I All righty we'll call this Sacramento City Council meeting to order. Please call the roll. Thank you council member Kaplan. Council member Dickinson. Vice-Morantell Monteries. Council member Pluckybaum. Council member Maipur. Mayor Pro Tem Gatta. Council member Jennings. Council member Vang. And Mayor McCarty. Here. You have more? Thank you. Vice-Morantell Monteries will you lead us in the pledge and the land acknowledgement? Yes sir. Please rise for the opening acknowledgments and honor sacrament of indigenous people and tribal lands. To the original people of this land, the Nisanan people, the southern Maidu, Vowley and Plains Meewak, Patwynn, Wintum peoples, and the people of Wilter, Rancheria. Sacramento is only federally recognized tribe. Maybe acknowledge and honor the native people who came before us and still walk beside us today on these ancestral lands by choosing to gather together today and the active practice of acknowledgement and appreciation for Sacramento's indigenous peoples history, contributions and lives. Thank you. Salute. I'm John Lee and Susan Lai of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands One Nation. Thank you. So, lit, like. I'm going to go into the life of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation, a tribe, and divisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. So, Madam City Attorney, do you have any report out from closed session? Nothing to report out for March 4th or March 11th. Thank you. Mayor, we now have a special presentation for Women's History Month and this is going to be presented by Councilmember Kathleen. Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to call up our city manager as well as our charter officials to come stand. It is important that we see our women leaders if they would come stand by our city manager. But this is not just for me, but for all of us. And if we've got our department heads, our women department heads, please come join. It is important that you all make your way down so that we can see the significance of women leaders here in the city. Because tonight we're not just honoring women leaders today in the city, but those who have broken barriers before us. Just a mere 50 years ago, women were given rights that we sometimes I think take for granted today. It wasn't till the 1970s that women could keep their jobs if they were pregnant. Women were just allowed into Ivy League schools. In the 70s, women for the first time in America could get a credit card in their own name, and women could legally report harassment in the workplace. Today, women just occupy one-fourth of the senior management positions worldwide. We still earn only $0.84 on the dollar that men earn. Black women said only 64 cents. Women hold just 27% of the legislative seats worldwide. California is leading the way. I know in the Senate we are almost at 50% and the list goes on. In the city of Sacramento's history, there have only been three women mayors. It was in 1948 that Bell Coolidge was appointed and Rudin was elected in 1983 and our own Heather Fargo was elected mayor in 2000. And 176 years, we've only had 21 council members that are women and only twice in our history have we had women majority led by ladies. And we're still working 37% of our workforce in the city are women. We have a ways to go before women are seen and treated as equal in all aspects. As the mother of two daughters, I'm going to read a poem that I want to dedicate to our leaders before us and to my daughters because it's what I hope. And it's a poem by Jay Raymond. My daughter will be dangerous. My daughters will be dangerous, something raised tall and wild, thorned and beautiful. Like honey-suckle-nourishing to some, and poisonous to others. My daughters will be dangerous, made of wit and raisin. They will not smile when told told or be made into something obeying. They will not be a delicacy for some to covet their worth. Will not be weighted in admiration but in the fullness of their hearts. My daughters will be dangerous because they know that love is not built with fear and they will know the boundaries of their own permissions. My daughters will be dangerous like brave things are. They will know that treats often come dressed as desperate men and they will learn to laugh in the face of those who believe them to be weak. You will not silence someone raised to roar. They will know the ways I have failed, the times I have fallen, and I will walk beside both of them until we learn to fly. And when each wonders who she is, I will trace their fingertips with my love. I will hold their hands in my own, and I will mine them that they both are everything. I will honor them from their scraped knees to their broken hearts. I will love them before their first breath and beyond my last. My girls will be dangerous, not because they are my daughters, because of who she is herself. I think it is more important than ever that we continue to fight for equality in the law, and equity in every facet of our life, for our daughters, our mother, our sisters, our friends. One day I dream that we won't be celebrating women for breaking barriers because each achievement by a woman is a norm and expected in society. I want that my daughters are not considered dangerous by being opinionated and strong and knowledgeable, smart and tough. I want them to be just girls who are able to be who they want to be without being seen as something other because they are women and different. And with that, I will turn it over to my female colleagues if they would like to make a statement on this women's history month before turning it over to our very first female city manager Lanny Milstein for comments. Councilmember Bang? Yes. Thank you so much, Councilwoman Kaplan, for bringing this very important resolution to the city council. I really want to take this moment to say happy history month to all of you. From breaking barriers to shaping history, present and future, women have made a lasting impact in this world. And I really just want to give a special gratitude as I'm looking out into the audience of all of the fierce women leaders in our city that are the backbone of the city that makes it happen. I really want to say thank you so much every day for your heart and hustle and for making her story every single day. And then I also want to take this moment to thank my colleague's Councilwoman Kaplan, Councilwoman Vice Mayor Talimontis, Councilmember Maple, really for making history within your own district, within your own families and blazing trails. I also just want to acknowledge all three of you for the great work that you've done as well. And then lastly, I just want to give a shout out to anyone who's watching this that there are so many women often that are not written in history books that we won't know about. That's, you know, our mothers, our aunties, our sisters, our cousins. And I really want to also just uplift them because they are the healers and the caretakers in our families. And so really also want to take this moment to thank them as well for creating a better role for our loved ones and our communities. Thank you. Thank you. City Manager? Thank you very much. Thank you Mayor Council of Councilmember Kaplan for this resolution acknowledging women's history month. I am who I am and I get to do what I do because of the women who have come before me and paved the way with their tenacity and hard work. Nevertheless, she persisted is not just a slogan. It's our reality. And it's so important to me that we honor those women who bravely paved the way for us and the women who are here today, with me here on the day is doing the great work on behalf of our larger community every day and to all of you I say thank you. Thank you. I would like, and it does bear calling out that our dear Treasurer Mr. Covell is international right now, but the rest of our charter officers and director pointies are women and we are led in this city by women. So I'd like all of you to come down here for my female colleagues come join me so we can take a picture together. We're in jail. We're in jail. Are we in or out? I mean, right? We're in white. Oh, I'm going We're in jail. Are we in or out? Right? Oh, I'm going to be right here. We're watching, watching, everything. I know, it just looks weird. I know. So awkward. Thank you. you you you So Mary, now move to the consent calendar. Are there any council members that want to make comments? I do have one read to the record. Item 1 is moving to March 18th, so that will not be no action we take on item 1 today. Councillor Mayeball. Questions and comments on item 4? Councillor Mouricapoulos. Just comment on item 3. Okay, please proceed. Thank you. Councillor Member Kaplan on item 3. I just want to say again thank you to the city and I know I've heard some questions from my community that the information is now going out as we have an exclusive right to negotiate The state does allow when surplus property is going to be used for affordable housing that that negotiations gets to happen and then we get to approve it publicly and this is the approval and I'm happy to talk about how I know this land was slated potentially for a community center. We did get the North Natomas community center, but it's not the community center some of us are looking for. But with this project in the corner, a community center that is going to be used and rented by all will be constructed as part of affordable housing for our seniors and our families most in need. So very excited to see this move forward. Thank you for staff and all you've done. Councillor Member Maple, you had comments on item 4? Thank you, Madam Speaker clerk. And just wondering is Miss Wallace in the crowd? Can't answer just a few questions. I thank you. All right. So item 4 for those. We've been talking a lot about Megan Park today, which I love. It's a wonderful amenity in District 5. And so this project, which is the Tree Nursery Project originally, was funded by a grant by then Assembly Member Jim Cooper, now our sheriff. And that was in 2021. So the original completion date was supposed to be December of 2024. Is that correct? Yes, that's correct. Okay, thank you. And then, so I see now with this amendment, we'd be moving it to December 31, 2025 of this year. Yes, moving the completion date to December of this year. Okay, great. Can you talk a little bit about, this is for the public, so I'll let you know you and I have had a lot of conversations about this, but we do get a lot of requests for questions from our constituents. Just what are some of the challenges that we're seeing in terms of the permitting process? And what are the delays essentially? Yeah. but we do get a lot of requests from our constituents. Just what are some of the challenges that we're seeing in terms of the permitting process? And what are the delays essentially? Yeah, so we lease that site to a nonprofit organization out of the Bay Area called Planting Justice. And they are ultimately the ones delivering the project. And they faced a number of capacity issues during that were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic that kind of impacted their capacity during the first few years to be able to carry this out. And then in addition to that, there was a more consulting that was needed. And so in order to get through the city's permitting process, they had to bring on some additional consultants and it took them a while to find the right partner because this is a pretty unique project. But I'm happy to say they have a really great partner consultant now who is moving the project forward. They're in their second round of building permit review for their site improvements and we expect a groundbreaking later this summer and then some of the constituents might have also seen there have been some other site improvements that we've been doing in preparation for planting justice breaking ground and that includes a new pedestrian and vehicular entryway to the site as well as a much more attractive and functional gate. So, okay, great. That's really helpful. And then in terms of, you know, obviously this has been a long time, you know, I understand all the variety of factors that went into that in COVID and the permitting process. But is there anything that we can do that I can do that the public can do to help, you know, move this so long any faster? Are we still looking at that December 31st timeline? I think just still looking at that December 31st deadline, I don't think their construction will be very long once they are able to break ground, but it will take them a little while to establish the plan. Right. So they're waiting on the permitting process. They're waiting on the permitting process and then they have to put the project out to bid for construction. It's beautiful. Okay. That's really helpful. Thank you. Those are all my questions. I have that out there in the public, because we do get a lot of questions from the community. This is such an exciting project, though. It's a great partnership between planting justice and three sisters gardens and we are hopeful. By the end of this year we can be opening the door so to speak on a project that's going to serve the community in terms of fresh fruits and vegetables and hiring of underserved folks. So thank you again. Appreciate it. Those are all my comments. Thank you. Thank you. Mayor, I have three members of the public to make public comments. First is MacWorthy on item two. Nick Adidas on item two and nor Kawasar on item three. That's good afternoon. Councilor Aradja, this is where you're going to have some problems. I problems that hang on like you when you're finished on this one. Now, all these people here on the chart, and you can't get a damn report out on the finance. You got to get rid of this woman here because she out here talking about women. We have women, only one woman, graced to me, and that's my mom, and it's other shit is for the birds. Now you had all these people standing up here, but on your chart on your agenda, you only got five people. Where did all the other folks come from. Somebody could tell them how to read a planning statement and come here and give a report on it. That many people don't hear. You can't give a report on the first quarter. This is reason that the government come in here and I'm subject to be wanting to witness and I know know who the subpoena. The federal government come, who the subpoena here. We got a attorney sitting there on there. We can't even know when you violated the child. That's the penalty. When you violate the Brown Act, that's supposed to be a felony. So what happened? Why doesn't it cover? Let's turn explain why they don't cover these people because that's how you lie and get through, but you go to quit line soon because I may be the witness on that case that the city got against Trump. I may be a witness against the city when they get here because I need to know a fellow person at the fellow government, it's not to fear to take the city to the fellow courthouse in my favor. Thank you for your comments. I'm assuming Nick Abbess is on item 6, which is 102 acres, nor CalSaur on item 3. Good evening, Mayor and Councilmem. My name is Newer Croster with the EAH housing and proud resident of District 4. EAH is grateful to you all today especially to Council member Lisa Kaplan and her amazing team in the city staff across multiple departments. For sharing a vision with me to take this first step to see if we can turn a lovely vacant parcel into a vibrant thriving apartment community for Sacramento. EAH has been doing this kind of work for nearly 60 years and we're pretty picky about our sites. We want to make sure our families and our seniors get access to the best schools, the best amenities and have opportunities for great jobs can age in place and can have access to quality health care. So we're excited to continue to work in Sacramento and look forward to seeing what's possible on the site with your partnership. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Mary, have no more speakers on the consent calendar? Okay. We have a motion on the consent. Second. Move. Second. We have motion as second. Move one item for a future date. All those in favor please say aye. Aye. Any noes or abstentions? No. Hearing none consent calendar passes. So may we move to item five on the discussion calendar. A declaration of a critical need to hire an extra help senior advisor to the mayor position. An authorization to hire or retired at new attend to that position. I do have one speaker. Good evening mayor and councilmembers. I'm a very short presentation. I came before you on February 11, 2025 asking you to waive 180 day waiting period pursuant to CalPERS requirements to hire a retired and new attend Maria Alvarez as chief of staff to the mayor. Today I'm asking you to repeal the resolutions passed on February 11th and adopt new resolutions with a corrected title of senior advisor to the mayor and a corrected rate of pay $66.86, $8.60826 per hour. That is the end of my presentations. Do you have a presentation? Do you have any questions? Thank you. You have one public comment. I have one speaker Macworthy. Some people say he speaks to everything but when you have a trial if you don you don't make up objection, you can't appeal. Be careful. I have a being in the business lower, I don't know if it was in college. I understand. But look here, why would you need another person to assist you? Now I would assist you when you was on the bills on number 36. How many people was assisting you? Was any of these people assisting you over there at the Capitol? How much money did a bigger California city's lobby for you to do this become there? Tell the pro truth here. You hide and print shit on taxpayers' dollars. That's what you're doing. These things probably going to have to speak up. Probably going to speak up because you are being pimped by here. When he came in the Sacramento, he was black. Now he needs a sister. You just hired somebody. S was on your agenda a few weeks ago. What do you want? If you can be off the other legislation, what else do you need? Look at your people, look at each other. They can't give you advice and don't charge the general public. You can't go to work, you can't take the city, no matter what upside down as it goes. Just like your previous may else have done. Thank you for your comments, Mayor. Have no more speakers. Thank you. This is a cleanup item from a month ago February 10th allow miss Alvarez to continue working for us in an adjusted position and continue the 10 years prior as the city council laid and 10 years working with us at state legislature. Councillor Member Gare. Thank you Mayor. As I mentioned before Maria Alvarez has served the city well before it and I know she will serve the city well again. With that I will go ahead and move the item that includes the repeal of the previous resolution and the needed findings and actions to continue her as a retired new. Thank you. Motion is second. No questions or further questions or comments from council members, all the payer please say aye. Aye. Any those abstentions? Seeing none, item passes. Next type. No questions or further questions or comments from council members all's a pair of please aye I any nose or abstentions Seeing none item passes next item Thank you item six is 102 acre city owned meadowview site overview and history Good evening counsel and mayor My name is Elizabeth Boyd and I'm a senior planner in our community development department. I'm joined by other colleagues tonight from Department of Utilities Community Development Office of Economic Development and others. I'll provide you an overview of the 102 acre site. How the city acquired it, what decisions city council has made regarding this site, and other information about the process to help inform tonight's discussion and future decisions. The site is located in, okay, did I jump? Okay. The site is located in district 8 between Medaview Road to the North and Consumnes River Boulevard to the South. North of the site, our public and quasi-public facilities, while east of the site is the Detroit community, including Susan B. Anthony Elementary School and Residences. The land west and south of the site is undervalued and the site does not currently have access to roadways or utilities. Morrison Creek Light Rail Station is about a half mile southeast of the site, and there are state five is about one and a half miles west of the site. In fall of 2021, Council Member Vang noticed an advertisement for the auction of the 102 acre site and brought it to the attention of then city manager Howard Chan. Together with the mayor, they brought the idea of purchasing the property to council via special meeting on September 28th, 2021. Mayor Steinberg stated that the city had an opportunity to purchase land that could assist the city in implementing the comprehensive siding plan for the prevention of homelessness, and the city could use this large amount of land for other purposes as well Council proved a resolution to allow the city manager to move forward with attempting to purchase the land The bidding process took several weeks and staff provided briefings to council during that time After the society purchased the site public work staff was tasked with figuring out if a short-term homelessness use could be feasible. Staff were looking to find an area of the site which could avoid on-site wetlands and that would be flat enough to require minimal grading. One of the first barriers to providing for a safe parking site was the lack of vehicular access. To the south as property owners were willing to provide right of entry for maintenance purposes only and at first the Department of Labor from whom we had purchased the site were reluctant to provide for access. However, eventually they provided an easement agreement which would allow for temporary access until 2027 if the city met certain conditions. As of these conditions, staff estimate the cost to build the temporary easement at $4.5 million. When the easement expired, sorry, this seems to be self-going. When the easement expired, the city would be required to turn the easement to a close to original state or abandoning the easement with no additional access. By March 22, the 102-acre site was included in the city's comprehensive siding plan to address homelessness. At the time staff were using the list on the siding plan to vet locations for siding both temporary shelters as well as permanent supportive housing. As shown on the above screenshot from the March 1st meeting, City staff estimated that it would cost at least $8 million to build a temporary safe parking use on the 102 acre site. In addition, District 8 was beginning to talk to the community about longer term uses of the site through a series of seven listening sessions. In June of 2022, City Council adopted the Local Homeless Action Plan and asked staff to return with a recommendation on how to integrate the City Only Sighting Plan with the Action Plan. A key element in the Local Homeless Action Plan was an increased focus on prevention and permanent housing. In October 2022, staff returned with another report on the comprehensive sighting plan, including recommendations on how to integrate it with the local homeless action plan. At the time, the city was providing over 1100 shelter spaces. Staff provided an overview of lessons learned, with the key being that temporary shelters, especially safe parking and safe camping shelters tend to have a higher cost to operate per space. of lessons learned with the key being that temporary shelters, especially safe parking and safe camping shelters, tend to have a higher cost to operate per space. City Council passed Resolution 2020-0328 with shifted resources towards implementation of homeless prevention and the production of more permanent affordable housing. This shift led to the discontinuation of the safe parking study at the 102 acre site. In late 2022, planning staff began working on an analysis to better understand the site. We began by reviewing the site's initial conditions and community input, followed by a market analysis to inform potential land use scenarios. These scenarios helped us to assess various factors including circulation considerations, environmental conditions, mitigation requirements, development and maintenance costs, and potential revenue streams. The initial conditions assessment revealed two key findings. The site is landlocked meaning it lacks permanent public roadway access and it has approximately 10 acres of wetland habitat presenting both challenges and opportunities for site development. We reviewed the community input from district 8s listening sessions and conducted a planning charat with key community figures and city staff to deliberate on the ideal mix of land uses for the area. Our consultants provided a baseline of potential feasible land uses based on market demand, which were used to create four illustrative concepts to understand potential costs and revenues and other development considerations. Included in all four concepts was an interim use to address temporary shelter needs after the site was graded and had vehicular and utility access. Last April in 2024, planning staff came to council to present the key findings of the analysis and discuss next steps. For each of the four land use scenarios, we made assumptions to create estimates that would provide the most information for future decision making. One of the key findings is that developing the site would be a huge cost for the city to take on without development partners. Staff presented the anticipated next steps, which would include reaching out to the community to inform them on on the findings of the analysis and allowing Council to absorb the information before staff came back with a recommendation on how to frame a solicitation process. Some of the feedback received from the Council included an interest in looking at alternatives that would include inclusive economic development, housing including affordable and permanent supportive housing, and community amenities such as natural or recreational areas. Over the summer of 2024, CDD staff engaged with the community in 10 different ways, including tabling at farmers markets, sharing with our community ambassadors, conducting a site tour with key community members engaged with Councilmember Vang's 102-acre Advisory Committee, engaging with the Prime Time Youth Program at the Penal Center and hosting an online workshop that remains open today. What we heard from the community over the last summer matched what we heard from Council last April and what was in the listening sessions in 2022. There's a strong desire for affordable and attainable housing and high-quality neighborhoods with access to amenities and natural resources. Residents would love to see equitable, economic and educational opportunities. There were concerns about costs and how we addressed the needs of the unhoused, and finally, residents wanted to be involved in the decision making as the project moved forward. In addition to engaging with the community, City staff continued to work on resolving issues that emerge through the process. A key issue has been on how to access the site. A fruitful negotiation with Delta Shores to the west resulted in a plan minor collector roadway. In exchange for relocating a one to two acre water tank facility on the city's site when the city council approved amended Delta Shores Development Agreement in September of 2024. The developers said that they expect to start building this roadway in 2028. Our biological consultant first hired as part of the opportunities and constraints analysis has been conducting surveys of the wetlands over the last several years to determine whether the site contains certain special status species. We anticipate this information will influence the cost to mitigate future development as well as determine buffer areas around the wetlands that would be considered sensitive. We expect to hear the final results of this work by the end of spring of this year. This concludes staff presentation. We hope this information will bring everyone up to speed. And I and my colleagues are here to answer any questions. I have some comments from the mayor and the council, but we do have some public commentary to proceed with first. So let's start with that. Thank you, mayor. I have 31 speakers. The first is Nick Advis, Christina Rogers, Matt King, Junior Goris, and please feel free to line up on the aisle as we do have 31 speakers. Mr. Mayor, Council, thank you for the time this evening. Nick Advis on behalf of Taylor Builders, which is the owner of the Stone Beatlin project, and which is now known as Delta Shores Village, and the recently acquired surrounding Delta Shores property around the 102 acre site. During the entitlement process for the Stone Beatlin project, which is the region's only transit priority project of any real scale, our team prioritized, community engagement, and s stirring local input that shaped the plan. The same commitment stands here. The city has taken, undertaken a considerable process to obtain feedback from the community. We have been an active participant in a number of those meetings. When determining next steps, knowing that the city is not a developer, I serious consideration of a public private partnership to align expertise and Investment with the community needs identified As a partner and when the community is ready We are invested in the city's direction and would be interested in discussing Working with the city to find a plan that can deliver on those community goals. The 102 acre site should incorporate the goals that the community has identified where financially feasible. The work has been done by the city, the council member, and the community has been significant, and that feedback should be appreciated as it was no small undertaking to obtain it. So we recognize the challenges also with the surplus lands policies and appreciate the city's considerations of solutions that align with regional goals. When the city is ready to move forward, we have a willing, you have a willing and interested partner that would like to work with you in the community to bring that project to fruition. Thank you for the time this evening. Thank you for your comments. Christine Arrogers. Good evening, City Council. I support the met of use site being built for the intended use when it was purchased. It appears the money used for the purchase has specific ideas. If the city is truly committed to serving the homeless in the South Sacramento area,, it needs to follow through with that commitment. There are citizens on the street from that community who wander neighborhoods and need help getting a way back to safe secure existence. Keep looking at viable options for helping those in need on the site. That area needs permanent supportive housing. I'm hearing the word equity being used to explain some sort of flip on this issue and that word should not be solid. When you promise to support the most vulnerable in your community and then decide the land you promised is now taken away for something else. Sounds a bit like stolen land to me. So please keep your word and use the land for what it was originally purchased and intended. Also city parks budget is cut. There's no money for maintenance of another park. And so it doesn't show any fiscal responsibility or moral fortitude to go for with a reasonable push like that. So thank you very much. Thank you for your comments, Matt King. Evening council. I firmly oppose repurposing this land for anything other than addressing the urgent need to shelter or most vulnerable. Let's say there is a clear sustainable long-term plan. If the project lacks long-term viability, the funds should be returned. Given our city's existing budget deficit and inability to adequately staff essential services, allocating resources to parks or sports stadiums is both physically irresponsible and morally indefensible. Most of our on-house stay within the boundaries of their own neighborhoods because of its familiarity with them. This isn't about putting homeless and poor areas, the fact is they're already mostly from these areas. This was purchased with arpe of money and must be used for homeless or sold. No bait and switch. Thank you for your comments. Junior Goris, Jonathan Cook. Good evening, Mr. Mayor. Members of the City Council, Madam City Clerk, Madam City Attorney, Madam City Manager and my fellow neighbours. My name is Junior Gores and I'm the president of the Delta Shores Community Association and proud resident of District 8 from South Sacramento. I'm here to emphasize the urgency of moving forward with the decision on the 102 acres development. I come nearly meeting City staff and I Thank you you to city staff, shared that guiding principles have already been developed for this project. Regardless of whether the city develops the land and just a public private partnership or sales the land, we must move forward. South Sacramento can now the fourth, but further delays in development. We need investment in housing, economic opportunities and public spaces now.. Whether, whatever decision is made, the communities guiding principles must be honored to ensure the project aligns with the needs of South Sacramento. We have spent years in discussion, now it's time to act. And also in addition, Mr. Mayor, there is a vacancy on the 102 acres advisory committee. That's appointed by you, I really hope you fill it. So thank you for your time. I look forward to seeing action taken to advance this project for our community and our cities. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Jonathan Cook, then Jesse Rees, then John Frey as Morales. Good evening. Jonathan Cook, Executive Director with the Sacramento Housing Alliance. And I am here today to urge the city to prioritize equitable growth and development at the City on 102 acre Metavue site which presents an opportunity to invest in affordable housing and to prevent homelessness For South Sacramento has long been overlooked despite being home to hardworking families small businesses and A vibrant diverse community without intentional investment deepen, pushing more families, many already won paycheck away from homelessness and to further crisis. This site represents a once in a generation opportunity to ensure that South Sacramento grows equitably through affordable housing, economic development, youth services, and community driven engagement that places the priorities that have already been engaged by the city and community groups. The city is facing an immense challenge with our homelessness crisis and just off these numbers from rising, we must take action. This site must be developed with affordable housing as the foundation alongside the investments and permanent supportive housing and job creation to build a stronger future for South Sacramento residents. Public infrastructure projects should be distributed equitably to ensure South Sacramento continues to grow and move forward. Additionally, measure NTOT funds were committed to South Sacramento and now is the time to fulfill that promise. This, met of you site, must be developed in a way that reflects in the needs and priorities of this community. And we thank City staff for their thoughtful work on this. And I urge moving forward with the project for development to ensure that this community is able to continue to grow and thrive. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank member on the 102 acres advisory committee. I am here today to highlight the time, dedication and commitment that our committee has invested in this project. And someone who deeply involved in the process, I have a work alongside fellow community members to educate, encourage, and include our neighbors in the decision making of this development. Our committee has worked to ensure that the vision of 102 acres reflect the need of South Sacramento. We are participating in community meetings, conduct outreach, and engage our care holders to bring people along in the process. The 102 acres represents the opportunity to invest in soft Sacramento future due community driven development. The time and effort put into this process must be honored through intentional and community centered approach. I ask that the council recognize the work of the city and community of the 102 acre voucher committee. It also reflects the voices of those who have dedicated their time to this project. And I want to say last but least that I was fortunate enough to be involved with the project in the Delta Shoes area, which took over 40 years to get done. I know this is going to take some time and I'm hopeful that I can see this transition. And by saying that, we stand ready to continue to work with you to bring this vision to life. Again, thanks for your time. Thank you for your comment. John Fries Morales, then Ron DeHenderson. Mayor Steinberg convened an online council meeting on September 28, 2021 at 9 p.m. in the evening because 102 acres at Menowview were not listed in the Comprehensive City Plan. The Council voted to give the city manager sufficient authority to acquire real estate for Prophoses of citing homeless services. These are Steinberg's own words. Quote, we have an opportunity to purchase land that will assist us and significantly implement in our comprehensive homeless siding plan. The site is not currently on the siding plan. The purpose and motive behind this meeting is to try to get more property to house or unshildered homeless population. This is the treasury document filed by the city saying $12.7 million from American Rescue Plan Act was used for the Comprehensive Society Plan. This document is online at the Treasury website. This document does not say other purposes. It only says a comprehensive sighting plan. It does not say other purposes whatsoever. You can find this on the Treasury website. Please don't deceive the federal government. Federal funds for the homeless cannot be used for sports complexes or amphitheaters. Don't steal homeless resources to subsidize shady deals and private commercial interest. Stealing homeless resources is wrong. Only 13% of half funds have been spent on homeless permanent housing. Use a meadow view homeless acres for homeless permanent housing. Thank you. With your comments, Rhonda Henderson and Jeffrey Tartiguiya. Good evening. Mayor McCarty and City Council members. I'm Rhonda Henderson, a member of the 102-acre Advisory Committee and the founder of North Dakota Creek Valley High Community Association. I'm here tonight representing the deep connection between this project and the people of South Sacramento. Today I want to emphasize the extraordinary time on wavering dedication and profound commitment our committee has invested in the 102 acres project. We implore you to acknowledge the immense value of our work. It cannot and must not be in vain. We cannot afford to discard this substantial progress. We've painstakingly achieved. It's imperative that you recognize and align with the communities clearly articulated once and needs. As a deeply involved member of this process, I've worked alongside my neighbors to educate, engage, and ensure our voices are heard in every decision. Our committee has diligently worked to ensure the vision for the 102 acre project authentically reflects the needs of the people of South Sacramento. This land represents a powerful opportunity for meaningful community investments that directly combat homelessness by developing affordable housing and businesses that create generational wealth and lasting employment we can make a tangible difference. We've actively participated in numerous community meetings, conducted extensive outreach and engaged our careholders to ensure broad community involvement including seniors and youth throughout this process. The 102 acre project represents a transformative once in a lifetime opportunity to invest in South Sacramento's future through or you don't seem to have the attention on the public. This is why it's critically important to us to be able to do this. We're going to have to do this. We're going to have to do this. We're going to have to do this. We're going to have to do this. We're going't seem to have the attention on the public. This is why it's critically important to pay attention to what is going on. Sorry, but this is why I draw attention to the fact that public comment at the end of the agenda, you miss the things that are important. This is a single item you have here today that was talking about something for the future. And who of you that are new on the board recall what things that have been in the past and what things need to be achieved in the future. Some of you know that I have participated when homeless and seeing the resources and what hasn't happened. I will talk further when we get two comments not on the agenda. But that's today what I need to see you guys. Looking and seeing what public comment is made about. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Alia Lewis, Danny Williams, Andre Lewis. Good evening, Mayor McCartney and Council members. My name is Alliah Lewis. I'm a youth leader for Champs for Life. I live in South Sacramento and I'm here today to emphasize the necessity, transparency, and urgency of moving forward with the decision on the 102-acre. Chams for Life has attended community meetings about this topic and city staff has shared that guiding principles have already been developed for this project at advocacy sessions held in the community. As a youth leader and my community member, it is my desire that the city develops land for the original purpose. A development that generates revenue such as a multi-use sports complex for our South Sacramento community. South Sacramento cannot afford any further delays in development. We need investment in housing economic opportunities and public spaces, especially for the youth. As a high school student and a citizen, we are taught to honor our word and the laws of the land. I hope the city does the same by honoring the community's guiding principles. I want to believe the council, I want to believe the council that represents us will move forward with the decision on the 120 acres that prioritizes South Sacramento residents. Thank you again to the city staff and our community who has personally vested in this project. I look forward to a transparent and sincere gesture of good faith by seeing action taken to advance the 102 acre project. Good day. Thank you for your comments. Any Williams? Good evening, Mayor McCarty and Council members. My name is Daniel Williams. I'm the Director of Chancellor and the Founder, also former Software Principal. I'd like to thank you for coming to our community out. Especially the National Night Out for Genies to be holding you too. I am work in South South South South South South South South South South South South South South South South South South South South South South South South South South South South and we need your help between the mass shootings and everything happening. We just need more of the city's help. And everyone is responsible for that because we love Sacramento. I hope you do. I love Sacramento. For four or two long development in South Sacramento has happened to us, the vital and significant decisions were made without our input. This project is an opportunity to interrupt that cycle and to do things with transparency and integrity. So as to ensure that the community voices drive this development from the beginning stages to the final stage. Last summer, as most of you've heard, Steve Staffer, President of Multiple Community Events, and so are we. So we were there at the farmers market. We were there at the different activities where Councilman Ravang led those 11 plus youth listening sessions and our community partners were right there hoping that through the city website and other activities of the city staff this project would would remain alive in our hearts and at the forefront of our expectations. We all appreciate Councilman Ravane and her efforts along with the city staff and all the youth and people who are here tonight even supporting this. We do want to know Mayor McCarty and Council that feedback and data collected from community events and online engagement. How's it going to be used? Is the valuable community input truly being fully utilized? And then of course, to guide this development, and is so how? We just see more of North Transparency. Hopefully we're hearing the questions and people want to know. If it's true, right, then we want to make sure that we're being true to our word. In closing, we thank you all for listening. Hope that we really do more, because the community is counting on all of you. Thank you for your comments. Our next speaker is Andre Lewis, and then Sonia Bradley. Okay. Good evening, everyone. Good evening, Mayor McCartney, and members of the City Council. My name is Andre Lewis and I'm a youth activist leader for Champs of Life, a non-profit organization in District 8. I'm also a student at Sac State and I'm here today to advocate for intentional investment in South Sacramento's future. Growing up here, I've seen firsthand how a lack of investment affects real people. Kids have nowhere to go after school, families struggling with rising costs and small businesses that can't get the support they need. Our community works hard, but we need the city to work for us, not against us. To create a real change, we need investment in youth programming, education, and job creation. Champs for life has already proven that when we invest in people, we see real results. We also need the city to keep its promise and on measures in dollars for South Sacramento. The commitment was made and now it's time to follow through. Lastly, we need South Sacramento's growth to be a priority. Strong families and educated youth lead to a stronger economy for all of Sacramento. I urge the council to prioritize Medaview and South Sacramento by ensuring the 102 development moves forward with the community's input. Keep this project a priority and don't divert funds elsewhere. South Sacramento deserves safe thriving neighborhoods just like every other part of our city. This is about keeping promises we created for our future where every young person in South Sacramento has a chance to succeed and grow. We are counting on you to do the right thing. Thank you for your time and commitment in our community. Thank you for your comments. Sohnia Bradley and Betty Williams. Sohnia and Betty Williams. Good evening, Mayor and members of City Council. My name is Sonia Bradley. I'm the Chief DEI and Community Engagement Officer for Visit Sacramento. And I have been serving on the, as a member of the 102 Acres Advisory Committee since its first meeting in November 2023. Because of the hard work of city staff, and along with multiple community meetings, and more than a year of outreach by members of the committee, we listened and learned, we were educated and engaged, and we even walked and surveyed the site to ensure that the South Sacramento community was fully involved in the process. What business Sacramento's interest is in the possible development of an asset or resource that benefits the city by becoming a tourism economic engine, hence the passage of measure in, we want what's best for the South Sacramento community. It is a Sacramento support to the next step and the 102 acres process to ensure that the ball is moving forward. Thank you for your time and consideration. Thank you for your comments. Betty Williams, then, Beow, Morah. Thank you, Mayor and Council. My name is Betty Williams, and I am the President of the National African American Civil Rights Organization. However, more importantly, I am a resident of District 8. I am here today to urge that the Council ensure that South Sacramento receives its fair share of resources and investment. For too long, South Sacramento has been left out of major public investments, while other parts of the city continue to see growth. This pattern has deepened disparities in access to education, economic opportunities, and public infrastructure. Investment in South Sacramento should not be an afterthought. Our neighbors need improvements on infrastructure, connectivity, affordable housing, and public services. Public projects and resources are often concentrated in downtown and north. Leaving South Sacramento residents without equal access to services and spaces that improve quality of life. 102 acres project is critical opportunity to reverse decades of neglect and bring lasting economic and social benefits to South Sacramento through intentional community and driven projects. I urge you, counsel, to prioritize South Sacramento in the future. And I thank you for your time and I hope you, I hope I see more intentional investments in South Sacramento's future. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Beomora, Danor, CalSara. I wasn't sure that's my name. Oh, B-A-O? Is it B-A-O? Yes. Okay. Thank you. It's hard to read. Sorry. No, no, no. Good evening, Mayor McCarty, Council Members and esteemed City leaders. My name is Bo Muah, and I am the principal of Susan DeAnthony Elementary School. I also serve as a member of the 102 Acres Advisory Committee. I'll working alongside community members to ensure this project is developed with transparency, equity and purpose. Before I begin, I want to extend my sincere gratitude to city staff, particularly Elizabeth and Alexi for their dedication and thorough research on the 102 Acres project. Your hard work has provided us with valuable insights and a foundation to move forward. As both an educator and a community advocate, I see first hand the impact that thoughtful development or the lack of it has on our families. For too long, South Sacramento has had development decisions made for us rather than with us. This project is our opportunity to change that. Over the past year, extensive community engagement has taken place. Residents have shared their priorities, affordable housing, economic opportunities, and public spaces that foster a sense of belonging and stability. Councilmember Maiveng has led over 11 advocacy sessions to ensure that South Sacramento's voice is heard. Now we must ask how will that input be reflected in the final decision. Will this project be a true model of community-driven development or will it follow a familiar pattern worth? Citizens, our residents are left out of the process. I urge the City Council and staff to ensure that community member, a community input directly shapes this development. Not as a checkbox, but as a guiding framework for decisions. Transparency remains a priority. Residents deserve clear communication on how their feedback is being implemented. The project sets a precedent for equitable investment, ensuring that South Sacramento receives a thoughtful sustainable growth that deserves. The decisions made here will have lost the impacts on generations to come. As a principle, I thank you for your comments. Your time is complete. Our next speaker is Nora Kessar, then Joanna Mack. Good evening again, Nora Kessar putting on some extra hats. So I'm here with the AHP. I'm also here as co-president of the Sacramento Housing Alliance and as a resident of the City of Sacramento. I urge the council to ensure that South Sacramento receives its fair share of resources in investment. When we equitably distribute major public investments, we all benefit. I'm a houseer, so I can give you a few housing examples. Prioritizing public investment in affordable homes to help prevent and homelessness and keep families safely housed as a variety of community benefits. One is healthcare savings. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found that among high needs unhoused populations, those offered permanent supportive homes, spent fewer days in hospitals and nursing homes that fewer ER visits per year during the study period, totaling almost $6,000 per person per year in healthcare savings. A second benefit is job creation. The National Association of Home Builders estimates that building a thousand rental apartments results in over 1,250 jobs and over $56 million million in taxes and revenue for local state and federal governments. We also know from our pit count that our unhoused population in Sacramento is disproportionately people of color. The 102 acres project is a wonderful opportunity for some intentional community driven development and addressing these systemic barriers and issues, and we have an entire community behind you for this. Thank you for your time. Thank you for your comments. Joanna Mack, then Silvario Lommas. Good evening, Mayor and Council. My name is Joanna Mack. I serve as a member of the 102 Acres Advisory Committee. I'm here to highlight the time, dedication, and commitment of the DA community and their partners. Outside of the advisory committee, I've spent the past few years working alongside fellow community members to engage and also lift community voices when it comes to development in the DA community. And one thing I've heard and we've heard tonight a resounding voice from the community is designed with us and not at us. Design with us and not at us. This development really has the opportunity to center around advocacy and empowerment to take community priorities and make them transformational impact. And so what I've heard from the community in the last few years has been very consistent. They want affordable housing, a variety of mixture of housing because when they succeed, they want to be able to move out of affordable housing. They want green spaces. They want opportunities for economic empowerment like all of us in our own communities. And I would like to thank City staff, Elizabeth Boyd and Alexi, for pursuing deep collaboration with the city, and the community and as well as DA residents to really understand community values. Their approach and collaboration has been recognized and gained attention throughout large state organizations as best practices helping us win innovative innovation grant for the funding of the site for community lead development. And so I urge the committee here to walk forward with 102 Acre vizer committee as well as with the community first to continue this work. Thank you so much. Thank you for your comments. Silvario Lama, Sada Ahmed. Good evening, Mayor McCarty and Council members. My name is Silvario R-Yamas. I'm a resident of District 8 and I serve as a member of the 102 Acres Advisory Committee. I also grew up less than one blog from the 102 Acres site. I first learned of the 102 Acres project, funny enough when I was sitting with my friends after having gone to El Grove to play basketball. And we saw the SAP story saying that there might be a sports complex coming to South Sacramento. It has been three years since that story was published and I'm here today to highlight the time dedication commitment that our committee has invested to this project and to view boys for the community that raised me. The 102 acres of ISRE community has hosted numerous community meetings and conducted extensive community outreach. The community has expressed to us their desire for open space, for green spaces, for recreational facilities, housing that's affordable to them and their kids and for economic development. While this one site cannot heal all of South Sacramento's systemic disparities, it does represent exciting opportunity to invest in generations to come and to uplift the traditionally forgotten community. I hope that during this period city leadership can use our committee as a resource to understand the needs and desires of the community at the heart of this project. I want to thank the city staff for their continued work on this project and for developing guiding principles that put the community at the center for this decision making process which hopefully the city can adopt at a future time. I also want to acknowledge our community who keeps showing up and I hope that the final decision reflects the voices of those who have dedicated their time to this project and who are most affected by it. Thank you so much for consideration and we look forward to working collaboratively to bring this vision to life. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Seda Ahmed and then Mandy Tao. Good evening members of the City Council and attendees in this room. My name is Sada and I have been a resident of Mediview for nearly 23 years. I'm here today to speak about the 102 acres per chase in South Sacramento and the importance of true community driven development. I have lived in South Sacramento for almost my entire life. Growing up, I have used public resources such as the Mediview Light Real Station, walked on its sidewalks, played in its parks, and participated in the community programs that were held here. Despite living here for 23 years, my community is still incredibly underserved, and I would like to urge the council to ensure that South Sacramento receives its fair share of resources and investment. I have attended countless listening sessions in the past two years conducted by my local government office. I have personally witnessed the district-day office, city staff, Alexi Wardell, and Elizabeth Boyd, and my fellow community members working extremely hard on the ground to make sure that district eight gets the fair share of resources it needs. Our community dream is to see that 102 acres become an economic engine for South Sacramento rather than just an afterthought. In fact, the residents of district eight have engaged in countless hours of listening sessions and community discussions to help shape a development plan that would bring long overdue economic growth to our area. We have actively participated in the planning process because we want to see development happen with us, not to us. I also want to tell you that any responsible developments such as long-term housing should be centered around infrastructure, services, and economic opportunities that serve both housed and unhoused residents alike. It is important to note that council member Vang and the community have never turned our backs on the unhoused population. In fact, District 8 has a homeless shelter. Some things some other districts do not provide. For several years, our district has done its part and will continue to advocate for real solutions to address homelessness. Prevention must be a priority and this starts by investing in MedeView, South Sacramento. The 102 acres must be developed with community voices, intention and with a commitment to economic growth because South Sacramento deserves more than a temporary fix. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Mandy Tao, then Sandra Vang, then Sunshine Tao. Good evening Mayor McCarty and City Council members. My name is Mandy Tao and I'm with you from District 8 South Sacramento. I firstly want to acknowledge the work of Elizabeth and my council member, my Vang, for all their hard work. On making this project a reality and most of all giving us hope. I am here on behalf of Moong Innovating Politics and my youth community to speak on the importance of investing in future generations via the 102 AGR project. As you may know, disinvestment in South Sacramento has left many young people, including myself, without the resources, opportunities, and safe spaces they need to succeed. We need real investment and youth development, education, and recreation. I've spent my entire life in South Sacramento moving from house to house within the same MetaView neighborhood. Despite this, I attended and am still attending a school in the Elk Grove Unified School District. My parents decided to transfer me from a Sacramento City's unified school to one in Elk Grove, seeking better opportunities for me due to the under development and lack of funding in South Sacramento schools. This decision not only made my daily commute longer, but it also kept me from truly connecting with an engaging in my own community. The better opportunities they saw were improved educational pathways, sports and extracurricular programs that weren't available in my neighborhood. For instance, being part of El Grove Unified allowed me to pursue my interests in health care through their health tech academy and opportunity for which I'm incredibly grateful. However, I believe that students from all parts of the city, including South Sacramento, should be able to have access to such opportunities as well. And hindsight, I should have been able to thrive within my own community. Yeah, I found myself adapting elsewhere, feeling more like an outsider than someone truly at home. I urge the council to commit to prioritizing youth investment in South Sacramento, ensuring that future generations have the tools they need to succeed and that this conversation doesn't disappear. Thank you for your time. Thank you for your comments. Sandra Wang. Good evening. Sorry. I don't know. Bye. Good evening, council members and Mayor McCarty. My name is Sandra Wang and I'm a young adult with Mongolimian politics. I stand here tonight with in support of the 102 acre project. First off, thank you Elizabeth Boyd, Councilmember Mai Vang, and other committee members for your efforts in advocating for the growth of South Sacramento. As someone who lives on the border of South Sacramento and Oak Grove, it would be tremendous to have access to recreational space, green space, local businesses, and affordable housing. I used to live in District 1 and saw how impactful that the aquatic center was for children in the area and having walking accessibility to the Natamus Townsend Plaza. Having that fortunate experience, I hope quality investments like these can be brought to district 8 as well. This is a long career project, but I hope that all of you can act now and take thoughtful considerations in building meaningful resources and opportunities for the MetaVue neighborhood. Thank you council members and Mayor McCartney for your support with the development of South Sacramento and listening to the community members with our vision for this land. Thank you for your comments. Sunshine Tau and Tavy Kiri. Hi, good evening Mayor McCartney and city council members. My name is Sunshine Tau, and I'm a traditional young adult with Hmong and Evidine politics in South Sacramento. First, I'd like to give a shout out to Elizabeth and council member Vang for making this important conversation possible. I was born and raised in South Sacramento, and I've seen first ten, the many challenges our community have faced challenges that sparked movement for Measure L and galvanized the passionate efforts of organizations supporting our calls for action. I'm here today to advocate for my community and encourage you to believe in South Sacramento's, sorry, South Sacramento's potential and invest in our future. For over a decade now, South Sacramento has been overlooked and underfunded despite its hard working families, small businesses, and averse population. Without equitable investment, this party will deepen and pushing more families already one paycheck away from homelessness into crisis. Prioritizing economic stability is now essential to the breaking cycle of disinvestment and more importantly, the cycle of being unhoused. These investments will provide greater opportunities for adolescents to travel safely from home to school and ensuring they receive the education they deserve. Within those 102 acres, there are wonderful schools that open their doors to countless students in need of learning and growth. Students who require a safe space when home isn't a refuge, students who need guidance when they feel lost and students who will become leaders of our future. I urge the council to prioritize Sacramento or South Sacramento and move forward with the 102 development guided by the needs and the voices of this community. This is not just about me, but it's also about the youth coming up after me and those who are fighting alongside me. I witness my community fight with passion and I know that we deserve the funding that will help us thrive. Please ensure that this project stays on track and secure the necessary funding to create the safe and thriving neighborhoods in South Sacramento. We should not have to fight for the resources and the opportunities that every resident deserves. Thank you for your time. Thank you for your comments. Tavy Curie, then Dow Vang. even in Council. My name is Tavi Curie. I am a young adult here tonight with Meng Innovating Politics in support of moving forward with the plans for developing the 102-acre development. According to the results of community engagement listening sessions, one common value the community members shared was the need and desire for connectivity. People want to connect with their neighbors, their peers, their community, their loved ones, and the plans for developing the 102 acre parcel as they stand will support this desire. Recreational buildings can support and create a space for youth to spend time after school, or families to spend time with their kids after work. A grocery store, for example, could also help create new jobs, which is crucial in the staying age as jobs and employment become harder and harder to find for the working class. And being able to work where one lives will allow people to connect with their community not only in new ways, but it will still allow them to stay close to their home, near their families and loved ones. Let's move forward with the South Sacramento community in the forefront of our minds and let's uplift our community one step at a time. Thank you so much. Thank you for your comments. Dal Wang, then Kali Tao. Good evening Mayor McCarty and City Council. My name is Dal and I am the Field Manager and Mong and David in politics. I currently reside in District 3, but while I may not be from South Sacramento, much of my work focuses on engaging young, long Americans in this area and encouraging them to be civically active in their communities. Hence why you see some of them here today. I must express, yeah, thank you. I must express my deepest point that the city wants to entertain the idea of moving forward with this project without First solidifying key principles based on community input. The feedback is already there gathered Through community listening sessions and city staff presence at multiple local events. To overlook That efforts is to disregard the hard work that the team at Councilmember of my office. City staff and others here have invested over the past three years. As part of my work, I have the opportunity to speak with this from franchise voters and I fear that this process continues without genuine community involvement. It will only reinforce the feelings of disempowerment, that many in South Sacramento already experience. Time and again, the community has been excluded from important conversation and continuing this pattern will only deepen the divide. It's vital that we listen to the voices of those most affected by this decision, ensuring that they are truly a part of the process. I urge the Council to commit to a process where development happens with community and not to community. Thank you for your time. Thank you for your comments. Cal, you, Tao and Larry Lee. Good evening. I want to put it on record that we need a stool for the shorties. My name is Cal, you and I am with long-innovating politics and I'm a member of the Racial Equity Alliance who is eager to partner with our city on the implementation of our Racial Equity Resolution past unanimously in December. And that's why I am proud to stand here with our youth leaders, with our longtime residents in South Sack, with our advocates to show my strong support for the 102 acres project and process. I urge you mayor to continue supporting this project and its direction. Your action to support reflects that you value a community partnership and you value the accountability to community. It's taken time to get us to this point so I do want to give a shout out and thank you to our city staff who have been diligent in putting in moving this process forward. Thank you to Councilmember Mai Bing's office who has chosen to include community in every step of the process. Today our our progress would not be possible without our community, without the labor of our community. Since 2022, we've participated in listening sessions and meetings you got to hear from our advisory committee members. This level of community partnership and accountability is something we should applaud. And it's an example of what the city is doing well. So let's keep at it. Let's stay the course and honor the voices of our community. I think doing so would actually violate the trust and the empowerment that we have already been cultivating in our young people and in all of our community members in South Sack. Therefore, Mayor and Council, I hope that you will continue to support this project and will support the direction led by community. Thank you for your comments. Our next speaker is Larry Lee, then Ajani Rappier. And quickly for the record, if any folks want to lower down microphone, these ones by the screen actually work as well. Good evening. My name is Larry Lee, a lifelong Sacramento resident, and I wear many hats in our community. Tonight I'm here representing the Detroit Neighborhood Association, which is adjacent to the 102-acre site. the last serve as a planning and design commissioner. I speak to NISO, the community member. And all my years in Sacramento, I've never felt compilped to speak at this podium until... I'm sure as a planning and design commissioner, I speak to NISO, the as a community member. And all my years in Sacramento, I've never felt compelled to speak at this podium until now. I share this to underscore just how critical and impactful this project is for our city. While this project may not have the glitz and glamour of major economic developments, I work on such as the Go-in-one center and now bringing major league baseball to our region. I've seen firsthand how strategic investments can rapidly up left and transform neighborhoods. Now we have another opportunity to build something just as transformative right here in Sacramento. For too long this 102 acre site has stood as a symbol of what could be today we have the chance to turn it into a beacon of what will be a thriving hub of economic activity, new jobs, and much need of housing. We've seen that happen in cities across the country, sports complexes, sparking economic booms, driving businesses to local restaurants, hotels, and stores. We can make that happen here. And when we uplift South Sacramento, we uplift all of Sacramento. But moments like this don't come off in opportunities like this don't happen without vision, courage, and commitment. The residents of South Sacramento have waited long enough. They spoke in, they've engaged, they've asked for investment in their future. Now is the time to deliver, let's seize this moment. Let's bring this vision to life. Let's build a Sacramento that rises together. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Johnny Rapier, then Dr. DeCoe Porter. Good afternoon Mayor and city council members. My name is Johnny Rapier. I'm actually a student at Job Corps, which is right by the job site, so you know, it's a lot of empty space going on over there. I just want to thank you guys for giving me your undivided attention while I speak. And for being able to listen to the community. For a while now, South Sacramento has been underdeveloped for a little too long. So it could use some more care. And I'm hoping that with this project, you guys will see through to it to give it the care deserves that the people want that they've obviously tried very hard to obtain for themselves and they clearly want to work alongside you to make it a reality. I hope you realize the importance that this project has on the community and that you see to it that it really does get done. I just want to emphasize that it is very important that it gets done. These people in the community have put their blood, their sweat and their tears into working together to make it happen. We don't want to disappoint them. We don't want to see their hard work thrown away. We don't want to see their hope crushed. But as I see you guys listening to me and paying attention, I really do see the hope of it happening. And I appreciate that. I hope everyone else here does appreciate that too. We weren't working alongside you guys. Let's just make it happen, okay? I hope I appeal to your compassion, to your morality, and your humanity. And I thank you for your time. Have a great rest of your night, okay? Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Thank you. Next speaker is Dr. Tukoi Porter, then Maria Solario. Well, good evening to you all, Mayor McCarthy and council members. And to everyone here, I'm Dr. Tukoi Porter and I'm the senior pastor of the Jensers Church of Sacramento. We're right in the middle of the area, been there for nearly 35 years. And I'm the Senior Pastor of the Gensers Church of Sacramento. We're right in the middle of the area I've been there for nearly 35 years. And I'm here today, not just as a pastor, but a voice for our community. You've heard terms tonight such as overlooked, underdeveloped, and afterthought, underserved, underfunded, this enfranchised, and we can go on and on from a variety of our self-separamental residents, but we have right this moment, an opportunity to change all that through the development of these 102 acres. It's not just a real estate project. It's a chance to write the wrongs of decades of disinvestment. It's an opportunity to really take into account what our people are saying to us. Tonight we just stand here to encourage you, to state a course, to listen to the people, to do what you all, I think, happy, function to do is as to to serve your communities well. I wanna thank my vang for leading this charge. I wanna thank each of you for how you've been leading our city. And I'll trust that you will do what's right and it was best for the community of District 8. I look forward to working with you in all of this. As we've done in the past, I never could do the same in the future. Thanks again, God bless. Thank you for your comments, Maria, then Ken Wilson. Good afternoon, Mayor McCarty, council members. My name is Maria Solorio, and I am a proud resident of South Sacramento. I stand in front of you today as the testimony of the part that South Sacramento can bring. I was born and raised in South Sacramento, have attended the school since South Sacramento, attended Sacramento State, as you can see, I am proud to be from Sacramento and love Sacramento. So with that being said, I really urge for this project to continue moving forward. People from the community are here telling you what we want. The community is speaking to you. We have elected you. Some of you were in really close races. Keep that in mind. Just saying. And I also do want to say that being a part of South Sacramento and seeing how underserved the community is has one of the reasons why I decided to have a career in politics and not just that, but loving South Sacramento so much, I have decided to purchase the House in South Sacramento. I am a proud resident of the Medo View Estates. And I would love to see my community continue to grow and develop. And I really do urge you to move this item forward to consent and make it a voting matter. Because like I said, the community has spoken. Youth are involved. Youth don't usually get to have a voice in what they want in their community. And this is something that's supposed to be for the future. And like I said, the youth are speaking. They tell you what they want in their community. And this is something that's supposed to be for the future. And like I said, the youth are speaking. They tell you what they want. Please listen to them. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. I have two more speakers. Ken Wilson and Luisa Levolo. Good evening councilmembers. My name is Ken Wilson and I'm a resident in district eight. It's our Sacramento. I'm here today to speak on the importance of investing in the future of affordable housing and small businesses in the area. I specifically want to urge you to keep in mind the unhoused community, youth, and young adults and business owners that contribute every effort that they have to the city of Sacramento. As a student and former student of Sacramento State University, I can assure you that affordable housing is not affordable. And young emerging adults, as I've seen my fellow students, are displaced at one point or another. In District 8, they're vocational students, students completing college, and folks eager to contribute to the economic development in South Sacramento. But, disinvestment in South Sacramento has left many young people without resources, opportunities, and safe spaces that we need to succeed. Please consider the homeless and at risk youth and young adults who are oftentimes forced at a South Sacramento to access opportunities and seek a quality of life due to the lack of youth recreational programs, employment opportunities, and safe community spaces and affordable housing. Thank you for your time, and I hope to see intentional action taking to support South Sacramento's young people and small businesses. Again, I urge you to keep in mind the future generations that are in district 8 South Sacramento. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Luis says our final speaker on this item. Good evening, Mr. Mayor and City Council. My name is Luis Lavuillo and I am a board member of TOFA. I am also the chair member for TOFA's Ambassadors Youth. I'm also District 8's Arts Commissioner. But above all of that, I'm standing here as a mother of five who raises my kids in District 8. And over the past few years, we have been going to these listening sessions. We have been going to these workshops. I've been taking my kids because I've been teaching them that the way that they are considered and the way that they're seen is that they have to show up. The same way that they did not want to come tonight is the same way that they have to show up. They have to show up. We have to be here. They have to know where to go when it comes time to be considered. This is where you come to come and talk to your mayor and your city council members to know that this is what we need. We've been working very hard with city staff over the years and with councilmember Maine, they to just give our voice and I would like to uplift the rest of the community. If you're in here and you live in District 8, please stand up. If you are part of District 8 and you've been part of these planning sessions, stand up because it's important that we're seen. We're not just here to fade away. we're here to be seen and just let you guys know that we love our community. I want to raise my children in a safe space. I heard that it should be considered for a homeless space, which is great. We do have a homeless space that's on metal view, but how many of you also want to raise your own kids next to a big homeless space? I understand that it has to be equitably distributed amongst every district we have one. Now consider our youth because my children, they'll continue live in this district, and they'll continue being there. I need them to be safe too. Thank you very much. Here, comments. Okay. Thank you. I know that our council member, my vang has a presentation and comments. So I want to start briefly and put it over to council member vang and come back. I agenda this tonight as an informational item in large part because it's a big issue for the city of Sacramento, 102 acres, 12-ish, $13 million of public money and the reality is that six of the council members and nine of us here weren't here. This is a chance for us to understand the big picture, how we got here, what some of the options are, what's happened in the past few years to kind of get up to speed with the council member and the two that were here along with the council room before 2020 elections. And so I would allow councilman revang to start us off and give her perspective and I'll come back and give some Citywide perspective and some options and then I know other councilmembers have some ideas too. Councilmember Vang. Thanks Mayor. Looking forward to hearing what your options are. Thank you so much for giving me the floor. First I really just want to take this moment to thank City staff, Elizabeth and Alexi. Really for your heart work over the past several months working with our office, working with the community, also want to give a shout-out to economic development as well, Mike Jaso and his team, planning, Greg, I see you as well, I want to say thank you to you and your staff and all of the residents, youth, young leaders, community advocates who came out today, even though we're still in the early stages, so much work and community input has been provided to get us to this moment. I just want to reiterate a lot of what I said last April, because since this is a high level workshop, it's not an action item, I think it's important for me to reiterate our community's version of the story. I think that's very important, especially for the new mayor and the two new council members. So, when we first identified at the site, I know Elizabeth broke down the timeline of what you saw when council pivoted. But when we first identified and secured this property in district 8, there was a commitment for me to ensure that this property long-term would be an economic catalyst for South Sacramento. So what does that mean? Because some folks have called me out economic catalysts, generational wealth. What is that? That means community-centered development, affordable housing, civic amenities, and an economic engine that would build generation wealth for families in district eight. There was also a commitment, and I will not shy away from it, for short term use as a temporary shelter or safe parking if it was feasible But if you heard staff's report and you heard the analysis the site was not feasible city staff even did analysis of all city Personal and it turned out that the 102 acres fell in lower tiers church three and four There were other city properties with infrastructure lighting ready to go But there was no political will to move forward and so that is the reality and that is the fact of the story. I also want to share very similar to the minute residents that spoke today that growing up in Sacramento in South Sack in Medavue I've seen entire neighborhoods endure generational poverty and there's still parts of the city in district two in district three in district five in district six that are still passed over by the city. And so when we secure this site, when I identified the site literally online because I saw that it was on sale, I thought to myself, enter the mayor, enter the former city manager, you talk a big game about inclusive economic development. Here's our opportunity to have it be public land and led by the community. This is supposed to be community led and it's always been. Every decision that I've made up to this point has never been my van's decision. It's always been the community's decision. I've listened to the community. I've insured that South Sacramento voices hasn't part of the process. Last year, staff completed an opportunity to constrain analysis, which is what Elizabeth shared. And six of us actually were on this council when council directed for us to go to the community to share this report and to bring this item back for next step. Now this item was supposed to be an action item for us to adopt eight guiding principles to make sure we move forward on next phase. But I also wanted to give Grace and also defer and be a good team player to allow the mayor and the new council members to be caught up to speed so they understood kind of the timeline and the purpose of the 102 acres. I want to share, I did do seven listening session. That was a lot of listening sessions we did because I was intentional about making sure community was part of the process. What did those community session, what did they until? Seven listening session, three key neighborhood meetings. Three neighbors has this around at the 102 acres. I made sure that those neighbors were part of that process. We had one just dedicated to young people. We had one dedicated to our seniors because we know oftentimes they're not included in the process. We had one specific listening session just for unhoused residents as well to hear the need and then one for our small minority owned businesses. And from that, we created a guidebook, a community guidebook with their hopes and dreams, right? And from that guidebook, the community told me, you need to create 102 advisory committee that as you move forward with this process, it's so important that you have an advisory committee guiding you through this process. And what did we do? We absolutely did that. You can go to our website, myvangsacraminal.org, Backstabash 102 Acres, and you will see the timeline, the guidebook, the online workshop, everything that we've done up to this point. I also just want to share that there's also a seat for the mayor appointee as well. Chinwa Rose was the former appointee for the mayor, And I also want to make sure that the mayor is included in this process as well, right? Visit Sacramento, sits on that committee as well. So you heard earlier from Sonya Bradley, but the majority of the folks on 102 advisory are all residents in District 8. I also just want to share that, you know, there's a conversation around, yes, this site was purchased under the comprehensive siding plan. Yes, this city is facing challenges with homelessness. But the best way to prevent homelessness and the rising number of homeless folks is to invest in South Sacramento to move upstream and to address poverty and homelessness. You've heard from residents that the families in South Sacramento need more affordable housing. We need more permanent supportive housing. We need civic amenities for our youth, our senior, and an economic engine. And so many of our families right now, they're one paycheck away from being homeless. So if we really want to make sure that we're efficient with their dollars, we need to invest in our families now. I also just want to share that, you know, I've heard from, not all, but some residents in and E East Sacramento, why don't we just put 10,000 people on that property? And I'll share with you why again, you can also look at my April comments as well, but I will share with those residents who wants to put 10,000 people on the property, is that I'm opposed to this because this is redlining homelessness and concentrating povertyrating poverty without resources and it already underserved burden community in Medaview and Detroit I just want to share that the legacy of redlining and poverty concentration isn't just an economic issue It's a structural problem made by previous policy makers and it would be a devastating decision if this this council so choose to choose that path and to replicate the history of redlining. And then to those who also oppose this community led project, if you truly care about public health and safety of the city, then you also would be fighting for the health and safety of our communities in South Sacramento. When we uplift our most underserved communities, all of Sacramento can thrive. I also just want to mention, because I heard a few folks talked about, definitely we're in a deficit, how are we going to fund this? This is a long-term project. We know that city cannot do this alone. That's why it's going to be important to make sure we have public private partnership. I appreciate seeing the Sacramento housing aligns here. I appreciate Nick seeing him. He was the first speaker talking about standing ready to support this community any anyway that we can. And so it will take public private partnership, but that needs to be guided by this community. And someone did mention regarding TOT, the transit occupancy tax. I just want to acknowledge that the mayor has spoken to me that he is set to schedule a workshop on TOOT in the near future, right? Today's conversation is not about that, but I do want to remind this council and the public that the former mayor Visas Sacramento and myself led the effort to pass measure N in 2022 Which would allow other access of TOT dollars to be used outside of downtown? So I just want to remind folks, right, even with investment in downtown during the pandemic, downtown suffered and also we, also all of the city, right? And I just want to share that it's so important to diversify our various tourism sectors, right? Various districts ensure that the city is healthy. And so I just want to speak to TOT as well. Even though tonight's conversation is not about that, I know the mayor is going to be setting up a workshop. I'm working with Vice Mayor Talimontas as well to figure out what a framework would look like for TOT because I think it's really important that this council has a framework to talk about how we're going to spend the TOT money. And then lastly, I just also want to share that I really We hope that this mayor and council respects the work of city staff in our community. Again, city staff went out to 10 community events and session. I held seven listening session a couple years ago, then four additional session. We created the 102 advisory committee. Staff even created an online portal to get community feedback. And they were ready actually last month to come back here as an action item to vote on eight guiding principles which I actually saw those guiding principles in the PowerPoint as well and to say let's move forward with this step. Now my colleagues may propose other options on the table this is not an action item we all have to agree on the direction but I would say that I would hope that this option comes back in terms of the guiding principles and next step. And even with the next step, which is to figure out a finance strategy plan, it may include some of your options as well. But I think it's really important. We got to make sure we center community. They have to be part of the process. Their voice has to be central. and you've heard from so many community members that development is always happening to them, not with them and we owe that to the community. Lastly, folks always complain why community don't participate in serve. and you've heard from so many community members that development is always happening to them, not with them, and we owe that to the community. Lastly, folks always complain why community don't participate in surveys, why they don't come to town halls, why they don't come to listening sessions, it's because we pull things like this. We listen to the community, we get their feedback, and we don't pursue making sure that we include them as part of the process. And so I hope that my colleagues honor the work of this community. You've heard them tonight. And again, like I shared, this colleagues honor the work of this community. You've heard them tonight. And again, like I shared, this project isn't going to happen overnight. It's going to take many years. But as I've shared mayors and councils come and go. But the people that sustain this work is the community members. Like Mr. Rees, who's been here for over 40-50 years, who've seen from the beginning of Delta Shores and now we're just beginning to build out that area. I may not be here when the 102 acres break down, but at least I'm gonna be proud that I fought alongside community to make sure that we lay the foundation To create a catalyst for every child and resident in South Sacramento and those are my comments mayor Thank you Mayor. Thank you Mayor. First I just want to appreciate and recognize the passion of representation from council member Vang. I think that's a truly exemplary. And then second, I obviously can't go without also recognizing how much sex they representation there was here tonight. So, you know, from the former president of the Alumni Association, it's good to see. First, you know, one, I remember going to some of the early listening sessions, and I think it was, I think we were at Pastor Porter's congregation over there at Genesis Church, you know. And it was probably the most diverse, organic, debating amongst neighbors in each other. It was wonderful to watch. Wonderful to participate as well. And here, you know, the commitment of opportunity and the commitment to finding something different. What to do with something that the federal government essentially, I would say abandoned in the South Sac area. So I think that I think is the fundamental piece here is what is moving forward. It must be with working with the community. Now I also recall, I'm glad you brought up the last year's presentation. The challenges with that property are significant, you know, and partly why it's been vacant for a long time. And I think the three concepts or four, I guess you could say, concepts, you know, the cheapest I think was at 33 million and then the most expensive was a cost of $170, $127 million just depending on what was going to happen. So that I think can't be ignored either. Just what can occur? Yes. Can I add to that real quick and share with you? So I just want to share with you that when staff to that analysis, that was the assumption that only city would take it on. It didn't include the assumption that we would have public-private partnership. And so I just wanted to share that because there was ever no intent to make sure that city would take it on. Thank you, Councilor. and I appreciate it. You must have been reading my thoughts because I was gonna say I wanna thank you for recognizing the need for a public-private partnership. And I heard at the beginning here today, our first speaker saying that they do see an opportunity for a public-private partnership. And with some expertise in mixed-income housing, affordable, middle-missing-middle And what I heard today, again, also eloquently from some sex to students, was that there needs to be opportunity for growth. And wherever they want to be at their market level on housing, or if they need to be insubsidized housing. So I think today brought out some interesting options. I also want to point out that even though the staff brought out four concepts last year in costs, those were four initial concepts. I'm assuming now that we have more partners involved, there may be an entirely new concept that is outside of this that could provide a different perspective because this was a city city and staff driven. But what I did appreciate, I think about what the, that was brought up by Mr. Adavis, as you mentioned, is that he led with achieving the community goals. And I do think that that should be kind of our next step is exploring what, what a 3P or public-private partnership would look like with the fundamental focus of achieving the community goal and recognizing one of our number one challenges that we face in California which is housing affordability. And if we are ever to really address the challenges of people facing homelessness, people being able to have upward mobility because housing costs are consuming the majority of communities income, then we need to be able to figure out how we tackle that housing affordability. So I do want to say again, I thank the passion, but if there's any direction or staff is to look at exploring what a 3P would look like, that's fundamentally focused on the community, but that addresses those multiple tiers of housing. I know that in the projects we've worked on, Stockton Boulevard, that ones that do have a mixed income housing, it blends communities together. It gives opportunities for a lot of folks in different communities to learn from each other. With that, I know this is not new to me, but I think one thing as we find out is we have new folks who are interested in participating with those who have been there from the beginning. Finally, just to thank those like Jesse Ries and Juanita and others who have been there from the beginning in support of this project. So thank you, Mr. Mayor. And thank you, Council Member Bang. Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem. Council Member Jennings. Thank you, Mayor. I wanna thank all of you who came out tonight. I have seven pages of notes, which means if I took seven pages of notes, I may have been looking down when I was writing the notes, but I want to make sure you know I heard everything you said. And I know sometimes it looks like we may not be listening, but we hear everything that you say, and I just wanted to let you know, we heard that tonight, and that we want to honor the work that you've put into this project. Whether we heard you through the listening sessions, or whether we heard you tonight, we hear your voice and your voice has value. And then I just want to kind of acknowledge my colleague, my van, who talks about a lot of people's heart and hustle. It's kind of her thing. But I want to not only acknowledge her heart and hustle, I want to acknowledge her vision and her passion and her strategic thinking. She is a champion change agent. And she's trying to make a change in her district that we all in this room feel is one that we need to make. And so I just want to kind of acknowledge her at this point in time because she's put a lot of work into this and you heard that when she talked earlier I heard it I heard her passion and I heard her commitment to doing something great for her district. I support a project like this in self-sacriminal, especially in Medovue. I worked in Medovue for 15 years and had the opportunity to see firsthand what can happen when you affect change in the area. I've watched churches go up in Medovue and people start attending those churches and changing their lives around because of the change agent. I've watched the Bonnie and Sam Penel go up and all the impact that it's had by going up in South Sacramento and other things as well. I mean I could go on and on and on but you know I believe in this project. I want to see this happen. And so I have, you have my support to do everything we can to work together to make it happen. So I just want to acknowledge those two, each one of you, and also your champion for doing a great job on this project thus far. And she ain't gonna quit. I can guarantee you on that. She's on a mission. And she's gonna do everything she can to make that happen. And I'm here to support her and I know others of us will do the same. Vice Mayor Tallah Montez. Thank you so much, Mayor. And I agree. Councilmember Vang has done a lot of work on this. So for me, I think it's important to honor the guiding principles of the community with this project while working with the private sector, just because the City of Sacramento can't do it alone. And we are in a budget deficit. And it is a long journey. It's like two to ten years from now. And like council member Van said, like, she's laying the groundwork in the foundation for it, but it is so many years in the making and that's important to also recognize. But with that being said, being many years in the making, I've also heard from people doing public comment that people want to do as soon as possible. also for city staff. What is the best avenue for us as a city to be able to develop these parcels quickly? Because that's what we've heard from both like from people that came to public comment. I do have a question for the, can you put the map of the wetlands and the actual acre? Are these, um, so are the seas wetlands protected? Are that can you can you develop on them or what's what so there are certain rules that if you impact the wetlands then there's certain mitigation requirements so they can be impacted what we've been doing over the last two years is studying if there's certain certain special status species in them and as of now We don't have the the final information, but what you see is if we don't find those special status species The area that we would be counted as impact would be less than from 250 to 50 feet So there's a big difference in what we find in the final report. So and maybe I missed this but do you have a report of how much of this land we can use then? So we can use. For housing. We can use all of the land is just a matter of cost to mitigate. So we can build on all of this but we would just need to go through the environmental permitting process in order to get what's called a take permit to affect this, or also some water permits, depending on what jurisdiction it's under a federal or state. So we can use it, it's just a matter of what the cost will be. And when we did the optries constraints analysis, the cost ranged from about 8 million to 13 million to mitigate for this. And so we don't know exactly where that will land just yet. Okay. And do we not have the value of the land is still 12.2 million dollars? We would have to have a appraisal done at this time. I don't know the market. OK. Yeah, just because I'm wondering, because I know when we initially bought the land, it was going to be used for homelessness. And that's what the intent was. And now talking to the community, we're trying to figure out to do a sports complex, to do affordable housing, to do maybe some market rate housing, and just an economic engine. And there's just a lot of opportunities on the table. So then it's like, how do we sell chunks of land so that we can get some of that money back to be able to do some homelessness housing, whether it's tiny homes, and be able to get back some of the monies that we put into it. And so that's why I was wondering in terms of the assessor and how much money. One of the things that we did look at in our concepts is having an interim homelessness use. And one of the reasons when it was taken off the table because of the policy change in October of 2022, they even before that in order to make this available, there need to be some leveling of the ground, some sort of access by roadways. So what we looked at is, you know, there needs to be a time where everything has been made ready for those temporary homeless uses. I guess that's not my- Okay. If we spent $12.2 million on this lot of land, and then we want to do homeless housing, but that's many years down the road. But we need the money now to be able to address homelessness. How do we section off and sell chunks of the land to be able to get some of our money back so we can use that to build tiny homes elsewhere? What we can do it tomorrow. I guess that's kind of. I guess that's my direction. I have to interview. I'm not sure if our Assistant City Manager, Mike Jasso, might be able to address that. Good evening, Michael Jasso, assistant city manager as well as the director of the Office of Innovation and Economic Development. I'm going to apologize in advance, I have a cough, which keeps interrupting unexpectedly. With respect to your initial question of valuation, and is it still worth $12.3 million, I want to be clear in that $12.3 million is what we paid because it was an auction. And an auction is an artificial marketplace because people are bidding based on lots of things that may be rational and irrational on it. So we don't have an appraisal of it. We are currently undertaking an evaluation of the property for value, both as is, which is important. I.e., if we were to just sell it tomorrow or put it on the marketplace tomorrow, what do we think the appraisal value would be? Versus a property that's been a certain amount of entitlement work done, particularly making sure it aligns with the general plan, et cetera. We expect to have that work presented to us in a neural fashion within the next six to eight weeks. So we'll have a better sense of what that is. As to selling it off in part, that's a little bit of a harder question because the appraisal is evaluating as a whole. Typically, if you sell it off in part, you're not necessarily kind of receiving the same value you might have even on a pro-rata basis as you might on the entirety of the parcel. So we would have to assess it at that point. Okay. Yeah, I guess for me, I'm just trying to think of how we can move quickly on this project while adhering to the guiding principles that the community made, but also being able to address homelessness now with some of the monies that we did use for the project to build them before. So thank you. Thank you, Councillor Dickinson. Thanks, Mayor. I have a question, a comment, so Mike don't go too far. I want to follow on from Vice Mayor at them I'm not this question. We've heard the representation tonight that the arpa funds used to purchase the property were intended for application to reducing homelessness. Can you comment on that for us? Sure. So the specific line item of the framework that was adopted by council refers to that line item as homelessness and housing. Now, with clearly in the housing, it was referential to permanent housing, moving from shelter versus housing for homelessness. So that was the intent, and I think what was observed was initially the city thought there might be opportunities to do interim short-term addressing of homelessness. Also even potentially long-term addressing of homelessness, keep in mind that it's 102 acres site to give you a sense of context. 102 acres site can accommodate many things including potentially addressing homelessness as well as permanent housing. Give you a sense of context. Haven for Hope in San Antonio is about 22 acres and is considered one of the foremost approaches to addressing homelessness. So in theory, you could accommodate multiple kinds of uses, both short term and long term. What we found though was that the environmental, just as general conditions of the property, which we just generally did not know prior, at least certainly in complete form, prior to the bidding, kind of precluded the short term, kind of immediate addressing of homelessness on the site, given the cost to try to remediate to get to that level. Yeah, I think one of the, one of the nagging concerns that I've heard expressed is that that money was then a lost opportunity to apply to something more immediate in terms of addressing homelessness elsewhere, if not on the acreage. But I appreciate the context that you give. Thanks very much. In terms of a comment, first of all, I wanted to applaud the community for the work you've done and for the leadership that Councilmember Van has provided in that effort, her dedication, her commitment, her passion are obvious and highly respected, I think, by all of us. I have to say that I empathize enormously with those of you who have spoken from the community about honoring a community-driven plan and result for this property. It's something that I think we all try to foster and I certainly have over the time I've been fortunate enough to serve in public office at various levels. At the same time, I wanna be candid with all of you as well and say that in the part of the city that I represent which features many of the same deficits, history and challenge as you all have articulated tonight, there was an expectation not created by you but created by others that with the acquisition of this site there there would be homeless assistance provided on a immediate basis that would in some fashion balance the establishment of a rather large homeless assistance, tiny home community in District 2. And when that didn't happen, there was a significant amount of, let's you say, displeasure that that had occurred. But we're all one city. And what strikes me this evening in particular is that too often, in one part of the city, we don't really think about other parts of the city. We think about our part of the city, but that is ultimately a strategy and an approach which cannot succeed because we all live in one city. We all live in one region. And if we aren't thinking about how we all prosper and thrive everywhere in the city, then we will fail as a city. So it is incumbent on us, not just those of us who have the good fortune to serve and elected or appointed office, But it's incumbent, I think, on all of us as citizens to remember that larger context in which we find ourselves. And that means that we have to honor respect and we have to foster equity and the righteous approach in all parts of our city. That means that some of us who are in areas that don't live with the same burdens, others have to be willing to accept some of those burdens. It means that some of us who live in areas which have had better fortune and a better, you know, it's not necessarily a better history because the history is enormous wherever we are in the city, but have been favored in some respects. have to remember that when there are challenges for the issues, they cannot be delegated or assigned to certain parts of the city to absorb. It's the entire city that has to be part of the solution. And so with respect to this particular property, I hope we will continue. I do like the idea of pursuing the public-private partnership because I think there are substantial challenges for the city on its own to realize the ideas and dreams that many of you have expressed this evening. But I also hope that in a larger sense, we will use the conversation that we're having tonight to remember that with those things that people don't necessarily prefer to have where or near where they live, that if we're all not part of the solution, if we're all not part of the solution, we're part of the problem. So I appreciate having this before us tonight. I look forward to working constructively on it, but I hope we take a larger lesson away tonight or a larger direction away tonight than just relegated to this or designated to this 102 acres. Thanks, Mayor. Thank you. Councilmember Kaplan. Thank you and I want to echo that I agree with my colleague council member Dickerson. I get the pleasure of we're on the opposite sides. Council member Vang and many of us know that we also see things policy wise very different but you have to know that Rogers, right, we all have to want what is in the best interest of the city of Sacramento. It's not just about my district, it's about our city, it's about all of us together. Because investment in our community, I get the the honor of being in North North Natomas, which was master plan. The city got the opportunity to look at, where did it fail? What did it do wrong? Where was there not equity? Where did we disinvest the wrong way? And they planned North Natomas to do away with the mistakes that were made in other areas of Sacramento. And I would be remiss if I didn't acknowledge that, that I live in an area that is writing the wrongs that were done in other areas of Sacramento 100 years ago, that don't get a clean slate to redo everything. So this has come before us as a council and six of us have seen it. And it's important that we keep our word, it's important for me that I keep my word. And it's important that we take thoughtful action with the community. I get the pleasure of having a regional park and open space lands to be thoughtful about. And I will tell you, girl, you're a little crazy, but I support you crazy because you went above and beyond and going to your community and asking them? Dream, come with me. I don't know how to make this a reality, but you asked your community to dream. And in Sacramento, we don't get the opportunity to make a dream a reality unless we dream in the first place. And so I think it is smart because we know facing a budget deficit that you have to look at thoughtful planning and implementation. This is going to be developed in some way, shape, or form. It's going to be a public-private partnership. There is no other way to make that happen, but I also know in thoughtful, slow processes. I'm a pivot for a second assistant city manager, Jazz, so I have a couple questions. This is now a city of Sacramento publicly owned land. Correct. If we were to look at selling a portion of the land, what is the process that the city would have to go through? So rich standards probably could speak in a little bit greater detail, but generally we would need to first surplus it is my understanding. And how long does that take? That I'm not certain, basically would require a council action on turning me to city turning me. Do you want to, do you want to, just over it? It's perfect, Rich. Hi, Rich. Good evening, Mayor and members of the City Council. I'm Richard Sanders, your facilities and real property superintendent with the Department of Public Works. There is a process for the city to surplus city on land. We are subject to the surplus land act. It would take a council resolution to declare the parcel of surplus or portions of it surplus. We would issue a notice availability to affordable housing developers, which is a letter that goes out to approximately 500 plus interested parties, letting them know that this portion of the land is available for you to submit a proposal, which would include a minimum of 25% affordable housing. That 60-day notice goes out. We receive responses, and then we can negotiate with those interested parties if however we Do not receive any responses we can sell the property at a lower threshold Which require a minimum of 15% affordable housing at that point the process As I said takes a city council resolution a day notice of availability, a minimum of 90 days negotiation with any interested parties, and then proceeding with purchase and sale agreements and finalizing the transaction. So I'll told you're looking at six to nine months minimum to be able to do that to actually sell a portion of the city property. Thank you, because I think it's important that we know that because as we're talking about we do have a budget deficit. If this council wants to even consider that, this would not be something we can do in time to even have money in hand that would address our budget deficit. Is the value change if we do entitlements and kind of rezone? Possibly. The zoning right now is for residential. The general plan, I believe, is for recreational. Correct. So we would have to align those two, so probably an amendment to the general plan to be able to match it with the residential zoning. Thank you. I appreciate you answering these questions. I think I'm good. Thank you. I will just make a side comment because questions were brought up about wetlands. Natomas is a fine example of development on wetlands. that is what the Natomas Habitat Basin Conservancy was set up for and with development coming in, landowners, developers who purchase it are also required to set aside land quote unquote to mitigate elsewhere. So the city has full knowledge and we have extremely capable city staff and planning staff and development staff who know what it takes to develop in wetlands. So I will tell you that is not something that fully concerns me because I know we would have to mitigate it. And I am very supportive of that mitigation which would allow a concentration of wetlands in a certain area, which actually is more beneficial to a species instead of a hodgepodge around. So, Natomas, if you want to see how it's done, look at what we've done with the Natomas Habitat Basin Conservancy. So, that gets me back to thoughtful action with the community in partnership with the community. I want us to take our time because there won't be a time again that 102 acres are available for a disadvantaged community for building housing that can address or unhoused crisis at the same time. In development nothing happens quickly. There have been projects that have been 20 years in the pipeline that are just coming to fruition now and a quick development is three to five years of anything happening. When we talk about our unhoused, I think it's important to also know Haven for Hope, is privately run. And I think we as a city need to have that extra conversation when we're looking at our unhoused. Is this in the best interest for the city of Sacramento to be running something when we, the federal funding, state funding is going away? And that is not part of our charter and our core functions. We have to do our part, and it's maybe doing a lease or making land available for one dollar for somebody to come in that can do and provide housing in this area which I know my vang and the community have talked about because it is about housing of how we get people off the streets but I don't think it is wise for the city to continue investing in that city-run process. I think we have to take a step back and say if we're really talking about what's amazing with Haven for Hope, that is privately run. That is not run by government. And that's how you make a difference if you you have to look at something that is currently successful. Public private partnership this land is right next to a school. Has conversations with the city of Sacramento or Sacramento City school district happened about employment and low income housing for their employees, for their custodians, for their health days, for the front desk secretaries. This is what I believe in investment for the community, by the community, for the community. And I want to make sure that we come back and we talk about the principles for planning that council member van talked about because we should adopt that as a council. Because otherwise we can keep having this conversation and depending on who gets elected, we constantly change it or the direction changes. So I think it is up to us to fully commit What is it we believe and what direction do we want to go so I would like to see an action item on this come forward and I would like us to be thoughtful because the community showed up and asked for us to listen as elected even though I'm in the northern part of the city it's responsible for all of us to listen So I'm listening to you and I'm supporting the direction of councilmember my day There's you like me to councilmember make you mayor I Will be I'll be very brief just because I about a year ago today we had a very similar discussion and I had detailed comments then and so I align myself my position hasn't changed since last year but I do want to I do have one or two questions mostly around timeline and process. So we had a discussion about a year ago, April 9th of last year, where members of this body, you know, sends the new members who were not here, discuss what their priorities were. We heard from the community, many of which are in the room here. Thank you for being here again, and sharing and spending your time a Tuesday night. Obviously, this is not an action item. What happens after today? What continue is there a process that continues on given that assuming that no direction changes from the council? Whoever's best answer that? Well, I think that's part of the input that we would receive. We were heading down a path of bringing the guiding principles that reflected community input as well as ultimately that process would lead to the solicitation of a master developer or multiple developers for a project that would be a public-private partnership that would envision and maintain those elements that the planning process brought forward. So that would be the process. We were on the path to go on, and staff was preparing for based on the direction that was given last year. Okay, so just so I understand. In the last year, from April 9th of last year until now, when you've received, you know, direction and comments from this council, what's been done in that time? Can anyone tell me? Yeah. Sure. So we did extensive community information and education. That was actually the main part of it just to make sure because it is a complicated process. I think you pointed out these things take time. And so I think one of the things is just to make sure that there is a very firm understanding of the development process and all the steps that need to happen in order for things to move forward. We've also negotiated with Delta Shores for having a new roadway connection, which was voted in the new development agreement in September. And then we've been doing the surveys of the site in terms of wetlands. And assembling all the information that we received last year at council, one of the, we presented a next steps and, you know, to go out to the community and then come back with some sort of framework that would guide us towards the next steps. And at the time, it was like vision and goals and we didn't know what it would look like. But as we were hearing from the community and talking to the advisory committee and, you know, just hearing from various folks and even just last year just realizing that we needed to put something together that was a framework of here's what we're hearing and here's what we feel like we'd help guide staff and council in the next step. So we assembled those you know drafted them, shared them with council member Vang and then yeah, just looking for you know direction on the next steps but I think the next the next next logical step would just come back with those, you know, are we all in agreement over these guiding principles? And then there's additional next steps beyond that. Okay, that's really helpful. And I heard it being said and you said as well. So those guiding principles that will come back are also the same ones that have been developed as community. They're not different separate. Okay helpful. I think that first and foremost just knowing the amount of work that's gone on from community members and the advisory committee and Council of my Vings office, our staff, I think it would be a huge miscarriage if we didn't align those entirely. What we're talking about and deciding on is what is coming forth from the community because a lot of work that has been done and I think we have an opportunity here to start to rebuild trust in places of the city where the trust has been broken and including part of South Sacramento, part of areas of my district and beyond and I think that this is a great opportunity for us to do that to show that we can walk in alignment with the things that we say up here and forward into the community. So I really support that. I would love to see an action item come back sooner rather than later. I hear that it takes time and I see obviously all throughout the city and in my district sometimes things take years and decades. But I think it's also our responsibility to push and to make sure that things can move faster and that they can happen as I think Councillor Bingham has done many times at the speed of trust, but also that they happen in a way that can, you know, we can see it in our lifetime so we can see something happen that's tangible for the community. And so I'd love to have an opportunity to talk about that in an actual item. And I just want to, I've had a couple of things that I heard. One is we talked a lot about under-resource or resource or under invested. I really like thinking about things in terms of that because it puts the onus on what the real problem is which is the system, right? It's not that there's anything different or wrong in certain areas of the city or these communities. It's said that over many, many years there hasn't been an investment by those who are in positions of power into these communities. And so we see disparities continue to exist. And so I think that that's one thing that we can be really thoughtful about how to undo, or to start to undo through some of these strategic investments economically. The other thing that I heard is something along the lines of housing is homelessness prevention. So we don't have to think so statically about, you know, whether or not it's, you know, safe camping, safe parking, this or that. We say all the time on this dius that one of the best ways that we can invest our money to address homelessness is on prevention. That means housing. That means affordable housing. And so if one of the many things that we do on this property is housing, then we are actually investing in that goal. It may not be in the exact same way that it was said in 2022 or 2021 or whatever date that was. But that's because we've gotten a lot of other information that has helped us formulate our opinions and change our minds based on the reality of the situation on the ground. And so I think a lot of that is shown in the very detailed analysis that the staff has put together, which I'm really grateful for. So I just wanted to call out those two things and really just especially want to thank Councilmember Mai Bing for her advocacy and her passion and I think that she'll through tonight and just appreciate the community for showing up. So thank you. Thank you. Back to you, Councilor Ravang, for my final comments. Oh, I just wanted to wait to hear your direction because I had, I've been typing everyone's direction down with so that hopefully there's a consensus on direction. So I wanted to hear from you first. I've been typing everyone's direction down. I'm gonna go first. Okay, so do you have a direction? Go ahead. Okay, so this direction might change depending on what you say too, but I think it's really important that we honor the work of City staff in our community given just the years and months of collective input. I like us to honor our community's work by providing direction to City staff to bring back this item back It's just clarify I was I thought you wanted to pine more on some of the I.E.s. I heard but on on direction yes this is that's this is a receiving file this is not a direction. It is it is a receiving file but we have we can provide staff direction that is my understanding right legal like it is not an action item we're not voting on anything, but we still need to provide staff direction on next step. So, for example, Council member Maple just says, she would like to see this come back as an action item, so that we can vote on the guiding principles. I was gonna add that to the direction as well. And so, that's my understanding is that we can provide direction. We're not, it's not an action item, but we can provide direction for staff so they are clear about next steps so they're not like, so what did council say? I think it's important for us to be clear about next steps. So that's... We're not an action item, but we can't provide direction for staff so they are clear about next steps so they're not like, so what did council say? I think it's important for us to be clear about next steps. That's why I was waiting for your comments because I wasn't sure what your options were. I'm typing everyone's. On any council item, any night, you can provide direction to anybody you wish out here, but on this item, it's a receiving file. We could we could come back we're going to the city assistant city manager said they're doing some analysis and some options as far as land I'm going to share some of that in a second as well but there's no direction from the council night this is solely a receive and file. Okay well my understanding is that it has to be a can I last legal then because I want I want to make sure that we all have the same information because my understanding is that even those not an action item, Council can still provide direction, just like you said at any time and given the 102 is in front of us, I think it's important for us to provide direction that we, I want to see this item come back as an action item, at least the guiding principles that staff has created informed by community. That's really important because if we're going to move forward on next steps, we got to make sure we have that framework that's guided by community and a lot of work was put into that. So I don't know if legal has a change in on that. Yeah, so with receive and file, revealing common items, staff is taking copious notes and listening to everything you say, you're kind of giving direction the whole time. So what I hear from you saying is you're trying to summarize, kind of get a consensus, because staff doesn't have a vote to go off of. So that's fair in your discussion. Staff is listening. Yeah, so we're saying the same thing, Councillor Vang. The staff has heard direction from eight people so far. I'm going to speak in a second. They've taken great notes. They'll go back and watch the video. I'm sure if you'd like, you could recap what you think. You heard from all of us individually, but there is no vote or direction tonight. There's an action item that's a receiving file. That's tonight's action, but there is no directing staff to do anything else at this point in time. Yeah, I think that maybe we have different interpretation because you just said a moment ago that we can direct staff at any time on council. So you as an individual can give your opinion on any item, any given Tuesday. Well, I hope that we can collectively agree on a council direction. I think that's really important. So staff is clear with leave it there. I'll hear what your options are. There we go. This is a big deal. We don't have much land left in the city of Sacramento. If you look at a map of vacant land, this is one of the big swaths that's undeveloped. So it's not just a piece of undeveloped land on a map. This is a future of a direction of the city of Sacramento. There's big stakes here. So we got to get it right. And I'm focused on a win-win, not just for you, Councilor Vang, but for the community and for the next generation. This is going to be 20, 30 years down the road as far as what we do here and focusing on the entire city. But I think three things must be clear. We need to be fair and honest with the taxpayers, with the taxpayers. And I'll get to that. And we also need to address you, address the issue number one, homelessness. I've had 30, 40 listening tours around the city, one in your district. Everybody talked about homelessness that night. Only one person talked about 102 acres and that was somebody that part of the team of yours. The homelessness issue is a number one issue that the community wants us to address. And then number three, I don't disagree. This is as Roger Dickinson alluded to. There are certain neighborhoods that have been historically under looked, under invested in, ignored in the city of Sacramento. Metal views one, North Sacramento, Oak Park, I'm sure Crenie would say, Northgate, Gardenland. There are a few areas that have not got our full attention. So I think that we need to keep that lens on these three things. So there's, I think there's some clarity on what happened and this is what I thought it was important. There's only three of you there right here when we directed the city manager to implement the siding plan. You had a pot of money for siding land and developing homeless programs. Crystal clear, it was an economic development fund for opportunity, it was focusing on homelessness. And in 2021, 22, the city purchased for roughly over $12 million this land with ARPA money. It's document, the federal document, document. Count some meanings and notes as we heard from tonight. It was crystal clear that we're going to use this to address our homelessness crisis in Sacramento. With the notion that one day when the homelessness crisis is over, hopefully, that we could use the land to build more housing, build potentially parks in this area because it is after all 102 acres it's hard to come by. And I will admit there was a lot of people in the city of Sacramento that put their hopes in dreams that this is going to be, this is the panacea. This is going to be our haven for hope. And Councillor M. Rapplucki-Bomber and I flew there over the summer to go spend a day looking at it. And it's very different. It's apples and oranges. It's in the heart of the city. They have private money as Councilmember Kaplan said. But really, it's county and city putting all their money in one program. All the non-profits programs are in one area. It's in the heart of the city. This isn't an area that's analogous to South Sacramento with no access at the edge of the city. So there was this notion that this is going to be the savior for all of our 5,000 plus homeless in the city of Sacramento. I don't think that's fair for a lot of reasons. One, it wouldn't work in that area. And number two, it's not fair for the rest of the city. As you said, Councillor McKinston, because we're all in this together. We have to make sure that we address these on multiple sites throughout the city. But that being said, we did use public money to purchase this land to address homelessness. And so I think three years later, There's later, it's come the conclusion that it's not viable, as staff said. It is viable, but we have to spend tens and millions of dollars which we don't have To have homeless programs there so if you ask Most residents who aren't following like all of us here today like hey, this is what's going on the city of Sacramento. We bought this land for homelessness programs. They'd probably say, well, you should do one or two things. You should put homelessness programs there like you voted on and told the public or sell it, give us our money back. And use that money to address homelessness programs elsewhere because we have a big, big problem to address. It's not going away. Talk about it every night here at City Council. So, you know, that's one scenario. And I also 100% respect and acknowledge the work that you Councilman Ravang in the community has talked about. It's like, hey, this is an opportunity to focus on us. We're at the south part of the city. Rockstep and a throw away from Elk Grove or Grove. You don't hear us down here. Don't forget about us. We want to round and ask them their opinions. I understand that. I understand that. We have a community principal outline that I would want to fight was your constituent down there like amen. I want these things in my community. So these things, I don't think they're mutually exclusive. And I know we heard earlier that this is bait and switch, that you're buying this with public money and you're doing something else then. And then the flip side is like, no, we want to make sure that we focus on the future here. So, I don't think these things are mutually exclusive. I think that's why I heard, if I can summarize and give commentary, I heard that from multiple people, including you, that these things are not mutually exclusive, that it can be a win-win. We can address the issues that we focused on, tackling homelessness. I really want to follow up with what Councillor M�gera talked about. Our very first speaker talked about the public-private partnership idea and reiterated, I quote, the city is not a developer. We're not a developer. We entitled land, we set principles, but we're in a good position here because usually when developers come to us, they ask us for permission to build something on land. Here, potential developers can ask us permission what's the build this land, and we actually own the land too. So even more opportunity to incorporate, we'll use spent two years talking to your residents as far as what we could have there. So look, this takes a long time. I'm flashing back 15 years ago, and remember Bonnie Paneu had a dream in your seat that met of you, would have economic development or regional shopping center, which they do now have in Delta shores. they would have no longer just housing being built there, apartments and pockets of poverty, but up zoning and opportunities to move up, move up housing in the community. And so we have that. And so there is a scenario where this is a win-win scenario. And go back to the issue of the day and that's homelessness. We heard from our DCR director, Mr. Pedro, who's back there in the fifth row. And he has amazing ideas. And we have, if you look at the citing plan that's in the staff report, there are multiple sites there. We know that we're there ready to go today. We just don't have money to open them up. And we've opened up two successful programs recently that have good success. And Stockton Boulevard, Stafesay, Roseville Road, homelessness, tiny homes that are actually very successful. What do we need? We need more money to operate them today. So I'm trying to put all these pieces together. Put all these pieces together. We want to honor the community, want to help you, Mr. Pedro and the city, and all of us get more people off of the streets, and into housing, and onto a better tomorrow. Build more housing at all income levels. I'm going to get promotion there. Council member, Kaplan alluded to. If we sold this land there are some requirements for some affordability So that's move up housing and affordability at all income levels. So I see council member Vane, not us or them. It's a win-win for all of us. It's a win-win. So I think we have to have a little bit of patience in the process. Assistant City Manager talked about some options they're exploring right now as far as what's the land, worth what options we would have, how that would materialize. But I think we can't get ahead of ourselves. We don't want to box us in. Because we don't want to, you know, say this is our land, we're going to lease it for a dollar or try to be the master plan developer and be sitting on this for 20 years. That's the ultimate disservice. Because then our residents here from our community are not gonna have the vision that was the focused on. We're not gonna have the resources to address the issue number one of the day in our communities homelessness. So I just think if we take a step back and look at how we can connect all these dots, we can have a win-win for the entire community. So this is an opportunity for us to hear all the council members out tonight, hear from the community, hear staff options, and this is a receive and file. And with that, this is a receive and file item, that this is a receiving file item so this will conclude this item I'll remember Thanks mayor. I appreciate you sharing just your insight and What you've heard from your listening session you're absolutely. That homelessness is one of the number one things we hear in the city. And as I shared earlier and you've heard from Councilmember Maple and other colleagues, I think one of the best way to address homelessness is making sure that we set the foundation for more affordable housing in our city. I also just want to say, you know, so many residents turned out today To really share their thoughts to share their insights of district eight I know that you're doing your listening session right now and I'm hoping that you that you did take this opportunity to listen From them directly given that you said you attended one session of the 40 sessions in the city And so I really appreciate staff's community coming out, but I I still Because again, this is not an action item, but staff still needs direction. And I guess I will prep a right direction whether staff takes it or not, because as council members we're allowed to do this. And I've heard from councilmember Maple as well that she wants this to come back as an action item. I think it's important for us to honor the work of the community. And I'll keep saying that. Staff has spent months with an on creating an online portal workshop, going to 10 numerous sessions to develop these guiding principles. I mean, these are not controversial guiding principles that's premature, right? We, if we bring these back and vote on these guiding principles, it's going to guide how we move forward. Yes, and it may include surplusing the property. It may include coming up with a finance strategy to make it work, but we still need to have the item come back as an action item. And I will read staff have this item prepare to come for a vote and the action item, even though this is a receiving file, the action item is pretty broad. It's passive motion directing the city manager to ensure that the guiding principle is adopted so that we can continue with 102 acres. And it may be different options like you mentioned. So I just think that's really important. I want to honor the community's work because I feel like this is the reason why constituents and communities don't take our listening sessions seriously. They don't take our survey seriously because we aren't doing anything with that data. And I think it's important for us to adopt those guiding principles as a framework to guide us, right? We haven't even said exactly we're going to sell or serve us. I think, you know, it may be a good idea. I heard from Nick earlier about they stand ready as well to work with us as a city. But we got to make sure that whatever we do, whether we sell it, whether we keep some of it, That's guided by community. I think voting on those guiding principles is really important. So I'm asking staff and hopefully my colleagues will support me. whatever we do, whether we sell it, whether we keep some of it, that that's guided by community. I think voting on those guiding principles is really important. So I'm asking staff and hopefully my colleagues will support me in this, that that's the direction from this receive and file workshop is to bring this item back as an action item, at least the guiding principle so that we can vote on that. And I just heard from you mayor that staff right now is working on, like working on appraising the site to figure out how much it costs. Vice Mayor Talimont has just asked for that right now is working on, like, working on appraising the site to figure out what, how much it costs. Vice Mayor Talimont has just asked for that right now. I think that's important to bring it back. So we can know if we were to appraise it and surplus it, what would those options, what would that look like? I think that's important for us to be transparent to the commuterion. So I do believe this should come back as an action item. I'm not trying to rush this because I do know it's going to take 68 years. But if we're not consistent and we're not just moving the project along, it will never happen. And so I want to make sure that that happens. So I just wanted to say, again, I would love. I'm providing the direction for staff to bring this as an action item, a lead on the guiding principles, and the various options that all of you have laid out. I'm not opposed to all of those options. I think let's put it on the guiding principles and the various options that all of you have laid out, right? I'm not opposed to all of those options. I think let's put it on the table. Let's put it on the table and have a discussion about it when the time is right. Because I know we're in the middle of budget conversations right now this month and next month until May and June. But maybe this comes back like after summer when staff is ready doing all their analysis. So that's my direction to City staff. Yeah, let me just respond. I don't think what you're saying is out of this scenario for us, but we have some other pieces that we wanted to connect the dots first. I think what's key is ownership, long term financial liability, just adopting guiding principles what we want to see there is honestly sometimes an empty promise, I want to be the old guy, but I've seen a lot of plans that sit up there and some of our council members who have master plan and streetscapes and visioning for a lot of parcels across Sacramento, but unless we focus on the finances, how it's going to be all connected, then I don't think that we're doing a service to the community. So I would prefer us to wait to figure out how we're going to Pinsle this all together and connect all the dots appropriately. Councillor Kappling. Thank you, Mayor. I just want to reiterate that I hear different versions of a lot of Things in direction from all of our council members. So that's where I think it is important that we come back so official action can be taken. Because no one of us can direct the staff. I can't direct the staff, the mayor can't direct the staff. Council member Van can't direct the staff. Because we've now all taken an an investment in this so if staff is listening to any one of us They should probably stop right now in 102 acres because collectively we are a governance body and it takes five of us To give direction and what I hear is potential disagreement on the direction of where where we believe as a city we should go with 102 acres. So the only way to solve that is an actual action item where the public gets to see and hear where we vote because I can tell you staff can go back and listen to this and there may be disagreement about where the actual direction was. Who said what? What did they mean? Does the mayor get to direct and say, hey, it doesn't come back on the agenda item because I want ABC and D. Well, I think because I hear disagreement between council member vang and the mayor on where the direction is that we actually need to come back to council and get an actual vote of this item because what I did here a majority of us Say is explore a public private partnership that is what I did here a majority of us say So what does that look like coming back to council and I think we owe it to the community because there is disagreement. How should this be used? Council member Van, we'll say this is absolutely being used to help our homeless. Some may say it's not. Everything in housing takes time, but the only way that there is clear direction when there is a receive and file with this much opinion and discussion on it is to actually bring back an item so that we can vote and give directions. So as a governing body, I just think that's the responsible thing to do and I'd like to see and I hope our mayor and our city manager will put that together so that we can actually have an action item on this. Okay, again we are evaluating options here tonight. This is... What's that option here? Yeah. Yeah. I just wanted to... I just wanted to close this and focusing on how I view this. There's 98% commonality here, right? We're focusing on the process of coming back and what the options are. And I think that we want to have a complete path as far as disposition, public private partnerships, doing an appraisal, what it's worth, exploring the community values which I don't disagree with. I support all of those. But at this point, I think it's probably appropriate for us to just take a time out and I'll commit to sitting down with you Councilmember van you always say that you're neglected in your brown bubble So me and you are in a two person brown bubble and so we'll come back and focus on Options where we can look at the long-term viability and being successful So with that this is a receive and file item and this concludes the side of thank you. So Mary, you move to council comments. Ideas questions, AB123 reports? Council member Kaplan. Thank you just want to let everybody know this Saturday we're having the North Natomas Cate Festival it's our third annual from 11 to 2 p.m. at the North Lake Community Park which is the big park you see as you're headed to the airport but if you stay north on 99 there is plenty of wind out there so come on out and join us. And then this Sunday I am supporting the first annual VA fundraiser from 2 to 5 p.m. at Shark Q Tari at 101 East Commerce way so come on out and help us support our VA. Mayor Prattim Gara. Thank you. I just wanted to express my thanks to the park staff department, all the board members of the college school and little league for great work in opening the new softball field and getting that going. Also thanks to our mayor who showed up to throw the second first pitch because I didn't make it to the first one on the first pitch. So with that it was a great opening. The sun was out. It was great to see that we started a fully full team of softball and given the amount of participants in T-ball looks like we're going to have a long trajectory of successful softball at College Glenn Glenbrook Park. So thank you, Mayor and Council. Councilmember Jennings? Just very quickly, Pocket Little League had their opening day of baseball. They, it was an incredible crowd out there. We had record number of kids that participated in baseball this year in the 29 years that we've had to lead. This was the highest number of kids that we've ever had. So they are rebounding from the pandemic and they are getting outside plan America's greatest sport. I just want to also announce that the mayor was out in participation with us. And he absolutely on his throwing the ball to the plate. He threw a strike because he's a baseball player and he can throw the ball from. And he didn't take the upper part of the mound. He went all the way back to where the pitches pitch from, but he threw a perfect strike. So thanks for being out there and support of us and we really appreciate you. Council member Vang. Thank you. I just wanted to announce that our annual district eight community conversation is happening this Saturday from 10 to 1 o'clock at Union House Elementary. That's at 7850 dare Creek Drive. It's really important if you're listening, if you live in District 8 come out to learn about the progress, everything that's happening in our district across the district, completed ongoing and future projects, a city staff from various departments will be there as well to address any of the community's concerns. And then I also just wanted to let folks know that this weekend is the seventh annual Stefan Clark legacy week. It kicks off this Friday March 14 with multiple events happening until March 17th. In particular, this Saturday right after our community conversation from 1 to 6, I am sack foundation is hosting the Stefan Clark legacy week in block party at the DeCoy Porter College Prep at 201s. We're encouraging the community to come out to that. And then I just wanted to have folks save the date for the 36th annual Sweet Potato Festival hosted by the Sacramento Valley section of the National Council of Negro Women taking place Saturday, March 22nd, from 10 to 4 p.m. at the Paneau Community Center. As you know, we have the best Sweet Potato pies at the annual event and encouraging everyone to attend. It is a free event. Family friendly, bring the kids, our elders. There'll be resources, entertainment, and a sweet potato pie contest that, oftentimes, Coach over here, he is one of the judge. He's been judging the sweet potato pie contest for many years now and he'll be there as well. Thank you. Council Member Maiple. All right. Thank you, Madam City Clerk. So Thursday, the 20th at 6 p.m. please join us in the community for the Xtreet Navigation Center. We do a good neighbor meeting. This is quarterly. I just really want to thank our staff, Mario, Brian from DCR, PD, and everyone, S.H.R.A., all of our partners that come out. It's an opportunity for the community to share their questions, concerns, comments, or to eat some food and enjoy. It's going to be at NeighborWorks Sacramento. That's at 2 4 11, Alhambra Boulevard, Suite 200. Join us at 6 PM for that. And our first ever D5 Fit and Fun. Join us with our very own Alexa Garcia, District Five resident and small business owner, and she is going to be making a sweat. So we're going to be at City of Refuge, located at 3216 Martin Luther King, Junior Boulevard. We're going to have a bring your own mat, bring some water, but we're going to have a great workout and a lot of fun and focused on staying healthy and fit. You can sign up. We still have spaces. Let me make sure of the right thing. Sackd5.com, sash, fit and fun. Join us then. Thank you. Okay, it appears I have no more council members queued up to speak. I have 15 speakers for public comment matters, not on the agenda. Jeffrey Tartigui, Lambert, and Christina Rogers. Council members, I appreciate you guys listening to the earlier conversation. For Ms. Van, I will say that in 2006, when they did point in time count, Sacramento did not count anybody in the South area period as being homeless. That's why I came here tonight because it was important to say this was not was done in the past. What you do in the future is what you have to determine. Also, I now bring up the game the statement about that for the homeless count next year we really need the city to direct the city police to tell the CO, which will be meeting tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock in the morning. With change of power, you know, people are leaving. They're done so new leadership and new change groups is taking place. I see you're getting down to the time, but this council needs to come up with a resolution or a passing. I haven't asked anybody to deal with the fact that you need to let. So the COC board know what is happening for those ensuingments of December and January last time that was counted. We had a lot of capital downtown read a Capitol downtown and so the city of downtown disappeared homeless. Just flat out, move them away where they went, don't know. Now, this is the last item on the agenda. So again, you guys, you know, you have half of the board, they may be back there, but they don't hear what public comment is made about that you need to change. That's what Darrell Steinberg led you into. You need to put it up there for discussion, so it gets better items to there. And we're running out of time and say, you're comments. You promise me. Next speakers, Lambert. Mayor if I may really quickly. Yes. Just a note for the public, because I hear this get brought up from time to time. When members do need to go back to use the restroom because we are human. The public comment, the speakers actually play in the bathrooms and in the backroom. So we actually, we do hear what's being said. I just want to make that clear and appreciate your comments. And next speaker is Lambert, then Christina Rogers, then Mac Worthy, Robert Copeland, Gerald Landruth, Jared Hill. Last week I said I wasn't coming back because I have had enough of City Hall. But my family told me about something that should be discussed tonight. I was the one who said that people should not get a raise for working remotely. What did the Sacramento B.C. say since you can't see it is March 10th? Listen at this. Some workers freed by the ability to work remotely in the pandemic early days. They moved away from Sacramento just as the Bay Area residents flocked to relatively affordable Sacramento and plaster counties knowing they could report to office once or twice a week. I'm vindicated because I was the one who said, minty cupbe should be the highest paid at City Hall. Why? Because she was here and I guarantee you she could operate this from home. And there were some people that were on the roster that had difficulty. And also, people are now saying that they shouldn't come back to work because it's a hardship. How could it be a hardship for the last five years and you were receiving raises while working at home? That's an end so. And I will end by saying, there's nothing crazy about you, my bank. Your mind is fine. People who are from privileged parts of the city may say things like that, but as a person who's from Del Paso Heights whose parents got redlined on trying to get property in wood lake and they told me about it as a teenager. There's nothing wrong with your mind. And I think Mr. Plucky-Bombs should be recalled because he's on the phone more than he pays attention and I study this roster. Thank you for your comments. Christina. I don't see Christina. Mac Worthy. Then Robert Copeland, Jared Landruth, Frank Morgan, Jr. I'm laughing because I can't laugh because I see garbage. Oh. What about the city shot at the Mac, I can't do it in a bag, or he had to fault the shit for not laughing at apologize for the last man. My vein, you talk too much, you listen to the wrong person. How many times you got a professional person to come in and talk to you neighbors? I think a pro-year-and-a-talk to her because I know a lot of people are family out there because that's the people move from their past, high school, park, and the first to develop. You see these are the things that you got to do because even if you talk to your dad you get a lot of insight on America. Just talk to your dad and have a conversation. But what we look at here is the charter. I've been raising a charter. Then we see all of you starting to be about the charter. You know, wait for somebody got to be lying. Somebody got to be lying here. What is the Brown Act that's covered the people as that? What? What is the report of the closed-state? We want to see that report. Those reports are for the public. You know, how many people come in and attend those things? They never have. We want to know what was the charter agenda for the past six months. Do we have to fill out a free information act to do it? This thing should be automatically given to the public. Give things to the public that will help them. The same thing is developing out here. You know that was garbage. When the Dixon speak about private people tell them they got equity in their property and get away from race equity and get a bank. Bill Berger's son is here. He will come in and work with you to put paper against your property and you have to live out there to build whatever you want to be built out there. But you're here, you're gonna do it. I've been there for four or four years. You own the same subject for four or four years. Same subject, I brought it up. Anyway. Thank you for your comments. Our next speaker is Robert Copeland. I don't see Mr. Landruth, so Frank Morgan Jr. Well, my opinion, my thing is the best city council here Where's my city council? I hope it comes back Also, I spent more time recently at the capital than in swing space than I spent here This is the first city council member with a Bill Pluckbaum, Kevin McCarty, Roger Dickinson, and our city managers that had been to. Also, I'm supporting a JR3, which tells if it passes state-led later, tells Congress not to cut Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and that goes to the President of the United States. Why do we have such a high homeless problem is we don't have enough low-income housing, rents too high. I think we should do something about that nationally, statewide and locally. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Frank Morgan, Jr. Jared Hill, Susan Elcop. Thank you again for the opportunity to come out and speak to the mayor and the folks here on the rights rights. Thank you guys. Still haven't gotten a lot done, but I'm still here. I'm going to be faithful because it will happen. Like I said, I dealt with a lot of people and I don't know if I could even get a meeting with the mayor, but maybe I can't. And just to talk about it, it's just still waiting. Like I said, it's happening but it's slow. And I don't know how, when, or why, or where, but I'm just, I'm being faithful. I think a councilman, she's trying and Paul kind of brimed, sorry. And like I said, I get calls. I got a call from the police and I'm getting different numbers. And I was like, well, why didn't I get the number before? Then it was, they said they called me on September. They called me on December, I go to the police department to get my report and I have to wait again. Well if you've got my report why isn't it in the file cabinet why wasn't it filed? It's kind of kind of crap you know I don't understand and maybe I'm not intelligent enough to know what I'm talking about but like I said it hurts when you go down to get some information that should be mine. I have to keep waiting. I'm not waiting, but it's crazy. But I just thank you guys. And as people are talking, I think we should just listen because this is a beautiful city here. I didn't like it at first, but I became a part of it. I'm here. And like I say, just everything we do here is very important. And as we're going forward, we have to support each other. It's very, very important. And like I said, I appreciate this time to come and stand before you guys and talk. But God is good. And like I say, thank you guys for your time. Thank you for your comments. I have Jared and Susan. Jared is OK for Susan to go first. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I am Susan Alhawk. I'm a student at a school at High School in the school, grade average, 2.6. I graduate in June. I walk in my high school to Columbia. My elective classes are church driving, and one in 100, I am unhoused. I've been on health for many years. Fortunately, I'm at Roosevelt Road, an incident on Friday, March 7th. I always have school, I've got to health for many years. Fortunately, I met Roosevelt Road, an incident on Friday, March 7. I was at school, I got a text from my husband, emergency text, telling me that the colon person was there to told my truck. My means of transportation to get me to school. My means of my husband going to work to provide food for us because I will not eat with they feed us because they have us like we're prisoners there there. I don't I have a name I was born with the name not a number. My name was when I was born with Susan Marie Malini. I converted and I had now have all hung. Yes, I stand to that. But I was not giving a number when I was born. I might have one when I die, but I'm not when I was born. I was giving a real name. There I'm giving a palette number, a trailer number. That's what they know us as. They feed us like we feed out the pigs out there at the real, real, real, real, real, real, uh, correctional center. We're not prisoners. But I want to know who do I need to speak to to get my truck out of this end panel? What do I need to do is $181 just to get a police report released. Plus, it's going to cost me $500 a $35 to get it out of tow because of some kind of illegal parking. From the Sheriff's Project, work project on Roseville Road, down to Longview, Roseville Road. There no science out there that says no parking. Guess what they did? They told my car for no parking in front of the shelter that I am temporary staying at a short term. I need to speak to somebody here that can give me some information to who I need to talk to to get this my truck out. That's the only way I'm able to eat at night. You know Friday, please. I have not had a pizza food. Madam City Manager, do you have someone I could have here? Yeah! Why is the place in your comments? Our time is complete. I have not had a piece of food in my pocket. Madam City Manager, do you have someone I could have here? Yeah. Why is the place you are coming? Your time is complete. Please take your seat. No, it's not the time to take people. Should we take you harder? Please take your seat. Your time is complete. Keep taking. Stop taking. Our next speaker is Jared Hill. Take it. Please take your seat. Your time is complete. Please. You're wrong. Stop taking from us and then we might have a better picture. Next speaker, please. Our next speaker is Jared Hill, then Zion Tattas. No, that's not right. Stop taking it. Get on the loan. We can pay for it by taking. Next speaker. Good evening, Council. Good evening. My name is Jared Hill. I am one of 10 Sacramento Corps members awarded the right to the Spinsery Store front in Sacramento. I'm here today to plead with you guys for an additional amount of time to open our location. It really threw me off, so let me get back to my notes here if you don't mind, so excuse me. My team and I are here tonight to request additional time to open beyond April 1st, 2025. We estimate we will open in just 90 to 120 more days at our newly acquired site in District 2 there at 1625 Del Paso While we have faced numerous challenges to this project including limited access to fairly price commercial real estate Planning and zoning changes coming online Too late for us at this point, but still current. And ultimately a fire that destroyed our first location at 1511, Dope House, right behind the Wells Fargo bank there, which created a significant and huge loss of time, effort, and money. We were on track, on time, but due to this tragic fire, we effectively had to start over from scratch with less time than originally planned. We overcame these challenges. We will continue to overcome challenges seen and unseen. There's no quit in us. With this next challenge overcoming this drop dead date of April 1st, 2025, we need your help. We need your help. We appreciate the one-year extension granted by the council last year. And it was an estimate at best of what time would be required for anyone that wasn't on that three-year track. And we need a look at your comments. Your time is complete. Our next speaker is Zion, Dan Nikki. Zion, Nikki, Jennifer Holden, Monica Mayers, then Malachi Aiman. Hi, everyone. Thank you for having me. I'm here to support of course my colleagues, Mara Kai and Gerrit for them to be extended for there for whatever they need. And also I'm here to also complain the red line in our community, whether housing or business access is fund access is, you know, just like me, I'm going through the same thing when it comes to building my shashem and the micro, but I was rejected for the fund that we fought for the past five years because of this red lining that they put. So I know we're having on this, they when it comes to the cannabis, we need to know the statistics. How is this distributed? The policy was changed from the community that have been affected by war on drug. Now it's every individual that has been affected. So I need you to really look at our cannabis equity and create a proper, you know, our fund, how we're spending it, 80% of it going to somewhere else. Instead of bringing it back to us, we only have three points, something million, but that's not even enough. But if we're spending it on paying stuff and paying marketers that who does not even know how to market us. We're just wasting the money instead of building the businesses that we fought from the beginning. So we really need to stop that red lining with our housing. Yeah, we say affordable, but what about the people in our community who cannot afford? I mean, there are so many, actually, the same homelessness in our community for the past two, three years, same homelessness, so how come they're not being housed? So we can keep on saying, you know, underserved community, but I don't see any underserved community receiving the grants and the necessary help that they have. Thank you for your comments. Our next speaker is Nikki. Thank you for your comments. Your time is complete. Nikki, Jennifer Holden, Monica Mayers, Malachiaman, and then Raab. Hey all, my name is Nikki. I am an advocate here in Sacramento. I've also been a street outreach worker since 2014 here in Sacramento, which means I've done both sort of like support work with folks trying to help access the systems of care. I used to do the VIs but coordinated access, all that stuff. And have found through that process of trying to help and support people. How like utterly broken the system is. I think if you ask these guys back here what they'll tell you is the shelter system is a bottleneck. The Sacramento steps forward put out their coordinated access systems report for the month of January. 95% of people who attempted to access shelter were not able to. That means 95% of people during the month of January that tried to access shelter, we're not able to. So we've got five, five percent going for us. And for those five percent, it took 16 days on average for them to get from shelter assessment. Do you know how much can change in 16 days? Do you know how someone can lose their phone, lose all their property? In that same time period in January, there were about 240 shelter placements. And about 72 rapid placements. Rapid placements are placements that happen on the street that subvert the shelter wait list, that cut off the voluntary wait list and put people there by force. Basically, generally threatening arrest or forced displacement if they don't take the shelter. During the same time period, approximately 221 folks were cited or arrested for being unhoused. 241 people experienced their vehicles being towed, like you just heard. The amount of violence that is enacted on the community of people experiencing homelessness is unimaginable. Thank you for your comments. Your time is complete. Our next speaker is Jennifer Holden. Then Monica. Good evening. My name is Jennifer Holden. I'm a resident D5 and I am the Mangon Park Neighborhood Association later. Earlier today you heard an agenda item that was related to my neighborhood. I'm sorry I did not make it here fast enough to comment during that time. That property is vacant and has been vacant for over eight years. I'm not certain I agree or disagree with anything any of your conversations about extending. The ability to develop that property with planting justice. However, it has been vacant for eight years. It is a nuisance property and crime rates at that end of the neighborhood are high. Just last week a neighbor had a car stolen off the street that ends at that vacant property. A trailer was stolen off of the neighbors driveway a couple of years ago close to that property. Home invasion near that property is higher than other parts of the neighborhood. We see people commit crimes and they run into that vacant property. It has had a vacant hole in the fence for over a year that is large enough to drive the small vehicle through, our area lieutenant put in a 3-1-1 request to have that hole closed up. And four months later, it has still not been closed up. So even if we extended the time to allow that property to be redeveloped, it needs to get done. It needed to get done years ago. It has been a four-year lease. Three other organizations have approached me as the neighborhood association leader since then and told me that they applied for that property. They are local, they are local or non-profit organizations, reputable ones, and their application was denied so we could have this organization that has left my neighborhood stuck with higher crime rates so that that property could sit vacant all of these years. I know Councillor Member Maple. Thank you for your comments. Your time is complete. Our next speaker. Thank you. Monica. Following Monica is Malachi. I'm in and then Rev will be our final speaker. Good evening, Mayor and Council. I'm gonna be really quick because my parking is about to expire and I know you all need that money. So yeah, I'll be quick, but really my comments were to address my council member, my ring. Not gonna pretend that I've been, you know, attending all of the 102 acre meetings. I live in Med of you. I was born and raised in Med of you, but last year was a really big year for me. I was appointed to the Sacramento Children's Fund Planning and Oversight Commission by the former mayor, and that was a huge undertaking. Representing my community, both the Med of You, but also the at-large community. And being in the space the last couple of weeks talking to community members, There was a meeting about a month ago that you held at the panel center where I would say maybe over 50 youth, if not 70 attended. And every time I'm in a space where young people are attending and talking about what they feel is important for them, it reenergizes me. And I want to try not to get emotional, but it is an honor to be represented by you. And I don't think that, I don't know if you understand that, you may understand it many years from now. But it is an honor to be represented by you because I know where your heart is at. And Mayor, I think we all publicly heard you say that you wanted to be in my brown act and have continued conversations about this. I heard that at least. And I don't know you personally. You know, I have been in, I think, one meeting with you so far. I think policy wise, like you've had so much experience and I think you know that's we have to keep in mind what we're thinking about community investment, you know what makes sense for the city. But I don't take those commitments lightly and as somebody who represents you know district eight now, I really hope that you follow through on that promise. Thank you for your comments. Malachi, I'm in and then rev. I guess we don't get to display under. That's correct. Thing though, okay. All right. Good evening, Mr. Mayor and members of the council. I'm Malachi Ahmed. I am the founder of Arise Holdings, which is one of the 10 storefront dispensaries that were awarded by the city as a result of the cannabis opportunity, reinvestment and equity equity ordinance. And I'm here today to plead with you, to urge you, to support a necessary extension on opening the arise dispensary. We've lost about three core storefront dispensaries because of the lack of access to capital and technical assistance and just you know some unfortunate incidents in terms of how the policy has been rolled out. But I'm here to tell you today, as you can see on this progress demonstration report that has been handed out to all of you. I have come to a place where I now have assembled a little bit over $1.2 million. And so all of this dispensary build out work has been completed to the tune of around 85%. And that's been done without very much city funding at all. And as someone who grew up in Metal View down the street who would like an opportunity to reinvest in my community that I grew up in, I am urging you to provide staff direction because there's been a tone and kind of a tone deafness in terms of recognizing the extent to which this progress has been completed and it seems to be shutting us down after we've already submitted a business operating permit application. Thank you for your comments. Rev is our final speaker this evening. Blessings to you all. You know all you know me by now. I can always feel like the haters are the judgment soon I walk in his door. It's kind of sad and despicable being. In fact, I'm trying to do so much for for the city. I can't say try and I'm doing so much for the city. I just left you an email Ms. Wang, praying that you'll give me a call because I try to talk to Ms. Mabel but she just different. I'm praying to get a whole view diggison because I'm kind of connected to the district too by spirit. But everything I'm working on out here is to help in homelessness which is a drastic thought. If in homelessness what would all these non-profits that get all this free money do after they get out of the job? All these clinics that's supposed to provide for my homeless people. So I think about all areas but I know ways of simply in homelessness. I'm praying to get some kind of fun. So I'm praying this from the city because I'm going to be doing things that work for the city. You know, work and do cow-tran and work near things, just so I can make sure my home's people. I'm praying to get some kind of fun. So I'm praying this from the city because I'm gonna be doing things that work for the city. You know, working through cow-tran, and working everything, just so I can make sure that my homeless people get to work. Not a job. A job is an old slave term. And the Bible's name is Job. So my homeless people don't take a whole lot of recovery for them to get to a job. But I can put him to work tomorrow. I know them. They beg me every time I run them. Ravi doesn't work for me yet. Like it's coming, it's coming. to get to a job, but I can put him to work tomorrow. I know them. They beg me every time I run them. Rev, it doesn't work for me yet. Like it's coming, it's coming. See that thin soda that is down? We gonna build that. See all these trees that keep blowing over, we gonna cut them down and sell all that wood. Give them some hope. That's all I keep doing every day. That's why I had a heart attack on Valentine's Day. You know, because I care about my people out there, y'all don't care care. Y'all keep giving money to his worth, there's organizations out here, and I know a lot of them. They got a nice home and a car and they act like they do and stuff. My past is not a pair of socks that they get free from Walmart. Come on now. Y'all got to be smarter than that. Y'all give them money out to the devil basically. They stole $24 billion from my homelessness. And I say my homelessness because I'm homeless out here with them. Looking to get that extra area to go for. God bless you all. Thank you for your comments, Mary. Have no more business to come before the council. Okay. Thank you. Council member Maple wants to revisit. May I just make a very, very, very brief comment. Thank you. I want to just recognize that I know we had a couple speakers regarding the core cannabis process and I know that this is not agenda, so we can't discuss this today. But it would be my hope and my request of you mayor or of our staff that we can agenda this discussion, hopefully prior to the April 1st deadline, so that at least we can have clarity as a council about where we're at. For example, how many are open, how many are not, how far along are they, and then if we as body want to make take any action based on that. So that would be my request. Thank you. Okay. Did you punch up yet? Oh, I was. Thanks Mayor. I was just going to say I echo Councilmember Maple and hope that we can get that on the agenda. That's all, thank you so much. No drinks in memory? Okay, thank you with that adjourned. you