latino heritage is that 40% of Toscan is Latino. It's one of the larger that's higher than the Orange County average. So I'm really bringing in our Latino community. Just going forward, this is AAPI Heritage Month. So I wanted to recognize two of my favorite people who are of AAPI Heritage, my wife Courtney and my daughter Jamie. And so just note that for neighbors. And encourage everybody, I'll be there at the community input session for the test and legacy on the 13th, as well as the end out at the, don't go to the table at the sunset markets that are starting up before our next council meeting on the 15th. And then note, I just got this that the, I guess they're calling it the groundbreaking, but the whatever event for opening up the new building here in Tustin for the Western State College of Law Law School on Red Hill Avenue, just south of Edendshire is gonna be May 22nd. So Tustin is gonna be one of less than 175 or so cities with a ABA law school. So, it's a big deal. Thank you. Councillor Moher's cell. Thank you, Mayor. Appreciate it. Val, welcome. Look forward to getting to know you a little bit better. We've got a great staff here. We run very fast. A lot of exciting things happening in the city of Tusson. So again, I'm really happy to have you on board to help support. We're trying to accomplish here in the city. On May 6th today, I actually served my first meeting on the OEC Cemetery District. I was fortunate enough to be appointed by Supervisor Wagner as a trustee. In the OEC Cemetery District, I actually overseas three Cemetery, Santa Ana, Anaheim and El Toro and then the newest, the newest cemetery that's going to be built which will also be a veteran cemetery is the Egyptian, a gypsum cany, memorial park, it'll be about 260 acres. I was able to actually do a tour of that with the director. Very impressive, a beautiful place, a beautiful resting place for public citizens, but also for the men and women that have served in the military. It's very close to my heart, my father passed away and obviously is a retired Brigadier General. So very honored to try to bring this project to fruition and again, give a beautiful resting place for our service service members and that concludes my report. Thank you. Tell us about our gallery. All right, two quick items. One thing Chad, for the work he did at your team at the Easter egg event, there was a ton of people there and it was very well run. Just appreciate all the community partners, saw a lot of churches out there and everyone had a good time. So thanks for making that run smoothly, and my kids got excited about getting locked up at the fake police jail. It was an interesting choice of an activity for kids, but with that a good time. And then thanks to public works for Moffat Road opening, so that occurred May 5th. I think that's what people will now recognize May 5th 4th is the opening for Muffler. Word on the street. But yeah, we're really excited. It looks great out there too. Instead of that chain link fence all gated up, it provides the opportunity to help people get to school, kids get to school safely, but also just looks a lot better. So the aesthetics are fantastic as well. So thanks for getting that done quickly. even though there's some fence left, but it's coming. All right, that's it. Thank you, Mayor Pro Temnielson. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Just a few things. Well, as with most everybody else, I attended the Easter Egg Hunt and was a volunteer at the games there. And it was interesting. We had our little welcome to the Easter Egg and they went. And if you've ever seen the 30-yard dash with 5,000 toddlers, you should go and see this event because it was great. I don't think there were much throwing elbows and stuff like that. But anyway, it was a lot of fun. But attended, it did games. It was long lines and a few hours, but it was a lot of fun to see the kids. Kids got a big kick out of it, so it was a good deal. April 24th, I had a great meeting with OCFA Chief Fennacy discussing fire safety and another hat that I wear and my regular job in discussing school fire safety as well. So it was a very good meeting. It's good meeting him and having some time to actually talk with him. So it was great. And you know he's probably one of the pillars of our county and since the 60 minutes article he's getting lots of fan mail. That's right here so that's all good. August 30th attended the Citizens Academy session on real property and mostly about touch and legacy. And Brian and Ryan did a great job in their presentations. I must say very professional, you know, with a lot of folks asking some very, very technical questions, which I was very proud to see of the students there for the Citizens Academy. So it was a lot of fun, very well done. And I wanna thank Erica and Carrie for all of their work in putting the meals and getting everything coordinated. So thanks very much for that. May 1st, met with our new police chief, chief to lease. It was a good meeting. Talked a lot about different things and his experience. My experience being, I guess, the old guy now on the council. So it was a good meeting him and good to see him here this evening. So thanks, Chief, for the time, appreciate it. May 2nd also attended Viva Tustin at Frontier Park and it was great to see all the people there. I mean, considering it was an afternoon start and mostly in the afternoon, it was great to see all the families out there, having a great time and the entertainment and everything else, it was wonderful. So good job, Chad. So just some coming things that we're looking at and looking forward to the sunset market, we'll be attending the Lions booth there and be talking about that but looking forward to seeing everything else that's going on there. And on the 26th, of course, is our Memorial Day Remembrance Event. I would encourage everybody to go and that's at our Veterans Sports Park. So that's all I have for this evening, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. Thank you. I'll be brief a number of events and activities. But last week, Thursday, 5.1, I attended the Southern California Association of Governments General Assembly in Palm Desert, representing the City of Tuscany, of course, among 130 other cities that were there from the Southern California region. The main topics of the conference, the two day conference I just trope in and out of Thursday, but was mobility and regional transportation with the pending Super Bowl World Cup and Olympic Games coming to LA and how it's going to actually impact Orange County Riverside, San Bernard County County as well. We have some Olympic events in Orange County, including surfing, I believe in San Clemente. So we'll be impacted as well. So as much as 130 governments can get anything done, they're trying to figure out how to get cars moving around the roads for those events. Okay, with that, we will adjourn tonight's meeting. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 for the closed session meeting at 4.30 PM and the regular business meeting at 6.00 PM. Thank you, have a good night. I've got to mention the World Series is coming back to Los Angeles.