Charles Palmares

Coordinated Entry System Homelessness Funding

The city faces a $28 million budget deficit while grant funding for IHART is not permanent.

Economic Development and Business Support

Displaced hundreds of workers and strained local safety nets and employment services.

Community Outreach and Cycle 9 Idea Collection

Determined by future allocations under the participatory budgeting cycle.

Code Enforcement Lien and Appeal Dispute

Disputed liens and fees amount to thousands of dollars, impacting the property owner's financing for a $400,000 home construction project.

Inclusionary Housing Ordinance Adoption

Developers of qualifying projects will set aside 4-10% of units as affordable or pay in-lieu fees into a new affordable housing trust fund; no direct city cost.

Participatory Budgeting Rulebook and Committee Governance

None directly from administrative reviews.

Housing Authority Customer Service and Administrative Backlog

$300,000 transfer of Measure P funds to the Housing Authority administration fund.

Pawnshop Major Use Permit Security and Compliance

None immediate.

White Slough Community-Led Strategic Planning Initiative

Seeking state and federal grant funding like Encampment Resolution Funding to offset local expenditures.

Mare Island Infrastructure and Specific Plan Development

Substantial private and public investment required for future backbone infrastructure and development implementation.

7 Brew Coffee Drive-Through Development

Generates private commercial investment and local sales and property tax revenue.

Neighborhood Esplanade and Greening Partnerships

Tree planting would be grant-funded, with ongoing maintenance handled by GVRD or the Landscape Maintenance District.

Housing Authority Customer Service and Staffing Crisis

The board approved a budget amendment allocating additional funds for consultant services to help manage operational workloads.

Vallejo Housing Authority Tenant Commissioner Appointment

None.

Housing Authority staffing shortage and service backlog

$300,000 in Measure P sales tax dollars moved into the Housing Authority's administration fund.

Creation of HRC Subcommittees

DXD Self-Storage Facility at 1609 Lewis Brown Drive

The developer has committed to funding the mural, with the exact cost not yet determined.

State Pro-Housing Designation Pursuit

Could unlock eligibility for state incentive grants worth $750,000 or more.

Proposed Temporary Development Moratoriums

A moratorium could affect future sales-tax-generating and property-tax-generating development along the Sonoma corridor.

Delegation Protocol and Cultural Exchange Trips

Delegation travel expenses are managed via participant self-funding and commission-approved association support.

Discussion and Development of 2026-2027 Goals

Add Agenda Item for Proposal Development Phase and Timeline

Mare Island Development Agreement Third Extension

Presentations to Economic Development and Beautification Commissions

Denial of Economic Development Strategic Plan Pilot Projects