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>>> if everyone can please take a seat and

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quiet down, we're going to start the meeting here

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momentarily.

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>> good evening, everyone,

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and welcome to the regular session

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of the martinez city council.

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it is wednesday, july 16th, and it is 7:03 p.m.

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please rise and join vice mayor howard for the pledge of

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allegiance.

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>> vice mayor

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howard, can you please confirm that you

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can hear me?

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>> I can hear you.

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>> okay. Great. Thank you. I couldn't

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hear anyone giving the pledge

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of allegiance. I just wanted to make

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sure audio was

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working. All right. Wonderful.

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so, quickly, before roll call, I just

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wanted to let

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everybody know I'm calling in remotely

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tonight

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as many of you know. All of the council

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do have day jobs so

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I'm calling in tonight from rhode

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island. I'm presenting at a

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society of wetland scientists conference

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this

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week, so thank you for your patience as I run the meeting

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remotely.

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so, clerk, please

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call the roll.

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>> mayor brianne

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zorn.

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>> present. >> vice mayor jay

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howard.

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>>

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present.

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>> councilmember greg young.

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>>

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present.

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>> councilmember

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satinder mahli.

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>> present.

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>> councilmember

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debbie mckillop.

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>>

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present.

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>> we have two proclamations

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recognizing the service for two of

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our planning commissioners.

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vice mayor howard, would you please bring

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the council

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down to present to tracey and sean?

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>> this is an exciting day for all

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of us.

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I would like to

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read the proclamation for tracey casella.

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whereas tracey casella has been a

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resident of

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martinez since 1984, whereas she has

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actively

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served her community and whereas tracey casella

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was appointed as an alternate to the

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planning commission in june of 2016,

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and whereas tracey casella was appointed

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as a

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regular planning commissioner on may

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of 2017, and whereas tracey casella

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was elected vice chair of the planning

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commission in

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february of 2020 and whereas her

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nine-year tenure on the

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planning commission, casella has

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played a pivotal role in assisting

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the city to

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reach notable accomplishments, such

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as the adoption of the general

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plan 2035, the 2023

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to 2031 housing element, the waterfront

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marina

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land trust use plan, the general plan

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amendment for the vine

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hill subdivision, and the amendment

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to the

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commercial cannabis regulations. Whereas

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martinez community has greatly

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benefitted from casella's service

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and the city

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of martinez will be forever grateful,

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now, therefore, be it

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resolved that the city council of

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the city of martinez

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does hereby recognize and express

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appreciation and gratitude

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to tracey casella's service on the

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planning commission and her commitment

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to serve the martinez

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community. In witness, I

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hereunto set my hand and cause the

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city of the

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seal of the city of martinez to be

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affixed hereto.

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>> thank you. >> yeah.

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>> it's been an honor, really, it has.

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>> you're welcome.

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>> okay. >> that's it.

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>> we've got

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one more. We've got this handsome

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gentleman sitting up

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here, so we're going to recognize

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sean trambley.

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whereas sean trambley has been a resident

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of

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martinez since 1984, where he has

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actively served his community and

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whereas sean trambley was appointed

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as an alternate to the planning commission

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in april of 2017, and

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whereas sean trambley was appointed as

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a regional

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planning commissioner in july

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of 2017, and whereas sean

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trambley was elected vice chair of

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the planning

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commission in january of 2019, and

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whereas sean trambley was elected

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chair

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of the planning commission in february

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of 2020 and whereas during his eight-

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year tenure on the planning

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commission, trambley has played a

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pivotal role in

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assisting the city to reach notable

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accomplishments, such as

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the adoption of the general

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plan 2035,

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the 2023-2031 housing element, the

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waterfront

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marina trust land use plan,

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general plan amendment for the vine

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hill

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subdivision, and preventing

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approval of a downtown gun range,

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whereas the martinez community has

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greatly benefitted

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from trambley's service and the city

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of martinez will forever be grateful,

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now therefore be it resolved that

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the city council

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of the city of martinez

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does hereby recognize and express

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appreciation and

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gratitude for sean trambley's service on

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the

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planning commission and his commitment to serve the martinez

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community.

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in witness

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whereof, I have hereto set my hand

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and used the seal of the city of martinez

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to

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be affixed hereto this 16th day of july.

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congratulations, sean.

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>> thank you very much.

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thank you. [ applause ]

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>> I'll also keep it brief

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because people are here for a lot

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of other reasons, but thank

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you. It has been an honor, and I look

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forward

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to continuing to serve martinez in

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a myriad of ways. Thank you all.

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>> thank you, sean.

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>> thank you again. >> thank

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you, sean and tracey.

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>> another photo op.

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>> thank you guys. >> thank you.

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>> all right. Our

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next item on the agenda is public

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comment, and I know that we have a

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really big agenda tonight, and a

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lot of people are here in attendance for

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the presentation

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about potential plans for the marina.

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the public

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comment right now is for non-agendized

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items only. I understand that we have

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one, two, three,

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four, five speaker cards. By a show

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of

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hands, vice mayor howard, can you

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check to see how many people in the

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room want to speak on non-agendized items.

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>> can you raise your hand?

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>> that have not submitted -->> I

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have three, four, five.

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four. Three.

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of five plus

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four and then maybe a handful on virtual audience?

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>> give or take.

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>> okay. So, because we have so much

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need to cover this evening, I am

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going to just reduce the public comment

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time to two minutes so that way we

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have an

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opportunity to get through the public

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comment tonight.

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so, with that said, vice mayor howard, you

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start by reading the names

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and calling people up. For those people

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who did not already submit

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a speaker card, you can queue up once

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the folks

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who did submit a speaker card have

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finished speaking.

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please come to the podium if you want

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to speak on

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karen collins.

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>> good evening.

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thank you for the opportunity to speak.

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actually christine friel. I'm sharing

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with karen collins.

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first, we want to

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sincerely thank the city council and the

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public works staff for completing

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the water project in

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muir oaks. They improved water pressure

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and additional hydrants have made

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a huge difference for safety and peace of mind

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in our neighborhood. And we really

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appreciate your commitment to infrastructure

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that serve

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our community. But we also would like

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to bring to your attention tonight

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an

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issue that's becoming increasingly

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urgent, and that's the condition of

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our private roads. These

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roads were designated as

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private decades ago before most of

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us lived in the neighborhood and any

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of you were on the board. And

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today, maintaining those roads has

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become financially unmanageable. Really.

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and engineering assessments estimate the

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cost of

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repairs at over $1

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million, and at the current rate of

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dues collection, we are

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literally never going to meet

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that need. So, we're here tonight to ask

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the city to meet with us to

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come up with a plan that's sustainable

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for our

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roads. Thank you. I'll pass it over to karen now.

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>> good evening.

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thank you for the time. My name is

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karen collins.

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I have been a resident in martinez

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for almost 15 years, and

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most recently, that last eight years, in

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the development

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known as muir oaks just south of highway 4.

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I think falls under debbie mckillop's jurisdiction.

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area. Yeah.

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the road

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issues go far beyond

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inconvenience and is a public safety

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concern at this point. Our

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roads serve not just residents but

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also fire

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services, police, and city

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maintenance vehicles. Their

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deteriorating condition affects everyone's

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access and

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emergency response times. What

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complicates matters further is that

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the legal status of our

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roads remains to be very unclear.

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even the city, county, and

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residents of the neighborhood have

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different

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understandings, which has created

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inequities and legal gray areas that leave us

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struck.

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we are also seeing new

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development approved in muir oaks,

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bringing additional revenue to

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the city, but none of that revenue

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helps maintain the

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roads that these new residents also depend on.

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we respectfully ask that the

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city meet with us to find a more

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workable and equitable path

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forward, whether that involves

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clarifying jurisdictions, exploring

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legal options,

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or helping us create a

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sustainable funding model. We are

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here looking for help. And partnership.

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we're ready to collaborate and find

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a

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solution that supports the long-term

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safety and

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accessibility of muir oaks and the greater martinez community.

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I really want to stress my thanks

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for your

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time and attention to the development and

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to this issue. Thank you.

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>> thank you.

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>> good evening. I

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don't normally come to these meetings,

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but I had a

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request, and I just walked in and

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somebody said, this is

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the period you speak something not

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on the agenda.

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>> I'm sorry, did you submit a speaker card?

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>> you

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know, I came in, and there were so

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many people here, I didn't

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see a card.

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>> would you mind --

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the clerk and the vice mayor are reading

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out the people

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who submitted cards, and then you

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are more than welcome

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to come back after those folks who submitted cards

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speak.

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>> get a card here. >> yes. >> that

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would be great. Thank you. So sorry to

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interrupt.

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>> thank

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you, mayor. Next, we have declan archer.

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>> hi, hi namename

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declan archer and I am 8 years old.

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I

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live in martinez and I love playing soccer.

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when I grow up, I want to be a professional

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soccer player. I'm here to ask the

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city to

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think more about soccer when building

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and taking care of parks. Right now,

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a

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lot of parks have baseball fields

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and basketball

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courts, but not many have

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soccer fields or with goals.

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even the ones --there's a big --even

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when there's

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a big grass area, the grass

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is too long, and the ground

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is very dangerous to play on because

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of gopher holes. And there are no

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goals

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to use. The

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city maintains these parks, watering

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the grass and

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mowing the lawns, but it's done in

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a way that makes the areas useful

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as grass lawns, not quality soccer

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fields.

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for example,

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hidden valley has a big field, but

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no

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goals, and the grass is rough.

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yancy boyd park has no goals.

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mountain view park has flat grass but

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no goals, and the

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grass is too long. Waterfront park

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has

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a big grass area, perfect

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for soccer, but they're not set up

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for soccer

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either. The waterfront soccer field

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has goals, but they're often locked

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up

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oror have nets. The grass is

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also kept long and the field is full of

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gopher holes. A few weeks ago, the

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pine

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meadow park opened just up the street

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from

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our house. Like many other

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parks, it is --it has a large

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grass area, but the grass is kept

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long,

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and there are no soccer goals. It

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feels

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like soccer gets

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left out. Baseball fields are clean

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and ready to use.

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basketball hoops have nets, but for

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soccer,

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it's harder to find a place to play.

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[ applause ]

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00:35:51,585 --> 00:35:52,586
>> thank you, declan. I really appreciate those

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comments.

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>> thank you, young man. You are clearly

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after

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our jobs in the future. That was nicely

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done.

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thank you.

414
00:36:08,602 --> 00:36:10,602
>> yes. Next

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up, we have william

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frolich.

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>> mine should probably go with

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the agenda.

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it should probably be moved to the agenda item.

420
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>> okay. If you can see

421
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me here in a second. All right, next, we have matt

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reagan.

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>> agenda item too.

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>> okay.

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all right. Next is richard anderson.

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and just for the

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record, those two names I called, they

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are changing their comments to an

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agendized item.

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richard anderson, you can come up, sir.

431
00:36:55,582 --> 00:36:56,583
>> I'm not going to be as entertaining

432
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as the

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young people,

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but I have been requesting that the

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city of martinez do a

436
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building code inspection on my property,

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my rear of my

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00:37:07,594 --> 00:37:08,595
property, for quite some time.

439
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the city council and everybody, well,

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a good number of people

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in attendance right now have documents

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that I submitted

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00:37:15,602 --> 00:37:16,603
again by email. What I would like to

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do

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is to have a code enforcement inspection

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of my property, looking at city ordinance

447
00:37:24,611 --> 00:37:25,612
violations, building code violations, penal

448
00:37:25,612 --> 00:37:27,581
code violations,

449
00:37:27,581 --> 00:37:28,582
health and safety code violations,

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whatever is

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possible. I would also like to have

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the chief building official be the

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person doing the actual inspection,

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but if

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he's not available, then whoever the

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city might be willing to

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come up with is satisfactory with

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me. I

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would also like to have officer

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00:37:45,599 --> 00:37:46,600
budda with the martinez police department

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present as

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a witness. That's all I can say is

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00:37:49,603 --> 00:37:51,603
I really don't

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00:37:52,606 --> 00:37:54,608
have much more to say. Since

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I submitted this andand everyone that I

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00:37:55,609 --> 00:37:57,609
would

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00:37:58,612 --> 00:38:00,581
be here tonight, has there

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00:38:00,581 --> 00:38:01,582
been any decision made as to whether

469
00:38:01,582 --> 00:38:03,584
or not a building inspection,

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00:38:03,584 --> 00:38:10,591
even if I have to pay for it, on my property can be done?

471
00:38:10,591 --> 00:38:11,592
>> we don't answer questions during

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00:38:11,592 --> 00:38:12,593
public

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00:38:12,593 --> 00:38:13,594
comment. You have 46 seconds left if you

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00:38:13,594 --> 00:38:16,597
have any further comments you would like to make at this time.

475
00:38:16,597 --> 00:38:17,598
>> well, since I'm hard of hearing, I didn't hear a word

476
00:38:17,598 --> 00:38:19,598
you said.

477
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:21,600
>>

478
00:38:22,603 --> 00:38:23,604
we don't answer questions during public

479
00:38:23,604 --> 00:38:25,604
comment.

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00:38:25,606 --> 00:38:26,607
you have about 30 seconds left if you have any

481
00:38:26,607 --> 00:38:28,607
final comments

482
00:38:28,609 --> 00:38:29,610
you would like to make.

483
00:38:29,610 --> 00:38:30,611
>> okay, using

484
00:38:30,611 --> 00:38:31,612
my 30 seconds,

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00:38:31,612 --> 00:38:33,580
I submitted to the city of

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00:38:33,580 --> 00:38:34,581
martinez the reports of four expert

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00:38:34,581 --> 00:38:36,581
people, all licensed

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00:38:37,584 --> 00:38:40,587
by the state of california, regarding

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00:38:40,587 --> 00:38:41,588
structures that do not exist in my

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00:38:41,588 --> 00:38:43,590
rear yard. I would

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00:38:43,590 --> 00:38:45,592
like to be contacted by anyone, the

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00:38:45,592 --> 00:38:46,593
city manager, chief building official, anybody.

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00:38:46,593 --> 00:38:48,593
I cannot

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00:38:48,595 --> 00:38:49,596
get any response from anyone, and thank you

495
00:38:49,596 --> 00:38:50,597
very much. Have a nice evening.

496
00:38:50,597 --> 00:38:51,598
>> thank you.

497
00:38:51,598 --> 00:38:53,598
>> thank you.

498
00:38:55,602 --> 00:38:57,602
>> I have no

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00:38:58,605 --> 00:38:59,606
further cards. For those who still

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00:38:59,606 --> 00:39:01,606
have public

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00:39:01,608 --> 00:39:02,609
comment for nonagendized items, if you

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00:39:02,609 --> 00:39:04,609
can please

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00:39:04,611 --> 00:39:05,612
line up at the microphone, and we can proceed

504
00:39:05,612 --> 00:39:08,120
in taking the comments.

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00:39:16,590 --> 00:39:18,592
>> am I good? Hi. My name

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is bernadette fernandez, I'm a business

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00:39:19,593 --> 00:39:21,595
owner and downtown resident.

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00:39:21,595 --> 00:39:22,596
now that we are in mid summer, I would

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00:39:22,596 --> 00:39:25,596
like to again stress the

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00:39:25,599 --> 00:39:28,599
importance of healthy trees to

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00:39:28,602 --> 00:39:30,604
the wholistic well-being of our downtown.

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trees reduce temperature, they beautify

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the space, they

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00:39:33,607 --> 00:39:34,608
deeply affect the mental health of

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00:39:34,608 --> 00:39:37,608
the people visiting downtown, as

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well as the people who call downtown

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home, whether they are on our streets or

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in a home.

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00:39:44,585 --> 00:39:46,585
the

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lack of trees that will mature into

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shade-

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providers impacts everything from

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00:39:50,591 --> 00:39:52,593
public well-being to our

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00:39:52,593 --> 00:39:54,595
recent parking discussions. Nearly

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00:39:54,595 --> 00:39:56,597
every issue downtown could be solved

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00:39:56,597 --> 00:39:57,598
by

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00:39:57,598 --> 00:39:59,600
fostering a safe, shady environment

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that allows people

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00:40:01,602 --> 00:40:03,604
to use the farther away parking spaces, as well

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00:40:03,604 --> 00:40:05,606
as safely spend their afternoons in

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00:40:05,606 --> 00:40:07,606
our downtown.

532
00:40:08,609 --> 00:40:09,610
rather than

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00:40:09,610 --> 00:40:14,410
leave immediately if they're at risk of heatstroke.

534
00:40:17,584 --> 00:40:18,585
I know

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00:40:18,585 --> 00:40:20,587
that this issue has been previously

536
00:40:20,587 --> 00:40:22,589
addressed, but I would like to request

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00:40:22,589 --> 00:40:23,590
that its priority is moved up. We

538
00:40:23,590 --> 00:40:25,590
work really

539
00:40:25,592 --> 00:40:29,596
hard on fostering a really nice community

540
00:40:29,596 --> 00:40:31,996
downtown, and that's almost

541
00:40:32,599 --> 00:40:34,999
impossible to do when

542
00:40:35,602 --> 00:40:37,602
the very, like,

543
00:40:37,604 --> 00:40:38,605
structure of downtown means that you

544
00:40:38,605 --> 00:40:41,608
can not spend more than ten minutes outside.

545
00:40:41,608 --> 00:40:43,608
our hottest months

546
00:40:43,610 --> 00:40:44,611
are coming up, obviously. A tree can't

547
00:40:44,611 --> 00:40:46,580
grow

548
00:40:46,580 --> 00:40:48,582
to maturity in a couple weeks, but I

549
00:40:48,582 --> 00:40:50,584
would love some transparency into what

550
00:40:50,584 --> 00:40:53,584
is being planted, when it

551
00:40:53,587 --> 00:40:55,589
is being planted, and what

552
00:40:55,589 --> 00:40:56,590
the care looks like. Even the trees that

553
00:40:56,590 --> 00:40:57,591
are

554
00:40:57,591 --> 00:40:59,593
currently, like, outside of my store,

555
00:40:59,593 --> 00:41:02,593
outside of main street arts

556
00:41:02,596 --> 00:41:03,597
gallery, they look

557
00:41:03,597 --> 00:41:05,599
terrible. Their leaves are a little

558
00:41:05,599 --> 00:41:07,601
curled up, sad trees.

559
00:41:07,601 --> 00:41:08,602
so, yeah. I just request that that

560
00:41:08,602 --> 00:41:10,604
priority is moved up and

561
00:41:10,604 --> 00:41:11,605
maybe that we could get some information

562
00:41:11,605 --> 00:41:12,606
about when

563
00:41:12,606 --> 00:41:14,608
that's going to happen and when that'll

564
00:41:14,608 --> 00:41:15,609
change. Thank you.

565
00:41:15,609 --> 00:41:17,609
>> thank you.

566
00:41:22,583 --> 00:41:26,183
>> final call for nonagendized item comments.

567
00:41:26,587 --> 00:41:28,587
okay.

568
00:41:28,589 --> 00:41:29,590
no one left in the chambers. I'm going

569
00:41:29,590 --> 00:41:31,592
to move to the virtual

570
00:41:31,592 --> 00:41:32,593
audience. For those attending virtually,

571
00:41:32,593 --> 00:41:34,595
if you would like to make

572
00:41:34,595 --> 00:41:35,596
a comment on nonagendized items, please use the raise hand

573
00:41:35,596 --> 00:41:37,596
feature now.

574
00:41:41,602 --> 00:41:42,603
all right, I

575
00:41:42,603 --> 00:41:47,608
only have one hand. Jason, I'll ask you to unmute.

576
00:41:47,608 --> 00:41:50,608
>> can you hear me? >> yes.

577
00:41:50,611 --> 00:41:52,611
>>

578
00:41:52,613 --> 00:41:53,580
hi, this is jason. These new updated

579
00:41:53,580 --> 00:41:55,580
hours of

580
00:41:55,582 --> 00:41:56,583
8:00 a.m. To 8:00 p.m. Of pickleball have

581
00:41:56,583 --> 00:41:58,583
been

582
00:41:59,586 --> 00:42:01,588
miserable. It is the

583
00:42:01,588 --> 00:42:02,589
exact same high-pitched sharp sound that I

584
00:42:02,589 --> 00:42:05,592
have to listen to for 12 hours every day.

585
00:42:05,592 --> 00:42:06,593
it gives

586
00:42:06,593 --> 00:42:08,595
me headaches and really affects my sleep.

587
00:42:08,595 --> 00:42:10,595
to

588
00:42:10,597 --> 00:42:11,598
add pickleball courts, especially

589
00:42:11,598 --> 00:42:13,598
eight of them,

590
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:14,601
right next to homes, was a terrible

591
00:42:14,601 --> 00:42:16,601
idea.

592
00:42:16,603 --> 00:42:17,604
this has really decreased the liveability and enjoyment of my

593
00:42:17,604 --> 00:42:19,604
home.

594
00:42:20,607 --> 00:42:21,608
I

595
00:42:21,608 --> 00:42:23,610
do understand that as a homeowner, I

596
00:42:23,610 --> 00:42:25,610
have the

597
00:42:25,612 --> 00:42:26,580
right to an environment that gives

598
00:42:26,580 --> 00:42:29,583
me the ability to enjoy my home.

599
00:42:29,583 --> 00:42:30,584
martinez

600
00:42:30,584 --> 00:42:34,184
has failed miserably at providing this.

601
00:42:34,588 --> 00:42:35,589
no one listens to the encouragement of quiet

602
00:42:35,589 --> 00:42:37,589
equipment.

603
00:42:38,592 --> 00:42:40,592
it is

604
00:42:41,595 --> 00:42:42,596
always loud pops. In addition, no

605
00:42:42,596 --> 00:42:44,596
one listens

606
00:42:44,598 --> 00:42:46,598
to these pickleball

607
00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:47,601
ambassadors. For example, I watched

608
00:42:47,601 --> 00:42:49,601
a pickleball

609
00:42:50,604 --> 00:42:52,606
player park their van on

610
00:42:52,606 --> 00:42:53,607
glacier court. An older woman went over to

611
00:42:53,607 --> 00:42:55,607
correct them.

612
00:42:56,610 --> 00:42:59,613
this took a lot of courage, and

613
00:42:59,613 --> 00:43:02,583
I do appreciate her efforts.

614
00:43:02,583 --> 00:43:05,586
when she went to tell him to move

615
00:43:05,586 --> 00:43:06,587
the van, he replied with, "thank you"

616
00:43:06,587 --> 00:43:07,588
and

617
00:43:07,588 --> 00:43:08,589
had no interest in following suggestions,

618
00:43:08,589 --> 00:43:09,590
which

619
00:43:09,590 --> 00:43:11,592
have done absolutely nothing to improve

620
00:43:11,592 --> 00:43:14,592
the life of the homeowners.

621
00:43:14,595 --> 00:43:15,596
people understand

622
00:43:15,596 --> 00:43:17,598
that all these are, are weak suggestions with

623
00:43:17,598 --> 00:43:19,598
no enforcement.

624
00:43:20,601 --> 00:43:23,100
we actually have a

625
00:43:23,604 --> 00:43:24,605
public health issue that myself and

626
00:43:24,605 --> 00:43:25,606
my neighbors

627
00:43:25,606 --> 00:43:29,610
have stated many times in past meetings.

628
00:43:29,610 --> 00:43:31,612
these 90-day pilot periods

629
00:43:31,612 --> 00:43:32,613
are way too long, and I recommend

630
00:43:32,613 --> 00:43:34,581
completely

631
00:43:34,581 --> 00:43:35,582
closing the pickleball courts and

632
00:43:35,582 --> 00:43:37,582
moving them far

633
00:43:37,584 --> 00:43:38,585
away in a park where the noise production is not an

634
00:43:38,585 --> 00:43:40,585
issue to homeowners.

635
00:43:41,588 --> 00:43:43,588
these courts need

636
00:43:43,590 --> 00:43:44,591
to go back to tennis, because that

637
00:43:44,591 --> 00:43:47,594
is what they were before, with zero

638
00:43:47,594 --> 00:43:48,595
complaints.

639
00:43:48,595 --> 00:43:50,597
thank you for allowing me to speak tonight.

640
00:43:50,597 --> 00:43:52,597
>> thank you.

641
00:43:55,602 --> 00:44:01,602
next we have brooklyn stout. I'll ask you to unmute.

642
00:44:05,612 --> 00:44:07,581
>> can you hear me? >> yes. >> thanks

643
00:44:07,581 --> 00:44:08,582
for taking my comment. I'm actually

644
00:44:08,582 --> 00:44:10,584
at work, so I'm glad I

645
00:44:10,584 --> 00:44:11,585
can do this. My family had the opportunity

646
00:44:11,585 --> 00:44:13,585
to go to

647
00:44:13,587 --> 00:44:14,588
pine meadows park the other day, and it

648
00:44:14,588 --> 00:44:16,590
was quite lovely. I like that

649
00:44:16,590 --> 00:44:17,591
it's brand-new, very accessible, very

650
00:44:17,591 --> 00:44:19,591
nice park. The

651
00:44:20,594 --> 00:44:21,595
bathrooms were great. One thing that

652
00:44:21,595 --> 00:44:23,595
would

653
00:44:23,597 --> 00:44:24,598
be definitely helpful, I think, for

654
00:44:24,598 --> 00:44:26,598
everyone is

655
00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:28,602
shade over the tables. And that can

656
00:44:28,602 --> 00:44:31,605
just be a pergola. Doesn't have to

657
00:44:31,605 --> 00:44:32,606
be fancy canopies. It can just be

658
00:44:32,606 --> 00:44:34,608
a normal type of,

659
00:44:34,608 --> 00:44:35,609
you know, like a picnic cover that

660
00:44:35,609 --> 00:44:38,900
you see at other

661
00:44:38,612 --> 00:44:41,582
parks. It was only 85 that day,

662
00:44:41,582 --> 00:44:42,583
but I think we were only there for 30

663
00:44:42,583 --> 00:44:45,586
minutes just because everyone was hot.

664
00:44:45,586 --> 00:44:47,986
so, it would be

665
00:44:48,589 --> 00:44:49,590
great if that

666
00:44:49,590 --> 00:44:51,590
>> thank you.

667
00:44:51,592 --> 00:44:52,593
I have

668
00:44:52,593 --> 00:44:56,793
no further comments. That completes public comment.

669
00:44:57,598 --> 00:44:59,598
>>

670
00:44:59,600 --> 00:45:00,601
thank you, kat. Let's move on to the

671
00:45:00,601 --> 00:45:02,601
consent

672
00:45:03,604 --> 00:45:05,606
calendar. We have items --

673
00:45:05,606 --> 00:45:06,607
well, on my screen, I have 2 through 11.

674
00:45:06,607 --> 00:45:08,607
would anyone on

675
00:45:09,610 --> 00:45:11,612
council like to --

676
00:45:11,612 --> 00:45:12,613
>> this is the city council public

677
00:45:12,613 --> 00:45:14,581
comment.

678
00:45:14,581 --> 00:45:15,582
>> brooklyn, you're still off mute.

679
00:45:15,582 --> 00:45:19,782
can you go on mute? Thank you.

680
00:45:21,588 --> 00:45:23,590
all right. So, we have consent calendar

681
00:45:23,590 --> 00:45:24,591
items 2 through 11. Does anyone on

682
00:45:24,591 --> 00:45:25,592
council want

683
00:45:25,592 --> 00:45:30,992
to pull any of these items for additional discussion?

684
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:34,601
>> none for me.

685
00:45:34,601 --> 00:45:36,603
>> okay. All right, seeing none, I'm

686
00:45:36,603 --> 00:45:39,300
going to open up

687
00:45:39,606 --> 00:45:40,607
the consent calendar items to

688
00:45:40,607 --> 00:45:42,609
public comments. So, if anyone in

689
00:45:42,609 --> 00:45:45,900
the room or in

690
00:45:45,612 --> 00:45:48,120
the virtualvirtual has comments

691
00:45:48,582 --> 00:45:49,583
on consent calendar

692
00:45:49,583 --> 00:45:51,585
items 2 through 11, please raise your hand now and approach the

693
00:45:51,585 --> 00:45:53,585
podium.

694
00:45:57,591 --> 00:45:58,592
vice mayor howard, is

695
00:45:58,592 --> 00:45:59,593
there anyone in the room who appears

696
00:45:59,593 --> 00:46:00,594
to have a public comment?

697
00:46:00,594 --> 00:46:01,595
>> no. >> no?

698
00:46:01,595 --> 00:46:03,597
okay. How about the virtual audience?

699
00:46:03,597 --> 00:46:04,598
>> for those

700
00:46:04,598 --> 00:46:06,600
attending virtually, please use the raise

701
00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:08,600
hand feature.

702
00:46:13,607 --> 00:46:14,608
I have no hands.

703
00:46:14,608 --> 00:46:15,609
>> all right. Excellent.

704
00:46:15,609 --> 00:46:18,612
back to council for a motion, please.

705
00:46:18,612 --> 00:46:21,582
>> yeah, I'd like to make a motion

706
00:46:21,582 --> 00:46:22,583
to approve

707
00:46:22,583 --> 00:46:25,583
the consent calendar items 2 through 11.

708
00:46:26,587 --> 00:46:27,588
>> second. >> all in favor, please --

709
00:46:27,588 --> 00:46:29,588
oh, no.

710
00:46:29,590 --> 00:46:33,594
can I have a roll call vote since

711
00:46:33,594 --> 00:46:34,595
I'm remote?

712
00:46:34,595 --> 00:46:36,595
>> mayor brianne

713
00:46:36,597 --> 00:46:38,599
zorn. Vice mayor jay howard.

714
00:46:38,599 --> 00:46:40,999
councilmember greg young. Councilmember

715
00:46:42,603 --> 00:46:44,603
satinder mahli. Councilmember

716
00:46:44,605 --> 00:46:45,606
debbie mckillop. Motion passes. All

717
00:46:45,606 --> 00:46:46,607
ayes.

718
00:46:46,607 --> 00:46:47,608
>> thank you

719
00:46:47,608 --> 00:46:48,609
so much. Moving on to our first general

720
00:46:48,609 --> 00:46:50,609
business item, the

721
00:46:50,611 --> 00:46:51,612
item of the evening, receive a presentation

722
00:46:51,612 --> 00:46:53,580
from

723
00:46:53,580 --> 00:46:54,581
tucker sadler on a proposed vision

724
00:46:54,581 --> 00:46:56,581
for the

725
00:46:56,583 --> 00:46:57,584
revitalization of the martinez marina and

726
00:46:57,584 --> 00:46:59,584
waterfront.

727
00:47:03,590 --> 00:47:04,591
lauren, will you be --great.

728
00:47:04,591 --> 00:47:05,592
>> I'll take

729
00:47:05,592 --> 00:47:06,593
it from

730
00:47:06,593 --> 00:47:07,594
here, mayor. So, good evening, mayor

731
00:47:07,594 --> 00:47:08,595
and

732
00:47:08,595 --> 00:47:09,596
council, members of the public and members who are joining us

733
00:47:09,596 --> 00:47:11,596
online.

734
00:47:12,599 --> 00:47:13,600
this evening, we're bringing forward

735
00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:15,602
a significant opportunity for the

736
00:47:15,602 --> 00:47:17,602
future

737
00:47:17,604 --> 00:47:18,605
of our waterfront and marina, one

738
00:47:18,605 --> 00:47:20,605
that builds on

739
00:47:21,608 --> 00:47:23,610
years of community conversation, council

740
00:47:23,610 --> 00:47:24,611
direction, and a shared desire to

741
00:47:24,611 --> 00:47:26,580
transform the marina

742
00:47:26,580 --> 00:47:27,581
into a safe, vibrant, and sustainable

743
00:47:27,581 --> 00:47:29,581
public space.

744
00:47:30,584 --> 00:47:32,584
tonight's presentation marks

745
00:47:33,587 --> 00:47:36,590
an early but important step, a

746
00:47:36,590 --> 00:47:37,591
conceptual vision presented by

747
00:47:37,591 --> 00:47:38,592
tucker sadler that begins to explore

748
00:47:38,592 --> 00:47:41,592
what revitalization could look like.

749
00:47:42,596 --> 00:47:44,598
it is important to note that while we

750
00:47:44,598 --> 00:47:45,599
are asking the council to consider

751
00:47:45,599 --> 00:47:47,599
a motion to

752
00:47:48,602 --> 00:47:51,602
enter into negotiations with tucker

753
00:47:51,605 --> 00:47:54,608
sadler, with the intent to come

754
00:47:54,608 --> 00:47:55,609
back with an exclusive negotiation

755
00:47:55,609 --> 00:47:56,610
agreement, this

756
00:47:56,610 --> 00:47:57,611
is by no means a final decision for

757
00:47:57,611 --> 00:47:59,611
development.

758
00:48:00,581 --> 00:48:02,581
it is

759
00:48:03,584 --> 00:48:04,585
merely a first step in exploring the vision and a

760
00:48:04,585 --> 00:48:06,985
partnership with our developer.

761
00:48:08,589 --> 00:48:09,590
should the council authorize this

762
00:48:09,590 --> 00:48:11,590
next step,

763
00:48:11,592 --> 00:48:12,593
there will be many months ahead of

764
00:48:12,593 --> 00:48:14,595
working with the city

765
00:48:14,595 --> 00:48:15,596
council and the community to collaborate

766
00:48:15,596 --> 00:48:17,996
on how to make

767
00:48:18,599 --> 00:48:20,601
the marina and the waterfront a destination

768
00:48:20,601 --> 00:48:21,602
that serves all of our residents and

769
00:48:21,602 --> 00:48:23,602
tourists alike.

770
00:48:25,606 --> 00:48:27,608
we understand that the community will

771
00:48:27,608 --> 00:48:28,609
have a lot of questions. We've actually received a lot so

772
00:48:28,609 --> 00:48:30,609
far.

773
00:48:33,580 --> 00:48:34,581
and there will be public

774
00:48:34,581 --> 00:48:36,583
comments where those questions are going to

775
00:48:36,583 --> 00:48:38,585
be shared. We encourage them all.

776
00:48:38,585 --> 00:48:39,586
now and of course ongoing. We will

777
00:48:39,586 --> 00:48:41,588
not be able to

778
00:48:41,588 --> 00:48:42,589
answer everybody's questions tonight,

779
00:48:42,589 --> 00:48:44,989
and so I just

780
00:48:45,592 --> 00:48:46,593
please ask for folks' patience. We will

781
00:48:46,593 --> 00:48:48,593
be tracking

782
00:48:48,595 --> 00:48:51,598
all of your questions, and we

783
00:48:51,598 --> 00:48:52,599
do hope in due time, in future conversations,

784
00:48:52,599 --> 00:48:53,600
which

785
00:48:53,600 --> 00:48:54,601
there will be many more public conversations,

786
00:48:54,601 --> 00:48:56,603
that all of your

787
00:48:56,603 --> 00:48:57,604
questions will get answered. Please

788
00:48:57,604 --> 00:48:59,604
note

789
00:48:59,606 --> 00:49:01,608
for folks that folks here tonight in

790
00:49:01,608 --> 00:49:03,608
the

791
00:49:03,610 --> 00:49:04,611
chamber, we have an faq that's over

792
00:49:04,611 --> 00:49:06,611
to --

793
00:49:07,581 --> 00:49:10,581
right behind me on the

794
00:49:10,584 --> 00:49:11,585
table near the

795
00:49:11,585 --> 00:49:12,586
entrance. So, please feel free to

796
00:49:12,586 --> 00:49:13,587
take one before we go. I'm just going

797
00:49:13,587 --> 00:49:14,588
to

798
00:49:14,588 --> 00:49:16,590
hold it up so you can kind of get a feel for

799
00:49:16,590 --> 00:49:18,592
what it looks like.

800
00:49:18,592 --> 00:49:21,592
tomorrow morning, we'll also have

801
00:49:21,595 --> 00:49:22,596
a dedicated web page up, and there, you

802
00:49:22,596 --> 00:49:23,597
can

803
00:49:23,597 --> 00:49:25,599
find information about the project,

804
00:49:25,599 --> 00:49:27,601
and then we'll also

805
00:49:27,601 --> 00:49:28,602
have an interest form, so if you want

806
00:49:28,602 --> 00:49:30,604
to continue to follow

807
00:49:30,604 --> 00:49:31,605
along, get updates, I would encourage you.

808
00:49:31,605 --> 00:49:32,606
and

809
00:49:32,606 --> 00:49:34,608
again, this will be tomorrow, front, you

810
00:49:34,608 --> 00:49:35,609
know, on

811
00:49:35,609 --> 00:49:38,612
the city website, city of martinez.org.

812
00:49:38,612 --> 00:49:43,584
can we turn to the next slide? Thank you.

813
00:49:43,584 --> 00:49:45,984
okay, so, before I

814
00:49:46,587 --> 00:49:47,588
turn it over to community and

815
00:49:47,588 --> 00:49:49,590
economic development director jill

816
00:49:49,590 --> 00:49:50,591
bergman, I want to

817
00:49:50,591 --> 00:49:52,593
start first with, you know, what we've

818
00:49:52,593 --> 00:49:54,993
all envisioned for a

819
00:49:55,596 --> 00:49:57,598
long time. So, the

820
00:49:57,598 --> 00:49:58,599
marina and waterfront revitalization has

821
00:49:58,599 --> 00:50:00,599
been a

822
00:50:00,601 --> 00:50:01,602
longstanding goal of the city council

823
00:50:01,602 --> 00:50:03,602
over many

824
00:50:03,604 --> 00:50:04,605
decades, and that really continued

825
00:50:04,605 --> 00:50:05,606
with this city

826
00:50:05,606 --> 00:50:07,608
council over the last couple years.

827
00:50:07,608 --> 00:50:08,609
so, one thing I just

828
00:50:08,609 --> 00:50:10,611
want to share with everybody here

829
00:50:10,611 --> 00:50:12,613
tonight, and folks in the audience

830
00:50:12,613 --> 00:50:13,580
might not know, but the last couple

831
00:50:13,580 --> 00:50:15,580
years at

832
00:50:15,582 --> 00:50:16,583
our city council retreats, we've started

833
00:50:16,583 --> 00:50:18,583
the

834
00:50:19,586 --> 00:50:21,588
retreat off with an

835
00:50:21,588 --> 00:50:22,589
icebreaker that is titled "what do you

836
00:50:22,589 --> 00:50:23,590
want the

837
00:50:23,590 --> 00:50:25,592
headline for martinez to be in the

838
00:50:25,592 --> 00:50:27,594
next three to five years?

839
00:50:27,594 --> 00:50:28,595
" and it's a fun exercise, because

840
00:50:28,595 --> 00:50:30,595
we get lots

841
00:50:31,598 --> 00:50:32,599
of innovative,

842
00:50:32,599 --> 00:50:34,601
creative headlines, but what seems to

843
00:50:34,601 --> 00:50:35,602
stick out the last

844
00:50:35,602 --> 00:50:40,607
couple years is that it always tends to be about the marina.

845
00:50:40,607 --> 00:50:41,608
so, I

846
00:50:41,608 --> 00:50:43,610
just put a few options up here. These

847
00:50:43,610 --> 00:50:44,611
are pulled exactly from

848
00:50:44,611 --> 00:50:46,613
the notes. Martinez welcomes new waterfront

849
00:50:46,613 --> 00:50:47,581
and marina.

850
00:50:47,581 --> 00:50:51,181
martinez secures funding for waterfront restoration.

851
00:50:51,585 --> 00:50:55,589
newly renovated martinez marina opens to the public.

852
00:50:55,589 --> 00:50:57,591
so, I just thought I'd

853
00:50:57,591 --> 00:50:58,592
start there. Again, reinforcing that this

854
00:50:58,592 --> 00:51:00,592
is just been

855
00:51:00,594 --> 00:51:01,595
a long vision for us to bring you --

856
00:51:01,595 --> 00:51:02,596
bring forward an opportunity to revitalize the

857
00:51:02,596 --> 00:51:04,596
marina.

858
00:51:04,598 --> 00:51:05,599
so, with that said,

859
00:51:05,599 --> 00:51:07,601
I'll go ahead and turn it over to jill

860
00:51:07,601 --> 00:51:09,601
bergman.

861
00:51:10,604 --> 00:51:12,604
>> thank you,

862
00:51:13,607 --> 00:51:14,608
lauren. Good evening, mayor

863
00:51:14,608 --> 00:51:15,609
and councilmembers and the public.

864
00:51:15,609 --> 00:51:16,610
thank you for joining us tonight.

865
00:51:16,610 --> 00:51:18,612
we're going to start

866
00:51:18,612 --> 00:51:19,613
with why this project matters and as we

867
00:51:19,613 --> 00:51:20,581
all know, the

868
00:51:20,581 --> 00:51:22,583
marina and waterfront are key community

869
00:51:22,583 --> 00:51:24,585
assets, and the council has

870
00:51:24,585 --> 00:51:25,586
been committed to really making them

871
00:51:25,586 --> 00:51:28,589
safe, vibrant, and welcoming for all.

872
00:51:28,589 --> 00:51:30,591
and one of the things that I

873
00:51:30,591 --> 00:51:31,592
would like to share with the community,

874
00:51:31,592 --> 00:51:33,594
if they are not aware,

875
00:51:33,594 --> 00:51:36,597
is there is a senate bill, which is

876
00:51:36,597 --> 00:51:37,598
senate bill 1424, which was enacted

877
00:51:37,598 --> 00:51:39,598
specifically

878
00:51:40,601 --> 00:51:42,603
for martinez, and to support the

879
00:51:42,603 --> 00:51:43,604
revitalization of the waterfront while

880
00:51:43,604 --> 00:51:46,400
ensuring that the public

881
00:51:46,607 --> 00:51:48,609
trust principles, which is

882
00:51:48,609 --> 00:51:49,610
providing public access, recreation,

883
00:51:49,610 --> 00:51:51,610
commercial

884
00:51:52,613 --> 00:51:54,581
uses, and environmental stewardship,

885
00:51:54,581 --> 00:51:55,582
remains central to how these state

886
00:51:55,582 --> 00:51:57,582
lands

887
00:51:57,584 --> 00:51:58,585
are used. So, that's kind of what we

888
00:51:58,585 --> 00:52:00,587
look at when we look at

889
00:52:00,587 --> 00:52:01,588
anything that we do at the marina moving

890
00:52:01,588 --> 00:52:03,588
forward.

891
00:52:04,591 --> 00:52:06,593
so, tonight, we're going to

892
00:52:06,593 --> 00:52:07,594
have a discussion about a lot of items.

893
00:52:07,594 --> 00:52:09,594
we're going to

894
00:52:10,597 --> 00:52:11,598
be starting with the

895
00:52:11,598 --> 00:52:13,598
infrastructure deterioration, how

896
00:52:13,600 --> 00:52:15,602
that's really rapidly outpacing

897
00:52:15,602 --> 00:52:16,603
the improvements that we have. Talk about

898
00:52:16,603 --> 00:52:18,603
our long-term fiscal

899
00:52:18,605 --> 00:52:19,606
sustainability for martinez's future.

900
00:52:19,606 --> 00:52:21,606
we will

901
00:52:21,608 --> 00:52:22,609
also acknowledge a pivotal changes

902
00:52:22,609 --> 00:52:24,609
that have

903
00:52:24,611 --> 00:52:30,611
happened in 2024, and how that really led us here tonight.

904
00:52:31,585 --> 00:52:32,586
we will then see

905
00:52:32,586 --> 00:52:33,587
the vision that tucker sadler will

906
00:52:33,587 --> 00:52:34,588
be presenting, followed by having

907
00:52:34,588 --> 00:52:36,588
a conversation

908
00:52:36,590 --> 00:52:37,591
about what we're asking this evening

909
00:52:37,591 --> 00:52:39,593
about the exclusive negotiation agreement

910
00:52:39,593 --> 00:52:40,594
and the council making a motion to

911
00:52:40,594 --> 00:52:42,596
enter into one, and then

912
00:52:42,596 --> 00:52:43,597
we'll talk a little bit about the

913
00:52:43,597 --> 00:52:48,397
benefits -- the fiscal benefits of this project.

914
00:52:48,602 --> 00:52:49,603
so, right now, with the current conditions, I don't

915
00:52:49,603 --> 00:52:51,603
think it's any

916
00:52:51,605 --> 00:52:52,606
surprise to anyone about the challenges that

917
00:52:52,606 --> 00:52:54,606
the marina faces.

918
00:52:55,609 --> 00:52:57,609
this

919
00:52:57,611 --> 00:52:58,612
infrastructure was built in the 1960s.

920
00:52:58,612 --> 00:52:59,613
it was

921
00:52:59,613 --> 00:53:01,582
a very valued asset at that time.

922
00:53:01,582 --> 00:53:03,584
but we all know it's beyond the

923
00:53:03,584 --> 00:53:04,585
useful life. Typically, marinas last

924
00:53:04,585 --> 00:53:08,185
about 30 to 40 years. We're reaching about 65.

925
00:53:10,591 --> 00:53:11,592
in addition to that, a lot of the

926
00:53:11,592 --> 00:53:13,592
infrastructure that was

927
00:53:13,594 --> 00:53:15,596
developed on the land, you have seen many closures

928
00:53:15,596 --> 00:53:16,597
or removals over the years of some

929
00:53:16,597 --> 00:53:18,597
key facilities.

930
00:53:19,600 --> 00:53:21,602
the restaurants, the bait shop,

931
00:53:21,602 --> 00:53:22,603
the amphitheater, dock f and actually,

932
00:53:22,603 --> 00:53:24,603
recently, this week,

933
00:53:25,606 --> 00:53:26,607
we are in the process of decommissioning

934
00:53:26,607 --> 00:53:28,607
dock d

935
00:53:28,609 --> 00:53:29,610
and e. There has been longstanding

936
00:53:29,610 --> 00:53:30,611
deferred

937
00:53:30,611 --> 00:53:31,612
maintenance in the marina, and a lot

938
00:53:31,612 --> 00:53:33,580
of it comes back to, you

939
00:53:33,580 --> 00:53:34,581
know, having the financial resources

940
00:53:34,581 --> 00:53:37,581
to be able to continue

941
00:53:37,584 --> 00:53:40,587
to maintain it in terms of what revenue

942
00:53:40,587 --> 00:53:41,588
comes in. For those that don't know,

943
00:53:41,588 --> 00:53:42,589
the

944
00:53:42,589 --> 00:53:43,590
marina is a private enterprise fund,

945
00:53:43,590 --> 00:53:44,591
which means the revenue

946
00:53:44,591 --> 00:53:45,592
that's generated through the boats that are

947
00:53:45,592 --> 00:53:46,593
out there and anything through the

948
00:53:46,593 --> 00:53:48,993
leases and so forth

949
00:53:49,596 --> 00:53:50,597
is what is put back into the operations of this --

950
00:53:50,597 --> 00:53:52,997
of the marina itself.

951
00:53:55,602 --> 00:53:58,605
and at times, we have to look

952
00:53:58,605 --> 00:54:00,607
towards the general fund,

953
00:54:00,607 --> 00:54:02,609
which lauren will touch upon. There

954
00:54:02,609 --> 00:54:03,610
are also a great

955
00:54:03,610 --> 00:54:05,612
amount of environmental challenges.

956
00:54:05,612 --> 00:54:08,582
with sea level rise, we

957
00:54:08,582 --> 00:54:10,582
are seeing much

958
00:54:11,585 --> 00:54:12,586
more saltation come

959
00:54:12,586 --> 00:54:13,587
into the marina, as well as more flooding.

960
00:54:13,587 --> 00:54:14,588
we have king tides, as well as a lot

961
00:54:14,588 --> 00:54:16,590
of negative tides as a result of that

962
00:54:16,590 --> 00:54:19,593
as well. That creates a significant

963
00:54:19,593 --> 00:54:20,594
stress on the infrastructure, as well as

964
00:54:20,594 --> 00:54:22,594
dock access.

965
00:54:22,596 --> 00:54:23,597
right now, the picture to your right

966
00:54:23,597 --> 00:54:25,597
is an example

967
00:54:25,599 --> 00:54:26,600
of this past year, the f3 has taken

968
00:54:26,600 --> 00:54:28,600
the

969
00:54:28,602 --> 00:54:29,603
liberty to try and create a temporary

970
00:54:29,603 --> 00:54:31,603
dock to

971
00:54:31,605 --> 00:54:32,606
be able to raise the elevation, so

972
00:54:32,606 --> 00:54:34,606
during these

973
00:54:34,608 --> 00:54:35,609
flooded times, the --so that boaters

974
00:54:35,609 --> 00:54:37,609
could

975
00:54:37,611 --> 00:54:38,612
actually access their boats four more

976
00:54:38,612 --> 00:54:41,582
hours a day just by that one

977
00:54:41,582 --> 00:54:42,583
simple thing. Where a lot of

978
00:54:42,583 --> 00:54:43,584
times, the boaters would have to time

979
00:54:43,584 --> 00:54:48,984
whether they're going in and out with the tides.

980
00:54:50,591 --> 00:54:52,591
other

981
00:54:53,594 --> 00:54:55,594
things that

982
00:54:56,597 --> 00:54:58,597
we experience. Our

983
00:54:59,600 --> 00:55:00,601
public works team --the tremendous

984
00:55:00,601 --> 00:55:02,603
amount of illegal dumping that happens

985
00:55:02,603 --> 00:55:03,604
at thethe at this point. We want

986
00:55:03,604 --> 00:55:05,606
to touch on the future maintenance.

987
00:55:05,606 --> 00:55:07,608
we know that the seawall

988
00:55:07,608 --> 00:55:08,609
needs to be replaced. It's too short because of

989
00:55:08,609 --> 00:55:10,609
the

990
00:55:10,611 --> 00:55:11,612
sea level rise, as well as the break

991
00:55:11,612 --> 00:55:13,614
water needs to repair.

992
00:55:13,614 --> 00:55:14,581
it's in deterioration. And again,

993
00:55:14,581 --> 00:55:15,582
a lot of the general

994
00:55:15,582 --> 00:55:16,583
dredging, there's a lot of expectations

995
00:55:16,583 --> 00:55:18,585
as to when that's going to happen,

996
00:55:18,585 --> 00:55:20,587
and there's a tremendous amount of

997
00:55:20,587 --> 00:55:21,588
funding that comes with it. Our last

998
00:55:21,588 --> 00:55:23,590
dredging cost a million dollars, and

999
00:55:23,590 --> 00:55:25,590
it only covered

1000
00:55:25,592 --> 00:55:26,593
the main dock fairway out to the ocean and a little bit of the

1001
00:55:26,593 --> 00:55:28,593
slip areas.

1002
00:55:31,598 --> 00:55:32,599
we have been in the process the last few

1003
00:55:32,599 --> 00:55:34,599
years, trying

1004
00:55:35,602 --> 00:55:36,603
to secure grant funding to be help

1005
00:55:36,603 --> 00:55:38,605
with the repair walls for the seawall, as well

1006
00:55:38,605 --> 00:55:40,607
as the replacement, but a lot

1007
00:55:40,607 --> 00:55:41,608
of those have fell short. As you know,

1008
00:55:41,608 --> 00:55:42,609
there's a lot of changes

1009
00:55:42,609 --> 00:55:44,611
when it comes to federal funding now,

1010
00:55:44,611 --> 00:55:47,581
so limitations and access to grant

1011
00:55:47,581 --> 00:55:49,583
funding is getting very slim.

1012
00:55:49,583 --> 00:55:51,585
general operations also become a major

1013
00:55:51,585 --> 00:55:53,587
stress with continual improvements that have to be

1014
00:55:53,587 --> 00:55:55,587
made daily.

1015
00:55:55,589 --> 00:55:58,592
I'm going to just go through this --

1016
00:55:58,592 --> 00:55:59,593
this one, I'm hoping I can --can you

1017
00:55:59,593 --> 00:56:00,594
hit the button

1018
00:56:00,594 --> 00:56:04,598
to make this go? There we go. Sorry.

1019
00:56:04,598 --> 00:56:05,599
so, this is just an example of, in

1020
00:56:05,599 --> 00:56:06,600
photos,

1021
00:56:06,600 --> 00:56:08,602
the deteriorating buildings, the closure

1022
00:56:08,602 --> 00:56:10,602
of some

1023
00:56:10,604 --> 00:56:13,607
of the infrastructure we have. Shows you a lot of

1024
00:56:13,607 --> 00:56:14,608
the illegal dumping that's happening,

1025
00:56:14,608 --> 00:56:15,609
things that people may or

1026
00:56:15,609 --> 00:56:17,611
may not see each day, the flooding

1027
00:56:17,611 --> 00:56:20,581
that occurs daily, and this is really

1028
00:56:20,581 --> 00:56:23,584
a good example of all the

1029
00:56:23,584 --> 00:56:24,585
saltation that is

1030
00:56:24,585 --> 00:56:25,586
in when you hit low tide, as well

1031
00:56:25,586 --> 00:56:28,586
as infrastructure that's no longer

1032
00:56:29,590 --> 00:56:30,591
being used. It really gives you a

1033
00:56:30,591 --> 00:56:31,592
snapshot

1034
00:56:31,592 --> 00:56:35,792
of behind the marina part as well.

1035
00:56:38,599 --> 00:56:40,599
so, we

1036
00:56:41,602 --> 00:56:43,602
have daylighted

1037
00:56:43,604 --> 00:56:44,605
over the fiscal year 25-'26 budget

1038
00:56:44,605 --> 00:56:45,606
process but

1039
00:56:45,606 --> 00:56:47,608
also in the last fiscal year's mid

1040
00:56:47,608 --> 00:56:49,608
year conversation, the

1041
00:56:49,610 --> 00:56:50,611
financial challenges of the status quo at

1042
00:56:50,611 --> 00:56:52,611
the marina.

1043
00:56:53,614 --> 00:56:55,582
and really, the message has been

1044
00:56:55,582 --> 00:56:56,583
how there is a significant growing

1045
00:56:56,583 --> 00:56:58,585
strain the marina is

1046
00:56:58,585 --> 00:56:59,586
placing on the city's general fund.

1047
00:56:59,586 --> 00:57:01,588
for those who might not

1048
00:57:01,588 --> 00:57:02,589
know, the general fund is what provides

1049
00:57:02,589 --> 00:57:04,589
our core

1050
00:57:05,592 --> 00:57:06,593
services, police, park maintenance, all

1051
00:57:06,593 --> 00:57:08,593
the

1052
00:57:08,595 --> 00:57:09,596
nuts and bolts. So, the marina enterprise

1053
00:57:09,596 --> 00:57:11,596
fund

1054
00:57:11,598 --> 00:57:14,598
is currently has a structural

1055
00:57:14,601 --> 00:57:16,603
deficit. The, you know, what is

1056
00:57:16,603 --> 00:57:17,604
a structural deficit? It means that

1057
00:57:17,604 --> 00:57:20,607
over a long period of time,

1058
00:57:20,607 --> 00:57:23,607
there's a trend where expenses

1059
00:57:23,610 --> 00:57:24,611
are exceeding revenues. For

1060
00:57:24,611 --> 00:57:26,613
those who have been in martinez many

1061
00:57:26,613 --> 00:57:29,583
generations, many years, you might

1062
00:57:29,583 --> 00:57:31,585
know that at one point, revenues

1063
00:57:31,585 --> 00:57:32,586
were coming in and it could fund things

1064
00:57:32,586 --> 00:57:34,586
like utilities

1065
00:57:34,588 --> 00:57:35,589
and operations, but that hasn't been the case for a

1066
00:57:35,589 --> 00:57:37,589
long time.

1067
00:57:38,592 --> 00:57:40,592
in addition,

1068
00:57:41,595 --> 00:57:43,595
over $1.7 million has

1069
00:57:44,598 --> 00:57:46,598
been used

1070
00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:47,601
from the reserves, a transfer from reserves to key

1071
00:57:47,601 --> 00:57:48,602
projects, and this is stemming over

1072
00:57:48,602 --> 00:57:50,602
really the last

1073
00:57:50,604 --> 00:57:51,605
few fiscal years. Those key projects,

1074
00:57:51,605 --> 00:57:52,606
most

1075
00:57:52,606 --> 00:57:53,607
notably, have included the dredging

1076
00:57:53,607 --> 00:57:56,607
that we did in fiscal

1077
00:57:56,610 --> 00:57:57,611
year 2023, along

1078
00:57:57,611 --> 00:58:01,811
with numerous other key and critical repairs.

1079
00:58:02,583 --> 00:58:04,983
but this fiscal year,

1080
00:58:05,586 --> 00:58:06,587
and into the future, we just adopted

1081
00:58:06,587 --> 00:58:08,587
our fiscal year

1082
00:58:08,589 --> 00:58:10,989
'25-'26 budget, and that

1083
00:58:11,592 --> 00:58:12,593
included a --just over a half million

1084
00:58:12,593 --> 00:58:14,593
dollar

1085
00:58:14,595 --> 00:58:15,596
loan from the general fund to the

1086
00:58:15,596 --> 00:58:17,596
marina enterprise fund,

1087
00:58:17,598 --> 00:58:20,598
again, to cover operations, utilities,

1088
00:58:20,601 --> 00:58:22,601
maintenance and repairs.

1089
00:58:23,604 --> 00:58:25,606
but going beyond into the next fiscal

1090
00:58:25,606 --> 00:58:26,607
year and for many more fiscal years

1091
00:58:26,607 --> 00:58:27,608
to go, at least over the next ten

1092
00:58:27,608 --> 00:58:29,608
years,

1093
00:58:29,610 --> 00:58:30,611
if we do nothing, we're looking at

1094
00:58:30,611 --> 00:58:32,611
$650,000 a

1095
00:58:32,613 --> 00:58:35,582
year out of the general fund, and

1096
00:58:35,582 --> 00:58:36,583
what does that look like if we keep

1097
00:58:36,583 --> 00:58:38,583
doing

1098
00:58:38,585 --> 00:58:39,586
that? We are looking at going below

1099
00:58:39,586 --> 00:58:41,986
our reserve goals by 2027.

1100
00:58:45,592 --> 00:58:46,593
and the challenge there, and

1101
00:58:46,593 --> 00:58:47,594
this is what we have been trying to

1102
00:58:47,594 --> 00:58:48,595
communicate over the last few months, is

1103
00:58:48,595 --> 00:58:49,596
that what

1104
00:58:49,596 --> 00:58:51,598
happens when you go below reserves?

1105
00:58:51,598 --> 00:58:54,601
we have to start cutting into

1106
00:58:54,601 --> 00:58:56,603
core services. So, positions,

1107
00:58:56,603 --> 00:58:58,605
job freezes, starts to affect park

1108
00:58:58,605 --> 00:58:59,606
maintenance, public safety, because

1109
00:58:59,606 --> 00:59:03,610
we just can't afford those basic services.

1110
00:59:03,610 --> 00:59:04,611
one thing I

1111
00:59:04,611 --> 00:59:06,613
will call out that even if nothing's

1112
00:59:06,613 --> 00:59:07,581
done over the next

1113
00:59:07,581 --> 00:59:09,583
couple years, regardless, we already

1114
00:59:09,583 --> 00:59:11,983
have to make an

1115
00:59:12,586 --> 00:59:13,587
estimated $1.2 million

1116
00:59:13,587 --> 00:59:15,589
in budget cuts over the next few years.

1117
00:59:15,589 --> 00:59:17,589
so,

1118
00:59:18,592 --> 00:59:20,594
again, just the --what we're trying to communicate here

1119
00:59:20,594 --> 00:59:21,595
is just a very challenging fiscal

1120
00:59:21,595 --> 00:59:23,995
picture for the city.

1121
00:59:24,598 --> 00:59:27,601
the status quo cannot remain, and

1122
00:59:27,601 --> 00:59:28,602
frankly, without putting us in a very

1123
00:59:28,602 --> 00:59:30,604
difficult position, but most importantly, we have a

1124
00:59:30,604 --> 00:59:32,604
revenue problem.

1125
00:59:33,607 --> 00:59:35,607
so,

1126
00:59:35,609 --> 00:59:36,610
even if you somehow cut off the --

1127
00:59:36,610 --> 00:59:38,610
or we

1128
00:59:38,612 --> 00:59:39,613
no longer have to loan the marina

1129
00:59:39,613 --> 00:59:41,582
any

1130
00:59:41,582 --> 00:59:42,583
money, and let's just say that somehow

1131
00:59:42,583 --> 00:59:43,584
went away,

1132
00:59:43,584 --> 00:59:45,586
we still are in a structural deficit because we

1133
00:59:45,586 --> 00:59:47,986
have a revenue problem.

1134
00:59:51,592 --> 00:59:53,594
so, there's still a need

1135
00:59:53,594 --> 00:59:54,595
for us to go out and generate new

1136
00:59:54,595 --> 00:59:55,596
revenue.

1137
00:59:55,596 --> 00:59:57,596
>> so,

1138
00:59:57,598 --> 00:59:59,598
what changed in 2024?

1139
01:00:00,601 --> 01:00:02,603
in 2024, the trust land use

1140
01:00:02,603 --> 01:00:03,604
plan that is required by the senate

1141
01:00:03,604 --> 01:00:04,605
bill 1424 was approved by

1142
01:00:04,605 --> 01:00:05,606
the council and subsequently approved

1143
01:00:05,606 --> 01:00:09,610
by the state lands commission and that

1144
01:00:09,610 --> 01:00:11,612
was in june. At that same

1145
01:00:11,612 --> 01:00:12,613
time, almar management, they gave

1146
01:00:12,613 --> 01:00:13,614
their 60-day

1147
01:00:13,614 --> 01:00:15,582
notice. They were managing the marina

1148
01:00:15,582 --> 01:00:16,583
for over 20 years and got bought

1149
01:00:16,583 --> 01:00:18,585
out by sun tech, and so they were

1150
01:00:18,585 --> 01:00:21,588
looking at liquidating some of the

1151
01:00:21,588 --> 01:00:23,590
things they were doing so

1152
01:00:23,590 --> 01:00:24,591
that, unfortunately, really abruptly

1153
01:00:24,591 --> 01:00:25,592
provided us

1154
01:00:25,592 --> 01:00:27,594
the --where we had to take over the

1155
01:00:27,594 --> 01:00:29,594
management operations.

1156
01:00:30,597 --> 01:00:32,599
one of the things

1157
01:00:32,599 --> 01:00:33,600
that that provide was us to be able

1158
01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:35,600
to gain a

1159
01:00:36,603 --> 01:00:37,604
clear view of the structural needs and

1160
01:00:37,604 --> 01:00:38,605
the

1161
01:00:38,605 --> 01:00:39,606
issues that were out there, not only

1162
01:00:39,606 --> 01:00:41,608
with how things were being operated

1163
01:00:41,608 --> 01:00:42,609
but just kind of getting a bigger

1164
01:00:42,609 --> 01:00:43,610
picture of, what do we

1165
01:00:43,610 --> 01:00:47,581
have ahead of us and how do we move forward?

1166
01:00:47,581 --> 01:00:48,582
and then, as well as, understanding

1167
01:00:48,582 --> 01:00:50,584
that we're not in the

1168
01:00:50,584 --> 01:00:51,585
position to run a marina, so we needed to

1169
01:00:51,585 --> 01:00:53,587
be able to start the

1170
01:00:53,587 --> 01:00:54,588
search to be able to find a marina

1171
01:00:54,588 --> 01:00:56,588
management partner.

1172
01:00:56,590 --> 01:00:57,591
while I enjoyed being a harbor master

1173
01:00:57,591 --> 01:01:00,591
for four months, I didn't

1174
01:01:00,594 --> 01:01:01,595
want to do it any longer. So,

1175
01:01:01,595 --> 01:01:03,597
the search for the marina management

1176
01:01:03,597 --> 01:01:06,600
began, and f-3, one of our

1177
01:01:06,600 --> 01:01:09,000
partners, who's also in

1178
01:01:09,603 --> 01:01:11,605
the audience, the harbor master,

1179
01:01:11,605 --> 01:01:12,606
they were selected to come on and

1180
01:01:12,606 --> 01:01:14,606
stabilize the operations

1181
01:01:14,608 --> 01:01:15,609
and if you have been out there lately,

1182
01:01:15,609 --> 01:01:17,611
they're doing a wonderful job

1183
01:01:17,611 --> 01:01:18,612
with refreshing and doing their best

1184
01:01:18,612 --> 01:01:21,582
to keep the marina going forward.

1185
01:01:21,582 --> 01:01:22,583
but as part of this operator outreach,

1186
01:01:22,583 --> 01:01:23,584
there's a

1187
01:01:23,584 --> 01:01:24,585
lot that we learned, because part

1188
01:01:24,585 --> 01:01:26,587
of this process was just

1189
01:01:26,587 --> 01:01:27,588
initially, again, trying to find someone to

1190
01:01:27,588 --> 01:01:29,588
be an operator.

1191
01:01:29,590 --> 01:01:30,591
well, we reached out to about ten

1192
01:01:30,591 --> 01:01:32,591
firms, five that

1193
01:01:32,593 --> 01:01:33,594
really kind of were viable and interested

1194
01:01:33,594 --> 01:01:35,594
in

1195
01:01:35,596 --> 01:01:36,597
having conversations, and they ranged

1196
01:01:36,597 --> 01:01:38,597
from being just

1197
01:01:38,599 --> 01:01:39,600
marina operators to also marina operators

1198
01:01:39,600 --> 01:01:41,600
and developers,

1199
01:01:41,602 --> 01:01:44,605
and through those conversations, much of

1200
01:01:44,605 --> 01:01:45,606
the information we received was about

1201
01:01:45,606 --> 01:01:46,607
the marina

1202
01:01:46,607 --> 01:01:48,609
itself. There was concerns about,

1203
01:01:48,609 --> 01:01:50,609
oh, you

1204
01:01:51,612 --> 01:01:52,613
know, taking on that type of a liability

1205
01:01:52,613 --> 01:01:53,614
and

1206
01:01:53,614 --> 01:01:54,581
responsibility where they weren't

1207
01:01:54,581 --> 01:01:55,582
interested at that point. They were

1208
01:01:55,582 --> 01:01:57,582
interested when we

1209
01:01:57,584 --> 01:01:59,586
started looking forward to maybe potentially redeveloping it.

1210
01:01:59,586 --> 01:02:00,587
a lot of this led to conversations

1211
01:02:00,587 --> 01:02:02,987
like, okay, what would

1212
01:02:03,590 --> 01:02:04,591
that look like? Is this something

1213
01:02:04,591 --> 01:02:05,592
that

1214
01:02:05,592 --> 01:02:06,593
your company would be interested in

1215
01:02:06,593 --> 01:02:08,593
doing?

1216
01:02:08,595 --> 01:02:09,596
and we received a wide range of feedback

1217
01:02:09,596 --> 01:02:11,596
related to the

1218
01:02:11,598 --> 01:02:12,599
financial feasibility and that primarily

1219
01:02:12,599 --> 01:02:14,601
was really led back to

1220
01:02:14,601 --> 01:02:15,602
the seawall and the break water and

1221
01:02:15,602 --> 01:02:17,602
the dredging. You

1222
01:02:18,605 --> 01:02:19,606
know, with that project being 25 to

1223
01:02:19,606 --> 01:02:21,606
$30

1224
01:02:21,608 --> 01:02:23,610
million to really, truly do all of

1225
01:02:23,610 --> 01:02:24,611
that, it was something that a development

1226
01:02:24,611 --> 01:02:26,613
partner couldn't take on.

1227
01:02:26,613 --> 01:02:27,581
that would be something that the city would

1228
01:02:27,581 --> 01:02:28,582
have to be responsible for in some

1229
01:02:28,582 --> 01:02:30,582
way for

1230
01:02:30,584 --> 01:02:33,587
them to entertain the idea of moving

1231
01:02:33,587 --> 01:02:34,588
forward. There was also a discussion

1232
01:02:34,588 --> 01:02:35,589
about

1233
01:02:35,589 --> 01:02:36,590
the trust land use plan itself and

1234
01:02:36,590 --> 01:02:38,592
how it really had

1235
01:02:38,592 --> 01:02:41,595
a limited scope. There was just a

1236
01:02:41,595 --> 01:02:42,596
minimal amount of commercial, so when

1237
01:02:42,596 --> 01:02:45,596
you typically are going in

1238
01:02:45,599 --> 01:02:47,601
and putting a $50 million new marina

1239
01:02:47,601 --> 01:02:48,602
in, I want landside development that's

1240
01:02:48,602 --> 01:02:51,605
going to support that activity and be

1241
01:02:51,605 --> 01:02:52,606
an attracter for people want to come here.

1242
01:02:52,606 --> 01:02:53,607
with that

1243
01:02:53,607 --> 01:02:54,608
feedback, that really was eye-opening

1244
01:02:54,608 --> 01:02:56,608
for us, and

1245
01:02:57,611 --> 01:03:00,614
it continued kind of some of the conversations.

1246
01:03:00,614 --> 01:03:02,583
one of the operator

1247
01:03:02,583 --> 01:03:03,584
and developer for water marina development

1248
01:03:03,584 --> 01:03:05,984
was safe harbor, and

1249
01:03:06,587 --> 01:03:08,589
they expressed the most initial interest,

1250
01:03:08,589 --> 01:03:09,590
even when they were out visiting another

1251
01:03:09,590 --> 01:03:12,593
property. They chose to come down.

1252
01:03:12,593 --> 01:03:13,594
they met with city staff. We looked at

1253
01:03:13,594 --> 01:03:14,595
the property

1254
01:03:14,595 --> 01:03:16,597
together with them, talked through the

1255
01:03:16,597 --> 01:03:18,599
trust land use permit. Or

1256
01:03:18,599 --> 01:03:21,602
excuse me, plan. Talked through, just

1257
01:03:21,602 --> 01:03:22,603
in general, the community, the assets that

1258
01:03:22,603 --> 01:03:23,604
are already down

1259
01:03:23,604 --> 01:03:25,606
there, how we wanted to really look

1260
01:03:25,606 --> 01:03:27,606
at how can

1261
01:03:27,608 --> 01:03:28,609
we, you know, build in with these

1262
01:03:28,609 --> 01:03:32,809
assets and also be respectful of everything.

1263
01:03:33,614 --> 01:03:34,581
and they showed initial interest and

1264
01:03:34,581 --> 01:03:35,582
went back and did

1265
01:03:35,582 --> 01:03:37,584
a pro forma. They said, let's take

1266
01:03:37,584 --> 01:03:38,585
a look

1267
01:03:38,585 --> 01:03:39,586
at it, we'll evaluate it and see if

1268
01:03:39,586 --> 01:03:40,587
it's something we can do. When they came

1269
01:03:40,587 --> 01:03:41,588
back to

1270
01:03:41,588 --> 01:03:43,590
us, they really said, you know, this

1271
01:03:43,590 --> 01:03:45,592
property is a spectacular

1272
01:03:45,592 --> 01:03:46,593
gem, but we really can't make it work

1273
01:03:46,593 --> 01:03:48,593
with just

1274
01:03:49,596 --> 01:03:50,597
the marina alone. It needs

1275
01:03:50,597 --> 01:03:52,599
landside development, and they said

1276
01:03:52,599 --> 01:03:54,601
that's something we don't do, but we

1277
01:03:54,601 --> 01:03:55,602
have a partner that we have done that

1278
01:03:55,602 --> 01:03:57,602
with, and that

1279
01:03:57,604 --> 01:03:58,605
is where the introduction to tucker

1280
01:03:58,605 --> 01:04:00,607
sadler began. And so, we

1281
01:04:00,607 --> 01:04:01,608
said, all right, let's have that conversation.

1282
01:04:01,608 --> 01:04:03,608
so,

1283
01:04:03,610 --> 01:04:04,611
we, again, that was -- it was all

1284
01:04:04,611 --> 01:04:06,611
kind

1285
01:04:06,613 --> 01:04:07,581
of this organic, you know, process of

1286
01:04:07,581 --> 01:04:08,582
trying to find out

1287
01:04:08,582 --> 01:04:10,584
more information to see where we're

1288
01:04:10,584 --> 01:04:12,586
at, see what asset we had, and see

1289
01:04:12,586 --> 01:04:13,587
where we could potentially go with

1290
01:04:13,587 --> 01:04:15,589
the vision for the marina.

1291
01:04:15,589 --> 01:04:16,590
so, with meeting as we met with tucker sadler,

1292
01:04:16,590 --> 01:04:17,591
same

1293
01:04:17,591 --> 01:04:18,592
thing, they kind of looked at everything

1294
01:04:18,592 --> 01:04:19,593
and said, you know, this is just a

1295
01:04:19,593 --> 01:04:21,993
spectacular gem as well.

1296
01:04:24,598 --> 01:04:25,599
but they wanted to really study it

1297
01:04:25,599 --> 01:04:26,600
further.

1298
01:04:26,600 --> 01:04:28,602
they wanted to study the community, they

1299
01:04:28,602 --> 01:04:31,605
wanted to study the plan, give

1300
01:04:31,605 --> 01:04:33,605
an honest assessment

1301
01:04:34,608 --> 01:04:35,609
back to the city. So, they took everything

1302
01:04:35,609 --> 01:04:36,610
to heart, and several months later,

1303
01:04:36,610 --> 01:04:37,611
came back to the city and said, we have

1304
01:04:37,611 --> 01:04:38,612
a vision.

1305
01:04:38,612 --> 01:04:40,614
we have something to present to you.

1306
01:04:40,614 --> 01:04:42,583
it's not necessarily what was

1307
01:04:42,583 --> 01:04:43,584
outlined in the trust plan. It takes

1308
01:04:43,584 --> 01:04:44,585
into account all

1309
01:04:44,585 --> 01:04:46,587
the things that were incorporated in

1310
01:04:46,587 --> 01:04:47,588
the plan, and it builds on

1311
01:04:47,588 --> 01:04:49,590
them, and it builds on, you know,

1312
01:04:49,590 --> 01:04:52,593
a vision that we see for this

1313
01:04:52,593 --> 01:04:54,595
community that we think would work

1314
01:04:54,595 --> 01:04:55,596
perfect for the community and being

1315
01:04:55,596 --> 01:04:56,597
size appropriate for the community

1316
01:04:56,597 --> 01:04:57,598
and

1317
01:04:57,598 --> 01:04:58,599
creating a transformational opportunity.

1318
01:04:58,599 --> 01:05:00,599
with

1319
01:05:01,602 --> 01:05:02,603
that, we kind of evaluated

1320
01:05:02,603 --> 01:05:03,604
it and knew it was time to bring it

1321
01:05:03,604 --> 01:05:04,605
forward to the council. With that,

1322
01:05:04,605 --> 01:05:05,606
we went

1323
01:05:05,606 --> 01:05:07,608
forward to the council in a closed

1324
01:05:07,608 --> 01:05:09,608
session to

1325
01:05:09,610 --> 01:05:10,611
have that discussion, and then the

1326
01:05:10,611 --> 01:05:12,613
developer did a presentation to

1327
01:05:12,613 --> 01:05:13,614
share with the council. That's one of

1328
01:05:13,614 --> 01:05:15,614
the reasons why

1329
01:05:16,583 --> 01:05:18,583
we're here tonight.

1330
01:05:18,585 --> 01:05:19,586
at that particular meeting, the council

1331
01:05:19,586 --> 01:05:21,586
was very

1332
01:05:21,588 --> 01:05:22,589
much about transparency, wanting to make

1333
01:05:22,589 --> 01:05:23,590
sure the community was involved as

1334
01:05:23,590 --> 01:05:25,592
part of this process and didn't want

1335
01:05:25,592 --> 01:05:28,595
to continue on the conversation with

1336
01:05:28,595 --> 01:05:31,595
the closed session. So, that

1337
01:05:31,598 --> 01:05:33,600
really allowed us to, you

1338
01:05:33,600 --> 01:05:34,601
know, move forward and tonight is

1339
01:05:34,601 --> 01:05:35,602
pretty much that

1340
01:05:35,602 --> 01:05:37,604
where we are moving forward to kind

1341
01:05:37,604 --> 01:05:40,400
of share that vision

1342
01:05:40,607 --> 01:05:42,607
with

1343
01:05:43,610 --> 01:05:44,611
the community. And also talk about

1344
01:05:44,611 --> 01:05:45,612
what

1345
01:05:45,612 --> 01:05:46,613
a public-private partnership would

1346
01:05:46,613 --> 01:05:48,582
look like and why

1347
01:05:48,582 --> 01:05:49,583
it's important. We all know the marina

1348
01:05:49,583 --> 01:05:51,585
is beloved, and the waterfront is

1349
01:05:51,585 --> 01:05:52,586
beloved, and it's declining. So, what

1350
01:05:52,586 --> 01:05:54,586
can we do

1351
01:05:54,588 --> 01:05:55,589
to really enhance that? We know that

1352
01:05:55,589 --> 01:05:57,591
the status quo is

1353
01:05:57,591 --> 01:05:58,592
unsustainable, and it really does

1354
01:05:58,592 --> 01:06:01,595
create a burden for the general plan.

1355
01:06:01,595 --> 01:06:02,596
the city cannot fully revitalize this

1356
01:06:02,596 --> 01:06:03,597
on

1357
01:06:03,597 --> 01:06:04,598
our own with grants or bond measures.

1358
01:06:04,598 --> 01:06:06,598
that's something

1359
01:06:07,601 --> 01:06:08,602
that is just, as we all know, that

1360
01:06:08,602 --> 01:06:09,603
takes a

1361
01:06:09,603 --> 01:06:10,604
lot of time and typically is piecemealing

1362
01:06:10,604 --> 01:06:12,604
things, and given

1363
01:06:12,606 --> 01:06:13,607
the scope of this project and the

1364
01:06:13,607 --> 01:06:16,610
decay on the infrastructure, it's not

1365
01:06:16,610 --> 01:06:18,612
something we can do on our own.

1366
01:06:18,612 --> 01:06:19,613
and the council was very much, as

1367
01:06:19,613 --> 01:06:20,614
part of we were going through the

1368
01:06:20,614 --> 01:06:21,582
budget

1369
01:06:21,582 --> 01:06:22,583
process, kind of recognized that as

1370
01:06:22,583 --> 01:06:23,584
well, and that's why we

1371
01:06:23,584 --> 01:06:25,586
started talking through the conversations of

1372
01:06:25,586 --> 01:06:27,586
public-private partnership.

1373
01:06:28,589 --> 01:06:30,591
and really, what that does,

1374
01:06:30,591 --> 01:06:31,592
it helps offer a way forward for the

1375
01:06:31,592 --> 01:06:33,592
community. It

1376
01:06:34,595 --> 01:06:35,596
brings investment, activation, and there's a lot of

1377
01:06:35,596 --> 01:06:36,597
long-term benefits that

1378
01:06:36,597 --> 01:06:40,601
are associated with it. As well as

1379
01:06:40,601 --> 01:06:41,602
private funding. One of the things that

1380
01:06:41,602 --> 01:06:42,603
was very

1381
01:06:42,603 --> 01:06:43,604
attractive about the conversations

1382
01:06:43,604 --> 01:06:44,605
we had

1383
01:06:44,605 --> 01:06:45,606
was this is something that would be a

1384
01:06:45,606 --> 01:06:46,607
private investment. There would be

1385
01:06:46,607 --> 01:06:48,607
no city

1386
01:06:48,609 --> 01:06:49,610
subsidies, initially, and that's a

1387
01:06:49,610 --> 01:06:52,613
very rare thing to have when

1388
01:06:52,613 --> 01:06:53,614
it comes to a partnership. As I mentioned

1389
01:06:53,614 --> 01:06:55,582
earlier, about a

1390
01:06:55,582 --> 01:06:56,583
lot of the conversations of the city

1391
01:06:56,583 --> 01:06:58,583
wanting to --coming

1392
01:06:58,585 --> 01:06:59,586
up with a lot of funding to help offset some

1393
01:06:59,586 --> 01:07:00,587
of the cost, this

1394
01:07:00,587 --> 01:07:01,588
allows us to go forward with a process where

1395
01:07:01,588 --> 01:07:02,589
we're not having to come up with the upfront

1396
01:07:02,589 --> 01:07:04,589
parts.

1397
01:07:04,591 --> 01:07:06,991
it also reduces the

1398
01:07:07,594 --> 01:07:08,595
risk and keeps the public benefit at the

1399
01:07:08,595 --> 01:07:09,596
center of the

1400
01:07:09,596 --> 01:07:10,597
project, which is really what is required

1401
01:07:10,597 --> 01:07:12,597
under the

1402
01:07:13,600 --> 01:07:16,600
senate bill 1424 that granted us

1403
01:07:16,603 --> 01:07:17,604
this lantd in

1404
01:07:17,604 --> 01:07:18,605
d in the first place. It's always important for me to

1405
01:07:18,605 --> 01:07:19,606
share that with folks because many people

1406
01:07:19,606 --> 01:07:21,608
think that we own the land

1407
01:07:21,608 --> 01:07:22,609
outright and we can do whatever we want

1408
01:07:22,609 --> 01:07:25,612
with it. We don't. It's been entrusted

1409
01:07:25,612 --> 01:07:28,582
to us. So, with that, and why everyone

1410
01:07:28,582 --> 01:07:31,585
is here tonight, I would like

1411
01:07:31,585 --> 01:07:33,985
to turn this overover

1412
01:07:35,589 --> 01:07:37,589
tucker sadler.

1413
01:07:37,591 --> 01:07:39,593
greg mueller. And have him walk you

1414
01:07:39,593 --> 01:07:40,594
all through the vision which he shared

1415
01:07:40,594 --> 01:07:46,594
with us and wants to share now with the community.

1416
01:07:53,607 --> 01:07:58,407
>> we can't -- thank you. >> there we go.

1417
01:07:58,612 --> 01:07:59,613
mayor zorn, council members, city

1418
01:07:59,613 --> 01:08:01,613
staff,

1419
01:08:02,583 --> 01:08:04,585
and community members, it's a

1420
01:08:04,585 --> 01:08:05,586
pleasure to be here tonight to let you

1421
01:08:05,586 --> 01:08:07,586
know

1422
01:08:08,589 --> 01:08:10,591
what our vision is for the marina,

1423
01:08:10,591 --> 01:08:11,592
but I have to pause, and I have to

1424
01:08:11,592 --> 01:08:12,593
say that the

1425
01:08:12,593 --> 01:08:14,595
vision has changed as early as about

1426
01:08:14,595 --> 01:08:16,595
ten minutes ago.

1427
01:08:17,598 --> 01:08:19,598
and that vision

1428
01:08:20,601 --> 01:08:21,602
has changed because two

1429
01:08:21,602 --> 01:08:23,604
young men walked up and said they need a soccer

1430
01:08:23,604 --> 01:08:25,604
field.

1431
01:08:26,607 --> 01:08:32,613
so, we got to figure out how to get these kids a soccer field.

1432
01:08:32,613 --> 01:08:38,130
so, that is the type of partner we are.

1433
01:08:38,585 --> 01:08:39,586
we are here to be

1434
01:08:39,586 --> 01:08:41,588
part of the community. We're not here

1435
01:08:41,588 --> 01:08:42,589
to impose something on

1436
01:08:42,589 --> 01:08:44,591
the community. We're here to create

1437
01:08:44,591 --> 01:08:45,592
something that is

1438
01:08:45,592 --> 01:08:47,594
going to be successful for all of us.

1439
01:08:47,594 --> 01:08:52,599
and that is what we are looking to do.

1440
01:08:52,599 --> 01:08:56,603
I want to be very clear about one

1441
01:08:56,603 --> 01:08:59,606
thing and that is, this is

1442
01:08:59,606 --> 01:09:03,206
a partnership, and we are not

1443
01:09:05,612 --> 01:09:06,613
owners.

1444
01:09:06,613 --> 01:09:07,614
we will not be owners of the land.

1445
01:09:07,614 --> 01:09:08,582
the land stays with the city because

1446
01:09:08,582 --> 01:09:10,584
the city has it in

1447
01:09:10,584 --> 01:09:11,585
trust. We will be long-term leaseholders.

1448
01:09:11,585 --> 01:09:12,586
as we're talking about this,

1449
01:09:12,586 --> 01:09:14,588
and as you're thinking about this,

1450
01:09:14,588 --> 01:09:16,588
we will not

1451
01:09:16,590 --> 01:09:17,591
be owners. Not of the marina, not of

1452
01:09:17,591 --> 01:09:18,592
the development.

1453
01:09:18,592 --> 01:09:20,594
we are the ones that are going to

1454
01:09:20,594 --> 01:09:22,994
develop it. We're going

1455
01:09:23,597 --> 01:09:24,598
to operate it through a lease. That's

1456
01:09:24,598 --> 01:09:28,198
how this whole partnership will work.

1457
01:09:29,603 --> 01:09:31,603
tucker sadler,

1458
01:09:32,606 --> 01:09:34,608
I am the ceo, design principal

1459
01:09:34,608 --> 01:09:35,609
and owner. I'm accompanied tonight

1460
01:09:35,609 --> 01:09:37,609
with

1461
01:09:38,612 --> 01:09:40,614
my partner and wife, diane

1462
01:09:40,614 --> 01:09:41,582
mueller. I have the privilege of being

1463
01:09:41,582 --> 01:09:43,582
in a

1464
01:09:43,584 --> 01:09:44,585
company that's been around for 68

1465
01:09:44,585 --> 01:09:48,185
years. I've owned the company for 23.

1466
01:09:49,590 --> 01:09:50,591
with my other business partner, art

1467
01:09:50,591 --> 01:09:51,592
castro, who has

1468
01:09:51,592 --> 01:09:56,392
been with the firm for 48 of the 68 years.

1469
01:09:56,597 --> 01:09:57,598
longevity is important in our firm,

1470
01:09:57,598 --> 01:09:59,600
and it's because of

1471
01:09:59,600 --> 01:10:00,601
the way we handle all the projects

1472
01:10:00,601 --> 01:10:03,100
that we take on.

1473
01:10:10,611 --> 01:10:11,612
we have development experience on waterfronts throughout the

1474
01:10:11,612 --> 01:10:13,612
country.

1475
01:10:14,581 --> 01:10:16,581
we helped reshape

1476
01:10:16,583 --> 01:10:17,584
the naval shipyards in washington, d.c.,

1477
01:10:17,584 --> 01:10:19,584
into

1478
01:10:20,587 --> 01:10:22,587
what it

1479
01:10:23,590 --> 01:10:24,591
is today. And the progress

1480
01:10:24,591 --> 01:10:26,593
we made out in washington, d.c. , all of a

1481
01:10:26,593 --> 01:10:28,593
sudden, the

1482
01:10:29,596 --> 01:10:30,597
nationals put their stadium next to

1483
01:10:30,597 --> 01:10:31,598
our

1484
01:10:31,598 --> 01:10:32,599
development. It spawns other things

1485
01:10:32,599 --> 01:10:34,601
to happen. And that's

1486
01:10:34,601 --> 01:10:35,602
what we are trying to do here is be

1487
01:10:35,602 --> 01:10:37,602
a

1488
01:10:38,605 --> 01:10:41,605
catalyst for the future of

1489
01:10:41,608 --> 01:10:43,608
martinez. We've

1490
01:10:43,610 --> 01:10:44,611
worked from one area --one side of

1491
01:10:44,611 --> 01:10:46,611
the

1492
01:10:47,614 --> 01:10:50,140
country all the way

1493
01:10:50,584 --> 01:10:53,587
to hawaii and as well as here in california.

1494
01:10:53,587 --> 01:10:56,590
we are used to working with

1495
01:10:56,590 --> 01:10:57,591
government agencies. Whether it's

1496
01:10:57,591 --> 01:10:59,591
fish

1497
01:10:59,593 --> 01:11:01,993
and wildlife or park

1498
01:11:04,598 --> 01:11:05,599
districts, the city's understanding how we have to be

1499
01:11:05,599 --> 01:11:08,599
partners in everything that we're

1500
01:11:08,602 --> 01:11:10,604
doing. We are advocates

1501
01:11:10,604 --> 01:11:11,605
for the community, and we want to

1502
01:11:11,605 --> 01:11:15,205
be a partner in the development.

1503
01:11:16,610 --> 01:11:17,611
our design approach is something that

1504
01:11:17,611 --> 01:11:19,611
we look at

1505
01:11:19,613 --> 01:11:20,614
from a standpoint of economic stability.

1506
01:11:20,614 --> 01:11:22,614
we

1507
01:11:23,584 --> 01:11:25,586
want to look at what is

1508
01:11:25,586 --> 01:11:26,587
going to be sustainable. Sustainable

1509
01:11:26,587 --> 01:11:28,587
in two ways.

1510
01:11:29,590 --> 01:11:31,590
one,

1511
01:11:31,592 --> 01:11:32,593
being environmentally friendly. We're

1512
01:11:32,593 --> 01:11:34,593
going to

1513
01:11:35,596 --> 01:11:36,597
be proposing a development that is

1514
01:11:36,597 --> 01:11:38,599
going to be as close to net zero as we

1515
01:11:38,599 --> 01:11:41,599
can get. We're going to

1516
01:11:41,602 --> 01:11:44,602
create ourour energy to help

1517
01:11:44,605 --> 01:11:46,607
run this project. We

1518
01:11:46,607 --> 01:11:47,608
think it's important. We're also going

1519
01:11:47,608 --> 01:11:50,611
to employ some new things that

1520
01:11:50,611 --> 01:11:53,614
help clean up the bay water.

1521
01:11:53,614 --> 01:11:54,615
as part of the redevelopment of the marina.

1522
01:11:54,615 --> 01:11:56,583
those are

1523
01:11:56,583 --> 01:11:58,585
things that we take to heart, because

1524
01:11:58,585 --> 01:11:59,586
those are the things that make it

1525
01:11:59,586 --> 01:12:01,586
be sustainable from

1526
01:12:01,588 --> 01:12:02,589
an environmental standpoint. But from

1527
01:12:02,589 --> 01:12:05,592
an economic standpoint, we need to

1528
01:12:05,592 --> 01:12:08,595
be able to put something forward

1529
01:12:08,595 --> 01:12:09,596
that creates an engine that supports

1530
01:12:09,596 --> 01:12:10,597
the

1531
01:12:10,597 --> 01:12:11,598
community, that supports the things

1532
01:12:11,598 --> 01:12:13,600
that need to be

1533
01:12:13,600 --> 01:12:14,601
maintained over the length of the development.

1534
01:12:14,601 --> 01:12:16,603
and gets to a point where

1535
01:12:16,603 --> 01:12:17,604
we don't have a marina that we're

1536
01:12:17,604 --> 01:12:20,607
all sitting here talking about how do we keep it from closing?

1537
01:12:20,607 --> 01:12:22,607
and

1538
01:12:23,610 --> 01:12:25,612
unfortunately, we're in a position

1539
01:12:25,612 --> 01:12:27,614
where if we don't do something --

1540
01:12:27,614 --> 01:12:29,583
well, actually,

1541
01:12:29,583 --> 01:12:30,584
everything that's in there right now

1542
01:12:30,584 --> 01:12:32,984
is going to have

1543
01:12:33,587 --> 01:12:36,590
to come out in a couple years.

1544
01:12:36,590 --> 01:12:37,591
I already broached on some of

1545
01:12:37,591 --> 01:12:39,593
this, our experience in working on the

1546
01:12:39,593 --> 01:12:41,593
waterfront. We are

1547
01:12:42,596 --> 01:12:44,996
the architects for the

1548
01:12:45,599 --> 01:12:46,600
rady shell in san diego. That

1549
01:12:46,600 --> 01:12:48,602
was a 17-year partnership working with

1550
01:12:48,602 --> 01:12:50,602
the city,

1551
01:12:50,604 --> 01:12:51,605
the port, the state, to turn a public

1552
01:12:51,605 --> 01:12:52,606
park

1553
01:12:52,606 --> 01:12:53,607
into a performance venue, and if any

1554
01:12:53,607 --> 01:12:54,608
of you guys have had the chance to

1555
01:12:54,608 --> 01:12:56,608
be

1556
01:12:56,610 --> 01:12:57,611
down to san diego to listen to a concert,

1557
01:12:57,611 --> 01:12:59,611
I

1558
01:13:00,614 --> 01:13:03,584
suggest you go and listen to it.

1559
01:13:03,584 --> 01:13:05,586
there's things that we incorporated for

1560
01:13:05,586 --> 01:13:06,587
the community to allow for a no-cost option

1561
01:13:06,587 --> 01:13:09,590
for people to hear the concert.

1562
01:13:09,590 --> 01:13:11,590
there is no

1563
01:13:12,593 --> 01:13:14,595
high fences around that

1564
01:13:14,595 --> 01:13:15,596
performance venue so that you can

1565
01:13:15,596 --> 01:13:16,597
walk around

1566
01:13:16,597 --> 01:13:17,598
the venue as the performance is going

1567
01:13:17,598 --> 01:13:18,599
on, and you can see the performance and

1568
01:13:18,599 --> 01:13:20,599
hear the performance.

1569
01:13:24,605 --> 01:13:25,606
as part of the agreement we made

1570
01:13:25,606 --> 01:13:27,608
with the coastal commission to allow us

1571
01:13:27,608 --> 01:13:29,610
to have that out on

1572
01:13:29,610 --> 01:13:30,611
the water. Those are the agreements

1573
01:13:30,611 --> 01:13:32,613
that we make with

1574
01:13:32,613 --> 01:13:33,614
the agencies to make sure that the

1575
01:13:33,614 --> 01:13:35,614
public gets

1576
01:13:36,583 --> 01:13:38,583
access and it's

1577
01:13:39,586 --> 01:13:40,587
not just one contingency of the

1578
01:13:40,587 --> 01:13:41,588
public that has access to it, that everyone

1579
01:13:41,588 --> 01:13:45,188
has access. That's important to us.

1580
01:13:51,598 --> 01:13:52,599
safe harbor is the reason why

1581
01:13:52,599 --> 01:13:53,600
we're here. They came out and took

1582
01:13:53,600 --> 01:13:54,601
a look at the marina, made an assessment.

1583
01:13:54,601 --> 01:13:55,602
they asked me

1584
01:13:55,602 --> 01:13:57,604
to come look at it and confirm their assessment,

1585
01:13:57,604 --> 01:13:59,604
which I did.

1586
01:14:00,607 --> 01:14:02,607
which means the

1587
01:14:02,609 --> 01:14:03,610
marina needs to be a total redo, as well

1588
01:14:03,610 --> 01:14:05,610
as

1589
01:14:05,612 --> 01:14:08,582
the seawalls. Now, part of the reason

1590
01:14:08,582 --> 01:14:09,583
why we have the silt infiltration is

1591
01:14:09,583 --> 01:14:11,583
because the

1592
01:14:11,585 --> 01:14:12,586
way it's designed, it actually brings

1593
01:14:12,586 --> 01:14:13,587
silt

1594
01:14:13,587 --> 01:14:15,589
in, and that's why the dredging now

1595
01:14:15,589 --> 01:14:17,591
is going to happen and we're looking

1596
01:14:17,591 --> 01:14:18,592
at ways that we can redo the seawalls

1597
01:14:18,592 --> 01:14:20,594
to avoid that in

1598
01:14:20,594 --> 01:14:21,595
the future, to give the longevity and a

1599
01:14:21,595 --> 01:14:25,195
better boating experience to the marina.

1600
01:14:26,600 --> 01:14:27,601
but in order for the marina to be

1601
01:14:27,601 --> 01:14:30,604
successful, there's got to be a reason to be there.

1602
01:14:30,604 --> 01:14:32,606
and that means development.

1603
01:14:32,606 --> 01:14:33,607
and so, they asked me to come take a

1604
01:14:33,607 --> 01:14:35,607
look,

1605
01:14:36,610 --> 01:14:37,611
which I did. And started to look at

1606
01:14:37,611 --> 01:14:38,612
different plans, which is what I'm

1607
01:14:38,612 --> 01:14:39,613
going to show you tonight is what we

1608
01:14:39,613 --> 01:14:41,613
came up with.

1609
01:14:42,583 --> 01:14:44,583
this is the

1610
01:14:45,586 --> 01:14:46,587
type of thing that will get a developer like

1611
01:14:46,587 --> 01:14:48,589
safe harbor to come out and invest

1612
01:14:48,589 --> 01:14:51,589
money in redoing the marina.

1613
01:14:53,594 --> 01:14:54,595
why is it important to have a design-

1614
01:14:54,595 --> 01:14:57,598
led team that's also a developer?

1615
01:14:57,598 --> 01:14:59,998
I'll go right to

1616
01:15:00,601 --> 01:15:01,602
the bottom line. We

1617
01:15:01,602 --> 01:15:05,802
know how to gain consensus through participation.

1618
01:15:12,613 --> 01:15:13,614
we shoulder design charets. We'll

1619
01:15:13,614 --> 01:15:14,615
be

1620
01:15:14,615 --> 01:15:15,582
doing that to show you how we can

1621
01:15:15,582 --> 01:15:17,582
incorporate everything and

1622
01:15:18,585 --> 01:15:19,586
be respectful of all the issues with

1623
01:15:19,586 --> 01:15:20,587
the

1624
01:15:20,587 --> 01:15:21,588
environment and trails and how we

1625
01:15:21,588 --> 01:15:23,588
connect and

1626
01:15:23,590 --> 01:15:24,591
how we weave this into the site that is out there

1627
01:15:24,591 --> 01:15:26,591
currently.

1628
01:15:30,597 --> 01:15:32,997
now the fun stuff.

1629
01:15:42,609 --> 01:15:44,611
there's a very rich history

1630
01:15:44,611 --> 01:15:45,612
here, and when I very first came here

1631
01:15:45,612 --> 01:15:47,612
and sat and

1632
01:15:48,582 --> 01:15:51,582
had lunch in downtown, it

1633
01:15:51,585 --> 01:15:54,588
reminds me of the town I grew up in

1634
01:15:54,588 --> 01:15:55,589
during the summers in minnesota. Spent

1635
01:15:55,589 --> 01:15:56,590
time in battle

1636
01:15:56,590 --> 01:15:57,591
lake, minnesota. It has the same cultural

1637
01:15:57,591 --> 01:15:59,591
feel. It

1638
01:16:00,594 --> 01:16:03,597
has the same warmth, the same

1639
01:16:03,597 --> 01:16:06,600
vibe that makes you want to stay and have fun and linger.

1640
01:16:06,600 --> 01:16:09,600
and that's what martinez has.

1641
01:16:09,603 --> 01:16:12,606
and it's got a rich historyhistory

1642
01:16:12,606 --> 01:16:14,606
sports, with joe

1643
01:16:15,609 --> 01:16:18,900
dimaggio. It's politically connected

1644
01:16:18,612 --> 01:16:21,615
with the way that john muir and

1645
01:16:21,615 --> 01:16:23,615
his writings and

1646
01:16:24,585 --> 01:16:26,585
his contributing to

1647
01:16:27,588 --> 01:16:29,588
what we have

1648
01:16:29,590 --> 01:16:30,591
nationally, and you've got great,

1649
01:16:30,591 --> 01:16:32,593
great roots, and we want to build

1650
01:16:32,593 --> 01:16:33,594
off of that. In fact, I want to figure

1651
01:16:33,594 --> 01:16:35,594
out a

1652
01:16:36,597 --> 01:16:38,597
way to get

1653
01:16:38,599 --> 01:16:39,600
the jolting joe displayed down at

1654
01:16:39,600 --> 01:16:41,602
the new marina. It

1655
01:16:41,602 --> 01:16:42,603
needs to be down there, down by the

1656
01:16:42,603 --> 01:16:47,403
water. It needs to be here in martinez.

1657
01:16:48,609 --> 01:16:50,611
we start out by taking a look,

1658
01:16:50,611 --> 01:16:51,612
and we look at our market, and we

1659
01:16:51,612 --> 01:16:53,614
look at what is

1660
01:16:53,614 --> 01:16:54,615
available to us. Where are connections?

1661
01:16:54,615 --> 01:16:57,150
how can we get

1662
01:16:57,584 --> 01:17:00,587
transportation to happen? Is there a

1663
01:17:00,587 --> 01:17:01,588
way to get a ferry service here that

1664
01:17:01,588 --> 01:17:02,589
could

1665
01:17:02,589 --> 01:17:03,590
connect to the marina? That's important to me.

1666
01:17:03,590 --> 01:17:05,590
as you look

1667
01:17:06,593 --> 01:17:07,594
at a marina, and you look at the land and

1668
01:17:07,594 --> 01:17:09,596
you look at where activities

1669
01:17:09,596 --> 01:17:12,599
come from, if we can draw

1670
01:17:12,599 --> 01:17:16,603
people into martinez by having a ferry

1671
01:17:16,603 --> 01:17:17,604
system, it will be more

1672
01:17:17,604 --> 01:17:20,607
successful to martinez, to our waterfront,

1673
01:17:20,607 --> 01:17:22,609
to our downtown, to everything that

1674
01:17:22,609 --> 01:17:24,609
is in the

1675
01:17:25,612 --> 01:17:27,612
future of martinez.

1676
01:17:27,614 --> 01:17:30,584
we also take a look at what is around

1677
01:17:30,584 --> 01:17:32,586
from hotels, amphitheaters, performance

1678
01:17:32,586 --> 01:17:34,588
venues, things that are operating and

1679
01:17:34,588 --> 01:17:35,589
where's the hole and what can we

1680
01:17:35,589 --> 01:17:37,591
fill to make this be successful? We

1681
01:17:37,591 --> 01:17:39,591
don't want to

1682
01:17:39,593 --> 01:17:40,594
put something down there that is being

1683
01:17:40,594 --> 01:17:42,594
done somewhere else.

1684
01:17:42,596 --> 01:17:43,597
we want to make --we want to make

1685
01:17:43,597 --> 01:17:45,597
creative

1686
01:17:46,600 --> 01:17:49,000
and have that opportunity

1687
01:17:49,603 --> 01:17:51,605
to really tie together

1688
01:17:51,605 --> 01:17:52,606
a successful place for martinez. Not

1689
01:17:52,606 --> 01:17:55,606
just the waterfront, but for

1690
01:17:55,609 --> 01:17:57,609
martinez.

1691
01:18:01,615 --> 01:18:03,584
when I first came across the bridge,

1692
01:18:03,584 --> 01:18:04,585
I flew in from sacramento and drove

1693
01:18:04,585 --> 01:18:05,586
down from sacramento.

1694
01:18:05,586 --> 01:18:07,588
this aerial that is there, when I

1695
01:18:07,588 --> 01:18:08,589
drove

1696
01:18:08,589 --> 01:18:09,590
across that bridge, and I saw this

1697
01:18:09,590 --> 01:18:10,591
marina from the bridge, I said, this

1698
01:18:10,591 --> 01:18:12,591
is

1699
01:18:13,594 --> 01:18:15,594
the calling card.

1700
01:18:15,596 --> 01:18:17,598
this is a successful place to do a

1701
01:18:17,598 --> 01:18:18,599
nice development that really is the

1702
01:18:18,599 --> 01:18:22,199
calling card for martinez. Come see

1703
01:18:22,603 --> 01:18:24,605
us, come be down here. You

1704
01:18:24,605 --> 01:18:25,606
can see it so clearly, and it's going to

1705
01:18:25,606 --> 01:18:27,606
be

1706
01:18:27,608 --> 01:18:28,609
an attraction that won't even need signage.

1707
01:18:28,609 --> 01:18:29,610
people

1708
01:18:29,610 --> 01:18:31,612
will just turn off the road and come

1709
01:18:31,612 --> 01:18:32,613
down there because of

1710
01:18:32,613 --> 01:18:34,615
that great view and the ability to activate the

1711
01:18:34,615 --> 01:18:36,615
waterfront.

1712
01:18:37,584 --> 01:18:38,585
you got

1713
01:18:38,585 --> 01:18:40,587
to remember, one of the things with

1714
01:18:40,587 --> 01:18:42,589
state lands is our responsibility is

1715
01:18:42,589 --> 01:18:43,590
to activate the waterfront by bringing

1716
01:18:43,590 --> 01:18:46,593
people to the water. That's what we're going to do.

1717
01:18:46,593 --> 01:18:48,593
we're

1718
01:18:48,595 --> 01:18:51,598
going to find ways to bring all ages

1719
01:18:51,598 --> 01:18:52,599
down to the waterfront. We want to

1720
01:18:52,599 --> 01:18:54,599
activate this because

1721
01:18:54,601 --> 01:18:55,602
when we activate it, it becomes some

1722
01:18:55,602 --> 01:18:57,602
place that's

1723
01:18:58,605 --> 01:19:00,605
safer, more fun,

1724
01:19:01,608 --> 01:19:04,611
and enjoyable for the entire population of martinez,

1725
01:19:04,611 --> 01:19:06,613
region, and the state.

1726
01:19:06,613 --> 01:19:07,614
and I say the state because we want to

1727
01:19:07,614 --> 01:19:10,584
do some things that are

1728
01:19:10,584 --> 01:19:12,584
going to draw

1729
01:19:13,587 --> 01:19:15,589
people here and make it

1730
01:19:15,589 --> 01:19:16,590
available to have the sport fields,

1731
01:19:16,590 --> 01:19:18,592
which we're not going to touch

1732
01:19:18,592 --> 01:19:19,593
in this portion of it, except I do

1733
01:19:19,593 --> 01:19:20,594
have to figure out

1734
01:19:20,594 --> 01:19:25,394
how to get a soccer field out here.

1735
01:19:25,599 --> 01:19:27,599
but

1736
01:19:27,601 --> 01:19:28,602
understanding that what regionally can happen and what

1737
01:19:28,602 --> 01:19:30,602
can happen at

1738
01:19:31,605 --> 01:19:33,607
a state level, to have tournaments

1739
01:19:33,607 --> 01:19:34,608
out here. I mean, most of the kids

1740
01:19:34,608 --> 01:19:37,611
play club sports now. We want to

1741
01:19:37,611 --> 01:19:38,612
be able to draw from nevada, from

1742
01:19:38,612 --> 01:19:39,613
arizona,

1743
01:19:39,613 --> 01:19:40,614
have tournaments out here on these

1744
01:19:40,614 --> 01:19:42,614
ball

1745
01:19:43,584 --> 01:19:44,585
fields, which are phenomenal.

1746
01:19:44,585 --> 01:19:46,587
but have a development that will support that.

1747
01:19:46,587 --> 01:19:48,587
and that's what

1748
01:19:48,589 --> 01:19:49,590
we're looking at doing. We want to

1749
01:19:49,590 --> 01:19:52,593
make it be the place for

1750
01:19:52,593 --> 01:19:54,595
people to come. We

1751
01:19:54,595 --> 01:19:57,598
did take a look at the tulip, and

1752
01:19:57,598 --> 01:19:58,599
we looked at the development opportunities

1753
01:19:58,599 --> 01:20:02,799
with it, and we started putting numbers

1754
01:20:03,604 --> 01:20:04,605
and if you look at this, you can see --

1755
01:20:04,605 --> 01:20:06,605
and I'm going

1756
01:20:07,608 --> 01:20:08,609
to advance to the next slide --actually,

1757
01:20:08,609 --> 01:20:09,610
you

1758
01:20:09,610 --> 01:20:15,582
know what? I take it back. I want to back up one slide.

1759
01:20:15,582 --> 01:20:19,586
when we look at this from an aerial

1760
01:20:19,586 --> 01:20:20,587
view, and you look at

1761
01:20:20,587 --> 01:20:22,589
the great natural preserve that is

1762
01:20:22,589 --> 01:20:25,592
to our right and to our left

1763
01:20:25,592 --> 01:20:27,592
of

1764
01:20:27,594 --> 01:20:28,595
this marina, that is phenomenal that we

1765
01:20:28,595 --> 01:20:29,596
have that already on

1766
01:20:29,596 --> 01:20:31,598
the water. There's trails and things that

1767
01:20:31,598 --> 01:20:33,998
we can connect to.

1768
01:20:34,601 --> 01:20:35,602
but what --if you look at this

1769
01:20:35,602 --> 01:20:37,604
and how it's highlighted, and you

1770
01:20:37,604 --> 01:20:39,604
look

1771
01:20:39,606 --> 01:20:40,607
at martinez, this is where the downtown touches the

1772
01:20:40,607 --> 01:20:42,607
water.

1773
01:20:43,610 --> 01:20:45,610
this is the

1774
01:20:45,612 --> 01:20:46,613
one spot in here where we actually

1775
01:20:46,613 --> 01:20:48,613
get

1776
01:20:49,583 --> 01:20:50,584
to touch the water. That's important

1777
01:20:50,584 --> 01:20:52,586
because we're surrounded by nature.

1778
01:20:52,586 --> 01:20:54,588
we're going to engage nature,

1779
01:20:54,588 --> 01:20:55,589
and we're going to touch that water,

1780
01:20:55,589 --> 01:20:58,589
and that's important. That is

1781
01:20:58,592 --> 01:21:01,595
one of the things that I was

1782
01:21:01,595 --> 01:21:02,596
so impressed with is that here's an opportunity.

1783
01:21:02,596 --> 01:21:03,597
surrounded by

1784
01:21:03,597 --> 01:21:04,598
nature, and an opportunity that we're

1785
01:21:04,598 --> 01:21:05,599
saying, here, this is where we want

1786
01:21:05,599 --> 01:21:06,600
to

1787
01:21:06,600 --> 01:21:07,601
touch the water. This is where we want to have

1788
01:21:07,601 --> 01:21:09,601
responsible development.

1789
01:21:13,607 --> 01:21:16,610
so, when we looked at the

1790
01:21:16,610 --> 01:21:19,610
tulip and looked at what

1791
01:21:19,613 --> 01:21:21,613
was

1792
01:21:22,583 --> 01:21:24,983
available, there's not enough

1793
01:21:25,586 --> 01:21:28,589
buildings out here to support the

1794
01:21:28,589 --> 01:21:30,589
redevelopment of a

1795
01:21:31,592 --> 01:21:32,593
marina, to support bringing people

1796
01:21:32,593 --> 01:21:34,593
out

1797
01:21:34,595 --> 01:21:37,595
here for --to activate your

1798
01:21:37,598 --> 01:21:40,601
ball fields. We need to have

1799
01:21:40,601 --> 01:21:43,604
a little bit more to attract people.

1800
01:21:43,604 --> 01:21:44,605
that the developer of the marina can have

1801
01:21:44,605 --> 01:21:45,606
an --

1802
01:21:45,606 --> 01:21:46,607
have amenities there that attract

1803
01:21:46,607 --> 01:21:48,607
new boats,

1804
01:21:49,610 --> 01:21:51,610
new

1805
01:21:52,613 --> 01:21:53,614
boaters, bringing back fishing tournaments,

1806
01:21:53,614 --> 01:21:54,615
things that

1807
01:21:54,615 --> 01:21:55,582
are going to make the marina active.

1808
01:21:55,582 --> 01:21:56,583
they need more

1809
01:21:56,583 --> 01:21:58,585
down there than just what we have.

1810
01:21:58,585 --> 01:21:59,586
this is a great starting point. It

1811
01:21:59,586 --> 01:22:00,587
hits all

1812
01:22:00,587 --> 01:22:01,588
the elements that we wanted to talk

1813
01:22:01,588 --> 01:22:02,589
about or wanted to touch on.

1814
01:22:02,589 --> 01:22:08,589
we just have to do it at a bigger level.

1815
01:22:08,595 --> 01:22:09,596
and we need to

1816
01:22:09,596 --> 01:22:10,597
take some of these parking lots and

1817
01:22:10,597 --> 01:22:15,997
reshape them and reuse them in a different way.

1818
01:22:19,606 --> 01:22:22,609
the things that I took from the tulip

1819
01:22:22,609 --> 01:22:23,610
as well is that we want to be engaging.

1820
01:22:23,610 --> 01:22:24,611
engaging in

1821
01:22:24,611 --> 01:22:26,613
the community, engaging in people

1822
01:22:26,613 --> 01:22:28,615
coming down there. We want

1823
01:22:28,615 --> 01:22:29,583
to engage the waterfront. Again, it's

1824
01:22:29,583 --> 01:22:30,584
about

1825
01:22:30,584 --> 01:22:32,586
engaging the waterfront. That is one

1826
01:22:32,586 --> 01:22:33,587
of

1827
01:22:33,587 --> 01:22:35,589
our responsibilities of this tidal

1828
01:22:35,589 --> 01:22:36,590
land is to be able

1829
01:22:36,590 --> 01:22:38,592
to touch that water and bring people

1830
01:22:38,592 --> 01:22:39,593
down there, give them

1831
01:22:39,593 --> 01:22:43,597
access to the water. That's what we're trying to do.

1832
01:22:43,597 --> 01:22:44,598
we want to elevate it. We want to

1833
01:22:44,598 --> 01:22:46,598
elevate the experience

1834
01:22:46,600 --> 01:22:47,601
to a point where people are drawn

1835
01:22:47,601 --> 01:22:50,100
here to come here,

1836
01:22:50,604 --> 01:22:53,607
to have festivals here, to enjoy

1837
01:22:53,607 --> 01:22:54,608
this marina and

1838
01:22:54,608 --> 01:22:56,610
really celebrate the asset that marina

1839
01:22:56,610 --> 01:22:58,610
gives to martinez.

1840
01:22:59,613 --> 01:23:02,130
we want to be

1841
01:23:02,583 --> 01:23:05,586
playful. We want to provide opportunities

1842
01:23:05,586 --> 01:23:07,588
for all ages, whether it's through

1843
01:23:07,588 --> 01:23:08,589
pickleball, paddleball, bringing the

1844
01:23:08,589 --> 01:23:09,590
kids down.

1845
01:23:09,590 --> 01:23:11,592
I know --I heard somebody complain tonight about the noise

1846
01:23:11,592 --> 01:23:13,592
of pickleball.

1847
01:23:16,597 --> 01:23:17,598
I agree with you. It needs to be in

1848
01:23:17,598 --> 01:23:19,598
a spot where

1849
01:23:19,600 --> 01:23:24,605
the noise isn't going toto interrupt people's daily lives.

1850
01:23:24,605 --> 01:23:25,606
but there's another sport that's out

1851
01:23:25,606 --> 01:23:26,607
there that is taking the world by

1852
01:23:26,607 --> 01:23:28,607
storm,

1853
01:23:29,610 --> 01:23:30,611
and it's called paddle.

1854
01:23:30,611 --> 01:23:32,613
it's played with a tennis ball. It's

1855
01:23:32,613 --> 01:23:34,613
played

1856
01:23:34,615 --> 01:23:35,582
in a court that's surrounded by glass

1857
01:23:35,582 --> 01:23:36,583
walls so

1858
01:23:36,583 --> 01:23:38,585
the noise didn't go out of it and

1859
01:23:38,585 --> 01:23:40,585
it's a softer

1860
01:23:40,587 --> 01:23:41,588
sound. I think what we're going to

1861
01:23:41,588 --> 01:23:42,589
see is we're going

1862
01:23:42,589 --> 01:23:44,591
to see pickleball start to move to paddle.

1863
01:23:44,591 --> 01:23:45,592
it's played on the same-

1864
01:23:45,592 --> 01:23:47,594
size court. It's almost identical.

1865
01:23:47,594 --> 01:23:48,595
it's just a better

1866
01:23:48,595 --> 01:23:49,596
sound, and it's more friendly to the

1867
01:23:49,596 --> 01:23:52,596
environment and to the community.

1868
01:23:56,603 --> 01:23:57,604
we want to find

1869
01:23:57,604 --> 01:23:59,606
playful playful for the kids to be

1870
01:23:59,606 --> 01:24:00,607
down there and all ages to be down at

1871
01:24:00,607 --> 01:24:01,608
the

1872
01:24:01,608 --> 01:24:02,609
water by activation. Whether it's

1873
01:24:02,609 --> 01:24:04,609
just

1874
01:24:05,612 --> 01:24:07,612
sitting in

1875
01:24:07,614 --> 01:24:08,615
an adirondack chair in a beach that

1876
01:24:08,615 --> 01:24:09,583
we'll create that is next to the

1877
01:24:09,583 --> 01:24:11,585
water that you can sit next to and enjoy

1878
01:24:11,585 --> 01:24:13,585
the setting

1879
01:24:14,588 --> 01:24:16,988
or a restaurant or

1880
01:24:17,591 --> 01:24:18,592
spend a night, do a night in

1881
01:24:18,592 --> 01:24:19,593
martinez, even though you live here.

1882
01:24:19,593 --> 01:24:23,597
come spend a night down at the marina.

1883
01:24:23,597 --> 01:24:27,197
we want to activate this marina.

1884
01:24:29,603 --> 01:24:32,606
this is how we believe we're going to be able to do that.

1885
01:24:32,606 --> 01:24:35,609
we are going to need to

1886
01:24:35,609 --> 01:24:38,609
reshape the things that are

1887
01:24:38,612 --> 01:24:40,612
out there.

1888
01:24:41,615 --> 01:24:43,584
the yacht club and the sea scouts and

1889
01:24:43,584 --> 01:24:44,585
the boat maintenance area, we're going

1890
01:24:44,585 --> 01:24:46,587
to need to redo them.

1891
01:24:46,587 --> 01:24:47,588
we are going to find spots for them to

1892
01:24:47,588 --> 01:24:48,589
be

1893
01:24:48,589 --> 01:24:50,591
relocated, and if you look on the

1894
01:24:50,591 --> 01:24:52,591
map,

1895
01:24:52,593 --> 01:24:53,594
number 5 is the sea scouts and yacht club.

1896
01:24:53,594 --> 01:24:55,594
we're going

1897
01:24:56,597 --> 01:24:59,600
to combine them together. They belong together.

1898
01:24:59,600 --> 01:25:02,000
that's where we're teaching

1899
01:25:02,603 --> 01:25:05,606
kids how to use boats and be a part

1900
01:25:05,606 --> 01:25:07,606
of a

1901
01:25:07,608 --> 01:25:08,609
yachting experience, and it has direct

1902
01:25:08,609 --> 01:25:11,612
access down to the docks to the water.

1903
01:25:11,612 --> 01:25:13,612
we

1904
01:25:14,615 --> 01:25:17,584
are going to also create

1905
01:25:17,584 --> 01:25:20,584
a boat storage area, which

1906
01:25:20,587 --> 01:25:23,587
is number 25, which is a

1907
01:25:23,590 --> 01:25:25,592
unique opportunity. It stacks the

1908
01:25:25,592 --> 01:25:26,593
boats that are in the marina that

1909
01:25:26,593 --> 01:25:28,595
may not get used all the

1910
01:25:28,595 --> 01:25:29,596
time, but need to be --want to still

1911
01:25:29,596 --> 01:25:32,596
be down there. There's a

1912
01:25:32,599 --> 01:25:33,600
place to store them above and out of

1913
01:25:33,600 --> 01:25:34,601
the water

1914
01:25:34,601 --> 01:25:35,602
so they're not deteriorating in the

1915
01:25:35,602 --> 01:25:38,602
water, but they're there so

1916
01:25:38,605 --> 01:25:41,605
when somebody wants to activate

1917
01:25:41,608 --> 01:25:42,609
them, they call, we take the boat off

1918
01:25:42,609 --> 01:25:44,611
the rack, take it

1919
01:25:44,611 --> 01:25:45,612
down, and we put it in the water for them and

1920
01:25:45,612 --> 01:25:46,613
have it sitting at

1921
01:25:46,613 --> 01:25:47,614
the dock, waiting for them when they

1922
01:25:47,614 --> 01:25:50,140
get down here. We

1923
01:25:50,584 --> 01:25:51,585
keep the boats from deteriorating in

1924
01:25:51,585 --> 01:25:52,586
the water,

1925
01:25:52,586 --> 01:25:53,587
and we have them in an area that can

1926
01:25:53,587 --> 01:25:55,589
be stored next to

1927
01:25:55,589 --> 01:25:56,590
a renovated maintenance facility,

1928
01:25:56,590 --> 01:25:58,590
so the maintenance

1929
01:25:59,593 --> 01:26:00,594
people can actually help maintain the boats in the

1930
01:26:00,594 --> 01:26:02,594
marina.

1931
01:26:05,599 --> 01:26:08,602
as we take a look at --as we

1932
01:26:08,602 --> 01:26:09,603
start to go down towards the entry, you

1933
01:26:09,603 --> 01:26:11,603
can

1934
01:26:12,606 --> 01:26:13,607
see that we've repositioned the

1935
01:26:13,607 --> 01:26:15,609
road coming in. We've widened the loop going

1936
01:26:15,609 --> 01:26:17,609
towards the water.

1937
01:26:18,612 --> 01:26:20,612
we are

1938
01:26:21,615 --> 01:26:23,584
going to put a amphitheater in

1939
01:26:23,584 --> 01:26:24,585
the middle. We have taken a look at

1940
01:26:24,585 --> 01:26:26,585
the market.

1941
01:26:27,588 --> 01:26:29,588
the market

1942
01:26:30,591 --> 01:26:32,593
would support a amphitheater. We have

1943
01:26:32,593 --> 01:26:33,594
partnerships with promoters that are

1944
01:26:33,594 --> 01:26:35,594
interested in

1945
01:26:36,597 --> 01:26:39,600
being out here. We want --if we

1946
01:26:39,600 --> 01:26:40,601
do it right, we will be

1947
01:26:40,601 --> 01:26:42,603
able to create a --an experience that

1948
01:26:42,603 --> 01:26:44,603
can be

1949
01:26:45,606 --> 01:26:48,600
used throughout the entire

1950
01:26:48,609 --> 01:26:50,609
year.

1951
01:26:50,611 --> 01:26:51,612
the amphitheater also provides an

1952
01:26:51,612 --> 01:26:52,613
opportunity at lunch. If you

1953
01:26:52,613 --> 01:26:53,614
want to go down there and sit in the

1954
01:26:53,614 --> 01:26:54,615
amphitheater and have your lunch,

1955
01:26:54,615 --> 01:26:55,582
and

1956
01:26:55,582 --> 01:26:58,585
somebody happens to have the notion

1957
01:26:58,585 --> 01:27:00,587
to get up and put on a little concert

1958
01:27:00,587 --> 01:27:02,587
and play

1959
01:27:03,590 --> 01:27:04,591
their guitar or put on

1960
01:27:04,591 --> 01:27:06,593
music, it's an opportunity for the

1961
01:27:06,593 --> 01:27:08,593
community to have

1962
01:27:08,595 --> 01:27:09,596
an element that can be activated on

1963
01:27:09,596 --> 01:27:11,596
their own, not

1964
01:27:12,599 --> 01:27:13,600
just by the concerts, but have an

1965
01:27:13,600 --> 01:27:15,602
opportunity to be involved in that.

1966
01:27:15,602 --> 01:27:18,602
there will be restrooms in

1967
01:27:18,605 --> 01:27:20,607
there. There will be

1968
01:27:20,607 --> 01:27:21,608
spots for restaurants that will serve

1969
01:27:21,608 --> 01:27:24,611
both the development around, as well

1970
01:27:24,611 --> 01:27:26,611
as the amphitheater.

1971
01:27:27,614 --> 01:27:30,584
as we go through the amphitheater

1972
01:27:30,584 --> 01:27:32,586
towards the marina, you can

1973
01:27:32,586 --> 01:27:33,587
see that that there a u-shaped buildings,

1974
01:27:33,587 --> 01:27:35,587
three

1975
01:27:35,589 --> 01:27:36,590
of them. And they're that way from

1976
01:27:36,590 --> 01:27:38,590
a standpoint

1977
01:27:39,593 --> 01:27:42,596
of what we're trying to do is brace

1978
01:27:42,596 --> 01:27:43,597
the energy coming off the water and it's in

1979
01:27:43,597 --> 01:27:46,600
an embrace as if you're getting hugged.

1980
01:27:46,600 --> 01:27:48,602
if you think about somebody embracing

1981
01:27:48,602 --> 01:27:50,604
you, their arms come out.

1982
01:27:50,604 --> 01:27:51,605
that's what we're doing. We're embracing

1983
01:27:51,605 --> 01:27:53,605
that opportunity.

1984
01:27:54,608 --> 01:27:55,609
we're embracing that energy.

1985
01:27:55,609 --> 01:27:59,209
we're bringing that into the development.

1986
01:28:03,584 --> 01:28:06,587
our connections to the pathways around in

1987
01:28:06,587 --> 01:28:07,588
the nature walks are going to be coming

1988
01:28:07,588 --> 01:28:09,590
through, right through this new

1989
01:28:09,590 --> 01:28:11,592
boardwalk. We're going to create

1990
01:28:11,592 --> 01:28:12,593
a boardwalk. There isn't a boardwalk

1991
01:28:12,593 --> 01:28:14,593
currently. We're

1992
01:28:15,596 --> 01:28:17,996
looking at 25 to 30 feet

1993
01:28:18,599 --> 01:28:19,600
of boardwalk that people can go walk

1994
01:28:19,600 --> 01:28:20,601
next to

1995
01:28:20,601 --> 01:28:24,605
the water, look at the boats, enjoy

1996
01:28:24,605 --> 01:28:25,606
the boats, sit

1997
01:28:25,606 --> 01:28:28,609
and have fun on the waterfront without doing anything.

1998
01:28:28,609 --> 01:28:30,611
there will be restaurants. There will

1999
01:28:30,611 --> 01:28:31,612
be shops.

2000
01:28:31,612 --> 01:28:32,613
there will be things that support the marina, but

2001
01:28:32,613 --> 01:28:33,614
there will be things that support

2002
01:28:33,614 --> 01:28:35,614
the life

2003
01:28:35,616 --> 01:28:36,583
of martinez, and that is what we're

2004
01:28:36,583 --> 01:28:39,586
trying to capture all in that energy.

2005
01:28:39,586 --> 01:28:41,586
those elements

2006
01:28:42,589 --> 01:28:45,592
that create that hug are the

2007
01:28:45,592 --> 01:28:47,594
hotels. We have a full

2008
01:28:47,594 --> 01:28:50,597
service hotel that will have meeting

2009
01:28:50,597 --> 01:28:51,598
space, ballrooms, opportunity for

2010
01:28:51,598 --> 01:28:54,601
people to have events down there.

2011
01:28:54,601 --> 01:28:56,601
we have two

2012
01:28:56,603 --> 01:28:57,604
extended stay hotels. The purpose

2013
01:28:57,604 --> 01:29:00,400
of that, having extended

2014
01:29:00,607 --> 01:29:02,607
stay hotels, is

2015
01:29:02,609 --> 01:29:03,610
that there are workers that come here

2016
01:29:03,610 --> 01:29:06,100
every week that go

2017
01:29:06,613 --> 01:29:07,614
to a neighboring

2018
01:29:07,614 --> 01:29:09,583
community to stay. We want them to

2019
01:29:09,583 --> 01:29:11,585
stay right here. Martinez

2020
01:29:11,585 --> 01:29:12,586
has something to give these workers

2021
01:29:12,586 --> 01:29:14,586
besides just a

2022
01:29:14,588 --> 01:29:15,589
job. This is a place to live and play,

2023
01:29:15,589 --> 01:29:17,591
and we want to

2024
01:29:17,591 --> 01:29:18,592
make sure that they stay right here,

2025
01:29:18,592 --> 01:29:21,592
and we have that opportunity.

2026
01:29:21,595 --> 01:29:22,596
and then, on the weekends, here come

2027
01:29:22,596 --> 01:29:24,598
those tournaments. Here they come.

2028
01:29:24,598 --> 01:29:26,598
we're going

2029
01:29:26,600 --> 01:29:27,601
to bring people in here for tournaments.

2030
01:29:27,601 --> 01:29:30,604
we're going to get them to stay here.

2031
01:29:30,604 --> 01:29:32,606
the basketball courts just got

2032
01:29:32,606 --> 01:29:33,607
redone. The volleyball opportunities

2033
01:29:33,607 --> 01:29:34,608
are right here.

2034
01:29:34,608 --> 01:29:36,610
we have camps. If you're going to

2035
01:29:36,610 --> 01:29:37,611
have camps, you got to have places

2036
01:29:37,611 --> 01:29:39,611
for families to

2037
01:29:39,613 --> 01:29:40,614
stay. This is an opportunity. There are

2038
01:29:40,614 --> 01:29:42,583
not

2039
01:29:42,583 --> 01:29:45,586
currently a lot of hotel rooms

2040
01:29:45,586 --> 01:29:46,587
in martinez. We need to fill that

2041
01:29:46,587 --> 01:29:48,589
void, and we believe that this will be

2042
01:29:48,589 --> 01:29:50,589
that void.

2043
01:29:50,591 --> 01:29:51,592
we are also putting in what we call

2044
01:29:51,592 --> 01:29:53,592
the plunge. If

2045
01:29:53,594 --> 01:29:54,595
any of you guys have been down to san

2046
01:29:54,595 --> 01:29:55,596
diego, there's an

2047
01:29:55,596 --> 01:29:57,598
opportunity on the waterfront called the plunge.

2048
01:29:57,598 --> 01:29:59,598
lot

2049
01:29:59,600 --> 01:30:00,601
of people don't like to get in the ocean.

2050
01:30:00,601 --> 01:30:02,603
they don't like to get in there, but

2051
01:30:02,603 --> 01:30:03,604
they like to be down by it. This is

2052
01:30:03,604 --> 01:30:05,604
a

2053
01:30:06,607 --> 01:30:09,607
indoor/outdoor facility that has

2054
01:30:09,610 --> 01:30:12,613
a swimming pool in it that does

2055
01:30:12,613 --> 01:30:13,614
swimming lessons, junior lifeguard

2056
01:30:13,614 --> 01:30:15,614
training,

2057
01:30:16,583 --> 01:30:18,585
but then it also has a

2058
01:30:18,585 --> 01:30:20,985
unique recreational opportunity inside.

2059
01:30:21,588 --> 01:30:23,590
it's got an obstacle course with blow-

2060
01:30:23,590 --> 01:30:24,591
ups that kids run up and down around

2061
01:30:24,591 --> 01:30:25,592
it and have fun and you can never

2062
01:30:25,592 --> 01:30:28,595
get in the place because it's always booked.

2063
01:30:28,595 --> 01:30:30,595
it's always

2064
01:30:30,597 --> 01:30:31,598
bringing people down there. The walls

2065
01:30:31,598 --> 01:30:33,598
of this building

2066
01:30:33,600 --> 01:30:34,601
open up so we have fresh air flow

2067
01:30:34,601 --> 01:30:36,601
through it.

2068
01:30:37,604 --> 01:30:39,606
it opens up to

2069
01:30:39,606 --> 01:30:40,607
sand lots that are on the outside.

2070
01:30:40,607 --> 01:30:42,607
they

2071
01:30:43,610 --> 01:30:45,610
have

2072
01:30:47,614 --> 01:30:49,583
adirondack chairs. They could have pickleball

2073
01:30:49,583 --> 01:30:51,583
or paddle ball

2074
01:30:52,586 --> 01:30:54,986
courts adjacent to it.

2075
01:30:58,592 --> 01:31:00,592
this all

2076
01:31:01,595 --> 01:31:03,595
is made

2077
01:31:04,598 --> 01:31:06,998
possible by trying to

2078
01:31:07,601 --> 01:31:08,602
understand what economic driven

2079
01:31:08,602 --> 01:31:10,604
responsible development is act. And

2080
01:31:10,604 --> 01:31:12,604
that's what we

2081
01:31:12,606 --> 01:31:13,607
are proposing. I'm going to show you one

2082
01:31:13,607 --> 01:31:15,607
other

2083
01:31:15,609 --> 01:31:16,610
item, and I can --I can't quite read.

2084
01:31:16,610 --> 01:31:19,610
I think it's 12 on the

2085
01:31:19,613 --> 01:31:20,614
bottom.

2086
01:31:20,614 --> 01:31:21,615
that is another sand beach. That is

2087
01:31:21,615 --> 01:31:23,584
away from the plunge. This is more

2088
01:31:23,584 --> 01:31:25,586
by the park. This is a beach that

2089
01:31:25,586 --> 01:31:27,586
allows you to

2090
01:31:28,589 --> 01:31:31,589
sit next to the water

2091
01:31:31,592 --> 01:31:32,593
in an adirondack chair.

2092
01:31:32,593 --> 01:31:34,595
maybe there's another beach volleyball area

2093
01:31:34,595 --> 01:31:35,596
there, but it's more of

2094
01:31:35,596 --> 01:31:37,598
a passive beach that allows you to

2095
01:31:37,598 --> 01:31:38,599
have your own time down there.

2096
01:31:38,599 --> 01:31:40,601
we want to provide activities that are

2097
01:31:40,601 --> 01:31:42,601
both passive and

2098
01:31:43,604 --> 01:31:45,606
active, so we can handle all the

2099
01:31:45,606 --> 01:31:49,610
needs of the community. One of the

2100
01:31:49,610 --> 01:31:50,611
things I

2101
01:31:50,611 --> 01:31:51,612
want to point out is that this is 70

2102
01:31:51,612 --> 01:31:52,613
acres that we are looking at, and we are only looking

2103
01:31:52,613 --> 01:31:53,614
at

2104
01:31:53,614 --> 01:31:55,616
touching the part of the waterfront that has already been

2105
01:31:55,616 --> 01:31:57,616
developed.

2106
01:31:58,585 --> 01:31:59,586
it happens to be a parking lot

2107
01:31:59,586 --> 01:32:01,588
now. Or buildings that are being torn

2108
01:32:01,588 --> 01:32:02,589
down and removed. We're not

2109
01:32:02,589 --> 01:32:04,591
going out into the preserve to touch that.

2110
01:32:04,591 --> 01:32:06,593
we are going to

2111
01:32:06,593 --> 01:32:07,594
actually augment the trails that are

2112
01:32:07,594 --> 01:32:09,594
in there

2113
01:32:09,596 --> 01:32:13,600
and make it more accessible. But we

2114
01:32:13,600 --> 01:32:14,601
are only touching the part that has

2115
01:32:14,601 --> 01:32:16,601
already

2116
01:32:16,603 --> 01:32:19,603
been touched. And we're only

2117
01:32:19,606 --> 01:32:22,606
doing it on 22 acres worth

2118
01:32:22,609 --> 01:32:24,609
of development. That's 32%.

2119
01:32:25,612 --> 01:32:27,612
we're

2120
01:32:28,615 --> 01:32:30,615
leaving almost

2121
01:32:31,585 --> 01:32:32,586
60% of the property -- I mean

2122
01:32:32,586 --> 01:32:34,588
70%. Sorry. Almost 70% of the property in

2123
01:32:34,588 --> 01:32:36,588
open space.

2124
01:32:37,591 --> 01:32:40,591
that's what we're trying --that's

2125
01:32:40,594 --> 01:32:42,596
what we're doing. We're not trying to

2126
01:32:42,596 --> 01:32:43,597
be --we're not trying to overdevelop

2127
01:32:43,597 --> 01:32:46,600
this. We're trying to be something

2128
01:32:46,600 --> 01:32:49,603
that is an asset to martinez.

2129
01:32:49,603 --> 01:32:51,605
the events that can

2130
01:32:51,605 --> 01:32:54,608
happen out here in the amphitheater can

2131
01:32:54,608 --> 01:32:55,609
be festivals that also touch downtown.

2132
01:32:55,609 --> 01:32:58,609
we want to be a

2133
01:32:58,612 --> 01:32:59,613
partner to downtown. We want to have

2134
01:32:59,613 --> 01:33:00,614
things

2135
01:33:00,614 --> 01:33:01,615
going back and forth where we're having

2136
01:33:01,615 --> 01:33:03,584
festivals in downtown

2137
01:33:03,584 --> 01:33:04,585
and at the waterfront and they're

2138
01:33:04,585 --> 01:33:07,588
two different elements of the same

2139
01:33:07,588 --> 01:33:08,589
festival. We want

2140
01:33:08,589 --> 01:33:10,591
to promote martinez from the marina

2141
01:33:10,591 --> 01:33:12,591
side and

2142
01:33:12,593 --> 01:33:13,594
downtown. We want to be very good

2143
01:33:13,594 --> 01:33:15,594
partners because

2144
01:33:15,596 --> 01:33:16,597
one, if it's good for one spot, it's

2145
01:33:16,597 --> 01:33:18,597
good for both.

2146
01:33:18,599 --> 01:33:19,600
if downtown's having a festival, it's

2147
01:33:19,600 --> 01:33:20,601
going to be good for the

2148
01:33:20,601 --> 01:33:21,602
waterfront. If waterfront's having

2149
01:33:21,602 --> 01:33:25,202
a festival, it's good for downtown.

2150
01:33:25,606 --> 01:33:27,608
and vice versa. If we

2151
01:33:27,608 --> 01:33:28,609
can have more people be here on the

2152
01:33:28,609 --> 01:33:34,609
weekends and stay here, it's good for all of us.

2153
01:33:38,585 --> 01:33:40,587
when we talk about access, what you're

2154
01:33:40,587 --> 01:33:42,587
seeing in

2155
01:33:42,589 --> 01:33:43,590
magenta is the access of how the cars

2156
01:33:43,590 --> 01:33:45,990
are moving through there.

2157
01:33:46,593 --> 01:33:48,593
the light blue

2158
01:33:49,596 --> 01:33:50,597
is the pedestrian paths that are going

2159
01:33:50,597 --> 01:33:51,598
through.

2160
01:33:51,598 --> 01:33:52,599
you can see that there's arrows going

2161
01:33:52,599 --> 01:33:54,599
in underneath.

2162
01:33:55,602 --> 01:33:57,604
we are going to take care of sea level

2163
01:33:57,604 --> 01:33:58,605
rise in a different way, in a way that I

2164
01:33:58,605 --> 01:34:00,605
have successfully done

2165
01:34:01,608 --> 01:34:02,609
it up and down the coast, by one --

2166
01:34:02,609 --> 01:34:04,611
we're going to create a little bit

2167
01:34:04,611 --> 01:34:06,611
of dirt so

2168
01:34:07,614 --> 01:34:08,615
it comes up. We're not taking the

2169
01:34:08,615 --> 01:34:09,583
dirt off

2170
01:34:09,583 --> 01:34:10,584
site. We're going to use it, and then

2171
01:34:10,584 --> 01:34:12,584
we're

2172
01:34:12,586 --> 01:34:13,587
going to put a parking garage that

2173
01:34:13,587 --> 01:34:15,587
provides the

2174
01:34:16,590 --> 01:34:18,592
opportunity to lift the development up.

2175
01:34:18,592 --> 01:34:19,593
a parking garage that will not get

2176
01:34:19,593 --> 01:34:25,593
flooded like the parking areas that are out there now.

2177
01:34:25,599 --> 01:34:27,999
those are the ways

2178
01:34:28,602 --> 01:34:31,605
that we develop in an environmentally

2179
01:34:31,605 --> 01:34:34,605
sensitive way. So we create

2180
01:34:34,608 --> 01:34:36,610
ways toto take unneeded trips of dirt

2181
01:34:36,610 --> 01:34:37,611
and hauling things away from the site,

2182
01:34:37,611 --> 01:34:40,614
but finding ways to use it

2183
01:34:40,614 --> 01:34:42,616
and keep it on site, keep

2184
01:34:42,616 --> 01:34:43,584
it where it is. The other thing that

2185
01:34:43,584 --> 01:34:46,587
we're going to be looking at, and

2186
01:34:46,587 --> 01:34:48,589
it's something that concerned me and

2187
01:34:48,589 --> 01:34:52,593
mainly because my son-in-law is a fire

2188
01:34:52,593 --> 01:34:55,593
chief down in san diego.

2189
01:34:55,596 --> 01:34:56,597
access out here. If there's a train and

2190
01:34:56,597 --> 01:34:57,598
the

2191
01:34:57,598 --> 01:34:58,599
access is cut off and there's something that

2192
01:34:58,599 --> 01:34:59,600
happens, whether we're

2193
01:34:59,600 --> 01:35:01,602
having an event at the fields or down

2194
01:35:01,602 --> 01:35:03,602
owe marina,

2195
01:35:04,605 --> 01:35:06,607
and we can't safely get

2196
01:35:06,607 --> 01:35:07,608
there, that's a crime. So, we are

2197
01:35:07,608 --> 01:35:09,608
going to find

2198
01:35:10,611 --> 01:35:12,613
a way to have a full

2199
01:35:12,613 --> 01:35:13,614
access at all times to this waterfront

2200
01:35:13,614 --> 01:35:15,614
so we don't

2201
01:35:16,583 --> 01:35:17,584
get cut off. It's important to us.

2202
01:35:17,584 --> 01:35:18,585
it's

2203
01:35:18,585 --> 01:35:19,586
important to the safety of the bay

2204
01:35:19,586 --> 01:35:21,586
front for

2205
01:35:22,589 --> 01:35:23,590
martinez, as well as all the activities that

2206
01:35:23,590 --> 01:35:25,592
are on the other side of that

2207
01:35:25,592 --> 01:35:27,592
train track.

2208
01:35:32,599 --> 01:35:34,599
we don't do

2209
01:35:34,601 --> 01:35:35,602
anything without using artists, and we

2210
01:35:35,602 --> 01:35:37,602
want to get

2211
01:35:38,605 --> 01:35:40,607
public artists involved. We

2212
01:35:40,607 --> 01:35:41,608
want to create opportunities to display

2213
01:35:41,608 --> 01:35:43,608
things,

2214
01:35:44,611 --> 01:35:47,110
whether it's a visual

2215
01:35:47,614 --> 01:35:49,583
art, whether it is a art that is

2216
01:35:49,583 --> 01:35:50,584
done through planting. We want to

2217
01:35:50,584 --> 01:35:51,585
find

2218
01:35:51,585 --> 01:35:53,587
different ways to have different elements

2219
01:35:53,587 --> 01:35:55,587
throughout the development,

2220
01:35:55,589 --> 01:35:56,590
and we have our own art walk that

2221
01:35:56,590 --> 01:35:57,591
people can

2222
01:35:57,591 --> 01:35:59,593
come down. If you come down at noon,

2223
01:35:59,593 --> 01:36:00,594
just walk through the art and enjoy

2224
01:36:00,594 --> 01:36:04,794
your lunch and sit in the amphitheater.

2225
01:36:05,599 --> 01:36:06,600
we want to create --or sit at

2226
01:36:06,600 --> 01:36:08,602
the beach and watch the water. We want to

2227
01:36:08,602 --> 01:36:10,604
create an opportunity to involve the

2228
01:36:10,604 --> 01:36:11,605
local artists. There's a great group

2229
01:36:11,605 --> 01:36:12,606
of artists

2230
01:36:12,606 --> 01:36:14,608
in this area, and we want to get them involved.

2231
01:36:14,608 --> 01:36:17,800
it's important to us.

2232
01:36:17,611 --> 01:36:19,611
art,

2233
01:36:20,614 --> 01:36:21,615
culture, that brings energy. That's

2234
01:36:21,615 --> 01:36:25,586
what we're wanting to include in this development.

2235
01:36:25,586 --> 01:36:29,590
this is what the marina looks like today.

2236
01:36:29,590 --> 01:36:30,591
you can see that one of

2237
01:36:30,591 --> 01:36:32,593
the docks is going in. This is an

2238
01:36:32,593 --> 01:36:35,596
older aerial, because there's more docks that are in

2239
01:36:35,596 --> 01:36:37,996
the water right now.

2240
01:36:38,599 --> 01:36:42,799
and you see a slew of parking.

2241
01:36:44,605 --> 01:36:45,606
we want to create that

2242
01:36:45,606 --> 01:36:47,608
and make that be something that is

2243
01:36:47,608 --> 01:36:50,611
more active, and this is what it

2244
01:36:50,611 --> 01:36:52,613
would look like. From the water

2245
01:36:52,613 --> 01:36:53,614
aerial, you can see how the hotels

2246
01:36:53,614 --> 01:36:55,614
embrace that

2247
01:36:55,616 --> 01:36:56,583
energy. The boardwalk is wide. Everything

2248
01:36:56,583 --> 01:36:58,583
is stepped

2249
01:36:59,586 --> 01:37:01,588
back from the water. To allow

2250
01:37:01,588 --> 01:37:02,589
for us to have better access for more

2251
01:37:02,589 --> 01:37:04,589
people at

2252
01:37:05,592 --> 01:37:06,593
the water.

2253
01:37:06,593 --> 01:37:07,594
and the connections to the preserves

2254
01:37:07,594 --> 01:37:10,597
on both sides, you can see the development

2255
01:37:10,597 --> 01:37:11,598
steps away from that to allow that

2256
01:37:11,598 --> 01:37:14,601
connection to happen near the water.

2257
01:37:14,601 --> 01:37:16,601
this is looking

2258
01:37:17,604 --> 01:37:20,607
at it from an --another view.

2259
01:37:20,607 --> 01:37:23,700
looking the opposite direction.

2260
01:37:25,612 --> 01:37:26,613
this is what it would look like from the other side.

2261
01:37:26,613 --> 01:37:28,613
the amphitheater,

2262
01:37:29,583 --> 01:37:31,583
the hotels,

2263
01:37:32,586 --> 01:37:35,586
the plunge, you can see

2264
01:37:35,589 --> 01:37:37,589
how it

2265
01:37:38,592 --> 01:37:40,992
very sensibly touches the

2266
01:37:41,595 --> 01:37:44,598
property and allows there to be more opportunity

2267
01:37:44,598 --> 01:37:47,601
for open space. You know, we

2268
01:37:47,601 --> 01:37:48,602
concluded somethingsomething

2269
01:37:48,602 --> 01:37:49,603
the development squaresquare that

2270
01:37:49,603 --> 01:37:50,604
is really, truly open space, and that is the

2271
01:37:50,604 --> 01:37:52,604
amphitheater.

2272
01:37:53,607 --> 01:37:55,607
that amphitheater's really

2273
01:37:55,609 --> 01:37:56,610
open space. It's actual grass. It

2274
01:37:56,610 --> 01:37:58,610
just means

2275
01:37:59,613 --> 01:38:01,615
that it is an active

2276
01:38:01,615 --> 01:38:02,616
and an opportunity for somebody to activate an open

2277
01:38:02,616 --> 01:38:05,586
space in a different way.

2278
01:38:05,586 --> 01:38:07,586
so, if we

2279
01:38:08,589 --> 01:38:09,590
take that out of what we're touching,

2280
01:38:09,590 --> 01:38:11,590
we're over 70%

2281
01:38:11,592 --> 01:38:13,592
of open space.

2282
01:38:17,598 --> 01:38:19,600
nothing is set in stone. This

2283
01:38:19,600 --> 01:38:23,604
is not meant to be --here's what it

2284
01:38:23,604 --> 01:38:25,606
is. This is our first blush of what

2285
01:38:25,606 --> 01:38:26,607
this could look like. You're looking at

2286
01:38:26,607 --> 01:38:27,608
the boardwalk.

2287
01:38:27,608 --> 01:38:29,610
you're looking at some of the shops that

2288
01:38:29,610 --> 01:38:31,612
are going to be down near

2289
01:38:31,612 --> 01:38:32,613
the boardwalk that support the marina, some

2290
01:38:32,613 --> 01:38:33,614
of the

2291
01:38:33,614 --> 01:38:37,214
restaurants, the hotels in the backdrop.

2292
01:38:38,585 --> 01:38:41,585
underneath the canopy, the one

2293
01:38:41,588 --> 01:38:44,588
building you're seeing, that is

2294
01:38:44,591 --> 01:38:46,591
reimagining the

2295
01:38:46,593 --> 01:38:47,594
boat master's building. We want to

2296
01:38:47,594 --> 01:38:48,595
make that into a building that's

2297
01:38:48,595 --> 01:38:50,597
accessible to the public through --

2298
01:38:50,597 --> 01:38:52,597
whether it's

2299
01:38:53,600 --> 01:38:54,601
a restaurant or

2300
01:38:54,601 --> 01:38:55,602
another opportunity, but we want to

2301
01:38:55,602 --> 01:38:56,603
reuse that building because it's out

2302
01:38:56,603 --> 01:38:58,603
over the water.

2303
01:38:58,605 --> 01:38:59,606
we think it needs to be something

2304
01:38:59,606 --> 01:39:01,608
that more people can

2305
01:39:01,608 --> 01:39:02,609
be out over the water, because it's

2306
01:39:02,609 --> 01:39:05,612
the only one that we have

2307
01:39:05,612 --> 01:39:07,612
that currently breaks

2308
01:39:07,614 --> 01:39:08,615
that barrier and is out slightly over

2309
01:39:08,615 --> 01:39:09,616
the water. We want to reuse

2310
01:39:09,616 --> 01:39:11,585
that, and we want to celebrate it with

2311
01:39:11,585 --> 01:39:13,585
everyone.

2312
01:39:14,588 --> 01:39:17,591
this is a view from the marina

2313
01:39:17,591 --> 01:39:19,991
looking back. That new

2314
01:39:20,594 --> 01:39:21,595
envisioned restaurant is on the left-

2315
01:39:21,595 --> 01:39:23,595
hand

2316
01:39:23,597 --> 01:39:24,598
side. You can see that there's multiple

2317
01:39:24,598 --> 01:39:25,599
decks. There's

2318
01:39:25,599 --> 01:39:26,600
multiple places to view the water,

2319
01:39:26,600 --> 01:39:28,600
to view

2320
01:39:29,603 --> 01:39:32,606
the development, to view up and

2321
01:39:32,606 --> 01:39:35,600
down the martinez coastline.

2322
01:39:35,609 --> 01:39:37,609
the reimagined marina

2323
01:39:37,611 --> 01:39:38,612
a little bit further out. You can

2324
01:39:38,612 --> 01:39:41,615
see the plunge. You can see the

2325
01:39:41,615 --> 01:39:42,616
hotels. You can see the things are

2326
01:39:42,616 --> 01:39:43,584
stepping

2327
01:39:43,584 --> 01:39:44,585
away from the water, that the buildings

2328
01:39:44,585 --> 01:39:46,585
near the

2329
01:39:46,587 --> 01:39:47,588
water are lower scale, and the higher

2330
01:39:47,588 --> 01:39:48,589
buildings are

2331
01:39:48,589 --> 01:39:52,789
placed behind them. Setting a backdrop up.

2332
01:39:55,596 --> 01:39:59,600
little bit further down, going out to

2333
01:39:59,600 --> 01:40:01,602
the jetty, that is going to

2334
01:40:01,602 --> 01:40:02,603
be improved. That boardwalk's going to

2335
01:40:02,603 --> 01:40:03,604
be improved all the way down there.

2336
01:40:03,604 --> 01:40:05,606
there will be a fence that we are

2337
01:40:05,606 --> 01:40:08,609
going to put in there because we do

2338
01:40:08,609 --> 01:40:09,610
not want people climbing down into

2339
01:40:09,610 --> 01:40:11,610
the

2340
01:40:11,612 --> 01:40:13,614
new rivetment that's going to be in

2341
01:40:13,614 --> 01:40:15,616
there to hold the newnew up. We don't

2342
01:40:15,616 --> 01:40:16,583
want people climbing down

2343
01:40:16,583 --> 01:40:17,584
in there and getting hurt, so we want to

2344
01:40:17,584 --> 01:40:18,585
be able to provide the opportunity

2345
01:40:18,585 --> 01:40:20,985
to see it, to

2346
01:40:21,588 --> 01:40:22,589
walk by it, but protect and

2347
01:40:22,589 --> 01:40:24,591
be mindful of all people that are

2348
01:40:24,591 --> 01:40:25,592
out there, because as

2349
01:40:25,592 --> 01:40:27,594
we get more people out there, it's

2350
01:40:27,594 --> 01:40:28,595
about accessibility,

2351
01:40:28,595 --> 01:40:30,597
and it's about accessibility to people

2352
01:40:30,597 --> 01:40:32,597
with all abilities.

2353
01:40:33,600 --> 01:40:35,600
which means

2354
01:40:36,603 --> 01:40:37,604
if there's somebody out

2355
01:40:37,604 --> 01:40:38,605
there that is blind, there's a barrier

2356
01:40:38,605 --> 01:40:39,606
so they do not go beyond where they're supposed to

2357
01:40:39,606 --> 01:40:41,606
go.

2358
01:40:43,610 --> 01:40:44,611
those are the things that we think about.

2359
01:40:44,611 --> 01:40:45,612
those are the things that we want

2360
01:40:45,612 --> 01:40:48,612
to make sure are included

2361
01:40:48,615 --> 01:40:51,150
in what we're doing.

2362
01:40:52,586 --> 01:40:54,588
this is an idea of the amphitheater.

2363
01:40:54,588 --> 01:40:56,588
you notice

2364
01:40:57,591 --> 01:40:59,593
the boat shape of it. It's

2365
01:40:59,593 --> 01:41:00,594
taking the boats, stacking them three

2366
01:41:00,594 --> 01:41:02,594
together to

2367
01:41:02,596 --> 01:41:03,597
create an amphitheater. This is a

2368
01:41:03,597 --> 01:41:04,598
marina

2369
01:41:04,598 --> 01:41:06,600
that brought us here, and we're going

2370
01:41:06,600 --> 01:41:08,602
to celebrate that marina in

2371
01:41:08,602 --> 01:41:12,606
a way of a form that will produce

2372
01:41:12,606 --> 01:41:14,606
sound, energy, fun,

2373
01:41:15,609 --> 01:41:17,609
excitement, hopefully

2374
01:41:17,611 --> 01:41:18,612
get the shakespeare festival to come back here

2375
01:41:18,612 --> 01:41:19,613
and be

2376
01:41:19,613 --> 01:41:24,413
a part of this amphitheater throughout the year.

2377
01:41:27,588 --> 01:41:28,589
I was talking

2378
01:41:28,589 --> 01:41:30,591
about how we make the parking work.

2379
01:41:30,591 --> 01:41:31,592
this is a quick

2380
01:41:31,592 --> 01:41:33,594
cross-section through it where you

2381
01:41:33,594 --> 01:41:35,594
can see we've

2382
01:41:35,596 --> 01:41:36,597
already lifted the earth all the way down

2383
01:41:36,597 --> 01:41:38,597
by the water.

2384
01:41:38,599 --> 01:41:39,600
we've got to lift everything up to

2385
01:41:39,600 --> 01:41:41,602
get it out of

2386
01:41:41,602 --> 01:41:42,603
the sea level rise, and then we use

2387
01:41:42,603 --> 01:41:44,603
the parking to

2388
01:41:45,606 --> 01:41:47,608
help create some of that lift

2389
01:41:47,608 --> 01:41:48,609
and that's what we're doing, and the parking goes

2390
01:41:48,609 --> 01:41:50,609
beneath the hotels.

2391
01:41:51,612 --> 01:41:52,613
that's

2392
01:41:52,613 --> 01:41:54,615
important, because when you put something

2393
01:41:54,615 --> 01:41:57,150
below, it gives you

2394
01:41:57,584 --> 01:42:00,584
an opportunity to do something

2395
01:42:00,587 --> 01:42:01,588
above it. It gives you the

2396
01:42:01,588 --> 01:42:03,590
opportunity to have more activities

2397
01:42:03,590 --> 01:42:04,591
above, and the cars are

2398
01:42:04,591 --> 01:42:06,593
no longer in your sight and they're

2399
01:42:06,593 --> 01:42:07,594
no longer an

2400
01:42:07,594 --> 01:42:09,596
impediment to what we, as a community, want to be able to

2401
01:42:09,596 --> 01:42:11,596
do.

2402
01:42:16,603 --> 01:42:18,605
this is the video. I'm going to be quiet and let

2403
01:42:18,605 --> 01:42:20,605
this play.

2404
01:42:57,611 --> 01:42:58,612
>> this is just

2405
01:42:58,612 --> 01:43:00,614
reimagining what that waterfront can

2406
01:43:00,614 --> 01:43:03,584
be and how martinez can start to touch the

2407
01:43:03,584 --> 01:43:05,584
water.

2408
01:43:15,596 --> 01:43:16,597
I want to end the presentation. I know

2409
01:43:16,597 --> 01:43:17,598
I'm

2410
01:43:17,598 --> 01:43:18,599
getting a little longwinded, but I'll

2411
01:43:18,599 --> 01:43:20,599
tell

2412
01:43:20,601 --> 01:43:21,602
you, I'm excited about the opportunity.

2413
01:43:21,602 --> 01:43:24,602
I'm excited to be here.

2414
01:43:24,605 --> 01:43:26,605
I'm excited about

2415
01:43:27,608 --> 01:43:28,609
the way that this community engages

2416
01:43:28,609 --> 01:43:30,609
one

2417
01:43:30,611 --> 01:43:32,613
another and the way

2418
01:43:32,613 --> 01:43:33,614
that they look out for what's best for

2419
01:43:33,614 --> 01:43:36,140
the community, and that

2420
01:43:36,583 --> 01:43:37,584
was true today when those two young

2421
01:43:37,584 --> 01:43:39,584
men

2422
01:43:39,586 --> 01:43:41,586
came up. Huge.

2423
01:43:42,589 --> 01:43:43,590
I wish more young young men stand up and ask for the things

2424
01:43:43,590 --> 01:43:45,590
they need.

2425
01:43:48,595 --> 01:43:49,596
that's part of the benefits of what we

2426
01:43:49,596 --> 01:43:50,597
are

2427
01:43:50,597 --> 01:43:51,598
about. We're about getting something

2428
01:43:51,598 --> 01:43:53,998
for all ages. We're

2429
01:43:54,601 --> 01:43:56,603
about creating things that are equitable,

2430
01:43:56,603 --> 01:43:57,604
accessible. We're about creating opportunities that

2431
01:43:57,604 --> 01:43:58,605
are

2432
01:43:58,605 --> 01:44:02,805
going to create revenue for the city.

2433
01:44:03,610 --> 01:44:06,613
to have the ability to have

2434
01:44:06,613 --> 01:44:09,613
more safety, more police, more

2435
01:44:09,616 --> 01:44:10,584
fire, more access, more

2436
01:44:10,584 --> 01:44:12,586
activities that really celebrate what it

2437
01:44:12,586 --> 01:44:16,186
means to live here in martinez.

2438
01:44:18,592 --> 01:44:19,593
we're going to be stewards

2439
01:44:19,593 --> 01:44:21,595
of nature, because we are going to

2440
01:44:21,595 --> 01:44:23,597
find a way to

2441
01:44:23,597 --> 01:44:24,598
work together, and as we touch the

2442
01:44:24,598 --> 01:44:26,598
water, touch those

2443
01:44:27,601 --> 01:44:29,603
parks that are next to us in a way

2444
01:44:29,603 --> 01:44:30,604
that creates better access and better

2445
01:44:30,604 --> 01:44:32,604
opportunities to really

2446
01:44:33,607 --> 01:44:35,609
enjoy that preserve that has

2447
01:44:35,609 --> 01:44:36,610
already been done on the water. Compliments to you for already

2448
01:44:36,610 --> 01:44:39,100
having that in place.

2449
01:44:40,614 --> 01:44:42,616
innovation. Innovation through the

2450
01:44:42,616 --> 01:44:43,584
way that we create energy. Innovation in

2451
01:44:43,584 --> 01:44:45,584
the

2452
01:44:45,586 --> 01:44:47,588
way that we store boats that are more

2453
01:44:47,588 --> 01:44:48,589
environmentally friendly and softer

2454
01:44:48,589 --> 01:44:51,592
and make it be more viable.

2455
01:44:51,592 --> 01:44:53,992
we are going to

2456
01:44:54,595 --> 01:44:56,995
be able to have

2457
01:44:57,598 --> 01:44:58,599
future-ready infrastructure in place

2458
01:44:58,599 --> 01:45:04,599
and make this be the place it needs to be.

2459
01:45:04,605 --> 01:45:07,605
this is just a start.

2460
01:45:09,610 --> 01:45:11,612
the na is just an engagement of us

2461
01:45:11,612 --> 01:45:13,614
talking with the city as to how we

2462
01:45:13,614 --> 01:45:16,140
get through this process.

2463
01:45:19,586 --> 01:45:21,588
it's been described to me

2464
01:45:21,588 --> 01:45:22,589
as, we like each other, so okay, let's

2465
01:45:22,589 --> 01:45:26,189
talk about dating a little bit.

2466
01:45:27,594 --> 01:45:28,595
let's see if we really like each other

2467
01:45:28,595 --> 01:45:29,596
before we get married, and

2468
01:45:29,596 --> 01:45:31,598
that's really what it is. That's really

2469
01:45:31,598 --> 01:45:33,600
what this is all about. It is an

2470
01:45:33,600 --> 01:45:37,604
opportunity to see if we can find

2471
01:45:37,604 --> 01:45:39,606
a way to work with the community,

2472
01:45:39,606 --> 01:45:40,607
work with the city, to come up with

2473
01:45:40,607 --> 01:45:41,608
something that is going to be

2474
01:45:41,608 --> 01:45:43,610
viable for all to get this done. It's

2475
01:45:43,610 --> 01:45:44,611
going to take three to five

2476
01:45:44,611 --> 01:45:46,613
months to get there. During that time,

2477
01:45:46,613 --> 01:45:48,615
we're going to start doing

2478
01:45:48,615 --> 01:45:49,616
all of our studies on the environmental side.

2479
01:45:49,616 --> 01:45:52,586
there's a bunch of studies that have to be done.

2480
01:45:52,586 --> 01:45:54,586
and we will

2481
01:45:54,588 --> 01:45:55,589
begin doing that from the transportation

2482
01:45:55,589 --> 01:45:57,589
side of

2483
01:45:57,591 --> 01:45:58,592
it, which includes the ferry, but

2484
01:45:58,592 --> 01:46:00,592
also includes

2485
01:46:01,595 --> 01:46:02,596
how we get access

2486
01:46:02,596 --> 01:46:07,601
across and over to the --over to the water side.

2487
01:46:07,601 --> 01:46:09,603
and then, we want to be ready to

2488
01:46:09,603 --> 01:46:13,607
have, as we get our development agreement put

2489
01:46:13,607 --> 01:46:15,609
together, we want to get our plans pulled together

2490
01:46:15,609 --> 01:46:18,609
so that everything's reaching the

2491
01:46:18,612 --> 01:46:19,613
point at the same time that we can pull

2492
01:46:19,613 --> 01:46:20,614
a building

2493
01:46:20,614 --> 01:46:23,614
permit and get started immediately.

2494
01:46:25,586 --> 01:46:27,588
we are privately funding

2495
01:46:27,588 --> 01:46:28,589
this, and the one thing I know about

2496
01:46:28,589 --> 01:46:31,592
private money is it does not

2497
01:46:31,592 --> 01:46:33,594
like to sit still.

2498
01:46:33,594 --> 01:46:34,595
that's why it will move faster. We

2499
01:46:34,595 --> 01:46:35,596
don't have to

2500
01:46:35,596 --> 01:46:37,598
wait for a grant to come in. We don't

2501
01:46:37,598 --> 01:46:38,599
have to wait for the state

2502
01:46:38,599 --> 01:46:40,601
to decide on whether or not we're going to get that

2503
01:46:40,601 --> 01:46:42,601
grant.

2504
01:46:42,603 --> 01:46:43,604
the private money wants to be put

2505
01:46:43,604 --> 01:46:44,605
in place, because it wants

2506
01:46:44,605 --> 01:46:51,805
to go to work, and that's what we're going to be doing.

2507
01:46:52,613 --> 01:46:55,613
I want to thank you

2508
01:46:55,616 --> 01:46:57,616
guys, mayor, council,

2509
01:46:58,585 --> 01:46:59,586
city, and the community, for letting

2510
01:46:59,586 --> 01:47:01,588
me present tonight, and thank you

2511
01:47:01,588 --> 01:47:03,588
for the opportunity.

2512
01:47:12,599 --> 01:47:16,199
>> thank you. So, what happens next?

2513
01:47:16,603 --> 01:47:17,604
greg

2514
01:47:17,604 --> 01:47:19,606
mentioned about the exclusive negotiating

2515
01:47:19,606 --> 01:47:20,607
agreement and what that means. This

2516
01:47:20,607 --> 01:47:21,608
kind

2517
01:47:21,608 --> 01:47:22,609
of gives you a little bit of an idea

2518
01:47:22,609 --> 01:47:24,611
of what that means. It

2519
01:47:24,611 --> 01:47:25,612
really grants the developer exclusive

2520
01:47:25,612 --> 01:47:26,613
rights to negotiate for the city,

2521
01:47:26,613 --> 01:47:27,614
so

2522
01:47:27,614 --> 01:47:28,615
we're not going to be going out and talking

2523
01:47:28,615 --> 01:47:30,584
to

2524
01:47:30,584 --> 01:47:31,585
anybody anybody else. It would be

2525
01:47:31,585 --> 01:47:32,586
us having the conversation together.

2526
01:47:32,586 --> 01:47:34,588
it's important to know it's not a

2527
01:47:34,588 --> 01:47:35,589
final deal. It is just the first

2528
01:47:35,589 --> 01:47:36,590
step to exploring whether this public

2529
01:47:36,590 --> 01:47:40,594
partnership will work, and it's feasible and can happen.

2530
01:47:40,594 --> 01:47:41,595
and

2531
01:47:41,595 --> 01:47:43,597
typically, what's in an ena is it

2532
01:47:43,597 --> 01:47:44,598
establishes

2533
01:47:44,598 --> 01:47:47,598
the preliminary roles, the responsibilities,

2534
01:47:47,601 --> 01:47:49,603
the deliverables and the timelines

2535
01:47:49,603 --> 01:47:52,603
that both parties have to

2536
01:47:52,606 --> 01:47:53,607
agree upon. Its

2537
01:47:53,607 --> 01:47:55,609
also requires both parties to negotiate

2538
01:47:55,609 --> 01:47:58,612
in good faith. It sets clear

2539
01:47:58,612 --> 01:47:59,613
milestones but does not obligate the

2540
01:47:59,613 --> 01:48:01,615
city to move forward with the final

2541
01:48:01,615 --> 01:48:03,584
project and typically, like greg

2542
01:48:03,584 --> 01:48:06,587
had shown in the last slide with the

2543
01:48:06,587 --> 01:48:10,591
timeline, then after that is signed and

2544
01:48:10,591 --> 01:48:11,592
agreed upon, there's that time frame between them

2545
01:48:11,592 --> 01:48:12,593
before you get to

2546
01:48:12,593 --> 01:48:13,594
the development agreement and that's

2547
01:48:13,594 --> 01:48:14,595
been going through the environmental

2548
01:48:14,595 --> 01:48:15,596
process and going through all those

2549
01:48:15,596 --> 01:48:16,597
things to say, all right, is this

2550
01:48:16,597 --> 01:48:17,598
going to work? Until

2551
01:48:17,598 --> 01:48:19,600
you get to the development agreement,

2552
01:48:19,600 --> 01:48:21,602
and that development agreement

2553
01:48:21,602 --> 01:48:22,603
really is the next phase of negotiating,

2554
01:48:22,603 --> 01:48:24,603
and

2555
01:48:25,606 --> 01:48:26,607
it defines all the specific project

2556
01:48:26,607 --> 01:48:28,607
terms, the

2557
01:48:28,609 --> 01:48:30,609
public benefit,

2558
01:48:30,611 --> 01:48:31,612
the long-term commitments, and what

2559
01:48:31,612 --> 01:48:33,614
would be in the operating

2560
01:48:33,614 --> 01:48:34,615
lease in which would be managed for

2561
01:48:34,615 --> 01:48:37,150
this property and the

2562
01:48:37,584 --> 01:48:38,585
expectations the city would have holding

2563
01:48:38,585 --> 01:48:40,587
the developer and leaseholder responsible for that

2564
01:48:40,587 --> 01:48:42,587
in the future.

2565
01:48:42,589 --> 01:48:43,590
so, that's something that comes a little bit later.

2566
01:48:43,590 --> 01:48:45,590
it's important

2567
01:48:45,592 --> 01:48:46,593
to note that as part of this whole

2568
01:48:46,593 --> 01:48:48,593
process,

2569
01:48:49,596 --> 01:48:50,597
like we had mentioned throughout this

2570
01:48:50,597 --> 01:48:51,598
presentation,

2571
01:48:51,598 --> 01:48:52,599
that should the council make a motion

2572
01:48:52,599 --> 01:48:54,599
to go forward

2573
01:48:55,602 --> 01:48:57,604
with exclusive negotiating, the community will

2574
01:48:57,604 --> 01:49:01,608
be a part of this whole process throughout the entire process.

2575
01:49:01,608 --> 01:49:03,608
we're just at

2576
01:49:04,611 --> 01:49:05,612
the beginning. And as you can see, it's a very

2577
01:49:05,612 --> 01:49:06,613
exciting

2578
01:49:06,613 --> 01:49:07,614
beginning, but we're just at the beginning

2579
01:49:07,614 --> 01:49:09,616
and there's still a lot of unknowns

2580
01:49:09,616 --> 01:49:13,587
and ways in which we need to move forward with that.

2581
01:49:13,587 --> 01:49:15,587
go ahead.

2582
01:49:16,590 --> 01:49:18,590
>> there's a

2583
01:49:18,592 --> 01:49:19,593
good reason why I brought my partner

2584
01:49:19,593 --> 01:49:21,595
with me, because she

2585
01:49:21,595 --> 01:49:25,195
goes, you didn't mention the unions.

2586
01:49:27,601 --> 01:49:28,602
we do so much work on the waterfront that it is, to me,

2587
01:49:28,602 --> 01:49:30,602
it's second nature.

2588
01:49:31,605 --> 01:49:32,606
we

2589
01:49:32,606 --> 01:49:34,608
can't do anything on the water without the unions.

2590
01:49:34,608 --> 01:49:36,608
everything

2591
01:49:38,612 --> 01:49:39,613
that we do is going to have

2592
01:49:39,613 --> 01:49:41,615
union labor. It's going to have agreements

2593
01:49:41,615 --> 01:49:43,615
with the unions,

2594
01:49:43,617 --> 01:49:44,585
and martinez is a union town. There's

2595
01:49:44,585 --> 01:49:45,586
no way we are going

2596
01:49:45,586 --> 01:49:47,588
to come in here and not do it with

2597
01:49:47,588 --> 01:49:48,589
unions.

2598
01:49:48,589 --> 01:49:50,591
I apologize for not mentioning that,

2599
01:49:50,591 --> 01:49:52,591
but I think

2600
01:49:52,593 --> 01:49:53,594
my partner for reminding me that, hey,

2601
01:49:53,594 --> 01:49:54,595
you

2602
01:49:54,595 --> 01:49:55,596
didn't say anything about the agreements we're going to have

2603
01:49:55,596 --> 01:49:59,196
with the unions. So, I apologize.

2604
01:50:05,606 --> 01:50:06,607
>> and I appreciate you

2605
01:50:06,607 --> 01:50:07,608
saying that, because it also, I mean,

2606
01:50:07,608 --> 01:50:08,609
again, as part of the conversations,

2607
01:50:08,609 --> 01:50:09,610
these

2608
01:50:09,610 --> 01:50:11,612
are things, when we talked about this with

2609
01:50:11,612 --> 01:50:12,613
the developer, about what's important to

2610
01:50:12,613 --> 01:50:14,615
our community, and this is a union

2611
01:50:14,615 --> 01:50:16,617
town, and that was something

2612
01:50:16,617 --> 01:50:17,584
we brought up really early on and

2613
01:50:17,584 --> 01:50:19,584
it didn't

2614
01:50:20,587 --> 01:50:22,589
faze greg at all.

2615
01:50:22,589 --> 01:50:23,590
it's something that is expected. And that was

2616
01:50:23,590 --> 01:50:24,591
the same when

2617
01:50:24,591 --> 01:50:25,592
we talked about all the other leaseholders that

2618
01:50:25,592 --> 01:50:26,593
were out there. How do we embrace

2619
01:50:26,593 --> 01:50:27,594
it

2620
01:50:27,594 --> 01:50:29,596
and pull it together? Thank you for pulling that

2621
01:50:29,596 --> 01:50:31,996
together or mentioning that.

2622
01:50:32,599 --> 01:50:34,601
I know greg touched upon a

2623
01:50:34,601 --> 01:50:35,602
lot of the fiscal impacts but it's

2624
01:50:35,602 --> 01:50:37,604
supposed to be benefits.

2625
01:50:37,604 --> 01:50:38,605
he talked about the fiscal benefits

2626
01:50:38,605 --> 01:50:39,606
that cities receive from

2627
01:50:39,606 --> 01:50:41,608
things like this. A couple ways in

2628
01:50:41,608 --> 01:50:43,610
which this helps, really, with the

2629
01:50:43,610 --> 01:50:44,611
revitalizing and how it benefits our

2630
01:50:44,611 --> 01:50:46,611
community even

2631
01:50:46,613 --> 01:50:47,614
more is really eliminates our debt,

2632
01:50:47,614 --> 01:50:48,615
eliminates

2633
01:50:48,615 --> 01:50:49,616
the debt that we have currently to

2634
01:50:49,616 --> 01:50:50,584
the city. Allows us to pay ourselves back

2635
01:50:50,584 --> 01:50:52,584
for that debt.

2636
01:50:53,587 --> 01:50:54,588
which is super critical, because then

2637
01:50:54,588 --> 01:50:55,589
that money can be redirected to the

2638
01:50:55,589 --> 01:50:56,590
other things that we love and appreciate

2639
01:50:56,590 --> 01:50:58,590
within the community.

2640
01:50:59,593 --> 01:51:01,593
the

2641
01:51:01,595 --> 01:51:04,598
developer, you know, would fund the

2642
01:51:04,598 --> 01:51:05,599
full marina and waterfront reconstruction,

2643
01:51:05,599 --> 01:51:06,600
and that includes the dredging and

2644
01:51:06,600 --> 01:51:08,602
the seawall, and then we'd work out

2645
01:51:08,602 --> 01:51:09,603
through our

2646
01:51:09,603 --> 01:51:11,605
agreement the terms of what responsible

2647
01:51:11,605 --> 01:51:13,607
share the city would take on

2648
01:51:13,607 --> 01:51:14,608
later and what that means is typically

2649
01:51:14,608 --> 01:51:15,609
what happens is

2650
01:51:15,609 --> 01:51:17,611
you --they put everything up front

2651
01:51:17,611 --> 01:51:19,613
and then as part of that process,

2652
01:51:19,613 --> 01:51:20,614
as part of our lease terms, we give

2653
01:51:20,614 --> 01:51:21,615
them --we give

2654
01:51:21,615 --> 01:51:22,616
reduced rent to allow them a little

2655
01:51:22,616 --> 01:51:23,617
bit of time to make some of that money back.

2656
01:51:23,617 --> 01:51:25,586
it's

2657
01:51:25,586 --> 01:51:26,587
a way in which the city is being financially

2658
01:51:26,587 --> 01:51:27,588
responsible, not having to

2659
01:51:27,588 --> 01:51:31,592
put that money up front. It comes at the end.

2660
01:51:31,592 --> 01:51:32,593
to be able to be our commit and our share toward something like

2661
01:51:32,593 --> 01:51:34,593
this.

2662
01:51:35,596 --> 01:51:37,596
one thing

2663
01:51:37,598 --> 01:51:38,599
that's very important for our community is it

2664
01:51:38,599 --> 01:51:40,599
generates

2665
01:51:41,602 --> 01:51:42,603
new revenue for this city. Like lauren had

2666
01:51:42,603 --> 01:51:44,605
mentioned, we are really at a point

2667
01:51:44,605 --> 01:51:45,606
where we do not have new

2668
01:51:45,606 --> 01:51:46,607
revenue and it is not in the interest

2669
01:51:46,607 --> 01:51:47,608
of the council to be going back and

2670
01:51:47,608 --> 01:51:50,800
taxing the voters more.

2671
01:51:50,611 --> 01:51:52,611
so, this

2672
01:51:52,613 --> 01:51:56,213
really --it generates a revenue source

2673
01:51:56,617 --> 01:51:57,584
and it comes through the source

2674
01:51:57,584 --> 01:51:59,586
of transient occupancy tax for the

2675
01:51:59,586 --> 01:52:01,586
hotels, sales

2676
01:52:01,588 --> 01:52:02,589
tax, possessory interest tax, and then the lease payments

2677
01:52:02,589 --> 01:52:04,589
as well.

2678
01:52:05,592 --> 01:52:07,592
and this,

2679
01:52:07,594 --> 01:52:08,595
again, if you know of all these taxes,

2680
01:52:08,595 --> 01:52:10,595
they also have

2681
01:52:11,598 --> 01:52:12,599
help augment other types of uses

2682
01:52:12,599 --> 01:52:14,601
when it comes to, like, our county and our fire and so

2683
01:52:14,601 --> 01:52:16,601
forth.

2684
01:52:17,604 --> 01:52:19,606
it also will support,

2685
01:52:19,606 --> 01:52:21,608
like I mentioned, the loan repayment of

2686
01:52:21,608 --> 01:52:27,608
the $1.7 million state loan that we have had for years.

2687
01:52:29,616 --> 01:52:30,584
that we

2688
01:52:30,584 --> 01:52:32,586
really want to be able to take care

2689
01:52:32,586 --> 01:52:33,587
of and be fiscally responsible. Another

2690
01:52:33,587 --> 01:52:34,588
thing the revenue

2691
01:52:34,588 --> 01:52:35,589
helps is it allows us to look at the

2692
01:52:35,589 --> 01:52:37,589
core services in

2693
01:52:37,591 --> 01:52:38,592
which we provide. We hear a lot about

2694
01:52:38,592 --> 01:52:40,992
wanting more ability to

2695
01:52:41,595 --> 01:52:43,597
have more police, have more officers that

2696
01:52:43,597 --> 01:52:44,598
are going to be downtown, be more

2697
01:52:44,598 --> 01:52:46,598
proactive, you know,

2698
01:52:46,600 --> 01:52:47,601
maintaining our parks and our infrastructures

2699
01:52:47,601 --> 01:52:49,601
and so

2700
01:52:50,604 --> 01:52:51,605
forth. When you have a source of revenue coming

2701
01:52:51,605 --> 01:52:52,606
in like

2702
01:52:52,606 --> 01:52:53,607
this, it really allows the council and

2703
01:52:53,607 --> 01:52:56,610
the community to look forward and how you can program that.

2704
01:52:56,610 --> 01:52:58,610
and

2705
01:52:58,612 --> 01:52:59,613
it really will also foster future economic vitality

2706
01:52:59,613 --> 01:53:01,613
throughout martinez.

2707
01:53:02,616 --> 01:53:04,616
typically, these

2708
01:53:05,586 --> 01:53:06,587
types of transformational catalyst

2709
01:53:06,587 --> 01:53:08,587
projects will

2710
01:53:08,589 --> 01:53:10,989
spur more interest in

2711
01:53:11,592 --> 01:53:14,595
our property owners downtown, revitalizing their property.

2712
01:53:14,595 --> 01:53:16,597
the vacant lots getting built on.

2713
01:53:16,597 --> 01:53:17,598
it also will spur a lot of interest

2714
01:53:17,598 --> 01:53:18,599
in retailers that we want to attract

2715
01:53:18,599 --> 01:53:20,601
to this community that people have

2716
01:53:20,601 --> 01:53:23,604
been asking, for trader joe's and

2717
01:53:23,604 --> 01:53:24,605
certain ones to come. There has to

2718
01:53:24,605 --> 01:53:25,606
be a

2719
01:53:25,606 --> 01:53:26,607
"there" there for certain companies

2720
01:53:26,607 --> 01:53:28,609
to come, and they

2721
01:53:28,609 --> 01:53:29,610
have certain profiles and segments.

2722
01:53:29,610 --> 01:53:30,611
these lead

2723
01:53:30,611 --> 01:53:32,613
to opportunities for our community and

2724
01:53:32,613 --> 01:53:33,614
the future of our community and not

2725
01:53:33,614 --> 01:53:34,615
just for us.

2726
01:53:34,615 --> 01:53:35,616
when we look at these types of things,

2727
01:53:35,616 --> 01:53:36,617
we're not looking at what's in it

2728
01:53:36,617 --> 01:53:37,584
for us now? We're looking at it for the

2729
01:53:37,584 --> 01:53:41,588
generations that are still yet to come.

2730
01:53:41,588 --> 01:53:42,589
so, this is an opportunity, as part

2731
01:53:42,589 --> 01:53:44,589
of this transformational

2732
01:53:44,591 --> 01:53:46,593
project, to really look at that. So,

2733
01:53:46,593 --> 01:53:47,594
with that, the recommendation that we

2734
01:53:47,594 --> 01:53:49,594
have tonight is

2735
01:53:49,596 --> 01:53:50,597
to ask the city council to make a

2736
01:53:50,597 --> 01:53:52,597
motion to authorize

2737
01:53:53,600 --> 01:53:54,601
the story enter into negotiations

2738
01:53:54,601 --> 01:53:55,602
for an

2739
01:53:55,602 --> 01:53:56,603
exclusive negotiating agreement with

2740
01:53:56,603 --> 01:53:58,603
tucker sadler.

2741
01:53:59,606 --> 01:54:01,608
and at this time, we

2742
01:54:01,608 --> 01:54:02,609
are available, both staff as well

2743
01:54:02,609 --> 01:54:03,610
as tucker sadler is available for

2744
01:54:03,610 --> 01:54:06,610
any questions you might have.

2745
01:54:06,613 --> 01:54:07,614
as before

2746
01:54:07,614 --> 01:54:09,616
you go into public comment and then

2747
01:54:09,616 --> 01:54:10,584
just kind

2748
01:54:10,584 --> 01:54:12,586
of reiterating what lauren had mentioned.

2749
01:54:12,586 --> 01:54:14,588
I know there's going to be a

2750
01:54:14,588 --> 01:54:15,589
lot of excitement and questions and

2751
01:54:15,589 --> 01:54:16,590
comments that are --we're

2752
01:54:16,590 --> 01:54:18,592
not going to be able to answer tonight.

2753
01:54:18,592 --> 01:54:19,593
we have eve, who's going to

2754
01:54:19,593 --> 01:54:20,594
be transcribing everything for us,

2755
01:54:20,594 --> 01:54:21,595
so it will be something that we can

2756
01:54:21,595 --> 01:54:24,598
have as part of this process when we start this process.

2757
01:54:24,598 --> 01:54:25,599
the qr

2758
01:54:25,599 --> 01:54:27,601
code leads us to the website, so we

2759
01:54:27,601 --> 01:54:29,601
would definitely encourage

2760
01:54:30,604 --> 01:54:32,606
you to share the website with others

2761
01:54:32,606 --> 01:54:33,607
should this motion go forward. We will have

2762
01:54:33,607 --> 01:54:34,608
a website that will

2763
01:54:34,608 --> 01:54:36,610
be dedicated to this effort so that everyone will always know

2764
01:54:36,610 --> 01:54:38,610
what's happening.

2765
01:54:39,613 --> 01:54:42,616
and so, I'll turn it back over to the council.

2766
01:54:42,616 --> 01:54:43,617
and the

2767
01:54:43,617 --> 01:54:44,585
mayor.

2768
01:54:44,585 --> 01:54:45,586
>> great. Thank you. Thank

2769
01:54:45,586 --> 01:54:47,588
you, jill and lauren

2770
01:54:47,588 --> 01:54:48,589
and greg for your participation and

2771
01:54:48,589 --> 01:54:50,989
the presentation this evening.

2772
01:54:51,592 --> 01:54:53,594
I know that the

2773
01:54:53,594 --> 01:54:57,194
council chambers are full this evening

2774
01:54:57,598 --> 01:54:58,599
of members of the public listening in, and

2775
01:54:58,599 --> 01:55:00,601
I assume many of them have questions.

2776
01:55:00,601 --> 01:55:02,601
we will follow

2777
01:55:02,603 --> 01:55:03,604
the normal process of what we do on

2778
01:55:03,604 --> 01:55:04,605
all

2779
01:55:04,605 --> 01:55:06,607
of our council meetings. We'll start

2780
01:55:06,607 --> 01:55:08,609
with questions from the

2781
01:55:08,609 --> 01:55:09,610
council, and then I'll open it up

2782
01:55:09,610 --> 01:55:11,610
to public

2783
01:55:11,612 --> 01:55:12,613
comment, and then we'll come back to the

2784
01:55:12,613 --> 01:55:16,213
council for thoughts and general comments.

2785
01:55:18,585 --> 01:55:19,586
I did want to reiterate the one thing that

2786
01:55:19,586 --> 01:55:20,587
was brought up kind of at the very

2787
01:55:20,587 --> 01:55:21,588
end of the presentation, and so I wanted to

2788
01:55:21,588 --> 01:55:23,588
reiterate that.

2789
01:55:24,591 --> 01:55:26,591
as we're asking

2790
01:55:26,593 --> 01:55:27,594
questions, as we're providing comments, I

2791
01:55:27,594 --> 01:55:29,594
wanted to

2792
01:55:29,596 --> 01:55:30,597
remind everyone what is on the table

2793
01:55:30,597 --> 01:55:32,599
this evening, what's on

2794
01:55:32,599 --> 01:55:33,600
the agenda this evening, is to consider

2795
01:55:33,600 --> 01:55:35,600
a motion

2796
01:55:36,603 --> 01:55:37,604
to authorize the city to enter

2797
01:55:37,604 --> 01:55:39,606
into negotiations for an exclusive negotiating agreement

2798
01:55:39,606 --> 01:55:41,606
with tucker sadler.

2799
01:55:42,609 --> 01:55:43,610
you are, of course, welcome

2800
01:55:43,610 --> 01:55:45,612
to ask questions about the design.

2801
01:55:45,612 --> 01:55:46,613
you're welcome to ask questions about

2802
01:55:46,613 --> 01:55:48,615
any phase of the project but I want

2803
01:55:48,615 --> 01:55:49,616
to make sure it's very clear to everyone,

2804
01:55:49,616 --> 01:55:51,585
we're

2805
01:55:51,585 --> 01:55:54,585
not approving a design tonight.

2806
01:55:54,588 --> 01:55:55,589
we're not approving a

2807
01:55:55,589 --> 01:55:57,591
development agreement tonight. We are only

2808
01:55:57,591 --> 01:55:58,592
potentially approving that staff can

2809
01:55:58,592 --> 01:56:00,592
move

2810
01:56:00,594 --> 01:56:01,595
forward with negotiating an

2811
01:56:01,595 --> 01:56:03,597
exclusive negotiating agreement. So,

2812
01:56:03,597 --> 01:56:04,598
so, we're very early on in the process

2813
01:56:04,598 --> 01:56:06,600
and this is just the first of many steps before we

2814
01:56:06,600 --> 01:56:09,603
get to what you see today.

2815
01:56:09,603 --> 01:56:11,603
so, with that

2816
01:56:11,605 --> 01:56:12,606
said, would anyone on council like

2817
01:56:12,606 --> 01:56:15,609
to kick off questions for staff or tucker

2818
01:56:15,609 --> 01:56:17,609
sadler?

2819
01:56:18,612 --> 01:56:20,614
>> sure. I just have a comment.

2820
01:56:20,614 --> 01:56:21,615
and a couple of questions. I don't want

2821
01:56:21,615 --> 01:56:22,616
to hog all the time.

2822
01:56:22,616 --> 01:56:24,585
I really want to hear what everybody else

2823
01:56:24,585 --> 01:56:27,588
has to say, but I really want

2824
01:56:27,588 --> 01:56:29,590
to thank the staff, because that was

2825
01:56:29,590 --> 01:56:30,591
a very straightforward report, and

2826
01:56:30,591 --> 01:56:32,591
they did all

2827
01:56:33,594 --> 01:56:35,596
the heavy lifting as far as daylighting all

2828
01:56:35,596 --> 01:56:36,597
the information and getting it out

2829
01:56:36,597 --> 01:56:38,997
there and getting us

2830
01:56:39,600 --> 01:56:40,601
educated and bringing a lot of you

2831
01:56:40,601 --> 01:56:42,601
into

2832
01:56:42,603 --> 01:56:45,606
city hall to get you educated on

2833
01:56:45,606 --> 01:56:48,609
what we want to do and all the

2834
01:56:48,609 --> 01:56:50,609
different options. I

2835
01:56:51,612 --> 01:56:54,615
really want to thank greg and diane

2836
01:56:54,615 --> 01:56:56,617
for being here, especially diane bringing

2837
01:56:56,617 --> 01:56:57,584
up that this is uniontown, usa, so

2838
01:56:57,584 --> 01:56:58,585
I really want to thank you

2839
01:56:58,585 --> 01:57:00,587
for making that important. There's

2840
01:57:00,587 --> 01:57:02,587
a lot

2841
01:57:02,589 --> 01:57:03,590
of stuff that I would like to ask

2842
01:57:03,590 --> 01:57:06,593
questions about, but really, as the

2843
01:57:06,593 --> 01:57:09,596
mayor just stated, what we're here

2844
01:57:09,596 --> 01:57:12,599
for today is to go into an

2845
01:57:12,599 --> 01:57:13,600
ena, right? And if you read --I hope

2846
01:57:13,600 --> 01:57:15,600
all

2847
01:57:15,602 --> 01:57:17,604
of you got a little --

2848
01:57:17,604 --> 01:57:18,605
right? And I just want to read it

2849
01:57:18,605 --> 01:57:19,606
one more time,

2850
01:57:19,606 --> 01:57:21,608
just because it's super clear and very easy to

2851
01:57:21,608 --> 01:57:23,608
understand.

2852
01:57:24,611 --> 01:57:27,611
what does an ena do?

2853
01:57:27,614 --> 01:57:30,614
it outlines preliminary terms, roles,

2854
01:57:30,617 --> 01:57:32,617
responsibilities, and deliverables

2855
01:57:33,587 --> 01:57:34,588
for each party. Establishes key milestones,

2856
01:57:34,588 --> 01:57:36,588
so that's

2857
01:57:36,590 --> 01:57:37,591
super important, and a timeline for

2858
01:57:37,591 --> 01:57:39,591
negotiations, which

2859
01:57:39,593 --> 01:57:41,595
you guys all saw the slide, I think it

2860
01:57:41,595 --> 01:57:42,596
was 21. I'm not sure. But it commits

2861
01:57:42,596 --> 01:57:44,596
both parties

2862
01:57:44,598 --> 01:57:45,599
to a good faith negotiation but does

2863
01:57:45,599 --> 01:57:47,599
not

2864
01:57:47,601 --> 01:57:48,602
obligate either side to enter into

2865
01:57:48,602 --> 01:57:50,602
a

2866
01:57:50,604 --> 01:57:51,605
final agreement. Right? So, I think

2867
01:57:51,605 --> 01:57:54,500
as greg was so

2868
01:57:54,608 --> 01:57:55,609
good and eloquent about talking about

2869
01:57:55,609 --> 01:57:57,609
this

2870
01:57:58,612 --> 01:58:00,614
project, it feels, like he said,

2871
01:58:00,614 --> 01:58:01,615
it changed ten minutes into us, and it's

2872
01:58:01,615 --> 01:58:03,615
a

2873
01:58:04,585 --> 01:58:05,586
living, breathing

2874
01:58:05,586 --> 01:58:07,588
plan, right, that we are all going to

2875
01:58:07,588 --> 01:58:09,588
have

2876
01:58:09,590 --> 01:58:10,591
a part of and input on. So, I think that

2877
01:58:10,591 --> 01:58:11,592
is one of

2878
01:58:11,592 --> 01:58:15,192
the most important things to remember

2879
01:58:15,596 --> 01:58:16,597
as a third-generation martesian, I have

2880
01:58:16,597 --> 01:58:17,598
been dreaming

2881
01:58:17,598 --> 01:58:19,600
about something like this. I didn't

2882
01:58:19,600 --> 01:58:20,601
even

2883
01:58:20,601 --> 01:58:22,603
imagine something this spectacular,

2884
01:58:22,603 --> 01:58:23,604
but for at least

2885
01:58:23,604 --> 01:58:25,606
30 years, and I think one other point

2886
01:58:25,606 --> 01:58:27,606
that I really

2887
01:58:28,609 --> 01:58:31,612
want to make is that to do

2888
01:58:31,612 --> 01:58:32,613
nothing, to do nothing will

2889
01:58:32,613 --> 01:58:37,584
cost us $20 million. So, get your head around that.

2890
01:58:37,584 --> 01:58:39,584
this is --

2891
01:58:40,587 --> 01:58:41,588
this enterprise fund

2892
01:58:41,588 --> 01:58:43,590
is bleeding money. Since I have been

2893
01:58:43,590 --> 01:58:46,590
on council, I want to

2894
01:58:46,593 --> 01:58:48,993
say it's $1. 7 million. Now,

2895
01:58:49,596 --> 01:58:50,597
if it continues this way, I want the

2896
01:58:50,597 --> 01:58:51,598
person to stand up who is going to

2897
01:58:51,598 --> 01:58:55,602
be prepared to start laying off police officers.

2898
01:58:55,602 --> 01:58:56,603
right?

2899
01:58:56,603 --> 01:58:58,605
so, I don't mean to be dramatic, but let's think about that.

2900
01:58:58,605 --> 01:59:01,605
that's really all I have.

2901
01:59:04,611 --> 01:59:05,612
>> thank you.

2902
01:59:05,612 --> 01:59:08,612
>> thanks. Go ahead. >> I'm sorry?

2903
01:59:10,617 --> 01:59:12,586
bueller? Bueller? Can I talk?

2904
01:59:12,586 --> 01:59:13,587
>> yes, of course. I'm sorry. I was

2905
01:59:13,587 --> 01:59:14,588
trying to let you talk.

2906
01:59:14,588 --> 01:59:15,589
but you guys --

2907
01:59:15,589 --> 01:59:16,590
>> I will defer to

2908
01:59:16,590 --> 01:59:17,591
you. You have something?

2909
01:59:17,591 --> 01:59:18,592
>> no problem.

2910
01:59:18,592 --> 01:59:19,593
>> okay.

2911
01:59:19,593 --> 01:59:21,993
>> no, go ahead. >> okay.

2912
01:59:22,596 --> 01:59:25,596
now that we've got all

2913
01:59:25,599 --> 01:59:27,599
that worked out,

2914
01:59:28,602 --> 01:59:31,605
first, I want to commend greg

2915
01:59:31,605 --> 01:59:34,605
and diane and the team

2916
01:59:34,608 --> 01:59:36,608
at tucker

2917
01:59:37,611 --> 01:59:40,110
for the amazing presentation.

2918
01:59:43,617 --> 01:59:45,617
I still have

2919
01:59:46,587 --> 01:59:48,587
the same emotional

2920
01:59:49,590 --> 01:59:51,592
reaction that I had when we

2921
01:59:51,592 --> 01:59:55,192
first saw this in closed session.

2922
01:59:58,599 --> 02:00:00,601
and I had the

2923
02:00:00,601 --> 02:00:03,604
emotion because we've lived here 24 years,

2924
02:00:03,604 --> 02:00:04,605
and it's always been the marina, the

2925
02:00:04,605 --> 02:00:05,606
marina, the marina.

2926
02:00:05,606 --> 02:00:10,406
we need to do something about the marina.

2927
02:00:10,611 --> 02:00:12,613
but nothing was ever done.

2928
02:00:12,613 --> 02:00:13,614
and nothing ever seemed to really

2929
02:00:13,614 --> 02:00:15,614
be

2930
02:00:16,617 --> 02:00:19,586
moving in that direction to

2931
02:00:19,586 --> 02:00:21,586
revitalize

2932
02:00:22,589 --> 02:00:24,989
this jewel that we

2933
02:00:25,592 --> 02:00:28,595
have and have a significant amount

2934
02:00:28,595 --> 02:00:30,995
of pride over. So,

2935
02:00:31,598 --> 02:00:33,598
to see the

2936
02:00:34,601 --> 02:00:37,601
presentation and the possibility and

2937
02:00:37,604 --> 02:00:40,400
what this could be

2938
02:00:40,607 --> 02:00:43,610
like for for new families coming

2939
02:00:43,610 --> 02:00:46,613
in to martinez, for many of our

2940
02:00:46,613 --> 02:00:49,130
children and grandchildren to

2941
02:00:49,616 --> 02:00:51,585
be able to

2942
02:00:51,585 --> 02:00:52,586
experience and benefit from this in

2943
02:00:52,586 --> 02:00:54,586
their own

2944
02:00:55,589 --> 02:00:57,589
hometown without having

2945
02:00:58,592 --> 02:01:00,992
to drive to monterrey

2946
02:01:01,595 --> 02:01:03,595
or saucalito

2947
02:01:03,597 --> 02:01:04,598
or tiburon or any other place that

2948
02:01:04,598 --> 02:01:05,599
has a marina but can do it right here right

2949
02:01:05,599 --> 02:01:07,599
now.

2950
02:01:10,604 --> 02:01:12,604
it evoked emotion,

2951
02:01:13,607 --> 02:01:14,608
because it's almost

2952
02:01:14,608 --> 02:01:18,208
like this thing could really happen.

2953
02:01:19,613 --> 02:01:22,130
after all this time.

2954
02:01:22,616 --> 02:01:25,586
so, thank you all. Thank you to

2955
02:01:25,586 --> 02:01:27,586
the --our

2956
02:01:28,589 --> 02:01:31,589
staff for your due diligence

2957
02:01:31,592 --> 02:01:33,592
and willingness and

2958
02:01:33,594 --> 02:01:34,595
commitment to also seeing the vision,

2959
02:01:34,595 --> 02:01:36,595
and I want

2960
02:01:36,597 --> 02:01:37,598
to remind folks, again, and it's been

2961
02:01:37,598 --> 02:01:39,598
said, and

2962
02:01:40,601 --> 02:01:43,604
it's going to be said throughout this

2963
02:01:43,604 --> 02:01:45,606
evening, this is not final.

2964
02:01:45,606 --> 02:01:51,600
this is not something we're etching in stone tonight.

2965
02:01:51,612 --> 02:01:55,212
this is the very beginning stages.

2966
02:01:55,616 --> 02:01:58,160
so, it's a vision.

2967
02:01:58,585 --> 02:01:59,586
and the beauty of visions is you think

2968
02:01:59,586 --> 02:02:04,591
big, and you think large, and you think out of the box.

2969
02:02:04,591 --> 02:02:06,593
but then you fine-tune.

2970
02:02:06,593 --> 02:02:07,594
you narrow it down. Because I'm sure some

2971
02:02:07,594 --> 02:02:09,994
of you out there

2972
02:02:10,597 --> 02:02:11,598
are, like, oh my god, that's too many hotels.

2973
02:02:11,598 --> 02:02:12,599
okay.

2974
02:02:12,599 --> 02:02:13,600
this is the beginning. Maybe it's one.

2975
02:02:13,600 --> 02:02:15,600
maybe it's two.

2976
02:02:16,603 --> 02:02:18,603
maybe it's none.

2977
02:02:18,605 --> 02:02:24,605
so, don't --you saw a vision. You saw a concept.

2978
02:02:24,611 --> 02:02:25,612
but this thing is going to, if it

2979
02:02:25,612 --> 02:02:28,120
goes forward, it's going

2980
02:02:28,615 --> 02:02:31,150
to evolve with your

2981
02:02:31,585 --> 02:02:36,385
input, with your feedback. With your historical knowledge.

2982
02:02:37,591 --> 02:02:40,594
so, again, this is a very

2983
02:02:40,594 --> 02:02:43,594
beginning, but it's a vision.

2984
02:02:44,598 --> 02:02:45,599
it's doing something that,

2985
02:02:45,599 --> 02:02:50,604
for so long, folks have said something needs to be done.

2986
02:02:50,604 --> 02:02:51,605
but nothing's

2987
02:02:51,605 --> 02:02:56,610
been done until now, and we're on this --

2988
02:02:56,610 --> 02:02:58,610
we're on this

2989
02:02:59,613 --> 02:03:01,613
critical precipice,

2990
02:03:02,616 --> 02:03:05,586
because to do nothing is going

2991
02:03:05,586 --> 02:03:07,588
to be devastating to the

2992
02:03:07,588 --> 02:03:08,589
city on the trajectory that we're

2993
02:03:08,589 --> 02:03:10,589
going now,

2994
02:03:11,592 --> 02:03:13,592
and putting money

2995
02:03:14,595 --> 02:03:16,597
into a marina that

2996
02:03:16,597 --> 02:03:20,601
is not sustainable in this current structure.

2997
02:03:20,601 --> 02:03:22,603
so, I would just

2998
02:03:22,603 --> 02:03:23,604
ask all of us, and you notice I said

2999
02:03:23,604 --> 02:03:25,604
all of

3000
02:03:26,607 --> 02:03:28,607
us, to

3001
02:03:29,610 --> 02:03:31,610
be open

3002
02:03:35,616 --> 02:03:37,616
minded, community-

3003
02:03:38,585 --> 02:03:39,586
focused, family-focused,

3004
02:03:39,586 --> 02:03:41,588
and collaborative. Because if we do

3005
02:03:41,588 --> 02:03:43,588
this thing

3006
02:03:44,591 --> 02:03:45,592
thing right, if we get this

3007
02:03:45,592 --> 02:03:47,594
right, this will be transformative to

3008
02:03:47,594 --> 02:03:49,594
this community.

3009
02:03:50,597 --> 02:03:52,997
this will be a

3010
02:03:53,600 --> 02:03:56,603
true legacy that we are leaving

3011
02:03:56,603 --> 02:03:57,604
for future

3012
02:03:57,604 --> 02:04:01,204
generations that will be unique to

3013
02:04:01,608 --> 02:04:02,609
not only martinez but contra costa county.

3014
02:04:02,609 --> 02:04:04,609
the bay area.

3015
02:04:08,615 --> 02:04:10,617
so, again, thank you,

3016
02:04:10,617 --> 02:04:11,585
staff. Thank you, greg and diane, for

3017
02:04:11,585 --> 02:04:13,585
bringing this forward.

3018
02:04:17,591 --> 02:04:21,191
>> all right. Thank you very much.

3019
02:04:23,597 --> 02:04:25,599
and I too would like to acknowledge

3020
02:04:25,599 --> 02:04:26,600
staff and tucker sadler. Thank you very much for

3021
02:04:26,600 --> 02:04:28,600
the

3022
02:04:28,602 --> 02:04:29,603
very informative presentation. I'd

3023
02:04:29,603 --> 02:04:30,604
also like to

3024
02:04:30,604 --> 02:04:32,606
thank all of you, ladies and gentlemen,

3025
02:04:32,606 --> 02:04:33,607
who have joined us

3026
02:04:33,607 --> 02:04:38,612
here in the audience tonight. Both in-person and virtually.

3027
02:04:38,612 --> 02:04:40,614
I think this speaks volumes to

3028
02:04:40,614 --> 02:04:41,615
the fact of how much our waterfront

3029
02:04:41,615 --> 02:04:43,615
and our marina

3030
02:04:44,585 --> 02:04:46,585
is a beloved

3031
02:04:46,587 --> 02:04:47,588
asset. And I very much just appreciate

3032
02:04:47,588 --> 02:04:49,588
folks taking time

3033
02:04:49,590 --> 02:04:50,591
out of their evening to join us here

3034
02:04:50,591 --> 02:04:52,591
tonight.

3035
02:04:53,594 --> 02:04:56,594
I think this is something

3036
02:04:56,597 --> 02:04:57,598
that, quite

3037
02:04:57,598 --> 02:04:59,600
frankly, I think at least certainly in

3038
02:04:59,600 --> 02:05:00,601
the four-plus decades that my

3039
02:05:00,601 --> 02:05:02,603
family and I have been living here, we have

3040
02:05:02,603 --> 02:05:05,603
been kind of waiting for.

3041
02:05:05,606 --> 02:05:07,606
and

3042
02:05:07,608 --> 02:05:08,609
I really do want to acknowledge the efforts

3043
02:05:08,609 --> 02:05:10,609
that

3044
02:05:11,612 --> 02:05:13,612
have went in

3045
02:05:14,615 --> 02:05:15,616
here, building off the tulip that many

3046
02:05:15,616 --> 02:05:17,618
in the community did participate in,

3047
02:05:17,618 --> 02:05:18,585
but also recognizing that there

3048
02:05:18,585 --> 02:05:22,589
were shortcomings there, and we need to acknowledge that.

3049
02:05:22,589 --> 02:05:26,593
that the status quo, as was said, is simply not sustainable.

3050
02:05:26,593 --> 02:05:29,593
and I'm glad that we're

3051
02:05:29,596 --> 02:05:30,597
having this conversation now and not

3052
02:05:30,597 --> 02:05:31,598
in a

3053
02:05:31,598 --> 02:05:32,599
few years from now where we're trying

3054
02:05:32,599 --> 02:05:35,602
to scramble and trying to figure out,

3055
02:05:35,602 --> 02:05:38,605
oh my god, how are we going to

3056
02:05:38,605 --> 02:05:40,605
avoid devastating service

3057
02:05:41,608 --> 02:05:42,609
cuts that we are seeing in other communities

3058
02:05:42,609 --> 02:05:44,611
throughout the bay area and the state

3059
02:05:44,611 --> 02:05:46,611
taking place now.

3060
02:05:47,614 --> 02:05:49,616
so, I did want to just pick

3061
02:05:49,616 --> 02:05:50,617
up on something that my colleague,

3062
02:05:50,617 --> 02:05:52,586
councilmember

3063
02:05:52,586 --> 02:05:53,587
young, mentioned. This is a starting point.

3064
02:05:53,587 --> 02:05:55,587
it's not the

3065
02:05:56,590 --> 02:05:58,990
be-all, end-all, right? And

3066
02:05:59,593 --> 02:06:00,594
so, the concept that we have

3067
02:06:00,594 --> 02:06:05,994
seen here tonight is just that. It's a concept.

3068
02:06:08,602 --> 02:06:11,605
and it's one that is going

3069
02:06:11,605 --> 02:06:13,607
to change, and so, again, I just want

3070
02:06:13,607 --> 02:06:14,608
to really emphasize thatthat this is

3071
02:06:14,608 --> 02:06:16,608
an

3072
02:06:16,610 --> 02:06:17,611
iterative process. It needs to be

3073
02:06:17,611 --> 02:06:20,110
done in partnership with

3074
02:06:20,614 --> 02:06:22,614
the community. That's

3075
02:06:22,616 --> 02:06:23,617
why, when we were first made aware

3076
02:06:23,617 --> 02:06:26,587
of this, I was like, all right, time-out.

3077
02:06:26,587 --> 02:06:27,588
we're not doing anything more

3078
02:06:27,588 --> 02:06:29,590
until we get all of you involved in this process.

3079
02:06:29,590 --> 02:06:31,990
it's really, really important.

3080
02:06:32,593 --> 02:06:34,595
and so, that's my --

3081
02:06:34,595 --> 02:06:35,596
that's our commitment. As a council.

3082
02:06:35,596 --> 02:06:38,596
we want to make sure

3083
02:06:38,599 --> 02:06:40,601
that we're being transparent, open,

3084
02:06:40,601 --> 02:06:41,602
collaborative. We want that input.

3085
02:06:41,602 --> 02:06:44,200
we can't do this

3086
02:06:44,605 --> 02:06:45,606
alone, nor should we.

3087
02:06:45,606 --> 02:06:50,611
this needs to be done in partnership with the community.

3088
02:06:50,611 --> 02:06:53,110
so, that being said,

3089
02:06:53,614 --> 02:06:56,140
I do have some

3090
02:06:56,617 --> 02:06:57,618
questions for staff and for the representatives from tucker

3091
02:06:57,618 --> 02:06:59,586
sadler.

3092
02:06:59,586 --> 02:07:01,586
if it's appropriate,

3093
02:07:01,588 --> 02:07:02,589
mayor, if I may ask those questions at this

3094
02:07:02,589 --> 02:07:04,589
stage?

3095
02:07:11,598 --> 02:07:13,598
so, the presentation

3096
02:07:13,600 --> 02:07:14,601
mentioned that a construction timeline

3097
02:07:14,601 --> 02:07:17,604
of three to five years for all phases.

3098
02:07:17,604 --> 02:07:19,604
assuming everything goes

3099
02:07:20,607 --> 02:07:23,610
on time, there's no delays, what have

3100
02:07:23,610 --> 02:07:24,611
you, but the staff presentation at

3101
02:07:24,611 --> 02:07:26,611
the

3102
02:07:26,613 --> 02:07:29,616
outset did paint somewhat of a dire

3103
02:07:29,616 --> 02:07:30,617
financial picture. And my question

3104
02:07:30,617 --> 02:07:32,586
is, even in

3105
02:07:32,586 --> 02:07:33,587
the best case scenario, let's say

3106
02:07:33,587 --> 02:07:35,987
we get all the

3107
02:07:36,590 --> 02:07:39,590
ducks lined up in a

3108
02:07:39,593 --> 02:07:41,993
row, we reach an

3109
02:07:42,596 --> 02:07:44,598
agreement, aware still looking

3110
02:07:44,598 --> 02:07:45,599
at three to five years before there's

3111
02:07:45,599 --> 02:07:46,600
any

3112
02:07:46,600 --> 02:07:48,602
type of revenues that are being generated.

3113
02:07:48,602 --> 02:07:50,602
so, what

3114
02:07:51,605 --> 02:07:52,606
is the plan in the interim to

3115
02:07:52,606 --> 02:07:57,406
help us tide us by, no pun intended?

3116
02:07:59,613 --> 02:08:00,614
do we have any thoughts? How would

3117
02:08:00,614 --> 02:08:02,614
we

3118
02:08:03,617 --> 02:08:04,618
begin to address that

3119
02:08:04,618 --> 02:08:06,587
financial shortfall? That was one question that I

3120
02:08:06,587 --> 02:08:08,587
had.

3121
02:08:09,590 --> 02:08:11,592
do you have any insights on

3122
02:08:11,592 --> 02:08:12,593
that?

3123
02:08:12,593 --> 02:08:13,594
>> so, you know, first of all,

3124
02:08:13,594 --> 02:08:14,595
we don't --we

3125
02:08:14,595 --> 02:08:15,596
haven't worked out the details and timeline of

3126
02:08:15,596 --> 02:08:17,596
said construction.

3127
02:08:18,599 --> 02:08:20,599
should

3128
02:08:21,602 --> 02:08:24,602
we move forward. And certainly,

3129
02:08:24,605 --> 02:08:25,606
one of the elements of

3130
02:08:25,606 --> 02:08:27,608
negotiations and putting together

3131
02:08:27,608 --> 02:08:29,608
milestones

3132
02:08:29,610 --> 02:08:30,611
and start dates and putting shovels

3133
02:08:30,611 --> 02:08:32,611
in

3134
02:08:32,613 --> 02:08:36,213
the ground is around closing things

3135
02:08:36,617 --> 02:08:39,586
down, right? So that construction

3136
02:08:39,586 --> 02:08:42,589
can start. So, that's kind of an element, I

3137
02:08:42,589 --> 02:08:43,590
would just say, is undefined right

3138
02:08:43,590 --> 02:08:45,592
now to the extent that there will

3139
02:08:45,592 --> 02:08:47,992
be, if things go

3140
02:08:48,595 --> 02:08:51,598
forward, based on that timeline, there

3141
02:08:51,598 --> 02:08:54,601
will eventually be a closure of things

3142
02:08:54,601 --> 02:08:57,604
down at the marina. Up until

3143
02:08:57,604 --> 02:08:59,606
then, however, to be

3144
02:08:59,606 --> 02:09:00,607
very clear, before construction starts,

3145
02:09:00,607 --> 02:09:02,609
before we start to kind

3146
02:09:02,609 --> 02:09:06,209
of decommission things down there, we

3147
02:09:06,613 --> 02:09:09,130
have to continue the

3148
02:09:09,616 --> 02:09:12,586
loans from the general fund

3149
02:09:12,586 --> 02:09:15,589
until, again, with hope that eventually we get to pay the

3150
02:09:15,589 --> 02:09:17,589
general fund back.

3151
02:09:18,592 --> 02:09:21,595
so, I hope that's clear, but as long as

3152
02:09:21,595 --> 02:09:24,595
we're preconstruction, we still have

3153
02:09:24,598 --> 02:09:25,599
to loan the general

3154
02:09:25,599 --> 02:09:26,600
fund money.

3155
02:09:26,600 --> 02:09:27,601
>> I appreciate your candor on

3156
02:09:27,601 --> 02:09:29,601
that.

3157
02:09:29,603 --> 02:09:30,604
so, I just want to make sure that

3158
02:09:30,604 --> 02:09:32,604
we're going in

3159
02:09:33,607 --> 02:09:36,610
with eyes open on that, that there

3160
02:09:36,610 --> 02:09:38,612
is still going to

3161
02:09:38,612 --> 02:09:39,613
be financial challenges ahead, but if

3162
02:09:39,613 --> 02:09:40,614
we do

3163
02:09:40,614 --> 02:09:45,414
nothing, the financial challenges will be even greater.

3164
02:09:45,586 --> 02:09:47,586
so,

3165
02:09:48,589 --> 02:09:49,590
that's why it's important that we

3166
02:09:49,590 --> 02:09:51,590
begin to take

3167
02:09:51,592 --> 02:09:52,593
the steps necessary to, you know,

3168
02:09:52,593 --> 02:09:54,595
keep that --the worst case scenario

3169
02:09:54,595 --> 02:09:56,595
at bay.

3170
02:09:57,598 --> 02:10:01,198
so, thank you for that, lauren.

3171
02:10:03,604 --> 02:10:05,604
so, for our

3172
02:10:05,606 --> 02:10:06,607
friends at tucker sadler, couple of

3173
02:10:06,607 --> 02:10:09,610
questions that came to my mind.

3174
02:10:09,610 --> 02:10:11,610
if I may.

3175
02:10:15,616 --> 02:10:18,585
so, the proposal, as you have presented

3176
02:10:18,585 --> 02:10:20,587
it here tonight, is

3177
02:10:20,587 --> 02:10:21,588
calling for up to -- it looks like three hotels, if I

3178
02:10:21,588 --> 02:10:23,588
understand correctly.

3179
02:10:27,594 --> 02:10:28,595
and candidly, I think that's just

3180
02:10:28,595 --> 02:10:32,599
a little ambitious, at least at the onset.

3181
02:10:32,599 --> 02:10:33,600
and you know, one of the things that

3182
02:10:33,600 --> 02:10:35,600
kind of

3183
02:10:35,602 --> 02:10:36,603
gives me pause, at least here, and I don't

3184
02:10:36,603 --> 02:10:39,606
know what the situation is like

3185
02:10:39,606 --> 02:10:42,606
down in san diego, but

3186
02:10:42,609 --> 02:10:44,611
certainly here within the bay area,

3187
02:10:44,611 --> 02:10:45,612
post-pandemic, we've actually seen a number

3188
02:10:45,612 --> 02:10:47,612
of

3189
02:10:47,614 --> 02:10:48,615
hotels falter for whatever reason.

3190
02:10:48,615 --> 02:10:49,616
they've gone

3191
02:10:49,616 --> 02:10:53,216
into insolvency. They've been taken over.

3192
02:10:54,588 --> 02:10:56,590
I'm just kind of

3193
02:10:56,590 --> 02:10:57,591
curious, you know, what sort of data

3194
02:10:57,591 --> 02:10:59,591
or

3195
02:11:00,594 --> 02:11:02,596
market analysis do you

3196
02:11:02,596 --> 02:11:03,597
have which would support such an ambitious development?

3197
02:11:03,597 --> 02:11:05,597
and

3198
02:11:06,600 --> 02:11:09,603
so that we don't meet the

3199
02:11:09,603 --> 02:11:11,605
fate of other hotels that

3200
02:11:11,605 --> 02:11:15,609
we have seen in the east bay and the broader bay area.

3201
02:11:15,609 --> 02:11:17,609
>> we've

3202
02:11:18,612 --> 02:11:20,612
done our own

3203
02:11:21,615 --> 02:11:23,617
little demand study, and the demand

3204
02:11:23,617 --> 02:11:27,588
for martinez is actually greater than what we've presented.

3205
02:11:27,588 --> 02:11:28,589
we will do a deeper

3206
02:11:28,589 --> 02:11:32,789
dive demand study that will support that.

3207
02:11:33,594 --> 02:11:34,595
whatever that study comes back at, that

3208
02:11:34,595 --> 02:11:36,595
is

3209
02:11:36,597 --> 02:11:37,598
where we're going to

3210
02:11:37,598 --> 02:11:38,599
end up from the standpoint of rooms,

3211
02:11:38,599 --> 02:11:39,600
because we will only develop what we believe can be

3212
02:11:39,600 --> 02:11:41,600
supported.

3213
02:11:42,603 --> 02:11:45,300
in regards to the

3214
02:11:46,607 --> 02:11:47,608
pandemic,

3215
02:11:47,608 --> 02:11:49,610
and having different hoteliers go

3216
02:11:49,610 --> 02:11:51,610
down

3217
02:11:51,612 --> 02:11:52,613
the state. It is not just in state,

3218
02:11:52,613 --> 02:11:53,614
it's

3219
02:11:53,614 --> 02:11:55,616
in several different states that that's happened.

3220
02:11:55,616 --> 02:11:58,585
we're on a cyclical curve

3221
02:11:58,585 --> 02:12:00,587
that's going the opposite

3222
02:12:00,587 --> 02:12:02,589
direction now wrote where you're going

3223
02:12:02,589 --> 02:12:03,590
to start see --in fact, we have two

3224
02:12:03,590 --> 02:12:05,592
new hotels going up in san diego right now that

3225
02:12:05,592 --> 02:12:07,594
are coming up because the funding

3226
02:12:07,594 --> 02:12:08,595
is now there. The support is now there.

3227
02:12:08,595 --> 02:12:11,595
there's people are traveling again.

3228
02:12:13,600 --> 02:12:14,601
and that is what supports the

3229
02:12:14,601 --> 02:12:16,603
room demand. And businesses are traveling

3230
02:12:16,603 --> 02:12:18,603
again.

3231
02:12:18,605 --> 02:12:19,606
that was one of the things that really

3232
02:12:19,606 --> 02:12:20,607
hurt

3233
02:12:20,607 --> 02:12:22,609
the hotel industry is that businesses were not

3234
02:12:22,609 --> 02:12:24,609
traveling.

3235
02:12:25,612 --> 02:12:28,120
they were doing everything

3236
02:12:28,615 --> 02:12:30,617
remotely, and everybody was through

3237
02:12:30,617 --> 02:12:32,586
the internet and teams and zoom meetings.

3238
02:12:32,586 --> 02:12:34,588
that's what happened, and that's why there

3239
02:12:34,588 --> 02:12:35,589
was such a bad crash

3240
02:12:35,589 --> 02:12:36,590
in the hotel market. That's starting

3241
02:12:36,590 --> 02:12:37,591
to change. It's going back the other

3242
02:12:37,591 --> 02:12:39,591
direction now.

3243
02:12:40,594 --> 02:12:43,594
>> okay. Thank you for that.

3244
02:12:43,597 --> 02:12:45,997
I appreciate that. I

3245
02:12:46,600 --> 02:12:47,601
look forward to seeing some

3246
02:12:47,601 --> 02:12:51,201
more of that data moving forward.

3247
02:12:52,606 --> 02:12:54,608
one of the other questions that was

3248
02:12:54,608 --> 02:12:57,608
touched upon in your presentation,

3249
02:12:57,611 --> 02:12:58,612
greg, was that --and you did --and

3250
02:12:58,612 --> 02:12:59,613
I

3251
02:12:59,613 --> 02:13:01,615
do appreciate you acknowledging that,

3252
02:13:01,615 --> 02:13:03,615
that currently, the

3253
02:13:03,617 --> 02:13:04,618
main entry and exit into the waterfront

3254
02:13:04,618 --> 02:13:06,587
area is

3255
02:13:06,587 --> 02:13:07,588
the ferry street railroad crossing

3256
02:13:07,588 --> 02:13:11,188
down there by the amtrak station.

3257
02:13:13,594 --> 02:13:15,594
which is notorious

3258
02:13:16,597 --> 02:13:17,598
for backups caused

3259
02:13:17,598 --> 02:13:19,600
by the union pacific rail cars, which, to

3260
02:13:19,600 --> 02:13:20,601
be fair, has gotten somewhat better

3261
02:13:20,601 --> 02:13:24,605
over the years, but it's still an issue.

3262
02:13:24,605 --> 02:13:25,606
so, it sounds like, based on your

3263
02:13:25,606 --> 02:13:27,606
presentation here

3264
02:13:27,608 --> 02:13:28,609
tonight, you don't quite have a silver

3265
02:13:28,609 --> 02:13:30,609
bullet in

3266
02:13:31,612 --> 02:13:33,614
terms of how we overcome

3267
02:13:33,614 --> 02:13:34,615
that barrier, because it is a concern.

3268
02:13:34,615 --> 02:13:36,615
it's a

3269
02:13:36,617 --> 02:13:37,618
longstanding concern of how do we

3270
02:13:37,618 --> 02:13:39,618
move

3271
02:13:40,587 --> 02:13:41,588
both people and first

3272
02:13:41,588 --> 02:13:43,590
responders down into that area seamlessly and without

3273
02:13:43,590 --> 02:13:45,590
delay?

3274
02:13:46,593 --> 02:13:48,593
so, just wanting

3275
02:13:49,596 --> 02:13:50,597
to see if you had

3276
02:13:50,597 --> 02:13:52,599
any additional thoughts in terms of,

3277
02:13:52,599 --> 02:13:53,600
how do we overcome

3278
02:13:53,600 --> 02:13:55,602
that? How would we go about doing

3279
02:13:55,602 --> 02:13:56,603
that? And the

3280
02:13:56,603 --> 02:13:58,605
costs associated with that, whether

3281
02:13:58,605 --> 02:14:00,605
that's an overpass

3282
02:14:00,607 --> 02:14:01,608
or some alternate access point, is

3283
02:14:01,608 --> 02:14:03,608
that something

3284
02:14:03,610 --> 02:14:06,613
that would also be fronted by you all?

3285
02:14:06,613 --> 02:14:10,617
>> so, it needs a lot more studying.

3286
02:14:10,617 --> 02:14:12,586
we

3287
02:14:12,586 --> 02:14:18,592
have not had the time to deep dive into how that works yet.

3288
02:14:18,592 --> 02:14:19,593
I did mention we would be doing a

3289
02:14:19,593 --> 02:14:21,595
full transportation study to get a

3290
02:14:21,595 --> 02:14:22,596
full understanding of what the actual

3291
02:14:22,596 --> 02:14:23,597
cost to do what we think we need to do is going to

3292
02:14:23,597 --> 02:14:25,597
be.

3293
02:14:25,599 --> 02:14:27,601
at that point in time,

3294
02:14:27,601 --> 02:14:28,602
we'll look at how we get it funded,

3295
02:14:28,602 --> 02:14:31,200
because I do think

3296
02:14:31,605 --> 02:14:32,606
it needs to be done at the same time as we

3297
02:14:32,606 --> 02:14:34,606
do our development.

3298
02:14:34,608 --> 02:14:36,610
and we need to be

3299
02:14:36,610 --> 02:14:37,611
able to open safely. So, we'll find a

3300
02:14:37,611 --> 02:14:39,611
way to get

3301
02:14:39,613 --> 02:14:40,614
it funded. I don't know what that is

3302
02:14:40,614 --> 02:14:42,614
yet, so

3303
02:14:42,616 --> 02:14:43,617
it can't commit to what that's going to be yet, but we

3304
02:14:43,617 --> 02:14:45,586
will find a solution.

3305
02:14:45,586 --> 02:14:46,587
>> okay. From my vantage point, that has

3306
02:14:46,587 --> 02:14:48,987
to be a priority.

3307
02:14:51,592 --> 02:14:52,593
all of this is moot if we can't move people in and out of that

3308
02:14:52,593 --> 02:14:54,593
site safely.

3309
02:14:55,596 --> 02:14:58,596
>> I think you heard me

3310
02:14:58,599 --> 02:15:04,605
say in my presentation that my son-in-law is a fire chief.

3311
02:15:04,605 --> 02:15:06,605
access for them,

3312
02:15:07,608 --> 02:15:09,610
access to get first responders

3313
02:15:09,610 --> 02:15:10,611
in to a spot to be able to help people

3314
02:15:10,611 --> 02:15:12,611
out, help

3315
02:15:13,614 --> 02:15:14,615
out if there's a fire, if there's

3316
02:15:14,615 --> 02:15:15,616
an

3317
02:15:15,616 --> 02:15:16,617
accident, if there's something that

3318
02:15:16,617 --> 02:15:18,585
happens at an event and

3319
02:15:18,585 --> 02:15:19,586
we need to get help down, we need to have that

3320
02:15:19,586 --> 02:15:22,589
access. I agree with you 100%. It is a priority.

3321
02:15:22,589 --> 02:15:24,589
>> okay. Thank you.

3322
02:15:28,595 --> 02:15:30,595
and

3323
02:15:31,598 --> 02:15:33,598
then, you

3324
02:15:34,601 --> 02:15:36,601
know, pivoting to

3325
02:15:36,603 --> 02:15:37,604
your stated commitment commitment

3326
02:15:37,604 --> 02:15:38,605
environmental

3327
02:15:38,605 --> 02:15:41,500
stewardship, conservation, and what

3328
02:15:43,610 --> 02:15:46,613
have you, so, this site, no

3329
02:15:46,613 --> 02:15:49,130
doubt, will generate some

3330
02:15:49,616 --> 02:15:51,616
significant

3331
02:15:51,618 --> 02:15:52,586
energy usage. You mentioned, I believe, at the

3332
02:15:52,586 --> 02:15:53,587
outset of your presentation, your

3333
02:15:53,587 --> 02:15:55,587
goal

3334
02:15:55,589 --> 02:15:56,590
is to try to get it as close to net zero as

3335
02:15:56,590 --> 02:15:58,590
possible, so is

3336
02:15:58,592 --> 02:16:00,594
the way that you do that -- are we

3337
02:16:00,594 --> 02:16:01,595
incorporating solar, wind energy?

3338
02:16:01,595 --> 02:16:05,195
what are thoughts there? As I

3339
02:16:05,599 --> 02:16:06,600
was looking at the

3340
02:16:06,600 --> 02:16:08,602
design, do the hotels have solar panels

3341
02:16:08,602 --> 02:16:09,603
on them? Do any of --

3342
02:16:09,603 --> 02:16:11,605
like, help me better understand how

3343
02:16:11,605 --> 02:16:14,500
we get close to

3344
02:16:14,608 --> 02:16:15,609
net zero.

3345
02:16:15,609 --> 02:16:16,610
>> so, solar is a

3346
02:16:16,610 --> 02:16:17,611
mandate by the state. Any new project

3347
02:16:17,611 --> 02:16:19,611
has to have

3348
02:16:19,613 --> 02:16:21,615
solar on it. But we're going to use

3349
02:16:21,615 --> 02:16:23,617
new modern technology that's been

3350
02:16:23,617 --> 02:16:25,586
used for

3351
02:16:25,586 --> 02:16:28,589
many years in europe where they actually use

3352
02:16:28,589 --> 02:16:32,189
the glass of the buildings actually

3353
02:16:32,593 --> 02:16:34,595
have small little solar cells in

3354
02:16:34,595 --> 02:16:35,596
them that you don't see, but it creates energy.

3355
02:16:35,596 --> 02:16:37,596
we're

3356
02:16:37,598 --> 02:16:38,599
doing that currently in some apartments

3357
02:16:38,599 --> 02:16:39,600
that we're doing down in

3358
02:16:39,600 --> 02:16:40,601
san diego. We're using that glass.

3359
02:16:40,601 --> 02:16:44,605
we will continue to use that glass as one element.

3360
02:16:44,605 --> 02:16:45,606
the

3361
02:16:45,606 --> 02:16:48,609
other thing that we have abundance

3362
02:16:48,609 --> 02:16:50,611
of up here is wind. And it doesn't

3363
02:16:50,611 --> 02:16:51,612
take a

3364
02:16:51,612 --> 02:16:53,614
large wind wind turbine to do it.

3365
02:16:53,614 --> 02:16:55,614
they're small.

3366
02:16:56,617 --> 02:16:57,618
wind-

3367
02:16:57,618 --> 02:16:59,586
generating turbines that are also --

3368
02:16:59,586 --> 02:17:01,586
I mean,

3369
02:17:01,588 --> 02:17:02,589
the size of a baseball that are put on

3370
02:17:02,589 --> 02:17:04,589
the

3371
02:17:05,592 --> 02:17:08,595
side of a building that are spinning that are creating

3372
02:17:08,595 --> 02:17:10,595
energy. There's

3373
02:17:11,598 --> 02:17:12,599
the ability to have smaller

3374
02:17:12,599 --> 02:17:14,601
turbines that are 18 inches high,

3375
02:17:14,601 --> 02:17:15,602
about a foot wide,

3376
02:17:15,602 --> 02:17:17,604
that create the same amount of energy as seven solar

3377
02:17:17,604 --> 02:17:19,604
panels.

3378
02:17:22,609 --> 02:17:23,610
one of the ther elements we're working with,

3379
02:17:23,610 --> 02:17:24,611
we're working

3380
02:17:24,611 --> 02:17:25,612
with universities currently, and we're

3381
02:17:25,612 --> 02:17:26,613
going to be deploying, at the maritime

3382
02:17:26,613 --> 02:17:28,613
museum down

3383
02:17:29,616 --> 02:17:32,586
in san diego, a pilot

3384
02:17:32,586 --> 02:17:34,586
project that

3385
02:17:35,589 --> 02:17:37,591
takes a --a tidal flow

3386
02:17:37,591 --> 02:17:38,592
in a safe manner that allows us to

3387
02:17:38,592 --> 02:17:39,593
create the energy with

3388
02:17:39,593 --> 02:17:41,595
movement of the water. There's a lot

3389
02:17:41,595 --> 02:17:43,597
of movement of water here.

3390
02:17:43,597 --> 02:17:44,598
it's constantly moving. We want to

3391
02:17:44,598 --> 02:17:45,599
capture that energy

3392
02:17:45,599 --> 02:17:47,601
that's part of the energy that the bay

3393
02:17:47,601 --> 02:17:49,601
is giving

3394
02:17:50,604 --> 02:17:51,605
us. We want to

3395
02:17:51,605 --> 02:17:53,607
use it. We're looking at those three

3396
02:17:53,607 --> 02:17:55,607
things to really

3397
02:17:55,609 --> 02:17:56,610
capture the energy and create it into

3398
02:17:56,610 --> 02:17:57,611
something that gets us to the net zero.

3399
02:17:57,611 --> 02:17:59,611
>> okay.

3400
02:18:03,617 --> 02:18:05,586
appreciate that. With respect to the

3401
02:18:05,586 --> 02:18:07,986
rising sea levels, the

3402
02:18:08,589 --> 02:18:10,591
king tides, which do,

3403
02:18:10,591 --> 02:18:11,592
as we saw from the photos, they come

3404
02:18:11,592 --> 02:18:13,592
and visit

3405
02:18:14,595 --> 02:18:16,595
us every

3406
02:18:17,598 --> 02:18:19,600
year, how --so, is your proposal

3407
02:18:19,600 --> 02:18:20,601
here, is it to --will this -- all

3408
02:18:20,601 --> 02:18:22,601
of

3409
02:18:23,604 --> 02:18:25,606
these proposed facilities, will

3410
02:18:25,606 --> 02:18:26,607
they be raised a certain amount off

3411
02:18:26,607 --> 02:18:27,608
the ground so even as

3412
02:18:27,608 --> 02:18:29,610
the sea levels begin to rise, the

3413
02:18:29,610 --> 02:18:31,610
king tides come

3414
02:18:31,612 --> 02:18:32,613
through, that the facilities would

3415
02:18:32,613 --> 02:18:34,613
be

3416
02:18:35,616 --> 02:18:38,619
immune from any type of flooding?

3417
02:18:38,619 --> 02:18:41,588
help me better understand that.

3418
02:18:41,588 --> 02:18:42,589
>> that's one of the things

3419
02:18:42,589 --> 02:18:44,591
that we have to solve. When I was out

3420
02:18:44,591 --> 02:18:46,593
there for the first time, one of

3421
02:18:46,593 --> 02:18:47,594
the parking lots was full of water.

3422
02:18:47,594 --> 02:18:49,596
so, can't have that.

3423
02:18:49,596 --> 02:18:50,597
we can't have a development that's full

3424
02:18:50,597 --> 02:18:52,599
of water. Part of

3425
02:18:52,599 --> 02:18:53,600
the problem that we have is the infrastructure

3426
02:18:53,600 --> 02:18:56,603
going into the bay and the

3427
02:18:56,603 --> 02:18:57,604
way that it

3428
02:18:57,604 --> 02:18:59,606
feeds back and forth allows for that

3429
02:18:59,606 --> 02:19:00,607
water to easily flow through

3430
02:19:00,607 --> 02:19:02,609
so that'll be corrected when we do

3431
02:19:02,609 --> 02:19:05,609
the seawall. We have to

3432
02:19:05,612 --> 02:19:06,613
raise the seawall up, because it's

3433
02:19:06,613 --> 02:19:07,614
currently

3434
02:19:07,614 --> 02:19:08,615
below where it needs to be. In order

3435
02:19:08,615 --> 02:19:09,616
to get us

3436
02:19:09,616 --> 02:19:11,618
up out of the sea level rise, we need to lift

3437
02:19:11,618 --> 02:19:14,588
that up a little bit.

3438
02:19:14,588 --> 02:19:17,591
the way that we do the parking

3439
02:19:17,591 --> 02:19:18,592
garages, the way that we handle that, we'll

3440
02:19:18,592 --> 02:19:19,593
be immune

3441
02:19:19,593 --> 02:19:20,594
to water going into them. So, those

3442
02:19:20,594 --> 02:19:21,595
are all things that we're

3443
02:19:21,595 --> 02:19:26,395
going to do to help protect the development.

3444
02:19:26,600 --> 02:19:28,600
>> okay. >> because

3445
02:19:28,602 --> 02:19:32,202
remember, ultimately, these are your assets.

3446
02:19:35,609 --> 02:19:37,611
we're going to be asees of

3447
02:19:37,611 --> 02:19:38,612
these assets. We're going to operate them

3448
02:19:38,612 --> 02:19:39,613
through a lease, but

3449
02:19:39,613 --> 02:19:40,614
ultimately, these are all going to be assets

3450
02:19:40,614 --> 02:19:41,615
for the city of martinez.

3451
02:19:41,615 --> 02:19:43,615
>> okay.

3452
02:19:44,618 --> 02:19:47,180
thank you for that.

3453
02:19:47,588 --> 02:19:49,988
the last question I

3454
02:19:50,591 --> 02:19:52,991
had, and I do

3455
02:19:53,594 --> 02:19:54,595
appreciate the inclusion of our labor

3456
02:19:54,595 --> 02:19:55,596
and

3457
02:19:55,596 --> 02:19:59,196
the recognition that martinez is a

3458
02:19:59,600 --> 02:20:02,000
longstanding union town, and

3459
02:20:02,603 --> 02:20:03,604
providing good union jobs has been

3460
02:20:03,604 --> 02:20:04,605
a

3461
02:20:04,605 --> 02:20:05,606
long priority for me and many on the

3462
02:20:05,606 --> 02:20:07,606
council.

3463
02:20:07,608 --> 02:20:11,612
and you know, I am excited about the

3464
02:20:11,612 --> 02:20:14,615
prospect in terms of the jobs aspect

3465
02:20:14,615 --> 02:20:17,615
of this, both during the

3466
02:20:17,618 --> 02:20:18,619
construction, but also the jobs to

3467
02:20:18,619 --> 02:20:19,586
be

3468
02:20:19,586 --> 02:20:23,590
provided once the project is fully completed.

3469
02:20:23,590 --> 02:20:26,593
and so, can you speak --

3470
02:20:26,593 --> 02:20:27,594
I mean, you did mention

3471
02:20:27,594 --> 02:20:29,596
it, that you have experience working with

3472
02:20:29,596 --> 02:20:31,596
labor unions.

3473
02:20:33,600 --> 02:20:34,601
can you talk a little bit

3474
02:20:34,601 --> 02:20:36,603
about, you know, how have you been

3475
02:20:36,603 --> 02:20:37,604
able

3476
02:20:37,604 --> 02:20:39,606
to bring consensus within labor, who

3477
02:20:39,606 --> 02:20:40,607
may not always necessarily see

3478
02:20:40,607 --> 02:20:44,207
eye to eye on particular projects?

3479
02:20:45,612 --> 02:20:46,613
you know, I know just

3480
02:20:46,613 --> 02:20:48,615
here, candidly, I mean, we have had

3481
02:20:48,615 --> 02:20:49,616
some

3482
02:20:49,616 --> 02:20:51,618
discussions around project labor agreements

3483
02:20:51,618 --> 02:20:53,618
here in this

3484
02:20:54,588 --> 02:20:56,590
chamber, that there are --

3485
02:20:56,590 --> 02:20:57,591
there is not a unanimous decision

3486
02:20:57,591 --> 02:20:59,591
in terms of

3487
02:20:59,593 --> 02:21:01,595
how those agreements should be shaped

3488
02:21:01,595 --> 02:21:03,597
and so I'm just kind of --I would

3489
02:21:03,597 --> 02:21:05,599
like to hear a little bit

3490
02:21:05,599 --> 02:21:06,600
more in terms of your background working

3491
02:21:06,600 --> 02:21:08,600
with

3492
02:21:08,602 --> 02:21:09,603
labor unions, because candidly, our

3493
02:21:09,603 --> 02:21:11,603
city,

3494
02:21:11,605 --> 02:21:12,606
our sister city here, concord, has

3495
02:21:12,606 --> 02:21:14,606
also --was also

3496
02:21:15,609 --> 02:21:16,610
looking at a very large project

3497
02:21:16,610 --> 02:21:18,612
at the former naval weapons station

3498
02:21:18,612 --> 02:21:21,120
site. They have had

3499
02:21:21,615 --> 02:21:24,150
to go through multiple

3500
02:21:24,618 --> 02:21:26,587
developers and one

3501
02:21:26,587 --> 02:21:27,588
developer came in, promised a lot

3502
02:21:27,588 --> 02:21:29,588
of things

3503
02:21:30,591 --> 02:21:32,591
and turned

3504
02:21:32,593 --> 02:21:33,594
around and said, I can't do this project

3505
02:21:33,594 --> 02:21:34,595
because I can't reach an

3506
02:21:34,595 --> 02:21:36,597
agreement with the unions. So I just

3507
02:21:36,597 --> 02:21:37,598
want to know, is this

3508
02:21:37,598 --> 02:21:39,600
something that you are committed to,

3509
02:21:39,600 --> 02:21:42,603
we're going into this eyes wide

3510
02:21:42,603 --> 02:21:45,603
open, like you are prepared

3511
02:21:45,606 --> 02:21:46,607
to work with ourour partners to

3512
02:21:46,607 --> 02:21:48,609
reach an agreement at the outset?

3513
02:21:48,609 --> 02:21:51,609
that's something that's really important

3514
02:21:51,612 --> 02:21:53,612
for

3515
02:21:53,614 --> 02:21:54,615
me.

3516
02:21:54,615 --> 02:21:55,616
>> absolutely. I was given the

3517
02:21:55,616 --> 02:21:56,617
opportunity to

3518
02:21:56,617 --> 02:21:57,618
meet with several of them to start

3519
02:21:57,618 --> 02:21:59,618
the conversation

3520
02:22:00,587 --> 02:22:02,587
to talk about

3521
02:22:03,590 --> 02:22:05,590
our commitment.

3522
02:22:05,592 --> 02:22:07,594
and we'll have conversations to iron

3523
02:22:07,594 --> 02:22:08,595
everything out. One of the things we do

3524
02:22:08,595 --> 02:22:09,596
is all our general contractors are

3525
02:22:09,596 --> 02:22:11,596
union

3526
02:22:12,599 --> 02:22:13,600
to begin with.

3527
02:22:13,600 --> 02:22:15,602
so, they automatically start to get the

3528
02:22:15,602 --> 02:22:16,603
unions behind them.

3529
02:22:16,603 --> 02:22:17,604
>> okay. >> it's

3530
02:22:17,604 --> 02:22:18,605
a matter of getting consensus as to

3531
02:22:18,605 --> 02:22:20,605
what --

3532
02:22:20,607 --> 02:22:21,608
who's doing what, what unions are

3533
02:22:21,608 --> 02:22:23,608
handling what trades.

3534
02:22:24,611 --> 02:22:26,613
it's getting everybody to be on the same page

3535
02:22:26,613 --> 02:22:28,615
and understand that one big project

3536
02:22:28,615 --> 02:22:30,617
with everybody getting fair wages is

3537
02:22:30,617 --> 02:22:32,617
better for everyone.

3538
02:22:33,587 --> 02:22:34,588
and that's what we're going to do.

3539
02:22:34,588 --> 02:22:35,589
we'll

3540
02:22:35,589 --> 02:22:36,590
building consensus. That's what we do.

3541
02:22:36,590 --> 02:22:37,591
>> okay. Thank you very much.

3542
02:22:37,591 --> 02:22:42,596
those are all the questions that I had at this time.

3543
02:22:42,596 --> 02:22:43,597
I'll turn it over to my colleague,

3544
02:22:43,597 --> 02:22:44,598
councilmember

3545
02:22:44,598 --> 02:22:45,599
mckillop. Thank you.

3546
02:22:45,599 --> 02:22:46,600
>> I want to

3547
02:22:46,600 --> 02:22:48,600
say thank you

3548
02:22:48,602 --> 02:22:49,603
to greg and diane for your vision

3549
02:22:49,603 --> 02:22:54,403
and for coming to martinez with this idea.

3550
02:22:54,608 --> 02:22:55,609
and thank you to the staff for bringing

3551
02:22:55,609 --> 02:22:56,610
it to

3552
02:22:56,610 --> 02:22:57,611
the council at the closed session, and

3553
02:22:57,611 --> 02:22:59,611
I just

3554
02:23:00,614 --> 02:23:01,615
want to say that all the council was

3555
02:23:01,615 --> 02:23:03,617
united at closed session when we saw

3556
02:23:03,617 --> 02:23:05,617
this.

3557
02:23:06,587 --> 02:23:08,589
we said, as satinder said, stop right now.

3558
02:23:08,589 --> 02:23:09,590
our community --this is a community

3559
02:23:09,590 --> 02:23:11,590
asset. This is

3560
02:23:11,592 --> 02:23:12,593
part of martinez, and so we wanted

3561
02:23:12,593 --> 02:23:14,593
to make sure

3562
02:23:15,596 --> 02:23:16,597
that all of you understood what this

3563
02:23:16,597 --> 02:23:18,597
was

3564
02:23:18,599 --> 02:23:19,600
and that we're here tonight so that you can

3565
02:23:19,600 --> 02:23:20,601
understand

3566
02:23:20,601 --> 02:23:21,602
what this is. This potentially could

3567
02:23:21,602 --> 02:23:23,602
be

3568
02:23:24,605 --> 02:23:25,606
a legacy project, as

3569
02:23:25,606 --> 02:23:26,607
my fellow council members have mentioned.

3570
02:23:26,607 --> 02:23:27,608
I love all your comments. This is

3571
02:23:27,608 --> 02:23:28,609
something that we really

3572
02:23:28,609 --> 02:23:30,611
have to think about. This is something

3573
02:23:30,611 --> 02:23:32,611
not just for

3574
02:23:32,613 --> 02:23:33,614
us, but for the future generations

3575
02:23:33,614 --> 02:23:35,614
of martinez, for

3576
02:23:35,616 --> 02:23:38,619
our youth, for the survival of our

3577
02:23:38,619 --> 02:23:39,586
city, financially, for the type of

3578
02:23:39,586 --> 02:23:41,588
life we want to have in martinez.

3579
02:23:41,588 --> 02:23:42,589
we want to have a safe community.

3580
02:23:42,589 --> 02:23:44,589
we

3581
02:23:44,591 --> 02:23:45,592
want to have good police officers

3582
02:23:45,592 --> 02:23:47,594
that protect our community. We

3583
02:23:47,594 --> 02:23:48,595
want to have enough revenue to be

3584
02:23:48,595 --> 02:23:50,597
able to support the lifestyle

3585
02:23:50,597 --> 02:23:51,598
that we have in martinez, and this

3586
02:23:51,598 --> 02:23:53,598
is an

3587
02:23:53,600 --> 02:23:54,601
opportunity to think about how this could piece that together

3588
02:23:54,601 --> 02:23:56,601
for us.

3589
02:23:57,604 --> 02:23:59,606
so, I wanted --

3590
02:23:59,606 --> 02:24:00,607
just I want to really stress how much

3591
02:24:00,607 --> 02:24:02,607
time and attention

3592
02:24:02,609 --> 02:24:03,610
our city staff have put together over

3593
02:24:03,610 --> 02:24:06,613
the last month or so to be

3594
02:24:06,613 --> 02:24:07,614
able to get this out to our community.

3595
02:24:07,614 --> 02:24:08,615
I know

3596
02:24:08,615 --> 02:24:09,616
they met with many community groups.

3597
02:24:09,616 --> 02:24:11,618
many of you out

3598
02:24:11,618 --> 02:24:12,586
here tonight, to let you know about

3599
02:24:12,586 --> 02:24:15,589
this, so that we could encourage people

3600
02:24:15,589 --> 02:24:17,591
to come here tonight, either in the

3601
02:24:17,591 --> 02:24:18,592
council chambers or online. I think

3602
02:24:18,592 --> 02:24:20,592
earlier, we

3603
02:24:20,594 --> 02:24:21,595
had over 85 people listening. This

3604
02:24:21,595 --> 02:24:23,595
is a

3605
02:24:24,598 --> 02:24:25,599
really, really big and monumental

3606
02:24:25,599 --> 02:24:27,599
decision

3607
02:24:27,601 --> 02:24:29,601
for the city

3608
02:24:29,603 --> 02:24:30,604
of martinez, and it's not just us up here.

3609
02:24:30,604 --> 02:24:35,404
this is your city. This is your marina.

3610
02:24:36,610 --> 02:24:37,611
this is your decision as well. I know

3611
02:24:37,611 --> 02:24:38,612
a lot

3612
02:24:38,612 --> 02:24:39,613
of you waited a long time. We have been

3613
02:24:39,613 --> 02:24:41,613
here for several

3614
02:24:42,616 --> 02:24:43,617
hours, and I know you have questions

3615
02:24:43,617 --> 02:24:44,618
and concerns. This is

3616
02:24:44,618 --> 02:24:45,619
a lot to wrap your head around, and you may have future

3617
02:24:45,619 --> 02:24:47,619
questions and concerns.

3618
02:24:48,589 --> 02:24:50,591
and we will continue to have outreach

3619
02:24:50,591 --> 02:24:51,592
to our community so that everyone

3620
02:24:51,592 --> 02:24:53,592
is

3621
02:24:53,594 --> 02:24:54,595
apprised of what is happening and

3622
02:24:54,595 --> 02:24:56,595
no

3623
02:24:56,597 --> 02:24:57,598
surprises. This isn't something that's

3624
02:24:57,598 --> 02:24:59,600
going to be, you

3625
02:24:59,600 --> 02:25:00,601
know, a surprise. This is something

3626
02:25:00,601 --> 02:25:01,602
that if you are engaged and you want

3627
02:25:01,602 --> 02:25:02,603
to know

3628
02:25:02,603 --> 02:25:03,604
about your city and you want to take

3629
02:25:03,604 --> 02:25:04,605
part in something revolutionary, this is the

3630
02:25:04,605 --> 02:25:06,605
opportunity.

3631
02:25:08,609 --> 02:25:09,610
I can't think of anything larger than

3632
02:25:09,610 --> 02:25:11,612
this that I can think of in

3633
02:25:11,612 --> 02:25:13,614
the history of martinez other than

3634
02:25:13,614 --> 02:25:15,616
maybe when the bridge

3635
02:25:15,616 --> 02:25:16,617
was created, when ferry service was

3636
02:25:16,617 --> 02:25:18,619
retired and we had

3637
02:25:18,619 --> 02:25:19,586
a bridge, and that was in the 1960s.

3638
02:25:19,586 --> 02:25:20,587
I think it

3639
02:25:20,587 --> 02:25:22,589
opened in '62. I think that was the year I was

3640
02:25:22,589 --> 02:25:24,589
born. Long

3641
02:25:25,592 --> 02:25:27,592
time ago.

3642
02:25:28,595 --> 02:25:30,597
this is something really amazing

3643
02:25:30,597 --> 02:25:31,598
and it's not going to just touch the

3644
02:25:31,598 --> 02:25:32,599
city of martinez, it's

3645
02:25:32,599 --> 02:25:33,600
going to touch the entire county and

3646
02:25:33,600 --> 02:25:34,601
beyond. Even the state. People will

3647
02:25:34,601 --> 02:25:35,602
come

3648
02:25:35,602 --> 02:25:37,604
here because this is going to be an

3649
02:25:37,604 --> 02:25:39,606
amazing --if we decide we want

3650
02:25:39,606 --> 02:25:46,206
to go in this direction, an amazing jewel for this area.

3651
02:25:46,613 --> 02:25:47,614
we've wanted ferry

3652
02:25:47,614 --> 02:25:49,616
service for a hundred years and people

3653
02:25:49,616 --> 02:25:50,617
want to take the ferry

3654
02:25:50,617 --> 02:25:52,586
and go to the city, take the ferry

3655
02:25:52,586 --> 02:25:53,587
and go places.

3656
02:25:53,587 --> 02:25:55,589
this is a potential way to get there.

3657
02:25:55,589 --> 02:25:56,590
this is going

3658
02:25:56,590 --> 02:26:00,190
to revolutionize martinez and downtown martinez.

3659
02:26:04,598 --> 02:26:05,599
I know a lot of

3660
02:26:05,599 --> 02:26:06,600
my council members have had great

3661
02:26:06,600 --> 02:26:07,601
words to say. I want to hear what you

3662
02:26:07,601 --> 02:26:09,601
have to

3663
02:26:09,603 --> 02:26:10,604
say. I want to hear. You have public

3664
02:26:10,604 --> 02:26:11,605
comment. You have lots

3665
02:26:11,605 --> 02:26:13,607
of questions and concerns, so I would

3666
02:26:13,607 --> 02:26:15,607
like

3667
02:26:16,610 --> 02:26:17,611
to make sure we can turn this over

3668
02:26:17,611 --> 02:26:19,613
to you, both in the council chambers

3669
02:26:19,613 --> 02:26:20,614
here tonight and online so that

3670
02:26:20,614 --> 02:26:21,615
people can ask questions. I'm sure

3671
02:26:21,615 --> 02:26:22,616
people have concerns. This is a big, big deal.

3672
02:26:22,616 --> 02:26:24,616
a big deal.

3673
02:26:25,619 --> 02:26:27,619
so,

3674
02:26:28,589 --> 02:26:31,589
I'm going to allow everyone

3675
02:26:31,592 --> 02:26:34,595
now to have their opportunity to ask questions.

3676
02:26:34,595 --> 02:26:37,595
take it away, vice mayor.

3677
02:26:39,600 --> 02:26:40,601
>> I had some questions before we

3678
02:26:40,601 --> 02:26:42,601
move

3679
02:26:43,604 --> 02:26:44,605
to public comment.

3680
02:26:44,605 --> 02:26:45,606
>> of course,

3681
02:26:45,606 --> 02:26:46,607
bri.

3682
02:26:46,607 --> 02:26:47,608
>> I didn't ask any at the beginning.

3683
02:26:47,608 --> 02:26:48,609
sorry, jay, to cut in line.

3684
02:26:48,609 --> 02:26:49,610
>> thanks, bri.

3685
02:26:49,610 --> 02:26:52,610
>> it's going to my seat.

3686
02:26:52,613 --> 02:26:54,613
so, most

3687
02:26:54,615 --> 02:26:55,616
of my questions are for greg. Before we

3688
02:26:55,616 --> 02:26:56,617
open this up to public

3689
02:26:56,617 --> 02:26:58,619
comment, I just wanted to clarify

3690
02:26:58,619 --> 02:27:01,190
a few items from

3691
02:27:01,588 --> 02:27:04,591
your presentation. So, you did make

3692
02:27:04,591 --> 02:27:07,594
reference to a safe harbor. My understanding

3693
02:27:07,594 --> 02:27:10,597
that safe harbor would be your partner

3694
02:27:10,597 --> 02:27:11,598
that would do the marina

3695
02:27:11,598 --> 02:27:13,600
infrastructure repairs. Where along

3696
02:27:13,600 --> 02:27:16,000
the project timeline would

3697
02:27:16,603 --> 02:27:18,603
the marina

3698
02:27:19,606 --> 02:27:21,606
repairs

3699
02:27:25,612 --> 02:27:27,614
occur? Do you anticipate all

3700
02:27:27,614 --> 02:27:28,615
of that parallel?

3701
02:27:28,615 --> 02:27:30,617
>> it would be parallel.

3702
02:27:30,617 --> 02:27:31,618
the development will happen in a parallel

3703
02:27:31,618 --> 02:27:33,587
track. It has to

3704
02:27:33,587 --> 02:27:34,588
happen in a parallel track because of

3705
02:27:34,588 --> 02:27:36,590
the way that we

3706
02:27:36,590 --> 02:27:37,591
have to raise the site up. The marina improvements have to

3707
02:27:37,591 --> 02:27:40,594
be done at the same time.

3708
02:27:40,594 --> 02:27:42,594
>> okay.

3709
02:27:43,597 --> 02:27:45,599
and then, the many

3710
02:27:45,599 --> 02:27:46,600
of my colleagues have made comments

3711
02:27:46,600 --> 02:27:48,600
about this being

3712
02:27:49,603 --> 02:27:52,603
conceptual design, a vision. The

3713
02:27:52,606 --> 02:27:54,608
ena process is not really

3714
02:27:54,608 --> 02:27:55,609
going to have much comment on this

3715
02:27:55,609 --> 02:27:58,900
design, but if the

3716
02:27:58,612 --> 02:28:00,614
ena process goes smoothly, and

3717
02:28:00,614 --> 02:28:03,617
we approve moving into a development

3718
02:28:03,617 --> 02:28:04,618
agreement, in your experience, in

3719
02:28:04,618 --> 02:28:06,618
other

3720
02:28:07,588 --> 02:28:10,591
cities, how much does a conceptual

3721
02:28:10,591 --> 02:28:13,594
design change from your vision to when

3722
02:28:13,594 --> 02:28:14,595
you finally finalize that development agreement and start

3723
02:28:14,595 --> 02:28:16,995
moving forward with permitting?

3724
02:28:19,600 --> 02:28:22,600
>> I have never had one

3725
02:28:22,603 --> 02:28:24,603
get

3726
02:28:24,605 --> 02:28:25,606
developed exactly how I started out with it, the

3727
02:28:25,606 --> 02:28:26,607
vision.

3728
02:28:26,607 --> 02:28:27,608
>>

3729
02:28:27,608 --> 02:28:28,609
okay.

3730
02:28:28,609 --> 02:28:29,610
>> like I said, when I walked

3731
02:28:29,610 --> 02:28:30,611
up tonight, it changed

3732
02:28:30,611 --> 02:28:31,612
when those two young men asked for

3733
02:28:31,612 --> 02:28:32,613
a soccer field.

3734
02:28:32,613 --> 02:28:33,614
>> already changed.

3735
02:28:33,614 --> 02:28:34,615
right. Got you.

3736
02:28:34,615 --> 02:28:36,617
okay. We already have

3737
02:28:36,617 --> 02:28:37,618
a soccer field. It just needs some improvement.

3738
02:28:37,618 --> 02:28:40,587
it's just around the corner from the baseball field.

3739
02:28:40,587 --> 02:28:42,587
noted.

3740
02:28:43,590 --> 02:28:45,590
noted, declan. The

3741
02:28:45,592 --> 02:28:46,593
one question --I know we've sort of

3742
02:28:46,593 --> 02:28:48,595
talked about sea level rise a

3743
02:28:48,595 --> 02:28:49,596
little bit. You've talked about building

3744
02:28:49,596 --> 02:28:51,596
up the

3745
02:28:51,598 --> 02:28:52,599
seawall and for clarification, sometimes

3746
02:28:52,599 --> 02:28:54,599
we use the

3747
02:28:54,601 --> 02:28:55,602
word seawall to refer to the marina

3748
02:28:55,602 --> 02:28:57,602
infrastructure, the

3749
02:28:58,605 --> 02:29:00,607
outside, but you're referring to actually,

3750
02:29:00,607 --> 02:29:01,608
like, the rip rap. That's the seawall you're

3751
02:29:01,608 --> 02:29:03,608
talking about building

3752
02:29:04,611 --> 02:29:05,612
up, right?

3753
02:29:05,612 --> 02:29:07,612
>> yeah, the rivetment.

3754
02:29:07,614 --> 02:29:08,615
stone edge. Yeah.

3755
02:29:08,615 --> 02:29:09,616
>> okay.

3756
02:29:09,616 --> 02:29:12,619
so, I have had some people since the

3757
02:29:12,619 --> 02:29:14,588
agenda went live talking about the

3758
02:29:14,588 --> 02:29:16,590
stability of building a hotel down at

3759
02:29:16,590 --> 02:29:17,591
the waterfront, you know,

3760
02:29:17,591 --> 02:29:19,593
people are concerned about sea level

3761
02:29:19,593 --> 02:29:21,993
rise, so can you

3762
02:29:22,596 --> 02:29:23,597
just speak to the

3763
02:29:23,597 --> 02:29:25,599
geotechnical nature of the design that

3764
02:29:25,599 --> 02:29:28,599
you do? This is clearly

3765
02:29:28,602 --> 02:29:30,604
conceptual now, but what kind of geotechnical

3766
02:29:30,604 --> 02:29:31,605
input do you get when you build something down at a place like

3767
02:29:31,605 --> 02:29:33,605
our waterfront?

3768
02:29:34,975 --> 02:29:36,975
>> we will

3769
02:29:37,978 --> 02:29:39,978
go to full

3770
02:29:39,980 --> 02:29:40,981
geotechnical reports on it. We have

3771
02:29:40,981 --> 02:29:42,981
preliminary stuff given

3772
02:29:42,983 --> 02:29:43,984
to us and looked at. We need to get

3773
02:29:43,984 --> 02:29:45,984
better information

3774
02:29:45,986 --> 02:29:49,957
to have and understand what that is.

3775
02:29:49,957 --> 02:29:50,958
more than likely we

3776
02:29:50,958 --> 02:29:52,960
will end up with caissons and a matte

3777
02:29:52,960 --> 02:29:55,963
foundation to support it and be able

3778
02:29:55,963 --> 02:29:57,963
to handle

3779
02:29:58,966 --> 02:29:59,967
the seismic activity in

3780
02:29:59,967 --> 02:30:01,969
the area. Very similar to what we

3781
02:30:01,969 --> 02:30:04,972
have to do everywhere along the coast

3782
02:30:04,972 --> 02:30:05,973
of california. So, all

3783
02:30:05,973 --> 02:30:07,975
of that will be in the next phases

3784
02:30:07,975 --> 02:30:10,978
as we start doing our due diligence

3785
02:30:10,978 --> 02:30:14,578
further. As we go through the

3786
02:30:14,982 --> 02:30:16,984
ena, we will get better information

3787
02:30:16,984 --> 02:30:17,985
is what we need to do. The foundations

3788
02:30:17,985 --> 02:30:19,987
will be secured. They will be seismically

3789
02:30:19,987 --> 02:30:21,987
to code

3790
02:30:22,956 --> 02:30:23,957
and we are looking at the

3791
02:30:23,957 --> 02:30:25,959
new codes coming out so we will always

3792
02:30:25,959 --> 02:30:28,962
be current with regards to our

3793
02:30:28,962 --> 02:30:30,962
seismic response.

3794
02:30:31,965 --> 02:30:32,966
>>

3795
02:30:32,966 --> 02:30:34,968
do you have to do anything special

3796
02:30:34,968 --> 02:30:35,969
for an underground parking lot? I

3797
02:30:35,969 --> 02:30:37,971
feel like that was one of the components

3798
02:30:37,971 --> 02:30:39,973
of the questions I received from folks.

3799
02:30:39,973 --> 02:30:40,974
>> so it is the way in which the lower

3800
02:30:40,974 --> 02:30:42,974
level of the

3801
02:30:43,977 --> 02:30:45,979
parking lot is handled.

3802
02:30:45,979 --> 02:30:46,980
and the way we do not let the water

3803
02:30:46,980 --> 02:30:49,980
infiltration come up from the

3804
02:30:49,983 --> 02:30:51,983
ground because it's

3805
02:30:52,986 --> 02:30:53,954
liquefaction which is

3806
02:30:53,954 --> 02:30:55,956
what oppresses up on that. It's a

3807
02:30:55,956 --> 02:30:56,957
matter of having enough weight on

3808
02:30:56,957 --> 02:30:57,958
top

3809
02:30:57,958 --> 02:30:58,959
of it to hold it down so we do not

3810
02:30:58,959 --> 02:31:00,961
have a look faction pushing a.

3811
02:31:00,961 --> 02:31:01,962
we waterproof it in a way that will

3812
02:31:01,962 --> 02:31:04,362
not allow water to

3813
02:31:04,965 --> 02:31:05,966
come through.

3814
02:31:05,966 --> 02:31:07,968
>> only a few more questions.

3815
02:31:07,968 --> 02:31:09,968
so the

3816
02:31:10,971 --> 02:31:12,971
had mitigation

3817
02:31:13,974 --> 02:31:14,975
and restoration of the dewatering

3818
02:31:14,975 --> 02:31:15,976
ponds

3819
02:31:15,976 --> 02:31:19,980
as part of the assumption of the plan.

3820
02:31:19,980 --> 02:31:22,983
so, can you just speak to what your

3821
02:31:22,983 --> 02:31:23,984
assumptions are , the dewatering ponds

3822
02:31:23,984 --> 02:31:25,984
is

3823
02:31:25,986 --> 02:31:27,955
the area

3824
02:31:27,955 --> 02:31:28,956
you are not proposing, the open space

3825
02:31:28,956 --> 02:31:29,957
you are not proposing to develop.

3826
02:31:29,957 --> 02:31:31,957
are

3827
02:31:31,959 --> 02:31:32,960
you anticipating that be

3828
02:31:32,960 --> 02:31:34,962
an independent project or are you

3829
02:31:34,962 --> 02:31:36,962
looking at that

3830
02:31:40,968 --> 02:31:41,969
as a mitigation project for your project?

3831
02:31:41,969 --> 02:31:42,970
does

3832
02:31:42,970 --> 02:31:43,971
that question makes sense?

3833
02:31:43,971 --> 02:31:44,972
>> yes

3834
02:31:44,972 --> 02:31:45,973
it does. I am

3835
02:31:45,973 --> 02:31:46,974
not sure at this point if it will

3836
02:31:46,974 --> 02:31:47,975
be a full

3837
02:31:47,975 --> 02:31:49,977
mitigation project for what we need.

3838
02:31:49,977 --> 02:31:52,977
we will have some influence

3839
02:31:52,980 --> 02:31:55,983
on that. We will be contributing

3840
02:31:55,983 --> 02:31:57,985
to some of that as well.

3841
02:31:57,985 --> 02:31:58,986
during this negotiation we are going

3842
02:31:58,986 --> 02:32:00,986
to

3843
02:32:01,955 --> 02:32:03,955
find out

3844
02:32:04,958 --> 02:32:06,958
what

3845
02:32:06,960 --> 02:32:07,961
our full mitigation needs to be. We

3846
02:32:07,961 --> 02:32:09,963
have to go through that full eir

3847
02:32:09,963 --> 02:32:10,964
process to find out what we have to

3848
02:32:10,964 --> 02:32:14,564
mitigate. So it will be determined

3849
02:32:15,969 --> 02:32:16,970
through that process, and if it comes

3850
02:32:16,970 --> 02:32:19,973
out that that is our mitigation and

3851
02:32:19,973 --> 02:32:20,974
we have to improve it.

3852
02:32:20,974 --> 02:32:22,974
>> thank you.

3853
02:32:24,978 --> 02:32:25,979
lastly, the one thing you mentioned

3854
02:32:25,979 --> 02:32:27,981
near the end of

3855
02:32:27,981 --> 02:32:31,581
your comments was with respect to

3856
02:32:31,985 --> 02:32:32,986
these hotels, this infrastructure

3857
02:32:32,986 --> 02:32:33,954
that

3858
02:32:33,954 --> 02:32:34,955
would be part of this project would

3859
02:32:34,955 --> 02:32:37,955
be something that your organization

3860
02:32:37,958 --> 02:32:38,959
would lease from the city was how

3861
02:32:38,959 --> 02:32:40,959
you worded it.

3862
02:32:40,961 --> 02:32:41,962
what is your expected timeline? I

3863
02:32:41,962 --> 02:32:43,962
realize

3864
02:32:43,964 --> 02:32:47,564
we are still in vision mode,

3865
02:32:52,973 --> 02:32:53,974
but in the future, when your lease

3866
02:32:53,974 --> 02:32:54,975
from

3867
02:32:54,975 --> 02:32:55,976
the city, you decide to break that,

3868
02:32:55,976 --> 02:32:58,979
would that look like for martinez?

3869
02:32:58,979 --> 02:33:00,979
we would

3870
02:33:00,981 --> 02:33:01,982
just out right on the hotel and we

3871
02:33:01,982 --> 02:33:03,984
would operate it, how does that

3872
02:33:03,984 --> 02:33:04,985
work?

3873
02:33:04,985 --> 02:33:05,986
>> during the lease there are

3874
02:33:05,986 --> 02:33:06,987
certain things that we will be

3875
02:33:06,987 --> 02:33:07,955
required to do. And that will be the

3876
02:33:07,955 --> 02:33:09,957
way we have to maintain.

3877
02:33:09,957 --> 02:33:10,958
we have to invest money over the time

3878
02:33:10,958 --> 02:33:13,961
of the lease to make sure that

3879
02:33:13,961 --> 02:33:16,964
the asset stays at a high level.

3880
02:33:16,964 --> 02:33:19,967
if we get to a point where

3881
02:33:19,967 --> 02:33:21,967
ending our lease

3882
02:33:22,970 --> 02:33:23,971
, let's just throw out a number, let's

3883
02:33:23,971 --> 02:33:25,971
say it's

3884
02:33:25,973 --> 02:33:30,773
a 50 year lease, and in 50 years we decide

3885
02:33:33,981 --> 02:33:34,982
, we have operated the hotel long

3886
02:33:34,982 --> 02:33:35,983
enough, we are not

3887
02:33:35,983 --> 02:33:37,985
interested in operating anymore, still

3888
02:33:37,985 --> 02:33:38,986
in very good condition, still great

3889
02:33:38,986 --> 02:33:40,954
asset, we would

3890
02:33:40,954 --> 02:33:42,956
help you find a suitable operator

3891
02:33:42,956 --> 02:33:43,957
to come in and start operating the

3892
02:33:43,957 --> 02:33:46,960
hotel and take on a new lease.

3893
02:33:46,960 --> 02:33:48,960
>> okay.

3894
02:33:49,963 --> 02:33:50,964
those are all of my questions right

3895
02:33:50,964 --> 02:33:51,965
now. Now I'm

3896
02:33:51,965 --> 02:33:52,966
going to go back to what councilmember

3897
02:33:52,966 --> 02:33:54,966
mckillop said,

3898
02:33:58,972 --> 02:34:00,972
take it away,

3899
02:34:00,974 --> 02:34:01,975
vice mayor howard, if you would like

3900
02:34:01,975 --> 02:34:02,976
to call out names of people from

3901
02:34:02,976 --> 02:34:04,978
the public who submitted speaker cards

3902
02:34:04,978 --> 02:34:06,980
or you can call on people by name

3903
02:34:06,980 --> 02:34:07,981
and they can come out, depending on

3904
02:34:07,981 --> 02:34:10,984
how many speaker cards were submitted.

3905
02:34:10,984 --> 02:34:12,984
>> I have

3906
02:34:12,986 --> 02:34:17,186
one question before we jump into speakers.

3907
02:34:17,958 --> 02:34:18,959
earlier in your presentation, greg,

3908
02:34:18,959 --> 02:34:19,960
you mentioned the configuration of

3909
02:34:19,960 --> 02:34:21,960
the actual marina.

3910
02:34:25,966 --> 02:34:27,968
there has been criticism over the

3911
02:34:27,968 --> 02:34:28,969
years that the way we configured our

3912
02:34:28,969 --> 02:34:29,970
marina, the opening facilitation comes

3913
02:34:29,970 --> 02:34:31,970
in and there

3914
02:34:31,972 --> 02:34:32,973
has been a lot of talk about the positioning

3915
02:34:32,973 --> 02:34:33,974
of the

3916
02:34:33,974 --> 02:34:35,976
opening of the marina, the mouth,

3917
02:34:35,976 --> 02:34:38,979
where boats actually should be entering

3918
02:34:38,979 --> 02:34:40,979
. And having been

3919
02:34:49,957 --> 02:34:50,958
in an italian family that did fishing,

3920
02:34:50,958 --> 02:34:51,959
I

3921
02:34:51,959 --> 02:34:52,960
am fifth-generation italian, they

3922
02:34:52,960 --> 02:34:53,961
all came here from sicily and fished

3923
02:34:53,961 --> 02:34:54,962
all these waters

3924
02:34:54,962 --> 02:34:55,963
and there people here in the audience

3925
02:34:55,963 --> 02:34:56,964
who fished in these waters that know

3926
02:34:56,964 --> 02:34:57,965
the

3927
02:34:57,965 --> 02:34:59,967
waters, that no the way the currents

3928
02:34:59,967 --> 02:35:00,968
flow and it's part of their dna of

3929
02:35:00,968 --> 02:35:01,969
being a artesian. That is something

3930
02:35:01,969 --> 02:35:02,970
I have been asked about and there

3931
02:35:02,970 --> 02:35:03,971
was

3932
02:35:03,971 --> 02:35:04,972
concern we don't want to make the

3933
02:35:04,972 --> 02:35:05,973
same mistake again. You did mention

3934
02:35:05,973 --> 02:35:07,973
you're studying

3935
02:35:07,975 --> 02:35:11,979
that and that you had, or maybe not yourself,

3936
02:35:11,979 --> 02:35:13,981
but safe harbors was aware.

3937
02:35:13,981 --> 02:35:14,982
I want to make sure we don't overlook

3938
02:35:14,982 --> 02:35:16,982
let and

3939
02:35:17,985 --> 02:35:19,985
look into

3940
02:35:20,954 --> 02:35:21,955
or tapping into

3941
02:35:21,955 --> 02:35:23,957
some of the expertise that is here

3942
02:35:23,957 --> 02:35:24,958
in martinez the could talk about some

3943
02:35:24,958 --> 02:35:26,960
of the natural flows of the water

3944
02:35:26,960 --> 02:35:27,961
in the river. We have the creek,

3945
02:35:27,961 --> 02:35:29,963
and how that comes together so we

3946
02:35:29,963 --> 02:35:32,363
don't make a mistake

3947
02:35:34,968 --> 02:35:35,969
and affect the environmental makeup

3948
02:35:35,969 --> 02:35:36,970
of

3949
02:35:36,970 --> 02:35:38,972
the geography here in a way that would

3950
02:35:38,972 --> 02:35:39,973
contribute to some sort of future

3951
02:35:39,973 --> 02:35:41,973
problem

3952
02:35:41,975 --> 02:35:42,976
in the marina access again.

3953
02:35:42,976 --> 02:35:43,977
>>

3954
02:35:43,977 --> 02:35:44,978
that is one of the studies we would

3955
02:35:44,978 --> 02:35:46,978
be doing. We

3956
02:35:47,981 --> 02:35:50,981
do have a maritime engineer

3957
02:35:50,984 --> 02:35:53,954
that we employed to do the studies

3958
02:35:53,954 --> 02:35:54,955
and

3959
02:35:54,955 --> 02:35:56,957
hydraulic studies to look at the flow

3960
02:35:56,957 --> 02:35:57,958
of the water, look at where it

3961
02:35:57,958 --> 02:35:59,960
needs to be. We do that in conjunction

3962
02:35:59,960 --> 02:36:02,360
with safe harbor because

3963
02:36:02,963 --> 02:36:05,966
it means a lot to us

3964
02:36:05,966 --> 02:36:08,969
on the land side as well.

3965
02:36:08,969 --> 02:36:09,970
we are

3966
02:36:09,970 --> 02:36:10,971
providing the access to the boats

3967
02:36:10,971 --> 02:36:11,972
with the understanding of exactly

3968
02:36:11,972 --> 02:36:13,972
how we're going

3969
02:36:13,974 --> 02:36:14,975
to do that and how to do it safely.

3970
02:36:14,975 --> 02:36:16,977
and again, good point, we want

3971
02:36:16,977 --> 02:36:17,978
to make sure we avoid another type of

3972
02:36:17,978 --> 02:36:19,978
catastrophic

3973
02:36:20,981 --> 02:36:22,981
event happening.

3974
02:36:22,983 --> 02:36:26,583
so, during these opportunities we have

3975
02:36:29,957 --> 02:36:30,958
the ability

3976
02:36:30,958 --> 02:36:31,959
to reach out to the community, we

3977
02:36:31,959 --> 02:36:32,960
definitely would like to hear from

3978
02:36:32,960 --> 02:36:33,961
the fishing industry

3979
02:36:33,961 --> 02:36:35,963
here. And those that know these waters.

3980
02:36:35,963 --> 02:36:38,966
they can give our engineers insight

3981
02:36:38,966 --> 02:36:39,967
to

3982
02:36:39,967 --> 02:36:41,969
things that they may not be able to

3983
02:36:41,969 --> 02:36:43,971
see just on maps and just through

3984
02:36:43,971 --> 02:36:44,972
some of their studies that they do. But

3985
02:36:44,972 --> 02:36:45,973
we

3986
02:36:45,973 --> 02:36:47,975
will definitely make sure that is

3987
02:36:47,975 --> 02:36:48,976
addressed.

3988
02:36:48,976 --> 02:36:50,978
>> okay, thank you, I

3989
02:36:50,978 --> 02:36:51,979
appreciate that.

3990
02:36:51,979 --> 02:36:53,981
>> okay, we're going to start with

3991
02:36:53,981 --> 02:36:56,984
the speaker cards that were submitted.

3992
02:36:56,984 --> 02:36:59,984
first up we have beverly.

3993
02:37:02,956 --> 02:37:04,956
>> hello, and beverly,

3994
02:37:08,962 --> 02:37:09,963
I am one of the owners of power

3995
02:37:09,963 --> 02:37:10,964
sports which is the basketball facility

3996
02:37:10,964 --> 02:37:11,965
adjacent to the marina. I'm extremely

3997
02:37:11,965 --> 02:37:13,965
excited

3998
02:37:14,968 --> 02:37:17,968
about this as we host

3999
02:37:17,971 --> 02:37:19,971
tournaments weekly

4000
02:37:20,974 --> 02:37:21,975
, every weekend, pretty much

4001
02:37:21,975 --> 02:37:23,977
through the year. That range anywhere

4002
02:37:23,977 --> 02:37:27,577
from basketball tournaments to gymnastics qualifications,

4003
02:37:32,986 --> 02:37:33,987
these

4004
02:37:33,987 --> 02:37:35,956
are things that people rent out and

4005
02:37:35,956 --> 02:37:37,958
people come from all over the country.

4006
02:37:37,958 --> 02:37:38,959
and they need a place to stay. And

4007
02:37:38,959 --> 02:37:40,961
right now we are sending them to

4008
02:37:40,961 --> 02:37:41,962
the creek. It be great to have them

4009
02:37:41,962 --> 02:37:44,362
in our backyard. And,

4010
02:37:44,965 --> 02:37:46,965
in between

4011
02:37:55,976 --> 02:37:56,977
pretty much when the people come they

4012
02:37:56,977 --> 02:37:57,978
are here for the entire weekend

4013
02:37:57,978 --> 02:37:59,980
and they are looking for something

4014
02:37:59,980 --> 02:38:00,981
to do in between their competitions.

4015
02:38:00,981 --> 02:38:01,982
or their

4016
02:38:01,982 --> 02:38:02,983
games. It would be nice to be able

4017
02:38:02,983 --> 02:38:03,984
to send them over to the marina

4018
02:38:03,984 --> 02:38:05,986
to walk around on the boardwalk, go

4019
02:38:05,986 --> 02:38:06,987
to the restaurants. Shop. Keep them

4020
02:38:06,987 --> 02:38:07,955
local, keep

4021
02:38:07,955 --> 02:38:08,956
the money here. So I am excited about

4022
02:38:08,956 --> 02:38:10,958
it. The only thing I agree

4023
02:38:10,958 --> 02:38:11,959
with the you mentioned, it would be

4024
02:38:11,959 --> 02:38:12,960
great to have an alternate way to

4025
02:38:12,960 --> 02:38:13,961
get

4026
02:38:13,961 --> 02:38:14,962
over to our area because that is always

4027
02:38:14,962 --> 02:38:15,963
a concern. So, thank you.

4028
02:38:15,963 --> 02:38:17,963
>> thank

4029
02:38:17,965 --> 02:38:20,965
you. Next I have tim.

4030
02:38:32,980 --> 02:38:33,981
>> all right, good evening. Honorable mayor,

4031
02:38:33,981 --> 02:38:34,982
vice mayor,

4032
02:38:34,982 --> 02:38:35,983
council members and staff, and the

4033
02:38:35,983 --> 02:38:36,984
executive director of the contra costa

4034
02:38:36,984 --> 02:38:37,985
construction trades

4035
02:38:37,985 --> 02:38:38,986
council. I want to speak tonight in

4036
02:38:38,986 --> 02:38:39,987
favor of the council moving forward

4037
02:38:39,987 --> 02:38:41,955
with

4038
02:38:41,955 --> 02:38:43,955
the ena.

4039
02:38:46,960 --> 02:38:47,961
it was an exciting presentation, I

4040
02:38:47,961 --> 02:38:48,962
think the benefits are

4041
02:38:48,962 --> 02:38:50,964
evident, the potential evidence have

4042
02:38:50,964 --> 02:38:52,966
been well articulated. Both the project sponsor,

4043
02:38:52,966 --> 02:38:53,967
your staff and several of you have

4044
02:38:53,967 --> 02:38:55,969
commented, obviously this is step

4045
02:38:55,969 --> 02:38:56,970
one in a long process, that has already

4046
02:38:56,970 --> 02:38:58,970
been mentioned,

4047
02:39:01,975 --> 02:39:02,976
but the benefits are evident. I think

4048
02:39:02,976 --> 02:39:04,978
what is also evident when

4049
02:39:04,978 --> 02:39:05,979
you look at the project is all the

4050
02:39:05,979 --> 02:39:08,979
various components, a lot of

4051
02:39:08,982 --> 02:39:10,984
different components a lot

4052
02:39:10,984 --> 02:39:11,985
of different areas of work that need

4053
02:39:11,985 --> 02:39:13,985
to be done.

4054
02:39:13,987 --> 02:39:14,955
and our members of our 20 affiliates,

4055
02:39:14,955 --> 02:39:16,955
other members of

4056
02:39:17,958 --> 02:39:19,958
the contra costa

4057
02:39:20,961 --> 02:39:21,962
building trades stand ready to do

4058
02:39:21,962 --> 02:39:22,963
that

4059
02:39:22,963 --> 02:39:23,964
work. We are excited to hear the commitment

4060
02:39:23,964 --> 02:39:26,364
that was made tonight

4061
02:39:26,967 --> 02:39:28,969
by tucker sadler and your support

4062
02:39:28,969 --> 02:39:29,970
as well of union labor. The other

4063
02:39:29,970 --> 02:39:31,970
issue

4064
02:39:34,975 --> 02:39:35,976
referenced was working with carpenters.

4065
02:39:35,976 --> 02:39:36,977
we already reached out to them and

4066
02:39:36,977 --> 02:39:37,978
look

4067
02:39:37,978 --> 02:39:38,979
forward to having a good partnership

4068
02:39:38,979 --> 02:39:39,980
with them. Working on a collaborative

4069
02:39:39,980 --> 02:39:40,981
nature on

4070
02:39:40,981 --> 02:39:44,581
an agreement with the project sponsors

4071
02:39:46,987 --> 02:39:47,955
and all of you. And working shoulder

4072
02:39:47,955 --> 02:39:49,957
to shoulder with them on this project.

4073
02:39:49,957 --> 02:39:50,958
it does take skilled hands to build

4074
02:39:50,958 --> 02:39:51,959
a project of this nature. I think

4075
02:39:51,959 --> 02:39:52,960
speaking

4076
02:39:52,960 --> 02:39:54,962
directly to councilmember young's

4077
02:39:54,962 --> 02:39:57,962
comments this has the potential

4078
02:39:57,965 --> 02:39:58,966
with union labor

4079
02:39:58,966 --> 02:40:00,968
on it and the benefit and input of

4080
02:40:00,968 --> 02:40:03,971
the community of being not just

4081
02:40:03,971 --> 02:40:04,972
a crown jewel for contra costa

4082
02:40:04,972 --> 02:40:06,974
county but really the entire bay area.

4083
02:40:06,974 --> 02:40:07,975
we are excited to be part of the

4084
02:40:07,975 --> 02:40:09,977
process and look forward to working

4085
02:40:09,977 --> 02:40:10,978
with all of you. Thank you.

4086
02:40:10,978 --> 02:40:12,978
>> thank

4087
02:40:12,980 --> 02:40:15,380
you. Next is desmond.

4088
02:40:18,986 --> 02:40:20,986
>> thank you. Desmond.

4089
02:40:23,957 --> 02:40:26,960
I came up here to read something for

4090
02:40:26,960 --> 02:40:27,961
kevin bacon, he is a member of the

4091
02:40:27,961 --> 02:40:29,961
marina and

4092
02:40:29,963 --> 02:40:32,963
a long-term resident of martinez.

4093
02:40:34,968 --> 02:40:36,970
he is not here, he's flying for work

4094
02:40:36,970 --> 02:40:38,970
right now.

4095
02:40:39,973 --> 02:40:40,974
I will go for it. Some of

4096
02:40:40,974 --> 02:40:42,976
what has been talked about today has

4097
02:40:42,976 --> 02:40:43,977
already been covered.

4098
02:40:43,977 --> 02:40:45,979
but this was already written and I'm

4099
02:40:45,979 --> 02:40:48,982
not going to edit it on the

4100
02:40:48,982 --> 02:40:50,982
fly. So,

4101
02:40:51,985 --> 02:40:52,986
my name is kevin bacon, am and

4102
02:40:52,986 --> 02:40:53,987
longtime martinez resident, boat owner

4103
02:40:53,987 --> 02:40:57,958
and am on the board of directors for

4104
02:40:57,958 --> 02:40:59,958
the martinez

4105
02:41:00,961 --> 02:41:01,962
sportsmen's

4106
02:41:01,962 --> 02:41:02,963
clubs. Since I'm out of town I'm sending

4107
02:41:02,963 --> 02:41:03,964
this written letter in support of

4108
02:41:03,964 --> 02:41:04,965
exploring

4109
02:41:04,965 --> 02:41:05,966
the prospect joint venture between

4110
02:41:05,966 --> 02:41:06,967
the city and a private developer to

4111
02:41:06,967 --> 02:41:07,968
reform the

4112
02:41:07,968 --> 02:41:08,969
marina area into a more prosperous

4113
02:41:08,969 --> 02:41:11,369
economic water recreational destination.

4114
02:41:20,981 --> 02:41:21,982
contra costa county encompasses 716

4115
02:41:21,982 --> 02:41:22,983
square miles. It is home to

4116
02:41:22,983 --> 02:41:23,984
19 cities with a population of over

4117
02:41:23,984 --> 02:41:24,985
1 million residents making it california's

4118
02:41:24,985 --> 02:41:26,985
ninth

4119
02:41:27,955 --> 02:41:29,955
most populous county.

4120
02:41:30,958 --> 02:41:31,959
out of the 15 cities in

4121
02:41:31,959 --> 02:41:33,961
the central and west county, only

4122
02:41:33,961 --> 02:41:36,964
one city has the benefit of

4123
02:41:36,964 --> 02:41:37,965
the marina. With gateway access

4124
02:41:37,965 --> 02:41:38,966
to california's largest rivers, bays

4125
02:41:38,966 --> 02:41:39,967
and even the pacific ocean. That one

4126
02:41:39,967 --> 02:41:41,967
being the

4127
02:41:42,970 --> 02:41:45,973
city of martinez. With its boating marina

4128
02:41:45,973 --> 02:41:48,973
that has been around since

4129
02:41:48,976 --> 02:41:50,976
the 1920s,

4130
02:41:50,978 --> 02:41:51,979
of the 15 cities in central and west county,

4131
02:41:51,979 --> 02:41:53,979
of the

4132
02:41:54,982 --> 02:41:57,382
ninth most populous county

4133
02:41:57,985 --> 02:41:59,987
in california, only martinez has

4134
02:41:59,987 --> 02:42:02,987
existing commercial recreational waterfront infrastructure

4135
02:42:03,957 --> 02:42:06,960
and is the only city eligible

4136
02:42:06,960 --> 02:42:09,960
for any of the marina

4137
02:42:09,963 --> 02:42:11,963
grants offered. Transforming

4138
02:42:11,965 --> 02:42:12,966
a marina into a thriving economic

4139
02:42:12,966 --> 02:42:14,966
hub involves

4140
02:42:15,969 --> 02:42:17,971
a multifaceted approach balancing

4141
02:42:17,971 --> 02:42:21,571
economic growth with the environmental responsibility

4142
02:42:21,975 --> 02:42:22,976
--

4143
02:42:22,976 --> 02:42:24,976
>> time is up.

4144
02:42:24,978 --> 02:42:26,978
>> but that's not

4145
02:42:26,980 --> 02:42:27,981
even the first page.

4146
02:42:27,981 --> 02:42:29,981
>> [ laughter ]

4147
02:42:33,987 --> 02:42:35,956
>> I'm sorry. >> you can

4148
02:42:35,956 --> 02:42:36,957
get submitted for the record.

4149
02:42:36,957 --> 02:42:37,958
>> the

4150
02:42:37,958 --> 02:42:38,959
given the time, he did send it

4151
02:42:38,959 --> 02:42:39,960
in. On my behalf, thank you for all

4152
02:42:39,960 --> 02:42:41,962
of your effort, it's very exciting.

4153
02:42:41,962 --> 02:42:45,966
time to be a martisian. Thank you.

4154
02:42:45,966 --> 02:42:48,966
>> next I have connie miller.

4155
02:42:57,978 --> 02:42:59,978
>>

4156
02:43:00,981 --> 02:43:03,981
connie miller. Thank you for

4157
02:43:03,984 --> 02:43:06,987
the council and is it greg,

4158
02:43:06,987 --> 02:43:08,987
for your presentation.

4159
02:43:11,959 --> 02:43:12,960
I have lived in martinez for 46 years

4160
02:43:12,960 --> 02:43:14,960
and I spoke 20

4161
02:43:15,963 --> 02:43:18,966
years ago to a council about,

4162
02:43:18,966 --> 02:43:21,966
you know, we were supposed

4163
02:43:21,969 --> 02:43:23,969
to revitalize martinez

4164
02:43:24,972 --> 02:43:25,973
and we

4165
02:43:25,973 --> 02:43:27,975
had people from other cities talking

4166
02:43:27,975 --> 02:43:28,976
against it. They shouldn't have any

4167
02:43:28,976 --> 02:43:29,977
say because

4168
02:43:29,977 --> 02:43:30,978
they don't live here. But when I scan

4169
02:43:30,978 --> 02:43:33,378
the qr code there

4170
02:43:33,981 --> 02:43:35,981
it said

4171
02:43:36,984 --> 02:43:38,986
martinez, bay area's hidden gem. That

4172
02:43:38,986 --> 02:43:39,987
is exactly what it is. I used to say

4173
02:43:39,987 --> 02:43:40,988
it's a diamond in

4174
02:43:40,988 --> 02:43:42,956
the rough. And it shouldn't be hidden.

4175
02:43:42,956 --> 02:43:43,957
this is our chance. I think you all

4176
02:43:43,957 --> 02:43:45,957
agree

4177
02:43:45,959 --> 02:43:48,962
that we definitely want to make

4178
02:43:48,962 --> 02:43:50,962
our community

4179
02:43:54,968 --> 02:43:56,970
a place that draws people

4180
02:43:56,970 --> 02:43:57,971
here. Because like he said, and I

4181
02:43:57,971 --> 02:43:58,972
have always said that, we are the

4182
02:43:58,972 --> 02:43:59,973
only

4183
02:43:59,973 --> 02:44:00,974
community that has water, of all these

4184
02:44:00,974 --> 02:44:02,976
cities, danville, orinda, we have

4185
02:44:02,976 --> 02:44:07,176
the water. But we don't polish it.

4186
02:44:09,983 --> 02:44:11,983
we

4187
02:44:11,985 --> 02:44:12,986
don't take care of it. And yes, the

4188
02:44:12,986 --> 02:44:14,955
train problem, I have waited over

4189
02:44:14,955 --> 02:44:17,958
an hour many times either on one side

4190
02:44:17,958 --> 02:44:18,959
or the other. If you have a heart

4191
02:44:18,959 --> 02:44:20,961
attack on the side

4192
02:44:20,961 --> 02:44:21,962
of the tracks you are dead because

4193
02:44:21,962 --> 02:44:23,964
are not going to fly a helicopter

4194
02:44:23,964 --> 02:44:24,965
over to get you. That definitely needs

4195
02:44:24,965 --> 02:44:26,967
to be fixed. When I

4196
02:44:26,967 --> 02:44:27,968
moved here in 1979 I believe there

4197
02:44:27,968 --> 02:44:29,970
was a restaurant boat

4198
02:44:29,970 --> 02:44:30,971
in the marina. Someone who lives here

4199
02:44:30,971 --> 02:44:32,971
probably knows.

4200
02:44:33,974 --> 02:44:34,975
yeah, there was a

4201
02:44:34,975 --> 02:44:36,977
boat on the water the people could

4202
02:44:36,977 --> 02:44:38,977
go dying, tiburon

4203
02:44:39,980 --> 02:44:41,982
has that restaurant on the water

4204
02:44:41,982 --> 02:44:42,983
the people flock there and it's fun

4205
02:44:42,983 --> 02:44:44,983
on

4206
02:44:44,985 --> 02:44:45,986
a nice sunny morning to go for brunch

4207
02:44:45,986 --> 02:44:47,986
or something.

4208
02:44:51,959 --> 02:44:53,961
so yeah, I think everyone is for

4209
02:44:53,961 --> 02:44:54,962
it. This is the best idea. Finally,

4210
02:44:54,962 --> 02:44:57,965
maybe I will live long enough to see

4211
02:44:57,965 --> 02:44:58,966
it happen.

4212
02:44:58,966 --> 02:45:00,966
>> next is stephen.

4213
02:45:02,970 --> 02:45:03,971
I apologize if I pronounced steven's

4214
02:45:03,971 --> 02:45:04,972
name wrong.

4215
02:45:04,972 --> 02:45:06,972
>>

4216
02:45:06,974 --> 02:45:09,977
good evening mayor and city council.

4217
02:45:09,977 --> 02:45:12,980
and residents. Am a proud resident

4218
02:45:12,980 --> 02:45:15,980
of martinez and a journeyman

4219
02:45:31,965 --> 02:45:32,966
of local 34. I am here to

4220
02:45:32,966 --> 02:45:33,967
voice my strong support for the proposed

4221
02:45:33,967 --> 02:45:34,968
marina project including the hotel,

4222
02:45:34,968 --> 02:45:35,969
retail, recreation space

4223
02:45:35,969 --> 02:45:36,970
and marina facilities. This project

4224
02:45:36,970 --> 02:45:37,971
isn't just another job site, it's

4225
02:45:37,971 --> 02:45:38,972
a chance to

4226
02:45:38,972 --> 02:45:39,973
build something meaningful in our

4227
02:45:39,973 --> 02:45:40,974
own backyard. For work is like me

4228
02:45:40,974 --> 02:45:41,975
working close to

4229
02:45:41,975 --> 02:45:42,976
home means, this means no more long

4230
02:45:42,976 --> 02:45:44,978
commutes or working out of town. It

4231
02:45:44,978 --> 02:45:45,979
means spending more time with family,

4232
02:45:45,979 --> 02:45:46,980
being present at the moments that

4233
02:45:46,980 --> 02:45:47,981
matter in doing

4234
02:45:47,981 --> 02:45:48,982
work I love. Union jobs on this project

4235
02:45:48,982 --> 02:45:52,582
will offer minimum wages, full family

4236
02:45:52,986 --> 02:45:53,987
healthcare, retirement security,

4237
02:45:53,987 --> 02:45:55,956
the kind that let people buy a home,

4238
02:45:55,956 --> 02:45:58,959
raise kids and stay rooted in

4239
02:45:58,959 --> 02:46:00,959
their communities.

4240
02:46:00,961 --> 02:46:01,962
these are just paychecks, they are

4241
02:46:01,962 --> 02:46:02,963
pathway to

4242
02:46:02,963 --> 02:46:03,964
better life. This is more than just

4243
02:46:03,964 --> 02:46:04,965
a waterfront development, it's a real

4244
02:46:04,965 --> 02:46:05,966
opportunity

4245
02:46:05,966 --> 02:46:07,968
to control the --grow the workforce.

4246
02:46:07,968 --> 02:46:10,971
it will create hands-on training for apprentices

4247
02:46:10,971 --> 02:46:11,972
working

4248
02:46:11,972 --> 02:46:12,973
side-by-side with seasoned journeyman

4249
02:46:12,973 --> 02:46:14,975
who can pass down the knowledge, skills,

4250
02:46:14,975 --> 02:46:16,977
standards and that define our trade.

4251
02:46:16,977 --> 02:46:17,978
that is how you build a

4252
02:46:17,978 --> 02:46:19,980
strong workforce through real experience

4253
02:46:19,980 --> 02:46:20,981
and union values.

4254
02:46:20,981 --> 02:46:22,983
we have a responsibility to make sure

4255
02:46:22,983 --> 02:46:24,983
these opportunities

4256
02:46:25,986 --> 02:46:28,986
that are open for everyone

4257
02:46:31,959 --> 02:46:32,960
. This project gives us a chance to

4258
02:46:32,960 --> 02:46:33,961
bring more women into construction,

4259
02:46:33,961 --> 02:46:34,962
a field where they historically have

4260
02:46:34,962 --> 02:46:35,963
been underrepresented. But

4261
02:46:35,963 --> 02:46:36,964
where they belong. It gives veterans

4262
02:46:36,964 --> 02:46:37,965
a path forward. When they return home.

4263
02:46:37,965 --> 02:46:39,965
a

4264
02:46:40,968 --> 02:46:43,368
career where there discipline,

4265
02:46:46,974 --> 02:46:47,975
work ethic

4266
02:46:47,975 --> 02:46:48,976
and teamwork and thrive. It opens

4267
02:46:48,976 --> 02:46:49,977
doors for people of color who deserve

4268
02:46:49,977 --> 02:46:50,978
a

4269
02:46:50,978 --> 02:46:52,980
fair shot of high-quality jobs that

4270
02:46:52,980 --> 02:46:53,981
offer growth and security. The marina project

4271
02:46:53,981 --> 02:46:55,983
will be a place where people from

4272
02:46:55,983 --> 02:46:58,986
all walks of life come together

4273
02:46:58,986 --> 02:47:00,988
to build, grow and succeed.

4274
02:47:00,988 --> 02:47:01,955
and we create long-term jobs, only

4275
02:47:01,955 --> 02:47:02,956
during construction

4276
02:47:02,956 --> 02:47:03,957
but in the hotel, retail and marina

4277
02:47:03,957 --> 02:47:04,958
operations. Generating academic activity

4278
02:47:04,958 --> 02:47:06,958
that stays right

4279
02:47:07,961 --> 02:47:09,961
here in martinez.

4280
02:47:09,963 --> 02:47:10,964
is a union member --

4281
02:47:10,964 --> 02:47:12,964
>> time is up.

4282
02:47:12,966 --> 02:47:13,967
>> I urge you to support this project.

4283
02:47:13,967 --> 02:47:15,967
>> [

4284
02:47:16,970 --> 02:47:18,970
applause ]

4285
02:47:19,973 --> 02:47:21,973
>> next is chris.

4286
02:47:31,985 --> 02:47:34,955
>> I will raise is up. Good evening,

4287
02:47:34,955 --> 02:47:35,956
mayor, vice

4288
02:47:35,956 --> 02:47:39,556
mayor, staff, members of the community.

4289
02:47:39,960 --> 02:47:42,963
my name is chris and I'm a local resident.

4290
02:47:42,963 --> 02:47:43,964
I am also proud member of northern

4291
02:47:43,964 --> 02:47:45,964
california

4292
02:47:46,967 --> 02:47:48,967
carpenters union,

4293
02:47:48,969 --> 02:47:49,970
local 34, the martinez waterfront

4294
02:47:49,970 --> 02:47:50,971
project is an

4295
02:47:50,971 --> 02:47:52,973
exciting opportunity for the city

4296
02:47:52,973 --> 02:47:54,975
of martinez new york I asked the council

4297
02:47:54,975 --> 02:47:55,976
to approve the exclusive shooting

4298
02:47:55,976 --> 02:47:57,976
agreement with tucker

4299
02:47:58,979 --> 02:47:59,980
sadler. Nql for your service.

4300
02:47:59,980 --> 02:48:01,980
>> [

4301
02:48:01,982 --> 02:48:02,983
applause ]

4302
02:48:02,983 --> 02:48:04,983
>> thank you. >> next

4303
02:48:04,985 --> 02:48:06,985
is william.

4304
02:48:10,958 --> 02:48:12,958
>> hi,

4305
02:48:13,961 --> 02:48:15,961
and bill,

4306
02:48:22,970 --> 02:48:23,971
I'm going to modify my statement a

4307
02:48:23,971 --> 02:48:24,972
little

4308
02:48:24,972 --> 02:48:25,973
bit based on the presentation. Am

4309
02:48:25,973 --> 02:48:26,974
a california licensed geologist and

4310
02:48:26,974 --> 02:48:27,975
engineering geologist. I'm not

4311
02:48:27,975 --> 02:48:28,976
looking for work. But, we did talk

4312
02:48:28,976 --> 02:48:31,979
about sea level rise and that

4313
02:48:31,979 --> 02:48:32,980
is real. In 1850,

4314
02:48:32,980 --> 02:48:34,982
1852 and again in 1860s there were

4315
02:48:34,982 --> 02:48:36,982
major floods

4316
02:48:43,957 --> 02:48:44,958
. About 1 billion cubic yards of sediment

4317
02:48:44,958 --> 02:48:45,959
washdown from

4318
02:48:45,959 --> 02:48:46,960
hydraulic mining. The waterfront used

4319
02:48:46,960 --> 02:48:47,961
to be at about the train tracks. It

4320
02:48:47,961 --> 02:48:49,961
is now

4321
02:48:49,963 --> 02:48:51,965
about where we see it today.

4322
02:48:51,965 --> 02:48:52,966
they have added extra sediment. Those

4323
02:48:52,966 --> 02:48:53,967
sediments are considered under consolidated.

4324
02:48:53,967 --> 02:48:55,969
they are compacting under their own

4325
02:48:55,969 --> 02:48:59,569
weight. So it's not like typical

4326
02:49:03,977 --> 02:49:04,978
payment. This is sediments deposited

4327
02:49:04,978 --> 02:49:05,979
later. So a

4328
02:49:05,979 --> 02:49:06,980
significant portion of this relevant

4329
02:49:06,980 --> 02:49:07,981
project will need to consider these

4330
02:49:07,981 --> 02:49:09,983
sediments. If you just build

4331
02:49:09,983 --> 02:49:10,984
a nice foundation but don't address

4332
02:49:10,984 --> 02:49:12,984
the underlying sediments

4333
02:49:16,957 --> 02:49:17,958
that land is sinking under

4334
02:49:17,958 --> 02:49:19,960
its own weight. You had buildings,

4335
02:49:19,960 --> 02:49:20,961
that will continue to cause it to

4336
02:49:20,961 --> 02:49:21,962
sink even

4337
02:49:21,962 --> 02:49:22,963
more. So you kind of have two things,

4338
02:49:22,963 --> 02:49:24,965
what are coming up and land

4339
02:49:24,965 --> 02:49:25,966
going down. So that will be a very

4340
02:49:25,966 --> 02:49:26,967
significant how to address the land

4341
02:49:26,967 --> 02:49:27,968
surface

4342
02:49:27,968 --> 02:49:28,969
actually subsiding under its own --

4343
02:49:28,969 --> 02:49:30,971
that was one of the main things. The

4344
02:49:30,971 --> 02:49:31,972
other, I'm going to pitch. At a small

4345
02:49:31,972 --> 02:49:32,973
boat launch, a small kayak launch

4346
02:49:32,973 --> 02:49:34,973
and

4347
02:49:34,975 --> 02:49:37,978
maybe for kayaks and paddle boards.

4348
02:49:37,978 --> 02:49:39,978
maybe sunfish

4349
02:49:39,980 --> 02:49:40,981
side sailboats, that would be a nice

4350
02:49:40,981 --> 02:49:43,981
addition to the waterfront. That's

4351
02:49:43,984 --> 02:49:44,985
it.

4352
02:49:44,985 --> 02:49:46,985
>> [ applause ]

4353
02:49:49,957 --> 02:49:51,957
>> next is matt.

4354
02:49:52,960 --> 02:49:54,960
>>

4355
02:50:01,969 --> 02:50:02,970
mayor zorn, council members, I'm here

4356
02:50:02,970 --> 02:50:03,971
representing the

4357
02:50:03,971 --> 02:50:05,973
bay area council an organization comprised

4358
02:50:05,973 --> 02:50:07,975
of the larger employers

4359
02:50:07,975 --> 02:50:08,976
in the area. Our mission is to make

4360
02:50:08,976 --> 02:50:09,977
this region

4361
02:50:09,977 --> 02:50:11,979
the best place in the world to live

4362
02:50:11,979 --> 02:50:12,980
and work. Our office is actually

4363
02:50:12,980 --> 02:50:17,180
on san francisco bay in a 100-year-old

4364
02:50:19,987 --> 02:50:20,988
ferry boat, you're welcome to visit

4365
02:50:20,988 --> 02:50:21,955
us. It is public

4366
02:50:21,955 --> 02:50:22,956
access as part of the bay trail. We

4367
02:50:22,956 --> 02:50:23,957
are very excited about this project.

4368
02:50:23,957 --> 02:50:24,958
I'm

4369
02:50:24,958 --> 02:50:26,960
not a martisian myself but I look

4370
02:50:26,960 --> 02:50:27,961
over my back fence into martinez.

4371
02:50:27,961 --> 02:50:29,963
I am particularly and personally excited

4372
02:50:29,963 --> 02:50:31,963
about this project.

4373
02:50:31,965 --> 02:50:32,966
one thing we as an organization are

4374
02:50:32,966 --> 02:50:34,968
very bullish on is ferry

4375
02:50:34,968 --> 02:50:35,969
boat service. We created the water

4376
02:50:35,969 --> 02:50:37,969
transit authority and

4377
02:50:38,972 --> 02:50:39,973
over the years and it's

4378
02:50:39,973 --> 02:50:42,976
getting the site connected to the

4379
02:50:42,976 --> 02:50:46,576
regional ferry service is mission critical.

4380
02:50:50,984 --> 02:50:51,985
it has been described as

4381
02:50:51,985 --> 02:50:52,986
an economic engine, this is the fuel

4382
02:50:52,986 --> 02:50:53,987
that will get the engine going. So

4383
02:50:53,987 --> 02:50:54,955
we

4384
02:50:54,955 --> 02:50:56,957
would urge that whatever the project

4385
02:50:56,957 --> 02:50:57,958
ends up being, that there is a physical

4386
02:50:57,958 --> 02:51:01,962
component to have eight ferry terminal and

4387
02:51:01,962 --> 02:51:02,963
a part of the financing mechanism

4388
02:51:02,963 --> 02:51:04,963
to subsidize

4389
02:51:05,966 --> 02:51:06,967
the ferry

4390
02:51:06,967 --> 02:51:08,969
operations, that is required as part

4391
02:51:08,969 --> 02:51:11,369
of the ferry expansion

4392
02:51:11,972 --> 02:51:14,972
plans. I don't know if

4393
02:51:16,977 --> 02:51:17,978
councilmember molly remembers, I was

4394
02:51:17,978 --> 02:51:19,978
on vacation, texting

4395
02:51:20,981 --> 02:51:22,981
photographs saying

4396
02:51:25,986 --> 02:51:26,987
this looks like martinez. Except it's

4397
02:51:26,987 --> 02:51:27,988
full of

4398
02:51:27,988 --> 02:51:29,957
tourists and their hotels in the waterfront

4399
02:51:29,957 --> 02:51:30,958
is activated.

4400
02:51:30,958 --> 02:51:32,960
>> I do remember that.

4401
02:51:32,960 --> 02:51:33,961
>> dude, you got to see this place.

4402
02:51:33,961 --> 02:51:34,962
it

4403
02:51:34,962 --> 02:51:35,963
is what martinez could and should

4404
02:51:35,963 --> 02:51:36,964
be and will be if this project moves

4405
02:51:36,964 --> 02:51:37,965
forward. We approve the agreement

4406
02:51:37,965 --> 02:51:38,966
and hope this comes as fast as possible.

4407
02:51:38,966 --> 02:51:40,966
thank you.

4408
02:51:41,969 --> 02:51:43,969
>> thank you.

4409
02:51:44,972 --> 02:51:46,972
>> next is

4410
02:51:47,975 --> 02:51:49,975
joey.

4411
02:51:50,978 --> 02:51:52,978
>>

4412
02:51:53,981 --> 02:51:56,981
33+ year resident. I just want

4413
02:51:56,984 --> 02:51:59,987
to say I really want you

4414
02:51:59,987 --> 02:52:02,956
to embrace this ena , take care of martinez

4415
02:52:02,956 --> 02:52:04,956
, it has brought

4416
02:52:05,959 --> 02:52:08,962
so much joy to the community to have

4417
02:52:08,962 --> 02:52:11,362
this waterfront , you know,

4418
02:52:11,965 --> 02:52:14,965
I don't know how to

4419
02:52:14,968 --> 02:52:15,969
say it, it's going to bring so many

4420
02:52:15,969 --> 02:52:17,969
jobs

4421
02:52:17,971 --> 02:52:19,971
and so much

4422
02:52:20,974 --> 02:52:23,974
needed money to the community

4423
02:52:25,979 --> 02:52:26,980
that we can enjoy. I just want to

4424
02:52:26,980 --> 02:52:28,980
say, my vote

4425
02:52:28,982 --> 02:52:29,983
is yes, please do it.

4426
02:52:29,983 --> 02:52:30,984
>> [ applause

4427
02:52:30,984 --> 02:52:31,985
]

4428
02:52:31,985 --> 02:52:32,986
>> thank you.

4429
02:52:32,986 --> 02:52:35,386
next I have samantha.

4430
02:52:44,965 --> 02:52:47,365
>> hi. Before I begin,

4431
02:52:47,968 --> 02:52:49,968
I am

4432
02:52:49,970 --> 02:52:50,971
with the sea scouts and one of the

4433
02:52:50,971 --> 02:52:51,972
entities that will be probably

4434
02:52:51,972 --> 02:52:54,972
most affected by this development

4435
02:53:01,982 --> 02:53:02,983
phase. I was hoping to be so bold

4436
02:53:02,983 --> 02:53:03,984
as to

4437
02:53:03,984 --> 02:53:05,986
ask for the full three minute allotment,

4438
02:53:05,986 --> 02:53:06,987
totally okay if it's no. Something

4439
02:53:06,987 --> 02:53:07,988
to

4440
02:53:07,988 --> 02:53:08,956
ask for an extra minute.

4441
02:53:08,956 --> 02:53:09,957
>> unfortunately

4442
02:53:09,957 --> 02:53:10,958
we cannot.

4443
02:53:10,958 --> 02:53:11,959
>> I will talk

4444
02:53:11,959 --> 02:53:12,960
quickly. My name is sam, and with

4445
02:53:12,960 --> 02:53:14,962
the sea scouts and the

4446
02:53:14,962 --> 02:53:16,962
key adult

4447
02:53:16,964 --> 02:53:17,965
leader. For those in the room the

4448
02:53:17,965 --> 02:53:18,966
don't know what

4449
02:53:18,966 --> 02:53:20,968
sea scouts are we are specialized

4450
02:53:20,968 --> 02:53:21,969
branch of scouting america the focus

4451
02:53:21,969 --> 02:53:22,970
is on

4452
02:53:22,970 --> 02:53:23,971
teaching today's youth safe recreational

4453
02:53:23,971 --> 02:53:24,972
boating, maritime trade skills and

4454
02:53:24,972 --> 02:53:25,973
life skills. For 93 years

4455
02:53:25,973 --> 02:53:26,974
our proud institution has martinez

4456
02:53:26,974 --> 02:53:27,975
and the greater community about safe

4457
02:53:27,975 --> 02:53:28,976
boating

4458
02:53:28,976 --> 02:53:29,977
and maritime trade in our mission

4459
02:53:29,977 --> 02:53:30,978
is to continue the legacy for many

4460
02:53:30,978 --> 02:53:32,978
years

4461
02:53:32,980 --> 02:53:34,980
to come.

4462
02:53:41,955 --> 02:53:42,956
many of the youth leave our program

4463
02:53:42,956 --> 02:53:43,957
pursue a career

4464
02:53:43,957 --> 02:53:44,958
in the maritime field and for those

4465
02:53:44,958 --> 02:53:45,959
that don't they leave as a lifelong

4466
02:53:45,959 --> 02:53:46,960
passion

4467
02:53:46,960 --> 02:53:47,961
for the water and important skills

4468
02:53:47,961 --> 02:53:48,962
the better the world community. Those

4469
02:53:48,962 --> 02:53:49,963
trade skills we

4470
02:53:49,963 --> 02:53:50,964
teach directly translate into a wide

4471
02:53:50,964 --> 02:53:51,965
variety of blue-collar jobs and as

4472
02:53:51,965 --> 02:53:52,966
you know

4473
02:53:52,966 --> 02:53:53,967
blue-collar jobs helps make the world

4474
02:53:53,967 --> 02:53:55,969
go round. Our program

4475
02:53:55,969 --> 02:53:56,970
has shipped many youth into adults

4476
02:53:56,970 --> 02:53:57,971
with experiences in a wide

4477
02:53:57,971 --> 02:53:58,972
variety of trades such as maritime,

4478
02:53:58,972 --> 02:53:59,973
law, engineering, construction, coast

4479
02:53:59,973 --> 02:54:00,974
guard and more. I cannot

4480
02:54:00,974 --> 02:54:02,976
stress enough the importance mariners

4481
02:54:02,976 --> 02:54:03,977
have on the global trade as well as

4482
02:54:03,977 --> 02:54:05,977
importance

4483
02:54:05,979 --> 02:54:08,379
of her blue-collar workers.

4484
02:54:16,957 --> 02:54:17,958
you may be asking yourself, why am

4485
02:54:17,958 --> 02:54:18,959
I talking about the maritime industry and

4486
02:54:18,959 --> 02:54:20,961
community when we are really talking

4487
02:54:20,961 --> 02:54:21,962
about the martinez master plan and

4488
02:54:21,962 --> 02:54:22,963
the two are

4489
02:54:22,963 --> 02:54:23,964
one and the same. We all in this room

4490
02:54:23,964 --> 02:54:25,966
have a shared and vested interest

4491
02:54:25,966 --> 02:54:26,967
in the water and the different industries

4492
02:54:26,967 --> 02:54:27,968
it serves, recreation and business.

4493
02:54:27,968 --> 02:54:28,969
we understand

4494
02:54:28,969 --> 02:54:29,970
as part of this change we may be asked

4495
02:54:29,970 --> 02:54:31,972
to move to make way

4496
02:54:31,972 --> 02:54:32,973
for industry and tourism in our ask

4497
02:54:32,973 --> 02:54:33,974
a simple. Let us be part of the

4498
02:54:33,974 --> 02:54:35,976
change. Retained the valuable space

4499
02:54:35,976 --> 02:54:36,977
where we grow great people. And if

4500
02:54:36,977 --> 02:54:38,977
it's a plan

4501
02:54:38,979 --> 02:54:43,984
to move us to make way for the changes

4502
02:54:43,984 --> 02:54:44,985
it's of vital importance we retain

4503
02:54:44,985 --> 02:54:46,987
our training center for our

4504
02:54:46,987 --> 02:54:47,988
youth wherever we move too. And a

4505
02:54:47,988 --> 02:54:48,956
place where they can learn things

4506
02:54:48,956 --> 02:54:49,957
such

4507
02:54:49,957 --> 02:54:50,958
as welding, engine work, woodwork,

4508
02:54:50,958 --> 02:54:51,959
a place where they can have class

4509
02:54:51,959 --> 02:54:52,960
centers and

4510
02:54:52,960 --> 02:54:53,961
teach about important skills. Time

4511
02:54:53,961 --> 02:54:54,962
is a.

4512
02:54:54,962 --> 02:54:56,962
>> thank you. >> [

4513
02:54:56,964 --> 02:54:58,964
applause ]

4514
02:54:59,967 --> 02:55:02,967
>> if you cannot complete your

4515
02:55:02,970 --> 02:55:05,970
comments you can email them.

4516
02:55:05,973 --> 02:55:06,974
I will make sure it gets to the city

4517
02:55:06,974 --> 02:55:07,975
council and

4518
02:55:07,975 --> 02:55:08,976
staff members. You can take one of

4519
02:55:08,976 --> 02:55:09,977
the city clerk cards on the table

4520
02:55:09,977 --> 02:55:10,978
over

4521
02:55:10,978 --> 02:55:15,778
to the side. Next we have kelly webster.

4522
02:55:18,986 --> 02:55:20,986
no kelly?

4523
02:55:24,958 --> 02:55:26,958
>> I can be

4524
02:55:26,960 --> 02:55:27,961
very brief. I think this is a great

4525
02:55:27,961 --> 02:55:28,962
idea. I

4526
02:55:28,962 --> 02:55:30,964
love it. The one thing I noticed in

4527
02:55:30,964 --> 02:55:32,964
the pictures,

4528
02:55:38,972 --> 02:55:39,973
and granted those are not exact buildings,

4529
02:55:39,973 --> 02:55:40,974
is that we

4530
02:55:40,974 --> 02:55:41,975
have a beautiful historic town and

4531
02:55:41,975 --> 02:55:42,976
I would like to see the materials

4532
02:55:42,976 --> 02:55:44,976
used to

4533
02:55:44,978 --> 02:55:45,979
create the buildings reflect that

4534
02:55:45,979 --> 02:55:46,980
in some way so

4535
02:55:46,980 --> 02:55:48,982
that when you come from downtown into

4536
02:55:48,982 --> 02:55:50,984
the marina it's not like a

4537
02:55:50,984 --> 02:55:51,985
time jump from a beautiful old town

4538
02:55:51,985 --> 02:55:53,985
to a

4539
02:55:54,988 --> 02:55:56,988
super modern waterfront.

4540
02:55:57,958 --> 02:56:00,961
that's all I have to say.

4541
02:56:00,961 --> 02:56:02,961
>> [ applause ] >> thank you.

4542
02:56:03,964 --> 02:56:05,964
next is

4543
02:56:06,967 --> 02:56:08,967
r. Robertson.

4544
02:56:09,970 --> 02:56:11,970
thank you.

4545
02:56:12,973 --> 02:56:14,973
>> read robertson. Yes,

4546
02:56:15,976 --> 02:56:17,978
a couple of things,

4547
02:56:17,978 --> 02:56:18,979
to greg, I actually have been to the

4548
02:56:18,979 --> 02:56:20,979
national stadium

4549
02:56:21,982 --> 02:56:23,984
and to the peer you designed

4550
02:56:23,984 --> 02:56:27,988
and the district of columbia and it's beautiful.

4551
02:56:27,988 --> 02:56:30,958
I took the ferry over I think

4552
02:56:30,958 --> 02:56:31,959
to virginia

4553
02:56:31,959 --> 02:56:33,961
down the potomac. Very nice work.

4554
02:56:33,961 --> 02:56:36,964
I can endorse greg for that. My

4555
02:56:36,964 --> 02:56:38,964
second thing,

4556
02:56:38,966 --> 02:56:41,969
I guess, you brought it up, my mom

4557
02:56:41,969 --> 02:56:42,970
is one of the contractors the built

4558
02:56:42,970 --> 02:56:44,970
the concord martinez

4559
02:56:47,975 --> 02:56:48,976
station 30 years ago. I remember being a

4560
02:56:48,976 --> 02:56:49,977
much younger kid

4561
02:56:49,977 --> 02:56:51,979
walking around in a hardhat thinking

4562
02:56:51,979 --> 02:56:54,982
this should be a nice place to

4563
02:56:54,982 --> 02:56:55,983
build houses. You can just be here

4564
02:56:55,983 --> 02:56:56,984
and

4565
02:56:56,984 --> 02:56:57,985
walk and go to the city. And there

4566
02:56:57,985 --> 02:57:00,385
has been nothing there.

4567
02:57:00,988 --> 02:57:02,988
the concord city

4568
02:57:03,957 --> 02:57:05,957
council demanded

4569
02:57:05,959 --> 02:57:08,959
I believe a wall-to-wall contract

4570
02:57:14,968 --> 02:57:15,969
labor agreement and it drove the car so

4571
02:57:15,969 --> 02:57:17,969
high nothing was

4572
02:57:17,971 --> 02:57:18,972
built in the thing is going to be

4573
02:57:18,972 --> 02:57:19,973
built there. People have lost their

4574
02:57:19,973 --> 02:57:21,975
political careers because of that.

4575
02:57:21,975 --> 02:57:22,976
the recent one was the mayor. I mean,

4576
02:57:22,976 --> 02:57:23,977
I'm

4577
02:57:23,977 --> 02:57:24,978
not saying anything bad about the

4578
02:57:24,978 --> 02:57:27,378
unions, I'm just saying

4579
02:57:28,982 --> 02:57:30,984
you need to extend extreme caution

4580
02:57:30,984 --> 02:57:31,985
with that. Because they have nothing

4581
02:57:31,985 --> 02:57:32,986
there. And there is nothing coming.

4582
02:57:32,986 --> 02:57:36,586
eatable job in virginia. And just

4583
02:57:36,957 --> 02:57:39,957
kind of, that is my

4584
02:57:39,960 --> 02:57:40,961
cautionary tale.

4585
02:57:40,961 --> 02:57:42,961
>> [ applause ]

4586
02:57:42,963 --> 02:57:44,963
>> next

4587
02:57:45,966 --> 02:57:47,966
is rick.

4588
02:57:51,972 --> 02:57:53,972
>> good evening

4589
02:58:00,981 --> 02:58:01,982
mayor zorn,

4590
02:58:01,982 --> 02:58:03,984
council members and staff. My name

4591
02:58:03,984 --> 02:58:04,985
is rick, I am with carpenters local

4592
02:58:04,985 --> 02:58:05,986
152 of

4593
02:58:05,986 --> 02:58:06,987
the norcal carpenters union presenting

4594
02:58:06,987 --> 02:58:09,387
roughly 2800 members here in

4595
02:58:09,957 --> 02:58:10,958
contra costa . I'm here to express

4596
02:58:10,958 --> 02:58:11,959
my support

4597
02:58:11,959 --> 02:58:12,960
for the city to enter into a negotiating

4598
02:58:12,960 --> 02:58:13,961
agreement with

4599
02:58:13,961 --> 02:58:15,963
tucker sadler to design the future

4600
02:58:15,963 --> 02:58:19,563
of the martinez arena and waterfront.

4601
02:58:20,968 --> 02:58:21,969
for far too long the city has had

4602
02:58:21,969 --> 02:58:22,970
to utilize the

4603
02:58:22,970 --> 02:58:23,971
general fund to cover the cost of

4604
02:58:23,971 --> 02:58:24,972
marine operations. And much needed

4605
02:58:24,972 --> 02:58:26,972
minutes. Just to

4606
02:58:27,975 --> 02:58:29,977
keep it afloat. Especially after

4607
02:58:29,977 --> 02:58:30,978
elmar management left their post as

4608
02:58:30,978 --> 02:58:33,978
operations director's. The area is

4609
02:58:33,981 --> 02:58:36,984
no longer sustainable and is in dire need

4610
02:58:36,984 --> 02:58:37,985
of a complete restoration. According

4611
02:58:37,985 --> 02:58:38,986
to

4612
02:58:38,986 --> 02:58:39,987
the developer the proposal requires

4613
02:58:39,987 --> 02:58:41,987
no city

4614
02:58:42,956 --> 02:58:45,356
subsidies are nip city

4615
02:58:45,959 --> 02:58:46,960
necessary with all improvements funded to

4616
02:58:46,960 --> 02:58:48,960
private investments along

4617
02:58:48,962 --> 02:58:50,962
with federal funds.

4618
02:58:51,965 --> 02:58:52,966
tucker sadler has verbally

4619
02:58:52,966 --> 02:58:54,968
committed that the construction of

4620
02:58:54,968 --> 02:58:55,969
the project will be done using some

4621
02:58:55,969 --> 02:58:56,970
type of labor

4622
02:58:56,970 --> 02:58:57,971
agreement ensuring that the construction

4623
02:58:57,971 --> 02:59:00,974
will be done by union trains

4624
02:59:00,974 --> 02:59:02,974
people bringing

4625
02:59:03,977 --> 02:59:04,978
much-needed work, opportunities, to

4626
02:59:04,978 --> 02:59:05,979
the unionized residents of martinez

4627
02:59:05,979 --> 02:59:06,980
and throughout contra costa county.

4628
02:59:06,980 --> 02:59:09,980
an agreement of this type

4629
02:59:09,983 --> 02:59:11,983
makes it a

4630
02:59:12,986 --> 02:59:14,986
win

4631
02:59:14,988 --> 02:59:15,956
win win for the developer, the city

4632
02:59:15,956 --> 02:59:16,957
and its residents. I urge you to enter

4633
02:59:16,957 --> 02:59:18,959
into an exclusive negotiating agreement

4634
02:59:18,959 --> 02:59:19,960
with tucker sadler to start the design

4635
02:59:19,960 --> 02:59:20,961
for

4636
02:59:20,961 --> 02:59:21,962
the future of a fleet revitalized

4637
02:59:21,962 --> 02:59:24,362
martinez arena and waterfront.

4638
02:59:24,965 --> 02:59:26,965
thank you.

4639
02:59:33,974 --> 02:59:36,374
>> next is dennis mccarthy.

4640
02:59:39,980 --> 02:59:41,980
>>

4641
02:59:42,983 --> 02:59:45,986
good evening, I am one of

4642
02:59:45,986 --> 02:59:47,986
the managers

4643
02:59:48,956 --> 02:59:49,957
of universal sports academy which

4644
02:59:49,957 --> 02:59:50,958
is a

4645
02:59:50,958 --> 02:59:51,959
city-owned facility on the other side

4646
02:59:51,959 --> 02:59:53,961
of the tracks, I guess one of the

4647
02:59:53,961 --> 02:59:54,962
first things I would say is that additional

4648
02:59:54,962 --> 02:59:57,965
access to that area would be

4649
02:59:57,965 --> 02:59:59,967
much needed for a variety

4650
02:59:59,967 --> 03:00:00,968
of reasons. The other thing I would

4651
03:00:00,968 --> 03:00:03,971
say is I have been a high

4652
03:00:03,971 --> 03:00:06,974
school soccer coach at la habra for

4653
03:00:06,974 --> 03:00:09,977
seven years. I also have been on the

4654
03:00:09,977 --> 03:00:11,977
board of the

4655
03:00:12,980 --> 03:00:14,982
soccer association and young

4656
03:00:14,982 --> 03:00:15,983
santiago that spoke earlier is not

4657
03:00:15,983 --> 03:00:17,983
wrong, there

4658
03:00:17,985 --> 03:00:18,986
is desperate need for additional facilities

4659
03:00:18,986 --> 03:00:20,986
in

4660
03:00:21,989 --> 03:00:22,956
martinez and I think that , sort of

4661
03:00:22,956 --> 03:00:24,956
a revitalization

4662
03:00:24,958 --> 03:00:26,958
of the waterfront

4663
03:00:28,962 --> 03:00:30,964
, bringing in hotels, revitalizing

4664
03:00:30,964 --> 03:00:31,965
the whole area would be great for

4665
03:00:31,965 --> 03:00:32,966
the city. I

4666
03:00:32,966 --> 03:00:37,766
can tell you that I have spoken to

4667
03:00:37,971 --> 03:00:38,972
lauren multiple times,

4668
03:00:38,972 --> 03:00:39,973
we have people believe our facility

4669
03:00:39,973 --> 03:00:40,974
at 8:00, 9:00 and 10:00 at night and

4670
03:00:40,974 --> 03:00:42,974
there

4671
03:00:42,976 --> 03:00:46,980
is nothing to do. I also, it is a beautiful

4672
03:00:46,980 --> 03:00:47,981
hidden gem of the city and

4673
03:00:47,981 --> 03:00:48,982
people are looking for things to do.

4674
03:00:48,982 --> 03:00:51,985
so the more that can be brought to

4675
03:00:51,985 --> 03:00:52,986
the community I think a better. I

4676
03:00:52,986 --> 03:00:54,986
would also

4677
03:00:55,956 --> 03:00:58,959
say that there is a massive

4678
03:00:58,959 --> 03:01:00,959
sports travel organization

4679
03:01:01,962 --> 03:01:03,964
groups that come in.

4680
03:01:03,964 --> 03:01:06,967
three hotels would be nothing to fill

4681
03:01:06,967 --> 03:01:07,968
for those events. I think it would

4682
03:01:07,968 --> 03:01:09,968
bring a lot

4683
03:01:10,971 --> 03:01:12,973
of dynamic energy to what is

4684
03:01:12,973 --> 03:01:13,974
really a beautiful city. Reminiscent

4685
03:01:13,974 --> 03:01:15,974
of the

4686
03:01:16,977 --> 03:01:17,978
east coast which is where

4687
03:01:17,978 --> 03:01:19,980
I'm from but I've been here for 17

4688
03:01:19,980 --> 03:01:21,980
years, you can

4689
03:01:23,984 --> 03:01:25,986
do me now, I live in pleasant hill,

4690
03:01:25,986 --> 03:01:26,987
but spend about 85% of my life

4691
03:01:26,987 --> 03:01:28,956
in martinez. Thank you for the time

4692
03:01:28,956 --> 03:01:31,959
and I'm looking forward to this project.

4693
03:01:31,959 --> 03:01:33,959
>> [ applause ]

4694
03:01:34,962 --> 03:01:37,962
>> I have no further speakers.

4695
03:01:37,965 --> 03:01:39,967
>> did they all booed

4696
03:01:39,967 --> 03:01:40,968
him for being in pleasant hill?

4697
03:01:40,968 --> 03:01:41,969
>>

4698
03:01:41,969 --> 03:01:43,971
there was no booing.

4699
03:01:43,971 --> 03:01:45,971
>> we love

4700
03:01:46,974 --> 03:01:47,975
everybody.

4701
03:01:47,975 --> 03:01:49,975
>> just checking.

4702
03:01:54,982 --> 03:01:55,983
>> I have no further speaker cards.

4703
03:01:55,983 --> 03:01:56,984
if there are additional

4704
03:01:56,984 --> 03:01:57,985
people here in the chambers tonight

4705
03:01:57,985 --> 03:01:58,986
that would like to make a comment,

4706
03:01:58,986 --> 03:01:59,987
please go

4707
03:01:59,987 --> 03:02:01,989
ahead and start lining up to the microphone.

4708
03:02:01,989 --> 03:02:03,957
>> good evening

4709
03:02:03,957 --> 03:02:07,557
everyone. Great, having met you. And

4710
03:02:07,961 --> 03:02:09,961
of course, --

4711
03:02:10,964 --> 03:02:13,964
I cannot stress how much

4712
03:02:13,967 --> 03:02:16,367
this project excites me.

4713
03:02:19,973 --> 03:02:20,974
too often this whole

4714
03:02:20,974 --> 03:02:22,976
idea of revitalizing the marina has

4715
03:02:22,976 --> 03:02:25,979
been something we have all talked about

4716
03:02:25,979 --> 03:02:27,981
and have yearned for.

4717
03:02:27,981 --> 03:02:28,982
and the moment I saw your timeline and it

4718
03:02:28,982 --> 03:02:29,983
said three to

4719
03:02:29,983 --> 03:02:31,985
five years, I told sarah, my god,

4720
03:02:31,985 --> 03:02:34,985
I could still be alive!

4721
03:02:34,988 --> 03:02:37,958
apart from that, I cannot

4722
03:02:37,958 --> 03:02:39,958
, I cannot

4723
03:02:40,961 --> 03:02:43,961
support samantha's comments more as

4724
03:02:43,964 --> 03:02:44,965
a see scout mom whose son went on

4725
03:02:44,965 --> 03:02:46,967
to join the navy and now works for

4726
03:02:46,967 --> 03:02:48,967
military sealift command.

4727
03:02:49,970 --> 03:02:53,974
yes, the see scout's offer an enormous

4728
03:02:53,974 --> 03:02:55,976
amount of opportunity for young people

4729
03:02:55,976 --> 03:02:57,978
to go into highly skilled

4730
03:02:57,978 --> 03:02:58,979
trades at the completion of their involvement,

4731
03:02:58,979 --> 03:03:00,979
so keep

4732
03:03:00,981 --> 03:03:04,985
them there and thank you so much.

4733
03:03:04,985 --> 03:03:06,985
>> thank you.

4734
03:03:10,958 --> 03:03:12,958
>> hello.

4735
03:03:13,961 --> 03:03:16,961
vice chair of the martinez

4736
03:03:20,968 --> 03:03:22,970
diversity and cultural commission.

4737
03:03:22,970 --> 03:03:23,971
I wanted to say, from a cultural perspective,

4738
03:03:23,971 --> 03:03:24,972
I

4739
03:03:24,972 --> 03:03:25,973
am in full support of this. I think

4740
03:03:25,973 --> 03:03:27,975
it's a fair proposal.

4741
03:03:27,975 --> 03:03:28,976
the money we are hemorrhaging as a

4742
03:03:28,976 --> 03:03:29,977
city, there's a tendency to think

4743
03:03:29,977 --> 03:03:31,979
let's plug the gap. Good enough. I

4744
03:03:31,979 --> 03:03:34,982
think there is time for good enough

4745
03:03:34,982 --> 03:03:37,382
and time for admission.

4746
03:03:39,987 --> 03:03:40,988
it seems like this is time for admission

4747
03:03:40,988 --> 03:03:41,989
judging by the amount of

4748
03:03:41,989 --> 03:03:43,957
people we were able to bring out.

4749
03:03:43,957 --> 03:03:44,958
I think the presentation we received

4750
03:03:44,958 --> 03:03:45,959
was one

4751
03:03:45,959 --> 03:03:46,960
of ambition. So, I voice my support

4752
03:03:46,960 --> 03:03:47,961
and voice my hope that we continue

4753
03:03:47,961 --> 03:03:49,963
with that ambition and look to make

4754
03:03:49,963 --> 03:03:50,964
this the hidden jen we know martinez

4755
03:03:50,964 --> 03:03:52,964
to

4756
03:03:52,966 --> 03:03:54,966
be. Thank you.

4757
03:03:57,971 --> 03:03:58,972
>> you want to take the rest of her

4758
03:03:58,972 --> 03:04:00,972
time? Just getting.

4759
03:04:01,975 --> 03:04:02,976
my name is joseph burton. They are

4760
03:04:02,976 --> 03:04:04,976
pretty much

4761
03:04:04,978 --> 03:04:07,378
good what they do.

4762
03:04:10,984 --> 03:04:11,985
I am so happy to be here tonight.

4763
03:04:11,985 --> 03:04:12,986
I want

4764
03:04:12,986 --> 03:04:13,987
martinez to thrive in every single

4765
03:04:13,987 --> 03:04:14,988
way possible. We can't be ignorant

4766
03:04:14,988 --> 03:04:16,957
and say

4767
03:04:16,957 --> 03:04:18,959
that we can't do things, city council

4768
03:04:18,959 --> 03:04:19,960
is right, we have to do things. We

4769
03:04:19,960 --> 03:04:22,963
have to grow. We have to

4770
03:04:22,963 --> 03:04:25,963
economically build in our city

4771
03:04:25,966 --> 03:04:28,969
, but we can't be ignorant of the

4772
03:04:28,969 --> 03:04:29,970
things we are already facing, like

4773
03:04:29,970 --> 03:04:30,971
we have

4774
03:04:30,971 --> 03:04:34,975
a homeless problem, we have a litter problem,

4775
03:04:34,975 --> 03:04:35,976
I know it's not a famous and popular

4776
03:04:35,976 --> 03:04:36,977
thing and

4777
03:04:36,977 --> 03:04:41,177
we have people that may not agree,

4778
03:04:46,987 --> 03:04:47,988
but with this development will come

4779
03:04:47,988 --> 03:04:49,957
more people, which is okay, because

4780
03:04:49,957 --> 03:04:50,958
we want people to come to martinez. We

4781
03:04:50,958 --> 03:04:51,959
want people

4782
03:04:51,959 --> 03:04:52,960
to experience the waterfront, but

4783
03:04:52,960 --> 03:04:54,962
what about the protection of the waterfront?

4784
03:04:54,962 --> 03:04:55,963
what about the birds of the air and

4785
03:04:55,963 --> 03:04:59,967
things that a lot of martinez love

4786
03:04:59,967 --> 03:05:00,968
to experience.

4787
03:05:00,968 --> 03:05:02,970
one thing I don't like to see on the

4788
03:05:02,970 --> 03:05:03,971
ground is litter. I don't like

4789
03:05:03,971 --> 03:05:05,973
to see a trashy city. Actions speak

4790
03:05:05,973 --> 03:05:07,973
louder than words

4791
03:05:20,988 --> 03:05:21,989
. A man

4792
03:05:21,989 --> 03:05:23,957
without a vision will definitely parish. But

4793
03:05:23,957 --> 03:05:24,958
what I want to ask

4794
03:05:24,958 --> 03:05:25,959
is, as people come in and we build,

4795
03:05:25,959 --> 03:05:26,960
I am down for this, I love amphitheaters,

4796
03:05:26,960 --> 03:05:27,961
I

4797
03:05:27,961 --> 03:05:29,963
love people, some of you might know

4798
03:05:29,963 --> 03:05:30,964
me already, I'm joseph. A people person.

4799
03:05:30,964 --> 03:05:32,966
how are you going to protect the waterways?

4800
03:05:32,966 --> 03:05:33,967
when we already have a

4801
03:05:33,967 --> 03:05:34,968
problem detecting our waterways. As

4802
03:05:34,968 --> 03:05:35,969
we continue to expand and grow people

4803
03:05:35,969 --> 03:05:36,970
come into

4804
03:05:36,970 --> 03:05:37,971
the city, 27 seconds, was going to

4805
03:05:37,971 --> 03:05:38,972
be responsible for cleaning up the

4806
03:05:38,972 --> 03:05:39,973
plastic,

4807
03:05:39,973 --> 03:05:41,975
the micro plastics, the more people

4808
03:05:41,975 --> 03:05:44,978
to come in, we don't have

4809
03:05:44,978 --> 03:05:45,979
that mindset are

4810
03:05:45,979 --> 03:05:47,981
just going to throw plastic on the

4811
03:05:47,981 --> 03:05:48,982
ground right next to the

4812
03:05:48,982 --> 03:05:50,984
waterways. Is going to be responsible

4813
03:05:50,984 --> 03:05:52,984
for that?

4814
03:05:52,986 --> 03:05:53,987
that is one of my questions for them.

4815
03:05:53,987 --> 03:05:54,988
who is

4816
03:05:54,988 --> 03:05:55,956
going to pick up the trash? Because

4817
03:05:55,956 --> 03:05:56,957
obviously people are not responsible

4818
03:05:56,957 --> 03:05:58,957
it comes

4819
03:05:59,960 --> 03:06:00,961
to these things.

4820
03:06:00,961 --> 03:06:01,962
>> time

4821
03:06:01,962 --> 03:06:02,963
is up.

4822
03:06:02,963 --> 03:06:05,966
>> that is all I've got to say.

4823
03:06:05,966 --> 03:06:07,966
>>

4824
03:06:08,969 --> 03:06:09,970
cheryl grover.

4825
03:06:09,970 --> 03:06:11,972
lifetime resident of martinez and

4826
03:06:11,972 --> 03:06:13,972
I will

4827
03:06:14,975 --> 03:06:16,975
tell you

4828
03:06:17,978 --> 03:06:19,980
that is 75 years but

4829
03:06:19,980 --> 03:06:20,981
then you would know how old I was.

4830
03:06:20,981 --> 03:06:21,982
nevermind. Okay. I do want to

4831
03:06:21,982 --> 03:06:23,984
say I fully support the comments made

4832
03:06:23,984 --> 03:06:24,985
about making sure that their areas,

4833
03:06:24,985 --> 03:06:25,986
at

4834
03:06:25,986 --> 03:06:29,957
least some part of this hotel structure that

4835
03:06:29,957 --> 03:06:32,357
resonates with the historical

4836
03:06:32,960 --> 03:06:33,961
martinez theme the we have

4837
03:06:33,961 --> 03:06:35,963
spent many years building on that

4838
03:06:35,963 --> 03:06:38,363
team. And had billboards

4839
03:06:38,966 --> 03:06:41,966
that said it and so

4840
03:06:41,969 --> 03:06:42,970
forth. But also, in my travels I have

4841
03:06:42,970 --> 03:06:44,970
been

4842
03:06:44,972 --> 03:06:47,372
envious of the hotels

4843
03:06:47,975 --> 03:06:49,977
in other beautiful cities, especially

4844
03:06:49,977 --> 03:06:53,577
historic ones, where they have rooms

4845
03:06:53,981 --> 03:06:56,381
and areas for weddings.

4846
03:06:56,984 --> 03:06:59,987
we are at the county seat

4847
03:06:59,987 --> 03:07:00,988
. And one thing you can get is a

4848
03:07:00,988 --> 03:07:02,956
marriage license, and if you want

4849
03:07:02,956 --> 03:07:04,956
to get married

4850
03:07:04,958 --> 03:07:05,959
in downtown martinez, you stand on

4851
03:07:05,959 --> 03:07:07,959
the corner in

4852
03:07:08,962 --> 03:07:10,962
the little bush,

4853
03:07:10,964 --> 03:07:11,965
it's like, it's not what it should

4854
03:07:11,965 --> 03:07:13,965
be. It would

4855
03:07:13,967 --> 03:07:18,767
be really nice to have a beautiful area

4856
03:07:22,976 --> 03:07:23,977
that would also, in a hotel, that

4857
03:07:23,977 --> 03:07:24,978
would be for the guests, for the

4858
03:07:24,978 --> 03:07:26,980
reception, for the wedding itself.

4859
03:07:26,980 --> 03:07:28,980
if you're

4860
03:07:28,982 --> 03:07:29,983
going to do that let me know how long

4861
03:07:29,983 --> 03:07:31,985
I have to keep waiting

4862
03:07:31,985 --> 03:07:32,986
for him to bring me down the aisle.

4863
03:07:32,986 --> 03:07:34,986
>> [ applause ]

4864
03:07:35,956 --> 03:07:37,956
>> hello,

4865
03:07:38,959 --> 03:07:40,959
thank you mayor,

4866
03:07:41,962 --> 03:07:44,362
council members, city staff.

4867
03:07:44,965 --> 03:07:45,966
everyone is supporting it so that

4868
03:07:45,966 --> 03:07:46,967
is wonderful. So

4869
03:07:46,967 --> 03:07:47,968
I will not go on and on, just quick,

4870
03:07:47,968 --> 03:07:49,968
but I would

4871
03:07:50,971 --> 03:07:52,971
be remiss

4872
03:07:53,974 --> 03:07:54,975
not to stand up here and tell you

4873
03:07:54,975 --> 03:07:55,976
do you have

4874
03:07:55,976 --> 03:07:56,977
full and strong support of downtown

4875
03:07:56,977 --> 03:07:58,979
martinez, we could not be

4876
03:07:58,979 --> 03:07:59,980
more excited about this. I know the

4877
03:07:59,980 --> 03:08:02,983
small businesses and all of the people

4878
03:08:02,983 --> 03:08:07,183
who work downtown are just very excited

4879
03:08:10,958 --> 03:08:12,960
, we have people close to tears when

4880
03:08:12,960 --> 03:08:13,961
they are finding out this week.

4881
03:08:13,961 --> 03:08:15,963
I think it's important to share and

4882
03:08:15,963 --> 03:08:16,964
make sure you know you

4883
03:08:16,964 --> 03:08:17,965
have our full support and that we

4884
03:08:17,965 --> 03:08:18,966
want you to move forward with this.

4885
03:08:18,966 --> 03:08:20,966
thank you.

4886
03:08:21,969 --> 03:08:23,969
>> [ applause ]

4887
03:08:27,975 --> 03:08:28,976
>> hi, my name is colleen

4888
03:08:28,976 --> 03:08:30,978
and I have been a resident of martinez

4889
03:08:30,978 --> 03:08:31,979
for 27 years now. My husband was

4890
03:08:31,979 --> 03:08:33,981
a teacher at the high school. I'm also

4891
03:08:33,981 --> 03:08:34,982
an employee at the chamber of commerce.

4892
03:08:34,982 --> 03:08:36,984
I have been begging anyone who would

4893
03:08:36,984 --> 03:08:38,986
listen to me for the last 13

4894
03:08:38,986 --> 03:08:39,987
years to please bring a hotel down.

4895
03:08:39,987 --> 03:08:40,988
so three of them

4896
03:08:40,988 --> 03:08:42,956
is awesome. I am so excited and they

4897
03:08:42,956 --> 03:08:45,956
couldn't support this more. Thanks.

4898
03:08:45,959 --> 03:08:47,959
>> [ applause ]

4899
03:08:48,962 --> 03:08:50,962
>>

4900
03:08:54,968 --> 03:08:56,968
hi, bri.

4901
03:08:57,971 --> 03:09:00,974
miss you. If you don't know,

4902
03:09:00,974 --> 03:09:02,974
I'm tony.

4903
03:09:02,976 --> 03:09:06,980
also known as the kite man of martinez.

4904
03:09:06,980 --> 03:09:09,980
born and raised in minnesota

4905
03:09:09,983 --> 03:09:11,983
. You betcha. For

4906
03:09:12,986 --> 03:09:14,986
25 years

4907
03:09:15,956 --> 03:09:16,957
I have cleaned up

4908
03:09:16,957 --> 03:09:18,959
a little chunk of sand or dirt you

4909
03:09:18,959 --> 03:09:21,962
want to turn into a volleyball court.

4910
03:09:21,962 --> 03:09:22,963
my heart broke and there's a

4911
03:09:22,963 --> 03:09:24,965
puddle thereby stand whose cleaning

4912
03:09:24,965 --> 03:09:26,967
it up. I challenge you

4913
03:09:26,967 --> 03:09:30,971
, come out and fly with me. Fourth

4914
03:09:30,971 --> 03:09:32,971
of july

4915
03:09:32,973 --> 03:09:33,974
the last 10 years I go to the city

4916
03:09:33,974 --> 03:09:35,976
of alejo because they invite

4917
03:09:35,976 --> 03:09:36,977
me to fly the kites for the city of

4918
03:09:36,977 --> 03:09:38,977
alejo's mad

4919
03:09:38,979 --> 03:09:39,980
hatter parade . I put up a big display

4920
03:09:39,980 --> 03:09:40,981
of kites along with

4921
03:09:40,981 --> 03:09:42,983
vendors and food vendors. Cool. I've

4922
03:09:42,983 --> 03:09:44,983
been approached by

4923
03:09:45,986 --> 03:09:48,989
bri as one of the people to do

4924
03:09:48,989 --> 03:09:50,958
a kite festival here.

4925
03:09:50,958 --> 03:09:51,959
not enough space, really. In three

4926
03:09:51,959 --> 03:09:53,961
weeks, for the third

4927
03:09:53,961 --> 03:09:54,962
year in a row I go to san mateo as

4928
03:09:54,962 --> 03:09:56,962
their lead

4929
03:09:56,964 --> 03:09:57,965
kite flyer. To put on a kite festival

4930
03:09:57,965 --> 03:09:59,965
in san mateo.

4931
03:10:00,968 --> 03:10:02,970
right there on the water.

4932
03:10:02,970 --> 03:10:03,971
why can't we do that here? Instead

4933
03:10:03,971 --> 03:10:06,371
of turning my patch

4934
03:10:06,974 --> 03:10:09,977
of ground that I've been flying kites

4935
03:10:09,977 --> 03:10:10,978
--it looks cool for flying kites on

4936
03:10:10,978 --> 03:10:12,980
their, I give kites away to people

4937
03:10:12,980 --> 03:10:15,980
and it's fun to see

4938
03:10:15,983 --> 03:10:17,985
people come back with their kids

4939
03:10:17,985 --> 03:10:21,585
10 years later saying, I remember you.

4940
03:10:21,989 --> 03:10:24,389
it's like, my legacy,

4941
03:10:24,958 --> 03:10:27,958
I had an unhoused individual ,

4942
03:10:27,961 --> 03:10:30,964
gave him a kite couple years ago

4943
03:10:30,964 --> 03:10:31,965
saying it will bring you

4944
03:10:31,965 --> 03:10:33,967
happiness. When year later he came

4945
03:10:33,967 --> 03:10:35,967
back and says,

4946
03:10:35,969 --> 03:10:36,970
thank you for that kite, I lost all

4947
03:10:36,970 --> 03:10:39,973
my stuff but I still have

4948
03:10:39,973 --> 03:10:42,973
my kite. You know, things

4949
03:10:42,976 --> 03:10:45,976
like that. Look up google,

4950
03:10:46,980 --> 03:10:48,982
kite man of martinez.

4951
03:10:48,982 --> 03:10:51,985
is part of martinez. Don't get

4952
03:10:51,985 --> 03:10:54,988
rid of me. I will take you

4953
03:10:54,988 --> 03:10:57,958
kite flying. Night kite flying.

4954
03:10:57,958 --> 03:10:58,959
okay?

4955
03:10:58,959 --> 03:11:00,959
>> your

4956
03:11:00,961 --> 03:11:01,962
time is a.

4957
03:11:01,962 --> 03:11:03,962
>> thank you.

4958
03:11:04,965 --> 03:11:06,965
>> conceptual.

4959
03:11:07,968 --> 03:11:09,968
easy fix

4960
03:11:10,971 --> 03:11:12,973
for a kite facility.

4961
03:11:12,973 --> 03:11:13,974
>> I totally encourage you to go night

4962
03:11:13,974 --> 03:11:15,974
flying, night

4963
03:11:16,977 --> 03:11:19,377
kite flying with tony.

4964
03:11:19,980 --> 03:11:21,980
--it's amazing.

4965
03:11:22,983 --> 03:11:25,383
>> hi, how's it going?

4966
03:11:25,986 --> 03:11:28,386
my name is keith,

4967
03:11:28,989 --> 03:11:31,959
I'm a resident here in martinez.

4968
03:11:31,959 --> 03:11:33,959
fairly new by

4969
03:11:34,962 --> 03:11:37,362
martinez standards. 13 years I.

4970
03:11:38,966 --> 03:11:39,967
I own states coffee that has been

4971
03:11:39,967 --> 03:11:40,968
10 years. Also knew. Anyway, didn't

4972
03:11:40,968 --> 03:11:42,968
even

4973
03:11:42,970 --> 03:11:46,974
think I would be here tonight, my friend

4974
03:11:46,974 --> 03:11:48,974
, we

4975
03:11:48,976 --> 03:11:49,977
were on his boat about a week and

4976
03:11:49,977 --> 03:11:50,978
half ago, fell in

4977
03:11:50,978 --> 03:11:52,980
love with the community, we've been

4978
03:11:52,980 --> 03:11:53,981
friends for a long time. I ended up

4979
03:11:53,981 --> 03:11:55,981
buying

4980
03:11:55,983 --> 03:11:58,986
a boat a couple days ago. Wish

4981
03:11:58,986 --> 03:12:00,986
me luck. Anyway,

4982
03:12:01,989 --> 03:12:03,989
the downtown,

4983
03:12:05,959 --> 03:12:07,961
the marina, it's very exciting to

4984
03:12:07,961 --> 03:12:09,963
develop, I think we are really excited

4985
03:12:09,963 --> 03:12:10,964
about that. I echo what everyone is

4986
03:12:10,964 --> 03:12:13,964
saying, it's been a long

4987
03:12:13,967 --> 03:12:16,970
time coming. Being a family man

4988
03:12:16,970 --> 03:12:19,370
to two boys, raising

4989
03:12:19,973 --> 03:12:22,976
them here, just my knee-jerk reaction is

4990
03:12:22,976 --> 03:12:24,976
the public access,

4991
03:12:27,981 --> 03:12:28,982
I think, you said it's a moot point,

4992
03:12:28,982 --> 03:12:30,984
I agree with you 100%, I

4993
03:12:30,984 --> 03:12:31,985
just feel compelled to say that has

4994
03:12:31,985 --> 03:12:33,985
to come with

4995
03:12:34,988 --> 03:12:37,958
it. An overpass has to come

4996
03:12:37,958 --> 03:12:39,958
with the deal.

4997
03:12:40,961 --> 03:12:43,964
to meet that is a make

4998
03:12:43,964 --> 03:12:45,966
or break, it can't

4999
03:12:45,966 --> 03:12:46,967
be, we are going to do this and develop

5000
03:12:46,967 --> 03:12:49,367
it and figure it

5001
03:12:50,971 --> 03:12:53,971
out later. They go hand-in-hand.

5002
03:12:59,980 --> 03:13:00,981
all the other things, the hotels,

5003
03:13:00,981 --> 03:13:02,983
all this other stuff, that's all going

5004
03:13:02,983 --> 03:13:03,984
to get ironed out in the community

5005
03:13:03,984 --> 03:13:05,986
is going to rally together and we're

5006
03:13:05,986 --> 03:13:06,987
going to have many meetings, we all

5007
03:13:06,987 --> 03:13:08,989
rallied together and the last time

5008
03:13:08,989 --> 03:13:09,957
you saw me here was about the gun

5009
03:13:09,957 --> 03:13:10,958
range. So we're going to have many

5010
03:13:10,958 --> 03:13:11,959
more conversations. Have no doubt.

5011
03:13:11,959 --> 03:13:12,960
all the council

5012
03:13:12,960 --> 03:13:16,560
people here are doing fantastic job,

5013
03:13:17,965 --> 03:13:18,966
mayor

5014
03:13:18,966 --> 03:13:20,968
zorn, big fan. Thank you for your

5015
03:13:20,968 --> 03:13:23,971
time. Again, that access has to come

5016
03:13:23,971 --> 03:13:25,971
with this deal.

5017
03:13:25,973 --> 03:13:26,974
is very important.

5018
03:13:26,974 --> 03:13:27,975
>> time is a. >>

5019
03:13:27,975 --> 03:13:29,975
thank you.

5020
03:13:34,982 --> 03:13:38,582
>> good evening city council, my name

5021
03:13:38,986 --> 03:13:40,986
is mike.

5022
03:13:40,988 --> 03:13:41,989
I am with sea scouts, you've been

5023
03:13:41,989 --> 03:13:42,956
hearing a lot of

5024
03:13:42,956 --> 03:13:43,957
sea scouts tonight. It's because we

5025
03:13:43,957 --> 03:13:44,958
have been entrenched in martinez for

5026
03:13:44,958 --> 03:13:46,958
93 years. What

5027
03:13:47,961 --> 03:13:50,964
I would ask , currently we have

5028
03:13:50,964 --> 03:13:53,364
a space that is 223.7

5029
03:13:53,967 --> 03:13:55,967
feet by 160.

5030
03:13:57,971 --> 03:14:00,371
the minimal training size

5031
03:14:00,974 --> 03:14:01,975
we require for

5032
03:14:01,975 --> 03:14:03,977
our youth. The development physically

5033
03:14:03,977 --> 03:14:05,977
and mentally

5034
03:14:05,979 --> 03:14:06,980
within that zone helps these kids.

5035
03:14:06,980 --> 03:14:08,982
we put out quality

5036
03:14:08,982 --> 03:14:12,986
youth the go into the maritime industry

5037
03:14:12,986 --> 03:14:13,987
, but we also have our oddballs the

5038
03:14:13,987 --> 03:14:14,988
become

5039
03:14:14,988 --> 03:14:15,989
doctors and lawyers. But at the same time,

5040
03:14:15,989 --> 03:14:17,989
we

5041
03:14:18,959 --> 03:14:21,962
are developing that need, right now,

5042
03:14:21,962 --> 03:14:24,362
in the nation, for

5043
03:14:24,965 --> 03:14:27,365
seaworthy vessels and programs

5044
03:14:27,968 --> 03:14:29,968
,

5045
03:14:30,971 --> 03:14:32,973
is there for that purpose,

5046
03:14:32,973 --> 03:14:33,974
it's a great job. Please invest in

5047
03:14:33,974 --> 03:14:36,374
their youth. Please invest

5048
03:14:36,977 --> 03:14:39,977
in their future. Thank you.

5049
03:14:39,980 --> 03:14:41,980
>> [ applause ]

5050
03:14:45,986 --> 03:14:46,987
>> I am erin,

5051
03:14:46,987 --> 03:14:48,989
president of the martinez chamber

5052
03:14:48,989 --> 03:14:51,959
of commerce. I just want to

5053
03:14:51,959 --> 03:14:53,961
echo sarah's sentiments that the

5054
03:14:53,961 --> 03:14:54,962
excitement level we feel for this

5055
03:14:54,962 --> 03:14:57,962
project is boundless. And, I

5056
03:14:57,965 --> 03:14:59,965
know that

5057
03:15:00,968 --> 03:15:01,969
together we are going to do the best

5058
03:15:01,969 --> 03:15:02,970
we can

5059
03:15:02,970 --> 03:15:03,971
to make sure the business community

5060
03:15:03,971 --> 03:15:06,974
rallies behind this concept and whatever

5061
03:15:06,974 --> 03:15:08,974
it becomes

5062
03:15:12,980 --> 03:15:13,981
. We will put everything into helping

5063
03:15:13,981 --> 03:15:14,982
make this successful.

5064
03:15:14,982 --> 03:15:15,983
we can't wait. We are so excited for

5065
03:15:15,983 --> 03:15:17,983
this. Thank you.

5066
03:15:18,986 --> 03:15:20,988
>> anyone else in the

5067
03:15:20,988 --> 03:15:25,188
council chambers for comment on this item?

5068
03:15:27,961 --> 03:15:30,964
okay. I have no one further. I'm going

5069
03:15:30,964 --> 03:15:33,967
to move to the virtual audience.

5070
03:15:33,967 --> 03:15:34,968
I'm going to call for a

5071
03:15:34,968 --> 03:15:36,970
show of hands, only once. For those

5072
03:15:36,970 --> 03:15:37,971
who wish to make public comment on

5073
03:15:37,971 --> 03:15:39,971
this item, please

5074
03:15:39,973 --> 03:15:42,976
use the raised hand feature now.

5075
03:15:42,976 --> 03:15:45,979
all right, they are streaming in.

5076
03:15:45,979 --> 03:15:51,379
while they come in we will start with ann.

5077
03:15:52,986 --> 03:15:54,986
>>

5078
03:15:54,988 --> 03:15:55,989
can you hear me?

5079
03:15:55,989 --> 03:15:56,957
>> yes. >> this is

5080
03:15:56,957 --> 03:15:57,958
ann

5081
03:15:57,958 --> 03:15:58,959
mobley. It's a very nice concept and

5082
03:15:58,959 --> 03:16:00,959
I hope

5083
03:16:01,962 --> 03:16:02,963
it happens in my lifetime.

5084
03:16:02,963 --> 03:16:04,965
I have a few comments I have to make.

5085
03:16:04,965 --> 03:16:07,965
one is, how do state

5086
03:16:07,968 --> 03:16:10,968
parks come into this? As

5087
03:16:10,971 --> 03:16:11,972
martinez gave half of the land in

5088
03:16:11,972 --> 03:16:13,974
the marina are they part of the agreement?

5089
03:16:13,974 --> 03:16:14,975
the other thing I wanted to

5090
03:16:14,975 --> 03:16:16,977
say is the sea scouts and martinez

5091
03:16:16,977 --> 03:16:17,978
yacht club should not be in

5092
03:16:17,978 --> 03:16:19,980
the same building. We love the sea

5093
03:16:19,980 --> 03:16:22,983
scouts but the kids are the

5094
03:16:22,983 --> 03:16:24,983
sea scouts

5095
03:16:24,985 --> 03:16:25,986
and the adults are it martinez yacht

5096
03:16:25,986 --> 03:16:26,987
club and I think

5097
03:16:26,987 --> 03:16:27,988
they should be two separate buildings

5098
03:16:27,988 --> 03:16:28,989
and two separate entities. I wanted

5099
03:16:28,989 --> 03:16:30,958
to

5100
03:16:30,958 --> 03:16:31,959
know also has the railroad been contacted

5101
03:16:31,959 --> 03:16:33,961
regarding development near their

5102
03:16:33,961 --> 03:16:34,962
tracks? Also, has the contra costa

5103
03:16:34,962 --> 03:16:36,962
water district

5104
03:16:37,965 --> 03:16:39,965
been

5105
03:16:40,968 --> 03:16:41,969
contacted about providing

5106
03:16:41,969 --> 03:16:43,971
water for the new development? I know

5107
03:16:43,971 --> 03:16:44,972
contra costa water sells raw water

5108
03:16:44,972 --> 03:16:46,974
to martinez water and I'm wondering

5109
03:16:46,974 --> 03:16:49,374
if this might require

5110
03:16:49,977 --> 03:16:52,980
a new water treatment plant. Is very

5111
03:16:52,980 --> 03:16:54,982
high limit for hotels regarding

5112
03:16:54,982 --> 03:16:57,985
the airlines and their routes? Again,

5113
03:16:57,985 --> 03:16:58,986
talking about the overpass, we need

5114
03:16:58,986 --> 03:17:00,986
the overpass is

5115
03:17:01,989 --> 03:17:02,990
a must. I heard

5116
03:17:02,990 --> 03:17:07,190
the gentleman talk about a museum honoring

5117
03:17:07,961 --> 03:17:08,962
joe dimaggio. It would be great

5118
03:17:08,962 --> 03:17:10,964
if you could build a museum for us.

5119
03:17:10,964 --> 03:17:13,967
also I like the idea of

5120
03:17:13,967 --> 03:17:15,967
the harbormaster

5121
03:17:16,970 --> 03:17:17,971
building is a restaurant. I

5122
03:17:17,971 --> 03:17:19,973
been saying that friday how many years.

5123
03:17:19,973 --> 03:17:20,974
also I'm not sure about hotels near

5124
03:17:20,974 --> 03:17:22,976
the railroad because they're also

5125
03:17:22,976 --> 03:17:23,977
lots and lots of noise

5126
03:17:23,977 --> 03:17:25,979
with that. But, overall I'm hoping

5127
03:17:25,979 --> 03:17:27,979
this can be

5128
03:17:27,981 --> 03:17:28,982
and this can happen, it is been way

5129
03:17:28,982 --> 03:17:30,982
too long.

5130
03:17:33,987 --> 03:17:34,988
and martinez needs something like

5131
03:17:34,988 --> 03:17:35,989
this. I just

5132
03:17:35,989 --> 03:17:37,958
hope it's not all talking pictures I

5133
03:17:37,958 --> 03:17:38,959
hope it really happens. Thank you

5134
03:17:38,959 --> 03:17:40,959
so

5135
03:17:40,961 --> 03:17:41,962
much.

5136
03:17:41,962 --> 03:17:43,964
>> thank you. >> next I

5137
03:17:43,964 --> 03:17:48,764
have amy. I will ask you to unmute.

5138
03:17:49,970 --> 03:17:51,970
>>

5139
03:17:52,973 --> 03:17:55,973
hi, my name is amy.

5140
03:17:55,976 --> 03:17:57,976
can

5141
03:17:57,978 --> 03:17:58,979
you hear me?

5142
03:17:58,979 --> 03:17:59,980
>> yes. >> great. I have

5143
03:17:59,980 --> 03:18:00,981
lived in martinez for about

5144
03:18:00,981 --> 03:18:01,982
eight years. I love this town. As

5145
03:18:01,982 --> 03:18:03,984
many of us do. A

5146
03:18:03,984 --> 03:18:07,988
couple of things, I just want to add

5147
03:18:07,988 --> 03:18:10,958
some comments food for thought for future,

5148
03:18:10,958 --> 03:18:13,958
for future planning discussions, a

5149
03:18:13,961 --> 03:18:16,964
lot of the talk has me thinking about

5150
03:18:16,964 --> 03:18:18,964
our community

5151
03:18:19,967 --> 03:18:20,968
and some of the things

5152
03:18:20,968 --> 03:18:22,970
sound really expensive in terms of

5153
03:18:22,970 --> 03:18:25,970
you have this new boat

5154
03:18:25,973 --> 03:18:27,973
marina

5155
03:18:28,976 --> 03:18:29,977
with

5156
03:18:29,977 --> 03:18:31,979
stacking votes, you have shops, you

5157
03:18:31,979 --> 03:18:35,579
have concerts going to potentially partner

5158
03:18:36,984 --> 03:18:37,985
with an outsourced promoter, I just

5159
03:18:37,985 --> 03:18:40,988
wanted to make sure we keep in

5160
03:18:40,988 --> 03:18:41,989
mind our community the currently lives

5161
03:18:41,989 --> 03:18:42,990
here

5162
03:18:42,990 --> 03:18:43,957
in making sure we are not going to

5163
03:18:43,957 --> 03:18:46,957
be priced out of what

5164
03:18:46,960 --> 03:18:48,960
is happening.

5165
03:18:49,963 --> 03:18:50,964
and eventually happens down there

5166
03:18:50,964 --> 03:18:51,965
and that we

5167
03:18:51,965 --> 03:18:52,966
think about the people who live there

5168
03:18:52,966 --> 03:18:55,969
currently. And the we don't just

5169
03:18:55,969 --> 03:18:56,970
make it a super fancy place that none

5170
03:18:56,970 --> 03:18:57,971
of

5171
03:18:57,971 --> 03:18:58,972
us can really afford to go down into

5172
03:18:58,972 --> 03:19:00,972
that. Also,

5173
03:19:00,974 --> 03:19:05,174
maybe consider not putting a bunch of

5174
03:19:07,981 --> 03:19:09,983
chain restaurants or chain

5175
03:19:09,983 --> 03:19:10,984
shops in there. One of the things

5176
03:19:10,984 --> 03:19:12,986
that makes us unique is are downtown,

5177
03:19:12,986 --> 03:19:13,987
are small businesses. We want to do

5178
03:19:13,987 --> 03:19:16,957
things that are going to connect

5179
03:19:16,957 --> 03:19:18,959
the marina with main street and what's

5180
03:19:18,959 --> 03:19:19,960
happening downtown because it's blossoming

5181
03:19:19,960 --> 03:19:21,960
, and trying

5182
03:19:22,963 --> 03:19:25,966
to thrive. Yeah I know it has it struggles.

5183
03:19:25,966 --> 03:19:28,966
those are my main things .

5184
03:19:28,969 --> 03:19:31,972
just trying to keep in mind

5185
03:19:31,972 --> 03:19:33,972
our current

5186
03:19:33,974 --> 03:19:34,975
community. All of it sounds super

5187
03:19:34,975 --> 03:19:35,976
exciting, I always thought there was

5188
03:19:35,976 --> 03:19:37,976
so much

5189
03:19:37,978 --> 03:19:38,979
unused potential down at the waterfront. I

5190
03:19:38,979 --> 03:19:39,980
just hope it

5191
03:19:39,980 --> 03:19:40,981
reflects the community. Thank you

5192
03:19:40,981 --> 03:19:41,982
so much.

5193
03:19:41,982 --> 03:19:43,982
>>

5194
03:19:43,984 --> 03:19:46,984
thank you. Next I have

5195
03:19:46,987 --> 03:19:48,987
iphone 152,

5196
03:19:50,958 --> 03:19:53,961
I will ask you to unmute.

5197
03:19:53,961 --> 03:19:55,961
>>

5198
03:19:56,964 --> 03:19:59,967
good evening. My name is matt,

5199
03:19:59,967 --> 03:20:00,968
I am the owner

5200
03:20:00,968 --> 03:20:02,970
of the albatross or was the owner

5201
03:20:02,970 --> 03:20:04,970
of the albatross,

5202
03:20:05,973 --> 03:20:07,973
the longest restaurant

5203
03:20:08,976 --> 03:20:11,376
at the marina. Unfortunately

5204
03:20:11,979 --> 03:20:14,379
it doesn't exist anymore.

5205
03:20:14,982 --> 03:20:15,983
I

5206
03:20:15,983 --> 03:20:17,985
have a few concerns, I'm very excited

5207
03:20:17,985 --> 03:20:18,986
about having this project, the only

5208
03:20:18,986 --> 03:20:20,986
thing

5209
03:20:20,988 --> 03:20:22,988
is because

5210
03:20:26,960 --> 03:20:27,961
I was at the

5211
03:20:27,961 --> 03:20:29,963
albatross for 17 years, the biggest

5212
03:20:29,963 --> 03:20:30,964
problem is the train. You need to

5213
03:20:30,964 --> 03:20:31,965
put

5214
03:20:31,965 --> 03:20:32,966
the overpass before you start the project.

5215
03:20:32,966 --> 03:20:34,968
we had two incidents I

5216
03:20:34,968 --> 03:20:38,568
remember, maybe greg should think about

5217
03:20:38,972 --> 03:20:39,973
some sort of medical emergency with

5218
03:20:39,973 --> 03:20:40,974
that project

5219
03:20:40,974 --> 03:20:41,975
because you bring in three or four

5220
03:20:41,975 --> 03:20:43,975
hotels with 280 rooms,

5221
03:20:45,979 --> 03:20:47,981
you're probably looking at close to

5222
03:20:47,981 --> 03:20:49,981
500 to 1000

5223
03:20:50,984 --> 03:20:52,984
occupancy. And

5224
03:20:53,987 --> 03:20:54,988
then the regular people, you have

5225
03:20:54,988 --> 03:20:55,989
over 2000

5226
03:20:55,989 --> 03:20:56,957
people and sometimes the train that

5227
03:20:56,957 --> 03:20:58,959
is over 20 minutes to half

5228
03:20:58,959 --> 03:20:59,960
an hour. It would be life-threatening,

5229
03:20:59,960 --> 03:21:02,360
so you need to

5230
03:21:02,963 --> 03:21:04,965
think about that. Secondly, I'd like

5231
03:21:04,965 --> 03:21:05,966
to mention to you, my job now I work

5232
03:21:05,966 --> 03:21:07,966
as a supervisor,

5233
03:21:11,972 --> 03:21:12,973
I

5234
03:21:12,973 --> 03:21:14,975
do advise different businesses, since

5235
03:21:14,975 --> 03:21:15,976
martinez is my town and I've been

5236
03:21:15,976 --> 03:21:16,977
here 46

5237
03:21:16,977 --> 03:21:19,980
years, I think it's a very ambitious plan,

5238
03:21:19,980 --> 03:21:20,981
is one of the councilmembers said,

5239
03:21:20,981 --> 03:21:23,381
this project probably be

5240
03:21:23,984 --> 03:21:26,987
have a billion-dollar project , at least,

5241
03:21:26,987 --> 03:21:28,987
four to $5

5242
03:21:29,957 --> 03:21:32,957
million and you need usually

5243
03:21:32,960 --> 03:21:34,962
45% cash. I hope the city will

5244
03:21:34,962 --> 03:21:35,963
verify that money before signing a

5245
03:21:35,963 --> 03:21:37,963
contract for 50 years

5246
03:21:38,966 --> 03:21:40,968
and finding themselves entangled for

5247
03:21:40,968 --> 03:21:41,969
at least if the job is not done. I

5248
03:21:41,969 --> 03:21:44,369
hope the job gets

5249
03:21:44,972 --> 03:21:47,372
done and eventually having

5250
03:21:47,975 --> 03:21:50,975
a beautiful marina at the

5251
03:21:50,978 --> 03:21:52,978
waterfront. I wish

5252
03:21:52,980 --> 03:21:53,981
you the best of luck, greg. I hope

5253
03:21:53,981 --> 03:21:56,981
the city does their own

5254
03:21:56,984 --> 03:21:59,987
due diligence to make sure there is financing.

5255
03:21:59,987 --> 03:22:02,987
and talk about the financing

5256
03:22:02,990 --> 03:22:05,959
a little more. We know the job can

5257
03:22:05,959 --> 03:22:07,959
get done,

5258
03:22:09,963 --> 03:22:10,964
they're not going to start a job

5259
03:22:10,964 --> 03:22:11,965
and that be able to finish it. Thank

5260
03:22:11,965 --> 03:22:12,966
you very much. Have a good night.

5261
03:22:12,966 --> 03:22:14,966
>>

5262
03:22:15,969 --> 03:22:18,969
thank you. Next is craig.

5263
03:22:21,975 --> 03:22:23,975
>> okay, thank you.

5264
03:22:26,980 --> 03:22:28,980
I hate

5265
03:22:30,984 --> 03:22:32,984
to be

5266
03:22:32,986 --> 03:22:33,987
debbie downer here tonight, I always

5267
03:22:33,987 --> 03:22:35,987
seem to

5268
03:22:37,958 --> 03:22:39,958
be debbie downer

5269
03:22:43,964 --> 03:22:44,965
in public

5270
03:22:44,965 --> 03:22:46,967
comments whatever the issue is, to

5271
03:22:46,967 --> 03:22:48,969
be perfectly honest, following these issues with

5272
03:22:48,969 --> 03:22:49,970
the marina over the last several years,

5273
03:22:49,970 --> 03:22:50,971
90% of what I

5274
03:22:50,971 --> 03:22:51,972
heard and saw in this presentation

5275
03:22:51,972 --> 03:22:52,973
tonight is pie in the sky, completely

5276
03:22:52,973 --> 03:22:54,975
unrealistic. The reason I

5277
03:22:54,975 --> 03:22:55,976
say that is, we went through a long

5278
03:22:55,976 --> 03:22:56,977
process of, a visioning process

5279
03:22:56,977 --> 03:22:58,979
of a marina and developing the land

5280
03:22:58,979 --> 03:23:00,979
trust plan

5281
03:23:01,982 --> 03:23:02,983
and multiple public meetings, we went

5282
03:23:02,983 --> 03:23:03,984
through the idea

5283
03:23:03,984 --> 03:23:07,988
of the hotels and amphitheaters, we went

5284
03:23:07,988 --> 03:23:09,990
through why the previous amphitheater

5285
03:23:09,990 --> 03:23:10,958
failed and we went through the pros

5286
03:23:10,958 --> 03:23:11,959
and cons and feasibility. That was

5287
03:23:11,959 --> 03:23:12,960
a

5288
03:23:12,960 --> 03:23:13,961
years long process when the community

5289
03:23:13,961 --> 03:23:15,961
was heavily involved,

5290
03:23:16,964 --> 03:23:18,966
now we are basically being

5291
03:23:18,966 --> 03:23:22,970
told, were going to throw that out,

5292
03:23:22,970 --> 03:23:23,971
we're going to bring some guy from

5293
03:23:23,971 --> 03:23:24,972
san diego who

5294
03:23:24,972 --> 03:23:26,974
doesn't north city and he's got everything

5295
03:23:26,974 --> 03:23:27,975
figured out.

5296
03:23:27,975 --> 03:23:29,977
is the impression I got from the presentation.

5297
03:23:29,977 --> 03:23:30,978
he has it all figured

5298
03:23:30,978 --> 03:23:32,980
out. We are going to have pickleball

5299
03:23:32,980 --> 03:23:34,982
despicable courts, some fun things

5300
03:23:34,982 --> 03:23:35,983
here. I'm sorry, martinez is never

5301
03:23:35,983 --> 03:23:36,984
going to be a

5302
03:23:36,984 --> 03:23:38,986
regional destination the way this

5303
03:23:38,986 --> 03:23:41,986
plan envisions it. I remember 20

5304
03:23:41,989 --> 03:23:42,990
years ago

5305
03:23:42,990 --> 03:23:44,958
when antioch and pittsburgh were doing their

5306
03:23:44,958 --> 03:23:46,960
marina stuff and they

5307
03:23:46,960 --> 03:23:47,961
were like, pittsburgh is going to

5308
03:23:47,961 --> 03:23:48,962
be a

5309
03:23:48,962 --> 03:23:50,964
regional destination. We are going

5310
03:23:50,964 --> 03:23:52,966
to build a bed-and-breakfast

5311
03:23:52,966 --> 03:23:53,967
. We were laughing, I was in journalism

5312
03:23:53,967 --> 03:23:54,968
at a newspaper

5313
03:23:54,968 --> 03:23:56,970
and we were laughing about it, it's

5314
03:23:56,970 --> 03:23:57,971
pretty is going have a bed and

5315
03:23:57,971 --> 03:23:59,973
for some people are going to flock

5316
03:23:59,973 --> 03:24:01,975
here. I don't think there is a

5317
03:24:01,975 --> 03:24:02,976
bed-and-breakfast, I googled it and

5318
03:24:02,976 --> 03:24:03,977
couldn't find it.

5319
03:24:03,977 --> 03:24:06,980
what we focus on having a functioning marina

5320
03:24:06,980 --> 03:24:08,982
with some simple basic amenities to

5321
03:24:08,982 --> 03:24:09,983
get us started

5322
03:24:09,983 --> 03:24:11,985
to stop the drain on our budget and

5323
03:24:11,985 --> 03:24:14,985
go from there. Because what

5324
03:24:14,988 --> 03:24:16,988
I am seeing

5325
03:24:17,958 --> 03:24:18,959
is

5326
03:24:18,959 --> 03:24:20,961
pie in the sky stuff that is not at

5327
03:24:20,961 --> 03:24:22,963
all realistic. That is how

5328
03:24:22,963 --> 03:24:27,763
I see it. Every time I hear about

5329
03:24:27,968 --> 03:24:29,970
ferry, I know people aren't realistic

5330
03:24:29,970 --> 03:24:31,972
because of her that 30 years.

5331
03:24:31,972 --> 03:24:32,973
>> time is up. >> be realistic, thanks.

5332
03:24:32,973 --> 03:24:33,974
>> thank you. Next I

5333
03:24:33,974 --> 03:24:35,976
have abby stinson. I will ask you

5334
03:24:35,976 --> 03:24:37,976
to unmute.

5335
03:24:44,985 --> 03:24:46,985
>>

5336
03:24:46,987 --> 03:24:47,988
hello, can you hear me?

5337
03:24:47,988 --> 03:24:48,989
>> yes. >> yes,

5338
03:24:48,989 --> 03:24:50,958
I

5339
03:24:50,958 --> 03:24:52,960
am abby, I happen to live

5340
03:24:52,960 --> 03:24:53,961
down at rangers wharf which is on

5341
03:24:53,961 --> 03:24:55,961
the

5342
03:24:56,964 --> 03:24:58,964
marina side

5343
03:24:59,967 --> 03:25:00,968
of the railroad tracks. So well watching

5344
03:25:00,968 --> 03:25:02,970
this presentation and fully understanding

5345
03:25:02,970 --> 03:25:03,971
that we do need to do something

5346
03:25:03,971 --> 03:25:07,571
as increasing revenue streams and revitalizing

5347
03:25:08,976 --> 03:25:09,977
all of the marina areas ,

5348
03:25:09,977 --> 03:25:11,979
I can't help but also be slightly

5349
03:25:11,979 --> 03:25:13,981
cautious because I am

5350
03:25:13,981 --> 03:25:17,581
marina adjacent and what would be

5351
03:25:17,985 --> 03:25:20,988
the east bay regional park side.

5352
03:25:20,988 --> 03:25:22,990
and the traffic is very much an

5353
03:25:22,990 --> 03:25:23,957
issue. People coming and going, they

5354
03:25:23,957 --> 03:25:24,958
already get confused,

5355
03:25:24,958 --> 03:25:26,960
they already get backlogged trying

5356
03:25:26,960 --> 03:25:28,960
to get in

5357
03:25:29,963 --> 03:25:32,966
and out of the marina. I am on the crossing.

5358
03:25:32,966 --> 03:25:35,366
are crossing gets blocked

5359
03:25:35,969 --> 03:25:38,369
substantially more than the

5360
03:25:38,972 --> 03:25:40,972
ferry street crossing.

5361
03:25:41,975 --> 03:25:42,976
that is a big concern. Also in talking

5362
03:25:42,976 --> 03:25:44,976
about

5363
03:25:44,978 --> 03:25:46,980
obviously they need to lift the

5364
03:25:46,980 --> 03:25:50,984
land on the marina side, that then,

5365
03:25:50,984 --> 03:25:53,987
water displacement, if we are not

5366
03:25:53,987 --> 03:25:54,988
addressing or having the east

5367
03:25:54,988 --> 03:25:56,957
bay regional park side of the marina

5368
03:25:56,957 --> 03:25:59,957
be addressed, I live on

5369
03:25:59,960 --> 03:26:01,960
the creek

5370
03:26:02,963 --> 03:26:04,963
kevin bacon is

5371
03:26:04,965 --> 03:26:05,966
my neighbor, he is on the creek and

5372
03:26:05,966 --> 03:26:06,967
I am across the street.

5373
03:26:06,967 --> 03:26:08,969
things like this is we are addressing

5374
03:26:08,969 --> 03:26:09,970
future flood plans and every thing

5375
03:26:09,970 --> 03:26:10,971
else, I

5376
03:26:10,971 --> 03:26:11,972
feel like I need to also be cognizant

5377
03:26:11,972 --> 03:26:13,974
of the fact that we do

5378
03:26:13,974 --> 03:26:14,975
have residents who live not only at

5379
03:26:14,975 --> 03:26:16,977
the marina but down

5380
03:26:16,977 --> 03:26:20,577
here at the waterfront and although

5381
03:26:22,983 --> 03:26:23,984
we are not being factored into this

5382
03:26:23,984 --> 03:26:25,986
part of the plan, these

5383
03:26:25,986 --> 03:26:26,987
are things that do need to logistically

5384
03:26:26,987 --> 03:26:29,987
be addressed. I think it

5385
03:26:29,990 --> 03:26:32,390
is great, very ambitious.

5386
03:26:35,963 --> 03:26:37,965
and I get pie

5387
03:26:37,965 --> 03:26:38,966
in the sky and then you work back

5388
03:26:38,966 --> 03:26:40,968
down, shoot for the stars or

5389
03:26:40,968 --> 03:26:41,969
shoot for the moon and land among

5390
03:26:41,969 --> 03:26:44,972
the stars. I would need some

5391
03:26:44,972 --> 03:26:46,972
additional reassurances

5392
03:26:47,975 --> 03:26:48,976
that we are going to be dealing with

5393
03:26:48,976 --> 03:26:49,977
the traffic

5394
03:26:49,977 --> 03:26:50,978
and we are going to be dealing with

5395
03:26:50,978 --> 03:26:51,979
the transients and were going to be

5396
03:26:51,979 --> 03:26:53,981
dealing with as another person said

5397
03:26:53,981 --> 03:26:54,982
the letter.

5398
03:26:54,982 --> 03:26:55,983
>> time is a. >>

5399
03:26:55,983 --> 03:26:56,984
thank you.

5400
03:26:56,984 --> 03:26:59,984
>> next I have deborah white.

5401
03:26:59,987 --> 03:27:01,987
>>

5402
03:27:02,990 --> 03:27:04,958
hello mayor, city council,

5403
03:27:04,958 --> 03:27:05,959
good to see all of you, even though

5404
03:27:05,959 --> 03:27:07,961
you can't see me. I

5405
03:27:07,961 --> 03:27:08,962
think this is a wonderful thing. I

5406
03:27:08,962 --> 03:27:11,362
am the director of

5407
03:27:11,965 --> 03:27:14,965
grace episcopal church up the

5408
03:27:14,968 --> 03:27:15,969
hill in martinez. My folks are all

5409
03:27:15,969 --> 03:27:16,970
very

5410
03:27:16,970 --> 03:27:20,570
excited about this. The only thing

5411
03:27:20,974 --> 03:27:21,975
, I just wanted to make sure I remind everyone

5412
03:27:21,975 --> 03:27:23,975
that

5413
03:27:23,977 --> 03:27:26,977
one of the values expressed

5414
03:27:26,980 --> 03:27:29,983
in the presentation was equity, accessibility,

5415
03:27:29,983 --> 03:27:32,986
and reflection of the social goals

5416
03:27:32,986 --> 03:27:33,987
of the city and committee of martinez.

5417
03:27:33,987 --> 03:27:35,987
those

5418
03:27:35,989 --> 03:27:37,958
goals include making sure that

5419
03:27:37,958 --> 03:27:38,959
everyone is included and that there is

5420
03:27:38,959 --> 03:27:40,959
housing

5421
03:27:42,963 --> 03:27:43,964
available for everyone. And

5422
03:27:43,964 --> 03:27:45,966
so my hope is that this revitalization

5423
03:27:45,966 --> 03:27:47,966
will also

5424
03:27:49,970 --> 03:27:51,972
keep the city council and mayor accountable

5425
03:27:51,972 --> 03:27:54,972
to all of the wonderful

5426
03:27:54,975 --> 03:27:57,375
and faithful agreements you

5427
03:27:57,978 --> 03:27:58,979
have made to be a leader

5428
03:27:58,979 --> 03:28:00,981
for everyone. And to include thoughts

5429
03:28:00,981 --> 03:28:02,981
about that

5430
03:28:04,985 --> 03:28:06,987
if this moves forward. And I thank

5431
03:28:06,987 --> 03:28:07,988
you for always having that

5432
03:28:07,988 --> 03:28:09,990
faithfulness and kindness. And for

5433
03:28:09,990 --> 03:28:11,959
this proposal.

5434
03:28:11,959 --> 03:28:12,960
blessings, everybody.

5435
03:28:12,960 --> 03:28:14,960
>> thank you.

5436
03:28:18,966 --> 03:28:21,366
>> next I have jillian.

5437
03:28:24,972 --> 03:28:25,973
>> hi. This is been

5438
03:28:25,973 --> 03:28:28,973
a really interesting evening and,

5439
03:28:30,978 --> 03:28:32,980
mayor zorn, you are really impressing

5440
03:28:32,980 --> 03:28:33,981
me. I do have a few questions. I know

5441
03:28:33,981 --> 03:28:35,981
this is

5442
03:28:35,983 --> 03:28:36,984
a public and private partnership.

5443
03:28:36,984 --> 03:28:39,384
I am wondering, first,

5444
03:28:41,989 --> 03:28:44,958
what funds we are talking about since

5445
03:28:44,958 --> 03:28:45,959
a lot of funding that was available

5446
03:28:45,959 --> 03:28:47,959
before the big

5447
03:28:47,961 --> 03:28:48,962
bill are not going to be available now

5448
03:28:48,962 --> 03:28:50,962
. Grants

5449
03:28:50,964 --> 03:28:54,968
and other kinds of funds are not available.

5450
03:28:54,968 --> 03:28:57,968
I am curious what happens

5451
03:28:57,971 --> 03:28:58,972
if we

5452
03:28:58,972 --> 03:29:00,974
don't get federal funding or state

5453
03:29:00,974 --> 03:29:03,977
funding that we are going to

5454
03:29:03,977 --> 03:29:04,978
, that we are

5455
03:29:04,978 --> 03:29:06,980
counting on. Second, I want to know

5456
03:29:06,980 --> 03:29:07,981
, I

5457
03:29:07,981 --> 03:29:09,983
am sure you will be looking at, I

5458
03:29:09,983 --> 03:29:10,984
am trusting you will be looking at

5459
03:29:10,984 --> 03:29:11,985
what

5460
03:29:11,985 --> 03:29:12,986
the city of martinez is on the hook for

5461
03:29:12,986 --> 03:29:14,986
if there

5462
03:29:15,989 --> 03:29:17,989
are economic downturns

5463
03:29:24,965 --> 03:29:25,966
or things don't continue to go as

5464
03:29:25,966 --> 03:29:26,967
planned. And the third thing is, am

5465
03:29:26,967 --> 03:29:28,969
curious why we would go to somebody

5466
03:29:28,969 --> 03:29:29,970
in houston rather than somebody in

5467
03:29:29,970 --> 03:29:30,971
california. California has a lot of

5468
03:29:30,971 --> 03:29:32,971
very specific

5469
03:29:32,973 --> 03:29:37,173
things like and a lot of requirements.

5470
03:29:41,982 --> 03:29:42,983
so I am curious about why you would

5471
03:29:42,983 --> 03:29:43,984
do that. I think if

5472
03:29:43,984 --> 03:29:45,986
this turns out really well it will

5473
03:29:45,986 --> 03:29:47,988
be a real gift to the community.

5474
03:29:47,988 --> 03:29:50,958
but I have seen communities really suffer

5475
03:29:50,958 --> 03:29:51,959
if they haven't really taken care of

5476
03:29:51,959 --> 03:29:53,959
themselves fiscally.

5477
03:29:53,961 --> 03:29:54,962
thank you so much and good luck.

5478
03:29:54,962 --> 03:29:55,963
>>

5479
03:29:55,963 --> 03:29:57,963
thank you.

5480
03:29:57,965 --> 03:29:59,965
>> next is

5481
03:30:00,968 --> 03:30:02,968
constance.

5482
03:30:06,974 --> 03:30:08,974
>> hi,

5483
03:30:09,977 --> 03:30:12,977
I'm wondering if everyone can

5484
03:30:12,980 --> 03:30:13,981
hear me?

5485
03:30:13,981 --> 03:30:14,982
>> yes. >>

5486
03:30:14,982 --> 03:30:15,983
evening. Two points I wanted to bring

5487
03:30:15,983 --> 03:30:16,984
up for the

5488
03:30:16,984 --> 03:30:18,986
city council to remember. Currently

5489
03:30:18,986 --> 03:30:21,986
are parking at the marina

5490
03:30:21,989 --> 03:30:23,989
is free.

5491
03:30:24,958 --> 03:30:25,959
with a parking garage, I am assuming

5492
03:30:25,959 --> 03:30:27,961
there will be parking fees. Wondering,

5493
03:30:27,961 --> 03:30:30,964
for residents here who really enjoyed

5494
03:30:30,964 --> 03:30:32,964
the marina daily

5495
03:30:34,968 --> 03:30:36,970
and frequently, what that will look

5496
03:30:36,970 --> 03:30:39,973
like for us, driving down there and parking.

5497
03:30:39,973 --> 03:30:42,976
obviously I get it, we need the

5498
03:30:42,976 --> 03:30:45,976
revenue, there probably will be

5499
03:30:45,979 --> 03:30:46,980
parking prices. But to kind of

5500
03:30:46,980 --> 03:30:48,982
keep that in mind for residents here

5501
03:30:48,982 --> 03:30:50,982
who enjoy it.

5502
03:30:51,985 --> 03:30:53,985
another

5503
03:30:53,987 --> 03:30:54,988
thing I was thinking that came across

5504
03:30:54,988 --> 03:30:55,989
recently, we just had the fourth of

5505
03:30:55,989 --> 03:30:56,990
july,

5506
03:30:56,990 --> 03:30:57,958
at this town we enjoy our fireworks.

5507
03:30:57,958 --> 03:31:00,961
what does that look like with

5508
03:31:00,961 --> 03:31:02,961
this agreement

5509
03:31:03,964 --> 03:31:04,965
is something I would like the council

5510
03:31:04,965 --> 03:31:05,966
to

5511
03:31:05,966 --> 03:31:06,967
consider as well. And discuss. And

5512
03:31:06,967 --> 03:31:07,968
note that the city really enjoys that.

5513
03:31:07,968 --> 03:31:09,970
and we hope we would be continuing

5514
03:31:09,970 --> 03:31:10,971
enjoying that in the future. Thank

5515
03:31:10,971 --> 03:31:11,972
you so

5516
03:31:11,972 --> 03:31:12,973
much for your time.

5517
03:31:12,973 --> 03:31:13,974
>> thank you.

5518
03:31:13,974 --> 03:31:15,974
next I

5519
03:31:15,976 --> 03:31:17,976
have trevor race.

5520
03:31:21,982 --> 03:31:22,983
>> hello, can you hear me? >> yes.

5521
03:31:22,983 --> 03:31:24,983
>>

5522
03:31:24,985 --> 03:31:26,985
thank you.

5523
03:31:27,988 --> 03:31:28,989
I just wanted to say I have some conflicted

5524
03:31:28,989 --> 03:31:29,990
thoughts

5525
03:31:29,990 --> 03:31:33,961
about the presentation we saw this evening.

5526
03:31:33,961 --> 03:31:34,962
on one hand I'm very excited, but

5527
03:31:34,962 --> 03:31:35,963
in reality

5528
03:31:35,963 --> 03:31:36,964
I'm excited about the excitement I

5529
03:31:36,964 --> 03:31:37,965
heard from the community. And honestly

5530
03:31:37,965 --> 03:31:38,966
not so

5531
03:31:38,966 --> 03:31:39,967
much about the development vision.

5532
03:31:39,967 --> 03:31:42,970
I think it is concerning to

5533
03:31:42,970 --> 03:31:44,970
me that

5534
03:31:45,973 --> 03:31:47,973
there was

5535
03:31:47,975 --> 03:31:48,976
such a lack of use of the significant

5536
03:31:48,976 --> 03:31:51,979
amount of public input we have already

5537
03:31:51,979 --> 03:31:53,981
seen envisioning for the marina.

5538
03:31:53,981 --> 03:31:54,982
I am honestly not concerned about

5539
03:31:54,982 --> 03:31:57,982
the development in general. But

5540
03:31:57,985 --> 03:32:03,385
by the lack of how the vision presented meets

5541
03:32:06,960 --> 03:32:07,961
the special nature of martinez and

5542
03:32:07,961 --> 03:32:08,962
what

5543
03:32:08,962 --> 03:32:09,963
this community is interested in seeing

5544
03:32:09,963 --> 03:32:10,964
out there. I think there are ways

5545
03:32:10,964 --> 03:32:11,965
to do

5546
03:32:11,965 --> 03:32:12,966
balance and responsible development. And I

5547
03:32:12,966 --> 03:32:13,967
just didn't see that in this particular

5548
03:32:13,967 --> 03:32:14,968
vision.

5549
03:32:14,968 --> 03:32:15,969
I'm not saying we can get there I

5550
03:32:15,969 --> 03:32:19,569
think there are definitely some concerns

5551
03:32:19,973 --> 03:32:20,974
I have.

5552
03:32:20,974 --> 03:32:22,976
for a designer that spoke of valuing

5553
03:32:22,976 --> 03:32:24,976
public input,

5554
03:32:24,978 --> 03:32:27,978
the multiyear public engagement process,

5555
03:32:27,981 --> 03:32:28,982
that doesn't seem to make sense to

5556
03:32:28,982 --> 03:32:30,982
me. There

5557
03:32:31,985 --> 03:32:34,385
was a market lack

5558
03:32:34,988 --> 03:32:37,988
of a number of components

5559
03:32:40,961 --> 03:32:41,962
that were such a big deal to

5560
03:32:41,962 --> 03:32:42,963
so many community members. Small boat

5561
03:32:42,963 --> 03:32:43,964
facilities. Public interpretive educational

5562
03:32:43,964 --> 03:32:44,965
elements. The cultural facilities.

5563
03:32:44,965 --> 03:32:45,966
green

5564
03:32:45,966 --> 03:32:47,966
infrastructure, ecosystem restoration.

5565
03:32:51,972 --> 03:32:52,973
and for the development itself there was no mention

5566
03:32:52,973 --> 03:32:53,974
of how the

5567
03:32:53,974 --> 03:32:54,975
hotels and retail would be designed,

5568
03:32:54,975 --> 03:32:58,979
built, or partnered with in ways that

5569
03:32:58,979 --> 03:33:00,979
would match

5570
03:33:00,981 --> 03:33:01,982
what makes martinez special. Where

5571
03:33:01,982 --> 03:33:02,983
were the historical

5572
03:33:02,983 --> 03:33:04,985
elements, the recreational elements?

5573
03:33:04,985 --> 03:33:06,985
finally, the last

5574
03:33:06,987 --> 03:33:10,958
thing I will bring up, chicken is further down

5575
03:33:10,958 --> 03:33:13,961
the line, the vision was well

5576
03:33:13,961 --> 03:33:15,961
vetted by

5577
03:33:15,963 --> 03:33:16,964
regional regulators. It's concerning to

5578
03:33:16,964 --> 03:33:18,966
me I heard no

5579
03:33:18,966 --> 03:33:19,967
mention of whether this vision is likely

5580
03:33:19,967 --> 03:33:22,970
to meet the requirements of the state

5581
03:33:22,970 --> 03:33:23,971
commission, how --

5582
03:33:23,971 --> 03:33:25,971
>> time is a. >>

5583
03:33:25,973 --> 03:33:26,974
thank you.

5584
03:33:26,974 --> 03:33:27,975
>>

5585
03:33:27,975 --> 03:33:31,979
last hand for the night is donna.

5586
03:33:31,979 --> 03:33:35,579
I will ask you to unmute.

5587
03:33:36,984 --> 03:33:40,584
>> hello, can you hear me? >> yes.

5588
03:33:40,988 --> 03:33:43,991
>> actually I am glad I followed

5589
03:33:43,991 --> 03:33:47,591
the person that I just followed.

5590
03:33:51,965 --> 03:33:52,966
am a resident of martinez for over

5591
03:33:52,966 --> 03:33:53,967
50 years. I background is

5592
03:33:53,967 --> 03:33:55,969
all in planning. City planning. I

5593
03:33:55,969 --> 03:33:56,970
was the first project planner on the

5594
03:33:56,970 --> 03:33:58,972
public-private partnership in contra

5595
03:33:58,972 --> 03:34:01,975
costa county with the bart system.

5596
03:34:01,975 --> 03:34:04,978
so I am well aware of that. This is

5597
03:34:04,978 --> 03:34:06,978
a good vision

5598
03:34:07,981 --> 03:34:08,982
. But, it's not unlike several prior

5599
03:34:08,982 --> 03:34:10,982
visions that

5600
03:34:10,984 --> 03:34:13,987
we have had for hotels and restaurants

5601
03:34:13,987 --> 03:34:16,990
and amphitheater and all of the like.

5602
03:34:16,990 --> 03:34:19,390
so, I would like

5603
03:34:19,960 --> 03:34:22,360
to see in any

5604
03:34:22,963 --> 03:34:24,965
future reviews a summary

5605
03:34:24,965 --> 03:34:28,969
of what was presented in the past

5606
03:34:28,969 --> 03:34:31,969
and why it didn't fly.

5607
03:34:31,972 --> 03:34:35,572
I think that would be important.

5608
03:34:37,978 --> 03:34:41,578
obviously the access to the site

5609
03:34:43,984 --> 03:34:44,985
will have a major effect on the development

5610
03:34:44,985 --> 03:34:46,985
of

5611
03:34:46,987 --> 03:34:48,987
the property.

5612
03:34:54,962 --> 03:34:55,963
my last question is, I would like

5613
03:34:55,963 --> 03:34:57,965
to know, I heard

5614
03:34:57,965 --> 03:34:58,966
a lot about southern california developments.

5615
03:34:58,966 --> 03:35:00,968
but I would like to

5616
03:35:00,968 --> 03:35:01,969
know if there is a development in

5617
03:35:01,969 --> 03:35:03,969
our area

5618
03:35:04,972 --> 03:35:05,973
, in the bay area, that we can go

5619
03:35:05,973 --> 03:35:06,974
to

5620
03:35:06,974 --> 03:35:07,975
that we can see that these people

5621
03:35:07,975 --> 03:35:09,975
have done.

5622
03:35:13,981 --> 03:35:14,982
that is it for me.

5623
03:35:14,982 --> 03:35:16,982
>>

5624
03:35:16,984 --> 03:35:19,984
thank you. I have no

5625
03:35:19,987 --> 03:35:21,987
further hands.

5626
03:35:22,990 --> 03:35:24,990
ringing it

5627
03:35:25,959 --> 03:35:28,359
back to mayor zorn.

5628
03:35:28,962 --> 03:35:30,962
>> apologies, I

5629
03:35:31,965 --> 03:35:32,966
couldn't unmute. Thank you so much

5630
03:35:32,966 --> 03:35:34,966
for all of

5631
03:35:35,969 --> 03:35:38,969
the comments. I felt like

5632
03:35:41,975 --> 03:35:42,976
,

5633
03:35:42,976 --> 03:35:43,977
it felt like a very good conversation,

5634
03:35:43,977 --> 03:35:45,979
even though I recognize it was a one-sided

5635
03:35:45,979 --> 03:35:47,981
public comment. But I just want to

5636
03:35:47,981 --> 03:35:49,981
voice my

5637
03:35:49,983 --> 03:35:50,984
appreciation to everybody. We had

5638
03:35:50,984 --> 03:35:52,984
almost all

5639
03:35:53,987 --> 03:35:55,987
positive comments.

5640
03:35:55,989 --> 03:35:59,960
and for those that were not 100% positive,

5641
03:35:59,960 --> 03:36:01,960
they were supportive

5642
03:36:02,963 --> 03:36:03,964
with very well thought

5643
03:36:03,964 --> 03:36:04,965
through critiques. So I just want

5644
03:36:04,965 --> 03:36:08,969
to thank everyone who had those very

5645
03:36:08,969 --> 03:36:10,969
good critiques.

5646
03:36:10,971 --> 03:36:11,972
they are all constructive criticism,

5647
03:36:11,972 --> 03:36:12,973
they are all things

5648
03:36:12,973 --> 03:36:14,975
I think we will be able to discuss

5649
03:36:14,975 --> 03:36:16,975
and incorporate is

5650
03:36:17,978 --> 03:36:18,979
the process moves forward, if we

5651
03:36:18,979 --> 03:36:20,981
are to vote on this, if we vote in

5652
03:36:20,981 --> 03:36:21,982
favor this evening. I think they

5653
03:36:21,982 --> 03:36:25,986
are all very valid questions and comments

5654
03:36:25,986 --> 03:36:26,987
that I am interested in getting answers too.

5655
03:36:26,987 --> 03:36:28,987
I did

5656
03:36:29,990 --> 03:36:31,959
want to open this backup

5657
03:36:31,959 --> 03:36:32,960
to a few comments from council. There

5658
03:36:32,960 --> 03:36:34,960
were

5659
03:36:34,962 --> 03:36:35,963
a lot of great comments from the community,

5660
03:36:35,963 --> 03:36:37,963
and so,

5661
03:36:38,966 --> 03:36:41,966
if anyone on council wanted

5662
03:36:49,977 --> 03:36:50,978
have tucker sadler respond to any

5663
03:36:50,978 --> 03:36:51,979
specific questions you heard, please

5664
03:36:51,979 --> 03:36:52,980
let

5665
03:36:52,980 --> 03:36:53,981
me know. I can see all of you, by

5666
03:36:53,981 --> 03:36:54,982
show of hands does anyone

5667
03:36:54,982 --> 03:36:56,984
have follow-up russians they like

5668
03:36:56,984 --> 03:36:58,986
to hear an answer on? Yes, debbie.

5669
03:36:58,986 --> 03:36:59,987
>> go ahead. >> so, thank you all

5670
03:36:59,987 --> 03:37:01,989
for the comments. A lot

5671
03:37:01,989 --> 03:37:06,189
to reflect on. One of the biggest

5672
03:37:07,961 --> 03:37:08,962
concerns we have is a council and

5673
03:37:08,962 --> 03:37:09,963
as a community

5674
03:37:09,963 --> 03:37:11,965
has stated the access . I know you

5675
03:37:11,965 --> 03:37:14,968
mentioned there was going to be

5676
03:37:14,968 --> 03:37:15,969
thought and

5677
03:37:15,969 --> 03:37:17,971
decisions about creating some sort

5678
03:37:17,971 --> 03:37:19,973
of remedy for the access.

5679
03:37:19,973 --> 03:37:20,974
I know you probably have a lot of

5680
03:37:20,974 --> 03:37:22,974
the

5681
03:37:22,976 --> 03:37:27,776
things you can share, or maybe can't share.

5682
03:37:28,982 --> 03:37:30,984
but I think to make everyone feel

5683
03:37:30,984 --> 03:37:31,985
a little more reassured that that

5684
03:37:31,985 --> 03:37:32,986
is a critical element, I'm looking

5685
03:37:32,986 --> 03:37:34,986
for maybe some

5686
03:37:35,989 --> 03:37:37,958
sort of

5687
03:37:37,958 --> 03:37:38,959
, I don't know, something you can

5688
03:37:38,959 --> 03:37:39,960
share with

5689
03:37:39,960 --> 03:37:42,360
us about different possibilities,

5690
03:37:42,963 --> 03:37:44,965
different things you have considered.

5691
03:37:44,965 --> 03:37:45,966
what has worked in the past, just

5692
03:37:45,966 --> 03:37:47,968
brainstorming so we have an idea you

5693
03:37:47,968 --> 03:37:50,968
are considering some feasible alternative

5694
03:37:50,971 --> 03:37:52,971
for transportation over

5695
03:37:53,974 --> 03:37:55,974
the tracks.

5696
03:37:56,977 --> 03:37:57,978
>>

5697
03:37:57,978 --> 03:37:59,980
will I don't have a solution I can

5698
03:37:59,980 --> 03:38:01,980
provide tonight. We

5699
03:38:01,982 --> 03:38:04,985
are committed to finding a feasible

5700
03:38:04,985 --> 03:38:05,986
solution to having a permanent access

5701
03:38:05,986 --> 03:38:07,986
across

5702
03:38:07,988 --> 03:38:08,989
the tracks. It's important, it's imperative,

5703
03:38:08,989 --> 03:38:10,989
to

5704
03:38:11,959 --> 03:38:14,962
the success of the project. And as

5705
03:38:14,962 --> 03:38:16,962
we have heard,

5706
03:38:19,967 --> 03:38:20,968
those who already have operations

5707
03:38:20,968 --> 03:38:21,969
on the other side of the

5708
03:38:21,969 --> 03:38:23,971
tracks, it's imperative for them to

5709
03:38:23,971 --> 03:38:24,972
have that as well.

5710
03:38:24,972 --> 03:38:26,972
>>

5711
03:38:26,974 --> 03:38:27,975
with the mrc property be something

5712
03:38:27,975 --> 03:38:29,975
we could

5713
03:38:29,977 --> 03:38:31,979
potentially discuss that with is another

5714
03:38:31,979 --> 03:38:32,980
partner since they own a lot of land

5715
03:38:32,980 --> 03:38:34,982
along the shoreline? That would be

5716
03:38:34,982 --> 03:38:38,986
the refinery at the marina vista exit.

5717
03:38:38,986 --> 03:38:39,987
just to throw that out, a lot of land

5718
03:38:39,987 --> 03:38:41,987
there.

5719
03:38:41,989 --> 03:38:42,990
that potentially could be

5720
03:38:42,990 --> 03:38:44,958
utilized for transportation methods.

5721
03:38:44,958 --> 03:38:46,958
>> we

5722
03:38:46,960 --> 03:38:47,961
would be open to all types of partnerships.

5723
03:38:47,961 --> 03:38:50,961
looking at the best way,

5724
03:38:50,964 --> 03:38:52,964
the most

5725
03:38:52,966 --> 03:38:53,967
feasible way to get it done, yes,

5726
03:38:53,967 --> 03:38:54,968
absolutely.

5727
03:38:54,968 --> 03:38:56,968
>> I will

5728
03:38:56,970 --> 03:38:59,973
add on that that is an area when

5729
03:38:59,973 --> 03:39:00,974
we're looking at the options, we have

5730
03:39:00,974 --> 03:39:01,975
kind

5731
03:39:01,975 --> 03:39:02,976
of looked at that is a consideration because

5732
03:39:02,976 --> 03:39:04,976
we

5733
03:39:04,978 --> 03:39:05,979
will come up with a creative solution,

5734
03:39:05,979 --> 03:39:07,979
>>

5735
03:39:08,982 --> 03:39:10,982
thank you.

5736
03:39:11,985 --> 03:39:12,986
I know that in years past there was

5737
03:39:12,986 --> 03:39:14,988
some discussion, I think many years

5738
03:39:14,988 --> 03:39:15,989
ago, about having access to some of

5739
03:39:15,989 --> 03:39:17,958
that

5740
03:39:17,958 --> 03:39:20,961
land so that sort of the s turn

5741
03:39:20,961 --> 03:39:22,961
in the

5742
03:39:22,963 --> 03:39:23,964
way we currently enter into the downtown

5743
03:39:23,964 --> 03:39:26,964
could be different. I think

5744
03:39:26,967 --> 03:39:27,968
outside

5745
03:39:27,968 --> 03:39:29,970
of the box, maybe other alternatives

5746
03:39:29,970 --> 03:39:32,973
we are not considering that we need

5747
03:39:32,973 --> 03:39:33,974
to consider, all types of strategies to

5748
03:39:33,974 --> 03:39:35,974
look

5749
03:39:35,976 --> 03:39:39,576
at transportation needs thank you, greg.

5750
03:39:41,982 --> 03:39:42,983
>> anybody else have any questions?

5751
03:39:42,983 --> 03:39:44,983
I

5752
03:39:44,985 --> 03:39:45,986
have just one

5753
03:39:45,986 --> 03:39:47,988
or two follow-ups from public comment

5754
03:39:47,988 --> 03:39:49,988
this evening.

5755
03:39:50,991 --> 03:39:51,959
go ahead.

5756
03:39:51,959 --> 03:39:53,961
>> thank you very much. Again,

5757
03:39:53,961 --> 03:39:55,963
I want to sincerely thank everyone

5758
03:39:55,963 --> 03:39:56,964
who took the time to be here tonight

5759
03:39:56,964 --> 03:39:58,964
for your comments

5760
03:39:59,967 --> 03:40:01,967
here tonight

5761
03:40:01,969 --> 03:40:02,970
and for your critiques. We need that

5762
03:40:02,970 --> 03:40:05,973
input. In order to make this

5763
03:40:05,973 --> 03:40:08,373
a successful project. But,

5764
03:40:08,976 --> 03:40:10,978
I do have one question,

5765
03:40:10,978 --> 03:40:13,981
I just want to offer some additional thoughts,

5766
03:40:13,981 --> 03:40:14,982
it has been talked about, martinez

5767
03:40:14,982 --> 03:40:16,984
being a hidden gem, we

5768
03:40:16,984 --> 03:40:17,985
have been hidden a little too long.

5769
03:40:17,985 --> 03:40:19,985
and

5770
03:40:20,988 --> 03:40:23,988
so this is our opportunity,

5771
03:40:23,991 --> 03:40:24,958
this is a once in a generation transformational

5772
03:40:24,958 --> 03:40:26,958
project that

5773
03:40:26,960 --> 03:40:29,960
is before us here. And,

5774
03:40:29,963 --> 03:40:32,363
it deserves every consideration

5775
03:40:32,966 --> 03:40:34,966
. And,

5776
03:40:34,968 --> 03:40:36,970
you know, I have been fond of saying to

5777
03:40:36,970 --> 03:40:38,970
folks in

5778
03:40:38,972 --> 03:40:39,973
the community who I regularly come

5779
03:40:39,973 --> 03:40:41,973
up

5780
03:40:42,976 --> 03:40:45,376
to me, you know,

5781
03:40:46,980 --> 03:40:48,982
yes, we have our challenges, just

5782
03:40:48,982 --> 03:40:49,983
like any community does. But

5783
03:40:49,983 --> 03:40:51,985
here's the thing, if you get so fixated

5784
03:40:51,985 --> 03:40:52,986
on challenges

5785
03:40:52,986 --> 03:40:54,988
you lose sight of the opportunities

5786
03:40:54,988 --> 03:40:56,988
right before you.

5787
03:40:57,958 --> 03:41:00,958
and ladies and gentlemen, this

5788
03:41:00,961 --> 03:41:03,964
is a huge opportunity for us.

5789
03:41:03,964 --> 03:41:05,966
I will make no

5790
03:41:05,966 --> 03:41:08,966
apologies for dreaming big. Because

5791
03:41:09,970 --> 03:41:11,970
we owe that

5792
03:41:11,972 --> 03:41:12,973
to not only our current residence,

5793
03:41:12,973 --> 03:41:14,973
but

5794
03:41:15,976 --> 03:41:18,976
those that are to follow.

5795
03:41:18,979 --> 03:41:20,981
and, years from now

5796
03:41:20,981 --> 03:41:24,985
, I believe, in my heart of hearts,

5797
03:41:24,985 --> 03:41:25,986
this process the

5798
03:41:25,986 --> 03:41:27,988
we are embarking on here tonight will

5799
03:41:27,988 --> 03:41:29,988
be a pivotal

5800
03:41:30,991 --> 03:41:32,960
turning point for the better

5801
03:41:32,960 --> 03:41:36,964
in our community. I do generally believe that.

5802
03:41:36,964 --> 03:41:39,967
now it is not to say

5803
03:41:39,967 --> 03:41:40,968
that there

5804
03:41:40,968 --> 03:41:42,970
are some hurdles that will need to

5805
03:41:42,970 --> 03:41:45,973
be overcome. And we can do

5806
03:41:45,973 --> 03:41:48,373
that. That is what

5807
03:41:48,976 --> 03:41:49,977
martisian

5808
03:41:49,977 --> 03:41:51,979
do best. We come together when we

5809
03:41:51,979 --> 03:41:54,982
have to figure out a solution.

5810
03:41:54,982 --> 03:41:57,382
and, I believe that

5811
03:41:57,985 --> 03:42:00,385
greg and his team

5812
03:42:00,988 --> 03:42:02,990
will come forward in good faith and

5813
03:42:02,990 --> 03:42:06,960
that we at least owe it to ourselves

5814
03:42:06,960 --> 03:42:09,963
to at least explore this idea

5815
03:42:09,963 --> 03:42:11,963
a little further.

5816
03:42:12,966 --> 03:42:14,968
we are not saying again to what

5817
03:42:14,968 --> 03:42:15,969
the mayor said at the outset, we are

5818
03:42:15,969 --> 03:42:18,969
not making a decision here

5819
03:42:18,972 --> 03:42:19,973
tonight that this is done, we

5820
03:42:19,973 --> 03:42:21,975
are having a groundbreaking ceremony

5821
03:42:21,975 --> 03:42:23,977
next week. That is not what we are

5822
03:42:23,977 --> 03:42:27,981
doing. What we are saying is that

5823
03:42:27,981 --> 03:42:29,981
, do we

5824
03:42:30,984 --> 03:42:33,987
want to take a little further?

5825
03:42:33,987 --> 03:42:34,988
you know? Based on

5826
03:42:34,988 --> 03:42:36,990
everything I have heard here tonight,

5827
03:42:36,990 --> 03:42:39,390
and the comments I

5828
03:42:39,960 --> 03:42:41,960
have provided

5829
03:42:41,962 --> 03:42:42,963
and been provided, I like to explore

5830
03:42:42,963 --> 03:42:45,363
that a little further.

5831
03:42:47,968 --> 03:42:48,969
but I will definitely have some questions.

5832
03:42:48,969 --> 03:42:49,970
I'm going

5833
03:42:49,970 --> 03:42:51,972
to pose hard questions along the way.

5834
03:42:51,972 --> 03:42:54,975
and I will just say this

5835
03:42:54,975 --> 03:42:56,977
right now, we need to figure out

5836
03:42:56,977 --> 03:42:57,978
the access point issue. For me, that

5837
03:42:57,978 --> 03:42:59,978
is a dealbreaker.

5838
03:43:00,981 --> 03:43:02,983
we've got to figure

5839
03:43:02,983 --> 03:43:03,984
that out. Because the rest of it is

5840
03:43:03,984 --> 03:43:06,384
secondary. As far as

5841
03:43:06,987 --> 03:43:09,387
I'm concerned. It is

5842
03:43:09,990 --> 03:43:11,959
really, really important.

5843
03:43:11,959 --> 03:43:12,960
and so I just want to be transparent

5844
03:43:12,960 --> 03:43:14,960
and up front.

5845
03:43:15,963 --> 03:43:17,963
right now.

5846
03:43:17,965 --> 03:43:18,966
I hope that, I take you at your word

5847
03:43:18,966 --> 03:43:20,966
that you

5848
03:43:20,968 --> 03:43:21,969
are committed to putting forward and

5849
03:43:21,969 --> 03:43:23,969
coming up with

5850
03:43:23,971 --> 03:43:27,975
a viable solution that works. I think what

5851
03:43:27,975 --> 03:43:29,975
councilmember mckillop mentioned

5852
03:43:30,978 --> 03:43:31,979
here, reaching out to the team at

5853
03:43:31,979 --> 03:43:32,980
mrc

5854
03:43:32,980 --> 03:43:33,981
is something that should absolutely

5855
03:43:33,981 --> 03:43:36,381
be on the table.

5856
03:43:36,984 --> 03:43:38,984
and then,

5857
03:43:41,989 --> 03:43:42,990
to some of the comments, some of the

5858
03:43:42,990 --> 03:43:44,958
commentators here

5859
03:43:44,958 --> 03:43:45,959
tonight, I do also believe that the project

5860
03:43:45,959 --> 03:43:47,959
does need

5861
03:43:48,962 --> 03:43:51,362
to reflect the historic

5862
03:43:51,965 --> 03:43:54,365
character of our city.

5863
03:43:54,968 --> 03:43:56,968
we are ,

5864
03:43:56,970 --> 03:43:57,971
you may or may not know this, but

5865
03:43:57,971 --> 03:43:59,971
we are

5866
03:43:59,973 --> 03:44:00,974
celebrating our sesquicentennial,

5867
03:44:00,974 --> 03:44:02,974
150 years

5868
03:44:03,977 --> 03:44:05,977
since our city

5869
03:44:06,980 --> 03:44:08,980
was incorporated.

5870
03:44:09,983 --> 03:44:10,984
and,

5871
03:44:10,984 --> 03:44:12,986
that is a huge source of pride for

5872
03:44:12,986 --> 03:44:14,988
many in our community because we are

5873
03:44:14,988 --> 03:44:15,989
and historic waterfront community.

5874
03:44:15,989 --> 03:44:17,989
and the development

5875
03:44:18,959 --> 03:44:20,959
that takes

5876
03:44:20,961 --> 03:44:23,964
place, whether in the immediate downtown

5877
03:44:23,964 --> 03:44:24,965
whether it's here, should honor that

5878
03:44:24,965 --> 03:44:25,966
history and it should

5879
03:44:25,966 --> 03:44:27,968
reflect that. I definitely would like

5880
03:44:27,968 --> 03:44:29,968
to see

5881
03:44:33,974 --> 03:44:34,975
, I think there is ways to blend

5882
03:44:34,975 --> 03:44:36,977
some of that historic character in

5883
03:44:36,977 --> 03:44:37,978
the fa?ades in the way the buildings

5884
03:44:37,978 --> 03:44:38,979
are designed.

5885
03:44:38,979 --> 03:44:41,982
works for san diego and what worked

5886
03:44:41,982 --> 03:44:42,983
for you down there may not necessarily

5887
03:44:42,983 --> 03:44:44,983
work for us.

5888
03:44:45,986 --> 03:44:46,987
and so, I really appreciate what you

5889
03:44:46,987 --> 03:44:47,988
said

5890
03:44:47,988 --> 03:44:48,989
at the outset about how your approach

5891
03:44:48,989 --> 03:44:50,989
is

5892
03:44:51,959 --> 03:44:54,962
really one that is really rooted in

5893
03:44:54,962 --> 03:44:57,362
committee dialogue and honoring

5894
03:44:57,965 --> 03:44:59,965
the history

5895
03:45:00,968 --> 03:45:02,968
of the town.

5896
03:45:06,974 --> 03:45:07,975
and so, that is something that is really

5897
03:45:07,975 --> 03:45:08,976
important to me

5898
03:45:08,976 --> 03:45:09,977
because I think for too long in our

5899
03:45:09,977 --> 03:45:12,977
community you know, any type

5900
03:45:12,980 --> 03:45:14,980
of development

5901
03:45:18,986 --> 03:45:19,987
, it's kind of an either or proposition,

5902
03:45:19,987 --> 03:45:20,988
right?

5903
03:45:20,988 --> 03:45:21,989
it's kind of like, when we look at

5904
03:45:21,989 --> 03:45:23,991
the downtown for instance, it's always

5905
03:45:23,991 --> 03:45:24,958
like, going to build these huge monstrosities. Well

5906
03:45:24,958 --> 03:45:27,358
no, you can do

5907
03:45:27,961 --> 03:45:30,961
good development responsible development projects

5908
03:45:33,967 --> 03:45:35,967
,

5909
03:45:35,969 --> 03:45:36,970
mixed-use, but you can design the

5910
03:45:36,970 --> 03:45:37,971
fa?ades in a way that honor the

5911
03:45:37,971 --> 03:45:40,971
historic character of the community.

5912
03:45:45,979 --> 03:45:46,980
and I don't, I reject this notion

5913
03:45:46,980 --> 03:45:47,981
that

5914
03:45:47,981 --> 03:45:48,982
it's either or. You can do that, a

5915
03:45:48,982 --> 03:45:49,983
lot of small towns have figured that

5916
03:45:49,983 --> 03:45:50,984
out.

5917
03:45:50,984 --> 03:45:51,985
only income for --california other

5918
03:45:51,985 --> 03:45:53,987
parts of the country. So that is something

5919
03:45:53,987 --> 03:45:55,989
I really want to emphasize here. To

5920
03:45:55,989 --> 03:45:57,989
please understand

5921
03:45:57,991 --> 03:45:58,959
that this is a town that does deeply

5922
03:45:58,959 --> 03:46:00,959
value

5923
03:46:01,962 --> 03:46:03,964
its history and I appreciate

5924
03:46:03,964 --> 03:46:07,968
the comments that were made by cheryl

5925
03:46:07,968 --> 03:46:10,968
on that. And so, again,

5926
03:46:10,971 --> 03:46:13,971
my sincere thanks to all

5927
03:46:13,974 --> 03:46:15,974
of you.

5928
03:46:15,976 --> 03:46:16,977
and folks, this is going to be the

5929
03:46:16,977 --> 03:46:17,978
start of

5930
03:46:17,978 --> 03:46:19,980
a process. Like what councilmember

5931
03:46:19,980 --> 03:46:21,980
mckillop said,

5932
03:46:22,983 --> 03:46:23,984
we need you as part

5933
03:46:23,984 --> 03:46:25,986
of this. That is why we felt it was

5934
03:46:25,986 --> 03:46:27,986
so important

5935
03:46:28,989 --> 03:46:29,990
, we are

5936
03:46:29,990 --> 03:46:31,959
going to engage this community, we

5937
03:46:31,959 --> 03:46:33,961
wanted to be an open

5938
03:46:33,961 --> 03:46:34,962
and transparent process. And committed

5939
03:46:34,962 --> 03:46:35,963
to it. I know all

5940
03:46:35,963 --> 03:46:37,965
of us up here are. There's going to

5941
03:46:37,965 --> 03:46:39,967
be a lot of time for

5942
03:46:39,967 --> 03:46:40,968
that input as jill and lauren stated,

5943
03:46:40,968 --> 03:46:42,968
at the outset.

5944
03:46:42,970 --> 03:46:45,973
we're going to have a website up.

5945
03:46:45,973 --> 03:46:46,974
there's going to be ample opportunity

5946
03:46:46,974 --> 03:46:48,974
for public input.

5947
03:46:51,979 --> 03:46:52,980
and lastly, I would just say, I too

5948
03:46:52,980 --> 03:46:53,981
share the concerns about

5949
03:46:53,981 --> 03:46:55,983
the the were expressed because, yeah,

5950
03:46:55,983 --> 03:46:58,983
we went through that process

5951
03:46:58,986 --> 03:47:01,986
, it was a good process.

5952
03:47:01,989 --> 03:47:03,989
but unfortunately,

5953
03:47:06,960 --> 03:47:07,961
as we saw here tonight, and as was

5954
03:47:07,961 --> 03:47:09,961
said, we

5955
03:47:10,964 --> 03:47:13,967
have a revenue problem. And the

5956
03:47:13,967 --> 03:47:14,968
t-lip incorporates

5957
03:47:14,968 --> 03:47:16,970
a lot of wonderful elements I hope

5958
03:47:16,970 --> 03:47:18,972
will make it into

5959
03:47:18,972 --> 03:47:19,973
the final design. And again, I want

5960
03:47:19,973 --> 03:47:21,973
to

5961
03:47:22,976 --> 03:47:24,976
stress that,

5962
03:47:25,979 --> 03:47:26,980
I do want to brush it

5963
03:47:26,980 --> 03:47:27,981
aside, I know your presentation talked

5964
03:47:27,981 --> 03:47:28,982
about some of those elements. But

5965
03:47:28,982 --> 03:47:29,983
there is

5966
03:47:29,983 --> 03:47:31,985
seriously something in there I want

5967
03:47:31,985 --> 03:47:33,985
to see

5968
03:47:33,987 --> 03:47:36,987
, having an education center. Something

5969
03:47:36,990 --> 03:47:37,991
that recognizes the contributions

5970
03:47:37,991 --> 03:47:39,960
of the indigenous peoples

5971
03:47:39,960 --> 03:47:40,961
who inhabited this land long before

5972
03:47:40,961 --> 03:47:43,361
any of us were

5973
03:47:43,964 --> 03:47:46,967
here. We need to have that.

5974
03:47:46,967 --> 03:47:49,970
I don't want it to be just completely dismissed.

5975
03:47:49,970 --> 03:47:52,973
but, we also have to face the reality

5976
03:47:52,973 --> 03:47:54,973
that, again,

5977
03:47:54,975 --> 03:47:58,979
we have a serious revenue problem here.

5978
03:47:58,979 --> 03:47:59,980
and we don't have any other

5979
03:47:59,980 --> 03:48:01,982
viable options before us. That is

5980
03:48:01,982 --> 03:48:03,982
just the reality.

5981
03:48:04,985 --> 03:48:06,987
I am at least willing

5982
03:48:06,987 --> 03:48:07,988
to tonight at least give the green light

5983
03:48:07,988 --> 03:48:09,988
to it

5984
03:48:10,991 --> 03:48:11,959
and say, hey, let's see if we can

5985
03:48:11,959 --> 03:48:13,959
make

5986
03:48:13,961 --> 03:48:15,963
this work. I think we

5987
03:48:15,963 --> 03:48:16,964
owe that to ourselves and to future

5988
03:48:16,964 --> 03:48:18,964
generations of

5989
03:48:26,974 --> 03:48:28,976
martisians. Those are my thoughts.

5990
03:48:28,976 --> 03:48:29,977
thank you very much.

5991
03:48:29,977 --> 03:48:30,978
>> you have any

5992
03:48:30,978 --> 03:48:31,979
follow-up questions

5993
03:48:31,979 --> 03:48:32,980
for staff or tucker

5994
03:48:32,980 --> 03:48:33,981
sadler?

5995
03:48:33,981 --> 03:48:34,982
>> no follow-up questions,

5996
03:48:34,982 --> 03:48:37,982
just a couple of comments.

5997
03:48:40,988 --> 03:48:41,989
and I appreciate all of

5998
03:48:41,989 --> 03:48:43,991
the comments this evening. Here, and

5999
03:48:43,991 --> 03:48:45,959
online, I appreciate the concerns

6000
03:48:45,959 --> 03:48:49,963
that have been expressed. Like my fellow

6001
03:48:49,963 --> 03:48:52,963
councilmembers stated, they're going to

6002
03:48:52,966 --> 03:48:54,966
be challenges.

6003
03:48:55,969 --> 03:48:58,972
but let's look at the upside. Because here's

6004
03:48:58,972 --> 03:49:00,972
the thing. As

6005
03:49:01,975 --> 03:49:04,978
tucker was going through the presentation,

6006
03:49:04,978 --> 03:49:06,978
I wasn't really

6007
03:49:07,981 --> 03:49:10,984
necessarily thinking about the end product

6008
03:49:10,984 --> 03:49:12,984
of the waterfront.

6009
03:49:13,987 --> 03:49:16,987
what I was thinking about

6010
03:49:16,990 --> 03:49:19,960
was that because we have this waterfront,

6011
03:49:19,960 --> 03:49:21,962
our businesses on main street

6012
03:49:21,962 --> 03:49:25,966
are thriving. There is so much activity

6013
03:49:25,966 --> 03:49:27,968
in our immediate downtown

6014
03:49:27,968 --> 03:49:28,969
because of the waterfront. Businesses

6015
03:49:28,969 --> 03:49:30,969
are booming.

6016
03:49:31,972 --> 03:49:33,972
the vacant buildings

6017
03:49:34,975 --> 03:49:37,978
that we are so comfortable in seeing

6018
03:49:37,978 --> 03:49:39,978
are now occupied.

6019
03:49:40,981 --> 03:49:42,983
and it's so busy downtown

6020
03:49:42,983 --> 03:49:43,984
I don't even have time to go over

6021
03:49:43,984 --> 03:49:45,984
to

6022
03:49:45,986 --> 03:49:46,987
the waterfront. Because restaurants

6023
03:49:46,987 --> 03:49:48,987
and music

6024
03:49:49,990 --> 03:49:52,390
and things are popping.

6025
03:49:52,960 --> 03:49:55,963
that is what this is about.

6026
03:49:55,963 --> 03:49:58,963
this is not about abandoning

6027
03:49:58,966 --> 03:50:01,366
our core. But it's

6028
03:50:01,969 --> 03:50:04,369
about enhancing the overall

6029
03:50:04,972 --> 03:50:06,972
community

6030
03:50:07,975 --> 03:50:10,978
yeah, we've got to figure out access.

6031
03:50:10,978 --> 03:50:12,978
but we

6032
03:50:13,981 --> 03:50:16,981
are going to get there.

6033
03:50:16,984 --> 03:50:19,384
but the time is

6034
03:50:19,987 --> 03:50:22,990
now. This is a can that has been kicked

6035
03:50:22,990 --> 03:50:24,990
, again,

6036
03:50:24,992 --> 03:50:25,959
I've been here 24 years, and that

6037
03:50:25,959 --> 03:50:27,961
can has been kicked

6038
03:50:27,961 --> 03:50:28,962
and I am sure the can was kicked prior

6039
03:50:28,962 --> 03:50:30,962
to me.

6040
03:50:31,965 --> 03:50:34,365
the time is now.

6041
03:50:34,968 --> 03:50:37,368
and I challenge everybody

6042
03:50:37,971 --> 03:50:40,974
for all of the reasons why

6043
03:50:40,974 --> 03:50:42,976
we can't and we shouldn't

6044
03:50:42,976 --> 03:50:43,977
be doing this, come up with a reason

6045
03:50:43,977 --> 03:50:45,977
why we can

6046
03:50:46,980 --> 03:50:48,982
. And I'm going to

6047
03:50:48,982 --> 03:50:49,983
tell you the reason why we can is

6048
03:50:49,983 --> 03:50:51,985
because if we don't,

6049
03:50:51,985 --> 03:50:52,986
we are going to be on the news for

6050
03:50:52,986 --> 03:50:54,986
a bad reason

6051
03:50:55,989 --> 03:50:58,959
because we are a bankrupt city.

6052
03:50:58,959 --> 03:51:00,959
none of us

6053
03:51:01,962 --> 03:51:04,362
want that. And we

6054
03:51:05,966 --> 03:51:07,966
can talk and

6055
03:51:07,968 --> 03:51:08,969
we can say, this is --but at the end

6056
03:51:08,969 --> 03:51:10,969
of the day,

6057
03:51:11,972 --> 03:51:14,972
if we don't have services,

6058
03:51:14,975 --> 03:51:15,976
we don't have a city. If we

6059
03:51:15,976 --> 03:51:17,978
don't have safe communities, we don't

6060
03:51:17,978 --> 03:51:19,978
have a city.

6061
03:51:20,981 --> 03:51:22,981
if we don't

6062
03:51:23,984 --> 03:51:24,985
have services,

6063
03:51:24,985 --> 03:51:25,986
we don't have trees, we don't have

6064
03:51:25,986 --> 03:51:26,987
beautiful signs saying welcome to

6065
03:51:26,987 --> 03:51:28,987
martinez.

6066
03:51:29,990 --> 03:51:31,959
and I am reminded

6067
03:51:31,959 --> 03:51:32,960
, when I was campaigning and I was

6068
03:51:32,960 --> 03:51:34,960
walking in

6069
03:51:35,963 --> 03:51:38,966
my district, I met this family,

6070
03:51:38,966 --> 03:51:40,968
brand-new to the committee, two

6071
03:51:40,968 --> 03:51:41,969
small children, I said, what brought

6072
03:51:41,969 --> 03:51:43,969
you here?

6073
03:51:44,972 --> 03:51:46,974
they said, we were living

6074
03:51:46,974 --> 03:51:47,975
in sunnyvale. We were on our way to

6075
03:51:47,975 --> 03:51:49,975
napa

6076
03:51:50,978 --> 03:51:53,378
and stopped in martinez

6077
03:51:53,981 --> 03:51:56,381
and fell in love.

6078
03:51:58,986 --> 03:51:59,987
and we moved here. And by the way,

6079
03:51:59,987 --> 03:52:01,989
we are still commuting to

6080
03:52:01,989 --> 03:52:05,959
sunnyvale. To work. But we came here

6081
03:52:05,959 --> 03:52:08,959
because we love the city.

6082
03:52:08,962 --> 03:52:10,964
it seems and feels like a place

6083
03:52:10,964 --> 03:52:14,968
for us to raise our families and raise

6084
03:52:14,968 --> 03:52:17,968
our children. That is what

6085
03:52:17,971 --> 03:52:19,971
we want.

6086
03:52:23,977 --> 03:52:24,978
we don't

6087
03:52:24,978 --> 03:52:25,979
want to just talk about a marina,

6088
03:52:25,979 --> 03:52:26,980
because we have been talking about

6089
03:52:26,980 --> 03:52:27,981
a marina

6090
03:52:27,981 --> 03:52:29,983
and people come down and say, the

6091
03:52:29,983 --> 03:52:31,985
marina? We want people to come

6092
03:52:31,985 --> 03:52:32,986
and say, oh my gosh, how have I missed

6093
03:52:32,986 --> 03:52:34,986
this? So

6094
03:52:35,989 --> 03:52:38,959
just think about the upside.

6095
03:52:38,959 --> 03:52:40,961
we can always come with reasons why

6096
03:52:40,961 --> 03:52:41,962
we can't. We've got to start looking

6097
03:52:41,962 --> 03:52:43,962
at the class

6098
03:52:43,964 --> 03:52:47,968
have full. And I have been here long

6099
03:52:47,968 --> 03:52:49,968
enough where folks

6100
03:52:50,971 --> 03:52:52,971
thought about

6101
03:52:53,974 --> 03:52:55,976
not wanting a downtown

6102
03:52:55,976 --> 03:52:59,576
, pleasant hill. And what has happened?

6103
03:52:59,980 --> 03:53:02,980
it is bustling. I remember

6104
03:53:02,983 --> 03:53:03,984
when folks

6105
03:53:03,984 --> 03:53:05,986
in the old walnut creek was opposed

6106
03:53:05,986 --> 03:53:07,986
to the new

6107
03:53:08,989 --> 03:53:10,991
walnut creek across mount diablo because

6108
03:53:10,991 --> 03:53:13,961
that was going to kill her businesses.

6109
03:53:13,961 --> 03:53:17,965
what did it do? It created foot traffic.

6110
03:53:17,965 --> 03:53:18,966
for those businesses on the

6111
03:53:18,966 --> 03:53:20,968
other side of mount diablo. So it

6112
03:53:20,968 --> 03:53:22,968
can work.

6113
03:53:23,971 --> 03:53:27,571
but we have to be open

6114
03:53:28,976 --> 03:53:29,977
and thoughtful. And yeah, we can challenge

6115
03:53:29,977 --> 03:53:31,977
and push and

6116
03:53:31,979 --> 03:53:32,980
pull but at the end of the day, it

6117
03:53:32,980 --> 03:53:35,380
benefits all of us.

6118
03:53:38,986 --> 03:53:40,988
not just council, all of you. We want

6119
03:53:40,988 --> 03:53:41,989
your input. We want to hear from you.

6120
03:53:41,989 --> 03:53:43,989
you want to

6121
03:53:44,992 --> 03:53:46,960
say that yeah, it's important

6122
03:53:46,960 --> 03:53:49,963
we maintain the character of our wonderful city.

6123
03:53:49,963 --> 03:53:50,964
yeah, we want you to say we need access

6124
03:53:50,964 --> 03:53:52,964
points. We

6125
03:53:53,967 --> 03:53:56,970
didn't say is, I want us

6126
03:53:56,970 --> 03:53:59,973
to be , I want us to be the bocce

6127
03:53:59,973 --> 03:54:02,973
ball capital of the world.

6128
03:54:02,976 --> 03:54:03,977
where we are international, where

6129
03:54:03,977 --> 03:54:05,979
people come from all over the world

6130
03:54:05,979 --> 03:54:08,979
to compete. Think about that.

6131
03:54:09,983 --> 03:54:11,985
think about hotel occupancy. Think

6132
03:54:11,985 --> 03:54:13,985
about revenue. Thick

6133
03:54:14,988 --> 03:54:17,991
about restaurants. Who benefits from that?

6134
03:54:17,991 --> 03:54:19,991
all of us.

6135
03:54:20,961 --> 03:54:23,964
so, I am in support of moving

6136
03:54:23,964 --> 03:54:25,966
down the road and beginning

6137
03:54:25,966 --> 03:54:28,366
these discussions and negotiations

6138
03:54:29,970 --> 03:54:31,972
and pull and push.

6139
03:54:31,972 --> 03:54:32,973
because it's for the betterment of

6140
03:54:32,973 --> 03:54:34,973
all

6141
03:54:35,976 --> 03:54:38,979
of us, everybody will win from this.

6142
03:54:38,979 --> 03:54:40,979
this

6143
03:54:41,982 --> 03:54:44,382
is an and conversation.

6144
03:54:44,985 --> 03:54:47,988
it's not an either or. It's

6145
03:54:47,988 --> 03:54:49,990
not us versus them.

6146
03:54:49,990 --> 03:54:50,991
it is an and conversation. It is all

6147
03:54:50,991 --> 03:54:53,961
of us in this together to

6148
03:54:53,961 --> 03:54:56,961
make our city better. Thriving.

6149
03:54:56,964 --> 03:54:58,964
a destination point

6150
03:54:59,967 --> 03:55:02,970
for us and people outside of

6151
03:55:02,970 --> 03:55:04,970
our community.

6152
03:55:04,972 --> 03:55:05,973
we have got a couple thousand county

6153
03:55:05,973 --> 03:55:07,973
employees down here

6154
03:55:08,976 --> 03:55:11,979
every day. They don't always stay.

6155
03:55:11,979 --> 03:55:13,979
but guess what,

6156
03:55:20,988 --> 03:55:22,990
if they have a reason to

6157
03:55:22,990 --> 03:55:23,991
stay they are going to stay. Going

6158
03:55:23,991 --> 03:55:24,992
to take their clients out. The going

6159
03:55:24,992 --> 03:55:25,959
to

6160
03:55:25,959 --> 03:55:26,960
have cocktails. They are going to

6161
03:55:26,960 --> 03:55:27,961
shop. The shopping, someone brought

6162
03:55:27,961 --> 03:55:28,962
up retail, I

6163
03:55:28,962 --> 03:55:29,963
want those retail locations at the

6164
03:55:29,963 --> 03:55:30,964
waterfront to be filled with local

6165
03:55:30,964 --> 03:55:31,965
business owners. I'm

6166
03:55:31,965 --> 03:55:32,966
not talking about bringing in eight

6167
03:55:32,966 --> 03:55:35,969
ruth chris. I want local is is is

6168
03:55:35,969 --> 03:55:38,969
down there benefiting from that.

6169
03:55:38,972 --> 03:55:41,972
just like downtown right here.

6170
03:55:41,975 --> 03:55:43,975
so it is

6171
03:55:44,978 --> 03:55:46,978
a visionary.

6172
03:55:46,980 --> 03:55:50,984
some folks are going to feel uncomfortable.

6173
03:55:50,984 --> 03:55:52,984
but, the

6174
03:55:53,987 --> 03:55:54,988
beauty of visionaries ,

6175
03:55:54,988 --> 03:55:56,990
often times folks can't always see

6176
03:55:56,990 --> 03:55:58,990
the vision.

6177
03:55:59,960 --> 03:56:01,962
but if you just

6178
03:56:01,962 --> 03:56:02,963
lean in, and you see the outcome,

6179
03:56:02,963 --> 03:56:05,363
and it's like, oh,

6180
03:56:05,966 --> 03:56:07,966
I got it.

6181
03:56:08,969 --> 03:56:11,969
wow, this is beautiful. Wow,

6182
03:56:11,972 --> 03:56:14,372
look at my kids.

6183
03:56:14,975 --> 03:56:17,978
playing and engaged. Look at the community.

6184
03:56:17,978 --> 03:56:20,978
look at our fireworks, they

6185
03:56:20,981 --> 03:56:21,982
are now on steroids out there. So

6186
03:56:21,982 --> 03:56:23,982
let's think

6187
03:56:23,984 --> 03:56:24,985
outside of the box. It's okay. We

6188
03:56:24,985 --> 03:56:26,985
will

6189
03:56:26,987 --> 03:56:28,987
get there. But

6190
03:56:29,990 --> 03:56:35,963
it will be to the benefit of all of us.

6191
03:56:35,963 --> 03:56:36,964
>> that is wonderful. I want to piggyback on

6192
03:56:36,964 --> 03:56:37,965
what my colleagues

6193
03:56:37,965 --> 03:56:38,966
have been talking about, the access.

6194
03:56:38,966 --> 03:56:41,969
honestly it's very important. If we

6195
03:56:41,969 --> 03:56:43,969
came in

6196
03:56:44,972 --> 03:56:47,975
from marina vista and then went down into

6197
03:56:47,975 --> 03:56:48,976
the ballfields area, that area, we

6198
03:56:48,976 --> 03:56:49,977
are

6199
03:56:49,977 --> 03:56:51,979
starting out at an elevated plateau,

6200
03:56:51,979 --> 03:56:52,980
just

6201
03:56:52,980 --> 03:56:54,982
a thought I wanted to throw out there.

6202
03:56:54,982 --> 03:56:56,982
it's interesting

6203
03:56:56,984 --> 03:56:57,985
because my phone is absolutely blowing

6204
03:56:57,985 --> 03:56:59,985
the. All these

6205
03:57:00,988 --> 03:57:03,988
people watching right now are

6206
03:57:03,991 --> 03:57:06,991
adding all these great ideas.

6207
03:57:12,966 --> 03:57:13,967
and, yeah, I've got

6208
03:57:13,967 --> 03:57:14,968
to agree with everybody, the historical

6209
03:57:14,968 --> 03:57:15,969
park is so important to this town.

6210
03:57:15,969 --> 03:57:17,969
another thing

6211
03:57:17,971 --> 03:57:18,972
I really want to ask all of you is,

6212
03:57:18,972 --> 03:57:19,973
you have to be are

6213
03:57:19,973 --> 03:57:20,974
ambassadors. You have to go out into

6214
03:57:20,974 --> 03:57:24,978
the public and help us sell this.

6215
03:57:24,978 --> 03:57:25,979
because not everybody

6216
03:57:25,979 --> 03:57:27,981
is getting to see this message. So

6217
03:57:27,981 --> 03:57:28,982
we need you to be

6218
03:57:28,982 --> 03:57:30,984
are ambassadors, we need you to spread

6219
03:57:30,984 --> 03:57:31,985
the word. Go to your

6220
03:57:31,985 --> 03:57:33,987
bocce ball teams until everybody about

6221
03:57:33,987 --> 03:57:35,987
it because

6222
03:57:42,963 --> 03:57:43,964
this is very exciting for our

6223
03:57:43,964 --> 03:57:44,965
town. Like I said we have been waiting

6224
03:57:44,965 --> 03:57:46,967
decades for something like this. I

6225
03:57:46,967 --> 03:57:48,969
can't wait to push this forward. I

6226
03:57:48,969 --> 03:57:49,970
do kind of want to lift up all

6227
03:57:49,970 --> 03:57:53,974
of the other council members and mayors

6228
03:57:53,974 --> 03:57:54,975
and all the fighting they have done

6229
03:57:54,975 --> 03:57:55,976
over the

6230
03:57:55,976 --> 03:57:56,977
years trying to do something. I feel

6231
03:57:56,977 --> 03:57:57,978
very grateful that this is landing

6232
03:57:57,978 --> 03:57:59,978
in our

6233
03:58:00,981 --> 03:58:03,981
lap and this is organically

6234
03:58:03,984 --> 03:58:04,985
found

6235
03:58:04,985 --> 03:58:06,987
us. It did happen through some strange circumstances.

6236
03:58:06,987 --> 03:58:07,988
right, and then all of

6237
03:58:07,988 --> 03:58:09,990
a sudden omar went away and all of

6238
03:58:09,990 --> 03:58:11,992
a sudden we realized this whole

6239
03:58:11,992 --> 03:58:15,963
marina is 30 years past its shelf life.

6240
03:58:15,963 --> 03:58:17,965
I do want to thank everybody.

6241
03:58:17,965 --> 03:58:18,966
and it's time I like debbie to make

6242
03:58:18,966 --> 03:58:20,966
a motion

6243
03:58:21,969 --> 03:58:22,970
if she would like to,

6244
03:58:22,970 --> 03:58:24,972
being our longest serving councilmember.

6245
03:58:24,972 --> 03:58:27,975
I think it would be an

6246
03:58:27,975 --> 03:58:30,975
honor and, thank you again.

6247
03:58:33,981 --> 03:58:35,981
>>

6248
03:58:42,990 --> 03:58:44,992
before, debbie, if you're comfortable

6249
03:58:44,992 --> 03:58:45,959
making that motion, before you do that

6250
03:58:45,959 --> 03:58:46,960
I just had one

6251
03:58:46,960 --> 03:58:47,961
quick follow-up question I wanted

6252
03:58:47,961 --> 03:58:48,962
to make sure got said tonight before

6253
03:58:48,962 --> 03:58:49,963
everyone went home.

6254
03:58:49,963 --> 03:58:51,965
we got a couple of questions about

6255
03:58:51,965 --> 03:58:54,968
the tlup approved in the past

6256
03:58:54,968 --> 03:58:55,969
and how

6257
03:58:55,969 --> 03:58:56,970
this design is not completely aligned with

6258
03:58:56,970 --> 03:59:00,570
the tlup that was approved before.

6259
03:59:00,974 --> 03:59:01,975
jill or lauren, can you

6260
03:59:01,975 --> 03:59:03,977
speak to your understanding of conversations

6261
03:59:03,977 --> 03:59:04,978
you have had

6262
03:59:04,978 --> 03:59:06,980
with california state lands and east

6263
03:59:06,980 --> 03:59:08,982
bay regional park's, have they

6264
03:59:08,982 --> 03:59:09,983
had an opportunity to look at this

6265
03:59:09,983 --> 03:59:11,983
, have

6266
03:59:12,986 --> 03:59:13,987
they given you any feedback?

6267
03:59:13,987 --> 03:59:14,988
>>

6268
03:59:14,988 --> 03:59:15,989
thank you, mayor. The proposal has

6269
03:59:15,989 --> 03:59:17,989
not

6270
03:59:18,959 --> 03:59:20,959
been shared

6271
03:59:20,961 --> 03:59:21,962
with them except if they are online

6272
03:59:21,962 --> 03:59:23,964
tonight, we did provide

6273
03:59:23,964 --> 03:59:24,965
them with a link to be able to watch

6274
03:59:24,965 --> 03:59:25,966
this. He also did reach

6275
03:59:25,966 --> 03:59:27,968
out to have conversations prior so

6276
03:59:27,968 --> 03:59:29,968
we made sure

6277
03:59:30,971 --> 03:59:31,972
we were kind of asking all the right

6278
03:59:31,972 --> 03:59:32,973
questions

6279
03:59:32,973 --> 03:59:34,975
as we were going along. To make sure

6280
03:59:34,975 --> 03:59:36,977
some things are being proposed would

6281
03:59:36,977 --> 03:59:38,979
be acceptable. Some of the

6282
03:59:38,979 --> 03:59:39,980
things we learned were that , the

6283
03:59:39,980 --> 03:59:41,980
trust land-use

6284
03:59:54,962 --> 03:59:55,963
plans are easy to amend.

6285
03:59:55,963 --> 03:59:57,965
they are and initial guiding documents

6286
03:59:57,965 --> 03:59:58,966
it happens all the time where documents need

6287
03:59:58,966 --> 03:59:59,967
to be

6288
03:59:59,967 --> 04:00:00,968
amended especially with visionary

6289
04:00:00,968 --> 04:00:01,969
type plans. For this very reason when

6290
04:00:01,969 --> 04:00:02,970
you look at

6291
04:00:02,970 --> 04:00:03,971
things that comes down to the economics

6292
04:00:03,971 --> 04:00:04,972
and these things can actually come

6293
04:00:04,972 --> 04:00:05,973
to fruition.

6294
04:00:05,973 --> 04:00:06,974
so they are aware, we have been in

6295
04:00:06,974 --> 04:00:07,975
contact with them. As well as

6296
04:00:07,975 --> 04:00:08,976
east bay regional parks, they were

6297
04:00:08,976 --> 04:00:09,977
one of the stakeholders we reached

6298
04:00:09,977 --> 04:00:10,978
out to

6299
04:00:10,978 --> 04:00:11,979
because we were mindful insensitive

6300
04:00:11,979 --> 04:00:12,980
to the parks surrounding this property.

6301
04:00:12,980 --> 04:00:14,980
and their

6302
04:00:15,983 --> 04:00:17,983
team was

6303
04:00:25,959 --> 04:00:27,961
supportive of the vision and supportive

6304
04:00:27,961 --> 04:00:28,962
of what is happening. They were excited

6305
04:00:28,962 --> 04:00:29,963
to

6306
04:00:29,963 --> 04:00:30,964
be included and definitely wanted

6307
04:00:30,964 --> 04:00:31,965
to --their goal was to get people

6308
04:00:31,965 --> 04:00:32,966
to the

6309
04:00:32,966 --> 04:00:33,967
parks. Get people to the water. That is

6310
04:00:33,967 --> 04:00:34,968
kind of what they communicated to

6311
04:00:34,968 --> 04:00:35,969
us,

6312
04:00:35,969 --> 04:00:36,970
anything that does that, this is fantastic.

6313
04:00:36,970 --> 04:00:37,971
we will definitely be working with

6314
04:00:37,971 --> 04:00:38,972
them

6315
04:00:38,972 --> 04:00:39,973
closely as well.

6316
04:00:39,973 --> 04:00:40,974
>> by the way, one

6317
04:00:40,974 --> 04:00:42,976
of the things, again, this will

6318
04:00:42,976 --> 04:00:45,376
be a later conversation,

6319
04:00:45,979 --> 04:00:47,979
but

6320
04:00:47,981 --> 04:00:48,982
that greg has talked with us about is

6321
04:00:48,982 --> 04:00:49,983
that east bay regional park

6322
04:00:49,983 --> 04:00:50,984
district will actually benefit from

6323
04:00:50,984 --> 04:00:51,985
this project because there will be more

6324
04:00:51,985 --> 04:00:53,985
connections built

6325
04:00:54,988 --> 04:00:56,988
and also

6326
04:00:56,990 --> 04:00:57,991
improvements to the trails, especially

6327
04:00:57,991 --> 04:00:58,992
those around the bordering areas.

6328
04:00:58,992 --> 04:01:00,961
that was something the very much peaked

6329
04:01:00,961 --> 04:01:02,963
their interest. One more thing I will

6330
04:01:02,963 --> 04:01:03,964
say too is that we spoke with every

6331
04:01:03,964 --> 04:01:05,964
official from federal

6332
04:01:08,969 --> 04:01:09,970
, state to local, we did that outreach.

6333
04:01:09,970 --> 04:01:11,972
as you know those are the

6334
04:01:11,972 --> 04:01:12,973
folks that often opus advocate at

6335
04:01:12,973 --> 04:01:14,975
the state level when

6336
04:01:14,975 --> 04:01:15,976
we are trying to champion our projects

6337
04:01:15,976 --> 04:01:17,976
.

6338
04:01:17,978 --> 04:01:21,578
and across the board everybody was

6339
04:01:21,982 --> 04:01:23,984
in support of this project, even

6340
04:01:23,984 --> 04:01:24,985
though some could make it here tonight,

6341
04:01:24,985 --> 04:01:27,985
they absolutely were very interested

6342
04:01:27,988 --> 04:01:29,988
and supportive.

6343
04:01:30,991 --> 04:01:33,991
>> great, thank you. With that,

6344
04:01:35,963 --> 04:01:36,964
I will hand this over to my colleagues.

6345
04:01:36,964 --> 04:01:39,364
if anyone would like

6346
04:01:39,967 --> 04:01:40,968
to make a motion.

6347
04:01:40,968 --> 04:01:42,970
>> I will gladly make

6348
04:01:42,970 --> 04:01:45,973
a motion that we enter into an exclusive

6349
04:01:45,973 --> 04:01:47,973
negotiation arrangement with

6350
04:01:48,976 --> 04:01:49,977
tucker sadler.

6351
04:01:49,977 --> 04:01:51,977
>>

6352
04:01:51,979 --> 04:01:52,980
debbie can you restate that. We are

6353
04:01:52,980 --> 04:01:54,980
entering

6354
04:01:54,982 --> 04:01:57,985
into negotiations --we don't actually have

6355
04:01:57,985 --> 04:01:58,986
--

6356
04:01:58,986 --> 04:02:00,986
>> so, I

6357
04:02:00,988 --> 04:02:03,388
will say that again.

6358
04:02:03,991 --> 04:02:05,959
make a motion to authorize

6359
04:02:05,959 --> 04:02:06,960
the city to enter into negotiations for

6360
04:02:06,960 --> 04:02:09,360
an exclusive negotiation agreement

6361
04:02:09,963 --> 04:02:10,964
ena, with tucker sadler.

6362
04:02:10,964 --> 04:02:11,965
>> I will

6363
04:02:11,965 --> 04:02:12,966
second

6364
04:02:12,966 --> 04:02:13,967
that.

6365
04:02:13,967 --> 04:02:15,969
>> >> mayor zorn. A roll

6366
04:02:15,969 --> 04:02:16,970
call vote.

6367
04:02:16,970 --> 04:02:18,970
>> vice mayor howard.

6368
04:02:18,972 --> 04:02:20,972
>> yes. >> councilmember young.

6369
04:02:21,975 --> 04:02:23,977
>> yes. >> councilmember malhi. >> >> aye.

6370
04:02:23,977 --> 04:02:24,978
yes.

6371
04:02:24,978 --> 04:02:26,978
>> councilmember mckillop. >> aye.

6372
04:02:27,981 --> 04:02:29,981
>> motion pashas.

6373
04:02:39,960 --> 04:02:40,961
all ayes.

6374
04:02:40,961 --> 04:02:41,962
>> [ applause ] >> based on

6375
04:02:41,962 --> 04:02:42,963
my

6376
04:02:42,963 --> 04:02:43,964
understanding the outcome of this vote

6377
04:02:43,964 --> 04:02:44,965
is that staff will begin negotiating

6378
04:02:44,965 --> 04:02:45,966
with tucker

6379
04:02:45,966 --> 04:02:46,967
sadler . We have a meeting in july and

6380
04:02:46,967 --> 04:02:48,969
we are actually taking the

6381
04:02:48,969 --> 04:02:50,971
month of august off as

6382
04:02:50,971 --> 04:02:51,972
we every year do. We should expect

6383
04:02:51,972 --> 04:02:53,972
a draft

6384
04:02:54,975 --> 04:02:56,977
coming to us probably

6385
04:02:56,977 --> 04:02:57,978
at a september meeting, is that the

6386
04:02:57,978 --> 04:03:00,378
approximate schedule the people

6387
04:03:00,981 --> 04:03:01,982
should expect?

6388
04:03:01,982 --> 04:03:03,982
>> possibly.

6389
04:03:04,985 --> 04:03:06,985
it's doable.

6390
04:03:06,987 --> 04:03:07,988
september or october.

6391
04:03:07,988 --> 04:03:09,988
>> okay. Great.

6392
04:03:10,991 --> 04:03:13,391
thank you. All right,

6393
04:03:17,965 --> 04:03:19,967
thank you, everyone, for participating.

6394
04:03:19,967 --> 04:03:20,968
I know it has been

6395
04:03:20,968 --> 04:03:22,970
a very late evening. I want to remind

6396
04:03:22,970 --> 04:03:23,971
everyone I am three hours ahead

6397
04:03:23,971 --> 04:03:25,973
of use with later for me. But that's

6398
04:03:25,973 --> 04:03:26,974
okay. So thank you for joining us

6399
04:03:26,974 --> 04:03:27,975
this evening. I would like to take

6400
04:03:27,975 --> 04:03:29,977
a five-minute break before we go into

6401
04:03:29,977 --> 04:03:31,979
our last few items on the agenda.

6402
04:03:31,979 --> 04:03:33,979
it is

6403
04:03:34,982 --> 04:03:36,982
10:45, let's regroup a

6404
04:03:37,985 --> 04:03:39,985
few minutes before 11:00.

6405
04:03:40,988 --> 04:03:42,988
thank you.

6406
04:10:22,990 --> 04:10:23,991
>> can everyone begin to take their

6407
04:10:23,991 --> 04:10:24,992
seats?

6408
04:10:24,992 --> 04:10:26,960
I'm not sure if anyone can hear me,

6409
04:10:26,960 --> 04:10:28,962
but if you can, let's get ready

6410
04:10:28,962 --> 04:10:34,362
to take on last few items on the agenda.

6411
04:11:45,973 --> 04:11:47,975
>> everyone, please take a seat. We're

6412
04:11:47,975 --> 04:11:50,975
going to resume the meeting.

6413
04:11:59,987 --> 04:12:02,990
>> let it show for the record,

6414
04:12:02,990 --> 04:12:05,990
vice mayor howard is ready.

6415
04:12:07,961 --> 04:12:08,962
>> we are not able to start until

6416
04:12:08,962 --> 04:12:11,962
we have a quorum on

6417
04:12:11,965 --> 04:12:13,965
the dais.

6418
04:13:05,986 --> 04:13:07,986
>> you may start. >>

6419
04:13:08,989 --> 04:13:10,991
oh, good, it still recording?

6420
04:13:10,991 --> 04:13:15,191
excellent, thank you. Hold on one minute.

6421
04:13:22,970 --> 04:13:23,971
all right, our next item, general

6422
04:13:23,971 --> 04:13:24,972
business item number two, adopt a

6423
04:13:24,972 --> 04:13:26,972
resolution approving

6424
04:13:26,974 --> 04:13:28,976
a general obligation bond

6425
04:13:28,976 --> 04:13:29,977
tax rate for fiscal year 2526 property

6426
04:13:29,977 --> 04:13:31,977
tax roll.

6427
04:13:35,983 --> 04:13:37,983
june,

6428
04:13:37,985 --> 04:13:38,986
I see you on camera. I assume you

6429
04:13:38,986 --> 04:13:40,988
will be leading off today?

6430
04:13:40,988 --> 04:13:41,989
>> actually I'm going to turn over

6431
04:13:41,989 --> 04:13:42,990
to my accountant, courtney butler

6432
04:13:42,990 --> 04:13:44,990
for

6433
04:13:44,992 --> 04:13:45,993
this item.

6434
04:13:45,993 --> 04:13:47,961
>> good evening,

6435
04:13:47,961 --> 04:13:50,361
mayor and council members.

6436
04:13:50,964 --> 04:13:51,965
I am presenting the recommended general

6437
04:13:51,965 --> 04:13:53,965
obligation

6438
04:13:53,967 --> 04:13:56,970
tax bond rate for fiscal year

6439
04:13:56,970 --> 04:13:59,370
25/26 property tax roll. In 2008

6440
04:13:59,973 --> 04:14:01,973
voters passed measure

6441
04:14:05,979 --> 04:14:07,979
h which allows

6442
04:14:07,981 --> 04:14:08,982
the city to issue up to $30 million

6443
04:14:08,982 --> 04:14:09,983
in bonds to improve our parks, library

6444
04:14:09,983 --> 04:14:10,984
and

6445
04:14:10,984 --> 04:14:11,985
swimming pool. Since then the city

6446
04:14:11,985 --> 04:14:12,986
has issued three sets of bonds and

6447
04:14:12,986 --> 04:14:14,986
refinanced

6448
04:14:14,988 --> 04:14:16,990
two of them to reduce interest costs.

6449
04:14:16,990 --> 04:14:18,992
these bonds are repaid through the

6450
04:14:18,992 --> 04:14:20,992
property tax base

6451
04:14:22,963 --> 04:14:23,964
on the value of each property. In

6452
04:14:23,964 --> 04:14:27,564
fiscal year 25/26 to cover the cost

6453
04:14:27,968 --> 04:14:29,970
of the debt service payments of

6454
04:14:29,970 --> 04:14:32,970
$1.3 million the tax rate is 0.0167

6455
04:14:33,974 --> 04:14:35,974
four

6456
04:14:36,977 --> 04:14:39,377
$100 of assessed property value.

6457
04:14:42,983 --> 04:14:43,984
tonight's action is for the city council

6458
04:14:43,984 --> 04:14:44,985
to approve this tax rate and authorize

6459
04:14:44,985 --> 04:14:47,988
staff to submit this tax rate to contra

6460
04:14:47,988 --> 04:14:48,989
costa county. And now I am here to

6461
04:14:48,989 --> 04:14:50,989
answer any questions.

6462
04:14:54,962 --> 04:14:56,962
>> that is

6463
04:14:56,964 --> 04:15:00,564
great. Thank you for the presentation.

6464
04:15:00,968 --> 04:15:01,969
it was even

6465
04:15:01,969 --> 04:15:02,970
shorter than I expected. Does anyone

6466
04:15:02,970 --> 04:15:03,971
on council have any questions for

6467
04:15:03,971 --> 04:15:05,971
courtney?

6468
04:15:12,980 --> 04:15:13,981
I'm sorry, I can't see if

6469
04:15:13,981 --> 04:15:15,983
they were shaking their heads, were

6470
04:15:15,983 --> 04:15:16,984
there any questions?

6471
04:15:16,984 --> 04:15:17,985
>> know the were

6472
04:15:17,985 --> 04:15:18,986
not.

6473
04:15:18,986 --> 04:15:19,987
>> all right, I don't have any

6474
04:15:19,987 --> 04:15:20,988
questions. Let me open this up

6475
04:15:20,988 --> 04:15:21,989
to public comment and we will see

6476
04:15:21,989 --> 04:15:24,989
if there is anyone in

6477
04:15:24,992 --> 04:15:25,993
council chambers. Vice mayor howard,

6478
04:15:25,993 --> 04:15:27,961
let me know if there is anyone raising

6479
04:15:27,961 --> 04:15:28,962
their hand to speak.

6480
04:15:28,962 --> 04:15:30,962
>>

6481
04:15:30,964 --> 04:15:32,964
negative.

6482
04:15:33,967 --> 04:15:34,968
>> we you check the virtual

6483
04:15:34,968 --> 04:15:35,969
audience please?

6484
04:15:35,969 --> 04:15:36,970
>> please use the

6485
04:15:36,970 --> 04:15:39,973
raise hand feature if you like to comment on

6486
04:15:39,973 --> 04:15:41,973
this item.

6487
04:15:42,976 --> 04:15:43,977
I have no hands.

6488
04:15:43,977 --> 04:15:44,978
>> okay, all right,

6489
04:15:44,978 --> 04:15:45,979
let's

6490
04:15:45,979 --> 04:15:47,981
bring that back to council

6491
04:15:47,981 --> 04:15:48,982
for a motion.

6492
04:15:48,982 --> 04:15:49,983
>> I like to make a

6493
04:15:49,983 --> 04:15:50,984
motion to pass

6494
04:15:50,984 --> 04:15:51,985
a resolution as the city council of

6495
04:15:51,985 --> 04:15:54,985
the city of martinez approving

6496
04:15:54,988 --> 04:15:57,991
the general obligation bond tax rate

6497
04:15:57,991 --> 04:15:58,992
for the fiscal year 2025 through 2026,

6498
04:15:58,992 --> 04:16:00,961
property

6499
04:16:00,961 --> 04:16:01,962
tax roll

6500
04:16:01,962 --> 04:16:03,964
in directing submittal to contra costa

6501
04:16:03,964 --> 04:16:04,965
county.

6502
04:16:04,965 --> 04:16:06,965
>> second.

6503
04:16:06,967 --> 04:16:08,969
>> roll call vote please.

6504
04:16:08,969 --> 04:16:09,970
>> mayor zorn. >> yes. >> vice mayor howard.

6505
04:16:09,970 --> 04:16:11,972
>> yes. >> councilmember young. >> yes.

6506
04:16:11,972 --> 04:16:12,973
>> councilmember malhi. >> aye. >> councilmember mckillop.

6507
04:16:12,973 --> 04:16:14,973
>> aye.

6508
04:16:20,981 --> 04:16:21,982
>> motion passes. All ayes. >> wonderful,

6509
04:16:21,982 --> 04:16:23,982
thank you courtney

6510
04:16:23,984 --> 04:16:26,987
and jen. All right, we have one more item.

6511
04:16:26,987 --> 04:16:27,988
we are now convening as the board

6512
04:16:27,988 --> 04:16:28,989
of directors

6513
04:16:28,989 --> 04:16:30,991
of contra costa county sanitation

6514
04:16:30,991 --> 04:16:32,991
district number six.

6515
04:16:32,993 --> 04:16:33,961
full public hearing for contra costa

6516
04:16:33,961 --> 04:16:35,961
este six

6517
04:16:35,963 --> 04:16:36,964
adopting the resolution of the written

6518
04:16:36,964 --> 04:16:38,964
statement and

6519
04:16:42,970 --> 04:16:43,971
district diagram and

6520
04:16:43,971 --> 04:16:44,972
assessments for fiscal year 25/26.

6521
04:16:44,972 --> 04:16:45,973
who will be presenting on this this

6522
04:16:45,973 --> 04:16:47,973
evening?

6523
04:16:48,976 --> 04:16:50,976
>> public works director.

6524
04:16:51,979 --> 04:16:53,979
>> good evening

6525
04:16:54,982 --> 04:16:57,382
, mayor and council members.

6526
04:16:57,985 --> 04:17:00,985
and member of the audience.

6527
04:17:03,991 --> 04:17:04,992
this procedural requirement in order to levy

6528
04:17:04,992 --> 04:17:06,960
assessments on the

6529
04:17:06,960 --> 04:17:09,963
tax roll is to hold the

6530
04:17:09,963 --> 04:17:11,965
public hearing for the

6531
04:17:11,965 --> 04:17:12,966
contra costa county sanitation district

6532
04:17:12,966 --> 04:17:14,966
number

6533
04:17:15,969 --> 04:17:18,369
six . The rates have

6534
04:17:18,972 --> 04:17:21,972
not changed. For the last

6535
04:17:21,975 --> 04:17:23,975
three years

6536
04:17:24,978 --> 04:17:27,978
we adopted an ordinance three

6537
04:17:27,981 --> 04:17:32,181
years ago that said the rates at

6538
04:17:32,986 --> 04:17:33,987
$24.50 per year. This will be the

6539
04:17:33,987 --> 04:17:34,988
last year those

6540
04:17:34,988 --> 04:17:36,990
were assessed. Total amount assessed

6541
04:17:36,990 --> 04:17:39,990
for the upcoming year is

6542
04:17:39,993 --> 04:17:41,993
$150,100.

6543
04:17:42,963 --> 04:17:45,963
so by holding the public

6544
04:17:45,966 --> 04:17:48,966
hearing and then subsequently adopting

6545
04:17:48,969 --> 04:17:50,971
of the confirming resolution,

6546
04:17:50,971 --> 04:17:51,972
we will allow the levy of the assessments and

6547
04:17:51,972 --> 04:17:53,972
next year's

6548
04:17:54,975 --> 04:17:57,375
tax roll. Open for

6549
04:17:57,978 --> 04:17:58,979
any questions after the hearing.

6550
04:17:58,979 --> 04:18:00,979
>>

6551
04:18:03,984 --> 04:18:05,986
have we received any protests or

6552
04:18:05,986 --> 04:18:06,987
any comments about this?

6553
04:18:06,987 --> 04:18:07,988
>> no. There

6554
04:18:07,988 --> 04:18:09,988
is no increase

6555
04:18:09,990 --> 04:18:11,992
in rates so there is no

6556
04:18:11,992 --> 04:18:12,993
protest to vote on this.

6557
04:18:12,993 --> 04:18:14,993
>> I see.

6558
04:18:15,963 --> 04:18:17,965
gotcha. Okay, and then,

6559
04:18:17,965 --> 04:18:18,966
I am still concerned and I'm going to

6560
04:18:18,966 --> 04:18:20,966
read to

6561
04:18:21,969 --> 04:18:24,972
you what you wrote in the fiscal impact

6562
04:18:24,972 --> 04:18:26,972
that

6563
04:18:26,974 --> 04:18:27,975
there is no impact toward general

6564
04:18:27,975 --> 04:18:29,975
fund. If

6565
04:18:30,978 --> 04:18:32,980
the proposed rate. If the

6566
04:18:32,980 --> 04:18:33,981
resolution authorizing on the county

6567
04:18:33,981 --> 04:18:36,381
property tax bills is

6568
04:18:36,984 --> 04:18:38,984
not improved

6569
04:18:38,986 --> 04:18:39,987
and alternate funding source would

6570
04:18:39,987 --> 04:18:41,989
be required. I am

6571
04:18:41,989 --> 04:18:42,990
reading that to mean if there is a

6572
04:18:42,990 --> 04:18:45,993
major failure or something of the

6573
04:18:45,993 --> 04:18:47,961
infrastructure in

6574
04:18:47,961 --> 04:18:48,962
este six the rate of $24.50 is not sufficient

6575
04:18:48,962 --> 04:18:50,962
or

6576
04:18:51,965 --> 04:18:53,965
I'm sorry,

6577
04:18:53,967 --> 04:18:56,967
$150,100 per year is not sufficient

6578
04:18:57,971 --> 04:18:58,972
to make any major changes. Is that

6579
04:18:58,972 --> 04:19:00,972
a correct reading

6580
04:19:00,974 --> 04:19:01,975
of that statement?

6581
04:19:01,975 --> 04:19:03,975
>> it is. >> okay.

6582
04:19:03,977 --> 04:19:06,980
this is definitely something I know

6583
04:19:06,980 --> 04:19:09,380
we had multiple years

6584
04:19:09,983 --> 04:19:11,985
of protests because we tried

6585
04:19:11,985 --> 04:19:12,986
to raise it. So I'm just acknowledging

6586
04:19:12,986 --> 04:19:14,986
the staff report

6587
04:19:16,990 --> 04:19:18,990
and acknowledging

6588
04:19:21,962 --> 04:19:22,963
that you have alerted us that this

6589
04:19:22,963 --> 04:19:23,964
is an issue. I also

6590
04:19:23,964 --> 04:19:24,965
recognize that the community is not

6591
04:19:24,965 --> 04:19:25,966
interested in raising the rates. But,

6592
04:19:25,966 --> 04:19:28,969
I just want to acknowledge that this

6593
04:19:28,969 --> 04:19:30,969
has potential

6594
04:19:31,972 --> 04:19:33,972
moving forward.

6595
04:19:33,974 --> 04:19:34,975
any council members have any questions

6596
04:19:34,975 --> 04:19:36,975
or comments?

6597
04:19:43,984 --> 04:19:46,384
hearing none, is one

6598
04:19:46,987 --> 04:19:48,989
person in the audience

6599
04:19:48,989 --> 04:19:49,990
have any comments on this item?

6600
04:19:49,990 --> 04:19:51,990
>> negative.

6601
04:19:55,963 --> 04:19:56,964
>> any one in the

6602
04:19:56,964 --> 04:19:58,966
virtual audience have any comments

6603
04:19:58,966 --> 04:19:59,967
on this item?

6604
04:19:59,967 --> 04:20:00,968
>> please use the raise

6605
04:20:00,968 --> 04:20:01,969
hand feature. I have no hands.

6606
04:20:01,969 --> 04:20:03,969
>>

6607
04:20:04,972 --> 04:20:06,972
go ahead.

6608
04:20:07,975 --> 04:20:09,975
I like

6609
04:20:09,977 --> 04:20:10,978
to make a motion to pass the resolution of

6610
04:20:10,978 --> 04:20:11,979
the city council of

6611
04:20:11,979 --> 04:20:13,981
the city of martinez. Constituting

6612
04:20:13,981 --> 04:20:16,981
the board of directors of

6613
04:20:20,988 --> 04:20:21,989
contra costa county sanitation district

6614
04:20:21,989 --> 04:20:22,990
number six approving the annual written

6615
04:20:22,990 --> 04:20:23,991
statement and confirming

6616
04:20:23,991 --> 04:20:24,992
the diagram an assessment for the

6617
04:20:24,992 --> 04:20:25,993
collection of sewer service charges

6618
04:20:25,993 --> 04:20:26,960
on the

6619
04:20:26,960 --> 04:20:28,962
county tax roll for the 2025 through

6620
04:20:28,962 --> 04:20:29,963
2026 fiscal year.

6621
04:20:29,963 --> 04:20:31,963
>> second.

6622
04:20:31,965 --> 04:20:32,966
>> mayor zorn. >> yes.

6623
04:20:32,966 --> 04:20:34,968
>> vice mayor howard. >> yes. >> councilmember young.

6624
04:20:34,968 --> 04:20:36,968
>> yes.

6625
04:20:37,971 --> 04:20:38,972
>> councilmember malhi. >> aye.

6626
04:20:38,972 --> 04:20:40,972
>> councilmember mckillop. >> aye.

6627
04:20:49,983 --> 04:20:50,984
>> motion passes. All ayes.

6628
04:20:50,984 --> 04:20:52,986
>> great, thank you so very much.

6629
04:20:52,986 --> 04:20:54,988
we now reconvene is acidic council is

6630
04:20:54,988 --> 04:20:55,989
the city of martinez in the next is

6631
04:20:55,989 --> 04:20:57,991
a report from the chief of

6632
04:20:57,991 --> 04:20:58,992
police. Do you have any updates?

6633
04:20:58,992 --> 04:20:59,993
>>

6634
04:20:59,993 --> 04:21:00,961
thank you,

6635
04:21:00,961 --> 04:21:01,962
mayor. Just one update, council member

6636
04:21:01,962 --> 04:21:03,964
malhi requested an update

6637
04:21:03,964 --> 04:21:04,965
regarding concerns of traffic issues

6638
04:21:04,965 --> 04:21:06,965
on ambra

6639
04:21:07,968 --> 04:21:08,969
and c

6640
04:21:08,969 --> 04:21:09,970
street. The police department has

6641
04:21:09,970 --> 04:21:10,971
conducted extra patrols out there

6642
04:21:10,971 --> 04:21:12,971
between

6643
04:21:13,974 --> 04:21:15,974
april 17

6644
04:21:15,976 --> 04:21:16,977
and june 30. There was a count of

6645
04:21:16,977 --> 04:21:19,377
133 incidents of us responding

6646
04:21:19,980 --> 04:21:21,980
out there.

6647
04:21:23,984 --> 04:21:25,986
eight of those resulted in traffic

6648
04:21:25,986 --> 04:21:26,987
stops. There were four citations issued

6649
04:21:26,987 --> 04:21:27,988
and

6650
04:21:27,988 --> 04:21:32,788
four warnings were issued. So we do continue

6651
04:21:33,961 --> 04:21:34,962
to patrol in that area regarding the

6652
04:21:34,962 --> 04:21:35,963
concerns that

6653
04:21:35,963 --> 04:21:36,964
had been raised. And we are also collaborating

6654
04:21:36,964 --> 04:21:39,964
with public works regarding longer-term

6655
04:21:39,967 --> 04:21:40,968
engineering-based solutions.

6656
04:21:40,968 --> 04:21:41,969
>> I

6657
04:21:41,969 --> 04:21:43,969
am

6658
04:21:43,971 --> 04:21:46,971
sorry, can you clarify, alhambra

6659
04:21:46,974 --> 04:21:48,974
and c street

6660
04:21:49,977 --> 04:21:51,977
is, which intersection

6661
04:21:51,979 --> 04:21:52,980
are we referring to?

6662
04:21:52,980 --> 04:21:53,981
>> it's a crosswalk

6663
04:21:53,981 --> 04:21:54,982
intersection with a rapid flashing

6664
04:21:54,982 --> 04:21:55,983
be

6665
04:21:55,983 --> 04:21:58,383
could lights. It's by

6666
04:22:01,989 --> 04:22:02,990
the hospital.

6667
04:22:02,990 --> 04:22:03,991
>>

6668
04:22:03,991 --> 04:22:04,992
when people get off the bus and walked

6669
04:22:04,992 --> 04:22:07,961
to the hospital. When people call

6670
04:22:07,961 --> 04:22:10,361
you the police are

6671
04:22:10,964 --> 04:22:11,965
able to in real-time respond that

6672
04:22:11,965 --> 04:22:12,966
quickly

6673
04:22:12,966 --> 04:22:13,967
and then issue citations? Can you

6674
04:22:13,967 --> 04:22:14,968
give an example of what you're talking

6675
04:22:14,968 --> 04:22:15,969
about?

6676
04:22:15,969 --> 04:22:16,970
>> I didn't explain it. We've

6677
04:22:16,970 --> 04:22:19,970
been doing extra patrols based

6678
04:22:19,973 --> 04:22:20,974
on concerns. It's not responses

6679
04:22:20,974 --> 04:22:22,976
to it. It's because they been out

6680
04:22:22,976 --> 04:22:23,977
there doing the extra patrols to look

6681
04:22:23,977 --> 04:22:25,977
for violations.

6682
04:22:25,979 --> 04:22:28,982
>> I see. Thank you for the

6683
04:22:28,982 --> 04:22:30,982
report out.

6684
04:22:30,984 --> 04:22:31,985
council member malhi, I appreciate

6685
04:22:31,985 --> 04:22:33,985
you asking for

6686
04:22:34,988 --> 04:22:37,991
that. I would like us to circle back

6687
04:22:37,991 --> 04:22:38,992
--if you have another

6688
04:22:38,992 --> 04:22:40,961
question, I'd like to circle back

6689
04:22:40,961 --> 04:22:43,964
on this because I think that crosswalk

6690
04:22:43,964 --> 04:22:46,964
seems problematic and I am

6691
04:22:46,967 --> 04:22:48,967
not sure

6692
04:22:49,970 --> 04:22:52,370
--I am not sure

6693
04:22:52,973 --> 04:22:54,973
that citations

6694
04:23:00,981 --> 04:23:01,982
will necessarily produce the outcome we

6695
04:23:01,982 --> 04:23:02,983
are looking for. But I will happily

6696
04:23:02,983 --> 04:23:04,985
be proven wrong. So, chief, if you

6697
04:23:04,985 --> 04:23:05,986
can give us regular report outs and

6698
04:23:05,986 --> 04:23:06,987
if

6699
04:23:06,987 --> 04:23:07,988
it turns out that increased surveys,

6700
04:23:07,988 --> 04:23:10,388
or increased patrols don't

6701
04:23:16,964 --> 04:23:17,965
show a reduction in issues, then maybe

6702
04:23:17,965 --> 04:23:18,966
we can circle back and identify some

6703
04:23:18,966 --> 04:23:19,967
other solution for that crosswalk.

6704
04:23:19,967 --> 04:23:21,967
it's the

6705
04:23:21,969 --> 04:23:22,970
only crosswalk that looks like that in

6706
04:23:22,970 --> 04:23:25,970
martinez. That's why I am

6707
04:23:25,973 --> 04:23:28,973
a little nervous about it.

6708
04:23:28,976 --> 04:23:29,977
>> yeah, just to clarify, as I understand

6709
04:23:29,977 --> 04:23:31,977
it from

6710
04:23:31,979 --> 04:23:34,979
the city engineer, that location

6711
04:23:34,982 --> 04:23:35,983
is already set for an engineering-based study

6712
04:23:35,983 --> 04:23:36,984
is one

6713
04:23:36,984 --> 04:23:37,985
of the safe streets for everybody

6714
04:23:37,985 --> 04:23:40,988
or safe streets for everyone grant.

6715
04:23:40,988 --> 04:23:41,989
I think the next update will be, what

6716
04:23:41,989 --> 04:23:43,989
is the result

6717
04:23:43,991 --> 04:23:45,991
of that.

6718
04:23:45,993 --> 04:23:46,994
and obviously enforcement continues

6719
04:23:46,994 --> 04:23:49,963
to be and then of

6720
04:23:49,963 --> 04:23:52,963
course education which I think

6721
04:23:52,966 --> 04:23:54,968
is being taken care

6722
04:23:54,968 --> 04:23:55,969
of in part by the committee case with

6723
04:23:55,969 --> 04:23:56,970
the hospital. I believe there's also

6724
04:23:56,970 --> 04:23:57,971
a

6725
04:23:57,971 --> 04:23:58,972
sign posted out there reminding the

6726
04:23:58,972 --> 04:23:59,973
strings of their duties when crossing.

6727
04:23:59,973 --> 04:24:00,974
it takes everybody

6728
04:24:00,974 --> 04:24:01,975
working together. The driving as well

6729
04:24:01,975 --> 04:24:03,975
as pedestrians.

6730
04:24:04,978 --> 04:24:05,979
>> great, am glad to hear, I

6731
04:24:05,979 --> 04:24:07,981
had forgotten that was identified

6732
04:24:07,981 --> 04:24:10,381
as part of the

6733
04:24:12,986 --> 04:24:13,987
safe streets for everyone. That is

6734
04:24:13,987 --> 04:24:14,988
exactly what I was going to suggest

6735
04:24:14,988 --> 04:24:15,989
being our

6736
04:24:15,989 --> 04:24:16,990
next step. But we have already done

6737
04:24:16,990 --> 04:24:18,992
it, that is great. Did you have a

6738
04:24:18,992 --> 04:24:19,993
follow-up question?

6739
04:24:19,993 --> 04:24:20,961
>> thank you.

6740
04:24:20,961 --> 04:24:21,962
thank you, chief,

6741
04:24:21,962 --> 04:24:22,963
for that update. I do appreciate it.

6742
04:24:22,963 --> 04:24:25,966
I just wanted to, you know,

6743
04:24:25,966 --> 04:24:28,366
the resident who initially

6744
04:24:28,969 --> 04:24:30,969
flagged this concern

6745
04:24:31,972 --> 04:24:33,972
, has, I believe,

6746
04:24:36,977 --> 04:24:37,978
they work at the county hospital,

6747
04:24:37,978 --> 04:24:39,980
but she did reference

6748
04:24:39,980 --> 04:24:40,981
that one of the doctors at the county

6749
04:24:40,981 --> 04:24:43,981
hospital was actually hit by

6750
04:24:43,984 --> 04:24:45,984
a vehicle

6751
04:24:46,987 --> 04:24:47,988
and that apparently, this is not an

6752
04:24:47,988 --> 04:24:48,989
isolated incident.

6753
04:24:48,989 --> 04:24:49,990
apparently there have been other incidents. Chief,

6754
04:24:49,990 --> 04:24:51,990
you have

6755
04:24:52,993 --> 04:24:57,793
any data to support that? Are you aware,

6756
04:24:57,965 --> 04:24:58,966
have pedestrians in fact been

6757
04:24:58,966 --> 04:24:59,967
>>>

6758
04:24:59,967 --> 04:25:00,968
there? Have we had first responders

6759
04:25:00,968 --> 04:25:01,969
go out in response?

6760
04:25:01,969 --> 04:25:02,970
>> there have

6761
04:25:02,970 --> 04:25:04,970
been collisions there

6762
04:25:04,972 --> 04:25:07,975
but in terms of it being attributed

6763
04:25:07,975 --> 04:25:09,977
to one particular issue, that hasn't

6764
04:25:09,977 --> 04:25:10,978
been established. I'm sure is part

6765
04:25:10,978 --> 04:25:12,978
of the

6766
04:25:13,981 --> 04:25:14,982
engineering study it will make available

6767
04:25:14,982 --> 04:25:15,983
to them whatever

6768
04:25:15,983 --> 04:25:16,984
data they want and they will be able

6769
04:25:16,984 --> 04:25:19,987
to look at it and determine what

6770
04:25:19,987 --> 04:25:20,988
recommendations they may have.

6771
04:25:20,988 --> 04:25:21,989
>>

6772
04:25:21,989 --> 04:25:22,990
yeah,

6773
04:25:22,990 --> 04:25:24,992
I would very much like

6774
04:25:24,992 --> 04:25:28,962
to get some continuous updates on this.

6775
04:25:28,962 --> 04:25:29,963
given it's a very highly trafficked

6776
04:25:29,963 --> 04:25:31,963
crosswalk that

6777
04:25:31,965 --> 04:25:36,765
is used not only by residents, but also

6778
04:25:36,970 --> 04:25:37,971
, you know, county employees, those

6779
04:25:37,971 --> 04:25:40,974
that work at the hospital, patients.

6780
04:25:40,974 --> 04:25:41,975
and I believe it is also next to the

6781
04:25:41,975 --> 04:25:43,975
teamsters hall

6782
04:25:44,978 --> 04:25:46,978
as well.

6783
04:25:49,983 --> 04:25:50,984
so there may be --and also its adjacent

6784
04:25:50,984 --> 04:25:51,985
to the

6785
04:25:51,985 --> 04:25:53,987
high school. So there is a good mix

6786
04:25:53,987 --> 04:25:54,988
of folks who are traversing that

6787
04:25:54,988 --> 04:25:55,989
area. I think it warrants our attention

6788
04:25:55,989 --> 04:25:59,993
and I look forward to getting some

6789
04:25:59,993 --> 04:26:01,962
additional updates as far as

6790
04:26:01,962 --> 04:26:04,962
proposed solutions. Very much appreciate

6791
04:26:08,969 --> 04:26:09,970
, chief, the work

6792
04:26:09,970 --> 04:26:11,972
of pd to at least get out there and

6793
04:26:11,972 --> 04:26:12,973
step up patrols in that area

6794
04:26:12,973 --> 04:26:13,974
while recognizing the fact that there

6795
04:26:13,974 --> 04:26:16,974
are some traffic calming mitigation

6796
04:26:17,978 --> 04:26:20,378
that can potentially be

6797
04:26:20,981 --> 04:26:23,981
undertaken there. So thank you.

6798
04:26:30,991 --> 04:26:31,992
>> great, next up is update from the

6799
04:26:31,992 --> 04:26:32,993
city manager. Acting city manager,

6800
04:26:32,993 --> 04:26:33,961
do you

6801
04:26:33,961 --> 04:26:34,962
have any updates for us?

6802
04:26:34,962 --> 04:26:35,963
>> there

6803
04:26:35,963 --> 04:26:36,964
are none.

6804
04:26:36,964 --> 04:26:37,965
>> great. Since I know

6805
04:26:37,965 --> 04:26:38,966
how involved you were in setting up

6806
04:26:38,966 --> 04:26:39,967
meetings and

6807
04:26:39,967 --> 04:26:41,969
doing outreach for tonight, thank

6808
04:26:41,969 --> 04:26:43,971
you very much for all of

6809
04:26:43,971 --> 04:26:44,972
your efforts, I was really happy to

6810
04:26:44,972 --> 04:26:46,972
see how

6811
04:26:47,975 --> 04:26:50,375
many folks divided input

6812
04:26:50,978 --> 04:26:51,979
from, not even

6813
04:26:51,979 --> 04:26:53,981
people here tonight, but people who

6814
04:26:53,981 --> 04:26:54,982
met with you earlier

6815
04:26:54,982 --> 04:26:56,984
to answer some questions about the

6816
04:26:56,984 --> 04:26:59,984
agenda and all that kind

6817
04:26:59,987 --> 04:27:00,988
of stuff. We just got a lot of

6818
04:27:00,988 --> 04:27:01,989
really positive feedback so thank

6819
04:27:01,989 --> 04:27:04,992
you for all of your efforts. All right,

6820
04:27:04,992 --> 04:27:08,962
no appointments. We do have a few subcommittee

6821
04:27:08,962 --> 04:27:09,963
report outs.

6822
04:27:09,963 --> 04:27:11,965
one is the sustainability subcommittee

6823
04:27:11,965 --> 04:27:14,365
the debbie and I

6824
04:27:14,968 --> 04:27:16,968
serve on.

6825
04:27:19,973 --> 04:27:20,974
debbie, any chance you have the agenda

6826
04:27:20,974 --> 04:27:21,975
in

6827
04:27:21,975 --> 04:27:23,977
front of you? Because I can't remember

6828
04:27:23,977 --> 04:27:24,978
all the things we talked about.

6829
04:27:24,978 --> 04:27:26,980
>> yes, I do have the agenda. The

6830
04:27:26,980 --> 04:27:27,981
first item was a presentation from

6831
04:27:27,981 --> 04:27:29,983
the contra costa county climate leaders

6832
04:27:29,983 --> 04:27:31,983
which was --

6833
04:27:32,986 --> 04:27:33,987
>> that's right. >> told us

6834
04:27:33,987 --> 04:27:35,989
how we fared in the assessment of

6835
04:27:35,989 --> 04:27:37,989
our climate leadership.

6836
04:27:38,992 --> 04:27:41,962
then we also had a report out

6837
04:27:41,962 --> 04:27:42,963
from the

6838
04:27:42,963 --> 04:27:44,965
eco-awards programs. And their plans

6839
04:27:44,965 --> 04:27:45,966
for doing additional

6840
04:27:45,966 --> 04:27:47,968
recognition for individuals and businesses

6841
04:27:47,968 --> 04:27:49,968
that do

6842
04:27:50,971 --> 04:27:53,371
good work in sustainability.

6843
04:27:54,975 --> 04:27:56,977
and then we also heard a staff report

6844
04:27:56,977 --> 04:27:58,977
on the

6845
04:27:59,980 --> 04:28:01,980
bag and food

6846
04:28:01,982 --> 04:28:04,982
wear accessories and condiment update.

6847
04:28:05,986 --> 04:28:08,986
those are the three evidence.

6848
04:28:10,991 --> 04:28:11,992
--items.

6849
04:28:11,992 --> 04:28:12,993
>> just a quick update on

6850
04:28:12,993 --> 04:28:13,961
the last one

6851
04:28:13,961 --> 04:28:17,965
for this meeting, we had, right before

6852
04:28:17,965 --> 04:28:19,965
the

6853
04:28:22,970 --> 04:28:23,971
vacant to vibrant workshop, so we

6854
04:28:23,971 --> 04:28:24,972
got cut a little

6855
04:28:24,972 --> 04:28:26,974
short at the end. And so the discussion

6856
04:28:26,974 --> 04:28:28,974
of single-use plastics

6857
04:28:28,976 --> 04:28:29,977
and what was the other freezing in

6858
04:28:29,977 --> 04:28:30,978
that item?

6859
04:28:30,978 --> 04:28:31,979
>>

6860
04:28:31,979 --> 04:28:32,980
food wear accessories.

6861
04:28:32,980 --> 04:28:34,980
>> food wear accessories,

6862
04:28:41,989 --> 04:28:43,991
we just barely scratched the surface

6863
04:28:43,991 --> 04:28:44,992
and so we asked for carrie and michael

6864
04:28:44,992 --> 04:28:45,993
to bring that up at

6865
04:28:45,993 --> 04:28:46,994
a subsequent meeting. We will talk

6866
04:28:46,994 --> 04:28:47,961
about that again, we didn't make much

6867
04:28:47,961 --> 04:28:48,962
progress on

6868
04:28:48,962 --> 04:28:50,964
that topic. That's great, thank you.

6869
04:28:50,964 --> 04:28:51,965
anybody have any outside agency or

6870
04:28:51,965 --> 04:28:52,966
subcommittee

6871
04:28:52,966 --> 04:28:53,967
report outs not listed on the agenda?

6872
04:28:53,967 --> 04:28:55,967
>>

6873
04:28:56,970 --> 04:28:58,970
I attended the

6874
04:28:59,973 --> 04:29:01,973
transpac meeting

6875
04:29:02,976 --> 04:29:04,976
last

6876
04:29:05,979 --> 04:29:08,982
thursday, july 10, one of the items

6877
04:29:08,982 --> 04:29:11,982
that was shared was the

6878
04:29:15,989 --> 04:29:16,990
contra costa transportation authority

6879
04:29:16,990 --> 04:29:17,991
integrated transit plan. This was

6880
04:29:17,991 --> 04:29:19,991
a presentation

6881
04:29:20,961 --> 04:29:22,961
really designed

6882
04:29:23,964 --> 04:29:24,965
, the plan

6883
04:29:24,965 --> 04:29:25,966
was designed to provide technical

6884
04:29:25,966 --> 04:29:26,967
and planning guidance with a clear

6885
04:29:26,967 --> 04:29:28,967
vision

6886
04:29:29,970 --> 04:29:31,970
for delivering

6887
04:29:31,972 --> 04:29:32,973
a robust transit network that connects

6888
04:29:32,973 --> 04:29:34,975
all major activity centers

6889
04:29:34,975 --> 04:29:35,976
and regional hubs in contra costa

6890
04:29:35,976 --> 04:29:37,976
county. So,

6891
04:29:38,979 --> 04:29:41,979
we were shown plans across

6892
04:29:41,982 --> 04:29:43,982
our five

6893
04:29:46,987 --> 04:29:47,988
counties. Central county action plan,

6894
04:29:47,988 --> 04:29:50,388
tri-valley, so across contra

6895
04:29:50,991 --> 04:29:52,993
costa county and timelines, so

6896
04:29:52,993 --> 04:29:56,964
far the discussion was looking at improving

6897
04:29:56,964 --> 04:29:58,964
our arterial ways

6898
04:29:59,967 --> 04:30:03,567
, connecting mobility hubs in our counties.

6899
04:30:04,972 --> 04:30:07,972
increasing express lanes, part-time transit,

6900
04:30:10,978 --> 04:30:11,979
so having buses during certain designated

6901
04:30:11,979 --> 04:30:14,982
times. Have the ability to go on the

6902
04:30:14,982 --> 04:30:16,982
shoulders, like the 680.

6903
04:30:16,984 --> 04:30:20,584
gave a full-blown presentation and then

6904
04:30:20,988 --> 04:30:21,989
next steps , as I'm getting to the

6905
04:30:21,989 --> 04:30:23,991
end of this, getting

6906
04:30:23,991 --> 04:30:25,991
input from

6907
04:30:25,993 --> 04:30:26,994
transpac and then coming back with

6908
04:30:26,994 --> 04:30:29,394
policy proposals to suggest

6909
04:30:29,963 --> 04:30:31,965
action plans based on

6910
04:30:31,965 --> 04:30:32,966
the different regions and corridors

6911
04:30:32,966 --> 04:30:34,966
. And then

6912
04:30:35,969 --> 04:30:38,369
delivering an integrated transit

6913
04:30:38,972 --> 04:30:40,972
plan. Countywide.

6914
04:30:41,975 --> 04:30:43,977
that was the majority of the

6915
04:30:43,977 --> 04:30:44,978
time last week. That's all I've got.

6916
04:30:44,978 --> 04:30:46,978
>>

6917
04:30:50,984 --> 04:30:51,985
thank

6918
04:30:51,985 --> 04:30:52,986
you for representing martinez at the

6919
04:30:52,986 --> 04:30:53,987
mayor's conference this past week.

6920
04:30:53,987 --> 04:30:54,988
much appreciated.

6921
04:30:54,988 --> 04:30:55,989
>>

6922
04:30:55,989 --> 04:30:59,993
yes, thank you. That was a spirited meeting.

6923
04:30:59,993 --> 04:31:03,964
>> all right, the last item is city council

6924
04:31:03,964 --> 04:31:06,364
comments. What we go

6925
04:31:13,974 --> 04:31:14,975
--actually, I know, debbie, are you

6926
04:31:14,975 --> 04:31:16,977
still interested in closing at the

6927
04:31:16,977 --> 04:31:17,978
meeting this evening?

6928
04:31:17,978 --> 04:31:18,979
>> yes. >> how

6929
04:31:18,979 --> 04:31:19,980
about I will start and we will

6930
04:31:19,980 --> 04:31:21,982
go down the line and then debbie you

6931
04:31:21,982 --> 04:31:22,983
can have the last comment. I

6932
04:31:22,983 --> 04:31:23,984
will pass the gavel to you and you

6933
04:31:23,984 --> 04:31:24,985
can adjourn the meeting after your

6934
04:31:24,985 --> 04:31:25,986
comments.

6935
04:31:25,986 --> 04:31:27,988
so I just wanted to thank st. Peter

6936
04:31:27,988 --> 04:31:28,989
and paul church, they had the

6937
04:31:28,989 --> 04:31:30,991
mediterranean festival over the weekend.

6938
04:31:30,991 --> 04:31:32,993
thanks for coming out. I want

6939
04:31:32,993 --> 04:31:33,994
to thank you for initiating that contact

6940
04:31:33,994 --> 04:31:35,963
a year

6941
04:31:35,963 --> 04:31:37,965
or so ago because it wasn't totally

6942
04:31:37,965 --> 04:31:42,165
on my radar before. I really appreciate

6943
04:31:42,970 --> 04:31:43,971
the we have

6944
04:31:43,971 --> 04:31:45,973
now started this tradition for council

6945
04:31:45,973 --> 04:31:46,974
to go to that festival. It was great.

6946
04:31:46,974 --> 04:31:48,976
and really fun. And the food was great.

6947
04:31:48,976 --> 04:31:50,976
I wanted to

6948
04:31:53,981 --> 04:31:55,983
only comment at the very, very beginning

6949
04:31:55,983 --> 04:31:56,984
of this meeting, we had some folks

6950
04:31:56,984 --> 04:32:00,584
from comment that they would like

6951
04:32:02,990 --> 04:32:03,991
to have some conversations with staff.

6952
04:32:03,991 --> 04:32:04,992
I understand staff

6953
04:32:04,992 --> 04:32:06,994
have already been in touch with one

6954
04:32:06,994 --> 04:32:07,961
of the women who spoke. And so

6955
04:32:07,961 --> 04:32:09,963
I just wanted to check with staff

6956
04:32:09,963 --> 04:32:12,966
and make sure you are good to

6957
04:32:12,966 --> 04:32:14,966
continue those conversations

6958
04:32:15,969 --> 04:32:16,970
with those folks and don't need

6959
04:32:16,970 --> 04:32:18,972
any additional guidance from council.

6960
04:32:18,972 --> 04:32:20,972
>> that

6961
04:32:21,975 --> 04:32:22,976
is correct.

6962
04:32:22,976 --> 04:32:23,977
>>

6963
04:32:23,977 --> 04:32:24,978
okay. All right, great, that is it

6964
04:32:24,978 --> 04:32:25,979
for me.

6965
04:32:25,979 --> 04:32:27,979
>> that

6966
04:32:27,981 --> 04:32:28,982
is great. So

6967
04:32:28,982 --> 04:32:30,984
the one thing I wanted to talk about

6968
04:32:30,984 --> 04:32:33,984
is, let's all remember it

6969
04:32:33,987 --> 04:32:35,987
is coyote season.

6970
04:32:35,989 --> 04:32:36,990
until the end of august. If you love

6971
04:32:36,990 --> 04:32:38,990
your cats and

6972
04:32:39,993 --> 04:32:40,961
dogs keep them inside at night.

6973
04:32:40,961 --> 04:32:42,961
>>

6974
04:32:42,963 --> 04:32:45,966
just again, I want to say

6975
04:32:45,966 --> 04:32:48,969
thank you to the staff for the marina

6976
04:32:48,969 --> 04:32:50,969
revitalization plan.

6977
04:32:51,972 --> 04:32:54,372
again, you all brought

6978
04:32:54,975 --> 04:32:56,975
this forward

6979
04:32:57,978 --> 04:32:59,978
and now

6980
04:32:59,980 --> 04:33:00,981
it looks like we are at least in the

6981
04:33:00,981 --> 04:33:02,981
beginning stages

6982
04:33:03,984 --> 04:33:04,985
of having

6983
04:33:04,985 --> 04:33:06,987
some real conversations about transforming

6984
04:33:06,987 --> 04:33:08,989
the marina. So again, I can't

6985
04:33:08,989 --> 04:33:09,990
thank you all enough, this is a heavy

6986
04:33:09,990 --> 04:33:10,991
lift. The

6987
04:33:10,991 --> 04:33:12,993
exciting part is the work is really

6988
04:33:12,993 --> 04:33:14,962
going to start to begin.

6989
04:33:14,962 --> 04:33:18,966
thank you all for making it happen.

6990
04:33:18,966 --> 04:33:20,966
>>

6991
04:33:21,969 --> 04:33:24,369
thank you very much.

6992
04:33:24,972 --> 04:33:27,972
just a couple of quick

6993
04:33:27,975 --> 04:33:29,977
shout outs, the pine meadow ribbon

6994
04:33:29,977 --> 04:33:30,978
cutting ceremony and fourth of july

6995
04:33:30,978 --> 04:33:32,978
,

6996
04:33:33,981 --> 04:33:36,984
thanks to staff and all of the

6997
04:33:36,984 --> 04:33:38,984
volunteers who helped

6998
04:33:39,987 --> 04:33:41,989
make those events successful and possible.

6999
04:33:41,989 --> 04:33:42,990
very much appreciate that. Another great

7000
04:33:42,990 --> 04:33:44,990
parade

7001
04:33:45,993 --> 04:33:48,962
, so thank you very much.

7002
04:33:48,962 --> 04:33:51,962
and, I did want to

7003
04:33:51,965 --> 04:33:53,965
also just highlight,

7004
04:33:54,968 --> 04:33:57,971
for my colleagues and staff in

7005
04:33:57,971 --> 04:33:58,972
the community, for those of you who

7006
04:33:58,972 --> 04:34:00,972
may not

7007
04:34:00,974 --> 04:34:02,974
be aware,

7008
04:34:03,977 --> 04:34:04,978
safeway/albertsons

7009
04:34:04,978 --> 04:34:06,980
and kroger have been in negotiations

7010
04:34:06,980 --> 04:34:08,982
with u of cw including

7011
04:34:08,982 --> 04:34:09,983
you of cw local five here in martinez.

7012
04:34:09,983 --> 04:34:11,983
yesterday

7013
04:34:11,985 --> 04:34:14,985
and informational eating was held

7014
04:34:15,989 --> 04:34:18,992
at the safeway in pleasant hill.

7015
04:34:18,992 --> 04:34:20,992
and,

7016
04:34:21,962 --> 04:34:24,965
so, it is certainly my hope and

7017
04:34:24,965 --> 04:34:26,965
I know

7018
04:34:27,968 --> 04:34:28,969
those of you, that the safeway will

7019
04:34:28,969 --> 04:34:29,970
negotiate

7020
04:34:29,970 --> 04:34:30,971
in good faith and pay their workers

7021
04:34:30,971 --> 04:34:32,973
a good living wage. With

7022
04:34:32,973 --> 04:34:36,573
benefits. I hope that an amicable

7023
04:34:36,977 --> 04:34:37,978
solution can be reached in the near

7024
04:34:37,978 --> 04:34:39,978
future

7025
04:34:39,980 --> 04:34:42,980
to avoid a strike . No

7026
04:34:42,983 --> 04:34:44,983
doubt we have

7027
04:34:45,986 --> 04:34:47,988
two locations in our community.

7028
04:34:47,988 --> 04:34:51,588
will certainly be impacted by that.

7029
04:34:51,992 --> 04:34:53,992
I definitely

7030
04:34:53,994 --> 04:34:54,962
do not want to see that happen. I

7031
04:34:54,962 --> 04:34:56,962
encourage safeway

7032
04:34:57,965 --> 04:34:59,965
to do

7033
04:34:59,967 --> 04:35:00,968
their part and do right by their workers.

7034
04:35:00,968 --> 04:35:03,968
that is really, really important.

7035
04:35:03,971 --> 04:35:05,971
other than that,

7036
04:35:05,973 --> 04:35:08,976
I don't have any further updates.

7037
04:35:08,976 --> 04:35:09,977
one question I did have about an upcoming

7038
04:35:09,977 --> 04:35:12,377
meeting, it's my understanding

7039
04:35:12,980 --> 04:35:15,380
the council will be

7040
04:35:18,986 --> 04:35:19,987
in the meeting, lauren, with the diversity and

7041
04:35:19,987 --> 04:35:20,988
cultural

7042
04:35:20,988 --> 04:35:21,989
commission? Is that still on the books?

7043
04:35:21,989 --> 04:35:23,991
and if so, do you

7044
04:35:23,991 --> 04:35:24,992
have any information in terms of what

7045
04:35:24,992 --> 04:35:25,993
that is going to look like?

7046
04:35:25,993 --> 04:35:27,961
>>

7047
04:35:27,961 --> 04:35:29,963
yes, so I will look over to eve,

7048
04:35:29,963 --> 04:35:30,964
jump in if I am miss communicating

7049
04:35:30,964 --> 04:35:32,966
this. So our joint

7050
04:35:32,966 --> 04:35:35,966
council and diversity and cultural

7051
04:35:35,969 --> 04:35:36,970
commission meeting is next thursday,

7052
04:35:36,970 --> 04:35:38,970
the 24th,

7053
04:35:39,973 --> 04:35:41,973
at 7:00. 6:00. 6:00.

7054
04:35:42,976 --> 04:35:45,976
it will be facilitated training

7055
04:35:48,982 --> 04:35:50,984
and kind of getting

7056
04:35:50,984 --> 04:35:51,985
to know one another. This is a new

7057
04:35:51,985 --> 04:35:54,985
commission reporting directly to the

7058
04:35:54,988 --> 04:35:55,989
council. We are still kind of determining

7059
04:35:55,989 --> 04:35:56,990
the location because

7060
04:35:56,990 --> 04:35:57,991
we wanted to have more of a unity

7061
04:35:57,991 --> 04:35:59,991
center feel,

7062
04:36:00,994 --> 04:36:03,394
but we unfortunately, the

7063
04:36:03,964 --> 04:36:05,964
senior center

7064
04:36:09,970 --> 04:36:11,970
--tbd on location.

7065
04:36:11,972 --> 04:36:12,973
we might have to stick here. But yeah,

7066
04:36:12,973 --> 04:36:13,974
it will be a facilitated discussion

7067
04:36:13,974 --> 04:36:15,974
around

7068
04:36:15,976 --> 04:36:16,977
the principles of diversity, equity,

7069
04:36:16,977 --> 04:36:17,978
inclusion and belonging

7070
04:36:17,978 --> 04:36:18,979
is a new commission really kind of

7071
04:36:18,979 --> 04:36:19,980
starts to take off from here.

7072
04:36:19,980 --> 04:36:21,980
>>

7073
04:36:22,983 --> 04:36:25,383
thank you so much.

7074
04:36:27,988 --> 04:36:28,989
>> here we are at the end of the evening.

7075
04:36:28,989 --> 04:36:29,990
we have

7076
04:36:29,990 --> 04:36:31,992
one person in our audience. Thank

7077
04:36:31,992 --> 04:36:34,392
you for sticking around.

7078
04:36:34,962 --> 04:36:35,963
I just wanted to say

7079
04:36:35,963 --> 04:36:39,967
that tonight I think we did something

7080
04:36:39,967 --> 04:36:44,767
miraculous. I think that we set the stage

7081
04:36:44,972 --> 04:36:46,974
for an amazing future for martinez.

7082
04:36:46,974 --> 04:36:49,974
I am proud to be

7083
04:36:49,977 --> 04:36:50,978
part of

7084
04:36:50,978 --> 04:36:52,980
this, with all of you, with all the

7085
04:36:52,980 --> 04:36:53,981
staff. And they just want to

7086
04:36:53,981 --> 04:36:57,581
thank the staff for your outreach

7087
04:37:00,988 --> 04:37:01,989
and your dedication to this. It has

7088
04:37:01,989 --> 04:37:02,990
been

7089
04:37:02,990 --> 04:37:04,992
quite a journey. And we just started.

7090
04:37:04,992 --> 04:37:05,993
and so I am looking forward to

7091
04:37:05,993 --> 04:37:07,961
the adventure. And the journey. I'm

7092
04:37:07,961 --> 04:37:09,963
very excited about developing

7093
04:37:09,963 --> 04:37:13,563
our waterfront , both land and sea.

7094
04:37:13,967 --> 04:37:16,967
very exciting. I also attended

7095
04:37:16,970 --> 04:37:18,970
the mediterranean festival.

7096
04:37:18,972 --> 04:37:19,973
I went there late but it was amazing.

7097
04:37:19,973 --> 04:37:21,973
I actually was

7098
04:37:21,975 --> 04:37:22,976
dancing late into the evening. It

7099
04:37:22,976 --> 04:37:25,376
was a lot of

7100
04:37:25,979 --> 04:37:28,982
fun. It was great. But on a more

7101
04:37:28,982 --> 04:37:29,983
serious note,

7102
04:37:29,983 --> 04:37:31,985
I have the honor this evening to close

7103
04:37:31,985 --> 04:37:33,987
the city council meeting in the

7104
04:37:33,987 --> 04:37:34,988
memory of harriet bird. I brought

7105
04:37:34,988 --> 04:37:36,988
with me

7106
04:37:37,991 --> 04:37:39,991
a picture

7107
04:37:40,994 --> 04:37:42,963
of harriet, I wanted

7108
04:37:42,963 --> 04:37:43,964
to put that out there. So people can

7109
04:37:43,964 --> 04:37:45,964
see her.

7110
04:37:49,970 --> 04:37:50,971
and I had something prepared, partially

7111
04:37:50,971 --> 04:37:52,973
from her obituary and partially a

7112
04:37:52,973 --> 04:37:54,973
little history about

7113
04:37:55,976 --> 04:37:57,976
harriet bert.

7114
04:37:57,978 --> 04:38:00,981
she was a longtime martinez resident

7115
04:38:00,981 --> 04:38:04,581
and integral part of our community.

7116
04:38:13,994 --> 04:38:14,962
so harriet bert, very proud

7117
04:38:14,962 --> 04:38:15,963
and active resident of martinez, california,

7118
04:38:15,963 --> 04:38:18,963
passed away peacefully on may 6, 2025

7119
04:38:18,966 --> 04:38:19,967
in san antonio, texas, she was 85.

7120
04:38:19,967 --> 04:38:21,967
she was born

7121
04:38:21,969 --> 04:38:22,970
in alameda to harold and jean bert,

7122
04:38:22,970 --> 04:38:24,970
both

7123
04:38:25,973 --> 04:38:27,973
devoted schoolteachers

7124
04:38:28,976 --> 04:38:29,977
. Harriet inherited

7125
04:38:29,977 --> 04:38:30,978
a lifelong passion for education,

7126
04:38:30,978 --> 04:38:34,578
civic engagement and public service. Harriet

7127
04:38:37,985 --> 04:38:38,986
began her

7128
04:38:38,986 --> 04:38:40,988
teaching career in martinez jr. High

7129
04:38:40,988 --> 04:38:42,990
school in 1962. She was hired

7130
04:38:42,990 --> 04:38:43,991
by principal john spade, many of us

7131
04:38:43,991 --> 04:38:46,991
might remember him from junior

7132
04:38:46,994 --> 04:38:49,394
high, he hired harriet

7133
04:38:49,963 --> 04:38:52,963
to replace a longtime educator

7134
04:38:56,970 --> 04:38:58,972
, mary gillespie. And the funny thing

7135
04:38:58,972 --> 04:38:59,973
is, harriet was a graduate of fresno

7136
04:38:59,973 --> 04:39:00,974
state university where she roomed

7137
04:39:00,974 --> 04:39:01,975
with her fellow roommate, sheila,

7138
04:39:01,975 --> 04:39:03,977
another longtime martinez resident

7139
04:39:03,977 --> 04:39:04,978
and that was the connection of how she

7140
04:39:04,978 --> 04:39:05,979
kind of

7141
04:39:05,979 --> 04:39:08,979
found martinez's to her roommate.

7142
04:39:15,989 --> 04:39:16,990
and john spade came down and hired

7143
04:39:16,990 --> 04:39:17,991
her. She spent 16

7144
04:39:17,991 --> 04:39:18,992
years at the martinez jr. High. A

7145
04:39:18,992 --> 04:39:19,993
couple years she went to australia

7146
04:39:19,993 --> 04:39:20,994
and

7147
04:39:20,994 --> 04:39:22,963
taught. The last 10 years of her teaching

7148
04:39:22,963 --> 04:39:25,966
she taught u.s. History to many, many

7149
04:39:25,966 --> 04:39:26,967
of us martisians and a

7150
04:39:26,967 --> 04:39:28,969
lot of kids remember miss harriet

7151
04:39:28,969 --> 04:39:30,971
bert. In 1978 she moved

7152
04:39:30,971 --> 04:39:31,972
into the school administration and

7153
04:39:31,972 --> 04:39:33,972
she

7154
04:39:34,975 --> 04:39:36,975
continued to

7155
04:39:45,986 --> 04:39:46,987
lead the administration with clarity

7156
04:39:46,987 --> 04:39:47,988
and compassion

7157
04:39:47,988 --> 04:39:49,990
until 1980. And then she began a new

7158
04:39:49,990 --> 04:39:50,991
chapter as an educational consultant

7159
04:39:50,991 --> 04:39:51,992
traveling across

7160
04:39:51,992 --> 04:39:52,993
the u.s. In canada for 15 years and

7161
04:39:52,993 --> 04:39:53,994
she taught classroom management and

7162
04:39:53,994 --> 04:39:55,963
behavioral

7163
04:39:55,963 --> 04:39:58,363
workshops to fellow educators.

7164
04:39:58,966 --> 04:39:59,967
harriet also shared her

7165
04:39:59,967 --> 04:40:01,969
talents as a journalist with the martinez

7166
04:40:01,969 --> 04:40:02,970
news gazette. Many of us remember

7167
04:40:02,970 --> 04:40:03,971
we

7168
04:40:03,971 --> 04:40:04,972
had a newspaper in town called the

7169
04:40:04,972 --> 04:40:05,973
martinez news gazette. She wrote with

7170
04:40:05,973 --> 04:40:07,973
sharp insight

7171
04:40:07,975 --> 04:40:10,375
and wit that was

7172
04:40:22,990 --> 04:40:23,991
--endeared her

7173
04:40:23,991 --> 04:40:24,992
to so many in our community. Later

7174
04:40:24,992 --> 04:40:25,993
in her career harriet brought her

7175
04:40:25,993 --> 04:40:27,993
intellect and dedication

7176
04:40:27,995 --> 04:40:28,962
to public service and she served on

7177
04:40:28,962 --> 04:40:29,963
this city council. She was a

7178
04:40:29,963 --> 04:40:30,964
city councilmember, planning commission

7179
04:40:30,964 --> 04:40:31,965
member, she worked with the california

7180
04:40:31,965 --> 04:40:32,966
public utilities commission and her

7181
04:40:32,966 --> 04:40:33,967
commitment

7182
04:40:33,967 --> 04:40:34,968
to improving our community never,

7183
04:40:34,968 --> 04:40:35,969
never wavered. She was deeply engaged

7184
04:40:35,969 --> 04:40:37,969
in our community.

7185
04:40:37,971 --> 04:40:40,971
she was in active member

7186
04:40:40,974 --> 04:40:41,975
of many civic organizations

7187
04:40:41,975 --> 04:40:42,976
including the american association

7188
04:40:42,976 --> 04:40:43,977
of university women, the boys and

7189
04:40:43,977 --> 04:40:45,977
girls club,

7190
04:40:58,992 --> 04:40:59,993
the optimist club, the martinez education association,

7191
04:40:59,993 --> 04:41:01,962
kiwanis, lions club, and the martinez

7192
04:41:01,962 --> 04:41:02,963
historical society. And that is just to

7193
04:41:02,963 --> 04:41:03,964
name a

7194
04:41:03,964 --> 04:41:04,965
few. You can see how active she was

7195
04:41:04,965 --> 04:41:05,966
in our community. She will

7196
04:41:05,966 --> 04:41:06,967
be remembered by her incredible intellect,

7197
04:41:06,967 --> 04:41:07,968
her razor sharp wit, her larger-than-life

7198
04:41:07,968 --> 04:41:08,969
presence, her lifelong commitment

7199
04:41:08,969 --> 04:41:10,971
to education, equity and civic life

7200
04:41:10,971 --> 04:41:11,972
leads a lasting legacy that will continue

7201
04:41:11,972 --> 04:41:13,972
to

7202
04:41:13,974 --> 04:41:16,374
inspire generations to come.

7203
04:41:16,977 --> 04:41:17,978
and we had a celebration and of her

7204
04:41:17,978 --> 04:41:18,979
life

7205
04:41:18,979 --> 04:41:19,980
this past sunday and the family has expressed

7206
04:41:19,980 --> 04:41:21,980
the request

7207
04:41:21,982 --> 04:41:22,983
instead of flowers that you make a

7208
04:41:22,983 --> 04:41:24,983
contribution to the

7209
04:41:28,989 --> 04:41:29,990
martinez historical society or local

7210
04:41:29,990 --> 04:41:30,991
educational nonprofit

7211
04:41:30,991 --> 04:41:31,992
in her honor. With that, I want to

7212
04:41:31,992 --> 04:41:33,994
say thank you to harriet for

7213
04:41:33,994 --> 04:41:37,965
all that you gave over the years to martinez.

7214
04:41:37,965 --> 04:41:38,966
and we are closing this meeting in

7215
04:41:38,966 --> 04:41:40,966
your honor.

7216
04:41:40,968 --> 04:41:43,368
and in your memory.

7217
04:41:45,973 --> 04:41:46,974
>> this meeting is adjourned. Thank

7218
04:41:46,974 --> 04:41:49,977
you so much and have a

7219
04:41:49,977 --> 04:41:51,977
lovely evening.