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[0:13] Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the Alameda Kelly Fairgrounds and the Alameda Kelly Fair ad hoc committee meeting.
[0:20] I'd like to start this morning with a question of allegiance, so I've other than advice.
[0:27] Rose, would you read this?
[0:28] My pleasure.
[0:29] Congratulations.
[0:30] Congratulations.
[0:33] Congratulations.
[0:35] Congratulations.
[0:41] So
[0:45] we will be taking public comments, I guess at the first of the meeting, if there are
[0:50] our hearing, there are lots, it's like you broke off.
[0:54] You don't do the broke off.
[0:56] You don't do the broke off.
[0:56] You don't do the broke off.
[0:57] Supervisor Miley.
[1:00] Supervisor Halbert.
[1:02] Susan and AC excuse, Drunk Holden.
[1:06] Rose Johnson here.
[1:08] Chuck Moore, excuse, John Smith.
[1:11] Here.
[1:12] Gordon Galvin.
[1:15] Excuse, Bill Harrison.
[1:19] We have more.
[1:20] We have more.
[1:21] We have more than the word.
[1:22] Thank you very much.
[1:23] So if there is anyone that likes would like to make comments before we get started into
[1:28] the agenda, please let us know.
[1:30] three minutes for anyone. Anyone on the one with comments? I have no one long speakers.
[1:40] Okay. Oh, yes, I do. I'm sorry.
[1:43] Any?
[1:45] Oh, hello. Can you hear me? Yes.
[1:49] Hello. Can you hear me? Yes.
[1:51] Hi. Yes. I am with the creamers that I already counted as 4-8.
[1:58] And I am going to ask, I'm here to speak to the exhibitors this year, you can see the
[2:08] letter or email from us, the staff of the fair, so animals and child animals are there.
[2:18] They've put following the chief of the fire department, as the president said, we were not allowed to be
[2:27] do for our children whether, well they're exhibiting us a fair. We have a lot of families who are,
[2:36] they don't have a lot of money and all their money goes and you can see their projects animals
[2:41] up until the days that we off to them off. They'll be trying to facilitate feeding of the children
[2:49] We are a little too stern that the fair use the people in the livestock offshines as the ones to say we couldn't have fair and they use bodies mean the pieces of the fire department scheme.
[3:06] We have a lot of families who can really afford to eat every meal at the fair.
[3:13] We can do the service, we can afford to spend our money as a fair every day for every meal.
[3:21] We would appreciate that we had a couple of people who are on the board to help us
[3:30] to be able to facilitate being our children,
[3:33] brain, meal film, and so that's a hobby for instruments,
[3:36] instrumentals, and coming up with another hand
[3:39] from it, we could still be feeding it because, um,
[3:45] notice that on a season, the activity of staff is a little bit rude,
[3:53] with people when we went to try to ask them what we're going on,
[3:57] We can now, if you do, I think, feeding the children.
[4:02] Maybe we wouldn't really appreciate it.
[4:05] There was some kind of an investigation on,
[4:09] you guys could like look into the matter.
[4:18] That's not what it has to say.
[4:20] There's a little bit of comments.
[4:22] Yep, ma'am.
[4:25] Thank you.
[4:27] That's the district hers and it's participating as a member of the committee in this meeting.
[4:32] So we had some conversation about that before we got started.
[4:38] What is the understanding that he has to be?
[4:42] It's on the agenda.
[4:43] It's number item one on the agenda.
[4:45] He's going on this question.
[4:47] Is this remote participation?
[4:50] Is that acceptable?
[4:51] We're not.
[4:52] He can listen in if he's not participating.
[4:57] Alternatively, he could.
[5:08] Well, let's, let's, let's, let's, let's, let me get to that. Okay, I can't, I will deal with it in number one if that's all right, everybody.
[5:17] I do want to acknowledge he's in the room. We have Jerome as the CEO of the Kelly Fair.
[5:25] We have Rose Johnson, the Vice Chair of the Association, myself as a President.
[5:30] We do have board members in the room, Allen Aldrich, who is chair of horse racing,
[5:35] who have John S. Hoffman and Ryan Milson, also here.
[5:39] We have Steve Sir, our counsel, and then Angel Moore, the C-O-O, I think we was going to
[5:46] be participating as well, as well as Vivian with our chief financial officer.
[5:51] So I think that's everybody that's here from the Alameda Kelly agriculture fair association.
[5:59] From our side, you have the Supervisor Miley myself.
[6:02] Members of the Board.
[6:04] You have, while Susan Mernichy isn't here.
[6:10] We have Lori Cox.
[6:13] I know not participating and we have a clerk.
[6:16] And we have a legal counsel.
[6:20] Thank you.
[6:21] All right.
[6:21] So, with that, let's move to the first item on the agenda of the change in the committee members.
[6:27] We have Frank M. Hof, who was no longer on the award.
[6:34] And so, we replaced him with Bill Harrison, who is the chair at the Finance Committee.
[6:40] So, what do we need Bill to do to participate in the meeting?
[6:44] So two issues, one is that I get asked to put this item on the agenda, just so we haven't
[6:50] covered record when the changes in the cooperation with the committee, because we haven't
[6:55] been doing that.
[6:56] I notice that this printed agenda doesn't have the island agenda list, the members, it's been
[7:01] changing over time, and it's just, you know, okay, and we haven't been doing that yet,
[7:07] I think that's been the right image, I think.
[7:11] Separately, to participate, we're about to,
[7:15] remotely, requires to qualify for just cause
[7:21] into the Brown Act, if he doesn't, he can listen into the
[7:24] meeting, that's fine, he's just couldn't participate.
[7:26] Do you explain just cause and would you explain the Andrew?
[7:29] The typical solution for a member to participate remotely,
[7:36] It's dissipated in advance and understood to be done.
[7:41] So would you explain that separately?
[7:43] Would you explain the exception to that, which you call just
[7:47] cause that's kind of inside all code for things that we
[7:52] understand, but maybe not everybody does.
[7:56] What that is, which is an alternative to the established
[8:00] procedures for participating remotely.
[8:02] Yes, so members of the committee can participate remotely if that is listed on the agenda
[8:12] and the location from which they are participating and be identified on the agenda
[8:19] and that location is open to the public as well so that the public can participate from that info location as well.
[8:27] Alternatively,
[8:30] if they, if the member qualifies for just
[8:33] causing the Brown Act, they can appear telephonically
[8:37] or a Zoom without having that location identified
[8:42] or open to the public, their limited number of times
[8:46] that can be done.
[8:49] And it also has to be substantive requirements.
[8:52] either it's at Childcare or caregiving for child parent, grandparents, grandchildren, or
[8:59] children.
[9:00] If they have contagious illness, it's a need for ways to physical or bad condition, that
[9:08] isn't qualifying for the USDA accommodation.
[9:13] The traveling on official business of the Legislative Body or another state or local agency,
[9:19] They have a immunocompromised, child-parent-parent-parent-parent-parent-parent-parent-child-sit-ling-spousin-musty-partner.
[9:26] There's a physical or family of medical emergency, a more military service.
[9:31] So I don't know if this person has any of those issues that prevent him from appearing in the day.
[9:39] If so, the state of generality does not need to disclose any medical circumstances for himself or anyone else.
[9:45] just to say generally that if that is the issue, that that is the issue and if he doesn't
[9:51] qualify any of those he's probably the least in the number disabled.
[9:56] Thank you.
[9:57] So Bill, can you hear us?
[9:58] Yeah, I can.
[10:00] I don't have a doctor's note, I'm recently home from over a week's day in the hospital, and I'm on IVN of
[10:07] Iodic for the next month.
[10:09] I don't know if that qualifies or not, but that's no fix.
[10:13] If that prevents your dissipation physically today, then it will.
[10:19] Okay.
[10:20] Then yeah.
[10:22] Welcome to the meeting.
[10:23] Thank you.
[10:23] Thank you.
[10:25] What? Good. I've got that one. Thank you, Sarah. What's we want to? Why don't you, the fair repap,
[10:31] which is intellectual, and you feel like we're going to take this to this?
[10:35] Yes, we have.
[10:38] Yes, please.
[10:42] Thank you.
[10:46] So we put together every year, post fair, a video of the highlights of fair, and then we will run the
[10:54] some of the fair numbers and some of the community events that we put together so the
[11:01] link you go to the next one.
[11:09] Okay. I'm not really good. Of course, cup to right by there.
[11:15] I'm not going to take us to our fair video.
[15:00] I'd like to bring it in the next month or two. Okay. And then have the board approve that. And we can then refine the projection and know more clearly what we need to reserve.
[15:16] And then I know that there was a surprise across and had a question. I'm not sure if this is this question but about the income level.
[15:25] So 80% is about 75,000 for a family of four, right,
[15:30] from the chart.
[15:31] You gave us before.
[15:32] Yeah, that sounds right.
[15:33] Yeah, and for one, it's 52.
[15:37] How do you think this program is really going to go?
[15:40] Because if you're below that level, would you
[15:45] would a bank allow someone to buy a property?
[15:49] I'm just wondering how you think it's really going to go
[15:51] in real life?
[15:52] Well, in this program, it will depend
[15:54] on the projects that get selected and what kinds of financing the developers bring.
[16:01] If, for example, Habitat for Humanity is selected as one of the developers, they often
[16:07] usually bring their own financing and can target even lower than 80 percent. Other low-income
[16:16] homeowner development developers may not have that kind of financing in which case you would need
[16:23] bring, we would need to either, we would need to either more deeply subsidize and leave A1 funds
[16:30] a larger amount in or go closer to the 80% cap. So it will depend on each one but in this program,
[16:41] given that it's development and we have A1 funds that can stay in to make the unit affordable
[16:47] at that level. We believe 80% is feasible. But you believe people under 80, depending on who the
[16:55] developer is, could qualify for this program. I don't think this is a program for people at
[17:00] 20% of a area meeting income. Have a chat historically and we're not saying that they would be
[17:07] selected, they'll be a competitive process. But as an example, they have sometimes reached 50%
[17:13] below. So we do think that 80% is reasonable target below 80% in below. And typically, and
[17:24] I think we describe this, we're not, we're looking for the people that kind of forward
[17:30] the unit if there needs to be a regular first mortgage that they can qualify for some amount
[17:36] there. So it's usually not right at the 80% which we would target the prices to
[17:42] below 80%, so that there's some cushion in there.
[17:47] So you foresee these as being mainly like condo type things.
[17:53] Not necessarily, it could be,
[17:56] but they could also be new construction
[17:59] that brings other financing.
[18:01] And there are examples in several cities of the county
[18:04] where they've done home ownership development
[18:07] that are usually either single or duplex type development
[18:12] Okay. All right.
[18:18] I think those were those questions. So you can continue. Okay. So we had some speakers. I guess people wanted to do it by a number of years. So I meant.
[18:33] Okay. So on this first thing, we had no well,
[18:40] Kyle, Council Member, Chris Ecclesias, and Gloria Bruce.
[18:46] Thank you, Supervisor, President Chan.
[18:49] I thank you for the opportunity and to the staff and to the public.
[18:52] Let me first express my gratification to the voters in Oakland and the county.
[18:57] And throughout the state in terms of supporting bonds like this one to take care of our
[19:01] our needy that currently being challenged when it comes to housing.
[19:05] you understand very clearly that housing and every governmental body where you're at a school
[19:11] district, you're in city government or at the county or at the state level, housing is a
[19:15] priority and certainly recognizing the seniors that are currently on the streets of Oakland,
[19:22] homelessness, and certainly those youngsters that have all their degrees are working, but yet
[19:27] are being challenged to find a place to live. And that includes my three daughters and son.
[19:32] So, I am here today to support the Unity Council and their efforts.
[19:38] The fruitville Transit Village has been a development project for many years.
[19:42] So, we've been looking to develop those public lands that are owned by the city in Bart
[19:47] to make sure that their public lands and I strongly believe public lands should be used
[19:54] to support the public good when it comes to housing.
[19:58] So, we're in the process now, the Bart...
[20:00] And the city of Oakland have approved, as well as is very clear that we need to create affordable housing.
[20:08] And certainly we have on on the application over 300 units, there will be developed with your support at the county level, city support and certainly the state.
[20:19] So we ask for your support for the project that the approval of transit village be interacted by the energy council. Thank you very much. Thank
[20:37] you.
[20:37] Good morning, President Chan, as you've advised of Carson, my name is Christy Gillesius, I'm the CEO of the Unity Council, and on behalf of our development team at the Unity Council and Ebalcy, I just want to really, first of all, thank the county for your support.
[20:52] I want to thank Council member Gio for being here and supporting this project and kind of where we're at in the project because we're at a really, really crucial point of the project.
[21:03] I want to thank Linda and Michelle from your team and all their efforts, especially early this year, when they helped us fill our financing gap for the project.
[21:13] That was very exciting. It put us in a position to really kind of get all the financing together for the project, but I think right now as you know, we're at a very, very crucial time to close this deal, hopefully by the end of next week.
[21:30] And so we can start a construction in November but it's going to require a lot of people to kind of get out of the comfort zone.
[21:36] I know we've been out of our comfort zone for a while and we just want to share that.
[21:40] You guys.
[21:42] So, you know, I think as a last ditch effort, we were hoping that maybe you would consider a calendaring something next week on the 10th.
[21:50] That would, you know, we could work out the details as far as what that's going to look like as
[21:56] getting us the proper information that we need to kind of satisfy all of our banks on the project
[22:01] to close the deal, but if we could get something on the agenda and as the whole, I think
[22:08] the October 10th agenda, what we could maybe finalize some of the details that would be something
[22:13] that we would request. So thank you for your support and hopefully we'll get this wrap that
[22:20] So, Linda from, from your point of view and the, um, the auditors, what's the status of that particular project? You said you're working on the remaining four.
[22:31] So, um, I know that the treasurer met with a policy in the Unity Council last week. I was not able to attend that.
[22:40] Andrea, can you remind me where you're there?
[22:43] And they came up with some ideas that the treasurer and I are scheduled to talk this week
[22:51] as soon as possible, but not scheduled yet.
[22:54] And I know that the letter that was developed for other projects from the county administrator
[23:01] and the auditor controller that went to...
[23:04] I can't remember who signed it.
[23:08] There was a draft of that letter that that
[23:11] Ebalcy was presenting to the lenders to see if it would help.
[23:15] I have not heard anything back from Ebalcy on whether or not that
[23:19] satisfied the lenders.
[23:21] So we are working as fast as we can on that,
[23:24] but I don't know that we will make the 10th.
[23:29] So we have not solved it, although unless
[23:32] The letter that was comfortable for the county administrator to issue previously is sufficient for their lenders, and I've not heard back from a ballsy on that.
[23:46] Okay, so Chris, what is the deadline for this?
[23:52] We're trying to have everything kind of wrapped up by the 13th, October 13th.
[23:57] So I think, you know, we are attending, I would say somewhat positive response from the banks
[24:05] on some of the options that we're discussing with the county that have been presented.
[24:08] And I also want to thank the Treasurer, Hank Levy, and his team and Susan's team
[24:15] for meeting with us last Thursday. I think we made a lot of progress at that meeting.
[24:19] So we definitely feel the commitment and the ideas that are flowing back and forth right now.
[24:23] But I think if we did need to come back to the board, I think it would be best to at least hold
[24:32] an item for the tenth. So in case there is some kind of resolution by then.
[24:40] Okay, well they're going to, we'll keep working on it. We discussed it at the retreat last Tuesday.
[24:45] So we're aware that there's an issue here.
[24:51] Sorry, did you want to speak now or later?
[24:54] You're later.
[24:56] All right.
[24:57] Pastor Jennings, did you want to speak on this?
[25:03] Good morning, thank you so much supervisor and to the staff. I want to revisit the question that you raised supervisor relative to the 75% relative to the AMI.
[25:19] I think that all those staff has indicated that they believe that 80% of AMI will suffice. I'm just trying to draw some numbers together real quickly. I come from a mortgage background.
[25:29] And so relative to this to $75,000 that will typically buy an individual if they have no other bills.
[25:40] No other bills that will buy them about $500,000 worth of house.
[25:47] I'm sorry, $350,000 worth of house.
[25:50] And so if the average construction cost per unit right now is between 450 and 500,000,
[25:57] therein lies the gap in how much of a subsidy would have to be taken.
[26:02] So I believe that the amount should be about 120% of AMI,
[26:09] which would then not really deplete all of those funds
[26:13] and so that they're continuing to be some funds available for future buyers.
[26:18] Didn't we have language in either in the resolution or in the bond itself in terms of what the upper
[26:27] that in June 2016, the income limit for this program was 80% of AMI, and the income limit for the down payment assistance loan program,
[26:38] which is intended to be used primarily in the market, was 150% with an initial target of 120% but an allowance to go up to 150% of area meeting again.
[26:52] Okay, in terms of the comment that was just made,
[26:58] in terms of the affordability of a certain kind of unit, you were saying it depends on the developer and the amount of subsidy, right?
[27:06] And then it will also depend on what the household that will be buying it bring, but the simple framework of it is we'll pay for the development costs.
[27:15] And then leave the amount of measure A1 that's needed to make the unit affordable in on the property as a silent second long.
[27:30] All right.
[27:31] Do you want to repeat the thing about the 10% because I know supervisor Carlson had questions.
[27:35] So the 10% that proposed 10% for bond issuance and program delivery is intended as an initial cap for planning purposes.
[27:44] And then the goal will be to bring back to your board the detail on what we actually are projecting,
[27:53] which as I said, CDA, I've been saying all along that my estimates for HDD and CDA are around 7%.
[28:02] And so that 10% is a safe harbor for an initial, because they're also our bond issuance costs and other county departments.
[28:10] the example I gave was County Council, where we are still working on the projections for that
[28:16] with our other team members. So the intention is to bring back the detail on that to your board
[28:23] as we've been talking about doing with the addition of the issuance and the other county costs.
[28:30] I believe that will be less than 10%. And at that time, as the draft proposed policies say,
[28:37] We would then release any amount that was not projected to be needed back into the program pool.
[28:46] So I apologize because I try to catch up with today's meeting at the moment.
[28:52] So the 10% administrative costs is not 10% over the entire amount of the bot.
[28:59] It's per project.
[29:01] This policy would take the amount that was set aside for this program.
[29:06] And set. When you say this program.
[29:08] The housing development.
[29:09] Okay, so let's put a dollar amount to that.
[29:12] That's roughly how much.
[29:14] How much is a month?
[29:15] So for the home ownership development program
[29:18] that would be 25 million and 10% of that would be 25 million.
[29:22] $2,500,000.
[29:23] And then that's, and it's only restricted to that amount
[29:26] or what about the other $580 million.
[29:29] Each program.
[29:30] We have the same proposed policy for the rental pools.
[29:34] We've not come back with any policies on the other programs yet, so we would be looking at that for those when we'd come back.
[29:44] Because I mean, just like the simple math on the 25 million is 2,500,000, the simple math would be 58 million dollars.
[29:53] And so what's the accounting for each of those, since you're talking about projects?
[30:00] By the project, or segment, what's the oversight in the accounting for that, so that we get an accounting.
[30:08] And does that include what would be all of the other, I don't want to say,cillary costs because they're costs of doing business.
[30:17] But in terms of does that include project labor agreement costs and all of the other things that's factored in?
[30:24] I mean, I'm trying to...
[30:26] It would not include costs of the developers.
[30:30] It would include costs of the county and the bond issuance.
[30:34] And the 10% is, I believe, higher than the actual numbers will be.
[30:39] So it's really as a cap that we will come back and give the board additional detail and more refined estimates.
[30:48] So if it turns out that it's 8% for example,
[30:51] we would return to percent to the pool to subsidize the housing.
[30:58] Okay, so I would again go back because it's just complicated and you understand it.
[31:04] I don't.
[31:05] Bonnie, she went says it's going to probably be a total of what?
[31:08] As we exhaust the body, she went 580 million dollars in total.
[31:13] The total bond is going on.
[31:15] Correct.
[31:16] That's definitely our target.
[31:17] Right, and so you're saying that the simple math, which would have been 58 million, is probably not going to be a part of the administrative outcome.
[31:31] I'm saying that I think 10% for the home ownership development program, and we've proposed a similar initial 10% for the rental, is most likely higher than what the actual costs will be.
[31:45] and we want, we need to bring to your board more detail on the estimate.
[31:51] We need additional information from other county partners and from the bond team on the issuance
[31:56] costs. But because we're bringing this to you today and we are hoping to move forward,
[32:03] I wanted to put a safe harbor number in there so that we could, for planning purposes and so
[32:09] that as we move forward in the next couple months, we can come back to the board with the
[32:14] and come up with a final number.
[32:21] So, and I don't want to take a lot of time on this because, again, since it's still complicated,
[32:26] and I know that we're getting, well, anyway.
[32:33] So, what was included in the discussion when the bond was initially discussed and approved
[32:39] in terms of administrative costs? Was it 10% or what?
[32:42] There was not a percentage in the program that you're board adopted in conversation.
[32:50] We were talking about 7% or less for the Community Development Agency.
[32:55] And I believe that is still what we will come under.
[33:00] So that was that's what was originally initially discussed was a 7% and approved.
[33:06] No, it wasn't approved.
[33:08] No, those were estimates that I presented as we were moving forward.
[33:13] But it did not include any other county costs or cost of issuance, which is why I'm proposing this initial cap lead 10%.
[33:24] Okay, so do you see this being kind of like administrative costs by year or by program or type of staffing or?
[33:35] So we have for CDA we have some detailed projections of year by year.
[33:42] And I am working on the way to present those to the board for discussion, but I have not been able to finalize those to bring those to you.
[33:52] The cost of program delivery would be reported annually as part of the cost of the program and to the oversight committee and to the board.
[34:01] So the actual cost you're by year will be tracked by program area, the Outed or Controlors already set up
[34:11] Program by program accounts and they would and we have time sheet codes by program area in CDA and then we would report on those annually
[34:22] Against the more detailed projections that will be bringing to your board. Okay
[34:28] How much has already been allocated
[34:33] There's an amount that was the actual amount from last fiscal year, which was about 165,
[34:40] something like that for CDA.
[34:43] And then that's all that's been sort of...
[34:47] So 165 million of the 580 million already?
[34:51] Oh, you mean of the projects?
[34:53] Yes.
[34:53] 25 million or less in this base city rental has been already committed by the board.
[34:59] and next one.
[35:00] Some of the notes we saved to them, we had almost a thousand notes left. It was just a beautiful display.
[35:10] And then finally, our economic impact and fiscal impact to the community. They are a part of everyone's package, but it's also up on display.
[35:19] So year-round, so fair and year-round, sales tax revenues generated by the venue $14.3 million.
[35:30] On hotel tax revenue, 186 million, our fiscal impact is 14.5, ongoing jobs in the community is nearly 2,000.
[35:41] hotel overnight generated is near 17,000 and total visits to the property is about
[35:49] 111.44 million. This is not include off track bedding or the golf course.
[35:59] So,
[36:00] just wanted to share the economic impact with the Alameda County Fair and the events
[36:04] are annually housed to the region. Any questions?
[36:10] Yeah. Right.
[36:12] Yeah. Very comprehensive and excellent overview of presentation, very, very thorough.
[36:21] As well as the seniors, I can help you get those numbers up with the seniors.
[36:26] Great.
[36:27] So folks, you're welcoming, you know, next the latest month will be holding the 23rd annual healthy living festival, and we have about over 3,000 seniors that come in from all over the county, to the open zoo, you know, all of the county costs us $50,000 of bus seniors in.
[36:45] So I think that would be a good opportunity for the fair to promote, because I didn't even know about your free tickets for seniors, and I think that would be great.
[36:53] So we're sorry to my wife, but we should talk about that.
[36:58] And if you are interested in getting this issue,
[37:01] we're up to about 90, 90, 90, 90, but I'm going to try
[37:05] to squeeze it there.
[37:08] And then the rating is the rating on a scale of 1 to 10?
[37:15] Yeah.
[37:16] I think it's 1 to 9.
[37:17] I think it's 1 to 9.
[37:18] I think it's 1 to 9.
[37:19] So you're about 8.1?
[37:21] It was eight points that all confirmed that night that I believe it's a one to nine scale in the event
[37:30] There's not much more than the go in terms of getting that
[37:36] What would that be because that's what I mean?
[37:38] To get to the nine
[37:40] What do you need to do to get to because you guys are doing an excellent job a phenomenal job
[37:46] And you know, I take my head off you and what would it take to deny?
[37:51] So there's several categories, let me take a look at those categories, and I'll get back to you.
[37:58] When I get back to you about the seniors, I'll get back to you about the categories.
[38:02] And the only other two things, and these are just such things for me, I'd like the association to consider something for Scott.
[38:12] The commemoration for Scott out here comes, you know, the fair bit of life you did.
[38:16] And so I think there's something in the works on that.
[38:19] Okay.
[38:20] Go here at the fair bit.
[38:21] Supervisor.
[38:22] Yeah.
[38:23] The auction of Villian.
[38:26] Okay.
[38:27] We'll be renamed for Scott.
[38:28] And the Amagor.
[38:29] Yeah.
[38:30] The Scott had the Amagor for that.
[38:32] Great.
[38:34] And then the only other thing is, I just noticed you had to flex.
[38:37] You're going to get a kettle.
[38:37] That would be a good one.
[38:39] Back up in your tooth.
[38:41] I mean okay.
[38:42] I mean that I've never noticed that.
[38:45] Now, if you can do that for a sec, how do we do that?
[38:48] So thank you.
[38:49] My curious, prior to the fair, March April, marketing sends out to all of the supervisors
[38:58] and a lot of different organizations kind of what's coming up with the fair.
[39:03] hopefully you can incorporate that. I know Supervisor Halbert has in the newsletter. I don't know if you do that or not.
[39:12] Yeah, so I think that's an excellent opportunity to mine some of those other groups when there may be seniors or you do some of the other things.
[39:20] Okay. Thank you for the information.
[39:23] How are you doing, sir?
[39:25] Hi.
[39:27] Is that everything for me?
[39:30] So, I usually would ask questions after, is there a public comment on each item?
[39:40] Sure.
[39:42] I like that there's any presentation, though.
[39:45] Oh, this is still the fair recap.
[39:47] Okay.
[39:50] Then I may have questions after that.
[39:52] It's finished.
[39:55] Good morning, everybody.
[39:57] on this morning.
[40:00] We'll look at fair financials, we'll look at fair revenue by category fair net income, but before that let's
[40:07] look at the Pharisees and all hires and modern care hours.
[40:15] I think I do.
[40:17] I don't see.
[40:21] Sorry.
[40:21] Close eyes.
[40:33] They're being let her.
[40:34] She's working on it.
[40:35] Oh, okay.
[40:36] You guys are fighting.
[40:37] Okay.
[40:41] If you can push your buttons.
[40:47] I think we can do that.
[40:48] I think we can do that.
[41:11] Fortunately, I only had four slides.
[41:13] Not hearing us.
[41:16] No.
[41:17] Not good.
[41:18] Yeah.
[41:19] We're almost there.
[41:21] Now your, you need to go backwards.
[41:26] I don't know if there's a line for that.
[41:29] Thanks so much.
[41:30] Okay.
[41:31] So these are the seasonal recruiting and volunteer hours.
[41:36] Fair applicants this year, 2026, we see 1,300, 509.
[41:41] This is 226 applicants more than last year.
[41:45] And out of that one, 359.
[41:48] Fairtime seasonal hires is 321 that's about 26-27% and
[41:55] Rehires people like the so much rehires is 43% of the total seasonal hires, which is a 138
[42:04] Rehires volunteer hours volunteer
[42:07] We have
[42:09] 735 volunteers this year last year
[42:12] So we actually had 137 less volunteers this year than last year.
[42:19] It's one of our 666,612 volunteer hours that's 1094 less over here.
[42:28] Then last year, charitable donations about 39,000 versus 42,000 last year.
[42:36] So you can see because of the economic trend and pressure, it pushes the workforce from unpaid volunteer to pay.
[42:45] Any questions on this slide?
[42:47] The Chief Secretary of the Communications, the Secretary of the Commission, to the fair.
[42:52] To the nonprofit who send their volunteers.
[42:56] Yeah, there's about 45 nonprofits that we pay, total about 39,000.
[43:02] So there are a lot of people.
[43:05] We paid with a lot of credit.
[43:07] They'd buy some people in the booths.
[43:10] I don't know.
[43:11] Compense like that, based on it.
[43:12] It's almost 40 million.
[43:14] But there's nine thousand.
[43:16] Yeah, the last year was 42 million.
[43:18] So they're not volunteers, but we paid that.
[43:21] They'd volunteer.
[43:21] They paid their organization.
[43:22] They paid your organization.
[43:24] Some of the volunteers open heart kitchen,
[43:27] Rice and Shine Youth Leadership and Boys Team Cherry.
[43:33] There's about 45 of them.
[43:34] To make a donation look up.
[43:38] Okay, next slide.
[43:41] So these are pair revenue by category.
[43:43] We're looking at three year time,
[43:45] bring 20, 20, 6, 25, and 24.
[43:48] May I remind you that 24 was the year that we had
[43:52] their forced racing.
[43:55] And we started with the 500,
[43:56] and then every bar, it goes up that by $500,000,
[44:02] all the way to $1.5 million.
[44:04] This year is in blue, last year, red, 2024, white.
[44:10] This is admission, revenue, parking, revenue,
[44:15] concert, blue, and beverage, carnival,
[44:21] sponsorship, and commercial vendors, and others.
[44:24] As you can see, most of these bars,
[44:25] We generate a higher revenue in each category,
[44:30] parking is about the same.
[44:33] This year, last year, for a little bit higher,
[44:35] but every other bars,
[44:37] we generate a higher revenue than prior years.
[44:40] With the exception of sponsorship
[44:43] and commercial vendors,
[44:45] I think, combined we mystify about 200,000.
[44:48] And that's because of the direct direction
[44:50] of the retail trend from
[44:52] I'm going to, I'm all shopping mall, Fairbans versus Al-O-O-O.
[45:00] Every day, average people that I run into have an opportunity to benefit from this and I guess I'm missing that and I'm not being critical. I'm just missing that.
[45:13] Well, this particular home ownership program will allow people who live or work in our county who could otherwise absolutely not afford to buy a home in our county, buy a home.
[45:26] It will not solve the home ownership desires of very many households because 25 million is not a lot of money.
[45:38] But it will target people who live and work in our county already and assist them in buying homes.
[45:44] The down payment assistance loan program, which has some additional money, also will do that.
[45:52] but in the market and for a more moderate income level group.
[45:55] The rental housing, as we've said all along,
[45:58] this is big and bold and more money than we've had locally
[46:01] in a while, but it will not solve the affordable housing
[46:05] crisis.
[46:06] It will make inroads in local housing for an income level
[46:13] that otherwise is beginning to be unable
[46:17] to afford housing in our county.
[46:19] It rental or owner.
[46:20] But, and housing in the market is not built for the income levels we're talking about, so the bond will assist people to stay in our county who otherwise are very likely to be displaced, but it won't do that for every single household. It's not big enough.
[46:41] I wish that we could do it for more with the state money, maybe coming in in the next
[46:49] if it passed.
[46:50] I'm sure it's going to pass.
[46:52] But I was kind of excited about the home ownership thing because you said it might go
[46:56] down to 50%.
[46:58] So if you have a family of four that is making $48,000, $49,000, they would never be able
[47:05] to buy a house in this area.
[47:07] But under this program with the loans, they would be able to do it, so I guess that's the value of it.
[47:16] I mean, unfortunately, it's not as many as we feel but they could.
[47:20] And we know people like that, like say you're a child care worker and a waiter or something, right? I don't know.
[47:26] And I think looking forward, if we can, as we implement this program, show the success, show the households being served and leveraging these monies locally with state and federal and continuing to encourage and advocate for more money at the state and federal level. Hopefully we can do more locally and continue to increase the supply.
[47:49] Okay,
[47:52] so on this, on this issue of the particular project, should we hear the rental thing?
[47:59] First, is that okay with, you guys?
[48:01] Okay, go ahead.
[48:02] Okay,
[48:05] so this is 425 million, it's that 225 million is in the base city allocations and 200 million
[48:14] is in the four regional pools.
[48:16] The framework is that your board adopted in June of 2016 has the income levels at most.
[48:25] We think we'll be between 30 and 60% of area medium.
[48:29] There is a minimum amount of the 20% of the units being affordable to 20% of area medium income
[48:37] or below.
[48:38] And then the framework allows a portion of the units and in the proposed policies
[48:42] we're proposing a definition of portion for up to 80% of area meeting income to promote mixing
[48:50] incomes and developments. There's a focus on leveraging so that this money goes as far
[48:56] as possible requires a city financial contribution which is also defined in the proposed policies
[49:02] and minimum affordability term of 55 years and then I mentioned the distribution. Also the
[49:08] framework has taught the name to target populations of homeless people, seniors, veterans,
[49:14] people with disabilities of all types, the criminal justice, reentry population, transition
[49:20] age youth, and lower income workforce, definite priority for people who live and work in
[49:26] our county, flexible uses of funds, both in terms of the stage of development and also how
[49:32] the funds could be used within the framework of what's eligible for general obligation bond
[49:37] and a reminder that that cannot be operating subsidies or services needs to be capital expenses.
[49:46] The goal of maximizing the leverage producing the largest number of units,
[49:50] funding the minimum amounts needed in order to make the units feasible.
[49:56] And your board adopted that wages would be set that are equivalent.
[50:00] The state prevailing wage.
[50:04] We've had an iterative broad process. I think you're aware of that process, so I won't spend a lot of time on that.
[50:13] The income levels, so now looking at the proposed implementation policies, which include the policies of the framework and then additional detail.
[50:21] The 20% is there as a minimum, the 30 to 60 and then we are proposing that up to 5% of each allocation which would mean each base city allocation and each regional pool could be used to support units up to 80% of area median income.
[50:41] The target populations are still in there and that we would track them review annually who's being served who's not being served.
[50:48] and potentially bring recommendations for particular emphasis and different RFP processes.
[50:55] We've made it explicit in the proposed policies that measure A1 funds cannot permanently
[51:02] displace households.
[51:04] For example, if developers are proposing to acquire an existing apartment building, and
[51:11] there are over-income people over-income in the sense that they don't qualify under one of
[51:16] measure A1 income targets that they would those households would be allowed to stay and the units
[51:24] would need to be dedicated to the income levels at turnover and then it also makes explicit
[51:30] that if someone is temporarily displaced to in order to rehabilitate the unit or something
[51:36] like that that they would get financial assistance that covers the cost of their temporary
[51:41] displacement and they have rights to first refusal to come back to the units.
[51:47] The eligible uses remain flexible within the geobond.
[51:56] We've increased in response to comment.
[52:00] The proposed maximum A1 contributions per project per unit by 5% and put in language that would
[52:09] allow the board to approve a higher amount if needed for feasibility of a desirable project.
[52:17] The city match policies proposed remain essentially the same as what was presented in July.
[52:23] Having a minimum value that was equal to city imposed fees on development and a flexible,
[52:31] having a flexible approach about what could count as match as long as it has a financially
[52:37] determinable value and allows an initial administrative commitment at the time of
[52:45] application as long as there's a formal city commitment before the measure A1
[52:50] fund loaned close. And then we would incentivize additional leverage in
[52:56] competitive processes. Additional changes or clarification since the July
[53:03] version. This is a summary of them and I'll discuss them more on the coming slides, so I'll
[53:12] just jump into the additional slides. In terms of fair housing and equal and open access
[53:18] and priorities, the board, as I mentioned, we're working with County Council. We're proposing
[53:28] that when the policies come to the board, we also bring a resolution that just solidifies the
[53:35] findings and the public purpose behind the name to target populations. It's just
[53:41] helps strengthen when we presented the program, the program parameters and framework
[53:47] back in July of 2016 that contained a lot of that data. It's just cleaner to have a resolution
[53:54] that really spells out the needs, the priorities, and the public purpose served by those priority
[54:01] target populations. So we've included in your packet a draft resolution to do that.
[54:07] Looking at the tools available to target the units to the priority populations,
[54:13] we've listed a number of them, points in competitive selection processes, having regulatory
[54:20] agreements that name specific target populations that would be in the units looking at the marketing
[54:28] plans, which is a heavy emphasis. So we have a section that outlines at minimum some very
[54:35] extensive local marketing around the development, all the board offices, the 211, all of
[54:42] mailing list, like really emphasizing the live live and work local people in
[54:48] Elameda County as well as reaching out to groups of faith-based and community-based
[54:54] organizations that target the same or serve the same target populations to market
[54:59] those units.
[55:00] This is the last slide I have any questions?
[55:05] So, before getting a system, I just want to point out the employment situation that's affected by the fear.
[55:13] We're approximately going to be around 28 million to 30 million dollars this year.
[55:18] That's a pretty consistent number over the last four or five years.
[55:23] We have about 120 full-time employees during a four-week period of time.
[55:30] That is increased by 321.
[55:33] So we have 450 employees during that period with 750 volunteers.
[55:39] Are we generate 14?
[55:42] 14?
[55:44] A little less than half of our revenue during that four-week period of time.
[55:49] It's pretty amazing when you think of the number of people that are on here, during that period and the number of people that it takes to make that happen.
[56:00] So it's a testament to our staff, it's a durability to continue to generate the kind of readiness that we did.
[56:08] Thank you, John.
[56:10] When did we start selling online? Was it 25 or this year, 26?
[56:15] No, November, right?
[56:16] No, but which year? Was it this year the first year?
[56:26] I guess electronic tickets people will come in and use their phone and you would have electronic tickets that.
[56:34] I don't think we used our phone at that time but you could buy online and come to the game.
[56:40] That's when we were with E-Tix and the first year I was with the fair in 2013 that was a capability.
[56:46] Did we make some change then, maybe? Was it with the phone?
[56:50] It would not have been.
[56:53] It seems to me that we had tickets that we would text back and forth in a year.
[56:58] Yeah, but how long have we been able to do that?
[57:01] That's been any time you were with.
[57:03] Is that by our 2022?
[57:06] That's when we were coming out of here.
[57:07] We changed ticketing.
[57:09] Is there any parking in you to buy it?
[57:10] I had a time. Yeah, touchless.
[57:12] When you went to cashless, it went to the hook.
[57:15] Thank you.
[57:16] Thank you.
[57:16] Thank you very much.
[57:17] Thank you very much.
[57:17] Thank you very much.
[57:18] Thank you very much.
[57:19] Next we have to roll for the vision sign of thing.
[57:22] Do we have any questions on this area?
[57:25] Public comment.
[57:27] Public comment.
[57:27] I have a public comment.
[57:28] If I might.
[57:28] On the ticketing.
[57:31] I know John had discussed it in the firm previous meetings about ticketing.
[57:34] I just want to tell the supervisors about a little bit of research that I've done.
[57:39] We are in the most expensive care in the state of California to attend.
[57:43] to take it right.
[57:47] I like to go to other fairs and tendons and see what they're doing, so that just makes
[57:51] the available applicants to raise our pricing with their economy and so they're on people who
[57:58] can figure out something new. I don't want to put this into another fair season. If our friend
[58:02] is still out to be my honest still hold for our prices are at just because they're just
[58:10] The parking, I think, is relative to most fairgrounds that take your pricing, we're the most expensive fairgrounds.
[58:18] Would you send that to me offline?
[58:21] So I'd be interested what the cost of living is in those locations that you're comparing it to.
[58:27] But I think, as we do have a cost of living in the trust city area that we don't take care of.
[58:32] But we have it to high-rise market, half out of the world.
[58:36] We also have the best work.
[58:37] They're right in there.
[58:38] I don't want to remind the rest of those.
[58:40] I'm sure their cost of living is relatively about the same.
[58:44] Let's take off the living property.
[58:47] All that in the consideration.
[58:49] How much cattle and gas are there?
[58:52] Any on one comments?
[58:54] Okay.
[58:55] So we...
[58:56] Oh, I'm sorry.
[58:56] Yeah, it's a product report.
[58:58] One quick thing.
[58:59] I just want to point out, I'm sure to commend the fear too, with the FIFA, and watch parties because I don't think I really enjoyed power to the 30th of the Coliseum, and our staff could achieve that if you achieve that, so I didn't even know that I was taking place here.
[59:20] So, yeah.
[59:21] Very popular.
[59:23] Here's like a break, watch the game.
[59:25] The other way back to the fair, didn't even know that.
[59:27] So that's why I think, I don't know what you're going to do with the consultation or whatever.
[59:35] But I mean, just let everybody see that as a market.
[59:39] It was really great.
[59:39] Because there's a lot of information there. I just didn't know myself.
[59:44] Thank you.
[59:45] We can move on then to the item three vision plan progress on update.
[59:51] I'll speak to some of our projects real fast.
[59:54] Um, I think last time we met with right around the time we did the ribbon cutting for the foot saw.
[1:00:00] Complex sets out by the All-Trac activity facility. It's getting good use now. Best time to see it is in the evenings around anywhere from 4 to 9 o'clock is when it gets pretty active with children.
[1:00:13] So I think they're doing well.
[1:00:18] Is that a rendering or a live photo? One on the left is a rendering. These are live photos.
[1:00:26] this year in I think of April we get a ribbon cutting on our new West Plaza. We just
[1:00:32] called Plaza Now. This is what it looks like. This is the concrete patterning in the
[1:00:38] Plaza area. It was very well received by fair time by the fair yes. This is underneath the
[1:00:45] canopy.
[1:00:49] This is not that exciting but for staff it is. This is our new Power Terminal from
[1:00:56] PG&E, this took about two and a half years to accomplish and replacing the one on the left.
[1:01:01] This had to get done because we were underpowered at the farmhouse and so now this project
[1:01:07] is done or excited about it because it will allow further growth in other areas.
[1:01:13] We're embarking right now on the OTV Facility Remodel, trying to utilize this building more
[1:01:19] effectively. It's still a very good money maker for us, the off-track vetting business.
[1:01:26] But this building was built in the 80s. It's finally called the big pink building.
[1:01:33] So we're embarking on a remodel trying to make it get more utility out of it.
[1:01:39] So we can still maintain our off-track vetting business in it.
[1:01:43] currently we still have Bingo two or three nights a week corporate events we do do some
[1:01:50] corporate events in there but really not enough to justify so we we believe once we've
[1:01:55] got it cleaned up in a better modernization of the look that we'll do more it'll be capable
[1:02:02] of doing more musical performances maybe comedians and other community meetings so we're excited
[1:02:08] about this. We're also embarking on more of a rebrand, Iron Horse 1858. This is kind of
[1:02:15] meaningful to us because 1858 is the first year the track was built by Bernal himself.
[1:02:20] And then Iron Horse is a nod to our Iron Horse trail in the railroad that came through this
[1:02:26] area, the spur line that came down through Pleasanton. So we're going to kind of rebrand the building
[1:02:31] for, so that it's more attractive for more activity out there.
[1:02:37] This is kind of the inside renderings that we're working through,
[1:02:40] so you can see it's very loungy, and it's a nod to railroad and horse racing.
[1:02:50] This is the Grandstand Plaza, the roadway, and the wine garden project that we're working on right now.
[1:02:57] This giant white area is the Grandstand.
[1:03:00] This is where our existing Plaza with the fountain is.
[1:03:04] And so we have a project that's with the county now through permitting, it's in three phases, it's 1, 2, and 3, so this is the wine courtyard.
[1:03:17] Each year, for as fast as we can afford to do it, we will be tackling one of these phases.
[1:03:23] It's going to take care of ADA compliance, it's going to give a more pedestrian feel rather than feeling like you're out on an asphalt parking lot.
[1:03:32] This is the phase one right here.
[1:03:34] This is the fountain plaza down here,
[1:03:37] and this is out in front of the grandstand where
[1:03:40] sometimes during fair we put a stage right here.
[1:03:43] So we're tackling this shortly this year
[1:03:46] in the 2026 budget.
[1:03:52] Again, this is a rendering.
[1:03:54] This is the area we're going to be working on
[1:03:56] as well as this very large shape canopy
[1:03:59] that's going to run the length of the road.
[1:04:02] So that there's a lot more shade out there for the customer.
[1:04:08] So when Nate enters through gate 12 and wants to drive through there.
[1:04:14] Well, we'll be able to do it.
[1:04:16] I mean, there's still be the 20-foot road.
[1:04:20] And let me show you over you.
[1:04:22] But this still has to maintain all the fire access.
[1:04:30] Same photo just a different angle.
[1:04:38] There's your roadway for name.
[1:04:39] All right.
[1:04:41] We're also in discussions with a few different partners that are potential for pickleball complex.
[1:04:50] This has not gone anywhere with the board, but it is a discussion of utilizing this zone more effectively for the community.
[1:04:58] This little bit of a proposal.
[1:05:00] Well, it's talking about 34 courts with the addition of a competitive court also for something like tournament
[1:05:09] play and professional. So we think this has got some excitement around it because there is a commercial
[1:05:17] kitchen in this building that can also help be utilized for this kind of activity. So I'm hoping in the next
[1:05:25] year, so you'll be hearing more about this as we figure out how to move this through a process,
[1:05:30] whatever GSA says is appropriate for the development and whether it makes sense economically.
[1:05:40] And then this is our farm project that we've been working on diligently.
[1:05:43] Phase one is already complete.
[1:05:45] Is this safe way barn right here?
[1:05:48] And now we are working on all of this garden space.
[1:05:52] The architecture and engineering is currently being done right now and is being funded by the fundraising of the foundation.
[1:06:02] The big part of this is locating all the utilities for future phases.
[1:06:07] So for example, these three buildings right here and five buildings.
[1:06:12] We've got to make sure before we build all this garden space and everything we do, that all the pipes are underground for the future phases.
[1:06:18] The mess taken us a bit of time, it's also doing all the analysis for C3 storm water treatment in one phase, so we know what's going to happen in the future, and making sure everything that we do out there is ADA compliant.
[1:06:36] And then lastly, I said C3 storm water compliance, the property.
[1:06:42] As we do these projects, you have to now, the new rules for the waterboard are that you
[1:06:47] have to treat the water from each zone of your projects.
[1:06:51] Well, because some of our areas are for pedestrians and we can't have bios wells in the
[1:06:56] middle of it, we're working with the county right now to actually create to the south end
[1:07:02] of our RV campgram, a bio-retention planter down here
[1:07:07] that's going to accommodate 88,000 square feet
[1:07:13] of treatment for us.
[1:07:14] And by doing so, it's actually going to give us
[1:07:17] about 40,000 square foot credit for future projects.
[1:07:21] So we think this is a really economical way
[1:07:23] to build in the properties C3 requirements for the future.
[1:07:29] And that'll probably be on the budget.
[1:07:30] this project will be on the budget for 2027 as we move forward.
[1:07:38] Those are all the vision-playing projects I can add, answer any questions if you have some.
[1:07:44] So our vision right now, too.
[1:07:45] Yeah, if you could go back to the OTV facility model,
[1:07:56] you want me to do it or I don't want to mess you up.
[1:07:59] Which one?
[1:08:00] Back.
[1:08:01] It was back.
[1:08:08] So that's a rendering, this is a rendering, how would it be?
[1:08:12] It's still pink, it's not beige, correct.
[1:08:16] The next line.
[1:08:18] It's going to be beige.
[1:08:20] Yeah, yeah.
[1:08:21] These renderings are these live.
[1:08:23] These are rendering, nothing has been started yet.
[1:08:27] Okay, so no work has been done.
[1:08:29] We've done some stuck-up patch on the exterior,
[1:08:31] but that no real work, it's in permitting right now.
[1:08:34] It's in permitting.
[1:08:35] What's the total cost?
[1:08:37] We think estimated about 1.2 million, 1.2.
[1:08:44] And we're doing this in partnership with two different organizations.
[1:08:50] Say our first hand.
[1:08:52] Prime time.
[1:08:53] Time.
[1:08:55] And then the grandstand, the next one.
[1:08:59] The total, what's the total project for that?
[1:09:03] Right now.
[1:09:04] And most recently, all three phases, about $1.9 million.
[1:09:09] And so none of it's been done, just drawings and planings and the
[1:09:15] like how much has been expended for each.
[1:09:19] I think for engineering, probably about $100,000.
[1:09:23] And then it's in Germany.
[1:09:26] It's in Germany.
[1:09:28] You're in a permitting process.
[1:09:29] Correct.
[1:09:29] The tail end of it.
[1:09:31] And you're working with our GSA team.
[1:09:34] This is past GSA, it's with county building building too, building department, okay.
[1:09:42] Nice to meet you.
[1:09:43] I sure come over quickly.
[1:09:44] So you think there's a big market for pickleball, huh?
[1:09:47] Yeah.
[1:09:50] So that rendering is done by someone that is very much encouraged by pickleball.
[1:09:58] It's not ours.
[1:10:00] We're done with that. We've done a bit of revenue announcement. That's big for the fair.
[1:10:05] Oh, yeah. Absolutely. We're good.
[1:10:08] Because that's not easy. Look at Futsal. Futsal is about 450 thousand.
[1:10:14] Think it's about the 380 as a size that we landed on.
[1:10:18] And that's pure rent. This project really has we haven't gone very deep with these proposals
[1:10:24] because we don't want to get ahead of the potential
[1:10:26] monster plus act or whether this needs a more formal RSP.
[1:10:32] That's why we're working right now with GSA to say,
[1:10:35] you help us tell us what he want done.
[1:10:38] And we don't want him to step before we even get started.
[1:10:41] And so, my only other question is,
[1:10:43] with all the projects,
[1:10:45] there's a fairly solar level here
[1:10:47] that becomes really the solar.
[1:10:49] Yeah, the fair has over two megawatts of solar.
[1:10:52] All of the partners are covered in solar, the Safeway barn is brand new, solar that actually just got finally activated in June with PG&E.
[1:11:03] We have the new solar cannabis that are out in the VIP and Horsesman's lots.
[1:11:08] The Amodore Pavilion is covered in solar and then in our building, building A was part of that project as well.
[1:11:17] And, in fact, a portion of this, the county was a supervisor of Haggerty, we put the loan together with him.
[1:11:26] So, we have about, I don't know, maybe four or five years left on the loan.
[1:11:31] This is the safely barn, also.
[1:11:33] The safely barn is actually an educational piece because it's bifacial, solar, and it's tiled, so it's water shedding.
[1:11:41] Water doesn't drip through it because of the new technology that we used on that.
[1:11:45] I'm not a part of that water segmentist, eventually, show that people, the kids have come
[1:11:53] there, how are we recapture water?
[1:11:57] And I believe I'm correct, Jerome, the three phases of the honines and the plaza rework,
[1:12:07] we're undertaking the first phase of that this year in 2006.
[1:12:11] Correct, the first phase, I'm hoping that's to start in the budget.
[1:12:15] in the next month, they're permitting runs through properly.
[1:12:18] The other portion is part of the 2027 and beyond budgets.
[1:12:24] Okay.
[1:12:24] What's the cost of pickleball?
[1:12:26] Estimated.
[1:12:27] Cost?
[1:12:27] No idea.
[1:12:28] We have not.
[1:12:29] Do you mean to apply the game?
[1:12:32] No.
[1:12:33] To train and install 32 pickleball courts.
[1:12:37] For us?
[1:12:38] Yeah.
[1:12:39] We would.
[1:12:41] Oh.
[1:12:42] So you would enter into a long-term waste with a pickleball association.
[1:12:47] I don't think there isn't steel has been determined that it could be a lane lease if we go through lane surplus
[1:12:53] It could be a partnership with the fairgrounds
[1:12:56] It could be a licensing agreement that the fair, you know, we may participate in an own portion of it
[1:13:02] But none of that is you know, there's still a commission visions part of the position
[1:13:08] Possibilities and then on on the off-track bed and facility
[1:13:14] I rock-track betting all the dollar-wise is because of Golden Gate deals closing.
[1:13:20] We've been able to capture that.
[1:13:23] It's able to drive here from there.
[1:13:25] Yeah, sure.
[1:13:26] Any other questions?
[1:13:27] Any questions online?
[1:13:31] Yeah.
[1:13:32] Yeah.
[1:13:33] Oh.
[1:13:34] Probably trees will be removed.
[1:13:35] We'll need to do the grandparent area.
[1:13:37] I think that I counted eleven and six will go in its place.
[1:13:45] Those are the big island trees that are tearing up the asphalt.
[1:13:48] There's a second one, so in the race or a place that was a six minute, what would you say you cut out 12, 12, can you replace it with six?
[1:13:58] Well, we replace more than that in other areas, but in that zone, yes.
[1:14:05] Chair, I do have an on-line.
[1:14:07] Public comment.
[1:14:09] Okay.
[1:14:09] Online.
[1:14:10] Go ahead.
[1:14:12] Katie?
[1:14:13] You're on the line.
[1:14:14] Reporting.
[1:14:17] Hi, guys.
[1:14:18] I'm not aware of the agenda so unfortunately, I've been through the whole meeting and I have to go.
[1:14:24] So I just want to interject at this point when you are planning these facilities.
[1:14:31] I didn't see anything that had to do with the Amodore Pavilion besides naming it after Scott.
[1:14:36] And I'm hoping that kind of things I understand we got these panels a couple years back and we got the wash racks which were nice.
[1:14:45] But unfortunately our take for injured honours on the boss racks has no
[1:14:50] to put any breath through.
[1:14:52] So the take clip and a few of our take we're injured and we're not able to show.
[1:14:56] So this is also just to remind you that
[1:15:00] When this property was donated to the Gallaudet Accounting Fair, it was with the intention of the 4-HDSM A kids actually being able to show there and becoming recalls adults, and while the safe way is beautiful, I really believe that it is the responsibility of the 4-HDSM A kids to be teaching the public about their projects.
[1:15:26] So, it was nice to have something for them, showing for them on these plans.
[1:15:34] I think it was all kind of screaming, said, we have received a letter, we had received a letter.
[1:15:41] All of the parents who came to the letter, saying that we could no longer support for our kids.
[1:15:46] That close to the barn.
[1:15:48] And fortunately, the letter came from Renee.
[1:15:50] But as I talked to Jim, the supervisor afterwards, he's the one that says he will donate right the letter, however, he said it was the key that holds him and it was not.
[1:16:02] It was the fact that he's worked for other fairs and he knows that the states who are in laws are regarding that.
[1:16:10] And so he interjected and had renace them the letter.
[1:16:13] And fortunately, he did not put his name on the letter and said that it was from our fair.
[1:16:17] So, I think just coming from the parental part, I've cooked breakfast for all of the FFA kids a couple
[1:16:24] of times during the week.
[1:16:27] We just don't know what's happening, and so that's that that's that it was kind of like
[1:16:30] the start to the wildfire.
[1:16:32] So, there's a little bit of a fear of obviously being picked out of the fair, the whole process
[1:16:40] of how accounting fair was started is being pushed to the side.
[1:16:45] So, if you still can thank you guys, I'll take consideration in that and just are a little bit more aware of the reason why we actually have a fair.
[1:16:56] That's it. Thank you.
[1:16:58] Thank you. Anything else online?
[1:17:03] Yes, I have an excuse.
[1:17:11] I don't know, that's it.
[1:17:13] Do you have something?
[1:17:15] Yeah, I just want to thank the speaker for the comments and make sure everybody is aware
[1:17:21] that the staff, the board of the fair, are very aware of any different items and concerns
[1:17:28] in the livestock area.
[1:17:30] For example, the new wash rack that was implemented is to slick and so we got a wealth
[1:17:35] of the concrete.
[1:17:37] We dealt with a barbecue issue this year that is going to be discussed at the next three
[1:17:43] clock meeting related to agriculture.
[1:17:45] So it's going through the proper committee process now, and all of those comments have
[1:17:52] been heard and will be addressed through the committee process.
[1:17:55] So thank you.
[1:17:57] I'll also weigh in and say that I appreciate the comments, indeed.
[1:18:01] I recognize that Alameda County Fair is an urban fair.
[1:18:12] In the middle of a, it's not really urban, it's more suburban,
[1:18:17] but we've transitioned to more of an urban fair
[1:18:24] and we're continuing that progression.
[1:18:26] And whereas, indeed, we still have an obligation to honor a heritage in our culture.
[1:18:36] And so, while we treat it as an urban fair or a suburban fair or more of a commercial
[1:18:42] economic development fair, it wasn't that when it originated and I think we can talk about
[1:18:55] How we got there but I'm going to talk about maybe towards the end of the meeting, how our board's vision, I think, needs to be taken into account with regard to maintaining the agricultural aspects of this fair.
[1:19:13] And to recognize that we express that in forms of our contract, which we'll talk about later.
[1:19:26] And our views of what this fair is and will become and will be our views expressed in our contract to be implemented by our agent.
[1:19:41] And I think that this one commenter is one commenter, but it's comments that I've heard
[1:19:52] time and time and time again from a not so small part of our community.
[1:20:00] We'll work on this together. I have no doubt. We will continue to be what I said this summer. The best
[1:20:09] county fair in the state may be the country.
[1:20:15] But we're going to do it together. We're going
[1:20:18] to set direction and follow direction. So that's enough of that for now. I don't need
[1:20:25] go into more details at this point.
[1:20:28] Thank you for the presentation.
[1:20:30] Not only the vision, which I understand is vision,
[1:20:35] visionary, not set and stone, although, I mean,
[1:20:40] if it's in progress of being implemented in the
[1:20:43] performance stage, it's not really vision.
[1:20:47] And I guess our next informational item will be also
[1:20:51] very visionary.
[1:20:53] Let's go to the next time.
[1:20:56] Anything else on item three?
[1:20:59] Good.
[1:21:00] Go alongside and forward the hotel development project.
[1:21:08] We look to see how many of this.
[1:21:10] Yeah, I was going to say actually was put on by you.
[1:21:14] This is standing item.
[1:21:16] The hotel is a piece of vision plane.
[1:21:20] Right now there is not a developer to be worked with.
[1:21:22] of our last meeting that what's important is that we work through the Lancet Plus Act
[1:21:28] or not, whether the county's process would be, so that when financing finally becomes
[1:21:33] available, of course, a project like this that we're ready to go and we're not going
[1:21:37] to be unable. So, it should remain a standing item since there's an action to be taken,
[1:21:43] I believe, the committee, and the county's already committed to working through that process.
[1:21:50] I'm not pretty too exactly what the process is, but we're two years in the making on it.
[1:21:56] So I don't know if there's any other comments I know Kimberly couldn't make it today.
[1:22:00] Andrew, this is more of a legal question.
[1:22:03] Have we had any recent discussions in either at the staff level,
[1:22:10] or I can't remember, forgive me, if I'm missing something,
[1:22:14] have we had any discussions as a board saying a close session around surf-lossing land?
[1:22:26] I wouldn't stop for a board.
[1:22:28] I wouldn't talk about what a board discussed in the close session, but
[1:22:32] just whether we had had a discussion.
[1:22:34] There was a discussion that this community, I want to say a couple of years ago,
[1:22:38] we talked through what the surface laying back process is,
[1:22:42] And that was following ruby genes to the guidelines,
[1:22:47] which functioned my gradulations, but out by the state,
[1:22:52] causing it to be relevant, agency.
[1:22:55] Since that time, there's really been no change in the line.
[1:22:58] So it's really whenever folks want to go through that process,
[1:23:03] which could happen, how or it could happen,
[1:23:07] The closer in time to when there is a project in the world,
[1:23:13] simply declaring that the properties are less than going
[1:23:16] through the notice and the opportunity to primarily
[1:23:22] afford housing developers, but also school districts
[1:23:26] in the open space providers to negotiate
[1:23:30] your faith or regarding this position or property
[1:23:34] and you know, turning into one of them,
[1:23:36] and it's a project that they developed,
[1:23:39] and they're doing that or one of it
[1:23:42] that those two things in which you should
[1:23:43] don't produce one of those projects
[1:23:46] presenting the phone or the remote idea of the project.
[1:23:50] So it's really a timing question of when,
[1:23:55] the county and the association want to move forward.
[1:24:01] And to say, if you have a network,
[1:24:05] What's the process, so it's sort of chicken and egg, which comes first, do they, does
[1:24:14] the fairboard request the county to surplus the land in which case balls in our court?
[1:24:21] We decide whether we want to do that or not.
[1:24:24] And we can then say we would consider surplusing it after you have a project, because what
[1:24:31] heard was they want to get ahead of that so that they can move forward with the project
[1:24:35] and finance and become available. So it feels like just trying to clarify.
[1:24:43] The request has
[1:24:44] been made, yes or no, to surplus the land that where the hotel is contemplated. Is that correct?
[1:24:55] Now it's my death request.
[1:24:57] Yeah, I'm multiple of them.
[1:25:00] You want to build more units, but you don't necessarily have to make sure that those meet the affordability numbers.
[1:25:10] No, to get the density bonus, you do have to commit to a certain number of units at specified income levels, a developer with no subsidy.
[1:25:20] With no subsidy, you're just required. So if you have a hundred unit building and you're required to have 10% of them at 80%.
[1:25:28] in order to get to that 100, you have to have it.
[1:25:32] So the intent of the policy is that we don't want to subsidize
[1:25:36] met with measure A1 funds, something they're already required to do.
[1:25:41] We want to use the measure A1 funds to either add more affordable units
[1:25:45] or make them more deeply affordable, so that there's an A1 benefit.
[1:25:50] That's different in addition to what they're already required to do.
[1:25:56] So, I guess, at some point, maybe you've already done it, you kind of have a number already known in each of these buckets of how many units will actually be constructed.
[1:26:10] Or how are we overseeing or following the count of actual units that are built that are affordable?
[1:26:19] So, we are tracking that.
[1:26:22] We have looked at various ways of projecting, but it really depends on what other subsidies
[1:26:29] are available.
[1:26:31] And so we don't have a final number other than to maximize the number of units.
[1:26:36] And with the addition of new money coming at the state, for example, if the federal home program
[1:26:43] is totally defunded, which is threatened every fiscal year lately, the last few years.
[1:26:48] You know, that'll be make it harder to create more units with the new state money coming that will make it easier to create more units, so it's really dependent on not just the measure A1 funds, but everything else that's happening in terms of other financing.
[1:27:04] Okay, so again, I guess since the community passed this, it just seems as though there's deep concern that we we're using our.
[1:27:17] a bond opportunities here to develop affordable housing. But at the end of the day, people want
[1:27:23] to make sure that the outcome or affordable units. And I guess we need to figure out a better
[1:27:31] way to tighten that up. That seems to be another issue that's consistently raised from people
[1:27:37] in the industry out of the industry or just commoners. And I'm not sure whether and I guess on some
[1:27:43] Do we have any kind of the oversight that's going to be engaged in this because I think that we need to do that as well?
[1:27:56] I'm not clear on the first part of your comment in terms of the concern about affordable units.
[1:28:02] So, the thing that I've heard from the experts, and again, with all the respects, these are not individuals who are coming to the meetings and just wanting to get,
[1:28:13] these are people who've been doing housing development and doing housing administration.
[1:28:18] I say, what are you guys doing to be able to know how many units is supposed to be affordable that they were billed affordable and that the end of the day you met that exact number?
[1:28:29] So, we do not have an absolute projection of units at each affordability level.
[1:28:38] We do monitor that so that whatever we're looking for the most affordability, the most
[1:28:44] affordable units, when we do project selections, and then we monitor against the requirements
[1:28:51] that we accepted the project under.
[1:28:54] So I don't think that totally answers your question, but that is a routine thing that we do in my
[1:29:01] department. So we would continue to do that. And there is a oversight committee called for in the
[1:29:08] program that was adopted in June and our implementation plan that your committee approved in January
[1:29:16] has us coming with recommendations on the formation and composition of the oversight committee in January.
[1:29:24] So as we're making some of these decisions now, we wouldn't have that oversight committee in
[1:29:31] place because I mean at some point they're just looking in the review mirror.
[1:29:36] That is the intention of the oversight committee is an annual review to make sure that the
[1:29:41] funds were spent in accordance to what the bond the voters voted for.
[1:29:46] It is not intended as a proactive review or but more of an annual retroactive annual review to make sure that we comply with what the voters approve.
[1:30:07] As a part of kind of again looking in the review mirror, I can't see how the policy that is written now ensures that for the rental part tenants are screened out in terms of not being able to access housing.
[1:30:28] They have maybe immigrants and maybe people re-entering from prison, and I just still
[1:30:37] missing that component that ensures or really protects them from being screened out,
[1:30:43] especially the re-entry community that under HUD guidelines can't get into housing, under
[1:30:49] a bunch of other things, and then we're trying to figure out how to then not become a part
[1:30:53] and contaminants, but access housing, so I'm missing there.
[1:31:00] So what we have to look at is what are the other financing sources in each proposed
[1:31:08] development, and then minimizing the negative impact of any federal requirements that would
[1:31:21] like, you know, looking at how many units are subsidized by project-based Section 8 that
[1:31:29] would exclude undocumented immigrants and people with certain kinds of criminal convictions.
[1:31:37] And what other operating subsidies we can find such as MHSA, for example, that wouldn't
[1:31:45] have those same restrictions so that we're maximizing the use of other leveraged funds,
[1:31:54] but also making sure that our target populations are served. And where no federal restriction
[1:32:00] exists, we would be looking at all the possible ways to not only target specific units for our
[1:32:09] target populations, but also screen in tools that screen in rather than screen out.
[1:32:18] You said we're going to come back on the 19th.
[1:32:21] Okay.
[1:32:26] So is that back to the health committee on October 19th?
[1:32:29] No.
[1:32:29] This is a full board of retreat.
[1:32:32] Okay.
[1:32:33] On the 17th, I believe.
[1:32:35] Oh, it's us Tuesday, whatever that is.
[1:32:37] Whatever that is.
[1:32:37] Yeah, whatever that is.
[1:32:38] You're seven.
[1:32:44] Your feathers.
[1:32:46] These speakers.
[1:32:46] Um, I'll hold off because there's some people.
[1:32:48] I want to be respectful of the time and I know we're going to come back.
[1:32:51] I know the board has a lot of questions.
[1:32:58] Okay.
[1:33:07] Good morning, Supervisor Chan, Supervisor Carson, my name is Ever Cleveland, Senior Project Manager with a ballcasey supporting the Food Vale Transit Village to a project.
[1:33:19] And I'd like to take a moment to just share some clarifying detail with respect to the project closing conditions.
[1:33:26] Our debt and equity providers will not commit their funds to this project unless all projects sources are guaranteed to the project.
[1:33:35] Our providers are committed to the project, but they need to communicate a feasible timeline for closing.
[1:33:42] And at this time, they're not comfortable with our target at Sid LaClosing Deadline, which is stated for November 13, 2017.
[1:33:52] To commit their funds, we need a final proposal solution for guaranteeing county funds, no later than October 13, 2017.
[1:34:01] So they have an opportunity to vet the final proposal internally.
[1:34:07] The simple solution as my colleague stated just a short while ago is to remove contingent language from the contract.
[1:34:16] This creates assurance the county money will be available when it's time to fund.
[1:34:22] And so perhaps you can schedule this item on your October 10th Board of Supervisor meeting to direct staff to act on this.
[1:34:31] We are not relying upon county cash during construction, but instead for permanent financing in 2019.
[1:34:39] So even if the A1 bonds are not sold in the spring of 2018, the county will not be called upon to put in substitute cash at that point.
[1:34:49] But if the county doesn't agree to obligate its funds on or before October 13, 2017,
[1:34:56] Our project will lose its sit-lack.
[1:35:00] 100,000 performance deposit. And we will be subject to a 4 to 8 percent construction cost escalation,
[1:35:08] if we have to wait another six months to close. The project has already taken so long to get to this point
[1:35:15] because we had to secure numerous sources of funds and we clearly cannot absorb these additional costs.
[1:35:22] We would stand to lose the entire affordable housing development. So we urge you to place this item on
[1:35:29] our October 10th board agenda, and to have a plan in place no later than October 13th
[1:35:35] to keep our project on schedule for a 2017 closing.
[1:35:40] Thank you.
[1:35:43] I think on this thing, you're still working on it, right?
[1:35:46] I mean, the point of putting it on the agenda, we don't know what we're going to do.
[1:35:51] You'd have to have a solution on the agenda.
[1:35:54] But what the developer I believe is asking for is essentially a county guarantee that should
[1:36:00] measure A1 bonds not be issued and funds from the bond not be available by their permanent financing
[1:36:09] close that the county would use other sources of funds to meet that obligation. I might have
[1:36:19] a different opinion about that than the county administrator and so I am not able to bring that
[1:36:25] type of recommendation to you.
[1:36:28] OK, I would just suggest that County Council and whoever
[1:36:32] is talking with them continue to talk.
[1:36:34] I can see why that letter might not do it,
[1:36:37] because it's so if there may be some way
[1:36:41] to write something that's more assuring.
[1:36:45] I don't know if that'll do it.
[1:36:48] But I certainly suggest you look at that language.
[1:36:51] I mean, I know legally we're trying to protect the county,
[1:36:54] and that's the obligation of the board, but on the other hand, it's so the way that's written,
[1:37:01] it's very contingent. Yeah, it's so contingent, and we know it's not in real life, not going
[1:37:06] to be that contingent. If it is, then we really, you know, I mean it would only be that contingent
[1:37:12] if we have a depression next year and then everyone's going to be. Some sort of, some extent the
[1:37:19] conditions are derivative of the resolution that was adopted to support the funding from the
[1:37:24] Measure A1 funds. And so to reverse that, we may have to come to you with a resolution
[1:37:30] that would change that. And it would then look to you to say that you the full board to say,
[1:37:36] are you prepared to put other county money into the program? It should the Measure A1's funds
[1:37:42] not be available or not be available in a timely manner. And so those are our discretionary policy
[1:37:48] decisions of your board, and we can draft whatever you would like us to do so on that matter,
[1:37:54] but the funds would have to be identified in the budget and place an account so that they would
[1:37:59] be available for this project so that we could make the loan when an NHS required to be made.
[1:38:06] That said, I will be meeting with the Treasurer to discuss with him ideas that came up in that meeting
[1:38:14] and see if there's, and then continue to work with the County Administrator and County Council to see what we can bring.
[1:38:21] I mean, the goal is to get this project done obviously, so.
[1:38:27] Gloria Bruce.
[1:38:32] Morning supervisors.
[1:38:33] Good morning staff.
[1:38:34] Thank you for the presentation.
[1:38:35] All the great questions.
[1:38:37] I just wanted to address a supervisor, Carson, a few really good points that you've raised around partnerships around innovations.
[1:38:43] And just really echo and agree with your point that we are in an age where we need to be pushing the envelope because of the extent of the housing crisis.
[1:38:53] And as Linda stated, having more money allows us to do that by, for example, freeing up other pots of funds, such as the boomerang funds that are allowing us to
[1:39:12] we're in a place where we have to both be pushing the envelope and holding the line and I think
[1:39:17] continuing to encourage the type of affordable housing that we know changes lives and we know
[1:39:23] changes communities as really important to keep encouraging and completely agree with you that this
[1:39:28] crisis is not going to be solved just by supply of market rate housing and that we have to do and that
[1:39:33] many people in this room are doing work around protection of tenants preservation of homes on the
[1:39:42] construction and accuracy have, but we're doing that work and I just need to emphasize that promoting
[1:39:47] affordable tax credit rental housing does help with those goals of anti-displacement as well because,
[1:39:53] you know, for one thing, it allows for stability and saving, hopefully people can move to home ownership.
[1:39:58] For other things, and while we are in a-
[1:40:00] State environment where we have not yet managed to remove constraints such as cost to Hawkins. We need all the new affordable
[1:40:07] subsidized homes we can get so that people have some place to go when every time they move out of a
[1:40:12] rent control department, that apartment is essentially gone and no longer affordable because we have
[1:40:17] vacancy decontroll. So we need all of those. We need to be firing on all cylinders.
[1:40:23] Because of that,
[1:40:25] I think we are, as you've heard me say before, extremely supportive of those partnerships who want
[1:40:29] see how we can have those positive partnerships happen and unfortunately we have state financing
[1:40:35] sources and federal financing sources that are not sympathetic to our efforts to make sure
[1:40:40] that we broaden the pool of people who have property who are motivated who want to do this.
[1:40:45] They need to see certain things done by certain loan deadlines and because of that we're saying,
[1:40:50] okay, let's have people partner for the first project of the second project and then hopefully
[1:40:54] those folks then later when we have, when we pass this state bond, that the governor just allowed
[1:40:59] to go on the ballot next year, that we have other people who can move into that group of
[1:41:04] a tier 1 developers in the future. For now, we have to get those homes, those homes really
[1:41:09] done. And I just really want to close with, you know, supporting my colleagues and members from
[1:41:14] Abaltsi and the Unity Council, you've heard it, you've heard the urgency, and I want to also
[1:41:18] put it about that this isn't, this is absolutely about getting the right number and the most
[1:41:22] number of units, but at the end of the day, we are talking about homes.
[1:41:26] And so if this project doesn't close, a lot of times people will be like, well, a project
[1:41:29] doesn't close.
[1:41:30] Well, then what happens?
[1:41:31] Well, it gets delayed.
[1:41:32] But it's not just about a project that doesn't delay.
[1:41:34] Those are homes that are not going to be built and open or available for six months,
[1:41:39] a year or two years.
[1:41:40] And those are people who will be continuing to make tough choices, be continuing to have to
[1:41:45] leave the county, the city, in some cases, before it's going to the street or other unacceptable
[1:41:50] choices.
[1:41:50] So I just really want to put that urgency in the frame of homes and people as well as a project.
[1:41:56] Thank you.
[1:41:58] Next we have.
[1:41:59] Nididi followed by Robert Rayburn followed by Jamie.
[1:42:03] Hit to.
[1:42:10] Good morning, everyone.
[1:42:12] My name is Nididi Okolagu and I'm here speaking on behalf of the dellance Institute for Social Justice
[1:42:17] as well as the our beloved communities action that work.
[1:42:20] And I'd like to thank the board and staff for their commitment to solving the displacement crisis.
[1:42:25] There's just a few things that I wanted to flag this morning and I wanted to make sure that as we continue to build out the, you know, these implementation policies that we ensure that there's access for community-based organizations and faith community developers and
[1:42:39] a way to ensure that access is to be sure that we level the playing field in these partnerships
[1:42:45] and ensure that these partnerships are positive and that's something that Supervisor Chan echoed today as well.
[1:42:54] And maybe we can look at something like ensuring that there are preference points for positive partnerships between developers and community-based organizations or faith-based projects and teams.
[1:43:06] Something else I do want to flag today is that what is our process for continuing to promote the county's principles around racial and community equity.
[1:43:20] And I understand that HCD will bring bringing the oversight community committee proposals in January 2018.
[1:43:27] But I just want to ensure that we have a way to make decisions in a timely fashion and that the board has adequate time to redirect if necessary and troubleshoot some of these issues along with the community and staff.
[1:43:44] And this is a way that we can kind of weave in community equity and racial equity into some of the decisions we're making around solving this housing crisis.
[1:43:53] And those are my main two points today.
[1:43:56] Thank you, everyone.
[1:43:57] And have a wonderful day.
[1:44:00] Kind of as an aside, over two years ago,
[1:44:03] convened a meeting of the CEOs of the hospitals
[1:44:05] in this area prior to that, even the advent of Measure 1A.
[1:44:12] And at the conclusion of our annual meeting,
[1:44:15] they were raised the issue of workforce housing.
[1:44:19] And wanting to say, we have this great need to make sure we can ensure housing for our workers.
[1:44:26] These are CEOs of the hospitals in our area including Kaiser.
[1:44:29] And they own properties. They already own properties. They could be used in that.
[1:44:34] Same thing for schools. So I mean, there's a lot of opportunities here.
[1:44:40] And I agree that there has to be a diverse person.
[1:44:42] Good
[1:44:48] morning, Supervisor Chan, Supervisor Carson.
[1:44:51] My name is Robert Rayburn, I'm the Vice President
[1:44:53] of the Bart Board of Directors.
[1:44:56] I'm honored to represent seven Bart Stations in the...
[1:45:00] City of Oakland, including the Fruitvale Station. And like Chris Eglacius and Councilmember Nolgayo, I wish to urge
[1:45:09] the commitment be made to the face to of the Fruitvale Transit Village Project. In 2016, the
[1:45:19] Bart Board adopted a transit oriented development policy. That policy encompasses goals to, of course,
[1:45:27] create mixed use development throughout the Bart system. Specifically, we urge to develop
[1:45:33] 20,000 housing units in the coming years, including 6,000 affordable units. In 2010, the
[1:45:42] Bart Board engaged in a long-term lease agreement with the Unity Council for the property where
[1:45:51] the Phase 2 development will be built today at some parking lot. We recognize the Unity Council's
[1:45:59] urgent need to secure the funds from the state by starting this project in November. We're
[1:46:09] scheduling our meetings so that we will be able to give our final approval for that project this month
[1:46:17] And I urge that again, a commitment be made in the implementation of Major A1 to promote this urgently needed project.
[1:46:29] Thank you.
[1:46:40] Morning, Supervisor Chan, Supervisor Carson.
[1:46:42] Thank you so much for taking the time to have this conversation about the policies for the A1 program.
[1:46:47] As we continue to have these very important conversations about the policies for these dollars,
[1:46:51] I just want to kind of echo the comments you've heard so far about timing, and we know
[1:46:57] that the bond working group is working towards having the bonds issued in February.
[1:47:01] Burage was very fortunate to do what we parted on the San Leandro Project.
[1:47:05] We were able to close with some A1 dollars, but not without provisions in those documents,
[1:47:12] that require that those bonds be issued in timely manner.
[1:47:15] So just keeping the progress as we work on the policies towards those bonds being issued in
[1:47:19] worries and incredibly projects, excuse me, incredibly important to our project and I'll
[1:47:23] speak to the other projects you've heard about today. So thank you very much.
[1:47:30] Adam Cooperman, Dr. AG and Lawrence Benhoch.
[1:47:43] Good morning, Supervisor Chan, Supervisor Carson. Thank you. Thank you very much.
[1:47:47] Staff for the great hard work in the presentation this morning.
[1:47:51] My name is Adam Cooperman. I'm a project manager with satellite affordable housing associates
[1:47:55] and currently working on Camino 23 a project in East Oakland that has been supported by these early A1 fund distributions.
[1:48:05] What was made evidently clear November by the voting public and since the passing of A1 bonds by
[1:48:13] local developers, displaced residents, city staff, local policy leaders, the general public housing now.
[1:48:23] And I want to echo the comments made about how important it is for the funds that were unanimously heavily voted upon to be distributed into hit the streets as quickly as possible.
[1:48:39] You're hearing today about one specific project that's very vitally awaiting a commitment of these funds.
[1:48:47] What you're not hearing about are dozens of other projects that are also heavily reliant upon these funds,
[1:48:54] and have teed up most likely hundreds of homes that can be starting construction very, very soon.
[1:49:02] The timing of the decisions surrounding these funds are very important and very timely and will allow developers to bring homes to the community.
[1:49:15] In everyday's important construction costs are increasingly rising every single day.
[1:49:23] we are in a environment that is hit with these, the way in which these projects are financed,
[1:49:33] time is of the essence.
[1:49:38] The last thing that I want to say, two more things actually,
[1:49:42] the positive local partnerships as a 50-year plus affordable housing developer in the East Bay,
[1:49:49] is incredibly open to actively working on multiple projects with partner organizations.
[1:49:56] It is a very important way in which we can help.
[1:50:00] Spread the wealth of knowledge that's necessary in order to build affordable housing. And I think that good solid decisions should be made, but they should also not be limiting decisions.
[1:50:12] And the affordable housing community, I believe, is ready willing and able to help mentor smaller organizations into the field.
[1:50:22] The last thing that I will say is it's also become evidently clear that other counties
[1:50:27] are watching what Alameda County is doing.
[1:50:31] There was a very positive feeling from surrounding Bay Area counties and it is really great
[1:50:39] to see that other areas are watching Alameda County.
[1:50:44] So thank you very much for everything you do.
[1:50:58] Good morning, Supervisor Chan, and Supervisor Cores and staff.
[1:51:05] My name is Gerald A. Jam, the pastor of Friendship Christian Center, and I'm a part of
[1:51:11] the Bay Area Community Benefit Organization.
[1:51:15] I don't want to thank you, Supervisor Cores, and for the comments that you have made.
[1:51:22] And just the the hard work that I'm discovering it takes to put on such a to address these issues of housing.
[1:51:35] We have a cooperation that is endeavoring to develop affordable housing for seniors.
[1:51:43] And it has been an extremely learning curve for me, all of the intricacies of developing
[1:51:53] housing.
[1:51:55] But I want to just talk about what you had mentioned, supervised across the regarding the
[1:52:01] oversight committee, and if I can just recommend that there be community involvement that
[1:52:12] community people that are sitting on that oversight committee and that the board would be the ones that are choosing those people.
[1:52:25] And I would like to suggest that the oversight committee not only be a committee that can offer reports regarding looking in the review mirror
[1:52:40] of what has happened, but can also help to bring to your attention what has happened
[1:52:49] in with the projects as they are being produced.
[1:52:56] And so that's just a thought that would be, it's a very important piece that we don't want
[1:53:04] to just get, you know, pushed aside that oversight committee piece is extremely important.
[1:53:14] Thank you.
[1:53:24] Good morning to President, to supervisor Carson as well, and to staff.
[1:53:32] I come this morning, could dress a little bit better, but as Monday.
[1:53:38] We have literally been inundated with those that are displaced underneath the bridge by 34th
[1:53:50] and Proudta, it is a major catastrophe.
[1:53:56] Hepatitis A is a big deal now, and I'm afraid that those of us who have compassion and
[1:54:04] concerned about those people on the need to bridge where now children are in the encampments.
[1:54:11] And so this housing crisis is major.
[1:54:14] Lawrence Vanhook is my name, the community church, I'm also a part of the organization
[1:54:19] that Dr. AG just spoke about.
[1:54:22] And it is now at epidemic proportion that we do something with housing.
[1:54:28] The faith community has ramped up so much to be prepared for the housing crises, but there's
[1:54:39] no way we can get it done with limited to no resources.
[1:54:44] I'm asking is there a way we can get a set aside before time is too late for carve out
[1:54:51] for us not only to build capacity, but then begin to implement some of the housing, some of the members, some of the...
[1:55:00] Properly that we already have, that we can begin to help some of the displaced workers under the A1 bond.
[1:55:08] I know the 750,000 has been set aside for CBOs, net BOs. But we have credible, capable people that can meet the needs of some of the emergency, some of the displaced, some of those who are formally incarcerated, some of those who are low income.
[1:55:27] and we have put the capacity and the team together to make a difference in the areas where we live
[1:55:33] working worship. Time is moving to focus ticking and we keep getting pushed around about
[1:55:39] actually receiving some of the funds and so I'm requesting we've met all the requirements we have
[1:55:46] the incredible people in place who actually understand and know housing and now we're at the space
[1:55:53] where we need the resources that we can continue
[1:55:56] to help meet the needs of our people.
[1:56:00] We want to thank you for the work that you have done, staff.
[1:56:02] Thank you for the work you have done.
[1:56:04] But we can't continue to wait.
[1:56:06] Now I have children on a need to bridge
[1:56:08] intense running around with feces all over the place.
[1:56:13] I even get sick.
[1:56:14] I pass through to every single day.
[1:56:17] I can't continue to feed them
[1:56:19] and then provide the necessary resources
[1:56:21] that we need, my church members are now moving underneath that bridge, and it's become
[1:56:28] in major, and we need your help immediately.
[1:56:32] Please figure out a way how we can get some more resources so that at least 10% set aside
[1:56:38] for the faith communities so that we can begin to build capacity and then meet some of the
[1:56:43] needs.
[1:56:45] Thank you.
[1:56:47] Hester Jennings and to Wanda Sherry?
[1:56:56] Thank you, but once again the opportunity to be recognized here and for the work that is so many of you are doing and have done.
[1:57:06] I want to echo a couple of different things.
[1:57:08] One is what Pastor AG talked about the oversight committee.
[1:57:12] I think it's very prudent and for us to not to look in the rear view mirror in terms of what was done,
[1:57:18] but how do we make sure what gets done is appropriate
[1:57:23] as it has this board has approved.
[1:57:26] Secondarily, I want to echo what Pastor Van Hook said
[1:57:29] in response to capacity building.
[1:57:33] We know that there's a $750,000 set aside
[1:57:35] that's been set for the building of the faith-based,
[1:57:38] small community faith-based organizations,
[1:57:41] building their capacity.
[1:57:43] Now, let's fast forward 21, 22 months from now
[1:57:46] when they have built their capacity, then what?
[1:57:51] There's still nothing there for them.
[1:57:53] After we've spent $750,000 to build their capacity.
[1:57:57] So we need to address that piece.
[1:57:59] And so what Dr. Van Hook indicated is a set aside.
[1:58:03] I think it's prudent that we set aside some funds
[1:58:05] post the 21, 22 months so that we can then begin to now,
[1:58:11] let's take these small faith-based organizations
[1:58:13] to the next level.
[1:58:15] You've supervised the Carlson.
[1:58:17] You, you earlier indicated that there is a number of faith-based organizations and
[1:58:24] churches in the community that already owned land there already have the stumbling block
[1:58:32] taken care of what we need to do is be able to bring those land to the marketplace.
[1:58:37] And so that's what the Bayer Community Benefit organization is really all about.
[1:58:41] And then lastly, I will say that the acquisition and opportunity fund that was spoken about earlier relative to the proposed policy that it's going to be pre-qualified pre-selected developers, a pool of pre-qualified pre-selected developers.
[1:59:01] I think that it should not be pre-qualified pre-selected.
[1:59:06] I think that they all need to be qualified, but I think that it should be open to anyone
[1:59:10] and everyone that meets the qualifications and not just to a pool that's already pre-selected
[1:59:15] because then again, we're closing out so many others that have the ability to take advantage
[1:59:23] of that.
[1:59:23] Thank you very much.
[1:59:29] Elaine Brown and Ali Khashani.
[1:59:34] Good morning, Supervisor Chan and Supervisor Carps.
[1:59:36] Carson and staff.
[1:59:38] My name is Tawanda Sherry.
[1:59:39] I'm an East Oakland resident.
[1:59:41] I'm a member of several housing organizations.
[1:59:44] But I'm coming here because I'm concerned about this proposal.
[1:59:48] And especially the Homeowner Housing Development Program.
[1:59:51] That says that there's an increment of 80% area medium.
[1:59:57] Right now, I live in East Oph.
[2:00:00] And the average income is about $32,000 a year. Many people will not qualify for this housing development
[2:00:09] that takes place. So I would really like for you to consider at least lowering that to 50 percent. Some
[2:00:17] level, so that people like my son, that's his dream. He said, Mom, I want a house in Oakland. But he
[2:00:28] day I'm going to school. So he has this dream and that's our youth want to have a future here.
[2:00:35] So we don't want it to be displaced and out on the street. We want it to be in housing. They
[2:00:41] should have a right and people should have a right to housing. The other portion I want to address
[2:00:46] is the Tier 1 developers. Right now, it looks like to me that the Tier 1 developers, you have to have
[2:00:54] three already developed developments already in place and right now it's to me
[2:01:00] that same seems like the glass ceiling. Now as an African-American we've seen
[2:01:05] this glass ceiling a lot of times. That glass ceiling has not allowed us to to go
[2:01:11] beyond and to attain things we need in the community. Churches and community
[2:01:16] based organizations need to be able to qualify and be able to build the kind of
[2:01:24] especially in Oakland. Oakland is a crisis level. You see it. You smell it sometimes.
[2:01:31] People have a right to housing. We have a surplus land at the state of California
[2:01:36] that states that surplus land should be offered up for affordable housing first.
[2:01:44] We should make sure we implement that. So if you have to, we can get creative
[2:01:49] about how we do that, even if you might want to also require or ask people who want this
[2:01:55] housing, do you want to help build it, especially the form of incarcerated?
[2:01:59] We have housing here, but we also have things that can be developed.
[2:02:04] So I hope that you look at this.
[2:02:06] Thank you very much.
[2:02:09] Okay.
[2:02:10] Lane Brown and Ollie.
[2:02:18] I don't know.
[2:02:19] I don't know if it's permissible to yield time.
[2:02:21] So I want to ask that.
[2:02:22] I'd like to yield my time.
[2:02:24] Yeah, we normally don't do that.
[2:02:26] Okay.
[2:02:26] Well, if you'd like to speak, you can.
[2:02:28] I'll just say one quick thing, I represent Oakland in the World Enterprise, and we are trying to build housing,
[2:02:33] which does not deny formerly incarcerated people or people with limited credit and 100% affordable.
[2:02:40] And so we certainly advocate for there to be kinds of suggestions in terms of oversight and in terms of consideration of certain populations getting their housing.
[2:02:49] So I don't want to say much more than that. I was hoping to yield my time to our project manager, but thank you very much.
[2:02:55] supervisor, Chan, and Carson.
[2:03:02] Thank you.
[2:03:07] Good morning.
[2:03:08] My name is Ali Khashani.
[2:03:10] I haven't appeared before you before, my first time.
[2:03:14] I have been in the housing, non-profit housing,
[2:03:18] development industry for 20 years,
[2:03:20] and in the private market for about 10 years.
[2:03:23] I have a degree in civil engineering
[2:03:25] and a master's in non-profit administration.
[2:03:28] Most of my work has been in the East Bay.
[2:03:30] And I'd like to acknowledge the pressure you're under as decision makers for this enormous
[2:03:38] American housing emergency.
[2:03:40] We have, on the one hand, you have people under the bridges, on the other you have existing
[2:03:45] non-profits with their projects that need money, and on the other you have to really think
[2:03:51] about developing an oversight and a process that's fair and equitable as you disperse
[2:03:57] the $580 million.
[2:04:01] My letter addresses four areas that I would like to bring to your attention.
[2:04:06] The staff work has been comprehensive.
[2:04:09] I have, today, I've heard a lot of good comments from Linda about changes that have been made,
[2:04:14] but I don't think we're ready to adopt the policy implementations.
[2:04:19] I want to talk about the community oversight committee.
[2:04:24] citizens over site committee first. Back in 1990, when Lonnie Hancock was mayor of Berkeley,
[2:04:31] I helped her write the housing trust fund guidelines for Berkeley. In that, we created two levels
[2:04:39] of oversight. An application goes to city staff, then it's referred to housing advisory commission,
[2:04:47] which is appointed by the council. The council also created a technical advisory committee,
[2:04:53] because the commission did not really understand the complexity of the housing issues and the housing fine.
[2:05:03] I think we've been trying to get moving through something for May as we have always worked through. We've been starting with our normal documents. So I think we've beat this.
[2:05:25] Let's reflect that we've been joined by, remember, Chuck's War and Galvin.
[2:05:33] Thank you for your late, late, but here.
[2:05:37] Are we starting a couple of horses now?
[2:05:38] No, our next item is fair.
[2:05:42] So before we go, do we have any other comments on one?
[2:05:47] I have no online.
[2:05:49] And no comments on one.
[2:05:50] Okay.
[2:05:50] Thank you very much.
[2:05:51] So now we can move on to item six.
[2:05:54] The fair penalty proposed contract on the list.
[2:05:58] So I will kick us out.
[2:06:00] We cost staff for the county administrators office.
[2:06:03] We have been in discussions.
[2:06:05] And when I say we just a couple of us with Jerome regarding the 2017 contract that we have
[2:06:14] between the county and the association.
[2:06:18] The county put together some recommended changes based on a number of areas permitting code
[2:06:26] compliance, meeting transparency, communication protocols.
[2:06:30] And we had a number of edits that we wanted to make to the current contract.
[2:06:36] We presented that to Jerome and Council, had a fairly productive meeting we walked through
[2:06:44] all of the proposed changes, cumulsed line by line, Jerome and went through and provided
[2:06:54] some comments back.
[2:06:56] And right now, we are kind of far apart in where we are landing.
[2:07:02] And so today, we know that the contract needs to be renewed by the end of September.
[2:07:08] It's an automatic renewal because we would like to make these amendments.
[2:07:14] We're making a proposal that we extend our turn.
[2:07:18] I'll let Council kind of talk through that.
[2:07:20] But at this point, we need more time to negotiate and discuss the changes that both the fairs
[2:07:26] Association is requesting and that the community is requesting.
[2:07:30] Can we refer us out?
[2:07:32] Turn it over you.
[2:07:34] And so the current spectrum of the contract,
[2:07:36] which is entering into a September of 17,
[2:07:41] for a five-year turn,
[2:07:42] a test automatic,
[2:07:43] and really five-year turn.
[2:07:45] There's a one-year,
[2:07:47] non-realistic,
[2:07:49] that starts to know a little period
[2:07:51] for that last year.
[2:07:53] And the current turn is in September of 27, and so we're going to do all of this at the end of this month.
[2:08:07] It's 10 to 30 years.
[2:08:09] And so that's not a lot of time for us to work through the many proposed changes.
[2:08:17] And some of our quite complicated, we have a very productive discussion.
[2:08:21] And the proposal that the county's before it is to get us out from under this September
[2:08:28] 30th of November, we won't notice and give the county a right to terminate between now
[2:08:37] and the end of the 2020-2020-2070.
[2:08:43] And the termination was that those were out, and it started one year, one now here.
[2:08:52] And the idea is that it gives us another year to negotiate without having to pull the trigger on.
[2:09:01] I understand that as Lord is explaining there's a lot of some accounting side in having more.
[2:09:15] So why are we so far apart?
[2:09:17] What police describe the conversations that staff to staff have had?
[2:09:24] And one concern I have is if we just continue to have discussions and
[2:09:27] discuss and can't get to anywhere.
[2:09:29] But by the way, I don't characterize them as so much in negotiations.
[2:09:33] We are up against a timeframe for giving the determination of this.
[2:09:38] So, why are we here and how far are we apart and what are we apart on terms and why are we apart on that?
[2:09:51] Based on the discussions that we've had and I'm guessing this is with Jerome any board members?
[2:09:59] Just staff to...
[2:10:05] So county staff provided input on some of the proposed changes, but they have not been involved in the conversation directly with Jerome and Steve. So it's been council on both sides and then Jerome and I have a conversation for people for people.
[2:10:27] purposefully working people.
[2:10:30] I would say that the discussions have centered around, really, I would say more clarity around roles responsibilities who's doing what, both on the county side but also on the fair side, being very transparent about meetings.
[2:10:51] I am low to go into all of the specific details because it's pretty exhaustive, but we wanted
[2:10:58] to make sure that we were very clear in writing what our communication protocols were
[2:11:02] going to be if there are plans on the fair side to make any changes on the property who
[2:11:09] they are supposed to contact when they are supposed to contact the county and how they should
[2:11:19] bit in our proposal around the budgeting process and trying to be more transparent, you know,
[2:11:24] we're always kind of at this, I would say last minute, I've only been doing this a little
[2:11:29] less than a year, but in that time it's kind of a rush to get the budget approved by our board
[2:11:37] after it's been approved by the Fair Board, so we wanted to set up some very specific timelines
[2:11:42] by which we would do that. We looked at the structure of the committee.
[2:11:46] We looked at how the committee is, I mean, we call it an ad hoc committee, but is it really an ad hoc committee, it's pretty, by definition, it's not ad hoc because we need on a fairly regular basis.
[2:12:02] So the idea was to create a bit more clarity from the county's perspective.
[2:12:07] I can let Jerome speak to some of the issues that the fair and I would say Jerome representing
[2:12:15] the fair with they included in their proposal of recommended changes.
[2:12:24] Before you do that, I just wanted to clarify staff and Andrew, without getting into who said
[2:12:35] in our closed sessions, you receive direction from our board. When you make requests
[2:12:42] to be changes to the contract, that didn't come from you making it up. It didn't come from any
[2:12:49] board member making it up. It came from our board. Well, first of all, I thought the board wanted
[2:12:55] to know what's specifically we wanted to have changed. I don't know that. I mean, I thought we were
[2:13:01] We're taking a look at stuff, and I'm sure I'm clear on the provisions what we're actually talking about.
[2:13:08] I've never been disclosed.
[2:13:10] I think there are two kind of broad themes here.
[2:13:12] One is this contract's been in place for nine years.
[2:13:18] And so it is staff level.
[2:13:20] There's a lot of experience with the agreement.
[2:13:24] A lot of things in 2017.
[2:13:27] And anything that you made better in their things that haven't worked as intended, and so
[2:13:34] make it to changes to make the agreement work better, so the party's function better
[2:13:39] together.
[2:13:42] The other things we received, direction from your board, board supervisors, specifically to
[2:13:50] seek changes regarding code deployance and permit, considering that, and so that has
[2:13:57] been a big part of the proposed changes that were made and we started that discussion.
[2:14:04] You know, I'd say the coke clients, communication, that was too great.
[2:14:12] I think those are pretty broad and dull as there are a lot of changes and transparency, governance,
[2:14:20] and coordinating all the things that Hory mentioned came to us in a meeting.
[2:14:25] Yeah, and so I'd say that in any negotiation there's an information gathering process and so we have grown a lot of things at
[2:14:37] growing and safe to to take in and consider and our meeting lasted over two hours and all we did was walk through a lot of questions
[2:14:49] we're asked a lot of information gathering. I think we're in a pretty good stage. We'll talk
[2:14:56] you in a stir. I certainly learned a lot. Thank you.
[2:15:00] We're speaking with COVID-19 and we've just got a feedback on some of the things that we had to come up with.
[2:15:07] Even if there are initiatives the Board of Supervisors once in the contract, how that is done, how that is structured, how it's written.
[2:15:16] We need feedback from the Association, they operate, facilitate, they have their own internal operation of their organization
[2:15:23] and we need information for them to make sure that we are going to contract the original way
[2:15:29] that makes sense and we are not dictating the day.
[2:15:34] And we are going to allow it so far apart, Andrew.
[2:15:37] Because we are going to do that one meeting.
[2:15:40] I think that's why we are so far apart and we are meeting.
[2:15:43] And I agree with whether the meeting will be a closer than that is on the...
[2:15:53] 30 have done newly, so we can have space for further conversations and I view this in
[2:16:02] lieu of issuing a termination notice. The proposal is to agree to in good faith, continue
[2:16:14] our discussions. I would put a time-bound deadline of a month or two, not another year of discussions,
[2:16:26] my thoughts. Keep meeting, get it done, that we can feel good. I can feel good about not outright
[2:16:36] to determine it. Accepting a proposal to negotiate a good faith, that's post quickly and get to the end and if we're still off on terms and I would say that I'm guessing you're going to be briefing our board.