[0:09] okay.

[0:22] Recording in progress.

[0:23] Good evening and welcome to

[0:24] the meeting of the Hercules

[0:25] City Council and Mayor Chris

[0:26] Kelly. And I'm calling the

[0:28] meeting to order at 7 o'clock

[0:32] pm today is Tuesday. SEPTEMBER

[0:33] 8th 2026. We have the roll

[0:36] call, please. Good Evening.

[0:38] Council member comes like

[0:42] councilmember better. Present

[0:43] Councilmember Bailey Vice

[0:44] Mayor Michael Griffin and

[0:44] Mayor Kelly PRESIDENT. Thank

[0:47] you. Can you all join me in

[0:53] the Pledge of Allegiance? I

[0:54] pledge allegiance to the flag.

[0:56] United States of America and

[0:59] to the Republic for which it

[1:01] stands. One nation GOD,

[1:02] indivisible, with liberty and

[1:11] justice for all. Thank Tonight

[1:11] we have a moment of silence

[1:18] for a local her son and for

[1:19] Our first moment of silence

[1:19] will be for Joyce Tanaka was a

[1:23] kindergarten teacher. Retired.

[1:24] And I'd also like to have the

[1:26] moment of silence for the over

[1:27] 1300 people who have died in

[1:29] the DePaul flood. There are

[1:31] now 5,000 people still

[1:32] missing. Can we please have a

[1:34] moment of silence for Justin,

[1:35] aka and the people in the

[1:46] poll? So moving on, we have a

[1:47] proclamation tonight which I'm

[1:51] going to read now. And this is

[1:51] a proclamation regarding the

[1:52] 25th anniversary of SEPTEMBER.

[1:56] 11th Patriot Day and National

[1:57] Day of service and remembrance

[2:00] in the city of Hercules.

[2:01] Whereas SEPTEMBER 11th 2026

[2:04] marks a quarter century after

[2:05] the SEPTEMBER 11th terrorist

[2:07] attacks on the World Trade

[2:08] Center. Pentagon and flight 93

[2:11] that targeted innocent

[2:11] Americans and claimed nearly

[2:14] 3,000 lives that day as

[2:14] Americans watched for

[2:16] commercial jetliners.

[2:16] Converted into weapons of

[2:20] terror. And whereas each year

[2:22] the nation commemorates the

[2:23] somber anniversary as

[2:25] commitment to never forget the

[2:27] patriotism and enduring

[2:28] resilience that emerged in

[2:29] remembrance of all those who

[2:30] perished that day. And in the

[2:34] aftermath that followed and

[2:34] Anders, the selfless bravery

[2:37] of first responders and

[2:38] individuals, the sacrifice

[2:38] their lives answering their

[2:40] call to service or as the

[2:42] memories of SEPTEMBER. 11th

[2:45] MAY still feel close to those

[2:46] adults who witnessed the

[2:47] unimaginable unfold and are

[2:49] now parents, grandparents,

[2:51] veterans, teachers, first

[2:53] responders are community

[2:54] leaders, children and young

[2:57] adults board after 2001 MAY

[2:58] know the date but were too

[3:00] young to know its significance

[3:01] in the enduring legacy of

[3:04] compassion and service in this

[3:06] nation. And whereas the city

[3:09] of Hercules along with the

[3:10] nation solemnly remembers the

[3:11] individual who lost their

[3:14] lives. That tragic day and

[3:15] honors the bravery of all who

[3:18] responded to the attacks,

[3:18] their call to service and

[3:21] recommit to carry the memory

[3:22] forward so that a new

[3:24] generation of Americans, we'll

[3:24] learn about the unimaginable

[3:27] loss we experienced and the

[3:28] stories of bravery, unity and

[3:30] service. And those can can

[3:32] continue to inspire compassion

[3:35] as freedom, courage and unity

[3:37] should never be taken for

[3:38] granted now, therefore, be it

[3:41] proclaimed that I Chris Kelly,

[3:42] mayor of the city of Hercules

[3:44] on behalf of the entire city

[3:46] council do hereby proclaim

[3:49] SEPTEMBER 11th 2026. As

[3:49] Patriot Day and National Day

[3:51] of service and remembrance in

[3:53] the city of Hercules. I call

[3:54] upon the people Hercules to

[3:58] observe the state by

[3:59] participating in remembrance

[4:00] ceremonies or educational

[4:02] programs, engaging in

[4:03] volunteer service are

[4:05] observing a moment of silence

[4:06] to honor the innocent victims

[4:07] who perished under the

[4:08] terrorist attack on SEPTEMBER

[4:12] 11. 20 0, 1, 2001. And when

[4:13] this thereof, I hear and to

[4:15] set my hand and cause the seal

[4:18] of the city of Hercules to be

[4:19] a fixed this 8th day of

[4:23] SEPTEMBER 2026. So now I just

[4:25] like to ask of any council

[4:25] members have any comments

[4:32] about this. Vice mayor. Member

[4:34] putting forward this

[4:36] proclamation recognizing very

[4:37] somber day in our nation's

[4:38] history. Truly our world's

[4:40] history. You know, I really

[4:40] don't have much of

[4:41] recollection of that date, but

[4:45] I do remember being a little

[4:46] child and watching my dad get

[4:49] dressed and it wasn't. It was

[4:49] unlike any other day, just

[4:51] seeing the distress in his

[4:52] face. He was on the fire

[4:55] service of the time and darted

[4:55] off in a pretty much seeing

[4:58] over next 2 days. But I just

[4:59] remember seeing his face as he

[5:00] was shaving like something was

[5:02] wrong. And since then, you

[5:02] know, obviously the nation and

[5:04] the world has changed

[5:05] drastically. But I think when

[5:08] we reflect on that horrific

[5:11] event. We also recognize the

[5:11] heroic actions of everyday

[5:14] people coming together for a

[5:16] common cause. That's bigger

[5:18] than themselves. We started

[5:19] nation unite in ways that to

[5:19] this day, I don't think we've

[5:22] seen since then we saw random

[5:23] strangers helping out each

[5:25] other across the nation.

[5:27] They're in during the event

[5:29] even afterwards. And I think

[5:30] about people you can see it

[5:30] was a fire chief of New York

[5:32] Fire Department at the time

[5:34] who whereas a lot of leaders

[5:36] will typically be away from

[5:37] the emergency and the command

[5:39] post respectively in the

[5:41] mission. He was right in the

[5:42] fight. And unfortunately he

[5:42] lost his life. But I think

[5:45] about his story of selfless

[5:47] service, even to the very I

[5:48] find inspiring. And if find it

[5:51] as a means to remember that,

[5:52] you know, our darkest moments,

[5:53] we can always come together

[5:54] and unite. So thank you, MADAM

[5:56] Mayor. Thank you. Anyone else

[6:00] on the council. Yes,

[6:01] Councilmember Grimsley. I just

[6:03] want to kind of piggy back

[6:04] with the vice mayor said

[6:06] because what I remember most

[6:08] profoundly about that day was

[6:09] what happened after that day.

[6:11] And that was the way everyday

[6:16] Americans United. We were. One

[6:20] country, one people, it was. A

[6:23] somber, horrific. Horrible

[6:24] thing that happened in our

[6:27] country on our soil. And we

[6:29] all felt it collectively. And

[6:30] we looked at one another a

[6:32] little bit differently than we

[6:36] did the day before. We held

[6:38] that for quite some time. We

[6:43] as Americans. But then there

[6:44] are Americans who found

[6:49] themselves. Other By 9.11

[6:52] Weekend were scrutiny for

[6:55] travel. We can more scrutiny

[6:56] around who we thought the

[7:00] terrorists were. And I fear

[7:02] that we are now in a time very

[7:06] similar to that. I just want

[7:10] to remind all of us here and

[7:13] anyone watching or listening.

[7:14] That we are one country. We

[7:18] are one people. We are. We are

[7:21] all humans who were who live

[7:23] in this country, who were born

[7:24] in this country, who work in

[7:27] this country living. Very

[7:28] ordinary lies most of the

[7:32] time. But we're all capable of

[7:34] extraordinary things. And most

[7:37] of us, the vast majority us.

[7:37] We'll use that ability to do

[7:41] something really positive. Who

[7:45] do something to better. Our

[7:45] community to. I just encourage

[7:47] us all to look around and see

[7:50] one another again, just as as

[7:52] for back of a letter term

[7:54] brothers and sisters. Thank

[7:56] you, MADAM Mayor, thank you.

[8:01] Anyone else? Councilmember

[8:02] Bailey, thank you, MADAM For

[8:02] the proclamation for the

[8:03] comments by the vice mayor as

[8:04] well as from customer

[8:07] Grimsley. I was I do or the

[8:08] day I was living in Florida.

[8:09] We were in flight school. It

[8:10] was groundswell the morning.

[8:14] So we. Because its lights

[8:15] cooler discussing what

[8:16] happened the first time the

[8:18] aircraft, the the towers. And

[8:19] try to figure out, you know,

[8:20] from our perspective, a

[8:22] student pilot, what could have

[8:23] gone wrong until we actually

[8:23] watched live tv. The second

[8:25] one just because the time zone

[8:26] difference which we didn't

[8:28] knew something was wrong.

[8:29] remember, just to the

[8:30] confusion in that, how could

[8:33] this happen? Ms of that. And I

[8:35] think that was mentioned here

[8:36] is how it brought unity in our

[8:40] country. And it's unfortunate

[8:41] think was very fortunate. We

[8:42] had that at the time we who

[8:45] are leadership was. We're a

[8:46] place today where we don't

[8:49] have that unity. And and and

[8:50] it's unfortunate that it takes

[8:50] a tragedy, sometimes bring us

[8:51] together. I think the thing

[8:52] that we can learn from that as

[8:54] we go forward is, of course,

[8:55] you know, we want to be safe

[8:55] but also to work together.

[8:56] We're stronger together. We

[8:59] saw that a 9.11 We watched on

[9:00] many of our fire for those

[9:04] firefighters from New York

[9:04] going to secretary put the

[9:05] first time put the fires that

[9:09] were midway at and then watch

[9:09] building collapse. And then to

[9:10] later watch the same exact

[9:12] thing happened with the second

[9:14] building. So there's lots of

[9:15] service that we can do to each

[9:15] other make. The point thing is

[9:18] for us to work together to try

[9:19] and find things that we have

[9:19] in common Many more of those

[9:21] things. We have a part and I

[9:22] think that's a lesson that I

[9:23] learned from from Monday's.

[9:24] Thank you Thank you. Council

[9:28] member Butler. Thank you,

[9:29] MADAM Mayor, thank you for

[9:31] putting commission and also

[9:32] the moment's silence for the

[9:35] people that last night, Nepal

[9:39] simply for me personally, I

[9:39] was a freeze out of the book I

[9:43] let it happen in this country.

[9:44] That reminds me of this

[9:46] country. You know, it's more

[9:48] than ever Lennon is. They

[9:49] need. And it's a council

[9:52] member of city of Hercules.

[9:54] I'm a proud of the speed of

[9:55] the unity and service that

[9:56] defines please. And this

[9:59] nation together. And I just

[10:00] wanted to thank you again,

[10:04] part of although there's

[10:08] hospice winners and all they

[10:13] do that. Ordinary people who

[10:15] was wing there to support the

[10:16] rest flying p adding. I think

[10:16] that is a speed of this

[10:18] country. I think I want to

[10:20] carry that and that even raise

[10:21] power and the generation to

[10:24] come. Thank Thank you. And I

[10:25] want to thank all the council

[10:27] for your comments. As I've

[10:27] said in years past, I was in

[10:30] New York City on 9.11 I was in

[10:33] the Upper West Side and I

[10:34] recall that after the plane

[10:36] hit the towers, my husband and

[10:37] I went out into the street and

[10:37] we recall people all that day

[10:40] and that evening streaming up,

[10:44] wanting food, wanting shelter

[10:45] having no way to get home. It

[10:49] was very, very moving and

[10:51] absolutely surreal. And it was

[10:52] a day really of unity. And I

[10:54] really prize that. So thank

[10:57] you, everyone very much. So

[10:58] now we're going to move on.

[11:00] And tonight we have a

[11:01] presentation from the Family

[11:03] Justice Center and we have our

[11:04] executive director, Besa,

[11:09] French Air. Along with Natalie

[11:13] will last. The regional

[11:13] administrative director.

[11:18] Welcome director French. The

[11:19] evening. MADAM Mayor,

[11:21] Councilmembers and community

[11:23] members. My name is Besa,

[11:24] French and on the executive

[11:25] director of the Family Justice

[11:28] Center. And I have with me

[11:29] Natalie, U.S. And we have some

[11:42] slides. Thank you. Us. And the

[11:43] executive director of the

[11:45] Family Justice Center because

[11:46] I've been there as the

[11:47] executive director for the

[11:51] last 6 months. However, I'm

[11:51] not new to the Family Justice

[11:55] Center. I spent 28 years with

[11:57] the Richmond Police

[12:00] Department. The last 6 as the

[12:01] chief of police and I retired

[12:04] in JANUARY. And it was my time

[12:06] at the police department when

[12:08] we actually started the Family

[12:09] Justice Center and Contra

[12:10] Costa County and the city of

[12:14] Richmond. And for me back then

[12:20] I was a sergeant and I realize

[12:21] when we are starting the

[12:24] family Justice Center that

[12:25] this was the missing key that

[12:27] I always experienced during my

[12:28] career when responding to

[12:30] domestic violence calls that

[12:34] we didn't have more resources

[12:37] for the victim. So back we're

[12:37] talking 28 years ago. So it

[12:41] was a while ago. I would I can

[12:44] remember going to calls taking

[12:44] the report, but feeling like I

[12:46] wanted to do something more

[12:49] for the just leaving her there

[12:51] and to find resources her or

[12:57] himself. When we started the

[12:58] Family Justice Center and

[12:59] explain what that is. And just

[13:01] one man moment it was the it

[13:05] was the key for me. It was

[13:07] more than just providing

[13:10] resources for victims. But I

[13:12] saw how the Family Justice

[13:13] Center and providing resources

[13:15] for victims can ultimately

[13:17] provide more safety for our

[13:19] communities I thought back

[13:20] then was if we can give

[13:22] resources to victims of

[13:25] interpersonal violence and

[13:26] their families, then the kids

[13:28] are going to get the support

[13:29] they need. Victims are going

[13:30] to get the support they need.

[13:35] And in turn. That is going to.

[13:37] Have an effect on our

[13:39] community violence. If

[13:40] providing resources and

[13:41] therapy and everything that

[13:43] the survivors need and that's

[13:45] ultimately what happened. If I

[13:47] mean, urine Hercules pretty

[13:48] close to Richmond and, you

[13:50] know, over the last 10 plus

[13:52] years, we've made a

[13:55] significant impact on

[13:56] community violence enrichment

[13:57] and the Family Justice Center

[13:58] was one of the initiatives

[14:09] that contributed to that. The

[14:09] Family Justice Center has a

[14:12] backbone agency for victims of

[14:13] interpersonal violence. So we

[14:16] serve victims of domestic

[14:19] violence, sexual assault,

[14:20] human trafficking, elder abuse

[14:23] and child abuse. So what does

[14:24] that mean? One of victim,

[14:26] victim when someone is

[14:28] victimized, they come to us.

[14:30] And even we have staff. That

[14:33] here's their story and we can

[14:37] that that victim to services.

[14:38] And so while we don't have we

[14:41] don't provide all the services

[14:44] ourselves. We focus on the

[14:45] sport areas and our staff

[14:48] along with our partners. Focus

[14:52] on these areas. To provide the

[14:55] resources and that that victim

[14:56] needs to get through the

[15:00] situation. So as you see

[15:00] health community wealth,

[15:05] education and training. And so

[15:07] we wrap ourselves around that

[15:09] victim. The first thing, of

[15:10] course, is making sure that

[15:11] they're safe in their space in

[15:13] their home or wherever it

[15:14] might be. We do safety

[15:19] planning. And we focus on

[15:20] crisis support. But we stay

[15:22] with the victim long term. We

[15:28] want to make sure that that

[15:29] we're meeting their needs so

[15:31] that they can continue. On a

[15:34] on a path to healing. Next

[15:41] slide. Please. So partnerships

[15:43] are the way the Family Justice

[15:45] Center works. As I said, we

[15:47] have staff that we have over

[15:48] 80 different partners that we

[15:49] work with to provide that

[15:50] safety net and support

[15:52] network. We are public and

[15:59] private. Part. We have public

[16:00] and private partnership. So we

[16:01] work with law enforcement

[16:02] agencies. We work with other

[16:03] nonprofits. We work with

[16:04] governmental agencies, county

[16:08] agencies. And through all of

[16:11] our partnerships, that's how

[16:11] we provide all the resources

[16:15] that a person might need. So

[16:16] before people ask why we did a

[16:18] family Justice center because

[16:20] as you know, all these all

[16:22] these networks are in place.

[16:22] So why a family Justice

[16:26] center? And what we heard from

[16:29] victims was that the system

[16:30] was fragmented. So if the

[16:31] person is victimized here in

[16:34] the city of Hercules before we

[16:34] had the family Justice Center,

[16:37] they would have to go to

[16:38] Concord to get advocacy

[16:42] services from advocacy agency.

[16:43] They'll have to go to Martinez

[16:46] to get a restraining order.

[16:47] They just have to go to so

[16:50] many different parts of the

[16:50] county to receive all services

[16:52] that they need now with the

[16:55] Family Justice Center, they

[16:56] can call us or walk through

[16:58] our doors and receive all of

[16:59] those services and one

[17:01] location. Turn it over to

[17:06] Natalie. Thank you. Good

[17:08] evening. Mature than she is.

[17:12] We go to the next So a lot of

[17:13] times people ask, well, what

[17:14] kind of services clients

[17:15] looking for when they come in

[17:19] our doors? It's ver I it kind

[17:20] of varies based on what the

[17:21] needs are of the client and

[17:23] every client need something

[17:24] different. But we primarily

[17:27] have resources focused on

[17:29] mental health, our children in

[17:31] use and creating community for

[17:33] adult survivors as well. And

[17:36] so that's project connect, for

[17:37] example, are is a survivor

[17:39] lead monthly group. It's not a

[17:41] support group. It's really

[17:43] more of a community circle of

[17:44] survivors creating those

[17:47] bonds, which are sometimes

[17:49] broken when you are in an

[17:50] abusive relationship and

[17:51] rebuilding those strengths

[17:53] that you have with community.

[17:55] We also provide mental health

[17:57] services for both children and

[18:00] adults. It's totally free. It

[18:03] does not built to insurance.

[18:04] So it doesn't matter if

[18:06] somebody has insurance or not,

[18:09] they can utilize it. So mind

[18:10] blowing right. And then last

[18:12] but not least. We also have

[18:14] programs for children and

[18:16] youth. Our biggest one is

[18:17] actually coming up at end of

[18:19] the We have a weekend getaway

[18:21] camp children ages 8 to 12.

[18:25] Get to go to. We have about 75

[18:27] kids signed up for that this

[18:29] year with a whole host of

[18:31] adult volunteers. So those are

[18:32] just some of the examples of

[18:33] some of the services that we

[18:39] offer like these. Folks that

[18:41] are living in Hercules that

[18:41] MAY be working. Hercules has

[18:43] some kind of connection to

[18:45] Hercules if you ever needed

[18:46] assistance or, you know,

[18:47] somebody that needed

[18:49] assistance, we would want them

[18:51] to go to the West Center,

[18:53] which is located in Richmond.

[18:55] That's the closest center. We

[18:56] also have centers located in

[18:57] Concord, in Antioch, in

[19:01] Danville, and in Fairfield

[19:02] because we know a lot of our

[19:03] clients travel throughout the

[19:05] different counties. But the

[19:06] Richmond office is the closest

[19:08] location that we have 4 for

[19:09] community members that might

[19:12] need their services. Next

[19:16] slide. Thank you. So these are

[19:17] some data points that I

[19:19] thought might be interesting

[19:19] for council members for

[19:20] community to get an

[19:20] understanding of what we're

[19:25] looking at. So at least in for

[19:26] about the last what, 7 years

[19:29] or so 6 years we've supported

[19:33] about 241 survivors located in

[19:34] Hercules our West Center,

[19:37] which again, would be the

[19:38] center that survivors were

[19:41] probably connect with most

[19:42] recently in 2025. We served

[19:45] almost 1000 survivors and then

[19:46] the Family Justice Center is a

[19:49] whole last year. Service a

[19:51] little over 5800 survivors. We

[19:55] can go the next slide. And to

[19:57] give you a sense of people

[19:59] kind of are always curious

[20:00] about types of violence are

[20:00] you seeing coming in through

[20:01] the doors people needing

[20:05] support of services for so I

[20:07] would say predominantly 76% of

[20:08] clients are needing support

[20:11] with some type of domestic or

[20:12] family violence followed by

[20:13] sexual assault. And you can

[20:16] kind of go down the list.

[20:17] Also, race, ethnicity make up

[20:19] about 50% of our clients

[20:22] identify as Latinx and the

[20:25] next category is white. About

[20:26] 20% African-American, 15, so

[20:32] on and so on. Next slide. And

[20:34] this is an interesting slide

[20:38] Gives a sense of for Hercules

[20:39] pd. This is the Department of

[20:42] Justice Web site, every law

[20:43] enforcement agency in the

[20:43] state of California is

[20:45] required to send all of the

[20:49] crimes, does it to the doj.

[20:50] And so this can be found on

[20:50] their website and the total

[20:55] number of calls for domestic

[20:58] violence. We're about 24 in

[21:00] 2025. The year before was

[21:01] about 36 in the year before

[21:04] was about 41. So we have seen

[21:05] a little bit of a steady

[21:06] decrease in the number of

[21:09] calls for Dv. What the reason

[21:10] for that is there's a whole

[21:12] host of them. I can't point to

[21:15] one specifically. My hope is

[21:15] that some of the impact is

[21:16] because we have a family

[21:18] justice center in west and

[21:20] that that's contributing to

[21:20] that. But I can't pinpoint

[21:22] specifically and say that's

[21:24] the reason why the numbers are

[21:26] going down. I'm sure it also

[21:26] has something to do with some

[21:28] of the good work that the law

[21:28] enforcement agencies are doing

[21:30] as well. So good. The next

[21:35] slide. And this gives an

[21:37] example. We also work with

[21:38] elder abuse survivors. So

[21:38] that's a population that

[21:40] sometimes gets overlooked. And

[21:42] so what I would say in in this

[21:44] important statistic is just to

[21:45] notice that of the elder abuse

[21:49] survivors that we work with.

[21:51] Financial abuse is the highest

[21:53] type of elder abuse that

[21:54] they're experiencing. And it's

[21:57] usually from a family member.

[22:00] Usually an adult son or

[22:01] daughter and financial

[22:03] exploitation is usually the

[22:05] highest that's impacting them.

[22:06] And we can go to the next

[22:12] slide. So I wanted to share

[22:13] our website and our

[22:14] information in case any

[22:16] community members ever need or

[22:17] services are want to get more

[22:18] information about the services

[22:20] that we offer. And I have

[22:23] homework for everyone. I'm not

[22:25] going to be able to tell if

[22:25] you've done it or not, but I'm

[22:28] going to go on honor system.

[22:30] You now know about the Family

[22:31] Justice Center. So you now

[22:33] have this knowledge that you

[22:35] can partake into other realms.

[22:37] So whether it's your work with

[22:38] family, your community,

[22:40] whatever that might look like

[22:42] for you because what we know

[22:43] is interpersonal violence so

[22:45] prevalent in our communities.

[22:47] Unfortunately, is that the

[22:48] likelihood that somebody you

[22:49] all connect with us? We're

[22:53] going to need this service is

[22:55] pretty high. So I embark on

[22:55] you to please take this

[22:58] knowledge with you and don't

[22:59] just hold it to yourself share

[23:00] with others. And I think we're

[23:05] happy to answer any questions.

[23:05] Thank And just a quick

[23:06] question. Do you ever hold

[23:08] open open house where people

[23:10] can come and see what the

[23:13] Family Justice Center is like.

[23:15] Sure. We have a lot of the

[23:15] fence at the family. Justin

[23:16] are actually in the West.

[23:20] We're having a the fall

[23:22] festival fall festival on the

[23:24] 30th of OCTOBER. But we're

[23:25] happy to do tours if you want

[23:27] to set one up to us, contact

[23:30] me or Natalie. And and we'll

[23:33] we're happy to set up a tour.

[23:34] Councilmember Grimsley came

[23:35] toward our West Center

[23:38] recently. Wonderful. Thank

[23:39] you. So questions here,

[23:42] Councilmember Grimsley. Thank

[23:43] you, MADAM Mayor, I just want

[23:44] to thank you both for being

[23:47] here and giving this

[23:48] presentation. Yes, I have a

[23:50] wonderful tour, a wonderful

[23:51] opportunity to speak with the

[23:55] director Lisa French. And

[23:56] learn more about the Justice

[23:57] Center that I really didn't

[24:00] know about. So the questions I

[24:01] have for you and sort of just

[24:03] pick the you've answered the

[24:05] question. But how do people

[24:06] learn about the Family Justice

[24:08] Center? Is it largely

[24:09] word-of-mouth from individuals

[24:13] who are familiar with it and

[24:13] then how do people get

[24:14] involved? How you get your

[24:15] volunteers? And what is your

[24:19] staffing like? I'll take the

[24:20] first known prostitute. No way

[24:22] for the second. So how did

[24:24] people hear about us? Yes, we

[24:26] have word of mouth, but a lot

[24:29] of survivors are referred to

[24:32] through law enforcement at the

[24:36] West Family Justice Center,

[24:37] the Police Department's sexual

[24:40] in by sexual domestic and

[24:41] sexual violence unit is

[24:42] actually housed at the Family

[24:43] Justice Center. So we have

[24:49] detectives that they're so

[24:49] finished speaking with the

[24:50] victim, they can do a warm

[24:54] hand off to for additional

[24:56] services. So we get a lot of

[24:59] arms that comes survivors from

[25:02] law enforcement. We have an

[25:03] annual gala where we advertise

[25:04] in a lot of people come to

[25:10] that to support us. Yeah.

[25:10] Google search. Actually Google

[25:11] searches the way that a lot of

[25:12] p we asked that question when

[25:14] they come in. So it takes some

[25:20] data on that. Council member

[25:23] Butler. I was a second seconds

[25:25] really? So anybody can walk

[25:25] into our center. They do not

[25:27] need to schedule an

[25:29] appointment. Each of our

[25:31] locations have what we call

[25:33] navigators so navigating. Tell

[25:34] people to think of them like a

[25:36] gps system. You use your gps

[25:36] system when you don't know how

[25:39] to get somewhere right? That's

[25:41] exact same thing that

[25:42] navigators do. They're they're

[25:44] really the resource experts.

[25:45] And once they start hearing

[25:48] about a situation they gauge,

[25:48] okay, we need to get you

[25:49] connected to this to this to

[25:52] this and from the partners

[25:53] that are on site were able to

[25:54] make those connections

[25:55] happened almost immediately,

[25:58] which is great. So that way

[26:00] everybody is getting connected

[26:00] right then and there to a real

[26:02] human being and not just given

[26:05] a phone number website because

[26:06] we know people don't always

[26:10] follow up with those.

[26:12] Councilmember, but I think you

[26:14] meant thank you so much for

[26:15] the presentation. Yes, I do

[26:16] have been involved in

[26:20] committee members. Not only

[26:20] would the Family Justice

[26:23] Center, but others as well.

[26:24] Couple of the question here

[26:25] because of all, I hope you

[26:28] guys are not much impacted by

[26:29] the until just ended was not.

[26:30] I don't I understand that

[26:34] part. And if you guys are

[26:35] still continuing for service

[26:38] that you committed to provide.

[26:39] And then a community who badly

[26:42] needed are being how am

[26:43] getting insisted at the time

[26:48] that it needed? And also the

[26:49] Duke University out of steps

[26:53] that you provided my to city

[26:53] standpoint, is that any way

[26:57] you can also maybe to hire to

[27:00] maybe you have high percentage

[27:01] bracket. I wanted understand

[27:05] what's curious more into the

[27:06] Salvation, especially some of

[27:06] these reasons and other

[27:08] community. I think out of, you

[27:09] know, the need I believe and I

[27:12] know them sure. And then I

[27:13] don't know how much you guys

[27:14] been able to support in the

[27:16] 90's. And that that would help

[27:20] us to make. The committee

[27:21] better actually. And thank you

[27:23] again. What you guys doing? I

[27:26] have a lot offense on it.

[27:27] Probably know from Sherry. And

[27:28] I I've been working with those

[27:31] people as well. And thank you

[27:31] in for your continued support

[27:38] and service. Coming. Yes. So

[27:40] especially for South Asian

[27:41] survivors, we actually have a

[27:43] couple different options. So

[27:46] we have a navigator at our

[27:49] West Center who speaks Hindi

[27:50] Punjabi. She's very well

[27:51] connected within the Nepali

[27:53] community as well. And so a

[27:53] lot of clients will come

[27:56] directly from her. But we also

[28:00] partner with America and they

[28:00] work with South Station

[28:01] survivors as well. So there's

[28:03] a couple different options

[28:05] there. And our navigators in

[28:06] totals throughout all of our

[28:07] centers speak about 20

[28:09] different languages on their

[28:11] own. And then we also have a

[28:12] language line for languages

[28:13] that were not able to

[28:16] accommodate face to face. So

[28:16] we want to make sure that

[28:18] there's no barrier to anybody

[28:23] getting service. Thank you.

[28:27] Vice Mayor. MADAM Mayor, and

[28:28] thank you both for the for the

[28:29] wonderful presentation. Just

[28:33] real quick for you. Look like

[28:34] you a lot of people know

[28:36] somebody who's going through

[28:36] but maybe don't realize it or

[28:39] even recognize it. So what are

[28:40] some of those signs that

[28:41] someone MAY be getting

[28:41] financially abused or even

[28:46] physically abused? Want to I

[28:56] do? So a lot of time. A lot of

[28:58] times. Like I said, we get our

[28:59] referrals from law enforcement

[29:01] so they get a call, you know,

[29:02] from somebody a family member,

[29:05] something like that, our or

[29:06] friend because of family

[29:07] members abusing them

[29:10] financially. We also get calls

[29:12] from banks because they see

[29:13] like different transactions or

[29:15] somebody bringing somebody and

[29:17] so those are signs like, you

[29:19] know, looking at records, bank

[29:23] records. And a lot of

[29:26] withdraws, especially from a

[29:27] certain person. But somebody

[29:28] that's elderly that looks like

[29:31] they might not be all the way

[29:33] there still. And they don't

[29:35] have a like an executor stuff

[29:38] like Got it. Only question.

[29:40] Thank you again, both you for

[29:41] the presentation amazing work

[29:47] too. Some are barely. Yes. All

[29:48] the other we've as a thank you

[29:48] for the presentation service

[29:53] applied directly. Thank you.

[29:54] And thank you. I've been to

[29:55] the West Center, right word

[29:55] next or the early childhood

[29:56] mental health program for

[29:59] about a year. And so got to

[30:00] know the place and did take a

[30:01] tour through it. It's really

[30:05] good to know is there income

[30:06] level requirement? I mean,

[30:10] what if do have to be low

[30:10] income or due to it except

[30:12] people who are high income.

[30:16] Except anyone. Anyone, any

[30:18] income level. Okay. That's

[30:19] that's really good to know.

[30:21] And I would imagine,

[30:23] particularly with domestic

[30:24] violence if someone is managed

[30:26] to escape their just mystic,

[30:28] violent situation, if they

[30:30] show up, they're probably

[30:31] disoriented, scared.

[30:33] Frightened MAY be embarrassed

[30:34] and it's so wonderful to see

[30:36] all of these services just in

[30:39] one place. And I know for many

[30:41] people who MAY not have

[30:43] transportation trying to get

[30:43] around on the bus to go to

[30:45] different places in the past

[30:45] was really, really difficult.

[30:49] So. Thank you very Really

[30:52] appreciate your coming here.

[30:52] Thank you. It's nice to be

[30:54] back in Hercules. I grew up

[30:58] here, raised my kids here, my

[30:58] mom on the business here. So

[31:00] it's nice to come back. Thank

[31:00] you. Wonderful. Thank you

[31:07] both. Ok, so now we will move

[31:11] on with agenda, MR. City

[31:12] manager, other any agenda,

[31:15] additions or deletions. MADAM

[31:16] Mayor there, no additions or

[31:18] deletions to the agenda. Ok?

[31:22] Thank you. Next item is public

[31:23] communications for items that

[31:26] are not on the agenda. City

[31:27] clerk. Do we have anyone who

[31:27] wants to speak of public

[31:32] comment? All turned our

[31:32] in-person attendees. If you'd

[31:33] like to make a public comment

[31:36] at this time on an item that's

[31:38] not on the agenda. You can

[31:48] come up to the podium. Please,

[31:49] please fill out a public

[31:49] comment card after you

[32:00] comment. And thank you. Well,

[32:01] hello, everybody. Good

[32:02] evening. My name is Kendall

[32:04] Tang. This is my brother,

[32:05] Jeremy Tang. There's a nother

[32:11] MAY be hiding over there. Dad.

[32:12] I was originally going to plan

[32:14] to speak a few words at the

[32:17] next city Council meeting.

[32:18] However, our family and I were

[32:19] going to tried doing some

[32:21] traveling. So now today I

[32:23] thought would be a good time.

[32:25] So, you know, dad, first and

[32:27] foremost, I just want to say,

[32:28] you know, thank you for

[32:29] everything that you've given

[32:32] to the family and to the city

[32:33] of Hercules. You know, I know

[32:35] raising my little brother and

[32:39] wasn't always easy. And I'm

[32:39] sure we give you plenty of

[32:41] challenges in migraines along

[32:42] the way. But you've always

[32:44] been a great father to us. You

[32:46] worked hard. You provided for

[32:48] us and you should us through

[32:50] your hard work that anything

[32:53] is possible. You've continued

[32:55] to show unwavering commitment

[32:57] to the family in the city of

[32:59] Hercules. Over the years we've

[33:00] been very fortunate to call

[33:04] Hercules our home and

[33:05] throughout that time, you've

[33:06] always going above and beyond

[33:07] for the from years serving as

[33:10] the city attorney to

[33:11] eventually taking on the

[33:13] responsibility of interim city

[33:15] manager. You dedicated a

[33:16] significant part of your

[33:16] career to helping Hercules

[33:20] succeed. There's a lot of

[33:22] reasons people love Hercules.

[33:23] You know, it's a beautiful

[33:25] location, its diverse

[33:26] community and the fact that

[33:28] people feel, you know, safe

[33:29] here and of course, maybe

[33:33] happy powder keg like I do.

[33:34] But Leigh, every city Hercules

[33:36] has also faced share of

[33:39] challenges. And behind the

[33:39] scenes, there are hard-working

[33:41] people who spend countless

[33:43] hours, you know, trying to

[33:44] solve these challenges and

[33:46] make this community better so

[33:47] I'm glad that you've been one

[33:50] of those people and over the

[33:51] years have had people in

[33:53] Hercules. Tell me how highly

[33:54] think of me or I'm sorry, my

[34:00] not to And your work ethic. So

[34:01] hearing those things about my

[34:02] dad has always made me

[34:04] incredibly proud. So as you

[34:06] retire, I hope you take a

[34:08] moment to appreciate

[34:09] everything you've

[34:10] accomplished. You know, not

[34:11] only in your career, but in

[34:13] the example you set for the

[34:15] family. So congratulations on

[34:16] your retirement and thank you

[34:17] for everything you've done for

[34:19] Hercules and most importantly,

[34:19] thank you for everything

[34:22] you've done for us. We're

[34:23] proud of you. And you

[34:23] definitely earned. Whatever

[34:31] comes next. Thanks Just to

[34:32] piggyback off my brother said

[34:33] I'm Jeremy Alone. Eagle alumni

[34:39] class of 2012. But guys, like,

[34:40] like what kind of said, I'm

[34:41] just so grateful for all the

[34:42] sacrifices over the years. You

[34:45] time for us. You know, so many

[34:46] memories with my mom with

[34:51] candlelight dropping you off.

[34:51] The jps bus. Stop back when

[34:55] he's at Safeway. You're

[34:57] working long hours, hopping on

[35:01] the jp ex parte to downtown

[35:03] Oakland, countless days of,

[35:03] you know, hard relentlessness

[35:07] and we always appreciate it.

[35:09] When you bring back our

[35:10] favorite Chinese desserts from

[35:11] Chinatown. So Dallas, was

[35:16] great too. Even then with, you

[35:18] know, crazy, stressful job, he

[35:18] always still made the time to

[35:20] help us with their homework.

[35:22] Take me to basketball

[35:24] practice. How can do it is?

[35:25] You're always still so present

[35:28] in there for us and I can't

[35:29] say thank you enough for

[35:30] everything you've done. Just

[35:31] not for us, but for the city

[35:34] and in before your him had a

[35:36] real position with the city of

[35:36] Hercules. It still show up to

[35:39] city council meetings and

[35:40] we're involved in voice your

[35:41] opinion. And that's something

[35:44] I've always admired. So I hope

[35:44] we make you you know,

[35:48] throughout our life and I'm

[35:49] excited for this next for this

[35:50] next chapter for you. So love

[36:03] you, Dad. Thank you. And

[36:06] normally don't respond to

[36:06] public comment. The mayor will

[36:09] allow, I like to say, I. Was

[36:11] not expecting that at I think

[36:12] it was probably queued up for

[36:15] the next meeting. But they'll

[36:16] be in a nice vacation time

[36:19] and. Won't be available. I

[36:24] guess you could zoom in from.

[36:25] Hear your comments. You could

[36:27] have done that. I'm fine with

[36:31] the options you chose I'd like

[36:33] to echo what they said. This

[36:35] is a fantastic community. They

[36:36] grew up here. They are who

[36:37] they are because of their

[36:41] experiences here. In this

[36:42] community. And trying to be

[36:44] part of this community. Part

[36:46] of Hercules. Thank you for

[36:49] coming out spending some time

[36:59] with us and we'll see you at a

[37:00] you can between the 2 boys is

[37:03] my wife who is very low key

[37:07] figure here in Hercules.

[37:09] Leader. He's been my backbone

[37:15] and she. Is key to my success.

[37:16] To be perfectly honest, she's

[37:21] always been there for me. And

[37:23] means by my side and hopefully

[37:23] through retirement will stay

[37:28] that way. I'll be in or hear

[37:33] more. Actually when I was for

[37:34] this interim position, I asked

[37:36] her, I you know, this is

[37:37] something you know, Kayla

[37:40] she's like, yeah. So there's

[37:41] no hesitation on her part. And

[37:46] even I appreciate your

[37:47] support. I'm looking forward

[37:47] to good things from those 2

[37:50] boys. And thank you tank

[37:56] family. Yes. If the team

[37:57] family is open to it with the

[38:01] perhaps like a photo. Like

[38:05] with the council? Well, well,

[38:05] are in front their city. Don't

[38:06] think they should be allowed

[38:09] to leave. The media is just a

[38:11] bit. I want to see that

[38:13] commitment. Yes, would you?

[38:15] Would you like to take a photo

[38:22] of a someone to do so? Get out

[38:37] of way?

[39:12] The photos out of ok,

[39:16] so we are back. That was well

[39:17] deserved. I was there any

[39:20] other public comment? I'm

[39:21] going to turn to our zoom

[39:23] attendees. If you'd like to

[39:23] make a public comment, please

[39:29] use your raised hand icon. And

[39:30] seeing none that one public

[39:33] comment. Okay. Thank you. So

[39:36] now we're moving on. No public

[39:37] hearing tonight. We have a

[39:40] consent calendar. There are 11

[39:41] items on consent. Would anyone

[39:46] care to pull an item? If not,

[39:47] then do I hear a motion to

[39:51] approve? But to make a motion

[39:53] approve the consent calendar

[39:54] as is okay. Motion by Walker

[39:56] Griffin. Is there a second

[39:58] second by butter? I and

[39:59] discussion. No roll call vote.

[40:03] Please. Councilmember

[40:04] Grimsley. I councilmember,

[40:06] right, Councilmember Bailey.

[40:08] Vice Mayor Walker Griffin, and

[40:12] Mayor Kelly. I thank you.

[40:13] Thank you. So now we're on to

[40:15] our discussion or action items

[40:17] and the first one is awarding

[40:21] a construction contract in the

[40:22] amount of agent and $4,000 to

[40:25] Rapid Grading Service for the

[40:27] Foxboro pavement,

[40:28] rehabilitation project, MR.

[40:28] City manage you want to

[40:36] introduce us? Yes, MADAM

[40:37] Mayor, I will have public

[40:38] works. Director take the lead

[40:40] on this presentation. Thank

[40:44] you, MR. Roberts, welcome.

[40:45] Thank you. Good evening, Mayor

[40:45] and council and pleased to be

[40:50] able report that pavement

[40:51] rehabilitation project Phase

[40:54] one has been successfully that

[40:55] out and he's coming to you

[40:58] tonight for award. The project

[41:01] is located in the Foxboro

[41:02] neighborhood, primarily on

[41:02] Dartmouth Street and Oxford

[41:06] Street. The work includes

[41:07] primarily asphalt, pavement,

[41:10] grinding and overlay. So the

[41:10] residents here will get new

[41:14] black top. Also includes

[41:16] related activities such as

[41:17] utility and monument cover

[41:18] Justin's pavement, striping

[41:23] and traffic sign installation.

[41:24] The project also includes

[41:26] sidewalk concrete repair along

[41:28] Will Avenue and Brighton

[41:29] Street to eliminate potential

[41:33] tripping hazards. The project

[41:34] was advertised for bids in the

[41:36] West County Times in 5

[41:37] regional plan rooms. A total

[41:39] of 7 bids were received at the

[41:40] opening. The deadline of

[41:43] 02:00pm Tuesday, AUGUST. 11th.

[41:44] And upon opening of its radius

[41:45] earth. Was he a parent? Low

[41:50] bidder. However, upon further

[41:50] review was discovered that

[41:54] Reedy Ussery kinks bid omitted

[41:55] required information which

[42:00] rendered the bed unresponsive.

[42:00] Rapid greeting services

[42:03] submitted the second pay to

[42:05] $804,232 which was determined

[42:07] to be her response a bit.

[42:09] Rapid ratings services based

[42:10] in Hayward. They've been in

[42:14] business for 4 years and they

[42:16] performed similar projects

[42:18] successfully. Public agencies,

[42:19] including Pleasant Hill,

[42:20] Seminole County Love here at

[42:20] Richmond, Calistoga Sandra

[42:26] fell. The references and

[42:27] proposals were checked and

[42:28] they were deemed a responsible

[42:34] there. So should council move

[42:37] forward award the construction

[42:38] contract to wrap a grating

[42:40] services recommended by staff.

[42:40] Tonight. Construction is

[42:44] anticipated to take place

[42:45] approximately one month

[42:46] following the issuance of the

[42:51] notice to proceed and then at

[42:53] that point, staff will meet

[42:54] with the contractor to firm up

[42:55] their schedule, then went to

[42:56] speak to doing work in OCTOBER

[43:01] NOVEMBER. We did get some

[43:02] questions from a council

[43:04] member tonight. I'd like to

[43:09] address the first was. Rapid

[43:10] creating services lenght of

[43:13] experience, which was only 4

[43:15] years. However, they have

[43:16] completed at least a

[43:18] half-a-dozen similar projects

[43:20] successfully. So they do.

[43:20] Qualifications, of course,

[43:23] having said that and then

[43:24] being a new contractor for us

[43:27] here in her keys will approach

[43:31] their work with heightened

[43:32] awareness. Also excited about

[43:33] the possibility potentially

[43:33] for a new business

[43:34] relationship with a contractor

[43:37] to come into town who operates

[43:41] in a very cost-effective So

[43:43] with that, that completes my

[43:43] staff report. I'd be happy to

[43:44] respond to any questions you

[43:46] MAY have. You, MR. Roberts,

[43:50] questions here. COUNCILMAN

[43:51] Bailey is thank MADAM Mayor,

[43:54] and thanks to report just put

[43:54] works project. Please go to

[43:57] lowest bidder. Can confirm

[43:58] that effect so that required

[44:01] do that? We because it's

[44:03] cost-saving measure. Yes, if I

[44:05] understand your question,

[44:07] councilmember busy, you're how

[44:10] the city selects the bitter to

[44:14] award the contract for and the

[44:16] terminology in a nutshell is

[44:17] they have to be a responsible

[44:21] bidder submitting the lowest

[44:23] responsive, did responsible,

[44:26] bitter meeting. They have the

[44:28] requisite experience and past

[44:31] job performance for the work

[44:32] successfully response of 8

[44:34] means they fill out the bid

[44:37] without any major errors or

[44:37] omissions that would allow

[44:41] them. Unfair advantage against

[44:43] the other bidders if it were

[44:45] allowed proceed. So that's why

[44:46] we're recommending work. The

[44:50] second most bitter. So it

[44:50] sounds like we've staff is

[44:54] taking time let your kids.

[44:54] Ranked them based on

[44:55] qualifications and then ranked

[44:57] them based on pricing in shows

[44:58] when it was best, is the best

[44:59] available, which is lowest

[45:05] bidder. You really works.

[45:06] Might have missed something in

[45:08] there for whatever the number

[45:09] was disqualify the entire

[45:12] package. So it sounds like

[45:15] Specifically, there's when

[45:16] they enter their bid to enter

[45:17] unit price and then extended

[45:21] price. They inadvertently

[45:26] omitted all but one of them.

[45:27] So allowing that proceed

[45:28] potentially could allow them

[45:30] to change the numbers to their

[45:31] advantage at a later date. So

[45:35] it could not move forward.

[45:35] Very unfortunate incident. We

[45:36] did reach out reach out to the

[45:37] contractor who haven't worked

[45:40] for the floor. Of course,

[45:41] encourage them to please

[45:43] continue trying to projects

[45:47] here in her keys. It's a good

[45:49] lesson. Her was work would be

[45:50] starting commensurate OCTOBER

[45:52] numbers that there. Yeah, we

[45:55] have to meet up with them. We

[45:56] anticipate though the work

[45:57] will start in OCTOBER and go

[46:01] into NOVEMBER. You looking for

[46:02] today. We have lots miles and

[46:03] miles of roads. Any people are

[46:05] so we in my lifetime. So let

[46:08] it. I thank you. Thank you.

[46:10] Oh, yes, councilmember butter.

[46:10] I thank you, MADAM Chair, and

[46:13] thank you. Doctor about this

[46:18] for the British and my. I'm my

[46:21] question. I had little more of

[46:22] the few more questions in

[46:23] mind. I can can you just

[46:23] address those more

[46:26] importantly, I think. Sounds

[46:27] like, you know, the these are

[46:30] the the contractor that we

[46:34] have hired. I'm curious to

[46:37] learn that they know how. This

[46:39] warranty, Michelle to sting

[46:41] and come back to sting and

[46:42] work requirement will apply in

[46:46] this kind of things. And then

[46:47] how residents will be notified

[46:48] regarding the parking

[46:51] restrictions. Drive axes, dust

[46:55] noise and traffic controls.

[46:56] And whether these unused

[46:58] contigency the would be

[47:01] automatically the pond to the

[47:02] orginal funding sources or

[47:05] goes back to general fund.

[47:05] Would you be able defend those

[47:07] areas as well? Certainly,

[47:11] COUNCILMAN, better am. He

[47:14] didn't dissipate discussing

[47:15] those items and answering with

[47:16] a companion item, which is

[47:18] following because it's

[47:20] primarily about construction

[47:21] management. How we manage the

[47:23] project so we could move that

[47:26] up and talk now are if you if

[47:26] you're okay, we could

[47:29] different for that item. So so

[47:33] the next item we anticipated

[47:35] answering those questions at

[47:35] that time as part of the scope

[47:36] of work for a private car.

[47:41] Construction manager. No, I

[47:42] don't want to know they'll be

[47:42] able to care. I want to get

[47:44] the rolling, but I want to

[47:45] have transparency. And then on

[47:49] the other side of these areas.

[47:49] Yes, correct. Can we provide

[47:52] that to you? So this does is

[47:56] this is the award to the

[47:57] contractor for having the

[47:58] correct experience, the lowest

[48:02] bid. But the next item is

[48:03] about overseeing that work in

[48:07] ensuring they do it in

[48:07] accordance appropriate

[48:09] standards and procedures. And

[48:10] that's something that our

[48:13] construction management firm

[48:16] will enact. That's a separate

[48:17] item. But if you'd like, we

[48:21] can discuss that now. Who will

[48:21] that will be critical if you

[48:24] can share some on certain

[48:25] sites or anything he can

[48:35] sure so full disclosure here,

[48:37] we did get an email with

[48:40] questions from COUNCILMAN So

[48:42] quickly. First question is

[48:43] about written authorization

[48:43] for continued to use. This is

[48:49] for the 10% council approval

[48:50] of the contract authorizes

[48:51] staff to proceed with the 10%.

[48:53] And then as part of the work,

[48:56] we do change orders which look

[48:59] at equipment materials and

[49:00] methods that the contractor

[49:05] uses comes up with a cost. As

[49:06] part of their construction

[49:08] manager work that gets routed

[49:09] for my signature, a city

[49:10] engineer and then also the

[49:12] city manager. And then it

[49:14] proceeds. So that's that's how

[49:16] we address the contingency. If

[49:18] we exceed council authorized

[49:20] contingency, if we can

[49:21] anticipate that, in fact, in

[49:23] advance, we come back for a

[49:23] additional funding in the

[49:28] budget. So the second item is

[49:30] the monthly cost and schedule

[49:31] reporting, including timeless

[49:34] in delivery of risk. The

[49:35] construction management

[49:38] company does do daily working

[49:41] days as well monthly working

[49:43] days. And as part of that

[49:44] tracks, the time for which

[49:45] there's a number of working

[49:48] days to complete the project

[49:48] and if they run over them,

[49:50] they're potentially subject

[49:55] for liquidated damages. And so

[49:57] part of managing the project

[49:58] is to look at the contractors,

[49:59] progress where they're at and

[50:00] persecuting the entirety of

[50:02] that work and anticipating

[50:02] potentially any challenges in

[50:06] the future. With regards to

[50:07] your question of independent

[50:08] validation of material,

[50:11] quality and quantities. This

[50:12] is a key issue of quality

[50:15] assurance and quality control.

[50:17] So we do get submittals in

[50:17] advance of all the materials

[50:20] coming on to the project,

[50:21] including, for example, the

[50:22] mixed designs for asphalt,

[50:23] concrete and also Portland

[50:24] cement, concrete, Houston, the

[50:34] sidewalks. The quantity he's

[50:35] measured either by tonnage

[50:37] based on scales for the

[50:38] trucks. The qualities are

[50:39] based on square footage for

[50:41] sidewalk or linear feet for

[50:45] curb and gutter. Then the next

[50:46] question is Post-construction

[50:47] report documenting final

[50:48] costs, payment condition,

[50:50] improvement warranty items and

[50:52] lessons for future Foxboro

[50:53] faces. So thank you. One of

[50:57] the advantages of using Sando.

[50:58] We'll talk about next is that

[50:58] they were actually the

[51:00] designers are not only phase

[51:02] one, but also the future

[51:06] phases as well as So what they

[51:08] learn out there based on the

[51:08] unique aspects of that site

[51:09] can then be applied to future

[51:15] phases. So the construction

[51:16] management firm does come up

[51:17] with their own cost

[51:18] independently and Mary's it up

[51:21] with the contractor submits if

[51:22] they need to, they'll verify

[51:23] with the coins are actually

[51:25] out in the field for monthly

[51:26] progress payments to ensure

[51:31] those are accurate. And then

[51:32] under the contract, the

[51:34] contractor is required to do a

[51:37] one year warranty. So that's

[51:38] something that they're

[51:43] required to do. So you had a

[51:44] second series of questions as

[51:45] well until cover here. Really

[51:47] quickly payment. Life

[51:48] extension, measurable

[51:49] condition improvements are

[51:51] expected. So over lies spit

[51:54] anticipated to last 10 years

[51:55] after that point, there's

[51:56] follow-up treatments which can

[51:59] extend the life starting with

[52:00] anything from a slurry seal

[52:01] moving up to another overlay

[52:04] on top of it. With regards to

[52:05] material testing complexion

[52:07] testing corrective work

[52:09] requirements. So the key

[52:11] issue, this is a pavement

[52:17] overlay project is the asphalt

[52:19] he's placed properly on the

[52:20] street comes the right

[52:22] temperature. It's mixed

[52:25] correctly. If you have a

[52:26] breakdown, roller a Finnish

[52:27] roller. You have to get on the

[52:28] right time. If you go too

[52:28] soon, it over compacts. If you

[52:31] wait too long, that stretches.

[52:32] So the court insurance quality

[52:33] control for Overlays are

[52:35] really in the hands of the

[52:37] public Inspector resident

[52:40] engineer in this case on

[52:41] Sandals. Team, we have someone

[52:42] who's not only a seasoned

[52:43] inspector, but also a

[52:44] professional engineer. Very

[52:47] fortunate in that regard.

[52:51] Should we have problems? We

[52:52] will then bring out the

[52:54] testing company to take out

[52:55] samples of the asphalt can

[52:58] actually catch them generally

[52:59] we don't do that is standard

[53:00] practice. Moses. If under

[53:02] federally funded project, if

[53:04] we were you end up with a

[53:05] patchwork samples because it

[53:09] has to be a random sampling.

[53:11] We don't do that unless we are

[53:12] concerned that there's an

[53:17] issue. Then with regards to

[53:19] how residents will be

[53:19] notified. So we do are very

[53:20] closely with residents is

[53:21] really important aspect of the

[53:23] of the job. The first thing

[53:26] residents will get is a letter

[53:27] indicating the projects coming

[53:27] an approximate times when it's

[53:30] going occur. Then followed up

[53:32] their door hangers for

[53:35] actually when the painting

[53:37] occurs. And 24 48 hours notice

[53:38] ahead of time and barricades

[53:39] for Carson. So people don't

[53:41] park in the streets. Obviously

[53:44] working residents closely.

[53:47] This is a key issue. So with

[53:48] the guards and use

[53:53] contingency, it does. And use

[53:56] contingency of the budget does

[53:58] return to its original funding

[53:58] source, if you will, if you

[53:59] want know, use that

[54:02] terminology. But so if its gas

[54:04] tax and say there's a million

[54:06] dollars and 900,000 of it goes

[54:08] to the project, they're still

[54:08] 100,000 in the budget in gas

[54:13] tax for that fiscal year. I

[54:14] believe that answers your

[54:20] questions. Hopefully that

[54:22] wasn't too thank you so much

[54:23] for that in detail. One's and

[54:25] then a very satisfactory level

[54:25] and that I think that it's a

[54:26] confidence that even though

[54:29] you can man is and deliver the

[54:30] as we promise. And thank you

[54:30] again for being on top of

[54:33] that. To any other questions

[54:42] here. Just so and strawberry.

[54:42] So the locations. And so this

[54:46] is going to be the paving

[54:46] Dartford and Oxford. Is that

[54:52] correct? That's correct. And

[54:53] then there's going to be a

[54:54] sidewalk repair and Willow and

[55:00] on Brighton. And there's also

[55:04] a court in there. The bureau

[55:04] Look at a map It's going to be

[55:08] resurfaced as well. Thank

[55:12] Okay. Good. And the them most

[55:14] of the money will come from sb

[55:15] One or from Measure h a little

[55:16] bit from the General Fund

[55:19] Capital Reserve. That's

[55:21] correct. Yeah, always have to

[55:21] cobble together different

[55:22] kinds of funds to get these

[55:23] paving projects done. And I

[55:26] know it takes quite a while.

[55:27] We have a great deal of need

[55:28] here in the city of Hercules

[55:32] for paving. Okay. So is there

[55:33] anyone from the public who

[55:34] wishes to speak? MADAM City

[55:39] clerk on this item? We'll turn

[55:39] to our zoom attendees if you'd

[55:40] like to make a public comment

[55:41] on this item. Please. Your

[55:45] raised hand icon. Seeing none.

[55:48] That public comment. Okay. And

[55:48] I don't see anyone here. So

[55:50] bring it back to council. We

[55:52] do have a resolution so do I

[55:57] hear a motion? Mayor? Yes.

[55:57] Make a motion that approve a

[56:01] resolution the city Council.

[56:01] City council, the city of

[56:02] Hercules authorizing the city

[56:04] manager to execute a

[56:05] construction contract with

[56:06] rapid greeting services. The

[56:11] amount $804,233 for the

[56:11] Foxboro payment. Me

[56:14] rehabilitation project Phase

[56:16] one authorizing additional

[56:17] expenditure of up to $80,000

[56:21] for 80,004 didn't and $13 for

[56:24] a 10% cut in the construction

[56:25] contracts for total not to

[56:29] exceed contract amount 884,000

[56:33] $546. Motion by Barry seconded

[56:35] by watch. Prevent any further

[56:35] discussion. No roll call vote,

[56:39] please. Councilmember Grimsley

[56:41] Councilmember better right? I

[56:44] Councilmember Bailey, Aye Vice

[56:46] Mayor Walker and Mayor Kelly.

[56:50] Thank you. Thank you. So that

[56:51] was for the construction

[56:51] contract. Now this one is

[56:53] going to be a professional

[56:55] services agreement with Sam

[56:57] Bill provide construction

[56:58] management services for the

[56:59] Foxboro pavement,

[57:00] rehabilitation project, MR.

[57:04] Roberts. Thank you, mayor and

[57:06] council. As mentioned some,

[57:07] though, recently completed the

[57:09] design on the project. There

[57:10] are formally known as Billy

[57:12] Chi and Associates. So they're

[57:14] in fact, on the cities,

[57:17] prequalified engineering list

[57:18] as mentioned city staff to

[57:20] work with their team over the

[57:23] past decade where they

[57:24] performed well engaged

[57:24] understanding of the

[57:25] department's needs as well as

[57:30] expectations. Sandals. Design

[57:32] contract includes future

[57:33] phases of Foxborough, as well

[57:35] as sections of Willow having

[57:36] to perform. The construction

[57:37] management on this project

[57:38] would beneficial since they're

[57:40] familiar with the design. And

[57:40] knowledge gained those unique

[57:43] to the Foxboro neighborhood

[57:44] can be applied on the future

[57:49] faces of work. So Steph is

[57:51] then recommending in a word to

[57:55] sando for a contract amount of

[57:59] $81,974. I know we've spoken

[58:00] some detail to this contract

[58:02] that if there any questions,

[58:03] Bristol principal engineer

[58:05] from Sandal is here tonight.

[58:05] If you have any questions,

[58:08] thank you. Thank you. Any

[58:12] questions here from council?

[58:13] But coming to counselor

[58:13] Bailey, this think you just

[58:16] after the report issue that

[58:17] stems because of projects is

[58:22] dust and starting earlier than

[58:23] and set up times and assuming

[58:23] or construction major

[58:25] companies going to be on top

[58:27] of that at a city staff comes

[58:28] up often. We have to

[58:31] strengthen. What the new

[58:33] roads. We don't. We wouldn't

[58:33] it silence. And then we also

[58:34] don't like So just those 2

[58:37] questions. Thank you. So these

[58:39] projects move really quickly.

[58:40] And and a lot of money gets

[58:43] spent really quickly.

[58:44] Absolutely essential that we

[58:50] have the construction

[58:50] management firm cradle to

[58:52] grave. So they have full

[58:54] understanding and control of

[58:55] the work, especially given our

[58:57] research levels here at the

[58:58] city. This is one of those

[58:58] areas where we want to make

[59:01] sure we don't skimp. So that

[59:06] they do the full 400. It

[59:11] includes safety like staff is

[59:12] a All just a companies,

[59:13] correct? Yes, the whole thing.

[59:14] Okay. Thank you. That's all

[59:15] think. Okay. Any other

[59:19] questions here? Councilmember

[59:24] Grimsley, thank you. Director

[59:24] Robert, you indicated that the

[59:26] project it would likely take

[59:30] place in OCTOBER and NOVEMBER

[59:31] once NOVEMBER's typically when

[59:34] a rainy season begins in, I'm

[59:34] just warning. But the impact

[59:35] of weather, especially since

[59:36] we're anticipating in only,

[59:41] you know, this year. So, yes,

[59:44] excellent question. I saw

[59:45] article in news and it's sit

[59:46] on be starting as soon as

[59:50] NOVEMBER. The streets are in

[59:54] very poor condition out there.

[59:55] Obviously, we've had a bit of

[59:56] a delay in getting this

[59:57] project out some staffing

[1:00:01] changes. So we're going full

[1:00:02] speed ahead with the intention

[1:00:05] of getting it done. Head of

[1:00:08] the weather, the benefit to

[1:00:10] this is the nature of the work

[1:00:11] involves grinding existing

[1:00:12] asphalt and then overlaying

[1:00:14] it. The new asphalt. We're not

[1:00:15] getting down into the sub

[1:00:20] grade or the gravelly dirt,

[1:00:20] which gets wet, you could be

[1:00:24] chasing that all winter. So

[1:00:24] based our calculations, you

[1:00:25] know, we believe they can be

[1:00:29] successful and get it done.

[1:00:30] And that the PRESIDENT's

[1:00:31] frankly deserve to have their

[1:00:32] street sent as soon as

[1:00:37] possible. Thank Greatly

[1:00:38] appreciate. Know the folks in

[1:00:39] the Foxboro, neighborhood

[1:00:40] certainly appreciated had

[1:00:42] discussions in years past

[1:00:44] about that particular

[1:00:44] community sort of feeling left

[1:00:47] out of the Hercules community.

[1:00:48] So they're getting some great

[1:00:49] attention this year. Thank

[1:00:56] you. Other questions? MR.

[1:00:56] Robertson run is coming from

[1:01:01] the Gas Tax Fund. Think that's

[1:01:02] here again, we're cobbling

[1:01:03] together all different kinds

[1:01:04] of funds to finally get these

[1:01:10] projects done. It is the think

[1:01:11] it is a gas tax fund and so

[1:01:14] tier Tier Point. Mayor and

[1:01:17] we're spending approximately

[1:01:18] $850,000 here in Street.

[1:01:19] Overlays based on our latest

[1:01:22] household study, we need about

[1:01:23] 3.6 million just to keep our

[1:01:23] pavement in the current

[1:01:26] condition that it's in. So.

[1:01:27] This is not unique to

[1:01:29] Hercules. This is happening

[1:01:31] all over the Bay area. But

[1:01:32] nevertheless, still a concern

[1:01:36] and very real. Thank you. And

[1:01:38] I do Foxboro is probably our

[1:01:39] oldest neighborhood or one of

[1:01:40] our oldest neighborhoods here

[1:01:42] in Turkey. Leeson. They

[1:01:42] absolutely need to have their

[1:01:43] streets read. And so this is

[1:01:47] great any MADAM City clerk is

[1:01:47] there anyone who wants to

[1:01:52] speak on this item? Turned to

[1:01:52] my zoom attendees. If you'd

[1:01:53] like to make a public comment

[1:01:54] on this item, please use your

[1:01:58] raised hand icon. And seeing

[1:02:01] number public comment. Ok? So

[1:02:02] bring it back to council. We

[1:02:05] have a resolution So do I hear

[1:02:06] a motion in a manner? Yes,

[1:02:16] going to have a motion. Most

[1:02:17] emotional wasn't a resolution

[1:02:20] of the city Council of the

[1:02:21] City Council of the city of

[1:02:22] her For now it's rising. The

[1:02:23] city manager to execute a

[1:02:26] professional services

[1:02:27] agreement with some building

[1:02:30] in the amount of $81,974 to

[1:02:32] provide construction

[1:02:33] management services the fox

[1:02:34] Program. And we have a project

[1:02:37] phase one. Okay. Motion by

[1:02:38] about your eyes or second

[1:02:40] second seconded by Grimsley

[1:02:41] and a discussion. No roll call

[1:02:45] vote, please. Its member Grams

[1:02:47] I councilmember better. I

[1:02:48] councilmember Bailey, Aye.

[1:02:52] Vice Mayor Walker Griffin.

[1:02:53] Mayor Kelly, I thank Thank

[1:02:56] you. So on to our next item,

[1:02:57] which is the adoption of the

[1:03:01] JUNE 2026. Sewer system

[1:03:02] management plan, MR. Robert,

[1:03:06] you're on Thank you, Mayor and

[1:03:08] council. Thank you for your

[1:03:09] time on this item. And

[1:03:10] secondly, for light,

[1:03:14] discussion item. I know the

[1:03:15] sanitary sewer system is not

[1:03:17] necessarily the most exciting.

[1:03:19] Riveting, attractive item out

[1:03:23] there. But it's a large

[1:03:23] program about 8 million

[1:03:28] dollars a year. Have about a

[1:03:28] quarter of our staff working

[1:03:33] on it full-time. It is very

[1:03:33] much a health and safety issue

[1:03:37] for the residents of Hercules.

[1:03:39] Plus, given the creeks it is a

[1:03:40] potential environmental risk

[1:03:45] as well. Heavily regulated

[1:03:46] it's on the order of about 1.2

[1:03:48] million gallons per day. We

[1:03:51] started going through the

[1:03:52] system. So it's a, you know,

[1:03:54] court program. We haven't, of

[1:03:54] course, in a resource

[1:03:59] constrained agency. It's

[1:03:59] always competing against other

[1:04:00] priorities in. This is the one

[1:04:02] that staff knows. We have to

[1:04:03] be really village vigilant

[1:04:08] about. For tonight's report.

[1:04:09] Her presentation will be by

[1:04:15] Chris Morris. So Chris is are

[1:04:18] relatively new maintenance and

[1:04:18] operations superintendent. He

[1:04:21] also has the dubious title of

[1:04:22] the legally responsible

[1:04:24] official for the Senators for

[1:04:26] management plan and then with

[1:04:27] him tonight is and Gertz from

[1:04:31] West Coast. To help out with

[1:04:32] any questions that MAY be

[1:04:36] needed. So with that, Chris.

[1:04:38] Mrs the evening Mayor Council

[1:04:40] and the staff and the

[1:04:41] community. I'm here to talk a

[1:04:44] little bit out. The sewer

[1:04:45] system. The state requires us

[1:04:47] to have this management plan

[1:04:49] requires all municipalities

[1:04:51] that run a sewer system to

[1:04:52] have a management plan in

[1:04:53] place. It's one of the many

[1:04:54] requirements that the state.

[1:04:59] Hands down to us. One of the

[1:05:00] things is we need keep it

[1:05:02] updated every 6 years. That's

[1:05:03] a requirement and audited

[1:05:08] every 3 years. To keep things

[1:05:08] updated. Ideally, they like

[1:05:10] things even updated as

[1:05:13] frequently as anything changes

[1:05:16] policies or procedures. They

[1:05:18] like the state being like to

[1:05:20] see it and active document

[1:05:23] even have to log. Any changes.

[1:05:26] Also has been documented. It's

[1:05:27] quite a documented its one of

[1:05:32] the bigger requirements of of

[1:05:33] all the things the state asks

[1:05:35] of us as a sewer system being

[1:05:36] that the sewer system is a

[1:05:39] huge. Public health and safety

[1:05:42] issue. It's often. Kind of the

[1:05:46] last thing thought of. The

[1:05:47] streets, you know, our

[1:05:48] streets, parks, lot of things

[1:05:50] get the attention by the

[1:05:50] residents. But this is a

[1:05:53] hidden. Hidden importance that

[1:05:57] that needs to happen. There's

[1:05:58] goals that we need to

[1:06:01] maintain. Maintain the sewer

[1:06:08] system. Minimizing spills.

[1:06:10] Ensuring capacity that we can

[1:06:12] meet expansion and the

[1:06:16] wastewater flows. We need to

[1:06:17] have a these are just some of

[1:06:20] the goals. But there's there's

[1:06:21] many goals, including response

[1:06:23] plan for sewer spills and

[1:06:32] response procedures in place.

[1:06:34] Yes, and we have 62 miles of

[1:06:36] pipe. They're responsible

[1:06:37] responsible for 6 lift

[1:06:38] stations that convey that to

[1:06:42] panel. And I think it was

[1:06:42] mentioned 1.2 million gallons

[1:06:47] per day. Average number of

[1:06:49] spills per 100 miles over the

[1:06:50] could 1.3, we had one small

[1:06:52] spill this year so far. We're

[1:06:55] pretty good. Begin being

[1:06:59] proactive. Monitoring the

[1:07:02] system as much as we can to.

[1:07:03] And my spills because bills

[1:07:04] are the most important thing.

[1:07:05] That is the most. Looked at

[1:07:09] thing. We have to document so

[1:07:10] much and report all of our

[1:07:18] spills to the state. And hot

[1:07:23] spots. This isn't it's normal

[1:07:23] for every news value have hot

[1:07:24] spots. It just shows we're

[1:07:26] being proactive. There's a Liz

[1:07:29] there. But every meet

[1:07:29] municipality and sewer system

[1:07:32] agency. Has hot spots in their

[1:07:36] system. There are areas where

[1:07:37] they monitor their issues

[1:07:41] with. Age pipes that need to

[1:07:43] be replaced. The there more

[1:07:46] proactive in monitoring the

[1:07:51] spots and minimizing anything.

[1:07:52] Affecting public health and

[1:07:53] safety with spills pie

[1:07:59] blockages in breaks. Every

[1:08:00] every system has hot spots.

[1:08:01] It's just and it's documented.

[1:08:05] And we have to show this. To

[1:08:06] show we're being proactive on

[1:08:06] our system and then also to

[1:08:08] notice areas for cip

[1:08:10] improvements, areas to replace

[1:08:18] damaged sections of pipe. And

[1:08:20] the general order is is what

[1:08:24] the state calls sewer system

[1:08:27] requirements. It's it's a big

[1:08:28] document that tells us what

[1:08:29] we're required to do for the

[1:08:33] state. They updated that in

[1:08:37] 2022. A lot of minor things

[1:08:39] like spill categories.

[1:08:43] Terminology was changed this

[1:08:45] we also had to update our has

[1:08:46] this mp to reflect their

[1:08:50] changes. And also because

[1:08:51] every 6 years due to be

[1:08:55] updated regardless. That

[1:08:56] that's one of the things they

[1:08:57] change used to be 5 years.

[1:09:00] Death date change it to 6

[1:09:00] years. 2 years used to be

[1:09:03] audited. Now it's 3 years. It

[1:09:04] made it a little easier for

[1:09:06] us. You know. Because there's

[1:09:18] a lot of requirements. Soucy

[1:09:19] weeks is where we report.

[1:09:23] We're I report all of the

[1:09:25] sewer activities spills

[1:09:26] reports and this system p will

[1:09:32] be uploaded 2 their website or

[1:09:33] to their database and also

[1:09:34] will be on is one of the

[1:09:35] requirements is as beyond

[1:09:39] posted on our website as well.

[1:09:42] And that will happen once

[1:09:43] adoption iii's legal risks

[1:09:44] legally responsible official

[1:09:46] is. There's also day to submit

[1:09:49] yours. That's for. Data

[1:09:51] centers are the steps below

[1:09:53] the yellow rose. What they

[1:09:54] call in terms of reporting

[1:09:57] spill reports. Documenting any

[1:09:59] activity, maintenance and then

[1:10:01] de la rose certifies.

[1:10:04] Everything. That's reported

[1:10:06] and certifies reports too. See

[1:10:08] what's which is the state

[1:10:12] water board. And then also you

[1:10:13] have the internal audits

[1:10:17] conducted every 3 years. Yes,

[1:10:26] next dues. Is there one? With

[1:10:29] that? I recommend adoption

[1:10:33] available for any questions.

[1:10:34] Thank you, Kate. Thank you,

[1:10:34] MR. Morris, thanks for keeping

[1:10:37] an eye on this. I know this is

[1:10:38] unseen, but it's terribly

[1:10:42] important. Yeah, yeah. So any

[1:10:42] questions here, council member

[1:10:46] but arrived then comes Lee.

[1:10:47] Thank you, MADAM Mayor, and

[1:10:48] thank you for the

[1:10:48] presentation. And this is a

[1:10:52] very important are you are

[1:10:54] going to service and thank

[1:10:54] you, Thank you for keeping

[1:10:58] eyes on these. Couple of the

[1:10:59] question on one thing that you

[1:11:00] just mentioned, that internal

[1:11:04] audit happens every 2 years.

[1:11:05] So when was the last into

[1:11:06] AUGUST and then on, we haven't

[1:11:06] of the internal control in

[1:11:10] fleas. How we how we manage

[1:11:14] And second question, even that

[1:11:15] we have a new residence and

[1:11:19] new developments coming. How

[1:11:23] well we are prepared. I know

[1:11:23] that there's impound that can

[1:11:24] probably take care of that

[1:11:25] Barnard. We know the out of

[1:11:28] that funny sufficient enough.

[1:11:30] To cover the snow. The

[1:11:31] interested in what not? So can

[1:11:32] you please get some light on

[1:11:37] those areas? Everything. Well,

[1:11:39] it internal audits don't.

[1:11:43] Necessarily mean internal.

[1:11:44] I've had. It's like West Coast

[1:11:46] do our Mississippi right now.

[1:11:48] We can either choose to do

[1:11:49] in-house or have someone

[1:11:50] audit. It is based on a teen

[1:11:53] is basically. Making sure our

[1:11:54] document complies with what

[1:11:56] the state requires and is

[1:11:58] updated to what art we're

[1:11:59] currently doing. That's an

[1:12:05] audit. I'm not sure when the

[1:12:09] last audit was done. I know.

[1:12:12] Psmp was 6 years ago, but I'm

[1:12:13] not sure when the audit to it

[1:12:18] was done. Yeah, you mentioned

[1:12:19] that, you know, the internal

[1:12:21] audit conducted every 3 years.

[1:12:23] So means we should have if we

[1:12:24] have not, it is a 19, then

[1:12:25] probably there should be one

[1:12:27] more internal audit in between

[1:12:28] that the covid-19 and now he's

[1:12:36] not. Good Council member. I So

[1:12:37] to be fair, MR. Morris course

[1:12:41] wasn't here back then but my

[1:12:42] recollection is we could have

[1:12:46] questions to internal audit

[1:12:48] obviously one of the key

[1:12:49] aspects of having MR. Marsh

[1:12:51] here, of course, is moving

[1:12:53] forward. He has the expertise

[1:12:55] and we have the resources to

[1:12:59] ensure compliance. Thank you

[1:13:01] for information can you also

[1:13:02] please, some I don't know. Can

[1:13:02] answer that question. If you

[1:13:05] are. So what is they know the

[1:13:08] you know, the part of this,

[1:13:12] you know, influx of new.

[1:13:12] Housing or new development and

[1:13:14] the much until the swears

[1:13:23] system. In closing as make

[1:13:23] sure I understand the

[1:13:25] question. Question is given

[1:13:27] that we haven't you. Housing

[1:13:33] development coming the so how

[1:13:34] we are well prepared to handle

[1:13:37] the signal been folks are the

[1:13:40] thanks the increased amount

[1:13:40] this system. Thank you. Thank

[1:13:43] you for clarifying. So we do

[1:13:44] have a sanitary sewer model at

[1:13:47] West U.S. Built. And we do run

[1:13:49] model flows. Including at

[1:13:55] build out. So we know that we

[1:13:56] have along the major pipes

[1:13:59] capacity. And then

[1:14:00] additionally, one developments

[1:14:02] come into town. We do require

[1:14:04] that they do downstream

[1:14:08] analysis that they can convey

[1:14:09] the additional wastewater from

[1:14:10] the development in the

[1:14:12] localized system. And then, of

[1:14:15] course, and great they would

[1:14:19] need to do themselves or

[1:14:19] funding through a connection

[1:14:22] fee make sure that occurs so

[1:14:23] weak. So so in a nutshell, we

[1:14:24] do have entire model for the

[1:14:27] system. At build out and then

[1:14:28] have for each individual case.

[1:14:30] We look at it as well to make

[1:14:32] sure and immediate facility

[1:14:33] that the city that there's

[1:14:37] adequate facilities. Remember,

[1:14:42] Grimsley? This at the top of

[1:14:45] your presentation. You

[1:14:46] mentioned you spoke to

[1:14:49] speaking about spills. And so

[1:14:52] just to you're talking

[1:14:54] partially treated or untreated

[1:14:56] wastewater. Are there any

[1:14:56] other type of spills that kind

[1:15:00] of fall under that umbrella?

[1:15:00] No, it in the sewer system

[1:15:03] wastewater. It's all its

[1:15:04] wastewater hits. None of it

[1:15:07] can leave the system. And if

[1:15:08] any of it does, we have to be

[1:15:09] proactive in show. We're doing

[1:15:12] everything to. Captured.

[1:15:14] Anything that left the system

[1:15:18] basically. Storm water stuff

[1:15:18] is different. It's storm water

[1:15:22] It's separate systems.

[1:15:23] Wastewater has to be contained

[1:15:27] within. Within the system. And

[1:15:32] then. Understand that the snp

[1:15:34] has to be updated formally

[1:15:35] every 6 years. But you also

[1:15:37] indicated that it's intended

[1:15:37] the like a living document

[1:15:41] words. Constantly the

[1:15:42] information is being poured

[1:15:46] into it. So we're gathering

[1:15:47] all of the information about

[1:15:51] spills That will eventually go

[1:15:54] into the formal revision of

[1:15:57] the of the snp. How are we

[1:15:57] storing capturing and storing

[1:15:59] that information? Record

[1:16:05] keeping. On. For me. I keep

[1:16:06] there's record keeping. But

[1:16:08] there's also record keeping on

[1:16:09] the state water board level

[1:16:12] when I refer to see weeks.

[1:16:12] It's California integrated

[1:16:14] water quality system. And

[1:16:15] that's all the documentation

[1:16:19] goes in there as well. All

[1:16:20] spill reports I would have to

[1:16:23] record keeping. On spills or

[1:16:24] really any activity that's

[1:16:26] required to document. But then

[1:16:28] also it gets uploaded to the

[1:16:30] state as well. Yeah, thank

[1:16:35] you. The other questions,

[1:16:35] customer Bailey. Thank you,

[1:16:38] MADAM Mayor. We do pretty good

[1:16:39] times. I want every page one

[1:16:42] by one. Please. Yes, we'll be

[1:16:46] here til midnight. My question

[1:16:47] for something report. I

[1:16:47] appreciate my questions. Just

[1:16:50] Maury of interest just because

[1:16:51] interest but the present. So a

[1:16:54] lift station. Fails because we

[1:16:55] have, I think can identify

[1:16:57] them this residents because

[1:16:57] issues the generator, yellow

[1:16:59] generator, social next to

[1:17:01] them. So by by waterfront,

[1:17:02] there's a janitor there. I

[1:17:04] thought that was offline. I

[1:17:07] mean, that recall that

[1:17:08] correctly. But how the after

[1:17:09] business hours that we have a

[1:17:10] list ation that having a

[1:17:14] problem. Alarms that will

[1:17:15] trigger there's redundancies

[1:17:16] to for these alarms to get

[1:17:22] notified. So anytime 24 7.

[1:17:23] Stand by is notified mean this

[1:17:25] is notified in they go out

[1:17:29] there immediately and see you

[1:17:30] MAY be thinking a problem.

[1:17:31] There is lift station there.

[1:17:31] Prominent. That's that's

[1:17:33] active. It's small. It's

[1:17:39] active. And then. Usually.

[1:17:43] Spills or art. Really. Affect

[1:17:47] residents in terms of. If a

[1:17:48] pump station fails, it's going

[1:17:52] to overflow there. All the

[1:17:53] residents really it's they're

[1:17:54] probably not going to notice

[1:17:56] anything. It's still all the

[1:17:57] stuff is still flowing to

[1:17:59] that. We start the lift

[1:17:59] station. It's just coming out

[1:18:01] of the manhole by the looks

[1:18:04] station. That's it's

[1:18:04] important. We have not have

[1:18:11] happened. Thank you. If I MAY

[1:18:12] just add so stations have wet

[1:18:18] wells, which is. Like it well.

[1:18:20] They can handle a considerable

[1:18:21] amount of time before there's

[1:18:24] an overflow. So we should be

[1:18:25] noticed long before there's

[1:18:29] any risk. They also have

[1:18:30] redundancy and that they have

[1:18:33] a second pump. They both don't

[1:18:34] need to be pumping at the same

[1:18:35] time. So one pump brakes they

[1:18:41] can always use a second So we

[1:18:41] have a lot of identity is in

[1:18:43] place to ensure that it

[1:18:44] doesn't happen. Thank, you

[1:18:45] know, was it going as we do

[1:18:47] have systems that protect our

[1:18:48] residents from this health and

[1:18:49] safety issue. If should occur,

[1:18:51] we have processes in place

[1:18:54] both built litigation process

[1:18:55] that so they can make awesome

[1:18:56] way home and say we have a

[1:18:56] problem. Can take a look at

[1:18:59] it. The set or something.

[1:19:00] Yeah. It's also advanced

[1:19:02] warning to where it's not.

[1:19:03] Alarm will trip when reaches a

[1:19:04] certain level in the wet.

[1:19:05] Well, they're still that's

[1:19:10] plenty of time. For Even a

[1:19:11] issue. It gives enough

[1:19:12] response time too address the

[1:19:14] issue before 8 creates a a

[1:19:18] mess. Thank you. And then I

[1:19:19] think as we're in cancer, I

[1:19:21] know you're 10 years is not

[1:19:22] history. But I think to answer

[1:19:25] kuzma's by question, we did do

[1:19:26] some sort of an audit because

[1:19:28] we felt that we do. We're

[1:19:29] going issues upstream from

[1:19:30] scores. We get his truck line

[1:19:31] replacement. But we know that

[1:19:35] I guess from basically safely.

[1:19:36] North. But going sycamore, we

[1:19:37] have to do some future

[1:19:39] replacements which sort of was

[1:19:40] there a conscious about

[1:19:40] raising rates and things like

[1:19:44] that? Could you talk to? Thank

[1:19:46] Thank you. Councilmember

[1:19:47] Bailey. So there were 2 issues

[1:19:49] with the Sycamore trunk. Mean

[1:19:50] wish that on my long project

[1:19:55] from. Basically on park to the

[1:19:56] wastewater employer plan in

[1:19:58] Pinole. First was to the pipe.

[1:20:02] The second was his size. So

[1:20:03] while it wasn't yet a

[1:20:03] capacity, it was time to

[1:20:06] replace it. And we actually

[1:20:07] had that there is there is a

[1:20:12] high need to it. We of size

[1:20:14] the pipe based on the sewer

[1:20:15] modeling and got to be a new

[1:20:17] pipe as well. So that's that's

[1:20:20] how we address that particular

[1:20:22] issue. I think on it generally

[1:20:23] is more about overflows in

[1:20:24] this case. Ahead of the curve

[1:20:26] on that one. Thank you very

[1:20:27] much. Appreciated this all

[1:20:30] happened. Any questions by

[1:20:33] sir. So MISTER Mersch one

[1:20:33] question you meant to these

[1:20:36] hot spots here and there's

[1:20:40] much red dots and all around.

[1:20:41] So just your public works.

[1:20:43] People go around and kind of

[1:20:44] monitor of let you know if

[1:20:47] they see something or

[1:20:49] generally happens yet, though

[1:20:50] there those are all manholes.

[1:20:54] They'll go. They'll go check

[1:20:55] them at, you know, quarterly 6

[1:20:57] month and based on what they

[1:21:02] see visually down in there.

[1:21:03] Will determine if the crew has

[1:21:03] to come out and clean the line

[1:21:06] or usually it to be cleaned

[1:21:07] its full of, you know, could

[1:21:08] be routes. There's a lot of

[1:21:09] stuff that, but, you it's in

[1:21:11] there and then. The crew would

[1:21:16] come out. Do whatever work

[1:21:17] that needs to happen and then

[1:21:18] also determine if it's

[1:21:19] structural failure failure

[1:21:22] where repairs need to be done.

[1:21:23] Okay. So you're monitoring all

[1:21:24] that. Good to know him. Okay.

[1:21:28] Thank you. Any other

[1:21:30] questions? Yes, MR. Roberts,

[1:21:33] thank you. Do have one. It's

[1:21:33] common. So we're in the

[1:21:35] process of filling the sewer

[1:21:38] supervisor, storm water.

[1:21:42] Position. So wanted to take a

[1:21:46] moment to thank council. Your

[1:21:47] support in filling this

[1:21:50] position. It's much needed.

[1:21:51] And staff will respond. The

[1:21:52] only way we really know how

[1:21:54] which is to perform as best we

[1:21:55] can. So thank you so very much

[1:21:56] for your support in that

[1:21:59] position. That's that's very

[1:22:00] important to let complete

[1:22:04] agreement. MADAM City clerk

[1:22:05] deserted. Want to want to

[1:22:12] speak on this item. And once

[1:22:13] again I'll turn resume

[1:22:13] attendees. If you'd like to

[1:22:15] make a public comment on this

[1:22:15] agenda item, please use your

[1:22:19] raised hand icon. And seeing

[1:22:21] none that will end public

[1:22:24] comment, ok? Well, thank you.

[1:22:25] Thank you, MR. Morrison, MR.

[1:22:26] Roberts says it's great to

[1:22:28] know about. It's so we're

[1:22:29] going to bring this back here

[1:22:30] to counsel. I see a resolution

[1:22:35] before us there. Yes,

[1:22:35] resolution like to make a

[1:22:36] motion to adopt a resolution.

[1:22:38] The city council, the city of

[1:22:39] Hercules adopting the JUNE

[1:22:41] 2026 sewer system management

[1:22:45] plan. Okay, Second. Ok? So

[1:22:48] motion by luck or seconded by

[1:22:49] Grimsley. Any discussion. No

[1:22:52] roll. Call vote, please.

[1:22:53] Councilmember Grimsley, I

[1:22:54] councilmember. Right eye

[1:22:56] Councilmember Bailey, Aye Vice

[1:22:58] Mayor Walker Griffin, and

[1:23:00] Mayor Kelly, I thank you.

[1:23:03] Thank you. Passes 5, 0, So

[1:23:03] that's it for our discussion

[1:23:07] or action items tonight. Our

[1:23:08] next item is public

[1:23:09] communications for anything

[1:23:10] not on the agenda. Do we have

[1:23:14] anyone who wants to speak? And

[1:23:16] once again turned to my zoom

[1:23:16] attendees, if you'd like to

[1:23:19] make a public comment on an

[1:23:19] item that is not on the

[1:23:20] agenda, please use your raised

[1:23:28] hand icon in public comment,

[1:23:29] ok? So we're coming back to

[1:23:30] reports, MR. City manager do

[1:23:33] have anything to report. I

[1:23:34] don't, but I like the park's

[1:23:35] and rec director to speak to a

[1:23:37] couple of items. He stepped

[1:23:40] away. Can we come back to this

[1:23:42] item? We returns to the

[1:23:42] chamber's. That's that's

[1:23:45] certainly okay. Sure. MADAM

[1:23:46] City attorney do have

[1:23:47] something to report. I think

[1:23:50] for me, man to ok? So I'm

[1:23:51] gonna bring a tear to counsel.

[1:23:52] And I think I'll start with

[1:23:59] councilmember Grimsley. I

[1:24:00] thank you, MADAM Mayor. I will

[1:24:01] just update that West Cat

[1:24:02] Board of directors will meet

[1:24:07] this week. We last on AUGUST

[1:24:13] 13th. Where we have election

[1:24:13] for the new board members.

[1:24:27] Sorry. Notes are kind We also.

[1:24:30] I had the approval of

[1:24:30] considered a number

[1:24:34] consideration and approval of

[1:24:35] amendment 5 to grieve. But the

[1:24:38] public transportation services

[1:24:41] between wc cta and mv

[1:24:42] Transportation to extend or

[1:24:43] agreements with them through

[1:24:48] JUNE 2026. And establish a new

[1:24:49] variable too. Have a fixed

[1:24:52] rate for that. And that is all

[1:24:55] I have for port. Ok? Thank

[1:24:56] you, councilmember. But right

[1:25:02] thing to report MADAM Mayor.

[1:25:03] But just I want just share

[1:25:06] that I had a the PRESIDENT To

[1:25:08] visit inside that inquest that

[1:25:09] we had from one of the

[1:25:15] patterns and elementary school

[1:25:19] incident and them. But e-mail.

[1:25:23] So I was following up with,

[1:25:24] you know, the staff. I think

[1:25:25] city manager and I also had a

[1:25:28] chance to talk to. School

[1:25:32] board of trustees I think this

[1:25:36] is a more. Letter to force

[1:25:37] that will leave from cities

[1:25:42] are the. Police department,

[1:25:43] but also from the school

[1:25:45] administration divorce as

[1:25:49] well. And the the board of

[1:25:51] trustees. So I think our step

[1:25:52] social work with them and that

[1:25:54] we are trying to find that

[1:25:55] somewhat somebody I think

[1:25:57] that's thing I wanted to share

[1:25:58] with them. We just want to

[1:25:59] make sure that, know, we are

[1:26:00] hearing the concern residents

[1:26:05] that is some ballad. And I

[1:26:06] think I share my thoughts and

[1:26:06] then us here, the big church

[1:26:09] with city manager as well. So

[1:26:10] we are taking their projects

[1:26:11] and time that's what I

[1:26:14] mentioned. That part. Thank

[1:26:15] you. Okay. Thank you.

[1:26:18] Councilmember Bailey. Anything

[1:26:21] to report. Thank you, MADAM I

[1:26:22] attended the West coming with

[1:26:24] We're going back AUGUST. The

[1:26:25] 13th item to think of anything

[1:26:28] cover that were discussed

[1:26:30] there. And I want to thank

[1:26:31] staff public works. We've

[1:26:32] working for I think years with

[1:26:36] an s on stop signs and I John

[1:26:38] Muir Parkway as well as on

[1:26:40] where front Meats General

[1:26:41] Parkway. So we've got some

[1:26:42] additional stop signs that was

[1:26:43] great signage out announcing

[1:26:44] the coming of the stop signs.

[1:26:45] Flags out there saying the

[1:26:47] pull of the flag, there is a

[1:26:50] stop sign. I was I do. I

[1:26:51] walked that street almost

[1:26:52] daily. We had police

[1:26:57] enforcement because on Friday

[1:26:58] and Thursday on markdown

[1:26:59] today, I had pick suv was

[1:27:00] parked over there. So just

[1:27:00] read where next for the

[1:27:04] community sessions there. I

[1:27:04] talked to the PRESIDENT From

[1:27:05] the H.O.A. From that

[1:27:07] community's your point and

[1:27:08] they were ecstatic and

[1:27:09] excited. They've been working

[1:27:11] lobbying for this for a long

[1:27:13] time. So there's more to come.

[1:27:14] We've the council set aside

[1:27:16] some funds for some traffic

[1:27:17] the next street. So looking

[1:27:21] forward watching it come to

[1:27:22] full fruition. I also met with

[1:27:22] a swimmer police staff to

[1:27:25] discuss flock cameras in our

[1:27:27] community. There's been lots

[1:27:27] of talk of that in the past

[1:27:31] couple of months. I think

[1:27:31] internally we've had some

[1:27:33] battles months of the cameras

[1:27:37] from residents perspectives.

[1:27:38] There's been increased

[1:27:40] visibility of those cameras

[1:27:41] will be learned in this public

[1:27:41] information. Our website is we

[1:27:44] have. Small number of cameras

[1:27:44] in town. You can actually see

[1:27:46] a list of those streets. You

[1:27:47] can see where the data is

[1:27:50] shared with. It's not being

[1:27:50] shared with ice is what was

[1:27:51] communicated to me. It's also

[1:27:53] it's published. Are website

[1:27:54] but just looking for how we

[1:27:56] navigate this this challenge,

[1:27:58] this company, I think wasn't

[1:27:59] it is my opinion. They MAY

[1:28:00] been careful as it could have

[1:28:02] been with people's data. And

[1:28:03] so I think there's some

[1:28:04] challenges for them. And

[1:28:05] there's lots of articles about

[1:28:07] what's going on there. Anyone

[1:28:08] wanting to see if your state

[1:28:12] has been used can go to usa

[1:28:12] today. There's a cool article

[1:28:13] you can just putting but

[1:28:16] number, no show if it's been

[1:28:17] anything that's been publicly

[1:28:18] made aware from police

[1:28:19] agencies. That was about 2

[1:28:20] weeks ago. I think they're a

[1:28:21] came out. So folks that that's

[1:28:23] been a high issue for us here

[1:28:24] in town. And I got had just

[1:28:27] the business roundtable with

[1:28:29] the city manager, people

[1:28:33] attended lots of state agents

[1:28:34] are in town as well as some of

[1:28:37] our small business businesses,

[1:28:37] restaurants were there as

[1:28:38] well. So a good time had by

[1:28:42] all. That's thank you. Vice

[1:28:43] mayor. Yes, that's been the

[1:28:45] kind kind of be busy coming

[1:28:47] up. So recently was that the

[1:28:48] mayors conference in Moraga

[1:28:49] for the 3rd year in a row

[1:28:51] decided to rain which was

[1:28:52] really crazy. Also to the car

[1:28:52] show that was on the

[1:28:54] waterfront. Those super cool

[1:28:57] along with national night out

[1:28:58] more recently I was in Arizona

[1:29:00] with Senator Kelly first

[1:29:00] member going to Tucson learned

[1:29:02] about the Sonoran Hot Dog.

[1:29:02] That was a lot of fun. Thank

[1:29:06] you to him and his team and

[1:29:07] the up and coming things that

[1:29:08] will I will be at the library,

[1:29:08] the library card tomorrow. So

[1:29:12] excited do that labor to labor

[1:29:13] dinner. That will be later

[1:29:17] this week. And later this

[1:29:17] month, I will be back in dc

[1:29:18] with Senator Kelly just begun.

[1:29:19] Apollo something basically

[1:29:22] like how cities have been

[1:29:23] impacted of the recent to the

[1:29:23] current presidential

[1:29:25] administration. What we can do

[1:29:26] to try to mitigate that and

[1:29:29] what the future looks like

[1:29:31] shortly before also be in

[1:29:31] Denver for policy, some of the

[1:29:32] around cities and what how

[1:29:33] they can up with the youth and

[1:29:34] their commitment and their

[1:29:37] communities I know I'm going

[1:29:40] for get a couple of things

[1:29:41] here. Lee, California cities

[1:29:43] also be the conference later

[1:29:44] this month. Really excited to

[1:29:45] be there and see all my

[1:29:46] colleagues from around the

[1:29:47] state. It's going to really

[1:29:49] good meeting are really good

[1:29:50] conference because as I

[1:29:54] mentioned PRESIDENT Of r

[1:29:55] elected officials member group

[1:29:55] took 3 years to get back going

[1:29:56] so excited to have our first

[1:29:59] meeting down there. And I also

[1:30:00] found out that I was appointed

[1:30:01] to the board of directors

[1:30:02] legal for a city. So I'm

[1:30:04] really excited too, represent

[1:30:04] Hercules and that capacity

[1:30:05] with that. I will have a

[1:30:09] future agenda item. Thank you,

[1:30:10] MADAM Ok, thank you. And in

[1:30:10] AUGUST, there was a lot of

[1:30:13] internal things to do, but and

[1:30:14] the public facing. I was also

[1:30:15] at the national night out the

[1:30:19] cops car show the Bayfront

[1:30:19] Chamber mega mix or over in

[1:30:22] Crockett. That was very well

[1:30:24] attended. I moderated a panel

[1:30:25] on screen time for young

[1:30:29] children at the library and we

[1:30:29] might do that again in a month

[1:30:30] or 2. We're talking with the

[1:30:32] librarian about that. And then

[1:30:36] at the Tech meeting. C

[1:30:39] executive director, Tim Hale,

[1:30:40] give us an update on the

[1:30:41] ground work for cent for

[1:30:45] setting the groundwork for the

[1:30:45] transportation expenditure

[1:30:49] plan that might come to people

[1:30:50] in 2028 or 2030, that would be

[1:30:53] a renewal of measure j and

[1:30:54] then also at the most recent

[1:30:55] week tech meeting, we got an

[1:30:58] update on the projects list.

[1:31:01] So that's all that I have. And

[1:31:05] now MR. Oak. Yes, MADAM Mayor,

[1:31:06] MISTER Rochas PRESIDENT And

[1:31:07] the House is going to give us

[1:31:09] a little update some items

[1:31:12] from parks and rec. Thanks,

[1:31:12] Christopher s welcome, MISTER

[1:31:19] Oak. Thank you. MADAM Mayor, a

[1:31:20] couple announcements coming up

[1:31:22] in OCTOBER. We have the

[1:31:23] bayfront festival in run on

[1:31:24] OCTOBER 4th, which is a

[1:31:27] Sunday. The run will begin at

[1:31:28] 8.30 The festival will follow

[1:31:29] from 11 to 3. There will be

[1:31:31] free music vendors, food

[1:31:34] trucks, entertainment, and

[1:31:35] much more. So they as they

[1:31:36] say, on all of their

[1:31:37] advertisement coming for the

[1:31:40] run. Stay for the fun. To

[1:31:41] register for the run. You just

[1:31:44] need to go to bayfront run dot

[1:31:45] com and you can register for

[1:31:45] the run. Still available to do

[1:31:51] so. On Monday, OCTOBER, 12th

[1:31:53] at the senior center. There

[1:31:55] will be the Ohana This an

[1:31:55] annual event that we run. It

[1:31:59] is from 12, 30 to 2.30, at the

[1:32:00] Hercules Senior Center. Join

[1:32:02] us for a delightful Hawaiian

[1:32:03] theme. Pizza lunch featuring

[1:32:04] special performances by our

[1:32:08] talented senior classes. Enjoy

[1:32:10] great food, wonderful

[1:32:11] entertainment. Afternoon of

[1:32:16] fun with friends. Then coming

[1:32:17] up later in OCTOBER, we have

[1:32:18] our trunk or treat. It's never

[1:32:19] too early to start talking

[1:32:21] about this because this is a

[1:32:23] big event. We started this

[1:32:25] event about 9 years ago. We

[1:32:27] had 75 kids that came through

[1:32:27] the first year. You're trying

[1:32:28] to figure out what we're going

[1:32:29] to do and how we're going to

[1:32:32] do it. Last several years

[1:32:34] we've had 1200 to 1500 kids

[1:32:34] come through in a 3 hour

[1:32:35] period. It is quite the event

[1:32:39] here in Hercules. We are at

[1:32:40] this point accepting

[1:32:42] applications for vehicles to

[1:32:43] be decorated. So if anybody

[1:32:45] would like to partake in the

[1:32:46] event we would love to have

[1:32:49] you come join us again. If

[1:32:49] anybody would like to have

[1:32:52] more information about the

[1:32:53] trunk or treat or pumpkin

[1:32:55] carving contest that we call

[1:32:58] pumpkin pies. We would like to

[1:33:00] have you contact us the

[1:33:01] Hercules Park and Rec

[1:33:01] department at 5, 10, 4, 4, 1,

[1:33:06] 4, fun. And one project part

[1:33:07] one one park project update.

[1:33:10] I'd like to just quickly

[1:33:13] mention Shoreline Park

[1:33:16] playground repairs on Monday,

[1:33:18] the 14th will be starting to

[1:33:19] work on poor in place or pip

[1:33:23] service So they'll be some

[1:33:24] Terre Haute of about 400

[1:33:25] square feet and replacement of

[1:33:27] that. And then there are few

[1:33:28] parts that have been an order

[1:33:31] that been back ordered there

[1:33:33] still not here yet, but we

[1:33:34] anticipate them soon. Since we

[1:33:35] get them Putin and I know

[1:33:37] public works can be doing

[1:33:40] that. So thank you to public

[1:33:42] works for that. Obviously the

[1:33:42] bathrooms of Sterling Park of

[1:33:43] our even painted courtesy of

[1:33:46] your public works team. That's

[1:33:50] all I have for tonight. Thank

[1:33:51] you, MR. Oak and I would like

[1:33:53] to say something for Public

[1:33:55] Works Railroad Park near where

[1:33:57] I live. There are a bunch of

[1:33:58] bollards their I saw the

[1:34:00] public works. People going and

[1:34:01] replacing them and painting

[1:34:02] them and it gives that kind of

[1:34:04] a refresh. So really, really

[1:34:05] appreciate that. Thank you,

[1:34:08] MR. Morrison, MR. Roberts.

[1:34:09] It's I think that project

[1:34:11] included replacement of some

[1:34:12] wood on the tables benches and

[1:34:16] the table the bollards. I know

[1:34:17] the public works also got out

[1:34:19] there and repaired some of the

[1:34:20] surface seem there a few holes

[1:34:24] that had to be attended to and

[1:34:25] poor in place. Sign of that

[1:34:28] was done. Also. But believe

[1:34:29] they're still waiting on some

[1:34:30] benches to come in. And I

[1:34:32] figured we'd. Capture this in

[1:34:37] the meeting. Thank. Thank you

[1:34:39] very much. Ok? So I'm gonna

[1:34:40] bring it back to council now

[1:34:44] for future agenda items. Yes,

[1:34:46] Councilmember Bailey, thank

[1:34:46] you, MADAM Mayor, I just want

[1:34:47] to see if we can have a future

[1:34:49] agenda Hopefully for next next

[1:34:52] staff has the time to look at

[1:34:55] amending the council rules for

[1:34:56] our staff and we only have 2

[1:34:57] staff members that report to

[1:34:59] council. It would be if there

[1:35:01] was a personal issue that

[1:35:01] counselor could Razan issue

[1:35:05] and had to come up as a closed

[1:35:06] session item in the future. So

[1:35:07] the initial discussion is just

[1:35:10] how that might occur. I'd like

[1:35:11] to work with the city

[1:35:12] attorney's office to figure

[1:35:13] that out and then bring it

[1:35:14] back. You know, that first

[1:35:15] phase, which just sort of

[1:35:15] explaining it. And then

[1:35:18] council within vote on it. To

[1:35:20] make it process. But again,

[1:35:21] this is just to amend or

[1:35:21] rules. We have a process

[1:35:23] things on the agenda. We don't

[1:35:25] have a clear process for close

[1:35:29] session issues. And that's all

[1:35:34] right. City attorney. And if

[1:35:35] that's the will of the

[1:35:36] council, I want to make sure

[1:35:38] that we have consensus, but

[1:35:39] quick vote here. But if that's

[1:35:40] the will of the council, I can

[1:35:44] out. A look into bringing back

[1:35:46] an item with proposed jacked

[1:35:49] changes to our current rules.

[1:35:50] Ok, so is the council

[1:35:53] agreeable want to before? Yes,

[1:35:55] we're grateful. Ok? Thank you.

[1:35:57] Any other agenda items, future

[1:36:00] agenda items. Yes, yes, thank

[1:36:01] you, MADAM Mayor. Recently,

[1:36:02] I've been having conversations

[1:36:04] with Lena, but in princess, a

[1:36:05] burly and in these

[1:36:06] conversations of looped in our

[1:36:07] city manager and she has

[1:36:09] orientation called untitled

[1:36:11] futures and what they do is

[1:36:12] they provide free therapy

[1:36:14] sessions to kids. I would love

[1:36:15] for us to have a discussion

[1:36:16] about how we can partner with

[1:36:19] them. So what I've been busy

[1:36:21] envisioning is in about a

[1:36:21] month's time or so. She comes

[1:36:22] she gives a presentation

[1:36:23] talking about the services

[1:36:26] that you provide. It and how

[1:36:27] we can incorporate that in the

[1:36:27] community and then figure out

[1:36:29] what that looks like for

[1:36:30] implementing it. I think that

[1:36:33] this is very timely given

[1:36:34] everything that we see around.

[1:36:36] You think the mental health.

[1:36:37] Crisis that we're facing in

[1:36:38] this country? I mean, both

[1:36:40] political parties, mainstream

[1:36:42] political parties have

[1:36:43] acknowledged it. Many states

[1:36:43] are under way trying to see

[1:36:44] what they can do because let's

[1:36:47] face it. The youth of this day

[1:36:48] and age are in a different

[1:36:49] world than a lot of have faced

[1:36:51] before. From what its this is

[1:36:54] successful. Does your phone

[1:36:55] and everything else that comes

[1:36:56] a day to day. And I think that

[1:36:58] as a city given that we have a

[1:37:00] large youth population, so

[1:37:00] many people bring their

[1:37:02] families to raise them here. I

[1:37:03] think it'll be a great

[1:37:06] opportunity for us to to make

[1:37:07] a claim and say, hey, the city

[1:37:08] is trying to do something

[1:37:10] about would love to have her

[1:37:11] come and speak and make the

[1:37:12] next month or so. And would

[1:37:15] love support item. So thank

[1:37:17] you I think we could have her

[1:37:19] come and just speaking her

[1:37:21] presentation. Okay. So I mean,

[1:37:23] I don't think is everyone okay

[1:37:25] with that? All right. If you

[1:37:25] can give me the contact

[1:37:26] information that I'll talk

[1:37:27] with city staff and it will

[1:37:29] raise that. Okay. Any other

[1:37:32] future agenda items,

[1:37:34] councilmember Grimsley? Yes,

[1:37:35] it's also request for

[1:37:36] presentation of spoke to an

[1:37:37] agenda item. This is a this is

[1:37:40] a e you have an additional

[1:37:41] one. Yes, okay. So in total

[1:37:44] futures, that's it. So that

[1:37:45] will be a presentation. And

[1:37:48] then councilmember Grimsley

[1:37:50] requesting a presentation from

[1:37:52] our school board

[1:37:53] representatives John Swett and

[1:37:54] West Contra Costa Unified

[1:37:54] School District. It's the

[1:37:55] start of the school year. Kind

[1:37:59] of just getting tap on what's

[1:38:01] happening. New around both of

[1:38:03] those districts last staff to

[1:38:05] reach out to the school

[1:38:06] districts and see if they can

[1:38:08] give us an update. Any others.

[1:38:09] And that's ok with everyone.

[1:38:12] Okay. All right. So possible

[1:38:16] future presentations. Okay.

[1:38:16] With that, we don't have any

[1:38:18] more agenda item so well. Now

[1:38:21] during the meeting at 08:38pm.

[1:38:22] And our next meeting in

[1:38:37] SEPTEMBER 22nd 07:00pm.

City Council on 2026-09-08 7:00 PM - REGULAR MEETING - 7:00 P.M

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