[0:05] Call it to MADAM Secretary,

[0:10] please read the roll call.

[0:12] Good Evening. Councilmember

[0:13] Grimsley present Councilmember

[0:15] Kelly present Councilmember

[0:18] Walker Griffin, PRESIDENT Vice

[0:20] Mayor Ramiro present. Thank

[0:24] you. First item closed

[0:25] session. Do we have any

[0:29] public? Speaker Kurtz? At this

[0:30] time? We have no public

[0:32] speaker and MISTER City

[0:33] attorney. Would you read Yes,

[0:35] MISTER Mayor. Conference with

[0:37] the labor negotiators relative

[0:38] to the following employee

[0:44] groups. Teamsters local 3.15,

[0:46] Hercules Police Officers

[0:47] Association, Hercules senior

[0:49] manager employee group

[0:51] Confidential on represented

[0:52] employee group in the Mid

[0:56] Management employee group.

[0:57] Well, then we will recess into

[1:04] Recording in

[1:11] progress. Call the meeting

[1:14] back to order coming out of

[1:15] closed session. MISTER Cheney,

[1:16] reportable action occurring at

[1:20] a closed session? We had

[1:22] closed session item. It was a

[1:23] conference labor negotiators

[1:25] regarding several employee

[1:26] groups including Teamsters,

[1:28] local, 3.15 There are least

[1:30] police officers association.

[1:33] The Hercules senior manager

[1:33] employee crew, the

[1:34] confidential and

[1:36] representative employee group

[1:36] and the Mid Management

[1:41] employee. And there was no

[1:41] final report of election is

[1:42] rigged. So that closed

[1:47] session. Thank you very much.

[1:48] Council everybody standing

[1:48] Councilmember. Kelly, can you

[1:49] leave us in the Pledge of

[1:54] Allegiance? Please. Led United

[1:58] States of America to the

[1:59] Republic for which it stands.

[2:02] One nation under GOD,

[2:02] indivisible, with liberty and

[2:12] justice for MADAM Secretary

[2:16] Roll Call, please. Thank you.

[2:16] Good evening. Councilmember

[2:20] Grimsley council member Kelly

[2:23] PRESIDENT Councilmember Baca

[2:23] Griffin, PRESIDENT, but it's

[2:28] in their mouth as thank Okay.

[2:33] Item number 7 is moment Maybe

[2:35] 15 is police officer Day and

[2:39] so are. A silencer for those

[2:42] officers lost their and we

[2:43] want to honor him with what we

[2:57] say

[2:59] Okay. We have no

[3:01] presentations or commission

[3:02] City manager, any agenda

[3:06] additions or deletions. Thank

[3:08] you, Mayor. I would like to

[3:13] stuff like to pull 13 Dash

[3:14] 4.13 deaths Flock 5 related to

[3:18] flag place. We need some

[3:20] additional direction City

[3:21] Council after the publishing

[3:24] of the agenda. We had a

[3:26] question from a council member

[3:27] of a procedural question the

[3:31] item from a council member and

[3:32] Steph, assume there was some

[3:34] pre authorization based on

[3:35] past approvals. And so we put

[3:41] it on the agenda. And this

[3:41] does require the flagpoles

[3:44] requires this 2 step process

[3:46] where it's requested that

[3:47] future agenda items and then

[3:48] it goes on the agenda at the

[3:53] next meeting. And so we'd like

[3:55] to pull this item. At the end

[3:58] of the future agenda the

[3:59] section for future agenda

[4:01] items. If a council member

[4:02] asked to put that on the

[4:04] agenda and the council

[4:06] concurs. We'll bring those 2

[4:08] items back to the next council

[4:10] meeting for final approval.

[4:12] Staff would like to pool those

[4:16] 2 items for those reasons.

[4:23] 13.4 13.5 people. So next item

[4:25] is public This time is

[4:26] reserved for members of the

[4:27] public to address issues not

[4:29] included on the agenda in

[4:30] accordance with Brown council

[4:31] referred it, Steph. Any

[4:34] matters property for them at

[4:34] the time in those matters,

[4:35] baby placed in the future

[4:39] agenda of Tonight we have for

[4:40] public speakers. The first

[4:41] speaker tonight will McCoy.

[4:50] Police. My name is Hunter

[4:51] McCoy. I was born and raised

[4:52] in the Bay Area and currently

[4:55] reside in Hercules. I often

[4:57] play Franklin Canyon Golf

[4:59] course as it is a amazing

[5:01] recreational asset to our

[5:02] community. That brings people

[5:03] of all types together for the

[5:06] better and he's unfortunately

[5:06] planned to be completely

[5:09] destroyed to benefit tourists

[5:11] with no real benefit for our

[5:14] community. The original

[5:14] proposal was to keep the

[5:16] nine-hole back course open to

[5:19] the public and having that

[5:20] change with no community vote.

[5:22] I feel as an era that must be

[5:25] corrected. No permits should

[5:26] be approved to develop on this

[5:27] side toll revised plan similar

[5:29] to the original he's submitted

[5:33] and voted on by the community

[5:33] measure and was designed to

[5:36] keep the space open for

[5:37] community use and not hoard

[5:38] the location with large

[5:40] commercial vehicles by

[5:42] tourists. It does not appear

[5:45] much thought has gone into any

[5:45] of this and he's robbing the

[5:48] entire Hercules and East Bay

[5:48] community changing a golf

[5:49] course into a trailer park

[5:53] should have gone on the ballot

[5:55] as I don't believe, many local

[5:55] residents would elect for an

[5:58] rv trailer park in their

[6:00] backyard. I have major

[6:02] concerns about all of its

[6:05] logistical environmental and

[6:07] holistic aspects approving the

[6:09] complete destruction of such a

[6:10] massive property that serves

[6:11] the public should have been

[6:15] voted on by the people. The

[6:15] fact that it is being

[6:17] destroyed to accommodate large

[6:19] commercial vehicles from non

[6:19] community members is frankly a

[6:23] joke. I have talked to many

[6:24] people in the community who

[6:25] have all stated they had no

[6:27] idea this was taking place and

[6:29] had no idea this was being

[6:31] considered many of which

[6:32] Hercules community members who

[6:33] own businesses in the city

[6:35] work for the city. We're part

[6:39] of the Rotary Club. I find it

[6:41] comical that any minor

[6:42] development in the community

[6:43] gets public attention yet

[6:45] something as massive as this

[6:47] went undetected for years by

[6:47] even the most invested members

[6:51] of the community. Holly Smith

[6:53] was the administrative

[6:54] director who approved the

[6:55] original planning is now since

[6:56] retired. I believe this was

[6:59] approved administratively on

[7:01] paper and should have not been

[7:02] and should have been voted on

[7:03] by the people of Hercules in

[7:05] the community that it's

[7:06] impacting. Not only is this a

[7:09] fire hazard with 180 proposed

[7:11] campfire and outdoor cooking

[7:13] sites. It puts the local

[7:14] community that travels on

[7:16] Highway 4 in Hercules in

[7:19] danger from these large

[7:20] commercial vehicles. This

[7:21] location has blind spots as

[7:22] you approach the golf course

[7:23] and the only way to get into

[7:25] Franklin Canyon from the east

[7:27] is to get off and Hercules and

[7:29] turn around. How are huge rv

[7:30] trailers and buses going to

[7:33] maneuver the Hercules

[7:34] residential streets. What is

[7:36] it going to do? The daily

[7:36] Traficant in downtown Hercules

[7:39] because of this? All of this

[7:40] has massive implications

[7:43] outside of water conservation.

[7:43] It should have been voted on

[7:44] again by the people and it's

[7:48] impacting. This does not mean

[7:49] any rational criteria that was

[7:51] originally designed for

[7:52] measure the space was not was

[7:59] not being maintained by a this

[8:00] space is not being maintained

[8:01] as account. The more time.

[8:01] Sir, thank you very much.

[8:06] Thank you. Next speaker is

[8:16] Robert haul. Good evening.

[8:18] City of Hercules officials and

[8:19] all residents of Hercules and

[8:23] Rodeo who are listening. You

[8:23] are about to lose your fire

[8:27] department. The Rodale

[8:27] Hercules Fire Protection

[8:33] District. It will be lost

[8:34] through annexation into con

[8:34] fire managed by the county

[8:38] Board of Supervisors. The

[8:40] annexation process will not be

[8:43] overnight. They're required

[8:43] meetings to hold papers to

[8:44] file. It will take months to

[8:52] complete. Annexation train is

[8:54] ready depart the station as

[8:56] early as tomorrow night's

[8:57] special meeting and fire

[8:59] stations. 76. The agenda item

[9:03] reads as follows. Potential

[9:05] annexation of Rodeo Hercules

[9:07] Fire Protection District with

[9:08] or into Contra Costa County

[9:10] Fire Protection District

[9:13] analysis and findings,

[9:14] presentation and possible

[9:19] action item. In the 3 minutes.

[9:19] A public comment. I can only

[9:20] give you the tip of the

[9:21] iceberg for the situation and

[9:22] describing. But here goes

[9:27] point number one. Annexation

[9:28] is the most consequential

[9:29] issue the district will ever

[9:30] face as noted by Director

[9:34] Steve Hill. Who was formerly

[9:34] Con Fire's principal

[9:36] information officer. Point

[9:41] number 2. Annexation is a

[9:43] one-way road. If our district

[9:44] has annexed, we'll never get

[9:46] our local control back. Point

[9:50] number 3. In the most recent

[9:52] audited financial report, the

[9:54] district closed its fiscal

[9:56] year with 7.2 million dollars

[9:59] in reserves. For says annual

[10:02] operating expenses of 8.9

[10:03] million dollars. That is a

[10:05] very healthy financial

[10:06] picture. It's better than con

[10:09] fire's picture on a percentage

[10:10] basis. We are in no danger of

[10:15] sudden bankruptcy. Point

[10:16] number for tomorrow night's

[10:16] possible action is a surprise

[10:20] to most people. None of the

[10:21] board of directors ran on a

[10:22] campaign of to solving her

[10:25] district. And handing billions

[10:25] of dollars over to come on

[10:29] fire. These 4 facts point to

[10:32] what is needed. Opportunity

[10:33] needs to be given for the

[10:34] people of the district to vote

[10:36] up or down on annexation in

[10:36] the NOVEMBER. General

[10:40] election. With our previous

[10:40] speaker. People out of voting.

[10:41] You want to be supporting

[10:45] democracy. The board can put

[10:46] this on the ballot. But

[10:47] without encouragement from

[10:50] people, it will not do so. Us.

[10:51] The city council won't have

[10:53] time to discuss this before

[10:55] tomorrow. Fire district

[10:56] meeting, but you can act in

[10:59] your capacity as individuals.

[11:00] All of you hearing this

[11:00] message can act as

[11:03] individuals. Please write to

[11:05] the Rodeo Hercules Fire

[11:06] District. Let them know they

[11:08] should put annexation on the

[11:08] ballot. Whether you support it

[11:12] or oppose it. The people out

[11:12] vote on it is such an

[11:15] important issue. People have

[11:15] voted for taxation. Let the

[11:17] people decide in NOVEMBER.

[11:21] Thank Thank you very much.

[11:21] Next speakers Charley

[11:29] Davidson. Greetings, Council

[11:36] and staff community members.

[11:37] They're being on a

[11:38] questionable accusations about

[11:39] the solvency of the Rodeo

[11:43] Hercules Fire District. But I

[11:46] would like to address adequate

[11:47] rodeo Hercules fair districts,

[11:50] revenues and services where

[11:51] the district has a well

[11:52] balanced budget this year

[11:57] measurably in the black. And

[11:59] there are coming other

[12:00] increases in the redevelopment

[12:01] agency passed through revenues

[12:04] that will be coming back to

[12:06] the increasing amounts to the

[12:08] Rodeo Hercules Fire district

[12:10] to further increase our

[12:11] revenues. Have 7.2 million

[12:14] dollars in reserves which

[12:16] speaks of improved health of

[12:17] the district. Thanks to

[12:18] measure Rose 2.6 million

[12:23] dollar yearly contribution. In

[12:25] fact, currently has 1 million

[12:26] and spender from this year's

[12:31] balance. A We've done multiple

[12:33] outside contractors using 3rd

[12:35] party expertise for fire

[12:38] prevention. We debate mean and

[12:40] these are costs neutral

[12:41] because of monies that can be

[12:44] returned through that services

[12:44] and it will keep a insurance

[12:45] down for homeowners within the

[12:49] city. We've a purchase a new

[12:52] alert system in upgrading our

[12:56] communication system Verde

[12:58] Hercules in collaboration with

[12:59] Con Fire has recently trained

[13:00] for high-rise and radio

[13:02] protocol and no cost to

[13:04] Hercules recently kind. Fire

[13:07] is also trained with us and

[13:08] wildfire, containment and

[13:09] Phillips. 66 property open

[13:13] lands. Seth has recently put

[13:16] the engineer level

[13:17] firefighters through engineer

[13:17] Skills Academy and driver

[13:19] training. The district looks

[13:23] forward to the a second panel

[13:25] fire station. 74 in Pinole

[13:27] Valley Road opening because it

[13:29] would markedly bring down the

[13:29] disproportionate number of

[13:32] times in hours per year. That

[13:34] are hfd has responded to

[13:40] cover. We're assists panel.

[13:43] Rda pass through funding

[13:44] increases access to multiple

[13:45] grants and services using

[13:46] subjects for third-party

[13:47] contractors. Plus measure o

[13:50] funds will keep Rh fd solvent

[13:53] in the future. So these

[13:55] discussions about are not

[13:59] founded. Thank you very much.

[14:02] Our next speaker is. Should

[14:11] believe? Good evening,

[14:16] everybody. My name is

[14:17] currently. Have lived in

[14:17] cookies for more than 30

[14:22] years. And recently and really

[14:23] was something that I put out

[14:25] bring to flow. So that it can

[14:27] be resolved once and for all.

[14:33] Has to do with fencing. This

[14:34] book and his friends friends

[14:38] stand And he says the height

[14:49] of fence wall combined 6 feet.

[14:51] i had to say might never has a

[14:53] 9 foot wall. I mean for wall

[14:54] between totally blocking my

[14:58] view to the bit. I put my

[14:59] house because of the view that

[15:04] a half of that. Of Bay area.

[15:06] Best view in the area this

[15:08] phase has blocked it and are

[15:15] just my My. My purpose of So I

[15:15] have been Hawkins with the

[15:17] city officials. About how this

[15:21] fixed? But given me all kinds

[15:24] business. One of them make

[15:28] sense. I want to say it hit.

[15:29] Somebody says behind Sulphur

[15:30] freshman measure from some

[15:33] high, it's doesn't even exist.

[15:37] I'm still present. But I wish

[15:39] I can distribute my flat.

[15:39] Everybody's so you can see

[15:40] what I've been going this

[15:43] city. This is wrong. I should

[15:46] be treated with respect up

[15:51] nicely. You know so everybody

[15:52] we should not be selective. We

[15:56] should be fair citizen. Do not

[15:57] to different because I have

[15:57] accent because I'm female.

[16:01] That's how I feel. Okay. You

[16:03] MAY think I'm but that's how I

[16:07] feel about was who are here.

[16:08] Come up, metal 6 feet. Who

[16:08] doesn't know what, 6 South

[16:10] when this country. That

[16:13] telling me that my France on

[16:15] wall unable is 6 is in

[16:19] compliance with No, it's not.

[16:20] And want to do something about

[16:25] it. This is killing me because

[16:27] from the citizen have been

[16:27] pretty much times relief

[16:30] pointedly been in trouble. Why

[16:31] can the city do the right Why

[16:35] do being picky chosen with But

[16:37] what this local mother? That's

[16:39] what I'm here for. And I hope

[16:43] I get a result be back. Thank

[16:58] you. Thank you very much.

[16:58] One

[16:59] more speaker card. Tonya

[17:00] little come up to the podium.

[17:07] Please. Thank for this

[17:10] opportunity speak. I'm Tanya

[17:10] Little. I'm a resident of

[17:14] Hercules for over 31 years.

[17:15] And I'm I'm offering a

[17:16] different opinion with regard

[17:17] to the rodeo her to expire

[17:20] distric. And 2020. I was well

[17:25] involved with if you where

[17:25] there was not a study or

[17:26] strategic plan that actually

[17:29] dealt with. Whether we should

[17:33] consider annexation or not.

[17:34] Since then, there has been a

[17:36] strategic plan. There were 3

[17:40] options contract for service.

[17:45] Higher out for h r. And

[17:46] joining with another fire

[17:47] district, which would not the

[17:55] annexation. One of the was

[17:56] joining with l Street. A fire

[17:57] fires too far away to really

[17:58] compensate or do anything for

[18:02] our area. No one else applied

[18:02] to the rfp to any do any of

[18:06] that. The option for

[18:09] contractor service is limited

[18:09] because there's not enough

[18:13] staffing with the skills and

[18:14] ability to actually run the

[18:21] fire district. With regards

[18:23] staffing the finances that was

[18:24] talked about. As we all know,

[18:27] there's aging community. We

[18:28] all know that the retirement

[18:31] age from one of those people

[18:34] is living a lot longer. So as

[18:34] the people are retiring and

[18:37] the fire district that money

[18:39] has to support that. So, yes,

[18:42] we have the money now. Will it

[18:44] be sustained? I don't think

[18:47] so. We have to ask for a tax

[18:51] of some point. Yes, we will.

[18:53] We have access to additional

[18:54] monies outside of Yes, we

[18:57] will. If we were to annex. So

[18:59] at this point in time based on

[18:59] the plan because I was one i

[19:02] want more information and not

[19:03] I am in support of this

[19:07] community moving forward with

[19:07] an annexation will have the

[19:17] magnitude of scale. Thank you.

[19:18] That will and public comment.

[19:19] Thank you. Thank you very

[19:21] much. Ok? Thank you. Publicly

[19:27] speaking. So the next item is

[19:30] our consent calendar. We one

[19:31] Does anyone wish to pull that

[19:36] item? MISTER Yes, I'd like to

[19:37] make a motion that we passed

[19:40] the a consent calendar as

[19:42] okay? Motion to pass consent

[19:43] calendar. But Kelly and second

[19:45] by Walker Griffin. Any

[19:47] discussion all those in favor.

[19:49] Please say Aye consent

[19:55] calendar passes like so. The

[19:58] next item item 13 discussion

[20:00] and or action items. Item

[20:03] number one empowerment Zone

[20:06] Representative MISTER Hall.

[20:07] Thank you. Director Rude will

[20:10] provide this report. Good

[20:12] evening, mayor and council

[20:13] Timur community Development

[20:18] director. Contra Costa County

[20:19] has invited the city to select

[20:19] a representative and alternate

[20:22] from the council. To represent

[20:23] the city on the governing

[20:25] board of the Green Empowerment

[20:27] Zone for the Northern

[20:28] waterfront area of Contra

[20:28] Costa County and a portion of

[20:32] Solano County. Alison Green

[20:33] leave county's economic

[20:34] development manager was kind

[20:35] enough to join us tonight and

[20:38] will be available to help

[20:38] respond to questions following

[20:43] the staff presentation. The

[20:43] Bay Area's home to the

[20:45] second-largest oil refining

[20:46] center on the West Coast with

[20:48] thousands of high-paying union

[20:50] jobs considering the state's

[20:52] commitment to carbon

[20:53] neutrality. The Green

[20:54] Empowerment Zone is intended

[20:56] to create an operational

[20:57] infrastructure to support the

[20:58] work force in the transition

[20:59] into the next era of the

[21:03] energy economy. The goal of

[21:05] the Gz is to establish a

[21:06] framework to ensure the

[21:07] transition to clean energy

[21:09] does not leave behind workers

[21:10] and ensure that our area

[21:11] remains a hub of the energy

[21:15] sector for years to come. The

[21:17] g Zee was established by

[21:18] Assembly Bill 8.44, which the

[21:22] governor signed in 2021. It

[21:23] builds upon the comparative

[21:25] advantage provided by the

[21:26] regional concentration of

[21:27] highly skilled energy industry

[21:30] workers by prioritizing access

[21:33] to tax incentives, grants loan

[21:35] programs, workforce training

[21:36] programs and private sector

[21:36] investment in the renewable

[21:40] energy sector. The county

[21:44] related initiatives are

[21:45] discussed in the staff report.

[21:46] These include the Northern

[21:47] Waterfront Economic

[21:48] Development Initiative, which

[21:48] is a partnership among the

[21:49] county and 7 partner cities,

[21:53] including Hercules. As well as

[21:56] the just transition economic

[21:57] revitalization plan funded by

[22:00] a $750,000 to the county from

[22:01] the U.S. Department of Housing

[22:04] and Urban Development. And the

[22:07] Contra Costa Refinery

[22:08] transition partnership and

[22:08] existing research effort

[22:09] funded by the California

[22:14] Workforce Development Board.

[22:16] In SEPTEMBER of 2023. The

[22:18] County Board of Supervisors

[22:19] authorized an agreement with

[22:20] the governor's Office of

[22:24] Business and Economic

[22:24] Development or Gove is for up

[22:24] to 5 million dollars to

[22:26] provide administrative and

[22:27] other support services for the

[22:29] Green Empowerment Zone through

[22:33] JUNE 2026. The governing Board

[22:34] of the Green Empowerment Zone

[22:38] held its first meeting in

[22:39] DECEMBER and met again in

[22:39] APRIL with the mayor in

[22:41] attendance. The governing

[22:42] board meets in Martinez on the

[22:44] 3rd Friday of every other

[22:46] month with upcoming meetings

[22:48] scheduled for JUNE. 21st

[22:49] AUGUST 16th, OCTOBER 18th and

[22:54] DECEMBER, 20th. The county has

[22:55] invited the city to

[22:57] participate in the g Zee by

[22:58] adopting the resolution of

[23:01] participation in your packet

[23:02] and appointing a

[23:02] representative and alternate

[23:06] for a two-year term. This

[23:08] concludes the staff If it

[23:10] pleases the you MAY wish to

[23:12] invite also up to the podium

[23:14] to help in responding to

[23:14] questions. Stay MISS

[23:20] Agreement. Could you please if

[23:22] you'd like to add any

[23:22] additional information to the

[23:23] staff report that would be

[23:28] helpful Council. I'm Allison

[23:29] Greeley, Economic Development

[23:30] manager with the Department of

[23:30] Conservation Development

[23:36] Contra Costa County I think

[23:39] the staff report really

[23:40] describes the to join the g

[23:44] Eazy governing board the

[23:48] counties in the process of

[23:49] staff within the county are in

[23:50] the process of filling out the

[23:53] governing board. And so I'm

[23:53] very happy to answer any

[23:54] questions that you MAY have

[23:59] today. All right. Thank you.

[23:59] Normally and I would wait to

[24:02] last, but this was brought up

[24:07] to me by a city manager. In

[24:08] MARCH, little confused because

[24:10] when I started reading the

[24:12] report it started DECEMBER. So

[24:15] I was a little. Confused about

[24:17] the whole process. I did

[24:20] attend the APRIL meeting. It

[24:23] has expanded. It was

[24:27] originally most of the cities

[24:27] in Northern Waterfront

[24:28] alliance. But that's expanded

[24:30] to punish a the layoff. And

[24:38] all. Same Pavel Richmond.

[24:39] That's expanded even more. I

[24:41] Brent was part of this so. I

[24:46] don't know Oakley, but I have

[24:47] agree that I think the council

[24:49] should be active in this

[24:52] agreed empowerment zone. Not

[24:53] specifically because it was

[24:56] first 4. Highly skilled

[25:00] refinery workers. But it's a

[25:00] potential of what's going to

[25:01] happen in the future, which

[25:02] could be wind turbines that

[25:06] are being built here locally.

[25:07] When you have a winter vines,

[25:09] you also have other offshoot

[25:11] jobs that come along with that

[25:14] and those offshoot jobs could

[25:14] benefit the city hurt police

[25:17] sometime in the future. I I do

[25:20] think that we should public

[25:23] support tonight. So go ahead

[25:24] with COUNCILMAN Council member

[25:29] Kelly. So I understand that

[25:30] there is no financial

[25:32] commitment on the part of our

[25:33] city to joining this board. Is

[25:34] that correct? Correct. Okay.

[25:36] And you're looking for

[25:37] representative. Are you

[25:37] looking for someone from our

[25:39] city council to join or

[25:41] someone from our staff? The

[25:42] city Council correct. Just the

[25:44] city Council. Yes, that's

[25:50] correct. Okay. And the other

[25:51] question is see of at 9.30,

[25:53] how long those meetings

[25:55] generally last. Thank you.

[25:56] Minutes 90 minutes because of

[25:57] the 9.30, to 11. Okay. All

[26:01] right. Thank you. Questions

[26:04] this council member Vincent. I

[26:05] can you just describe a little

[26:08] bit more about the purpose of

[26:09] ge see what its goals are and

[26:10] what is the role of the

[26:14] governing board. The purpose

[26:19] of the ge z essentially to

[26:19] prioritize Contra Costa County

[26:23] in terms of access to various

[26:25] forms of tax incentives at the

[26:29] state level that can help too

[26:31] help the county's energy

[26:34] transition. The role of the

[26:36] governing board is to

[26:42] essentially over see the zone.

[26:49] It was it was a k a. So again

[26:50] that what going to the What I

[26:50] noticed was that was either

[26:53] the mayor of the city or I

[26:56] think conquered had vice mayor

[26:59] what I also. This is being

[27:01] driven by the county. So

[27:02] county staff is one that's

[27:04] putting all the documents

[27:11] together. I think it's a like

[27:11] I said earlier. I think it's a

[27:15] good idea. But just this is

[27:16] one meeting. Documents offer

[27:20] last meeting. So it's a it's

[27:23] got stuff and maps and stuff.

[27:25] Again, I think when I got out

[27:26] of it, the first meeting that

[27:30] I attended I guess when

[27:31] marathon close recently a

[27:32] couple years ago, there was a

[27:35] lot of the highly refining

[27:36] workers that we're sort of

[27:38] left out of that and that

[27:42] opened the eyes of a so

[27:43] Grayson. And that's why I

[27:46] developed a so. Supervisor Joy

[27:49] has been sort Very involved in

[27:52] it. So I don't think it will

[27:54] hurt us. Attendee, but I do

[27:56] think it would open up a

[27:57] possible job opportunities in

[28:00] the future. We don't have any

[28:03] other questions by council. Go

[28:04] ahead to have any public

[28:08] speakers. I have no speakers

[28:12] on agenda bring it back to

[28:15] there's a a a resolution

[28:17] attached to this. Does anybody

[28:21] have any offers of who they'd

[28:25] like to Councilmember Thank

[28:26] you. I'd like to know me

[28:29] myself for the primary. A

[28:29] board member for the Green

[28:34] Empowerment Zone. Okay. Here,

[28:36] one looks all and I just want

[28:38] to second that I think he'd be

[28:38] great. Okay. All right. Well,

[28:40] that's a first and second.

[28:42] Okay. With that, we'll go

[28:47] ahead take a vote. So the

[28:49] resolution calls for primary

[28:51] and alternate. I thought we do

[28:52] the primary and work certain,

[28:52] ok, if you'd like to All

[28:55] right. So all those in favor

[28:58] of Alex, please say Aye. I

[29:01] okay. If it is e primary and

[29:06] then for the secondary? Let's

[29:13] because Kelly. That second for

[29:15] Councilmember Kelly and the

[29:17] second. Can I say something?

[29:18] Because anybody else want

[29:27] this? Haha. All right. All

[29:29] except okay. All right. So all

[29:32] those in favor of plea for

[29:32] Councilmember Kelly as the

[29:34] alternative to the cheesy

[29:38] police say I I. It would have

[29:46] sent But COUNCILMAN. So make a

[29:49] motion, okay, they will. So we

[29:51] have primary and we have the

[29:54] alternate and then

[29:57] Councilmember and Vice Bailey

[29:58] with the motion. Yes, make a

[29:59] motion. We adopt a resolution

[30:00] of the city of Hercules City.

[30:01] The city council authorize the

[30:04] city to participate and the

[30:05] Green Empowerment Zone for the

[30:06] new the waterfront area of the

[30:06] country of Contra Costa

[30:09] County. Second, the motion.

[30:11] Okay and discussion. All those

[30:16] in favor. Please say aye. I I

[30:18] now was resolution supposed to

[30:24] designate he was you? I think

[30:26] it's that Borough Council's

[30:33] staff has ok, so there you go.

[30:34] So we'll go ahead. And let's

[30:37] have staffs and the link for

[30:43] the great gz from the county.

[30:44] Councilmember Walker Griffin,

[30:45] Councilmember Kelly so they

[30:49] start stating, ok? And that

[30:52] takes us to the next item on

[30:54] the agenda. Professional

[30:54] services agreement with

[30:57] records control services in

[31:00] the amount of $38,145.81 for

[31:02] the review and update the

[31:03] city. Hercules records,

[31:04] retention schedule policy.

[31:09] Final Thank you, Director

[31:10] Melinda. This will lead this

[31:13] report. Thank you. City

[31:14] manager Hall. Good evening,

[31:17] Mayor and council tonight

[31:19] before you the recommended

[31:21] provided by records control

[31:22] services to review and update

[31:24] the city's records. Retention

[31:26] schedule policy as well as the

[31:29] overall management system.

[31:30] This evening. Bruce Meyer, who

[31:33] is the PRESIDENT And ceo of

[31:34] Records Control Services Inc

[31:36] in attendance via zoom. And

[31:37] he's here to answer any

[31:37] questions you MAY have after

[31:42] the report. This is record to

[31:43] take schedule. And records

[31:44] management program was last

[31:47] updated in 2018 by the city

[31:48] clerk's office. These

[31:48] documents provided an overview

[31:50] guidelines and policies

[31:52] related to all components of

[31:57] records management on based on

[31:59] 2018 practices, a records

[32:01] retention schedule in policy

[32:02] should be reviewed regularly

[32:03] regularly to ensure the city's

[32:05] following the current

[32:06] government code as well as

[32:06] staying current with records

[32:10] management standards. It

[32:11] records management program

[32:11] only be reviewed and updated.

[32:14] But also meet the needs of the

[32:15] city, ensuring that the

[32:17] implementation is practical

[32:18] and comprehensive and that the

[32:21] system. That will be used

[32:22] consistently used throughout

[32:24] the city under the proposed

[32:26] scope of work, records,

[32:28] control services. Rcs will

[32:29] update the city's records,

[32:30] retention schedule review and

[32:32] recommend improvements to our

[32:34] existing record management

[32:36] policies and procedures in

[32:37] review, physical and

[32:38] electronic documents as well

[32:42] as inactive documents.

[32:43] Records, control services,

[32:44] scope of work also includes

[32:45] meeting with individual

[32:46] departments and providing

[32:48] training to staff and

[32:49] management. We'll include how

[32:50] to be how to reference booklet

[32:53] for program maintenance and

[32:54] the implementation of a

[32:56] compliment Comprehensive final

[32:57] index indexing system that

[32:58] will help to carry the city

[33:00] into the few future regardless

[33:00] of who is overseeing the

[33:05] program. It will implement and

[33:06] records management program

[33:07] saves money over time.

[33:07] Improves customer service

[33:10] increases fish and sea makes

[33:12] use of limited staff

[33:13] resources, reduces liability

[33:15] and potentially reduce the

[33:16] storage costs. Thank you for

[33:17] your consideration and happy

[33:18] to answer any questions that

[33:20] you MAY have. Ok? Thank you

[33:23] very much, a so bringing back

[33:24] to council any questions

[33:31] councilmember come. We're

[33:31] moving to a new system to

[33:32] retain the records. I

[33:34] understand all of that. And

[33:35] this will include digital

[33:38] records as well as the records

[33:39] that we now have in hard copy.

[33:43] Is that correct? That is

[33:44] correct. And where are we

[33:45] moving more and more to

[33:47] digital records for many of

[33:50] our our files right now. And

[33:52] we're moving in that That is

[33:55] part of the implementation of

[33:59] of his of rcs is program that

[34:01] will further down the road,

[34:02] though. We're going work with

[34:05] what we currently have and

[34:06] manage that first and then

[34:06] work with our electronic

[34:12] files. I assume that, you

[34:13] know, are all of our

[34:14] electronic files will be

[34:14] backed up bright, like, you

[34:15] know, somewhere in Kansas or

[34:20] something like that. Off site.

[34:21] Once again proves can probably

[34:21] provide more information on

[34:25] that. Okay. And then the

[34:27] question I have is about the

[34:28] in active files. I know that's

[34:30] a really big job. And I've

[34:31] gone to some of those files

[34:34] over 10 years ago, but I know

[34:34] there's a bunch of files down

[34:37] in the corporation yard. Who

[34:38] is going to go down and look

[34:41] at those files and determined

[34:42] whether or not we're going to

[34:46] keep them and some of those

[34:46] files MAY not be in good

[34:49] condition. So how will they be

[34:50] protected? Maybe you are.

[34:55] MISTER Meyer can address this.

[34:58] Happy address a survey of the

[34:59] locations. We have the trailer

[35:00] outside of City Hall that

[35:01] contains a significant amount

[35:07] of data. And we also have a a

[35:10] cargo container out of the

[35:10] courtyard that unfortunately

[35:14] had a leak at some point. And

[35:17] of the 90 some odd boxes that

[35:21] are in in that container very,

[35:25] very few. Are south Kabul.

[35:27] It's it's that's not a pretty

[35:28] situation. Is something of a

[35:30] hazmat situation is nothing I

[35:36] haven't done the trailer is a

[35:38] little bit of a better

[35:39] situation, although there is a

[35:41] significant amount of mold

[35:42] files in there because, again,

[35:43] the same scenario there was a

[35:44] leak and not to in that

[35:47] location. So I will be going

[35:48] through reviewing records

[35:52] records that are salvageable

[35:53] will repackaged into a into

[35:54] new containers. New standard

[35:58] size record boxes and prepare

[36:01] for storage wherever we turn

[36:06] to to store those records.

[36:07] That's something that I'll be

[36:07] discussing is part of the

[36:10] program on the best option,

[36:12] too, to handle those that

[36:14] those records, the inactive

[36:15] records for consider scanning

[36:17] them depending upon. Obviously

[36:18] the retention life of those

[36:19] documents. Know that a fair

[36:20] amount of things that in the

[36:23] trailer. Permanent records.

[36:26] They are planning documents

[36:29] building public cip projects.

[36:32] So and a little history on the

[36:36] 2 that I work primarily with

[36:39] the cities, districts and

[36:40] counties. In we implemented a

[36:41] program for the city of

[36:43] Hercules back in the Mid 80's.

[36:45] And obviously this is when you

[36:48] are across the street from

[36:53] from the dynamite location the

[36:55] dynamite this is necessary

[36:56] these are records that I'm

[36:59] intimately familiar with. And,

[37:01] you know, setting up the

[37:01] retention schedules will allow

[37:03] us to destroy records that

[37:03] that are obsolete at this

[37:07] point. And whatever is

[37:08] remaining, whether that's

[37:09] permanent or long-term

[37:11] records, we will determine as

[37:13] we go through those documents

[37:18] on the best method to retain.

[37:19] Well, it's heartening to know

[37:19] that you are familiar with

[37:21] many of these these records

[37:22] and I thank you very much. One

[37:24] of the question and that is if

[37:25] you find that some of these

[37:26] documents are just really not

[37:27] salvageable and you can't read

[37:29] them. Can we just then destroy

[37:35] them? I think can tell what

[37:37] they are. Oh, I'm I think what

[37:38] you do is have a statement of

[37:38] some sort for saying that

[37:42] records of damage. Okay. You

[37:43] know, we'll go through a

[37:45] process to to basically have

[37:48] approvals for that

[37:49] destruction, understanding

[37:50] that these records are legible

[37:52] at this point. Encountered

[37:54] this a couple times now. Thank

[37:58] you very much. Pleasure. And

[38:00] next week I think

[38:03] Councilmember Brunswick. My

[38:08] question is related for non

[38:10] permanent documents. What is

[38:11] the length of time for

[38:12] retention or and how far back

[38:13] where we go in terms of

[38:14] retaining documents are does

[38:19] such a requirement exist? I so

[38:22] much of that really depends

[38:23] upon the document south. And

[38:26] there are a variety of legal

[38:27] citations and caviar. I'm not

[38:29] a lawyer, but work with many

[38:32] city attorneys and lawyers to

[38:34] create the research that I

[38:35] have. And also, you enough out

[38:43] on my own the the minimum

[38:44] required retention for

[38:46] municipal records is 2 years.

[38:47] And that's based upon a

[38:50] government code. 34 0, which

[38:52] is, you know, governed by the

[38:56] state. Obviously that states

[38:57] that in addition to calling

[38:59] specific records relating real

[39:02] property within the city and

[39:03] decisions of the city

[39:05] resolutions minutes ordinances

[39:08] that require permanency on

[39:10] those records. Beyond that,

[39:11] the state has some guidelines

[39:13] that not been updated since

[39:14] 2006, but we still have to

[39:18] take those into consideration.

[39:19] We can also override some of

[39:24] those there are numerous

[39:26] citations that's the code of

[39:26] federal regulations.

[39:27] California code of regulations

[39:31] or other governing bodies that

[39:33] require us to keep records

[39:33] either shorter or longer than

[39:37] what the state says. So we're

[39:39] using the state as guy

[39:40] initially, but expanding upon

[39:43] that with any citations and

[39:46] common practice that would

[39:47] either extend or shorten

[39:49] retention life documents. I

[39:51] can answer question. Yes, it

[39:57] Think you. Councilmember Thank

[40:01] you for this. Just what?

[40:04] What's coming up for you? Of

[40:09] worst since records. I'm

[40:10] sorry. I'm having trouble

[40:13] hearing it. So sorry. My mic

[40:16] was Thank you, MISTER Thank

[40:17] you again for doing this. Just

[40:21] kind of want know like what

[40:21] what's upgrade in terms

[40:22] security to make sure that

[40:27] some of the more sensitive

[40:27] documents are protected. Well,

[40:28] as as part of the review of

[40:30] the documents, I would know

[40:31] basically what would be

[40:34] considered record I know

[40:35] records have vitality to them

[40:42] for the city important records

[40:43] to records that might might

[40:44] have a significant financial

[40:47] costs to reproduce that might

[40:49] actually jeopardize you know,

[40:52] the city's financial aspects

[40:53] of something goes wrong with

[40:54] those records. If you know,

[40:56] there's a disaster of some

[41:01] sort, there are as part of a

[41:02] retention program. There are

[41:04] aspects of designating vital

[41:06] records and that will be a

[41:08] column in the retention

[41:09] schedule saying these these

[41:10] are vital records and we need

[41:12] to protect these accordingly.

[41:13] How we protect those, whether

[41:16] that's standing and storing

[41:19] offsite some other process is

[41:20] really part of Extending

[41:24] extending the program. So and

[41:25] everyone thinks that the

[41:27] records are vital. Reality is

[41:31] that records are important. We

[41:32] want the records that that are

[41:34] vital to the survival of the

[41:36] city to be protected.

[41:38] Accordingly and will designate

[41:42] those as part of the records

[41:42] retention program and updates

[41:43] retention states. Great. Thank

[41:50] you. Thank you very Vice-mayor

[41:51] big. Get that to which they

[41:54] just want staff of the report

[41:55] is making life easier in a

[41:57] year to have to get to the

[41:59] setting the rules. Right?

[42:00] Fresh to secure mentioned

[42:05] before getting to process. And

[42:08] I guess my question MISTER So

[42:13] 2018, we adopted retention

[42:15] documents for the city

[42:18] Hercules. So you've gone

[42:19] through that. Part of our

[42:22] agenda speech. 49 to 73. So is

[42:24] that going to be adequate

[42:26] enough? A or other items that

[42:28] you need to take off are there

[42:28] are items that you need to add

[42:34] on to. We'll be reviewing that

[42:35] your current schedules with

[42:36] the department will be sitting

[42:37] down with court. People in the

[42:39] departments will designate

[42:40] what we call records

[42:41] coordinator Sosa normally

[42:43] administrative staff within

[42:43] the departments that are

[42:44] intimately familiar with the

[42:48] records. In addition to any

[42:50] other staff management for

[42:51] that matter that are

[42:52] interested in being involved

[42:55] in this initial interview

[42:56] process will review each one

[42:58] of those sections confirm that

[42:58] those are the records that

[43:01] they actually have of. If

[43:02] there are any missing, what I

[43:05] call records series types of

[43:07] records, get through anything

[43:09] missing will add those into

[43:10] the schedules, all develop a

[43:12] system that that higher

[43:12] quickly organizes the

[43:14] information when within each

[43:15] department, according to they

[43:18] think about organizing it. I

[43:19] can't tell them how to do it.

[43:21] They have to tell me how they

[43:24] consider structuring

[43:25] information and then we build

[43:26] the retention schedules off of

[43:31] that the it what we have right

[43:37] now is it's usable. It's

[43:37] missing description. Just

[43:39] missing a lot of citations. I

[43:43] prefer to have a significant

[43:45] section of citations to prove

[43:45] this is the reason chose and

[43:46] this retention schedule for

[43:48] this type of record. And we

[43:49] want to add those And

[43:53] addition, we want to have

[43:56] reasons behind any department

[43:57] extensions or even reductions

[43:58] and retention schedules and

[44:00] the retention period for their

[44:05] documents. That's important to

[44:07] set precedence for that. The

[44:07] decision to make it to keep

[44:11] that record longer or shorter.

[44:13] So that's that's the process

[44:14] that all be going through and

[44:16] it will be a back and forth

[44:18] initially confirming setting

[44:19] up the indexing structure,

[44:20] send it back to the department

[44:23] so they can review it and get

[44:23] their approvals. And the

[44:26] intent is to get 90 5 to 98%

[44:30] accuracy off the bat. When

[44:32] they actually start using the

[44:34] retention schedules, it will

[44:35] change. There are. It's a

[44:36] dynamic document. It is. It's

[44:40] it's intended to change to

[44:42] adapt to how they think about

[44:43] filing how how they want to

[44:46] keep that the documents and

[44:47] we're talking not just it.

[44:47] Talking paper and electronic

[44:48] to and mike reforms that we

[44:51] have. Mike reports. But it's

[44:53] it's up to them to tell me how

[44:54] they need to use the

[44:58] information. Okay. Again, like

[44:59] I said, the minimum

[45:00] requirement is 2 years, but

[45:02] they might reference materials

[45:05] for 5 years for historical

[45:05] purposes for trending for

[45:09] whatever the reason we want

[45:09] that reason associated with

[45:11] that administrative decision.

[45:13] Keep the record longer or

[45:16] shorter and that sets the

[45:16] precedent. If our system is

[45:17] called into court. And as for

[45:24] tonight, okay. And for plants.

[45:27] Would be routine forever. A

[45:30] permanent building building

[45:30] plans, development plans.

[45:35] Those will be available.

[45:36] Absolutely. All right. And

[45:37] well, thank you very much. And

[45:39] any other questions. MISTER

[45:42] Like to make a motion. What

[45:43] can I answer a public comment

[45:45] for sure. Okay. City clerk

[45:46] getting any public speaker

[45:51] parts. There are no speakers

[45:51] on this agenda item, ok?

[45:52] Alright, councilmember

[45:56] currently motion. I'd like to

[45:57] make a motion that we adopt a

[45:59] resolution of the city

[46:00] council. The city of Hercules

[46:01] approving a professional

[46:02] services agreement with the

[46:04] Records Controlled Services

[46:08] Inc in the amount of 38,145.0

[46:10] 9, 1, for the review and

[46:10] update of the city of Hercules

[46:13] records. Retention schedule

[46:14] policy and file management

[46:14] program and authorizing the

[46:16] city manager to execute the

[46:17] agreement on behalf of the

[46:22] City council. So Second by a

[46:23] motion by Grimsley second by

[46:24] Walker Griffin. Any

[46:26] discussion? All those in

[46:29] favor. Please say motion

[46:35] passes 5, sir. Much. Thank

[46:40] you. Takes us to 13.3

[46:40] volunteer recognition. MISTER

[46:44] Hall. Thank you. Mayor of

[46:46] turned to director to present

[46:51] this and also chief a circus.

[46:55] Getting new mayor members of

[46:56] council members of the

[46:57] community, Christopher, ok,

[47:00] parks and recreation director.

[47:01] Tonight, we are here to talk

[47:02] about volunteer recognition.

[47:06] The city of Hercules. The city

[47:07] of Hercules has been very

[47:08] fortunate to work with several

[47:09] volunteers throughout the city

[47:11] in many capacities. Staff

[47:13] would like to recognize these

[47:14] volunteers to play a vital

[47:15] role in the success of the

[47:18] city. The city recognizes that

[47:19] we cannot do all that we do

[47:20] without the assistance from so

[47:21] many wonderful people doing so

[47:24] many selfless things. Part of

[47:28] the background of volunteer

[47:29] recognition, the Parks and

[47:30] Recreation Department has

[47:31] traditionally benefited at our

[47:35] senior center. Those senior

[47:36] members who volunteer their

[47:38] time helping with meals

[47:39] working the front counter

[47:43] teaching classes. Assisting

[47:44] with just a plethora of

[47:47] activities and programs.

[47:48] Earlier this year, we were

[47:50] able to recognize one of our

[47:53] senior volunteers at the

[47:54] senior Center. We nominated

[47:55] her for an award through

[47:57] switches, California Park and

[47:59] rec society. And we're happy

[48:01] to say that Dory Smith was

[48:02] selected as an outstanding

[48:04] volunteer through cpr. Us and

[48:06] staff couldn't wait to take

[48:08] are to Albany and have lunch

[48:09] with her and celebrate Dorian,

[48:13] all that she does. The parks,

[48:14] Recreation Department, also

[48:19] partners with 14 see recognize

[48:20] nonprofit organizations. These

[48:21] groups often participate in

[48:22] annual events like the

[48:22] community clean-up day and

[48:23] tree lighting will talk about

[48:24] community cleanup and a little

[48:27] bit. They also participate in

[48:27] things like trunk or treat and

[48:32] pump. Has they participate in

[48:34] newly reimagined events like

[48:36] the wreck Expo and hydrant

[48:37] that we held this year place.

[48:38] Former correct takes traffic

[48:42] incident. Other examples of

[48:45] volunteers that help the city

[48:46] include groups and people that

[48:47] participate in our adopted

[48:48] park and adopt a trail

[48:52] program. Where people adopt

[48:52] either a park or trail and

[48:57] clean up on a regular basis.

[48:59] We also this year launched the

[49:01] team up to cleanup program

[49:03] where residents joining in on

[49:04] Saturday, the first Saturday

[49:07] of every month at a different

[49:08] location and help clean up the

[49:13] city in various capacities.

[49:14] The Parks Recreation

[49:14] Department also recently

[49:18] helped the city Council

[49:19] launched the new Herculean

[49:22] mild, a word and at our MARCH

[49:24] meeting MARCH. 26 meeting. We

[49:25] need recognize the first

[49:28] recipients of the award. You

[49:33] go ahead and pull And the

[49:35] first recipients of the word

[49:36] we're Karen and Tony Sanchez

[49:38] receiving the community award.

[49:42] And Jeanne Crawl known as Jim

[49:42] and Jeanie who's worked in

[49:42] after-school programs for more

[49:44] than 30 years when the

[49:47] employee award also to a jump

[49:52] in join in the Thank you,

[49:54] Director Oak, I thank you,

[49:55] MISTER Mayor and the other

[49:57] members of City Council. Want

[49:59] to thank you for giving us a

[50:00] platform this evening to

[50:01] publicly acknowledge and

[50:03] recognize the many

[50:04] contributions that our

[50:07] volunteers give us on a daily

[50:08] basis. It's incredible what

[50:10] they do for us on a daily

[50:12] basis for the police

[50:13] department. There are many

[50:15] things that they do behind the

[50:16] scenes. We have many, many

[50:20] community events that they now

[50:21] only participating put it

[50:22] together, but they also helped

[50:28] organize their contributions

[50:29] are measurable. Many of them

[50:30] not only donate time, but they

[50:31] also donate funds or resources

[50:34] to different things and they

[50:36] never looked for any kind of

[50:38] public acknowledgment. Think

[50:39] for me, one of the things that

[50:40] is most impressive about what

[50:43] they do not only did they

[50:44] donate their time for their

[50:44] community in the place that

[50:46] they call home, but they do it

[50:49] with a smile. And it's really

[50:51] impactful infections our

[50:53] staff. I want to thank each

[50:54] and every one of them. They're

[50:56] here tonight in the first

[50:57] couple rows. Some of them

[50:58] actually here who are part of

[51:02] advisory board as well. We

[51:04] couldn't do. We couldn't

[51:06] function our daily operations

[51:08] just would cease exist without

[51:14] their Thank you so much. So.

[51:16] In an analysis of we just want

[51:16] to say that the city of

[51:19] Hercules has benefited greatly

[51:20] from all of these groups, all

[51:21] these selfless individuals who

[51:22] come out and help on a regular

[51:26] basis. It's not just through

[51:26] the senior center. It's not

[51:29] just through Hercules Police

[51:29] Department or the adopt a park

[51:35] program or the team up to

[51:36] clean up that we just started.

[51:36] It's everything. It's all

[51:39] combined. So encompassing and

[51:40] but I'd like to do is I'd like

[51:40] to show a couple of photos

[51:43] from many of you were actually

[51:45] at the cleanup day this past

[51:51] monsoon. I 4th of MAY going go

[51:56] to the next slide news. So

[51:59] this is winners of the

[52:00] Herculean mile. Also in your

[52:04] packet tonight, there is a

[52:05] follow-up of the criteria and

[52:06] process in which they're

[52:11] selected the next round

[52:12] Herculean nominations is due

[52:13] JUNE first. So if you'd like

[52:15] to nominate somebody who is

[52:19] well-deserving within the city

[52:20] these awards, either the

[52:21] community or the employee

[52:23] award. We would greatly

[52:24] appreciate your nomination. It

[52:25] literally takes about 30

[52:26] seconds. There's 3 questions

[52:28] on the Web site and there's a

[52:29] little criteria sheet that

[52:32] show you how to do it. Those

[52:35] are the award winners. The

[52:36] first on our first ever go

[52:36] round of Go ahead and go to

[52:39] the next slide. And then this

[52:40] was our cleanup day on. MAY

[52:43] the 4th be with you? The only

[52:47] day in 15 days that rain was

[52:51] MAY 4th cleanup day. We

[52:52] ordered a slight drizzle to be

[52:53] there about 06:30am, in the

[52:54] morning just to keep the

[52:56] ground will you know when keep

[53:00] us cool. And it decided have a

[53:01] daily and we were soaked.

[53:04] Let's go ahead and go through

[53:05] some of those slain. These are

[53:06] just some of the photos from

[53:09] the event. I personally want

[53:10] to say, I've I've been here

[53:11] for 8 years and I've run

[53:13] countless events in the city

[53:14] of Hercules. I've worked with

[53:18] many of you most of the

[53:24] nonprofit and they leadership

[53:25] every year and I worked and

[53:26] run several events for parks

[53:28] and recreation. I've also done

[53:29] that for the majority of my

[53:31] career, which expands about 40

[53:34] years now, I'm sorry to say

[53:36] that but I would like to say

[53:40] that I was never more. I'm

[53:42] impressed with the When I got

[53:44] there on Saturday, we start to

[53:44] talk about we did a safety

[53:45] talk that we normally would

[53:50] do. I showed an example of how

[53:52] not to One of our dumpsters

[53:54] that was there because

[53:57] everyone just found things in

[53:58] and then I showed a group of

[53:59] people who have been there for

[54:03] a while, how orchestrated it

[54:04] and puzzled it all together.

[54:05] And it was beautiful and

[54:05] everybody understood. I said

[54:06] you've got to be really

[54:08] careful with the water. Let's

[54:11] make a chain. Let's walk it

[54:12] down, organize And it was

[54:15] great. The biggest thing I

[54:20] took from the day I told

[54:21] everyone if you are too cold,

[54:23] too wet, too tired, go home.

[54:27] Do not overextend yourself.

[54:28] And the vast majority of the

[54:29] group stayed until the end and

[54:31] they holding telling me, no,

[54:32] we signed up to be until 11.

[54:35] We're going to stay 11. And

[54:36] there's a lot of the council

[54:37] members to that were there,

[54:38] too. So just like to say,

[54:39] thank you. On behalf of the

[54:44] city and if we could beef. If

[54:45] it's alright with anyone who

[54:46] is part of North one of the

[54:49] volunteer groups or anybody.

[54:49] We mentioned the police

[54:50] Department police volunteers,

[54:53] the volunteers there hear from

[54:53] the senior center or anywhere

[54:54] else. Would you mind standing

[54:55] up just for a moment to be

[55:08] recognized? That concludes our

[55:12] report. Thank you very much.

[55:14] Can thank you. Chief past

[55:15] Chris, a so in questions from

[55:19] council or statements, its

[55:20] vice I just want to thank for

[55:23] school teams put that to to

[55:24] put this So we have

[55:24] volunteers. And so all the

[55:26] volunteers that help make a

[55:27] city work. Thank you very much

[55:29] for coming Shooting.

[55:34] Councilmember Walker perfect.

[55:34] MISTER The comments of the

[55:35] vice mayor. Thank you. To all

[55:37] the volunteers are really make

[55:39] the city operated so amazing

[55:41] to see how much of our city

[55:41] really relies on the back of

[55:44] people who really care about

[55:44] this community? I mean, it's

[55:46] evident people standing and

[55:47] the rain just a couple days

[55:48] ago, how much people really

[55:50] care about the city. So thank

[55:50] you for what you do. All of

[55:53] your inspiration. Council

[56:00] members. Echoing the same

[56:00] sentiments. It's really great

[56:02] to live in a city that is

[56:03] still community oriented. It's

[56:03] one of the things I love most

[56:05] about living in the city of

[56:06] Hercules is there are so many

[56:09] people so willing to get up on

[56:11] a rainy Saturday and come out

[56:14] or on the average Tuesday or,

[56:16] you know, and willing to do

[56:17] pretty much anything for the

[56:18] benefit of the city and the

[56:21] people who live here. So just

[56:21] want to say thank you to

[56:24] everyone who's here, those who

[56:25] aren't here, who MAY be

[56:27] watching this at some point, I

[56:28] got to special volunteers in

[56:31] the back. So Tyler Angel, my

[56:35] special thanks to you. Ok,

[56:39] council member Kelly. Yeah,

[56:41] thank you very much for for

[56:43] this award. Chief, I know

[56:44] you've got several volunteers

[56:45] here who I know and I've seen

[56:49] over many years. Can weaver

[56:50] nominate those people for

[56:50] toward through the Herculean

[56:58] mile as a possible. We sure

[57:00] Okay. So it's not parks and

[57:01] rec. We can also nominate

[57:02] somebody who's been helping

[57:03] out in the police department

[57:07] to is that right? That's

[57:08] correct. And some of our

[57:09] volunteers have not only been

[57:09] here as long as I have, some

[57:12] of actually be here longer. So

[57:13] the spend decades of

[57:16] self-sacrifice and service.

[57:17] Yeah, that's really, really

[57:19] great. And I want to thank all

[57:19] of you really, really

[57:25] appreciate this. And my last

[57:26] sentiments volunteers. Thank

[57:30] you. I back when the dark days

[57:37] are volunteers. Council member

[57:38] Kelly was in moving around

[57:40] documents for the state

[57:41] auditor's and and our police

[57:47] department was there. Our we

[57:48] all look a little bit older,

[57:48] but thank you for all the help

[57:52] that you do. I just I look in

[57:54] the room here and I still see

[57:55] some of the same people we saw

[57:57] 12, 13 years ago. And it's

[57:59] always nice to see that. So. I

[58:03] agree with everybody.

[58:03] Volunteers is part of what

[58:05] makes a city great. And I

[58:06] think that's review for a

[58:10] while. So. I think we might

[58:11] pause MAY ever like to come up

[58:14] to take a picture. But to

[58:15] volunteers appeared. We'll

[58:16] take a picture with the.

[58:20] Chief. Ask listen, Christopher

[58:21] Rose with the Volunteers and

[58:24] Council. That's okay. Pause

[58:39] for minutes.

[1:00:48] Thank you very

[1:00:51] Back now, item number. 14 is

[1:00:55] public communications. If

[1:00:56] anybody that again speaking

[1:00:56] the first one wish to speak at

[1:00:59] this moment, please. Fill out

[1:00:59] a card to have a speaker

[1:01:04] cards. I do not have speakers

[1:01:19] at this time. Thank

[1:01:32] Please.

[1:01:37] Please announce. First we have

[1:01:47] Selena Williams. Thank We'll

[1:01:47] try not to yell into this.

[1:01:51] Mike. So the Williamson

[1:01:54] Bayside at the residence since

[1:01:55] 2010. So we've seen a lot of

[1:01:57] the ups and downs in the

[1:01:59] planning and the changes in

[1:02:03] over all these years. Love the

[1:02:06] volunteer recognition. That's

[1:02:08] fantastic. Looks to me that

[1:02:09] our parks don't have regular

[1:02:13] course. The volunteers, our

[1:02:15] feeling however, I think

[1:02:18] written about this before.

[1:02:19] There's work that the

[1:02:22] volunteers can't do. I'm like

[1:02:23] preparing the surfaces and our

[1:02:28] parks. That children play, for

[1:02:29] example, Central Park in

[1:02:32] Bayside where you go down. I I

[1:02:32] took my reds on their only

[1:02:35] once and never to come back

[1:02:36] because it's really too

[1:02:41] dangerous. The surface. Really

[1:02:42] bad and has not been

[1:02:43] maintained. So you go down the

[1:02:46] slide. It's a big call. And

[1:02:50] that So I didn't see those

[1:02:52] particular things in the parks

[1:02:57] plan there's a lot of like.

[1:02:59] Improvements. But where's the

[1:02:59] regular maintenance? So I

[1:03:02] think that's a big problem.

[1:03:05] This deferred maintenance that

[1:03:05] really needs to be addressed

[1:03:09] because it's very dangerous.

[1:03:10] Also, migrants and fell on his

[1:03:16] face in a dot The park from

[1:03:17] that park and the surface

[1:03:18] scrape the skin off that

[1:03:21] status. So it's very rough.

[1:03:23] Also just I don't know. Seems

[1:03:27] not appropriate a surface for

[1:03:28] parks for children or if they

[1:03:30] fall, they all the skin off

[1:03:32] their body. So just also

[1:03:37] there's not say it structures.

[1:03:39] Central Park doesn't have any

[1:03:40] shade. So it's basically

[1:03:41] unusable for most of the

[1:03:43] summer because it's really hot

[1:03:45] there. And then the surfaces

[1:03:48] and fact park get extremely

[1:03:49] hot and dangerous for the

[1:03:53] children as well. So I just

[1:03:56] want to sure that's added to

[1:03:57] the list somewhere or not.

[1:03:58] We're actually an address.

[1:03:59] Those issues, you know,

[1:04:03] waterfront has very little in

[1:04:04] terms of infrastructure for

[1:04:05] recreation. We just have we

[1:04:09] have the but that's not a city

[1:04:10] a project. I don't feel like

[1:04:14] the parks plan. I did anything

[1:04:16] for the water from where this

[1:04:17] huge population is being

[1:04:18] planned. And the second thing

[1:04:22] I wanted to mention was the

[1:04:24] design elements of the grand,

[1:04:26] which is very disappointing to

[1:04:28] see. I'm kind of snuck up on

[1:04:29] us. Didn't doesn't look

[1:04:31] anything like the plans that

[1:04:32] war. We saw a planning

[1:04:34] commission side regional. It.

[1:04:36] How does that even happen?

[1:04:38] It's really an eyesore. I hope

[1:04:39] we don't do anything like

[1:04:41] that. Again, because it didn't

[1:04:44] follow any of the elements

[1:04:46] work plan for for a historic

[1:04:50] or different districts, the

[1:04:54] front okay. But the rest of it

[1:04:55] is pretty horrifying. So just

[1:05:01] much. Could I have Maureen

[1:05:02] Brennan coming to the podium?

[1:05:15] Please. Good and thank you for

[1:05:19] this opportunity to speak to

[1:05:23] you. I'm member of the

[1:05:23] Oversight Committee for the

[1:05:28] Rodeo Hercules Fire District.

[1:05:29] And it's a special parcel tax

[1:05:35] that was voted in 2016. And

[1:05:37] the community voted 78% for

[1:05:41] this. And for me, I voted for

[1:05:42] it because I wanted to see

[1:05:45] our. A local fire district

[1:05:53] remain independent. And

[1:05:54] actually it is Last year. We

[1:05:58] had 2.5 million of revenues

[1:06:01] from sure 2.6 billion

[1:06:05] estimated 2028 3.0 billion

[1:06:06] dollars. That's nice chunk of

[1:06:10] change. There's significant

[1:06:13] discussion right now of being

[1:06:14] expired. The con fire

[1:06:19] organization. And it just

[1:06:21] puzzles me because we have a

[1:06:23] 9.9 million dollar budget. 7.2

[1:06:27] million in reserves. Special

[1:06:29] districts. I've worked Rodeo

[1:06:32] Sand. We keep 50% in reserves.

[1:06:38] This is 70 percent plus in

[1:06:38] reserve. So is working. Its

[1:06:44] turned the corner. I think if

[1:06:45] this discussion continues

[1:06:48] about annexation. Important to

[1:06:52] remember that this sum of

[1:06:56] money. We'll go to the Con

[1:06:59] fire organization. Any other

[1:06:59] entity that's been annexed in

[1:07:02] the past not have money. They

[1:07:04] just come with whatever they

[1:07:06] have. Where is going to be

[1:07:10] giving them piggy bank here?

[1:07:12] So I think it's very important

[1:07:14] that if we if things come to

[1:07:19] annexation. That we invite a

[1:07:20] public vote on this. It's far

[1:07:24] too big of an issue for just 5

[1:07:27] people. 5 board the special

[1:07:27] district to be making such a

[1:07:32] big decision I really would

[1:07:33] recommend that that we have

[1:07:42] some public vote on this and

[1:07:45] I'll have a Tara. Shurmur

[1:07:55] commit. Shire. This High? I'm

[1:07:58] Tara Shai. Thank you. I'm

[1:07:59] actually from rodeo. But I

[1:08:01] wanted to talk about Red and

[1:08:03] Hercules Fire district as

[1:08:05] well. I to him on the

[1:08:06] committee, but I'm speaking

[1:08:07] more for myself and the

[1:08:12] community. The annexation.

[1:08:14] That's coming along as the

[1:08:16] biggest thing coming to the

[1:08:17] are hfd and it should be put

[1:08:20] to a public vote and when the

[1:08:22] communities of Erdogan

[1:08:24] Hercules voted for board

[1:08:25] members, they were not voting

[1:08:28] on annexation issues. That's

[1:08:30] why I believe that those 5

[1:08:31] members should not have that

[1:08:33] much power for this big of a

[1:08:34] decision. And if there's

[1:08:36] anything that the Hercules

[1:08:40] City Council has input or

[1:08:40] anything along those lines,

[1:08:44] that's why I'm I'm approaching

[1:08:45] you tonight to give you my

[1:08:46] opinion on that. I think when

[1:08:48] when people are voting for

[1:08:49] those board members, they're

[1:08:52] voting on representation to be

[1:08:54] fiscally responsible for the

[1:08:57] district and that means

[1:08:58] creating and following a

[1:09:00] strategic plan and they have

[1:09:03] done that with a 5 year plan.

[1:09:04] But all of a sudden there's a

[1:09:09] big emergency and a big rush

[1:09:10] that all of a sudden we don't

[1:09:11] have any money were throwing

[1:09:13] up our hands. We need to annex

[1:09:15] and this is supposed to be a 5

[1:09:16] year plan. So I think that

[1:09:18] needs to be looked at. There

[1:09:26] are options. The 2.6 million

[1:09:26] from There's 7.2 million in

[1:09:33] reserves. Last year left

[1:09:34] Unspent $900,000. That would

[1:09:37] just left unspent. There's the

[1:09:41] rocks that's coming. We have 2

[1:09:42] special assessments that are

[1:09:44] helping fund the fire

[1:09:46] district. We have a new grant

[1:09:47] right writer with our hfd to

[1:09:51] look for grant monies. They

[1:09:53] can look to convert from

[1:09:56] parcel to unit for more money

[1:09:58] and we can tap the county for

[1:10:01] p 66 tax dollars that are paid

[1:10:02] to the county to come back to

[1:10:05] us. So there's lots of

[1:10:08] options. There's no rush. I

[1:10:09] think there's plenty of time

[1:10:13] to ask the people. Do we want

[1:10:13] to go forward with an

[1:10:15] annexation or do we want to

[1:10:20] keep local fire department? So

[1:10:20] if the Berkeley City Council

[1:10:21] has anywhere to weigh in on

[1:10:22] that, I hope you consider what

[1:10:26] I've had to say. Also, if we

[1:10:30] do annex the moneys, I don't

[1:10:31] think that the public

[1:10:33] understands that. When they

[1:10:36] voted on our hfd, they voted

[1:10:39] to support to support the fire

[1:10:41] department. I think they're

[1:10:43] assuming that if the fire

[1:10:47] department folds into con fire

[1:10:49] that the also fault. I don't

[1:10:51] think that the general public

[1:10:52] realizes that we're going to

[1:10:57] be paying extra taxes that

[1:10:57] areas, the con fire serves.

[1:11:00] They don't pay just rodeo

[1:11:02] Hercules. So if you could just

[1:11:03] consider what I said, I'd

[1:11:09] appreciate it. Thank you. It

[1:11:11] will close. There are no other

[1:11:12] thank you very much, Dan.

[1:11:17] Will. Will go on item number

[1:11:19] 15 city council city manager,

[1:11:20] city attorney announcements,

[1:11:21] MISTER Home. What else

[1:11:29] nightmare? No announcements.

[1:11:31] Just a reminder if we want to

[1:11:32] follow the 2 step process for.

[1:11:38] The agenda items that pool.

[1:11:39] The pride month commemorative

[1:11:39] flag in the Juneteenth

[1:11:40] commemorates flag will need

[1:11:45] to. Council person him, put it

[1:11:46] on as a few church. And thank

[1:11:51] you. Council member Kelly

[1:11:57] first. Okay. At activities,

[1:11:58] APRIL 25th, I went to the East

[1:12:00] Bay Economic Development

[1:12:03] Alliance Board meeting there

[1:12:04] knuckled board. And I heard a

[1:12:05] presentation from Sarah Bomb

[1:12:07] of the Public Policy Institute

[1:12:09] California on Labor

[1:12:11] participation. More seniors

[1:12:12] are working and more disabled.

[1:12:16] Folks are working. Also went

[1:12:16] to the Cal Cities, East Bay

[1:12:20] Division meeting in Alameda

[1:12:21] Attorney General Rob Bonta

[1:12:24] spoke last quick Tech meeting.

[1:12:25] We had a presentation by sf

[1:12:28] Bay Ferry on the Richmond

[1:12:30] Ferry. One seat ride for

[1:12:32] paratransit and also a trans a

[1:12:34] transportation demand

[1:12:35] management update. I attended

[1:12:36] the wellness fair here at the

[1:12:39] Hercules Senior Center. Really

[1:12:40] good at a lot of

[1:12:42] transportation options for

[1:12:43] seniors. That was great. Was

[1:12:45] that the mayors conference in

[1:12:47] Pinole participated in cleanup

[1:12:49] day of I was there for 3 hours

[1:12:50] and got totally drenched. And

[1:12:54] I would like to Councilmember

[1:12:56] Grimsley and her husband who

[1:12:58] were there getting just as

[1:12:59] what as my husband and I were

[1:13:00] and everybody else. It was

[1:13:03] really a wonderful effort.

[1:13:07] Also, MAY 7th went to tea's

[1:13:07] redefining mobility summit

[1:13:11] where glide ways introduce

[1:13:12] their new glide car. This an

[1:13:13] autonomous vehicle. It goes on

[1:13:16] its own path. And the bigger

[1:13:18] car now can carry 4 people

[1:13:18] plus luggage. And you put a

[1:13:22] wheelchair in the middle.

[1:13:25] Lastly, was MAY 9th was county

[1:13:27] I'm Kristen calmly spoke about

[1:13:28] elections. Just want to remind

[1:13:31] everybody MAY 16th is bike to

[1:13:33] wherever day and in the

[1:13:34] morning, 07:00am to 09:00am up

[1:13:36] no Valley High School. Don't

[1:13:37] already. Bart and also over

[1:13:38] Contra Costa College. There

[1:13:42] will be energizing stations on

[1:13:44] MAY 16th. I'm going over John

[1:13:46] Muir Hospital. There's an

[1:13:47] innovations in health care

[1:13:49] meeting. There might be a few

[1:13:51] tickets available and MAY 22nd

[1:13:52] will be and sent a Sacramento

[1:13:59] for a Calcutta meeting. Face

[1:14:02] meeting with. Yeah, I just I

[1:14:03] just took Companies are coming

[1:14:05] JUNE. 2nd, we have culture

[1:14:06] festival. So so folks work the

[1:14:08] Congress for that it did the

[1:14:11] West. Meeting last week the

[1:14:12] significant think they're I

[1:14:13] think for residents to be

[1:14:15] aware of is we pay a tax and

[1:14:20] to property tax code. Years

[1:14:22] there was a bus pendant like

[1:14:23] bart train that would ever

[1:14:24] town to take folks down to the

[1:14:26] bar station West Cat with

[1:14:27] their local bus service shared

[1:14:29] by And, you know, took that

[1:14:32] service over such a regular

[1:14:32] with scant bus folks realize

[1:14:33] But it's but it's paid for

[1:14:36] with your tax dollars. Bart

[1:14:36] has got itself financial

[1:14:39] problems and so the decision

[1:14:41] isn't made it much higher

[1:14:43] level maybe have to be in

[1:14:45] verse West local small bus

[1:14:48] company for the full cost of

[1:14:48] the services taking their

[1:14:49] residents are paying for the

[1:14:51] service down to the bart

[1:14:53] station. But this still facing

[1:14:55] tax. I'm not only there are

[1:14:57] significant challenges with

[1:15:00] this process of trying to

[1:15:01] larger bus operators to

[1:15:04] somehow merge into lot of us

[1:15:07] operators good thing about

[1:15:08] West can't that it would know

[1:15:09] is that we do get service

[1:15:10] regularly with the between

[1:15:11] Minister town every hour

[1:15:12] through town. We get that if

[1:15:16] we merge into a larger

[1:15:18] service, the challenges look

[1:15:18] at the numbers in this and

[1:15:19] that we should in each of us

[1:15:22] with 3 hours and this is a

[1:15:23] real challenge for us. It's

[1:15:23] it's there. I sit on the

[1:15:25] board, the boards in the best.

[1:15:29] It can we voted to to to pose

[1:15:32] the current language that's

[1:15:33] being proposed at at the

[1:15:34] Statehouse. I'm too. We would

[1:15:37] be drafted into that. That

[1:15:38] people should be aware of it.

[1:15:38] It's it's a very real thing.

[1:15:39] We're not trying to scare

[1:15:43] anyone about it. Do you know

[1:15:44] Barvesten Richard are sinking

[1:15:46] as a result coming out of

[1:15:48] covid. So our pastor counter

[1:15:49] sinking which the revenue from

[1:15:50] the ticket box are also going

[1:15:51] down. But we do have some

[1:15:54] challenges over there looking

[1:15:55] to look at how we address

[1:15:57] service going forward because

[1:15:58] there's less revenue so that,

[1:15:59] you know, we have to kind of

[1:16:02] offset that with service.

[1:16:04] We're realignments staff is in

[1:16:04] the best they can with they

[1:16:06] have. Folks should be aware

[1:16:08] that and when the time is

[1:16:09] right, we should all be

[1:16:10] sticking out to our state,

[1:16:11] simply imprisoned. That's

[1:16:13] leaders about the importance

[1:16:14] of keeping local bus service.

[1:16:15] There's 4 of us that work

[1:16:18] together. I would say covid

[1:16:21] laskos fire. It is love to

[1:16:22] laugh. Thank you. Which is

[1:16:26] little more area Delta tried

[1:16:29] out the county system up above

[1:16:31] us. We try work this kind of

[1:16:33] connection. We try work

[1:16:34] together to partner are are

[1:16:35] you can take buses in between

[1:16:38] can for seniors. You can hop

[1:16:38] on and get a single right to

[1:16:39] ready to go within these

[1:16:43] areas. The service areas. It's

[1:16:43] important thing too much time

[1:16:44] here, which that's to be aware

[1:16:47] of if you're not, if you want

[1:16:47] information talk to or the

[1:16:48] West could for more

[1:16:50] information on thank very

[1:16:51] much. Nicer. Councilmember

[1:16:56] Grimsley. Thank you. I wish

[1:16:56] spoken before the vice mayor,

[1:16:57] but that was very important

[1:16:58] information. It was also at

[1:17:02] that meeting and I just want

[1:17:03] to way bad because last time

[1:17:07] we met was APRIL 23rd and that

[1:17:08] was the week of Passover ne

[1:17:11] attendant that a Seder for the

[1:17:13] very first time that I was in

[1:17:15] other elect. Its were invited

[1:17:20] to at Temple. Beth Hillel in

[1:17:20] Supervisor John Gioia was

[1:17:24] there as well as some other

[1:17:27] elected from nearby cities. It

[1:17:28] cleanup day? Did MISS The

[1:17:30] mayors conference in Purple.

[1:17:33] The West kept meeting on the

[1:17:36] knife. A tense was lupus

[1:17:36] awareness Day and a high

[1:17:39] school had a wonderful event.

[1:17:40] I'm ce acknowledging and

[1:17:44] spreading awareness a systemic

[1:17:45] lupus Erythematosus which

[1:17:49] which took the life of a

[1:17:50] valued member of the panel.

[1:17:52] High school community and West

[1:17:53] Contra Costa Unified School

[1:18:03] District. And later this month

[1:18:03] will be taking off. But I'll

[1:18:06] be back in time for next board

[1:18:08] meeting. So all we will be

[1:18:11] taking my son to visit the

[1:18:12] University of Hawaii will also

[1:18:13] attending a professional

[1:18:15] development conference. There.

[1:18:18] Councilmember if MISTER

[1:18:22] Recently of similar too

[1:18:22] council member. Kelly also

[1:18:25] become customers conferences

[1:18:28] past month. Alofa Kelsey's and

[1:18:29] I was at the MAY 4th cleanup

[1:18:31] as well. Tomorrow I will be up

[1:18:34] to city's word I me all

[1:18:34] together with the board

[1:18:36] directors meeting. But I'll be

[1:18:38] that last week. Also tended

[1:18:38] says he's black or Jewish is

[1:18:42] the keynote speaker this week.

[1:18:43] I Will Ten's legends. So

[1:18:46] cases. I think it's on Sunday.

[1:18:47] And if you know me and I

[1:18:48] calling my phones off because

[1:18:48] of a jury duty. I was there

[1:18:53] Thank you. Thank you for your

[1:18:57] service. So last week I can do

[1:19:00] with that c a West Contra

[1:19:01] Costa integrated waste

[1:19:03] management. Me we entertained

[1:19:04] our budget for the coming

[1:19:10] year. That was about it. So

[1:19:13] we'll bring it to a future

[1:19:16] agenda items, MISTER. Exit the

[1:19:17] council would be willing to at

[1:19:20] the next available meeting. A

[1:19:21] discussion re to end the

[1:19:25] fighting pride flag to above

[1:19:25] City Hall. We can discuss

[1:19:29] edition. Done it the for half

[1:19:30] the month when the other half

[1:19:32] of the parts of this one, a

[1:19:33] super can have a conversation,

[1:19:36] ok? I second Okay. And any

[1:19:38] other all agree on that? Yes,

[1:19:41] okay. So I think we're all in

[1:19:42] agreement with bringing next

[1:19:47] next meeting. Any other items?

[1:19:48] Well, I would like to ask the

[1:19:49] council if we could host the

[1:19:53] town hall meeting with Rodeo.

[1:19:53] Hercules of Fire District,

[1:19:56] maybe bring in the chief Chief

[1:19:57] Richard and maybe the

[1:19:57] consultant, Michael to Spain.

[1:20:02] So we can. Have it on air. So

[1:20:03] majority of the residents of

[1:20:04] her twins get to see and hear

[1:20:07] what's going on with the with

[1:20:08] the fire district with that

[1:20:15] acceptable. So ask you to have

[1:20:19] it become a cause. How does

[1:20:20] that work? Just asking staff

[1:20:22] to contact our district 2

[1:20:24] sponsor, a town hall meeting.

[1:20:25] I think it has discussion

[1:20:26] first and then it becomes a

[1:20:31] the council. Then. They will

[1:20:32] bring it back as a discussion

[1:20:36] item. The next I but my rules

[1:20:40] in the current not, that's I

[1:20:41] was under the impression

[1:20:42] discussed So we'll have a

[1:20:48] discussion item. Just for

[1:20:49] clarification. Are you looking

[1:20:51] for it to be a sea of Hercules

[1:20:53] meeting or a re or a fire

[1:20:57] district meeting? City heard

[1:20:59] police would host. And that

[1:21:01] way. Then we could fire Chief

[1:21:02] Chief Richard and their

[1:21:04] consultant Michael to Spain

[1:21:04] that put together most of

[1:21:06] their strategic plan and ask

[1:21:10] questions. That will be

[1:21:13] discussion. So. Discussion of

[1:21:22] the We're all ok with that.

[1:21:27] And if nothing I just want to

[1:21:28] ask everybody memorial days

[1:21:29] coming up on the

[1:21:30] twenty-seventh to me. And

[1:21:32] that's the day that we

[1:21:34] memorialize all the family

[1:21:35] members that served in the

[1:21:36] military. The past. With that

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