ALL RIGHT. IT IS 6:08 PM ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 5TH. I AM GONNA CALL THIS REGULAR MEANING OF THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE TO ORDER, WHAT DID I SAY? FIFTH? OH, MAY 6TH. UH, FIRST CALL OF BOARD. UH, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. ROLL CALL. OKAY. UH, CHAIR BRADLEY. HERE. ABSENT. COMMITTEE MEMBER BROWN. PRESENT COMMITTEE MEMBER JEFFERSON. HERE. COMMITTEE. ABSENT. COMMITTEE MEMBER WEISS. HERE. COMMITTEE MEMBER STEIN HERE. MOVING ON TO 0.3. OPEN FORUM. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO. PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO 0.4 MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION. 4.1. APPROVAL OF DRAFT MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 8TH REGULAR MEETING. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? TO APPROVE? TAKE A VOTE. ABSTAIN. AND JOE BRADLEY. AYE. UH, MEMBER BROWN. AYE. MEMBER JEFFERSON AYE. AND THREE MEMBER STEIN. AYE. OKAY. MOVING ON. 4.2. RECEIVE PRESENTATION ON THE LANDSCAPE PROJECT AT 1 41 NORTH LIVERMORE AVENUE. DISCUSS AND PROVIDE SUGGESTIONS ON THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY OVER TO CITY. OKAY. SO THE CITY OWNS PROPERTY AT 1 41, UH, NORTH LIVERMORE AVENUE. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WAS ABLE TO GET BY THERE. THIS IS, UM, A SECTION OF NORTH LIVERMORE AVENUE THAT IS, IF YOU'RE HEADING INTO, UH, THE DOWNTOWN AREA FROM THE FREEWAY AND YOU GO UNDERNEATH THE UNDERPASS, IT'S DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT. THAT'S KIND OF UP ABOVE THERE. THERE'S A COUPLE OF BUSINESSES ALONG THERE, AND THE CITY OWNS A PROPERTY THERE AND IS USED, UM, BY OUR HOUSING AND, UH, HUMAN SERVICES. AND THEY, THE, THE VERY FRONT PART OF THIS PROPERTY, UM, IS USED FOR SOME LOW INCOME HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF EMPTY ISLANDS, UH, RIGHT NOW THAT JUST HAVE WEEDS AND ROCK IN THEM. AND THE CITY WANTS TO KIND OF BEAUTIFY THAT FRONT PART OF THAT PROPERTY. UH, SO THEY'VE ASKED IF WE COULD BRING THAT IN FRONT OF THE GROUP AND GET ANY SUGGESTIONS AND SEE IF, UH, THE COMMITTEE WAS INTERESTED IN HOSTING SOME SORT OF VOLUNTEER, UM, PLANTING VOLUNTEER EVENT TO DO SOME PLANTING, GET SOME ADVICE ON WHAT WE COULD PLANT IN THESE AREAS. I DID, UH, GET A COUPLE OF PICTURES. YOU GUYS CAN KIND OF SHARE THESE. IT SHOWS THE PROPERTY. SORRY, I'M NOT A PHOTOGRAPHER, BUT, UM, THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU THE, YOU GUYS CAN JUST PASS THOSE AROUND. I GOT THREE PHOTOS THERE OF THE PLANTING AREAS AND, UH, YOU CAN REVIEW, GIVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT COULD BE PLANTED. UH, IRRIGATION WISE, THERE'S ONE GARDEN HOSE UNDERNEATH THE STAIRWELL. WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THE CURRENT RESIDENT OR ONE OF THE, UH, BUSINESS OPERATORS IN THE BACK MAYBE TO DO SOME HAND WATERING. THERE WON'T BE ANY AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION SYSTEMS POSSIBLE WITH BATTERY OPERATED TIMER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT, UM, ANYWAY, IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO BEAUTIFY A VERY SMALL AREA, BUT, UM, IMPORTANT TO OUR HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. WHAT'S THIS SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE LANDSCAPE AREA? IT'S PRETTY SMALL. 10. SAY? YEAH, IT'S PRETTY SMALL. IT'S, IS IT PROBABLY TOTAL PER BED? YEAH, 50 OR SOMETHING. 10 BY 10 IS ONE OF 'EM. AND THEN THE AREAS UNDERNEATH THE STAIRWELL, WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT LIKE FOUR BY 30 FEET. SO A COUPLE HUNDRED SQUARE FEET MAXIMUM, BUT, AND CAN YOU SAY UNDER THE STAIRWELL, YOU THIS ONE? YES. IT'S ON THE BACK PAGE. I THINK CAT A CLOSE UP ON THE BACK. YEAH. YEAH. NO WATER. WHAT, SO IS THIS FACING NORTH? THIS UH, UH, THIS IS FACING EAST. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY FACING THE UNDERPASS. THE, UH, THE STAIRWAY IS FACING NORTH. IT'S WHERE THAT FLOWER SHOP IS ON THE CORNER. YEAH. YEAH. BUT I I'M JUST ASKING ABOUT THE STAIRWELL. OH, OH, THE STAIRWELLS ACTUALLY. YEAH. THE STAIRWELLS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING. RIGHT. OKAY. UM, AND YOU SAID THERE'S NO IRRIGATION ON THE AIR PIECE? UH, THERE'S A GARDEN HOSE UNDER, RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE STAIRWELL, BUT THERE'S NOTHING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING. I SEE IT IN THE PICTURE. SO WHAT ABOUT THE SIGNAGE? WILL THAT STAY THERE? THE SIGNAGE WILL STAY, YES. OKAY. SO THEY LIGHT PROBABLY WANT LOW PLANTS. YEAH. YEAH. LOW GROWING, LOW MAINTENANCE, LOW WATER HUS. DO THE DUMPSTERS STAY? UH, THE
DUMPSTERS, I BELIEVE THEY'RE GONNA MOVE BACK AND FORTH FROM THE BACK BUSINESSES. UH, DEPENDING ON WHAT PICKUP THEY IS, THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THEY'RE OUT THERE. BUT IT, ANY KIND OF WATERING WOULD BE DONE ON HAND WATER, HAND WATER, HAND WATERING, HAND WATERING. THE, THE SECTION THAT'S UNDERNEATH THE STAIRWELL. WE COULD PROBABLY PUT A BATTERY OPERATED DARK HOSE HEIMER AND LAY OUT MAYBE A DRIP LINE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE, OF THE DRIVEWAY HAS NO WATER IN IT. WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET WATER IN THE, DO THE RESIDENTS TYPICALLY HAVE CHILDREN? THAT, I'M NOT SURE. I'M NOT, I'M NOT. AND IT'S THE UPSTAIRS THAT'S THE HOUSE? YES, I BELIEVE SO. YEAH. THERE'S NOBODY IN THERE RIGHT NOW. OKAY. I'VE NEVER EVEN NOTICED BUILDING THIS BUILDING. IT'S NOT, IT'S OCCUPIED, BUT I DON'T FULLY THERE CHILDREN. IT'S 'CAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN BEAUTIFIED YET ON YEAH. . THAT WAS UNREINFORCED MASONRY. HAVE YOU EVER UPGRADED IT? I BET. I'M NOT AWARE. NICE. YEAH. I'M ALL FOR DOING SOME DROUGHT TOLERANCE. MM-HMM . SAGE, HOPEFULLY NATIVE PLANTING. YEAH. SAGE AND YUCCA OR SOMETHING SUPER HARDY. SOMETHING SUPER HARDY THAT YOU CAN PLANT. VIGOROUS. I THINK. NOT HARDY. WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. WELL, I MEAN HARDY IN TERMS OF TO DROUGHT TOLERANT. YEAH. VEGETABLES. THEY'RE REALLY, YOU KNOW, INTERESTED IN WATERING AND, OH, NO VEGETABLES. NO, NO, NO. . IT WOULD BE VANDALIZED RIGHT AWAY AND NOTHING THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE A LOT OF GARBAGE OR MAINTENANCE. BUT I WOULD SAY PERSONALLY, I WOULD SAY A COUPLE OF COOL BOULDERS. YEAH. ONE MIGHT SIT ON AND THEN IN, IN THE AREA OF THE BOULDER, IT MIGHT PROTECT A LITTLE, UH, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF LITTLE GUYS BECAUSE THAT'S AN AREA THAT'S GONNA GET CUT THROUGH. NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, EVERYONE'S GONNA COME 'EM RIGHT OVER IT. UNLESS THERE'S A COUPLE OF ELEGANTLY PLACED BOULDERS. AND THEN THE BOULDERS, IF THERE'S KIDS, THEY COULD, YOU THEY'LL JUMP ON 'EM. I DUNNO. I THINK FIGHTS ARE GONNA BE TRICKY. I LIKE BOULDERS LIKE SUCCULENTS. YOU THINKING YOU COULD DO SUCCULENTS UNTIL THEY GET STOMPED ON? YEAH. RIGHT. BUT WHO WE DO THOSE BIG SPIKY ONES, NO ONE'S GONNA STOMP ON US. THAT'S TRUE. WHERE WOULD THEY BE GOING IF THEY'RE CUTTING? WELL THAT'S A BIG PARKING LOT THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHO, WHO USES THAT PARKING LOT? I HAVE NO IDEA. MAYBE IT'S USED BY THE BAR. WE CAN DO THAT . THEY MIGHT STUMBLE AROUND IT TO A OKAY. LET'S, HOW ABOUT, HOW ABOUT WE PROPOSE, WE TAKE, WE TAKE THIS AND EVERYONE PUT SOME SUGGESTIONS AND WE'LL COME BACK NEXT MEETING AND SOUNDS GOOD. CONVENE. YEAH. WE COULD ACTUALLY GO LOOK AT THE SITE AND EVERYONE'S GOT SOME TIME. SO YOU'RE SAYING THE, CAN YOU SEND THOSE PICTURES OUT ON EMAIL TO US ALL? YES WE CAN. PERFECT. AND YOU SAY THE ONLY PLACE THAT GETS WATER IS NO WELL THE HOSE, THE HOSE COULD GO TO THE OTHER. YEAH. SOMEBODY COULD WATER IT. YEAH. BUT WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY, WE'LL COME WITH A SCHEDULE FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION COMING. RIGHT. EVERY TWO DAYS. SOMEONE'S GOTTA GO OVER THERE. DID THE GRAN NATIVE GARDENS. IT'S DOING OKAY WITH NO WATER. MM-HMM . BUT IT DOES GET SOME TO GET SOMETHING ESTABLISHED. WE SUMMER WATER, BULLETPROOF TRUTH. OKAY. SO WE'RE IN AGREEMENT. WE'LL, WE'LL KIND OF TAKE IT AWAY. JOE'S GONNA SEND OUT THE PICTURES AND NEXT MEETING. WE'LL WE WILL PROPOSE IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA AND COME BACK. SOUNDS GOOD. ALRIGHT. THAT WE'RE TALKING INTO THE MIC SO THAT THE RECORDING HEAR US. EVERYTHING'S ON RECORD. THANKS FOR THE REMINDER. I THINK THAT'S OFF. I THINK THEY'RE OFF UNLESS YOU TURNED 'EM ON. DID YOU TURN THAT ONE ON ANN? ALRIGHT. SAY IT ALL AGAIN EVERYBODY. NO. IT IS SIX 16. NO, NO, NO. OKAY. MOVING ON. UH, 4.33 2026 BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS AD HOC COMMITTEE UPDATE OVER TO KAREN. WELL, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS ONE. DOES THAT DO IT? YEP. OKAY. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, UM, THE PROPERTY ON HAMPTON FROM UH, LAST YEAR, UH, HAS OUR SIGN OUT FRONT. SO I JUST WANTED TO PASS THAT. AW, CUTE. IT LOOKS REALLY LOVELY. SHE WAITED TO PUT IT OUT THE, THE AWARD SIGN UNTIL EVERYTHING WAS UM, OH, IT LOOKS GOOD. UH, BLOOMING. OH, AND LOOKING GOOD. SO MM-HMM . I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS NICE. THANK YOU. THAT IS TO SEE THAT WE GOTTA GET THAT ON THE FLYER FOR, AND HER HOUSE FOR NEXT YEAR ALWAYS LOOKS LOVELY. IT IS ON THE FLYER. OH IT IS? OKAY. GOOD. KNOW THINGS FOR A DRY LAMP TOO. YEAH. YEAH. SHE REALLY DOES. SHE HAS A GREAT COLOR AND IT ONLY TOOK ME, UH, TWO YEARS TO ENCOURAGE HER TO, UH, APPLY. NO, APPLY. SO ANYWAY, UM, I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT I'VE DONE IS, UH, FOLDED SOME, UH,
BROCHURES DELIVERED THEM TO ALDEN LANE AND ALSO TO THE LIBRARY. SO I TOOK 10 H TO BOTH ALDEN LANE AND TO THE LIBRARY. UM, MY PLAN IS, UH, TO GIVE YOU GUYS BROCHURES TO DISTRIBUTE AS YOU SEE FIT. AND I'D LIKE TO KEEP AT LEAST, UH, SIX OR SEVEN BECAUSE I, I WILL GO WHEN I HAVE TIME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND DIS DISTRIBUTE THEM AND ASK THEM TO, UH, THINK ABOUT APPLYING, ESPECIALLY IN SPRINGTOWN BECAUSE IT WOULD BE NICE. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY CLIENTS MM-HMM. THAT YOU KNOW OF IN SPRINGTOWN THAT MIGHT LIKE TO, UH, I DO. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. YEAH. I'M GONNA SEE HER TOMORROW. OH, GOOD. MM-HMM. YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S ONE HOUSE THAT WE TRIED LAST YEAR TO UH, GET NOMINATE OR NOMINATE THEM, BUT, UH, WE COULDN'T DO THAT. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD GET SOMEBODY FROM SPRINGTOWN. NO, DEFINITELY. AND THEN ALL THE QR CODES AND EVERYTHING ARE ALL LIVE AND WE'RE LIVE ON THE WEBSITE. YEP. I CAN HAVE THEM AT THE CHRISTENSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE. OH, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. WE'LL HAVE A TABLE FOR THE MILWAUKEE FOREST. YEAH. AND YOU AND I GAVE ANN A WHOLE BUNCH OF, UM, FLYERS FOR THE, UH, BRINGING BACK THE NATIVE TOURS. SO THEY WERE THERE. SO, UM, AND SHE HAS ADDITIONAL DO WE HAVE ANY APPLICANTS YET? NOT YET, NO. WE'RE GONNA COME BACK IN JUNE AND BE LIKE, WE GOT SO MANY APPLICANTS. AND I ALSO, FOR, FOR THE, UM, THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS, I HAVE TWO IDEAS AT LEAST OF PE PEOPLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE CAN NOMINATE. SO IF ANYONE ELSE, YOU KNOW, KAT LAST YEAR AND TOM LAST YEAR YOU NOMINATED? UH, I DID. YEAH. AND KAT DID TOO. SO, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF US SHOULD THINK ABOUT THAT AS WELL. MM-HMM . OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN THE, THE DEADLINE FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICE IS THE SAME AS THE, THE DEADLINES ARE THE SAME AND IT'S, THEY'RE BOTH SEPTEMBER 15TH. OKAY, GREAT. SO WE'RE IN SYNC THIS YEAR. YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. GREAT. I THINK THAT'S IT. SO IF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MM-HMM . PLEASE DO. NO. YEAH. TAKE SOME. YEAH. AND CAN WE SOMEHOW, UM, MARISSA, DO YOU KNOW MUCH YET ABOUT FARMER'S MARKET OUTREACH TABLE FOR THE CITY? 'CAUSE IF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ARE THERE, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THAT COULD BE ON THE TABLE. UM, I DID ASK, UH, FOR VOLUNTEERS. I ONLY GOT ONE RESPONSE OH. FOR OUR COMMITTEE? FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE TO TABLE. OH. UH, BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UM, FOR THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. BUT THE APPLICATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN AVAILABLE. SO I CAN RESEND AND SEE IF ANYBODY, UH, IS INTERESTED AND UPDATE THE DATES. UH, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. 'CAUSE I TOTALLY FORGOT TO RESPOND. WE COULD, UM, ASK THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS YEAH. IF IT'S SOMETHING APPROPRIATE AND NOT LIKE THE FIRE, FIRE, UH, CHIEF, UM, TO, WELL, FIREPROOFING LANDSCAPING, THAT'S A VERY LOOSE CONNECTION. . NO, THERE'S A, WE CAN ADD A NO, IT REALLY IS A THING. THIS IS A BIG THING. IT IS. YEAH. IT IS IN LA. YEAH. NO ONE HERES SAYING, ESPECIALLY NOW. YEAH. WE CAN ASK FIRES IN LIVERMORE. MAYBE LIKE, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S LIKE THE CLIMATE ACTION, HAVE A BOOTH OR SOMETHING. WE COULD LINK IT WITH THAT. UM, YEAH, SO THE CLIMATE ACTION, UH, SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT MIGHT HAVE A GO AT IT AND THEY WOULD DEFINITELY, YEAH. YEAH. SO I'LL RESEND THAT INFORMATION. THANKS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU KAREN. MOVING ON 4.4, RECEIVE A RECAP OF ARBOR DAY 2026 CELEBRATIONS. YOU WANNA GO FIRST? ALRIGHT, SO, UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TREE ACTION, HAPPY TO SAY. UH, SO I'M STILL GIVING AWAY, UM, THE FREE TREES FOR CHILDREN AS LAST YEAR. MANY PEOPLE DID NOT PICK UP THEIR TREES YET. SO WE MAY HAVE A SURPLUS OF COASTLINE OAK SLINGS, AND SO IT, WE COULD USE THEM, UM, FOR A CITY PLANTING THAT COULD INCLUDE CHILDREN INVOLVED. THAT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO THINK ABOUT AS WELL AS DONATING THEM TO SCHOOLYARDS. SO, UM, I'M GOING TO GIVE IT ANOTHER COUPLE WEEKS, BUT, UM, I WELCOME ANY THOUGHTS OR IDEAS. UM, HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE? OH, I'VE GOT A WHOLE FLAT'S WORTH IN THERE IN SMALL PLUGS. SO QUITE A FEW. A FOREST . UM, SO THAT'S THAT ONE. AND THEN THE, UM, THE ARBOR DAY KIND OF CONNECTION WITH THIS CITY'S SUSTAINABILITY TEAM WAS GIVING FREE TREES TO THE
RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND RCON AVENUE FOR, AND CAT AND I BOTH HAVE ASSISTED HOMEOWNERS IN PLANTING THEIR TREES. THEY'VE ALL GOTTEN THEIR TREES, UM, WITH THE STEAKS TIES WATER BAG, THIS, UM, PLANTING SOIL MIX THAT WAS TO COME WITH THE TREE. THAT DELIVERY WAS DELAYED UNTIL TODAY. SO, UM, MY SUSPICION IS MANY HAVE NOT PLANTED THEIR TREE YET BECAUSE THEY WERE WAITING FOR THAT. THEY HAD TO REPLY IF THEY WANTED THAT. UM, MEANWHILE LEARNING ALONG, UH, PLANTING ALONG WITH CAT, I LEARNED SOME GREAT TIPS ON, ESPECIALLY THE STAKING PART. I HAVE MOSTLY PLANTED SMALLER TREES, SO IT WAS REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE. SO I'VE SENT AN UPDATE EMAIL TO ALL THE RECIPIENTS EXUM. MANY ARE PLANTING THEIR OWN TREE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, HERE'S SOME TIPS THAT I LEARNED ON CORRECTLY PLANTING THE TREES. SO I THINK WE'RE OFF TO A GOOD START. THE, THE PEOPLE THAT WE INTERACTED WITH WERE REALLY, UM, REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE ASSISTANCE. AND ONE OF THE HOMEOWNERS, UM, HAD JUST KIND OF A WEEDY FRONT YARD, YOU KNOW, WILD GRASSES. AND HE ASKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SHOULD I, YOU KNOW, WEED WHACK THESE AGAIN? AND WE WERE LIKE, NO SHEET MULCH. AND, UM, SO THE IDEA CAME UP TO HAVE HIS PROPERTY BE A POTENTIAL SITE FOR A SHEET MULCHING WORKSHOP, WHICH IS WHAT I HAD WHEN MY PROPERTY WAS DONE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, 12 YEARS AGO OR SOMETHING. BUT VOLUNTEERS REGISTERED AND CAME READY TO LEARN HOW TO SHEET MULCH AND HELP WITH THE PROCESS, WHICH REALLY HELPS SPEED IT UP. AND HIS YARD IS NOT THAT BIG, BUT IT INVOLVES BASICALLY ROLLING OUT THE ROLLS OF CARDBOARD, LAYING DOWN COMPOST AND MULCH TO START THAT DECOMPOSITION PROCESS OF HIS CURRENT GRASSES. AND HE WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT DOING THAT. HE TOLD US THAT HIS SITE HAD ONCE BEEN THE SITE OF A DUMP. RIGHT. . A DUMP DUMP IN HIS FRONT YARD. YEAH, WELL BASICALLY THAT WHOLE, UH, RESIDENTIAL AREA, AH, FILL IT'S OH, IT WAS, IT'S FILL, HUH? DIDN'T KNOW THAT. SO IT'S VERY GRAVELLY AND BIG ROCKS AND SO CONCRETE. YEAH. IT NEEDS, IT NEEDS, UH, A LOT OF SOIL AMENDMENTS, BUT WITH THE RIGHT NATIVES WHO CAN HANDLE THAT KIND OF, UH, SOIL, IT COULD WORK. SO, UM, THESE KINDS OF WORKSHOPS, THAT SHEET MULCHING TYPE WORKSHOPS HAVE BEEN OFFERED BY, I FORGET WHO WAS BEHIND THE ONE BE WHEN WE DID MY HOUSE, BUT TYPICALLY WATER AGENCIES WILL SPONSOR THEM. UM, CITIES WILL SPONSOR THEM. SO I THINK IT'S WORTH A DISCUSSION. COULD WE MAYBE WORK OUT A PARTNERSHIP WITH ZONE SEVEN BECAUSE THEY OR CAL WATER WHO OFFER, UM, LAWN REPLACEMENT REBATES? I BELIEVE THEY STILL DO. YOURS MAY HAVE BEEN BRINGING BACK THE NATIVES. I THINK IT, YOURS MIGHT HAVE BEEN KATHY KRAMER, RIGHT? OH, MAYBE. YEAH. KATHY'S DONE SEVERAL. UM, AND STOP WASTE AND STOP WASTE HAS DONE DONE SEVERAL. RIGHT. SO, UM, THERE IS A KIND OF A BLUEPRINT ON HOW TO DO THESE WORKSHOPS. UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY COOL IF WE COULD GET OUR NAME ONTO THIS PROJECT, UM, BECAUSE IT WILL, YOU KNOW, INCREASE OUR VISIBILITY TO THE COMMUNITY WITH SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WANT TO DO. YOU KNOW, THEY, AND THIS IS A GREAT TIME OF YEAR TO DO IT LIKE JUNE, JULY, SO THAT THE, UM, GRASSES DECOMPOSE OVER THE SUMMER AND EARLY FALL AND THEY CAN PLANT IN EARLY WINTER, WHICH IS IDEAL TIME. IS THIS FOR ARBOR DAY STILL? WELL, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF ARBOR DAY. OKAY. CAN YOU, CAN YOU GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT? WELL, UM, LIKE BEFORE NEXT MEETING AND THEN WE CAN PUT IT ON. I, IT WOULD JUST BE LIKE, I THINK ANN AND I WERE JUST THINKING IT'S A QUESTION TOO. THE CITY I, I'VE LED THESE WORKSHOPS SO I CAN FACILITATE, BUT UM, WE DIDN'T KNOW IF, LIKE THE CITY IS INTERESTED IN KIND OF LIKE YOU GUYS DID FOR, FOR CITY HALL, YOU KNOW, GATHERING THE MATERIALS, UH, ORCHESTRATING LIKE THE DAY, THE, UH, OUTREACH, THE VOLUNTEERS, THAT KIND OF THING. WE DIDN'T KNOW IF THE CITY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I MEAN, I CAN CERTAINLY HOST IT OR LEAD IT OR COULD IT BE PART OF COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY? UM, YES. NO, I DON'T, I WOULDN'T WANNA WAIT THAT LONG. THAT WOULD BE SEPTEMBER, RIGHT? IT IT'S GONNA BE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY THOUGH. YEAH. TOO. YEAH. IT'S NOT A CITY. LIKE IS THAT AN ISSUE? I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE ONE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY BEFORE. NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF A COMMUNITY SERVICE. OKAY. HOW ABOUT THIS? CAN WE STICK IT ON THE AGENDA? I'LL REACH OUT TO KATHY AND TO UM, THE CONTACTS THAT I HAD AT STOP WASTE. IT MIGHT BE RETIRED BY NOW. AND JUST SEE IF THOSE GUYS ARE STILL DOING THAT KIND OF THING AND JUST FIND OUT AT LEAST THAT AND THEN BRING IT BACK IN JUNE AND
WE CAN YEAH. PUT IT IN. PROPOSE IT IN MATTERS AT THE END. YES. YEAH. YEAH. SO ANYWAY, THAT WAS ONE GREAT IDEA THAT CAME OUT OF, UM, DOING THE TREE PLANTING. UM, WE DO HAVE TWO NEW VOLUNTEERS. I, I KIND OF GAVE A LITTLE NICKNAME TO THE GROUP CALLED LIVERMORE TREE FRIENDS US THAT WILL GO OUT AND HELP PEOPLE PLANT THEIR TREES. UM, AND TWO YOUNG MEN HAVE STEPPED UP AND WE MET THEM AT THE, UH, TREE PLANTING KICKOFF THAT WAS IN, UM, MANUS PARK. AND THAT WAS A VERY NICE GATHERING. WE HAD QUEST SCIENCE THERE WITH THE, THE YOUNG, THE YOUTH INTERNS SHARING THEIR HEAT MAP. AND WE, THEY EXPLAINED TO PEOPLE HOW THEIR HEAT MAPPING PROJECT WORKED AND WHY THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WAS CHOSEN. UM, AND WE HAD A TREE PLANTING DEMONSTRATION WITH A WONDERFUL TREE THAT WAS DONATED BY NANCY RODRIGUEZ OF RODRIGUEZ MULLINAR WINERY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET A LITTLE TREE LABEL MADE TO GO ON THAT TREE TO THANK HER FOR THAT. AND WE HAD DISCUSSED TREE LABELS LAST YEAR AND I NEVER REALLY FOLLOWED THROUGH ON GETTING ANY TREE LABELS MADE. SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW, IS THAT STILL SOMETHING POSSIBLE? AND IF SO, COULD YOU KNOW, DO I NEED TO SUBMIT LIKE A BUDGET, YOU KNOW, FOR HOW MANY WE WOULD WANT MADE AND SO FORTH. YEAH. AND A MOCKUP OF IT. OKAY. YEAH, THEY'RE RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE I THINK. YEAH. I DON'T THINK THEY'RE TOO CRAZY. I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY NICE TO HAVE FOR TREES IN PUBLIC PLACES. YEAH. ESPECIALLY. NO, FOR SURE. AND THAT ONE IS AT THE PARK. SURE. IT'S A, UM, VALLEY OAK, THE ONES THAT YOU PUT IN THE GROUND IN FRONT OF THE TREE, KIND OF LITTLE PLASTIC COULD BE THAT ON THE TREE. YEAH. BUT THE ONES I'M, I SUSSED OUT HANG IN THE TREE. I THINK THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN DO IT, BUT UM, YEAH, I COULD RUN IT BY SOME SORT OF A BRICK OR SOMETHING WOULD LAST LONGER THAN A, A LABEL A BRICK. UM, WELL WE WANT IT SOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE WILL SEE IT. I THINK IF IT'S A BRICK IN THE GROUND, THEY MAY NOT. ANYWAY, I COULD SEND A FEW, UM, EXAMPLES TO THE UM, ARBOR DAY COMMITTEE AND THEN WE CAN MAYBE FORWARD THEM TO SOUNDS GOOD. APPROVAL FOR APPROVAL. AND THEN DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE HOUSES THAT GOT THE TREES? UH, TRICIA DOES. OKAY. YEAH. IS THERE A PLAN TO GO AROUND IN LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, SIX MONTHS AND SEE? YEAH, SO LIVERMORE TREE FRIENDS, WE HAVEN'T SUSSED THIS ONE OUT. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THEM IN THE GROUND FIRST. BUT YEAH, THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT WE COULD UM, YOU KNOW, DO WELLNESS VISITS OR SOMETHING. OKAY. UM, BUT UM, WE HOPE TO CREATE, YOU KNOW, THAT FEELING OF COMMUNITY AND MUTUAL SUPPORT AMONG THE TREE RECIPIENTS. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY'RE SEEING OUR EMAILS. THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF RESPONSE. SO IT COULD BE ALSO JUST GOING UP AND KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. HOW'S YOUR TREE? YEAH. HOW'S YOUR TREE DOING? THEY'RE ALL IN FRONT YARDS AREN'T THEY? OR ARE THEY NOT? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT TO FIND THAT. I DON'T KNOW EITHER. THE ONES THAT WE HAD ASSISTANCE WITH WERE IN FRONT YARD. YES. BUT THERE WAS NO REQUIREMENT TO PUT 'EM IN FRONT. IT WASN'T HER BACKYARD WAS ONE GUY WAS LIKE, WELL I WANT YOU TO SEE THE BACKYARD AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK. UH, SO I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A REQUIREMENT. OKAY. YEAH. SO YOU ACTUALLY HELPED PLANT ? YEAH. YEAH. OH, WONDERFUL. YEAH. CAT'S DONE FOUR NOW, RIGHT? OH, DO I THINK I'VE DONE THREE? OKAY. WONDERFUL. YEAH. YEAH. WELL THANK YOU. VERY SATISFYING. I HAD INCLUDED, GOTTA KEEP THE HEART GOING. , I HAD INCLUDED RON ON THOSE, UM, THAT INVITATION. 'CAUSE I THOUGHT HE HAD SAID HE MIGHT WANNA HELP, BUT I, I NEVER HEARD FROM RON, SO I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. UM, IS THAT EVERYTHING ANN? WELL JUST LIKE, UM, I THINK MAYBE WE COULD PUT THIS ON THE NEXT AGENDA TOO, IS WAIT, BRING IT UP IN MATTERS AT THE END. THANK YOU. UM, JUST LIKE GOING, UH, CONTINUING ON FROM WHAT ANNE SAID, UM, I GAVE OUT A LITTLE HANDOUT. SO THIS IS JUST PICTURES I GOT BACK SO FAR OF KIND OF THE STUFF THAT HAPPENED OVER ARBOR DAY. SO THE FIRST ONES THE SPRINGTOWN OPEN SPACE WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE VICE MAYOR. UM, THE NEXT ONE, JACKSON AVENUE, SOME OF THEIR PLANTING, UH, CHRISTENSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY DID SOME PLANTING. AND THEN THE LAST ONE, SUNSET ELEMENTARY. SO THERE'S MORE TO COME TO. I SPOKE TO BROOKE, SHE SAID I'LL SHE'LL SEND MORE OVER WHEN WE GET 'EM. UM, BUT A LOT, I THINK THE ONE THAT I HELPED WITH AT SUNSET, THERE WAS LIKE, THERE, THERE WAS PROBABLY 30 KIDS THERE HELPING. YAY. AND THEY DUG HOLES FOR LIKE 25 GALLONS. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. OH MY GOSH. THEY WERE DIGGING PRETTY BIG HOLES AND IT LOOKS GOOD. NO, THEY DID A GOOD JOB. SO, WOW.
A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF INTERACTION FROM KIDS AND MM-HMM . GET 'EM INVOLVED AND THEY ALL HAD A GREAT TIME. THEY WERE, I WAS SURPRISED, UH, HONESTLY OF THE, THE SUNSET ONE. THEY DID A GREAT JOB. SO, UM, YEAH. I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS I GET MORE PICTURES I CAN SEND 'EM TO MARISSA AND SHE CAN SEND THEM OUT. READ MY MIND. I WAS GONNA SHARE A LITTLE ARBOR DAY THING. ANN HOOKED ME UP WITH READING TO THE KINDERS. OH YEAH. AT SUNSET. A LITTLE ARBOR DAY BOOK. WHICH CLASS DID YOU READ AND DO YOU REMEMBER? UH, MRS. BERRA. OH, OKAY. YEAH, BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER HAD A, SOMEONE READING TO, AND I SAID, WAS YOUR NAME KAT? AND SHE'S LIKE, I CAN'T REMEMBER. THEY'RE SO CUTE. BUT IF YOU GUYS HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO GO BY, DO YOU GET PERMISSION TO GO ON CAMPUS? 'CAUSE YOU'RE CITY EMPLOYEES? NO. OKAY. ANYWAY, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN SUNSET ELEMENTARY'S GARDEN LATELY, IT'S AMAZING. I HAVEN'T SEEN IT LATELY. YOU SHOULD GO BY. OH. I MEAN DAVE, UH, HAS JUST BEEN DOING AMAZING THINGS AND THEY'VE BEEN EXPANDING IT AND PUTTING TABLES AND CHAIRS AND THIS AND THAT AND EVERYTHING'S FLOURISHING. UM, SO THIS WAS SOMETHING SUNSET DID SPECIFICALLY FOR SUNSET FOR ARBOR DAVID. THEY HAD READERS ALL WEEK, I THINK, AND PEOPLE COMING IN. AND DAVE'S THE ONE ACTUALLY WHO I GOT TOGETHER WITH FOR THE PLANTING AT THE FRONT. OH GOOD. YEAH. AND NOW THERE'S ALL OTHER PROJECTS IN THE WORKS THAT HE WANTS TO DO OVER THERE. SO YEAH, IT'S GREAT. BUT HE WAS GREAT ABOUT GETTING THE KIDS INVOLVED TOO. AND THEY'RE, I I HAVE THEIR INSTAGRAM, THE GARDEN CLUB AND THEY'RE ALL YEAH, THAT'S CUTE. THEY, THEY LOVE IT. SO ACTUALLY THAT, UM, IT WAS A, SOMETHING THAT CAME OUTTA THE CLIMATE LITERACY TASK FORCE, WHICH IS A DISTRICT TASK FORCE THAT I'M ON. AND, UM, IT WAS BROUGHT TO US BY A PARENT AT SUNSET WHO'S ALSO A TEACHER IN FREMONT, WHERE THEY ALSO HAVE A CLIMATE LITERACY RESOLUTION. SO THEY HAD DONE A, UM, EARTH DAY CLIMATE READ-IN, IN THEIR DISTRICT. AND SO THEY ALREADY HAD LIKE THIS CURATED LIST OF BOOKS FOR EACH ELEMENTARY GRADE LEVEL. AND SO, UM, IT WAS DECIDED TO PILOT IT AT JUST ONE SCHOOL THIS YEAR. MUCH TO MY FRUSTRATION, . 'CAUSE I WANTED TO READ, BUT I, ANYWAY, UM, SO, SO I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY A BIG SUCCESS. AND, AND SO THAT WILL ROLL OUT. AND SO AS KIND OF CITY COMMITTEE MEMBERS MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY TO COME IN FOR THIS TYPE OF EVENT MM-HMM . AND IT'S, UM, ALSO SOME, SOMETHING SIMILAR HAPPENS AROUND DR. SEUSS READ-IN DAY. SO THERE'S PRECEDENT, THERE'S, EVERYONE KNOWS KIND OF HOW THAT WORKS. SO, SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT FOR OUR DAY NEXT YEAR. YES. NEXT YEAR. YEAH. WE CAN TALK TO SUNSET. AND IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS A, WELL SUNSET WON'T BE ORGANIZING IT . NO, NO. IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS A BIG HIT. I MEAN, YEAH. YEAH. SO WE CAN GET THEM TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY LIKED ABOUT IT. YEAH. IN FACT, IF YOU HEAR ANYTHING KAT, LIKE IF YOU'RE ASKED FOR FEEDBACK OKAY. IT'D BE GOOD TO KNOW. MM-HMM . LET ME KNOW. GREAT. THANK YOU. SU SUCCESSFUL ARBOR DAY. WE GOT A LOT DONE. THANK YOU GUYS. YEAH. SO TOM, HOW MANY TREES WERE DONATED TO THE SCHOOLS? INFERTILE GRAND, I THINK 43 TREES AND LIKE 20, 30 SHRUBS MAYBE. OH, WOW. SHRUBS. YEAH. TOTAL. AND THEN, UM, WERE THE TREES FOR THE FREE, TREES FOR, UM, THE RAINCON NEIGHBORHOOD, WAS THAT PROVIDED BY YOU, TOM? YEAH. THEY WEREN'T DONATED THOUGH, RIGHT? THEY WERE PURCHASED I THINK BY THE CITY. RIGHT? I THINK TIM, TIM PURCHASED THEM. OKAY, GREAT. JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THEY CAME FROM. THEY'RE LOCAL. THEY'RE . YAY. THEY'RE CALIFORNIA GROWN. UM, OKAY, MOVING ON. UH, FIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY STAFF AND COMMITTEE. SO IF ANYONE HAS ANYTHING THEY WANT TO BRING UP FOR FUTURE MEETINGS, NOW IS THE TIME. YEAH. SO THE, THE LIST SO FAR IS, UM, ANDY HAD ASKED AT THE LAST MEETING AND REITERATED IN HIS EMAIL TO ME TODAY, HE STILL WANTS TO BRING A ADOPT A ROAD PROGRAM TO THE COMMITTEE NEXT MONTH. SO THAT'S ON THE LIST. ANOTHER UPDATE FROM THE BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, PROVIDE DIRECTION ON THE PROJECT AT 1 41 NORTH LIVERMORE. OKAY. SO I THINK, AND THEN FOLLOW UP WITH, UH, SHEET MULCHING. YEAH, THE SHEET SHEET MULCHING WORKSHOP, WORKSHOP. MM-HMM . AND, UM, SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST CAME UP WITH THE TREE. SEE THIS IS THE PROBLEM WHEN I HAVE TO YOU GOTTA, YOU GOTTA TAKE NOTES. I KNOW. I, UM, UH, HE'S THINKING I ASKED QUESTION WAS WAS IT THE OAK TREES OR WAS IT SOMETHING WITH THAT? RIGHT. OKAY. SO THE SURPLUS COAST LIVE OAK TREES, IS THERE AN APPROPRIATE PROJECT THAT WE COULD PLANT THEM OR, OR COORDINATE A PLANTING WITH YOUTH AT ON CITY PROPERTY THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD,
HAS SPACE FOR COAST LIVE OAK TREES THAT COULD, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME KIND OF WATER ACCESS FOR GETTING THEM STARTED. JUST NOT SURE HOW TO MAKE THAT INTO AN ITEM. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . DISCUSSION OF SURPLUS OAK TREES OR SOMETHING. IS THERE ANY PLACE THE CITY COULD PUT CONTAINERS, LARGER CONTAINERS AND, YOU KNOW, WATER THEM FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS UNTIL THEY GET TO BE, UM, I KNOW A NURSERY THAT COULD HELP. UM, LET'S DO, LET'S DO THAT AS AN, LIKE AN EMAIL UPDATE. OKAY. THAT WAY I CAN DISCUSS IT WITH STAFF AND SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH. OKAY. OKAY. SURE. UM, I ALSO SAW NATHAN BROMLEY LAST NIGHT AND, YOU KNOW, I HAD BROUGHT UP THE IDEA OF A, A LIBRARY OF NATIVE PLANTS AROUND THE ACTUAL LIBRARY. UM, AND HE'S, HE SEEMED, YOU KNOW, HE SAID, YEAH, I'M OPEN TO THIS. AND I KNOW WE HAVE LIBRARIANS WHO WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. SO, UM, THAT'S ANOTHER POTENTIAL PROJECT. AND, AND IF WE WERE TO DO A LITTLE NATIVE PLANT GARDEN SOMEWHERE NEAR THE LIBRARY, WE SHOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY WHERE IT COULD HAPPEN AND WHAT MIGHT NEED, NEED TO BE DONE WITH SOIL PREPARATION OVER THE SUMMER TO PLANT NEXT FALL. WINTER. DID YOU WANT TO ADD THAT TO A FUTURE MEETING FOR DISCUSSION? YEAH. JUNE OR SPACE? I THINK WE ONLY HAVE JUNE AND THEN WE HAVE AUGUST. RIGHT? AL SPACE. YEAH. LAND. WELL THAT'S WHAT WE NEED THE CITY'S GUIDANCE ON. I MEAN, IF YOU WALK AROUND THE LIBRARY, THERE'S A LOT OF LAND IN THE BACK THAT THERE'S SOME TREES BACK THERE, THERE'S DIFFERENT V VINES. AND MY QUESTION, WHAT ABOUT, UH, THE GETTING RID OF THE GRASS? THERE'S SOME EFFORTS, AT LEAST SOME POINT ISN'T THERE TO GET RID OF SOME OF THE GRASS THAT THIS SO WE CAN'T NONFUNCTIONAL TURF, YES. NONFUNCTIONAL. WE CAN'T DISCUSS IT UNTIL IT'S A NO, BUT I A POINT YEAH. WELL IT'S, BUT IF YOU WANTED TO ADD IT ON, BUT THAT'S WHY WOULDN'T THAT BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION? YEAH. SO JOHN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A BIG PLANTING MM-HMM . BECAUSE THERE'S THESE NARROW TURF STRIPS IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY UNTIL YOU WALK OUT TO WHERE THE PEPPER TREE IS. THAT'S A BIG GRASS AREA THAT DOES GET USED BY KIDS AND, BUT THOSE NARROW PLACES RIGHT IN THE FRONT COULD BE REPLACED. TURF COULD BE REPLACED WITH SOME NATIVES THERE. SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A BIG PROJECT. RIGHT. BUT JUST TO START SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A GOOD COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT, HUH? YEAH. MM-HMM . IF IT'S SOMETHING THEY WERE INTERESTED IN. YEAH. SO I MEAN, YOU GUYS, IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT IT, UH, AUGUST THEN, IS THAT AN AUGUST ITEM YOU WANT TO DISCUSS AND GIVE YOU THE TIME TO COMMUNICATE MORE WITH THE LIBRARY AND SEE WHAT THEY WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING IN JULY, REMEMBER? SO WE GONNA HAVE JUNE AND THEN AUGUST AT TO AUGUST. YEAH, SURE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE MAY 8TH, UH, CLEANUP. IS THERE, HAS ANYONE UH, UH, JOINED THAT IT'S FULL. IT IS FULL. UM, I DID NOT SEE A BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE MEMBER ON THERE. UM, BUT THE MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR WILL BE THERE. OH, RIGHT. UM, SO THAT'S FRIDAY? NO, SATURDAY. OH, SATURDAY, YEAH. A NIGHT BECAUSE MOTHER'S DAY, SO I'M, WE'RE OUT OF TOWN GREAT'S. GOOD. GREAT. WE NEED TO DO LIKE A HUNDRED PERSON CLEANUPS NOW. YOU NEED TO EXPAND IT OUT. EVERYONE'S EXCITED. UH, ANYTHING ELSE ANYONE WANTED TO ADD ON TO FUTURE FUTURE MEETINGS? NOPE. ALRIGHT. SO 0.6. IT IS 6 42. MEETING ADJOURNED. WOOHOO. NICE. THANK YOU. TOLD YOU YOU'D BE DONE BY SEVEN 50.