[1:04] >> can you hear
[1:07] me okay?
[1:17] >>
[1:18] yes.
[1:19] >> wonderful. All right. Welcome,
[1:19] everyone, to the regular meeting of the martinez
[1:20] city council. It is wednesday, may 1st,
[1:22] and it is 7:10 p.m. First order of
[1:23] business is
[1:24] the pledge of allegiance. Since you
[1:25] are closest, will you kick everyone
[1:26] off,
[1:28] please?
[1:29] >> I pledge allegiance to the flag
[1:29] of the united states of america
[1:30] and to the republic for which it stands
[1:32] one nation under god
[1:33] indivisible with liberty and justice for
[1:35] all.
[1:41] >> thank you. Clerk
[1:44] , can you please call the roll?
[1:47] >> [ roll being called ]
[2:02] >> all right. Next up, our presentations.
[2:03] our first presentation will be from
[2:05] contra costa
[2:06] county mosquito and vector control
[2:08] district.
[2:25] >> well, thank you so much for having
[2:26] me and
[2:27] inviting me tonight. I appreciate
[2:28] it. It's a wonderful opportunity to
[2:29] share about the
[2:32] contra costa
[2:34] mosquito and vector control district
[2:35] and the services we provide
[2:36] to the residents of martinez. I am
[2:37] presenting on behalf of our trustee
[2:38] to
[2:41] martinez, daniel pellegrini.
[2:45] so the district's mission statement
[2:47] is the contra
[2:50] costa
[2:55] mosquito and vector control district
[2:56] is a public health
[2:57] agency dedicated to protecting the
[2:57] community from mosquitoes and other
[2:58] vectors of disease. And county residents
[2:59] voted
[3:02] to create our district back in
[3:08] 1926 and
[3:09] we opened our doors in 1927. That
[3:10] means we are just three years away
[3:11] from
[3:14] our 100th anniversary. In 1993,
[3:17] contra costa county transferred its
[3:20] rat and mouse program and rabies risk
[3:21] reduction programs to the district
[3:23] .
[3:25] and that is when we changed our name to the
[3:26] contra costa
[3:29] mosquito and
[3:30] vector control district and that is the
[3:32] name that we still remain
[3:35] today. So the district
[3:38] services we provide. We provide
[3:40] public health services to reduce the
[3:41] risk of
[3:44] mosquitoes, rats and mice,
[3:47] skunks, --
[3:48] that is our rabies risk reduction
[3:50] program --
[3:53] ticks, ground messaging
[3:57] yellow jackets specifically, and education and
[3:59] inspection for honeybees. We are
[4:01] funded through property taxes and
[4:04] benefit assessments across contra
[4:05] costa
[4:08] county so we encourage martinez
[4:11] contra costa use us as we need , because
[4:14] there is no additional charge
[4:20] when we cannot to
[4:21] provide one of our public health services.
[4:23] we have as an independent special district
[4:25] --we are governed by our board of
[4:26] trustees.
[4:27] we have a total of 22 trustees that represent
[4:29] the 19 cities within contra costa
[4:32] county and then
[4:33] three of our trustees represent the
[4:35] county at large. Currently we
[4:37] have vacancies on our board of trustees
[4:38] for the
[4:41] cities of lafayette, san pablo ,
[4:44] and antioch .
[4:50] when it comes
[4:51] to the district's board of trustees,
[4:53] the job of a trustee is to represent the
[4:53] best
[4:54] interests of your community, ensure
[4:56] the delivery of essential
[4:58] local services and infrastructure,
[4:59] and faithfully serve the people
[5:02] --their good
[5:05] while upholding the law.
[5:12] and your martinez trustee, daniel
[5:13] pellegrini, has been a trustee since
[5:14] october
[5:17] of
[5:19] 1997. He is currently our secretary
[5:20] of the board and serves on
[5:21] the docket of audit and personnel committees.
[5:29] when it comes to
[5:30] the services that we have provided so
[5:32] far for the people of contra costa
[5:34] county this year , we have received
[5:37] 12 requests for mosquito service,
[5:38] 10 requests
[5:42] for mosquito fish service, two reports
[5:44] of neglected swimming pools
[5:47] , 12 requests
[5:50] for rat and mouse service, two for skunk.
[5:58] one for ticks I.d., one for honeybees, and
[5:59] one for ground nesting yellow jackets
[5:59] so
[6:02] far in 2024. And in addition
[6:07] to providing residential services, district
[6:08] employees also inspect
[6:11] and treat
[6:14] these areas as needed. Public waterways, pastors,
[6:15] parks, and other agricultural areas
[6:17] where mosquitoes and
[6:19] vectors of disease or harm can cause issues
[6:20] for neighboring residents.
[6:26] now, one of the ways that
[6:29] we provide
[6:31] public health protection as a vector
[6:32] control district --one of
[6:35] our tools is we survey areas that
[6:38] are difficult to inspect on foot or by
[6:38] off-road
[6:41] vehicles completely . It's
[6:42] by using unmanned aircraft systems
[6:47] , also known as uas, or
[6:49] commonly known as drones . The district
[6:50] has two drones
[6:53] that have allowed for more
[6:54] efficient inspection of large wetland
[6:56] and pasture areas
[6:59] in particular.
[7:02] the information gathered by the drone
[7:02] helps
[7:04] the district plan appropriate treatment of these areas
[7:05] more efficiently.
[7:11] and that is what I have for you today
[7:11] .
[7:14] does anyone have any questions?
[7:17] >> thank you so much for the presentation.
[7:22] I'm not sure if anyone has any questions,
[7:23] but I did want to convey
[7:25] my appreciation for your staff over
[7:26] the past year. We
[7:28] had quite a few issues with yellow jackets
[7:29] in our local
[7:31] parks. And I know that several parents
[7:36] submitted requests and I also
[7:37] know that mosquito vector control district
[7:39] worked hand in hand with
[7:40] city park and public works employees
[7:47] and address those issues really quickly.
[7:48] I just
[7:49] wanted to convey my appreciation to
[7:51] you and
[7:53] your staff.
[7:54] >> thank you very much. I
[7:54] will be
[7:55] sure to pass that along to our personnel
[7:57] who handle the
[7:58] inspections and treatment.
[7:58] >> anyone
[7:59] have any questions for her this evening?
[8:03] go ahead.
[8:03] >>
[8:06] go ahead, debbie.
[8:06] >> thank
[8:07] you for the presentation. Thank you
[8:12] , danny, for your service over
[8:14] the years. In 1997. Quite a run. Thank you.
[8:18] I just have a
[8:21] question about something that was stated
[8:25] at a previous update you gave. I think it
[8:27] was last year
[8:30] may be.
[8:32] there was an area of martinez that
[8:33] had an invasive
[8:34] species of mosquito. I think they were
[8:35] called ankle biters. They were a black and
[8:36] white
[8:37] striped mosquito. And there was some
[8:39] concern at that time because
[8:40] they had the potential of spreading
[8:42] diseases, which --kind of
[8:45] scary ones. Fever. Zika virus.
[8:50] yellow fever. Not that we see that too much
[8:51] here. But
[8:54] I was just wondering
[8:56] , how effective was the quarantining?
[8:57] are these eradicated
[8:58] in our community? I have seen recently
[8:59] they are seen down in southern california.
[9:00] I'm
[9:03] just wondering , do we still
[9:04] see them here in little areas or have
[9:06] they been eradicated and is there
[9:06] anything
[9:08] we should know about those nasty varmints?
[9:15] >> thank you so much for your
[9:16] question. It is a really good question
[9:18] and I do appreciate it.
[9:19] for martinez, it was 2022 that we
[9:21] did find
[9:22] some of these invasive mosquitoes.
[9:25] their common name is actually the
[9:27] yellow fever mosquito. Their
[9:30] scientific name
[9:33] --they do tend to
[9:35] stay low to the ground. They are very
[9:36] stealth like
[9:38] . When we did find them in 2022, we
[9:39] went door-to-door. We conducted
[9:42] trapping and did everything
[9:45] we could to try to
[9:48] mitigate that issue right then
[9:51] and there. In 2023, we continued our work
[9:54] but did not find
[9:55] any more evidence of those mosquitoes
[9:59] in martinez. We continue to conduct
[10:00] surveillance in
[10:02] that area . And we have not found
[10:03] any more
[10:06] in martinez.
[10:08] however, I can tell you they have
[10:09] been in southern california for more
[10:09] than
[10:12] 10 years. If you look at a map on
[10:12] the
[10:14] california department of public health, it
[10:15] has a map
[10:18] that shows they are virtually
[10:21] right up interstate 5
[10:24] right up to northern california. They
[10:27] are in sacramento county . They are
[10:30] around us. The bay area has
[10:33] not seen a lot of them
[10:36] at all
[10:39] knock on wood. But we do know that
[10:39] they
[10:41] are spreading. They are the reason we
[10:42] actually changed
[10:44] our messaging from just dumping out
[10:45] standing water
[10:48] to dump and scrub because
[10:51] these mosquitoes will a sticky
[10:54] individual eggs right above
[10:57] the waterline. So right now
[11:00] when the weather
[11:02] is getting warmer and we may be thinking
[11:03] about bringing out potted plants and things
[11:06] like that , you want to be very vigilant
[11:09] to make sure to dump out
[11:12] in
[11:13] the pan underneath the potted plants
[11:14] especially because they can be very
[11:15] nutrient filled
[11:17] with mosquitoes. Be sure to dump out
[11:18] that water and scrub
[11:21] those containers
[11:24] to make sure that you knock off
[11:25] any because this particular mosquito
[11:27] can have eggs that you put away your
[11:29] patio furniture and everything that
[11:30] may have
[11:32] some bags in it on them for the winter
[11:36] . They don't. The eggs can stay viable
[11:39] for six months or longer
[11:41] . Even when they're not in contact
[11:42] with water.
[11:45] so they are very serious mosquitoes as
[11:45] he
[11:48] said. They can transmit causative
[11:51] agents of
[11:52] chicken and yellow fever. We have
[11:54] seen local
[11:57] transmission in southern
[12:00] california now.
[12:01] so it is really important that all
[12:03] of us work together, dump out
[12:06] standing water and scrub those
[12:08] containers to knock off any potential eggs
[12:09] to reduce
[12:11] the risk. But thank you so much for
[12:12] your question.
[12:12] >> thank you for
[12:14] your answer. Hopefully people listening
[12:21] or people that listen to this at a later date
[12:22] will hear your message and hopefully
[12:24] keep it eradicated from our area.
[12:24] one
[12:27] other thing is
[12:33] , would bleach help? I know people
[12:33] put bleach
[12:35] in with the water. Without also be
[12:36] an effective way to kill the
[12:37] eggs?
[12:38] >> from what our entomologists
[12:39] tell us, they are ultimately the best
[12:39] thing
[12:41] to do -- just scrub them off to get
[12:42] rid
[12:45] of them. Any other way
[12:48] may help temporarily, but it's not
[12:48] going to
[12:51] help long-term.
[12:54] >> okay. Thank you so much. >> thank you.
[12:57] >> that was my question
[13:00] . And also
[13:03] to congratulate danny
[13:06] on his [ inaudible ] appreciate
[13:09] it.
[13:09] >> thank you. >>
[13:19] that
[13:20] covers my question as well. I was curious
[13:21] about swimming pools. What do you
[13:22] guys do when somebody calls in. I
[13:24] have a swimming pool.
[13:24] >> that is a
[13:25] great
[13:26] question. One of the first things
[13:28] we tell folks is
[13:31] ,
[13:32] folks can report a swimming pool they
[13:33] see from their upstairs and their
[13:34] neighbors' yard. If
[13:35] it looks green or they are experiencing
[13:37] mosquitoes. The first thing I do
[13:38] want to explain is we are bound to
[13:40] privacy. We cannot divulge
[13:44] to a neighbor who may have reported
[13:46] a pool what we did at the pool.
[13:47] we can only talk to the resident about
[13:49] what can be done.
[13:52] but there are
[13:53] things that can be done because one neglected
[13:54] swimming pool particularly we saw
[13:58] during the great recession
[14:01] --one
[14:02] neglected swimming pool can be an
[14:03] issue for an entire neighborhood because
[14:04] depending on
[14:06] how much stagnant water is there, they
[14:07] could actually have mosquitoes
[14:08] that will fly around the neighborhood
[14:10] and they can have
[14:22] many,
[14:23] many, many mosquitoes out of one neglected
[14:24] swimming pool. So the key things that we
[14:25] recommend --number
[14:26] one, regular maintenance on the swimming
[14:28] pool. If it is good enough to swim
[14:29] in, mosquitoes will not be there.
[14:30] if someone is unable to take care
[14:31] of
[14:32] their swimming pool, they can request
[14:33] mosquito fish service. That is a service
[14:37] we have . A part of our mosquito program
[14:38] where we will come out and take a
[14:40] look at the
[14:43] swimming pool.
[14:45] if there are no mosquitoes or young mosquitoes
[14:46] in the water,
[14:47] we can place mosquito eating fish
[14:49] in that pool. Those fish will eat up the
[14:50] young mosquitoes before they become
[14:52] adult mosquitoes.
[14:54] if there are adult mosquitoes coming
[14:55] out of the water,
[14:57] we have to use different ways to deal with
[14:58] that particular
[15:00] swimming pool. But the bottom line is
[15:04] we really encourage folks to maintain
[15:06] their swimming pools. If they are unable
[15:10] or no one lives at the property anymore
[15:12] and there is a swimming pool behind,
[15:13] then absolutely report it
[15:16] to us .
[15:17] but if you are not the resident, understand we
[15:19] are prohibited from
[15:22] sharing
[15:23] any information of what we did on
[15:25] the property to someone who does
[15:26] not live on that property.
[15:26] >> I like
[15:30] the sense of privacy. You are not
[15:31] out to get
[15:33] anybody. You are just there to take care of
[15:36] the problem.
[15:37] >> that's right. I will tell you
[15:37] in cases where there is
[15:38] a resident and we do talk with them,
[15:40] we are trying to get
[15:41] through to them to take care of their
[15:43] pool. If there is a resident
[15:45] and they are not responding to us,
[15:46] we will send them
[15:49] letters, ask them
[15:52] --
[15:53] all folks have to do if they have
[15:55] a swimming pool that has been reported
[15:58] to us as being neglected
[16:00] . But the resident knows it is in
[16:01] good working condition.
[16:02] all they have to do is use one of
[16:04] our letters that we have sent to
[16:05] them, take a selfie or have someone
[16:07] take a picture of them that shows
[16:08] the letter and the pool in the background,
[16:10] and they can send that to us.
[16:12] easy peasy. They are good to go. But when
[16:13] we don't hear
[16:16] from folks
[16:18] when it has been reported, we do try to follow
[16:19] up with them.
[16:21] >> thank you. >> thanks for your service.
[16:22] >>
[16:25] thank you as
[16:27] well for all of your dedicated service
[16:31] . The entire team over
[16:33] there. I just wanted to echo and extend
[16:34] my heartfelt gratitude to
[16:35] mr. Pellegrini for his many years
[16:37] of dedicated service.
[16:40] this is an agency that plays a critical
[16:40] role
[16:42] in our local public health in maintaining
[16:44] local public health and sometimes
[16:46] it gets overlooked by the general public
[16:46] ,
[16:47] but we really appreciate the presentation
[16:49] here outlining
[16:58] all the services that you all provide. So
[16:59] thank you very much.
[16:59] >> thank you
[17:00] for your kind words. Thank you so much.
[17:01] >> thank you
[17:03] so much for the presentation.
[17:03] >> thank
[17:04] you.
[17:04] >> all right. Next
[17:05] item is an update on staff. I understand
[17:07] assistant city manager
[17:10] --will
[17:12] you be giving this presentation today?
[17:19] >> sure. I will go ahead
[17:21] and jump on here. I'm going to go ahead
[17:22] and turn it over to our finance
[17:25] director, june.
[17:43] >> sorry. We do have one
[17:46] new staff. Her name is
[17:49] .
[17:51] she is county tech two. She started working
[17:52] with
[17:54] the city initially with robert half
[17:58] since last year. So she has been on
[17:58] board
[18:01] for a while.
[18:04] she right
[18:06] now serves at the front counter for
[18:07] the public. Thank you.
[18:07] >> thank you. >> next
[18:10] we will turn to chief white.
[18:13] >> thank you. Good
[18:16] evening, counsel , members of the
[18:17] public. Tonight I have the unique
[18:22] opportunity that our promotion is sitting in
[18:24] the back of the room. Captain patrick solomon
[18:28] . He was promoted today actually from the
[18:28] position of
[18:30] police lieutenant to police captain.
[18:34] he has served with the department for
[18:37] many years beginning back in april
[18:40] of 2005 .
[18:45] he has worked in many positions in
[18:46] the department, including being one
[18:46] of the
[18:48] s.w.a.t. Team commanders working in
[18:49] investigations and pre-much
[18:50] everything that goes on with the department
[18:58] he has been involved in one way or
[19:00] another. So we are very grateful that
[19:01] he has taken on this position. A
[19:02] lot of responsibility comes with it.
[19:04] but I know that he is going to do
[19:06] a great job and continue to serve
[19:07] the city of martinez for years to
[19:07] come.
[19:10] so congratulations, sal.
[19:13] >> [ applause ].
[19:16] >> wonderful. >> that concludes
[19:19] .
[19:20] >> wonderful. Thank you.
[19:22] all right.
[19:24] we were going to move into public comment. Before
[19:26] public comment starts, I want
[19:27] to give cause number molly an opportunity
[19:29] to welcome
[19:30] the members of the public here today.
[19:32] >> thank you very much
[19:35] , mayor zorn. I just wanted to
[19:36] take a quick moment of personal privilege
[19:37] here to help welcome and acknowledge
[19:41] my cousin
[19:44] , pinky, who is visiting us all
[19:47] the way from new delhi, india
[19:50] . Her first time
[19:51] to america. First time to martinez.
[19:52] so please join me in welcoming her
[19:53] here tonight.
[19:53] >>
[19:55] thank you.
[19:56] >> welcome to martinez.
[19:56] >> I
[19:59] would be remiss.
[20:02] thank
[20:03] you, vice mayor. I would also be remiss
[20:05] if I did not
[20:06] acknowledge my mother. Thank you, mom.
[20:10] >> great. Thank you. We're going to
[20:12] go ahead and open up public comment.
[20:14] city clerk, do you mind
[20:19] reviewing either the speaker cards
[20:20] or anyone else who
[20:21] might have their hand raised that
[20:22] is interested in speaking in council
[20:26] chambers ?
[20:27] >> we don't have any speaker
[20:29] cards. So I will open it up.
[20:38] >> it should already be on. >> I
[20:39] believe you're talking about joltin
[20:41] joe tonight. I just want
[20:44] to say that so many --
[20:47] >> kristin, I'm sorry.
[20:48] if you're going to make public comment on
[20:52] joltin joe, we will have to wait until
[20:53] that item.
[20:53] >>
[20:55] it is tangential. Okay. I will just
[20:56] go
[20:57] straight into the meat of this, which
[20:59] is that
[21:04] it is not just the famous people that
[21:07] are historic . Sometimes they are
[21:08] not historic at
[21:11] all. As you know,
[21:13] I put italian history on the national
[21:14] registry of historic
[21:17] places because the historic
[21:19] society and the county and most of the
[21:26] council got together and said there is
[21:26] nothing historic
[21:27] about down there. So somebody could
[21:29] get a lot of money for
[21:31] their property. And that was, like
[21:35] , genocide to me. And it just
[21:37] shook me up. So I pursued that even though
[21:38] we lost
[21:40] the lawsuit for some years and put the
[21:46] --just the history on the national
[21:47] register of historic
[21:48] places. Joe dimaggio is just one tree
[21:50] --one standout tree
[21:56] --in these trees that in 1940 could not
[21:58] even write the cities giving them
[21:59] the coast
[22:02] line to fish for one dollar.
[22:04] they are giving them because they
[22:05] contributed so much
[22:08] . And I think it is important. I
[22:11] don't, but everyone does
[22:14] --to see when we were so
[22:15] closely connected to the environment.
[22:17] and that goes for
[22:20] the italian fishermen
[22:23] . And as ai comes
[22:31] and were more separated and separated
[22:32] and separated from
[22:33] everything with other people telling
[22:34] us what to do and think and feel and
[22:35] taste. Only
[22:36] people who get put up on screens get
[22:38] to tell us what we should value.
[22:41] their history is even more important
[22:44] to us as human beings
[22:47] connected to our environment
[22:50] and connected to being alive. And
[22:52] I will say more when I'm allowed to when
[22:53] joltin joe comes
[22:56] up . Thanks.
[22:56] >>
[22:59] thank you. Anyone
[23:00] else in council chambers wish to make
[23:02] comment?
[23:05] I see no hands, so I'm going
[23:08] to move to
[23:13] zoom participants. If you would like to
[23:14] speak
[23:15] tonight on a non-agenda item, please
[23:17] use the rays hand featured now.
[23:25] I have no hands.
[23:26] >> okay. Great. Thank you, kristin,
[23:26] for the public
[23:27] comment. Thank you for coming back
[23:29] on the joltin joe agenda item later
[23:29] this evening.
[23:32] let's move forward with
[23:34] the consent calendar. The consent
[23:35] calendar is made up of items three
[23:38] through eight.
[23:43] does anyone on council wish to pull one
[23:44] of those for discussion?
[23:44] >>
[23:46] yes, madam mayor. I would like to ask
[23:47] that item number seven
[23:48] be pulled.
[23:49] >> okay. Anything else?
[23:53] okay. Seeing none, I'm going to open
[23:53] it up to
[23:55] public comment. Consent calendar items
[23:56] three through
[23:58] six and eight. Does anyone have comments
[23:59] on those
[24:02] five items?
[24:05] >>
[24:07] I see no hands in council chambers.
[24:08] moving to
[24:11] zoom
[24:13] participants. If you wish to make
[24:14] a comment on items
[24:17] three through eight except
[24:19] for number seven, please use the rays
[24:20] hand featured now.
[24:26] I have no hands.
[24:27] >> okay. All right. I will
[24:29] bring this back to council for
[24:30] any discussion or motion three through
[24:32] six
[24:35] .
[24:36] >> motion to approve items three through six and number
[24:38] eight.
[24:38] >> second.
[24:41] >> all right.
[24:43] thank you for your patience with me
[24:44] tonight. All of our
[24:47] boats need to be done by voice.
[24:47] >> yes.
[24:47] >> [
[24:50] roll being called ]
[25:02] >> motion passes. >> okay.
[25:05] councilmember
[25:08] 14
[25:11] malhi, what was your question?
[25:11] >>
[25:12] very quickly, just wanted to clarify
[25:14] a couple of items. With
[25:17] respect to
[25:22] the proposal in front of us today, as
[25:24] you may recall, we
[25:25] did have a previous discussion about
[25:26] sound mitigation efforts at the pickleball
[25:27] courts. I
[25:30] was just wondering if the
[25:33] selected bidder
[25:36] , if you will, had
[25:38] brought forward any additional information
[25:39] on
[25:41] that or any additional input to help
[25:44] minimize those sound impacts, which
[25:45] I know
[25:48] have been a concern
[25:50] by some of the local residents. Just
[25:51] wanted to see
[25:52] if there was any updates on that that
[25:54] you might be able to
[25:57] share tonight.
[25:57] >>
[25:59] no updates with the proposed contractor
[26:03] .
[26:06] communication with him
[26:08] is just confirming his bid that he
[26:09] was still interested in moving forward
[26:12] and preparing the
[26:16] contract documents pending tonight's
[26:18] award. He is working
[26:20] on preparing project submittals and
[26:21] schedules and so forth.
[26:24] the mitigation measures were incorporated
[26:27] into the design. It
[26:30] was part of the contract award.
[26:34] >> they did not raise any questions
[26:36] or concerns about that. They
[26:37] felt it was very doable and appropriate.
[26:38] >> correct. >> great. The second piece
[26:39] I wanted
[26:40] to confirm in the staff report it
[26:42] did note that there was
[26:45] a shortage between
[26:50] what we thought it was going to -- what we
[26:52] thought it was going to cost and what
[26:54] it came in above
[26:55] the original estimate. And to help
[26:57] make up for that
[26:58] shortfall, one of the proposals is
[27:00] to take $22,000
[27:03] roughly
[27:06] out of the pg&e mitigation
[27:08] funds, which if I understand correctly
[27:09] where
[27:11] to help with landscape restoration associated
[27:13] with the replacement of the tower
[27:15] . Is
[27:18] that right?
[27:18] >> correct.
[27:24] pg&e damaged
[27:25] some of the landscape. We knew we
[27:26] had this project moving forward rather
[27:27] than have them install
[27:30] the landscape
[27:32] previously and right in the middle
[27:33] of our work
[27:34] zone, we took the contribution for it
[27:36] and that work
[27:38] is incorporated into the contractor's work.
[27:42] so it is kind of
[27:45] --they paid us and we are
[27:46] paying the contractor for the impacts to
[27:48] the project
[27:53] .
[27:54] >> the only reason I bring that
[27:54] up as
[27:55] I know some residents had also expressed
[27:57] some concern to me about just wanting to
[27:59] make sure that we were able to kind
[28:00] of spruce that place
[28:02] back up to what it was originally.
[28:03] and
[28:04] so I just wanted to make sure that
[28:06] we are still on target
[28:07] and it will still look aesthetically pleasing
[28:09] when all is said and done.
[28:12] >> correct. >>
[28:13] okay. Great. That's it. Thank you
[28:14] so much.
[28:15] >> anyone else from the dais
[28:15] have
[28:18] any follow-up questions?
[28:21] all right. Seeing none,
[28:23] any questions or comments from the public
[28:27] on consent calendar item seven?
[28:30] >> we will start
[28:32] with chambers. Is anyone present who
[28:33] would
[28:36] like to wish to make a comment?
[28:39] I have no hands. I will turn to contra
[28:42] costa
[28:44] --zoom. Please use the rays hand feature
[28:47] if you would like to comment on item
[28:48] number seven.
[28:51] I have no hands.
[28:51] >>
[28:54] all right.
[28:57] council for a motion, please.
[28:57] >> I would like to make
[29:00] a motion to adopt a resolution of
[29:02] the city council of the city of martinez
[29:03] accepting the did of
[29:05] saboo, inc. As the lowest responsive
[29:06] and responsible
[29:08] bidder and authorizing the city manager
[29:09] to execute
[29:12] a contract and
[29:14] any change orders until the completion
[29:15] of the hidden valley park sports
[29:18] courts. Project
[29:20] c5407 in accordance with the approved
[29:21] plans and specifications
[29:24] in an amount not to exceed
[29:27] $1,620,000
[29:29] , which includes a 10% contingency
[29:33] of 147,460
[29:36] . And approve the transfer
[29:39] of 55,000 dollars
[29:44] of npdes funds. $22,020 of pg&e mitigation funds
[29:48] and 132,000 of
[29:49] park and recreation impact fee funds
[29:51] to project
[29:54] number
[29:57] c5047.
[29:57] >> second.
[30:00] >> councilmember jay
[30:03] howard.
[30:04] >> [ roll being called
[30:06] ]
[30:12] >> motion passes.
[30:15] >>
[30:16] excellent. Thanks, everyone. Moving
[30:18] on. Public
[30:24] hearing
[30:25] item number nine. Conduct a public hearing,
[30:27] waive the reading, and introduce the ordinance approving
[30:28] zoning map and zoning text amendment
[30:30] to amend the martinez municipal code
[30:33] . And I will turn this over. Who
[30:35] will be reading this item this evening?
[30:42] >> that would be me.
[30:43] associate planner dan gordon.
[30:43] >> hi,
[30:44] dan. Please proceed. I won't read
[30:45] the rest of
[30:47] the public hearing items . Please
[30:48] proceed with the presentation.
[30:50] >> thank you, mayor. Good evening,
[30:51] members of the city council.
[30:53] I'm associate planner dan gordon.
[30:54] I'm here tonight to present the proposed
[30:56] zoning text and zoning map amendments.
[30:59] it is another whopper, so I appreciate
[31:00] your patience
[31:08] and in the interest of brevity I will read
[31:09] the full recommendation at the
[31:10] end of my presentation. A lot of this
[31:12] you are seeing tonight should be familiar to
[31:12] you
[31:14] since we have had study sessions on
[31:15] it. Okay.
[31:18] so the primary goal of this ordinance
[31:18] is
[31:19] to come principally update the permitted
[31:21] and conditionally permitted
[31:23] uses in the code. But several other
[31:24] items have also been included
[31:26] in this ordinance and these include
[31:27] new and revised definitions to go
[31:30] with those uses
[31:33] . The inclusion of industrial zoning incentives,
[31:33] a new chapter on
[31:34] temporary use permits, which contains
[31:36] new regulations for food trucks
[31:39] , some changes to the regulations,
[31:42] rezoning of parcels and some other
[31:45] minor changes.
[31:51] so let's go over why these changes
[31:55] are necessary in the first
[31:59] place. There are four main reasons. The
[32:00] first is that the municipal code was
[32:01] last
[32:02] competently updated in 1975. So most
[32:04] of the uses listed are not
[32:07] just dated
[32:08] but downright archaic. I'm just going
[32:10] to list a few of the
[32:11] uses the code specifically identifies to illustrate
[32:12] this point. It does include messenger offices
[32:16] , shops, telephone exchanges,
[32:22] stores. Umbrella repair
[32:23] shops. Telegraph offices, and my own
[32:24] personal favorite, ice storage sheds.
[32:27] why this is problematic is because martinez
[32:29] has what is known as permissive zoning.
[32:33] that means that only the uses that are
[32:35] specifically listed in the code are
[32:37] allowed to operate within the city.
[32:42] so we have a situation now where the
[32:43] uses that were commonplace 50
[32:44] years ago are now restricting the businesses
[32:46] we can and cannot have in
[32:47] the city. The second main reason is
[32:49] the housing element.
[32:53] the housing element obligates the
[32:54] city to complete several programs
[32:55] by the end
[32:56] of this year. These programs are also
[32:57] reflected in the planning division's
[32:58] workplan that
[32:59] you reviewed. These revisions propose
[33:00] to accomplish the following four tasks
[33:01] from that workplan.
[33:02] task 28 updating accessory dwelling unit
[33:06] regulations. Task 36. Updating food
[33:07] truck regulations.
[33:09] establishing industrial zoning incentives.
[33:12] task 41. Updating the permitted and
[33:16] additionally permitted uses of
[33:17] code. The third reason is consistency
[33:19] and ease-of-use.
[33:20] there's a lot of overly complicated
[33:22] terminology, jargon, and
[33:23] phrasing to introduce more user-friendly language.
[33:25] last
[33:26] is the evolving needs of the community.
[33:33] this goes hand in hand with the archaic
[33:34] language problem since we want to
[33:36] make sure martinez is ready to take advantage of
[33:38] the new businesses and technologies.
[33:42] so let's dive into these proposed
[33:43] changes. The first
[33:44] is the update to the permitted uses.
[33:48] staff is proposing to move from a
[33:49] very long list of
[33:50] specific uses since we have now a
[33:52] category of based approaches that are
[33:55] more flexible.
[33:56] for instance, instead of having things like dry-cleaning
[33:58] and pet grooming
[34:01] listed individually, these
[34:02] would be grouped under the broader category
[34:03] of personal services. This provides
[34:04] more flexibility
[34:07] and helps code as it
[34:08] leaves open the potential for businesses
[34:10] that haven't been
[34:16] yet. One notable change to the
[34:18] permitted uses is the heavy industrial
[34:24] zoning district. The elimination of
[34:25] refining as a permitted use.
[34:26] however, this won't affect any active
[34:27] uses in the heavy industrial zoning district.
[34:30] pbf energy does not actually conduct
[34:31] any
[34:34] refining within city
[34:38] -- within the city limits. So their operations
[34:39] are limited to storage, which would
[34:40] continue to
[34:42] be a permitted use in the heavy industrial
[34:46] zoning district.
[34:51] definitions have also been included in
[34:52] this update. Primarily these relate
[34:52] to
[34:53] the new year's categories I mentioned
[34:55] being established
[34:56] and some definitions were revised
[34:57] for clarity or modernization of language.
[35:03] here is a list of all of the definitions.
[35:04] I'm not going to
[35:07] get into the mall. I will just
[35:08] call out some of these new categories.
[35:09] for example, categories for things
[35:10] like craftsmanship
[35:13] , financial institution,
[35:14] personal services, professional services,
[35:16] public entertainment venue, at wholesale establishment.
[35:19] next
[35:21] up is the new chapter on temporary
[35:22] use permits. Temporary
[35:25] use permits --you will be
[35:28] familiar from our study session.
[35:30] they don't run with the land. They
[35:31] are time-limited and
[35:35] processed at the administrative level.
[35:37] they make a lot of sense when you
[35:37] are permitting
[35:39] uses like christmas tree lights or
[35:40] uses that merit regular
[35:41] reinspection like construction staging.
[35:49] and why we are recommending temporary
[35:50] use permit chapter is twofold. First,
[35:52] it is just good practice since
[35:54] a lot of cities see temporary uses
[35:55] all the time. Second is that
[35:57] your special study session you endorsed using
[36:01] temporary use permit process to
[36:03] regulate food trucks throughout the city.
[36:08] and the city council also endorsed
[36:09] some of the regulations that would
[36:10] apply
[36:11] to food trucks that I will get into
[36:13] next. Specifically focusing on mobile vendors
[36:16] , a.k.a. Food trucks.
[36:18] I will just briefly touch on these.
[36:22] sorry. Let me just make
[36:25] sure. Yeah.
[36:27] specifically those food trucks that operate
[36:28] in the public
[36:29] right-of-way. Essentially the city
[36:30] cannot prohibit food trucks from operating
[36:31] in legal
[36:34] parking spaces
[36:42] . However, the city can impose what
[36:43] are known as time, place, and
[36:44] manner restrictions so long as those
[36:45] restrictions have a health and safety
[36:46] rationale. The city is
[36:49] proposing such restrictions.
[36:50] restricting hours of operation to
[36:52] 7:00 a.m. To 10:00 p.m. The requirement to
[36:52] provide a
[36:53] waste receptacle. Prohibition from operating
[36:57] is greater than 35 miles per hour
[36:58] for pedestrian safety.
[37:04] and if the food truck is parked in its
[37:05] space for longer than one hour, a
[37:07] requirement to be greater than 100
[37:07] feet to
[37:09] locate greater than 100 feet from other
[37:10] food
[37:12] trucks in a parking space and a requirement
[37:13] to be located within 200 feet of a readily
[37:16] available restroom facility.
[37:22] sorry.
[37:25] okay. The next change
[37:28] is setbacks and building
[37:30] separation requirements. This one
[37:31] should be familiar to you since it was
[37:34] included in the cloud
[37:37] --code cleanup package you
[37:39] endorsed last year. Moving the city
[37:40] from using a pump comp
[37:41] located equation to cockfighting setbacks
[37:43] and building separation requirements
[37:43] to a
[37:46] standardized easy to use table.
[37:49] and
[37:51] as I have mentioned, we have already
[37:52] done this for residential districts
[37:53] last year. So this would just bring
[37:55] consistency between all the cities
[37:55] and
[37:58] zoning districts. As part of the update
[38:01] to the new uses
[38:10] , staff is proposing to include a
[38:11] section on
[38:12] performance standards specifically for industrial
[38:12] and research development zoning districts.
[38:14] this just reflects the
[38:15] reality that the uses in these districts have
[38:16] the potential to pose greater impacts
[38:17] in
[38:18] neighboring products then uses in
[38:19] presidential --residential or commercial districts.
[38:27] things like noise, vibration, radioactivity, electrical
[38:28] disturbances, explosive materials,
[38:29] air pollution, heat, dust
[38:32] in particular manner
[38:34] --matter. Performance standards differ from
[38:38] required conditions
[38:44] , which is a required
[38:45] section of the code, because they
[38:45] include ongoing activities. Required
[38:47] conditions just regulate
[38:49] the condition of the property. Speaking of required conditions, in the
[38:50] commercial district
[38:52] chapter, there were multiple duplicative
[39:00] sections on required conditions. Staff
[39:01] is proposing to condense and simple
[39:02] by these into
[39:03] a new section on enclosure fencing
[39:05] and requirements. One new change
[39:08] being proposed
[39:09] as part of this is a requirement for
[39:11] anyone seeking a planning
[39:12] entitlement to activate the ground floor frontage
[39:14] of any tenant space
[39:16] in the central commercial zoning district by
[39:17] providing some
[39:20] sort of visual display as this
[39:21] will help create a vibrant feeling downtown.
[39:23] this requirement
[39:25] would apply to all commercial uses but
[39:27] nonretail uses like restaurants or
[39:29] nail salons
[39:34] would be able to satisfy this requirement
[39:35] by having fully transparent windows
[39:37] so you can see the activity going on.
[39:41] the city council
[39:43] also had a special session last month
[39:44] to discuss
[39:48] zoning incentives to incentivize high-value
[39:50] industrial development. And
[39:56] they endorsed several revisions.
[39:57] municipal code on that respect. These included a
[39:59] decrease in the minimum setbacks for
[40:00] the research and development and industrial districts
[40:04] to 10 feet for the front yard, zero feet
[40:05] for the rear
[40:07] and side yards, except when abutting
[40:08] a residential zoning district
[40:09] where greater setbacks would be required.
[40:13] also an increase in the permitted flooring area
[40:14] ratio from
[40:17] .4 to 2.0
[40:18] . A reduction in required front yard landscaping
[40:20] from 100% of the front yard
[40:21] to 15%. The establishment of a community
[40:23] benefit program
[40:26] for greater floor area ratio
[40:35] when
[40:36] a community benefit is provided. All
[40:37] of these revisions have been included
[40:38] in this effort with the
[40:39] exception of the changes to the floor
[40:40] area ratio and community benefit bonus
[40:41] program.
[40:42] those will have to be included in
[40:44] a later effort as they require a general
[40:44] plan.
[40:47] and just to quickly illustrate
[40:49] the point of how restrictive some
[40:50] of the
[40:51] current development standards are
[40:52] for the city's industrial zoning districts, I've
[40:53] got
[40:56] two little diagrams for you.
[41:04] the first is a parcel in the heavy
[41:05] industrial district. You can see it
[41:05] here on the
[41:06] screen in green. It is technically
[41:08] two parcels. Let's just say somebody wanted to
[41:10] develop it as one. You can see this is
[41:11] the existing parcel. In
[41:12] the next one is the amount of space
[41:14] they would actually be able to develop.
[41:14] they would
[41:15] be severely restrictive. Similarly,
[41:20] periods of parcel in the light industrial
[41:23] district on how road outlined here
[41:23] in green
[41:26] in the purple area.
[41:29] and this is the area that they would actually be
[41:29] able to
[41:31] develop. You will notice the current state of
[41:32] this parcel
[41:35] does not actually even comply with the
[41:37] existing requirements . Staff believe it
[41:38] makes sense
[41:42] especially in these instances because
[41:44] it is surrounded by other
[41:47] industrial uses. The new industrial uses
[41:47] they
[41:49] go into a parcel like this in light
[41:50] industrial zoning district have much
[41:50] fewer impacts
[41:52] on neighboring properties than the light
[41:53] industrial uses
[41:58] that were envisaged in the 1970s when
[41:59] this section of
[42:02] the code was introduced.
[42:11] and as staff reviewed
[42:13] all of the uses in the code, we also reviewed
[42:14] the zoning districts in the
[42:16] code and determined several of them could
[42:17] be eliminated. These include the thoroughfare commercial
[42:18] recreation, controlled industrial,
[42:19] and undesignated zoning districts.
[42:20] the thoroughfare commercial zoning
[42:21] district only applied to the commercial
[42:23] stretch of ambra avenue between
[42:26] the high school as
[42:28] well as three parcels on arnold drive
[42:32] . The only additional uses
[42:34] that this district allowed over the neighborhood
[42:35] commercial district
[42:36] where mortuaries, vehicle sales and
[42:38] repair, public entertainment like
[42:41] bowling
[42:42] alleys and veterinarians offices.
[42:44] so these uses are proposed to be included within the
[42:47] neighborhood commercial district for
[42:47] properties along
[42:50] specifically major thoroughfares and
[42:53] alhambra
[42:55] avenue is identified as a major thoroughfare.
[42:56] so it will allow all of
[42:59] those uses to be active uses.
[43:04] the commercial recreation zoning district
[43:05] only applied to four parcels near
[43:05] the
[43:08] intersection of
[43:11] mir road and
[43:12] central avenue. None of the parcels have
[43:14] an active use that could be considerably
[43:14] described
[43:17] as existing recreation.
[43:23] so these parcels are proposed to
[43:24] be rezoned to neighborhood commercial,
[43:26] which allows for both offices and theaters.
[43:28] the controlled industrial district
[43:29] is
[43:31] oriented to agricultural uses like horticulture
[43:32] .
[43:34] yet the only area zone controlled
[43:38] industrial is a collection of business parks
[43:40] and a storage facility off of the
[43:41] station road.
[43:45] the partials on arnold drive
[43:48] have
[43:49] mixed zoning with p.a. Professional administrative
[43:50] and are proposed to be rezoned from
[43:54] professional administrative
[43:56] and industrial to professional administrative/research and
[43:57] development
[43:58] allowing those business parks to continue
[44:00] their active uses.
[44:02] the storage facility currently zoned
[44:03] environmental
[44:06] conservation district
[44:08] is proposed to be rezoned in environmental
[44:09] conservation district/service commercial.
[44:25] the last zoning district proposed to
[44:26] be eliminated is the u undesignated
[44:28] zoning district. This was previously
[44:29] a holding zone for parcels, which the
[44:30] city annexes
[44:31] but does not simultaneously rezone. However,
[44:32] it has not been used for this purpose.
[44:33] to do so
[44:34] would not actually be good practice.
[44:35] and several parcels have retained
[44:37] the undesignated zoning designation
[44:39] for decades
[44:42] since annexation. So
[44:43] these parcels are proposed to be rezoned
[44:45] consistent with the
[44:48] general plan. And going forward, annexation and
[44:50] rezoning of annexed parcels will be
[44:53] conducted concurrently so there is
[44:54] no
[44:56] reason to have the zoning district anymore.
[45:00] additionally, several parcels with
[45:01] designations that were holdovers from the
[45:03] county and were
[45:05] not updated post annexation are proposed to
[45:07] be rezoned. These include all parcels
[45:09] zoned rb
[45:12] retail business, which will be
[45:14] rezoned neighborhood commercial. All
[45:15] parcels
[45:17] zoned multifamily m 29, which will
[45:18] be rezoned
[45:21] r1 .5 residential.
[45:23] and you can see here the existing zoning
[45:27] of these parcels
[45:29] . The parcels to be rezoned are outlined in
[45:30] red.
[45:33] and the next slide
[45:35] --I can pull these back up. Once the
[45:36] rezoning
[45:39] is complete.
[45:42] now onto adu.
[45:44] legislative session in california saw
[45:48] several laws passed that required
[45:50] us to update our adu relations. Requires
[45:51] the city to
[45:53] allow adus to be conveyed separately
[45:54] from
[45:56] the primary dwelling from a condominium plan.
[46:00] extends
[46:01] the prohibition of owner occupancy
[46:03] requirements until 2025.
[46:05] and 8013 32, which requires cities to
[46:06] adopt
[46:09] preapproved detached adu plans
[46:12] and adds a 30-day requirement for any
[46:14] adu application. Utilizing preapproved
[46:15] plans from
[46:17] many previously approved adu application.
[46:23] in addition, staff is proposing further
[46:24] revisions related
[46:27] to rooftop
[46:29] decks and balconies for adus. Previous
[46:30] inconsistency was
[46:31] identified for balconies and rooftop
[46:32] decks to be built closer to property
[46:33] lines
[46:34] than was originally intended. Staff is
[46:36] recommending requiring
[46:39] balconies attached to
[46:42] a tick to conform to setback requirements
[46:44] for the primary dwelling to minimize
[46:45] privacy impacts.
[46:54] and there are some other minor changes
[46:54] included
[46:55] in this effort. I will run through
[46:56] those really quickly. Continued removal of
[46:57] references --
[47:00] excuse me --
[47:01] references to the board of adjustments.
[47:03] as functions of that body have
[47:05] been assumed by the planning commission
[47:06] and zoning administrator.
[47:09] revisions to chapter 22.08
[47:13] district designations consistent with
[47:14] the elimination of several zoning
[47:15] districts. Updates
[47:16] to some of the purposes for the affected
[47:18] zoning districts to modernize them.
[47:20] simplification and clarification of
[47:21] use permit findings
[47:23] for bars for the ability for massage businesses
[47:30] applying for use permits to be brought
[47:30] before the zoning
[47:31] administrator instead of directly
[47:33] to the planning commission. And the
[47:33] addition for
[47:34] tables for setback height and other
[47:36] requirements for ease of use.
[47:41] lastly there was significant community
[47:42] outreach for this ordinance per the
[47:45] city council
[47:47] held two special study sessions on various
[47:48] components of
[47:49] this ordinance. Namely one on food
[47:51] trucks and temporary use and the
[47:52] other on industrial zoning incentives
[47:54] and uses. Staff held a community information
[47:57] meeting on food trucks
[48:00] , temporary use
[48:02] permits, and updating the uses. More than
[48:03] 700 active business license holders
[48:03] within the city
[48:06] were notified
[48:09] as were all property
[48:11] owners subject to rezoning and anyone who
[48:12] had filed a regular request for such
[48:12] notice. And
[48:14] there was also medication between city staff
[48:15] and the chamber of commerce. Martinez
[48:15] and
[48:18] company in the local restaurant.
[48:29] the planning commission considered the draft ordinance at
[48:30] its april 9th meeting. It
[48:31] has forwarded a unanimous recognition of
[48:32] approval to the city council. The
[48:33] only change the planning commission
[48:34] identified first further consideration by
[48:36] the council was to trucks to operate
[48:36] later than
[48:39] the proposed 10:00 p.m.
[48:42] closing time. However, they thought
[48:42] it could make sense
[48:44] to consider this in tandem with the
[48:45] noise ordinance, which will be considered
[48:45] next
[48:47] year. So the full recommendation tonight is
[48:48] to --bear with me
[48:54] --conduct a public hearing, waive the
[48:55] reading, and introduce the ordinance,
[48:57] approving a zoning map and text amendment
[48:57] to
[48:58] amend the municipal code by, one,
[49:00] come pensively updating
[49:03] the uses for commercial and research
[49:06] development and districts. Amending chapter
[49:09] four definitions to
[49:12] remove the
[49:15] individual numbers
[49:17] and I definitions consistent with updated
[49:18] uses. Amending chapters 22.14, confessional
[49:20] and administrative office assistance.
[49:24] industrial districts. By
[49:30] revising
[49:32] setback and standards to be consistent
[49:33] with other zoning districts. Four, amending
[49:34] chapters 22.15
[49:35] research and development districts.
[49:36] 22.18 industrial districts by modifying standards
[49:37] to incentivize industrial development
[49:40] and establish
[49:42] standards. Five, repealing chapters
[49:43] 22.30
[49:45] on designated districts. Six, adding 22.31
[49:48] , temporary use permits, to regulate
[49:52] temporary uses such as
[49:55] mobile vendors. Seven,
[49:56] revising section 22.36060 , parking
[49:58] industrial uses, to an reduce
[50:01] requirements. Accessory
[50:04] dwelling units
[50:07] to comply with state law and
[50:08] clarify existing regulations. Nine,
[50:10] revising chapter 22.08
[50:13] to be consistent with the
[50:14] elimination of thoroughfare commercial
[50:17] recreation controlled industrial and undesignated
[50:19] zoning districts.
[50:20] then, approving the zoning map amendment
[50:22] for 45 parcels
[50:24] zoned thoroughfare commercial and
[50:25] neighborhood commercial
[50:26] to neighborhood commercial for six
[50:28] parcels to neighborhood
[50:31] commercial. Commercial regulation
[50:32] to neighborhood commercial. For 11 parcels
[50:39] to r1 .5 residential. For 12 parcels,
[50:40] zoning professional
[50:43] and administrative
[50:50] industrial to professional and administrative
[50:51] research and development. For 14 parcels,
[50:52] zoned
[50:53] retail business to neighborhood commercial
[50:54] and for one parcel, zoned environmental
[50:55] conservation district controlled industrial
[50:55] to
[50:57] district service commercial. 11, improving
[50:58] a zoning map amendment
[51:01] to appropriate
[51:02] zoning designations consistent with
[51:04] the general plan. 12, other
[51:07] minor revisions. Thank you.
[51:16] in terms of next
[51:17] steps, if approved, this ordinance will
[51:19] go to a second reading of the mid-50s council
[51:20] meeting it would become effective
[51:22] on june 15th of this year. So I
[51:25] really appreciate
[51:26] your patience while I went through
[51:27] that lengthy presentation. Thank you
[51:28] very much for
[51:29] your attention. Welcome any questions
[51:30] you may have read
[51:30] >> thank you. I
[51:31] appreciate
[51:34] the report.
[51:37] I want to thank you
[51:38] for a couple of very specific things
[51:39] that I heard. One, I absolutely agree
[51:40] with you
[51:42] . I had to go on mute because I giggled
[51:44] out loud when you mentioned ice boxes,
[51:46] which is clearly decades behind schedule.
[51:52] so I very
[51:53] much appreciate the attention to detail
[51:54] to remove some of these outdated terms.
[51:55] I
[51:56] also want to acknowledge that several months ago
[51:57] we talked about massage parlors and
[51:58] one of the
[52:01] things I asked was
[52:04] to change that. We have not talked about it
[52:04] since. I
[52:05] did notice you changed that terminology
[52:06] everywhere to massage business. Thank
[52:07] you very much
[52:09] for doing that. I want to ask if you
[52:10] could provide a
[52:13] few minutes of clarification.
[52:16] you made a description about activating first-floor
[52:19] windows and
[52:20] businesses. Can you talk to that a
[52:22] little bit more?
[52:22] >> yeah.
[52:25] city staff did some research
[52:28] with how other municipalities
[52:31] are trying to
[52:32] enliven their downtowns. One of the
[52:34] things we identified was
[52:35] that when a business goes through
[52:37] an entitlement
[52:42] --say they're looking for a conditional use
[52:43] permit. As part of that
[52:44] entitlement process requiring them
[52:46] to have some sort of activation of
[52:49] any ground-floor space within the downtown
[52:52] . So this could include anything from
[52:55] visual display of products to some
[52:57] sort of artwork or do something else that would
[52:58] engage pedestrians as they
[53:01] walk by to alert
[53:02] them to the fact there is an active
[53:04] business use there. This would only
[53:07] apply to retail uses
[53:10] as I
[53:11] mentioned. Uses like restaurants or
[53:13] nail salons. Having a fully transparent
[53:16] window where
[53:18] you could see into the business and see
[53:19] the activities going
[53:21] on there would qualify as activation for
[53:22] purposes of
[53:24] this requirement. But it is just good
[53:25] practice because we
[53:28] don't want
[53:29] empty windows downtown when we have
[53:30] an active business there. We want
[53:31] people to know
[53:34] that there is something going on .
[53:36] if somebody can kind of spy something
[53:37] if they are half a
[53:40] block away and they see
[53:42] something in the window that maybe draws
[53:43] them down further, it is good for
[53:44] business. It is good for the city.
[53:46] it is good for pedestrians.
[53:49] >> would that apply to existing businesses
[53:54] ? Or it is only if they are applying
[53:55] for permits through
[53:57] the city?
[53:58] >> it would only apply to
[53:58] businesses going through a new
[54:00] entitlement process.
[54:00] >> for example
[54:01] ,
[54:04] insurance companies or law firms.
[54:07] things like that. Because
[54:09] that is not considered retail, I don't
[54:10] think. How would that be
[54:12] impacted by this ?
[54:12] >> they would be
[54:13] subject to
[54:16] the requirement
[54:28] to have a fully transparent window. So
[54:30] people could see in --see office workers.
[54:31] that sort of thing.
[54:31] >> okay. Great.
[54:32] my only comment. I know we are still
[54:34] in the question and answer period.
[54:34] I'm not
[54:35] particularly supportive of the idea
[54:36] of extending mobile food vendors past
[54:37] 10:00 p.m. That is inconsistent
[54:39] with all the other rules that we have
[54:40] in place so I just want
[54:42] to put that out there now. I am in
[54:43] support of having that end at
[54:46] 10:00 p.m. Anyone have any other questions or anything
[54:46] specific they
[54:49] would like to ask?
[54:54] >> councilmember ross. You want to
[54:55] kick everybody off?
[54:55] >> sure.
[54:58] with all due respect
[55:04] , madame mayor --when you look at the
[55:04] noise
[55:06] ordinance next year, I think the food trucks
[55:07] should go past 10:00. But I said that
[55:09] before. But that is not for tonight. When
[55:10] you consider that a year
[55:13] from now, maybe the echo of
[55:16] my voice will be heard.
[55:19] anyway. Speaking of
[55:22] food trucks , on
[55:25] the regulations
[55:27] and changes that I saw in there, they
[55:28] refer to
[55:31] the requirements for a food truck
[55:34] parked in public parking stall.
[55:37] with these apply to somebody that
[55:40] has been parking a food truck on a
[55:43] private property downtown
[55:46] ?
[55:47] >> yeah. Different regulations
[55:49] would apply. They would have to go through
[55:54] the temporary use permit process.
[55:55] and regulations would be imposed at
[55:55] that stage by
[55:58] the zoning administrator.
[56:01] so it
[56:03] would depend --it would be a case-by-case situation.
[56:04] we would review it based on where
[56:06] they are proposing to locate and what
[56:07] type of offerings they are
[56:09] proposing to have. Those sorts of things.
[56:13] >> so a fixed location would require
[56:17] the hearing.
[56:20] >> correct. >>
[56:23] and an application to have --you
[56:26] can park anywhere.
[56:26] >> no.
[56:29] the tuv could be location limited.
[56:32] they would have to have the
[56:35] approval of the property owner
[56:38] , at which point we would
[56:39] review the application and approve them
[56:41] to locate
[56:45] in one specific location or to have
[56:47] food trucks located in that location. They
[56:48] could potentially swapout other food trucks.
[56:51] different food trucks coming in. We
[56:53] would allow them to be approved
[56:56] to have
[56:57] food trucks in a certain location but
[56:58] it wouldn't necessarily have to be
[56:59] the
[57:02] same food truck.
[57:02] >> and the ones
[57:03] [ inaudible ] public parking.
[57:03] >> if it was
[57:05] in public parking, they would
[57:06] be subject to public parking regulations.
[57:14] so they would
[57:15] have to if they are located longer than an
[57:17] hour, they would have to have access
[57:18] to a bathroom facility. If they are
[57:20] located less than an hour, we
[57:21] have very little leeway with what
[57:23] we can impose on them, but we
[57:24] would be able to wire inspections
[57:25] that they have all of their licenses
[57:26] from the fire department
[57:28] from public health as well as requirements to
[57:32] remit
[57:35] sales tax within the
[57:38] city limits. And
[57:41] what was the other requirement
[57:42] ? I'm blanking on the other one. But
[57:44] we are limited.
[57:44] >> okay.
[57:47] just briefly , tell me
[57:50] . If I have a food truck [ inaudible
[57:53] ] I've
[57:55] got two choices. Park in a public
[57:56] space, or
[57:59] I can park [ inaudible
[58:02] ] is each
[58:05] path equally
[58:11] --is there as much work for each path
[58:12] if you pick one or the other? Sounds like
[58:14] the private property might be a
[58:17] little more cumbersome.
[58:17] >> so we tried to
[58:20] keep it fair and
[58:21] we did not want to incentivize people parking
[58:23] in
[58:24] the public right-of-way since we know
[58:26] that the direction from the council
[58:31] was to really promote it on private property.
[58:35] so it does provide a
[58:37] lot more flexibility if you go through
[58:38] the temporary use permit process. Essentially
[58:41] you're going to
[58:43] have to move around a lot if you're
[58:44] parking in a public
[58:47] parking spot. The requirements
[58:50] to
[58:52] be within 200 feet of a readily available bathroom
[58:53] and more than 100
[58:56] feet from
[58:59] another food truck,
[59:00] we were hoping it would incentivize
[59:01] people to go for the temporary use permit
[59:02] process. And that
[59:05] also provides
[59:06] opportunities for the existing businesses
[59:07] in town to partner with food trucks
[59:08] to
[59:09] maybe offer something that they don't already
[59:10] offer and provide something interesting
[59:11] to the public that they
[59:14] would be
[59:16] --they would help feed the business and
[59:17] the food truck
[59:18] and not take away from existing businesses.
[59:20] >>
[59:23] I had some of the questions.
[59:26] but I would just save them
[59:29] for now. Thank you.
[59:32] >> that is a great report.
[59:35] that is
[59:37] a lot. You guys have been working
[59:38] your tails off on all
[59:40] of this. Okay. So I just wanted to
[59:41] follow-up with
[59:44] councilmember ross'
[59:47] thought train. If we
[59:48] are doing all of these food trucks, that's
[59:50] great. I like the diversity. Who
[59:52] keeps them honest?
[59:52] >> so, we keep
[59:53] them honest
[59:55] . The planning division would require
[59:59] proof that --well,
[1:00:02] let us split this up for it in terms of
[1:00:04] food trucks working in a public right-of-way
[1:00:05] we
[1:00:08] would inspect
[1:00:10] them for having a business license,
[1:00:11] having their fire certificate, public health certificate.
[1:00:13] in terms of the temporary use permit
[1:00:17] , we would work with the property owner to
[1:00:19] make sure that they are adhering to
[1:00:20] all of the regulations
[1:00:21] or requirements that were imposed
[1:00:23] through that temporary use
[1:00:26] permit process. In terms of the
[1:00:30] food trucks and making sure they are
[1:00:32] not staying for longer than an hour,
[1:00:32] we
[1:00:34] would not have to rely on the community
[1:00:35] and business community in
[1:00:38] terms of potential using our code
[1:00:41] enforcement staff to report if some
[1:00:44] of these
[1:00:47] are located longer
[1:00:49] than an hour and they are not within
[1:00:50] the distance of a restroom or too
[1:00:53] close to another food truck.
[1:00:53] >>
[1:00:56] kind of the honor
[1:00:58] system.
[1:00:59] >> it is a little bit the
[1:00:59] honor system.
[1:00:59] >> I would
[1:01:01] like to clarify. If they are going to
[1:01:02] be parking on public property as part
[1:01:02] of
[1:01:03] their temporary use permit application,
[1:01:05] they would be demonstrating how they
[1:01:05] plan
[1:01:07] to comply with those distance requirements
[1:01:08] that
[1:01:11] dan gordon just mentioned.
[1:01:14] they
[1:01:16] would indicate that as part of their application
[1:01:17] when we are evaluating the temporary
[1:01:20] use permit.
[1:01:22] saying that, as dan indicated, they
[1:01:23] could always potentially
[1:01:24] park somewhere differently than where
[1:01:25] they indicated they were going to
[1:01:26] be parking for longer than
[1:01:28] an hour in that instance. It would
[1:01:29] be reliant
[1:01:31] primarily on a code enforcement complaint
[1:01:32] basis as we
[1:01:35] do it.
[1:01:35] >> okay.
[1:01:39] that's great. So can I
[1:01:42] switch gears ? Very good.
[1:01:45] the adus
[1:01:46] setbacks are going to be the same
[1:01:48] as the main house
[1:01:54] . Is
[1:01:55] that what I heard you say?
[1:01:55] >> that
[1:01:57] is correct.
[1:01:57] >> can you
[1:01:58] talk about that a little bit? I thought
[1:01:59] we were trying to help these people
[1:02:01] get the adus in there. It sounds like
[1:02:03] that would be cumbersome.
[1:02:03] >> let
[1:02:04] me clarify. This would be for attached adus
[1:02:06] that have balconies, decks,
[1:02:08] or rooftop decks. We wanted to make
[1:02:09] sure that
[1:02:12] those specific elements
[1:02:15] would not be
[1:02:16] able to be closer to the property
[1:02:18] line than if you had built them
[1:02:21] on the primary residence since
[1:02:22] especially because it is an attached
[1:02:24] adu it is going to be
[1:02:28] part of that primary residence and
[1:02:29] this could potentially allow somebody
[1:02:30] to
[1:02:31] push that envelope a little bit. And
[1:02:33] we all know that with
[1:02:36] adus not everybody uses them
[1:02:38] as a special rental. A lot of people use
[1:02:39] them
[1:02:41] as parts of their primary residence
[1:02:42] . So we did
[1:02:43] not want to create some sort of loophole
[1:02:44] or workaround where people could then
[1:02:48] build a deck in a location
[1:02:54] that you would not be
[1:02:55] able to unless you declared it as
[1:02:57] an adu.
[1:02:57] >> I like that.
[1:02:58] that makes sense. I appreciate that
[1:02:59] and I really appreciate all the hard work
[1:03:00] you guys have done
[1:03:03] to bring
[1:03:04] the consistency between all of those
[1:03:06] zoning districts because I know it
[1:03:07] was before it was just all over the place.
[1:03:08] and I think this whole thing that
[1:03:09] you
[1:03:10] are working so hard on his part of
[1:03:12] that. Being consistent
[1:03:15] and bringing us up to date
[1:03:18] . I know nothing
[1:03:19] has been done on this. Or not much
[1:03:21] has been done since 1975. So I applaud you
[1:03:24] for all of that.
[1:03:35] >> all right. Thank you. I too just want
[1:03:36] to echo the
[1:03:37] comments here. I know what a herculean
[1:03:39] task this has been to try
[1:03:42] to clean up mountains of
[1:03:44] codes that just have not been touched. It
[1:03:45] is really
[1:03:47] important. And I know that I think
[1:03:48] all of us are
[1:03:51] eager to move this city forward
[1:03:53] and help it grow and flourish in a
[1:03:54] way that we
[1:03:57] all want. But we cannot do that
[1:03:59] if we don't have codes that work in
[1:04:00] the
[1:04:03] 21st century. Write? So this is a big
[1:04:06] , important step in helping do that.
[1:04:09] I just want to commend
[1:04:10] you at the staff level. Thank you
[1:04:12] so much for all the work you have
[1:04:14] put into this. Just a couple of questions
[1:04:15] I
[1:04:18] would ask
[1:04:24] on the food trucks. Real life scenario
[1:04:25] that has emerged over the past few
[1:04:27] years. No secret. I think you all are
[1:04:28] familiar with it. Food trucks that
[1:04:30] decide now moving forward that they roll
[1:04:31] up in one of our city parks. Parks
[1:04:33] that were for instance
[1:04:35] little league has a concession stand.
[1:04:39] talk to me in layman's terms. How
[1:04:40] does the new procedure that we have
[1:04:42] outlined here
[1:04:45] --
[1:04:46] how would it impact that scenario?
[1:04:48] I know that is a concern
[1:04:50] that we have heard from some of our
[1:04:51] --
[1:04:52] some of our folks over in the little
[1:04:54] league. And I think it is a valid
[1:04:56] concern. They are operating a snack shack.
[1:04:59] they rely on the sales of the concessions
[1:05:00] from that
[1:05:02] snack shack. You know. To truck rolls up.
[1:05:09] and obviously that is going to put
[1:05:09] a dent
[1:05:11] in their sails. So talk to me a little
[1:05:12] bit. I want
[1:05:14] to make sure they understand how this
[1:05:18] --what we have laid out here is
[1:05:21] going to help
[1:05:22] mitigate those concerns. Does that
[1:05:24] make sense?
[1:05:25] >> great question. Yes.
[1:05:29] that was definitely at the forefront of
[1:05:30] our minds
[1:05:31] when we were crafting this. The proposed
[1:05:32] regulatory framework would essentially
[1:05:33] require any food truck located
[1:05:36] on public property in a public park
[1:05:36] to get
[1:05:39] the approval of the city. And a temporary use
[1:05:48] permit. So if
[1:05:50] it is something that would be impacting the little
[1:05:51] league concession stand, obviously as
[1:05:51] the city we
[1:05:53] would not want to see that. We would
[1:05:54] not be approving a food
[1:05:55] truck to be able to locate within
[1:05:57] such distance of that concession stand.
[1:05:57] they would not
[1:06:00] just need
[1:06:03] approval of the city as the property
[1:06:03] owner,
[1:06:05] but they would also have to go through
[1:06:06] the temporary use permit
[1:06:07] process where we would employ other restrictions.
[1:06:09] let's say we did
[1:06:15] approve it
[1:06:17] for some reason. We would only approve it when
[1:06:18] that concession stand was not operating.
[1:06:18] >> so
[1:06:20] I appreciate that. That's really helpful
[1:06:21] to know. To piggyback on what councilmember
[1:06:23] just brought up with respect to enforcement.
[1:06:24] you just obviously referenced
[1:06:26] code enforcement and what have you.
[1:06:30] these situations sometimes arise outside
[1:06:35] of normal business hours. Let's say
[1:06:36] they arise on the weekend. Saturday
[1:06:38] you were down. The place is packed
[1:06:42] to the brim.
[1:06:44] you have a food truck that rose up
[1:06:45] that is already taking up valuable
[1:06:45] parking spaces.
[1:06:47] I get a call from somebody at little
[1:06:48] league councilmember. What are
[1:06:51] we doing about this?
[1:06:53] what can be done? Is this something they
[1:06:54] would call pd on
[1:06:57] and ask pd
[1:06:59] to enforce it and ask those folks
[1:07:00] to either show their documentation
[1:07:00] or
[1:07:03] have them remove ? How does
[1:07:06] that work
[1:07:08] ? I'm just trying to play through
[1:07:09] that because I can
[1:07:11] see that scenario arising and I want
[1:07:12] to know what
[1:07:14] we do in that situation.
[1:07:14] >> I believe
[1:07:16] that is the case as
[1:07:18] with most off-hours. Violation of
[1:07:20] municipal code. It would go to our
[1:07:22] wonderful colleagues.
[1:07:27] >> assuming they would be trained
[1:07:28] and well versed in
[1:07:31] the policies.
[1:07:31] >> what I
[1:07:32] would add to that is if we got complaints
[1:07:33] that opened over the weekend, if the
[1:07:35] complainant could identify what the
[1:07:37] food truck company was
[1:07:40] because usually there is
[1:07:41] fairly significant branding on the
[1:07:42] outside of the vehicles. So I suspect
[1:07:43] we
[1:07:44] would have a pretty easy way that we
[1:07:46] could follow-up
[1:07:50] during business hours as well. Maybe
[1:07:51] not immediately solve the issue at
[1:07:52] the time. We
[1:07:53] could take some action to prevent future
[1:07:55] problems that would
[1:07:56] occur.
[1:07:57] >> that is really helpful.
[1:07:57] I appreciate that candor because that
[1:08:01] is something
[1:08:04] . Like I said, I have heard it on
[1:08:05] more than one occasion. I just want
[1:08:06] to make sure that everybody is on
[1:08:08] the same page here and we understand
[1:08:10] that we are actually trying to be responsive
[1:08:10] to
[1:08:12] the concerns that have been brought
[1:08:13] forward. And that is
[1:08:14] a very real world scenario that has
[1:08:15] been brought to our attention. Again,
[1:08:19] thank you, both, for that. Kind
[1:08:22] of two general questions
[1:08:24] not on the food truck that I had was. Earlier
[1:08:28] this year I believe we had
[1:08:31] a presentation
[1:08:32] from some economic development consultants.
[1:08:34] they had given
[1:08:37] us a presentation in which they
[1:08:40] laid out
[1:08:43] some general observations
[1:08:45] and some recommendations and things
[1:08:46] to keep
[1:08:49] in mind . And I'm just kind
[1:08:51] of wondering if you can speak to how what
[1:08:52] is before us tonight
[1:08:55] more or less aligns with what
[1:08:58] they highlighted
[1:09:01] as part of their
[1:09:01] presentation.
[1:09:02] >> absolutely. A big
[1:09:04] part of that presentation
[1:09:08] from mr. Greenwood, the city's economic
[1:09:10] development consultant
[1:09:16] , was about these development standards
[1:09:17] in our heavy industrial and light industrial zoning
[1:09:18] districts and how much more restrictive
[1:09:19] hours are compared
[1:09:21] to neighboring municipalities . So
[1:09:22] this does cover quite a few
[1:09:25] of the recommendations that he brought to
[1:09:25] your
[1:09:28] attention, including
[1:09:31] the reduced setbacks,
[1:09:32] reduced landscaping requirements,
[1:09:33] greater height allowances as well as
[1:09:37] allowing for
[1:09:40] greater variety of types of uses to
[1:09:40] go into
[1:09:43] those districts. Things like
[1:09:46] data centers, renewable energy
[1:09:48] that were specifically mentioned in
[1:09:49] the code before so we
[1:09:52] could not actually permit them.
[1:09:54] so it covers quite a large chunk of
[1:09:55] the recommendations.
[1:10:00] >> what I would add to that as well
[1:10:01] is when staff was
[1:10:02] preparing these regulations, they
[1:10:04] were reviewed in draft form by the
[1:10:05] consultants as well to ensure that
[1:10:09] we adequately captured all of the recommendations.
[1:10:16] >> I'm really
[1:10:18] happy to hear that. Thank you. I just
[1:10:19] wanted to make sure we
[1:10:20] were all communicating with one another
[1:10:22] as we were going through because I think it
[1:10:24] is really important for me as we are
[1:10:25] modernizing the code. We have an eye
[1:10:26] toward the future. We need to have
[1:10:31] --we're
[1:10:33] trying to figure out how we can continue
[1:10:34] to grow and sustain and broaden our
[1:10:36] economic base so that we can bring
[1:10:37] additional sales tax dollars to
[1:10:38] help continue to provide the high
[1:10:40] level of service that our residents have
[1:10:43] come to rely upon
[1:10:46] . Certainly as we are kind of navigating
[1:10:49] through some --
[1:10:52] let's just say some less than ideal budget
[1:10:58] --upcoming budget. And we're making our
[1:10:58] way
[1:10:59] through, but it is really important we
[1:11:01] have an eye toward the future knowing
[1:11:01] that
[1:11:04] the one
[1:11:07] time dollars that the federal government has
[1:11:07] provided us
[1:11:09] have more or less been exhausted at this
[1:11:10] point so we really need to. The
[1:11:11] planning for tomorrow began really
[1:11:13] yesterday. We need
[1:11:16] to figure out how to
[1:11:17] take those steps to grow our economic
[1:11:19] base. And this is
[1:11:21] a really critical component to it.
[1:11:25] again, really appreciate that.
[1:11:27] last question I had going back to
[1:11:28] the presentation
[1:11:30] that the economic development consultants
[1:11:31] had
[1:11:34] presented to us . If I
[1:11:37] remember correctly --please correct me
[1:11:37] if I'm
[1:11:40] wrong. I believe
[1:11:43] they reference some potential surface
[1:11:45] county properties within the city limits.
[1:11:46] that
[1:11:49] could potentially
[1:11:52] be subject to a swap of some
[1:11:54] kind or a sale or exchange. Maybe
[1:11:58] I'm not understanding that correctly. But
[1:11:58] I am kind
[1:12:00] of thinking in terms of future uses.
[1:12:01] if that
[1:12:03] were ever to come to fruition, we would
[1:12:04] still have the ability to make
[1:12:07] modifications to accommodate that
[1:12:10] possibility
[1:12:13] . We are not set in
[1:12:15] stone just because we are doing this
[1:12:16] today. We still have some flexibility to respond
[1:12:17] to
[1:12:20] any new --a new
[1:12:21] project that may come forward .
[1:12:21] >>
[1:12:23] absolutely. This
[1:12:25] does not hamstring you in any way
[1:12:26] of considering
[1:12:30] changing it in the future or adding
[1:12:32] or removing uses
[1:12:33] . Changing the development standards.
[1:12:37] in response to a project. Not at all.
[1:12:38] >> okay.
[1:12:41] >>
[1:12:43] I think that is all I had. Thank you
[1:12:44] so much. Really
[1:12:47] appreciate it.
[1:12:49] >> hi, dan. Thank you so much for
[1:12:50] all the
[1:12:51] work that you have done. Most of my
[1:12:53] questions have been asked
[1:12:55] by my fellow councilmembers. So that
[1:12:56] is great.
[1:12:58] I did have a question about the frontage
[1:12:59] requirement
[1:13:02] that mayor
[1:13:03] brianne zorn had asked you about earlier.
[1:13:05] I'm still not sure I understand
[1:13:07] but I think I understand it. If a
[1:13:11] new business were to want to go
[1:13:12] into a building downtown and there were
[1:13:14] no windows
[1:13:17] in that storefront
[1:13:19] , there would be an obligation to create
[1:13:20] some
[1:13:23] sort of window or some sort of
[1:13:26] opportunity for people to
[1:13:28] be able to look in and see what actually is going
[1:13:29] on in their provided
[1:13:30] it is a certain type of business.
[1:13:32] so that would require some
[1:13:33] construction at the front of the door
[1:13:38] that would have a
[1:13:40] window in it or something along those lines. Is
[1:13:41] that what you are kind of
[1:13:42] getting at?
[1:13:43] >> you asking specifically
[1:13:44] if there are no windows.
[1:13:52] >> yes. >> there would be a couple
[1:13:53] different ways where
[1:13:54] they could comply with this requirement.
[1:13:55] it would not necessarily need to put
[1:13:56] a window in.
[1:13:58] we have a catch all at the end of
[1:13:59] that requirement where it says other
[1:14:00] pedestrian oriented visual display.
[1:14:02] that could be sums
[1:14:04] --some form of public art they put on
[1:14:05] the building. Even something
[1:14:08] like a mural.
[1:14:13] those could all satisfy the requirement.
[1:14:14] >> okay. Some of
[1:14:15] those are low cost as opposed to more
[1:14:17] expensive costs. I appreciate that.
[1:14:21] like I said, most of my questions
[1:14:23] have all been answered. I do want
[1:14:25] to say that I'm glad we have eliminated refining
[1:14:28] because I don't think we want to see
[1:14:29] anymore refining
[1:14:30] occurring in the city of martinez.
[1:14:34] so I super appreciate that being changed.
[1:14:37] and I don't really have any other
[1:14:38] questions. Just a comment
[1:14:41] about what
[1:14:44] satinder malhi mentioned
[1:14:45] about the hypothetical situation of
[1:14:47] a baseball game and a food truck rose
[1:14:50] up . The
[1:14:52] concern that I have and I'm sure you
[1:14:53] do too is that I don't think
[1:14:54] many people know or understand that they could
[1:14:56] call the police department and have
[1:14:56] a
[1:14:59] food truck
[1:15:01] --a conversation with the food truck
[1:15:02] about their presence
[1:15:03] there or not. People don't know to
[1:15:05] do that. But the food truck could
[1:15:05] impact the
[1:15:07] sales that the kids have at their
[1:15:08] little
[1:15:11] snack shack.
[1:15:13] so that is my concern. It has to be some
[1:15:14] sort of public awareness
[1:15:17] that if there was a truck that came up
[1:15:20] -- or mobile vendors
[1:15:23] . People know what
[1:15:25] they can do because I don't think
[1:15:26] people understand
[1:15:31] what they can do. The tools they have
[1:15:32] available to them. So that is
[1:15:35] just my concern. If there is
[1:15:36] these mobile vendors taking advantage
[1:15:37] of an opportunity, then no one understands
[1:15:41] that there may be rules
[1:15:42] and policies and ordinances. They
[1:15:44] are not thinking that.
[1:15:47] so that is sort of where
[1:15:49] I'm going with this. Maybe we can
[1:15:50] also do some outreach so people know
[1:15:50] in
[1:15:51] those certain areas that they have
[1:15:53] an opportunity to reach out to
[1:15:56] try to make their
[1:15:58] case known so that maybe the truck
[1:16:02] can no longer reside there.
[1:16:02] >> we can
[1:16:03] definitely work on doing some public
[1:16:05] outreach if these regulations become
[1:16:10] effective june 15th. We would want
[1:16:11] to do some outreach to the
[1:16:12] community just to raise awareness.
[1:16:17] >> that is all
[1:16:19] I have. Thank you so much. This has
[1:16:20] been, like, a huge task.
[1:16:22] in looking at the agenda here. This
[1:16:23] item takes up the entire page. So
[1:16:26] if that goes into showing how
[1:16:28] much time and effort went into this
[1:16:32] ,
[1:16:33] it is commendable. So thank you, all,
[1:16:35] for all the work you have done in putting
[1:16:37] up with us and everybody else that
[1:16:38] has been asking for changes.
[1:16:41] thank you.
[1:16:42] >> thanks, everyone. Before I
[1:16:43] opened it up to public comment, any
[1:16:44] last comments from
[1:16:47] the council?
[1:16:48] yeah. Councilmember ross.
[1:16:48] >> back
[1:16:50] to the food truck
[1:16:53] scenario again.
[1:16:56] just wanted to make a
[1:16:57] comment. I know that we are separating
[1:16:59] food trucks .
[1:17:01] one strategy down the road may be
[1:17:02] to allow them to collate and
[1:17:05] be together
[1:17:08] in order to
[1:17:09] have a bathroom facility nearby. I
[1:17:10] think the bathroom question is going
[1:17:11] to be the
[1:17:14] sticking point here. Open the door
[1:17:14] to
[1:17:17] it. But we release a trapdoor because
[1:17:19] we have no public restrooms downtown.
[1:17:23] so how they meet that requirement
[1:17:26] -- I still don't see how that --maybe
[1:17:26] they
[1:17:29] will. But
[1:17:31] one of the questions about the little
[1:17:32] league scenario
[1:17:35] . What if the little
[1:17:38] league themselves decided to partner with
[1:17:38] a
[1:17:41] food truck and instead of having
[1:17:44] to man the
[1:17:47] hotdog stand , lease
[1:17:50] the opportunity.
[1:17:56] is that something the city would get involved
[1:17:58] with?
[1:17:59] >> yeah. Great question. The city
[1:17:59] would get involved with that since
[1:17:59] presumably they would be
[1:18:02] locating the
[1:18:03] truck on city property. They would
[1:18:05] need the approval of the city and
[1:18:06] they would need to go through the
[1:18:08] temporary use permit process and get
[1:18:08] a temporary
[1:18:10] use permit to do that. That is absolutely
[1:18:11] something that could be accommodated
[1:18:14] by this framework.
[1:18:14] >> any
[1:18:16] other entity . To say the sportsman
[1:18:17] club had an
[1:18:20] event. Danny does his
[1:18:23] own cooking. Doesn't need a food truck
[1:18:26] down there. Say some group
[1:18:29] had a building . They are on
[1:18:32] private property.
[1:18:34] they invite a food truck to come on. They are
[1:18:35] not necessarily --they invited
[1:18:38] a food truck for
[1:18:40] private property as opposed to public property
[1:18:42] . With the
[1:18:45] have to go through the same
[1:18:47] process?
[1:18:48] >> yes. Anytime a food truck
[1:18:48] wanted to
[1:18:51] locate on
[1:18:52] private property, they would require
[1:18:52] a temporary use permit. Even for a
[1:18:54] one-time event. Yeah.
[1:18:57] it is
[1:19:00] a low fee. $450 fee
[1:19:02] . So we wanted to make sure that it
[1:19:03] was not
[1:19:04] prohibitive so if somebody wanted
[1:19:06] to do a one-day event or
[1:19:08] two-day event, it would not discourage them
[1:19:10] too much from having that food truck.
[1:19:12] but because it would
[1:19:14] have to go through a staff process
[1:19:15] and cost
[1:19:18] staff time,
[1:19:21] we did need to impose a
[1:19:23] fee.
[1:19:24] >> $450 for one day. >> that
[1:19:24] is
[1:19:26] correct. Yeah. If they were doing it
[1:19:27] for one
[1:19:30] day, I would encourage them to get the
[1:19:31] temporary use permit for the year. And
[1:19:33] then they could have other times where they
[1:19:36] have that event again.
[1:19:37] but yes. Even for one day.
[1:19:37] >> are
[1:19:39] there any chances
[1:19:42] exclusions or exemptions for charitable organizations
[1:19:45] if it was
[1:19:50] a fundraiser for a charitable organization?
[1:19:50] >>
[1:19:51] I would defer to the
[1:19:52] planning manager on that question.
[1:19:54] >>
[1:19:55] so if you're wanting to make exceptions
[1:19:56] for application fees, that would be
[1:19:57] something that would
[1:19:58] need to be codified as part of the
[1:20:00] fee schedule.
[1:20:03] at this point in time, it
[1:20:05] would be based on the adoptive fee
[1:20:06] schedule.
[1:20:06] >> we can do
[1:20:09] that later. We could revise the
[1:20:12] fee schedule
[1:20:14] .
[1:20:15] >> it could be done at a later date.
[1:20:15] yes.
[1:20:17] >> sorry to interrupt. Just to clarify
[1:20:24] , dan,
[1:20:26] to repeat back what you said, the $450 is
[1:20:27] for a temporary use permit
[1:20:28] that does apply to the entire year.
[1:20:30] if they want to
[1:20:33] come back
[1:20:35] two days in the next calendar year,
[1:20:36] it
[1:20:37] is the same cost. If they want to
[1:20:39] come back 100 days, which we allow in
[1:20:40] this provision, it is still the same cost.
[1:20:42] >> yes, mayor. That
[1:20:45] is correct. Renewal fee
[1:20:48] and $225
[1:20:49] if we renew for a subsequent year.
[1:20:49] >>
[1:20:51] so if
[1:20:54] --a way to get around that is if there was
[1:20:56] [ inaudible ] with a charitable organization
[1:20:57] , they
[1:20:58] could use that same permit continually
[1:21:02] . A different organization could use
[1:21:03] the same truck
[1:21:08] over the year.
[1:21:09] >> yes. Absolutely. >>
[1:21:09] last question. If we have a
[1:21:12] food truck
[1:21:14] that does research and development on
[1:21:15] a deck on an
[1:21:18] adu.
[1:21:21] we will pass on that.
[1:21:30] >> okay. I'm going to open this up
[1:21:31] to public comment. Thank you so much
[1:21:32] for all of the answers, dan. Anyone
[1:21:33] in council chambers that
[1:21:35] has any comments or questions on all
[1:21:36] of the items that were presented
[1:21:37] this evening?
[1:21:38] >> if you would like
[1:21:39] to make a comment, show of hand.
[1:21:41] I have no one here in chambers. I
[1:21:42] will move to
[1:21:45] zoom. If you would like to make
[1:21:48] public comment on item number
[1:21:49] nine, please use the rays had featured now.
[1:21:54] I have no hands.
[1:21:57] oh. Sorry.
[1:21:59] the last minute. All right. I will
[1:22:00] ask you to unmute.
[1:22:12] jb,
[1:22:15] are you there?
[1:22:21] all right. Let's move on. I have
[1:22:24] no hands.
[1:22:25] >> all right. Thank you
[1:22:26] so much. I'm going to bring this back to
[1:22:27] council for any last
[1:22:30] comments
[1:22:33] or to make a motion if you choose.
[1:22:33] >>
[1:22:35] I have one last question.
[1:22:35] >> sure. >>
[1:22:39] so if I was
[1:22:41] having a private party at my home and I
[1:22:42] wanted to have a mobile
[1:22:43] vendor come onto my personal property
[1:22:45] onto my driveway for my guests
[1:22:48] to have tacos or something, is that same
[1:22:51] temporary
[1:22:53] use permit required?
[1:22:53] >> yes, it is.
[1:22:54] >> okay. Just wanted to check.
[1:22:59] okay. Thanks.
[1:23:00] >> I have a very easy
[1:23:00] question because I
[1:23:01] know this is the answer. But we have in fact
[1:23:03] been in thorough consultation with
[1:23:05] the chamber with downtown martinez
[1:23:08] on this and they are good . Write?
[1:23:09] >> yes.
[1:23:12] I just wanted to confirm on
[1:23:15] the record that we have kept them
[1:23:18] in the loop every step of the way.
[1:23:24] that is all I needed.
[1:23:24] >> to
[1:23:25] your point, I would recommend if you're
[1:23:27] having a party and you want a food
[1:23:27] truck,
[1:23:29] you can park it legally outside of
[1:23:30] your house
[1:23:36] and you don't have
[1:23:38] to get a temporary use permit if it
[1:23:39] is an illegal parking spot.
[1:23:41] >> for less than an hour. >> less
[1:23:42] than an hour. Then the have to move.
[1:23:44] >> wait. So you are saying vice mayor wants
[1:23:45] to have a party. The truck
[1:23:47] parks in a legal space for one hour.
[1:23:48] they have to move
[1:23:51] at least one legal parking
[1:23:54] space away and now they
[1:23:56] have another hour.
[1:23:56] >> that's correct.
[1:24:00] >> to clarify,
[1:24:02] you would still need to have that
[1:24:03] --the food truck would still
[1:24:04] need a business license. They would
[1:24:06] still need all of the other regulatory
[1:24:06] permits such
[1:24:07] as environmental health and all of
[1:24:09] those items.
[1:24:13] >> they don't have
[1:24:14] to pony up the 450 if they are in a
[1:24:16] legal parking
[1:24:17] space. The state has prevented us
[1:24:19] from allowing that.
[1:24:22] >> that's right. >>
[1:24:25] to follow up, sorry
[1:24:28] to keep talking about this item.
[1:24:31] right now
[1:24:32] -- I'm going to go ahead and make
[1:24:33] reference to one food truck that I
[1:24:37] know of. They come to our school
[1:24:38] every day on wednesdays for an hour
[1:24:40] or so.
[1:24:44] shaved ice. I see them all over the
[1:24:46] city. They do
[1:24:48] a great job. They get back to ptas
[1:24:49] and local nonprofits and
[1:24:50] things. So our existing food trucks
[1:24:52] that are
[1:24:55] operating in the city .
[1:24:56] have they had to get this temporary
[1:24:58] use permit?
[1:25:01] and will
[1:25:09] -- as long as they are less than an
[1:25:10] hour, doesn't really
[1:25:11] matter, but there has kind of been
[1:25:12] an incentive for some of the local
[1:25:13] businesses
[1:25:14] that might want to be called for parties to go
[1:25:16] ahead and get the temporary use permit
[1:25:17] because that really gives them a lot
[1:25:18] more flexibility throughout the year.
[1:25:19] >>
[1:25:20] yeah. That's right. It does give them
[1:25:21] a lot more flexibility. And if they
[1:25:22] are located
[1:25:23] on school property, they would not
[1:25:25] need a temporary use permit
[1:25:27] if they are in a parking space. They
[1:25:28] would not.
[1:25:33] >> they are currently in a parking
[1:25:34] space. I was just
[1:25:35] thinking about it because I think the
[1:25:37] reason this conversation started with respect
[1:25:37] to food
[1:25:38] trucks was actually in the downtown
[1:25:39] we had a food trucks operating elsewhere
[1:25:40] in
[1:25:41] the city and now the supplies are
[1:25:43] basically citywide. I appreciate
[1:25:46] councilmember
[1:25:52] malhi
[1:25:53] bringing up some of these questions about
[1:25:55] our parks and little league and things like
[1:25:56] that because the driver for this original
[1:25:58] discussion really was not
[1:26:03] our parks and food trucks coming to
[1:26:04] the parks. It was really more
[1:26:05] of the downtown corridor. Thank you
[1:26:06] for that clarification. I think there
[1:26:08] will probably be a little bit of growing
[1:26:10] pains over the next couple of months and
[1:26:10] maybe
[1:26:12] a year as people get used to what the
[1:26:13] new nuance of the rules
[1:26:14] and how they impact existing businesses
[1:26:16] in the city.
[1:26:19] go ahead. Councilmember
[1:26:22] ross.
[1:26:22] >> madame mayor,
[1:26:25] I would ask the indulgence to
[1:26:28] -- we are talking about speaking
[1:26:29] with the chamber and hopefully the
[1:26:31] restaurant community was talked to.
[1:26:31] the speaker that
[1:26:34] was online --the
[1:26:36] public comment her online did not connect
[1:26:37] .
[1:26:38] I'm presuming that was jb, one of
[1:26:40] the local restaurant
[1:26:46] s. I would implore if we could perhaps
[1:26:48] --is he still?
[1:26:49] >> if he is listening
[1:26:49] and would like
[1:26:52] to attempt to make a comment ,
[1:26:55] just raise the hand and I will
[1:26:58] [ inaudible ]
[1:27:04] >> he says he has raised his
[1:27:06] hand.
[1:27:07] >> he did. He just needs to unmute
[1:27:07] himself now.
[1:27:16] he is still muted.
[1:27:19] now he has lowered
[1:27:22] his hand and he is still muted.
[1:27:27] I think we will have to move on at
[1:27:28] this time.
[1:27:34] >> okay. Thank you. >> I think it
[1:27:34] is
[1:27:36] fair since many of us know him it is
[1:27:37] worthwhile for us
[1:27:38] to reach out and see if he has any
[1:27:39] additional comments on that. Really
[1:27:40] quickly, one
[1:27:43] thought about
[1:27:46] other events
[1:27:47] such as national night out and various
[1:27:49] things like that. How would
[1:27:52] these types of rules impact
[1:27:55] those gatherings of mobile
[1:27:58] food vendors?
[1:28:01] >> they would require
[1:28:04] a temporary use permit if
[1:28:06] the event takes place in a public park
[1:28:07] or during a
[1:28:10] street closure .
[1:28:13] again, there are ways to get around
[1:28:16] that if we locate them
[1:28:18] in illegal parking spot and move them
[1:28:19] every hour. Otherwise
[1:28:21] they would still require the $450
[1:28:22] temporary
[1:28:25] use permit.
[1:28:25] >> okay. Thank
[1:28:28] you. All right. Council,
[1:28:31] any
[1:28:34] final questions or comments or emotion, please.
[1:28:40] >> I would be happy to make the motion.
[1:28:46] but I
[1:28:47] would have to get my reading glasses.
[1:28:49] >> can you make that contact with city attorney
[1:28:49] and
[1:28:51] ask her how much of that you need
[1:28:52] to read aloud?
[1:28:52] >> it will be
[1:28:54] sufficient to say, move the staff
[1:28:55] recommendation. That is why dan read
[1:28:55] the whole
[1:28:57] thing into the record for you.
[1:28:57] >>
[1:28:58] that is what I kind
[1:29:01] of figured .
[1:29:01] >> thank
[1:29:03] you.
[1:29:04] >> I would like to move the staff
[1:29:04] recommendation on number nine.
[1:29:07] >> second. >>
[1:29:10] all right. Please vote per the
[1:29:13] clerk's prompts.
[1:29:13] >> [
[1:29:16] roll being called ]
[1:29:25] >>
[1:29:28] motion passes.
[1:29:31] all ayes.
[1:29:31] >> all right.
[1:29:33] before we move to the next item, I
[1:29:35] wanted to check with staff. I
[1:29:39] understand there are some folks in
[1:29:40] the audience that are here to provide comment
[1:29:43] on item number 12. I was just wondering
[1:29:46] --assistant city manager, is there anyone
[1:29:48] in the audience here to talk about
[1:29:50] item 11? If
[1:29:53] not, can I swap those two items?
[1:29:54] >> I would certainly be okay with
[1:29:56] it if it is
[1:29:57] okay with the city manager.
[1:29:57] >> I'm
[1:29:59] so sorry.
[1:30:02] I just completely jumped ahead.
[1:30:05] I apologize.
[1:30:08] >> that is fine. >> okay.
[1:30:10] I think I would like to pull 12 up
[1:30:11] before 10 and
[1:30:12] 11. I think 10 and 11 will be items
[1:30:14] that might be discussing
[1:30:17] a
[1:30:18] little bit longer. So I'm going to
[1:30:19] go ahead and jump ahead. Our next
[1:30:20] item
[1:30:23] on the
[1:30:26] agenda is item 12.
[1:30:27] receiver portable discussion and provide
[1:30:28] direction to staff regarding terms and
[1:30:29] conditions under which the
[1:30:32] city can transfer the joltin joe
[1:30:33] to the joe dimaggio hometown hero
[1:30:35] project.
[1:30:35] >> thank you
[1:30:37] . I will be presenting this item tonight.
[1:30:40] the joltin joe as you know is a beautiful
[1:30:41] 22-foot
[1:30:43] sportsman boat . That was given to
[1:30:44] joe dimaggio
[1:30:47] in 1949
[1:30:50] by his fans in new york city.
[1:30:53] the vessel was
[1:30:54] donated eventually to the city of
[1:30:56] martinez in 1994 , which was
[1:30:57] also the year of a restoration project
[1:30:59] that took place for the boat.
[1:31:05] as many of us
[1:31:06] are familiar with some of its history
[1:31:07] in 2010, several community groups
[1:31:09] came together to work together on
[1:31:10] another restoration of the boat, which took
[1:31:13] several years . Several hands. This a
[1:31:14] lot
[1:31:17] of fundraising
[1:31:19] . Since that --that was completed
[1:31:20] about 2015.
[1:31:23] since that
[1:31:28] restoration, the joltin' joe has since
[1:31:29] been displayed at community
[1:31:30] events. In fact we have a format the
[1:31:32] city for people to
[1:31:33] fill out if they are interested in
[1:31:35] having the boat
[1:31:40] displayed. More intimately it has
[1:31:41] been brought out during
[1:31:42] our fourth of july parade, which the
[1:31:44] city council has had the pleasure of writing
[1:31:44] in
[1:31:46] as one of our city floats. It has
[1:31:47] really been a prized
[1:31:53] asset to the
[1:31:54] city and community. We have heard
[1:31:55] nothing over the years but really
[1:31:56] positive things about the experience
[1:31:57] and excitement that the community
[1:31:58] gets when they have an opportunity
[1:31:59] to see
[1:32:02] the boat and also get a chance to
[1:32:05] get up close with it at community events.
[1:32:08] over the years, however,
[1:32:17] the lack of good-quality storage
[1:32:18] options has been a problem for us.
[1:32:20] we do have it stored in a city
[1:32:21] facility that is closer to the waterfront.
[1:32:22] it is not really climate controlled.
[1:32:23] so that has been an
[1:32:25] ongoing concern that we have. We also lost
[1:32:29] staff expertise on the
[1:32:31] boat. We used to have a team of people
[1:32:34] that were very passionate about the boat
[1:32:35] who have since left
[1:32:38] . So the most common feedback I
[1:32:40] hear from our new generation public works
[1:32:43] workforce is that they are not in
[1:32:45] the boat business. They don't have
[1:32:47] that understanding.
[1:32:50] also funding. So we don't
[1:32:53] have a city budget
[1:32:55] right now to actually preserve and
[1:32:56] maintain the boat. I would just
[1:32:59] also add that at
[1:33:02] present when community groups
[1:33:05] do ask to bring it up for display at
[1:33:06] community events, typically we pay
[1:33:08] overtime costs.
[1:33:11] so this is anywhere from
[1:33:14] on
[1:33:17] average 5 to 8 hours we ring a public
[1:33:17] works person
[1:33:20] and they have to stay with
[1:33:23] the boat the whole time and
[1:33:25] bring it back in. So there is a city
[1:33:26] cost to kind of providing
[1:33:29] this benefit to the public. I will
[1:33:32] say that the
[1:33:35] city proactively last year
[1:33:37] after we were seeing some of these
[1:33:38] challenges occur
[1:33:41] --we did
[1:33:42] have an assessment or appraisal done
[1:33:44] through our city
[1:33:47] insurance. So the
[1:33:50] most recent number is
[1:33:53] that the boat is valued at just
[1:33:56] over $246,000. During the march 20th
[1:33:59] city council meeting , a
[1:34:02] few of you expressed
[1:34:11] interest in transferring the joltin'
[1:34:12] joe to the joe dimaggio hometown hero
[1:34:13] project. This is a nonprofit organization
[1:34:14] established in 2014 to
[1:34:16] preserve the legacy of joe dimaggio in
[1:34:17] this community.
[1:34:18] subsequently, about a week or two
[1:34:19] later, the organization submitted
[1:34:20] a letter
[1:34:22] of interest to the city, which was
[1:34:23] attached to the
[1:34:25] staff report expressing their interests
[1:34:29] to seek a transfer of the
[1:34:32] boat so they can again take it, preserve
[1:34:32] it, display
[1:34:35] it, and really
[1:34:38] maintain it as a prized asset of the
[1:34:38] community. The
[1:34:41] benefits that staff
[1:34:47] sees to a potential
[1:34:48] transfer is, number one, it supports
[1:34:49] the restoration and preservation of the
[1:34:50] boat that staff just cannot
[1:34:53] do today.
[1:34:56] the organization would be in better position
[1:34:59] to fund raise than the city would.
[1:34:59] so they
[1:35:02] can get those outside funds to support
[1:35:02] those
[1:35:04] efforts. It would save on insurance costs
[1:35:05] because it is
[1:35:08] a city asset. And potentially
[1:35:11] the nonprofit would
[1:35:13] be able to explore new opportunities to
[1:35:14] display the boat
[1:35:16] for new partnerships that can be formed
[1:35:17] where
[1:35:20] other new audiences could
[1:35:23] enjoy the boat as well.
[1:35:26] so what we are
[1:35:28] asking the council tonight is just
[1:35:29] your direction on
[1:35:32] before we start exploring further
[1:35:35] in agreement and
[1:35:37] terms and conditions regarding this transfer
[1:35:44] and an agreement with the hometown
[1:35:45] hero project.
[1:35:46] we're looking for your feedback tonight
[1:35:48] on whether this is something
[1:35:51] you would want
[1:35:52] us to go further on. If so, the city
[1:35:54] attorney would be assisting us
[1:35:55] in putting together terms that would
[1:35:57] include purpose and transfer
[1:36:00] , public
[1:36:01] displays. So at minimum, what would we
[1:36:02] expect the nonprofit organization
[1:36:03] to do
[1:36:05] in terms of making the boat available
[1:36:06] to the community
[1:36:09] ?
[1:36:12] if the organization
[1:36:13] was not able to meet the terms and
[1:36:15] conditions of the agreement,
[1:36:18] what would
[1:36:20] b then the protocol for the city taking
[1:36:21] the
[1:36:22] boat back into our own ownership?
[1:36:24] and then also insurance
[1:36:27] for the
[1:36:33] organization among many other.
[1:36:34] I will pause and ask the city attorney, are
[1:36:36] there any
[1:36:37] other elements that would be useful
[1:36:38] for the council tonight regarding
[1:36:39] terms and conditions?
[1:36:39] >>
[1:36:42] I think you actually covered it.
[1:36:44] those are the main terms. The chief
[1:36:45] among them are some
[1:36:48] direction because it is a
[1:36:51] valuable asset . And
[1:36:54] we are --
[1:36:56] the proposal might include transferring it
[1:37:00] as is
[1:37:03] with
[1:37:04] no compensation but with many conditions, chief
[1:37:05] among which would be the requirement
[1:37:09] to have some ongoing display
[1:37:12] so that the community
[1:37:14] could enjoy the historic asset . So
[1:37:15] that would
[1:37:17] be an important thing. And lauren
[1:37:18] did
[1:37:20] mention that. Of course a right of
[1:37:21] reverter clause
[1:37:24] in case for
[1:37:26] some reason the nonprofit overtime
[1:37:27] couldn't
[1:37:29] comply with the terms or disbanded
[1:37:32] or something the asset would come
[1:37:33] back to
[1:37:36] the city
[1:37:38] and there would be an enforcement mechanism
[1:37:39] at
[1:37:41] the cost of the nonprofit if we had
[1:37:42] to go
[1:37:45] to court
[1:37:50] to enforce that right of reverter clause.
[1:37:51] >> in closing, what I
[1:37:53] will add before I turn it back over
[1:37:54] to you is that
[1:37:55] we do have bob hear from the hometown
[1:37:57] hero project. So if you would like
[1:37:57] for
[1:37:59] him to offer any public comment, he
[1:38:00] is available. And
[1:38:03] I will turn it over to you.
[1:38:06] >> great. Thank you so much.
[1:38:09] I will absolutely invite him
[1:38:12] to speak during public
[1:38:14] comment, but let's go ahead and start
[1:38:15] with council comments.
[1:38:17] does anyone have any questions for staff
[1:38:18] or any items
[1:38:21] that were discussed?
[1:38:24] I see a couple leaning forward.
[1:38:27] >> hi. Good evening.
[1:38:29] I just want to speak on this matter.
[1:38:33] full disclosure.
[1:38:36] I am an honorary member of the
[1:38:38] joe dimaggio hometown hero project
[1:38:39] .
[1:38:42] I actually worked with attorney
[1:38:43] to create the 501(c)(3) paperwork
[1:38:45] and
[1:38:48] bylaws for the organization.
[1:38:51] so
[1:38:53] just want to let you know I have some
[1:38:54] affiliation, although it is honorary
[1:38:54] with
[1:38:56] that organization. So with that said
[1:39:00] ,
[1:39:02] I just want to say that this boat
[1:39:03] is more than just a boat. It
[1:39:05] means something very deeply to me. This
[1:39:06] boat is part of
[1:39:08] my family. Joe dimaggio is my cousin.
[1:39:09] I have many cousins here
[1:39:12] . And this boat was under the care of my
[1:39:12] grandfather,
[1:39:14] my uncle, and my great uncle, mike
[1:39:18] dimaggio
[1:39:21] . So I really
[1:39:23] do care about what happens to this boat.
[1:39:24] it is a very
[1:39:27] special treasure to me and
[1:39:30] to my entire family
[1:39:36] . And I don't want to go without saying
[1:39:36] that
[1:39:38] this boat would not be what it is
[1:39:39] today if it wasn't for the hard work and
[1:39:41] dedication of so many people that
[1:39:42] came together from
[1:39:44] the sons of italy, from the martinez
[1:39:45] carpenters union .
[1:39:48] so many people worked for years
[1:39:54] on this boat. Weekends. Blood, sweat,
[1:39:56] and tears. A lot of these names I
[1:39:57] feel like people
[1:40:00] should know who worked on this boat.
[1:40:03] this
[1:40:05] boat did not just appear one day and
[1:40:06] we just had a boat. After
[1:40:09] it was
[1:40:11] donated to the city years ago, it
[1:40:12] was outside in the elements and
[1:40:15] completely decrepit. The work to
[1:40:18] restore this boat --
[1:40:21] truly phenomenal. Bob
[1:40:23] can talk to the amount of time that
[1:40:24] people spent on this boat.
[1:40:30] we
[1:40:31] have others including don curtis,
[1:40:33] who was the restoration expert who helped
[1:40:35] derive this project forward. And all
[1:40:36] the fundraising
[1:40:39] that happened.
[1:40:40] rick was another key component. There
[1:40:42] are so many names. I don't want to
[1:40:45] read them , but I just want
[1:40:47] to make sure it is clear to everyone
[1:40:48] how important this boat is not
[1:40:50] only to me and my family but to the
[1:40:51] city. So with
[1:40:54] that said , I do believe that
[1:40:57] there should be
[1:40:59] some organization that can take pair
[1:41:03] -- care
[1:41:06] and make sure the boat is showcased.
[1:41:08] people should see this boat. It is
[1:41:09] beautiful. So I do feel that there
[1:41:13] is another
[1:41:14] --the joe dimaggio hometown hero project
[1:41:16] is a good organization to care
[1:41:19] and preserve this boat.
[1:41:21] however, I would not support this without
[1:41:25] the clause that was mentioned
[1:41:27] earlier called the right of reverter clause
[1:41:28] because of
[1:41:29] this organization were to ever be
[1:41:34] dissolved, disbanded,
[1:41:35] or for some reason has no funding
[1:41:37] or just collapsed in some
[1:41:38] way, that boat should never go into
[1:41:39] the hands of a single individual.
[1:41:43] that boat longs
[1:41:44] to the citizens and residents of this
[1:41:46] city and I feel that boat
[1:41:47] should come back to the city and be
[1:41:49] under our care.
[1:41:52] so the only
[1:41:53] way I would support that is to make
[1:41:55] sure that would never happen.
[1:41:56] that this boat would never be in the
[1:41:58] hands of one individual.
[1:42:01] so that is my opinion
[1:42:04] . I will let my
[1:42:07] other colleagues
[1:42:09] take the microphone.
[1:42:09] >> thank you
[1:42:10] for the
[1:42:11] wonderful report. I just want to piggyback on
[1:42:13] what madame vice mayor
[1:42:16] just said . This boat means so much to
[1:42:17] this community. I remember working
[1:42:19] with don curtis
[1:42:22] , who taught me so much
[1:42:25] about restoring boats . And he
[1:42:28] would tease us all the time
[1:42:32] . Working harder. I thought you were
[1:42:34] a carpenter. I am a boat
[1:42:35] builder. We had so much fun down there.
[1:42:37] the camaraderie.
[1:42:38] regard ridge driving us so hard to
[1:42:40] get this
[1:42:43] done.
[1:42:45] the city and the mayor has promised me that
[1:42:46] it
[1:42:49] will be saved and restored. So I feel
[1:42:52] it is incumbent upon us to
[1:42:53] get it to somebody that is going to
[1:42:55] take care
[1:42:57] of it. My daughter and I would spend
[1:42:58] our saturdays
[1:43:00] down there just trying to help out
[1:43:07] . And so I too feel
[1:43:08] very connected to this boat. It is
[1:43:10] a part of our community. And I'm
[1:43:11] very interested in hearing how bob
[1:43:13] and the hometown hero people are
[1:43:14] going to display it because I think
[1:43:16] that is the biggest
[1:43:18] thing. To see it down there in the warehouse
[1:43:19] basically
[1:43:22] rotting away
[1:43:25] is just devastating . And I
[1:43:27] know we are not in the boat building business.
[1:43:30] so all the things that lauren was
[1:43:31] talking about. It is so important
[1:43:34] that we get this boat
[1:43:37] to somebody . We're
[1:43:40] talking about what I said when I brought
[1:43:43] this up. Heavy hitters.
[1:43:46] these are bob cellini
[1:43:49] and scott
[1:43:52] --steve perry. These
[1:43:55] people are
[1:43:58] dedicated to the city. I
[1:44:00] really want to put this in the hands of
[1:44:01] people that have time, money,
[1:44:02] and inclination and expertise to take
[1:44:04] care of it.
[1:44:10] I do want to hear
[1:44:11] about how they're going to display
[1:44:13] it. We have already had conversations
[1:44:13] about getting
[1:44:14] it to the giants and getting it out
[1:44:16] there. So I know they
[1:44:17] are making these plans and I cannot wait
[1:44:19] to hear
[1:44:22] the report.
[1:44:22] >> thank you.
[1:44:25] >> councilmember
[1:44:30] ross, do you have any questions or comments?
[1:44:30] >>
[1:44:31] no. It
[1:44:33] has been a labor of love . I cannot add
[1:44:34] any more to
[1:44:36] it. It deserves a better home than
[1:44:37] it has now. I
[1:44:40] wholeheartedly endorse
[1:44:43] support.
[1:44:45] >> thank you. Council member malhi.
[1:44:46] >>
[1:44:49] yes. So I too just want to
[1:44:52] echo the comments here. I support what
[1:45:00] councilwoman mckillop says. I think
[1:45:01] it's only appropriate that we make sure
[1:45:03] we do have a clause in there that
[1:45:04] just says years from now for
[1:45:05] whatever reason the circumstances
[1:45:07] change --which hopefully they won't, but
[1:45:16] in the event that they do, we will
[1:45:16] ensure it does
[1:45:18] not go into the hands of a private individual.
[1:45:19] that it does revert back to
[1:45:22] the control of the city. Up to a future council
[1:45:22] to decide how
[1:45:24] best to handle that at that point. But
[1:45:25] I would really love to hear from
[1:45:28] mr. Cellini . I may
[1:45:30] have additional questions after that.
[1:45:34] >> thank you
[1:45:35] very much for everyone's comments.
[1:45:37] thank you for
[1:45:40] the reminder
[1:45:46] , vice mayor mckillop, about
[1:45:47] your concern. I think that is something
[1:45:49] that I had heard a couple times and
[1:45:49] I would like
[1:45:52] to reiterate in the hands of a single person.
[1:45:52] I think the
[1:45:55] part of that that
[1:45:57] resonated with me is less of the person that
[1:45:58] is holding it and more that
[1:46:00] there would be one person that would profit
[1:46:03] from the acquisition or sale of said
[1:46:04] boat. So from
[1:46:07] my perspective it is almost
[1:46:13] less who
[1:46:14] has it and more that someone sold
[1:46:16] it. So from my perspective, giving it
[1:46:16] to the hometown
[1:46:18] hero project is a way to ensure that
[1:46:19] loving hands continue to
[1:46:20] maintain it. We can hopefully see
[1:46:22] that it gets to a home where
[1:46:25] there is an environment where
[1:46:28] the
[1:46:29] temperature is controlled. More of
[1:46:32] a museum appropriate
[1:46:33] space rather than where it is likely
[1:46:35] being held
[1:46:37] right now as an interim measure. I
[1:46:38] thank you
[1:46:41] very much for that reminder.
[1:46:42] since today we are not taking action
[1:46:43] and were just providing guidance, I
[1:46:46] think it seems pretty unanimous from
[1:46:47] all of the
[1:46:48] council that that is their interest.
[1:46:50] so with
[1:46:52] that said, I would like to open this up
[1:46:53] to public comment. Clerk, can you
[1:46:55] let me know. Are there any speaker
[1:46:56] cards
[1:46:58] or anyone queued up to speak?
[1:46:58] >> I
[1:47:00] have no speaker cards. We have one
[1:47:05] --
[1:47:08] >> [ inaudible ]
[1:47:11] >> okay.
[1:47:16] >> hold on, kristin. I cannot hear
[1:47:17] you.
[1:47:18] make sure you are at the microphone.
[1:47:19] >> this is actually tangential to this.
[1:47:26] when
[1:47:27] the joltin' joe was brought out of storage,
[1:47:29] it was at the time
[1:47:32] when this whole thing was
[1:47:35] going on.
[1:47:37] and lorraine and her friend wrote an
[1:47:38] article that
[1:47:39] lorraine I discovered it in storage.
[1:47:41] people came many times
[1:47:44] asking, where is it? Let's get
[1:47:47] it out.
[1:47:52] but you were not in the business of taking
[1:47:53] care of boats,
[1:47:54] but you are in the business of acknowledging
[1:47:56] your history in your general and specific
[1:47:59] plans. And I just want to say
[1:48:01] fame is not necessarily historic significance
[1:48:02] . Ignorant
[1:48:05] --historic
[1:48:07] significance are things that represent
[1:48:08] the broad
[1:48:11] important occurrences that happen
[1:48:14] to humanity in a local level
[1:48:17] or a larger level. And
[1:48:18] joe dimaggio is just the standout
[1:48:20] tree
[1:48:22] in these italians that came here and
[1:48:23] fished
[1:48:26] and did all of that.
[1:48:32] and I believe that boat was taken out
[1:48:34] to get the italian I off of what the
[1:48:35] historic society at the
[1:48:38] time, the county, and the city
[1:48:39] would say there is nothing historic about
[1:48:41] that neighborhood
[1:48:47] . So
[1:48:48] you get two for one. You get the boat
[1:48:50] and the history in the national
[1:48:51] register. Great for you. But don't
[1:48:53] forget you are in the business.
[1:48:54] registering the true history of this
[1:48:55] town and not just famous people and
[1:48:58] respecting that. There is a reason
[1:48:59] ,
[1:49:02] malhi
[1:49:04] --satinder malhi. There is a reason
[1:49:05] why the state
[1:49:06] office of historic preservation in every
[1:49:08] single state.
[1:49:13] and we're not just living in the past. We
[1:49:14] live in a
[1:49:17] continuum. Okay? These human beings
[1:49:17] affected the built
[1:49:18] environment and they affect the way
[1:49:20] we live now. And we
[1:49:23] need to remember what is supposed
[1:49:26] to be remembered. This really had
[1:49:29] nothing to do
[1:49:34] about the boat. Except that, wow. You
[1:49:35] are in the business of this town's history. Thank you.
[1:49:58] and thank you mayor and council for considering
[1:49:59] our request
[1:50:00] for the transfer of guardianship, that is
[1:50:02] how I want to state it. When I
[1:50:03] was employed with the city and this
[1:50:05] first came out we were mutually
[1:50:07] in this together. With the hope that
[1:50:11] someday it would end of
[1:50:16] in a museum, things change, I understand
[1:50:17] that. I think
[1:50:20] the direction we are going now
[1:50:23] and the availability that was offered
[1:50:26] to us, we have a
[1:50:28] opportunity to expand what the boat
[1:50:35] means to martinez. Every time I have
[1:50:36] taken it out to different events,
[1:50:38] it brings a array of questions from
[1:50:41] people all over the country.
[1:50:44] I cannot agree more with
[1:50:47] lawrence report, I
[1:50:50] agree with the city attorney.
[1:50:53] this is not a possession we are looking at.
[1:50:56] I
[1:50:59] made a obligation
[1:51:02] to paulo,
[1:51:05] I asked her
[1:51:07] when we first conceived of this opportunity to
[1:51:08] transfer so we can better promote
[1:51:11] and maintain and display it. One thing
[1:51:14] she said to me and I will
[1:51:17] always honor that,
[1:51:20] is that she does not wanted to fall
[1:51:20] back in
[1:51:23] the condition it was in when it was
[1:51:23] exposed.
[1:51:26] I do agree
[1:51:29] that the city should have first right
[1:51:32] of refusal but hopefully by that
[1:51:34] time there may be a permanent place
[1:51:35] to house
[1:51:37] the boat. Our mission is a nonprofit
[1:51:38] has not changed. We
[1:51:41] have four goals,
[1:51:46] they were promoting the italian fishing
[1:51:47] community. My
[1:51:48] grandfather was a part of it, his
[1:51:50] name is on the plaque. Honoring
[1:51:53] my father who is a immigrant,
[1:51:55] taught me baseball, I met joe dimaggio
[1:51:59] when I was eight years old.
[1:52:11] in the future this
[1:52:14] boat means what we can bring
[1:52:17] to the next generation. Educating
[1:52:19] them about the game, sportsmanship, and
[1:52:22] the dedication to stay committed.
[1:52:26] that being said,
[1:52:28] if you have any other questions for
[1:52:29] me I would love to
[1:52:32] answer them.
[1:52:35] >>
[1:52:38] let's see, if it is okay,
[1:52:41] let's
[1:52:43] see if there is any other public comment
[1:52:44] and then we will go back to counsel
[1:52:47] for questions.
[1:52:50] anybody else in council chambers who
[1:52:50] would
[1:52:53] like to speak?
[1:52:56] >>
[1:52:59] I see no hands, I will moved to zoom,
[1:52:59] if you
[1:53:02] would like to make
[1:53:04] a public comment, please use the ray's
[1:53:05] hand feature now.
[1:53:08] I have no hands.
[1:53:08] >>
[1:53:11] let's kick it this back to
[1:53:16] the councilmember. You can ask your
[1:53:17] questions now.
[1:53:17] >>
[1:53:19] assistant city manager, you mentioned
[1:53:23] the value of the boat, you said it
[1:53:23] was
[1:53:26] just under a quarter million.
[1:53:29] I would
[1:53:32] venture
[1:53:35] to ensure something
[1:53:37] like that, I do not know what the
[1:53:39] cost is on that, I
[1:53:40] do not know the state of your financials,
[1:53:43] is that something you guys have the
[1:53:45] wherewithal to cover?
[1:53:45] >>
[1:53:48] let me give you a quick
[1:53:51] rundown on current financials,
[1:53:54] right now our current
[1:53:56] assets is just under 30,000 and we have
[1:54:02] a little more than 11,000 in merchandise we
[1:54:03] use for
[1:54:05] fundraising. We have decent fundraisers
[1:54:09] but again with guardianship
[1:54:12] of the boat, we would have
[1:54:15] broader opportunities and
[1:54:18] we have future events
[1:54:24] we can take
[1:54:25] advantage of. As far as ensuring the
[1:54:27] boat, I know when we
[1:54:30] requested insurance,
[1:54:32] a one-day event was $350. A one-day event
[1:54:36] was more costly than
[1:54:37] blanket coverage, there are specialty
[1:54:39] insurance with
[1:54:42] the ability to ensure
[1:54:45] classic boats and cars , vintage things.
[1:54:51] we do not
[1:54:53] have that but I believe with our continuous fundraising,
[1:54:54] and
[1:54:55] the councilmember notes we have yearly fundraisers,
[1:54:59] also with the transfer of guardianship,
[1:55:03] it enables us to bring in
[1:55:07] your corporate sponsors. That is part
[1:55:09] of our responsibility, to maintain that because
[1:55:11] we will have to show that proof each and
[1:55:13] every year, I am sure that is part
[1:55:15] of the agreement.
[1:55:17] it is no different than what you do with
[1:55:21] main street and the chamber.
[1:55:24] there is accountability.
[1:55:24] >>
[1:55:27] was there anything in
[1:55:28] the presentation that concerned you
[1:55:30] as far as the stipulations
[1:55:32] that are being talked about here as
[1:55:33] part of
[1:55:36] a transfer?
[1:55:36] >>
[1:55:39] note there is not,
[1:55:42] my only concern is that,
[1:55:45] when it is transferred
[1:55:48] and I transport it to a event,
[1:55:50] making sure that the city is not liable
[1:55:53] for anything that may possibly happen
[1:55:54] so
[1:55:57] how we separate those two
[1:56:00] entities,
[1:56:02] that would be a legal question I cannot
[1:56:03] answer but that would
[1:56:04] be my concern so that the city is
[1:56:06] in no way liable.
[1:56:11] >> I have nothing further to add other
[1:56:12] than to reiterate
[1:56:15] what I said earlier. I appreciate
[1:56:16] what the mayor said as well, I think
[1:56:18] it is a valid point.
[1:56:21] hopefully back gives
[1:56:24] some clarity
[1:56:27] to you
[1:56:32] madam assistant city manager in terms of
[1:56:33] where I am coming from
[1:56:35] on this. I value the rich history,
[1:56:36] those of us that had
[1:56:39] the good fortune
[1:56:41] of growing up here, we know well how special
[1:56:45] mister dimaggio is
[1:56:48] and was and certainly the family
[1:56:51] and his rich legacy and
[1:56:54] we want to see that
[1:56:57] continue to endure and sustain
[1:57:01] for future generations to come. I
[1:57:02] really appreciate the partnership
[1:57:03] here and hopefully I
[1:57:05] think we can get this done in short
[1:57:06] order.
[1:57:06] >>
[1:57:11] bob, can you talk about your plans
[1:57:12] for displaying the boat?
[1:57:12] >> we
[1:57:14] were given a gracious offer from bills
[1:57:17] hardware to display it in the a's
[1:57:21] truck box
[1:57:23] where the original ace hardware was.
[1:57:24] it will allow
[1:57:27] the public to view it six days
[1:57:30] a week. It is under
[1:57:35] better constant conditions, it is
[1:57:36] secure, it is
[1:57:39] locked and I have accessibility for in
[1:57:39] and
[1:57:41] out privileges but I want to be specific, I
[1:57:42] do not want
[1:57:44] to take the boat out every weekend.
[1:57:48] the boat is
[1:57:50] between the agreement with the city
[1:57:51] events, as president,
[1:57:54] my
[1:58:00] requirement is it needs to be displayed for
[1:58:00] special occasions
[1:58:01] and circumstances that will give it
[1:58:03] the biggest benefit bringing
[1:58:06] it back to the city of martinez
[1:58:09] and its citizens, that is
[1:58:12] what it is tied to.
[1:58:21] >> bob
[1:58:24] , I want to
[1:58:27] thank you and commend you for all
[1:58:30] of your
[1:58:32] efforts, your heart and soul is in
[1:58:33] this boat,
[1:58:36] I truly believe that, I trust that
[1:58:36] you
[1:58:39] and the dimaggio
[1:58:42] hometown hero
[1:58:45] project will be great guardians
[1:58:47] of this boat. It kills me to know it has
[1:58:48] been sitting in the
[1:58:49] kenny building in the heat for all
[1:58:51] of these years after restoration
[1:58:54] and
[1:59:00] it is successful at the amateur boat
[1:59:02] shows, it is something that should be
[1:59:03] showcased, it is something people
[1:59:03] should
[1:59:05] see and understand. The fact that
[1:59:06] you will take
[1:59:11] the boat into the broader community
[1:59:12] and educate people and teach them
[1:59:12] about the history of
[1:59:15] martinez, and
[1:59:20] joe dimaggio, baseball, how it became
[1:59:21] his boat, all of the
[1:59:23] history. That warms my heart to know that.
[1:59:24] so I
[1:59:27] am grateful that
[1:59:30] the organization has stood up and offered
[1:59:33] to do this enormous task. It is
[1:59:36] a lot. I am thankful to bill
[1:59:39] and ace hardware for
[1:59:42] their contribution to house
[1:59:44] it in a environment that is conducive
[1:59:45] to saving the wood and
[1:59:48] making sure it is not
[1:59:51] adversely impacted
[1:59:53] from all of the temperature variations
[1:59:54] and things like that. We want it
[1:59:57] to be water where the
[2:00:03] and not sink. We need to keep the
[2:00:04] boat in the best condition possible
[2:00:06] so that is great. I want to also shout
[2:00:06] out
[2:00:09] retired councilmember delaney
[2:00:12] and
[2:00:13] her efforts over the years to promote
[2:00:15] this organization and all she
[2:00:17] did to lead the organization forward
[2:00:21] so I do appreciate all that she
[2:00:24] has done and she was there for many years
[2:00:27] and I believe even now she is there.
[2:00:30] a key stakeholder in this organization.
[2:00:33] that is it.
[2:00:36] thank you.
[2:00:36] >>
[2:00:39] thank you all for the comments and
[2:00:41] I appreciate staff moving forward
[2:00:43] on this. Assistant
[2:00:45] city manager, do you need additional instruction
[2:00:52] or is it clear the
[2:00:52] direction by counsel this evening?
[2:00:53] >> it is clear, thank you. >> thank
[2:00:55] you so much.
[2:00:57] in that case we will move on to the
[2:01:01] next item.
[2:01:01] >> I can
[2:01:04] propose,
[2:01:06] it is not a clock and we can use a
[2:01:07] short break.
[2:01:07] >>
[2:01:10] all right.
[2:01:19] normally
[2:01:20] I do not take breaks until 10:00 but
[2:01:22] I am happy to give a
[2:01:25] quick one. We can come back at
[2:01:27] 915 and we will start then.
[2:01:27] >> thank you.
[2:06:04] >>
[2:06:07] it is 9:15 pm, if everybody can take
[2:06:10] their seats. If
[2:06:13] you can hear me.
[2:07:49] >>
[2:07:52] if I can please have
[2:07:54] city councilmembers returned to the dais.
[2:08:37] >> it
[2:08:38] is hard to take a five-minute break,
[2:08:40] I know. Thank you.
[2:08:40] >>
[2:08:43] please note the microphones
[2:08:46] are hot so mind your words.
[2:08:52] >>
[2:08:56] all
[2:08:57] right, we are going to move forward
[2:08:59] ,
[2:09:00] actually, we will take the general
[2:09:02] business
[2:09:05] items backwards. We will move
[2:09:08] forward on item 11.
[2:09:11] a motion directing staff to
[2:09:12] coordinate with community partners
[2:09:16] --federal environmental and justice
[2:09:17] community change
[2:09:20] grant. Will this
[2:09:22] be led by the city manager tonight?
[2:09:22] >>
[2:09:32] they will, I will be efficient
[2:09:33] on this one. For a number of reasons,
[2:09:35] one of which is the fact that
[2:09:37] it hurts to speak. I am sorry I am not
[2:09:40] there in person but I am seriously
[2:09:41] under the weather now so
[2:09:42] apologies for not being there. If
[2:09:44] we can please advance josh
[2:09:47] burnham, david
[2:09:50] marquez and bert --
[2:09:53] as well. I want to mention
[2:09:54] before I go into a brief introduction
[2:09:56] on the
[2:09:59] item, josh has a
[2:10:02] hard stop at 9:30 pm. I appreciate you
[2:10:05] moving this item up so we can
[2:10:08] address it and have josh have the
[2:10:10] opportunity to speak. Very briefly,
[2:10:14] bringing this forward tonight to the city
[2:10:16] council and public because this grant
[2:10:20] opportunity for
[2:10:22] the environmental and justice community
[2:10:26] change
[2:10:27] grant is both a significant undertaking in
[2:10:29] front of us
[2:10:32] but also a very
[2:10:33] significant opportunity. It provides
[2:10:35] up to 20 million
[2:10:38] and importantly it does
[2:10:39] not require any match whatsoever.
[2:10:42] so that is a remarkable opportunity
[2:10:47] in the
[2:10:48] staff's evaluation in the last couple
[2:10:50] of months. We determined
[2:10:51] it is definitely worth going for.
[2:10:55] if you remember back in october 2020
[2:10:56] when
[2:10:59] we came before the council to address
[2:11:01] serious concerns at the fishing pier, we
[2:11:04] saw it the council's approval to move forward
[2:11:11] on the city's timeline
[2:11:12] for a prop 68 grant which took six
[2:11:14] months and allowed us to position ourselves
[2:11:17] well for a future
[2:11:25] earmark for the fishing pier even
[2:11:26] though we did
[2:11:28] not get the prop 68 grant. In terms of
[2:11:29] this grant, you will
[2:11:30] note in the staff report it does have
[2:11:31] several requirements but it does afford
[2:11:32] us
[2:11:33] a potential opportunity to build on
[2:11:34] what we had already done on the master
[2:11:37] plan which was recently adopted and also
[2:11:40] the anchor qa is doing for the city
[2:11:43] on the seawall and breakwater redesign
[2:11:44] and repair.
[2:11:47] all of these
[2:11:48] things coming together with components
[2:11:50] that are already addressed
[2:11:53] in the waterfront master plan
[2:11:54] such as a education and event center
[2:11:56] envisioned at the waterfront
[2:11:59] and numerous other aspects,
[2:12:02] make us potentially eligible for
[2:12:05] a grant that I would say a year ago
[2:12:07] did not make us a good candidate for.
[2:12:11] I want to bring this forward
[2:12:14] to you tonight for your consideration. I
[2:12:14] have
[2:12:16] a motion to definitely move forward
[2:12:17] on this opportunity.
[2:12:20] those
[2:12:23] that advanced, they include josh burnham,
[2:12:23] the consultant
[2:12:26] with anchor
[2:12:28] qa working on the design of the seawall
[2:12:29] with a short footprint
[2:12:31] and also the breakwater repair and
[2:12:35] --is the proposed
[2:12:37] community benefit organization partner.
[2:12:41] the city needs to have a cbo
[2:12:44] and we worked many
[2:12:46] years with new leaf and the potential
[2:12:47] they bring
[2:12:50] as far as eco-literacy opportunities
[2:12:50] at
[2:12:52] the waterfront along with several
[2:12:53] other
[2:12:56] potential partners some
[2:12:57] of which we already had the opportunity
[2:12:59] to reach out to.
[2:13:02] such as the environmental science department
[2:13:04] at the college, they can play a role
[2:13:05] in this
[2:13:08] for education and work for us opportunity.
[2:13:20] it is more than just asking for funding to fix
[2:13:20] the seawall
[2:13:22] and breakwater, we know it is 12 1/2
[2:13:23] million. We
[2:13:25] need to be very ambitious on this grant
[2:13:31] and go for a lot of things to make
[2:13:32] it more viable, attractive
[2:13:35] and competitive.
[2:13:44] just like all
[2:13:45] federal grants, it is a competitive process.
[2:13:47] first I want to turn it over to josh,
[2:13:47] he has
[2:13:49] a hard stop at 9:30 pm and he can
[2:13:50] speak a little bit to some of
[2:13:52] the work we are proposing at the waterfront
[2:13:53] and the work he has done already
[2:13:55] and what that may mean for the restoration,
[2:13:56] a new look
[2:13:59] at the waterfront they should be attractive
[2:14:02] to the epa. Josh can walk
[2:14:05] us through that.
[2:14:11] >> thank you everybody. I came straight
[2:14:13] from little league, sorry I am not
[2:14:14] there. I think mike teed
[2:14:17] it up well.
[2:14:20] the way these committee action grants
[2:14:23] are broad, they are competitive but
[2:14:23] they do
[2:14:26] before the opportunity for substantial
[2:14:28] funding without a match which is a
[2:14:31] valuable thing and the best way to
[2:14:32] think about the grant is it
[2:14:35] brings together
[2:14:38] --in order to
[2:14:41] be successful it requires us to ring
[2:14:44] together multiple elements of the
[2:14:47] waterfront master plan, not just
[2:14:49] the infrastructure, to meet the test
[2:14:50] of the grant it forces us
[2:14:52] to look at community and if it's,
[2:14:53] it causes us
[2:14:56] to want to move
[2:14:59] forward with something I have been
[2:14:59] passionate about
[2:15:01] for a while which is restoring the
[2:15:02] ponds and reconnecting them to
[2:15:05] the bay.
[2:15:08] in terms of
[2:15:09] habitat restoration, carbon see restoration,
[2:15:11] treatment runoff and providing
[2:15:13] climate resiliency to the marina and
[2:15:15] waterfront by creating a
[2:15:19] buffers zone for storm surges and
[2:15:20] other things so adding in that singular
[2:15:22] element of restoring the ponds to
[2:15:23] their natural state provides a lot of
[2:15:26] the benefits the grant is targeted
[2:15:27] at
[2:15:28] and I know alan will speak and I have not
[2:15:30] met her yet but
[2:15:33] obviously once we
[2:15:34] do that we have the opportunity for
[2:15:36] community education
[2:15:38] , interpretation, wildlife viewing
[2:15:39] and things that
[2:15:40] bring a benefit to the community as
[2:15:42] well once we have restored
[2:15:43] the ponds. Obviously there are other
[2:15:48] community benefits that
[2:15:49] can be reached. The way to think about
[2:15:51] it is, approaching this
[2:15:54] grant is more than just
[2:15:57] the seawall and
[2:15:58] docks. It really is a opportunity
[2:15:59] to advance several elements of the
[2:16:02] waterfront land, maybe not the most commercial
[2:16:06] uses but wants to focus on
[2:16:09] habitat, climate ,
[2:16:12] community --
[2:16:14] when you think about it from a holistic's perspective,
[2:16:18] restoring the
[2:16:19] pawn system, reconnecting to the bay,
[2:16:22] redoing the storm flows in the area,
[2:16:24] repairing the seawall and all
[2:16:27] of the
[2:16:32] advantages to the community that can
[2:16:33] be gained, I feel like
[2:16:34] we have a good chance, obviously there
[2:16:35] are no guarantees in a competitive
[2:16:36] grant
[2:16:37] space but we definitely feel like it
[2:16:39] is worth a try. I will stop
[2:16:42] there.
[2:16:42] >> thank you
[2:16:44] josh. Alan, you can say a few words.
[2:16:48] >> thank you.
[2:16:51] I am the executive
[2:16:54] director, we
[2:16:55] have been providing hands-on science, nature
[2:16:57] , appreciation and
[2:17:00] literacy education
[2:17:01] in martinez and through the county.
[2:17:06] we appreciate
[2:17:13] the long-standing relationship with the city
[2:17:15] of martinez and I think this is
[2:17:16] a exciting opportunity for martinez.
[2:17:17] we are committed to work with city
[2:17:18] staff in applying for the
[2:17:19] grant opportunity and working together
[2:17:21] to implement a education
[2:17:24] and learning event center that can
[2:17:25] provide opportunities for education
[2:17:27] and ecology and stewardship.
[2:17:30] nature appreciation and other
[2:17:33] topics josh touched on.
[2:17:35] as well as potential career pathways
[2:17:39] to revitalize the martinez waterfront.
[2:17:42] we are happy to be
[2:17:45] a part of it.
[2:17:45] >> one
[2:17:48] little-known
[2:17:49] fact not everybody would know is that
[2:17:51] over a decade ago,
[2:17:54] ellen, myself, and
[2:17:55] the rest of her team at new leaf and
[2:17:57] our management analyst
[2:18:00] gary rivers who was a intern at
[2:18:03] the time, all worked together on a competitive
[2:18:06] power cycle grant application
[2:18:08] which was almost 100 thousand and
[2:18:09] we got it.
[2:18:12] so we
[2:18:14] definitely have a good relationship working
[2:18:15] on the grant.
[2:18:18] bringing a lot of education and
[2:18:20] information to the youth of martinez.
[2:18:21] lastly
[2:18:23] we have david marquez, you met him
[2:18:27] before
[2:18:28] from california consulting, he worked
[2:18:30] on a prior grant application we did for
[2:18:39] urban greening which we did not get
[2:18:40] but recently he worked on this particular
[2:18:42] grant for another agency.
[2:18:45] brooke was on the
[2:18:47] call earlier and had to drop off but we
[2:18:48] have been working with him
[2:18:49] on initial discussions on what the
[2:18:51] grant would look like and
[2:18:55] provided a lot of information, our
[2:18:57] analyst steve
[2:19:00] in the audience tonight has been coordinating
[2:19:01] all of this effort and getting everything
[2:19:03] set up
[2:19:06] so we can start with ernest so david if
[2:19:08] you would like to say a couple of
[2:19:09] words about the grant and how
[2:19:12] you foresee us moving forward.
[2:19:15] you are muted.
[2:19:21] >> I always do that, I am sorry.
[2:19:24] quick note, I told
[2:19:26] brooke to go to bed, she lives in
[2:19:27] new york
[2:19:30] , she has three young boys.
[2:19:36] I told her when it
[2:19:38] hit midnight, go and I can do this
[2:19:41] but she will be the principal working on
[2:19:42] this but I will
[2:19:44] be working with her. We have worked
[2:19:45] on this grant before, one
[2:19:50] that was applied for in la county.
[2:19:51] a different level
[2:19:54] of capacity.
[2:19:57] this grant is due in november but there
[2:19:57] is a reason
[2:19:59] why it is a november date, it does
[2:20:00] require a lot of
[2:20:03] work, a lot of investment in time, like
[2:20:03] all
[2:20:05] grants it will be competitive. What
[2:20:06] I do want
[2:20:09] to say is we went to the vetting process
[2:20:12] to see and evaluate if we
[2:20:14] can be competitive with this grant.
[2:20:15] I know we have
[2:20:18] had several discussions over several
[2:20:18] meetings at
[2:20:21] length looking into the six
[2:20:23] requirements there and if we can meet
[2:20:24] them so
[2:20:27] I do believe
[2:20:30] that it is not about eligibility.
[2:20:33] it is
[2:20:36] about need.
[2:20:39] there are many cities in california
[2:20:41] that are eligible and need this. We
[2:20:42] can take a look
[2:20:45] at the requirements and see
[2:20:48] which activities we can engage in
[2:20:51] that would demonstrate we are ready
[2:20:56] and I am happy about the partnership.
[2:21:06] I am trying to be objective but the
[2:21:06] project
[2:21:09] is really fascinating and
[2:21:15] from my perspective I believe the epa
[2:21:15] would like to
[2:21:17] look at it. A lot of times with grants
[2:21:18] they are a sickly
[2:21:21] case studies, you get funded and they
[2:21:21] want to
[2:21:23] know how you do it and they want to evaluate
[2:21:24] and report. It is
[2:21:26] a investment in learning and like
[2:21:27] I said,
[2:21:30] a case study
[2:21:33] so when the grant comes out next year they
[2:21:36] look at its impact
[2:21:39] on the community and with regards
[2:21:42] to the impact on the community we
[2:21:42] are
[2:21:45] looking at a sustainable change
[2:21:48] that
[2:21:52] is why the grant requires many
[2:21:54] parts in motion but it is almost like
[2:21:58] a generational
[2:22:01] grant in terms of impact
[2:22:02] so I am glad to be working with the city
[2:22:04] of martinez on it.
[2:22:04] >>
[2:22:05] thank you david, two other things
[2:22:07] you will note in
[2:22:08] the staff report, there is the community
[2:22:10] engagement piece
[2:22:12] and we already reached out to our
[2:22:16] friends at swi a group who did a
[2:22:18] great job on the waterfront master plan,
[2:22:25] dan, steve and I will have
[2:22:26] a call with them tomorrow. They are interested
[2:22:27] in continuing to work with us and
[2:22:28] help us
[2:22:29] with some of the community engagement aspect
[2:22:33] to move forward on this with the council's
[2:22:36] direction so I want to put that out there.
[2:22:39] I think that pretty much covers it.
[2:22:45] we are happy to get any initial feedback
[2:22:46] from council or the public
[2:22:47] on this. Steve is in the audience, if
[2:22:49] I missed anything that needs
[2:22:52] to be covered, please speak up
[2:22:55] steve.
[2:22:57] >> thank you so much for that recitation.
[2:23:01] I know we have been talking as
[2:23:03] a council at every council meeting
[2:23:04] on
[2:23:06] how we will move forward and flip
[2:23:07] the switch
[2:23:10] on implementing
[2:23:12] the trust land use plan and I think
[2:23:13] this is a
[2:23:16] great opportunity for a
[2:23:19] large ticket grant that may
[2:23:22] make a
[2:23:24] huge splash at the marina. Thank you
[2:23:30] to everybody on the call that put some
[2:23:31] of the due
[2:23:32] diligence and that is needed for such
[2:23:33] a large grant and I am very much aligned
[2:23:34] with
[2:23:37] your thinking.
[2:23:40] city manager and all of the
[2:23:43] staff that helped work on this,
[2:23:45] I will provide guidance tonight and I'm
[2:23:46] sure my
[2:23:47] counsel as well, I think this is a
[2:23:49] great thing for us to
[2:23:51] work on. To echo what david said earlier,
[2:23:52] the peen
[2:23:55] april and november,
[2:23:57] it is not a lot of time but I think
[2:23:58] it is
[2:24:03] worthwhile. I dropped off for a second,
[2:24:04] I do not
[2:24:05] know if you mentioned this, as everybody
[2:24:07] remembers, we did put a ton
[2:24:08] of effort into the prop 68 grant we
[2:24:10] did not get
[2:24:13] and we are
[2:24:16] easily able to
[2:24:18] resubmit that for something else and
[2:24:19] we were
[2:24:20] able to get that. Even if we do not
[2:24:22] get the grant
[2:24:25] it is a worthwhile investment for all
[2:24:28] of us because the waterfront is
[2:24:31] so important. I
[2:24:34] did want to acknowledge come in a
[2:24:37] separate report
[2:24:39] we make reference to collaborating
[2:24:40] entities, I know there
[2:24:41] is a handful of other entities in
[2:24:43] martinez that will absolutely be
[2:24:46] aligned
[2:24:47] with reduction of greenhouse gases and
[2:24:49] pollution and all of that so I want
[2:24:52] to make sure
[2:24:53] we do not forget about healthy martinez,
[2:24:55] all of the work they did
[2:24:56] this last year, the absolutely aligned
[2:24:57] with the intention of this grant.
[2:25:01] --creek has been doing
[2:25:04] tons of work, another group
[2:25:07] that has worked on this grant. I hope
[2:25:10] you are able to maintain
[2:25:12] those relationships.
[2:25:12] >> have you talked
[2:25:21] to them already?
[2:25:22] >> no, but they are on
[2:25:22] the radar. Again we
[2:25:23] are running against the clock a little
[2:25:25] bit. Obviously we wanted to do our
[2:25:27] initial assessment and have a dialogue
[2:25:28] with california consulting might
[2:25:31] have dialogue with josh and
[2:25:33] see how those components may align and
[2:25:37] have a dialogue with new leaf, to
[2:25:40] give them time to evaluate. You are
[2:25:43] spot on, those are
[2:25:45] organizations we have in mind and
[2:25:46] there are others as well
[2:25:49] we intend to reach out
[2:25:52] to. Some exciting aspects of this
[2:25:52] in
[2:25:54] terms of the partnerships that we
[2:25:55] can create.
[2:25:58] you said it very well, it is a
[2:26:01] big project but it
[2:26:07] can
[2:26:08] really move the needle at the waterfront
[2:26:10] and open us up to exciting new possibilities
[2:26:11] that honestly we all know we need
[2:26:13] down there.
[2:26:14] >> sent we are being recorded, do
[2:26:16] not forget cd and --parks, they
[2:26:19] would be
[2:26:24] good folks to have on the team. A
[2:26:25] question for josh,
[2:26:26] part of the waterfront master plan
[2:26:27] discussion was about converting sediment
[2:26:30] water ponds and reintroducing them to
[2:26:31] title
[2:26:32] flows but the expectation was that
[2:26:34] it would
[2:26:37] be part of mitigation for the development we planned
[2:26:37] to
[2:26:40] do as part of the design
[2:26:42] so we originally discussed this, remember the vice
[2:26:43] mayor even asked, why are
[2:26:46] we not restoring the title
[2:26:49] marsh first and the answer is we are
[2:26:53] waiting because there is mitigation and
[2:26:55] we want to go side-by-side, so I am
[2:26:56] only partially concerned because it feels
[2:26:58] like this grant will warrant what
[2:27:01] this mitigation
[2:27:06] ultimately wants to be and we are
[2:27:07] trying to use the same project twice.
[2:27:07] can you
[2:27:09] speak to that a little bit?
[2:27:09] >> obviously
[2:27:10] the grant is a opportunity we
[2:27:13] may not want to pass up
[2:27:15] even if it slightly adjusts our strategy
[2:27:16] there but I
[2:27:19] do not know if they
[2:27:21] are mutually exclusive. We have had success
[2:27:22] in the past talking to agencies and
[2:27:25] saying we will
[2:27:27] advance something for habitat but
[2:27:28] take note of the fact we are doing
[2:27:28] this
[2:27:31] so when we come back
[2:27:34] --I cannot tell you in particular
[2:27:34] for sure exactly how
[2:27:37] the math will work out but I do think
[2:27:37] if we
[2:27:40] successfully pivot
[2:27:43] to the grant I do not think it eliminates the
[2:27:43] possibility of getting
[2:27:47] mitigation credit
[2:27:49] at least on some level. It is a conversation
[2:27:50] we have
[2:27:51] to have with the agencies. As long
[2:27:52] as it is in a reasonable timeframe.
[2:27:53] we need
[2:27:54] to brief the waterfront plan to the agencies
[2:27:56] so when
[2:27:59] we get
[2:28:07] to some of these things that may require hardening,
[2:28:08] I want you to remember we did this because
[2:28:10] for us this is all part of one plan.
[2:28:11] I cannot
[2:28:12] exactly how the dialogue will go but
[2:28:13] we have had success with that and
[2:28:14] other
[2:28:17] places in the past. To get
[2:28:23] 10-20
[2:28:24] million of free money to advance the plan
[2:28:26] is difficult to overlook. I do
[2:28:27] not think we would give up on the mitigation
[2:28:29] piece and we would have some reasonable
[2:28:30] negotiation with the agencies about
[2:28:31] some banking of credit for the project.
[2:28:32] >>
[2:28:35] just one comment mike, regarding
[2:28:38] the staff report, it makes
[2:28:39] reference to the prefab building.
[2:28:41] I just
[2:28:44] want to voice my slight concern
[2:28:47] about that,
[2:28:50] I am excited about the idea of a environmental
[2:28:51] learning center and event center at
[2:28:53] the waterfront and I do not want us
[2:28:56] to
[2:28:59] make the first building a prefab
[2:29:02] amma what I am picturing is
[2:29:03] probably not what you are picturing.
[2:29:05] I do not want to
[2:29:08] settle for something
[2:29:09] too small if it is our first foray
[2:29:11] into making physical improvements. No
[2:29:14] response
[2:29:16] required I just want to acknowledge
[2:29:17] my concern.
[2:29:20] I am going
[2:29:26] --I am looking at the rest
[2:29:27] of the council, anybody with any questions? How
[2:29:29] about we start with
[2:29:32] jay and go from there.
[2:29:32] >> that
[2:29:35] is wonderful,
[2:29:37] I want to thank ellen, david and josh
[2:29:38] for
[2:29:39] the collaboration. This is right up
[2:29:41] our alley.
[2:29:44] anything that will turn those
[2:29:47] wetlands,
[2:29:51] the dredge ponds into wetlands, I
[2:29:53] am excited to get any
[2:29:56] kind of funding out there. Is it
[2:29:59] a 20 million grant
[2:30:02] or can it be anywhere between 10
[2:30:05] and 20?
[2:30:08] >>
[2:30:10] it can be anywhere between 10 and 20.
[2:30:11] >>
[2:30:14] okay, I
[2:30:16] get that it is a competitive bid process.
[2:30:20] I want to know, who owns
[2:30:23] the dredge ponds now?
[2:30:26] do you know mike?
[2:30:29] >>
[2:30:35] they are part
[2:30:36] of the granted trust lands so that is
[2:30:38] under the city's purview but we work
[2:30:38] with
[2:30:40] state lands on what we do with the
[2:30:41] waterfront and they are
[2:30:43] excited about this as well by the way.
[2:30:46] I already sent our intention on this
[2:30:47] so this
[2:30:50] is a opportunity they would
[2:30:52] definitely support.
[2:30:53] >> I am very excited
[2:30:53] about this,
[2:30:57] especially the community strength plan
[2:30:59] part of it. That is all I have, I
[2:30:59] am
[2:31:01] definitely for all of this. Go ahead.
[2:31:02] >>
[2:31:05] thank you josh
[2:31:08] david and ellen. Bring
[2:31:11] those to the table, as
[2:31:14] david said
[2:31:17] , this may be a
[2:31:20] case study
[2:31:23] that would be interesting. We have
[2:31:23] a impacted
[2:31:25] community. We have a geographic location
[2:31:29] with
[2:31:32] the confluence of fresh and salt water.
[2:31:35] all of these factors that the environmental
[2:31:38] community and
[2:31:45] --historical factors, the indians
[2:31:46] thought this was the center of the
[2:31:47] universe because of the
[2:31:49] east and west migration of the fish and
[2:31:50] north-south migration of the birds,
[2:31:50] I do
[2:31:52] not know if that will give us extra
[2:31:53] points but I do know we have
[2:31:56] a lot of
[2:31:59] aspects,
[2:32:00] including indigenous ones going for
[2:32:02] us in this and we have the right people
[2:32:04] to suss all of that out and connect
[2:32:05] the dots.
[2:32:08] you have the heart
[2:32:11] and soul
[2:32:13] we also have to thank you for the
[2:32:14] work and anything we
[2:32:16] can help you with, we have everybody's support.
[2:32:25] >> I would also like to extend my thanks to
[2:32:26] everyone here.
[2:32:28] it is no secret I have been pounding
[2:32:29] the pavement
[2:32:38] since I have been on the dais for
[2:32:38] the need
[2:32:40] for us to be more aggressive when it
[2:32:41] comes to seeking out
[2:32:42] state and federal dollars to help
[2:32:43] us with any number of projects throughout
[2:32:44] the city.
[2:32:49] this is chief among them and this
[2:32:50] is exactly what I
[2:32:52] have had in mind so let's do this
[2:32:53] team. I am pumped. This would
[2:32:56] be huge for us.
[2:32:59] if we were able to get this. As
[2:33:02] the mayor pointed out, even if we
[2:33:04] do not, it sets us up for success
[2:33:05] later on
[2:33:07] down the road. Basically what we have
[2:33:08] seen. I am going in
[2:33:11] with the mentality that we will
[2:33:12] get this so whatever you need from
[2:33:14] us, let us know.
[2:33:16] a couple of comments and observations.
[2:33:20] as part of
[2:33:22] the community engagement piece a couple of
[2:33:23] thoughts come to mind. Or tina's is one
[2:33:25] of the rare cities where we are a
[2:33:26] city of
[2:33:29] 7000 residents, we have two
[2:33:30] congressional representatives and
[2:33:32] I think it is
[2:33:35] important we engage with both members
[2:33:37] of congress and have them go to bat
[2:33:38] for us.
[2:33:41] I do not know if any letters of support are
[2:33:43] required but we should definitely
[2:33:44] be engaging
[2:33:47] with both of our
[2:33:51] congressional members,
[2:33:54] be engaged with their staff
[2:33:57] in the early stages.
[2:34:00] keep them in the loop. I think
[2:34:03] they can be a valuable asset for
[2:34:06] us. I think it is important
[2:34:12] that for all
[2:34:15] of the recreational environment
[2:34:17] benefits there is economic development
[2:34:25] associated as well and we need to
[2:34:27] keep that in mind as
[2:34:29] well. The other thought is part of the community
[2:34:30] engagement
[2:34:31] piece, one thing I would note here,
[2:34:36] because it is talking
[2:34:42] about making sure
[2:34:45] that we are working with
[2:34:46] a collaborative governance structure
[2:34:53] and engaging a wide variety of community
[2:34:54] stakeholders as part
[2:34:55] of the process. One untapped resource
[2:34:57] that I feel like we have not
[2:34:59] done a good enough job at his engaging
[2:35:00] the
[2:35:03] folks at
[2:35:04] the california maritime academy. I
[2:35:06] know the sea scouts have
[2:35:07] a relationship with them but I feel like
[2:35:09] there is something more
[2:35:11] that can be done on that front. There
[2:35:13] are seven maritime academies in the u.s.
[2:35:15] ,
[2:35:18] degree awarding academies.
[2:35:21] there is only one
[2:35:23] on the west coast of the u.s. Which
[2:35:24] just so happens to
[2:35:26] be located 15 minutes away from us
[2:35:30] , across the bay.
[2:35:36] so we need to tap into that.
[2:35:39] I think it would behoove us to
[2:35:42] figure out how we can
[2:35:45] further solidify or make some
[2:35:48] inroads on the partnership.
[2:35:51] I have had some
[2:35:54] conversations
[2:35:56] in the past with the folks at the
[2:35:57] maritime academy to my previous
[2:36:00] day job and I think it would be
[2:36:03] beneficial for us to loop them in and
[2:36:08] see how we can maybe include them
[2:36:09] as part
[2:36:11] of this process. I think that will make
[2:36:15] our application all the more
[2:36:16] stronger so that is all. Thank you.
[2:36:21] >>
[2:36:23] I like everything I have heard. Thank
[2:36:24] you to
[2:36:27] everyone. Steve, mike,
[2:36:30] josh, dave, ellen, thank you
[2:36:35] to my colleagues for all of the suggestions,
[2:36:36] we will
[2:36:37] not solve it tonight but I will keep
[2:36:39] this short
[2:36:40] and sweet, I love the relationships
[2:36:42] we are building to make this
[2:36:44] grant happen. It is truly a opportunity.
[2:36:48] I write several grants
[2:36:50] a year in my day job and if I was
[2:36:51] a
[2:36:54] grant manager I would hand
[2:36:55] the city of martinez 20-tonight because
[2:36:57] I think we will get
[2:37:00] this one so I fully support it. Thank
[2:37:03] you for all of your work that
[2:37:06] you will be doing in the future.
[2:37:06] >> I
[2:37:09] love the enthusiasm.
[2:37:09] >>
[2:37:12] one additional item, counselor, thank
[2:37:14] you for reminding me. We discussed
[2:37:15] partnering with
[2:37:18] the confederated villages
[2:37:21] for the next
[2:37:24] iteration of planning for the
[2:37:25] waterfront and I think this is a great
[2:37:27] opportunity to partner with them
[2:37:30] more formally
[2:37:33] so has any outreach been done
[2:37:35] for the purposes of this grant to
[2:37:36] that group?
[2:37:41] >> not yet, we have just been doing
[2:37:42] evaluation and research.
[2:37:45] it is potentially more than the confederated villages
[2:37:51] that we have been working with to a
[2:37:51] great extent
[2:37:53] but there may be some other potential importantly
[2:37:57] it will boil down to what we
[2:38:00] can offer
[2:38:03] that has value from this and we have
[2:38:05] ideas and we need to flesh that out
[2:38:06] first. Those are some of the questions
[2:38:08] we want to work through and then do
[2:38:09] the outreach.
[2:38:14] I note there is potential opportunities
[2:38:15] down there for them that
[2:38:17] hopefully they would be interested
[2:38:18] in pursuing.
[2:38:21] that is
[2:38:23] in the near future we will be sharing
[2:38:24] that
[2:38:26] sort of outreach.
[2:38:26] >> I appreciate
[2:38:27] that very much. I
[2:38:30] know after the
[2:38:31] previous park naming discussions there
[2:38:33] was a lot of interest in
[2:38:36] partnering with tribes on
[2:38:39] naming future
[2:38:41] components of the waterfront so I
[2:38:42] appreciate you
[2:38:44] considering this and I want to ensure
[2:38:45] this is one
[2:38:48] of the players in this grant
[2:38:56] application. I will open it to public
[2:38:57] comment. Is there
[2:38:58] anybody in council chambers that would
[2:39:00] like to speak on this item?
[2:39:00] >> please raise
[2:39:03] your hand. I have no one.
[2:39:09] I will move to zoom, please use the
[2:39:09] raise hand
[2:39:11] feature if you would like to make
[2:39:12] a comment on this item. We
[2:39:15] do have one hand. I will ask you to unmute.
[2:39:18] >>
[2:39:21] hello, local citizen
[2:39:24] on the parks
[2:39:26] and rec commission, I would urge everyone
[2:39:30] who is on this meeting to
[2:39:33] go down and walk around the ponds
[2:39:36] to get a feel for it. Walk around
[2:39:39] the horse ring and the refinery,
[2:39:41] it is really beautiful this time of
[2:39:42] year and it is
[2:39:45] getting dry as we speak.
[2:39:48] the nicest time is december
[2:39:51] through now. It helps
[2:39:54] to get a visceral feeling of
[2:39:57] the view and the water and what could
[2:39:57] be
[2:40:00] done there. That
[2:40:03] is it really. This
[2:40:05] is all going in the right direction
[2:40:09] and I am looking forward to seeing
[2:40:10] where it
[2:40:13] goes. Thank you.
[2:40:13] >> thank you.
[2:40:16] >> I have no further
[2:40:19] hands.
[2:40:19] >> all right,
[2:40:21] let me bring this back to counsel.
[2:40:25] what was the action?
[2:40:31] we
[2:40:32] want a motion to direct you to coordinate this?
[2:40:34] and that
[2:40:36] case bring it to counsel for any final
[2:40:37] comments
[2:40:40] or motions.
[2:40:45] >> I would like to make a motion directing
[2:40:46] staff to coordinate with the
[2:40:47] community partners, develop necessary
[2:40:48] capital budgets and write and submit
[2:40:49] a
[2:40:52] federal environmental
[2:41:00] community change grant of up to 20
[2:41:01] million focused on transforming and
[2:41:01] vitalizing
[2:41:02] the martinez waterfront and marina.
[2:41:04] >> second.
[2:41:07] >> councilmember
[2:41:08] jay.
[2:41:09] >> yes. >> councilmember ross.
[2:41:10] >> yes. >>
[2:41:13] councilmember.
[2:41:13] >> yes.
[2:41:16] >> vice mayor.
[2:41:19] >> yes. >> mayor. >>
[2:41:22] yes.
[2:41:22] >> the motion
[2:41:25] passes.
[2:41:25] >>
[2:41:27] thank you to everyone for speaking
[2:41:28] on
[2:41:30] this item this evening.
[2:41:30] >> thank you.
[2:41:34] >> good night david,
[2:41:35] ellen and josh. Moving backwards to
[2:41:39] 10, adopt a resolution of approving
[2:41:41] a loan of 50,000 from the general
[2:41:43] fund to the marina
[2:41:46] enterprise fund. Will you be
[2:41:50] presenting this as well?
[2:41:50] >> yes it
[2:41:52] will still be me. If we can
[2:41:54] please advance jim hayes and betsy.
[2:41:58] I appreciate their patience.
[2:42:04] if you recall a couple of weeks ago
[2:42:04] we
[2:42:07] had this discussion regarding
[2:42:09] the supplemental funding for the marina. It
[2:42:11] was a healthy discussion, one of the things
[2:42:13] that came out of the
[2:42:14] discussion was the apparent need to
[2:42:16] make changes at
[2:42:19] what is
[2:42:20] currently called the marina bait store,
[2:42:22] it has been identified
[2:42:25] as the biggest source of
[2:42:32] operating losses and contravening to
[2:42:33] the ongoing deficit in marina operations
[2:42:34] and unfortunately, jim hayes,
[2:42:35] the chief operating officer was unavailable
[2:42:37] to attend that last meeting and the
[2:42:40] counsel indicated
[2:42:42] they wanted to continue the item and
[2:42:43] have a chance to hear
[2:42:44] from jim. Jim is here tonight virtually
[2:42:46] as well as
[2:42:49] betsy, the hardware master
[2:42:51] done at the marina. Unfortunately
[2:42:52] on the
[2:42:54] city side, community economic development
[2:42:59] jill who has been working on this item
[2:43:01] with me for the last
[2:43:04] couple of months now, she is not yet
[2:43:07] back from her trip so
[2:43:10] she will be part of the ongoing work we
[2:43:13] will continue to do. I know from catching
[2:43:16] up with
[2:43:19] jim since he returned he does have
[2:43:20] updates regarding some of the changes
[2:43:21] that have already been made at the
[2:43:22] bait store and
[2:43:25] some of the plans for potential
[2:43:28] next steps as we evaluate ways to improve
[2:43:28] operations
[2:43:29] down there. I will also mention, I
[2:43:31] got late information from betsy,
[2:43:34] last
[2:43:35] weekend when we had glorious weather,
[2:43:37] we had a really good
[2:43:40] three day weekend at the bait store
[2:43:41] and that is two weekends in a row
[2:43:43] and I say that knowing
[2:43:45] full well there is a solid chance
[2:43:46] of rain this
[2:43:49] coming saturday but what
[2:43:50] can you do? There is a correlation
[2:43:52] between good weather and
[2:43:54] better operations at the bait store
[2:43:55] even with
[2:43:56] the unfortunate circumstance of the
[2:43:58] fishing pier
[2:44:01] obviously still closed as we
[2:44:03] work toward the restoration project so
[2:44:04] anyway
[2:44:07] if we can
[2:44:09] promote jim and betsy said they are
[2:44:10] available
[2:44:13] to speak. They are, great.
[2:44:18] that is it for the introduction to
[2:44:19] the item.
[2:44:22] >> thank you mike, I
[2:44:25] appreciate it. We
[2:44:26] appreciate your consideration for
[2:44:27] additional funding for marine operations.
[2:44:31] as you heard,
[2:44:37] last week from our cfo we are struggling
[2:44:39] at the bait store but we are currently working
[2:44:40] to improve that.
[2:44:43] we are getting a lot of help
[2:44:44] from the city, jill especially, she
[2:44:45] has been a amazing job providing us
[2:44:46] with ideas on how
[2:44:49] we can promote the bait
[2:44:51] store. Mike is always a big help and
[2:44:52] we appreciate that. We already started
[2:44:52] on
[2:44:55] some of the items
[2:44:58] that do not cost a lot of money
[2:45:01] that we can take advantage of right now
[2:45:01] and a
[2:45:03] lot of it has to do with the physical plant of
[2:45:04] the bait
[2:45:07] store and how it looks. We are removing
[2:45:07] some
[2:45:10] unnecessary signs
[2:45:13] . We are repairing the deck outside. Replacing
[2:45:16] exterior window frames and
[2:45:18] taking care of some of the landscaping
[2:45:19] that is
[2:45:22] there now. After that
[2:45:27] we are moving on to some items that
[2:45:28] will have a cost.
[2:45:31] so we are gathering the
[2:45:33] costs now, considering the fact we
[2:45:34] will be doing some
[2:45:40] rebranding we will
[2:45:41] need new signage, we are looking at
[2:45:42] furniture and umbrellas for outside
[2:45:43] on the deck. Hopefully bring
[2:45:45] color and activity there. Additional activity
[2:45:48] usually promotes more activity so
[2:45:49] maybe we can bring other
[2:45:51] people in. We are looking at expanding
[2:45:55] the offerings to
[2:46:01] not just bait and tackle. We have not done
[2:46:03] that much before but looking at maybe
[2:46:04] providing a place where people can
[2:46:04] go
[2:46:07] for lunch. Come down for coffee or
[2:46:07] things
[2:46:10] like that. So we are working
[2:46:13] on those items now. Once we get some
[2:46:13] pricing
[2:46:16] we can present it to
[2:46:22] mike and jill and see if they can
[2:46:22] give us a
[2:46:24] idea if they would like to move forward
[2:46:25] or not. We are also working with
[2:46:27] social media. We already started some
[2:46:28] social media campaigns. One that
[2:46:30] has been working out good is what
[2:46:31] we call a blast.
[2:46:34] it is
[2:46:38] pretty important
[2:46:40] that bait is available for fishermen so
[2:46:44] being able to promote that
[2:46:46] before the weekend has been helpful,
[2:46:47] letting them
[2:46:50] know what will be available
[2:46:52] and so far that is working out great.
[2:46:56] right
[2:46:57] now as mike said, the weather has
[2:46:59] helped us.
[2:47:01] one of the reasons we are in this
[2:47:02] situation
[2:47:05] now is because the last year
[2:47:06] is probably the worst weather we have
[2:47:08] had in 100 years and it
[2:47:09] has been difficult. The beginning
[2:47:11] of this year has not
[2:47:14] been better.
[2:47:15] we started to have good weather the
[2:47:17] last couple of
[2:47:18] weeks and it has shown in the performance.
[2:47:20] we are looking forward to
[2:47:23] making it work
[2:47:28] and we are working on these improvements
[2:47:29] and we
[2:47:30] are pretty sure it will work out.
[2:47:35] >> thank you.
[2:47:38] did anybody else want to
[2:47:41] speak?
[2:47:41] >> that is
[2:47:44] probably it.
[2:47:47] >>
[2:47:50] thank you.
[2:47:53] thank you for the
[2:47:55] verbal reports, I know we had a in depth
[2:47:56] discussion last time
[2:48:01] so I appreciate you being here this
[2:48:02] evening to answer our questions.
[2:48:05] would any of the counsel like
[2:48:08] to ask any of their burning questions
[2:48:11] this evening?
[2:48:13] >> sure I have a couple of questions.
[2:48:17] I appreciate your
[2:48:19] report jim and I am excited about getting
[2:48:23] that
[2:48:26] bait shop going. It
[2:48:27] is such a ideal location, you get
[2:48:29] a lot of people
[2:48:31] down there, you get some sandwiches
[2:48:32] going and
[2:48:33] I think there is a lot of potential.
[2:48:35] a couple of coats of paint, I
[2:48:36] think that will definitely make a
[2:48:43] difference. In talking to your financial guy
[2:48:44] last meeting, he
[2:48:47] was talking
[2:48:49] about the slips in the dock were pretty
[2:48:55] financially secure, would you agree?
[2:48:56] >> I would. >>
[2:48:58] that is great, the biggest thing is
[2:48:59] the bait shop
[2:49:02] where we are struggling
[2:49:04] financially to stay afloat, right?
[2:49:05] >>
[2:49:08] that is correct.
[2:49:08] >>
[2:49:14] if we
[2:49:17] did not keep the bait's door open,
[2:49:23] are you saying we would not have
[2:49:26] to pony up the 50 k?
[2:49:26] >> it is
[2:49:31] too late now because we are already behind. We
[2:49:32] will need
[2:49:34] funds regardless but yes, if the date
[2:49:35] store is closed
[2:49:37] the marina could survive on its own.
[2:49:37] >>
[2:49:40] now you are saying the marina is coming
[2:49:41] back,
[2:49:43] we have good weather and we are moving
[2:49:44] in the
[2:49:45] right direction.
[2:49:45] >> yes, honestly
[2:49:47] the biggest issue there
[2:49:50] was the weather, I was not kidding
[2:49:53] when I said last year
[2:49:55] is the worst weather we have had in
[2:49:56] a lot of years
[2:49:58] and if the weather is bad nobody goes fishing.
[2:50:02] that put us in a jam from
[2:50:05] last year.
[2:50:07] the beginning of this year has not
[2:50:08] been better
[2:50:10] so if the weather continues to get
[2:50:13] better, the date store will do better and
[2:50:22] as you know right now we are only
[2:50:23] open three days a week. If the
[2:50:26] weather improves, we can open it seven
[2:50:28] days a week and things will improve.
[2:50:29] >> I would like to take
[2:50:31] a tour of the marina to see the slips
[2:50:32] and the maintenance
[2:50:34] and the kind of work you guys do.
[2:50:35] I am
[2:50:38] sure you have your hands full.
[2:50:41] it is not
[2:50:42] a brand-new set up by any means but
[2:50:44] if you would like to
[2:50:49] give us a tour, if any other counsel
[2:50:50] would like to go I would love
[2:50:52] to go down and take a look. I understand
[2:50:53] that this is
[2:50:55] our baby. The buck stops with us.
[2:51:02] I would love to see things get
[2:51:04] turned around, I would love to see
[2:51:05] you guys cranking
[2:51:07] out a profit as I know you would.
[2:51:11] I will leave the rest of the
[2:51:14] questions to my colleagues.
[2:51:17] >> councilmember ross?
[2:51:20] >> I
[2:51:23] am in favor of this , I do
[2:51:25] not want to see the bait shop closed, I
[2:51:26] understand
[2:51:31] the issues that have occurred, the
[2:51:32] fishing pier and
[2:51:35] the weather so I will be
[2:51:38] voting for it. That is all
[2:51:40] I can say. I will cough if I talk further.
[2:51:44] >> counsel member
[2:51:47] molly, any questions?
[2:51:50] >> good evening
[2:51:52] jim, thank you for being here tonight.
[2:51:53] I
[2:51:56] was pleased to hear your short
[2:51:59] presentation
[2:52:02] on the changes
[2:52:05] you are implementing and you
[2:52:07] will continue to implement to try to
[2:52:13] rebrand the bait store into something
[2:52:14] more than it is and use
[2:52:17] social media and all of the opportunities
[2:52:19] available through the city to do more
[2:52:20] with the bait shop
[2:52:22] than what it has been historically.
[2:52:23] I know
[2:52:29] we met at the waterfront and marina
[2:52:29] subcommittee and
[2:52:31] we discussed these items in the past and
[2:52:32] I have been a proponent of having
[2:52:32] you
[2:52:35] find ways you can bring people down
[2:52:35] to
[2:52:38] the marina through the bait store
[2:52:38] and the
[2:52:41] name of the bait store can be
[2:52:46] changed to something else. You want
[2:52:47] to make sure people
[2:52:49] know that is a place where they can
[2:52:50] go and get something besides bait.
[2:52:50] they
[2:52:53] can get
[2:52:56] beverages, food, other things
[2:52:58] so I was hoping to hear we will take
[2:52:59] full advantage,
[2:53:02] you have a wonderful
[2:53:04] location down there and there is people
[2:53:05] to go down there all the time and
[2:53:08] I note the weather has been poor but I
[2:53:09] am hoping we
[2:53:10] will see better weather in the months
[2:53:12] to come and
[2:53:13] we can have this little treasure of
[2:53:15] a place blossom and
[2:53:17] have more people know about it. So
[2:53:18] I
[2:53:21] know earlier tonight we
[2:53:23] talked about mobile food vendors and
[2:53:27] trying to think outside of
[2:53:29] the box. If you had a mobile food
[2:53:30] vendor down there paying the
[2:53:33] fee and had a
[2:53:34] beer garden you could have a different
[2:53:36] food truck every evening and
[2:53:39] probably do
[2:53:40] really well so continue to think outside
[2:53:42] the box and continue to
[2:53:45] try to find ways to draw
[2:53:48] business into the
[2:53:51] bait store.
[2:53:52] I wanted to be called something else.
[2:53:54] I hate to say bait
[2:53:57] store.
[2:53:58] >> joe came up with
[2:54:00] great ideas
[2:54:01] on different names so that is definitely
[2:54:03] something that
[2:54:04] will happen. We do not want to generalize
[2:54:06] it so much that it
[2:54:09] is just a bait store so we
[2:54:11] will definitely rebrand to make it
[2:54:15] sound like it is more than
[2:54:18] just bait and tackle.
[2:54:20] >> I appreciate that, I think it will go
[2:54:21] a long way to
[2:54:22] draw people in. Continue your efforts,
[2:54:24] much appreciated.
[2:54:30] >> councilmember molly, any
[2:54:33] questions?
[2:54:34] >> no questions, just
[2:54:36] supportive of these newfound efforts
[2:54:39] to hopefully turn this
[2:54:41] ship around. I look forward to seeing progress.
[2:54:45] that is it.
[2:54:45] >>
[2:54:48] I have one question, maybe this is
[2:54:51] for you. One of the concerns I had
[2:54:52] at the last council meeting was with
[2:54:57] respect
[2:55:03] to
[2:55:05] writing a blank check to make up for some
[2:55:06] of the losses
[2:55:07] that occurred without clear investments
[2:55:11] to make changes, some of the things
[2:55:15] you listed sounded great. I am
[2:55:16] excited about the idea of more color
[2:55:18] and more products for sale.
[2:55:21] the resolution and
[2:55:24] the way
[2:55:27] it is worded
[2:55:29] , does not say, here is some funding
[2:55:32] so we can have all of these things
[2:55:36] that need to get done.
[2:55:39] how do we know
[2:55:42] the improvements you
[2:55:43] are mentioning during the meetings
[2:55:44] will actually get implemented? There does
[2:55:45] not appear
[2:55:48] to be
[2:55:49] a connection between the funding and
[2:55:51] the actions. Who will take
[2:55:52] the responsibility of investing in signage
[2:55:54] and inventory which
[2:55:56] costs more money up front? Can you
[2:56:00] talk to that a little bit?
[2:56:03] that can be jim or mike.
[2:56:03] >> I will
[2:56:06] give it a shot. At
[2:56:09] this point,
[2:56:11] the money we are asking for is for
[2:56:12] the operations of the marina.
[2:56:15] just to keep it going. We are not
[2:56:18] asking for
[2:56:20] any money for improvements right now.
[2:56:24] this is just the reserve
[2:56:26] we would keep so we can operate the
[2:56:27] marina. If there are any
[2:56:30] other major expenses, we
[2:56:31] would ask for that. We would come
[2:56:33] up with a plan
[2:56:39] on what those items would be, we
[2:56:41] would give you costs and prioritize what
[2:56:42] we think are
[2:56:45] the things that should be done.
[2:56:47] that is where I think we are. Mike
[2:56:51] can add to that.
[2:56:51] >> yes,
[2:56:57] I think we need to get more granular on
[2:56:59] some of those things and what they cost.
[2:57:03] requested, and the cfo
[2:57:06] presented, his
[2:57:09] estimation,
[2:57:12] kind of a status quo, not
[2:57:13] anticipating major changes, he thought
[2:57:15] it would last 6-9 months
[2:57:17] of operations, honestly we are trying
[2:57:21] to evaluate ways where money can be invested
[2:57:24] that would help long-term so you
[2:57:27] would be
[2:57:29] putting good money into the arena
[2:57:30] that would have more they impact.
[2:57:30] the things
[2:57:32] we are talking about, some of which
[2:57:35] that do not cost any money that have
[2:57:36] artie been
[2:57:38] accomplished, other things will cost money.
[2:57:42] in the past, I will give you a example,
[2:57:45] omar came to the city with
[2:57:48] a request to paint
[2:57:52] the hardware masters building and
[2:57:54] it ended up being just shy of 10,000.
[2:57:54] they built
[2:57:57] up a significant enough reserve,
[2:57:58] they were just asking we sanctioned
[2:58:00] that but did not
[2:58:03] ask
[2:58:04] for the city to provide the money
[2:58:06] because they already had it in the
[2:58:06] reserve. They do
[2:58:08] not have a reserve anymore, they have a
[2:58:09] fund balance of
[2:58:12] 1100. If they dip
[2:58:15] below that like I said last
[2:58:17] time, with everything in terms of
[2:58:18] operating expenses that are
[2:58:21] not covered through
[2:58:23] the income generated by the marina will
[2:58:24] fall back on the city with
[2:58:28] the exception of
[2:58:30] the management fee and all of the
[2:58:31] other third-party
[2:58:33] bills they have to pay and the obligations
[2:58:36] they have outlined in the staff report.
[2:58:39] so I think in working with jim and
[2:58:46] looking over the
[2:58:47] cost of some of these things. I do
[2:58:49] not necessarily agree
[2:58:50] with everything. If there is a nominal $3000
[2:58:53] paint job for the bait store or whatever it
[2:58:55] will be called,
[2:59:01] that amount with the 50,000, I
[2:59:02] would argue, with the city's approval we can use the
[2:59:03] money we have to make that change.
[2:59:07] because we all feel that
[2:59:09] more investment into the bait store
[2:59:12] and rebranding can bring about some change.
[2:59:16] the only thing that is
[2:59:19] diluting the 50,000 so we
[2:59:22] need to to come to a
[2:59:23] situation hopefully this summer where
[2:59:25] the bottom line
[2:59:28] at the end of the month is a
[2:59:31] operating profit. Omar, as you saw from
[2:59:34] the ledger that is now a
[2:59:37] attachment in the staff report,
[2:59:46] there were significant operating profits
[2:59:47] and a healthy reserve and money that
[2:59:48] went back to the city as revenue to support
[2:59:49] the
[2:59:50] marina and obviously that is not the case
[2:59:52] anymore. So we do need to give
[2:59:53] it a couple of months, make some changes
[2:59:55] and see what we can accomplish with
[2:59:57] the changes. I know we do have on the
[3:00:01] books, I think it is june 10 or
[3:00:03] 12th, there is already a waterfront
[3:00:06] marina subcommittee on the books.
[3:00:10] that is a perfect time
[3:00:13] to come back with a report
[3:00:15] to the subcommittee. Reporting back
[3:00:16] to
[3:00:19] the council on changes
[3:00:22] being made. Have those
[3:00:24] changes been made? Again, some of
[3:00:25] the changes
[3:00:28] that have been done
[3:00:31] ,
[3:00:37] jim may have
[3:00:38] a update today but that had not all
[3:00:40] been done as of the time we wrote the
[3:00:42] report last week. So those are things
[3:00:43] that will save money
[3:00:46] actually. We are also looking at ways
[3:00:49] to make more money in the marina
[3:00:52] retail operation
[3:00:55] to not call it the bait store
[3:00:58] anymore.
[3:00:58] >>
[3:01:01] a subcommittee meeting
[3:01:02] maybe a good time for a tour of the
[3:01:04] marina. Maybe we can
[3:01:07] list that
[3:01:08] is a open house or something like
[3:01:10] we have done in
[3:01:13] the past.
[3:01:13] >>
[3:01:15] if the yacht club has space we can
[3:01:16] host the meeting down there. Something
[3:01:19] like that.
[3:01:19] >>
[3:01:22] let's see. I will open
[3:01:25] this up to public comments.
[3:01:28] we will
[3:01:31] come back to last
[3:01:33] comments from counsel. Anybody in
[3:01:34] the chambers?
[3:01:34] >>
[3:01:38] there are still attendees, anybody
[3:01:40] here that wishes to make a comment?
[3:01:43] I have no interested parties.
[3:01:46] I will move to zoom. If you
[3:01:48] would like to make a comment please
[3:01:49] use the raise
[3:01:52] hand feature.
[3:01:55] I have no hands.
[3:01:55] >>
[3:02:00] bringing it back to counsel then,
[3:02:01] I want to convey
[3:02:04] my total support in investing
[3:02:07] in the
[3:02:08] retail establishment at the marina.
[3:02:10] I support
[3:02:14] city investment were actions to invest
[3:02:16] in all of this and
[3:02:19] city involvement.
[3:02:21] I am still not completely convinced
[3:02:27] about the transfer of funds, like
[3:02:28] I said I am interested
[3:02:31] in making
[3:02:33] investments I am just concerned about the
[3:02:34] transfer but
[3:02:37] I will open
[3:02:38] this up to the rest of my colleagues to
[3:02:40] see how they feel about
[3:02:43] this item.
[3:02:43] >>
[3:02:45] I would like to make a motion on the
[3:02:49] human, fish interactive nutrition center
[3:02:52] resolution. We will not call
[3:02:55] it a bait shop.
[3:02:58] making a
[3:03:01] motion to approve a resolution of
[3:03:02] the city council of approving a loan
[3:03:04] of 50 thousand from the
[3:03:07] general fund to the marine
[3:03:10] enterprise fund and then a payment to
[3:03:13] the marina for general
[3:03:16] expenses needed to sustain operations at
[3:03:22] the retail establishment at
[3:03:25] the marina. Do I have
[3:03:27] a second?
[3:03:28] >> I will second. >> councilmember
[3:03:28] .
[3:03:31] >> yes. >> councilmember.
[3:03:34] >> yes.
[3:03:37] >> councilmember
[3:03:40] >> yes. >> vice
[3:03:43] mayor
[3:03:44] >> yes. >> mayor.
[3:03:46] >>
[3:03:49] no.
[3:03:49] >> motion
[3:03:52] passes 4-1.
[3:03:58] thank you for the
[3:03:59] conversation and mike we can discuss
[3:04:01] more about a war or something down
[3:04:01] at
[3:04:04] the marina per the suggestion.
[3:04:09] >> absolutely. >> thank you jim for
[3:04:10] joining the conversation.
[3:04:13] >> sure. >> I think
[3:04:16] that is the last item.
[3:04:19] that is it. I put us out
[3:04:22] of order
[3:04:23] so I have to double check. The next
[3:04:32] item
[3:04:33] is from the chief of police.
[3:04:33] >> I
[3:04:34] have three brief updates, the first
[3:04:35] one, the local hazard mitigation plan
[3:04:38] was presented
[3:04:50] with those cities being in
[3:04:51] annex and it was submitted to the
[3:04:52] state and the state rejected it, they wanted
[3:04:53] a
[3:04:54] additional public comment opportunity
[3:04:54] so we are pushing that information
[3:04:56] out and on the screen
[3:04:57] it will show a qr code so you will
[3:04:59] see this flyer up at a
[3:05:00] lot of different places including
[3:05:01] digital signage in front of city hall,
[3:05:02] it is a
[3:05:03] opportunity for residents to add comments
[3:05:07] regarding the hazard mitigation plan.
[3:05:09] it is a short window that they reopened
[3:05:10] through the end of this month and then
[3:05:11] it
[3:05:12] close again. If you follow the link they
[3:05:14] have the survey in a multitude
[3:05:16] of different languages. The second,
[3:05:20] when --
[3:05:22] last presented there were to counsel
[3:05:23] questions,
[3:05:26] one regarding the reentry team
[3:05:30] that works out of the jail, they did
[3:05:32] get funding for three years
[3:05:33] beginning july 1, 2024, they would
[3:05:35] do different services related
[3:05:38] to folks being released from the jail,
[3:05:41] they will be
[3:05:44] at
[3:05:47] the jail and it will be
[3:05:51] providing services to all reentry
[3:05:53] to the population. There was a
[3:05:54] question about funding that was handed out,
[3:05:56] they are unable to determine how
[3:05:59] much but
[3:06:02] they wanted
[3:06:03] you to know they offer up to 5000
[3:06:05] per individual and all recent exits
[3:06:05] were
[3:06:06] referred to the program. They indicated
[3:06:08] in the future they can provide updates
[3:06:10] from successes from the program but they
[3:06:11] do not
[3:06:12] have the dollar amount. The last one,
[3:06:14] you asked
[3:06:17] for direction regarding
[3:06:22] the pedestrian bridge over the railroad and
[3:06:23] we talked about coming back with
[3:06:25] a ordinance, instead of coming back
[3:06:26] with a ordinance on the 15th
[3:06:27] we will come back with more significant
[3:06:29] details and that
[3:06:32] has to do with timing for publication
[3:06:32] as
[3:06:35] well as the fact that the
[3:06:37] supreme court is deliberating on a case
[3:06:38] that can
[3:06:40] impact that ordinance so we are trying
[3:06:42] to follow it and time it appropriately.
[3:06:44] that concludes my
[3:06:47] remarks, tanks.
[3:06:47] >> thank you
[3:06:50] so much. Next item is updates from
[3:06:53] the city
[3:06:56] manager. Any updates for us?
[3:06:56] >> thankfully no.
[3:06:59] >> is there anything
[3:07:02] about the pbf
[3:07:03] energy refinery update from steve
[3:07:07] this evening beyond what is listed
[3:07:08] in the staff
[3:07:11] report?
[3:07:11] >> no.
[3:07:14] I know this safety and culture assessment
[3:07:17] is going to be
[3:07:19] coming out very soon if not already.
[3:07:23] we will be on the lookout for that.
[3:07:26] I know that will be a topic of
[3:07:29] great interest for counsel in the community.
[3:07:35] that is going to be very soon
[3:07:37] if not already something that will be
[3:07:38] available for
[3:07:41] review and comment.
[3:07:44] >> I hope we can get them
[3:07:46] on the agenda to come and report on
[3:07:47] that. Rather
[3:07:50] than as generally making comments,
[3:07:50] it
[3:07:52] would be nice to have face time with
[3:07:53] those folks.
[3:07:56] great, thank you so much.
[3:07:59] moving on, there is
[3:08:01] no appointments to commission or subcommittee report,
[3:08:03] the only thing left is comments from
[3:08:05] city council. I
[3:08:08] started with
[3:08:10] councilmember howard for every comment
[3:08:11] so let's start with the
[3:08:14] vice mayor.
[3:08:14] >>
[3:08:23] --
[3:08:24] >> debbie I will have you adjourn
[3:08:28] the meeting tonight so if you have any
[3:08:29] additional counsel comments.
[3:08:31] >> just real quick a number of us
[3:08:32] were at golden hills
[3:08:34] park saturday to celebrate arbor day.
[3:08:38] I want to
[3:08:41] thank the
[3:08:43] parks and rec department, the public works department
[3:08:44] and all of the citizens that
[3:08:46] showed up and everybody from the city that
[3:08:47] helped. Lauren
[3:08:49] was there and so many people were there.
[3:08:53] eve was there. Her children
[3:08:56] were there as participants and
[3:08:59] they did some poetry reading.
[3:09:02] it
[3:09:04] was a amazing event. I am sure my colleagues
[3:09:05] will comment and
[3:09:07] we planted 10 trees in the park and
[3:09:08] I want to shout out
[3:09:11] to white, the director of 100 thousand
[3:09:11] trees for
[3:09:14] humanity who
[3:09:16] donated 100 seedlings and he was there
[3:09:17] helping us
[3:09:19] plant the trees along with arborists
[3:09:20] and
[3:09:23] to others. It was a
[3:09:26] great event. It was fun, it was a
[3:09:28] beautiful day and we helped humanity
[3:09:29] by planting trees
[3:09:32] that will be there long after we are
[3:09:35] all gone. With
[3:09:38] that I will pass it on.
[3:09:41] >> thank you very much mayor.
[3:09:44] I
[3:09:46] also want to acknowledge and thank
[3:09:47] all of
[3:09:50] the volunteers, the city staff
[3:09:53] and community members who turned out
[3:09:56] for all
[3:09:59] of the events we have had in the past
[3:10:02] 10 days or so, we had
[3:10:05] the john
[3:10:08] mayer earth day birthday
[3:10:09] celebration which was a resounding
[3:10:12] success. I was excited to see so
[3:10:14] many people turn up for our arbor
[3:10:15] day
[3:10:18] weekend park beautification
[3:10:20] that took place not only in golden
[3:10:21] hills
[3:10:24] but also we had
[3:10:26] part two the following day at hidden
[3:10:29] lakes park where we had nearly 2 dozen
[3:10:30] volunteers
[3:10:33] show up to help
[3:10:36] remove a excess
[3:10:39] of 70 pounds of trash in
[3:10:40] and around hidden lakes park and the
[3:10:42] surrounding open space.
[3:10:45] it
[3:10:48] is quite a lot.
[3:10:51] a
[3:10:52] certain councilmember may or may not
[3:10:53] have fallen into the lake briefly
[3:10:54] to
[3:10:56] retrieve some trash but let it be said
[3:11:01] that said councilmember does not go
[3:11:03] above and beyond the
[3:11:06] call of duty.
[3:11:11] thankfully only up to my knees. Again
[3:11:12] I
[3:11:15] do want to thank everyone
[3:11:17] who helped with all of those events.
[3:11:21] it is great
[3:11:23] to see the community engagement we got
[3:11:27] and I really appreciated that.
[3:11:30] on a more serious
[3:11:31] note I just want to bring forward
[3:11:33] and I think this
[3:11:36] may be something
[3:11:39] we talk about at
[3:11:40] a future council meeting but it is
[3:11:42] no secret that some of our residents
[3:11:45] are having challenges
[3:11:48] with getting their property
[3:11:51] insurance renewed because
[3:11:54] of the challenges with
[3:11:55] the insurance market being what it
[3:11:57] is. I actually
[3:12:00] talked to 2-3 residents over the weekend that
[3:12:03] came up to me and expressed
[3:12:06] that concern . Obviously
[3:12:09] that is something that is
[3:12:12] being discussed in sacramento
[3:12:14] right now, I know the state lawmakers
[3:12:18] are hopefully working on a solution
[3:12:21] to help alleviate the issue but just
[3:12:24] food for thought, one of
[3:12:26] the reasons why folks are getting denied
[3:12:29] is because of issues surrounding fire
[3:12:33] hazards or perceived
[3:12:36] fire hazards, you have excess
[3:12:38] weeds were trees around your home and
[3:12:42] it may not be right in your
[3:12:44] backyard, it may be in the surrounding
[3:12:45] area and some of
[3:12:48] those areas are areas that could potentially be
[3:12:51] in the city and that got
[3:12:54] me thinking, I know we have a good
[3:12:58] partnership, we sent out a newsletter
[3:12:59] today highlighting the partnership
[3:13:00] we have with
[3:13:03] con fire, helping to
[3:13:06] clean out
[3:13:10] areas with excess weeds but it is
[3:13:12] a good reminder that
[3:13:14] we really --to the extent we have some
[3:13:15] things that
[3:13:16] are under our control to help alleviate
[3:13:21] that issue. We should try.
[3:13:24] I know we are doing it but
[3:13:26] I want to be a short the residence
[3:13:33] that came up to me over the
[3:13:34] weekend at these events that I would
[3:13:36] bring this issue up to all of you.
[3:13:39] to our staff and
[3:13:42] just note that is a concern we hear
[3:13:45] and I think it warrants further attention.
[3:13:48] with that
[3:13:51] I will pass it on.
[3:13:51] >>
[3:13:56] mike can we get that on a upcoming agenda?
[3:13:57] we talked about in
[3:14:00] the past.
[3:14:03] I thought it
[3:14:05] may be on the agenda in the next couple of
[3:14:06] months,
[3:14:09] can you speak to that at all?
[3:14:09] >>
[3:14:11] yes there was a significant delay in
[3:14:12] the local
[3:14:15] resource area maps which are the ones
[3:14:15] we
[3:14:18] have to adopt. Their process
[3:14:20] with that from recent conversations
[3:14:23] we had with the fire chief and staff and
[3:14:24] that
[3:14:27] is a calfire thing, not
[3:14:30] a local con
[3:14:31] fire thing, that process was delayed because
[3:14:33] they had a significant issue
[3:14:36] getting the state
[3:14:38] resource areas adopted, they finally
[3:14:39] did that so we
[3:14:42] will pick that up and find
[3:14:45] out where that is in the
[3:14:48] process because --we learned this
[3:14:51] a couple of years ago, those maps,
[3:14:53] that needs to be part of a public process
[3:14:59] for all of the affected area residents
[3:15:00] to participate in.
[3:15:03] these are not town halls
[3:15:06] held specifically at each jurisdiction.
[3:15:09] there is education
[3:15:12] and information
[3:15:14] but really it is a county board of
[3:15:15] supervisors engagement.
[3:15:18] when the official public comment period
[3:15:21] will be.
[3:15:24] to the extent that we can get ahead
[3:15:24] of it and
[3:15:25] provide additional information on
[3:15:27] that. Also regarding the insurance issue.
[3:15:30] I
[3:15:32] think we may have more insight into that.
[3:15:35] it is something that is not unique
[3:15:39] to martinez by any stretch,
[3:15:41] a lot of our neighbors in places like
[3:15:42] lafayette
[3:15:43] have struggled with this issue as
[3:15:45] well, with lack
[3:15:48] of homeowner
[3:15:51] insurance policy renewals.
[3:15:54] so I do not want
[3:15:57] to commit to the next couple of meetings,
[3:16:00] I would like to have a
[3:16:03] subsequent talk on this and if there
[3:16:06] is a opportunity to invite some of our
[3:16:10] partners in fire
[3:16:11] that may be able to give insight in this,
[3:16:13] I would like to engage them.
[3:16:16] this process
[3:16:17] with the maps, it has been delayed more
[3:16:19] than they thought.
[3:16:22] even through the state resource
[3:16:26] map adoption, it just happened in
[3:16:28] the last couple of months.
[3:16:28] >>
[3:16:29] I just wanted councilmember molly
[3:16:32] to know I obviously assumed it would
[3:16:34] be on the calendar by now,
[3:16:37] so at least, if we do get
[3:16:40] these types of questions
[3:16:41] again in the future, we can say it
[3:16:43] is on our
[3:16:44] radar and we will address it at some point.
[3:16:52] months is probably the
[3:16:53] more appropriate way to word it.
[3:16:53] >> that would
[3:16:55] be the target.
[3:16:55] >>
[3:16:58] add
[3:17:01] to it, councilmember molly,
[3:17:04] the citizens and what they
[3:17:05] can do, I know in past years I believe
[3:17:07] it is the contra
[3:17:09] costa county fire protection district
[3:17:10] had
[3:17:12] grants that they would give out to neighbors
[3:17:16] if they came together in the community,
[3:17:18] they could get money to help mitigate
[3:17:19] some
[3:17:22] of the vegetation needs like
[3:17:24] dead trees and things like that because
[3:17:28] they are costly to remove
[3:17:29] and there were community grants they were
[3:17:31] using to help citizens
[3:17:36] reduce fire hazards within their yards
[3:17:37] but they had to
[3:17:40] come together as a partnership
[3:17:43] to use the funds
[3:17:45] so that maybe something that may be
[3:17:46] available again this
[3:17:49] year because
[3:17:52] I am sure people would want to take advantage
[3:17:53] of that especially if they have costly
[3:17:54] removals like trees and shrubs and
[3:17:55] things
[3:17:58] like that.
[3:17:58] >>
[3:18:01] thank you, councilmember ross.
[3:18:03] >> did somebody say plant trees? Yes.
[3:18:07] interesting how we can
[3:18:10] go from one to another,
[3:18:13] maybe plant trees in
[3:18:14] a smarter way but on the insurance
[3:18:16] thing, it is not just vegetation.
[3:18:19] gregory gardens it is a
[3:18:22] area where policies are being
[3:18:23] canceled. You would not necessarily
[3:18:25] think of the area
[3:18:28] as a forested area.
[3:18:31] the different companies have
[3:18:34] different algorithms.
[3:18:36] sometimes it is not necessarily the vegetation
[3:18:37] around
[3:18:40] a certain home, it is
[3:18:43] if they have 4-5
[3:18:46] million dollar homes in a row,
[3:18:49] they will take out
[3:18:51] two of them to mitigate the risk.
[3:18:52] so it is
[3:18:54] not all about trees and vegetation,
[3:18:55] there are homes in martinez that are
[3:18:58] threatened to be canceled
[3:19:00] that do not have a tree for blocks
[3:19:01] around them.
[3:19:07] there
[3:19:09] is no leaf that can fall on the property
[3:19:10] that are getting canceled, so
[3:19:13] the algorithms are designed
[3:19:16] in ways that
[3:19:19] are not just vegetation. It
[3:19:22] affects sales, you cannot
[3:19:25] purchase
[3:19:26] a home without getting insurance or get
[3:19:28] a mortgage without insurance. One of
[3:19:28] the
[3:19:30] things I learned a year ago is that
[3:19:37] this
[3:19:40] will get fixed in 25
[3:19:42] or 26 and most of it will be legislatively
[3:19:43] driven because
[3:19:46] california has regulations and requirements other
[3:19:46] states
[3:19:49] do not have, it has
[3:19:51] nothing to do with wildfire risk,
[3:19:52] it has everything to do
[3:19:54] with reserves, requirements, accounting procedures
[3:19:57] that the insurance companies do not
[3:19:58] like. Just
[3:20:01] like when prop 206 got past
[3:20:04] years ago,
[3:20:07] we had a previous insurance
[3:20:09] crisis, it was more financially and
[3:20:10] politically driven
[3:20:13] ,
[3:20:16] they are
[3:20:19] trying to get california to
[3:20:25] conform, pull out and cause
[3:20:27] mayhem and then we will go back in
[3:20:28] and charge a higher price and everything
[3:20:28] will
[3:20:30] be good. So it is not exactly what
[3:20:31] it seems, they are using
[3:20:33] the wildfire risk as a cover to get
[3:20:34] what they want legislatively and to
[3:20:37] get them to bend their way and relax regulations.
[3:20:40] it does not
[3:20:43] mean they will come back at the same
[3:20:43] price, that is
[3:20:46] my two cents. Maybe
[3:20:49] the former mayor can comment, give
[3:20:49] us
[3:20:51] a insight. It is really troubling
[3:20:52] and it
[3:20:54] is a big problem for our community
[3:20:55] that we do not
[3:20:58] talk about enough. I do
[3:20:59] want to acknowledge that arbor day
[3:21:01] was great.
[3:21:04] the memorial for
[3:21:07] officer tarantino was good.
[3:21:10] a good attendance there.
[3:21:13] also today
[3:21:16] , on a future agenda I want to
[3:21:19] put the community monitoring
[3:21:22] upgrades system
[3:21:25] that the --will be putting in
[3:21:28] place for communities like ours,
[3:21:31] a new program they will put in place,
[3:21:31] I would like to
[3:21:33] get that on the agenda and today we passed
[3:21:37] , we did not pass it, we are
[3:21:39] moving forward on a community benefits
[3:21:40] package that will help
[3:21:43] communities in regions
[3:21:46] that are affected by toxic
[3:21:49] incidents and polluters that are fined
[3:21:52] by the air district and we are coming up
[3:21:55] with a schedule
[3:21:57] as to how the massive fines can be
[3:21:58] returned to the communities that
[3:22:01] were affected. Chevron
[3:22:04] will be paying a $22 million fine
[3:22:08] enrichment, that
[3:22:11] will be the forefront.
[3:22:12] if you look at what martinez is going
[3:22:14] to get
[3:22:17] ,
[3:22:20] mrc
[3:22:21] fines and all of those issues are down
[3:22:23] the road so we
[3:22:26] do not know what
[3:22:28] will be incurred there. What will happen
[3:22:32] is the air district will have a
[3:22:35] process in place. We will
[3:22:38] have community input as
[3:22:41] to how the dollars can be spent
[3:22:44] .
[3:22:47] hopefully we will have
[3:22:50] much more detail
[3:22:53] on that. I did not cough once
[3:22:56] during that.
[3:22:59] >> I want to
[3:23:05] follow up on arbor day. Debbie
[3:23:09] leading the planting charge, I am
[3:23:11] impressed that we got
[3:23:17] 10 trees planted and that was a
[3:23:18] lot of fun. I want to remind everybody
[3:23:19] we are doing a evacuation drill and
[3:23:20] maybe we
[3:23:23] can get --to speak to it
[3:23:25] before hand. It is june 22 and it is
[3:23:29] east, up in the hills
[3:23:32] above greenstreet or my place.
[3:23:35] so
[3:23:37] everybody is going to evacuate down
[3:23:38] to city
[3:23:41] hall so down front here
[3:23:44] and there will be red cross,
[3:23:47] con fire, genesis and other
[3:23:50] evacuation personnel. It will be
[3:23:52] nice to have them come speak to that
[3:23:56] so we can all be prepared. That is it.
[3:23:59] thank you.
[3:23:59] >>
[3:24:01] chief right, will we get a update
[3:24:02] on the
[3:24:05] june 22
[3:24:08] event
[3:24:10] before then as a counsel?
[3:24:10] >> we can
[3:24:11] if you like.
[3:24:13] >> if you could, that would be great.
[3:24:14] even if it is
[3:24:17] as simple as
[3:24:20] during one of
[3:24:21] your reports but that would be helpful
[3:24:23] for all of the counsel to be aware
[3:24:23] of
[3:24:25] the details.
[3:24:26] >> no problem. >> thank
[3:24:26] you. My only comment
[3:24:28] is with regards to coordination with
[3:24:29] the tribes.
[3:24:31] christian henderson brought it up
[3:24:32] at the beginning
[3:24:34] and the came up a couple of times
[3:24:35] throughout the
[3:24:38] meeting and I appreciate, if we could
[3:24:41] on a upcoming agenda, add
[3:24:44] reporting on some of
[3:24:45] the coordination that is happening with
[3:24:46] local tribes. If it becomes part of
[3:24:47] the update
[3:24:50] as part of the epa grant
[3:24:53] that is great and if not if we can
[3:24:53] have
[3:24:56] a standalone update
[3:24:58] even if it is just the city manager
[3:24:59] portion of the agenda, that
[3:25:02] would be appreciated.
[3:25:02] >> will do.
[3:25:05] hopefully
[3:25:10] --doing the public engagement for
[3:25:11] the grants.
[3:25:14] >> thank you. That is it
[3:25:19] for tonight, instead of me adjourning I will
[3:25:20] hand the gavel
[3:25:22] to vice mayor and let her adjourn
[3:25:23] the meeting tonight.
[3:25:23] >>
[3:25:26] thank you
[3:25:29] mayor and to my colleagues for allowing
[3:25:31] me to close to nights meeting in memory
[3:25:32] of my
[3:25:35] mother jerry .
[3:25:38] my mother lost her battle
[3:25:41] with alzheimer's on june 14
[3:25:44] 2023 at the age of 81.
[3:25:49] today is may day, a special day I shared
[3:25:50] with
[3:25:51] my mom. Today we celebrated a long-standing
[3:25:55] tradition of giving flowers to each other
[3:25:59] and to the ones we loved.
[3:26:02] so
[3:26:04] tonight I am carrying on her tradition
[3:26:05] by sharing her favorite flower with
[3:26:05] all
[3:26:07] of you and that is why I have this flower
[3:26:08] on the dais.
[3:26:11] my mother appreciated
[3:26:13] the beauty of a single red rose nestled
[3:26:14] in white
[3:26:17] b's breath adorned with
[3:26:20] cleopatra fern.
[3:26:22] my mother loved the music of johnny
[3:26:23] mathis, she loved to sing
[3:26:26] and dance.
[3:26:28] she loved to cook and kept a immaculate
[3:26:29] house. She loved movies
[3:26:32] and the academy awards. She loved
[3:26:35] vanilla ice cream.
[3:26:38] root beer floats, juju beans, red
[3:26:41] hats, white cadillacs and
[3:26:44] trips to hawaii. She was a
[3:26:47] bulldog, class of 1960.
[3:26:50] a bank teller, a businesswoman, a
[3:26:50] wife and
[3:26:53] a fourth generation
[3:26:56] citizen of martinez.
[3:26:59] my mother was married to richard
[3:27:02] for 59 years. Raised
[3:27:05] three children and fulfilled her dream
[3:27:08] to live in the valley. My mother
[3:27:11] embodied elegance, walked
[3:27:14] this earth with grace and charm. She
[3:27:17] loved and cherished her family and
[3:27:17] I know
[3:27:20] she will always and forever love
[3:27:23] me unconditionally.
[3:27:26] my mother was born on may
[3:27:29] 12, 1942. This year I will
[3:27:32] celebrate her birthday
[3:27:36] on mother's day.
[3:27:39] before I close
[3:27:42] to nights meeting I want
[3:27:44] to share a short poem by david hawkins.
[3:27:54] the poem is titled, she
[3:27:57] is gone.
[3:28:00] you can shed
[3:28:02] tears that she is gone or you can smile
[3:28:06] because she
[3:28:09] has lived.
[3:28:11] you can close your eyes and pray that
[3:28:12] she will
[3:28:13] come back or you can open your eyes and
[3:28:18] see all that she has left.
[3:28:21] your heart can be empty
[3:28:24] because you cannot see her
[3:28:26] or you can be filled with love that
[3:28:30] you shared.
[3:28:33] you can turn your
[3:28:35] back on tomorrow and live in yesterday
[3:28:37] or you can be happy for tomorrow because
[3:28:39] of yesterday.
[3:28:42] you can remember her
[3:28:45] and only that she is gone or
[3:28:48] you can cherish her memory and
[3:28:51] let it live on.
[3:28:54] you can cry and close
[3:28:57] your mind, be empty and turn
[3:29:00] your back or you
[3:29:02] can do what she would want, smile, open
[3:29:06] your eyes, love, and
[3:29:09] go on.
[3:29:12] thank you.