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[1:29] Good afternoon, I'd like to call the regular meeting of the Board of Board of Board Commissioners for September 24th, 2026 to order at the hour of 239 p.m.
[2:22] Secretary
[2:22] Two commissioners are, and we have a quorum.
[2:26] Thank you, Secretary Edgily.
[2:28] Port Attorney Richardson, do we have anything to report out of closed session?
[2:31] President Dominguez-Molton, there were no final reportable actions from today's close-up.
[2:36] Thank you.
[2:37] Secretary Edgily, are there any public speakers on the closed session report?
[2:40] There are any public speakers on the closed session items, please raise your hand.
[2:44] Again, if there are any public speakers on the closed session items, please raise your hand.
[2:48] There are no public speakers.
[2:50] Thank you.
[2:50] Secretary, would you please introduce the consent items?
[2:54] Yes.
[2:55] Before I introduce the consent items, I just want to say that we are pulling item 2.8 off
[3:01] the consent items today and it will be heard immediately following the consent items.
[3:14] On consent item 2.132
[3:23] .9, excluded item 2.8 are second readings from our previous meeting
[3:30] Ordinance 4860, Ordinance 4861, Ordinance 4862, Ordinance 4863, Ordinance 4864, Ordinance 4865,
[3:46] Ordinance 4866, And that
[3:53] concludes the consent item.
[3:54] Motion to approve the consent.
[3:56] We have a first by Commissioner Myers and a second by Commissioner Wong.
[4:02] Secretary Edgley, are there any public speakers on the consent items?
[4:05] There are any speakers on the consent items, please raise your hand.
[4:08] Again, if there are any speakers on the consent items, please raise your hand.
[4:12] There are no speakers on the consent items.
[4:15] Secretary Edgley?
[4:16] Oh, first, are there any questions from commissioners?
[4:22] Okay.
[4:23] Secretary Edgley, will you please call the roll?
[4:26] Commissioner Muhammad?
[4:34] Commissioner Myers?
[4:35] Yes.
[4:36] Commissioner Wong?
[4:37] Vice President Cluver?
[4:39] Aye.
[4:39] President Dominguez-Walton.
[4:41] Aye.
[4:42] Five eyes to excuse the motion carries.
[4:46] Secretary Edgily, will you please introduce item 2.8.
[5:08] Item 2.8 is the second reading of an ordinance approving and authorizing the executive director to execute amendments to the non-exclusive preferential assignment agreements with SSA terminals and SSA terminals open LLC to authorizing the executive director to execute the third amendment and restated agreement regarding combined compensation and authorizing the executive director and chief financial officer to execute the partial defesence or redemption of certain 2017 series D 2021.
[5:38] 21 series, age and 2020 series are bonds approving an escort agreement, waiver of late fees,
[5:44] and the termination of a sub-assignment from SSA terminals LLC to SSA terminals Oakland LLC
[5:50] and finding that the proposed action is exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act.
[5:54] Commissioner Muhammad is recused from this item based on a potential conflict of interest,
[6:00] and he will excuse himself and learn from him.
[6:09] Thank you.
[6:11] Secretary Ejuli.
[6:16] Well, I think we can go ahead and make a motion.
[6:21] Motion to approve 2.8.
[6:23] We have a second.
[6:24] Second.
[6:24] Okay, great.
[6:25] First by Commissioner Meyers and a second by Commissioner Cluver.
[6:29] Secretary Edgerley, are there any public speakers on the item?
[6:31] There are any public speakers on item 2.8, please raise your hand.
[6:35] Again, if there are any public speakers on item 2.8, please raise your hand.
[6:39] There are no public speakers.
[6:40] Are there any questions from commissioners?
[6:47] Okay, seeing none, Secretary,
[6:48] Edgily will you please call the roll?
[6:50] Commissioner Myers.
[6:51] Yes.
[6:52] Commissioner Wong.
[6:54] Aye.
[6:54] Vice President Clubert.
[6:55] Aye.
[6:56] President Dominguez-Walton.
[6:57] Aye.
[6:58] Or aye's, one recuse to excuse the motion carries.
[7:02] Okay, moving right along.
[7:04] We have no major projects to report, no budget and finance, and no strategy and policy.
[7:12] So, here we go, moving on to remaining action items, Mr. Garbin, will you please present item 6.1?
[7:20] Yes, thank you, President Dominguez-Waldon, commissioners.
[7:23] This item before the board here is to approve a waiver formal competition and authorize the executive
[7:29] director to enter into an agreement with Solomon Partners Securities LLC for financial and
[7:35] strategic advisory services related to the TRAPAC lease negotiations for up to $5.4 million.
[7:40] The one-year term and a one-year term to extend, option to extend, I'm sorry.
[7:47] Traypac's support second largest container terminal, a significant source of maritime
[7:53] operating revenue, currently expires in June of 2030, and Traypac is seeking a new long
[8:00] term lease that could include additional portions of the Outer Harbor Terminal.
[8:06] Staff is recommending to go with Solomon for this work given their direct experience with
[8:11] marine terminal financial analysis, large public sector port leases, and recently
[8:17] extensions specifically at the port of New York, New Jersey.
[8:22] Solomon's role would include general strategic advice including financial modeling, comparable
[8:26] lease analysis, evaluation, risk analysis, and evaluation of alternative lease structures.
[8:33] Compensation structures, $300,000 per quarter fixed fee with a $3 million success fee if a new lease is executed.
[8:43] We are moving forward, we're recommending this waiver of competition given solomans unique experience in this space.
[8:50] And with that, happy to answer any questions or we're recommending approval of the items.
[8:55] Do we have a motion on items?
[8:57] So moved.
[8:57] Second.
[8:58] Commissioner Clover.
[8:59] Second.
[9:01] Second by Commissioner Wong.
[9:04] Secretary Edgley, are there any public speakers on the item?
[9:07] There are any public speakers on item 6.1.
[9:09] Please raise your hand.
[9:10] Again, if there are any public speakers on item 6.1, please raise your hand.
[9:14] There are no public speakers.
[9:16] Any questions from commissioners?
[9:20] Okay.
[9:21] Secretary Edgley, will you please call the roll?
[9:23] Commissioner Muhammad.
[9:24] Aye.
[9:25] Commissioner Meyer.
[9:26] Yes.
[9:27] Commissioner Wong.
[9:28] I'm Vice President Clubert.
[9:30] Hi.
[9:30] President Dominguez-Walton.
[9:31] Hi.
[9:32] Five eyes to excuse the motion carries.
[9:35] Thank you.
[9:36] Mr. Lowell, will you please introduce item 6.2?
[9:42] Missioners, my name is Steve Low.
[9:45] I'm sitting in for Emilia Sanchez today.
[9:47] We have one item for you review and consideration.
[9:50] A zero cost time extension change order to Mt. McDonald Group.
[9:55] This contract provides construction support services
[9:57] for the Alameda County Transportation.
[10:00] Commission, seven street, great separation, east project. We're requesting to extend the contract term from December 31st, 2026, through December 31st, 2030, to align with the project's current construction schedule. There's no change to contract amount associated with this time extension. I'm here to answer any questions if there are any. Do we have a motion on item 6.2? Move to approve, 6.2. Commissioner Meyers, a second.
[10:29] second by one.
[10:33] Secretary Edgerlier, New Public Speakers on the item.
[10:35] If there are any public speakers on item 6.2, please raise your hand.
[10:39] Again, if there are any public speakers on item 2, please raise your hand.
[10:43] There are no public speakers.
[10:44] Okay, do we have any questions from commissioners?
[10:49] Okay. Secretary Edgerlier, please call the roll.
[10:52] Commissioner Muhammad.
[10:54] Aye.
[10:54] Commissioner Myers.
[10:56] Yes.
[10:57] Yes.
[10:57] Senator Wong.
[10:58] Aye.
[10:59] Vice President Clubert.
[11:00] Aye.
[11:00] President Dominguez-Walton.
[11:02] Aye.
[11:02] Aye.
[11:03] Five eyes to excuse the motion carries.
[11:07] Okay.
[11:07] Time for updates and announcements.
[11:11] Should I turn it over to Director Burton with this very exciting update?
[11:19] Well, thank you, President Dominguez-Walton.
[11:21] Yes.
[11:22] We do have a very exciting update.
[11:24] I'm proud to share with the motionors that we've taken an innovative step in
[11:29] aviation marketing in our efforts to promote San Francisco Bay Airport in new and unique ways.
[11:37] On Thursday, September 17, OAK hosted its first ever suitcase party with our partner I Heart Radio.
[11:44] The OAK suitcase party was an on-air and online promotional event that over the course of four weeks led to more than 2,200 KMEL and K Wild listeners.
[11:56] to sign up for the opportunity to win two free tickets to fly out of OAK to Las Vegas
[12:01] to attend the I Heart Music Festival, which featured the likes of BTS and Snoop Dogg.
[12:07] So of those 2,200 entries, 25 finalists and their plus one guests were invited to show
[12:13] up to the airport last Thursday morning with their bags packed ready to go where they would
[12:17] find out on the spot through a lottery drawing which two lucky people would board a plane
[12:22] just moments later and fly to the music festival, all expenses paid.
[12:27] So for nearly two hours, OAK's Terminal 2 baggage claim was converted into a festive atmosphere
[12:33] where the sounds of luggage clunky onto a carousel was replaced with two shorts blow the whistle
[12:39] and people joyously dancing throughout the terminal.
[12:42] This kind of in-person experience and repurposing of our space and creative ways to invite the
[12:47] community into experience our brand is an exciting marketing opportunity.
[12:51] We are still collecting all the data to determine our true ROI, but early indications are extremely promising.
[12:59] I'll give you one example.
[13:02] As passengers move through OAK and pass by the suitcase party, many stop to video and post about the unexpected party scene there were witnessing, including one young influencer from Oakland named Janelle, who posted a six second video to her tick-tock account of 18,000 followers.
[13:19] First, that one post generated 164,000 unique engagements with our brand, 31,000 heart
[13:27] likes, 6,200 reshairs, and close to 450 comments, almost all of them positive about OAK and
[13:37] the event.
[13:38] And that was from one person who happened to stumble upon this UK party.
[13:43] So before we play our recap reel, I want to give credit first to Director Simon for supporting
[13:48] in this experiment, as well as two of OAK's marketing and aviation all-stars in Candace
[13:53] to New and Alicia Sanford, Candace developed this idea with I Heart from start to finish
[13:59] and filled in all the details in between and collaborated closely with Alicia, who works
[14:04] directly with our community partner organizations, and oversees our social media strategy and
[14:09] development, which you will see in just a moment.
[14:12] And in case you experience FOMO, don't worry, we expect to host more of these events and
[14:16] and we'll certainly invite in our community
[14:19] and our commissioners to attend.
[14:21] Thank you.
[14:23] I think Marcel's gonna cue it up.
[14:31] We're on a G from 106 KMEL, the morning drive host.
[14:35] We've had to make a plan on a G-Biz.
[14:37] We are here in OAK Airport, man.
[14:39] We are here for the first ever suitcase party.
[14:42] I've never heard of this, we've never done it.
[14:44] Lex has never been in the mix at an airport and super excited.
[14:48] We're sending one lucky grand prize winner with it, guys.
[14:51] So fly off tonight, our radio music best way in Vegas.
[14:53] We are ready for the ride and I'm on my way to make it somebody's gonna see Cardi B Snoop chill on the strip
[15:00] Jasmine Porter, judges,
[15:05] grand prize for the suitcase party, all my sisters, so this is her treat for her birthday,
[15:11] very no, baby, shout out to I fly Oakley.
[15:27] Thank you. This is so exciting. This is what we've been waiting for, and this is such a perfect reflection of who we are,
[15:35] as a port, as a people, as Oaklanders, and thank you, director Simon, for allowing this creative genius to do his thing.
[15:42] I can't wait for the next suitcase party, really, really well done, and thanks for Mr.
[15:49] Garbin and Mr. Low for stepping in, and I also just want to take a moment and welcome
[15:53] Carl Cade to the team.
[15:56] He's heading up now the commercial real estate efforts at the port, and it is a pleasure
[16:00] to have you.
[16:01] Happy two weeks.
[16:03] Thank you, President.
[16:05] Dominguez Lawson.
[16:05] Yeah.
[16:07] All right.
[16:08] That was exciting.
[16:09] I'm energized.
[16:10] Now, let's see if there are any other updates or announcements.
[16:17] Okay. I got a couple quick check-ins.
[16:20] First check-in, back in June, I raised a question about data for small businesses and minority contractors.
[16:27] Are we any close to?
[16:30] The work is still underway.
[16:31] Okay.
[16:32] In addition to that, has the port ever considered doing like a disparity study?
[16:37] That is a very involved question, and we'd love to get back to you on that one.
[16:43] Yeah.
[16:43] All right.
[16:47] Daria, put me on the spot.
[16:48] I'm going to read the phone.
[16:51] So this Sunday, we're having the Jack London Square Fairy Lawn Concerts, September 27th,
[17:00] from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. featuring Kev Choice.
[17:05] right behind us. Hopefully everybody will spread the word and come out yourself. And then
[17:10] on October 11th, we're having Tony Lindsay and the sole soldiers, again, right behind us
[17:18] at the ferry line. And that's all I have. Thank you.
[17:24] Secretary Edgily, do we have any speakers for Open Forum?
[17:27] Yes. We have one speaker in the room. And if there are any speakers for Open Forum on
[17:32] line please raise your hand.
[17:37] DeVita
[17:40] Scott.
[17:43] Hi you guys. Do I have to push anything?
[17:45] No, okay. My name is DeVita Scott and I'm a teacher at the Hayward Adult School.
[17:49] I have three asked for you guys. Number one, I founded my program called
[17:53] Raising Leaders, Workshops and Internships to raise up the next workforce of our nation.
[17:57] Throughout my career, I've lost 25 students to gun and gang violence.
[18:01] And I created a class where students are able to hear about careers in their community.
[18:05] They take my class for eight weeks, it's virtually.
[18:08] They gain five elective credits or five English credits.
[18:10] They hear from professionals within their community.
[18:13] My class is for 300 students and I've partnered with 31 schools in Alameda County.
[18:17] 50% of my money for internship opportunities is invested into Oakland, California.
[18:22] And then I employ 145 of my students out of my class of 300.
[18:26] I've raised $13 million in the last six years.
[18:29] And my ask for the port of Oakland, R1, my students don't know anything about you or your careers.
[18:34] How can you be a workshop speaker to my students?
[18:37] My class starts October 21st.
[18:39] Second, how can we create internship opportunities?
[18:43] I tried a partner five years ago with you guys,
[18:45] but it didn't really work out.
[18:46] I didn't get a lot of feedback,
[18:47] so I would like to see who I can speak with
[18:50] to start those conversations.
[18:52] And thirdly, if you guys would like to come
[18:54] and volunteer at my Thanksgiving drive,
[18:56] it's my 13th year and I'm supporting 700 families.
[18:59] I've raised the money to give each family
[19:01] a $75 gift card from Costco,
[19:03] and I need volunteers to drop off these gift cards to my 52 schools across Alameda County,
[19:08] and that's all I have for you today.
[19:11] Thank you.
[19:11] Thank you.
[19:14] Director McKinney?
[19:16] Yeah, absolutely.
[19:17] Thank you so much for joining us today.
[19:19] Thank you.
[19:20] If you are able to stick around a little bit, I'd be happy to talk with you since the meeting's over.
[19:25] We are always up for connecting with community, being out, being present, and sharing.
[19:30] We do a tremendous amount of that work and are always happy to grow and expand it me too. I'm ready to partner
[19:41] Any other speakers secretary edgily if there are any speakers online please raise your hand
[19:46] There are no other speakers present. Thank you very much
[19:50] Okay, the next regular meeting of the board will be held on October 8th
[19:53] 2026 here in the boardroom at 530 water street. There being no additional business. We are adjourned at the
[20:00] An hour of 257 p.m. Right.