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but there it is

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calling to order the monday august 9th
2021 regular meeting of the 38th council

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of the city of berkeley
miss harold would you please call the

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roll council member baker here council
member blanchard here

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councilmember mayor pro tem dean here
council member gavin here

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council member hennan here
council member price here

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mayor turbrack here
our first order of business this evening

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is the approval of tonight's agenda is
there a motion to approve

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so moved your honor support motion made
by councilmember baker with support from

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council member blanchard are there any
changes or additions

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okay
seeing none miss harold would you please

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call the role on tonight's agenda
blanchard yes

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dean yes
gavin yes hennen yes price yes baker yes

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turbric yes
at this time please stand for the

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invocation and remain standing for the
pledge of allegiance with us this

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evening is pastor zach dunlap
let's pray

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good and loving god
thank you for the opportunity to live

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work
worship learn pray grow eat shop and

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make music in this wonderful community
of berkeley

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we come from many different faith
traditions and belief systems yet we are

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united in our pursuit of the common good
may we truly look for the good in each

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person
may you grant us and our mayor and city

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council members wisdom and discernment
to lead well

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and may you empower us
to set aside our differences and truly

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love our neighbors
as ourselves

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in the strong name of jesus i pray

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of amen united states of america
and to the republic for which it stands

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one nation under god
indivisible with liberty and justice for

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all

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all right we will now move to public
comments and just as we did last time

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please bear with me for a few minutes so
i can

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go through the process because we have a
number of different folks with us today

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possibly
uh per our normal rules and procedures

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uh you may comment on specific agenda
items while they are being considered

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and as we have done in the past at
normal in-person meetings

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council members still will not engage
you in discussion but if your concern

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needs to be addressed by a member of
city staff please sign your name um on

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the at the clerk's table there
for those attending in person

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you will have the opportunity to speak
in just a moment you can simply come up

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to the podium state your name and city
of residence just as normal

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for those attending virtually uh
participants in the webcast can utilize

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the raise your hand function by
selecting manage participants on the

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bottom of your dashboard and then select
the more button in the bottom right hand

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corner and our moderator will call your
name and unmute you so that you can

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speak when it is your turn
if you have called in

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please
select star 9 or hit star 9 on your

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phone that will put you in the queue and
you will be announced by the last four

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digits of your phone number when it is
your turn to comment

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again in the virtual environment you
will have three minutes to speak and

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once the three minutes are up you will
be muted by the moderators

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additionally we will read public
comments that were emailed to the clerk

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prior to 5 pm today
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electronic communications are part of
the public record so we're going to do

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this
in in a couple turns here and we're

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going to follow the same thing
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time to comment on events so the first
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to anybody here for public comments
again items that are not included on

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tonight's agenda
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any email communications and thirdly we
will go to our folks that are visiting

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with us virtually make sense hopefully
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all right
uh we will now begin with those folks

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that are with us today
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man i said all that
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so i'm uh
a berkeley resident my name is jamie

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stefanian bennett and i am here in
support of the small business community

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here
as a resident not a business owner here

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but specific to if i look at the agenda
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r27-21 and i wanted to state my support
representing

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a great deal of my neighbors colleagues
and friends here in town to

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voice my support of extending the
temporary outdoor dining

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there has been a great deal of
pride that we've had even throughout

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covid by inviting
friends and family members to these

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outdoor spaces bringing people to town
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it will only help the efforts of the dda
and other businesses to come into town

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when they see berkeley act in such a
progressive manner with the blood

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sweat and tears that so many of our
small business community have made to

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stay in business let alone thrive and so
we want our small businesses here to

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thrive and i state my full unequivocal
support of our small business community

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thank you jamie um
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not covered on the agenda we will
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sure that we
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i i appreciate you about this coming up
to the microphone thank you thank you

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any other public comments for any other
items that are not covered on tonight's

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all right miss harold did you receive
any email communications to be read into

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the public record no i did not your
honor okay thank you

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miss mathis
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our hybrid version anybody virtually
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um i believe so steve if you want to
unmute yourself you can go ahead

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and get some more volume sarah
oh can you guys hear me okay that's

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better it's getting a little bit better
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i'll adjust the volume over here
steve if you have anything to say you

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okay thank you very much uh members of
council and honorable mayor i'd like to

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correct a little something

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that
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prior
to myself and paul

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resigning from the zoning board of
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we did have a conversation with you on
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in that last pc meeting that
that there were discussions ongoing with

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staff
and uh and council people that is

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absolutely not true i talked to six of
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that were seated at the time of the
resignation they have not heard anything

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from anyone other than dennis hennan
who contacted them and said if you have

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anything you need information on
please feel free to ask i don't know

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what happened with that
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you know i
it's it's very frustrating

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we need to to get this out
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and we need people
to understand what happened this is a

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learning opportunity if we don't take
advantage of it it's really really silly

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and i know for a fact
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commission are not very happy about this
either what this kind of stuff does is

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it really degrades the zba and the
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and i just wanted to say that and get it
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thank you steve

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miss mathis who's next
um chief tim do you have anything to say

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today you're gonna have to go ahead and
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you go
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restaurant owner and seeing the
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different meetings

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and conversations i've had

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with business owners
so it's really comes down to a decision

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of whether we want to
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or
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remain divided and kind of protect our
acorns um but i think we need to

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you know it's if this doesn't pass it's

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really a vote for
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it's out of fear if we are able to drive
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business to berkeley everybody wins
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the opposition um
we want businesses to succeed

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and that's really my
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is to
commit to some growth for berkeley

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thank you thank you
thank you and again we will be

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commenting on that agenda item later and
there will be an opportunity for those

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with us virtually as well to to be able
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that item
miss mathis who is next

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that is all i see at this time mr mayor
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cinder 2772 cummings i just wanted
to put out the good news that we have

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our silver medalist kate nye who will be
one of our grand marshals at the cruise

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fest parade
we also are honoring

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our
first responders there's a family

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in particular here in the city and also
all of our public safety officers

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so
we're pretty proud about that

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thank you cindy and thank you for being
instrumental i know and making sure that

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katie was available and here and would
be able to participate so thank you so

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much that's awesome
anybody else

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before we wrap up public comments

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all right
we will move on to our order of business

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this evening first up is our consent
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miss harold would you please read the
items on tonight's consent agenda

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one approval of the minutes matter of
approving the minutes of the 38th

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regular city council meeting on monday
july 19 2021 two warrant matter of

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approving warrant number one three six
five

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motion number
m-44-21 matter of approving to cast

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berkeley's official vote for the fouling
to serve as a trustee

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on the board of trustees for the mml
workers compensation fund directing the

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city clerk to send in a marked ballot
vote for three incumbent trustees and

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first and two first-time trustees for a
four-year term beginning october 1st

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2021.
thank you miss harold is there a motion

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to approve tonight's consent agenda so
moved support moved by council member

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gavin with support from council member
price are there any comments or changes

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from council

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are there any questions or comments from
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miss mathis anybody
on the virtual side

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not at this time sir thank you
uh seeing no comments uh miss harold

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would you please call the role on
tonight's consent agenda dean yes gavin

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yes hennen yes price yes baker yes
blanchard yes turbrack yes

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we now move on to our regular agenda
miss harold would you please read item

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number one
recognitions presentations matter of any

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recognitions or presentations from the
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seeing no recognitions or presentations
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item number two
motion number m-45-21

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matter of authorizing the berkeley
berkeley orchestra association 2325

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catalpa drive berkeley michigan to
conduct berkeley tag days 2021 in the

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city of berkeley on friday october 8th
from 4 p.m to 9 p.m saturday october 9th

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from 9 00 a.m to 5 p.m and sunday
october 10th from 9 a.m to 5 p.m

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is there a motion to approve m4521
so moved support

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motion made by council member hennan
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blanchard
mr baumgarten uh that was mayor

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it's good to see this come back to us
this application has been reviewed by

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each of the appropriate departments
as noted in the application packet

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students will stand outside businesses
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they will have a bucket to collect
donations and these funds these will go

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to the purchase of instruments
scholarships music uh support programs

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and the like the reason this comes
before council is because this does take

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place in the public's right-of-way uh
that's it that's owned by the city uh so

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they come every year and they're they're
always very diligent about uh filling

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out the proper paperwork and it's this
item has been recommended by the

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departments that reviewed it for
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thank you
uh comments or questions for mr

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baumgarten from council

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recruit all our stuff and everything
looks good uh the insurance is up to

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date and so everything looks fine
figured if you were good with a jack

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we would be okay
um other questions any other comments

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as mr baumgarten as a manager mentioned
we are certainly excited to see this

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able to come back
as we've seen some other events slowly

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but surely beginning to come back we saw
last week we've got a few more coming up

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in the following weeks
as long as we can continue to do these

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things safely
it's good to see certainly

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any comments from anybody
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orchestra association today either here
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no one here virtually
nobody here virtually okay

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well with that and seeing no additional
comments uh miss harold then would you

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please call the roll on
m4521

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gavin yes hennen yes price yes baker yes
blanchard yes dean yes turbrack yes

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we now move on to item number three
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motion number m-46-21
matter of authorizing the mayor to

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execute a contract between smart and the
city of berkeley for fiscal year 2022

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for municipal credit and community
credit funds in order to provide public

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transportation services for the period
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is there a motion to approve
m4621 motion to approve emotion approved

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by council member baker with support
from mayor pro pro-tem dean

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mr baumgarten
thank you mayor this is an annual item

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that continues our contractual
relationship with the with the smart

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organization
as noted in the the application or the

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memo from your recreation director these
these services have been absolutely

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crucial in the past uh 18 months or so
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sometimes our department has been the
only ones that have been available to

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take our most vulnerable populations to
the get the groceries go the doctors off

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appointments that they uh that they
depend on regularly so um smart uh

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annually gets this to us a little bit
after our fiscal year so this year is uh

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is no different there
but we've uh had a long history of

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putting these to good use

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any questions for
city manager

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mr comment that's mark blanchard i'd
like to let people are watching know

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that this is
five 40

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dollars that we get to provide this
service so it's it's quite a significant

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chunk of money and uh our parks and rec
people put it through very good use to

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ensure that our senior citizens can get
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and doctors appointments that sort of
thing so it's

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great to get the money and it's well
used by our city yes incredibly well

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used and and very important especially
as we saw over the past year and a half

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other councilmember price
yes um mr baumgarten could you tell any

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residents who might be hearing about
this program tonight a little bit about

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what they would need to do to make use
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uh we have a fantastic parks and rec
staff i would say that that should be

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anybody's first call if they're
interested making use of these wonderful

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services dan mcmahon our senior services
coordinator

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would be a fantastic person to reach out
to through the rec department

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anybody there would be able to help them
but dan mcmahon does a runnable

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wonderful job of being our point person
for each of these services

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sometimes even going as far as being the
driver of the day even

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that's how involved he is uh with this
program so uh that'd be my first thing

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if anybody asked me that question i
would say reach out to dan mcmahon he'll

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get you signed up and even if
something's not initially available they

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make every stride possible to to make
sure that you get the service that

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you're looking for
thank you absolutely

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thank you
other questions or comments i feel like

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this is a little early i know smart i
think this is earlier than normal i feel

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like it's like an october thing usually
they're october late this time august

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late yeah okay well
let's make it happen earlier

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um are there any comments or questions
from anybody that is with us today in

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person

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ms mathis any virtual comments
sure yeah we do have um mr mcmahon here

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if you'd like to hear from wow
my apologies mayor oh boy

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dan
welcome

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good evening uh mr mayor members of city
council as mr baumgarten said

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um this is a contract that comes to you
every year um we are i am happy to

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report that we are running our services
in full capacity at this time

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that means doctors appointments grocery
stores uh hair salons you know the works

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we run monday through friday uh 8 30
till about 4 pm each day

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you can make an appointment by calling
the rec center

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at two four eight six five eight
three four seven zero between the hours

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of nine and eleven thirty
um to make an appointment for those

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rides uh our boundaries are eight mile
to sixteen mile lasser to john r so

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that's just a little bit more
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um
to uh

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miss price's question earlier so
again our phone number is

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seven 248-658-3470 and uh we will do
everything that we can to help you out

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and get you to and from your
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um
i cannot thank our drivers enough uh

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james dunlap and tim renaud they've been
working throughout this pandemic and

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they deserve
the most praise i can offer they are

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both in the senior um
demographics so they are not only

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out there doing great work but they're
also putting their uh

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their selves in at risk um we are still
uh requiring masks as we are public

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transportation um so when you're riding
you just have to wear a mask and

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give us a call again if you if you need
any assistance

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well thank you dan if we knew you were
uh here which i probably should ask

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before if you were with us today i
wouldn't have made mr baumgarten pretend

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to say all those nice things about you

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do you want to give out your personal
cell phone too for everybody i heard you

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give up no i'm just kidding dan i'm i'm
just kidding there's a question

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thank you your honor um how far in
advance would someone have to call to

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reserve a ride absolutely we do suggest
at least a two day uh in advance to

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for us to provide time to get the
drivers their schedules uh however we do

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allow people to call months in advance
if you have an appointment in december

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call now
and we can get you on the schedule uh

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for then we do ask for two days as i
said but if you have something further

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down the line we are more than willing
to get those on the books for you at

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this time
thank you

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any other questions or comments for mr
mcminn

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no all right well dan thank you for
being with us this evening to answer

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some of those questions and to provide
some additional context and recognize

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the drivers
we've internally spoken about that so i

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am very glad that you were able to to
mention them and thank them

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for the work that they've provided
any comments from anybody else

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uh seeing no additional comments uh miss
harold would you please call the roll on

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m4621 hennen yes price yes baker yes
blanchard yes dean yes gavin yes turbrac

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yes
we now move on to item number four

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please miss harold
motion number m-47-21

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matter of authorizing hubble roth and
clark for professional design and

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engineering services related to the
kenmore slash cornwall road

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reconstruction and water main
replacement project at a cost not to

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exceed

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three 149

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three
dollars and seventy cents funding has

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been allocated in the road millage and
water service accounts

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313-938-821-0 and 592-536-821-000

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is there a motion to approve m 47-21
motion to approve

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support abortion approved by council
member blanchard with support from

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council member baker
mr baumgarten uh legos mayor as we

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talked about way back in 2018 where we
asked voters

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for their support and putting a
substantial investment in our roads

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they would see both small patches medium
patches and large and full

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reconstructions
we have done

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the first of those two and now we are
bringing to you the the scope and tasks

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involved in doing the third category as
well so in this situation it would be

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the uh kenmore kenwall kenmore and
cornwall

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uh sections as outlined in your in your
packets

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there's also a uh the full scope is
including your packet as well as the

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individual tasks and project thresholds
as well so as you can see with us in

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person is derek schuler and roland alex
our dpw director as well as our

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engineering partner mr schuler mr alex
good to see you this evening i will turn

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it over to you thank you thank you mr
baumgard mayor and city council so

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before you tonight is our recommendation
for the next phase i guess what we call

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year three 2022
which is a

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road and water main reconstruction
project similar to harvard back in 2017

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a half mile section so
and i'm joined by roland alex vice

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president from hrc
uh selecting the next road is

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took quite a bit of time and what we did
is we took the paiser road rankings as

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well as the water main rankings and
working closely with hrc

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put those together and identified
basically our half dozen

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worst half-mile segments
which are shown on the map that we

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provided to council
just to let everybody know what those

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roads were that's wiltshire west of
woodward two sections of bacon

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cumberland north of 12 mile harvard east
of coolidge and then the cornwall

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kenmore section as well so
those were the six that rose to the top

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and ultimately we selected kenmore and
cornwall because it had the most water

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main breaks over the last five years
also consumers energy is going to be

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replacing the gas main this fall on that
street so that's a significant factor as

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well
so we've we've settled on that street

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that'll be our next half mile segment
with your approval

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design takes several months we're hoping
to bid this out during the winter months

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and then have construction start next
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the estimated construction cost is
around 2.5 million dollars so

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a significant expenditure will be using
road millage funds as well as water main

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funds to fund that so
i'm happy to answer any questions you

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have i'm sure there's a few roland and i
can answer those

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uh mr schuler just to compare the scope
as you mentioned 2017 harvard project

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what is the difference in the cost
four years later

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i think it's really just increased in
cost per se it's a very similar segment

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we're doing the exact same things
we do have a little bit more in there

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for
replacing any lead service lines that we

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encounter
so there's a little bit addition there

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but by and large it's the same scope of
work uh it'll be sidewalk new road and

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new eight-inch water main
questions for mr schuler mr alex

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councilmember baker oh thank you honor
thank you guys for bringing this to us

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tonight and for your diligence in
identifying where the the trouble spots

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are on our city streets and doing the
best we can to prioritize and make these

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tough decisions limited resources i
think this was a good deciding uh

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decision approach that you took um
looking ahead obviously you gave us a

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a rough time frame
uh of when you know obviously ground

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isn't going to be broken anytime soon
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looking ahead to when we approach those
uh those times could you just share with

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us a little bit about the communication
that will take place with the residents

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that will be affected either directly or
indirectly

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how we communicate with them and keep
them abreast of timing so this

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communication question and secondly the
notion of trees so as i recall on the

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harvard project which i think was a
great success a lot of the um

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the the wonderful trees along that road
were unfortunately taken as part of that

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uh project do we anticipate
any kind of

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you know similar considerations for
trees this time so communication with

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residents and trees sure thank you i'll
go ahead and start with the trees um

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trees are going to be a big issue for us
and and we're going to make every

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attempt to save trees
we're going to follow the same

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i guess procedure that we used for
harvard which was to

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work with the engineers to identify the
locations where we needed to have the

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arbors look at the trees ultimately the
arborist is going to look at all the

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trees
and we're going to make a decision about

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what can be saved and what has to be
removed there are going to be

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constraints whether it's elevations
size of easement those are sort of

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things that are going to come into play
obviously the health of the tree also

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but we're going to work closely with
them to identify what can be saved and

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what unfortunately cannot and we'll
communicate that to everybody

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i am happy to say that with the harvard
project one of uh

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i guess one of the things that we're
proud of is we were able to plant more

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trees ultimately than were removed we
did have to remove some trees with

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harvard but we were able to plant more
we've got a lot of big trees on the

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north side and we're going to make every
attempt to try to save those but we're

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going to have constraints
we're going to have grading constraints

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this is going to be all new concrete
curb and gutter we need to make sure

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that the right-of-way drains towards the
road so we need to

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hrc looking at elevations to make sure
that we've got the proper elevation

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ultimately but
trees are going to be a big story in

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this and i and i suspect after hrc gets
going on design we'll be having several

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meetings to determine
you know where we're going can we shift

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the road a little bit to save some trees
you know i'm perfectly willing to

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entertain that option obviously there's
trees on both sides but you know can we

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do some things to try to save trees
we're more than willing to try to do

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that
communication wise

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i don't know if many remember but on the
harvard project we had a

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meeting
on the street in the fall i'm certainly

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not opposed to doing that again it was
pretty well attended

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we deliver resident notices working
closely with hrc regularly there were

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several notices delivered with harvard
at least a half dozen i suspect we'll be

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doing the same thing
encouraging residents to look at their

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own utilities beforehand it obviously
makes sense to to look at your own lines

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before we come in and tear up the
right-of-way so that'll be one of the

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key things that we focus on as well so
there will be many opportunities for

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communications getting email addresses
having that that meeting on site is if

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folks want to attend as well as
distributing the flyers so a lot more to

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come and and really that communication
plan

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starts pretty quick so we'll be looking
to get that going as soon as possible

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because some of these things can take
some time right

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thank you
thank you

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councilmember blanton thank you your
honor i noticed we're going from a

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six-inch wire line to an eight-inch
water line is this going to tie into the

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part on the webster where we came off
the new coolies line to make that a

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complete circuit which is something
we've been talking about for years it is

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it is and so we're going to upsize this
main which will help us with fire flows

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we're also going to be doing a little
bit of water main work along webster so

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we're going to pick up where we left off
last time and extend that water main to

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the west and connect in with the new
eight inch main

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thank you i just want to make sure that
the residents understand that this is

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being funded by both the infrastructure
bond that we passed and their water

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bills because some of their water bills
go into a fund and the fund is used for

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fixing water main breaks and hopefully
in the long term replacing the water

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main so we don't have to fix the water
main breaks so

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that's it thank you
thank you

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additional questions councilmember
hennan yes uh i have two questions after

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my treat question was taken
the first is you know this is an area

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that we've had some historic basement
flooding so is there anything in this

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project that will help mitigate that in
the future

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so we'll be
um

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this section does have
uh as far as i know all full restricted

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covers so we'll be maintaining that i
will say that

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um
the existence of the curb and gutter

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section here is pretty well non-existent
and we have roads that several roads

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00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:36,080
that have that as well so i think we'll
be able to more efficiently store water

445
00:31:33,519 --> 00:31:39,519
in the road section without it having to
extend

446
00:31:37,519 --> 00:31:43,279
into folks front yard so i think that's
a positive with that we're going to make

447
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:47,760
sure that the line is
structurally lined as we always do and

448
00:31:45,039 --> 00:31:51,760
maintain those restricted covers hrc
suggested and i think it's a great idea

449
00:31:49,919 --> 00:31:55,679
that we explore a green infrastructure
alternative here as well

450
00:31:53,519 --> 00:31:59,200
so we're excited about that i don't know
where that's going to end up for us

451
00:31:57,679 --> 00:32:02,159
but we're looking at the triangle there
in the middle section to see if we can

452
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:06,320
incorporate some type of green
infrastructure again i appreciate hrc

453
00:32:04,799 --> 00:32:09,760
suggesting that i think it's a great
idea we'll see where it ends up but that

454
00:32:08,159 --> 00:32:13,200
might be another way of
assisting with the stormwater

455
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:16,640
and the
other question i have is

456
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:22,559
it comes to me frequently and there's
often a conception that uh concrete

457
00:32:19,919 --> 00:32:27,440
lasts longer and you know is more of
value so why is it that the city you

458
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:32,159
know uses asphalt on many of our roads
sure so we view asphalt

459
00:32:30,559 --> 00:32:35,679
for residential applications as the
preferred method and and the main thing

460
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:39,039
that comes up for me at least is that
you're able to

461
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:43,200
you know mill and overlay that surface
after it reaches its life expectancy

462
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:47,840
very easily and cost effectively which
concrete you've got to do full depth

463
00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:51,440
replacement on that on a very similar
life span so

464
00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:55,600
we're very happy with how harvard has
held up i would encourage anybody to

465
00:32:53,519 --> 00:33:00,480
take a look the road has done very well
it is an extremely beefy cross section

466
00:32:57,919 --> 00:33:05,679
meaning it's very thick there's a deep
stone base course with that hrc

467
00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:09,120
recommended and it's held up very well
so we're very happy with that section i

468
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:12,399
do think it is
in the long run the best alternative for

469
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:15,919
berkeley
thank you

470
00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:21,039
mayor pro tempting thank you i'm i was
really happy to see the um

471
00:33:18,159 --> 00:33:25,760
green infrastructure the potential for
you know the storm water retention so

472
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:30,320
kudos to you roland and your team for
bringing that up i do have a question

473
00:33:27,919 --> 00:33:35,039
about the lead service lines how do so
are you testing every home

474
00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:38,960
um to see if there's lead or do you know
going into it do you have

475
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:42,320
an idea of which ones might be
you know unfortunately we don't have a

476
00:33:40,559 --> 00:33:46,080
great idea of this you know we have old
water service cards that give us some

477
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:50,240
information on the city side but that's
not always the case on the private side

478
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:54,799
so i think what we're going to have to
do is do a little bit of exploration

479
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:57,919
at the stop box which is near the curb
to determine how many of those that we

480
00:33:56,720 --> 00:34:00,799
have
and then react from there so it's going

481
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:04,240
to take you know a little bit of
exploratory work to determine how many

482
00:34:02,399 --> 00:34:09,839
lead services that we have
thank you

483
00:34:06,559 --> 00:34:13,520
uh mr alex you're with us this evening
normally i see you in your basement um

484
00:34:11,839 --> 00:34:17,839
thank you for for being with us any
anything you'd like to add um on the

485
00:34:15,599 --> 00:34:20,800
project um not really i do love coming
to berkeley meetings because derek does

486
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:24,480
such a great job of explaining the
project and

487
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:29,200
i only get softball so
no i think they're did a great job but

488
00:34:26,399 --> 00:34:32,879
it is exciting for the community to be
investing in your infrastructure

489
00:34:31,679 --> 00:34:36,079
you know if you're not putting money
towards your roads towards your sewers

490
00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:39,359
towards your water mains they're only
going to continue to deteriorate and

491
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:44,000
somebody's going to have to pay that
bill in the future so kudos to

492
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:47,359
the council for being proactive in the
residence recognizing that it's a need

493
00:34:45,919 --> 00:34:50,320
that needs to be addressed now and not
just kick down the road like so many

494
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:55,040
communities do so
i have nothing else though thank you

495
00:34:52,240 --> 00:34:57,839
thank you uh for being with us um and i
think what mr schuler said a few minutes

496
00:34:56,560 --> 00:35:02,560
ago is important if you haven't seen
harvard or driven on harvard to to get a

497
00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:06,320
sense of what it looks like now
there's certainly a stark contrast and

498
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:10,000
in general a lot of that is the curbs
and the gutters that are not super

499
00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:14,560
existent on many of our roads anymore
not at least a lot of them um and that

500
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:17,520
as mr schuler mentioned higher curbs are
not going to hold that water there

501
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:22,480
instead of creeping up through
front lawns and sidewalks hopefully

502
00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:25,359
certainly not on its own going to help
but just

503
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:29,200
the contrast and how the road looks and
travels

504
00:35:27,599 --> 00:35:32,640
certainly is what we want to see every
road if in an ideal world we'll be able

505
00:35:31,119 --> 00:35:35,599
to do that obviously we can't so we're
trying to plan these roads every four to

506
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:39,200
five years when we have the opportunity
we have funds we can save

507
00:35:37,359 --> 00:35:42,800
to to make a project like this happen
but it is very exciting when it does

508
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:46,960
happen and especially once we're able to
complete this as was mentioned there

509
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:50,800
will be a lot more conversation
as we get closer to what the process

510
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:54,240
actually looks like and the timelines
and certainly the trees is going to be

511
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:58,960
an important part of what we do moving
forward this is the first step to having

512
00:35:56,560 --> 00:36:06,160
hrc get cracking
right okay any comments from anybody

513
00:36:02,079 --> 00:36:06,160
that is with us in the audience today

514
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:15,680
ms mathis any comments uh with those
visiting with us virtually today

515
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:22,079
i'm seeing no hands raised at this time
okay

516
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:27,760
well seeing nobody else thank you both
for being with us and miss harold would

517
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:33,119
you please call the roll on m4721
price

518
00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:38,880
yes baker yes blanchard yes dean yes
kevin yes kennen yes turbric yes

519
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:47,040
we now move on to item number five
please on tonight's agenda

520
00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:50,960
motion number m-48-21
matter of approving the appointments to

521
00:36:48,720 --> 00:36:57,760
the zoning board of appeals
is there a motion to approve m 48-21

522
00:36:55,440 --> 00:37:01,040
so moved support promotion made by
councilmember hannah with support

523
00:36:59,119 --> 00:37:04,800
council member blanchard
mr baumgarten thanks mayor you have four

524
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:07,920
appointments for you before you this
evening

525
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:12,000
two alternate members to the zba as well
as two regular full members

526
00:37:09,839 --> 00:37:15,440
the two alternates this evening are mark
reilly

527
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:19,440
for a term would expire next year july
1st 2022

528
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:24,480
and next the other alternate is joanne
sir with an appointment expiring uh july

529
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:29,599
1 of 2024.
uh your next two are full members uh

530
00:37:27,359 --> 00:37:34,400
kevin wilner as a regular member with
the term expiring of 2023 as well as

531
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:39,680
eric mcdonald who previously served as
an alternate being promoted if you will

532
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:45,680
to a full regular board appointment
expiring 20 july 1 2024 so that is the

533
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:49,839
slate before you this evening
thank you

534
00:37:47,119 --> 00:37:53,119
questions or comments from council on
our volunteers this evening

535
00:37:54,560 --> 00:38:01,359
well certainly we all want to thank them
for their service as we've talked about

536
00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:05,119
in the past um you know the volunteers
in these boards and commissions advisory

537
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:08,720
boards are certainly the backbone of
much of what we are able to do up here

538
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:13,040
as council members it's incredibly
important and these folks continue to to

539
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:18,480
give their time and talents um to our
community and we are incredibly grateful

540
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:20,800
any comments from anybody with us this
evening

541
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:25,280
miss mathis you know what's coming

542
00:38:25,599 --> 00:38:32,079
not at this time sir not at this time
all right well i want to thank all four

543
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:36,480
of them as i mentioned for uh
volunteering their time and their

544
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:39,520
talents for our community
and i'm sure they're all on pins and

545
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:44,480
needles right now waiting to see if they
get approved so miss harold would you

546
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:54,160
please call the roll on m4821
baker yes blanchard yes dean yes

547
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:56,400
gavin yes hennen yes price yes turbric
yes

548
00:38:57,119 --> 00:39:05,599
we now move on miss harold to item
number six please

549
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:11,440
resolution number r-27-21
matter of extending r-20-20

550
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:16,240
for temporary outdoor
slash seating and outdoor sales and

551
00:39:13,839 --> 00:39:19,920
service areas and to allow temporary
enclosures in the outdoor areas in

552
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:27,119
response to
covet 19 closures and restrictions

553
00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:30,880
is there a motion to approve r2721
so moved

554
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:35,440
support motion made by mayor pro-tem
dean i heard council member blanchard as

555
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:39,839
well as three other people
mr baumgarten i think mayor

556
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:43,440
coburn still remains uh part of our
daily lives here as you can probably

557
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:48,400
tell even if every day when you look at
the news or even this evening with those

558
00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:51,760
of us um you know still in the situation
where there were masks for personal

559
00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:55,119
protection
that translates into people's

560
00:39:53,440 --> 00:40:01,119
apprehension to
hurriedly rush back indoors and be close

561
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:05,839
to one another be under the same roof
and so what we're suggesting for council

562
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:08,480
this evening is a continuation of the
actions that they have taken up to this

563
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:12,800
point
which would be restrict the outdoor

564
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:15,280
dining restrictions that we have in our
regular ordinance

565
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:18,240
um
that would be

566
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:22,319
allowing those people to use parking
lots or

567
00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:27,200
their own space as well as the
north robina north phillips south

568
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:32,160
griffith south thomas east dorothea
right of ways owned by the city as well

569
00:40:29,839 --> 00:40:35,680
any of those are on the table for
restaurants that are potentially

570
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:39,440
interested in taking advantage of that
if they find that it would better suit

571
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:43,440
their restaurant or their operations to
do so

572
00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:48,079
in addition to that uh
this particular ordinance now uh with

573
00:40:46,079 --> 00:40:51,839
this continuation uh city council or
we're also administration is asking the

574
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:55,839
city council permission to study the
feasibility

575
00:40:53,119 --> 00:41:00,240
of creating a public plaza at griffith
on the south side of 12 mile this is an

576
00:40:58,319 --> 00:41:03,839
area that has been closed now for quite
a while

577
00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:08,400
we've gotten high marks people have
remarked that they like the outdoor

578
00:41:05,839 --> 00:41:12,640
dining they like the visibility
they like to see people

579
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:17,040
utilizing the space our own master plan
in 2007 called for

580
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:22,400
public plaza to be created downtown it
specifically said robina the city as you

581
00:41:19,359 --> 00:41:25,520
recall attempted that um it had limited
success uh but one of the things that we

582
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:29,920
heard
as part of the feedback was that it felt

583
00:41:27,359 --> 00:41:35,040
uh rushed and it didn't um didn't really
have the public community embrace it

584
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:39,440
like we would have hoped uh so not so
learning from from past uh feedback we'd

585
00:41:37,839 --> 00:41:43,200
like again the opportunity to study
something that could be fully embraced

586
00:41:41,359 --> 00:41:46,079
by the community uh the city would be
able to use it in

587
00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:49,760
any of our departments including
recreation

588
00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:54,640
local community groups our chamber for
various events

589
00:41:51,119 --> 00:41:56,880
uh local businesses uh even local groups
even

590
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:59,040
people that have like the taste of
berkeley could potentially go there i

591
00:41:58,240 --> 00:42:03,359
think that's been part of the
conversation at one point uh but any so

592
00:42:01,599 --> 00:42:07,200
anyway a public gathering place that has
high visibility right in our in our

593
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:09,760
downtown are our heaviest trafficked
areas this would be open for anyone to

594
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:13,680
use
uh it wouldn't be dedicated to any one

595
00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:17,440
particular business or use all the time
so

596
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:20,800
um again if if not for
our master plan calling for something

597
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:24,240
like this to be located downtown we
wouldn't be asking for for this to even

598
00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:29,599
move forward
but it's a culmination of various events

599
00:42:26,720 --> 00:42:34,319
that bring this before you this evening
so with that uh our community

600
00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:37,440
development director erin schlutto
is has

601
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:40,880
authored the resolution as well as the
memo you find then they see in your

602
00:42:39,119 --> 00:42:45,839
packet this evening outlining what a
feasibility study for public plaza it

603
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:49,440
would look like as well as has her
department is tasked with the

604
00:42:47,599 --> 00:42:53,119
administrative functionality of
permitting the temporary use permits for

605
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:55,920
the outdoor dining so
she is absolutely your content expert

606
00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:59,760
here sir
director schlutel we'll turn it over to

607
00:42:57,599 --> 00:43:03,520
you there anything you'd like to add to
give us some additional context well uh

608
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:07,920
thank you uh good evening everyone the
city manager outlined it really

609
00:43:05,119 --> 00:43:12,319
beautifully um the one thing i wanted to
focus on is

610
00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:15,520
the extension of this of this relaxation
of the temporary outdoor dining

611
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:19,119
enclosures and stuff like that this is
the longest one we've ever asked for and

612
00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:23,119
the intent of that is to make sure that
we have given ourselves enough time not

613
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:27,920
only to conduct the feasibility study
and see if it works there not only with

614
00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:31,280
the south griffith but um on a dorothy
at coolidge as well but also to engage

615
00:43:30,240 --> 00:43:35,200
the public
we really want to make sure that we have

616
00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:38,560
the buy-in and the understanding and we
have the input not only from the local

617
00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:42,319
businesses that are in that area but the
residents who will be impacted by this

618
00:43:40,240 --> 00:43:46,880
type of closure as well there are a
number of things that we we did and um

619
00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:50,560
we really want to make sure that we we
bring them to to our table we work with

620
00:43:49,359 --> 00:43:53,280
them we talk with them is there
something that they have a concern with

621
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:55,839
that we didn't think about well let's
let's look at that

622
00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:59,200
um so
extending this to the end of next year

623
00:43:57,680 --> 00:44:02,480
will really give us an opportunity to do
an in-depth community engagement

624
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:06,160
engagement strategy now that we're
opening things back up and we can do

625
00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:11,839
face-to-face engagement
we also extended it that long to make

626
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:16,720
sure and build in uh time so that way we
don't have to come back for an extension

627
00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:19,680
from you so we can maybe we'll get this
done in six months and we can come back

628
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:23,040
and say okay we're done this is the
recommendation blah blah and then we can

629
00:44:21,359 --> 00:44:26,400
shorten this resolution but the intent
is to not

630
00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:30,640
extend it beyond this this end date of
december 31st 2022.

631
00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:33,680
additionally it will give us time to
explore our ordinances all of our

632
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:38,079
ordinances currently right now with
outdoor dining sales and service areas

633
00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:41,920
is related is regulated by special land
use approval now as i outlined in my

634
00:44:40,079 --> 00:44:45,680
review letter uh
review memo here it's that's a complex

635
00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:48,880
thing
and looking at it from a special land

636
00:44:47,599 --> 00:44:51,680
use perspective when there's seven
members i'm sorry nine members of the

637
00:44:50,319 --> 00:44:56,319
planning commission who look at it first
and make a recommendation and then city

638
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:58,079
council ultimately adopts it or approves
it

639
00:44:57,040 --> 00:45:02,000
if we were to make that an
administrative function we really need

640
00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:04,960
to make sure we look at the parking and
the public

641
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:08,079
implications and the neighborhood
impacts and those are all things that

642
00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:11,440
are discussed in the public meeting so
if we were to to look at making that

643
00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:16,480
more of an administrative function we
want to make sure we don't have any

644
00:45:12,720 --> 00:45:20,160
unintended consequences due to that
finally the feasibility that i mentioned

645
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:23,359
um so
this would really give us the

646
00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:26,800
opportunity to study this and and focus
and make sure that this is uh this is a

647
00:45:25,119 --> 00:45:31,280
beneficial thing for the community in
this area at this time

648
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:35,680
okay thank you
uh because we've had

649
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:40,000
some very passionate members of our
community already uh during our initial

650
00:45:38,319 --> 00:45:43,119
public comments i'm going to open it up
to the residents that are here first in

651
00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:48,079
person
um to comment we'll go then to the folks

652
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:52,319
that are visiting with us uh via the
hybrid model to talk to us as well and

653
00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:55,520
then council will ultimately discuss but
i want to give everybody that's here

654
00:45:54,240 --> 00:45:58,480
that would like to speak an opportunity
to speak first

655
00:45:57,119 --> 00:46:03,480
so if you're with us and you'd like to
comment on uh the

656
00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:07,839
resolution in front of us
r2721 now is the perfect time

657
00:46:11,119 --> 00:46:14,920
can we do a second time

658
00:46:15,119 --> 00:46:22,000
uh mr sabanian bennett did speak during
public comments i i feel like if people

659
00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:28,839
did not remember that no anybody i mean
no no no no anybody that's with us here

660
00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:28,839
sorry i didn't mean that okay all right

661
00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:38,720
hello
mr mayor and city council i'm not i'm

662
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:42,960
not going to go to these meetings so i
apologize for the informalness but um

663
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:45,359
i'm april macron and my husband steve
and i have been doing business in

664
00:46:43,839 --> 00:46:48,640
berkeley in the corner greater than 12
miles since 2000

665
00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:51,839
we love the berkeley community and have
thoroughly enjoyed growing our business

666
00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:54,880
here over the years
we also own yellow door art market and

667
00:46:53,520 --> 00:46:58,079
manage four apartments above our
catching fireflies shop

668
00:46:56,560 --> 00:47:01,359
we are glad the city offered unique
options for businesses to survive during

669
00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:04,400
these unprecedented times and we think
berkeley common did a great job

670
00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:08,000
transforming the street into an open
eating area and have encouraged our

671
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:11,599
guests to dine there however we would
like to see griffith reopen again this

672
00:47:10,400 --> 00:47:15,119
fall
we purchased our catching fireflies

673
00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:18,800
building as a highly visible corner
location with easy access at an

674
00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:22,559
intersection with a traffic light
closing griffith diminishes all these

675
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:26,000
advantages and devalues our property
investment as we feel because corner

676
00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:29,839
corner you know property investments are
just more valuable than in the line of

677
00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:32,880
street you know businesses
um it's inconvenience for our team

678
00:47:31,359 --> 00:47:36,480
members customers and tenants not to
have easy access to our delighted side

679
00:47:35,119 --> 00:47:40,319
street that directly borders our
business we feel the many questions from

680
00:47:38,720 --> 00:47:43,440
our guests over the past year inquiring
when the street would reopen and we

681
00:47:41,839 --> 00:47:47,359
expressed it was a temporary sacrifice
to help fellow businesses get through

682
00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:50,880
crippling capacity limitations
um berkeley common also purchased a

683
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:54,480
highly visible corner location with the
easy access and intersection with the

684
00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:58,559
traffic light this purchase did not
include a 2 000 square foot outdoor

685
00:47:56,559 --> 00:48:03,040
patio which is roughly the same amount
of space of their entire first floor

686
00:48:01,599 --> 00:48:06,240
between the wide sidewalk that borders
griffith along the front of the building

687
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:10,079
at 12 mile we feel they would have
adequate space for outdoor dining

688
00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:13,599
options moving forward
another concern is catching fireflies is

689
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:17,440
open seven days a week um
ten to six month through saturday ten to

690
00:48:15,760 --> 00:48:21,119
eight on thursdays and twelve to five on
sundays it is frustrating that the

691
00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:24,480
street closure is only used five
evenings a week and more recently on

692
00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:27,839
saturday afternoons and just very
recently on sunday afternoons and let's

693
00:48:26,319 --> 00:48:32,400
not forget it can't be used when the
weather is not cooperative either

694
00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:35,280
i'm just curious has a study ever been
done with the traffic patterns on

695
00:48:33,760 --> 00:48:39,200
griffith
i know having a business that borders

696
00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:43,520
the intersection for the past 21 years
many more patrons would benefit from

697
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:46,800
using that street to get through and
easy access to all the stores in the

698
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:49,680
area
i understand a recent survey also

699
00:48:48,160 --> 00:48:53,200
pitched the street closure as a positive
public space

700
00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:56,160
um and that extended closure for 15
months would give them time to study

701
00:48:54,319 --> 00:48:59,760
this um i just think it's only
reasonable for businesses and residents

702
00:48:57,599 --> 00:49:03,119
to know more specific actionable plans
on what is going to be study before it's

703
00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:07,359
passed
i mean and and i'm just you know i'm

704
00:49:05,599 --> 00:49:10,720
curious about the survey results too i
know a big survey was released i would i

705
00:49:09,119 --> 00:49:14,640
would be very interested in maybe the
public postings of those um so everybody

706
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:18,160
has a better idea where everybody you
know falls

707
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:21,119
on the spectrum for their opinion on
this

708
00:49:18,960 --> 00:49:24,160
and also for berkeley common i would
imagine they would want to have that

709
00:49:22,319 --> 00:49:28,800
space open for a while it's not public
space because it is to their advantage

710
00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:32,319
you know having their um you know patio
help help them but for example like how

711
00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:35,839
would this be advertised as a public
space since it's been only used by a

712
00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:39,200
private business for the past year
um is a birthday common good lend their

713
00:49:37,599 --> 00:49:44,880
host set up for you know patrons to
enjoy like take out lunches from tlc or

714
00:49:41,520 --> 00:49:48,079
cams or cottage injury in the day um how
about when brooklyn commons open like

715
00:49:46,640 --> 00:49:51,440
what percentage of and if they keep
their tables there like what percentage

716
00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:54,000
you know would be available for open
availability it's just i feel there's

717
00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:58,079
like a lot of
really unanswered questions before we

718
00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:59,920
just like sign off and let's do it you
know

719
00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:02,960
um
these are just a few of the numerous

720
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:06,800
questions to be addressed before a
closure extension

721
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:10,240
um and maybe if it's not studied as a
public you know place what are the

722
00:50:08,240 --> 00:50:14,240
ramifications of one single business
benefiting from a permanent closure of a

723
00:50:12,240 --> 00:50:17,359
public street
that's just even a longer list of

724
00:50:15,680 --> 00:50:20,400
questions to be addressed but and on a
safety note

725
00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:23,839
since griffith has been closed for over
a year many vehicles that travel along

726
00:50:22,240 --> 00:50:27,520
the alleyway regularly
has increased their speed

727
00:50:25,599 --> 00:50:31,520
and we've seen them zip right by you
know and so that is a safety center for

728
00:50:29,359 --> 00:50:35,280
us for our customers across that path to
enter or return from our shop um as well

729
00:50:33,680 --> 00:50:38,800
as tenants who part directly behind our
catching fireflies building

730
00:50:37,359 --> 00:50:42,319
and also the louder sounds coming from
the outdoor eating area on a special

731
00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:45,680
themed music nights um from or from
busier weekend crowds you know are

732
00:50:43,839 --> 00:50:48,880
definitely a concern for our tenants and
future tenants if griffith was to be

733
00:50:47,359 --> 00:50:53,359
permanently closed as we did not
purchase a building next to a bustling

734
00:50:51,200 --> 00:50:57,280
you know outdoor evening
crowd so thank you for listening to my

735
00:50:55,200 --> 00:51:02,160
concerns and considering my business
um because my building is by far the

736
00:50:59,359 --> 00:51:05,200
most impacted by the street closure i do
have copies of my notes if you have any

737
00:51:03,839 --> 00:51:10,240
interest of having them i'm happy to
pass them out if not that's fine too so

738
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:12,960
thank you april and i appreciate the
email um

739
00:51:14,079 --> 00:51:22,559
as we move through um
these these comments here i do

740
00:51:20,720 --> 00:51:27,440
i have a request
i do not want this to

741
00:51:24,640 --> 00:51:30,559
get into various namings of businesses
and back and forth between anybody that

742
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:35,280
is here
um so

743
00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:40,079
i asked for your comments about your own
personal perspective please and not uh

744
00:51:38,079 --> 00:51:43,680
any putting on the other businesses that
may be involved in this just because

745
00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:46,000
i i just don't want to get into a spot
where people feel like they have to then

746
00:51:44,720 --> 00:51:49,920
respond to everything or respond to
something put anybody in an awkward spot

747
00:51:48,400 --> 00:51:52,800
in a public meeting when we want to
support all of our businesses here in

748
00:51:51,520 --> 00:51:57,040
the community and certainly don't want
to put pit anybody against each other so

749
00:51:54,960 --> 00:52:00,880
i just want to make that clear and i ask
that in all of your comments kind of if

750
00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:04,400
you can take that in consideration i
would be very appreciative

751
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:06,559
cindy looks like you're coming out come
on

752
00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:12,800
cinda
owner of the lunch cafe first i want to

753
00:52:11,599 --> 00:52:17,200
thank
our city

754
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:24,079
and our council for making things v
you've been very accommodating

755
00:52:20,319 --> 00:52:29,839
we had asked because the
my building in particular went through a

756
00:52:26,640 --> 00:52:34,559
sale during the middle of this pandemic
and so there was a there's a new owner

757
00:52:32,480 --> 00:52:37,599
and
they have

758
00:52:35,760 --> 00:52:40,160
a lot of employees
and my

759
00:52:38,960 --> 00:52:45,359
poor staff
myself my old body

760
00:52:42,319 --> 00:52:48,160
running around in the back parking lot
because we had carryouts

761
00:52:47,200 --> 00:52:53,040
we
worked through this entire pandemic

762
00:52:51,119 --> 00:52:57,599
only because of staff shortage have we
had to cut our saturday hours because i

763
00:52:55,520 --> 00:53:02,160
think my staff would kill me if i made
them off saturday but

764
00:52:59,920 --> 00:53:05,599
i do want to thank you for that
um it is

765
00:53:06,640 --> 00:53:12,000
because you've been very accommodating
and you have suggested oh well you can

766
00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:18,240
do this
you can close the street you can put

767
00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:22,559
tables out in front and absolutely we
can okay i don't have um

768
00:53:21,520 --> 00:53:25,599
uh
the accessibility

769
00:53:24,240 --> 00:53:30,720
of having
to block off the back parking lot i

770
00:53:28,240 --> 00:53:34,800
don't have i didn't hear in the reading
of this

771
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:39,920
you know the north side of griffith
that we can you know put tables out

772
00:53:37,359 --> 00:53:44,480
there or anything else
i

773
00:53:40,960 --> 00:53:48,000
do have a wider portion of my sidewalk
and

774
00:53:45,920 --> 00:53:52,880
i can use i have two tables out there i
need

775
00:53:49,040 --> 00:53:58,800
more i guess and
we all

776
00:53:55,200 --> 00:54:02,800
not naming any we all business owners
have had to recreate

777
00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:07,119
you either recreate
or you lock your doors

778
00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:12,000
and that's how it was
and it's

779
00:54:09,119 --> 00:54:17,280
now i know that covet is not over mr
hennen i do realize that firsthand

780
00:54:15,599 --> 00:54:22,960
um i'm just
responding to that but um

781
00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:27,680
we're moving forward
we can't look back we're moving forward

782
00:54:25,680 --> 00:54:32,440
and moving forward
i love what common has done i think it

783
00:54:30,640 --> 00:54:39,680
is great i
150 percent

784
00:54:35,119 --> 00:54:43,599
support any parklet any any area in the
city that will

785
00:54:41,200 --> 00:54:48,319
bring people downtown better our
business structure

786
00:54:45,760 --> 00:54:51,599
do any of it i think it is awesome i
think it is great

787
00:54:50,240 --> 00:54:56,400
um
it definitely

788
00:54:53,680 --> 00:55:00,559
it's needed for sure
um i know that the master plan states

789
00:54:58,960 --> 00:55:06,640
robina
um i would love i have had many

790
00:55:03,440 --> 00:55:11,280
customers who have said oh could i take
on on the nice days because yes people

791
00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:14,400
want to eat outside
can i take my lunch and can i go across

792
00:55:13,040 --> 00:55:18,880
the street
i'm sorry you can't you know that's

793
00:55:17,200 --> 00:55:22,559
that's not ours
okay it's not opened it's not open to

794
00:55:21,359 --> 00:55:26,559
the public
so i guess what i'm

795
00:55:25,119 --> 00:55:33,599
saying for
our cafe is that if we can have an open

796
00:55:29,839 --> 00:55:36,640
area and make it usable to everyone if
you get a coffee down at

797
00:55:35,599 --> 00:55:40,160
the
the other place that's down the street

798
00:55:40,240 --> 00:55:50,480
and you want to go read a book i mean
whatever it's to make it not

799
00:55:46,880 --> 00:55:55,680
for one particular business
you know i love you guys dearly as

800
00:55:52,559 --> 00:56:00,480
business owners and a restaurant
and it's

801
00:55:57,280 --> 00:56:06,160
it is this is not directed to it it's
just let's make it let's

802
00:56:04,079 --> 00:56:08,480
let's be a family let's put it all
together

803
00:56:07,440 --> 00:56:12,319
and
not

804
00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:16,040
push people out
thank you thank you cindy

805
00:56:20,240 --> 00:56:28,559
hello mr mayor city council
um i own vitrine i'm not on 12 mile i do

806
00:56:25,760 --> 00:56:33,520
not own a restaurant um the first time i
saw this space my name is susan susan

807
00:56:31,599 --> 00:56:37,680
rogel sorry
um the first time i saw this space we

808
00:56:36,160 --> 00:56:42,640
were doing an interview for a ladies
night out a long time ago

809
00:56:39,920 --> 00:56:47,040
i had a business in ann arbor for years
the second i laid eyes on it i said we

810
00:56:45,040 --> 00:56:51,920
need this permanently
it's dynamic it makes us competitive

811
00:56:49,599 --> 00:56:56,799
it's a outdoor space it's we should need
more than one not just one

812
00:56:54,160 --> 00:57:02,319
i saw it as such a forward thinking
space not in answer to the kovid um the

813
00:57:00,079 --> 00:57:06,240
code has taught us a lot and this is one
of the many things that's taught us that

814
00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:10,480
this is engaging and it's compelling and
it makes the city very dynamic and

815
00:57:08,799 --> 00:57:15,599
instead of driving right through you're
stopping and enjoying it i love this

816
00:57:13,599 --> 00:57:20,880
space the second i saw it
i think we could do more you know with

817
00:57:18,240 --> 00:57:26,400
it um who's using it and all those
things are all those moving parts um i

818
00:57:23,119 --> 00:57:29,839
think it affects the city as a whole
it makes us

819
00:57:27,760 --> 00:57:35,119
extremely competitive
and i i can't say enough about keeping

820
00:57:32,319 --> 00:57:39,280
this space and adding more i'm doing
more not less

821
00:57:36,640 --> 00:57:44,079
figuring out what our dear friends and
and peers and these hard-working

822
00:57:41,200 --> 00:57:46,400
well-meaning people find wrong with it
and

823
00:57:45,119 --> 00:57:50,240
reacting
if it's a speed issue how do other towns

824
00:57:48,640 --> 00:57:55,200
that have done this well
um

825
00:57:52,000 --> 00:58:00,640
you know react to slowing people down
um if it's something about you know the

826
00:57:58,079 --> 00:58:04,400
time it is and the noise i will tell you
in ann arbor um

827
00:58:02,720 --> 00:58:07,599
that noise just makes it hip and
happening and people really love that

828
00:58:06,160 --> 00:58:12,720
you know what i mean it's
it gets people out um

829
00:58:10,240 --> 00:58:16,799
but so reacting to rather than fight or
flight you know finding out what's wrong

830
00:58:14,400 --> 00:58:21,040
with it and and fixing it and not only
having just one but more than one

831
00:58:19,359 --> 00:58:25,520
so i just heard it was on the ballot and
i thought i'd come and share thank you

832
00:58:22,960 --> 00:58:25,520
thank you all

833
00:58:26,559 --> 00:58:31,040
uh mr superintendent bennett i i do not
want to make you feel like you can't

834
00:58:29,680 --> 00:58:37,040
come back up again if you wanted to
comment again yes this time if you would

835
00:58:33,520 --> 00:58:41,760
like to we're on it's the right time
again i will double down on uh what our

836
00:58:39,359 --> 00:58:45,599
friend from vitrine said um
a lot of families in the neighborhood

837
00:58:44,079 --> 00:58:49,280
directly behind
get a kick out of coming down there

838
00:58:47,680 --> 00:58:53,440
so i'm not just representing my personal
opinion i said i would come on behalf of

839
00:58:50,960 --> 00:58:56,799
a lot of the neighbors in the community
obviously there's differing opinions on

840
00:58:55,280 --> 00:59:02,000
different things but
i'm coming in support of

841
00:58:59,520 --> 00:59:07,520
this specific extension while we do our
due diligence to find do our research do

842
00:59:04,640 --> 00:59:11,760
what we're supposed to um but again we
hope to extend these types of things be

843
00:59:09,200 --> 00:59:16,319
progressive not be afraid to
be left behind let's make berkeley

844
00:59:14,160 --> 00:59:23,119
unique and cool in a place where people
want to move into and continue to deepen

845
00:59:19,520 --> 00:59:23,119
our city thank you thanks

846
00:59:26,400 --> 00:59:32,079
[Music]
hi

847
00:59:29,200 --> 00:59:37,119
i'm katie cutcher owner one of the three
owners of berkeley common and um

848
00:59:34,960 --> 00:59:42,240
i'm here to speak about
the extension tonight as well as i i

849
00:59:40,079 --> 00:59:45,520
didn't really realize the other piece of
this was on the agenda today i thought

850
00:59:43,839 --> 00:59:49,680
we were just talking about the extension
not making this a permanent fixture

851
00:59:47,520 --> 00:59:53,920
right now but i will touch on both
subjects i first and foremost want to

852
00:59:51,680 --> 00:59:58,480
thank council for being progressive
saying yes when you could have said no

853
00:59:55,920 --> 01:00:02,480
it kept us in business
this has been a challenging year for all

854
01:00:00,319 --> 01:00:08,079
my retailers and
restaurants and personally mentally

855
01:00:05,280 --> 01:00:11,920
everybody here sitting here together
we are an inclusive business always have

856
01:00:10,319 --> 01:00:16,079
been always well
we invested here for many reasons

857
01:00:14,160 --> 01:00:19,359
because we are a community business
never did i want anybody not to have

858
01:00:17,920 --> 01:00:22,240
lunch in our space
actually if anybody asks us i say hop

859
01:00:21,200 --> 01:00:25,599
the fence
and i will continue to do so

860
01:00:25,680 --> 01:00:31,680
that going forward
outdoor dining is imperative for

861
01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:37,680
restaurants right now
we are not moving uh the covet button

862
01:00:35,119 --> 01:00:41,359
for it's going to a different place a
different phase we are masked up as of

863
01:00:39,760 --> 01:00:46,319
tomorrow again
we are not using our

864
01:00:43,040 --> 01:00:50,000
indoor private dining uh event room
because of coven it is just too

865
01:00:48,079 --> 01:00:54,400
dangerous
we are operating an outdoor dining room

866
01:00:52,640 --> 01:00:58,079
right now and i don't think it's a bad
thing and i'm not ashamed of it and i

867
01:00:56,400 --> 01:01:00,880
think it's only brought business to the
city

868
01:00:59,359 --> 01:01:04,319
every time somebody comes in and they
can't get in whether it's restrictions

869
01:01:02,559 --> 01:01:08,720
or anything like that we tell them to go
shopping and discover berkeley

870
01:01:06,240 --> 01:01:14,640
and the feedback has i have never gone
to this store before and we're coming

871
01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:18,319
back so i hope that continues
the other big part of this is the

872
01:01:16,880 --> 01:01:22,480
relationships and partnerships we're
developing with the other businesses in

873
01:01:19,760 --> 01:01:26,319
town we're sharing ideas we're inviting
progress together and we're promoting a

874
01:01:24,160 --> 01:01:31,839
thriving downtown something that would
be a shame to squash

875
01:01:29,200 --> 01:01:35,920
it is code is open pandora's box the
community support behind this project

876
01:01:33,359 --> 01:01:40,480
has been overwhelming positive can it be
tweaked absolutely do we want to tweak

877
01:01:38,400 --> 01:01:44,799
it with you one hundred percent
uh do we want this community space one

878
01:01:43,040 --> 01:01:49,280
hundred percent it has never been our
idea just to benefit financially from

879
01:01:47,040 --> 01:01:53,520
this space to be our own we serve on
boards my sister and i

880
01:01:51,040 --> 01:01:58,079
we live breathe eat
berkeley and that's why we're here

881
01:01:56,640 --> 01:02:03,440
we want to see other things like this
exist is this number one initiative

882
01:02:00,240 --> 01:02:08,079
possibly could there be others i hope so
we'll work very hard for that

883
01:02:06,319 --> 01:02:12,720
why we realize this is not everybody's
shared vision we're asking for extension

884
01:02:10,559 --> 01:02:16,400
on these areas tonight and we invite an
open discussion for anything more

885
01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:19,839
permanently in the future this is just
one step of many

886
01:02:18,079 --> 01:02:24,799
so this doesn't have to be definite or
permanent or has to be so negative we

887
01:02:22,720 --> 01:02:28,799
want to continue to be a good business
in this area we want to be good

888
01:02:26,400 --> 01:02:32,319
neighbors to all of our businesses
um

889
01:02:30,240 --> 01:02:36,799
and time of is of the essence so we ask
you to approve this tonight for just the

890
01:02:34,720 --> 01:02:41,280
extension the bigger discussion can
exist at a later date thank you

891
01:02:38,960 --> 01:02:41,280
thank you

892
01:02:47,039 --> 01:02:52,079
hello good evening
i am chris gross

893
01:02:50,720 --> 01:02:55,680
one of the three partners at berkeley
common

894
01:02:53,119 --> 01:03:00,079
my sister spoke to most of the things i
wanted to say

895
01:02:57,200 --> 01:03:04,960
i guess i just wanted to add that
first again i'll echo our appreciation

896
01:03:03,119 --> 01:03:07,520
um our business was saved by having this
outdoor space

897
01:03:06,319 --> 01:03:11,280
um
and second

898
01:03:09,200 --> 01:03:15,200
it's been our intention and it will
continue to be to to work as a team in

899
01:03:13,520 --> 01:03:19,680
berkeley um
and lit in the way we live and the way

900
01:03:18,079 --> 01:03:25,520
we run our business i think are the same
we we want to project positivity and

901
01:03:22,319 --> 01:03:28,480
inclusion um we want to invite people in
this

902
01:03:26,559 --> 01:03:32,400
having this outdoor space and this
visibility has brought people

903
01:03:30,480 --> 01:03:36,960
from outside berkeley
i have all of the data because i have a

904
01:03:34,319 --> 01:03:41,760
system now to track that and there are
people coming from 45 minutes and away

905
01:03:40,559 --> 01:03:45,200
to
dying outdoors

906
01:03:43,520 --> 01:03:48,480
because we had that available last
winter when not many people did

907
01:03:47,200 --> 01:03:52,000
and i i don't
know if it'll be true but it i it very

908
01:03:50,480 --> 01:03:56,160
well might be true that this winter is
the same thing people will still want to

909
01:03:54,319 --> 01:04:02,480
eat outside and we are
aiming to provide that um

910
01:03:59,359 --> 01:04:08,319
and i i i've heard um
some of the concerns tonight and i'm i'm

911
01:04:05,039 --> 01:04:12,559
sorry i haven't heard those before
but i think if we prove that's the whole

912
01:04:10,559 --> 01:04:16,480
reason to approve this extension is to
be able to hear those concerns and

913
01:04:14,160 --> 01:04:21,039
address them we want to be good partners
we want to be good neighbors

914
01:04:19,440 --> 01:04:25,119
and that's why we
volunteer here work here live here

915
01:04:25,200 --> 01:04:33,200
we're all in um and
we are happy to partner up in any way

916
01:04:31,119 --> 01:04:36,240
and move forward as a city and bring
people here

917
01:04:35,039 --> 01:04:39,559
thanks
thank you chris

918
01:04:44,319 --> 01:04:51,039
good evening mike mcginnis interim
executive director for berkeley's

919
01:04:47,920 --> 01:04:56,079
downtown development authority and
to the esteemed honorable local elected

920
01:04:54,240 --> 01:05:00,000
officials and public servants thank you
for your leadership i wanted to you know

921
01:04:58,480 --> 01:05:04,160
these do the your honor thing so i just
want to lay it on thick

922
01:05:02,799 --> 01:05:09,039
on behalf of
the entire mile stretch of 12 mile and

923
01:05:07,359 --> 01:05:12,880
the entire mile stretch of coolidge that
falls within

924
01:05:10,559 --> 01:05:17,920
the downtown district authority
footprint i want to encourage for the

925
01:05:15,359 --> 01:05:23,200
sake of allowing downtown berkeley to
have that competitive advantage

926
01:05:20,000 --> 01:05:26,880
regionally speaking and to not lose that
i would hate for the multiple

927
01:05:25,119 --> 01:05:30,480
restaurants to have that competitive
disadvantage

928
01:05:28,160 --> 01:05:34,079
if it were to expire or lapse in just a
matter of weeks so

929
01:05:32,240 --> 01:05:37,760
i think that this has been a very
instructive and helpful deliberation

930
01:05:36,000 --> 01:05:42,480
this evening and that can continue
beyond this evening and beyond this

931
01:05:39,280 --> 01:05:47,760
chamber where we can make it as maximum
benefit for all entities not solely

932
01:05:45,039 --> 01:05:52,000
restaurants and i look forward to the
dda being at that table and being a part

933
01:05:50,000 --> 01:05:55,760
of those conversations to make any
decision

934
01:05:53,039 --> 01:06:01,599
with temporary or long term to make it
the best bang for the buck and the best

935
01:05:59,119 --> 01:06:04,559
residual impact for our downtown and
residents

936
01:06:02,720 --> 01:06:10,000
i think the empirical and anecdotal
evidence speaks to this temporary

937
01:06:07,119 --> 01:06:14,240
measure benefiting both the community
overall but specifically our downtown

938
01:06:12,079 --> 01:06:19,440
corridors with that extension and so i
just want to offer that perspective from

939
01:06:16,319 --> 01:06:24,160
what's been shared through the dda to
you this evening thank you very much

940
01:06:21,520 --> 01:06:24,160
thank you mike

941
01:06:29,839 --> 01:06:36,799
good evening everybody
uh dan mccourt at 30 63 12 mile just a

942
01:06:34,960 --> 01:06:40,960
couple buildings down from
the griffith that we're discussing but

943
01:06:39,440 --> 01:06:44,160
derek got out of here tonight before i
got a chance to give him some major

944
01:06:42,880 --> 01:06:48,240
props on
uh dpw's handling of

945
01:06:46,400 --> 01:06:52,640
the incredibly disgusting dumpster
situation that we've got going on in the

946
01:06:50,160 --> 01:06:55,039
back of that parking lot um
tried for years and years and years and

947
01:06:53,760 --> 01:06:59,200
the only reason i bring it up tonight is
because many of us here tonight are part

948
01:06:57,119 --> 01:07:01,440
of that guilty party and i just want to
now that we've got everybody in the same

949
01:07:00,480 --> 01:07:05,680
room
that we all get on the same page it's

950
01:07:03,599 --> 01:07:08,720
literally a rat not even a rat trap it's
a rat haven

951
01:07:06,960 --> 01:07:12,559
uh it got to the point where there was
in several inches of rotting garbage

952
01:07:11,119 --> 01:07:15,520
along
below the dumpsters themselves there's

953
01:07:13,920 --> 01:07:18,640
three dumpsters in there we talked about
maybe removing the brown one hopefully

954
01:07:17,119 --> 01:07:23,039
leaving more room
we can't keep people from dumping

955
01:07:20,880 --> 01:07:26,160
you know uh old
restaurant supplies and things like that

956
01:07:24,559 --> 01:07:30,079
in the middle of the night but we can
put our own garbage in our own bags put

957
01:07:28,160 --> 01:07:35,359
those bags into the dumpster the way
that it's supposed to happen

958
01:07:31,920 --> 01:07:38,559
derek um has been instrumental
in

959
01:07:36,400 --> 01:07:43,359
his feedback and then getting that place
cleaned out just uh this last week

960
01:07:40,960 --> 01:07:46,319
but i challenge everybody that has a
business here that uses that dumpster to

961
01:07:44,880 --> 01:07:49,760
take your own garbage out on once in a
while pick up the stuff with your

962
01:07:47,760 --> 01:07:52,160
address on it and put it in the dumpster
so

963
01:07:50,799 --> 01:07:56,400
that said
um in talking about the outdoor dining

964
01:07:54,160 --> 01:08:00,720
in the space that we're looking at i've
eaten everywhere as you can tell this

965
01:07:58,319 --> 01:08:03,839
doesn't happen by mistake um wonderful
restaurants love berkeley live just a

966
01:08:02,640 --> 01:08:07,200
mile away
and

967
01:08:05,520 --> 01:08:11,280
i'm all for eating outside i like eating
i like eating outside

968
01:08:08,960 --> 01:08:15,680
i wasn't super aware of
the understanding as to what

969
01:08:13,440 --> 01:08:19,679
this meant i i was thinking that this
would be an open space where someone

970
01:08:17,120 --> 01:08:24,400
could get something from a restaurant
a cocktail and some dinner and walk over

971
01:08:22,319 --> 01:08:27,920
to the space and enjoy that space that
to me seems like a city space that would

972
01:08:26,239 --> 01:08:31,839
be something that during the coke this
was a great idea at the time it was the

973
01:08:29,359 --> 01:08:34,960
right idea at the time
my concern is two things first of all

974
01:08:33,759 --> 01:08:39,440
safety
right now

975
01:08:36,560 --> 01:08:44,080
are the outdoor spaces being observed
with inspections like our buildings

976
01:08:42,400 --> 01:08:48,080
do they get looked at
there right now there are extension

977
01:08:45,440 --> 01:08:53,679
cores running through puddles there are
various things that would not pass if

978
01:08:50,640 --> 01:08:56,799
the inspectors came into my building
so safety first right we want to make

979
01:08:55,359 --> 01:09:01,040
sure that everybody is safe in doing
this and enjoying themselves

980
01:08:58,880 --> 01:09:05,120
while dining outdoors
and the second is inclusion you know to

981
01:09:02,960 --> 01:09:08,080
me if it's a city space it's a city
street if you guys are going to make

982
01:09:06,719 --> 01:09:12,719
this decision and i don't envy your
decision tonight

983
01:09:10,480 --> 01:09:17,359
the street i can see maybe a sidewalk
being able to encompass that as your own

984
01:09:15,520 --> 01:09:21,520
city street not so much if it's going to
be a city street like that it should be

985
01:09:19,359 --> 01:09:25,199
open we shouldn't have to hop offense
to enjoy something

986
01:09:23,520 --> 01:09:29,199
on a city street that we all pay taxes
for so we pay taxes based on the square

987
01:09:27,199 --> 01:09:32,719
footage of our building
that's where we should own our business

988
01:09:30,799 --> 01:09:36,000
if we want to have the ability to do
this we did this during covid it was

989
01:09:34,480 --> 01:09:40,480
great but
i urge you to reconsider and and not

990
01:09:38,159 --> 01:09:43,679
extend the outdoor dining
for the end of griffith anyway if you're

991
01:09:42,640 --> 01:09:47,040
looking for an
option moving forward my building will

992
01:09:45,839 --> 01:09:51,679
be available
you can raise that

993
01:09:49,040 --> 01:09:56,400
create a nice green space and
not have to worry about a street so

994
01:09:53,920 --> 01:10:01,480
that's all thank you thank you
we're not raising your building though

995
01:09:58,480 --> 01:10:01,480
sorry

996
01:10:02,080 --> 01:10:07,440
any additional comments from folks that
are here before i go to our folks that

997
01:10:05,440 --> 01:10:14,560
are with us virtually
can i have some clarification

998
01:10:11,360 --> 01:10:20,080
what aaron presented okay what you're
voting on is

999
01:10:17,360 --> 01:10:25,199
the continued closure
of griffith avenue

1000
01:10:22,400 --> 01:10:27,600
south of 12 mile
for

1001
01:10:27,920 --> 01:10:34,400
only no no no no we're voting on the
temporary restrictions that are in

1002
01:10:32,560 --> 01:10:39,120
multiple places right now that anybody
has access to that happens to be one of

1003
01:10:36,640 --> 01:10:42,719
those locations griffith that is under
this ordinance right or this resolution

1004
01:10:40,800 --> 01:10:46,000
right now that's why it's come up it's
it's not really what the conversation is

1005
01:10:44,719 --> 01:10:50,000
about it's a part of it the
conversation's about extending the

1006
01:10:47,840 --> 01:10:52,960
restrictions extending for all
businesses across berkeley under the

1007
01:10:51,760 --> 01:10:55,840
ordinance correct okay earn the
resolution yes

1008
01:10:56,480 --> 01:11:01,360
okay
so we'll look we will

1009
01:10:59,600 --> 01:11:04,880
we will council has a lot of questions
and i think it's going to clarify a lot

1010
01:11:02,719 --> 01:11:08,159
of what you you are asking right now
again i want to give everybody an

1011
01:11:06,239 --> 01:11:12,800
opportunity to comment first based on
the feedback that we've heard um and

1012
01:11:10,320 --> 01:11:15,920
then we will obviously deliberate and we
have certainly questions of our own uh

1013
01:11:14,719 --> 01:11:19,520
that i think are going to go a long way
to helping to maybe clarify some of the

1014
01:11:18,000 --> 01:11:22,560
questions that have come up recently is
that fair if not you can come back up

1015
01:11:21,120 --> 01:11:25,600
don't worry i'm not going to not going
to say you can't come up anymore

1016
01:11:30,719 --> 01:11:35,440
i do know because i am a resident of the
city

1017
01:11:33,920 --> 01:11:38,880
um
the traffic on beverly

1018
01:11:39,040 --> 01:11:45,040
people know
that griffith is closed

1019
01:11:42,480 --> 01:11:49,920
and it is a four-way stop
um

1020
01:11:47,360 --> 01:11:52,640
no it's not
it's not

1021
01:11:51,199 --> 01:11:55,840
people blow
that stop sign

1022
01:11:56,080 --> 01:12:03,920
multiple times a day night
doesn't matter so it's that's a concern

1023
01:12:01,840 --> 01:12:07,040
for me there's been accidents there i
know that i appreciate that feedback's

1024
01:12:06,159 --> 01:12:10,320
in you that's not something that
necessarily we hear about all the time

1025
01:12:08,400 --> 01:12:14,560
but i can promise you that we do know a
department um right there across the

1026
01:12:12,400 --> 01:12:19,600
street that would love to
monitor that area if it does in fact

1027
01:12:17,679 --> 01:12:23,040
what's happening what you mentioned okay
miss mathis let's go to the folks that

1028
01:12:21,360 --> 01:12:27,199
are with us virtually here so we can
allow them to to get their comments on

1029
01:12:28,960 --> 01:12:33,440
i know we had one already he's certainly
welcome to come back again

1030
01:12:34,640 --> 01:12:40,560
tim you're welcome to speak yep
yeah i think i you know although i said

1031
01:12:38,960 --> 01:12:45,360
it at the wrong time because i thought i
was uh late so um i'm not gonna repeat

1032
01:12:43,600 --> 01:12:48,640
myself i think we've been
yapping

1033
01:12:46,320 --> 01:12:53,440
long enough um
just um

1034
01:12:50,640 --> 01:12:58,400
that's it thank you for the opportunity
certainly

1035
01:12:55,040 --> 01:13:02,400
miss mathis who else who's next
there's no one else at this time

1036
01:13:01,520 --> 01:13:06,320
all right
so mr baumgarten and director salute i'm

1037
01:13:05,199 --> 01:13:10,719
going to throw it back over to you just
for a minute um we're going to again

1038
01:13:08,480 --> 01:13:16,719
clarify exactly what we're doing today
what what this ordinance r27 and our 28

1039
01:13:14,560 --> 01:13:20,800
i believe i think it's our 28 right
right after yes okay what those

1040
01:13:18,800 --> 01:13:23,360
ordinances do and why it seems that
we're having two conversations at once

1041
01:13:22,400 --> 01:13:28,159
here
okay yes i'd be happy to address so the

1042
01:13:26,400 --> 01:13:32,400
resolution before you this evening is a
continuation of the resolution that has

1043
01:13:30,080 --> 01:13:34,800
been effect in effect since june of last
year

1044
01:13:33,280 --> 01:13:40,239
with the inclusion of the temporary
enclosures which we brought about i want

1045
01:13:37,360 --> 01:13:44,560
to say october november of 2020 for the
winter months so really

1046
01:13:42,640 --> 01:13:47,520
the context of the feasibility study was
just to give context of why we're going

1047
01:13:46,320 --> 01:13:51,440
this late
but it is an extension of the resolution

1048
01:13:49,679 --> 01:13:56,320
that would allow outdoor dining in
private parking areas where special land

1049
01:13:53,600 --> 01:14:01,360
use approval has not been granted yet in
municipal parking areas

1050
01:13:58,400 --> 01:14:05,840
in on the residential side streets where
um and it's the four of them are listed

1051
01:14:03,600 --> 01:14:08,640
in um in the ordinance but it's uh south
griffith north

1052
01:14:07,520 --> 01:14:13,440
sorry
apologize north robin at 12 mile north

1053
01:14:10,880 --> 01:14:18,400
phillips at 12 mile south griffith at 12
mile south thomas at 12 mile and

1054
01:14:15,600 --> 01:14:21,520
eastworthia at coolidge now we put these
in the resolution after careful

1055
01:14:19,760 --> 01:14:25,199
consideration with uh with the city
manager as well as with the former dda

1056
01:14:23,440 --> 01:14:28,480
director and those were the areas that
we thought might be

1057
01:14:27,120 --> 01:14:34,239
more utilized because there's a
congregation of either restaurants or a

1058
01:14:32,080 --> 01:14:38,719
large swath of retail businesses that
could use it for their outdoor sales or

1059
01:14:36,239 --> 01:14:43,280
service areas so it wasn't just intended
for this one this one location

1060
01:14:40,840 --> 01:14:46,480
however this one location is the only
one that has been utilized we haven't

1061
01:14:44,800 --> 01:14:49,199
received any any
real interest from from any of the other

1062
01:14:48,239 --> 01:14:52,640
ones now
if someone were interested and wanted to

1063
01:14:50,880 --> 01:14:55,600
pursue that by all means we're more than
happy to look at this or if there's

1064
01:14:54,080 --> 01:14:59,440
another intersection that that might
work we can talk about that as well

1065
01:14:57,840 --> 01:15:03,440
there has been some interest at
eastworthia coolidge but it just never

1066
01:15:01,280 --> 01:15:08,480
kind of came to fruition so
the the resolution before you is just

1067
01:15:06,000 --> 01:15:11,040
that extension to allow that which has
been happening for the past year to

1068
01:15:09,920 --> 01:15:15,520
continue
and like i said we we put the

1069
01:15:13,440 --> 01:15:19,440
as we've gone along we've put an end
date on them um sometimes it was for six

1070
01:15:17,760 --> 01:15:23,600
months sometimes it was for three months
this one is the longest one only in the

1071
01:15:21,360 --> 01:15:27,199
sense that um hopefully by the end of
2022

1072
01:15:24,960 --> 01:15:31,360
most of or all restrictions will be
over and done with and we'll be into a

1073
01:15:28,640 --> 01:15:34,480
new phase but also to really look at
this space

1074
01:15:32,560 --> 01:15:38,400
and and see if that's something that we
would want to do east cool or the

1075
01:15:36,400 --> 01:15:42,560
coolidge space griffith
but the resolution before you is just to

1076
01:15:40,560 --> 01:15:47,280
extend that which is already in place
right we are not voting on

1077
01:15:45,600 --> 01:15:50,880
potentially griffith permanently closing
that is not what we are talking about

1078
01:15:48,719 --> 01:15:53,920
today we are we do want to study which
is what director schlutel mentioned give

1079
01:15:52,480 --> 01:15:59,600
us some time to actually study if that
would make sense as a public plaza

1080
01:15:57,040 --> 01:16:03,120
but this is not a vote on up or down on
griffith that is not what we're trying

1081
01:16:01,440 --> 01:16:05,679
to accomplish today we're trying to
we're discussing

1082
01:16:04,400 --> 01:16:10,320
potentially using those restrictions
that director mentioned that apply to

1083
01:16:08,159 --> 01:16:14,000
various places in the community a number
of different businesses are taking

1084
01:16:12,000 --> 01:16:17,600
advantage of some of the
uh relaxed

1085
01:16:15,920 --> 01:16:21,360
guidelines right now where normally a
special land use would have been

1086
01:16:19,920 --> 01:16:25,199
the typical process to try to make it
easier for folks to continue operating

1087
01:16:23,760 --> 01:16:30,320
especially
not knowing when this covet is going to

1088
01:16:28,080 --> 01:16:33,440
allow us to to resume eating inside
comfortably in

1089
01:16:31,679 --> 01:16:36,560
close quarters with some other folks
that is the primary concern i did not

1090
01:16:34,960 --> 01:16:40,960
want this to get into a
specifically griffith conversation

1091
01:16:38,719 --> 01:16:44,719
although i also am
not stifling anybody's comments or

1092
01:16:43,199 --> 01:16:48,560
communication because i think it is
important especially as we do talk about

1093
01:16:46,880 --> 01:16:51,280
this in the future and what is a public
plaza there what does that public plaza

1094
01:16:50,239 --> 01:16:54,960
look like
how would folks have access to it i

1095
01:16:53,760 --> 01:16:57,440
guess i kind of in speaking with the
city manager earlier we kind of envision

1096
01:16:56,719 --> 01:16:59,920
it
maybe something similar to what we have

1097
01:16:58,800 --> 01:17:03,840
for park right now if somebody wants to
run out of park for something they can

1098
01:17:01,840 --> 01:17:09,280
sign up we have a you know sign up at
some point and there are probably some

1099
01:17:06,239 --> 01:17:13,040
fees associated with renting and for a
small time period that space but it

1100
01:17:11,199 --> 01:17:15,920
would also just be open city space so if
somebody does grab some food somewhere

1101
01:17:14,400 --> 01:17:19,679
and wants to go and eat they could
certainly do that

1102
01:17:17,520 --> 01:17:26,800
at any time but again that's a further
down the road kind of conversation

1103
01:17:23,199 --> 01:17:29,520
that fair clear ish maybe
council i'm going to open it up to us

1104
01:17:28,480 --> 01:17:33,040
because i know there are a lot of
questions as well that we have

1105
01:17:31,840 --> 01:17:37,440
and i want to give everybody the
opportunity to

1106
01:17:34,960 --> 01:17:41,280
discuss those right now
council member price

1107
01:17:39,280 --> 01:17:45,360
yes director chaluto i wanted to thank
you and your team for all the

1108
01:17:43,040 --> 01:17:49,920
information around
this proposed extension

1109
01:17:47,679 --> 01:17:52,960
i wanted you to speak too if you could a
little bit about the

1110
01:17:51,520 --> 01:17:57,280
survey that you put out to area
residents and how they felt like they've

1111
01:17:55,679 --> 01:18:01,280
been impacted
by this

1112
01:17:59,520 --> 01:18:04,960
closure so far
yes that's a great question thank you so

1113
01:18:03,440 --> 01:18:08,800
um
let me go back in time just a little bit

1114
01:18:06,320 --> 01:18:12,960
so when we were going to do the first
the first closure and the first

1115
01:18:10,080 --> 01:18:17,199
temporary relaxation of
our ordinances for

1116
01:18:14,400 --> 01:18:21,760
outdoor dining we did put out one survey
and it was for those business property

1117
01:18:19,600 --> 01:18:26,000
owners that were on griffith one block
south of that intersection so it just

1118
01:18:23,600 --> 01:18:30,480
went down to beverly and then east and
west of griffith so it was a very small

1119
01:18:28,719 --> 01:18:34,159
survey pool now overwhelming people
liked it blah blah

1120
01:18:31,920 --> 01:18:37,520
this time given that we are
looking at the possible well first of

1121
01:18:35,679 --> 01:18:41,199
all i wanted to ask how things have been
impacting them in the past year

1122
01:18:39,679 --> 01:18:44,719
would they like this to continue would
they like it to be a public plaza we

1123
01:18:42,640 --> 01:18:49,600
opened it a little bit more broadly and
so that area went out much broader so we

1124
01:18:47,520 --> 01:18:52,320
went one block north of
of 12 mile

1125
01:18:52,719 --> 01:19:00,239
two blocks south of no i'm sorry two
blocks north of 12 mile two blocks south

1126
01:18:56,560 --> 01:19:05,920
of of 12 mile and then gardner to robina
so we had a much much larger swath of of

1127
01:19:02,560 --> 01:19:11,440
residents who who could participate
mailed it out to 448 business owners

1128
01:19:08,640 --> 01:19:16,400
property owners residents occupants etc
and we received 365 responses in that

1129
01:19:14,239 --> 01:19:20,560
survey so
overwhelmingly we had people say that

1130
01:19:18,800 --> 01:19:27,920
they've reacted felt very positively
about the closure over the past year

1131
01:19:23,080 --> 01:19:32,320
49.86 percent 182 responses felt that
the the griffith closure has impacted

1132
01:19:30,400 --> 01:19:35,199
them very positively
there were about 10 questions here we

1133
01:19:34,080 --> 01:19:40,239
were trying to keep it as broad as
possible again this was just the first

1134
01:19:37,600 --> 01:19:43,040
of many community engagement efforts and
if this had skewed wildly the other way

1135
01:19:42,159 --> 01:19:47,920
we would be having a different
conversation right now but

1136
01:19:45,440 --> 01:19:53,600
we had a lot of people say that they
would be interested in um discussing how

1137
01:19:51,120 --> 01:19:57,520
this could be extended either seasonally
or permanently um most people that

1138
01:19:56,080 --> 01:20:00,960
responded did not want to see it
returned to the former configuration of

1139
01:19:59,440 --> 01:20:06,800
the two-way
stop uh immediately they the numbers

1140
01:20:04,719 --> 01:20:12,159
kind of speak from sorry yes oh i just
could you clarify you said um

1141
01:20:09,120 --> 01:20:17,600
49 said it impacted them very positively
what were the other options like

1142
01:20:15,040 --> 01:20:21,440
very negatively negatively neutral
hadn't really noticed positively or very

1143
01:20:19,679 --> 01:20:25,120
positively okay so it was on a scale of
one yeah okay so it wasn't just very

1144
01:20:23,120 --> 01:20:29,120
positively or negatively just right we
tried we tried to yeah try to give them

1145
01:20:26,960 --> 01:20:34,760
a little bit more and then you said 49
very positively and then how many about

1146
01:20:31,600 --> 01:20:43,600
positively neutral yeah positively was
11.51 percent so about 42 people neutral

1147
01:20:38,239 --> 01:20:48,320
uh 25.48 93 people negatively 4.93
18 persons

1148
01:20:45,440 --> 01:20:51,679
very negatively 8.22 which is about 30
persons thank you so much for clarifying

1149
01:20:50,239 --> 01:20:54,560
that okay
um

1150
01:20:52,639 --> 01:21:00,000
so in addition to some of these
questions of you know would you like to

1151
01:20:56,480 --> 01:21:03,120
see it as a temporary seasonal um and or
permanent

1152
01:21:01,360 --> 01:21:05,840
like i said
things were very positive we even

1153
01:21:04,560 --> 01:21:09,760
included a question of how many times
you visited berkeley common in the last

1154
01:21:07,600 --> 01:21:14,239
year just to kind of get a gauges of the
people who did respond were they

1155
01:21:11,760 --> 01:21:17,679
frequent visitors here or not just to
give a little bit more context and then

1156
01:21:15,520 --> 01:21:23,280
we did open it up for any additional
thoughts comments concerns questions or

1157
01:21:19,920 --> 01:21:28,480
anything and the number of
responses we've received was

1158
01:21:25,600 --> 01:21:33,679
well over 240 not to mention we also
noted that if you wanted to include your

1159
01:21:29,760 --> 01:21:36,960
email address on this to receive updates
excuse me please do so and we'll make

1160
01:21:35,360 --> 01:21:40,080
sure to keep you updated on how things
progress in the future and this will be

1161
01:21:38,719 --> 01:21:43,840
a really good
email blast list for when we start doing

1162
01:21:41,760 --> 01:21:48,800
the community engagement uh component of
this if if we continue moving forward so

1163
01:21:46,560 --> 01:21:51,840
um this has been a really good gauge as
to how people have been feeling over the

1164
01:21:50,320 --> 01:21:54,960
past year and also where they want to go
in the future

1165
01:21:53,199 --> 01:21:59,040
that's fantastic thank you for being
proactive with communicating with the

1166
01:21:56,880 --> 01:22:03,120
residents um before we have to make this
decision

1167
01:22:01,280 --> 01:22:06,080
additional comments
still looking this way so i'll stay over

1168
01:22:04,560 --> 01:22:11,040
here in case there's already if not i'll
turn the other way okay all right i

1169
01:22:08,320 --> 01:22:13,679
guess i'll come over to this side
councilmember henning

1170
01:22:12,560 --> 01:22:17,120
yeah and
just to

1171
01:22:14,639 --> 01:22:22,159
do some summation there that was 86
percent of people thought were neutral

1172
01:22:19,280 --> 01:22:24,400
or some form of positive with the change
with a

1173
01:22:23,280 --> 01:22:30,239
pretty large
sample size so i mean

1174
01:22:27,600 --> 01:22:34,480
that number speaks a lot to me
so

1175
01:22:31,440 --> 01:22:39,679
so i do support the extension i have two
modifications that i want to see um

1176
01:22:37,440 --> 01:22:45,840
and the first is i do think we need to
be charging rent at this point this is

1177
01:22:43,120 --> 01:22:51,360
any place that we have um
not just griffith any place we have

1178
01:22:48,639 --> 01:22:57,679
uh private use of public property uh
we're past the acute phase of covid um

1179
01:22:54,480 --> 01:23:02,400
and there's uh but there are still
issues and so i do think um

1180
01:23:01,040 --> 01:23:07,520
that it does
let's say even the playing field uh if

1181
01:23:04,639 --> 01:23:14,000
we start to charge rent
and the second place second item is

1182
01:23:10,560 --> 01:23:18,560
where we do close publicly close close
public roads i do think we should carve

1183
01:23:16,560 --> 01:23:24,880
out a part
that is clearly public access that

1184
01:23:22,159 --> 01:23:28,320
anyone can use it's it's clearly marked
as such uh so we can start to see

1185
01:23:27,280 --> 01:23:34,320
um
the public plaza aspect of it so we're

1186
01:23:31,600 --> 01:23:38,080
we're experimenting
you know we're getting data on the

1187
01:23:35,600 --> 01:23:42,159
experimentation on that part as well you
know while we have these other things

1188
01:23:40,239 --> 01:23:46,840
so those are the two things that i'd
like to see

1189
01:23:43,360 --> 01:23:46,840
added to this

1190
01:23:51,679 --> 01:23:53,920
okay

1191
01:23:54,080 --> 01:24:01,040
anything we're here no okay any other
comments or as we make our way back here

1192
01:23:59,360 --> 01:24:05,280
mr m may i address
the second point um so yeah the part of

1193
01:24:03,520 --> 01:24:08,880
the community engagement strategy and
the reason for this extension is to

1194
01:24:07,120 --> 01:24:14,719
really look at the programming of that
space so if we were to to look at that

1195
01:24:11,920 --> 01:24:18,159
area as a public plaza how can we ensure
that this is done

1196
01:24:16,480 --> 01:24:22,159
correctly that brings everybody here
that they they now know that this has

1197
01:24:20,000 --> 01:24:25,840
transitioned from that which it was to
what it will be in the future and making

1198
01:24:24,239 --> 01:24:30,159
sure that that is done
where there's not any any ambiguity in

1199
01:24:28,000 --> 01:24:34,320
it whatsoever so while it'd still be a
place where people could you know go get

1200
01:24:32,159 --> 01:24:38,320
a sandwich and come over here making
sure that they understand that there's a

1201
01:24:36,000 --> 01:24:42,239
clear demarcation from
from a private use to a public use and

1202
01:24:41,040 --> 01:24:47,040
that'll all be part of the the
feasibility study the design of it the

1203
01:24:44,159 --> 01:24:49,920
programming of it these were things that
we noted that weren't done at the robina

1204
01:24:48,880 --> 01:24:53,440
plaza
and that's why maybe reasons why it

1205
01:24:51,840 --> 01:24:58,800
didn't didn't flourish is we want to
make sure that we we correct those

1206
01:24:55,040 --> 01:25:01,040
mistakes if we do this going forward
okay

1207
01:25:01,520 --> 01:25:04,639
councilman baker oh thank your honor
thank you

1208
01:25:03,920 --> 01:25:07,600
for
this information for bringing this back

1209
01:25:06,239 --> 01:25:10,400
to us and i want to thank everybody for
their comments and thoughts uh tonight i

1210
01:25:09,360 --> 01:25:15,440
know this
specifically for before us now is just

1211
01:25:12,320 --> 01:25:18,639
the extension but it's it's easy to get
into the dialogue about the broader what

1212
01:25:17,280 --> 01:25:21,440
ifs and could be
especially into your point about the

1213
01:25:19,840 --> 01:25:24,480
robina issue
some of the comments we've received here

1214
01:25:22,960 --> 01:25:28,800
in the short term looking at the
barricades and everything it feels like

1215
01:25:26,080 --> 01:25:32,960
a disaster zone if you're going by there
and there's all sorts of great safety

1216
01:25:30,400 --> 01:25:37,120
reasons why we have those barriers and
all the kind of protective things

1217
01:25:34,960 --> 01:25:41,440
because folks you know if they haven't
been in town in a while they might just

1218
01:25:38,400 --> 01:25:46,000
hit turn signal and try to pop in there
so not to not to get into the the

1219
01:25:43,840 --> 01:25:49,600
closure conversation but just to help
paint the picture

1220
01:25:47,520 --> 01:25:54,560
if if any of these
properties or other spots were

1221
01:25:51,520 --> 01:25:57,840
eventually deemed to be to be closed
it would actually be

1222
01:25:55,920 --> 01:26:01,440
closed at the street you'd have like on
street parking so it would just be an

1223
01:25:59,360 --> 01:26:03,920
extension of whether it's coolage or 12
mile

1224
01:26:02,560 --> 01:26:07,199
and it would be there would be no way to
turn in

1225
01:26:05,280 --> 01:26:10,080
because it would actually be sealed off
and it would actually just continue the

1226
01:26:08,560 --> 01:26:13,360
street there'd be additional parking
we'd gain parking in those kind of

1227
01:26:11,840 --> 01:26:16,480
scenarios
and and then to your point there'd be

1228
01:26:14,800 --> 01:26:20,560
proper signage we'd we'd amend the
wayfinding that's been put in place uh

1229
01:26:18,719 --> 01:26:24,320
to indicate that this is a public
facility and then to the comment that

1230
01:26:22,880 --> 01:26:27,840
was made earlier it would just be rented
out as needed for specific events just

1231
01:26:26,320 --> 01:26:31,840
like you could rent out jc park or
anything like that now

1232
01:26:29,440 --> 01:26:34,960
now back to the the the temporary
extension

1233
01:26:33,360 --> 01:26:38,239
a lot of it does
hinge first on the the kovid right

1234
01:26:37,040 --> 01:26:42,239
because cove is right in the middle of
this

1235
01:26:39,679 --> 01:26:46,480
title even of of what we're doing here
so certainly since the delta thing is

1236
01:26:44,000 --> 01:26:50,480
going crazy right now uh i think we need
to to keep that bigger picture in mind

1237
01:26:48,480 --> 01:26:55,120
and i'm glad that we were reminded again
that this is more than just one

1238
01:26:52,400 --> 01:26:58,159
one intersection uh and secondly um the
notion of so i'm going to come back to

1239
01:26:56,400 --> 01:27:03,440
you with the timing question again uh
when do we imagine um there's additional

1240
01:27:00,880 --> 01:27:08,239
conversations and studies continuing and
i uh like my colleague i applaud the

1241
01:27:06,800 --> 01:27:12,239
proactive work that's already been done
with the with the studies that have been

1242
01:27:10,080 --> 01:27:15,760
put in place can you describe
not even to pin you down to specific

1243
01:27:13,840 --> 01:27:18,960
dates or anything but the general
sequence or the kinds of conversations

1244
01:27:17,679 --> 01:27:22,560
that we'll have
to get a better feel for how this space

1245
01:27:20,800 --> 01:27:26,320
could be used to benefit the entire
community

1246
01:27:23,840 --> 01:27:29,920
yeah so i've i've started unofficially
putting out some feelers with a couple

1247
01:27:27,679 --> 01:27:32,560
planning firms that that i know
just to get an idea of what a

1248
01:27:30,880 --> 01:27:37,199
feasibility study would cost for for
those two spaces that i mentioned um

1249
01:27:35,360 --> 01:27:42,639
have started to brainstorm a little bit
with our communications uh guru mr

1250
01:27:40,239 --> 01:27:46,400
mathis on ways that we can
bring people together and talk about it

1251
01:27:44,800 --> 01:27:49,920
as you know we had a really robust
community engagement strategy planned

1252
01:27:48,000 --> 01:27:53,040
for our master plan which didn't come to
fruition so now maybe we can use some of

1253
01:27:51,760 --> 01:27:57,120
those ideas
to do this but it would involve

1254
01:27:55,679 --> 01:28:00,239
meetings with the residents it would
involve meetings with the business

1255
01:27:58,239 --> 01:28:03,360
owners because there concerns and their
viewpoints are very very different so we

1256
01:28:02,159 --> 01:28:07,360
need to make sure that we've we've
looked at everything

1257
01:28:06,000 --> 01:28:11,280
secularly but then you know
comprehensively together

1258
01:28:09,440 --> 01:28:15,679
so those are the kinds of things we want
to do the survey was a good a good start

1259
01:28:13,679 --> 01:28:19,040
and i imagine we'll probably do another
one of those because it gives people the

1260
01:28:17,360 --> 01:28:22,080
opportunity to do it from the comfort of
their own home they don't have to leave

1261
01:28:20,719 --> 01:28:25,600
they don't have to go out and they can
also maybe be a little more honest about

1262
01:28:24,400 --> 01:28:29,679
what they're feeling rather than a
face-to-face conversation but certainly

1263
01:28:27,520 --> 01:28:32,000
this is not the only like i said it's
not the only way we're going to be doing

1264
01:28:31,040 --> 01:28:35,520
this there's going to be a lot more
face-to-face conversations

1265
01:28:33,760 --> 01:28:38,080
once we get into a little bit more of
the

1266
01:28:36,480 --> 01:28:41,600
what would you like to see component
design component and if we have a

1267
01:28:39,600 --> 01:28:45,280
conceptual then and i'm just
brainstorming here but um you know then

1268
01:28:43,679 --> 01:28:48,080
there's opportunities for bringing
people into that space and showing them

1269
01:28:46,800 --> 01:28:51,920
renderings and say which one do you like
better do you like this better what

1270
01:28:49,360 --> 01:28:56,080
about this um and really making it so
that the community is is more or less

1271
01:28:54,159 --> 01:29:00,719
designing this they're helping us design
and telling us what they want to see so

1272
01:28:58,000 --> 01:29:04,239
that's that's really kind of where i
my thought process is coming from

1273
01:29:03,040 --> 01:29:07,920
great thank you that makes a lot of
sense and uh and i'll just wrap up my

1274
01:29:06,239 --> 01:29:12,239
bit here again to kind of reinforce some
of the comments that we heard from folks

1275
01:29:09,840 --> 01:29:15,440
uh to ensure that the here and now is is
safe certainly we don't want to you know

1276
01:29:14,159 --> 01:29:19,440
trip hazards
uh and i too you guys know i'm a big fan

1277
01:29:17,840 --> 01:29:23,520
of speed limits right there's a reason
we have those things and they are

1278
01:29:20,960 --> 01:29:27,440
important and stop signs even more so uh
so whatever um so this is my request

1279
01:29:26,080 --> 01:29:31,199
whatever we can do to ask our friends
across the street uh to help keep an eye

1280
01:29:29,600 --> 01:29:35,520
on that and find some ways to instrument
that just to um to let folks know that

1281
01:29:33,360 --> 01:29:38,639
it's not a thoroughfare right it's meant
to stop signs of there for all the right

1282
01:29:37,199 --> 01:29:43,120
reasons and we want to make sure people
stay safe and and obey those so

1283
01:29:41,520 --> 01:29:45,600
so thanks again for folks for bringing
those up to our attention so we can

1284
01:29:44,400 --> 01:29:48,880
address those
councilmember blanchard thank you your

1285
01:29:47,120 --> 01:29:52,480
honor i'd just like to say that i think
that what berkeley commons has done it's

1286
01:29:50,880 --> 01:29:56,639
been very good for the city brought us a
lot of business both to the restaurant

1287
01:29:54,560 --> 01:30:00,320
and for the retail i think it's a good
thing i think we need to need to move

1288
01:29:58,719 --> 01:30:05,040
forward i think our feasibility study
would be a good thing there is one other

1289
01:30:02,639 --> 01:30:08,560
thing that we have thrown out feelers
about but not had any response and that

1290
01:30:06,800 --> 01:30:11,760
are social districts
uh royal oak is institute social

1291
01:30:10,159 --> 01:30:15,360
districts and that's
something that we could think about but

1292
01:30:13,440 --> 01:30:19,760
we need businesses to come to us with
some ideas to help out so if some of the

1293
01:30:18,320 --> 01:30:22,480
businesses think
that they have a good case or a good

1294
01:30:21,520 --> 01:30:25,920
idea
on what we could do to implement a

1295
01:30:24,480 --> 01:30:30,639
social district in addition to what
we're doing now

1296
01:30:27,199 --> 01:30:34,800
that could be an improvement so
i think the feasibility study is good we

1297
01:30:32,480 --> 01:30:38,000
need to get more public access space
but

1298
01:30:36,480 --> 01:30:40,880
what berkeley commons is doing right now
i think is helping us out a lot and

1299
01:30:39,280 --> 01:30:43,920
getting people into the city and getting
them

1300
01:30:41,760 --> 01:30:46,719
through there safely so thank you for
what you've done and let's think about

1301
01:30:45,600 --> 01:30:50,880
the other part of it as a social
district maybe later on if we can find a

1302
01:30:48,320 --> 01:30:54,560
way to do that successfully in our city
thank you

1303
01:30:52,080 --> 01:30:58,719
thank you um aaron i could read this or
you can read it either way i just again

1304
01:30:57,040 --> 01:31:02,320
try to keep this on
the the resolution that we're talking

1305
01:31:00,320 --> 01:31:05,360
about i know there's there's a larger
thing that continues to come up uh

1306
01:31:04,239 --> 01:31:10,159
potentially for the future in our
community but again there are one two

1307
01:31:07,120 --> 01:31:13,120
three four five six seven eight nine
plus the five that you mentioned there

1308
01:31:11,920 --> 01:31:16,639
are a number of different things that
this

1309
01:31:13,840 --> 01:31:21,440
resolution continues to provide
um you know if allowing the use of

1310
01:31:19,280 --> 01:31:24,320
private parking spaces you know up to
fifty percent of their current lawful

1311
01:31:22,719 --> 01:31:28,159
usable space or by thirty percent of the
existing parking area temporarily adding

1312
01:31:26,719 --> 01:31:31,679
or expanding outdoor dining or seating
sales and service areas not encroaching

1313
01:31:30,159 --> 01:31:35,840
or obstructing fire lanes you know
obviously being respectful of the noise

1314
01:31:34,080 --> 01:31:39,600
and then if there's a municipal lot you
know up to 25 percent of the municipal

1315
01:31:37,840 --> 01:31:42,400
parking area may be used available there
are a number of other businesses that

1316
01:31:41,040 --> 01:31:46,480
are taking advantage of these things and
have been taking advantage of them

1317
01:31:44,800 --> 01:31:50,880
the conversation today has seemed to
center around just one particular

1318
01:31:49,120 --> 01:31:55,280
instance but there are far more that we
are talking about

1319
01:31:53,199 --> 01:31:58,800
and in speaking with colleagues in other
communities especially after the past

1320
01:31:57,360 --> 01:32:04,960
year
outdoor dining outdoor dining access

1321
01:32:02,960 --> 01:32:08,320
i don't see that going away
even if

1322
01:32:06,080 --> 01:32:13,600
hopefully soon covet is something that
is behind us i don't see a need or a

1323
01:32:10,719 --> 01:32:16,880
desire for outdoor dining to just vanish
that's not happening actually we're

1324
01:32:14,800 --> 01:32:19,840
seeing a number of communities close to
us going

1325
01:32:18,719 --> 01:32:23,360
in the opposite direction which is
something that i think we need to

1326
01:32:20,880 --> 01:32:26,320
certainly be available and open to
as well

1327
01:32:24,800 --> 01:32:28,880
because that's what people want and
that's what businesses are going to need

1328
01:32:27,440 --> 01:32:32,480
to be able to offer to continue to be
competitive is to have some of those

1329
01:32:30,239 --> 01:32:35,679
spaces to me
that is the most important part of

1330
01:32:34,320 --> 01:32:40,239
continuing
the temporary ease of these restrictions

1331
01:32:38,080 --> 01:32:43,040
today that is what is most important for
me

1332
01:32:41,280 --> 01:32:46,480
the griffith
opportunity

1333
01:32:44,560 --> 01:32:49,679
i think as a public space in a public
plaza and maybe its own little social

1334
01:32:48,480 --> 01:32:53,440
district where
you know anybody who's out and about can

1335
01:32:51,440 --> 01:32:57,120
enjoy that spot certainly
private businesses can also enjoy that

1336
01:32:55,360 --> 01:33:00,480
spot or rent it out by perming or
however we're going to figure that out

1337
01:32:59,040 --> 01:33:02,880
if we decide to go that way in the
future permanently

1338
01:33:01,920 --> 01:33:07,600
those are going to be ongoing
conversations

1339
01:33:05,280 --> 01:33:11,120
but under this
that intersection is one of the five

1340
01:33:09,679 --> 01:33:15,280
where anybody else again could have
applied and hadn't yet to utilize one of

1341
01:33:13,199 --> 01:33:19,280
those spaces that would be able to
continue now my question for you miss

1342
01:33:16,960 --> 01:33:24,800
luto is if we do approve this and it's
continued up through december of 2022

1343
01:33:22,960 --> 01:33:30,719
when does it become
our public plaza for us to program and

1344
01:33:27,600 --> 01:33:36,719
try out and really study and feasibility
and all of those things versus where

1345
01:33:32,880 --> 01:33:40,960
it's kind of seen right now as it's only
for one particular space

1346
01:33:39,199 --> 01:33:45,199
well a lot of that comes down to the
once the feasibility study is done and

1347
01:33:42,960 --> 01:33:48,719
we've engaged the public and and if
there's buy-in we'll bring those results

1348
01:33:47,360 --> 01:33:53,440
and we'll bring all that feedback back
to you and how we want to do this

1349
01:33:51,520 --> 01:33:57,360
it wouldn't be a start and stop on a
saturday and then this is now a public

1350
01:33:54,960 --> 01:34:00,400
plaza there would be a transitional
component

1351
01:33:58,560 --> 01:34:03,520
i'm assuming i haven't quite gotten that
far as to how to roll that out but there

1352
01:34:01,920 --> 01:34:07,760
would be a point of
the use can continue as a private

1353
01:34:05,679 --> 01:34:11,760
outdoor dining space until this day and
then the programming in the plaza would

1354
01:34:09,600 --> 01:34:16,400
be ready to go um
you know shortly thereafter

1355
01:34:13,600 --> 01:34:21,280
but leading them up so that way the the
business can

1356
01:34:18,639 --> 01:34:26,880
acclimate can get their their last
um the last hurrah i guess you want to

1357
01:34:23,440 --> 01:34:30,080
call it um so that way they can um
make their arrangements on all of the

1358
01:34:28,639 --> 01:34:33,280
the investments they've done on their on
their side all right so then i have a

1359
01:34:31,360 --> 01:34:38,159
legal question for the attorney if that
is the case

1360
01:34:34,560 --> 01:34:42,000
and the resolution as written
i mean it just says you can apply at

1361
01:34:40,080 --> 01:34:46,639
this space and now it basically says
this through december of 2022 do we have

1362
01:34:44,960 --> 01:34:49,520
to add
any language

1363
01:34:48,400 --> 01:34:52,080
in here
to

1364
01:34:50,560 --> 01:34:55,199
you know be again as transparent as
possible with everybody involved and not

1365
01:34:53,600 --> 01:34:58,840
to just call one day and say hey you
were on let's use somebody else you were

1366
01:34:57,040 --> 01:35:04,080
at east north ian coolidge well guess
what we're taking this over now and they

1367
01:35:02,159 --> 01:35:09,199
say no you approve this to december of
2022 you don't have any access to it

1368
01:35:07,119 --> 01:35:12,560
would we have to change the language or
put anything in here to give us that

1369
01:35:10,800 --> 01:35:17,920
ability other than we take the
resolution out i think you already have

1370
01:35:14,719 --> 01:35:22,320
i mean they're right right uh uh
further down in that resolution it says

1371
01:35:20,560 --> 01:35:27,040
it is further resolved that the city
council

1372
01:35:23,440 --> 01:35:32,080
reserves the authority to modify shorten
or lengthen the duration terms and

1373
01:35:29,440 --> 01:35:37,040
conditions of this resolution
as the council deems reasonable and

1374
01:35:34,400 --> 01:35:39,840
appropriate under the circumstances that
is something we've carried over from the

1375
01:35:38,800 --> 01:35:46,480
prior
resolutions recognizing that

1376
01:35:43,440 --> 01:35:51,600
facts and circumstances do change
and the council is making this as a

1377
01:35:50,320 --> 01:35:56,960
temporary
accommodation but as we become

1378
01:35:54,719 --> 01:36:00,400
more informed as i said circumstances
change

1379
01:35:57,920 --> 01:36:03,280
council wants that to have that ability
to either

1380
01:36:01,600 --> 01:36:06,320
backtrack or move in a different
direction so

1381
01:36:04,800 --> 01:36:09,520
um
it's a long answer to your simple

1382
01:36:07,840 --> 01:36:13,920
question i
i i just feel like we seem to have found

1383
01:36:11,440 --> 01:36:17,440
ourselves in a lot of uh a lot of places
where there's some gray area let's see

1384
01:36:15,760 --> 01:36:20,159
and we end up having people in robes
having to tell us i can't say that

1385
01:36:19,360 --> 01:36:24,560
people
i can't say people won't either applaud

1386
01:36:22,480 --> 01:36:28,400
or or complain
if council goes in a different direction

1387
01:36:26,480 --> 01:36:31,119
but you are reserving the authority to
do that and that is a very general

1388
01:36:29,840 --> 01:36:34,560
question it's certainly not it was it
was directed at the people at east or

1389
01:36:32,320 --> 01:36:37,199
thea and coolidge first of all uh just
to make sure that if something changed

1390
01:36:36,159 --> 01:36:41,840
because
my goal is to make that a public plaza

1391
01:36:39,600 --> 01:36:46,639
yes as soon as expediently as soon as
possible and feasibly possible given

1392
01:36:44,880 --> 01:36:51,119
what we want to have
um just because i think it would be such

1393
01:36:49,040 --> 01:36:55,360
a good benefit for the entire community
and then look at potential other places

1394
01:36:52,880 --> 01:36:59,760
back to dorothea again
that's my goal yes i am in favor of

1395
01:36:57,440 --> 01:37:02,400
expending these restrictions or easing
of these restrictions right now for

1396
01:37:00,960 --> 01:37:07,280
everybody else especially with what's
going on and delta coming back and

1397
01:37:04,400 --> 01:37:11,119
hitting more waves but also keeping our
eye on what the future could look like

1398
01:37:09,280 --> 01:37:15,600
and at least having a timeline i'm not
big on

1399
01:37:12,639 --> 01:37:15,600
approving things

1400
01:37:16,080 --> 01:37:20,880
there with a lot of ambiguity
because

1401
01:37:19,199 --> 01:37:23,600
if i if we don't know when the next
steps are happening i feel like that's

1402
01:37:22,800 --> 01:37:27,760
what
can create a lot of consternation and

1403
01:37:25,920 --> 01:37:31,199
anger and questions in our community and
i don't want that to happen here what's

1404
01:37:29,679 --> 01:37:34,719
that make sense councilman baker oh
thank you honor just to kind of build on

1405
01:37:32,560 --> 01:37:38,239
that and kind of get right back to just
kind of the the obvious point that i

1406
01:37:36,400 --> 01:37:41,840
think we drive by often and you've
pointed out here uh if someone at one of

1407
01:37:40,239 --> 01:37:46,719
these other locations or somewhere else
in the city was interested in

1408
01:37:44,560 --> 01:37:50,560
uh taking advantage of of this and
leveraging it to to

1409
01:37:48,480 --> 01:37:54,239
bolster their business especially as we
get into this thing

1410
01:37:52,560 --> 01:37:57,760
at risk of just being completely obvious
about it what would how would they go

1411
01:37:55,440 --> 01:38:02,400
about contacting you uh and what would
you um ask of them to bring

1412
01:38:00,320 --> 01:38:06,080
in terms of uh like if they did want to
do the you know something on coolidge or

1413
01:38:04,400 --> 01:38:09,360
something like that
how would they get a hold of you and and

1414
01:38:07,600 --> 01:38:12,239
what kind of materials might you suggest
that they bring again just to kind of

1415
01:38:11,119 --> 01:38:15,600
ensure that we're broadening the
conversation here tonight

1416
01:38:13,920 --> 01:38:22,159
yeah certainly so uh you can call me
here at city hall 248 658 3329 um you

1417
01:38:19,119 --> 01:38:26,800
can email me but we have an application
a permit application available online

1418
01:38:24,719 --> 01:38:31,040
it's for the temporary outdoor dining
closures and it very specifically says

1419
01:38:28,960 --> 01:38:34,480
where you're looking to do your outdoor
dining sales service areas whether it's

1420
01:38:32,960 --> 01:38:37,920
on a sidewalk cafe whether it's in a
municipal private lot or if it's on one

1421
01:38:36,159 --> 01:38:40,880
of those intersections
you know we haven't had any one except

1422
01:38:39,840 --> 01:38:43,520
for
this one here but

1423
01:38:42,159 --> 01:38:46,239
you know we would need a site plan
showing exactly where everything is

1424
01:38:44,800 --> 01:38:50,080
going to be what type of barricades
you're going to do we have to work with

1425
01:38:48,080 --> 01:38:53,119
uh the road commission of oakland county
if it's on 12 mile because that's a

1426
01:38:51,920 --> 01:38:57,040
county road
work with them and get a traffic control

1427
01:38:55,199 --> 01:39:00,239
order from the department of public
safety so there are a number of things

1428
01:38:58,400 --> 01:39:04,159
that need to go into it but if certainly
if anyone is interested take a look at

1429
01:39:02,239 --> 01:39:07,600
our our website for the application and
feel free to reach out to me

1430
01:39:05,920 --> 01:39:10,960
at city hall and my email address and we
can walk through all the steps

1431
01:39:09,600 --> 01:39:13,840
thank you and just to kind of put folks
minds at ease when you you mentioned a

1432
01:39:12,239 --> 01:39:17,280
lot of very important requirements there
that are all um completely valid and

1433
01:39:15,440 --> 01:39:20,719
understandable uh it almost sounds
arduous is it actually as daunting as it

1434
01:39:19,199 --> 01:39:23,199
sounds or like when you say site plan
could they just come in with like a

1435
01:39:21,920 --> 01:39:26,320
sketch and a kind of a thing or does it
have to be an official

1436
01:39:25,040 --> 01:39:29,520
no it doesn't have to be signed and
sealed by an architect or anything but

1437
01:39:27,840 --> 01:39:34,960
just showing where the building is where
the spaces are what type of um uh

1438
01:39:33,360 --> 01:39:38,719
barricades you're planning on using to
separate especially if it's on the

1439
01:39:37,199 --> 01:39:42,880
one of these residential streets we want
to make sure that there is a clear

1440
01:39:41,199 --> 01:39:48,080
and
very identifiable blockade from from the

1441
01:39:46,480 --> 01:39:51,280
traffic area to
to the pedestrian area and where the

1442
01:39:49,920 --> 01:39:54,719
patrons will be sitting so we want to
make sure that that is very very clear

1443
01:39:52,639 --> 01:39:57,679
for everybody so making sure that that
is um

1444
01:39:56,000 --> 01:40:00,719
is understood and there last year there
were a couple of people who submitted

1445
01:39:59,119 --> 01:40:04,800
this and was like no that that's that
that doesn't quite work that's not safe

1446
01:40:03,119 --> 01:40:07,440
enough we you know try doing this over
here oh yeah sure we'll we'll do that

1447
01:40:06,080 --> 01:40:11,040
we'll use those materials cool no
problem but just making sure that

1448
01:40:09,119 --> 01:40:14,639
something is safe and not just having a
velvet rope um across it wasn't you know

1449
01:40:13,760 --> 01:40:17,440
didn't
wasn't enough so we want to make sure

1450
01:40:16,159 --> 01:40:20,560
that there is something that that is
very clear and and

1451
01:40:19,199 --> 01:40:24,320
not permanent but a little bit more
permanent than a velvet rope right so

1452
01:40:22,880 --> 01:40:27,679
yeah any of those questions can be
directed to me and we can walk through

1453
01:40:26,000 --> 01:40:31,280
all of those steps together certainly if
it's a a private parking area or

1454
01:40:29,440 --> 01:40:34,800
municipal parking area or sidewalk those
are a little bit easier to to do

1455
01:40:33,440 --> 01:40:38,719
when you get into the side streets with
the traffic control orders and rcoc and

1456
01:40:37,199 --> 01:40:41,920
all the signage that needs to be done
there's a lot more to it

1457
01:40:40,480 --> 01:40:45,440
so i would encourage anyone who's
interested to contact me and we can walk

1458
01:40:43,760 --> 01:40:47,520
through all those steps together thank
you

1459
01:40:47,679 --> 01:40:54,800
thank you erin you mentioned the
programming component

1460
01:40:52,000 --> 01:40:57,440
do you envision that happening
during that

1461
01:40:56,159 --> 01:41:01,600
feasibility
study period if we approve this

1462
01:40:59,679 --> 01:41:07,440
extending the closure do you envision
that programming being part of that

1463
01:41:05,119 --> 01:41:10,719
time frame yes i do okay you know we
would be working with parks and rec we'd

1464
01:41:08,880 --> 01:41:13,760
be working with um
the dda we'd be working with the school

1465
01:41:12,320 --> 01:41:17,679
district we'd be working with any other
local organizations to make sure that

1466
01:41:15,920 --> 01:41:20,719
really this is program within within an
inch of its life to make sure that we

1467
01:41:19,760 --> 01:41:25,760
have
a lot of engaging activities and things

1468
01:41:22,960 --> 01:41:30,960
to bring the public to this space um so
that way they they do know that it is a

1469
01:41:27,600 --> 01:41:34,400
public a public area
that that's a big component to make sure

1470
01:41:32,159 --> 01:41:37,360
it's done and and the maintenance and
and the the routine cleaning and all

1471
01:41:36,080 --> 01:41:43,119
that stuff that that goes in hand in
hand with all of this perfect um because

1472
01:41:39,679 --> 01:41:43,119
that really was i think a

1473
01:41:43,360 --> 01:41:51,440
a a ball drop if you will on robina i
think that to your point earlier that um

1474
01:41:48,719 --> 01:41:55,280
those things weren't
as robust as they as they could have

1475
01:41:53,280 --> 01:41:58,560
been so i'm glad to hear that that's the
thinking now so thank you

1476
01:41:58,800 --> 01:42:03,840
councilmember hammond
um

1477
01:42:01,520 --> 01:42:07,760
before we approve tonight i would just
like to get the pulse of the rest of

1478
01:42:06,000 --> 01:42:12,239
council if
you know if we approve tonight

1479
01:42:09,679 --> 01:42:16,560
is there interest at the next meeting
considering

1480
01:42:13,600 --> 01:42:20,639
modifications that require rent and
considering some clearly identifiable

1481
01:42:19,199 --> 01:42:25,840
public space
where we have these closures

1482
01:42:23,280 --> 01:42:29,199
i think first i want to ask
director saluto

1483
01:42:27,360 --> 01:42:34,400
how long would it take for us to i mean
i i assume on the rent or fee structure

1484
01:42:32,159 --> 01:42:37,920
we probably would default to what we are
using maybe in some other places in the

1485
01:42:36,000 --> 01:42:41,600
city but in terms of
the the additional steps

1486
01:42:40,239 --> 01:42:46,159
granted we don't have another meeting
for a little while is that enough time

1487
01:42:44,480 --> 01:42:49,199
to come back and talk a little bit more
about what

1488
01:42:47,440 --> 01:42:53,040
this next step with what the next phases
are going to look like in terms of the

1489
01:42:51,040 --> 01:42:57,679
timeline of the overall yes
yes yes

1490
01:42:55,679 --> 01:43:02,239
uh i mean is that okay with council to
come back and want to take a quick yes

1491
01:42:59,840 --> 01:43:05,360
if we do that i apologize
but you're still looking to approve this

1492
01:43:03,840 --> 01:43:09,199
extension this evening and then just
okay just wanted some clarification on

1493
01:43:06,880 --> 01:43:12,560
my nts yes we're looking to make sure
that we have um some next steps and we

1494
01:43:11,360 --> 01:43:15,920
know what those next steps are
potentially going to look like so that

1495
01:43:13,920 --> 01:43:19,920
we can continue these conversations as
it relates to the other item

1496
01:43:18,159 --> 01:43:22,400
that is not that's a part of what we're
talking about right now yes and that's

1497
01:43:21,360 --> 01:43:25,199
the sole point of what we're talking
about right now you will be you'll be

1498
01:43:24,000 --> 01:43:30,239
annoyed by how many emails you're going
to get from me on timelines and and

1499
01:43:26,880 --> 01:43:33,600
materials and things to go over
any other comments from council

1500
01:43:34,480 --> 01:43:39,520
final
thoughts from folks that are with us

1501
01:43:37,360 --> 01:43:41,840
today before we
vote

1502
01:43:43,360 --> 01:43:49,320
okay
it is a gray area

1503
01:43:52,719 --> 01:43:58,719
the master plan states robina
would it be

1504
01:43:56,880 --> 01:44:05,520
more feasible
and just a suggestion i don't know

1505
01:44:00,880 --> 01:44:05,520
just me sitting here thinking um

1506
01:44:05,760 --> 01:44:14,159
the closure is already to september 30th
correct

1507
01:44:11,679 --> 01:44:18,159
for berkeley commons well
it's under the under the resolution for

1508
01:44:15,840 --> 01:44:20,960
everything yes okay
would it be

1509
01:44:19,600 --> 01:44:25,679
clearer
to

1510
01:44:22,719 --> 01:44:25,679
open that back up

1511
01:44:25,840 --> 01:44:33,280
take this feasibility study
take it and do this study in the survey

1512
01:44:31,040 --> 01:44:36,000
and everything else
on robino

1513
01:44:37,679 --> 01:44:45,040
start
with that makes it a public area

1514
01:44:42,159 --> 01:44:49,280
you're not affecting tenants in the
upstairs

1515
01:44:46,560 --> 01:44:53,440
that april owns okay
you're not a fa because there's no

1516
01:44:51,280 --> 01:44:57,840
tenants there i know that
i it's

1517
01:44:55,199 --> 01:45:01,760
just a thought
so either way

1518
01:44:59,199 --> 01:45:05,440
if this gets approved that is a part of
it obviously

1519
01:45:03,600 --> 01:45:08,480
because that's one of the areas that was
identified in one of the places where

1520
01:45:06,800 --> 01:45:12,880
somebody applied
and used and we have north rubin at 12

1521
01:45:10,880 --> 01:45:16,639
mile which had not been
it was one of the areas that was

1522
01:45:14,800 --> 01:45:20,719
targeted as is a good potential for this
nobody took advantage of that yet so

1523
01:45:18,800 --> 01:45:23,920
for us to either way if this gets
approved that is allowed to continue

1524
01:45:22,719 --> 01:45:28,400
regardless while we're studying the
feasibility so we wouldn't be closing

1525
01:45:26,560 --> 01:45:33,040
one down to move one either because
that's already an area that they could

1526
01:45:30,000 --> 01:45:37,679
be in permitted by this
so which you're talking about then

1527
01:45:34,480 --> 01:45:40,480
shifting what we have in here
i'm personally

1528
01:45:39,679 --> 01:45:43,840
not
going to recommend that we shift it now

1529
01:45:42,159 --> 01:45:48,239
just because this is how it's been and
they've used it at this point

1530
01:45:46,239 --> 01:45:51,280
had it not been
one of the initial places i think that's

1531
01:45:49,760 --> 01:45:54,560
a different conversation maybe we would
have had that before

1532
01:45:52,639 --> 01:46:00,080
but i think we're kind of here now
i'm personally loved to change that

1533
01:45:57,119 --> 01:46:03,840
um any other comments
i would just like to follow up i mean

1534
01:46:01,520 --> 01:46:06,800
it's just the only reason why grip this
is not considered to be a public space

1535
01:46:05,520 --> 01:46:10,080
is because
berkeley common is only one that you

1536
01:46:08,239 --> 01:46:12,560
know one of the main restaurants that
chose to take advantage of that which i

1537
01:46:11,440 --> 01:46:16,000
think is great i think they did a great
job i mean i don't know if a public

1538
01:46:13,920 --> 01:46:18,960
space is
awesome for them either because you're

1539
01:46:17,119 --> 01:46:22,239
going to lose your dining i mean part of
the i mean i will say privatized you

1540
01:46:21,360 --> 01:46:26,480
know
you know gusto goes a long way and they

1541
01:46:24,560 --> 01:46:30,560
are clear you know they're clearly
showing that because they do they have a

1542
01:46:27,760 --> 01:46:35,440
dynamic situation i almost rather
personally i would rather have them have

1543
01:46:32,800 --> 01:46:38,719
a robust awesome restaurant open for
lunch

1544
01:46:36,400 --> 01:46:43,119
you know you know lunches saturdays and
sundays as opposed to public space

1545
01:46:40,239 --> 01:46:46,400
personally i mean it's a fellow business
oh no no no i'm saying like long term it

1546
01:46:45,040 --> 01:46:49,840
could set up instead of a public space
that's used periodically here and there

1547
01:46:48,320 --> 01:46:53,119
the loitering and i mean i know i don't
want to be negative but i'm just like

1548
01:46:51,199 --> 01:46:57,360
i'm looking through my eyes my manager
and i can hear it already as i say that

1549
01:46:55,280 --> 01:47:01,679
i would rather have a robust
you know restaurant that's open you know

1550
01:46:59,920 --> 01:47:05,280
six days a week for lunches i mean
personally i'm just saying i believe

1551
01:47:04,080 --> 01:47:09,199
or not is because of the dynamics
correct well right oh yeah i know saying

1552
01:47:07,280 --> 01:47:12,159
long term i guess i would rather have i
mean well the reality is

1553
01:47:11,040 --> 01:47:15,119
i mean if you guys could close it
regardless i would rather have these

1554
01:47:13,600 --> 01:47:18,480
guys buy it and do what they do because
they do a great job i mean if it's going

1555
01:47:16,880 --> 01:47:22,000
to be close that's just my opinion okay
it is a public road we i mean that's the

1556
01:47:20,320 --> 01:47:25,280
issue you guys can sell stuff i don't
know you guys make things happen right i

1557
01:47:23,520 --> 01:47:28,480
don't know rent things okay i'm just
saying preferably if it's going to be

1558
01:47:26,480 --> 01:47:31,920
closed regardless i have i would rather
have these guys to do what they're doing

1559
01:47:29,840 --> 01:47:35,040
because i i would like it for that more
so than just a in a public space but

1560
01:47:33,760 --> 01:47:39,199
that's my two cents all right so thank
you april appreciate that

1561
01:47:37,119 --> 01:47:42,320
any final comments before i call for the
vote

1562
01:47:40,880 --> 01:47:45,360
mike
and then ms mathis i'm going to be

1563
01:47:43,520 --> 01:47:49,199
coming to you so if anybody is in the
queue please we'll get them ready i just

1564
01:47:47,760 --> 01:47:53,600
want to say thank you to the berkeley
residents who have been so resoundingly

1565
01:47:51,119 --> 01:47:57,520
supportive of the the small businesses
in our downtown footprint i know that's

1566
01:47:55,520 --> 01:48:00,159
true beyond just the downtown borders
but

1567
01:47:58,400 --> 01:48:04,560
centering that in this conversation as
this is a temporary measure that will be

1568
01:48:02,239 --> 01:48:08,639
temporarily extended a little bit longer
i want to thank the residents because

1569
01:48:06,080 --> 01:48:12,000
we're going to need you even more so to
continue

1570
01:48:09,840 --> 01:48:15,280
that local support i think that's
distinctly true for berkeley even more

1571
01:48:13,679 --> 01:48:18,320
than other communities
that's already been helpful and just

1572
01:48:16,639 --> 01:48:22,800
want to celebrate that and thank the
community's leaders because our downtown

1573
01:48:20,800 --> 01:48:27,280
businesses and the entire communities
small businesses really need that

1574
01:48:24,719 --> 01:48:31,280
continued rallying as we meander and
navigate all the obstacles that continue

1575
01:48:29,520 --> 01:48:36,560
to rise for our small enterprises thank
you

1576
01:48:33,840 --> 01:48:36,560
miss mathis

1577
01:48:39,040 --> 01:48:43,600
okay there is no one in the queue at
this time

1578
01:48:42,239 --> 01:48:48,239
okay
any last minute comments from council

1579
01:48:45,280 --> 01:48:51,679
members or clarifications or questions
seeing none

1580
01:48:50,400 --> 01:48:54,719
miss herald
um

1581
01:48:52,960 --> 01:48:58,880
go back to my numbers here please would
you please call the role on r

1582
01:48:57,320 --> 01:49:02,639
2721
to get any temporary

1583
01:49:00,800 --> 01:49:09,280
easing of restrictions for outdoor
dining in our community

1584
01:49:04,639 --> 01:49:15,840
blanchard yes dean yes gavin yes hennen
yes price yes baker yes terbrak

1585
01:49:13,679 --> 01:49:15,840
yes

1586
01:49:16,000 --> 01:49:26,199
we now move to item number seven please
resolution number r-28-21

1587
01:49:24,159 --> 01:49:30,960
matter of extending
r-21-20 for temporary signage in

1588
01:49:28,639 --> 01:49:33,760
response to covet 19 coba 19
restrictions

1589
01:49:35,599 --> 01:49:40,719
anybody wants to see the end of the
party here

1590
01:49:38,400 --> 01:49:44,320
this is part two
we're going gonna have communications

1591
01:49:42,639 --> 01:49:48,159
sometimes those are entertaining
sometimes not okay all right emotional

1592
01:49:46,639 --> 01:49:52,239
proof
support

1593
01:49:50,000 --> 01:49:56,880
uh is there a motion to prove our 2821
motion by council member baker support

1594
01:49:54,159 --> 01:50:00,719
for mayor pro tem dean
mr barman garden ms schluteau i'll let

1595
01:49:59,040 --> 01:50:05,760
you guys take it away this is the second
part you are now talking to our uh

1596
01:50:03,280 --> 01:50:12,480
interim director of the dda as well as
anybody that is with us virtually

1597
01:50:08,840 --> 01:50:16,480
here mr mayor along with the relaxation
of outdoor dining across the community

1598
01:50:14,159 --> 01:50:18,960
we have also uh been relaxing some of
the

1599
01:50:17,280 --> 01:50:23,119
signage requirements that go along with
this in order to allow those that are

1600
01:50:21,440 --> 01:50:28,000
driving through a community or walking
through any potential customer

1601
01:50:25,440 --> 01:50:33,520
can be alerted to businesses being open
closed having different hours

1602
01:50:30,719 --> 01:50:39,280
having a sale any fantastic opportunity
there is to dine shop or enjoy berkeley

1603
01:50:36,480 --> 01:50:43,920
we have allowed our our businesses to
take advantage of uh some relaxed

1604
01:50:41,280 --> 01:50:49,040
ordinances it has not been uh largely
used uh but it is uh something that we

1605
01:50:46,719 --> 01:50:53,520
would like to continue to offer um
certainly as items change this would run

1606
01:50:51,440 --> 01:50:57,440
along parallel to the timeline that
we've indicated for uh outdoor dining as

1607
01:50:56,000 --> 01:51:01,040
well right there's a follow-up to the
item that we just spoke with in terms of

1608
01:50:59,040 --> 01:51:04,960
the timelines those are the same this is
obviously focused on signs whereas the

1609
01:51:02,800 --> 01:51:10,960
first one was focused on outdoor dining
and easing some of those restrictions

1610
01:51:07,840 --> 01:51:15,119
erin anything you'd like to add
no uh this really just comes to you it

1611
01:51:13,520 --> 01:51:18,000
it it has gone in tandem with the
outdoor dining so it only seemed right

1612
01:51:16,800 --> 01:51:22,320
that if we were going to extend one to
extend the other so it comes before you

1613
01:51:19,840 --> 01:51:27,119
there hasn't been any issues problems
concerns complaints from any residents

1614
01:51:24,480 --> 01:51:30,239
that i've heard or business owners so um
you know if it continues to attract

1615
01:51:28,560 --> 01:51:33,040
people and bring people in and show
people that we are open and we are a

1616
01:51:31,599 --> 01:51:35,920
vibrant community
that's why it's before you this evening

1617
01:51:34,960 --> 01:51:40,639
okay
miss mathis i'm going to come over to

1618
01:51:37,199 --> 01:51:44,000
you first do we have any folks um
that would like to comment on this

1619
01:51:44,880 --> 01:51:52,000
not at this time sir not at this time
okay mr mcginnis uh you don't have to

1620
01:51:50,639 --> 01:51:53,840
believe me you're just the only person
outside of

1621
01:51:53,119 --> 01:51:58,159
that
that is with us in person so you'll know

1622
01:51:56,480 --> 01:52:02,480
you're not compelled by any stretch but
i do know that you also do like downtown

1623
01:52:00,400 --> 01:52:06,159
love signs all right
thank you that was that was mike

1624
01:52:04,080 --> 01:52:09,280
mcginnis in case anybody could not see
him he chose not to step up to the

1625
01:52:07,679 --> 01:52:12,159
microphone but he does project well
enough

1626
01:52:10,159 --> 01:52:16,480
downtown loves signs
council councilmember thank you your

1627
01:52:14,000 --> 01:52:19,520
honor and uh thank you again it is i
just wonder how the conversation would

1628
01:52:17,920 --> 01:52:22,080
have been if we put this one first
instead of

1629
01:52:20,960 --> 01:52:25,679
at least they would have been aware that
this opportunity so i think i have a

1630
01:52:23,599 --> 01:52:28,320
question and a request the question and
you may have hinted at this

1631
01:52:27,440 --> 01:52:32,080
um
how what's the uptake on on the extended

1632
01:52:30,960 --> 01:52:35,520
uh
sign

1633
01:52:33,199 --> 01:52:40,080
um ability and permissions do
is there can you give us any kind of

1634
01:52:37,360 --> 01:52:43,679
sense as the degree to which
um

1635
01:52:40,960 --> 01:52:47,679
the extension or the the relaxation of
the of the ordinances have been utilized

1636
01:52:46,320 --> 01:52:51,679
thus far
yeah they're really i'm sorry

1637
01:52:49,760 --> 01:52:56,159
only to say it's been slight so slight
yes that's yeah there hasn't been nearly

1638
01:52:53,520 --> 01:52:59,520
as many um this was just more as a
method to for people to do grand

1639
01:52:57,679 --> 01:53:02,480
openings and you know we are open or
just yeah know that you're open and just

1640
01:53:01,040 --> 01:53:05,599
to let us know that we're open now that
things have been open for quite some

1641
01:53:04,000 --> 01:53:09,520
time there really hasn't been a whole
lot of um continued uh

1642
01:53:08,320 --> 01:53:12,719
need
that's not the right word there hasn't

1643
01:53:10,880 --> 01:53:16,560
been a whole lot of people who have
continued to do that so

1644
01:53:14,639 --> 01:53:20,159
it really was the the very beginning but
given that things are

1645
01:53:18,400 --> 01:53:25,280
trending in another way we want to make
sure that we continue to offer this as a

1646
01:53:22,560 --> 01:53:28,880
relaxed incentive for people to to
advertise their businesses here in our

1647
01:53:26,800 --> 01:53:33,679
community in case that does happen in
case it does hopefully not thank you

1648
01:53:30,880 --> 01:53:38,000
then my uh my request might be given our
dynamic dda director here and and many

1649
01:53:36,400 --> 01:53:42,800
other fantastic folks that are here to
help promote the city maybe there's a

1650
01:53:40,400 --> 01:53:45,920
way that we can provide
some additional information or some

1651
01:53:44,159 --> 01:53:49,599
reminders or some
ways to help let people know that this

1652
01:53:48,719 --> 01:53:54,159
is
an option available to them they may

1653
01:53:51,280 --> 01:54:00,400
choose to make it covid related or just
general hey we're here we're around and

1654
01:53:57,119 --> 01:54:03,920
get the word out it seems to me
i am not a business owner in the city

1655
01:54:02,480 --> 01:54:07,679
but it seems to me that this kind of an
opportunity to have the ability to put

1656
01:54:05,520 --> 01:54:12,320
additional signage out
can only help right to raise awareness

1657
01:54:09,920 --> 01:54:15,199
to draw more folks into the city and so
i guess i'm wondering if there's some

1658
01:54:13,599 --> 01:54:18,880
kind of way that we could put together
just even a pamphlet or some kind of

1659
01:54:17,280 --> 01:54:22,960
resources
so that

1660
01:54:20,159 --> 01:54:26,239
mr mcginnis and others can can help let
folks know that this resource is

1661
01:54:24,560 --> 01:54:29,280
available to them don't count on it
forever because it's a temporary

1662
01:54:27,920 --> 01:54:34,000
extension of the
relaxation of the ordinances but

1663
01:54:31,599 --> 01:54:38,639
while it's here let's at least see
if there is any long-term benefit to uh

1664
01:54:36,239 --> 01:54:41,920
to re-evaluating those ordinances uh
down the road as well so i think that's

1665
01:54:39,920 --> 01:54:46,320
my request that really long and verbose
but between mr mcginnis and the dda and

1666
01:54:43,920 --> 01:54:51,280
councilmember blanchard liaisoning to
the chamber i think let's make sure that

1667
01:54:48,639 --> 01:54:54,239
we are reinforcing this message
so that so that folks know so that all

1668
01:54:52,880 --> 01:54:57,520
of our businesses know is that fair can
you handle that

1669
01:54:55,679 --> 01:55:02,239
i thought you could
thank you also it is nice too that

1670
01:54:59,679 --> 01:55:05,840
there's no fees associated
because i know if you have a sandwich

1671
01:55:03,840 --> 01:55:07,679
board and you want to put it outside
it's

1672
01:55:06,560 --> 01:55:11,280
i don't know i'm not going to say a
number because i don't know what the fee

1673
01:55:08,719 --> 01:55:15,520
is now but there's a fee for that so it
has it is nice that that's been taken

1674
01:55:13,360 --> 01:55:19,520
away and i think probably to council
member baker's point

1675
01:55:16,960 --> 01:55:23,280
many businesses may not know um that
this has been relaxed that they can put

1676
01:55:21,520 --> 01:55:27,520
the signage out there aren't additional
fees i mean you can't put it where

1677
01:55:25,440 --> 01:55:30,560
people are going to walk but you know
all the information's there but

1678
01:55:29,440 --> 01:55:33,760
to your point getting the word out i
think would be really helpful um because

1679
01:55:32,400 --> 01:55:38,080
people may not know
especially if we had like some kind of i

1680
01:55:36,320 --> 01:55:41,679
don't know like a parade or something
going down 12 mile

1681
01:55:40,000 --> 01:55:44,880
businesses could potentially just if
they needed to i mean it seems like that

1682
01:55:43,040 --> 01:55:49,360
would be an art festival right street
art fest that we just had and uh uh an

1683
01:55:47,760 --> 01:55:53,599
art bash that we're basically coming as
well and there's certainly some

1684
01:55:50,800 --> 01:55:57,599
opportunities to raise um visibility
with this yeah if folks do decide to do

1685
01:55:56,080 --> 01:56:00,960
that and i think that's
our way of trying to get more folks to

1686
01:55:59,280 --> 01:56:04,960
take advantage of this if it's something
that is makes sense to them

1687
01:56:03,040 --> 01:56:09,199
any other questions from council members
on that this one is a little bit more

1688
01:56:06,480 --> 01:56:14,800
straightforward we're not talking about
a potential road closure in the future

1689
01:56:12,000 --> 01:56:18,719
um okay well seeing no additional
questions or comments

1690
01:56:16,960 --> 01:56:26,320
miss harold would you please call the
role on our 28-21

1691
01:56:21,599 --> 01:56:33,760
dean yes gavin yes hennen yes price yes
baker yes blanchard yes turbrac yes

1692
01:56:31,199 --> 01:56:37,599
uh would we now move on to item number
eight please miss harold

1693
01:56:35,440 --> 01:56:41,280
matter of authorizing the city manager
to sign the application for additional

1694
01:56:39,360 --> 01:56:44,560
service credit purchase for gina harold
approving two years of additional

1695
01:56:42,719 --> 01:56:47,920
service credit this service credit
purchase is allowed by the city of

1696
01:56:45,920 --> 01:56:52,760
berkeley merit system of human resource
management section

1697
01:56:49,760 --> 01:56:52,760
1001.08

1698
01:56:52,880 --> 01:56:59,360
and meets all the requirements of the
mers plan document

1699
01:56:57,520 --> 01:57:03,760
i feel like you will have to abstain on
this

1700
01:57:00,880 --> 01:57:07,119
is there a motion to approve i'm 49 21.
so moved support

1701
01:57:05,520 --> 01:57:12,000
motion made by councilmember price with
support from council member gavin mr

1702
01:57:09,840 --> 01:57:16,560
baumgarten thank you mayor this is a
pretty robust motion it does explain

1703
01:57:14,239 --> 01:57:22,400
sort of uh the internal logic behind
this coming before you this evening

1704
01:57:18,800 --> 01:57:26,800
the merit system is uh it covers
basically any of our employees that

1705
01:57:24,400 --> 01:57:32,080
aren't tied to a a different bargaining
unit such as our maple dpw or

1706
01:57:30,400 --> 01:57:35,920
the
police unions

1707
01:57:33,679 --> 01:57:39,280
so gina does fall under the merit system
being an administrative

1708
01:57:37,679 --> 01:57:43,440
personnel
this is adopted by council so this

1709
01:57:41,199 --> 01:57:47,280
benefit is not something that is just
developed internally it is actually it

1710
01:57:45,360 --> 01:57:52,239
carries the weight of an action by
council and gina is fully qualified

1711
01:57:50,239 --> 01:57:56,800
under those provisions to take advantage
of this benefit that we offer

1712
01:57:55,040 --> 01:58:01,040
this does not come
without some calculations the numbers

1713
01:57:58,880 --> 01:58:06,400
that you see within the memorandum
attached are developed by our finance

1714
01:58:03,840 --> 01:58:09,920
director who works with mers on coming
up with these per their calculations

1715
01:58:08,880 --> 01:58:13,920
and these
costs are shared by both the employee as

1716
01:58:12,239 --> 01:58:18,320
well as the city itself
we do find this benefit to be mutually

1717
01:58:15,520 --> 01:58:22,639
beneficial to both the employee
and our overall financial health when it

1718
01:58:20,320 --> 01:58:26,960
comes to our retirement system so uh we
like to see people take advantage of

1719
01:58:23,920 --> 01:58:32,239
this uh thankfully uh gina as far as i
know plans to uh stick around for what

1720
01:58:29,520 --> 01:58:36,400
30 40 more years
uh and we're lucky to have her uh

1721
01:58:35,119 --> 01:58:39,599
and hope that she has a long and
fruitful career right here in berkeley i

1722
01:58:38,000 --> 01:58:43,760
do want to point out that in the memo
from our finance director mark pollock

1723
01:58:41,360 --> 01:58:46,960
he does clearly say in here since gina
is a long way from her

1724
01:58:47,679 --> 01:58:53,520
i retirement that was to you know push
off us telling her not to leave any

1725
01:58:51,280 --> 01:58:56,560
earlier and i haven't even messed up yet
i haven't called you miss mitchell as

1726
01:58:54,880 --> 01:59:00,800
far as i know at least once tonight so
that also bodes well for us in the

1727
01:58:58,400 --> 01:59:04,400
future
additional questions uh from council

1728
01:59:02,880 --> 01:59:08,400
we've seen a number of these obviously
recently and

1729
01:59:05,840 --> 01:59:11,360
there are certain mutual benefits uh
certainly we do not want to see anybody

1730
01:59:10,080 --> 01:59:15,440
leave our community who does a
tremendous job but there are benefits on

1731
01:59:13,599 --> 01:59:19,360
both sides and and the contracts are
structured in a way to allow this it's

1732
01:59:17,520 --> 01:59:23,440
our role as the final governing body to
approve them which we have done in the

1733
01:59:21,119 --> 01:59:23,440
past

1734
01:59:24,080 --> 01:59:30,480
seeing no additional questions or
comments

1735
01:59:28,800 --> 01:59:35,040
almost messed up on purpose that time
miss harold would you please call the

1736
01:59:32,480 --> 01:59:42,840
roll on m4921
gavin yes hennen yes price yes faker yes

1737
01:59:39,520 --> 01:59:48,159
blanchard yes dean yes turbrack
yes we have now reached

1738
01:59:45,800 --> 01:59:51,040
communications and i believe it is
council member hannah's turn to go first

1739
01:59:49,920 --> 01:59:53,840
but i am going to start with council
member gavin anyway so we can work right

1740
01:59:52,639 --> 01:59:57,440
around
thank you your honor uh so planning

1741
01:59:55,440 --> 02:00:00,719
commission the main topic of discussion
uh was proposed ordinance amendments on

1742
01:59:59,119 --> 02:00:04,800
a permitted locations
for exterior appliance there were also

1743
02:00:02,639 --> 02:00:08,400
elections for chair vice chair and
secretary and liaison appointments to

1744
02:00:06,560 --> 02:00:13,119
various boards as well so
the next meeting will be tuesday the

1745
02:00:10,000 --> 02:00:17,840
24th at 7 pm and as i indicated last
time the eac does not meet this month

1746
02:00:15,599 --> 02:00:20,639
but a reminder about the bike corral
that the

1747
02:00:18,719 --> 02:00:23,440
eac will host for the art bash that was
already mentioned earlier on september

1748
02:00:22,320 --> 02:00:27,840
11th
and a reminder if you'd like to

1749
02:00:24,480 --> 02:00:30,800
volunteer uh to staff the bike crowd you
can contact me at ourgavin at

1750
02:00:29,199 --> 02:00:34,480
berkeleymich.net
and we'll get you signed up and so the

1751
02:00:32,239 --> 02:00:37,599
next meeting of the eac will be on
september 16th at 6 30. and that's all i

1752
02:00:36,880 --> 02:00:40,400
have
thank you thank you and councilmember

1753
02:00:39,119 --> 02:00:44,960
hannah that was not a slight to you by
starting there i just wanted to keep it

1754
02:00:43,119 --> 02:00:49,679
this way go ahead
all right uh first with the zba i just

1755
02:00:47,280 --> 02:00:52,800
wanted to welcome our new members uh
their next meeting is tomorrow august

1756
02:00:52,000 --> 02:00:57,679
10th
7 7pm and it'll be the continuation of

1757
02:00:55,440 --> 02:01:01,360
the case they already started hearing on
a home edition

1758
02:00:59,280 --> 02:01:06,400
the tree board hasn't met since our next
last meeting and but their next meeting

1759
02:01:03,520 --> 02:01:10,400
is scheduled for september 13th
however i'm happy to report the city has

1760
02:01:08,960 --> 02:01:14,239
been awarded
a four thousand dollar matching grant

1761
02:01:12,239 --> 02:01:19,360
from the michigan department of natural
resources and this is going to allow us

1762
02:01:16,400 --> 02:01:24,960
to plant at least 25 additional trees
this year in addition to the roughly 200

1763
02:01:22,320 --> 02:01:28,880
that were already scheduled to be added
so and then finally i just wanted to

1764
02:01:27,119 --> 02:01:34,239
thank the members of the berkeley
gardeners who put together the inaugural

1765
02:01:31,040 --> 02:01:38,880
garden walk on saturday it was well
organized my wife and i we learned a lot

1766
02:01:37,119 --> 02:01:43,360
talking to the people looking at their
gardens and got to see some really

1767
02:01:41,520 --> 02:01:47,599
beautiful things you know some hidden
gems inside berkeley

1768
02:01:45,360 --> 02:01:51,920
thank you excellent thank you
mayor pro tem thank you

1769
02:01:49,599 --> 02:01:56,560
um i have some fun parks and rec updates
summerfest 2021 continues with an

1770
02:01:54,880 --> 02:02:01,440
outdoor movie in the park tomorrow
tuesday august 10th at 7 p.m

1771
02:01:59,280 --> 02:02:06,880
this will take place at oxford park and
our featured film is mighty ducks

1772
02:02:04,719 --> 02:02:11,440
ducks fly together gordon bombay who
doesn't like a good triple d

1773
02:02:08,639 --> 02:02:15,520
um please bring blankets chairs or your
and your picnic basket if you choose

1774
02:02:13,599 --> 02:02:20,560
uh cruise fest and dream cruise are
august 20th and 21st respectively and we

1775
02:02:18,480 --> 02:02:25,280
have lots of fun in store the cruise
fest parade begins at 6 30 p.m on the

1776
02:02:23,040 --> 02:02:29,360
20th bring your chairs and get a spot on
12 mile to watch the classic car parade

1777
02:02:27,440 --> 02:02:33,119
which goes from woodward to greenfield
along 12 mile

1778
02:02:30,880 --> 02:02:36,000
then post parade activities we have
musical entertainment you know because

1779
02:02:34,400 --> 02:02:41,280
the street's blocked off so why not take
advantage of that musical entertainment

1780
02:02:38,159 --> 02:02:44,639
food vendors street dance party bouncers
and new this year

1781
02:02:42,880 --> 02:02:47,440
parks and recreation is hosting another
outdoor movie night in front of the

1782
02:02:46,159 --> 02:02:52,159
neighbor shop
following the parade so 7 30 8

1783
02:02:49,760 --> 02:02:55,360
o'clock-ish they'll be showing grease
so again just

1784
02:02:53,840 --> 02:02:58,480
pick up your chair and move it in front
of the neighbor shop and enjoy another

1785
02:02:56,800 --> 02:03:01,840
um classic movie
and then finally parks and recreation is

1786
02:03:00,560 --> 02:03:08,239
hosting
an ice cream social in community park on

1787
02:03:04,320 --> 02:03:13,040
tuesday august 25th at 5 30 p.m
pre-registration is not required to show

1788
02:03:10,960 --> 02:03:17,440
up and what a sweet way to end the
summer thank you

1789
02:03:15,199 --> 02:03:20,400
thank you councilmember baker yes thank
you your honor a couple quick updates as

1790
02:03:18,800 --> 02:03:23,679
well the downtown development authority
dda board

1791
02:03:21,760 --> 02:03:26,560
meets this week's wednesday in two days
time

1792
02:03:24,560 --> 02:03:31,040
uh and i'd certainly like to help
congratulate all of the volunteers and

1793
02:03:28,320 --> 02:03:34,719
businesses and and residents and artists
that came out this past weekend for the

1794
02:03:32,880 --> 02:03:38,639
uh the berkeley street art fest it was a
fantastic time the weather ended up

1795
02:03:36,719 --> 02:03:42,080
working out pretty well for us and uh
and i saw folks young and old having a

1796
02:03:40,480 --> 02:03:44,960
terrific time as i walked up and down
and had a great time talking with

1797
02:03:43,199 --> 02:03:48,239
everyone and admiring the tremendous
skill of what they brought to uh to the

1798
02:03:47,040 --> 02:03:51,360
city here with
just little pieces of chalk it's

1799
02:03:49,520 --> 02:03:56,639
absolutely amazing
uh and please visit downtownberkeley.org

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02:03:54,480 --> 02:04:00,480
to to learn more about what's going on
in our beautiful in our beautiful city

1801
02:03:58,800 --> 02:04:04,000
here and
upcoming events

1802
02:04:01,760 --> 02:04:07,360
historical committee meets tomorrow
august 10th

1803
02:04:05,360 --> 02:04:11,040
in the conference room around the corner
and they want to thank all the all the

1804
02:04:09,199 --> 02:04:14,639
folks residents that have been lining up
to come in and visit the museum since it

1805
02:04:13,199 --> 02:04:19,360
reopened
uh and uh you know because whether it

1806
02:04:16,639 --> 02:04:23,760
was your first time or a repeat visitor
a splendid time was had by all

1807
02:04:21,840 --> 02:04:28,079
i know they're still trying to uh to be
able to receive credit card payments i'm

1808
02:04:26,079 --> 02:04:32,639
not sure where that is in the process
it's been a couple of months now

1809
02:04:30,000 --> 02:04:39,040
uh but hopefully they'll be able to
expedite um the ability to make an

1810
02:04:35,280 --> 02:04:42,880
exchange of your money for items from
that commemorate the city's history i

1811
02:04:40,639 --> 02:04:47,440
think it'd be a great exchange
the technology committee meets next

1812
02:04:44,800 --> 02:04:50,800
week's wednesday august 18th
and again just a friendly reminder that

1813
02:04:49,360 --> 02:04:54,480
although the city's website remains
unsecure it's been several months as

1814
02:04:52,719 --> 02:04:58,320
well
any financial transactions are conducted

1815
02:04:56,239 --> 02:05:01,280
through a third party so any financial
information

1816
02:04:59,520 --> 02:05:06,239
like the upcoming ability to pay taxes
online is done through a third party so

1817
02:05:03,679 --> 02:05:10,480
your information will not be at risk
with the unsecured website

1818
02:05:08,719 --> 02:05:14,239
and finally it
a quote from david cothrell here who

1819
02:05:12,960 --> 02:05:19,199
said
doing the right thing isn't always easy

1820
02:05:16,960 --> 02:05:22,800
in fact sometimes it's real hard
but just remembering that doing the

1821
02:05:21,199 --> 02:05:26,320
right but just remember that doing the
right thing

1822
02:05:23,920 --> 02:05:29,360
is the right thing
and i want to keep this quick

1823
02:05:28,079 --> 02:05:32,960
i want to thank
all of the residents and folks here in

1824
02:05:31,119 --> 02:05:38,400
the city that have done the right thing
and gotten the covet vaccine

1825
02:05:35,840 --> 02:05:42,159
we lead many of the cities in the state
at a exceptionally high vaccination rate

1826
02:05:40,159 --> 02:05:45,440
which is fantastic
it goes to

1827
02:05:43,920 --> 02:05:49,119
the care with which we have for
ourselves and our families and our

1828
02:05:47,199 --> 02:05:51,360
neighbors and and our fellow residents
here

1829
02:05:50,000 --> 02:05:56,079
uh and
um for those who choose not to um i just

1830
02:05:54,159 --> 02:06:00,239
hope that it's not based on all the
false information and and

1831
02:05:58,480 --> 02:06:04,159
misconceptions that are out there if
anybody has any questions about um about

1832
02:06:02,480 --> 02:06:09,119
the vaccine it's
its um ability to help protect uh

1833
02:06:07,040 --> 02:06:13,840
especially given the the new delta thing
that's ripping its way through the

1834
02:06:10,880 --> 02:06:17,840
country uh it's it's on its way here and
it's already been detected so whatever

1835
02:06:16,320 --> 02:06:20,960
we can do to help
put your mind at ease and let you know

1836
02:06:20,000 --> 02:06:24,960
that
to take care not only of yourself

1837
02:06:22,960 --> 02:06:29,760
but also again for your family for your
loved ones for your neighbors for your

1838
02:06:27,040 --> 02:06:33,599
co-workers for the places that you go to
uh here in the city and beyond uh please

1839
02:06:32,159 --> 02:06:37,119
do the right thing
and help um because unlike many

1840
02:06:35,199 --> 02:06:40,639
decisions this isn't just an individual
decision because your decision affects

1841
02:06:39,119 --> 02:06:44,880
everybody around you
uh so thank you uh and let's continue to

1842
02:06:42,960 --> 02:06:48,079
do the right thing and and have berkeley
lead by example with the tremendous

1843
02:06:46,639 --> 02:06:52,320
vaccination rate
thanks thank you councilmember baker

1844
02:06:50,800 --> 02:06:57,520
councilmember price
yes thank you mayor turbrack um like

1845
02:06:55,520 --> 02:07:02,560
councilmember baker i'd like to offer
big thanks to everyone the berkeley

1846
02:07:00,880 --> 02:07:08,000
chamber city staff and all the
volunteers who pulled off yet another

1847
02:07:04,880 --> 02:07:13,360
amazing street art fest on saturday
my kids and i had a blast doing crafts

1848
02:07:10,639 --> 02:07:18,000
admiring the chalk art
chatting with davidson their very

1849
02:07:15,840 --> 02:07:22,159
favorite artists in the whole world
and reconnecting with so many members of

1850
02:07:20,000 --> 02:07:26,000
our community in the festive and fun
environment

1851
02:07:23,599 --> 02:07:30,159
what a great way to showcase our
coolidge businesses and the creative

1852
02:07:28,000 --> 02:07:34,960
spirit that drives berkeley forward
bravo

1853
02:07:32,239 --> 02:07:39,679
and finally with covet cases on the rise
and schools preparing to reopen i also

1854
02:07:37,520 --> 02:07:44,719
wanted to urge everyone who is eligible
to receive the vaccine to get one

1855
02:07:42,159 --> 02:07:48,480
coveted vaccines are safe and effective
and they will protect you your family

1856
02:07:46,960 --> 02:07:52,719
and our community
thank you

1857
02:07:50,480 --> 02:07:55,920
thank you councilmember blanchard thank
you honor i have a bunch i saw you run

1858
02:07:54,320 --> 02:07:59,840
down that thing last minute too i almost
got you too soon uh

1859
02:07:58,079 --> 02:08:03,599
the daily tribute had the best of the
best readers choice awards and a number

1860
02:08:02,000 --> 02:08:08,159
of our businesses were selected and i'd
like to read them off

1861
02:08:05,199 --> 02:08:12,400
they were rated as one two or three
berkeley or the best coney island was

1862
02:08:09,920 --> 02:08:18,079
berkeley a w best family restaurant
number one was alex's berkeley best ice

1863
02:08:15,040 --> 02:08:22,000
cream number two clark's ice cream best
lunch place

1864
02:08:19,280 --> 02:08:26,560
three third place was the lunch cafe
best middle eastern lebanese restaurant

1865
02:08:24,079 --> 02:08:29,520
number one the original mr kebab in
berkeley

1866
02:08:27,679 --> 02:08:36,000
best collision shop number two was
berkeley collision best dentist dr

1867
02:08:32,400 --> 02:08:38,880
dr sarah ruddy
best dry cleaners number two was janet

1868
02:08:37,840 --> 02:08:42,159
davis
best eye doctor berkeley eyewear and

1869
02:08:40,400 --> 02:08:46,079
local sunglass company
best tattoo parlor number three was

1870
02:08:43,679 --> 02:08:49,840
american pride tattoo and they were out
at the

1871
02:08:47,599 --> 02:08:56,159
chalk fest giving tattoos to kids that
was very interesting

1872
02:08:51,300 --> 02:08:59,840
[Laughter]
our best veterinary clinic number three

1873
02:08:57,679 --> 02:09:05,199
was berkeley animal clinic best bike
store number third place was d bicycles

1874
02:09:03,199 --> 02:09:08,639
best bridal store
number one the wedding shop and number

1875
02:09:07,119 --> 02:09:11,119
two jenna and white so we got the
wedding business pretty well taken up

1876
02:09:10,239 --> 02:09:15,199
here
uh best candy store number two was

1877
02:09:13,280 --> 02:09:19,280
sydney bog suite essentials
best gift shop and boutique two was

1878
02:09:17,440 --> 02:09:23,520
catching fireflies and three was yellow
door art market

1879
02:09:20,960 --> 02:09:28,960
best jeweler number three was matt gross
jeweler studio best resale shop was some

1880
02:09:27,280 --> 02:09:33,280
girl boutique
that was every third place and the best

1881
02:09:30,800 --> 02:09:35,920
unique store three was the twisted
shamrock

1882
02:09:34,400 --> 02:09:39,679
so we had a number of great businesses
that showed up on that list and i'm

1883
02:09:37,760 --> 02:09:42,719
proud of all of them
on my last minute notes we're making a

1884
02:09:41,280 --> 02:09:46,560
note that one thing nobody's talking
about yet that i almost forgot is on

1885
02:09:44,719 --> 02:09:53,520
saturday we had the grand opening of
pinspiration down on cartwheels a new uh

1886
02:09:50,560 --> 02:09:57,520
arts and crafts store so
i take 20 years away mr mayor no that's

1887
02:09:55,280 --> 02:10:00,480
fine i i'm glad
and i also like to thank the berkeley

1888
02:09:59,040 --> 02:10:04,480
chamber for their great efforts at the
street rfs they did a great job

1889
02:10:02,719 --> 02:10:09,119
and i'd also like to thank berkeley
american legion post 374 for honoring

1890
02:10:06,639 --> 02:10:13,040
public safety officer brian gather
saturday in what we hope will be an

1891
02:10:11,040 --> 02:10:17,040
annual event honoring the public safety
officer of the year

1892
02:10:15,440 --> 02:10:21,840
and my quote
successful emergency management relies

1893
02:10:18,880 --> 02:10:25,599
upon experience and expertise
leo bonzer

1894
02:10:23,679 --> 02:10:30,639
will you bring both
thank you council member blanchard mr

1895
02:10:28,000 --> 02:10:34,079
baumgarten uh thank you samaras i want
to remind everybody that our newsletter

1896
02:10:32,079 --> 02:10:38,000
comes out every month it is chock full
of great information a couple of

1897
02:10:36,079 --> 02:10:42,880
highlights this month outside of my bad
jokes are the clerk's office represented

1898
02:10:40,800 --> 02:10:47,760
by ms harold this evening did note that
av ballot applications uh are being

1899
02:10:45,920 --> 02:10:50,400
mailed out to the permanent list this
week

1900
02:10:48,960 --> 02:10:53,920
that is not to say the ballots
themselves but if that's uh what you

1901
02:10:52,079 --> 02:10:57,040
would like to do if you'd like to vote
in that way

1902
02:10:55,119 --> 02:11:00,400
that application makes you return that
application in time so that you can get

1903
02:10:58,960 --> 02:11:04,719
that mailed to you as well very
convenient uh

1904
02:11:02,000 --> 02:11:08,719
do it's uh fun to talk about election
season until it actually gets here but

1905
02:11:06,960 --> 02:11:12,719
we're still in that fun phase right now
before the the work associated that

1906
02:11:10,800 --> 02:11:16,000
really starts to ramp up
next up our community development

1907
02:11:14,480 --> 02:11:20,239
department
has boxes all throughout the city each

1908
02:11:18,639 --> 02:11:24,239
of our public buildings city hall the
library the recreation department as

1909
02:11:22,079 --> 02:11:29,440
well as public works all soliciting
feedback and information on our

1910
02:11:27,280 --> 02:11:33,119
draft master plan that's out for a 63
day period right now we only ask that

1911
02:11:31,599 --> 02:11:37,440
you get those comments back to us by
september 23rd

1912
02:11:35,119 --> 02:11:42,960
but certainly take a chance read the
documents understand the vision of the

1913
02:11:41,040 --> 02:11:46,880
collective vision of the community
as told by you the the residents that

1914
02:11:44,800 --> 02:11:50,320
live here and that's how that's how we
got to this point and that's how we will

1915
02:11:48,480 --> 02:11:54,639
proceed as well so
there's still not plenty of opportunity

1916
02:11:51,679 --> 02:12:00,000
to to have your voice heard on that item
and then uh last but not least the uh

1917
02:11:57,440 --> 02:12:04,560
not just us but other depa apartments or
uh community groups

1918
02:12:01,599 --> 02:12:09,119
facilitates or uh the content that goes
into that this document so you can read

1919
02:12:06,719 --> 02:12:12,880
wonderful information from the chamber
as well as the dda

1920
02:12:10,880 --> 02:12:16,719
all sorts of fun fun information and the
very last page gives a full listing of

1921
02:12:15,119 --> 02:12:19,679
all of the different meetings and stuff
that come are coming up in the month of

1922
02:12:18,560 --> 02:12:23,360
august so
keep in mind these are all public and

1923
02:12:21,360 --> 02:12:26,719
in-person meetings once again so we'd
love to see you come by and see what's

1924
02:12:25,440 --> 02:12:30,719
happening not just at the council
meeting but also the individual groups

1925
02:12:28,560 --> 02:12:36,560
that make this city wonderful so that's
my only item mr mayor thank you mr

1926
02:12:33,040 --> 02:12:40,400
attorney uh mr mayor thank you uh
nothing new to report this evening all

1927
02:12:39,040 --> 02:12:44,719
is well
when you say that that is a good thing i

1928
02:12:42,400 --> 02:12:46,960
i appreciate that
um

1929
02:12:45,679 --> 02:12:49,920
i have a number of things but you're
going to sense a common theme because i

1930
02:12:48,320 --> 02:12:54,320
think just about all of them have been
mentioned i do want to congratulate

1931
02:12:51,599 --> 02:12:58,400
brian gothard as the public safety
officer of the year and i want to thank

1932
02:12:56,159 --> 02:13:00,480
the legion for putting that event
together

1933
02:12:59,440 --> 02:13:04,320
um
ike and and the crew just a tremendous

1934
02:13:02,880 --> 02:13:08,480
night for brian something that i think
is going to continue in the future um

1935
02:13:06,560 --> 02:13:11,760
but recognizing the public uh public
safety officers in our community for

1936
02:13:10,159 --> 02:13:17,280
what they do on a daily basis again
these are true community police officers

1937
02:13:14,560 --> 02:13:22,320
many of the things um that the the chief
was speaking about in his introduction

1938
02:13:19,440 --> 02:13:25,599
who has worse jokes than you might i add
um

1939
02:13:23,599 --> 02:13:28,960
you know was was not just about the life
saving and and the typical things that

1940
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we think about with public safety
officers it was the times when brian

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stopped and played basketball with some
kids or just interacted with people

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those are the things that really that
people remember and that's that's how

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they form their perception of our
community it's not just if you do

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something wrong
they're here when you're doing things

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that are right as well and they want to
be here and are part of the community so

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that was a great night
certainly want to congratulate the

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chamber it was the first real city-wide
event we've had in about a year and a

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half
and it was

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tremendous it went off without a hitch
to have the event but also the

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additional spacing this year i think
also made other made folks feel more

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comfortable and being able to walk
around

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you know hit hit some of the different
booths and vendors there but also see

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the chalk art and do it in a way that
allowed folks to remain socially distant

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and feel safe and comfortable out there
um and as was mentioned pinspiration um

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also with the ribbon cutting uh that day
as well where community meets creativity

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that is that is what inspiration is all
about um and it's i imagine a place that

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my children are going to want to visit
quite frequently

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um
on the subject of

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cutting ribbons vibe credit union on
july 21st actually officially cut their

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ribbon on their new
branch it's not new but it if you have

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driven past it certainly looks brand new
and if you've been inside it is

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definitely brand new a place that has
not been changed in the 41 years that

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i've been around this community
has seen a significant change

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and they they were able to cut the
ribbon on the 21st it was relatively

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small um there had some executives there
and their board

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of directors was there as well but on
this wednesday they are doing an event

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for the members um in the afternoon on
wednesday and i've been told that there

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is supposed to be ice cream there and if
not

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please go inside and ask to see tamara
she will certainly

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help you out um if there is not
um also as mentioned cruise fest is

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coming up the art bash is coming up
before our next meeting as well has been

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mentioned
and hopefully another public safety golf

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outing for the one that was
unfortunately cancelled rather last

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minute
i mean and also again please remain

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vigilant there are new cdc guidelines
now even if you are fully

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vaccinated recommending in public indoor
settings when there's a lot of people

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packed in a substantial or high
transmission risk to please they

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recommend wearing a mask
also fully vaccinated people might

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choose to wear a mask
if they live with folks who are

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immunocompromised or potentially at
higher risk again this is coming back to

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recommending now even vaccinated folks
if they want to to continue to be as

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safe as possible recommending that they
continue to wear masks in those in those

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settings
and for schools

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cdc recommends universal indoor masking
for all teachers staff and students and

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visitors to schools regardless of
vaccination status and i say that as

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well because school will be back before
our next meeting and our district is

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following those same rules that were
announced just last week

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that teacher staff students visitors
everybody has to be masked regardless of

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vaccination status and i think that is
the correct decision uh superintendent

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scott francis really his first you know
big decisions getting really thrown into

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the fire here
but i do certainly support that decision

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i don't know that he really could have
made any other decision on him and the

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school board and i do support that and i
think it is the the correct decision for

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all of our kids so they can safely
return to school and actually have a

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school year that is at least
more in person and more like you know

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school
should be i think for all of the

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students
and to the teachers

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another school year is already here
summer flew by

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thank you for your service and what you
do

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for all of our kids and and last year
was especially difficult on educators um

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a former educator sure but my wife is an
educator still and i cannot imagine how

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difficult it was for teachers to be
making multiple sets of plans where

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virtually are we in person and still
trying to

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educate the children to the absolute
best of their ability in just absolutely

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unforeseen and unbearable circumstances
hopefully the school year certainly goes

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better for them
as well

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and with that
i will ask for a motion to adjourn

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motion adjourn support motion to adjourn
by council member baker with support

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from council member hennen are there any
questions no there are not perfect miss

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harold would you please call the roll
price

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yes baker yes blanchard yes dean yes
gavin yes hennen yes turbrac yes

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the august 9th
2021 meeting of the 38th council of the

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city of berkeley is adjourned

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[Music]

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