City Council — October 12, 2026

Thank you. And we have the pleasure of Jennifer is going to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance and it's special for me because her son is now serving in the military and we honor his service, thank you. If you'd lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance, thank you. Thank you. Okay, we'll begin I have approximately eight public comment concerns so let's begin because of our limited time we're going to have two minutes please for the eight they'll take us through to give us a little bit of time for a closed session before our next one and we'll start with D Cahill is that correct?

And on deck is Jeff Lee.

Mayor, Council, City Administration Good evening I am up here. I know that you've heard this over and over repeatedly from the citizens asking for you to bring our people back to work but I want you to know that we are concerned about the fiscal responsibility at this point of all of the negotiations be achieved in a more timely manner and that things that are already in the contract don't get Renegotiated pulled out put back in but that you really make the best faith effort possible to get people back to work and Contain the budget disaster for this city. Thank you.

Thank You Jeff Lee Followed by Sue Turner Craig

Good evening, Mayor and Council Members. My name is Jeff Lee and I'm the Business Representative for Teamsters Local 986. For nearly four weeks your employees have stood outside City Hall away from the jobs in a community they care about. Tonight I hope we have an opportunity to begin putting this dispute behind us. Throughout this strike, I've largely stayed out of public comment in these meetings because I wanted you to hear directly from your employees.

They are the union. They decide what proposals we make, what concessions they're willing to accept and ultimately whether an agreement is ratified. And I hope you've heard that. These are employees who maintain your streets, parks, water and wastewater systems and provide the services that residents and businesses rely on every day. Many commute from surrounding communities because living in Solvang is simply beyond their financial reach.

They're not looking to get rich from this agreement. They're looking for some financial stability and the ability to continue doing the jobs that they've chosen. The proposal before you tonight represents substantial concessions by our members. It would establish a multi-year agreement, provide predictable labor costs for the city and allow both sides to begin rebuilding relationships.

It could also reduce the need for continued negotiations and additional legal expenses allowing City resources and everyone's attention to return to serving the community. I recognize that these negotiations have been difficult for everyone involved We don't have to agree on everything that's happened over the past several months to agree on a path forward.

Our members are ready to return to work. They want to get back to serving the community, working alongside their colleagues and doing the jobs they take pride in. Tonight you have the opportunity to provide stability for your employees, certainly taxpayers and a fresh start for the city. I hope you'll give that opportunity serious consideration. Thank you.

Followed by Jennifer Cabillo.

Hi my name is Sue Turner-Cray, a 20 year Valley resident I'm here to talk about choices priorities and basic human dignity right now our city workers the Teamsters who keep Solvang running are on strike fighting for working wages they rightfully deserve This hits very close to home for me. I come from deeply rooted union family, my grandfather was the head of the Union in London at Pinewood Studios fighting for grips and the prop makers to ensure everyday labourers were never exploited which brings me to the fiscal choices of this council Solvang has somehow found half a million dollars of cash to hand over to the high school district, to heat a luxury sports complex when this 80 million bond they hope goes through.

Half a million dollars for luxury pool water, while the hard-working people who maintain our streets, our infrastructure and the city are forced onto the picket lines just to secure a living wage. This is California. Working families are already drowning under sky high gas prices, soaring taxes, incoming bond liabilities and exploding grocery bills. Why are the budgets always completely flush when it comes to high executive salaries for top-tier positions but suddenly empty when it's time to pay real workers?

If you don't give half a million dollars to heat luxury water, you could actually pay our striking teamsters and give them the working wages that they deserve today. Vote no on Bondi. Thank you

Jennifer and then on deck is Candace Libera.

I Keep hearing the city manager say that it isn't about the money, but let's be honest It's about the money wages matter to our families our livelihoods and the ability to continue serving the community But it has become about more than about money its respect trust whether the people the community is The City Manager is supposed to act in the city's best interest. That should include retaining experienced, knowledgeable staff, line staff as much as management. We are the people doing the day-to-day work. We have skills and experience that keep the city functioning.

Instead thousands of dollars have been spent on contracted help and additional lawyers while we stand on the picket line asking for a fair wage We're told that we are on strike for over about $30 a month. Well, if it's only $30 dollars a month then why not just give it to us? Why spend thousands of dollars and risk losing experienced employees over an amount that is described as so insignificant?

Sorry. We didn't ask for the world, we asked for what was fair but there's another concern weighing heavy on us. How will we be treated when we get back to work? The city manager has driven by our picket lines, smiling and waving while we stand there worried about our families, our finances and our future. We have to wonder does he understand what we're going through?

Does he understand the damage and the dispute it has done in our relationship between the employees and the leadership? A smile and a wave does not rebuild the trust and signing a new contract alone will not repair that relationship. How can we return feeling respected when we only had to fight so hard to be treated fairly We need to know standing up for fair wages will not change how we are treated when we return.

We need leadership that shows respect through its actions, not just words. We care about the city. We want to get back to work. We want to serve our neighbors and take pride in what we do. We did not choose this situation because we wanted to walk away from our jobs. We are here because we believe that our work deserves fair compensation and fair treatment.

Thank you. Candace Libera followed by Steve Martin

Thank you, Jennifer. Very well stated. Good evening mayor, council members, city staff and fellow community members. We are here tonight again because the strike has gone on far too long. Our livelihoods financial stability and well-being are at stake as you can see and the impact goes beyond the employees standing on the picket line it is now affecting the community and local economy we work so hard to support let's talk about the numbers and the value of the work we do since the numbers seem to be all anyone looks at 993,000...oh excuse me. July 2026 was another record-breaking month for Solvang's economy.

$993,877 in transient occupancy tax or TOT was collected. This is now again the highest month ever collected in Solvang's history for TOT. Essentially a million dollars. 83% occupancy tax. Sales tax increased by 11%. Measure U revenue increased by 16%. These numbers don't happen by accident, they reflect a thriving tourism economy supported by dedicated employees who help keep the city running looking beautiful and welcoming to our visitors. And let's not forget October 25, 2025 so a year ago when we launched our very first ever Harvest Hansen Happening series that October we experienced an incredible 31% increase TOT.

What will October 2026 look like or produce? What should be another successful season of fall events and activities has instead been overshadowed by a strike that has gone on far too long. This year's Harvest Hanson Happening Series has failed to come together as planned, with events canceled and opportunities lost. The employees on strike are the very people who help make these economic successes possible.

I work in marketing events, as you all know, helping create, promote and execute experiences that bring visitors into our community and support our local businesses. I didn't get nearly halfway through but I will finish so thank you.

Thank you, Steve Martin, followed by Denise Alameen

members of Council Mr Mayor, my name is Stephen Martin I'm a concerned citizen here. If my family had a continuing serious health problem, I would check with the doctor to get some advice. And I don't think it would be wise to make the lay decision that I knew better and the doctor was going to be of no help to me. And if my family had a serious continuing legal problem, I think I would seek counsel from a lawyer to get good advice. And it would not be prudent to say to my family, I know better and I don't think a lawyer would be of any help. Let's just keep going.

And if I had a dispute in my family or between my family and some other people, I think I would ask for advice from a dispute resolution expert to help us resolve the problem particularly if it had been ongoing. I don't think it would be prudent to say to my family and others that I knew better and that there was no way that anybody in a dispute resolution business could be of any help.

You have an opportunity to resolve this strike and the press has reported that the City Council through its manager believes that there's no reason to consult for less than a thousand dollars, an hour or two time of alternate dispute resolution expert to advise you on how you might proceed to resolve. And perhaps to use mediation to resolve this issue Mediation has been around for 50 years and it is designed explicitly for cases where people are far apart.

The laypeople sometimes think, well we just don't like each other or really far apart and therefore what's the use? That's exactly when you need alternative dispute resolution I urge you to be responsible and seek expert advice to help you resolve this problem.

Thank you. Denise Ellamine?

Hi, I'm asking for three minutes because if you divided what we had it wouldn't be 30 minutes so I would like my three minutes if it's not going to go over 30

Two minutes please like everyone else.

Okay,

thank you. My name is Denise Ellamine and I have written a paper that I've signed that says to the mayor and the City Council of Solvang, I Denise Ellamine would like to request that the city of Solvang hire a mediator to assist with bringing the city's employees back to work as soon as possible And I've signed it and dated it. This is what we're going to have to do as residents here in Solvang.

The City Council is here for the residents, we pay taxes and they work for us but it appears now that the City Council feels that we work for them and we don't and we never will. So, I'm here to tell all the residents that when we pile up in here and talk during public comments it really doesn't mean much. You need to write it down, sign it and date it And when you turn it in, get it stamped.

And if we get enough residents, community members to side and say it's time for us to get a mediator then guess what? This city council will have to get a mediator. So let's start doing our legal paperwork and let's get our employees back to work as soon as possible. This is what we need to do and this is what we must do. Mines is the first one, and I will be giving this to Wendy. Thank you very much.

Thank you. And then I have a... Sue Turner Craig? Is this a duplicate or just for the next session? Very good. Thank you. Our public comment is closed. We're recessing for closed session. Thank you.

Oh. Hi. Understood. Thank you, Mayor and members of the council. One moment. Oh never mind I got it right here thank you. The City Council is going to recess to closed session for conference with labor negotiators pursuant to government code section 54957.6 with agency designated representative Dave Fleishman assistant city attorney and employee organization Teamsters Union Local 986. Thank you

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Okay, we're back from our closed session. Madam Attorney do you have any reportable action?

Thank You Mayor members of the council what I have to report is that the City Council has granted additional authority to its negotiator and directed the city negotiator to proceed with additional negotiations with the union thank you

Thank you. Okay, our closed session is now adjourned and we will begin the next open session and we're going to dismiss our good friend and colleague Ms. Smith for health reasons and I wish you well and get better soon. And we're gonna then go right to our open session And good evening and welcome to the open session for Solvang City Council October 26, excuse me, October 12th 2026. And we're beginning at 659.

Roll call please.

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accept this. Yes and if you indulge me I have a few comments, if that's all right? I know you are. All right thank you. Okay, thank you. Thank You Mr. Mayor and members of the council it's a pleasure to be here tonight to accept this recognition Solvang has a unique place in the 60-year history of SBK. Before Solvang was even an incorporated city our first organizational meeting of the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments was held in in the City of Solvang because of its centralized location at the former Solvang Justice Court on Mission Drive, the site of today's Vets Hall. And that occurred on October 26th 1966 so 60 years ago Nearly 20 years later, Solvang Incorporated as a city officially joining that regional partnership to become part of SBK and a member agency.

And today we continue that partnership working with the City of Solvang. Some examples of that include recent work on the San Ynez Valley Trail. SBK is working with the City of Solvange and other partners, Buellton County of Santa Barbara in the San Ynez Ban the Chumash Indians to advance nine miles of multi-use trail construction in those communities. Because we know that no single jurisdiction can get that project done, it requires building it as a team.

It takes communities working across those boundaries to get those benefits to the San Diego Valley as a whole. Another important thing that we just want to mention is the partnership we have through Measure A local transportation funds and Solvang has $4.2 million in regional funding committed for local circulation improvements, supporting investments on streets bridges and transportation connections.

As part of that we're working with the city on the Alamo-Pentado Creek Bridge and other important projects in the City of Solvang. It seems quite fitting that these regional partnerships are first taking place where our first organizational meeting was done several decades ago And on behalf of SBK Board and staff, thank you for this recognition for more than 40 years of partnership.

Thank You Fred. We appreciate you and all that SB SKAG does. Thank you. Okay moving on to Presentations. We have a presentation from the Santa Barbara County Fire Department quarterly report, Mr.

Manager? Yeah I want to introduce Garrett Huff, reasonably new fire chief and warden for the county he's going to be doing an update on the last most recent quarter So we have these hard copies of reports, but he's going to go through a slideshow while I advance the slides whenever he's ready.

Excellent. I'm ready to start. Again, Garrett Huff, Fire Chief for about 10 months now? Yeah. So good evening, Mr. Mayor and council members. Thank you for the opportunity to provide an update on fire emergency services for the city of Solvang. Before I get started in the numbers, I wanna recognize that this partnership that we have with the city and the Santa Barbara County Fire Department is 19 years in the making.

And I believe it is a mutually beneficial to both the city and the county fire department. For the City, this relationship provides a fully staffed all-hazard fire station supported by resources specialized capabilities and the depth of a countywide response. And for the Fire Department Partnership has strengthened our regional response, especially in the valley and increased our capabilities expanded our operational resources and allowed us to build a strong relationship with the community that we serve here.

I think this is a great example of how regional partnerships can work and benefit for everybody that's involved. So tonight I'm going to walk you through the third quarter. We also brought the second quarter as well and highlight some of the trends that you will see, but in general you'll see that we're pretty consistent across the board so next slide. Next slide again actually sorry you were uh yeah There's two on there. While Randy is pulling up Q3, Station 30 is a fundamental spot for our response here in Solvang.

We maintain a four-person staffed engine company which is the highest of industry standard with a captain and engineer, a firefighter EMT and a firefighter paramedic on every day. As we've discussed previously we cross staff three pieces of equipment depending on the nature of the call. So we have a fire engine, type one fire engine for structure fires and pretty much our everyday use. We have the truck company that we can cross staff or a type three wildland brush truck gives us a lot of abilities to respond appropriately here in town.

All right so this particular slide shows Santa Barbara County Fire Department for quarter three in general That number of incidents was actually quarter two and quarter three combined. The total at the top, but everything else is kind of a countywide approach of what's been happening in quarter three so the red dots are the fires, the blue are the medicals and so on next slide And we're going to hone in on the City of Solvang here. So this is for quarter three, which is July to the end of September. 187 incidents that's pretty normal for a quarter here in town.

96 of those were medical, which I'm kind of surprised usually medicals are... About 50% ish. Usually medicals are between 75 and 80%. So, but that is a trend that we're seeing consistently here in the city of Solvang. Motor vehicle accident six again consistent with quarter two pretty close. Two fires was exactly what quarter two had as well. Public service assist, those are like anything that's not a medical emergency.

That's like helping somebody up that's fallen kind of a thing. A rescue is when we need specialized equipment to perform a rescue like the Jaws of Life And a public concern is really it's not really a medical, it's not really a public assist. It's just a general good intent call and there's a pretty significant number of those again consistent with quarter two.

This slide here shows an overall dashboard of the calls for 187 what percentage is broken out I'll go to the next slide we're going to kind of hone in on each one this is uh the rescues And then we have to do fire reports after every call, we have to go back and enter those reports. This graph shows of the rescue and EMS calls what the percentage of calls were broken out to be.

Next slide. This was the fire call so there's only two that's why it's split in half. So one was a structure and one was a vehicle fire. Next slide. Rescue is again, that's anytime where we need something like specialized equipment to handle the situation. There was only three of those in this quarter so that's what this slide represents next slide. This is the public service assist. So this is to help somebody up that's fallen, this is to do anything that's not a medical maybe a smoke detector call quite a few of those.

That's what this slide is public service calls and then the next slide points you to our public information I'd like to give a shout out to ready sbc dot org. That's how you can register for emergency alerts. A lean forward into preparedness and prevention. We've actually went through our department's mission statement, and we've redone our mission statement based on the feedback that we received from our members. And we've actually simplified it but made it more encompassing of both prevention and preparedness. So the Santa Barbara County Fire Department now safeguards our communities through prevention, preparedness, and all hazard emergency response.

With that, I'll be here to take any questions.

Yeah, I noticed in your Q2 report on the last page or one of the last pages and there was defensible space. And it says a compliance deadline is June 1st but doesn't say what year? Every year.

Every every year the compliance deadline is and this that particular presentation was intended to be given at the end of quarter two

And you're going to be inspecting houses for defensible

space? We are required to do defensible space inspections in the areas that are state responsible areas, that are around town. So within the city limits we can't but right outside the city limit jurisdictions we can do defensible space. We were required to do defensable space inspections

Okay, so if we're in the city and we're trying very hard to have defensible space can I call you and have you come look at my place? Absolutely

yeah. And our Fire Prevention Bureau is just down the street literally at Oak Street there and if you have a concern please bring it to them they're the ones that go out I personally have inspected one that was in the city here and it was cleaned up pretty quickly after we discussed it. So yeah, you would have to have a city ordinance to accept our fire prevention laws but we're happy to go out and give our opinion and help. Thank you very much.

Also, I wanted to report. I know the last time I was here you all had asked about the fires, the structure fires that we had had and I did receive some feedback from my investigations unit. The fire and vice fire that was in Buelton, if we're talking last year That was, actually it was in October of 2024. That was determined to be accidental and I know that last time it was still undetermined. The one here at Sears Steakhouse in December of 2024 the fire was determined to be intentionally set by a group of unidentified juveniles or young adults who are believed to be local to the San Ynez Valley but have yet to be identified.

So and then the one here, the water wheel building is still under active investigation. And there's no other details that I can provide at this time. Just wanted to

follow up from last week. I had a quick question. Of the total county incidents and incidents in Solvang, we represent under 2% of all your activity. So we're fortunate to have a station here I think with that kind of activity but Nonetheless, you might want to rethink your branding because are you really the fire department? Less than 1% of your calls are for fires.

So you may want to change that nomenclature somehow.

So the Fire Service is a hundred years of tradition unimpeded by progress. You're absolutely right. So under the fire department, we have Fire Prevention, we have the Office of Emergency Management as well so we aren't just the fire department, we also do regional dispatch now and so we really should be the Department of Emergency Services and maybe that's something that we could work to but you're absolutely right. We are not just the fire department anymore.

Well, that brings me to my next question. What can our citizens do to lower their insurance costs for fire, for their structures?

That's a great question. Having 4-0 staffing or the four people that are assigned to this station is a big...that's something that the insurance companies look at, they look at the amount of staffing, the type of equipment that is available to them and also they look for If it's a paid versus volunteer fire department, all of those things go into what the insurance companies use.

I don't know what the insurance companies are actually doing but I know that everything that the city is doing as far as fire protection I don't know that you could do any better. You have 4-0 staffing, you have three pieces of equipment that can reach anybody in the city limits in a very short amount of time. Besides doing defensible space, I'm not sure if the insurance companies are coming out and looking at that kind of stuff but I think as far as the city goes Everything is kind of happening.

Okay,

and I do know that they also look at water and 9-1-1 and all those things and everything is as good as you could get.

A quick question. Thank you, Chief Hupp for coming out and spending the time with us and going through the data I think I caught something I want to make sure I got it correct that you said you aren't inspecting for defensible space in the city is it because we don't have an ordinance? You're inspecting outside the city boundary but not within

Yeah, I'm not sure the status of the ordinance off the top of my head. I don't

know. I'm pretty sure we did not put a Firewise or Firewise compliance ordinance in place mainly because when we worked on that last year uh i think we felt we didn't give we needed to give people runway and notice before we I

know that outside of the city limits, which this station does respond outside of the city as well into the county areas within its district. We do defensible space inspections in Station 30s

Well let me clarify, I live in Alice Allen and your gang a whole gang of guys came out over a series of days to look at our properties and help give some advice which a lot of people acted on so it wasn't that you weren't ready to engage. I'm trying to clarify is there a penalty or some obligation that residents need to live up to if we were to enforce?

I can only speak to the state responsible areas, not knowing off the top of my head what the cities have. So

we need... It's okay if the answer is we need to do the work? That's okay. That's

actually what I'm trying to fish for. In the state area and outside of the city limits, we can require weed abatement defensible space and if somebody... If it goes, it's very rare but if it goes, it can go all the way to where we do the work And it gets, it's like a lien on taxes. Very very rare but that is something that we can exercise. Usually most people engage before that type of enforcement action has to occur.

But if the city would like an ordinance or something we would definitely be willing to work with the city to do that.

It might be worth exploring in the portions of this city that got declared high risk We've talked about it,

yeah.

Obviously, this is a central location for us. There's not a lot of options We are constantly expanding like like we discussed where we're more than just the fire department so we do have space needs so We would be interested In exploring that

okay Very good any other questions Thank you very much, thank you Okay, we're going to move on to public communication. Would you read that in the record please?

Public Communications Non-Agenda and Consent Items. This section is intended to provide members of the public with the opportunity to address the Council on items not on the agenda and on consent. This section is limited to 30 minutes, each speaker will be afforded three minutes and may speak only once. State law does not allow the council to discuss or act on issues not on the agenda except to briefly respond or ask staff to follow up on such items.

Thank you. Leading us off tonight is Jocelyn Hiddle, and after her will be Denise Ellamine.

Thank you. My name's Jocelyn Hiddle my husband Alvin and I live in Alice Hall Glen and we were here months and months ago when a whole tribe from Alice Hall Glen came up and talked about concerns in the neighborhood with the development of the land right in front of Ellis Hall Glen. And what that would mean for our neighborhood in terms of parking, traffic and property values.

Well since then my husband and I have put our house on the market We listed it in April and the market has been slow, which we were not surprised with interest rates etc. So we were really pleased when in September we got a full price offer on our house and Not only that it was a cash offer so we didn't have to worry about interest rates Everything was going great. We had all the inspections done. We had gotten down to the Last day for the buyer to change their mind, that we had the escrow papers filled out and an appointment with the notary to sign.

And an hour before she was due to come, we got a call from our realtor saying the buyer had backed out because of the development that was going in front of our neighborhood. that they were sure it would affect the property values and they would never recoup what they were going to spend. So we're back to square one, it's pretty disappointing and upsetting and I really want to share that as my feeling of it being where the canary in the coal mine for the rest of the neighborhood, of what this development could mean in terms of equity. We're retired. We had planned to stay here. We remodeled our house and put a lot of money into it and are looking at that we're not going to be able to recoup that cost. So I just wanted to share that I'll be paying close attention to see if anything changes because at this point we're not even sure we'll be able to sell the house until things get resolved.

Denise Elamine is next, followed by Sue Turner-Cray

Hi, my name is Denise Alamein and I'm here today to talk about measures. Measure D that's on our ballot this November. The measure D is for the Santa Ynez Valley High School but I want to read you something Yes, the Solvang City Council voted 4 to 1 to increase its financial pledge to $500,000 for the San Ynez Valley Community Aquatic Center. The council initially approved a $450,000 grant for the project but they later voted to add an additional $50,000 from Measure U's funds And if that's not good enough, yes. Randy Murphy serves on the Campaign Steering Committee for the Santa Ynez Valley Community Aquatics Foundation.

Because he is both the Solvang City Manager and an active participant on the Aquatics Committee his dual involvement has drawn attention during public discussions about city funding for the project When presenting the matching funding request to the Solvang City Council, he openly acknowledged this connection and explicitly said he was remaining neutral by not making a formal staff recommendation on how the council should vote.

Really, Randy came here as a Homeowners Association professional which is HOA. He was never a city manager he was an assistant city manager So, I just want the people to know that it appears that we are starting to build Solvang as a homeowners association because that's his profession. This bond D, this measure D that is going to be on your well you should have your ballot already.

It's claiming that they're going to do so much for the students of the Santa Ynez Valley but just know that the first installment will be used for the aquatic center None of the kids will get their stuff first. They'll have to wait, I guess and I don't know how long that'll be. So please vote no on Measure D because it's a scam and we have enough scams. We need to vote no on Measure D.

Thank you.

Thank You Ms. Craig

Turner Cray, thank you. So what began behind closed doors at the High School District is now operating shamelessly in the open. Last month Superintendent Dr. Sheehan told the Bewlton City Council that a line-by-line budget for this proposed $80 million bondee doesn't exist But she did advise citizens to email her individually for basic facts. So $80 million of public debt, they're managing like a cash tin at a local garage sale.

They have a website now where they're pushing vote yes For D, why not put the budget and be transparent and put the budget on there? I'm not sure why. In 2016 my husband and I in this valley we passed Measure K a $15 million bond to fix infrastructure that HVAC, the roof, we were told it was sorted yet the HVAC and the roof is right back on their project list If you check your ballots, it's right there again.

So I'm not sure where that money went but now public records obtained via CPRA reveal an internal invitation from a board member inviting superintendent to a private Zoom to get the aquatics committee meeting allegedly to keep their messaging aligned for the luxury new pool that the bond will pay for So those same CPRA documents show wealthy residents emailing the school multiple times a week, while the administration held multiple meetings with attorney Jeffrey Warima.

The community doesn't understand why a wealthy residence, all these wealthy residents are acting like unelected shadow superintendents and why are high price lawyers squeezing us dry? So now they want Measure D, a 35 year bond stacking a double tax burden keeping local taxpayers in debt until 2060. But here in Solvang You have, as Ms. Selamine stated, you're going to give 500 half a million dollars to heating the pool because the school doesn't want to use solar so if you actually didn't give half a million dollars to heat luxury water Solvang council members mayor you could actually pay your striking teamsters As District Sheehan has stated in multiple meetings, she sees no monetary benefit to solar energy.

Instead of using sustainable infrastructure to cut costs, they expect city budgets to foot the bill for heating the luxury pool. So for two years, Chris Johnson let board members sleep during the budget meetings. He thinks we're asleep but we're not. We're wide awake, we are listening, we know what's happening and we're voting no on Bondi. Thank you very much.

Okay anybody on Zoom that has any public comments? I'm not seeing anybody else that has not put a slip in. Okay, we will close public communications and move on to the City Manager's Report. Mr. Murphy?

Thank you, Mr. Mayor and Council. A handful of announcements. Next community cleanup will be at HCA Park, Hans Christian Anderson Park kind of around the back near where the tennis courts are on November 14th. It's a Saturday from 8am to noon. We're moving it away from Lot 5 across the street here. Also future Collection for that event quarterly collection as I pointed out before it's on the 3rd Saturday, sorry the 2nd Saturday.

Okay, yeah the second Saturday of every quarter of the second month of every quarter. So November 14 is the next one and the next one after that will be February 13 2027 May 15 August 14 and November 13th all of next year. They're also waste management asking to start the new year clutter-free I'd remind everybody that they are doing out at the transfer station in Los Olivos on Fox and Canyon Road to be able to drop off e-waste and household hazardous waste on a regular basis, and that will be put up in a mailer coming out soon.

And then there's an At Your Door special collection service From old electronics to household hazardous waste, you can call in to the office and then next collection dates for that are December 8th, March 8th June 7th September 27 and December 13 of next year. First come first serve there are limited spots and says please schedule at least two weeks before the collection date so again that information will be out on a In the upcoming meeting, Stormwater Management Program Annual Report.