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Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the February 10th, 2026 City Council meeting. I'm calling this meeting to order now.

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For all of those who want to review the agenda for instructions on how to participate, the public will have the opportunity to participate in this meeting via public comment.

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Tonight's meeting will have a general public comment period and a public comment period will be held after each item on the agenda.

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meeting.

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Thank you.

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And Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

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Council Member Benavente here.

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Council Member Hoffnister here.

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Council Member Obringer here, Vice Mayor Aliano, Mayor Nakamura, I am here and then Vice

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Mayor Aliano.

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will you please lead us in the pledge of allegiance?

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With the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which

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stands, one nation on the ground, and invisible with liberty and justice for all.

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Thank you everyone.

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We're now going to transition into the public comment period.

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This is a 15 minute public comment period, and just a matter of how many cards do we have

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at this time?

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We have five cards for public comment, Mayor.

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Okay, so each speaker will have three minutes.

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If you could go ahead and call the names.

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The clerk is going to go ahead and call a couple names.

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I had a time, so for those of you who are queuing up,

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there's two black lines on the floor to queue up on.

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You can step up to the microphone when your name is called.

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Thank you.

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A very ideas in Sarah Sinclair followed by Kellan O'Connor and Jen Casanoff Diggs.

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Good

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evening. Our names are radias.

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I'm Sarah Sinclair.

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I'm Stephanie Vasquez.

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We are seeing ears in the engineering academy at Clayton Valley Charter High School.

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We're excited to be sharing a project that we've worked on this year.

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So, back in December, we started building these wood-duck-nesting boxes for a new hall park.

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As part of a hands-on engineering project we did in our class, we wanted to make a different

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start community and be able to help our local environment by learning about these safe spaces

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for animals and we thought it would be a great way to put our skills and technology and resources

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to use.

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We spent time researching, we went through several iterations of materials to figure out what is best,

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and then we planned and built and finished four wood dug boxes.

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We were able to gain a valuable experience making these and use skills that we had learned in class,

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like teamwork, problem solving, and building skills.

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Thank you.

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We're proud to have.

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Thank you.

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We're part of for some of these boxes to the new home park, hopefully they'll be of great use.

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And we would like to take the city of Conqueror, the Conqueror City Council and the new home park.

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Most of all, we hope that the ducks like them and we hope to see new duckness in the spring, hopefully it's very successful.

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And we thank you so much for letting us be part of this project and it's been amazing to see how far we've been.

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We're able to put our skills to use and how useful they will be able to be to the new ducks and new home park.

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Thank you so much.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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And I believe we have James Thompson from the city who is here to receive one of those boxes from you.

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Do you have all four with you?

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Yes, we do.

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Okay.

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What do you want to do a photo with them?

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They want them to take photo.

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Yeah, there you go.

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Don't block the mark.

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Did you get your mark?

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You're good.

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All right, great job.

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Win, thank you.

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Do you know when they're going to go in?

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We'll work with Joanna to pick up the other three boxes that get them installed.

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Probably by end of the week.

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Oh, that's no.

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Okay, end of the week.

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Thank you.

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Yes, I've heard that the wood ducks are ready to nest.

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So Madam Clerk, would you call the next speaker, please?

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Kellin O'Connor and Jen Casinoff digs, please.

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Good evening, everyone.

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My name is Jen Casinoff digs, and I'm a part of the

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Development and Discove Club, a nonprofit that puts together

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Discove events in Concrete.

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My name is Kellin O'Connor, I'm a resident here in Concrete.

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Member of the Board for the Development and Discove.

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for those of you that do not know what

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disc golf is, disc golf is a sport that's

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played with a disc that looks like this.

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We have a course that is free for the public in

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conquered at Hillcrest Park, and it is something

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that we're really grateful for.

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So tonight we just wanted to present on

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some of the impact and some of the numbers that

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have come out of this course being played by the local community.

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At Hillcrest Park, it's a ten-hole course, it's located just down the street on Oliveira,

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on Oliveira Street near the outdoor movie theater.

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So far there have been, in the past year, there were 6,292 rounds played.

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That means that individuals are playing this ten-hole course multiple times through.

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There were 8,430 miles locked by community members, 8,690 hours of activity, 419 new people

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to the course.

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That means people that have played disc golf before but came to the course for their first

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time.

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87 of those people were brand new to disc golf had never played before.

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We hosted 143 total events at this course, and there were 93 players that traveled over

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150 miles away to play at Hillcrest Park.

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300, there were 75 players who traveled over 300 miles away, including people from Canada

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and out of the country.

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Disc Golf is massive and growing, and we're just here to really thank the community for

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off being a part of Concord, and also let community members know that this is a space that

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can be utilized by any community member for free, Disc Golf is an activity that's for all

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ages. So we just really wanted to come to thank everyone and let everyone know that it exists

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in the world. And we have a few of the fact sheets with all of the data to just showcase how much

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the park is being used, then.

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Yeah, so I moved to just an introduction to my story

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with this golf briefly.

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I moved to Conqueror about eight years ago.

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Can you raise it up a little bit so we can hear you?

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Yeah, sure.

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So I moved to Conqueror at about eight years ago

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as a resident at Bata Home Year on Conqueror Boulevard.

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I've been playing this golf for 18 years.

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And it's been a big impact both for my family,

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my two boys are now playing with me as well on the course.

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And it's a really great way for us to build community.

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I've met a lot of friends, built truly my family away from home.

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So we're excited, we're advocates, and we invite everyone

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from the community to come out and play, and enjoy the park.

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And yeah, if you have questions, we're here.

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So our club is open to the public, anyone can join?

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And yeah, thank you very much.

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If it made me, is there a website or if somebody wants more information

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or wants to participate or learn how to do

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disc golf, which is like Frisbeck Golf,

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but can you share that with the public?

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Yeah, there are two spaces where like Helen mentioned,

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we are Devil Mountain Disc golf club,

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so we can be found on Facebook.

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There's also the stats that we're providing tonight

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come through an app called U-Disc,

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which is where we host all of our events,

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and that's where the course can be found as well.

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you can find Hillgress Park and then there are other local courses within the area that are also listed there

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with all the details of how to play and and how to access the course.

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This way, this way is through Facebook at Devil Mountain Disc Golf to get some

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information in how to contact you guys. Yeah, that's perfect. Yeah, thank you all. Okay, thank you.

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Elias Mitchell followed by Hunter Steven Plumley.

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Hello, guys.

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I am my name's Elias and I've lived and conquered my whole life and I just wanted to

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I'm wondering if we are able to get an acre of land to build some bike parks or a bike

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jumps.

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We need bike racks.

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Building jumps we have the potential to provide children with alternative places to go and

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to use their bicycles, including creating their own bike jumps, the benefit are two

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fold. Children will get exercise, which encourages a healthy lifestyle, and children will

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be able to create their own sense of community through these jumps. Children that are able

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connect through outdoor jumping and biking are also able to live healthier lifestyles than

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if they were to stay inside watching TV playing video games, etc. In addition, children who

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are able to jump and ride bikes will have improved levels of physical activity and as well

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increase confidence in self-esteem.

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And as a result, they all increase physical activity

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by providing a specific location for children to use

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their bicycles and create jumps.

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Communities, our community will increase the

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safety of our own residents.

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When children have nowhere to go with their bicycles, they tend to

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ride their bikes on main roads or build jumps in private property where they're not supposed

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to.

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When children,

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therefore, if provided with a specific location to ride and jump, children will

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be able to create a safer environment for the entire community.

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Another life skill that will be developed through jumping and creating jumps is learning to work

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with making jumps, using tools, building with dirt,

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children are able to learn, and practice their jumpy skills

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to get better, and have more fun when they're

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right in their bike.

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They will be able to use in their everyday life,

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in closing, creating, and providing an outdoor place

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space in the form of a jump park, is a great opportunity

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for community to connect with either another. The children in the community will have applied

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opportunities to with one another. They're by promoting friendship opportunities. It is the

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responsibility of community members to support outdoor jumping areas because providing children

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with the chance to begin and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Thank you very much. Thank you.

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Okay. If you could make sure that the city clerk has all of your contact in, I'd like to reach out to you.

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Okay.

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Afterward.

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And then Madam Clerk the next caller or the next speaker is...

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Hello, hello ladies and gentlemen of the council. My name is Hunter Pomley and I've been a resident of Concord, my entire life.

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Many kids these days, like after school and I'm a free time, they will just spend their time on their screens and TV and they will not do too much.

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I may have a solution to that problem. A community bike park. The closest one to us is about 45 minutes away in Pleasanton. It's called the Pleasanton dirt jumps.

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It makes it hard for the kids of Concord to go and use their BMX on jumps if they would like to.

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As Elias mentioned earlier, when kids have nowhere to go, they tend to trespass and ride on the main roads, which is very unsafe.

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There are many pros to a community park park. First, they can help build the community.

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Second, it helps with physical and mental health. If kids go side, it can help their mental health by giving them fresh air

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and us safe places to think.

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Third, it helps build the community and friendships.

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If a group of kids work together to build a bike jump

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and teaches on teamwork and builds their friendship.

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Fourth, it could boost like sales in bike shops and conquered.

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If a kid accidentally breaks their bike,

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like a piece of their bike, they might go to a bike park,

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close, which would be in conquered.

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Finally, it builds on the motto, family comes first.

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If parents take their kids to a bike park,

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it would help their parent-care relationship.

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Overall, a community bike park would help build the community,

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boost bike shops and conquered,

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and help kids with mental and physical strength

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and bring families together.

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That is why we need a plot of land for a bike park,

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just a square acre of unused land.

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We suggest a piece of the naval weapon station.

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I have, I have a map

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if you guys would like to see it.

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Thank you, Hunter.

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You can give the man enough.

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The city clerk.

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Is that your comment?

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OK.

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Go ahead and give that to the city clerk.

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And as well as your contact info.

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I made me through the mayor.

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I just want to thank the two young adults that came here to it, but make their comments

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and their presentation their ideas known to us.

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And I think if staff could maybe have our Parks and Rec Strictor

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he's following up with them because I know this topic keeps coming up about every five years and I know

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the city's done a lot of research on this topic in the past so I made a note with him and set up a meeting.

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Thank you very much for sharing your information tonight.

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Thank you.

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I have no more public speakers, card mayors.

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We've got one more.

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We've got one more.

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You're going to talk during your presentation.

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Okay, so we're going to go ahead and close public comment and we will now move on to our next item which is a presentation.

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Today we're going to pause for a moment to remember the profound injustice in our nation's history and to honor those who endured it with resilience and dignity.

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On February 19th, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed executive order 906 and with

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the stroke of a pen, more than 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, most of them united

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state citizens were forced from their homes and separated from their schools and community

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incarcerated without charges, without trials, without due process.

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This did not happen because of evidence that happened because fear allowed was allowed to override

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constitutional principles and race was treated as suspicion.

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The day of remembrance is coming up on February 19th.

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It's not only about looking back, it's about understanding how fragile our civil liberties

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can be, especially in moments of crisis and why remembering this history is essential to protecting

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our democracy today.

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Before I continue, I want to pause and acknowledge those we are honoring this evening and recognize

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anyone here who was with us who personally endured incarceration during World War II.

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You're welcome to stand now if you feel comfortable doing that

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or raise your hand if you're

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able.

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Thank you for being here tonight.

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Your history is your lived experience matters.

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We are deeply grateful for your presence here and for your courage and for the willingness

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to carry this history forward so that future generations may learn from it.

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Here in Concord, this history is not abstract.

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Japanese-American families lived, worked and raised their children in our community, and many

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were members of the former Diablo chapter of the Japanese-American Citizens League.

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Their lives, their resilience, and their contributions are part of Concord's history.

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Across the country, educators, museums and community organizations continue to work the work

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of preserving survivor stories so that what happened is neither forgotten nor repeated.

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On a personal note, one organization that I follow is the Topaz Stories Project.

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The grandparents of my children were incarcerated in the camp known as Topaz in the remote

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vigilance to empathy and to speaking up when justice

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when injustice appears, no matter who it affects.

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And tonight as mayor of the city of Concord,

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I am honored to proclaim February 19th

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as day of remembrance of Japanese American incarceration.

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And I invite all of us to reflect and learn

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and recommit ourselves to the values and dignity, equity,

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and constitutional freedom.

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And I'm going to now come down

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And I have a proclamation for Karen Sakata

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of the Diablo Japanese American Club here in Concord.

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So, Karen, thank you for being here tonight.

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And I know that you brought with you many people

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from the Japanese American community here in Concord

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and probably further out.

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So, this proclamation is for you.

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There's a lot of warehouses here,

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but I felt like reading a statement

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that was a little bit more personalized

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for this community was important so you have there's an opportunity for you to speak and if you want to

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call on anyone else tonight to talk a little bit more about why this day is important okay and then

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oh we should probably take a picture with the the council let's do that let's get the former

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internies join me yes yes so I'm going to call down my council colleagues we'll take a picture and

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we also have the former internies here.

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This is for you, Karyn.

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You just let us know what you need.

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I'm pointing up at the barrier.

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We have to do that.

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I'm just going to be on the phone.

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Thank you.

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Hey, those are one.

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One, two, three.

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I'll have a wrap.

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All right, everyone.

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So you've got the money.

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Okay.

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Mayor Nakamura and Concert City Council.

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My name is Karen Sakata.

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I am the president of the Diablo Japanese American Club.

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Former county superintendent of schools for

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Contra Costa County Office of Education and

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Former Principal of Air Elementary in Concord.

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I'm a Sonsae, third generation Japanese American.

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My mothers and her family were interned at

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Arizona and my father and his family was my grandparents were interned at Topaz Uta Uta Uta.

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The Diabla Japanese Club was formed in 1926. We're coming to our 100-year celebration

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our Centennial. And we represent 800 individuals, 400 families in the Concord area and

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Our purpose is to preserve the Japanese-American culture and the Japanese-American language.

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We started as a Japanese school and now we have ten affiliated clubs that include Ecanobo,

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judo, Kendall, adult in youth basketball, exercise, Buddhist fellowship, and Shinwakai,

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our senior group.

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And many of the members here who were in turnies in the relocation camps were from the Sheenwakai

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our senior group.

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Tonight, I'm proud to be here with the former attorneys.

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I had thought if my parents were still alive, my mother and father, they probably wouldn't

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have come tonight because they remained silent for their entire life in regard to their

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experience in the camps.

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I thank you for the proclamation, Deva remembrance.

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I think it's really important.

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It amazes me to the stay that are people

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that do not know that our families were interned.

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The internment represents the strength, resilience,

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and the bravery of the Japanese-American community.

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They are my heroes.

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I'm here we are all here to thank you with gratitude for acknowledging this because it's an important part of history, it's an important part of education, which is very important to me personally.

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So thank you so much for this recognition.

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Is there anyone else who would like to give public comment on this item?

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Would any of my council colleagues like to comment?

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Council member, Hofmeister, sure, thank you very much.

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I just want to say thank you to the Japanese American Club and for all that you do in

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our community in terms of getting your stories out and also celebrating with our community,

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your heritage and lovely food.

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There are every year for the Japanese festival, but it shows how many people actually come and

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partake in it and how you've opened your facility to not only our community but those

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around us as well so that they can come and learn and understand the history and what was

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great sacrifices that were made. And, you know, some of the folks don't even know, you know,

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there's strawberry fields that were up here in Concord were planted and attended to by some

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of the Japanese landowners at the time when they could have property, but then that was taken away

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from them and they were interned. And I know some of the generous residents of Concord when internment

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was over actually helped some of them come back

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into Concord and Resettle.

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And so your history continues to flourish in our community.

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And I thank you for sharing your history with our community.

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I've been going to the building in the festivals down there

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for ever since I was a little kid in an understanding

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that large culture that it is and how it has played

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such an important part in our community.

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So thank you for sharing that.

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And Council Member Oberner.

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Thank you very well stated.

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Council member, Hofmeister, I too want to extend my thanks.

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Thank you for being here tonight.

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You are a living history, and it's so important,

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particularly given what is happening in our country today.

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And I will share that I grew up in Western Pennsylvania

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and my grandparents were of the World War II generation,

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and they never mentioned this to me.

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And I don't know they're long gone,

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but I don't know if they knew about the Japanese

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and tournament being in Western Pennsylvania, but when I moved to conquered and got involved

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with conquered ambassadors, I see we have some representatives here tonight as well.

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I learned about this very robust history of the Japanese Americans, Japanese American

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concordians that continue to be here today. And so I thank you for being here. Like I said,

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testing test to what has happened. Resiliency and you know what we don't want to happen again

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quite honestly. So thank you very much and thank you.

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For supporting our sister's city relationship as well, and helping us to celebrate 50 years. And we look forward

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to helping you celebrate 100 years here in Concord. So thank you very much, Adi Gato Gosaimashita.

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Thank you. And then, Council Member Benavente?

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Yes, well, Karen and the Diablo Japanese American Club. Thank you for your leadership ensuring that history is remembered

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with honesty and respect, and I be remissed, you know, being the Japanese American club, being

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located in district four makes this recognition, especially meaningful for me as representing

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the district four.

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So thank you to reminded that history lives within our neighborhoods, and that in our community

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spaces.

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And so recognizing February 19th here in Concord, we are firms are commitment to civil rights,

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fairness and standing up against discrimination in all forms. So I'm grateful for your all your leadership

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and I look forward to volunteering at the Japanese festival this year again.

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I love volunteering so I'll see you there. Right, Don?

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I'll see you in the tempura tent.

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I'll be there.

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So just by the way of that comment do we have a date yet for the next festival?

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Okay, so the last weekend in July, okay, and you are, okay, so the, thank you, every year

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for those who don't know, every year, the Japanese American club here in Concord, does

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a two-day fantastic cultural festival with food, tempura, sushi, teriyaki chicken, the

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work, it's just amazing food, and there's

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Tyco drumming, which is always a huge success,

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and a big draw to bring people in.

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I also want to point out that our police officers

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will block off a lane on Tread Boulevard for people

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to park, so it is a well-attended event

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with plenty of parking and shuttle service.

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And this year, it's happening the last weekend in July,

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the 25th and 26th.

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And it's just a wonderful cultural celebration for Japanese American community here in Concord.

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So I thank you. I also thank you all for being here tonight, especially to those who were interned.

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For me, the grandparents of my children, it was not something they talked about.

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It was not something that they just wanted to move forward and not talk about their experience at Topaz

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And there's a lot of history that we missed out on learning from them, and I thank you all for

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carrying forward your stories and your lived experience.

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Thank you very much.

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And with that, we're going over there.

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So with that, we're going to go ahead and move on to our next item, but for those of you who

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aren't staying for the business items, we'll go ahead and give you an moment to walk out.

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Do you want me to officially do that?

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We will also officially close public comments on that item.

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So we'll go ahead and move on to our consent calendar.

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I would like to pull from the consent calendar tonight.

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Yes, I would like to pull item 4D, which is the financial report audit.

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Okay, great.

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And so we have anything else?

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I'm just going to move for a trucey.

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I'll second that motion.

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So, Madam Clerk, we have a motion to approve A, B, and C on the consent item, the consent

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calendar.

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Could you please open public comment for this item?

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I have no public speaker.

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It's card sphere.

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Okay.

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Thank you.

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So, if you could go ahead and call the vote, please.

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Close public comment.

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How to do that again?

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Yeah.

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And we're closing public comment again.

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Every time.

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Now, call.

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Councilmember Benavente.

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Councilmember Hofmeister.

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Yes.

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Councilmember Obringer.

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Yes.

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Vice Mayor Aliano.

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Yes.

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Mayor Nakamura.

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And yes.

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And Councilmember Hofmeister, you had pulled item D.

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Yes.

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I just wanted to note that this is the acceptance of the annual

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Comprehensive Financial Report with the independent auditors.

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Basically are audited financial statements that's done annually.

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And I just wanted to point out, for the public, I get buried on the consent calendar, but two things.

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One is, this is, I've laid the first audit we've had with our new finance manager with director with Margaret, and some of the additional staff team there.

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And I just wanted to note for the public and the record that this was a clean financial audit.

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There was no problems. There was everything was eyes dotted in T's cross, so we're good.

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there's no items of concern that the auditors found in the review of the city's financial

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documents and financial statements. So I just wanted to let the public know that because it

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otherwise they don't know. So with that I would move item 4D after you take public comment.

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Second.

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Thank you and I will also mention that this was the 30 second consecutive year of a certificate of achievement.

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and so I think that to staff we I think that we're all very proud of the work that you do to keep us

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specifically strong on all of all fronts. Okay, so let's go ahead and open up public comment. Is there

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anyone that would like to make public comment on this item? Seeing none. We'll close public comments

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and Madam Clerk would you please call the vote? Council member Benavente. Yes.

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Council member

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Yes. Vice Mayor Aliana. Yes. Mayor Nakamura. Yes.

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Thank you very much and our next item is the

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It is a presentation. We are going to be considering a presentation by Eric Fuhler. I hope I'm saying that right.

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Eric, you can go ahead and come on up from the next slide. I'm going to do the quick introduction. If that's okay. Sure.

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Okay, so we're going to have an introduction by our city manager, Valerie Barroni.

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So, at our last Council meeting, Council Member Carlin Obringer received support from the

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full Council to have this item agenda.

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As you know, Council Member Obringer represents the Controcostal Council Mayors conference

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on the East Bay Regional Park District Park Advisory Committee.

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Here to kick off tonight's presentation is our East Bay Regional Park District Board representative

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of John Mercurio, who was elected to serve a community larger than

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Concord, but including Concord in 2022.

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Thank you, Valerie.

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Mayor Nakamura, Council members and staff of John Mercurio, East Bay Regional Park District,

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Board Member for Ward 6, which includes Concord, as well as most of Central

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country, Costa, and all of Southern, country, Costa County. It's great to be back here again.

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This used to be a home away from home for me for a long time, but I jump at the chance to come back.

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Especially to talk about collaboration is what we're going to be really aware of what we're doing here now.

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regarding a very important East Bay Regional Park District project that will be an asset for

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conquered and its residents and even those beyond. So in a minute Eric has a presentation

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for you, but I just want to recognize how the city and the district have worked together

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in the past and are once again cooperating on an effort to facilitate the opening of

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a good martial regional park home of the Portugal 50 Concrets First Regional Park.

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Since I was elected three years ago, this has remained one of my most important priority

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projects that I would like to see advances quickly as possible.

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And I want to recognize Council Member Obringer, who has personally been a great ally of

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Park District, particularly since she serves on our Park Advisory Committee.

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And I go to the mayor's conference and she's always reporting on from what's going on in the park district.

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And I appreciate you doing that.

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And so that is another way to kind of show how we're working together.

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So finally, while we're here for a specific purpose, I think there's a side kind of a side

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benefit going on here, and that is, I was thinking about this, and I feel like the presentation

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that Eric's going to be providing us is also going to be some information and some development

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here that some folks aren't aware of may not know about rental right now and so I hope

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that that's the case that we're able to let them know there's some really great things

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coming for Concord and that we're committed to taking that barbed wire down along Bailey

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Road and making the park open for all of Concord and the regional community to enjoy.

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So now I'd like to introduce Eric Fieler and he'll tell us more about the park.

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Thank you, John.

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Eric Fieler and the Division Lead for Government and Legislative Affairs at the park district.

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And really want to thank you for the opportunity to address the council this evening.

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And for the partnership, much as Director McEurail spoke.

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This has really been an important partnership with both parts of the former naval weapon station.

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And I just as an aside wanted to share that when I first interviewed for the Park District

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for a position there 18 years ago, my writing test was to write an advocacy letter about

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having a park in Conqueror.

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So it's exciting to see some fruition out of that after 18 years and there's still more

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to do.

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So for tonight's discussion somewhat brief discussion, just want to give a little bit

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background. I realize that you all have a fair bit of background in what's happening out there,

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but this is hopefully a look toward the future. And then the timeline for our project

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at South of Bailey Road and at the end of it, some discussions about funding. So for sort

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of the regional context, this map, I'm just sure you've seen it a million times, but just

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a point out, as we all know, the National Park Service Naval Magazine is on the active military

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base.

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And so we have had a conversation and actually had in the legislation that been able

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us to move forward with the public benefit conveyance, a language that called for a joint

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visitor center with the National Park Service at the throw good martial regional park home

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of the Port Chicago 50, that visitor center would be in the old battery shop on the northern

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part, a very expensive project which I'll refer to again a little later in the conversation,

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but we're excited about that partnership because it gives a more accessible opportunity for

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people to learn about the history that occurred after the explosion and even before, but

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Certainly the history of the former sailors who did not go back to work on safe working conditions

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and were very recently exonerated by the FAS Secretary of the Navy.

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So this gives a better opportunity to share that.

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And we believe it will be a national and international destination,

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because it will be one of the few places west of the Mississippi that will share some of that civil rights history.

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That's a unit of the National Park Service.

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For this slide, another picture I'm sure you've seen a million times, which just want to

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point out that we do talk about the low impact recreation on the park side of the property.

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But that also includes, as I mentioned, the repurposing of the visitor center, but it also

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discusses the idea of turning rail lines into trails and repurposing some other infrastructure

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that's currently on the property, and back to the point a little bit about a national international

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destination, we have done economic studies that do indicate that are dollar invested in

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park development returns for dollars to the surrounding a community, so we'll be part of

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the economic development as well. And so the first step for us is really the South the Bailey Road

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property. It's a little easier for us to open. It's a little bit softer development. We

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are planning a staging area with, I believe, it's 50 parking spots and four vault toilets.

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But as featured in the side with the fonts a little, we couldn't figure out how to get the

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have.

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A magazine overlook, which is currently the area, very close to the preserve there, number five, that we do take, when we do do tours, that is kind of the VISTA that we do take people to, and it is an amazing VISTA of both the Delta and the water and then Mount Diablo and the other direction and then the City of Concord, of course.

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And then there's also an opportunity for Plaza at one of the magazines talking about repurposing some of the infrastructure there.

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The magazines that were sort of the bunkers for the munitions.

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We will, we intend to feature one of those as an interpretive panel and opportunity to tell some of the history.

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That's occurred on the property prior to the Visitor Center potentially opening up.

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just pictures of the renditions of what those could look like in terms of repurposing some of the bunkers.

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And then here's our proposed or current timeline quite frankly.

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We did adopt the land use plan in 2020.

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We currently are in the design and permitting phase and we are expecting to go out to bid next year

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with the eye toward opening it for public use in 2028, which is a very exciting.

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And again, we indicated some of the features of the actual development of the staging area

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in initial opening of South Abelie, seven new miles of trails, 2.6 of those, 6.7 would

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be part of the rail to rail's conversion, which we're actually getting some mitigation

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credit for removing rail line and replacing with the trail.

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And then in addition to that, some of the special status species status that will be protected

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as well as some of the restoration land that's within this particular development.

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And the previous slide you saw some of the preserve land that will be more or less off the

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beaten trail, so to speak, and not active recreation.

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So here's to the, I think the reason why I was asked to come is really just to talk a little

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bit about the funding for the development of this new staging area and opening up South

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the Bailey.

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The $3 million that we have secured so far was through a community benefit, a project

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ask of Mark Dissoleney, representative Mark Dissoleney, that was secured as part of the budget

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process.

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We also secured funding from Ben and Assembly Member Tim Grayson.

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And I think I have those reversed.

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I apologize. I think the Tim Grayson funding was the $3 million and the $850 is from Representative

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Assalmame. That we just received. So we are optimistic that future community benefit project

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funding will be available even in this climate of tighter budgets. So we will be continuing

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to advocate for that. In fact, when we go back to Washington, D.C., this March with our board

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directors, this is on our agenda to talk to every member of our delegation about.

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And then we have a pending application of $6 million through the Land of Water Conservation

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Fund that has not come through yet, but that is federal funding that goes to the state.

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And so we're hopeful, and that is also an item on our advocacy agenda for Washington DC,

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because it's federal funding.

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it's offshore or oil drilling funding, but it is something that is initiated at the federal

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level.

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And then just briefly to discuss the WWE funding.

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2008 we passed a $500, $500 million dollar bond measure of which we allocated a certain

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portion to the Conqueror, then former Conqueror Naval Lepens station.

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And this is really the balance of all the funding that's in that bond measure for what is

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now through a good Marshall Regional Park home in the Portrait, Chicago 50.

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And so the board is contemplating using basically all the remaining WWE funds to work on

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the new South of Bailey entrance.

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However that means that particularly that $8 million that we would be potentially using

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for South of Bailey would not be available

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for the potential future visitor center.

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So my team has been tasked to work with our board,

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work with partners, to really go out and try to get

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additional funding through Proposition 4 at the state level

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with hopefully now Senator Grayson's support.

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And actually Assemblymember Aviela Furious,

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who was actually on the property recently,

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very enthusiastic about working with us, and then in addition the additional federal funding

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through Representative Dissolene and hopefully Representative Garamende, with the additional

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eye toward the Atlanta Water Conservation Fund and making sure that that funding continues

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to flow and that we continue to have opportunities to apply for it.

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So that is the, so if we do receive the $6 million dollar land of water conservation fund,

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our gap in our ability to utilize that 8 million WW funding for the Visitor Center as opposed

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to this project gets narrowed quite a bit, but we can't count on the LWCF money at this time.

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So with that, oops, I went the wrong way, sorry.

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With that, I think we're available to answer questions, or perhaps more importantly, learn any insights that you all have about the property.

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There's a lot of history there, and you all have history with the city, so there may be some other things that you would like both Director McEurion and myself to take back to the rest of our board and to our senior management at the park district.

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Great. Thank you. It's very exciting to be hearing about progress being made south of Bailey.

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I'm going to go ahead and call on Council Member Obringer.

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Thank you. Thank you very much for your presentation, Eric and Board Director Murkureo for being here this evening.

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And I did for my Council colleagues and for the public wanted to provide some additional context before public comment opens.

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And so having served now since 2019 on East Bay Regional Park District Park Advisory Committee,

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I do have the privilege of seeing more regularly than my colleagues, the efforts to get this park open.

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And so what I wanted to do tonight by inviting Eric and the board director here was to help educate the public and my colleagues.

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And with the goal of potential collaboration, as you talked about at the beginning of your presentation,

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collaboration around advocacy.

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I have had the conversation with our senator, who, as you mentioned earlier, Eric, did

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procure three million dollars several years ago for this park, and he has indicated interest

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in potentially advocating for funding again.

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And it was communicated to me that if we can come together with an advocacy letter,

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along the lines maybe of which you wrote for your grant application,

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18 years ago, but in collaboration with the Park District,

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and also I've had the opportunity to speak with mayor

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Adams over in the city of Pittsburgh, and I understand that she's also

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working on a parallel path with her city council as well.

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So just my question for you is should the council be supportive of submitting a joint letter

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advocating to our senator for $4.00. As we're going through here, I see several dollar amounts,

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I see six million, I see eight million. So what is the gap that we would be potentially advocating

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for it together? Well, as it stands today, it's because we can't assume that we would get

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the 6 million land and water, and as I mentioned earlier, the 8 million in WWE really

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would be very beneficial for the visitor center, that net sort of gap is really the 8 million,

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00:53:48,570 --> 00:53:55,630
So if we got the six million the gap would be closer to two, if we don't get the, and there's a very good chance that we would get less than six million.

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They don't always just, or go, you apply for as I'm sure you know.

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So it's hard to say what the final gap would be, but it's, it's right now, it's basically that eight million.

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00:54:06,970 --> 00:54:08,270
Thank you very much.

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So, and again, after public comment, I will be making a proposal to my council that I just wanted to provide some additional

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contact in case books had questions before public comment.

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00:54:22,910 --> 00:54:23,250
Thank you.

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00:54:23,410 --> 00:54:24,490
Councilmember Hoffmeister.

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Yes.

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I appreciate the information you've brought forward and shared with us this evening as I

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look at it and as you identified your short money to achieve the objective and if that

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continues or not all the money comes in or it comes in and over time and you have down here.

649
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I think I saw a target 20, 20, 28 opening to the public.

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00:54:49,790 --> 00:54:55,810
If you don't obtain all of the funding that's needed, is there a phased plan so that some

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areas could be open to the public or is this an all or nothing type of situation?

652
00:54:59,790 --> 00:55:04,830
I'm just trying to get an idea because I know in other areas the park district has kind of

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phased things in a small section and then as more money comes in, you're able to continue to

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enhance the public access and amenities, so I'm just trying to get an idea of what's been

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thought about for this area.

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Yeah, I think the intent is, you know, we would use, we would clear out as much of the WWE

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money as possible to meet that targeted date, so I think we'll sort of have another year or

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two potentially to raise additional funding so we don't have to do that, that's kind of

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prepared to just spend on the WWE funds.

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00:55:44,710 --> 00:55:47,270
So in the major WWE money, you have cash in hand.

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00:55:47,430 --> 00:55:50,490
So that's basically, I mean, it's your own,

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you're not seeking money from state or federal agency.

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00:55:54,210 --> 00:55:55,550
That's the local tax.

664
00:55:55,630 --> 00:55:58,190
Right, we would have to issue additional bonds.

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Get the debt service.

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00:56:01,230 --> 00:56:03,210
But if you had the major WWE funding,

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you could, and none of the other funding,

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materialized, timely, you would still

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able to open up some sections of that area?

670
00:56:13,190 --> 00:56:14,990
Yeah, I mean, that's absolutely the goal.

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00:56:16,270 --> 00:56:17,050
Thank you.

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00:56:17,810 --> 00:56:27,650
But I just, I will just share that ideally being able to receive funding from Prop 4 would be helpful.

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So I just want to be clear because there are, yes, it would, that would be the preferable.

674
00:56:35,870 --> 00:56:39,490
Oh no, I'm not opposed going after any and all monies.

675
00:56:39,990 --> 00:56:44,650
I just was trying to understand, given the financial realities

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of things take longer, or timing takes longer,

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00:56:47,570 --> 00:56:49,950
there is still an opportunity to have something open

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by that 2020 deadline.

679
00:56:52,070 --> 00:56:52,770
Eric, target.

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00:56:52,770 --> 00:56:52,910
Eric, target.

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00:56:53,330 --> 00:56:55,410
And if I may, I'm a council member,

682
00:56:55,570 --> 00:56:56,810
Oberger, you're exactly correct.

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That's a, it's create, prop four, create an opportunity

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that we didn't have a year ago.

685
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And it really is, because it's bomb money, it really is.

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available for these purposes, whereas other state dollars are very limited this year and probably

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likely for the next few years.

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I have a question, do you have any questions?

689
00:57:20,390 --> 00:57:24,830
So what other partners besides the city of Concord, besides the city of Pittsburgh, what

690
00:57:24,830 --> 00:57:32,530
other partners are you working with to write to the hold of this money?

691
00:57:32,850 --> 00:57:36,710
That's an excellent question and I should have looked at the file for our letters of support

692
00:57:36,710 --> 00:57:40,330
we received for the Land of Water Conservation Fund,

693
00:57:40,430 --> 00:57:42,270
but we certainly worked with our delegation.

694
00:57:43,490 --> 00:57:45,710
And then Alice, like Save Mountain Abelode,

695
00:57:45,830 --> 00:57:49,250
John Mirland Trust, I believe we reached out

696
00:57:49,250 --> 00:57:53,950
to some additional more local entities within Concord,

697
00:57:54,630 --> 00:57:57,310
but I can get you the full list,

698
00:57:57,430 --> 00:58:00,430
but I don't remember exactly all the different letters,

699
00:58:00,550 --> 00:58:01,930
but our team does collect those.

700
00:58:02,290 --> 00:58:03,330
Okay, great.

701
00:58:03,330 --> 00:58:06,510
So you've got a long list of partners, it sounds like.

702
00:58:06,510 --> 00:58:08,570
I don't know how long it is, but there's a list.

703
00:58:08,970 --> 00:58:09,430
Okay, great.

704
00:58:09,570 --> 00:58:10,290
Thank you.

705
00:58:10,730 --> 00:58:10,850
No.

706
00:58:11,490 --> 00:58:11,690
Great.

707
00:58:12,170 --> 00:58:15,730
Okay, so I don't have any other comments from the council members.

708
00:58:15,830 --> 00:58:18,230
I'm going to go ahead and open up public comment on the sign-up.

709
00:58:18,410 --> 00:58:19,270
Go ahead and have a seat.

710
00:58:20,990 --> 00:58:22,510
I have Josh's on and filled.

711
00:58:31,820 --> 00:58:36,420
And Josh, there's a button on the podium there that you can raise it up for yourself.

712
00:58:36,720 --> 00:58:38,600
Okay, can you hear me all right?

713
00:58:38,840 --> 00:58:39,080
Yeah.

714
00:58:39,820 --> 00:58:40,200
Hey, everybody.

715
00:58:40,420 --> 00:58:41,740
My name is Josh's on and filled.

716
00:58:41,740 --> 00:58:42,820
I'm a concrete resident.

717
00:58:42,820 --> 00:59:00,880
And I'm also here tonight as a advisor to the Board of the Port Chicago Alliance, which is an organization that has been a strong advocate for the exoneration of the Port Chicago 50, promoting their education and this really important civil rights story here in Concret.

718
00:59:01,360 --> 00:59:06,020
I feel very privileged to be here tonight and just talking about civil rights all night, so it's awesome.

719
00:59:06,900 --> 00:59:11,520
And I also want to say thank you to Councilmember Obringer for bringing up this item or

720
00:59:11,520 --> 00:59:15,200
question it sometimes it's hard for you not what exactly is happening with this park.

721
00:59:15,520 --> 00:59:16,780
So it's great to have this update.

722
00:59:17,460 --> 00:59:21,360
Thank you to Director Mercurio for being such a strong advocate for this park.

723
00:59:22,420 --> 00:59:26,700
The Port Chicago Alliance was one of many organizations that have been advocating for

724
00:59:26,700 --> 00:59:32,160
the opening of this park and recently the East Bay Park's Board of Directors commitment

725
00:59:32,160 --> 00:59:35,680
of WWE funds for this park opening is a really big deal.

726
00:59:35,680 --> 00:59:39,900
We're actually, I think, the top, if not, I think we were the top park that's a good funding

727
00:59:39,900 --> 00:59:42,620
through Measure WW in their budget for this year.

728
00:59:42,740 --> 00:59:45,760
That's enabling the opening of the South of Bailey Road project.

729
00:59:45,840 --> 00:59:47,500
So this is a really big deal for us.

730
00:59:47,780 --> 00:59:52,600
There's a lot of demand from the public to see this park opened and to do it quickly.

731
00:59:53,120 --> 00:59:58,060
I know I bought my house in 2021, looking forward to the opening of this park and it was going

732
00:59:58,060 --> 00:59:58,540
to be 2025.

733
01:00:02,940 --> 01:00:13,180
So, we've got to keep this momentum going. Don't let this time slip. Really want to encourage the City of Concord and use Bay Park to continue working closely together on this as I know you have been.

734
01:00:13,960 --> 01:00:21,760
So, a couple of things I want to note. One is it's great that we have, as identified tonight, the funding available to open the south of Bailey Road section.

735
01:00:21,860 --> 01:00:27,700
Having some section of this park, park open is really important to be able to tell the story of the Port Chicago 50.

736
01:00:27,700 --> 01:00:33,280
increase access to the outdoors for conquered residents, but we've got more work to do.

737
01:00:33,440 --> 01:00:38,000
So raising funds for the visitor center, as Eric mentioned, but also the neighborhood access.

738
01:00:38,340 --> 01:00:46,720
There is currently no funding, no plan in this particular project for non-vehicular neighborhood access.

739
01:00:46,800 --> 01:00:56,280
So you will not be able to walk in or bike in right now, and as you know Bailey Road is not the safest way to be getting into this park on car.

740
01:00:56,280 --> 01:01:10,340
And so I'd encourage the council and city staff to work with these pay parks and work with us in the community to also work on that piece, recognizing that the immediate goal is getting this park open, the south availability road park open.

741
01:01:10,780 --> 01:01:25,200
But as you all know, if we don't start working now on the public access components, specifically finding ways to walk in and bike in, then we're going to be talking 2038, 2048 right, we need to get working on that and also the visitor center.

742
01:01:25,200 --> 01:01:30,040
So I think the more collaboration that we can be doing between the city council, between

743
01:01:30,040 --> 01:01:34,140
East Bay Park, staff, and us in the community, we want to work together to make this happening.

744
01:01:34,440 --> 01:01:35,580
And it's really exciting.

745
01:01:35,780 --> 01:01:40,340
I can't wait to open this park up, so let's keep the momentum going, and thank you.

746
01:01:40,680 --> 01:01:41,300
Thank you, Josh.

747
01:01:44,220 --> 01:01:44,460
Smitty.

748
01:01:51,570 --> 01:01:52,090
Good evening.

749
01:01:52,310 --> 01:01:52,850
Hello, Gals.

750
01:01:52,870 --> 01:01:53,330
The members.

751
01:01:53,810 --> 01:01:55,250
I'm Smitty with Bike Concord.

752
01:01:56,330 --> 01:02:02,070
And I really, really appreciate you guys being here and letting us know what's going

753
01:02:02,070 --> 01:02:07,130
on in the community with South Abelie, Marshall Regional Park.

754
01:02:08,730 --> 01:02:11,610
Everyone in the neighborhood is curious about what's going on.

755
01:02:11,770 --> 01:02:12,710
Everybody's asking me,

756
01:02:12,810 --> 01:02:14,210
he's meeting what's going on in my aisle?

757
01:02:14,330 --> 01:02:15,210
I don't know.

758
01:02:15,490 --> 01:02:17,650
So it's good that you guys are here.

759
01:02:17,790 --> 01:02:20,190
Bringing us up to date on what's going on.

760
01:02:22,170 --> 01:02:23,550
Yeah, so I'll appreciate you being here

761
01:02:23,550 --> 01:02:26,990
and filling us in with what's going on.

762
01:02:27,790 --> 01:02:35,410
Back to what Josh was saying is we definitely need pedestrian access from the neighborhood.

763
01:02:35,570 --> 01:02:36,870
This is a neighborhood park.

764
01:02:37,130 --> 01:02:41,650
This is not like some of the other regional parks where it's very remote.

765
01:02:41,810 --> 01:02:46,230
This is in the neighborhood and if you don't provide access, guess what?

766
01:02:46,390 --> 01:02:50,830
The kids when their mothers not watching are going to be running up Bailey Road on their bikes.

767
01:02:50,950 --> 01:02:55,910
And I've written that and I wrote it on my mountain bike and stayed as far over in the dirt as I can.

768
01:02:55,910 --> 01:02:57,170
because it's very dangerous.

769
01:02:58,650 --> 01:03:01,790
So we, yeah, we need to include as part of the plan.

770
01:03:01,990 --> 01:03:04,830
So more find, I don't know how many million dollars

771
01:03:04,830 --> 01:03:06,650
that would cost to make that an entrance

772
01:03:06,650 --> 01:03:09,830
into the neighborhood for pedestrians and bicycles.

773
01:03:10,750 --> 01:03:12,030
So that's my main concern.

774
01:03:14,470 --> 01:03:18,630
Another thing I'm just, I know we haven't even open the gate.

775
01:03:18,750 --> 01:03:21,130
Now I'm talking about, I want to see access

776
01:03:21,130 --> 01:03:22,770
to Black Diamond mines from there.

777
01:03:22,770 --> 01:03:28,450
I write quite often, I write out a Clayton on the back side of Black Diamond's mind, so I'd

778
01:03:28,450 --> 01:03:33,550
be cool if we could, I know you've got a cross-curcure pass, and yeah, that's the future

779
01:03:33,550 --> 01:03:34,050
I understand.

780
01:03:34,830 --> 01:03:37,030
But I'm dreaming, I want it while I'm still here, man.

781
01:03:39,050 --> 01:03:43,430
Yeah, you know, there was some funding back last fall from CCTA.

782
01:03:43,990 --> 01:03:50,430
It didn't have to be shovel ready, they just wanted a concept, and we could have gotten some

783
01:03:50,430 --> 01:03:53,190
possibly have gotten some funding last fall.

784
01:03:53,370 --> 01:03:58,090
I was told about it actually on the walkthrough you guys had by Colin from

785
01:03:58,090 --> 01:04:02,150
Steve works for CCTA and he's telling him, hey, we need access.

786
01:04:02,910 --> 01:04:06,790
So that's water into the bridge, but let's get on the ball and see if we can get some

787
01:04:06,790 --> 01:04:12,750
funding funding to get an entrance for pedestrian bicycles.

788
01:04:14,530 --> 01:04:19,390
Another thing when I was on one of the tours with Carlin, there was a guy there that was

789
01:04:19,390 --> 01:04:22,810
Adamant about these hand crank

790
01:04:24,070 --> 01:04:29,230
Rural things like the old days when they use the maintenance guys used to use, but he says now they have these

791
01:04:29,230 --> 01:04:35,250
Modern ones that lightweight they're fun. He was going somewhere in Sacramento to do this and

792
01:04:35,250 --> 01:04:38,610
You don't need the the full blown

793
01:04:39,430 --> 01:04:43,650
Rural tracks like you do because they're not heavy so you can have half the half the

794
01:04:43,650 --> 01:04:47,950
Rural ties can be rotten and he doesn't take much maintenance to keep them up

795
01:04:47,950 --> 01:04:51,270
So, I don't know if anybody's bought of that,

796
01:04:51,370 --> 01:04:53,330
but that would be kind of cool to have.

797
01:04:57,980 --> 01:04:59,340
Yeah, I'm glad we're moving forward

798
01:04:59,340 --> 01:05:01,640
and I'm glad you guys are here telling us about it.

799
01:05:01,880 --> 01:05:02,860
And thank you, Smitty.

800
01:05:04,940 --> 01:05:07,000
When my neighbor's asked, I'll tell him,

801
01:05:07,100 --> 01:05:09,420
yeah, we've got $18 million for the project.

802
01:05:09,500 --> 01:05:10,940
It's going through everything's fine.

803
01:05:11,280 --> 01:05:12,140
Thank you, Smitty.

804
01:05:13,400 --> 01:05:14,780
Is there anyone else that would like to provide

805
01:05:14,780 --> 01:05:16,460
public comment on this item?

806
01:05:17,760 --> 01:05:19,760
Seeing none, I'm gonna go ahead and close public comment.

807
01:05:20,400 --> 01:05:25,860
and bring it back to the council for any discussion I've got council member Hofmeister, your

808
01:05:25,860 --> 01:05:26,680
light is on?

809
01:05:26,880 --> 01:05:32,720
Yes, I have a question, well Eric's here, or maybe even Director Machurio, it was talked

810
01:05:32,720 --> 01:05:38,840
about the neighborhood access, but in the development of improvements to South of Bailey

811
01:05:38,840 --> 01:05:44,640
and having that open to the public, is there in the plan consideration for making access

812
01:05:44,640 --> 01:05:50,920
along Bailey Road so you can actually ride your bike down Bailey and into the access

813
01:05:50,920 --> 01:05:51,140
way.

814
01:05:51,240 --> 01:05:57,020
Right now it's narrowed so and I know the park district has a section of frontage there to

815
01:05:57,020 --> 01:06:00,900
make that kind of a safe way to get in both pedestrian and bicycles.

816
01:06:01,320 --> 01:06:03,940
Can you kind of share some thoughts about what's being looked at there?

817
01:06:06,990 --> 01:06:14,130
So right now there's no connecting trails in our park and the plan to connect with something

818
01:06:14,130 --> 01:06:16,330
coming up from the city of Concord.

819
01:06:16,330 --> 01:06:22,630
So there has to be some reopening of what they call the biologic opinion has to be reopened

820
01:06:22,630 --> 01:06:28,570
in the city of conquer needs to do that to study it again and figure out where with

821
01:06:28,570 --> 01:06:32,530
the trail from, say, the corner of Bayley Road and Murdoch Drive.

822
01:06:33,010 --> 01:06:34,810
That would be a good place to put them in.

823
01:06:35,130 --> 01:06:38,570
How would we connect with the existing trail system that's already in the park?

824
01:06:40,530 --> 01:06:41,810
That's one thing.

825
01:06:41,810 --> 01:06:46,350
But, you know, it's really depending on, again, this is another one of those collaboration

826
01:06:46,350 --> 01:06:53,470
things where what I just told you, requires some help from the city of Concord, and then

827
01:06:53,470 --> 01:06:59,870
also we can't build a bike trail up to the park because it's not, it's not district

828
01:06:59,870 --> 01:07:00,290
land.

829
01:07:00,930 --> 01:07:06,390
But we're all willing to work together because what's been said already is all very,

830
01:07:06,390 --> 01:07:13,910
very true. It's a very difficult thing to access, and I wouldn't want to see anybody riding

831
01:07:13,910 --> 01:07:22,510
a bicycle up in the road to get there. And it's going to take some sort of project, some sort

832
01:07:22,510 --> 01:07:25,830
of infrastructure, or project to do that.

833
01:07:26,230 --> 01:07:30,910
You read me, I'm a curio, and I, and Smitty, are scheduled to meet on Friday. So, so there

834
01:07:30,910 --> 01:07:32,290
is collaboration in the future.

835
01:07:32,290 --> 01:07:50,310
I know I've spoken with committee about it and John in the past is there any opportunity I guess I'm not sure about how the trails work on the south of Bailey side, but on your part on the park's district property, just go five or six feet in from the fence and put a trail parallel to Bailey road.

836
01:07:50,570 --> 01:07:55,450
You know, I know you and I have talked about that and that is one of the possibilities.

837
01:07:55,450 --> 01:08:01,310
Okay, yeah, I mean we haven't been able to talk about opening up opinions, but it's kind of like you own the land

838
01:08:01,310 --> 01:08:06,890
How there may be some other. Yeah, you know, it hasn't been looked at at that level of detail yet, and and I'm

839
01:08:07,850 --> 01:08:13,990
Okay, really anxious to see that discussion get a little bit more down here down to things things that could still be explored

840
01:08:13,990 --> 01:08:16,170
Yes, absolutely. Okay. Thank you

841
01:08:16,710 --> 01:08:22,010
We've got our capital improvement project budget that will be coming forward in a few months. So

842
01:08:22,010 --> 01:08:25,150
Council Member Obringer, you have your light on?

843
01:08:25,470 --> 01:08:26,190
Yes, I do.

844
01:08:26,210 --> 01:08:27,310
Thank you very much.

845
01:08:28,170 --> 01:08:33,190
So I really appreciate the presentation and information and the public comment and my Council

846
01:08:33,190 --> 01:08:35,370
colleagues even entertaining this discussion.

847
01:08:36,370 --> 01:08:41,270
And whenever I'm making a request of my colleagues, this has to be done in public.

848
01:08:41,490 --> 01:08:43,570
And so I'm going to be making my request.

849
01:08:44,470 --> 01:08:51,190
It's I think it's a simple one, but I'm asking for support from my colleagues to sign on to an advocacy letter.

850
01:08:51,190 --> 01:09:21,170
So hopefully, Eric, you do have some language that you can share with us, that we could submit again to Senator Grayson advocating for the the the the eight million dollars prop for we might not get it all but you have to you know shoot big and and so that would be my request and if the council is supportive of that I will then be following up with Mayor Dion Adams and Pittsburgh to see if if

851
01:09:21,170 --> 01:09:28,330
her counsel, like I said earlier, she's working on getting their support for this hopefully

852
01:09:28,330 --> 01:09:33,090
advocacy from three jurisdictions within the Senators' spirit of influence.

853
01:09:33,470 --> 01:09:41,610
So my request is support for advocacy for $8 million for the third-good Marshall Regional

854
01:09:41,610 --> 01:09:44,730
Park home of the Purchagogo 50 South of Bailey Road.

855
01:09:45,810 --> 01:09:50,410
I would, like to support that, and I think the city should partner with the city of Pittsburgh

856
01:09:50,410 --> 01:09:55,510
and helping the East Bay Regional Park District receive this funding through Senator Grace's office.

857
01:09:55,550 --> 01:10:02,750
If he's amenable to submitting something, but I would like to reserve that only to Senator Grace's office.

858
01:10:03,270 --> 01:10:10,030
That is, who I have, that is the only person that I, that I have mentioned in that I'm requesting.

859
01:10:10,350 --> 01:10:11,430
Thank you.

860
01:10:11,830 --> 01:10:16,590
And I've got, okay, so councilmember Hoffman, I started to do have something else?

861
01:10:16,590 --> 01:10:17,410
Okay.

862
01:10:17,710 --> 01:10:20,790
Now that I've heard what the council member is suggesting.

863
01:10:21,610 --> 01:10:24,510
I heard Pittsburgh and Conqueror, you said there were three jurists.

864
01:10:24,610 --> 01:10:26,170
Oh, what the third would be the Park District?

865
01:10:26,330 --> 01:10:27,530
The Park Districts.

866
01:10:28,210 --> 01:10:32,910
I would say I'm hoping that they were also reaching out to contrast to county.

867
01:10:34,510 --> 01:10:36,710
It's in their large area.

868
01:10:36,710 --> 01:10:41,690
I think the more that I think the idea is the more jurist sections that help support the better.

869
01:10:42,650 --> 01:10:44,590
Maybe we can be, they could be positioned to.

870
01:10:44,590 --> 01:10:48,950
So I think supervisor Carlson, we can also reach out.

871
01:10:49,450 --> 01:10:51,170
I'm happy to help with that.

872
01:10:52,770 --> 01:10:56,510
In my mind, it seems like the more that sign on and support the better.

873
01:10:56,810 --> 01:10:58,070
That's kind of what I heard from Eric.

874
01:10:58,550 --> 01:11:01,610
And so I don't want to, I think he said three jurisdictions.

875
01:11:02,170 --> 01:11:05,070
I'm encouraging you to seek more as well.

876
01:11:05,350 --> 01:11:07,090
I'm supportive of what you're requesting.

877
01:11:07,730 --> 01:11:09,390
I'm just want to confirm with staff.

878
01:11:09,530 --> 01:11:13,670
We're not seeking any prop for money for anything within our city.

879
01:11:13,670 --> 01:11:18,310
I mean, this doesn't conflict with anything we're looking at.

880
01:11:18,550 --> 01:11:23,190
I could answer that. Yes, we will be requesting, there will be a request going to the assembly

881
01:11:23,190 --> 01:11:27,430
members office. So that's why I request it that this has to go to Senator Grayson's office.

882
01:11:27,650 --> 01:11:32,170
Well, our other asks. Thank you. Because last year we submitted multiple to this member,

883
01:11:32,610 --> 01:11:37,070
and she's going to work down that list. Okay, so we're not going to be at cross purposes here. No,

884
01:11:37,070 --> 01:11:46,550
No, and that is why I specifically, I have confirmed twice with Senator Grayson specifically about this project.

885
01:11:47,490 --> 01:11:50,950
And so he is the focus for this advocacy.

886
01:11:51,350 --> 01:11:52,810
Perfect, thank you for that clarification.

887
01:11:53,030 --> 01:11:53,930
It's definitely supportive.

888
01:11:55,410 --> 01:11:55,810
Thank you.

889
01:11:56,170 --> 01:11:58,330
And I would love to support this.

890
01:11:58,470 --> 01:11:59,530
And I will be supporting it.

891
01:11:59,530 --> 01:12:05,570
I would like to see us make a commitment to work with the other.

892
01:12:07,090 --> 01:12:13,490
people who are bringing public comments here for this neighborhood access and have those conversations

893
01:12:13,490 --> 01:12:21,790
be I want to see us commit to having those conversations sooner rather than later and it sounds like you also have a conversation.

894
01:12:22,530 --> 01:12:23,970
There's a conversation on Friday.

895
01:12:24,410 --> 01:12:28,030
I mean, I, you know, I have, I have not with Josh in the past.

896
01:12:28,210 --> 01:12:34,890
I've met with, and so, and I believe that the reason the conversation is starting with me is

897
01:12:34,890 --> 01:12:38,310
right now is because I serve on the Park Advisory Committee.

898
01:12:38,610 --> 01:12:40,590
So it is certainly not limited to me, Mayor.

899
01:12:40,830 --> 01:12:45,530
I anticipate since the park entrance is in district five, right?

900
01:12:45,530 --> 01:12:47,190
That she'll be hearing from folks as well.

901
01:12:47,370 --> 01:12:51,610
So this is just, but, you know, we can't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

902
01:12:51,630 --> 01:12:55,150
So that's why we're like, okay, let's focus on this funding for the park.

903
01:12:55,210 --> 01:12:59,730
And then we're restarting these conversations about the access as well, right?

904
01:12:59,730 --> 01:13:01,970
And I, I don't mean to hold up the process.

905
01:13:01,970 --> 01:13:06,390
I definitely want to see us move forward with going after the funding.

906
01:13:06,770 --> 01:13:08,150
I do think that this is an opportunity.

907
01:13:08,350 --> 01:13:13,790
I think many of us have had conversations about access to the park and how that could potentially

908
01:13:13,790 --> 01:13:14,710
be done.

909
01:13:15,590 --> 01:13:18,290
I've had tours of what it would look like.

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01:13:18,510 --> 01:13:23,010
And so I want to just want to see us moving forward on that and making that a priority.

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01:13:24,370 --> 01:13:27,970
It's good to hear that it's part of you that everyone's leaning in that direction.

912
01:13:27,970 --> 01:13:33,930
but if we could, if there's anything we can do to really commit to that.

913
01:13:34,330 --> 01:13:38,770
Again, CIP, CIP is coming up, so get your ask ready.

914
01:13:40,450 --> 01:13:42,190
I hear it.

915
01:13:42,530 --> 01:13:44,530
Okay, so did you make a motion?

916
01:13:45,390 --> 01:13:48,270
I thought I did, and I thought somebody did you second it?

917
01:13:48,310 --> 01:13:49,410
I second it.

918
01:13:49,490 --> 01:13:50,210
Okay, there we go.

919
01:13:50,350 --> 01:13:50,890
I've got a second.

920
01:13:51,730 --> 01:13:51,810
Okay.

921
01:13:52,730 --> 01:13:54,970
So let's go ahead and...

922
01:13:57,030 --> 01:14:03,970
Councilmember Benavente, you ready to vote and we've had public comments and so let's go ahead and call the vote.

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01:14:05,430 --> 01:14:06,610
Councilmember Benavente.

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01:14:07,870 --> 01:14:09,010
Councilmember Hofmeister.

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01:14:09,950 --> 01:14:10,990
Councilmember Operator.

926
01:14:11,310 --> 01:14:11,790
Absolutely.

927
01:14:12,910 --> 01:14:13,250
Yes.

928
01:14:13,250 --> 01:14:14,250
Vice Mayor Aliano.

929
01:14:15,230 --> 01:14:15,990
Mayor Nakamura.

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01:14:16,330 --> 01:14:17,190
Very much so.

931
01:14:17,930 --> 01:14:19,450
Thank you all very much.

932
01:14:19,610 --> 01:14:22,290
I really appreciate the support for this advocacy.

933
01:14:32,720 --> 01:14:32,920
Okay.

934
01:14:32,920 --> 01:14:33,860
I got my mic, I know.

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01:14:34,020 --> 01:14:39,440
Agenda Item 5B is the consideration of adoption of a resolution of ending fiscal years,

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01:14:40,080 --> 01:14:47,160
2025, 26, and 2026, 27, municipal budgets, and adoption of a resolution adopting the

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01:14:47,160 --> 01:14:53,800
city of Concord Salary Schedule, effective January 1st, 2026, Director Finance Margaret O'Brien

938
01:14:53,800 --> 01:14:57,300
is here, and she will be presenting a report to us.

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01:14:57,300 --> 01:14:58,420
Welcome Margaret.

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01:15:00,880 --> 01:15:01,960
Good evening.

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01:15:14,630 --> 01:15:20,470
Good evening, Mayor and council members. Tonight I will be walking through the city's mid-year budget update for fiscal year 26.

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01:15:22,030 --> 01:15:33,390
This update is not a reopening of the budget. It's a check-in, looking at how we're performing halfway through the year, confirming what assumptions still hold, and making modest adjustments where the data tells us they are warranted.

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01:15:33,510 --> 01:15:40,710
Before I start, however, I would like to introduce the newest member of the finance team, Lisa Gastin.

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01:15:43,570 --> 01:15:48,370
Lisa is the city's new budget and treasury officer, Lisa brings extensive public sector

945
01:15:48,370 --> 01:15:52,190
finance experience, including senior roles with the City and County of San Francisco,

946
01:15:53,030 --> 01:15:57,290
the City of Oakland and Bart. In this role, she will lead the city's budget and treasury

947
01:15:57,290 --> 01:16:02,590
functions and support long-term financial planning, cash investment management, and what

948
01:16:02,590 --> 01:16:12,070
is most near and dear to my heart, staff development. So I'm super excited and I won't

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01:16:12,070 --> 01:16:15,330
I also want to thank Kaylie Hicks-Kurada, who is also here.

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01:16:15,510 --> 01:16:16,810
Without her, we would not be here.

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01:16:16,870 --> 01:16:20,370
She has been managing this process for the past six, seven, eight months.

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01:16:21,310 --> 01:16:23,890
So I am grateful and very much indebted to her.

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01:16:24,410 --> 01:16:27,210
And apparently, I also dragged along him at Baines,

954
01:16:27,790 --> 01:16:30,050
our Treasury Analyst, Senior Treasury Analyst,

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01:16:30,830 --> 01:16:33,510
to come in and add support.

956
01:16:38,610 --> 01:16:42,990
This slide tells me, this slide tells the full story in one place.

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01:16:42,990 --> 01:16:48,050
The city is financially stable, and last year's results exceed expectations.

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01:16:49,050 --> 01:16:58,130
The improvement was primarily due to one-time revenues, and the city is still using the fiscal stability fund to support ongoing operations.

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01:16:59,590 --> 01:17:06,230
This year's financial performance is tracking as expected, and the proposed adjustments that we are asking for tonight are small,

960
01:17:06,230 --> 01:17:09,470
strategic and consistent with Council adopted priorities.

961
01:17:10,070 --> 01:17:15,030
It's very, very important to note that we adopted a deficit's budget when we adopted

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01:17:15,030 --> 01:17:18,070
the biennial for fiscal years 26 and fiscal years 27.

963
01:17:18,610 --> 01:17:21,850
And we are still in a deficit budget and for the public.

964
01:17:22,310 --> 01:17:25,850
That means we are spending more money than we are bringing in.

965
01:17:29,620 --> 01:17:32,040
The mid-year update serves as a financial check-in.

966
01:17:32,860 --> 01:17:37,200
We briefly look back where it last year's actual results, evaluate how the current budget

967
01:17:37,200 --> 01:17:42,160
tracking at the halfway point, and bring forward modest adjustments to keep the budget aligned

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01:17:42,160 --> 01:17:43,460
with real conditions.

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01:17:47,420 --> 01:17:50,460
But first, we're going to start with your council priorities.

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01:17:50,980 --> 01:17:54,620
Before diving into the numbers, it's important to connect this update back to the city council

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01:17:54,620 --> 01:18:01,680
priorities. Financial decisions are made in service of these priorities and not in isolation of them.

972
01:18:04,980 --> 01:18:09,260
These highlights illustrate that while finances are being managed very, very carefully,

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01:18:09,260 --> 01:18:14,280
The organization continues to move forward on complex, long-term, tier-one priorities.

974
01:18:15,080 --> 01:18:20,680
And our key accomplishments include continued progress at the Naval Weapon Station

975
01:18:20,680 --> 01:18:26,820
negotiations, significant movement on the housing element implementation, advancement

976
01:18:26,820 --> 01:18:33,000
of infrastructure funding strategies, steady progress towards the workday enterprise resource

977
01:18:33,000 --> 01:18:37,460
planning go live for those who don't know what that is, it is our brand new human resources

978
01:18:37,460 --> 01:18:44,420
and finance software that's going to bring us out of the 90s and into at least 2023 or 2026.

979
01:18:46,220 --> 01:18:51,760
Labor negotiations are underway and the economic development strategy was adopted in December.

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01:18:51,940 --> 01:18:59,280
It is actively being implemented and economic development staff will come back to council at the next meeting on February 24th to provide an update.

981
01:19:00,020 --> 01:19:04,280
Overall work is moving forward across all of the council's priority areas.

982
01:19:07,450 --> 01:19:10,810
With that context, I'll start by briefly looking backwards.

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01:19:11,510 --> 01:19:19,670
This slide provides the beginning of our review of how the general fund performed in fiscal year 25, which provides the foundation for understanding where we are today.

984
01:19:22,930 --> 01:19:30,790
The last fiscal year closed stronger than anticipated, and this matters because it reduced how much fiscal stability fund reserves that were actually needed.

985
01:19:31,870 --> 01:19:38,310
The one-time revenues included of that 5.5 million, 1.1 million of interest earnings above budget,

986
01:19:39,250 --> 01:19:44,010
2.1 million repayment of a loan that was made from the general fund to the Civic Center roof project.

987
01:19:45,070 --> 01:19:50,190
1.4 million transfer from the fiscal stability fund that was approved in fiscal year 24,

988
01:19:50,770 --> 01:19:54,630
but for accounting purposes was not accounted for in the budget until fiscal year 25.

989
01:19:55,630 --> 01:19:59,990
For those who don't know, the fiscal stability fund was put in place by the City Council.

990
01:20:00,490 --> 01:20:01,910
It's a very prudent policy.

991
01:20:02,310 --> 01:20:03,450
It's a very prudent fund.

992
01:20:03,770 --> 01:20:10,010
It is a supplemental reserve that was established and in addition to our regular general fund reserves.

993
01:20:10,990 --> 01:20:17,310
The City Council, excuse me, the city's regular general fund reserve policy lays out a minimum reserve of 17% of general fund expenditures,

994
01:20:17,930 --> 01:20:22,330
and a reserve goal of 30%, which is equivalent to three months of operating expenditures.

995
01:20:22,330 --> 01:20:27,630
we currently have our 30% and then some and we still have money sitting in our fiscal reserve

996
01:20:27,630 --> 01:20:32,410
our fiscal stability fund because we had a bunch of one-time money last year.

997
01:20:35,840 --> 01:20:41,680
The general fund closed fiscal year 25 with operating revenues of approximately 136.5 million

998
01:20:41,680 --> 01:20:49,120
and expenditures of approximately 137.7 million resulting in a $1.1 million operating loss for fiscal

999
01:20:49,120 --> 01:20:56,040
year 25. The outcome was anticipated in the adopted budget and managed through the strategic use

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01:20:56,040 --> 01:21:00,580
of the fiscal stability fund reserves. This is very much consistent with city council policy.

1001
01:21:05,250 --> 01:21:11,830
The city also has Measure V. Measure V is a one-cent transaction in use tax passed by the voters in

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01:21:11,830 --> 01:21:16,290
2021. Question mark 2020. 2020.

1003
01:21:18,440 --> 01:21:21,940
This slide deck is a status check not a measure V decision tonight.

1004
01:21:21,940 --> 01:21:30,300
measure V closed fiscal year 25 with a $616,000 budget residual. Staff recommends retaining

1005
01:21:30,300 --> 01:21:35,960
the surplus in the measure V fund balance at this time as the year is not over, and it

1006
01:21:35,960 --> 01:21:40,400
will create a buffer should measure V revenue and the year lower than projected in the adopted

1007
01:21:40,400 --> 01:21:45,040
budget. As we end the fiscal year, if revenues remain on target, we will recommend the budget

1008
01:21:45,040 --> 01:21:50,560
residual be programmed into the CIP. We are asking to remain the cushion because this is

1009
01:21:50,560 --> 01:21:54,540
a transaction use text is essentially a sales tax that we need to keep an eye on how our sales

1010
01:21:54,540 --> 01:21:56,620
taxes are performing, bless you.

1011
01:21:59,950 --> 01:22:04,290
Shifting out of the current fiscal year, this section focuses on where we are today, halfway

1012
01:22:04,290 --> 01:22:08,050
through fiscal year 26, and whether the budget is performing as expected.

1013
01:22:11,130 --> 01:22:15,130
At the midpoint, the general fund, the midpoint of the year, general fund revenues are

1014
01:22:15,130 --> 01:22:17,470
tracking closely to last year's pace.

1015
01:22:18,150 --> 01:22:22,510
Expenditures are slightly below historical averages for this point in the year, which indicates

1016
01:22:22,510 --> 01:22:26,090
These departments are operating within plan, and that is very, very good.

1017
01:22:27,270 --> 01:22:31,590
As Council knows, we adopted a budget to include a lot of belt tightening and budget

1018
01:22:31,590 --> 01:22:32,530
balancing measures.

1019
01:22:32,950 --> 01:22:37,290
The fact that we are on target in the mid-year reflects our continued monitoring of expenditures.

1020
01:22:45,480 --> 01:22:48,440
The recommended general fund adjustments are intentionally modest.

1021
01:22:49,200 --> 01:22:53,520
They include a small increase to property tax based on updated assessed valuation data,

1022
01:22:54,240 --> 01:22:59,500
a downward adjustment in hotel tax reflecting softer year-to-day collections, and a parking

1023
01:22:59,500 --> 01:23:02,420
find revenue adjustment, tied to an additional,

1024
01:23:02,420 --> 01:23:04,860
tied to additional enforcement capacity.

1025
01:23:06,080 --> 01:23:09,280
Net net revenues increased by about $100,000

1026
01:23:09,280 --> 01:23:12,160
and expenditures increased by about $59 million.

1027
01:23:12,920 --> 01:23:14,640
What's notable here is not the dollar amount,

1028
01:23:14,760 --> 01:23:16,580
but how limited the changes are.

1029
01:23:16,620 --> 01:23:17,760
Oh, excuse me, $59,000.

1030
01:23:18,080 --> 01:23:19,640
Let me just throw some extra zeroes on there.

1031
01:23:19,660 --> 01:23:23,460
I saw your face just a couple extra zeroes.

1032
01:23:24,860 --> 01:23:27,220
You're paying attention, and he will horrify.

1033
01:23:28,020 --> 01:23:34,860
And so, in order to earn the extra $100,000 in parking revenue, we are requesting that we have

1034
01:23:34,860 --> 01:23:40,660
an $51,000 expenditure approved that allows for hiring a part-time parking staff, which

1035
01:23:40,660 --> 01:23:41,400
is on the slide.

1036
01:23:42,940 --> 01:23:46,040
The slide highlights the largest operational change being recommended.

1037
01:23:46,800 --> 01:23:50,000
The police department is proposing two part-time parking services positions.

1038
01:23:50,520 --> 01:23:54,360
These positions are expected to be fully cost-covered through increased parking fine revenue,

1039
01:23:54,360 --> 01:23:57,880
resulting in a net positive impact to the general fund.

1040
01:23:58,900 --> 01:24:05,060
They also improve service responsiveness and reduce the need for sworn officers to handle low-level parking issues.

1041
01:24:05,740 --> 01:24:13,560
Additionally, the police department views these positions as a workforce development pathway for potential police officers through a part-time track.

1042
01:24:17,910 --> 01:24:20,370
We do have several other funds beside the general fund.

1043
01:24:20,510 --> 01:24:23,570
We talk about the general fund the most because it is our major operating fund.

1044
01:24:24,090 --> 01:24:26,370
But we are asking for three other adjustments.

1045
01:24:26,370 --> 01:24:29,790
Outside the general fund, there are few targeted technical adjustments.

1046
01:24:30,670 --> 01:24:35,910
These include available state law enforcement funds for academy trainees, fully drawing

1047
01:24:35,910 --> 01:24:40,690
down federal housing funds, already available, and aligning the golf course fund budget

1048
01:24:40,690 --> 01:24:42,810
with Council approved maintenance agreement.

1049
01:24:43,410 --> 01:24:47,590
None of these increase any general fund pressure and all funds are available in their respective

1050
01:24:47,590 --> 01:24:48,390
fund balances.

1051
01:24:51,920 --> 01:24:52,600
Key takeaways.

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01:24:55,980 --> 01:24:57,320
This slide answers a different question.

1053
01:24:57,320 --> 01:25:00,460
is it sustainable forever or ongoing structural deficit?

1054
01:25:01,320 --> 01:25:03,940
This slide addresses the underlying structural issue

1055
01:25:03,940 --> 01:25:05,060
in the city's finances.

1056
01:25:06,240 --> 01:25:08,800
Even with careful budgeting and strong cost control,

1057
01:25:09,000 --> 01:25:11,280
expenditures continue to grow faster than revenues.

1058
01:25:12,080 --> 01:25:15,180
That's not unique to Concord, but it is very real to the area.

1059
01:25:16,220 --> 01:25:20,880
The adopted 26 and 27 budgets intentionally rely on planned reserves,

1060
01:25:22,060 --> 01:25:24,300
used to manage this gap with longer term solutions

1061
01:25:24,300 --> 01:25:25,600
continued to be evaluated.

1062
01:25:26,320 --> 01:25:32,600
This is not a short-term cash problem. This is a long-term structural challenge, and it is being managed deliberately rather than ignored.

1063
01:25:37,590 --> 01:25:39,950
But the bigger question is, at least we're okay right now.

1064
01:25:41,050 --> 01:25:45,050
It shows the city is managing the structural imbalance in the near-term successfully.

1065
01:25:46,230 --> 01:25:51,610
The fiscal stability fund was created specifically to smooth periods like this when expenditures outpace revenues,

1066
01:25:52,330 --> 01:25:55,330
but service levels and reserve targets still need to be maintained.

1067
01:25:55,930 --> 01:25:59,590
This council continues to exert strong fiscal policies.

1068
01:26:00,710 --> 01:26:03,590
A great example is the creation of the fiscal stability fund.

1069
01:26:03,870 --> 01:26:10,010
It is a supplemental reserve on top of the 30% general fund reserve, which equates to approximately three months of operating expenses.

1070
01:26:11,290 --> 01:26:18,030
Based on the fiscal year 25 results, this significantly less of the fund was needed than originally projected,

1071
01:26:18,590 --> 01:26:22,470
and is available to support the adopted deficits in fiscal year 2627.

1072
01:26:23,190 --> 01:26:28,730
So, essentially, when we adopted the budget in June of last year, we thought there was going

1073
01:26:28,730 --> 01:26:30,690
to be nothing left in the fiscal stability fund.

1074
01:26:31,170 --> 01:26:35,490
We are very, very fortunate to be in a position where there are funds left, and if everything

1075
01:26:35,490 --> 01:26:37,650
tracks, if the whole plan holds,

1076
01:26:39,730 --> 01:26:43,230
we should have 3.3 million left to start fiscal year 28.

1077
01:26:46,200 --> 01:26:50,160
This is the forecast we showed you in May of 2025.

1078
01:26:50,160 --> 01:26:58,140
You can see in fiscal year 31 we are hitting that 17% mark right there before we start to recover.

1079
01:26:58,420 --> 01:27:02,080
Again, this is a forecast and forecasts are best estimates best guess.

1080
01:27:03,580 --> 01:27:05,780
We have updated it with last year's results.

1081
01:27:06,360 --> 01:27:11,400
So you can see the market improvement because we didn't expend the entire fiscal stability fund.

1082
01:27:12,440 --> 01:27:15,780
So here we are not dipping down.

1083
01:27:15,780 --> 01:27:18,020
We are going to recover nicely.

1084
01:27:18,180 --> 01:27:21,440
You see that this doesn't go up as much as the other one.

1085
01:27:22,140 --> 01:27:26,960
Because when we updated the forecast with last year results, we have looked at what we truly

1086
01:27:26,960 --> 01:27:29,060
think we're going to get from vacancy savings this year.

1087
01:27:29,400 --> 01:27:30,280
Great news.

1088
01:27:30,640 --> 01:27:33,300
Our HR department has been fantastic at fulfilling vacancies.

1089
01:27:34,180 --> 01:27:39,680
So we reduced what we thought we would save in vacancies.

1090
01:27:39,860 --> 01:27:40,640
We have reduced that.

1091
01:27:40,840 --> 01:27:44,060
The state of California is anticipating a recession sooner.

1092
01:27:44,060 --> 01:27:45,980
When the last forecast was created,

1093
01:27:46,000 --> 01:27:48,120
that recession was built in in 2030,

1094
01:27:48,740 --> 01:27:50,280
I built it in in 2027.

1095
01:27:51,860 --> 01:27:54,320
So we have kind of right size the forecast

1096
01:27:56,140 --> 01:27:59,340
and everything holds, you know,

1097
01:27:59,660 --> 01:28:01,720
everybody continues to control their costs.

1098
01:28:02,400 --> 01:28:04,480
It's not a bad forecast right now.

1099
01:28:07,370 --> 01:28:09,750
But I do want to talk about a long-term trend.

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01:28:11,510 --> 01:28:13,470
The changes for May 26 included,

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01:28:13,470 --> 01:28:15,310
hope we talked about that.

1102
01:28:19,560 --> 01:28:22,700
This chart puts everything we discussed into the historical context.

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01:28:23,480 --> 01:28:27,760
Since fiscal year 19, general fund revenues have grown about 29%,

1104
01:28:28,760 --> 01:28:35,340
while expenditures have grown approximately 38%. This gap, the gap that this gap explains why

1105
01:28:35,340 --> 01:28:40,580
reserves reserve use appears in recent budgets and why long-term planning not short-term fixes are

1106
01:28:40,580 --> 01:28:46,180
essential. The takeaway is not urgency but discipline. The Council has worked very hard to face

1107
01:28:46,180 --> 01:28:50,880
economic challenges and made hard decisions. From downsizing the organization to employee

1108
01:28:50,880 --> 01:28:53,580
gives backs in our most recent budget balancing efforts.

1109
01:28:58,180 --> 01:28:59,460
Just a quick note on our upcoming

1110
01:28:59,460 --> 01:29:05,820
meetings. City Council's annual workshop is March 21st. The CIP will be in front of you. Budget

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01:29:05,820 --> 01:29:12,820
workshop will be April 21st. The fee schedule will be in front of you in April 28th. In June,

1112
01:29:12,820 --> 01:29:18,680
we will bring the CIP for adoption and also we will bring the mid-cycle update which is for fiscal year

1113
01:29:18,680 --> 01:29:19,220
27.

1114
01:29:21,540 --> 01:29:24,680
We are asking that you approve the budget resolution,

1115
01:29:25,020 --> 01:29:29,500
amending doing these minor tweaks to the budget, and also update the salary schedule.

1116
01:29:30,860 --> 01:29:35,300
And I am here for questions as is all the finance department management.

1117
01:29:36,120 --> 01:29:37,840
All right. Thank you very much.

1118
01:29:39,900 --> 01:29:43,280
So I have a questions from council member Obringer.

1119
01:29:43,280 --> 01:29:51,420
Thank you. Just one quick question whenever you talk about how the expenditures are going up by 38% versus revenues.

1120
01:29:52,060 --> 01:29:56,740
Are there general categories where the expenditures are going up?

1121
01:29:57,100 --> 01:29:58,680
Our largest driver, of course, is person.

1122
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:04,080
And so that is the biggest one that is going on.

1123
01:30:04,900 --> 01:30:13,020
Okay, so it's not programs or it's not the infrastructure, our programs are very, very lean.

1124
01:30:13,580 --> 01:30:14,920
Okay, thank you.

1125
01:30:15,240 --> 01:30:20,640
And by and large, the infrastructure maintenance and development isn't in this budget.

1126
01:30:21,660 --> 01:30:34,280
So it has to do with agreed to cost of living increases for employees and tremendous pressure from CalPERS and other benefits like insurance and things like that increasing the city's costs.

1127
01:30:34,580 --> 01:30:43,700
There are other factors in here like overall insurance costs for all local jurisdictions as they are as they are skyrocketing for you personally probably if you own a home.

1128
01:30:43,760 --> 01:30:46,840
We're getting increased pressure in those areas too.

1129
01:30:49,210 --> 01:30:52,010
And Council Member Huffmeister, you have a question?

1130
01:30:52,970 --> 01:30:53,090
Yes.

1131
01:30:53,330 --> 01:30:54,210
Question or clarification?

1132
01:30:54,550 --> 01:30:59,290
In presentation you identified that the good news is we did not need to spend as much

1133
01:30:59,290 --> 01:31:05,090
from our physical sustainability fund, which is basically a rainy day fund for unanticipated

1134
01:31:05,090 --> 01:31:07,430
economic downturns.

1135
01:31:07,450 --> 01:31:13,110
And did I understand you to say that there would be everything holds in the numbers that you presented

1136
01:31:13,110 --> 01:31:17,290
that we would be able to go one or two more years out?

1137
01:31:17,770 --> 01:31:22,830
We would probably be able to go at least one more year out, one more year out, okay.

1138
01:31:22,830 --> 01:31:24,730
And I think I have a big gap as, okay.

1139
01:31:25,170 --> 01:31:29,810
And so, which is good news, I mean, bad news in terms of that, we're still deficit,

1140
01:31:30,210 --> 01:31:33,650
but we're in better position than a lot of communities where we actually have that rainy

1141
01:31:33,650 --> 01:31:38,590
day fine and we're able to stretch those dollars further down the road to continue to

1142
01:31:38,590 --> 01:31:43,890
look at other mechanisms to stabilize revenue and expenditure.

1143
01:31:44,130 --> 01:31:46,150
This is before we touch our 30% reserves.

1144
01:31:46,150 --> 01:31:52,900
Right, that this is in addition to correct. Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much

1145
01:31:52,900 --> 01:31:58,040
Any other questions council member Olliano or a bit of entity. No

1146
01:31:58,580 --> 01:32:05,060
Margaret I have just one clarify in question you mentioned that the 17% reserves and the 30% reserves

1147
01:32:05,060 --> 01:32:07,480
One of those numbers is typed a three months of

1148
01:32:08,080 --> 01:32:17,260
Correct expenses for the 30 is it that is at the 30% yeah so 17% in reserves covers how much like a month six weeks

1149
01:32:17,400 --> 01:32:20,700
Okay, yeah, it's pretty short of that clarification.

1150
01:32:23,740 --> 01:32:25,620
I was hoping it was the other way around

1151
01:32:27,900 --> 01:32:30,980
Okay, so I don't have we don't have any other questions here

1152
01:32:30,980 --> 01:32:36,820
So I'm gonna go ahead and open this up to a public comment if there are any I have no speakers there

1153
01:32:37,840 --> 01:32:42,000
Okay, right and we will bring it back to the council for any comments

1154
01:32:42,000 --> 01:32:44,260
No, I'm ready to go ahead and make a motion

1155
01:32:44,820 --> 01:32:46,780
All right, go ahead

1156
01:32:48,220 --> 01:32:50,440
I will move that we adopt the resolution,

1157
01:32:50,460 --> 01:32:55,640
amending the fiscal year 2025-2026 and the 2026-2027

1158
01:32:55,640 --> 01:32:57,940
municipal budgets as recommended by staff.

1159
01:32:58,060 --> 01:32:59,720
Thank you.

1160
01:32:59,980 --> 01:33:01,840
So we have a second from Council Member Benavente.

1161
01:33:04,620 --> 01:33:06,540
And Madam Clerk, will you please call the vote?

1162
01:33:07,920 --> 01:33:08,900
Council Member Benavente?

1163
01:33:09,880 --> 01:33:11,060
Council Member Haft-Myster?

1164
01:33:11,900 --> 01:33:12,960
Council Member Obringer?

1165
01:33:13,160 --> 01:33:13,420
Yes.

1166
01:33:13,840 --> 01:33:14,840
Vice Mayor Aliano?

1167
01:33:15,040 --> 01:33:15,340
Yes.

1168
01:33:15,760 --> 01:33:16,420
Mayor Nakamura?

1169
01:33:17,020 --> 01:33:17,280
Yes.

1170
01:33:21,470 --> 01:33:30,650
And I'll go ahead and do the next resolution, that'd be adopting the resolution, adoption of a resolution, adopting the city of Concord,

1171
01:33:30,730 --> 01:33:36,470
salary, schedule, effective January 1, 2026 in accordance with the requirements of the California Public Employees Retirement System,

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01:33:37,190 --> 01:33:42,950
otherwise known as CalPERS for a publicly available peace schedule.

1173
01:33:44,200 --> 01:33:44,620
Second.

1174
01:33:46,800 --> 01:33:48,400
Thank you very much.

1175
01:33:48,760 --> 01:33:50,120
Madam Clerk, please call the room.

1176
01:33:50,120 --> 01:34:01,000
vote. Council member Benavente. Yes. Council member Hofmeister. Yes. Council member Obringer. Yes. Vice Mayor Aliano. Yes. Mayor Nakamura. Yes.

1177
01:34:05,170 --> 01:34:16,730
Thank you very much. And before we move on to the next item, I do want to say welcome to our new employee and thank you very much to the finance staff for being here tonight and for your work on this.

1178
01:34:19,850 --> 01:34:23,490
So on the next item here is reports and announcements.

1179
01:34:26,320 --> 01:34:27,180
Do we have any.

1180
01:34:28,020 --> 01:34:36,620
actually I'm sorry correspondence. Is there any additional correspondence? No Mayor. Are there any closed session announcements?

1181
01:34:38,020 --> 01:34:41,420
They're not tonight. Are there any city manager or staff reports?

1182
01:34:41,880 --> 01:34:51,760
I don't have a report but I do have an announcement. Kit Joy is in the audience. He will be starting on Monday the 16th which is a holiday that's how dedicated he is.

1183
01:34:51,760 --> 01:34:55,080
in his new position as our public works director kit.

1184
01:34:55,260 --> 01:34:58,420
We've got a minute, do you want to come up and just say a few words?

1185
01:34:59,600 --> 01:34:59,800
No.

1186
01:35:00,960 --> 01:35:03,580
You don't have to, but it's a great opportunity.

1187
01:35:04,160 --> 01:35:06,180
Please do so we can recognize you.

1188
01:35:06,340 --> 01:35:09,800
For the people watching.com, very inscripted.

1189
01:35:10,300 --> 01:35:11,600
They know who to contact now.

1190
01:35:12,820 --> 01:35:13,660
Good evening, Council.

1191
01:35:14,060 --> 01:35:14,600
Good evening, Mayor.

1192
01:35:14,980 --> 01:35:16,780
Vice Mayor, fellow city staff.

1193
01:35:17,320 --> 01:35:21,180
Kit Jory, Department of Public Works, soon to be public works director.

1194
01:35:21,180 --> 01:35:23,200
I'm just extremely honored and grateful.

1195
01:35:24,340 --> 01:35:30,500
I've worked very hard and diligent in earning your trust and respect and I'm very appreciative

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01:35:30,500 --> 01:35:32,400
of the opportunity that you've all given to me.

1197
01:35:32,680 --> 01:35:33,900
So thank you.

1198
01:35:34,980 --> 01:35:35,160
Great.

1199
01:35:41,320 --> 01:35:41,420
Great.

1200
01:35:41,420 --> 01:35:45,640
So I have two lights, Council Member Oberner, and then Council Member Hoffmeister.

1201
01:35:46,260 --> 01:35:46,700
Thank you.

1202
01:35:46,840 --> 01:35:52,220
So, Kit, I know you just sat down, but I just want to say congratulations and I was delighted

1203
01:35:52,220 --> 01:35:56,560
to hear this news as I personally have had the opportunity over the past.

1204
01:35:56,560 --> 01:36:01,480
at least three years to be working with you on a variety of service projects.

1205
01:36:01,700 --> 01:36:06,480
And I have to say I was so deeply impressed back in 2023

1206
01:36:06,480 --> 01:36:13,500
when you introduced the concept of Gator bags to help solve a problem that nobody had been able to solve before.

1207
01:36:13,720 --> 01:36:19,840
And that was how do we plant that median up there at Olivera and Grant

1208
01:36:19,840 --> 01:36:21,820
that nobody had ever been able to do.

1209
01:36:21,920 --> 01:36:24,360
And then all of a sudden you said it can be done.

1210
01:36:24,360 --> 01:36:28,300
And it has been done in the agave and the trees are still alive three years later.

1211
01:36:28,480 --> 01:36:31,140
So thank you very much looking forward to continuing to work with you.

1212
01:36:31,320 --> 01:36:33,980
The City, the public works department is in good hands.

1213
01:36:35,680 --> 01:36:37,080
And councilmember Hoffmeister?

1214
01:36:37,540 --> 01:36:38,600
I definitely did that.

1215
01:36:38,940 --> 01:36:44,140
I think also it reflects well in the organization when we have opportunities that employees

1216
01:36:44,140 --> 01:36:50,780
within our organization can move up and continue to excel in serve art community.

1217
01:36:50,780 --> 01:36:57,640
So I'm pleased to see that in the City Manager's selection and that that we have growing our employee

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01:36:57,640 --> 01:37:05,440
in-house and continuing that and one thing that I've noted about Kit is he's very collaborative.

1219
01:37:06,140 --> 01:37:11,460
He reaches out and he also is kind of a practical problem solver.

1220
01:37:11,800 --> 01:37:15,480
He's not looking for the complex way to do things.

1221
01:37:15,480 --> 01:37:18,540
and as the Councilmember O'Bringer mentioned, you know,

1222
01:37:18,760 --> 01:37:19,940
a bag that you can fill up with water

1223
01:37:19,940 --> 01:37:23,040
and it just kind of drips down into the soil

1224
01:37:23,040 --> 01:37:24,540
to give water to the plant.

1225
01:37:24,660 --> 01:37:27,340
So you don't have to run a truck up and down the street,

1226
01:37:27,460 --> 01:37:30,460
you know, every few weeks to give it water.

1227
01:37:30,680 --> 01:37:32,800
So it's just a very, very refreshing,

1228
01:37:33,160 --> 01:37:35,520
and I'm glad he's sticking with our organization,

1229
01:37:35,940 --> 01:37:37,840
and you're going to be here for the long haul.

1230
01:37:39,980 --> 01:37:42,900
Looking forward to you working for us for the long haul.

1231
01:37:43,660 --> 01:37:46,140
And I also want to thank you for being proactive

1232
01:37:46,140 --> 01:37:51,580
I've been reaching out to me as well to set up some activities in the city for Earth Day.

1233
01:37:51,580 --> 01:37:53,600
I'm going to do a little bit of an early plug here.

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01:37:53,800 --> 01:37:59,640
April 18th and April 25th, we will have activities in four different parks for Earth Day.

1235
01:37:59,800 --> 01:38:06,540
And it was nice to sit down with your team and discuss that and our plans for those two Saturdays.

1236
01:38:06,720 --> 01:38:08,280
Thank you very much and congratulations.

1237
01:38:15,650 --> 01:38:21,230
So, City Manager Valerie Brooney, thank you for bringing that to our attention.

1238
01:38:22,430 --> 01:38:24,770
So the next step on our agenda is Council reports.

1239
01:38:25,010 --> 01:38:27,310
Do we have any Council reports for tonight?

1240
01:38:28,730 --> 01:38:30,230
We have Council Member Obringer?

1241
01:38:30,570 --> 01:38:30,630
No?

1242
01:38:31,250 --> 01:38:31,670
Yes, I do.

1243
01:38:32,190 --> 01:38:32,650
There it is.

1244
01:38:32,830 --> 01:38:33,390
Okay, there's your light.

1245
01:38:33,670 --> 01:38:34,310
Yes, thank you.

1246
01:38:34,530 --> 01:38:40,710
So I did just want to share with the public, so the conquered Moose Lodge, which is located on

1247
01:38:40,710 --> 01:38:45,710
Broadway street, which is, you know, if you know, where the dollar tree is, they are right

1248
01:38:45,710 --> 01:38:52,790
around the corner. They are collecting pairs of shoes of all sizes. And they are doing

1249
01:38:52,790 --> 01:39:01,050
this as a fundraiser, so these can be gently used shoes. And this is a fundraiser to support

1250
01:39:01,050 --> 01:39:07,530
conquered high school's music department. So you can drop them off, you know, during regular

1251
01:39:07,530 --> 01:39:13,210
business hours. If you would like to show your support and to date, believe it or not,

1252
01:39:13,390 --> 01:39:20,430
they have already collected 558 pairs of shoes and they are saying to please keep them

1253
01:39:20,430 --> 01:39:25,790
coming. So I just wanted to share that opportunity with, and this goes through the end of March.

1254
01:39:26,390 --> 01:39:33,110
Thank you. And I'm curious. Councilmember Oberner, how do they, what is the funding source that

1255
01:39:33,110 --> 01:39:36,410
you gently use shoes that they are getting funded for.

1256
01:39:36,510 --> 01:39:37,790
What does do you know what the process is?

1257
01:39:37,810 --> 01:39:39,610
You know, I will get you more information.

1258
01:39:39,970 --> 01:39:42,110
They reached out to me to let me know.

1259
01:39:42,350 --> 01:39:43,990
So stay tuned for our next meeting.

1260
01:39:44,010 --> 01:39:48,150
And I will be able to provide part two of the shoe announcement.

1261
01:39:49,290 --> 01:39:51,350
Thank you.

1262
01:39:51,770 --> 01:39:52,270
Great.

1263
01:39:52,510 --> 01:39:52,630
Thank you.

1264
01:39:53,370 --> 01:39:55,190
So I see no other lights.

1265
01:39:55,950 --> 01:40:00,990
I would like to mention that on Thursday, February 12th,

1266
01:40:00,990 --> 01:40:03,910
The Concert Mobile Dignity Center will be open.

1267
01:40:04,110 --> 01:40:08,250
This is the collaborative between many organizations

1268
01:40:08,250 --> 01:40:10,850
that received funding through our dollars

1269
01:40:10,850 --> 01:40:14,430
to help with Homeless Strategic Plan strategies.

1270
01:40:15,110 --> 01:40:18,250
And they will be cutting a ribbon at three o'clock

1271
01:40:18,250 --> 01:40:21,590
on Thursday at the first-community church,

1272
01:40:21,590 --> 01:40:23,330
first-Christian community church, right?

1273
01:40:24,250 --> 01:40:27,470
On 3039 Willow Pass Road, it's a little bit

1274
01:40:27,470 --> 01:40:28,650
across our parking lot.

1275
01:40:28,650 --> 01:40:31,770
And I'm excited to see this come to fruition.

1276
01:40:32,090 --> 01:40:34,330
It's been a lot of work in the making.

1277
01:40:34,670 --> 01:40:39,710
And I do think that this is something that is going to help many of the people who are unsheltered,

1278
01:40:40,170 --> 01:40:46,570
not only with bringing them to a place where they can get showered, but also services, and

1279
01:40:46,570 --> 01:40:52,570
a lot of people who are want to reach out to them and support them and hopefully help them

1280
01:40:52,570 --> 01:40:53,150
find shelter.

1281
01:40:53,890 --> 01:40:55,750
And with that, we are a jerk.

1282
01:40:55,750 --> 01:41:04,510
We have a button late button. No question for the city attorney. I forgot to mention something during the budget discussion about

1283
01:41:05,290 --> 01:41:11,970
Why just want to write an update on what councilor Hoffman for myself are working on and how it encompasses everything

1284
01:41:11,970 --> 01:41:18,390
With the city financially that can be a council report right in I could do that right now. Yes. Yeah, go ahead and get you

1285
01:41:18,390 --> 01:41:20,030
Sorry about that. I forgot to

1286
01:41:20,030 --> 01:41:21,810
provide that during the agenda item

1287
01:41:21,810 --> 01:41:29,010
But I appreciate staff giving the meteor budget update here and presenting what the financial

1288
01:41:29,010 --> 01:41:34,830
forecast looks like for the city, but Councillor Hoffmeister and myself have been working

1289
01:41:34,830 --> 01:41:41,150
through the infrastructure and infrastructure and finance committee on potential solutions

1290
01:41:41,150 --> 01:41:48,470
to addressing our financial forecasts and the issues we see with the city's financing.

1291
01:41:48,470 --> 01:41:51,670
So we're continuing to work on that.

1292
01:41:51,890 --> 01:41:57,390
I know this is a larger issue that we're working on directly with the budget, directly working

1293
01:41:57,890 --> 01:42:01,830
on economic development and other things that we're working on, but I just want to let

1294
01:42:01,830 --> 01:42:06,810
everybody know that we're continuing to work on it and it's a lot of information, it's a

1295
01:42:06,810 --> 01:42:07,730
lot of heavy decisions.

1296
01:42:08,530 --> 01:42:12,370
So when it comes before you, we're going to do our best to make it as easy as possible for

1297
01:42:12,370 --> 01:42:16,150
everybody here, but it's going to be an interesting conversation, but I would just want to let

1298
01:42:16,150 --> 01:42:19,470
everybody know that it's being worked on.

1299
01:42:19,710 --> 01:42:23,890
Right, and thank you and we all we all appreciate the heavy lifting that you're doing

1300
01:42:23,890 --> 01:42:25,870
and with that, we are adjourned.