Housing For All in Gilroy

We are in a housing crisis and the dream of owning a home is not a realistic opportunity for everyone. We need to continue to promote all options for housing solutions that benefit everyone. Gilroy must continue to promote the development of more affordable housing for all income levels while looking at creative polices that we can control to make them more livable, bikeable, and walkable. State standards like SB 330 and SB 35 that streamline housing by requiring City’s to adopt a checklist and design standards allows for needed housing to be developed at a lower cost, quicker, and efficiently. 

Recent State changes to the Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) process supports the building of ADU’s on single family and duplex residential lots while having the additional option for junior accessory dwelling units. As more residents want to age in place, having the option to move into a smaller unit on your property while being able to rent out the larger home, allows income and stability for you to stay in your neighborhood. The building of ADU’s in multi-family developments like in single family lots will provide additional needed housing by infill. Our housing crisis is not going away soon, and many of these ADU’s are needed for the “missing middle” who need housing too. Around the Downtown there are many examples of 2-5-unit complexes that were built many years ago, and simply you aren’t allowed to make those conversions today. Those types of units are needed for the “missing middle”, and address the root cause of the housing crisis, there aren’t enough homes.  

                     

The goal of CA Senate Bill SB 330 and SB 35 are to streamline the residential development process, and still allow cities to develop clear objective standards. Gilroy needs to take full advantage of it now. Otherwise whatever a developer proposes based off of our current standards, it will automatically be deemed complete on submittal. Many Cities across California including our neighbors, established their design standards checklist at the end of 2019 before the law went into effect. The City of Gilroy and Gilroy City Council have not done this yet, and should have done this back in 2017 when SB 35 was signed into law. A recently proposed affordable apartments project at the southwest corner of Hecker pass and Santa Teresa, wouldn’t have to conform to City Council’s objective standards because it can become vested prior to those standards being adopted.

California has a housing supply and affordability crisis of historic proportions. The consequences of failing to effectively and aggressively confront this crisis are hurting millions of Californians, robbing future generations of the chance to call California home, stifling economic opportunities for workers and businesses, worsening poverty and homelessness, and undermining the state's environmental and climate objectives. 

                                   

In 1969 a state mandate called the Housing Element and Regional Housing Needs Allocation, or RHNA was created. As part of RHNA, the California Department of Housing and Community Development, or HCD, determines the total number of new homes the Bay Area needs to build—and how affordable those homes need to be—in order to meet the housing needs of people at all income levels. Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), working with the Housing Methodology Committee, then distributes a share of the region’s housing need to each city, town and county in the region. Each local government must then update the Housing Element of its general plan to show the locations where housing can be built and the policies and strategies necessary to meet the community’s housing needs. Ours from 2015 is located here https://www.cityofgilroy.org/DocumentCenter/View/6022/Residential-Land-Inventory---November-2015?bidId=  According to our general plan we should be updating this annually.

We are currently meeting the above moderate above 120% AMI. However, the City is not meeting the RHNA goal for affordable housing below 80% AMI. Therefore, at this time, projects providing on-site affordable housing at 80% AMI are eligible for streamlining in Gilroy provided they meet all of the eligibility criteria.

AMI – 2019 Area Median Income in Santa Clara County 

In 2019, the Area Median Income (AMI) for a four-person household in for Santa Clara County, as defined by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) was $131,400. Based on this, the following are the income limits for the various affordable housing categories (family of four): 

• Extremely Low Income (ELI) 0–30% AMI – $43,900 

• Very Low Income (VLI) 31–50% AMI –$73,150 

• Low Income (LI) 51–80% AMI – $103,900 

• Moderate Income 81–120% AMI - $157,700 

• Above Moderate- Above 120% AMI 

Cities and counties subject to SB 35 streamlining provisions when proposed developments include ≥ 50% affordability. Gilroy is one out of 221 jurisdictions that has insufficient progress toward their lower income RHNA (Very Low and Low income) and are therefore subject to the streamlined ministerial approval process (SB 35 (Chapter 366, Statutes of 2017) streamlining) for proposed developments with at least 50% affordability. 

Here’s the numbers below in a chart. As you can see, your feelings of building residential units in Gilroy is happening too fast are validated. We need housing in all categories built but we need a balance for all levels of affordability. RHNA total allocated 1088 units, we have built 1698, with a remaining 610 to build in the right categories needed. We are not on pace to meet our RHNA numbers.

City of Gilroy Planning Progress 62.5% 

Planning Period 8 years 2015-2022 

Affordability Type	RHNA Housing Units Allocated by ABAG/HCD	Permitted	Left	Percentage Complete
Extremely Low-Very Low 0-50% AMI	236	63	173	26.69%
Low 51-80% AMI	160	487	0	304.38%
Moderate 81-120% AMI	217	24	193	11.06%
Above Moderate above 120% AMI (Market Rate)	475	1124	0	236.63%

Solutions: I think a better way to meet the general plan goals of publicizing the residential sites inventory and facilitate infill development would be to have a 1-2-page document on the landing page of our city website that has all the latest information in it. Including links to all the different sub-sections of the community development website, like zoning, accessory dwelling unit (ADU) checklist/state law info, “objective” standards checklist for residential development, checklist for residential development, info on streamlining development using SB 330/SB 35,  planning, and etc. That would be easier for a developer and resident  (that doesn't already have a seat at the city’s developer’s roundtable) to find out all the information, and for the public to be educated with current state law. We need to update our residential sites inventory annually and promote that.

I want to be able to promote what's available for builders in Gilroy as well. I meet developers and investors often at conferences and meetings. It would be nice to always be able to refer to a link that has all the information in one document. I think it's important to keep reminding the residents of recent state laws and why we are required to grow as a community with housing through an organized fashion. But also, to educate them as to why we need to promote certain types of affordable housing over others to meet the RHNA numbers. 

Adequate Bike Parking in South County

The message was clear from the Bay Area Public Health Officers during the shelter in place issued regarding COVID-19.  Remember to get out for a walk or bike ride.  This was mentioned at many of the press conferences by the Bay Area Public Health Officers. Spending time outside improves mood and well-being, and is particularly beneficial to children. You can go for walks, go to the park, and engage in other similar activities, but you should maintain social distance (more than six feet away from persons who are not part of your household) to avoid spread of the virus.

I couldn’t agree with them more.  In Gilroy we have plenty of off-street bike/ped trails and more that are planned for construction.  Whether you live on the east side, west side, or central, we all have access to these trails.  If you don’t know where they are, check out our website that’s available in English/Spanish.  https://www.cityofgilroy.org/280/Bicycle-Pedestrian-Commission   

The Gilroy BPAC hasn’t lost any momentum and remains committed to advocating for all the projects and policies that we have been working on.  Once City Hall opens back up, we will hit the ground running. This is how government works. Disasters will always happen and government has to react, that's why we try and get as much done during good times.  We are always working on projects and ideas behind the scenes.  Connecting virtually with other advocates around the world is what we are used to. 

In my last column I wrote about the Gilroy Bike Parking Ordinance that I drafted and the Gilroy BPAC approved in January 2020.  Going through my first shelter in place, it has become an even higher priority that we have adequate bike parking for our community.  We don’t have any zoning requirements for bike parking in Gilroy.  The goal of CA Senate Bill SB330 is to streamline the residential development process, and still allow cities to develop clear objective standards. Gilroy needs to take full advantage of it now. Otherwise whatever a developer proposes based off of our current standards, it will automatically be deemed complete on submittal. 

As a South County advocate, I am teaming up with Bike Therapy Owners/Morgan Hill residents Doug & Jodi Hall to make some incremental changes that I think will benefit us all.  Morgan Hill's zoning requirement for multi-family residential is 1 long-term space for every 5 units (regardless if it’s a studio to three bedroom). Do you think that’s enough? Why shouldn’t every unit have access to a long-term bike parking space or better yet each bedroom? In today’s housing market not all families will be able to own a home, and some will stay in these apartments indefinitely. Families, young adults, and seniors all need a safe place to store their bikes and incentives to not drive their cars.

Bicycles are essential transportation for many who need to get around during the coronavirus outbreak. This might include traveling to essential jobs, running crucial errands, or participating in mutual aid for vulnerable people who cannot leave their homes. I am connecting Gilroy & Morgan Hill residents who have an extra bicycle to residents who need one. Whether you have a bike or need a bike, we will match you. If your bike needs a little TLC before it’s ready for a new home, please consider reaching out to a local bike shop to service it. https://bit.ly/BikeMatch 

Until our local government is back open, take care of each other and your health.  Get outside and enjoy the great weather in Gilroy.  Support your local restaurants and café that remained open for to-go orders.  Most have great front row bike parking when you pick up your orders.  If they don’t, then ask them to reach out to me for a free consult.  #GilroyBPAC

Bike Match Gilroy

Moments like this are why I serve the community as a Commissioner for the Gilroy Bicycle Pedestrian Commission. OJ Macias and I are Dad's at El Roble Elementary.  He contacted me because his family had three bikes and a co-pilot trailer bike and they wanted to donate to a family in need.  With some elbow grease, new parts, and my friend Jorge Mendoza we were able to find a family that has been wanting bicycles for their kids since Christmas. This is why I do community engagement throughout the year. To be able to capture and respond to moments like this.  Thank you OJ Macias for donating and to Jorge Mendoza for finding us the perfect family.  Specialized Bicycles last forever as you can see! https://bit.ly/BikeMatch 
#BikeMatchGilroy

If you find yourself cleaning out that garage while sheltering in place and find some bicycles in working condition that you want to donate, reach out to me and I'll help find a good home in Gilroy for it.

After watching a League of American Bicyclists webinar on YouTube yesterday featuring a program called #BikeMatch from Transportation Alternatives out of New York, I realized I was doing something similar.  They open sourced their program, and I launched it last night.  I am still accepting kids bikes too.

Video Link- https://youtu.be/vOqobG0IikQ?t=524 (Some of the #GilroyBPAC met host Ken at California Bicycle Coalition Bike Summit 2019)

In Gilroy & Morgan Hill, CA, bicycles are essential transportation for many who need to get around during the coronavirus outbreak. This might include traveling to essential jobs, running crucial errands, or participating in mutual aid for vulnerable people who cannot leave their homes. I am connecting Gilroy & Morgan Hill residents who have an extra bicycle to Gilroy & Morgan Hill residents who need one. Whether you have a bike or need a bike, fill out the form below, and we will match you.  If your bike to give needs a little TLC before it’s ready for a new home, please consider reaching out to a local bike shop to service it. https://bit.ly/BikeMatch

Gilroy's Bike Parking Ordinance

All residential development bike parking in California is voluntary unless a local jurisdiction has an ordinance.  This was confirmed at our City of Gilroy Bicycle Pedestrian Commission (#GilroyBPAC) January 28th meeting by City of Gilroy’s Building Official Hipolito Olmos.  The need for this Ordinance began in August 2019, when we found out during a development review that bike parking in multi-family residential is voluntary according to the California Green Building Code.  The residential developer at 1st/Kern (AS 19-12) stated that Gilroy needed to reference a code that stated bike parking was required.   It’s even more important after SB330 came into law Jan 2020.  

Imagine having a family and forced to live in an apartment because you can’t afford a home.  You, your spouse, and kids want to ride bikes.... well where do you store them?  That right there makes people rely on cars and doesn’t keep them local for our Gilroy economy.  You will get in the car and drive somewhere else if that's more convenient.   In today’s housing market not all families will be able to own a home, and some will stay in these apartments indefinitely.  Families, young adults, and seniors all need a safe place to store their bikes and incentives to not drive their cars. 

The statement in a recent Gilroy City Council study session by our new Community Development Director Karen Garner sums it up.  "Some of the new legislation requires monitoring and reporting to the state. Staff time must be dedicated to these tasks to ensure compliance with these requirements. This is in addition to the staff time, including the City Attorney, to review legislation, analyze how it affects current City ordinances and policies, revise ordinances, policies and other documents, implement the new or modified processes and outreach to the public on these changes. Staff is committed to working through these changes and ensuring City ordinances and policies are reflective of state legislation as well as keeping the public informed."  We need clear objective language to be up to speed with SB330.  Residential development projects that meet our current objective standards, general plan, and ordinances will be deemed complete on submittal.  This ordinance defines a clear objective and takes all the subjectivity out.  

I drafted up a bike parking ordinance using strong language from several bike parking ordinances across California and in our region.  It was introduced and approved at our GilroyBPAC meeting in Jan 2020.  This Ordinance is not ready for City Council approval as it needs to be reviewed by the City Attorney’s Office, Staff, and then would need to go to the Planning Commission since it’s a land use ordinance.  All that would prep it up for a good discussion at City Council level once everyone has provided their input.

The GilroyBPAC has continuous professional development training through webinars, conferences, and meetings that provide the ability to meet in person other like-minded people.  That is what gives us the opportunity to bring projects, legislation, and funding back to the City.  I truly feel that we are the experts when it comes to bicycle parking in Gilroy.  We understand the needs of the community and we are the ones that utilize bike parking daily in Gilroy.  I've personally read over dozens of strong bike parking ordinances and have been to study sessions regarding them.  While drafting language for an ordinance might seem out of ordinary for a Commission, it’s not.  In 2017 while only a few months into my first year as Chair, we were passed up when it came to reviewing the City’s Capital Improvement Plan.  I was told it wasn’t in our powers and duties.  None of us knew where our powers and duties were listed until it was discovered that we were governed under an ordinance and not the city charter.  I drafted up what we wanted our ordinance to look like, and introduced it to the City Council.  In 2018 our updated ordinance was approved by City Council. In February 2020 we are reviewing the Capital Improvement Plan for bicycle and pedestrian facilities and will make recommendations to the City Administrator and City Council.  Change is always possible, especially when it comes to empowering public transparency.  If I were to hold the Office of a City Councilmember I would personally host an annual “Their Ought to be a Law” competition each January where a citizen can identify a problem that needs a solution and pitch their solutions to the problem. 

We are actively embracing, advancing ideas, and projects that promote the concept of free-range people in the City of Gilroy.  We advocate for building and planning that considers future generations as well as current residents who don’t own cars.  Advancing mobility options reflects what we are teaching the youth in our community through Safe Routes to School and why we are nationally recognized as a Bicycle Friendly Community from the League of American Bicyclists, as well as recognized by the World Health Organization as an Age-Friendly Community.  #GilroyBPAC

Year In Review From the Gilroy BPAC

The beautiful thing about living in Gilroy, California is that we can ride our bikes 365 days a year.  Even in the middle of December as I’m writing this in my kitchen, the sun decided to take over the sky with a perfect riding temperature of 68 degrees.  I took advantage of this and rode a 40 mile loop up over Mt Madonna, where the fresh smell of the trees soaking in the fog overcomes my senses.  Riding back down SR 152/Hecker Pass all the sounds of the city disappear as I’m cutting through the wind.  I’m finally starting to see some of our advocacy work pay off as I pass Burchell Rd heading to Santa Teresa Blvd.  The shoulders are getting cleared back to allow a safe 3 ft of passing by vehicles, and the historic deodar cedar trees are getting trimmed by Caltrans.  My stomach is rumbling for some fresh baked Sweet Sicily cookies and espresso.  As I lock my bike up Hecker Pass Plaza, I can already smell the authentic cookies that I am about to devour.  I begin to think about the successes that the Gilroy Bicycle Pedestrian Commission (Gilroy BPAC) had in 2019 while riding back down 3rd St.  It’s time for another year in review of what we have been up to.

As with any dynamic community engagement plan you need to be ready to interact on social media, and that doesn’t mean you are trying to put out multiple fires at once.  Community engagement is not something that you just pre-plan with cookie cutter statements.  It’s ever evolving and you need to be aware of the current situations 24/7 and not just business hours.  As I was reading through posts on Next Door, I found someone looking to give a BMX bike to a kid in need.  I quickly reached out and told them I could help.  We have developed relationships with many schools and organizations.  I contacted Ascencion Solorsano Middle School Counselors and they found a student who struggled with transportation to school and a bike was the perfect solution. The donor provided a bike lock, tubes, and a note that mentioned if at any point in his life he is in the position to help someone, he pays it forward.

Gilroy is a Complete Streets City by resolution and we successfully advocated for bike lanes, green bike lanes, pedestrian enhancements, and more along SR 152/1st St.  When Monterey Rd was repaved from 1st-8th St we advocated for the bike route that you see.  Gilroy Public Works added 6 miles of bike infrastructure in 2019. Each year we focus on achieving a higher score with Santa Clara County’s Healthy Cities initiative.  In 2019 we achieved the Bicycle Friendly Community Award and drafted Gilroy’s first Access to Water Policy.  This means that when you go to a public facility there is access to water, and this supports a healthy community.

We spearheaded the formation of Gilroy’s Safe Routes to School Task Force, along with Santa Clara County Public Health and National Safe Routes Partnership.  We meet quarterly at GUSD District Office with members of GUSD Admin, School Board, City Engineering, Gilroy Police, Public Health, and our Commission.  Thank you, City Council, for approving the Citywide Sidewalk Survey in the last budget cycle.  We have remained focused on creating Gilroy as a walkable community and we will be applying for a walk friendly designation in 2020.  Commissioner Patrick Flautt is currently seeking residents to sit on our new Pedestrian Safety Sub-Committee.

Several items on our 2019 work plan have been approved and are coming to City Council in 2020.  We recommended approval of the Back-In-Angle parking pilot program and it will be presented to City Council the 1st quarter in 2020.  This is the only type of angled parking we recommend. It's the safest for all users of the road.  We will be working on a test section for this style of parking on Eigleberry St this Summer for possible future use around the City and in the Downtown.  We do not support or recommend parallel parking on any street for safety of motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclist.  It's a highly dangerous maneuver to reverse out blindly into a traffic lane.  The citywide E-Scooter/E-Bike policy framework and permit process will take place through a Request For Proposal (RFP) process in the 1st quarter of 2020 and we are planning to have an operator in place by the 3rd quarter of 2020.  Measure B Education & Encouragement should start to be noticed citywide after the mid-year budget review takes place.   One plan that I want to highlight is the Community Engagement Plan.  The Gilroy BPAC already does this throughout the year and now get invites to participate with many Community Based Organization’s (CBO) events.  We need supplies to help us look official.   We currently use our own pop up tent and tables.  Community Engagement is what we do best and doesn’t cost much each time, we’d like a Gilroy BPAC pop up tent with barriers for the lines we get when providing helmet fittings and a table linen to help us stand out.  That way everyone will know what we are doing.  It will act as advertisement for Walk/Bike Gilroy.  A good thought out E&E plan will enhance current recreational tourism and economic development in Gilroy.  We will continue to work with Chamber of Commerce, Visit Gilroy, and GDBA.  Bike Gilroy/Walk Gilroy will align with their strategies as well.

Check out the Bike Gilroy on the Bibs

We will continue to move Gilroy forward in 2020 with the opening of the first BMX dirt pump track at Christmas Hill Park, the introduction of a strong Bike Parking Ordinance, advocating for the development of the Hillside Adventure Park behind Gilroy Gardens, and continue to work with Gilroy’s amazing organizations.  We are actively embracing, advancing ideas, and projects that promote the concept of free-range people in the City of Gilroy.  We advocate for building and planning that considers future generations as well as current residents who don’t own cars.  Advancing mobility options reflects what we are teaching the youth in our community through Safe Routes to School and why we are nationally recognized as a Bicycle Friendly Community from the League of American Bicyclists, as well as recognized by the World Health Organization as an Age-Friendly Community.  #GilroyBPAC

Measure B (Education & Encouragement for Bike/Ped)

By now Santa Clara County’s Measure B Education & Encouragement (E&E) funding should not be a surprise to anyone that’s reading this blog.  These funds are meant to cover activities and the development and distribution of materials that are designed and intended to satisfy the following goals.  Educate, and/or encourage safe walking or bicycling for residents or visitors of every age and ability; communicate to residents and visitors the benefits of walking and bicycling; and communicate to school children, residents, and visitors the rights and responsibilities of pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists.  When I was appointed to the Gilroy Bicycle Pedestrian Commission (#GilroyBPAC) in 2017, the measure had just passed.  It quickly was challenged in the courts and the sales tax collected was held in escrow.  

The challenge was not successful and VTA’s Board of Directors earlier this year approved the budget for fiscal years 18/19/20/21.  Each city by now knows the exact amount of funding they can receive each year.  Both the funding agreements and template needed by the cities have been distributed to staff.  The template is then submitted for approval to the VTA and contains the Project Activities Description, Project Goals, and Proposed Evaluation Metrics.  Once approved you are ready to start your programs.  The funding to each City is based on population and the projection of sales tax.  The VTA Board sets it during their budget process.  It’s a use it or lose it funding program.  Sales tax can fluctuate as well.  What’s clear is the amount of funding approved for fiscal years 18/19/20/21.  I am going to share the experience that I have had in Gilroy and how we have chosen to implement the program.  

During our 2017 Gilroy BPAC Strategic Planning session we decided to focus on Safe Routes To School.  County Public Health was already in Gilroy working off a grant for our schools.  Measure B E&E quickly became a hot topic and the approximate funding of $32,000 annually was reported by Staff to us.  A dedicated funding source to continue the momentum created by our existing Safe Routes To School (SRTS) program was exciting and gets us on the path of sustainability.  We then reported to City Council at our annual presentation about the opportunity.  We continued to watch over the court challenge and waiting for the opportunity to hit the ground running when the time is right.  

At our June 2019 Gilroy BPAC meeting we had a presentation from Lauren Ledbetter, VTA.    Fiscal years 18/19/20/21 have been approved by the VTA Board earlier this year and are available for Gilroy.  We are getting $35,648/year and that gives us $142,592 available today to spend/plan on education & encouragement.  It’s important to get this program into the mid-year budget cycle, because it’s a use it or lose it program.  You need to provide written explanation to carry over funds over three years from a fiscal year.  We are currently in FY 20.  This started FY 18.  June 30, 2020 will be end of three year for FY 18.  I feel that we can do a great job sustaining the momentum we have while utilizing the savings we have built up from past fiscal years in Measure B.  Gilroy City Council approved the funding agreement with VTA in August 2019.  

We decided to keep Measure B E&E on our monthly agenda, now was the time to develop the programs.  For our September meeting our Gilroy BPAC drafted the first general work plan for Measure B E&E.  It was a broad stroke and we tried to cover everything our City has engaged in.  Our Gilroy BPAC drafts all of our documents ourselves and we don’t utilize staff time for any of them.  I contacted VTA with the approved work plan and asked if it needs to go into more specific details, and I was then told a template will be used for formal submission.  VTA also told me that the work plan needed to go deeper and separate into individual work plans.  City Staff reported to us that they had no plans for the funding and needed a “champion” to run the program.  They were at full capacity to manage a program.  After the meeting Vice-Chair Sean Reedy and myself began brainstorming and drafting work plans.  We always had in mind that while we wanted them to be Gilroy specific, they are written up to be used across the County for any city.  In talking with other BPAC’s and city’s we know, we quickly realized that no plans were being drafted.  We have the ability as BPAC’s to be the forward thinkers and plan.  Sometimes that’s not possible for City Staff.  The have to deal with what’s in hand at the moment.  Everyone was waiting around for the “template” before they moved forward.  By the October 2019 meeting we had drafted 6 work plans.  All can be found on our website http://www.cityofgilroy.org/280/Bicycle-Pedestrian-Commission and by searching Gilroy Bike Ped. 

Gilroy BPAC Measure B E&E Bike to Work Day Work Plan
Gilroy BPAC Measure B E&E Community Bike/Walks Counts Work Plan
Gilroy BPAC Measure B E&E Community Engagement Work Plan
Gilroy BPAC Measure B E&E General Work Plan
Gilroy BPAC Measure B E&E Online Media Campaign Work Plan
Gilroy BPAC Measure B E&E Safe Routes to School Work Plan

Before we advocated for the work plans to City Council we met with Gilroy’s City Administrator and Director of Finance.  The City Administrator stated that since this is a program for the next 30 years, in order to sustain it, it needs to be entered into the upcoming Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) Mid-Year Budget as an amendment.  The Finance Director who reviewed the funding agreement and stated that it seemed to look straight forward, and no reason to believe that we shouldn't' be able to expense and then receive the funding back from VTA within 30 days.  This sounds correct to me as well because I believe if VTA were to make this more difficult, then cities probably wouldn't be bothering with the agreement for the amounts we are receiving.  At our December annual presentation to City Council we recapped the year and then focused on advocating for our work plans.  The advocacy has paid off.  This Jan/Feb during the Mid-Year Budget review the program will be introduced and will incorporate the Gilroy BPAC work plans for council review and approval.

So in passing along this information I propose the following questions to you.  Is your City ready to start spending Measure B E&E funds?  Have they signed the funding agreement?  Do they have work plans?  If you don’t know these answers, contact your local BPAC.  I am always available for questions as well.  Zachary.Hilton@cityofgilroy.org #GilroyBPAC @hoseman16