[5:04] >>> good evening everyone and welcome

[5:05] to the

[5:08] regular session of the martinez city

[5:09] council.

[5:11] wednesday december 17th at

[5:12] 7:02 p.m. Please join me for the pledge of

[5:14] allegiance.

[5:20] >>> I pledge allegiance to the flag

[5:21] of the united states of

[5:22] america and to the republic for which it

[5:23] stands one nation under god

[5:24] indivisible with liberty and justice for

[5:26] all.

[5:38] >>> I appreciate councilmember

[5:40] young took off his santa hat. Clerk,

[5:41] please call the

[5:44] roll.

[5:45] >> mayor brianne zorn. >>

[5:46] present.

[5:47] >> vice maryland satinder

[5:48] malhi will

[5:50] be on here shortly, attending virtually.

[5:52] next we have councilmember jay howard.

[5:53] >>

[5:56] present.

[5:57] >> councilmember greg young.

[5:59] >> present. >>

[6:00] councilmember debbie mckillop.

[6:01] >>

[6:02] present.

[6:03] >> welcome everyone. It

[6:05] is nice to have a full house at a

[6:08] council meeting. Some of you have

[6:09] seen very

[6:10] empty rooms. Thank you for coming

[6:11] out before the

[6:13] holidays for this important meeting

[6:14] tonight. We will start

[6:16] with presentations. Our first presentation

[6:17] this

[6:20] evening will be from the

[6:23] chamber of commerce.

[6:32] erin come on up.

[6:55] >> good evening everyone and thank

[6:56] you for being with us

[6:58] tonight. I want to thank the mayor

[6:59] and city council

[7:01] for having us out this evening. I

[7:02] want to thank

[7:04] the chamber staff, here for support

[7:05] as well

[7:08] as the board chair. So, we are here

[7:09] to

[7:11] talk about

[7:14] florence italian restaurant.

[7:20] elsa and her husband opened the

[7:22] restaurant and chose martinez four

[7:23] years ago

[7:25] to bring their great food here and

[7:26] to be a part of

[7:29] our wonderful downtown business community.

[7:30] every time that

[7:32] I step into the restaurant I

[7:35] am always struck by how

[7:37] happy elsa is to see every customer

[7:38] that comes

[7:41] in and the pride elsa and her husband

[7:42] have

[7:44] in the restaurant is very clear and

[7:45] it is really

[7:46] special. We greatly appreciate everything

[7:47] you do as

[7:50] part of your work and part of being

[7:52] in our community. With that being

[7:53] said, I

[7:55] would like to thank you and say that

[7:56] it is

[7:59] an honor to name you the chamber of

[8:00] commerce business of the month for the month of

[8:02] december.

[8:13] I also have something to read that was brought

[8:14] to

[8:17] us by senator grayson's office. His

[8:18] representative

[8:19] wasn't able to attend. They have a

[8:20] certificate for you.

[8:23] a certificate of recognition

[8:25] presented to florence italian restaurant for

[8:26] the business of the month

[8:29] 2025. I want to join with others in

[8:32] recognizing florence italian restaurant

[8:33] as the martinez business

[8:36] of the month. Your dedication to

[8:38] excellence and valued contributions

[8:39] enrich

[8:42] the quality and strength of our

[8:43] community. On behalf of the people

[8:45] of

[8:48] the 9th senate district,

[8:49] congratulations from senator tim grayson.

[8:51] I am

[8:54] going to pass the mic over to

[8:55] kayla with the assembly members office.

[8:57] >>

[9:00] thank you very much. As

[9:03] aaron said we are also here to

[9:05] present you with a certificate of

[9:06] recognition from

[9:09] the assembly member. I am proud to

[9:10] recognize florence italian restaurant

[9:12] as

[9:14] business of the month for december

[9:18] 2025. By celebrating his

[9:20] fourth anniversary this establishment

[9:22] distinguished itself through commitment

[9:24] to

[9:25] quality, hospitality and community

[9:27] engagement.

[9:30] floor sense a valued gathering

[9:33] place for residents and visitors

[9:36] alike.

[9:38] the dedication, positive contributions

[9:39] to the

[9:42] vitality of the local economy and

[9:43] character

[9:44] of downtown martinez. Congratulations on the well

[9:45] deserved recognition.

[9:57] >> elsa

[10:00] is going to say a few words.

[10:06] >> hi. I'm nervous.

[10:09] sorry. Okay. Thank you

[10:12] all for your support. I am very proud

[10:15] of myself and my husband and

[10:18] my family.

[10:24] thank you.

[10:30] thank you so much

[10:33] elsa.

[10:34] >> that was the

[10:35] cutest speech ever. I suspected you were

[10:36] not going to say

[10:38] anything. I wanted to make sure I

[10:39] gave you

[10:41] a special shoutout. Elsa's daughter

[10:42] melissa is

[10:44] in fifth grade, the same age as my

[10:45] son.

[10:48] it is so much fun to support the businesses

[10:49] that

[10:51] are run by folks that live in the

[10:53] community. Like so many businesses

[10:54] downtown they

[10:57] have a lovely park for

[10:59] outdoor seating. Every single parade,

[11:00] all of

[11:03] my friends and all of their

[11:06] children are at their park s

[11:09] every parade and elsa is a

[11:12] wonderful hostess every time we

[11:15] attend her restaurant.

[13:11] >> our next presentation is the 2025 annual tree program update.

[13:15] is that

[13:18] you, joe?

[13:21] >> he is

[13:23] going to present this since he has

[13:24] been a key and

[13:26] instrumental part of our tree program

[13:27] this year

[13:30] coordinating with pg&e on their

[13:33] right tree,

[13:36] right place program.

[13:39] leading the

[13:42] charge to get our first phase of the

[13:45] 150 street planning done. We have

[13:48] 150 trees in.

[13:51] complete

[13:54] with irrigation.

[13:59] >> thank you, joe. We will jump in to our

[14:00] presentation here in a second.

[14:09] for those of you that don't have

[14:12] a copy you can look at the monitors.

[14:15] that will suffice. So, beginning this

[14:16] is the

[14:17] annual tree program update that I

[14:18] am about to give.

[14:21] this is an update about the tree progress here

[14:22] in martinez.

[14:24] I want to remind that this

[14:27] is tree city usa here in martinez.

[14:30] we have a lot of

[14:33] landmarks and

[14:35] locations. This is not just a flak

[14:36] and an award.

[14:39] this is a recognition we receive as

[14:40] our

[14:42] commitment to trees

[14:45] grows.

[14:49] we are expecting 2025

[14:52] to be received

[14:55] early next year. Beginning off

[14:57] the tree city usa program has a few

[14:59] conditions. We fulfill them and meet

[15:01] them here in martinez as

[15:03] follows. By maintaining a tree board

[15:04] or department is

[15:06] what is required. We fulfill it by

[15:08] the franchise and public infrastructure

[15:10] and subcommittee.

[15:12] they met late last month, the end of

[15:15] november providing their final report

[15:16] to

[15:19] council by today.

[15:20] having a community tree ordinance

[15:22] is required as well.

[15:25] we fulfilled that by the

[15:27] 2023 update to our municipal code

[15:30] recognizing trees and puts forth rules

[15:34] and regulations.

[15:40] spending at

[15:43] least $2

[15:46] per capita on

[15:49] urban forestry.

[15:52] that puts us a little bit under

[15:55] 75,000.

[16:03] celebrating arbor day. I am happy

[16:04] to say this

[16:07] year's

[16:10] 2025 arbor day went offoff

[16:12] a hitch at hidden valley park. There

[16:13] are pictures

[16:15] in the presentation to show you what

[16:19] happened out there.

[16:22] we had

[16:24] 16 tree removals for fallen trees that

[16:25] had

[16:28] to be removed in the parks and

[16:31] open space. 11 were removed

[16:33] by our own city staff, and 5 were

[16:34] removed

[16:36] by contractors. Tree plantings have

[16:37] skyrocketed

[16:40] in martinez this year. For

[16:43] arbor day we planted 11 trees at

[16:46] hidden valley park. Working

[16:49] with pg&e right tree right place

[16:52] program, we planted 34 trees

[16:55] at hidden

[16:57] valley park. Please give a shoutout

[16:58] to our

[17:00] partners. We had local student volunteers

[17:01] help us

[17:03] with that. Thank you to the students

[17:04] of martinez.

[17:07] finally, majority

[17:10] of plantings

[17:11] of 2025 street trees. You will see

[17:13] our fine trees in the

[17:16] street medians

[17:19] right now.

[17:25] having them put in at the right

[17:28] time helps

[17:31] our trees establish well and get

[17:34] off to a

[17:37] good start.

[17:40] the budget

[17:43] allocated for the work is almost

[17:46] $193,000.

[17:49] well over the $75,000 we were shooting

[17:50] for.

[17:52] we are happy to devote the funds

[17:55] and the revoerss to the environment.

[17:58] to recap what we

[18:01] have done, planning

[18:04] to do additional work coming up in

[18:05] phase

[18:07] 2 early next year. Then additionally

[18:09] we had council help and student help

[18:10] at arbor

[18:13] day at hidden valley park. You can

[18:15] see the pictures up there for people

[18:16] that helped us put

[18:19] in new trees at the park.

[18:22] we continuously partner with

[18:25] pg&e to complete some of the

[18:27] same activities we completed this

[18:28] year.

[18:31] the street tree median project where

[18:34] we successfully planted

[18:37] 150 trees.

[18:40] great math on somebody's part.

[18:41] somebody put the numbers together

[18:43] and we were successful

[18:45] and on top with that project. We were

[18:46] happy

[18:48] to do so. Recommendations going in

[18:49] to 2026 is

[18:51] to continue our successful partnership

[18:52] with

[18:55] p fwrvegs

[18:58] e.

[19:04] that is an extraordinary

[19:07] partnership we have.

[19:10] phase

[19:13] 2 projects, the beautifications of

[19:15] those medians and potentially expanding

[19:16] to

[19:19] other medians that

[19:22] are

[19:25] updates are going to be

[19:28] sent your

[19:31] way.

[19:37] then also we want to revisit

[19:40] the planting trees and removing certain

[19:43] trees from the downtown area. I am

[19:46] happy to say we are in the planning

[19:49] phase with the current contractor

[19:52] for that. We have plans for the next

[19:55] arbor day, april 18th, 2026 at pine

[19:56] meadow

[19:58] park. We are hoping to work with

[20:01] pg&e to plant

[20:04] additional trees

[20:10] in that area.

[20:13] if there are any questions, I

[20:15] am happy to answer any questions that

[20:16] you have about trees

[20:18] in martinez or the projects that we

[20:19] have.

[20:21] >> thanks, appreciate the presentation.

[20:22] any questions or

[20:25] comments.

[20:26] >> just

[20:28] a comment.

[20:31] I

[20:34] want to thank you

[20:37] for your enthusiasm.

[20:40] our crews spent 574

[20:43] hours working on tree projects. Some of

[20:44] that you

[20:46] were alluding to in

[20:49] your thing was

[20:52] taking down old trees,

[20:55] dead pines. They call those

[20:58] widowmakers, right.

[21:07] >> just a few quick comments. Thank you

[21:10] for all of the work this past year.

[21:11] I

[21:13] am excited for the phase 2 of the

[21:14] street

[21:16] tree projects. Phase one was 150 trees

[21:17] to get

[21:19] us going and phase two will be finishing

[21:20] out

[21:23] the remainder of the medians

[21:25] throughout towns. That will be really

[21:26] exciting.

[21:29] I wanted to

[21:31] make a quick shoutout. There is an

[21:34] organization, 100,000 trees. Their

[21:35] lead

[21:36] would love to partner more. He has partnered

[21:38] with us

[21:41] in the past.

[21:47] I would love to see that as

[21:50] well.

[21:51] >>

[21:53] absolutely.

[21:56] I think

[21:59] that is it. We are now moving in

[22:00] to public comment. Many of you have

[22:02] been here before.

[22:03] public comment is limited to three

[22:07] minutes per speaker for items that

[22:08] are not on

[22:11] the

[22:14] agenda.

[22:17] I received

[22:18] a handful of public comment speaker

[22:20] cards. I will

[22:23] call on

[22:26] them first.

[22:32] first

[22:35] up is noel birch.

[22:36] >>

[22:38] yes, please.

[22:39] >> hello.

[22:40] good evening. I thought that I would

[22:41] just

[22:44] come by.

[22:50] discuss the

[22:52] martinez library. I am the manager

[22:53] at the martinez

[22:55] library. I am happy to be here tonight

[22:57] and share during public comment a

[22:59] little bit about what

[23:02] is going on at your library

[23:05] and what is

[23:08] going on.

[23:17] please hold.

[23:20] >> that

[23:22] was you.

[23:23] >> how do I do that. >> that was a great trick.

[23:41] >> that it

[23:44] was your ai.

[23:45] >> we had that problem

[23:47] before, but never

[23:50] like that.

[23:55] good evening mayor and members of

[23:56] the

[23:59] martinez city council. My

[24:02] name is noel birch.

[24:04] I am the manager at the martinez library

[24:05] and I am happy to

[24:07] be here with a big audience to share

[24:08] during

[24:10] public comment a little what is going

[24:11] on at the library

[24:14] and what is coming up.

[24:17] in october we hosted a

[24:19] program where community members came

[24:20] together to learn

[24:23] how to sew on buttons,

[24:26] fix tears.

[24:29] people

[24:30] were sitting together. Helping each

[24:32] other and feeling

[24:34] empowered to fix something they already

[24:35] owned.

[24:38] we offered a do it yourself

[24:41] wrapping paper program. 30

[24:43] participants designing their own wrapping

[24:44] paper using

[24:47] repurposed materials. It was

[24:49] createful, joyful, sustainable and

[24:50] lovely

[24:52] to watch people come together, slow

[24:53] down and make something

[24:56] with their hands during a busy season.

[24:58] younger visitors, end of november

[25:02] the puppet art theater company presented

[25:03] hansel

[25:05] and

[25:08] get grettle.

[25:11] we continue to offer story time.

[25:13] a consistent welcoming space for families

[25:14] to

[25:17] gather. Looking ahead we have

[25:20] special programs. Saturday we

[25:23] are hosting a winter

[25:26] solstice

[25:29] celebration. A I

[25:32] time for reflection,

[25:35] rest, recesting. --

[25:38] resetting. New year's eve we

[25:41] are welcoming brian scott magical

[25:42] show

[25:44] for kids and family. Tuesday,

[25:47] january 13th we are bringing back

[25:48] a

[25:49] popular program from last year, clutter-

[25:50] free

[25:53] in 2026.

[25:56] how to let

[25:59] go and get organized.

[26:02] I wanted to take a moment to say the

[26:03] library

[26:05] is so much more than

[26:08] books.

[26:11] we

[26:14] do our best

[26:17] to

[26:19] meet people where they are in life.

[26:20] the holidays can

[26:22] be joyful and magical but they can

[26:23] be

[26:26] complicated and overwhelming and

[26:29] lonely too.

[26:32] whether you

[26:35] are looking for a warm

[26:38] place to sit. Just wanting

[26:41] to feel a little less alone, you are

[26:43] always welcome here. Thank you for

[26:44] listening. Thank

[26:47] you for supporting

[26:50] the library.

[26:51] I hope to see everyone at the library soon.

[27:05] >> I am always impressed when you

[27:08] get exactly three minutes. I have

[27:09] two

[27:11] additional speaker cards, walter

[27:14] and ian. You wrote down

[27:17] the marina plan. I am going to call

[27:18] you

[27:20] when we get to the item later. Is

[27:22] there anyone else wanting to speak

[27:23] on something not on the

[27:25] later agenda right now? Todd, come right up.

[27:32] >>

[27:35] good evening. I am todd

[27:37] lee from the campbell theater. I have

[27:38] taken this time

[27:41] to point out --can you hear me now?

[27:42] I

[27:43] was here last night to do the park

[27:45] and

[27:46] rec commissions presentation that

[27:48] we have to show what is going

[27:50] on. I only came here to point out

[27:51] I

[27:53] want the public to watch the archive

[27:54] of that.

[27:55] we are four months into our lease

[27:57] of two years and one

[27:59] of the programs that is ending is

[28:00] a childrens

[28:02] program, the one I am holding up.

[28:03] run

[28:06] by pleasant hill park and rec

[28:08] and rotary club. Unfortunately the lady

[28:10] who ran it will be moving to paris

[28:12] in september. She

[28:14] is leaving. Jim, the police chief

[28:18] until 1998 for pleasant hill has

[28:21] aged out. He has

[28:24] relinquished that. The

[28:27] program ended on sunday. It

[28:30] is a near and dear thing to me.

[28:33] I worked with these kids. Most of

[28:36] the

[28:39] kids we brought them back from

[28:42] college classes. One

[28:45] of the people that came

[28:48] up went before everybody and she

[28:51] started there when she was 8

[28:54] years old.

[28:56] the theater program taught her how

[28:57] to do

[29:00] public

[29:03] speaking. She is going to

[29:06] be a

[29:09] corporate attorney.

[29:11] learning how to speak in front of

[29:12] an

[29:15] audience meant so much.

[29:23] all of the money they brought in and

[29:24] we brought in for

[29:26] the kids program and music mafia,

[29:27] all of which we

[29:30] do not see.

[29:32] they take it out to the programs and

[29:33] give it to

[29:36] their charities.

[29:42] I

[29:44] wanted for people to go back and watch

[29:48] that from the

[29:51] archive. It is not just

[29:53] stage play and comedy. It is a lot

[29:54] that the community

[29:56] does, and we bring things in from

[29:57] outside. That is

[30:00] all that I had to say.

[30:03] thank you.

[30:12] any

[30:15] other

[30:18] comments in council chambers

[30:21] this evening? Joseph, come

[30:24] on up. I want to come here and I

[30:27] am super grateful about

[30:30] all of the trees and everything. Hopefully

[30:31] we

[30:32] can continue to put trees in martinez,

[30:33] because we

[30:36] have bigger problems. I only

[30:39] have 2 minutes and 45 seconds.

[30:51] I came up here to

[30:54] add vocate for the homeless. I

[30:56] am not here to promote myself. Because

[30:57] of

[30:58] weather pattern, things are getting

[31:00] worse. It is

[31:02] getting colder when it should be warm

[31:03] in california. We are

[31:06] not going to get in to that today.

[31:09] today I want

[31:12] to

[31:14] advocate for living space here for

[31:15] the

[31:17] homeless. Nothing is getting better.

[31:18] I

[31:21] see them going one place and another

[31:24] and coming back. I

[31:26] wanted to add vocate for some type

[31:27] of center

[31:29] where they can live at nighttime and

[31:30] where they

[31:33] can go and have

[31:36] a place.

[31:39] people are living out

[31:42] on the streets. If you walk down the

[31:45] street, they try to do a

[31:48] good job. It is

[31:51] not working. There is

[31:53] feces on the ground and things that

[31:54] we need to

[31:57] take care of.

[32:00] sometimes they

[32:02] can't take care of themselves. Possibly

[32:03] one of

[32:06] the areas.

[32:09] we have a lot of empty spaces

[32:12] in martinez, but can it be for the

[32:13] homeless.

[32:15] you know, that is all I can think

[32:18] of here today,

[32:20] advocating for people that cannot

[32:21] advocate

[32:24] for themselves. Maybe

[32:27] we can get the people aa center

[32:30] where they can

[32:33] live. I am always calling the center

[32:36] and all I am hearing are

[32:39] there are no more beds.

[32:42] a lot of the homeless have livedlived

[32:43] here martinez

[32:44] before. If you were to sit down and

[32:45] listen to their

[32:48] stories, a lot of them have even lost

[32:50] homes here in the city of martinez.

[32:51] so they

[32:53] deserve a second chance. They deserve somewhere to live.

[33:09] >> any

[33:12] last comments? Anyone in the

[33:15] virtual audience that would like to provide

[33:16] public comment tonight?

[33:33] >> good evening mayor zorn

[33:36] andand councilmembers. This

[33:39] is jeanette kennedy.

[33:42] I am calling just

[33:45] to thank you all so much. Last week

[33:49] you voted to make a donation for

[33:52] the holiday season,

[33:53] and that was very much appreciated.

[33:55] it is $1,000.

[33:58] that will go towards hot and

[33:59] nutritious meals for those in martinez

[34:01] who may go

[34:04] without. And that

[34:07] actually equates to

[34:10] 588 meals at $1.

[34:12] 70, our average. I wanted to let you

[34:13] know you

[34:15] are doing wonderful things for many

[34:16] community members

[34:18] who may go without a hot nutritious

[34:22] meal. I

[34:24] want to call in and thank you very much

[34:25] for that donation.

[34:28] >> thanks jeanette.

[34:34] next we

[34:35] have steve. I will ask you to unmute.

[34:46] >> can you hear me?

[34:49] >> yes. >> hello city council, mayor

[34:52] and everyone. I am a town

[34:53] resident in martinez. I wanted to

[34:55] talk about

[34:58] parks here. Hidden

[35:01] lakes, from what I see is saturated.

[35:04] and I think that

[35:07] we need to have soccer field.

[35:10] I am a soccer player myself.

[35:12] you all remember a few months ago

[35:15] there was a little boy who made a

[35:19] request, the only one the city council --

[35:22] about the need for more soccer fields.

[35:24] hidden lakes fills up really quick

[35:25] on

[35:27] the weekends. Parking is difficult

[35:28] at

[35:31] times. I

[35:34] am hoping the city

[35:36] council can think of building another

[35:37] structure similar

[35:40] to hidden

[35:43] lakes where the kids can enjoy

[35:45] time playing sports they love and

[35:46] just to

[35:48] get them out of trouble. That is one

[35:49] issue I had.

[35:52] another one, just wanted to

[35:55] send a shoutout to

[35:58] the police department.

[36:07] we have very professional

[36:08] police officers. I had interaction

[36:10] with them. I

[36:12] wanted to say they are very patient.

[36:16] they listen. They are very quick to

[36:19] respond to calls.

[36:22] that is something that I wanted

[36:25] to put out there. Just encourage

[36:28] our chief of police for the job he

[36:30] is doing and the training they are

[36:31] receiving.

[36:33] I can only hope for better than that.

[36:34] it is really good. Thank you.

[36:46] all right. Councilmember molly,

[36:49] I see your face. Welcome to

[36:52] the meeting. Thank you vice mayor

[36:53] malhi.

[36:55] jay reminded me.

[36:57] where are you calling in from? I think

[36:58] it

[37:01] is interesting?

[37:07] >> abu dhabi, the capital city of

[37:10] the united arab emirates.

[37:11] >> the connection

[37:12] is

[37:13] great. Thank you. Excellent. Thank

[37:15] you for joining us. Thank you everyone for

[37:19] the comments. Let's move forward

[37:22] with the consent calendar, items 3

[37:25] through 8. Does council want to pull

[37:28] any items?

[37:34] no. I wanted to pull item

[37:36] --there are a lot of people in the

[37:37] room. I

[37:40] just have a couple of comments.

[37:42] I will provide them to the city manager

[37:43] after the

[37:46] fact. I will open

[37:49] up the consent calendar to the

[37:52] public for items

[37:55] 3 through 8.

[38:01] how about the

[38:04] virtual audience.

[38:10] in that case I will bring it

[38:13] back to council. Just a really quick

[38:14] comment that

[38:15] I wanted to highlight the item number

[38:16] 8,

[38:18] the temporary license agreement. We

[38:19] will

[38:22] be seeing folks from contra

[38:25] costa county.

[38:28] you should be seeing people in a

[38:30] shuttle going back and forth to the

[38:31] hospital. I think there will

[38:34] be a lot of people doing that and

[38:35] people

[38:37] start noticing once that

[38:40] goes live.

[38:41] >> anyone like to

[38:43] make a

[38:46] motion?

[38:49] >> make a motion to bring items 8

[38:52] to 3 on the consent calendar.

[38:53] >>

[38:55] second.

[38:56] >> vice malhi.

[38:57] >> aye. >> councilmember jay howard.

[38:58] >>

[39:00] yes.

[39:01] >> councilmember greg young.

[39:02] >>

[39:03] yes.

[39:04] >> councilmember debbie mckillop.

[39:05] >> aye. >>

[39:07] motion passes, all ayes.

[39:08] >> thank

[39:09] you so much.

[39:10] we have two general business items

[39:13] this evening.

[39:22] a

[39:25] adopt

[39:28] a resolution.

[39:31] in a form approved by

[39:34] the city attorney. City manager would

[39:35] like to

[39:37] start us off.

[39:38] >> yes.

[39:40] thank you, maryland.

[39:43] --mayor.

[39:44] >> back in july we were before

[39:45] the

[39:46] city council and the public with tucker

[39:47] sadler

[39:49] to receive a presentation and then

[39:50] ultimately direction

[39:53] from the city council

[39:54] to pursue an exclusive negotiating

[39:56] agreement with tucker sadler.

[39:59] what we learned in the

[40:01] subsequent months is that it takes a

[40:02] while

[40:04] to negotiate an exclusive negotiations

[40:08] agreement. We

[40:11] worked diligent

[40:14] ly ly to

[40:17] reach tonight's

[40:20] culmination.

[40:25] this will mind an agreement between

[40:29] the parties.

[40:32] I wanted

[40:33] to acknowledge the project team that

[40:35] worked on this.

[40:38] it has been a collaborative

[40:41] effort. The assistant city

[40:44] manager. Community of economic

[40:46] development director, planning director,

[40:50] pio, my awesome assistant eve

[40:53] in the back.

[40:59] we have the city

[41:02] attorney and

[41:05] assistant city attorney. Matt

[41:07] is sitting across from me over here.

[41:11] behind me we have greg and diane

[41:12] from tucker sadler. You will hear

[41:14] from them in a little

[41:16] bit. With that I am happy to turn

[41:17] it over to

[41:19] lauren, our assistant city manager

[41:20] and

[41:21] she will get our presentation kicked off.

[41:41] >> good evening, members of the

[41:44] council and public.

[41:47] this

[41:48] was an important initiative the council

[41:50] took on. We like to

[41:53] make sure that

[41:56] all

[41:59] decisions align with our plan. I wanted

[42:02] to call it out. There were

[42:05] five goals.

[42:08] one of those is a vibrant

[42:11] and sustainable waterfront

[42:14] and marina.

[42:23] the strategies

[42:26] include prioritizing revenue, engaging

[42:28] the community about the fiscal reality

[42:29] of

[42:32] the marina.

[42:34] assessing the economic performance

[42:38] and addressing where

[42:41] next a

[42:47] vate partnership.

[42:56] why this

[42:59] matters? Even before we cemented

[43:02] the vision in our strategic

[43:05] plan, this has been a long-standing

[43:06] priority

[43:08] for many,

[43:11] many decades.

[43:17] frequent flooding in the area. All

[43:18] of

[43:20] this has caused safety issues. For

[43:21] most of us

[43:23] that have been out there this is very

[43:24] obvious

[43:26] to everyone. We know that

[43:27] routine dredging needs to occur, however

[43:31] the marina enterprise fund cannot

[43:32] shoulder this cost

[43:34] because it does not bring in enough

[43:35] revenue.

[43:38] we can't rely on the

[43:41] city general fund dollar for on

[43:44] going dredging. The path can no longer

[43:45] be

[43:46] a band-aid approach, and rather a

[43:47] full

[43:49] replacement is really needed. Most

[43:50] critically even in

[43:53] the current state to maintain the

[43:54] status

[43:56] quo, doing what we are doing

[43:59] today, it would requires

[44:02] ongoing subsidies from thethe

[44:05] fund. I will get in to the finances

[44:08] in a second. Prior to us meeting

[44:11] tucker sadler we found ourselves at

[44:12] a fork in

[44:13] the road. We knew that we have to do

[44:14] something different.

[44:22] so, harding financial challenges,

[44:26] the marina enterprise fund, for a long

[44:27] time now

[44:29] the costs at the marina have been

[44:32] more than what is being

[44:35] brought in.

[44:41] there is a lack of federal

[44:44] and state funding. Folks that have

[44:46] been following us might recall we

[44:47] did put a

[44:50] lot of

[44:53] effort

[44:56] into going after a substantial epa

[44:57] grant.

[45:00] once we had the changes hands

[45:02] at the federal level, that quickly

[45:03] dried

[45:05] up. Federal and state grants unreliable

[45:09] and a lot of the time one-

[45:12] time funding.

[45:18] since fiscal year 21-22, the

[45:21] city provided over $2 million

[45:22] in loans from the general fund to

[45:24] support

[45:27] the marina. We

[45:30] are projecting

[45:33] $650,000 a year.

[45:39] those who

[45:42] have followed

[45:45] the budget are aware in order

[45:47] to balance the budget we had to cut

[45:48] $3 million out

[45:50] of the city budget. There has been

[45:51] a significant

[45:52] impact. The more that we do continue

[45:54] to provide

[45:55] the subsidy, unfortunately what it

[45:57] is going

[46:00] to result in the future is

[46:01] impacting significantly core services.

[46:03] that is always a

[46:05] dangerous place to be. But we tried

[46:06] very hard

[46:07] to preserve being able to maintain

[46:09] all of the core services.

[46:21] >> I will

[46:24] start off with

[46:27] some background.

[46:30] back in middle to summer 2024,

[46:33] it marked a

[46:36] turning point.

[46:39] that was an

[46:42] effort that was

[46:45] needed to happen. It formally identified

[46:46] the

[46:47] need for public/private partnership

[46:51] to reinvest in our

[46:53] marina. Our long-standing partner

[46:54] ended

[46:57] their 20-year relationship

[47:00] with the city.

[47:03] it provided a challenge as we

[47:06] had to quickly learn how to run

[47:09] a marina and how we did not want to

[47:12] based on the size of

[47:15] our organization.

[47:18] it created the opportunity to search

[47:19] for

[47:20] a new marina operator and look at

[47:21] what opportunities

[47:23] that we have with the development

[47:24] partner because

[47:26] we have this document that was really

[47:30] the talking point.

[47:42] the city really set out and we

[47:44] were able to find a partner. They

[47:45] are great at being

[47:47] able to help us in the interim, but we

[47:48] really

[47:50] needed to find a longer term solution

[47:51] that needed

[47:54] to be explored. I am going to provide

[47:56] background on the trust land use plan

[47:57] and why

[48:00] it is

[48:03] important.

[48:06] senate bill, it

[48:09] tied land transfer to the city subject

[48:11] to public trust obligation requiring

[48:12] the city

[48:15] to prepare a trust land use plan and

[48:16] anyone

[48:18] that has tied trusted land needs to

[48:21] prepare these documents to

[48:23] outline how the organization envisions

[48:24] the marina

[48:27] being used to be in alignment with

[48:28] the public trust land requirements.

[48:30] it is our commitment to

[48:33] the state of

[48:36] california.

[48:39] the lands must

[48:42] serve all of the

[48:45] marina.

[48:48] there are a lot

[48:51] of visitor serving uses and other

[48:54] related

[48:57] amenities.

[49:03] this

[49:06] really shaped what is feasible and

[49:09] enforces the need for a careful

[49:12] structured partnership

[49:15] that aligns with public trust

[49:18] requirements and that

[49:20] private residential and non-trust

[49:21] house suggest

[49:24] prohibited under state

[49:27] law.

[49:33] as part

[49:36] of our

[49:39] introduction, after the

[49:42] departure, we were

[49:45] actively pursuring

[49:47] to try to find something to be consistent

[49:49] with a trust

[49:52] land use plan.

[49:58] many declined to take over or to

[50:04] rebuild. You know, the

[50:05] limited stand alone revenue that we

[50:07] take in.

[50:10] safe harbor marina, who is

[50:12] a very well-known marina expressed

[50:13] interest

[50:16] and came out with

[50:19] due diligence

[50:20] and realized having any long-term

[50:22] success at the

[50:24] marina would need an integrated land

[50:25] side development

[50:27] in it and it couldn't just be marina

[50:31] operations. They were not land

[50:32] side development. However they worked

[50:34] in partnership

[50:36] with other developers on other projects,

[50:37] and that is

[50:38] when they introduced to us tucker

[50:40] sadler, a partner

[50:42] they worked on with in a couple of

[50:43] areas and wanted

[50:45] us to have a conversation with them

[50:46] as

[50:48] a potential development partner. Because

[50:49] they

[50:51] have experience with complex waterfront

[50:52] type projects. When

[50:55] you think of a water

[50:58] front project, there are so many

[50:59] regulatory agencies and you have to have

[51:01] that experience. It is

[51:03] in the city's best interest to make

[51:04] sure that we

[51:06] are doing so with the partners that

[51:10] have the strength.

[51:13] tucker sadler came up and they evaluated

[51:16] the marina and

[51:19] expressed interest

[51:21] and presented the initial concept

[51:22] to

[51:25] the

[51:28] theory in july.

[51:34] that is kind of where we are at.

[51:36] these have occurred over the past

[51:38] four months. I will turn that over to lauren.

[51:45] >> so we have been busy in partnership

[51:46] with

[51:49] tucker sadler. We have had

[51:52] early and ongoing engagement

[51:53] with stakeholders for several months

[51:55] now. These groups

[51:57] include, but they are not limited

[51:58] to at this time

[52:00] scouts here in the audience, yacht

[52:01] club,

[52:04] eagle marine, contra costa county,

[52:07] federal

[52:10] and state elected

[52:13] ed representatives.

[52:19] chamber of commerce.

[52:22] contra costa building trades

[52:25] unite here.

[52:31] many local sports leagues

[52:34] and organizations. I know they are

[52:37] following along with

[52:40] the conversation too.

[52:43] just to keep them

[52:46] engaged and informed on

[52:49] the process. Tucker sadler has

[52:51] gotten to know these stakeholders

[52:52] and reached

[52:55] out to have conversations about the

[52:58] project. Through the experience, and

[53:00] tucker sadler engaging with all of

[53:04] the stakeholders. It is

[53:07] really helped gain

[53:10] an understanding of martinez's

[53:13] history and community.

[53:22] we learned some fun facts about

[53:25] joe dimaggio.

[53:28] he spent a

[53:31] lot of time engaging with businesses

[53:34] and residents. That is a lot of the

[53:35] stuff

[53:37] people don't see. We have been working with him

[53:38] to

[53:40] engage to get

[53:43] to know the community.

[53:46] in addition, the city council and

[53:47] members of staff went down to san

[53:49] diego.

[53:52] this was reported out by the

[53:55] city manager in november. We went

[53:56] down to

[53:58] visit some of tucker sadler's projects

[53:59] that

[54:01] are comparable to what he is proposing

[54:04] here. We got a

[54:07] good understand ing of

[54:09] tucker sadler explaining things how

[54:10] they took things

[54:12] start to finish and dealt with the

[54:13] regulatory agencies

[54:16] down there at the

[54:19] waterfront.

[54:22] members

[54:25] of staff and the city council met

[54:28] with tucker

[54:31] sadler. Again, we

[54:34] shared everything from

[54:37] the

[54:40] junior tow what we would like

[54:43] to see in

[54:46] the future.

[54:52] staff conducted a

[54:55] reference check.

[54:58] we

[55:02] called the government agency

[55:05] s what we heard overall is

[55:07] that tucker sadler brings a strong

[55:11] design vision, creative

[55:14] problem solving and

[55:17] collaborative approach.

[55:23] also we

[55:25] have had as thethe manager mentioned,

[55:29] four months

[55:32] of negotiations.

[55:35] we have had numerous

[55:38] closed

[55:41] sessions with the

[55:42] developer, staff. We have been working

[55:47] through the terms of the

[55:50] negotiating agreement.

[55:53] we feel like the

[55:54] exclusive negotiating agreement is ready

[55:55] for council consideration and adoption.

[56:08] >> what is an ena? An

[56:09] exclusive negotiating agreement to

[56:11] negotiate for

[56:13] a potential project. Commit to each

[56:14] other

[56:15] to negotiate only with each other

[56:17] for the

[56:18] site and for the potential project.

[56:20] the goal and the outcome of the

[56:23] ena is to affirm we are each

[56:25] others potential partners and not

[56:26] approval

[56:29] of a project.

[56:31] that would come later. The framework

[56:32] has

[56:35] a clear timeline and set

[56:37] of requirements and states plainly

[56:38] it

[56:40] is not right for either party, either

[56:43] party can end the negotiations but

[56:44] the

[56:46] developer is on the hook to pay for

[56:47] the

[56:50] cost if negotiations

[56:53] terminate.

[56:56] it has a 24-

[56:59] month negotiating period.

[57:05] we anticipate it

[57:08] as the process finalizes towards

[57:11] the proposed site plan and the details

[57:14] of the project.

[57:16] this is not aa anything will come

[57:17] but it

[57:20] is a promise to

[57:23] negotiate.

[57:26] the city will only consider

[57:29] a fully financed

[57:32] project.

[57:41] the marina needs significant

[57:44] upgrades and a new

[57:47] sea wall. It

[57:50] is not fully fleshed out because they

[57:53] have not completed the public out

[57:55] reach, and design, engineering, civil

[57:56] and marine

[57:57] engineering processes that will come.

[57:59] but what it

[58:02] does have is a

[58:05] prelim inary

[58:08] process description.

[58:11] the land side, creating revenue

[58:14] to cover and finance the infrastructure

[58:17] and recreational aspects includes

[58:19] community and open space uses, community

[58:20] and

[58:22] restaurants, hotels and event spaces

[58:26] and parking and access

[58:28] improvements. It also calls for the

[58:29] waterside,

[58:32] the marina side to include the significant

[58:35] marina updates

[58:38] and physical plan improvements,

[58:41] seawall and breakwater and

[58:44] non-motorized

[58:47] access as well. Along with the potential

[58:50] for ferry service if

[58:52] we can work that out. Planning for

[58:56] the marinas the

[58:59] sea scouts, yacht

[59:02] club and other users. That would be

[59:05] tucker sadler and our selected marina

[59:06] development

[59:08] partner. The

[59:11] ena

[59:14] creates the frame work.

[59:20] beyond what the minimums

[59:23] are. Beyond

[59:26] the

[59:29] bare minimum.

[59:32] it requires tucker sadler to

[59:35] pay all of the costs.

[59:37] engineering, financial, environmental

[59:38] and

[59:41] other key project studies

[59:44] as we go.

[59:47] it is an agreement to work

[59:50] towards a potential

[59:53] product.

[1:00:05] next steps after

[1:00:07] tonight we will proceed to the next phase.

[1:00:08] we will

[1:00:12] have a busy 2026

[1:00:15] ahead of us. We will

[1:00:17] kickoff a broader, larger process

[1:00:21] as

[1:00:24] stated.

[1:00:33] we will also

[1:00:35] start formal project planning and

[1:00:39] environmental review.

[1:00:45] we

[1:00:47] will be negotiating a development

[1:00:51] agreement for the

[1:00:54] project.

[1:00:57] a full

[1:01:00] review will occur

[1:01:03] key

[1:01:04] waterfront issues that most folks

[1:01:06] are

[1:01:08] well aware of, including sea level

[1:01:09] rise, traffic,

[1:01:11] how to get into and out of the area

[1:01:14] and biological resources. For tonight's

[1:01:15] purpose

[1:01:17] and for tonight's action there is

[1:01:18] no

[1:01:19] environmental impact for approving the ena.

[1:01:24] regarding public out

[1:01:27] reach, and we have said it many

[1:01:30] times. We are committed to

[1:01:33] robust public

[1:01:36] out reach.

[1:01:45] we already had a

[1:01:47] lot on the calendar. Every pit stop

[1:01:48] that we

[1:01:50] make to celebrate the city's 150th

[1:01:51] is an opportunity that

[1:01:52] we see to engage the public on the

[1:01:54] project.

[1:01:57] we will provide periodic

[1:02:00] updates on key aspects of

[1:02:03] the project via social

[1:02:05] media, website and e-newsletters.

[1:02:08] as-needed we will make sure that the public

[1:02:09] is

[1:02:11] informed on the various processes that are

[1:02:15] occurring and the milestones. We will

[1:02:16] also

[1:02:18] engage the parks

[1:02:20] recreation, marina and art commission.

[1:02:21] that

[1:02:24] is what we refer to as

[1:02:27] prmac

[1:02:29] c and the planning commission. That

[1:02:32] will be in the early to the late spring

[1:02:33] and

[1:02:35] presentations will be made to civic and

[1:02:38] community groups and in fact myself

[1:02:39] and a lot of the

[1:02:41] members of the project team have been

[1:02:42] in

[1:02:45] touch scheduling those

[1:02:47] presentations. So we already have

[1:02:48] a lot on

[1:02:51] the calendar for early

[1:02:54] next year.

[1:02:57] before I turn it over to

[1:02:59] tucker sadler, I want to cover the

[1:03:02] fiscal impact. There is significant

[1:03:03] fiscal

[1:03:05] impact to the future of the project.

[1:03:06] first of all

[1:03:09] for here and now,

[1:03:12] tucker sadler

[1:03:15] will --this is written into the ena

[1:03:18] as the assistant city attorney

[1:03:20] mentioned. A full feasibility analysis

[1:03:21] will occur.

[1:03:24] there is a lot to be learned

[1:03:27] on the potential for revenue to the

[1:03:30] city and

[1:03:33] also

[1:03:36] costs for the project.

[1:03:39] potential benefits include eliminating

[1:03:40] the

[1:03:42] general fund subsidy. The $650,000

[1:03:45] I spoke about earlier would no

[1:03:48] longer be born on the city and full

[1:03:51] marina reinstruction funded by the

[1:03:54] developer. Future fund revenues.

[1:03:57] that is always something we

[1:04:00] are at

[1:04:03] a point to find.

[1:04:06] transit occupancy tax, and that comes

[1:04:09] from people staying in hotels, interest

[1:04:10] tax and

[1:04:12] lease payments. There are a lot of brand-

[1:04:13] new revenue

[1:04:15] streams that would be created from a

[1:04:18] project down the line. Overall,

[1:04:21] the project supports long-term

[1:04:24] economic vitality in martinez and

[1:04:25] including in

[1:04:27] the downtown there are a lot of opportunities for

[1:04:30] cross collaboration and

[1:04:33] cross pollination

[1:04:36] from people visiting both and

[1:04:38] shopping, dining and spending time

[1:04:39] in both areas.

[1:04:42] I will turn it

[1:04:45] over to our

[1:05:00] tucker sadler team.

[1:05:12] again, for working as hard as you have to

[1:05:13] get

[1:05:16] to this

[1:05:19] night tonight.

[1:05:21] thank you for the community members

[1:05:22] out

[1:05:24] here showing up up support or not

[1:05:25] in

[1:05:26] support of what we are doing. I want

[1:05:28] to thank

[1:05:29] you for being here. It is important

[1:05:31] that

[1:05:32] all of us are working together. This

[1:05:34] will be

[1:05:36] a part of the martinez community.

[1:05:40] we want it to be

[1:05:42] something we are all proud of. I want

[1:05:43] to

[1:05:45] thank you all. I want to wish everybody

[1:05:49] a happy

[1:05:52] holiday season.

[1:05:55] I want to start with a couple of slides.

[1:05:58] I wanted to start with the

[1:06:01] reason why

[1:06:04] martinez

[1:06:10] . If you think of

[1:06:12] joe dimaggio, the marina is home plate.

[1:06:13] it

[1:06:16] is right there

[1:06:19] catching all

[1:06:22] of pitches being thrown at it.

[1:06:25] it is easy for this to be the

[1:06:28] hub where we can get a new transit

[1:06:30] center in here and get the ferry to

[1:06:31] come back. We had

[1:06:32] a ferry in this location. Now it is

[1:06:34] time to bring it back. It

[1:06:37] is time to bring that back and

[1:06:40] to make this be a new

[1:06:43] transit hub for

[1:06:46] martinez. It is

[1:06:49] important to note that we are

[1:06:51] nestled betweenbetween nature preserves

[1:06:52] and the

[1:06:55] ball fields, the

[1:06:58] bochi ball,

[1:07:01] the sports complex, and the direct

[1:07:04] tie to downtown.

[1:07:10] it is not supposed to be stand

[1:07:13] alone. It is supposed to be

[1:07:15] something bringing the community together

[1:07:16] and

[1:07:17] supports each other and supports downtown

[1:07:19] and supports the ball field and

[1:07:22] the events around

[1:07:25] here and event

[1:07:28] s that are now going to be

[1:07:31] a generator of taxes

[1:07:33] and money and for the community to allow

[1:07:34] us to continue

[1:07:37] to improve.

[1:07:45] this is the conceptual plan that we

[1:07:49] came up with.

[1:07:52] we have

[1:07:55] been working with safe

[1:07:58] harbor.

[1:08:01] to create a place

[1:08:03] that everyone wants to come and to

[1:08:04] be a part

[1:08:07] of. That is what we were focusing

[1:08:08] on.

[1:08:10] we will be working with safe

[1:08:11] harbor to analyze everything that

[1:08:13] needs

[1:08:16] to be done.

[1:08:19] coming up with

[1:08:22] a phasing

[1:08:25] plan. The goal with what we

[1:08:28] are tryingtrying to do is that we

[1:08:31] are creating a board walk, an environment

[1:08:32] along

[1:08:33] the waterfront that is vibrant and

[1:08:34] has

[1:08:36] uses that people can interact with

[1:08:40] and that tie

[1:08:43] the

[1:08:46] bike paths and nature

[1:08:49] preserves and the park. You go on a

[1:08:51] boardwalk through a development and

[1:08:52] back the other side

[1:08:54] and back into the nature preserve.

[1:08:55] we want to be a

[1:08:58] partner in that

[1:09:01] aspect. We want to be a partner with

[1:09:03] those uses that are already out there.

[1:09:04] the sea

[1:09:07] scouts need a new home. They need

[1:09:08] a

[1:09:10] place that they can

[1:09:12] continue to develop and become the

[1:09:13] number one place

[1:09:16] in the u.s.

[1:09:25] we want to house international

[1:09:26] and national activities out here and

[1:09:28] I think thisthis

[1:09:31] a perfect opportunity to

[1:09:34] do that.

[1:09:37] we want to think of things

[1:09:40] in terms

[1:09:43] of entertainment.

[1:09:52] have the

[1:09:54] mayor's dress out here for the state

[1:09:55] of the

[1:09:58] city address at the waterfront. We

[1:09:59] also

[1:10:01] want to look at an

[1:10:04] opportunity to host different

[1:10:07] things out here that bring

[1:10:10] people here.

[1:10:13] one of the goals is to bring people

[1:10:14] to the water

[1:10:16] and give them

[1:10:19] a reason to come out here

[1:10:21] and experience martinez. When they come

[1:10:22] to the water, they

[1:10:24] are going to come downtown. The more

[1:10:25] we can get

[1:10:28] them toolinger and stay, the more

[1:10:29] the charm of

[1:10:31] the community is going

[1:10:35] to come forward.

[1:10:38] we are excited about

[1:10:41] the opportunity. We are

[1:10:44] excited about tonight.

[1:10:47] we look

[1:10:50] forward to the

[1:10:53] next step.

[1:10:56] and then into the plan that

[1:10:58] is something the community has bought

[1:11:01] in on and has given us insight on

[1:11:02] and

[1:11:03] becomes something we are all very proud of.

[1:11:11] quick aerial shot

[1:11:13] from the water. Over the ball fields.

[1:11:14] the

[1:11:17] preserve. The

[1:11:20] park.

[1:11:23] how we are going to improve and

[1:11:26] build off it. Congratulations on your

[1:11:29] successful redo of the fishing

[1:11:32] pier.

[1:11:35] wonderful job. You guys deserve

[1:11:38] it.

[1:11:41] fantastic.

[1:11:44] what a great job was done on that

[1:11:46] fishing pier. You should be proud of

[1:11:47] that.

[1:11:50] that is something we want to use

[1:11:53] to propel us forward into

[1:11:56] the future.

[1:12:02] >> I will just recognize

[1:12:03] our recommendation before we turn

[1:12:05] it over

[1:12:06] for questions and discussion. The

[1:12:08] recommendation is to

[1:12:09] adopt a resolution authorizing the

[1:12:11] mayor to

[1:12:13] enter into an exclusive negotiating

[1:12:14] agreement between

[1:12:16] the city and tucker sadler architects

[1:12:19] in a form approved by the city attorney

[1:12:22] for revitalization of the martinez

[1:12:23] waterfront

[1:12:25] and marina. Back over to you, mayor.

[1:12:27] >> thank you for the presentation.

[1:12:29] all of the information was helpful

[1:12:31] and I felt like it brought everybody

[1:12:32] up to

[1:12:34] speed who had not been attending all

[1:12:35] of

[1:12:38] the meetings like we have.

[1:12:40] we will start with questions from

[1:12:41] the council.

[1:12:44] then we are going to open it up

[1:12:47] to public comment.

[1:12:50] I will bring it back to council

[1:12:53] for their comments. Any larger

[1:12:56] conversations we can keep would be

[1:12:57] great.

[1:12:58] that way we have an opportunity to

[1:12:59] hear from everybody in

[1:13:02] the public. I will

[1:13:04] not be reducing public comment down

[1:13:05] from three minutes so

[1:13:07] you don't have to cut your prepared speeches

[1:13:08] if you

[1:13:11] have any. Council, any questions for

[1:13:13] staff or tucker sadler they would like

[1:13:14] to kick us off with?

[1:13:29] vice mayor malhi, any questions before opening

[1:13:32] it up to

[1:13:35] public comment?

[1:13:36] >> yes.

[1:13:38] I would be happy to defer to members

[1:13:41] of the probable

[1:13:44] and preserve my questions and comments

[1:13:45] for after.

[1:13:46] >>

[1:13:47] okay. I will say a few things. I wanted

[1:13:49] to highlight a few items that were

[1:13:50] brought

[1:13:53] up by staff that I wanted to make

[1:13:54] suresure

[1:13:56] everybody heard.

[1:14:02] can you share

[1:14:05] the figure while we are

[1:14:08] talking.

[1:14:14] to

[1:14:16] make everyone sure of what we are

[1:14:17] talking about.

[1:14:20] the trust land use process. We

[1:14:22] were talking about a bigger area.

[1:14:23] the figure that you see

[1:14:25] in the staff report and up on the

[1:14:26] screen here in a

[1:14:29] couple of minutes.

[1:14:32] not that one?

[1:14:35] not that one. It

[1:14:38] is in the staff report. In the ena

[1:14:39] or

[1:14:41] the staff report.

[1:14:50] to me it was

[1:14:53] a big deal

[1:14:56] and

[1:14:59] kat is able to share that we will

[1:15:00] come back

[1:15:02] to it. I wanted to thank staff for

[1:15:04] compiling the information about what

[1:15:05] is and is not allowed

[1:15:08] on state

[1:15:11] lands.

[1:15:14] I know I have received questions from

[1:15:15] the

[1:15:17] public wanting to clarify those items.

[1:15:19] thank you. Thank you so much. This

[1:15:20] figure here that

[1:15:23] is being shared as a reminder, the

[1:15:24] blue outline

[1:15:26] was part of our trust land use plan

[1:15:27] including all

[1:15:29] of the area that the city has control

[1:15:30] over,

[1:15:31] but the pink line represents what

[1:15:33] we are talking about

[1:15:35] tonight. Anything that gets discussed

[1:15:36] as part of

[1:15:38] the ena tonight or anything leading

[1:15:39] up to

[1:15:40] a potential development agreement

[1:15:42] is only referring to the space

[1:15:45] within the

[1:15:48] pink line.

[1:15:51] ena

[1:15:53] is the negotiating agreement. The

[1:15:55] developing agreement where we talk

[1:15:57] about what is go to happen

[1:16:00] as part of the

[1:16:03] development comes next.

[1:16:05] everyone said it in the presentation.

[1:16:06] I

[1:16:09] wanted to just

[1:16:12] highlight that. If there are any comments

[1:16:14] from the public, which I know there

[1:16:15] are at least

[1:16:17] a handful. We will start with the

[1:16:18] speaker

[1:16:19] comments. Once I have gone through the

[1:16:21] speaker cards if

[1:16:22] there is anybody else raise your hand.

[1:16:24] like

[1:16:27] I mentioned, I will not be cutting

[1:16:28] comments down from the three minutes.

[1:16:30] if you don't need to use up

[1:16:32] the three minutes, make your comments

[1:16:33] brief and give

[1:16:34] your time to the next person in line.

[1:16:36] with that,

[1:16:37] as promised, walter would you like to kick us off?

[1:16:54] >> hi everyone.

[1:16:58] my name is walt er er with

[1:17:00] the sea scouts.

[1:17:03] I want to make what we do a

[1:17:06] bit more known. I am

[1:17:09] 14 years old.

[1:17:12] I joined

[1:17:14] five years ago when I was 10 years

[1:17:15] old. It

[1:17:16] has given me so much over the years.

[1:17:18] thanks to the program

[1:17:20] I have so many great friends and I

[1:17:21] have

[1:17:23] met countless wonderful people I never

[1:17:24] would have

[1:17:26] met without the program. I have a

[1:17:27] goal for my

[1:17:30] future career that I am

[1:17:32] passionate about. Sea scouting is a

[1:17:35] truly amazing thing. The sea scout

[1:17:36] ship

[1:17:38] albatross has been in the martinez

[1:17:39] arena for

[1:17:41] 93 years and has grown thousands of

[1:17:42] kids

[1:17:44] into capable sailors overs it life.

[1:17:47] the program as a whole is unfortunately

[1:17:48] not as well known

[1:17:51] as it should be and many people haven't heard

[1:17:54] of it.

[1:18:00] we would not be

[1:18:01] here without the help and support

[1:18:03] of a lot of great

[1:18:06] organizations in martinez.

[1:18:12] it has gotten kids

[1:18:15] interested in boats, tugs, the

[1:18:18] navy, and many more parts of

[1:18:20] the maritime industry and teaching

[1:18:21] leadership

[1:18:22] and life skills. Thank you everyone.

[1:18:33] >> next, ian.

[1:18:48] >> my name is ian. I am

[1:18:51] here to offer my support for the

[1:18:54] new marina plan.

[1:18:57] the

[1:18:59] marina and waterfront has been a memorable

[1:19:00] place for

[1:19:03] our

[1:19:06] family.

[1:19:09] my son has been a sea

[1:19:12] scout for five years and now is

[1:19:15] a bowsman for

[1:19:18] the albatross, an important youth

[1:19:20] program for the community for years.

[1:19:21] the program is pivotal

[1:19:24] in the young man that he is becoming.

[1:19:26] it has given him opportunities to

[1:19:27] learn skills,

[1:19:30] see places and meet people I could

[1:19:33] never imagined when I was his

[1:19:36] age. He has an idea where

[1:19:39] he wants to go when he

[1:19:42] grows up.

[1:19:45] the sea scout program turns kids into

[1:19:48] capable, disciplined young

[1:19:50] adults ready for the challenges life

[1:19:51] and any career will

[1:19:54] throw at them.

[1:20:06] their annual sea fare in

[1:20:09] march brings over 100 scouts

[1:20:12] from all over california and even

[1:20:15] hawaii.

[1:20:18] if we

[1:20:21] were to lose the base or have it

[1:20:24] shrunk, that would

[1:20:27] remove an environment event

[1:20:30] from

[1:20:33] the season and end a 40-year tradition in martinez.

[1:20:34] thanks.

[1:20:42] >> next, leon marshall.

[1:20:48] >> I will be brief. My name is leon

[1:20:51] marshall. I am a representative from

[1:20:55] the ibw local 302.

[1:20:57] I would like to thank the city of

[1:21:01] martinez for including provision

[1:21:04] 5f allowing plas in the

[1:21:07] ena. Secondly, as a

[1:21:08] lifelong citizen of the count issy I

[1:21:10] am excited

[1:21:12] about the possibility of a project

[1:21:16] creating jobs for the

[1:21:19] locals.

[1:21:25] lastly, we are looking

[1:21:26] forward to partnering with the city

[1:21:28] and tucker sadler

[1:21:31] to get the project

[1:21:34] underway.

[1:21:37] thank

[1:21:39] you and happy holidays.

[1:21:40] >> this is

[1:21:41] want

[1:21:43] most supportive public

[1:21:45] comment. Mike hammock. Clapping before he comes up.

[1:21:58] >> good evening and happy

[1:22:01] holidays toto everyone. I am

[1:22:02] basically here to say thank you to

[1:22:04] those that participated in the

[1:22:06] tour on november 13th down at the

[1:22:07] sea scout base.

[1:22:10] it

[1:22:13] gave us the opportunity to

[1:22:15] walk through and show you what it

[1:22:16] gives

[1:22:18] to the youth and what they give in

[1:22:19] return.

[1:22:22] thank you.

[1:22:25] young lady, you are inspiring.

[1:22:27] walter walked away and said she knows

[1:22:28] what

[1:22:30] she is talking about. Thank you, sir.

[1:22:34] I took the time to talk to the

[1:22:37] muellers.

[1:22:52] on behalf of the sea scouts, we thank you for your support.

[1:23:13] happy holidays.

[1:23:16] >> john manner.

[1:23:28] I am the program director for the

[1:23:31] stockton sea

[1:23:34] scouts.

[1:23:37] we are up to 36

[1:23:40] kids now. One thing I don't have

[1:23:43] is a base.

[1:23:49] prior to my time in stockton, I was

[1:23:52] the chief mate

[1:23:55] in martinez.

[1:23:58] now I am fighting to save the base.

[1:24:00] whether you decide to get in with

[1:24:01] the negotiations or

[1:24:04] not, as I see it right now we are

[1:24:07] on some bad foundations for us

[1:24:09] moving forward. Whether that time

[1:24:13] is now to

[1:24:15] better understand and get verbiage

[1:24:16] and some

[1:24:17] type of proof of where we are going, that

[1:24:19] would be great.

[1:24:22] whether that is later on after

[1:24:24] you guys have made the choice to enter

[1:24:25] that agreement,

[1:24:28] we understand that

[1:24:31] too. Right

[1:24:34] now, you know, this

[1:24:37] is the member of martinez.

[1:24:39] I am kind of running stockton, but

[1:24:40] it looks like

[1:24:42] we are losinglosing something right now.

[1:24:43] look to you if

[1:24:46] you believe in what we are doing for

[1:24:47] the

[1:24:49] youth.

[1:24:52] actually, the maritime industry is

[1:24:54] growing as far as mariners needed.

[1:24:58] that is more truthful than

[1:25:01] ever. My own sponsor will pay

[1:25:04] first-year tuition to any

[1:25:07] kid in my program wanting to go to

[1:25:09] the maritime academy. I would like

[1:25:10] a city and developer

[1:25:12] to match what my sponsor is willing

[1:25:13] to bring

[1:25:16] to the table. Thank

[1:25:19] you.

[1:25:25] >> sam lovelace.

[1:25:31] >> hi. I

[1:25:34] wanted to start this evening

[1:25:37] with gratitude.

[1:25:40] I wanted to thank you for your

[1:25:42] time and partnership and thank you

[1:25:44] if for showing

[1:25:47] up and having

[1:25:50] interest in our ogram and

[1:25:53] what we do.

[1:25:56] for those in the

[1:25:59] room that are a sea scout

[1:26:02] or are affected by

[1:26:05] sea scouts.

[1:26:14] this is a wonderful group of

[1:26:17] kids. I am really

[1:26:18] proud of the kids and who they are.

[1:26:20] you know, we are

[1:26:22] here to showcase how important that

[1:26:23] we are

[1:26:25] and how important that we are to the

[1:26:26] community. You

[1:26:28] know, we are a community. A lot of

[1:26:29] the

[1:26:30] people here tonight came from other

[1:26:32] areas of sea

[1:26:35] scouting. They are not just

[1:26:38] in martinez.

[1:26:41] they are a big bay

[1:26:42] community and global community as

[1:26:44] well. Thank you to all of

[1:26:46] the kids and the adult volunteers

[1:26:47] for being here

[1:26:50] tonight. I know you

[1:26:52] would rather be home doing your homework,

[1:26:53] but they are

[1:26:55] here showing up and showing you how

[1:26:56] much

[1:26:58] we care about what we do here. You

[1:26:59] will hear from

[1:27:02] a lot of us tonight. We are, you know,

[1:27:04] we are equally excited about this

[1:27:08] marina revitalization plan, but we

[1:27:09] are

[1:27:10] scared about what it means. Change

[1:27:11] is not

[1:27:14] always a bad

[1:27:17] thing.

[1:27:25] we are here to support a plan and

[1:27:29] we want to be supported

[1:27:32] as well.

[1:27:34] thank you for being here and listening

[1:27:35] to us and

[1:27:36] thank you for my kids who make it all

[1:27:38] worth it. Thank you.

[1:27:50] >> I don't

[1:27:52] see any other sea scout names. I want

[1:27:53] it to

[1:27:55] be clear that the sea scouts are called

[1:27:56] out by name in

[1:27:59] the

[1:28:02] ena.

[1:28:05] there are so

[1:28:08] many comments. Before you

[1:28:10] do public comment, check how the ena

[1:28:14] is worded.

[1:28:29] >> I

[1:28:31] do serve as commissioner on the arts

[1:28:34] commission. My kids enjoyed youth

[1:28:35] sports at

[1:28:38] facilities adjacent

[1:28:41] to the project area

[1:28:44] called out. Particularly the

[1:28:47] waterfront soccer fields. This is

[1:28:50] not just an improvement but opportunity

[1:28:52] to transform the waterfront to reflect

[1:28:53] the pride

[1:28:55] and the potential of martinez. It

[1:28:56] will

[1:28:59] create a vibrant space where residents

[1:29:02] and visitors can explore, relax

[1:29:04] and connect over great food and drink.

[1:29:08] the benefits go beyond

[1:29:10] recreation. It will attract youth

[1:29:11] sports

[1:29:13] tournaments bringing teams and families

[1:29:14] from across

[1:29:17] the region.

[1:29:29] now

[1:29:31] they have a reason to stay, dine and

[1:29:32] explore

[1:29:35] our great city.

[1:29:44] just go down to the waterfront. There

[1:29:45] are

[1:29:47] great options

[1:29:50] down here.

[1:29:53] it

[1:29:56] is an investment in community

[1:29:59] vitality and the city. I

[1:30:02] encourage the council

[1:30:05] and mayor to adopt the

[1:30:08] ena.

[1:30:17] kirsten

[1:30:20] olson.

[1:30:29] sonia.

[1:30:38] >>

[1:30:41] hello. I

[1:30:44] am

[1:30:47] with unite

[1:30:50] local 2.

[1:30:53] housekeepers to bartenders,

[1:30:56] cooks, front

[1:30:59] desk agents.

[1:31:08] we are newer to martinez. I really

[1:31:10] appreciate all of the conversations

[1:31:14] that I have had with people.

[1:31:17] you know, this is a project that could

[1:31:20] bring a lot of

[1:31:23] hospitality

[1:31:26] jobs to martinez. They can be part

[1:31:27] of

[1:31:29] a thriving

[1:31:33] local

[1:31:36] economy. We support you

[1:31:39] heading to the

[1:31:42] next step and seeing

[1:31:44] how this project continues to take

[1:31:45] shape.

[1:31:47] thank you.

[1:31:48] >> that is the end of my

[1:31:50] speaker cards. By show of hands who

[1:31:53] else would like to speak? We are going

[1:31:54] to go

[1:31:55] left to right and we are going to

[1:31:57] start with

[1:32:00] you. With the vest. Yeah.

[1:32:06] >> my name

[1:32:09] is chris, a senior

[1:32:12] organizer with the local

[1:32:13] carpenters union representing roughly

[1:32:15] 4,000

[1:32:18] members. I would like to thank and

[1:32:20] recognize greg and diane with tucker

[1:32:21] sadler

[1:32:24] for their leadership and foresight

[1:32:26] with the martinez waterfront project.

[1:32:27] their

[1:32:30] willingness to think of

[1:32:33] blue collar men andand

[1:32:35] reflects a strong commitment to fair

[1:32:36] labor and

[1:32:38] show what is possible when developers

[1:32:42] and organized labor

[1:32:45] work together. I wanted

[1:32:48] to voice our

[1:32:50] strong support. This project is an

[1:32:54] investment in martinez.

[1:32:57] good,

[1:33:00] local, middle class jobs. These

[1:33:02] are workers completing projects safely

[1:33:03] and on

[1:33:06] time. Our members take pride in

[1:33:09] building spaces that last for

[1:33:12] generations.

[1:33:15] I urge

[1:33:18] you to support the ena. Thank

[1:33:21] you guys.

[1:33:30] >>

[1:33:33] good evening mayor, council.

[1:33:36] sheet metals local 104. I am on the

[1:33:38] executive board for the contra costa

[1:33:39] construction

[1:33:41] and trades council and central labor

[1:33:42] council.

[1:33:45] I wanted to

[1:33:48] thank the council and

[1:33:51] tucker sadler

[1:33:53] for recognizing the importance of

[1:33:57] skilled labor.

[1:34:03] you hear skilled

[1:34:06] labor a lot.

[1:34:08] 70,000 registered apprentices in the

[1:34:09] state of california are

[1:34:11] in the building and construction trades.

[1:34:12] 90%

[1:34:15] of those 70,000 are

[1:34:18] union apprentices.

[1:34:23] thank you and we support this ena.

[1:34:36] >>

[1:34:39] good evening mayor and councilmembers.

[1:34:42] I am assistant business

[1:34:45] manager representing over

[1:34:48] 1,300 electrical workers here in contra

[1:34:51] costa county.

[1:34:53] we definitely love being here. I will

[1:34:57] keep it short.

[1:35:03] thank you for the every time

[1:35:05] you put in and we are looking forward

[1:35:08] to making this the best project that

[1:35:12] it can be.

[1:35:18] >> there was one

[1:35:21] other raised hand. Anyone else?

[1:35:24] come on up.

[1:35:30] >>

[1:35:33] joe summers. We

[1:35:36] represent 89 unions and 85,000

[1:35:39] working families.

[1:35:42] I wanted to recognize

[1:35:45] the project for what

[1:35:48] it is

[1:35:51] you know, it needs to be

[1:35:54] done right. What I have seen and the

[1:35:57] discussion council has

[1:36:00] had and my interactions

[1:36:03] with council. There is a commitment

[1:36:06] to make sure

[1:36:09] that this is revitalizing and a

[1:36:12] community

[1:36:15] partnership and there are

[1:36:18] good jobs.

[1:36:21] we

[1:36:24] have

[1:36:27] a middle

[1:36:33] class that

[1:36:36] continues to thrive and

[1:36:39] see where this city needs to be and

[1:36:41] how it can be a huge opportunity if

[1:36:42] we do it

[1:36:45] right. Thank you so much.

[1:36:57] >> my name is kevin bacon and I am

[1:37:00] a resident here in martinez. Sports

[1:37:01] man club

[1:37:03] board director, and a member of

[1:37:06] the martinez yacht club both located

[1:37:09] in the marina park. I am proud to

[1:37:10] say I

[1:37:12] am the winner of the

[1:37:15] martinez cup.

[1:37:24] if you didn't know the martinez is

[1:37:25] the birthplace

[1:37:28] of the martini. The

[1:37:31] iconic drink of winston

[1:37:34] churchill and

[1:37:37] 007. This is

[1:37:40] a city of martinez

[1:37:43] harbor bond.

[1:37:46] the value is

[1:37:49] $500.

[1:37:58] it is quite a

[1:38:01] big investment.

[1:38:04] the

[1:38:07] public had faith in

[1:38:10] major improvements, I

[1:38:13] did also.

[1:38:16] this is the best location in

[1:38:19] the county. The

[1:38:20] only marina and commercial enterprise

[1:38:22] in

[1:38:25] the county.

[1:38:37] it definitely is going to be a popular

[1:38:40] destination.

[1:38:41] >>

[1:38:42] thank you.

[1:38:43] >> all right. Yeah. All the

[1:38:44] way

[1:38:46] in the back.

[1:38:58] sea

[1:39:01] scouts, you're awesome.

[1:39:07] I am just me. I like to think

[1:39:10] I represent the little person, nothing

[1:39:11] to 13

[1:39:12] that like to come down and fly the

[1:39:13] kites at

[1:39:16] the marina. People say kites.

[1:39:19] they are for kids. That is not true.

[1:39:22] fbi am going back

[1:39:25] to colombia for a

[1:39:28] kite festival.

[1:39:31] kites are

[1:39:34] international.

[1:39:37] the city across

[1:39:40] the pay last july asked me to

[1:39:42] be their headline for their first-

[1:39:43] ever

[1:39:46] kite festival, 10:00 in

[1:39:49] the morning until 4:00 in the afternoon.

[1:39:52] I had made a lot of

[1:39:55] kites. The

[1:39:56] advertisement came down to a free

[1:39:58] event and get a free

[1:40:00] kite and meet the kite man of martinez.

[1:40:01] there

[1:40:04] was over 1,000 kites in

[1:40:07] the sky. You look up saying there are

[1:40:08] a

[1:40:10] thousand smiles. Please

[1:40:12] don't forget the little people at

[1:40:13] the

[1:40:16] marina. Please. Thank

[1:40:19] you madam mayor.

[1:40:20] >> thank you.

[1:40:31] kayla. Come on up.

[1:40:40] >> the assembly

[1:40:43] member strongly supports

[1:40:44] the proposed exclusive negotiation

[1:40:46] agreement between the city of

[1:40:49] martinez and tucker sadler for the

[1:40:51] revitalization of the martinez waterfront

[1:40:52] and marina.

[1:40:54] for decades the community shared a

[1:40:55] vision of a

[1:40:58] safe and vibrant waterfront

[1:41:00] reflecting martinez's identity and

[1:41:01] serves the public

[1:41:03] interest and is articulated in the

[1:41:04] city's

[1:41:07] strategic plan and the waterfront

[1:41:09] marina trust use plan, and tonight's

[1:41:10] action is an

[1:41:12] important step towards responsibly

[1:41:13] advancing it.

[1:41:16] the assembly member recognizes

[1:41:18] the serious challenges facing the

[1:41:19] marina today.

[1:41:22] the infrastructure exceeded the useful

[1:41:23] life

[1:41:25] and years of deferred

[1:41:27] maintenance making the current situation

[1:41:28] financially and

[1:41:30] operationally unsustainable. Continuing

[1:41:31] the status

[1:41:34] quo places strain on the city's general

[1:41:37] fund and diverts resources from

[1:41:40] essential services. Tucker sadler

[1:41:41] has

[1:41:42] a proven track record of working with

[1:41:43] the community

[1:41:45] to develop topnotch waterfronts that

[1:41:46] all can be

[1:41:48] proud of and has been impressed with

[1:41:49] the out reach

[1:41:51] and engagement with the office this

[1:41:52] early in the process.

[1:41:55] the assembly member supports the safeguards

[1:41:58] in the agreement and has full confidence

[1:41:59] in

[1:42:01] tucker sadler as a solid negotiating

[1:42:02] partner.

[1:42:04] if successful the project could create

[1:42:07] a wonderful new access and recreation

[1:42:10] amenities for residents. Attract visitors

[1:42:13] and businesses to a marquee destination

[1:42:16] and eliminate the ongoing subsidy

[1:42:17] and

[1:42:19] shift infrastructure costs away from

[1:42:22] the city and generate new revenues.

[1:42:23] for

[1:42:26] all of

[1:42:29] these reasons

[1:42:31] the assembly member urges the council

[1:42:34] to move this process forward. Thank

[1:42:35] you

[1:42:36] for your commitment and to the future of martinez.

[1:42:38] thank you.

[1:42:47] >> similar to kite man, I am

[1:42:49] representing me and my kids. I am

[1:42:50] also

[1:42:52] here to share that I do believe and

[1:42:53] hope that

[1:42:56] tucker sadler will incorporate

[1:42:59] our needs. I used to live in

[1:43:01] washington, d.c. That was where the

[1:43:02] waterfront

[1:43:04] they developed there. Of course before

[1:43:05] it was

[1:43:07] developed all of the locals were worried

[1:43:08] and concerned.

[1:43:10] I remember when we would go with the

[1:43:14] kids. There

[1:43:16] was so much open and free space. There

[1:43:17] were stairs

[1:43:20] for kids to run up and down.

[1:43:23] there was a gazebo

[1:43:25] area. There was so much I was surprised.

[1:43:28] because in this day and age we are

[1:43:29] used

[1:43:32] to businesses being in our face.

[1:43:34] this is about economic development.

[1:43:35] the

[1:43:38] businesses will thrive.

[1:43:47] free family fun and

[1:43:48] multigenerational. We can go on hikes,

[1:43:50] but kids

[1:43:51] in strollers or grandparents visiting

[1:43:53] can't. I remember

[1:43:55] in washington, d.c. , there were so

[1:43:56] many

[1:43:58] multigenerational families walking

[1:44:01] around. They were there just to walk

[1:44:02] around the water.

[1:44:05] I believe it because I have seen

[1:44:08] their development make more of a

[1:44:11] community than being more of

[1:44:14] a

[1:44:15] development. Another quick thing.

[1:44:17] just growing up in san diego as

[1:44:19] well. I have been fortunate to lived

[1:44:22] in many places, but I love martinez

[1:44:23] the

[1:44:26] most. We used to go to see port village.

[1:44:28] it became a regular part of the routine.

[1:44:29] we

[1:44:31] went to see it and walked around.

[1:44:32] other

[1:44:34] people can come and spend money, but

[1:44:35] we

[1:44:36] can come and not spend money here.

[1:44:49] I will come back to you at the end.

[1:44:56] >> my name is

[1:44:59] mike higgins, a lifelong resident

[1:45:00] of martinez.

[1:45:02] I am protective of our town. I know

[1:45:03] we need

[1:45:05] a shot in the arm in the marina.

[1:45:07] looking at the initial renderings,

[1:45:08] it is too much for

[1:45:10] our town to scale. It needs to be

[1:45:11] scaled down.

[1:45:13] we have one way in and out of the

[1:45:14] marina.

[1:45:16] I am sure all of you have been stuck

[1:45:17] when there is

[1:45:20] a train. Then you are going to

[1:45:23] impact families coming from all

[1:45:26] over the state.

[1:45:38] they are

[1:45:41] not always the

[1:45:44] brightest people.

[1:45:47] they wanted to

[1:45:50] have graffiti on the outside.

[1:45:53] looking at the additional

[1:45:56] renderings. It may belong in

[1:45:59] fremont but they didn't take into

[1:46:00] consideration

[1:46:02] the historic value of

[1:46:05] the house. It does not fit in our

[1:46:08] town. The amphitheater, we already

[1:46:09] have one.

[1:46:11] what are we doing

[1:46:14] with that.

[1:46:23] I would like to see a skate parkpark

[1:46:24] expansion. It

[1:46:26] is outdated and not conducive to learning.

[1:46:29] I would like to see it being a part of the fold.

[1:46:30] thank you.

[1:46:44] >> hello. My name is jesse.

[1:46:46] I am a sea scout. I want to address

[1:46:47] you as a

[1:46:49] citizen and not a sea scout. Back

[1:46:53] in

[1:46:56] 2018 the

[1:46:59] nimitz group --

[1:47:02] they promised to bring in residents

[1:47:03] and

[1:47:05] visitors to the city. That hasn't

[1:47:06] happened. They are

[1:47:08] citing

[1:47:11] the costs of the

[1:47:14] development was greater than

[1:47:17] it was worth.

[1:47:23] do not prioritize a big

[1:47:26] hotelhotel

[1:47:29] revenue. Thank you.

[1:47:44] >> I

[1:47:48] wanted to say what sea scouts

[1:47:51] means to me.

[1:47:54] >> it has been

[1:47:57] a

[1:48:02] gateway. I found a program that challenged

[1:48:03] me, trusted

[1:48:05] me and helped me to grow in ways I

[1:48:06] couldn't imagine.

[1:48:08] it taught me more than navigation

[1:48:09] and

[1:48:10] safety. It taught me responsibility, and

[1:48:12] I learned that

[1:48:15] others rely on me and that

[1:48:16] preparation matters and confidence

[1:48:20] comes with experience. Each challenge

[1:48:21] pushed

[1:48:24] me to step up. Over time I

[1:48:27] became capable, focused and more

[1:48:30] self assured.

[1:48:33] the community made the

[1:48:36] difference. The

[1:48:38] fellow sea scouts believed in me and

[1:48:39] held me

[1:48:42] to a higher

[1:48:44] standard. I found encouragement and

[1:48:48] things that were

[1:48:51] difficult

[1:48:54] and pride

[1:48:55] in accomplishing myself. More than

[1:48:57] that it helped

[1:48:59] me to shape my values, work ethics

[1:49:00] and

[1:49:03] sense of

[1:49:06] responsibility.

[1:49:09] it helped me to shape the person that I

[1:49:12] am today.

[1:49:15] thank you.

[1:49:29] >> hello. This comment is related

[1:49:32] to the various recreational spaces

[1:49:35] being considered in the presentation.

[1:49:36] my name is alex

[1:49:38] johnson. I am a parent of two young

[1:49:39] children

[1:49:42] who play soccer here. Many of our

[1:49:45] fields available are in poor

[1:49:48] condition and some are unsafe. I witnessed

[1:49:51] games that were cancelled and

[1:49:53] children injured due to field conditions

[1:49:54] caused by

[1:49:57] lack of maintenance.

[1:50:06] we

[1:50:08] want to take that same pride in our

[1:50:09] fields

[1:50:12] and here in the

[1:50:15] city of martinez.

[1:50:18] our children serve a safe and

[1:50:21] quality place to play

[1:50:24] and grow.

[1:50:27] I strongly support

[1:50:30] this meaningful investment. I

[1:50:32] want to ensure the ongoing maintenance

[1:50:33] and

[1:50:36] upkeep is

[1:50:39] included.

[1:50:45] thank you for

[1:50:48] your time

[1:50:51] and consideration.

[1:50:57] >>

[1:51:00] first off, I want to

[1:51:03] thank everyone. One thing that I

[1:51:06] know is that

[1:51:09] the downtown marina area, it means

[1:51:10] a

[1:51:12] lot to us.

[1:51:15] I encourage everybody to

[1:51:18] come to the city

[1:51:21] council meetings if you

[1:51:24] are interested in the marina. We have

[1:51:26] an amazing shifting culture. It is

[1:51:27] a turning

[1:51:29] point for the city right now. But

[1:51:30] what I

[1:51:33] wanted to encourage everybody is to

[1:51:35] consider the wildlife, right. Like

[1:51:36] a lot of us

[1:51:39] go out to the marina

[1:51:42] literally just to watch these beautiful

[1:51:43] animals

[1:51:45] do their thing.

[1:51:50] it is important that we preserve it.

[1:51:51] I am

[1:51:53] for financial gain, yet I am more for

[1:51:54] the people of

[1:51:57] martinez and what they want

[1:52:00] and value.

[1:52:06] I have seen people come

[1:52:09] and I have seen people go. But

[1:52:12] the marina space means a lot.

[1:52:15] people go there just to get a breath

[1:52:16] of fresh

[1:52:18] air, to think and just sit by the

[1:52:21] water and touch the sand, right. I

[1:52:22] am for

[1:52:23] development down there. It needs to

[1:52:24] be developed.

[1:52:27] I am sure each and every one of

[1:52:30] us tripped off of a pothole and almost broke

[1:52:33] our ankles. We need

[1:52:36] newness down there.

[1:52:42] not ignoring the

[1:52:45] people of

[1:52:48] martinez.

[1:52:51] my question is

[1:52:54] how

[1:52:57] are the hotels doing

[1:53:00] now?

[1:53:06] 55 seconds.

[1:53:09] I got more. So

[1:53:12] the amphitheater. I know we have an

[1:53:13] amphitheater.

[1:53:15] my mom rants and raves, the wind is

[1:53:16] too

[1:53:19] crazy. This and that. We

[1:53:20] had an active amphitheater. We have

[1:53:22] not taken advantage

[1:53:24] of it. By putting a bigger amphitheater,

[1:53:25] how

[1:53:27] are we going to draw the people in

[1:53:28] if we

[1:53:30] can't even draw in small bands and what

[1:53:33] not and use the amphitheater that

[1:53:34] we

[1:53:36] have. We do have things down there.

[1:53:37] yes, it

[1:53:40] is broken, but we need to

[1:53:42] consider how we can generate income

[1:53:43] in the process while

[1:53:44] they are developing around the people

[1:53:46] of the city

[1:53:48] of martinez. I am looking forward

[1:53:49] to

[1:53:51] hear what the actual people of the

[1:53:52] city of martinez.

[1:53:54] it is up to you guys to shape the

[1:53:57] waterfront, especially generational

[1:53:58] individuals.

[1:54:00] tony, I value everything that I do.

[1:54:04] I know, negative five seconds.

[1:54:07] city scouts, they deserve this.

[1:54:10] the sea scouts,

[1:54:13] the boy scouts and

[1:54:16] girl scouts. They change lives.

[1:54:28] anyone else

[1:54:30] want to make a comment? No. We will go back to tim.

[1:54:40] >> good evening. I am the

[1:54:43] executive director of

[1:54:46] the

[1:54:49] contra costa

[1:54:52] trade council.

[1:54:58] we are happy to see

[1:55:01] the labor

[1:55:04] provisions.

[1:55:10] I love the comments

[1:55:13] that we heard. One

[1:55:16] thing that we appreciate is the

[1:55:17] robust and thethe engagement that

[1:55:19] is going

[1:55:22] to take place.

[1:55:28] I know the council, staff,

[1:55:31] the developer and the community

[1:55:34] will be having.

[1:55:46] you know, also

[1:55:49] providing revenue to provide

[1:55:52] to parks and other

[1:55:54] services. I wanted to urge the council

[1:55:55] to to start with

[1:55:58] the ena so the discussions with begin

[1:55:59] and

[1:56:00] all of the viewpoints can be heard,

[1:56:01] and we look

[1:56:03] forward getting to work on the project

[1:56:04] once it moves forward.

[1:56:07] thank you very much.

[1:56:13] >> all right. We have covered everyone who

[1:56:15] told me they wanted to speak. Anyone

[1:56:16] else,

[1:56:19] last call for council chambers? All right.

[1:56:20] we

[1:56:22] will go to the virtual

[1:56:25] audience.

[1:56:43] I don't have any

[1:56:46] hands.

[1:56:52] vice mayor malhi, would you

[1:56:55] like to start?

[1:56:58] >> yes, and thank you very

[1:57:01] much madam mayor

[1:57:04] and staff.

[1:57:12] a couple of things or questions that

[1:57:16] I had. Then just

[1:57:19] a general comment.

[1:57:25] in the staff report, and I think this

[1:57:26] is

[1:57:28] worth

[1:57:31] reiterating here.

[1:57:40] it is my understanding that no no

[1:57:43] city funds will be used as part of

[1:57:44] the next

[1:57:46] phase. I wanted to confirm that

[1:57:49] with

[1:57:52] staff. The developer

[1:57:55] is going to be responsible for fronting

[1:57:56] the

[1:57:58] cost along with staff time and

[1:58:01] other related

[1:58:04] costs.

[1:58:10] is that

[1:58:13] correct?

[1:58:14] >> yes.

[1:58:16] that is correct.

[1:58:22] in

[1:58:25] the lead up to

[1:58:28] tonight's meeting, I

[1:58:31] have heard concern

[1:58:34] s

[1:58:37] s about a perception.

[1:58:43] that it is

[1:58:45] essentially a no bid contract with

[1:58:46] a single

[1:58:49] developer. Why hasn't the city engaged

[1:58:52] other perspective

[1:58:55] developers.

[1:58:58] I know it was

[1:59:08] . It

[1:59:10] is my understanding that there was

[1:59:14] a call that was put out.

[1:59:17] folks were invited.

[1:59:20] conversations were held.

[1:59:23] there

[1:59:26] was no interest other

[1:59:29] than the one

[1:59:32] expressedexpressed by

[1:59:35] tucker sadler. Can

[1:59:38] staff speak to

[1:59:41] that and what

[1:59:44] other partners.

[1:59:45] >> I can touch on

[1:59:47] that briefly. When we

[1:59:50] were proceeding with conversations

[1:59:53] we developed a

[1:59:55] list of the marina operators and with

[1:59:56] the

[1:59:57] understanding of knowing that our

[1:59:59] infrastructure was

[2:00:02] 30 years past the life cycle. We

[2:00:04] also wanted to learn more from them

[2:00:05] as to what the next

[2:00:08] steps would

[2:00:11] be.

[2:00:14] part of

[2:00:16] the conversations were helping us

[2:00:20] through the phase.

[2:00:23] many of them said that

[2:00:26] is great.

[2:00:31] if you want to do development, we

[2:00:32] can

[2:00:35] have conversations.

[2:00:38] all the

[2:00:39] conversations led to not available

[2:00:44] at this time.

[2:00:50] that is not

[2:00:52] something we have the funding to move

[2:00:53] forward with.

[2:00:56] when we

[2:00:59] move forward with

[2:01:02] safe harbor and

[2:01:04] they recommended a conversation with

[2:01:08] tucker sadler.

[2:01:17] many of them were about ways that

[2:01:20] we

[2:01:22] can move forward that does not put

[2:01:26] the citycity risk

[2:01:29] nascarly.

[2:01:35] for when you

[2:01:38] do competitive bids or as

[2:01:41] you meet with multiple

[2:01:44] developers. That satisfies that requirement.

[2:01:47] >> purchasing policy 300.

[2:01:50] you are correct.

[2:01:53] the process that

[2:01:56] was used in the spirit and

[2:01:59] the procedures set

[2:02:01] forth in this policy.

[2:02:02] >> this is all

[2:02:03] new to

[2:02:05] us and me as well. It is waterside

[2:02:08] development. As we learn more about

[2:02:09] waterside

[2:02:11] and the complexity and trust lands and

[2:02:14] what is required, there are so

[2:02:15] many regulatory agencies involved

[2:02:17] as part of the process. We will

[2:02:20] be going through a lotlot

[2:02:23] updating the plan, going

[2:02:26] through state

[2:02:29] lands

[2:02:32] there are

[2:02:35] a lot of

[2:02:38] different heavies

[2:02:41] to manage.

[2:02:44] we need to bring

[2:02:47] in partners that understand how

[2:02:50] to navigate that.

[2:02:55] the council and staff really believed

[2:02:56] that the partner is

[2:02:59] one that will help us with

[2:03:02] the process.

[2:03:05] that

[2:03:08] is the part that has gotten others

[2:03:09] in

[2:03:11] trouble for

[2:03:14] it.

[2:03:17] like everyone has mentioned

[2:03:20] tonight. This is phase one. We

[2:03:23] will start to bring forward the information

[2:03:26] for us to determine the viability

[2:03:29] moving forward the next 18 to 24

[2:03:32] months. I hope that answers your questions.

[2:03:33] >>

[2:03:35] yes, thank you so much. I

[2:03:37] really appreciate that very thorough

[2:03:39] response, and

[2:03:42] I hope that will belay some of

[2:03:44] the concerns that I have heard out

[2:03:45] there by

[2:03:47] some in our community, although perhaps

[2:03:48] not all.

[2:03:50] I think that is very helpful in terms

[2:03:51] of providing

[2:03:54] that context. This didn't just

[2:03:55] materialize out of thin air. That

[2:03:57] there was

[2:04:00] in fact a really robust sort

[2:04:02] of engagement with multiple perspective

[2:04:05] partners, and I appreciate you providing

[2:04:06] some

[2:04:09] insight in terms the

[2:04:11] tenor of the earlier conversations.

[2:04:12] thank

[2:04:14] you very much for that. Speaking of

[2:04:15] studies, I mean

[2:04:16] that I think one of the things that I

[2:04:18] am going to

[2:04:21] be looking very

[2:04:24] closely at is the economic

[2:04:26] feasibility study that will come out of the

[2:04:27] process. I

[2:04:28] think that it is very important to

[2:04:30] be

[2:04:33] able to have concrete data

[2:04:35] that can speak to the financial viability

[2:04:36] of

[2:04:37] some of the commercial aspects that

[2:04:39] are proposed here before

[2:04:42] us. And I know that will come about

[2:04:45] as part of the

[2:04:48] ena period.

[2:04:57] I will be

[2:05:00] looking closely about

[2:05:03] the viability

[2:05:06] of an overcrossing,

[2:05:09] if you will.

[2:05:15] we have this

[2:05:18] proposal.

[2:05:27] that is going to be

[2:05:29] something that will be really key

[2:05:33] for me.

[2:05:39] I appreciate

[2:05:41] the comments that were expressed by

[2:05:42] the

[2:05:45] sea scouts.

[2:05:54] rest assured that, you know, we

[2:05:57] hear the

[2:06:00] comments

[2:06:02] expressed tonight. I neil confident

[2:06:03] that we can

[2:06:06] reach a

[2:06:09] mutual ly

[2:06:12] satisfactory

[2:06:15] agreement. We recognize

[2:06:18] how crucial the

[2:06:21] program is.

[2:06:24] the wonderful opportunities that

[2:06:27] it provides to the youth in the

[2:06:29] community. I wanted to shoutout the

[2:06:30] labor

[2:06:32] provisions. That is something very

[2:06:33] important to me and

[2:06:36] making sure that we have

[2:06:39] pla in place as well as our

[2:06:42] hospitality workers

[2:06:45] as well. I do feel

[2:06:48] like there is an opportunity

[2:06:51] to bring much needed

[2:06:54] development to the part front. And

[2:06:57] also the fact that, you know, this

[2:06:58] has got

[2:07:00] the potential to bring a lot of really

[2:07:01] great

[2:07:03] union jobs into our community.

[2:07:05] I definitely appreciate that. That

[2:07:06] said,

[2:07:09] I think it is important this is

[2:07:12] not the be all

[2:07:15] end all.

[2:07:29] we have committed to that. We are

[2:07:30] going to

[2:07:33] stick to that. We

[2:07:36] want to hear from

[2:07:39] the community. I definitely appreciated

[2:07:40] the

[2:07:42] mayor's comment at the outset of

[2:07:45] tonight's meeting.

[2:07:48] helping to frame

[2:07:51] the

[2:07:54] discussion.

[2:07:57] some of the conversations that

[2:08:00] I have had.

[2:08:03] I think that there

[2:08:06] is a perception there that

[2:08:09] the marina,

[2:08:12] their understanding of the marina

[2:08:13] is very

[2:08:15] different than proposed

[2:08:20] in what is before us here tonight.

[2:08:21] we are

[2:08:24] talking about an area that is

[2:08:26] adjacent to the waterfront and it

[2:08:27] does not

[2:08:29] impact the part that is there by the

[2:08:30] east

[2:08:33] bay regional park

[2:08:36] district for instance.

[2:08:42] I think that is very important

[2:08:45] for us to emphasize here.

[2:08:48] those are the questions and the comments

[2:08:52] that I had.

[2:08:58] my vote

[2:09:01] tonight will be to move

[2:09:04] forward with the adoption of the

[2:09:07] ena.

[2:09:10] >> I have one question I would

[2:09:12] love for tucker sadler to speak to.

[2:09:15] I appreciated the comment about things

[2:09:19] he heard the community

[2:09:22] speak to. One comment

[2:09:25] we have heard is the development

[2:09:28] pulling people from

[2:09:31] the downtown. Can you speak

[2:09:34] about how the

[2:09:37] downtown and any development

[2:09:40] might workwork together.

[2:09:43] >>

[2:09:46] the uses at the

[2:09:47] waterfront are not the same as the

[2:09:49] uses that are downtown. They

[2:09:51] are complementary. Will there be restaurants

[2:09:52] down there?

[2:09:53] sure there will. There are restaurants in

[2:09:55] downtown as well.

[2:09:58] but when you look at

[2:10:01] aa restaurant, you can't design

[2:10:03] a restaurant to house everyone that

[2:10:04] will

[2:10:07] be down at the

[2:10:10] waterfront. They are

[2:10:12] logically going to go to downtown.

[2:10:13] they will

[2:10:14] frequent the restaurants in downtown

[2:10:16] as well. That is

[2:10:17] how we play off of each other. If

[2:10:19] the restaurants in downtown is full

[2:10:21] because there is a festival downtown,

[2:10:22] they

[2:10:25] are going to the waterfront and

[2:10:28] frequent those restaurants.

[2:10:31] the things make this be

[2:10:35] synergistic between the waterfront

[2:10:37] and downtown. We are going to

[2:10:39] be looking at trying to provide a

[2:10:40] shuttle that

[2:10:43] will take you from

[2:10:46] downtown to the waterfront

[2:10:49] and vice versa.

[2:10:55] having a festival that

[2:10:57] celebrates both. You are going back

[2:10:58] and forth. We are

[2:11:01] here to

[2:11:04] complement downtown.

[2:11:13] >> hello everybody. This is for real.

[2:11:15] everyone should be excited, because I

[2:11:16] am.

[2:11:19] I loved to hear

[2:11:22] everyone's concerns.

[2:11:25] this

[2:11:28] is scary. This is a new

[2:11:31] journey. We haven't been on

[2:11:34] this journey before.

[2:11:37] I want

[2:11:39] to tell everyone we are in this together.

[2:11:40] we

[2:11:42] have heard a lot from the public tonight.

[2:11:43] there are

[2:11:46] going to be a ton more public

[2:11:48] output or public comment opportunities.

[2:11:49] we

[2:11:52] are going to seek all of the

[2:11:55] concerns.

[2:11:58] we don't even know all

[2:12:01] of the questions that this has. I

[2:12:04] am going to vote for this

[2:12:07] ena.

[2:12:10] we need the help of the community.

[2:12:13] we want to know what it is you are

[2:12:14] concerned about and

[2:12:15] what you want in there and what things

[2:12:16] we have

[2:12:18] not considered. Tucker sadler is here

[2:12:22] with their vision.

[2:12:28] there are

[2:12:30] key elements in the division that

[2:12:31] are important to make

[2:12:34] sure the project is

[2:12:37] successful.

[2:12:40] you need to have drivers to pull

[2:12:43] in some revenue and balance out

[2:12:46] the amount of improvements that are

[2:12:47] going

[2:12:49] on down there. Think about

[2:12:52] the amount of money that is coming

[2:12:53] in to the

[2:12:55] community to develop the asset. Probably

[2:12:56] close to

[2:12:58] a billion dollars. That is a lot of

[2:12:59] infrastructure

[2:13:00] and money coming into the community

[2:13:01] and coming in to

[2:13:04] martinez. There is a lot that we can

[2:13:05] do

[2:13:06] shaping the amount of funding and

[2:13:07] the support that we are going to

[2:13:10] get. As

[2:13:13] satinder shared earlier, we are not

[2:13:14] spending

[2:13:17] any of

[2:13:19] the community ey on this project.

[2:13:20] martinez is

[2:13:22] not funding it. It is funded by a

[2:13:24] public/private partnership, and the

[2:13:26] expense

[2:13:27] of this is not going to be something

[2:13:29] martinez will need to

[2:13:31] worry about going bankrupt or losing the

[2:13:32] general fund.

[2:13:33] this is not funded through martinez.

[2:13:35] been that. That

[2:13:38] is a huge opportunity for

[2:13:41] our community to

[2:13:43] be the beneficiary of something like

[2:13:44] this.

[2:13:46] I want to stress that this is something together.

[2:13:47] we don't have

[2:13:49] all of the answers. There have been

[2:13:52] concerns from the public and from

[2:13:53] myself about

[2:13:54] traffic and traffic circulation. We

[2:13:56] know that we

[2:13:58] have a train track down there. We

[2:13:59] know we need

[2:14:01] to get people over the train tracks

[2:14:02] safely

[2:14:05] to be able to attend events or,

[2:14:08] you know,

[2:14:10] boat parades in the future. Other

[2:14:14] waurpt activities.

[2:14:23] that is one of the biggest concerns

[2:14:25] that I have about the project, making

[2:14:26] sure we

[2:14:28] get people across the tracks safely.

[2:14:29] moving

[2:14:30] people, and also for public safety,

[2:14:32] and making sure we get

[2:14:33] the fire department, the police department

[2:14:35] there, you know, those

[2:14:37] types of things. We need to really look

[2:14:38] at that.

[2:14:39] I know a lot of people have heard about

[2:14:41] this over the years. That

[2:14:42] is something that we need to work

[2:14:44] on. That is something

[2:14:47] that I think is one

[2:14:48] of the biggest challenges to the project.

[2:14:59] the other thing I have heard,

[2:15:01] the possibility of having hotels down

[2:15:02] there.

[2:15:05] maybe that wasn't something

[2:15:08] in the trust

[2:15:11] land use

[2:15:17] approved activities.

[2:15:23] we can see we are

[2:15:24] abided by the rules and the laws.

[2:15:26] it is all on the

[2:15:29] up and up. The benefit of having those

[2:15:32] amenities down there is that we have

[2:15:35] people coming in from all

[2:15:38] over that enjoy

[2:15:41] the recreation. We have the refinery

[2:15:43] nearby. We have people across the

[2:15:44] count and he country

[2:15:46] that work on the projects. We have

[2:15:47] a lot of

[2:15:49] labor that needs to have a place to

[2:15:50] stay so they can

[2:15:53] do the work. There

[2:15:56] is a lot to --there is

[2:15:58] a lot of support for that amenity.

[2:16:02] I am in full support of that, but

[2:16:03] within

[2:16:04] the proper framework and size that is appropriate for

[2:16:05] our community.

[2:16:11] I am sure I will have more to

[2:16:13] say. I want to thank everyone for

[2:16:14] being here tonight

[2:16:17] and thank the city

[2:16:20] staff, city attorneys, tuckered

[2:16:23] tucker sadler. Wanting to bring something

[2:16:26] to

[2:16:29] improve ourour community.

[2:16:32] that marina has been down

[2:16:35] there since 1962.

[2:16:41] it is time to be the beautiful

[2:16:44] marina it once was. I think

[2:16:47] our community deserves that. I

[2:16:50] want to have a

[2:16:53] ferry here too.

[2:17:14] >> I

[2:17:16] wanted to thank everybody for being

[2:17:17] here. I am

[2:17:20] very excited about this. This is

[2:17:23] unbelievable. You know, we are so

[2:17:24] concerned. What

[2:17:26] are we going to do

[2:17:29] with the marina.

[2:17:31] I want to thank greg and diane for

[2:17:32] showing up in

[2:17:35] the right moment

[2:17:38] for us. We have

[2:17:40] taught about this being a union job

[2:17:44] from day one.

[2:17:47] standing up, having a

[2:17:50] union language there.

[2:17:53] I do want to read something for the

[2:17:55] sea scouts to make sure that they

[2:17:56] understand that they

[2:17:59] are very important in

[2:18:02] this process.

[2:18:05] they have been from the

[2:18:08] get-go. Didn't

[2:18:11] they come down and tour. I know they

[2:18:12] are

[2:18:13] very excited about the sea scouts

[2:18:14] as we

[2:18:17] are. Right in the staff report, really

[2:18:20] quick, I wanted to propose

[2:18:23] a waterside description. The bullet points are

[2:18:24] clear.

[2:18:26] the staff did a great job

[2:18:29] on this.

[2:18:36] right at the

[2:18:39] very top of the page,

[2:18:42] club

[2:18:48] and community facilities.

[2:18:51] you guys are so important to

[2:18:54] the city. I was

[2:18:56] younger and I would drive by the sea

[2:18:57] scout base.

[2:18:59] what is a sea scout. You invited me

[2:19:02] to one of your gatherings and I came

[2:19:03] down there

[2:19:05] and fell in love with you guys and

[2:19:06] the things

[2:19:09] you do for the

[2:19:12] people involved.

[2:19:18] I saw what this program does

[2:19:21] for the youth. They jumped

[2:19:24] on the chance. They

[2:19:27] asked if they can drive the

[2:19:30] bar pilot boat.

[2:19:33] they jumped in.

[2:19:39] he turns around. The

[2:19:42] kids were asking can he spin

[2:19:45] a donut. He

[2:19:48] says hang on. I want

[2:19:51] you to know how vibrant.

[2:19:52] I am appreciative that you brought

[2:19:54] everybody. It is

[2:19:57] very exciting. You know, I

[2:19:59] would like the staff, much like the

[2:20:02] vice mayor was talking about, I would like

[2:20:05] to hear you reaffirm what you talked

[2:20:06] about in

[2:20:08] your staff report, right. That the status

[2:20:09] quo at

[2:20:12] the marina is financially

[2:20:15] unsustainable.

[2:20:18] >> yes, it is.

[2:20:20] each year it is eating more and more

[2:20:21] into our

[2:20:24] general fund and our ability to

[2:20:27] sustain basic core

[2:20:30] services.

[2:20:36] to

[2:20:38] do nothing could cost us as much as

[2:20:42] $20 million. I

[2:20:45] am sorry, but it is in bad

[2:20:48] shape. The first time that our building

[2:20:50] inspector goes into the bait shop what

[2:20:51] happens? It

[2:20:54] is condemned, right. Now it is in

[2:20:56] three dumpsters, you know, on the

[2:20:57] way

[2:21:00] to the dump.

[2:21:06] they are night and shining

[2:21:09] armors.

[2:21:12] I can't wait to do

[2:21:15] it with a union

[2:21:18] outfit. I want everyone to

[2:21:21] be involved.

[2:21:24] some is something they

[2:21:25] were talking about from day one as

[2:21:27] well, the need

[2:21:30] for public

[2:21:33] outreach, right. They want

[2:21:36] to know what we want and what it looks

[2:21:37] like and what everybody has to say.

[2:21:39] I am telling you

[2:21:42] what I saw in san diego was oh, my

[2:21:45] god. It is so beautiful. If you ever have

[2:21:46] been to san

[2:21:48] diego, you know what their

[2:21:51] marinas look like.

[2:21:57] I had a hard

[2:21:59] time believing our marina could be

[2:22:00] as

[2:22:01] amazing as san diego and long beach

[2:22:03] and

[2:22:06] places like that.

[2:22:18] I started

[2:22:21] to believe and get excited. I

[2:22:23] think you know what is going to happen

[2:22:24] up here.

[2:22:26] we are so excited about the program.

[2:22:27] I can't wait to

[2:22:29] see all of the hard work that we need

[2:22:30] to

[2:22:33] do over the next 24

[2:22:36] months.

[2:22:39] I will

[2:22:42] be voting to approve. Thank you.

[2:22:54] >> I echo

[2:22:57] all of the

[2:22:59] comments made by previous councilmembers.

[2:23:00] I

[2:23:03] was at

[2:23:06] a leadership thing

[2:23:12] I came out

[2:23:15] as a 7. A 7 is

[2:23:18] an enthusiastic visionary. So

[2:23:21] this project right

[2:23:24] here

[2:23:27] is feeding that

[2:23:29] enthusiastic visionary. This is and

[2:23:30] it will be

[2:23:36] transformational. We have

[2:23:38] talked about some of the comments

[2:23:39] or the complaints

[2:23:42] that we hear.

[2:23:45] what

[2:23:47] I have heard is that it would be nice

[2:23:48] to have more

[2:23:51] options in martinez.

[2:23:54] we have been

[2:23:57] losing

[2:24:00] revenue to pleasant

[2:24:03] hill and

[2:24:06] concord and walnut creek

[2:24:09] for years because we don't and haven't

[2:24:10] had

[2:24:13] a lot of

[2:24:16] options. Families

[2:24:17] and folks coming in to the community

[2:24:19] want

[2:24:22] to stay here.

[2:24:34] all the other cities,

[2:24:37] you know what they don't have?

[2:24:40] a marina.

[2:24:43] this is

[2:24:46] a wonderful opportunity.

[2:24:52] if you are in sales, we get

[2:24:54] it figured out and it creates a stickiness

[2:24:58] for our

[2:25:01] residents.

[2:25:04] they don't have to go all of the

[2:25:07] other

[2:25:10] places. For

[2:25:12] folks going up to napa and get off

[2:25:13] of

[2:25:16] the highway.

[2:25:22] maybe there will be so much going

[2:25:25] on they will forget to go to napa.

[2:25:27] we have local wineries. This ain't

[2:25:31] difficult for me.

[2:25:34] I can see

[2:25:37] the vision. I appreciate

[2:25:40] greg and

[2:25:43] diane for being the ones

[2:25:46] that are going to hopefully help

[2:25:48] us realize the vision. I appreciate

[2:25:49] staff and

[2:25:51] all their due diligence and everybody in

[2:25:52] this process has

[2:25:55] been responsive.

[2:25:58] nobody

[2:26:01] is entering into this in a

[2:26:04] vacuum. Nobody is entering into this

[2:26:07] in a vacuum with blinders on. As my

[2:26:09] fellow councilmembers have mentioned.

[2:26:10] in

[2:26:13] the proposed agreement it is a

[2:26:16] sea scouts facility. In the

[2:26:18] proposed agreement there is discussion

[2:26:19] about an

[2:26:21] alternative access because we know

[2:26:22] for this to

[2:26:25] work people need

[2:26:28] to comfortably get

[2:26:31] in and out of. We are

[2:26:33] not entering into this blindly. But

[2:26:34] I can see

[2:26:37] it. We can all see it. That is why

[2:26:39] there is excitement here. Because

[2:26:40] this

[2:26:43] is the first

[2:26:46] time --the first time

[2:26:49] that this thing can

[2:26:52] and will happen.

[2:26:55] let me also

[2:26:58] remind you all that we have

[2:27:01] a fiduciary and a fiscal

[2:27:04] responsibility of managing

[2:27:07] a city.

[2:27:10] right now we are pumping a

[2:27:13] half million dollars,

[2:27:14] lending, to something that is not beneficial

[2:27:16] to you all.

[2:27:25] if

[2:27:28] we don't do anything wewe

[2:27:31] not being

[2:27:34] fiscally responsible. It

[2:27:37] could be good city financial matters and

[2:27:40] be stewards,

[2:27:43] be stewards of the

[2:27:46] city.

[2:27:52] lived up here long enough.

[2:27:55] saw all of the opposition to pleasant

[2:27:58] hill when they did not

[2:28:01] have a downtown.

[2:28:04] I remember when old

[2:28:07] walnut creek was afraid of what was

[2:28:10] going on on the other side

[2:28:13] of mount diablo. What did that do?

[2:28:16] created

[2:28:19] foot traffic. This is

[2:28:22] about creating foot traffic. It will

[2:28:24] have a ripple effect to downtown.

[2:28:25] if we create foot

[2:28:27] traffic it will have a ripple effect

[2:28:28] up to highway

[2:28:31] 4. The folks going down to the waterfront

[2:28:34] to a homewoods suite, now they are

[2:28:35] going to

[2:28:37] stop at

[2:28:40] the lucky's and shop and spend money

[2:28:43] before going down to the

[2:28:46] waterfront.

[2:28:49] we find out where is the

[2:28:53] local grocery

[2:28:56] store.

[2:29:02] this is real economics, not

[2:29:05] about financial profit

[2:29:07] but preventing us from saying the

[2:29:08] city is

[2:29:11] in bankruptcy.

[2:29:17] we are excited

[2:29:20] but we are pumped. Reminder,

[2:29:22] this is still the beginning stages,

[2:29:26] a due

[2:29:29] diligence process.

[2:29:31] the messages, still in the process

[2:29:32] and

[2:29:33] the other most important message is

[2:29:35] that we will

[2:29:36] continue to have community engagement.

[2:29:38] we

[2:29:40] want to hear from all of you as we

[2:29:42] continue to go through this process.

[2:29:44] thank you all

[2:29:47] for being here.

[2:29:50] if you

[2:29:52] ain't excited I will keep doing what I

[2:29:53] need to do

[2:29:55] and sell and talk and engage with

[2:29:56] you so that you will

[2:29:58] be excited. Thank you all for being

[2:29:59] here and participating

[2:30:00] with us this evening.

[2:30:01] >> I will clap for that.

[2:30:08] >> I hate having to be the

[2:30:11] person to speak after greg.

[2:30:14] I did have

[2:30:16] a couple of comments that I wanted

[2:30:17] to make. Thank you

[2:30:19] for making the comment about the bait

[2:30:20] shop

[2:30:23] and having a code enforcement issue.

[2:30:26] we had members of the public mention

[2:30:28] the amphitheater. The reason it is

[2:30:29] not being used

[2:30:32] is that it has similar issues to the

[2:30:33] bait

[2:30:34] shop. Nobody wants to rent it and

[2:30:35] the

[2:30:38] city can't because of health and

[2:30:41] safety issues.

[2:30:44] we

[2:30:47] don't have an

[2:30:50] amphitheater.

[2:30:53] what I wanted to speak about is our

[2:30:56] trip to view some of the tucker sadler

[2:30:57] properties.

[2:30:59] so, a while ago, you know,

[2:31:02] as all of the staff said, all of the

[2:31:03] council

[2:31:05] had an opportunity to have

[2:31:07] meetings with staff several times over

[2:31:08] the past couple

[2:31:10] of months. And when this project first

[2:31:11] came

[2:31:12] forward, it was very important to

[2:31:14] me that we made

[2:31:17] a public and transparent

[2:31:20] process. There was a lot

[2:31:23] of comments about just like the general

[2:31:26] ascetic of the project.

[2:31:29] I heard what people said. It

[2:31:32] concerned me. I had

[2:31:34] mentioned to staff. I asked the question

[2:31:35] of all of the

[2:31:37] council who is the most hesitant on

[2:31:38] the project.

[2:31:40] everyone in the meeting got quiet.

[2:31:41] is it me.

[2:31:44] am I the most hesitant.

[2:31:46] I am like okay. When I am on board,

[2:31:47] we are good

[2:31:50] to go. So, when we all went down to our

[2:31:53] california league of city conference

[2:31:54] in

[2:31:56] october. We go once a year. We

[2:31:58] realized how close we were to tucker

[2:31:59] sadler projects

[2:32:01] and said can we see some of these

[2:32:02] things. I wanted

[2:32:04] to understand what the projects look

[2:32:05] like.

[2:32:07] a conceptual design people disagree

[2:32:08] with is not

[2:32:10] the same thing as seeing something

[2:32:11] on the ground. We

[2:32:14] got to see several different

[2:32:16] properties. I was very impressed by all of

[2:32:17] the properties.

[2:32:20] it

[2:32:23] really made it

[2:32:26] clear

[2:32:29] that the group is able to implement

[2:32:31] projects that are right sized for

[2:32:32] the landscape they are in. One of

[2:32:35] the sites we went to was an

[2:32:38] rv park. I am sure you are

[2:32:39] picturing something. Throw that out.

[2:32:41] it was an amazing space with

[2:32:43] a meeting area and pool and space

[2:32:47] for events. It had small little sort

[2:32:50] of temporary looking cabin spaces,

[2:32:51] and a

[2:32:52] lot of places for people to come and

[2:32:53] to camp in the

[2:32:56] rvs. It was right along

[2:32:59] a tidal marsh. Tucker sadler

[2:33:01] has experience with engaging tidal

[2:33:02] marsh space with

[2:33:05] a development. Tucker sadler has experience

[2:33:06] making

[2:33:08] a building that the aesthetic were

[2:33:09] so beautiful

[2:33:11] you could pick the whole thing up

[2:33:12] and plop

[2:33:14] it in the marina. Yeah. Everyone

[2:33:17] in martinez would love this. We

[2:33:19] had an opportunity to visit a restaurant

[2:33:20] that was built out

[2:33:22] over the water. I am like martinez

[2:33:23] needs this.

[2:33:26] a hotel that it was down in one of

[2:33:29] the boutique hotels that was

[2:33:33] in downtown san diego.

[2:33:36] gas lamp

[2:33:37] district. It absolutely was the kind

[2:33:39] of thing that I think

[2:33:40] people in martinez would like. And

[2:33:42] then lastly,

[2:33:44] I was actually really enjoyed visiting

[2:33:48] the amphitheater they had had

[2:33:51] participated in building.

[2:33:58] he spoke to

[2:34:00] the nerdy components that he thought

[2:34:01] through for martinez.

[2:34:03] they get it, and I think they are

[2:34:04] the right partners

[2:34:06] to move forward with. They are interested

[2:34:09] in investing in martinez, and I absolutely

[2:34:10] think they are

[2:34:13] the right partners to move forward on the

[2:34:15] project. I want everyone to know that

[2:34:16] we have

[2:34:18] been doing our due diligence up until

[2:34:19] this point.

[2:34:21] when you are in negotiations, you

[2:34:22] can't have

[2:34:24] public meetings, but with this signing

[2:34:25] this

[2:34:28] ena or it is me. I get to sign it.

[2:34:30] with you approving me to sign the

[2:34:33] ena we can move forward on public

[2:34:34] meetings

[2:34:37] and can now provide feedback on

[2:34:39] the conceptual vision that we all

[2:34:40] got back

[2:34:41] in july and can start working through

[2:34:43] the process,

[2:34:45] and we can start taking the next stage

[2:34:46] and

[2:34:49] sending it out to the resource agencies

[2:34:52] to improve environmental

[2:34:55] feedback on.

[2:35:01] with that I

[2:35:03] don't have any other questions, I

[2:35:04] only look to my

[2:35:07] colleagues for

[2:35:10] final comments or if you

[2:35:12] are interested in making a motion

[2:35:13] I

[2:35:15] invite you to do so.

[2:35:16] >> I would like

[2:35:17] to make a motion

[2:35:18] to adopt a resolution authorizing

[2:35:19] the mayor

[2:35:22] to enter into an exclusive

[2:35:23] negotiating agreement between the

[2:35:25] city and tucker

[2:35:27] sadler architects in a form approved

[2:35:28] by the

[2:35:30] city attorney for the revitalization

[2:35:31] of the

[2:35:33] martinez waterfront and marina.

[2:35:34] >>

[2:35:35] I will second

[2:35:37] that gladly.

[2:35:38] >>

[2:35:39] roll call vote please.

[2:35:40] >> mayor zorn.

[2:35:41] >>

[2:35:43] aye.

[2:35:44] >> vice

[2:35:46] mayor satinder malhi.

[2:35:47] >> aye. >> councilmember jay

[2:35:48] howard.

[2:35:49] >> aye. >> councilmember greg young.

[2:35:51] >> aye. >> councilmember debbie mckillop.

[2:35:52] >> aye. >> motion passes.

[2:35:55] all ayes.

[2:36:13] >> thank you everyone for participating

[2:36:15] this evening. Our meeting is not over.

[2:36:16] if you

[2:36:19] are go to leave, I will give everyone a

[2:36:20] minute

[2:36:21] if you are not interested in staying

[2:36:22] for our salary schedule discussion.

[2:37:46] we are going to take a five

[2:37:47] minute break and will regroup at 9:40.

[2:44:24] >>> all right. Can everyone

[2:44:27] take their seats. Only one more item

[2:44:28] and

[2:44:29] everyone can wrap up for the evening.

[2:44:48] all right. There are two of us.

[2:44:50] I just need debbie and jay and we can get going.

[2:44:57] can I start if

[2:45:00] they are in the room? I think

[2:45:02] they are here. All right. We are going

[2:45:03] to go

[2:45:06] ahead and get going. All right.

[2:45:09] not listening. I don't have a gavel.

[2:45:12] I am going to go ahead and get

[2:45:15] started. General business item

[2:45:18] number 10,

[2:45:21] adopt a

[2:45:23] resolution approving a salary schedule

[2:45:24] for

[2:45:27] 2025-26

[2:45:30] effective january 1, 2026. Mike will

[2:45:31] you

[2:45:33] be leading this item?

[2:45:34] >> before I

[2:45:36] turn it over to lauren, the item is

[2:45:37] all encompassing

[2:45:39] of all of the different labor agreements

[2:45:42] and

[2:45:45] salary adjustments done. The

[2:45:48] mpoa agreement was ratified

[2:45:50] unanimously by the council. Lauren

[2:45:51] will go through

[2:45:54] an overview of the item

[2:45:57] and will do required read outs

[2:46:00] of compensation for executive staff

[2:46:03] including myself and the chief

[2:46:06] of police. I can turn it over to lauren

[2:46:07] and

[2:46:09] she will walk us through

[2:46:12] the item.

[2:46:13] >> thank you. This

[2:46:15] will be brief.

[2:46:21] just

[2:46:24] as mike mentioned, required by law

[2:46:25] I need to do

[2:46:27] a read

[2:46:30] out. I am going to go through

[2:46:32] this and note a correction that we

[2:46:33] needed to make on

[2:46:36] the salary schedule tonight

[2:46:39] with your recommendation.

[2:46:42] a recommendation to adopt a

[2:46:45] resolution approving a publicly

[2:46:47] available salary schedule for fiscal

[2:46:48] year 25-

[2:46:51] 26 effective january 1, 26. The action

[2:46:53] is required to encower compliance

[2:46:55] with the public

[2:46:57] employee's retirement law. The public

[2:46:58] employees

[2:47:00] pension reform act of 2013 and title

[2:47:03] ii of the california code of regulations.

[2:47:06] state regulations require the city

[2:47:09] council to formally adopt a salary

[2:47:10] schedule that

[2:47:13] is publicly

[2:47:16] available and clearly identifies all

[2:47:19] employee classifications, pay ranges,

[2:47:22] time bases and

[2:47:25] effective dates. The

[2:47:26] attached consolidated salary schedule

[2:47:28] reflects

[2:47:29] compensation actions previously approved by

[2:47:31] the city council.

[2:47:34] prior

[2:47:36] council actions include on june 25th

[2:47:37] the

[2:47:40] city council approved

[2:47:43] resolution 25080 approving the

[2:47:45] 25-26 operating budget authorizing

[2:47:46] a

[2:47:48] 2. 5 wage increase for employees covered

[2:47:49] by

[2:47:50] the management compensation plan,

[2:47:52] and as mike

[2:47:54] mentioned earlier, the city manager,

[2:47:55] and

[2:47:58] the police chief based on their

[2:48:01] contracts.

[2:48:07] anything applies to the

[2:48:10] mcp applies to their contract.

[2:48:13] under government code section

[2:48:16] 549c3, prior to taking final

[2:48:18] action on any executive compensation,

[2:48:19] the

[2:48:21] council is required to report a summary

[2:48:22] of

[2:48:24] the proposed adjustments. The following

[2:48:25] executive

[2:48:26] positions will see an increase in

[2:48:28] their salaries if

[2:48:31] approved by

[2:48:34] council. I will list them

[2:48:37] out one by one. Assistant city

[2:48:40] manager. Current maximum

[2:48:46] 21,51.76. New

[2:48:49] maximum,

[2:48:52] $21,578.06. Chief of

[2:48:55] police, current maximum

[2:48:58] $22,514.57.

[2:49:01] new maximum

[2:49:04] $23,077.43.

[2:49:07] I am sorry. A

[2:49:10] small type here.

[2:49:13] city engineer, current maximum,

[2:49:16] $21,051.76.

[2:49:19] new maximum,

[2:49:25] $21,578.06.

[2:49:28] city manager, current maximum

[2:49:34] $22,964.86.

[2:49:37] new maximum

[2:49:43] 23,598.

[2:49:52] economic

[2:49:55] development

[2:49:58] director. Director of public works.

[2:50:01] current maximum,

[2:50:04] $21,051.76.

[2:50:07] new maximum

[2:50:12] $21,578. 06, and then finally finance

[2:50:13] director.

[2:50:16] current maximum

[2:50:19] $21,051. 76,

[2:50:22] new maximum $21,578.06.

[2:50:33] additionally in the approved salary

[2:50:34] schedule on

[2:50:37] july 30, 2025 the city council

[2:50:40] approved 1475 setting

[2:50:41] councilmembers monthly compensation

[2:50:43] at $832.

[2:50:46] that is reflected in the salary schedule.

[2:50:49] on december 17, 2025 the city

[2:50:51] council approved a successor between

[2:50:52] the city of martinez

[2:50:55] and the martinez police officers

[2:50:58] association authorizing a

[2:51:01] 5. 54% salary

[2:51:03] equity adjustment effective january

[2:51:04] 21st,

[2:51:07] 2026. All of the financial terms and

[2:51:09] conditions were previously approved

[2:51:12] by the city council through separate

[2:51:13] actions. I

[2:51:16] wanted to take note of the corrections.

[2:51:17] we have

[2:51:19] corrected, and I have a couple of

[2:51:22] copies here. We corrected and updated

[2:51:24] the salary schedule to include the

[2:51:25] city manager and chief of

[2:51:28] police which was an accidental omission

[2:51:29] in what

[2:51:30] was published.

[2:51:31] >> can you say that

[2:51:32] one more time.

[2:51:33] everything that you said, we were

[2:51:34] following along and

[2:51:36] matched. Can you clarify the chief

[2:51:37] of police and city

[2:51:39] manager. What was the difference between

[2:51:40] what was published and

[2:51:43] what was read?

[2:51:44] >> what was published,

[2:51:45] the city

[2:51:46] manager and the police chief,

[2:51:49] their salaries, 2. 5%

[2:51:52] cola wasn't

[2:51:55] included on the document. It is our

[2:51:57] omission. We caught it before the

[2:51:58] meeting.

[2:52:01] hr updated the salary schedule. Pending

[2:52:03] your approval it will be included in the salary schedule.

[2:52:07] >> can I

[2:52:10] just clarify a few things? Greg leaned

[2:52:13] over to clarify. I wanted to make

[2:52:14] sure that we

[2:52:16] are actually saying this into the

[2:52:17] microphone. So,

[2:52:19] the way that the attachment, the salary

[2:52:20] schedule

[2:52:22] currently reads. It has steps 1, 2,

[2:52:23] 3,

[2:52:25] 4, 5. All of the management team that

[2:52:26] you

[2:52:28] head does not have a step 2, 3, 4.

[2:52:29] it

[2:52:30] sort of reads that the raise is going

[2:52:32] from step

[2:52:33] 1, current, to step 5. That is your

[2:52:35] raise. That is not

[2:52:38] what is happening. There is

[2:52:41] not currently a current step 5,

[2:52:43] and a new step 5. So, in case the

[2:52:44] public

[2:52:46] is listening and is confused as to

[2:52:47] what they

[2:52:50] are seeing. It

[2:52:53] is what percentage increase?

[2:52:54] >>

[2:52:55] 2. 5%, and then again, just based

[2:52:56] on

[2:52:59] what I read off isis we

[2:53:02] are required

[2:53:05] to

[2:53:08] speak to the maximum and the new

[2:53:09] maximum. Whether that is where they

[2:53:11] are at or not in the salary

[2:53:13] range. That is what we are required

[2:53:14] to do by law.

[2:53:17] >> so, step

[2:53:19] 1 is the least experienced in the

[2:53:20] job tight and he will

[2:53:23] step 5 is the most experienced.

[2:53:24] at a certain point you are going to

[2:53:26] get a promotion

[2:53:28] to the step 55 and can't ever earn

[2:53:31] anymore money. At the time the cola

[2:53:33] applies, if the person reached the

[2:53:35] step 5 level,

[2:53:37] for those of us who are not in city

[2:53:38] government

[2:53:41] as our day jobs. If you are promoted

[2:53:43] to that amount you can't make any

[2:53:44] more

[2:53:47] money.

[2:53:48] >> he received a

[2:53:49] chief's commonidation for his response

[2:53:50] to

[2:53:53] a major wild lands

[2:53:56] fire back

[2:53:59] in --

[2:55:38] >> an

[2:55:39] incredible cap stone to the year.

[2:55:41] we are certainly finishing on

[2:55:44] a high note. There is so much to do

[2:55:46] next year. But so much enthusiasm

[2:55:47] and excitement

[2:55:50] on the staff side to be able to

[2:55:53] work with the

[2:55:56] council

[2:55:57] and with our partners on what could

[2:55:59] be a

[2:56:00] transformational project for martinez.

[2:56:02] beyond that, so many

[2:56:05] other cool things are going on.

[2:56:07] the strategic plan. We are really

[2:56:08] excited to work on that with the council and

[2:56:09] implement.

[2:56:13] the parks master plan. Just so many

[2:56:14] other things that are going

[2:56:17] to be in the works as we celebrate

[2:56:19] the 150th anniversary of martinez.

[2:56:20] thank you very much to the

[2:56:22] staff for all of their hard work.

[2:56:23] the people

[2:56:26] here are really

[2:56:29] dedicated and qualified. They love

[2:56:30] martinez.

[2:56:32] you

[2:56:34] know, they are definitely earning

[2:56:35] their pay which

[2:56:37] they ratified. They like to be here.

[2:56:38] you

[2:56:41] know, we are able to retain a large

[2:56:42] number of

[2:56:44] the people. That is great. I also wanted

[2:56:45] to thank

[2:56:47] the council for their leadership and

[2:56:48] their

[2:56:50] partnership. It takes a team to make

[2:56:51] the

[2:56:52] village as great as it can be. Thanks

[2:56:53] again to you

[2:56:55] guys as well. We look forward to next year.

[2:56:56] that is all that I have.

[2:56:59] >> all right.

[2:57:02] let's see. Appointments to commissions

[2:57:05] and agencies. We do have one item

[2:57:06] on that.

[2:57:08] we were made

[2:57:11] aware a few meeting or two ago

[2:57:13] that due to some of the new folks

[2:57:17] that came in

[2:57:19] and existing people and appointments

[2:57:20] to

[2:57:22] advisory bodies that we were inconsistent.

[2:57:23] I coordinated

[2:57:26] with everyone. We rearranged a handful

[2:57:29] to make it more e

[2:57:32] equitable. Jay howard will

[2:57:35] now be on the economic

[2:57:38] development subcommittee.

[2:57:44] outside agencies, the only changes

[2:57:45] were

[2:57:48] to revise the number two

[2:57:51] or alternate for innovate 680.

[2:57:53] jay will be the alternate. For league

[2:57:54] of

[2:57:57] cities, satinder will be

[2:57:59] my alternate. Those were the only

[2:58:00] changes made

[2:58:02] and hopefully that will make it more

[2:58:06] equitable going in

[2:58:09] to 2026.

[2:58:15] >> tom, any public comments on

[2:58:18] this item?

[2:58:24] he said he is very

[2:58:25] happy with the recommendation. In

[2:58:27] the

[2:58:30] virtual audience?

[2:58:36] I have

[2:58:39] no hands.

[2:58:42] >> back to council for a

[2:58:45] motion, please.

[2:58:48] >>

[2:58:50] I would like to make a motion to pass

[2:58:54] the resolution approving

[2:58:55] the revised appointments of the city councilmembers.

[2:58:57] >> second.

[2:59:00] >> roll

[2:59:03] call vote please.

[2:59:06] >> mayor zorn. >> yes.

[2:59:09] >> vice mayor malhi. >> aye. >>

[2:59:11] councilmember howard.

[2:59:12] >> yes. >> councilmember

[2:59:13] young.

[2:59:14] >>

[2:59:15] yes.

[2:59:16] >> councilmember mckillop. >>

[2:59:17] aye.

[2:59:18] >> motion passes, all

[2:59:20] ayes. Next up subcommittee and outside

[2:59:24] agency reports. Anyone attend any

[2:59:25] outside committees they would like

[2:59:27] to report out on

[2:59:30] this evening?

[2:59:33] I don't have

[2:59:36] any updates myself.

[2:59:42] >> I will be the vice

[2:59:45] chair beginning in 2026.

[2:59:46] >>

[2:59:48] that

[2:59:51] is great. Let's move on to council

[2:59:54] comments. Debbie. Do you want

[2:59:57] to go first?

[3:00:00] >>

[3:00:03] so, tonight super exciting. We

[3:00:05] had an opportunity to votevote on

[3:00:06] something

[3:00:08] that is the most transformational

[3:00:09] project that

[3:00:11] martinez has seen in over 60 years

[3:00:15] and clearly the

[3:00:16] biggest project I have been a part

[3:00:18] of in my career.

[3:00:21] as a councilmember I am really excited

[3:00:23] about the opportunity for the future

[3:00:24] that the

[3:00:26] project brings to martinez and the

[3:00:29] greater community. I am super excited

[3:00:30] to see how

[3:00:32] it will all work out. It will take

[3:00:33] a few years but

[3:00:36] we are going to get there. I wanted

[3:00:39] to let everyone

[3:00:42] know about an opportunity

[3:00:48] to

[3:00:51] volunteer on friday to stuff

[3:00:54] stockings. There is an event you can

[3:00:57] go to her office in

[3:01:00] concord at 6:00 to 8:00

[3:01:03] on december 19th, a friday to

[3:01:06] stuff stockings for children. So

[3:01:08] that will be given out the following

[3:01:09] day. It is

[3:01:12] a great, fun event. I have been doing

[3:01:13] it

[3:01:14] with my children for many years. They have

[3:01:15] all of the

[3:01:18] things you need.

[3:01:27] this is something they really cherish.

[3:01:29] it is really important for children

[3:01:30] to have something for

[3:01:33] the holidays. That brings me to speaking

[3:01:34] about

[3:01:36] the holidays.

[3:01:39] I wanted to express my sadness

[3:01:42] and sorrows for the tragedy that

[3:01:45] happened in australian.

[3:01:48] these things happen

[3:01:51] too often, too many times. My heart goes

[3:01:52] out

[3:01:53] to all of the families affected in

[3:01:54] the shooting

[3:01:57] and all of the other

[3:02:00] shootings. In a time

[3:02:02] we should be celebrating families

[3:02:06] and

[3:02:09] friends, not everyone

[3:02:15] --

[3:02:18] merry

[3:02:20] christmas, happy chanukkah, happy new year to everyone.

[3:02:33] >> I echo

[3:02:35] councilmember mckillop's initial comment

[3:02:36] tonight.

[3:02:39] transformational.

[3:02:45] just so happy

[3:02:47] and proud. I have been on council

[3:02:48] a

[3:02:50] year to be associated with all of

[3:02:51] my

[3:02:54] fellow councilmember

[3:02:57] s as well

[3:03:00] as

[3:03:02] the staff. This was huge. You could

[3:03:03] feel the excitement up here on

[3:03:06] the deus. I am even more excited

[3:03:09] about what is now to come in 2026.

[3:03:10] it will be a

[3:03:12] lot of work. It will be a heavy lift

[3:03:13] for all

[3:03:15] of us, but we have got something here.

[3:03:19] I appreciate

[3:03:22] everyone's leadership.

[3:03:31] >> great

[3:03:34] job last weekend.

[3:03:36] I hate that I wasn't there. We were

[3:03:37] down

[3:03:40] in southern california. La salle

[3:03:42] played in the state championship against

[3:03:46] santa margarita. They were

[3:03:49] unsuccessful. We

[3:03:52] lost. Had

[3:03:54] the banquet tonight but I hate that I wasn't here

[3:03:55] with

[3:03:58] all of you.

[3:04:01] yeah. The last piece,

[3:04:03] just with the things that have happened

[3:04:04] this

[3:04:07] week, it just is a

[3:04:10] reminder of

[3:04:13] just so much

[3:04:16] negative

[3:04:19] stuff happening.

[3:04:22] we have to keep the faith and

[3:04:24] do the work we do and make impact

[3:04:28] where we can.

[3:04:30] lastly, I will be at the event on

[3:04:31] saturday, the

[3:04:32] actual toy drive. I have been asked

[3:04:34] to

[3:04:37] be santa.

[3:04:46] I will have on

[3:04:48] a santa suit and be handing out the

[3:04:52] toys. I

[3:04:55] would --I can't believe

[3:04:58] we are eight days away

[3:05:01] from christmas.

[3:05:03] take rest and down time. Spend time with

[3:05:04] family and

[3:05:07] loved ones.

[3:05:10] we will do it all again in

[3:05:13] 2026.

[3:05:14] >>

[3:05:15] I wanted to wish everyone a merry christmas.

[3:05:19] I wanted to

[3:05:21] remind everyone bella's spa grand

[3:05:22] opening is

[3:05:25] 5:30 for the ribbon cutting

[3:05:26] at 512 center avenue.

[3:05:27] >> thank you.

[3:05:28] >> that is it.

[3:05:31] thank you.

[3:05:37] >> >>> thank you very much.

[3:05:40] I wanted to wish everyone a happy

[3:05:41] holidays

[3:05:43] here from the other side

[3:05:46] of the world.

[3:05:47] >> what time is it there?

[3:05:49] >> we are 12 hours

[3:05:52] ahead, pacific time. Nine

[3:05:55] minutes past

[3:05:58] 10:00 a.m.

[3:06:07] >> I just wanted to

[3:06:08] touchtouch something that sentiments

[3:06:10] that were

[3:06:13] expressed by

[3:06:16] councilmember mckillop.

[3:06:19] this should be a joyful

[3:06:21] time of the year but for some it is

[3:06:22] not because

[3:06:25] of the

[3:06:27] continued epidemic of gun violence

[3:06:30] that has plagued communities near

[3:06:34] and far.

[3:06:37] our friends in

[3:06:40] the jewish community are reeling from

[3:06:43] a tragic event which may have taken

[3:06:46] place in sydney

[3:06:49] impacting communities jewish and

[3:06:52] non-jewish.

[3:06:55] I think it is important we

[3:06:58] reject hatred in all of its forms and

[3:07:01] anti-semitism.

[3:07:04] I wanted to

[3:07:07] give a

[3:07:10] shoutout. Loving life during

[3:07:13] this

[3:07:16] holiday season.

[3:07:19] I also want to express my thanks for

[3:07:20] all of the

[3:07:22] hard work

[3:07:25] that our excellent city staffstaff

[3:07:28] in to get us through another year

[3:07:30] and more importantly to get us through

[3:07:31] the

[3:07:34] first phase

[3:07:37] of the effort down at

[3:07:40] the waterfront.

[3:07:46] what we have done is a

[3:07:48] significant milestone. It wouldn't have

[3:07:49] been possible but

[3:07:52] for their effort.

[3:07:55] mike, lauren, jill, the entire

[3:07:58] team, thank you.

[3:08:01] we very much appreciate all of the

[3:08:03] efforts that you have undertaken to

[3:08:04] get

[3:08:07] us to this

[3:08:10] point. We understand there is a lot

[3:08:11] more work ahead in

[3:08:13] 2026 and continuing to

[3:08:15] work together as a team, you know,

[3:08:17] we will continue

[3:08:20] to move our

[3:08:22] community forward. I am really excited

[3:08:23] to be

[3:08:26] able to hit 2026 with the

[3:08:28] ground running. I look forward to

[3:08:29] seeing

[3:08:32] you all in the new year. Thank

[3:08:35] you all very much.

[3:08:38] >> I have a couple

[3:08:41] of comments.

[3:08:44] I had two requests.

[3:08:47] I wanted a show of nods. We have

[3:08:49] been talking about emerging issues

[3:08:50] as a

[3:08:53] check-in point as part of the

[3:08:56] strategic plan.

[3:09:02] I really would like us to roll

[3:09:04] that out sooner than what we will be

[3:09:05] able

[3:09:08] to do.

[3:09:17] would

[3:09:20] you

[3:09:23] be menable to an

[3:09:25] emerging section that would allow to

[3:09:26] us bring

[3:09:28] up issues that might be important

[3:09:29] for staff to

[3:09:32] work on that is maybe a little bit --

[3:09:34] has more gravitas than our comments

[3:09:38] and updates? I wanted us to have something

[3:09:40] where we could track the important

[3:09:41] topics. Does

[3:09:42] everyone feel comfortable with me

[3:09:44] working with staff to get

[3:09:47] that moving?

[3:09:48] >> yes. >> yeah.

[3:09:50] >> yes.

[3:09:56] >> that is a

[3:09:57] protocol where we have risk and issues

[3:09:59] and

[3:10:02] stuff on

[3:10:05] the rorise horizon.

[3:10:06] >> I am very

[3:10:08] supportive of that.

[3:10:11] are

[3:10:14] you envisioning that to be like a

[3:10:16] future agenda item?

[3:10:17] >> sort of along

[3:10:20] those lines.

[3:10:29] >> I think that would be great.

[3:10:31] thank you.

[3:10:32] >> lauren, did you want

[3:10:33] to speak to it

[3:10:35] at all?

[3:10:36] >> when we adopted the

[3:10:37] strategic plan in september, we talked

[3:10:38] about how we have

[3:10:41] a

[3:10:43] great focused plan but issues might

[3:10:44] pop up.

[3:10:46] we didn't want to veer from the strategic

[3:10:47] plan,

[3:10:49] but we wanted to acknowledge issues

[3:10:50] come up and

[3:10:53] they emerge.

[3:10:56] I wanted to root it

[3:10:59] in that.

[3:11:02] whether we talk about

[3:11:05] them today

[3:11:08] or tomorrow.

[3:11:09] >> I did not

[3:11:11] want it to get lost

[3:11:14] in the ad

[3:11:17] hoc

[3:11:19] subcommittee. I will work with staff

[3:11:20] and if we

[3:11:23] need to come back to vote on something we can

[3:11:26] absolutely do that.

[3:11:29] the other comment

[3:11:32] I wanted to

[3:11:35] make is that

[3:11:38] I am interested we send an

[3:11:41] item to the divers

[3:11:44] ity and cultural commission. I would

[3:11:45] like

[3:11:46] the council to task them with one

[3:11:47] of the many things they will be

[3:11:50] doing in the

[3:11:52] upcoming year. Evaluate and discuss

[3:11:53] which

[3:11:56] types of cultural events and holidays

[3:11:59] the city could be able to wish our public.

[3:12:02] we always sort of steered

[3:12:05] away from specific religious holidays.

[3:12:08] I would love for them to talk

[3:12:11] about that.

[3:12:17] you can nod and give direction

[3:12:20] to staff to deliver

[3:12:22] that message.

[3:12:23] >> oench council comfortable

[3:12:24] with that message

[3:12:25] and comfortable with me working with

[3:12:26] staff to get it on

[3:12:29] an upcoming agenda from the commission?

[3:12:31] anyone have questions? Everyone good?

[3:12:32] great. In that

[3:12:34] case I would like to work probably

[3:12:35] with lauren and

[3:12:38] eve. I know they are the point of

[3:12:39] contacts for

[3:12:40] that commission to get that on the

[3:12:41] upcoming agenda.

[3:12:43] thank you. Thank you to my colleagues for

[3:12:44] some of the

[3:12:46] words about some of the things that have

[3:12:47] been happening in

[3:12:50] our world today.

[3:12:53] I will double down on positivity

[3:12:56] and community in my comments. I want

[3:12:57] to thank everyone

[3:12:58] for coming out to the boat parade

[3:12:59] on friday. We had

[3:13:01] an amazing number of people turning

[3:13:02] out, hundreds

[3:13:04] and hundreds more than we expected.

[3:13:05] the

[3:13:08] junior high band raised money by getting

[3:13:09] donations for

[3:13:11] hot chocolate and raised over $650

[3:13:14] that will help them do some of their performances

[3:13:15] later

[3:13:17] in the year.

[3:13:20] we know

[3:13:23] people loved the fishing pier. I

[3:13:26] thought that it was such a great kickoff

[3:13:27] to the

[3:13:29] discussion. We are doing the

[3:13:32] right thing.

[3:13:35] it was great. We will incorporate

[3:13:37] traffic control. We will find out

[3:13:38] hundreds of people want

[3:13:41] to come to this. Probably

[3:13:44] food trucks. This was a

[3:13:48] great first run.

[3:13:49] the best announcement, and I think

[3:13:51] that I texted

[3:13:54] jill that evening. There is a

[3:13:56] new kayak launchlaunch has been installed

[3:13:57] at

[3:14:00] the boat launch.

[3:14:05] rave reviews. Every person was like

[3:14:06] this

[3:14:08] is amazing. It is really exciting.

[3:14:09] we have been talking

[3:14:11] about this for a long time and we

[3:14:12] finally

[3:14:15] got something

[3:14:17] installed. Thank you for that.

[3:14:18] >>

[3:14:19] I will add

[3:14:20] I got a similar comment from jamie.

[3:14:21] you

[3:14:22] can't believe they were using it.

[3:14:24] that was so great

[3:14:27] to hear.

[3:14:28] >> awesome. >> yeah.

[3:14:30] again, happy han cow to all

[3:14:35] --chanukkah to all of the people that

[3:14:36] celebrate.

[3:14:42] the enorah lighting

[3:14:44] party, and brooks and craft will be

[3:14:45] having a

[3:14:46] party afterwards and merry christmas

[3:14:48] to all of those that celebrate

[3:14:50] christmas. I want to give a shoutout

[3:14:51] to my day

[3:14:54] job co-workers. I work for

[3:14:55] an environmental engineering company.

[3:14:57] there are six employees

[3:15:00] who live here in martinez.

[3:15:03] we raised body $1500 for

[3:15:05] the bay area crisis nursery. I went

[3:15:06] out and bought

[3:15:08] all of the presents with a couple

[3:15:09] of my co-

[3:15:11] workers and we will be delivering

[3:15:12] those tomorrow to

[3:15:14] our five-person family. Shoutout to

[3:15:15] everyone in martinez that

[3:15:17] participated in that. Happy holidays

[3:15:18] to everyone

[3:15:21] as we go in to the new year. I wanted

[3:15:22] to remind everyone that because of

[3:15:24] the way that our

[3:15:26] meetings are normally scheduled we

[3:15:27] will not be having

[3:15:29] a meeting on the first wednesday in

[3:15:30] january. It is too close

[3:15:33] to the holidays. Our only meeting

[3:15:34] in

[3:15:36] january will be on january 21st. At

[3:15:38] this point we are getting an entire

[3:15:39] month off.

[3:15:42] if anyone asks make them know we

[3:15:44] will not be meeting in early january.

[3:15:45] all right. Thank you

[3:15:47] for listening to all of my comments.

[3:15:48] I would

[3:15:51] like to close the meeting

[3:15:54] in honor of

[3:15:57] sergeant vasilio.

[3:15:59] this meeting is adjourned. Happy holidays.

[3:16:00] >> recording stopped.

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