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All right. Good evening, everyone. If everyone can take their seats, we're going to go ahead and get started. Thank you for joining us for our regular city council meeting of August 14th, 2026. After a short break, we're back and happy to be back in action. We hold meetings in a hybrid format with both in person and virtual participation available. The city welcomes public comment on topics within the city's subject manager's section, and members of the public may provide comments as follows.

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In-person speakers will be called first, speaker cards are located at the back table in council chambers, and must be turned into the City Clerk here at the days.

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Please be sure to indicate the agenda item number you wish to speak on.

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Attendees who have joined us by Zoom will be called to speak after the in-person comments have been given.

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Detailed instructions for public comment will be provided on the screen when the time for public comment begins.

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And with that, I'll now turn it over to our City Clerk to call the roll.

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Good evening. Council Member Chiu. Here. Council Member G.

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Present. Council Member Howard. Here. Council Member Patia.

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Present. Council Member Sturkin. Here. Vice Mayor Aiken.

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Here. Mayor Martinez-Cabius. Here. Thank you. Thank you, everyone.

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And with that, we'll move into the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Council Member Sturkin, could you lead us?

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Please rise if you like for the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Thank you, Council Member Sturkin.

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and we have all members of the Council participating in person today, so we will move through item 4 and go into item 5 for our first recognition item this evening.

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We have the pleasure of swearing in newly appointed members of our City Board's commissions and committees or BCCs.

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On the screen, you'll see all of the names of our newly appointed or reappointed members of the Arts Commission, the Board of Building Review.

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to port, excuse me, board of port commissioners housing and human concerns committee, our library board, the Parks Recreation and Community Services Commission, the Planning Commission, Architectural Advisory Committee, who are appointed by the Planning Commission, the Historical Resources Advisory Committee, also appointed by the Planning Commission, and our Senior Affairs Commission.

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If you were new or returning BCC member, please make your way to the front of the dayis for the ceremony, and I'll now turn it over to our city clerk to administer the oath of office.

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Welcome, everyone.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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If you are here to be sworn in, please come to the center of the dayis, you can actually face the audience.

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So everyone's going to raise your right hand, and you're going to repeat after me, but as we start, I will ask you to state each of your names separately.

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the rest of the oath will be in unison, okay?

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I do

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solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States

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and the Constitution of the State of California against

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all enemies foreign and domestic,

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that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and

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the Constitution of the State of California that

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I take this obligation freely without any

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mental reservation or purpose of evasion and then I will well and faithfully discharge

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the duties upon which I am about to enter.

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Congratulations.

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One last quick thing if you have not already signed an oath of office certificate please

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see Julie in the lobby and she will give you a copy.

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Thank you.

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Thank you Mayor.

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Thank you Doris.

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and resworn commissioners who have joined us this evening.

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We really appreciate your time, your panel.

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Fashion and the energy you're giving in service to your communities, so thank you again everyone for being here. And with that, we will now move to item 5B. Our next recognition item this evening is rooted in the city council's top priorities of children and youth. International youth day is recognized annually on August 12th and serves as a global platform for awareness, dialogue, and youth led action. On behalf of the city council, I'm pleased to present the

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following proclamation of which I'll read a few of the

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warehouses, whereas international youth day observed on

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August 12th of every year and observed by many countries is

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recognized and endorsed by the United Nations as a day

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dedicated to raising awareness of the potential of young

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people as springers of peace, shapers of our future and

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agents of change. Whereas the 2026 theme places particular

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attention on young people living in least developed countries or LDCs, landlocked developing

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countries, LLDCs, and small island developing states or SIDS, who have often experienced

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overlapping challenges linked to poverty, climate change, geographic isolation, limited economic

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opportunities, and unequal access to digital technologies.

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At the same time, these young people continue to demonstrate resilience, leadership, and

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innovation in advancing sustainable development within their communities and beyond.

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And whereas the City Council is committed to amplifying endeavors that provide opportunities

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for young people to ensure that they embody their true potential as bringers of peace and

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positive change.

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and whereas Redwood City together employs active youth

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promontorous ages 14 to 18 dedicated to

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uplifting their community through weekly outreach,

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local non-profit tutoring, professional development,

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and internships, these young people gain the skills

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to become strong civic leaders.

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Now therefore be it resolved that I,

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Elmer Martinez-Abios, Mayor of Redwood City,

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on behalf of the City Council and the people of Redwood City,

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Do you hear by proclaim August 12th, 2026, as International Youth Day, and express

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its sincere appreciation to Rev. City Togethers, Robyn Thote's team for actively taking part

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in the endeavor to focus our younger generation to make meaningful, positive change for years

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to come.

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And with that, I'd like to welcome Rev. City Togethers, Executive Director, Rafael Londonio

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and the team to the podium for remarks.

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And welcome everyone.

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It's great to have you all here.

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Thank you Mayor,

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there it is.

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Good afternoon, city council, city manager, city management staff and all the wonderful

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Redwood City and North Fork's community here and also online.

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We want to thank you for honoring youth and Redwood City and North Fork's on this international

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youth day.

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That brings youth issues to the attention and also international community that we serve.

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And it set up plates of potential of young people in our community and also aspiration is

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here.

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and I can't wait for you to hear it.

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It's happening every single day in your community

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through your commitment to your city strategic plan.

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We wanna just thank you for that

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and reflecting on the city strategic plan,

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we're not just talking about it, we're actually doing it.

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And it's here today in person

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and as someone who's been in this community

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for about 15 plus years starting a youth center,

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to being able to say that we've created over 130 youth jobs

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in the past three years.

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Let's give a round of applause to the city. Come on

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That's remarkable and we are a now a state model for California around how to do violence prevention

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So again today youth from the state recognized program will be able to share a little bit about what this day means to them

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So I'm gonna pass the mic to them. So first is angel

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Good afternoon city council and fellow community members. My name is Angel Lopez. I'm

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I just want to say thank you for honoring International Youth Day.

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It's a very important day to me because I'm able to work with

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Catholic community members here just giving out resources,

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giving to those and like low development, like low income households

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where they need like extra clothes or just need that extra resource and

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need that extra knowledge.

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So I do want to thank you guys here for being here and recognizing that.

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And that's really important to me.

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Good afternoon everyone, I want to start off by saying thank you city council and mayor

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and the Martinez for recognizing international youth day.

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My name is Anya Rodriguez.

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I'm a current Revocity Together Promotora, where I have gained a lot of experience throughout my summer and current job.

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Thanks to your support and recognizing the recognition of youth and giving us opportunities to learn, grow, and give back to the community.

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I was able to be a summer intern with Family Dias Unidas. In the organization, I got to help families.

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I learned what being a leader is like, from there I got the opportunity to connect with

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our city together where I continue to grow my experiences, and just really get to be

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a part of the community, which is something very important to all of us, and again thank

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you so much for recognizing International Youth Day.

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We really appreciate it a lot.

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Thank you so much in the spirit of youth development.

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So it stays within this day.

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We're going to do a strong clap.

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And we do this after all of our trainings.

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Whenever we train them once a month.

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And it goes like this.

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Three, two, one.

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It's a strong clap.

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In youth development, it's so important that we keep youth energy.

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No matter the age, right?

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So in three, two, one.

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Thank you, Rafael.

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And thank you to the whole team.

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I think we just found the new way to end our City Council meetings.

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Well, we've got a city proclamation of let's take a photo with all team.

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Thank you.

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Thank you again to the Revved City together team.

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I know you all are heading out the door.

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Just wanted to remind you, we do have youth and children as a study topic later today.

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So feel free to tune back in.

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And we will keep moving on to item six, our public comments.

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So turning on to the public comment section of the agenda.

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We will now take public comment on the consent calendar, matters of council interest, and as

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well as items that are not listed on tonight's agenda.

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We welcome speakers providing public comment, but please be advised that this is a limited

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public forum, and as such, speakers must address matters within the subject matter jurisdiction

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of the city.

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If speakers do not, they'll be warned, and if they continue to disregard city rules, their

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opportunity to speak will be limited.

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If you're attending in-person, please fill out a speaker card and submit it to the City Clerk here at the days.

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And if you're attending virtually, feel free to raise your hand on Zoom at this time or press star 9 if you've joined by phone.

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Once we've gathered all the speaker cards and raised hands and have begun public comment, no additional speakers will be allowed to queue up to speak.

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And I'll now turn it over to our City Clerk to facilitate public comment.

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Thank you Mayor. We have four in-person speakers at the moment and we have six online so I'll give it a

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few more moments to either submit a speaker card or raise your hand on Zoom to be recognized for a

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public comment. As the mayor said once we begin public comment no additional speakers will be added to the

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list.

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So we'll start with our in-person speakers. If you're joining us for the first time we have a timer on

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On the top of the podium, the orange light with the chirp is your 32nd warning and the

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red light with the beat means your time is up.

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I'll call 2 at a time, starting with Emily and then Amber Garza Washburn and then we'll

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move to our Zoom speakers after our in-person speakers.

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Welcome Emily.

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Hi, my name is Emily. I work five days a week in Redwood City and every day I get off the exit ramp and pass a flat camera. I know that recently it has been discussed that we probably will not be reviewing the flat contract. But I'm here to request the city does not sign a new surveillance camera contract until the public has been given ample time to learn about these types of cameras and give comment on any potential new contracts from other companies. The public meetings and places for people to learn

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and give comments should occur on multiple days,

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different times of day, and in multiple languages.

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And there should also be the option for the city

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to choose not to sign a contract at all,

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which would be my personal recommendation.

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Two weeks ago, I went to the Police Advisory Committee meeting

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where the police presented their use

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of flock surveillance cameras.

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And I don't believe that the Redwood City Police will

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responsibly use any future surveillance systems.

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The presentation they gave showed a glaring lack

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of technical competence and an inability to self-audit and catch problems before they happen.

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During this PAC, they showed a few anecdotes of times they used flock to solve crimes,

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but very few of these stories proved that they could not have solved the crimes without

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the flock cameras, and a couple of them seemed pretty easy to do without that. All of the

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data they shared was cherry-picked. They do not, they admitted to not keeping track of any

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negative statistics. They do not keep track of false positive license plate reads, which

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has happened many times in other cities.

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They also made a meager show of reforms that

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implemented, but those reforms only came after heavy pressure from activists, and I don't

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think that they would do these on their own, or for any future contracts. Any new contract

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will require the public to continually monitor the police usage of its programs in their free

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time to hold them accountable. Yet, the Redwood City Police have already taken steps

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to make this difficult as they have said they removed the reason column from public records

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requests.

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Please don't renew any surveillance technology.

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Thank you.

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Our next speaker is Amber Garza Washburn.

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We'll be followed by Rush Rem.

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Hello, City Council members.

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Thank you.

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Good to see you again.

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My name is Amber Garza Washburn.

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I've been a resident of Redwood City for almost six years now.

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I am a former prosecutor for Riverside County and for the DOJ U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles,

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and I also worked as a civil rights attorney very briefly.

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So first though, I wanted to, so those are my qualifications, and I'm a resident,

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but first I wanted to thank you so much for everyone who is involved in the decision

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and not to auto-renew the contract with FLOC.

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That very well could have happened,

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and I think you and the rest of the city

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showed a lot of courage and care in doing that for us.

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So I'm here as a resident and as an attorney,

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and as a voice for not only my concerns,

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but for my community.

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And there are hundreds, if not thousands of us, and there would be more if people understood what was going on.

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I think there's a lot of, there's not enough information going on.

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And you know, that's a reason for the town halls that I'll get to in a minute.

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But I want to say that at the foundation of what I'm saying is a very non-existential,

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very real threat to peaceful resistance, first amendment protest, bodily autonomy and the safety of our immigrant neighbors, families, and loved ones.

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This danger is not abstract. At one point it may have been, but we've seen every single day with this federal government administration just how far they're willing to go.

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So I would ask the council to pause the RFP and give us a town hall.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Our next speaker is Rush.

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Rem.

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Who will be followed by Bill Newell?

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Hello.

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Thank you for having me.

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It's my first Redwood City Council meeting.

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I'm a resident of Redwood City for the past 35 years.

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I want to call attention to the council to problems with the water supply

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In particular environmental and rate issues, this has to do as I understand it with the fact

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that Redwood City purchases your water from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

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and I have been to some of their meetings and done some work with them and many people

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I don't believe that's the SAP UC.

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Over estimates how much water will be needed in the future. They have a design drought that many people find impossible to credit, something like 25,000 years as a possibility of the design to happen, but they made their predictions of water usage on that. And also, they over inflate the possible needs of water supply, even as the population goes, as you probably know, conservation is meant that water uses remain basically flat, but that is not reflected in the SAPUC's water program.

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The problem with this, of course, is that ultimately we pay for it, the rates rise in the city,

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and also, of course, are environmental damages that I don't need to tell you about,

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salmon flows, bay delta, algae buildup, and so forth.

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Why am I asking, I'm mentioning this to you, because the Redwood City buys us what an SFPUC,

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I think they have representatives on an organization called Bosca, and what we would like is local

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people to stand up for, people like residents of Redwood City who are worried about these issues,

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since SFPUC doesn't seem to listen to anybody, maybe they'll listen to people from below,

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which would be us. So, thank you very much. One, two, three. How do

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I follow that?

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Good evening, council members. Thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight.

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When Redwood City leaders, including yourselves, ends the Flock surveillance contract, you're taking action to keep our loved ones safe and I'm grateful.

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But in the last year we know 140 San Mateo County residents were taken from our community.

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Faith in action has reported that immigration agents increasingly surveil and detain our neighbors when they are driving or getting out of their vehicles.

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Federal agents will continue to exploit these local surveillance camera systems because

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they're rich with information collected by local police departments and subsidized

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by our communities.

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To further protect our community, we're asking that the city, the city manager, police

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department, please deactivate all FOX surveillance cameras now if we are in the true spirit

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of ending this contract.

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Chief Bill has acknowledged real concerns about the flock surveillance contract and the city informed flock that its contract would not auto renew.

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In May she asked the police advisory committee for feedback about the surveillance program, overwhelmingly they provided input about that moving forward.

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Unfortunately the city has continued to go forward with their RFP.

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When Redwood City authorized the ALPR, city leaders did not know how much surveillance camera

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systems put community members at risk.

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Public comments about ALPRs have been shoehorned into many meetings, but the city must give opportunities

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for meaningful community input, which is necessary when automated license plate readers put Redwood

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City communities in danger.

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The city must host at least two town halls that are accessible by language, hybrid format, and schedules of our community.

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And we ask you to hold those town hall meetings and pause the RFP process until the community has full understanding and full information about AOPR's.

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Thank you so much.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Bill.

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We'll move now to our Zoom speakers.

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We'll call in the order that Hansa raised and when you unmute yourself, you can go ahead

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and begin your comments in the timer.

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We'll begin when you start speaking.

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So we'll start with Sylvia Tang and following Sylvia will be call in user one.

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Good evening, Mayor, Councilmembers, City staff and community members.

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My name is Sylvia Tang.

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she her pronouns and I'm here on behalf of the San Mateo County Suicide Prevention Committee

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and San Mateo County Health. September is Suicide Prevention Month and this year's theme is the

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weight we carry, which reminds us that many people carry emotional pain, grief, stress, trauma

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and pressure to be strong. And too often we may not see someone who is carrying that weight but we

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don't have to carry that weight alone. And I'm especially making public comment today because I wanted

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to invite you all to an upcoming event, especially for our veterans active duty military personnel,

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active and retired first responders, their families, service providers and community members to join us for our

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The event called, when the mission follows you home, and it's a San Mateo County hosted free forum focused on mental health. The forum will be held Thursday, September 10th, from 9 a.m. till noon, at the Central Peninsula Church, at 1.005 Shell Boulevard in Foster City. And we welcome all Redwood City residents and our larger Bay Area community. We will have an honest conversation and share resources related to trauma, PTSD, moral

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oral injury, recovery, healthy coping, and finding support after service.

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Registration is encouraged and walk-ins are also welcome.

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And if you know anyone who is in emotional distress or thinking about suicide,

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they can call text or chat 988 for 24-7 support.

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Thank you so much.

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Thank you, Sylvia.

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Our next speaker is Colin, user 1, who will be followed by Jenny K.

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This

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is all I want to talk about the issue of public safety here in Reedwood City, specifically

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eye trainees and suicide prevention months and transgender people are not worthy of

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life.

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Anyway, Drew Steve 9-11 in sub baby penis, God bless America, God bless all Trump and God

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bless Israel.

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Thank you.

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Our next speaker is Ginny K, who will be followed by Sarah Matlin.

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Thank you. Good evening. My name is Ginny Krauss and I'm active with several community

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groups in Redwood City. Our immigrant community is extremely frightened, hesitating to leave

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their homes worried about going to work but having no other choice.

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Worried about their parents, kids, friends, all at risk to be picked up by ICE because as

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As we have seen, ICE has no boundaries.

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They have the green light from this administration to arrest, detain, and even kill anyone they

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choose, even American citizens.

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I urge this council to not renew the ALPR contract with FLOC, or any other vendor whose technology

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is causing such fear in our community.

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While minimal guardrails have been established by the Redwood City Chief of Police, and some

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reward analysis that must be considered.

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Is solving a few crimes worth risking all of our privacy and personal data that has been

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shown to be easily accessible by ICE?

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Do you want your and your neighbor's data exposed to ICE?

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The federal government trumps local law enforcement, and there is nothing you can do to effectively

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stop ICE from accessing this data.

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Flock in particular has been hacked.

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The technical vulnerabilities of which there are many have been exposed and are easily accessed by any hacker or one with some basic technical knowledge.

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Frankly, none of these license plate reader systems are safe.

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ICE can and has overwritten any guardrails put in place to prevent abuse of the data.

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So I urge you to review the risk of keeping license plate readers as compared to the rewards.

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The risks far outweigh the rewards with this technology, and as most technologies advance

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in their capabilities, we cannot predict the future risks.

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Restore a sense of safety to our community.

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Stop the surveillance.

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Do not renew any ALPR contract.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Our next speaker is Sarah Matlin.

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We'll be followed by Liz Van Zile.

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Good evening.

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Thank you, City Council members, for your work every day.

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You are doing your very best to protect our community.

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And still in the last year, 140 of our San Mateo County neighbors were taken from our community.

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Many while driving are getting out of their cars.

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Protect our community members, the City Council should not rush into a new contract that would

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subsidize that abuse.

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Instead, the City Manager should hold off on awarding the ALPR contract to a new vendor

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and negotiating into contract until we can get accurate information and broad community input about surveillance cameras.

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The city should host study sessions with all city council members present to be held in multiple languages.

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The city could collaborate with local nonprofits and other experts to research and implement ALPR best practices to decrease serious risks involved with subsidizing a tool that ICE uses to track down our immigrant neighbors.

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A few of us are putting together a draft ordinance that City Council could pass to include a checklist of best practices

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to avoid some of the problems that have gotten to other cities in trouble or even super violations.

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And that would take into account the...

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Information the grand jury report about the problems that the grand jury found in the city's audit reports. Those audit reports didn't show that the city complied with the state laws and local surveillance camera policy. And the RFP and the chief's report don't address those problems. So please pause to the contract process, do a more accurate assessment of how the current ALPR system is complying or not complying with California law.

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our city's surveillance policy and our city's values. Gather community input

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about guardrails to protect our community member safety and privacy and then

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after the city has revised its requirements consider putting out a new RFP

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thank you. Thank you Sarah. Our next speaker is Liz Van Zile who will be

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followed by Laura Aiden.

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Liz you can go ahead and unmute yourself and begin your

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comments.

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Thank you council. Good evening city council my name is Liz

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and Zile, and a lot of my errands and movement brings me through your beautiful city.

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I work as an emergency department pharmacist in the South Bay, and a lot of my errands

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and movement brings me through there, including my meditation center, my local sangha, in

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Redwood City.

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For my work as healthcare professional, I've come to appreciate the way that individuals'

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privacy should be guarded and respected.

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Our privacy is tightly linked to our ability to authentically and freely move about the world

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and express ourselves and feel safe doing so.

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I'm reaching out to you because of the Pacifica Flock contract,

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the Redwood City Flock contract that will renew yearly,

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if the Council does not vote to cancel it.

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This is really important to me,

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and I humbly ask you to cancel your current RFP process,

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get community input.

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But this type of data is making us all vulnerable to potential stalking by law enforcement,

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pursuing of protesters that are coming home from expressing their opinions at rallies.

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This is incredibly personal to so many of our community members that feel vulnerable right

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now including naturalized citizens or people from countries that are not considered up to Trump's

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standards. So this is really important to me as an immigrant and I urge you to please, please,

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please consider the most vulnerable among us when you make these kinds of decisions that impact us

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all. Thank you.

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Thank you. Our final speaker is Laura Aiden.

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We cannot hear you. You can

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and begin your comments.

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We can hear you now.

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Oh, thank you.

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I'm just calling about the redwood life

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that the city council is considering.

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Actually, Laura, I'm so sorry to interrupt.

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That is item 8A on city clerk Castro.

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We actually don't have redwood life today.

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I am so sorry I mix it up with our redwood shores.

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Levy item, I am so sorry.

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Laura, please proceed.

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We're gonna restart the timer.

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I apologize.

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No, no problem. It's fine. Yeah, I'm just talking about Redwood life because they're, you know, they're building on a toxic waste dump that already has been disruptive and they have to manage that.

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And I think that's really unwise for them to redistribute that waste cap cap for and they're saying over 20 years and all these bio labs are just they're not doing well right now.

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So I hope that they really consider looking it out everything and not just going forward because there's some money attached to it.

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So that's all I have to say. Thank you very much.

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Thank you, Laura.

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Thank you.

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And if you weren't able to give public comment this evening we welcome you to email the council at council at redwoodcity.org.

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That concludes public comment mayor. Thank you.

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Thank

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you to our city clerk and everybody who made public comment this evening we will keep the show going

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Item 7, items on the consent calendar are routine and nature are approved by one motion. Are there any items on consent from which councilmembers are recused? Councilmember Chu? I will be recusing myself from item 7b, as I live one block from the bathroom in question. Great. Thank you. And councilmemorgy, I will be recusing myself from item 7e. One of the consultants on the item CTS is a consultant to me.

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My business on one of my state agency contracts.

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Okay, thank you both.

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And do we have a motion for all items on consent aside from item 7b and 7e?

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Mr. Mayor, before we go there, I'd like to pull item 7a to add a friendly amendment.

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And Councilor Mr. Clerk, I wanted to just pull 7i as an igloo for a quick question.

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And then I'm sorry, the majority say 7J is being pulled or it is being pulled on

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Saturday.

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No, that was 7A, 7B and 7E.

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Okay, let's interact here.

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May I also dispole for a comment, 7J, as in Jake, please.

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Thank you.

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Perfect.

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So for those keeping track at home, we have Council Member 2 recues from item 7B,

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item 7a, 7i and 7j. So let's start with City Attorney just making sure we're going to start

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with our pooled items before we do any voting. Mary, if you'd like to go ahead and take a vote

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on all consent items except those four, five. Perfect. Okay, sounds good. Is there a motion for all

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All of the items on consent, aside from items 7A, B, E, I, and J.

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So moved.

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Thank you, Council Member Howard, and is there a second?

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Second?

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Perfect.

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That was a second from Council Member Chu, and could we get an electronic vote, please?

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Thank you, and we'll take a roll call, but that's okay, Mayor.

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We'll start with Council Member Chu.

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Yes.

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Council Member Ji.

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Yes.

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Council Member Howard.

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Yes.

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Council Member Petia.

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Yes, Council Member Sturkin.

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Yes.

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Vice Mayor Aiken.

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Yes.

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Mayor Martinez of IOS.

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Yes.

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Motion passes unanimously.

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Thank you, Wall.

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And so with that, we'll begin with our pulled items, beginning with item 7a, and so we'll

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go to Council Member G.

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Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

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My proposed addition to the motion, given that the bill has not been fully printed yet, and

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that amendments could still happen is that the motion be amended to also delegate to the

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governance committee and he changes pending final printing of the bill.

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And the reason for that is time is of the essence.

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This is going to be approved hopefully or possibly August 31st, the bill will go to the governor

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and the governor then has three days of sign and we will not have time to come back to council

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for any changed position if the final amendments

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has, we've been chaired, don't materialize.

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Councillor Neill.

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00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:41,540
Mayor, I think that's a wonderful idea

452
00:38:41,540 --> 00:38:43,380
because I do realize the urgency.

453
00:38:43,980 --> 00:38:47,540
I was hoping that we could just, whether Council member G

454
00:38:47,540 --> 00:38:50,540
or staff member, just very briefly tell the audience

455
00:38:50,540 --> 00:38:51,740
what this bill is about.

456
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:53,540
Thank you, Council member Howard.

457
00:38:54,700 --> 00:38:56,060
I see Michelle going up to the mic.

458
00:38:56,060 --> 00:38:57,460
Good

459
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:01,240
evening, Council.

460
00:39:02,020 --> 00:39:04,780
Michele Poche-Flority Assistant City Manager.

461
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:11,900
This is a bill that is rather complex in a few different ways.

462
00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:19,700
It is intended to provide protections to voting rights.

463
00:39:22,250 --> 00:39:30,250
Redwood City is one of the cities that switched from citywide elections to district elections.

464
00:39:30,250 --> 00:39:56,030
and there were some technical questions in the original version of the bill that related to when that was adopted and whether or not if you did it by a certain date or not you would have safe harbor or if it was a different date and so we were advocating for a handful of amendments that would have cleaned some of those technicalities up.

465
00:39:56,030 --> 00:39:59,670
are letters to the legislators.

466
00:40:00,050 --> 00:40:29,090
Clearly stated that we supported the spirit of the bill and the intention of the bill, but there were technicalities in the bill that would have presented significant financial impacts on the city unless they were corrected. Since that time, the author and co-sponsors have been very ready to listen to those arguments and have made all of the changes that we requested in our letter.

467
00:40:29,090 --> 00:40:40,230
And as a result of that, staff has recommended that we switch to a neutral position and our firm in Sacramento advises the same.

468
00:40:43,020 --> 00:40:45,540
Thank you very, very much. I appreciate that.

469
00:40:45,720 --> 00:40:58,700
I just, it is very complex, but I was very pleased to see that all of the suggestions that you made were accepted whether that author is maybe should be more involved in writing more legislation, because he listens.

470
00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:08,600
we were very grateful. Thank you. And I'll second the motion of Council member G, if you're looking for a second.

471
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:12,120
Sure. I'll make the motion as amended. Thank you, Council Member Howard.

472
00:41:14,820 --> 00:41:20,080
Thank you both. We appreciate that and getting some more information out to our community with that.

473
00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:24,520
Let's get a vote on that was item 7a.

474
00:41:25,060 --> 00:41:26,560
We'll start with Council Member G.

475
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:27,720
Yes.

476
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:28,800
Council Member Howard.

477
00:41:29,260 --> 00:41:29,380
Yes.

478
00:41:29,700 --> 00:41:30,480
Council Member Patia.

479
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:32,260
Yes.

480
00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:33,480
Council Member Sturken.

481
00:41:33,660 --> 00:41:33,840
Yes.

482
00:41:34,060 --> 00:41:34,760
Council Member Chu.

483
00:41:35,180 --> 00:41:35,320
Yes.

484
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:36,280
Vice Mayor Aiken.

485
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:37,340
Yes.

486
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:38,580
Mayor Martinez Tobias.

487
00:41:38,980 --> 00:41:39,120
Yes.

488
00:41:39,380 --> 00:41:40,460
Motion passes unanimously.

489
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:42,340
Wonderful.

490
00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:43,320
Thank you, everyone.

491
00:41:43,720 --> 00:41:47,760
And we will go to Council Member Sturken for item 7i.

492
00:41:49,860 --> 00:41:50,240
Thank you, Mayor.

493
00:41:50,940 --> 00:41:55,700
Mayor, I'm wondering if Council Member Sturken would like

494
00:41:55,700 --> 00:42:03,820
to handle both I and J at the same time, or if councilmember Sturkin has different questions

495
00:42:03,820 --> 00:42:04,340
for them?

496
00:42:12,580 --> 00:42:13,180
Oh yes, I'm sorry.

497
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:14,360
I thought it was the two sentences.

498
00:42:15,300 --> 00:42:15,420
Okay.

499
00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:15,980
Thank you.

500
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:16,180
Please.

501
00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:25,780
It's a real quick question for staff, I'm not sure if Tinesha is here, but about the stop

502
00:42:25,780 --> 00:42:31,860
signs and the selection of the stop signs, one was, I got a question from constituent

503
00:42:31,860 --> 00:42:37,200
about intersection of Argoio and B Street that isn't slotted for a stop sign, but I'm

504
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:42,580
sure there's a reasonable reason why in that neighborhood since almost every other intersection

505
00:42:42,580 --> 00:42:44,220
is a lot different in a stop sign.

506
00:42:45,460 --> 00:42:49,520
Thank you for the question, Tanisha Werner, Director of Engineering and Transportation.

507
00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:56,980
We did look at 14 intersections along the whole stretch and we can't do stop signs at every

508
00:42:56,980 --> 00:43:01,280
every single intersection just for circulation and flow of traffic purposes.

509
00:43:02,100 --> 00:43:04,980
So that's one of the reasons why that location wasn't selected.

510
00:43:06,780 --> 00:43:08,460
Thank you very much.

511
00:43:08,980 --> 00:43:14,340
And if I get to say one last thing, I just want to share appreciation, I know a lot of

512
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:20,340
my constituents and my neighbors appreciate a stop sign being installed at Sandish and

513
00:43:20,340 --> 00:43:24,520
Warren, where there's been several accents over the past few years and that was something

514
00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:30,000
I heard four years ago when I ran that people wanted and I just want to thank you and your team for

515
00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:34,200
Making a centennial safer for everyone, so thank you. Thank you.

516
00:43:37,900 --> 00:43:39,400
Thank you councilmember Sturken

517
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:45,940
That was item seven. I do we have a motion? So moved. Thank you. Do we have a second second?

518
00:43:46,700 --> 00:43:52,180
Great. That was a motion from councilmember Sturken a second from councilmember Howard. Could we get an electronic vote please?

519
00:43:52,180 --> 00:43:54,260
Council member Howard. Yes.

520
00:43:57,180 --> 00:44:00,320
Council member Sturkin. Yes. Council member Chiu. Yes.

521
00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:06,540
Council member G. Yes. Vice Mayor Aiken. Yes. Mayor Martinez of my motion passes unanimously. Thank you.

522
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:11,340
Wonderful. Thank you everyone. And we'll go back to Council member Sturkin for item 7J.

523
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:18,480
Sorry to take up more time. So with this item, I just wanted to firstly just thank staff for

524
00:44:19,340 --> 00:44:24,640
listening to Council's interest in a billboard courtyard.

525
00:44:25,120 --> 00:44:31,020
That was something I know I raised when, under our previous city manager, and the concept

526
00:44:31,020 --> 00:44:37,100
of us being able to, in another way, as we've discussed at this day, is recoup our costs.

527
00:44:38,140 --> 00:44:38,720
How do we put it?

528
00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:42,540
Our goal is to, how do we put it?

529
00:44:42,780 --> 00:44:43,960
It's a couple of costs of services.

530
00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:45,260
Somebody help me here.

531
00:44:46,940 --> 00:44:59,980
Yes, cost recovery. Thank you so much. Okay, mayors on it. So this is just another way that we could possibly do that. So I appreciate staff for looking into design for that. That's all. Thank you.

532
00:45:02,100 --> 00:45:06,040
Thank you, Councilmember Sturken. And that was item 7j.

533
00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:29,720
I just want to make clear that that's not all that's in item number 7j. It has many other aspects, and I guess I'll just say I'm not particularly interested in studying billboards, but that's for another day. This would just be among many other things to study the possibility of a billboard on the corporation yardland.

534
00:45:29,720 --> 00:45:30,580
I

535
00:45:34,930 --> 00:45:37,870
second the motion to approve, 7J.

536
00:45:38,610 --> 00:45:39,770
Great, so I would say.

537
00:45:41,050 --> 00:45:41,850
I'm sorry.

538
00:45:43,970 --> 00:45:50,010
That was a motion from Council Member Sirkin, a second from Vice Mayor Eakin, and could

539
00:45:50,010 --> 00:45:51,130
we get an electronic vote please.

540
00:45:52,390 --> 00:45:53,310
Council Member Padilla.

541
00:45:54,770 --> 00:45:55,010
Yes.

542
00:45:55,370 --> 00:45:56,170
Council Member Sturkin.

543
00:45:56,770 --> 00:45:57,010
Yes.

544
00:45:57,310 --> 00:45:58,070
Council Member Chiu.

545
00:45:58,550 --> 00:45:58,670
Yes.

546
00:45:58,930 --> 00:45:59,650
Council Member G.

547
00:45:59,910 --> 00:46:00,090
Yes.

548
00:46:00,370 --> 00:46:01,050
Council Member Howard.

549
00:46:01,410 --> 00:46:01,630
Yes.

550
00:46:01,630 --> 00:46:02,590
Vice Mayor Aiken.

551
00:46:02,970 --> 00:46:03,130
Yes.

552
00:46:03,390 --> 00:46:04,390
Mayor Martinez Abios.

553
00:46:04,510 --> 00:46:04,630
Yes.

554
00:46:04,910 --> 00:46:05,790
Motion passes unanimously.

555
00:46:06,450 --> 00:46:06,610
All right.

556
00:46:06,690 --> 00:46:07,090
Thank you.

557
00:46:07,330 --> 00:46:12,350
And before I move on from consent, we do have the recusal items to vote on, so we'll first

558
00:46:12,350 --> 00:46:17,430
take up seven B, which I believe Council Member Chuse refused from, is our motion.

559
00:46:17,750 --> 00:46:20,830
Motion to approve item seven B, as in Bob.

560
00:46:21,490 --> 00:46:21,730
Great.

561
00:46:21,930 --> 00:46:22,290
Thank you.

562
00:46:22,390 --> 00:46:23,250
Council members, they're second.

563
00:46:23,990 --> 00:46:24,470
Second.

564
00:46:25,230 --> 00:46:25,550
Perfect.

565
00:46:25,730 --> 00:46:26,550
Thank you, Council Member.

566
00:46:26,690 --> 00:46:30,490
That was a motion from a Council Member G and a second from Council Member Howard for

567
00:46:30,490 --> 00:46:32,830
item 7b, could we get an electronic vote please?

568
00:46:33,030 --> 00:46:34,290
We'll start with Council Member Sturkin.

569
00:46:34,910 --> 00:46:35,070
Yes.

570
00:46:35,330 --> 00:46:36,130
Council Member G.

571
00:46:39,340 --> 00:46:39,720
I'm sorry.

572
00:46:40,220 --> 00:46:40,700
Council Member G.

573
00:46:40,720 --> 00:46:41,200
Yes.

574
00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:41,880
Yes.

575
00:46:42,180 --> 00:46:42,660
Thank you.

576
00:46:43,700 --> 00:46:44,760
Council Member Howard.

577
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:45,560
Yes.

578
00:46:46,180 --> 00:46:47,140
Council Member Padilla.

579
00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:48,020
Yes.

580
00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:48,960
Vice Mayor Aiken.

581
00:46:49,560 --> 00:46:50,080
Yes.

582
00:46:50,340 --> 00:46:51,280
Mayor Martinez-Vias.

583
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:51,640
Yes.

584
00:46:52,020 --> 00:46:53,580
Motion passes with six votes.

585
00:46:53,860 --> 00:46:55,280
Council Member Chiu is recused.

586
00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:55,760
Thank you.

587
00:46:56,520 --> 00:46:57,040
Wonderful.

588
00:46:57,360 --> 00:46:57,920
Thank you, everybody.

589
00:46:58,160 --> 00:47:02,240
And we have up next item 7e which Council Member G is recused from.

590
00:47:02,240 --> 00:47:03,460
Is there a motion?

591
00:47:05,730 --> 00:47:06,370
So moved.

592
00:47:06,770 --> 00:47:07,310
Second.

593
00:47:07,910 --> 00:47:11,930
Council Member Howard and seconded by Council Member Sturkin.

594
00:47:12,150 --> 00:47:13,170
Can we get an electronic vote, please?

595
00:47:14,990 --> 00:47:15,950
Council Member Howard.

596
00:47:16,650 --> 00:47:16,830
Yes.

597
00:47:18,610 --> 00:47:19,890
Council Member Pitilla.

598
00:47:20,770 --> 00:47:21,190
Yes.

599
00:47:21,510 --> 00:47:22,330
Council Member Sturkin.

600
00:47:22,950 --> 00:47:23,070
Yes.

601
00:47:23,290 --> 00:47:24,090
Council Member Chiu.

602
00:47:25,470 --> 00:47:26,070
Yes.

603
00:47:26,370 --> 00:47:26,970
Vice Mayor Aiken.

604
00:47:27,670 --> 00:47:28,270
Yes.

605
00:47:28,570 --> 00:47:29,470
Mayor Martinez-Vius.

606
00:47:29,790 --> 00:47:29,890
Yes.

607
00:47:29,890 --> 00:47:34,110
Yes. Motion passes with six votes. Councilmember G is recuse. Thank you.

608
00:47:35,170 --> 00:47:40,090
Amazing. Thank you, everybody. That was our consent calendar for the evening. So we will

609
00:47:40,090 --> 00:47:46,750
move on to item 8, our staff reports. And our city manager, Patrick Heisinger, will provide

610
00:47:46,750 --> 00:47:52,090
a brief introduction before turning the presentation over to engineering and transportation director

611
00:47:52,090 --> 00:47:52,930
Tunisio.

612
00:47:53,530 --> 00:47:58,890
Great. Thank you, Mayor. Just two things quickly. One, I just want to express a lot of gratitude

613
00:47:58,890 --> 00:48:04,390
to staff. This has been a big lift and it's going to continue to be a big lift. When you're at

614
00:48:04,390 --> 00:48:10,270
60 percent design, you saw a heck of a lot of way to go. But you're here in this presentation,

615
00:48:10,510 --> 00:48:15,370
a lot of different methods of outreach, whether in-person, on-site, hybrid, walking tours,

616
00:48:15,630 --> 00:48:19,370
whatnot, and there's a lot more to come. So even starting in September is another office hours.

617
00:48:20,270 --> 00:48:24,330
So just wanted to let everybody know, please get engaged. Staff is ready to hear from you.

618
00:48:24,330 --> 00:48:29,590
So in addition to that, I did want to acknowledge that this kind of has been branded as the Redwood

619
00:48:29,590 --> 00:48:31,170
Shores Sea level project.

620
00:48:32,250 --> 00:48:37,250
But you'll hear in this presentation how it fits in with a larger plan in conjunction

621
00:48:37,250 --> 00:48:40,150
with other cities, with one shoreline.

622
00:48:40,770 --> 00:48:44,070
So we at the staff level are really starting to look at this as a city wide project.

623
00:48:44,210 --> 00:48:49,830
It doesn't just protect Redwood Shores, this project over time will help to protect billions

624
00:48:49,830 --> 00:48:54,270
of dollars and assessed value of real estate and safety, you know, in and around the city.

625
00:48:54,410 --> 00:48:58,170
So maybe we could work on our branding and get some more folks to those outreach meetings

626
00:48:58,170 --> 00:49:01,910
because it's definitely well-tended, but just want to throw that out for the rest of the group.

627
00:49:02,090 --> 00:49:05,470
This is something that we're going to be looking at to connect the southern part of the city

628
00:49:05,470 --> 00:49:09,270
with the northern part of the city. So with that, I'll turn it over to Tunisia. Thank you.

629
00:49:10,350 --> 00:49:15,950
Thank you, Patrick. Good evening. Mayor, City Council members, staff and members of the community.

630
00:49:15,950 --> 00:49:21,150
My name is Tanisha Werner, I'm the Director of Engineering and Transportation and tonight

631
00:49:21,150 --> 00:49:27,570
I'll be giving you an update on our 60% design for the Redwood Shores sea level rise protection

632
00:49:27,570 --> 00:49:28,090
project.

633
00:49:31,180 --> 00:49:36,600
So tonight's presentation I will do an overview of the project and look at the regional

634
00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:38,800
context in which this project sets.

635
00:49:39,220 --> 00:49:46,460
We'll go over a really high level schedule overview, discuss some of our current public outreach

636
00:49:46,460 --> 00:49:51,440
and engagement opportunities, some of the public amenities and improvements that are

637
00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:52,940
associated with the project.

638
00:49:53,740 --> 00:49:59,860
And then we will be going over two different design alternatives that we are asking for some

639
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:21,780
The policy direction from the council in order to identify how wide we should make the levity. And there will be multiple opportunities to further refine the direction further refine the design. Today's decision does not lock us into one thing over another. And then at the end we will have time for questions and answers.

640
00:50:24,380 --> 00:50:28,500
As you're listening to the presentation, please just keep in mind these two questions.

641
00:50:28,500 --> 00:50:37,180
Does the City Council support advancing alternative two which staff is calling the optimized design as the preferred alternative?

642
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:46,020
And the second question is, are there any additional considerations the City Council would like staff to evaluate as the project advances?

643
00:50:46,720 --> 00:50:55,340
There are many opportunities for us to incorporate different features if there's something that council likes in one alternative or so the other.

644
00:50:55,340 --> 00:51:00,520
and so just having that direction is really helpful once we're at the 60% design level.

645
00:51:03,270 --> 00:51:06,050
Our project is at a regional level.

646
00:51:06,470 --> 00:51:11,910
See level rise doesn't just impact one jurisdiction when our waters are rising

647
00:51:11,910 --> 00:51:17,810
or when we have extreme rain events. Water is going to go to the point of lowest

648
00:51:17,810 --> 00:51:22,830
elevation and also the point that has the smallest amount of restrictions. It's

649
00:51:22,830 --> 00:51:27,350
going to go where it wants to go. It doesn't care if we're called Redwood City

650
00:51:27,350 --> 00:51:31,090
if we're called Belmont St. Carlos, it really doesn't care about that.

651
00:51:31,910 --> 00:51:36,310
And so, C-level rise is something that our county, San Mateo County has been looking

652
00:51:36,310 --> 00:51:38,070
at at a county-wide level.

653
00:51:38,410 --> 00:51:46,310
In March of 2018, there was a county-wide C-level rise vulnerability assessment that went out.

654
00:51:46,830 --> 00:51:53,910
This assessment basically said that there are significant areas of impacts to our shoreline

655
00:51:53,910 --> 00:52:01,110
and our infrastructure that are vulnerable to sea level rise. Out of that study was born one

656
00:52:01,110 --> 00:52:07,790
shoreline and they are the county's district to adjust sea level rise resiliency and flooding

657
00:52:07,790 --> 00:52:16,770
at the county wide level. They're born in January 2020 and then as we move forward redwood city has

658
00:52:16,770 --> 00:52:23,850
been looking not only at this regional effort but also a little bit closer to home in redwood city

659
00:52:23,910 --> 00:52:32,310
in July of 2024, we put out our sea level rise vulnerability and adaptation study.

660
00:52:32,910 --> 00:52:38,110
And this looked at different assets within the entire city to assess where we vulnerable

661
00:52:38,110 --> 00:52:42,490
and what are some potential elements that we can do to improve those vulnerabilities.

662
00:52:43,510 --> 00:52:49,090
And then looking into the future, we have a really strong, wonderful partnership with One Shoreline

663
00:52:49,090 --> 00:52:55,330
and they are really learning together with five of our neighbors, Belmonts and Carlos,

664
00:52:56,090 --> 00:53:01,410
Redwood City and Menlo Park East Palo Alto to do what they're calling a Southern

665
00:53:01,410 --> 00:53:09,170
Bayside Resiliency Plan. That is future-looking, 2027, but it is an effort that Redwood City

666
00:53:09,170 --> 00:53:12,290
will be part of the collaborative efforts.

667
00:53:14,540 --> 00:53:18,620
This is a map showing the San Francisco Bay area

668
00:53:18,620 --> 00:53:25,220
or Bay region that has shoreline and as you can see there are multiple areas where different

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00:53:25,220 --> 00:53:28,380
jurisdictions have a portion of the shoreline.

670
00:53:29,240 --> 00:53:31,860
And this basically represents one shoreline's reach.

671
00:53:32,940 --> 00:53:39,500
The portion in red is redwood shores and you can see that that is outlined in red but it's

672
00:53:39,500 --> 00:53:41,120
actually in a yellow color.

673
00:53:41,880 --> 00:53:48,440
If we go to the next slide we're going to just zoom in on redwood shores on its own and

674
00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:55,840
this is what our project is looking to protect. The area outlined in blue is the alignment of the

675
00:53:55,840 --> 00:54:01,180
current lobby project and just to orient you, I'll see if this is working.

676
00:54:03,740 --> 00:54:05,220
Well, never mind.

677
00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:12,520
So you can see at the very top of it which shores is the Silicon Valley clean water

678
00:54:13,380 --> 00:54:20,480
treatment plant and then highway 101 is just below the vertical section of that blue line.

679
00:54:20,480 --> 00:54:23,220
and apologies, my pointer isn't working.

680
00:54:23,820 --> 00:54:24,640
Next slide, please.

681
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:29,460
So when I say this regional coordination,

682
00:54:29,840 --> 00:54:31,260
what on earth does that mean?

683
00:54:31,800 --> 00:54:33,480
When we're looking at Redwood City,

684
00:54:33,980 --> 00:54:36,520
Redwood City is leading the Redwood Shore

685
00:54:36,520 --> 00:54:38,720
sea level rise protection project.

686
00:54:39,160 --> 00:54:41,300
Our city is leading our project design,

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our community engagement.

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We are seeking FEMA accreditation

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to help protect this portion of our community

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and also broader, more broader portion

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of Redwood City.

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Redwood City is also leading the environmental review, the permitting implementation, and of

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course

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This is taking policy direction from our city council. One shoreline is looking at this regional

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effort. They are looking at regional flooding and sea level rise coordination for all of

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those member agencies that you saw on that first map. They are also serving as a person

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or body on our Redwood Shores Technical Advisory Committee, and they are leading our five city

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resiliency plan, which was that future looking plan that will start in 2027.

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We have a number of regional partners and these regional partners have shoreline resiliency

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plans of their own that they have to either move forward or find another way to protect

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their communities.

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Each city is at a different spot, faster city, which is not on the list, they completed their

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Labid, they are credited, which is wonderful. Redwood City is in design, and that's also

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a wonderful milestone. There are other jurisdictions that are in either a planning or a design phase,

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and so I really want everyone to keep in mind this regional context that we are one portion

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of.

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So looking at our specific project, our project is being designed to help protect

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vulnerable assets to protect our homes, schools, businesses, and critical infrastructure

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00:56:24,540 --> 00:56:31,440
in Redwood Shores. Redwood Shores is home to 31 Santeres to our pump stations, and all

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of the flow not only in Redwood Shores, but all of Redwood City flows through the shores

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and ends up at the treatment plant, which is at the very tip of Redwood Shores.

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We're also looking at an umbrella goal of flood protection.

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We want to protect our community from flooding to really protect these valuable assets.

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And under flood protection we're looking at FEMA accreditation in order for our residents,

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our businesses, our properties that do not have or that do have a mortgage on their property

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00:57:06,620 --> 00:57:12,780
to not have flood insurance, we need to be out of a flood zone, and we need to have a

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levy that is accredited, and that is basically FEMA's way of saying you are no longer in a flood zone.

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We do have an existing levy that currently protects redwood shores, that levy is there.

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It is not at a height that FEMA currently recognizes for accreditation.

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However, FEMA is working really closely with the city and they have put us into what is called seclusion.

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So they're basically saying that we recognize that your LIB isn't at a height to reach current standards of accreditation,

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but we know that the city is working towards getting there and FEMA is not placing our area in a flood zone,

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which would trigger that flood insurance requirements.

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While we have this really great project, we have other opportunities aside from flood protection.

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We can look at enhancing placemaking. Our Redwood Shores Levy is a destination for individuals who enjoy hiking, biking, birding, just really being out in nature.

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And this project is a great opportunity to add in more of those amenities.

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Looking really high level at our schedule in July of 2025, our City Council awarded a design

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00:58:34,810 --> 00:58:39,950
contract to Shappen Wheeler to do the design improvements for our Libby project.

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That's really what kick started us off to this journey where we are today, where we have reached 60%

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design, which is a really big milestone for the engineering project, and we are coming

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me before you tonight just to see which design alternative council prefers us to move forward.

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There are many, many ways to design this project.

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There's not just one way or two ways, there are many ways.

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And what staff is presenting tonight is two alternatives that provide the same basic

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flood protection goal, but in different ways.

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and then as we move past tonight's meeting, the project team will be moving into our

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environmental permitting and environmental review. We're anticipating that process to

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take about two years and that would be dependent upon securing the available project funding.

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And then once we have our permitting and environmental review stage, we can move into final design.

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That's

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where things really start to come together. We can finalize what amenities are really going

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to be out there. At this stage we're looking at what is the suite of options that are available

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to us and where some different locations are available to us.

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We have all of our construction funding secured. We are looking at a four-year, maybe a five-year construction cycle, so between 2030 and 2030 for 2034.

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Staff has been engaging with the community since we started this project and onboarded our design consultant team in the fall of 2020.

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We released a survey to our Redwood Shores community and received a pretty good response rate

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01:00:40,030 --> 01:00:47,430
of about 481 responses and a few, well, a slide in a few minutes will show you some of

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the themes that came out of that effort.

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But in 2026 we've been doing more community outreach.

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We've held three community meetings.

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We've held two office hours and that is just an opportunity for the community to talk with different members of the project team and opportunity for them to share any feedback on the design and also just to get an update on where things are right now.

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We have presented at the annual meeting for RSCA and at one of the board meetings for RSOA and we will have plenty of opportunities to continue the public engagement.

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There is a dedicated project website, a mailing list, so anyone who has attended our community meetings, we've given them the opportunity to share their email address that we can include them on any email blast for community engagement meetings.

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meetings that are coming up. We also have coordination through our office hours, so we're

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really trying to capture as much of the community as possible just to really make sure that

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everyone has an opportunity for their voice to be heard.

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Some of that community feedback has followed some general themes. The community really wants

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a clean, safe, and well-maintained, levy and shrill system. We're looking for areas where

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we can add in more access, more connectivity, really looking at what we're

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calling place making. We want the levy to have that same feel that it has right

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01:02:22,000 --> 01:02:27,540
now, where people go there to be close to nature, to really enjoy everything

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01:02:27,540 --> 01:02:33,720
that our short line has to offer. We're looking at increasing the natural

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01:02:33,720 --> 01:02:39,180
character of the levy and increasing our viewing spots and interactions with

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wildlife. There are so many incredible elements that we can achieve with this

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project and one of the big things that we're doing is flood protection. We're

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not just trying to do an engineered solution. That is part of it, but we want

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to make sure that it's a destination as well. Something that the community is

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01:03:01,940 --> 01:03:04,960
really going to continue to cherish for generations to come.

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So some of the

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public amenities that we are looking at include areas for seating along the

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alignment, some areas for shade. These are just two examples of what it could

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look like. These are, think of this as a starting point. The exact bench doesn't

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have to look like that. It could be a different color. It could be a different size.

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But we're just showing that an area for resting along the alignment is

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something that is possible and it's something that we're making space for in the design.

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So one of the questions that I really wanted Council to keep in mind as you're listening

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01:03:46,330 --> 01:03:52,190
to the presentation is, what amenities would you like to see incorporated as we continue

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01:03:52,190 --> 01:03:58,990
to advance this design along? Nothing is set in stone in this moment. Everything is open

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01:03:58,990 --> 01:04:00,670
for further refinement.

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When we're looking at public amenities, we do have some constraints.

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So a few of those constraints include permitting.

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This project will be subject to permitting from various state and federal agencies.

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We have BCDC which is the Bay Conservancy and Development Commission.

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They're looking at development along our shoreline.

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We have to have a permit from them in order to do a project.

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We're also looking at the Army Corps of Engineers.

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they're looking at the Federal Clean Water Act and ensuring that anything that

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we're discharging or putting into the water is safe. It's not going to kill the

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aquatic or plant life. To name another one, we're working with the California

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Regional Water Quality Control Board. They're looking at water quality. We are

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right at the water. Nothing has been...

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We've been treated before it gets into the water, and that's why we have a lot of federal agencies that are really keeping a close eye to make sure that we're not harming the environment. Those permitting agencies will have different requirements and restrictions. And now that we're at 60% design, we're at a point where we can take our plans to those permitting agencies and start that conversation. What amenities will be permitted? What is a no-go?

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and now we're at that point. We also have grant opportunities. We do have a

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funding gap for construction and there are some incredible grant

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01:05:38,740 --> 01:05:44,460
opportunities out there. By having this level of a design we can be very competitive

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for grants because we're showing that it's not just a planning document. It's not

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just an inspiration that Redwood City has in our mind. This is something that we are

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actively going towards. And then finally maintenance considerations engineering and transportation

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can design and build it and then we hand it over to our partners and public work services

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and they are responsible for maintaining it in collaboration with our parks and recreation

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01:06:11,520 --> 01:06:12,160
departments.

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Tonight we'll be going over two different design alternatives. The first one is what

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staff is calling a baseline design. This design element includes a very wide width of the

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trail. Our current trail is about 10 feet in width. What design alternative number one

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is doing is widening that by a factor of two. So we'll be looking at a 20 foot wide trail.

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This will require extensive ground improvement in order to add in that extra real estate,

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01:06:47,280 --> 01:06:50,760
we need to have the stability underneath to hold it up.

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And then because we're widening,

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there are many, many opportunities to carve out places

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for place making for ecological improvements

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for people to get down into nature to extend marsh areas.

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So this is what we're referring to as alternative number one.

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Alternative number two is what staff is calling an optimized design.

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This is a design that's going to have a similar look and fill to what the levy is in its current condition today.

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The trail is about 10 feet wide with a two foot shoulder and this is wide enough for maintenance vehicle to drive on top of it.

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Because we're not doubling the width of the levy, there's not as extensive ground improvements that are needed to make it strong enough to withstand the loads.

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so they're just what we're calling targeted improvements and because we're

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not adding in that extra real estate there's less opportunities for us to

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01:07:50,840 --> 01:07:55,740
intentionally carve out areas for that place making and so we're looking at

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very specific locations along the alignment and that's why we're calling it

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01:07:59,900 --> 01:08:01,140
modest amenities.

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When you're thinking about both alternatives these are some

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that they're both doing. They're both seeking that FEMA plus one height elevation and this was the policy direction that staff obtained from council in February of 2026.

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They're both looking at flood protection. Both alternatives will get us out of the seclusion area and get us to a point where our levy can be accredited through FEMA.

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Both alternatives are looking at bay trail access, they are looking at incorporating habitat

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and ecology improvements so that place making one alternative has an opportunity to do more

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and the other one is just scaling that back a bit. And with both alternatives there will

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be continued refined design and reviews so you're not locked into any one decision that happens

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tonight because we are, we're at 60%. All

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01:09:06,080 --> 01:09:08,480
right, so this is a cross section of alternative

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number one and just going to walk you through it. I've got a couple of cross sections. So just bear

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01:09:14,260 --> 01:09:22,360
with me on the technical part. This is a typical cross section. So it's not at any one particular

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person's backyard. It's just what we're calling typical. On the left side of the screen you'll see

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and grade out a home. So this is just to help with orienting you to see what the

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vertical differences are. Where you see the brown, that is the existing ground

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surface and our water level is at seven feet and that's just in the vein. This alternative

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of number one will be raising the levy to an elevation of what we call 13.5 and that's

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And then it will be 20 feet wide, so that's why you can see everything is just a little bit wider. And then this cross section is showing how it will be raised in the future to meet that 16 foot elevation. And that's as design criteria changes with FEMA, there will be other opportunities to re evaluate our design for a levy.

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and make sure that we're always maintained

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in accreditation standards.

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Okay, and then, sorry, the people at the top

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are supposed to represent just standard adult

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sized individuals.

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So this is another cross section for alternative number one.

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And in this area, the main difference is what we call

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a flood wall.

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So if you look just to the right of the raised pathway,

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You see a little notch out of a wall. The wall is not extensive. It's about two

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and a half feet in height, so most individuals will still be able to enjoy the

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wonderful views as they're going in this area. The flood wall in this location

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is needed because you can see the water level is a little bit higher, and there's

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more opportunities for wave action, and that's just where the bay is just

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01:11:29,640 --> 01:11:31,780
sloshing up onto the path.

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Let's go to the next one. Alright, so now we're going to talk

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about alternative number two, which is the optimized design. This is one typical section

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and you're not seeing that wider 20-foot wide levy. You're really just seeing a 10 to 12-foot

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levy, which is kind of mimicking the width that we currently have today. In order to

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Let's strengthen the ground to hold the levy height to accreditation standards.

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We have to introduce a sheet pile wall, and this is just a piece of material that is

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01:12:13,220 --> 01:12:16,880
basically drilled into the ground that can help anchor the soils.

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Everything is on Bay mud, and Bay mud is really squishy over time.

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01:12:22,600 --> 01:12:26,560
It will slowly settle as the water starts pushing out.

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The sheet pile wall will have what we call a concrete cap on top of it and that is just

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think of a curb.

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So a curb on top of the metal portion of the sheet pile wall to protect the sheet pile wall

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01:12:43,760 --> 01:12:45,500
and also protect individuals.

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The height of this cap, it's only about three three and a half feet tall.

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So it is a little bit taller than the two-and-a-half feet with alternative one.

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However, it's still at a height where most people can still enjoy the view of the bay.

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And this is to help obtain accreditation heights.

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And then you can see the two people on the path.

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They are just average adult sized individuals.

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This is another section for alternative number two.

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and in this section we're looking at a slightly different treatment for the soils.

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We're looking at what's called deep soil mixing and that is that slightly

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01:13:29,360 --> 01:13:36,080
browner shaded area in the middle of this image. This is where we will have to

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01:13:36,080 --> 01:13:41,720
remove all of that Bay mud squishy material and bring in an engineered fill

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01:13:41,720 --> 01:13:50,280
solution that is structurally stronger to hold up our levy. And then we are also looking at

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01:13:50,280 --> 01:13:57,060
introducing a concrete wall in this scenario which will just help with that wave action again.

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01:13:57,920 --> 01:14:06,360
So this is just another section, typical section, along the levy. Both alternatives are not bound by

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01:14:06,360 --> 01:14:13,620
one ground treatment. We can do multiple types of ground treatment in order to achieve the

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01:14:13,620 --> 01:14:17,980
same goal. But these are just two sections that are showing you two different ground

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01:14:17,980 --> 01:14:19,340
treatment opportunities.

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And then this is last section of the night. This is a typical

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01:14:25,940 --> 01:14:31,860
section for alternative number two. And this is interesting because it's right next to the

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01:14:31,860 --> 01:14:40,280
and Carlos Airport and so it is a much wider path. You can see at the very top is about

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01:14:40,280 --> 01:14:47,000
our 10-foot path and then it slopes down to another level with a horizontal or flat

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01:14:47,400 --> 01:14:57,300
10-foot wide area. That is a requirement of the airport and so they have much more restrictive

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01:14:57,300 --> 01:14:58,940
of requirements than we do.

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Other portions of the alignment. And so this is just showing how we're accommodating those other requirements for some of the agencies along the alignment.

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So staff's recommendation is alternative number two. This alternative provides our core flood protection goals. It has a lighter touch on the environment. There is less opportunities to bring in more heavy equipment to remove additional amounts of materials.

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01:15:32,980 --> 01:15:39,620
and it will be a little bit quicker to construct because we're not going quite as wide.

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01:15:40,140 --> 01:15:43,160
We are maintaining the FEMA plus one objective.

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01:15:44,060 --> 01:15:56,640
This project alternative is looking at a cost of around $324 million with a redwood city portion of $200 million.

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01:15:56,640 --> 01:16:03,540
dollars. Alternative one was looking at about $440 million with a Redwood City

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01:16:03,540 --> 01:16:10,100
share of about $290 million. So, cost is a factor that we consider, but it's

897
01:16:10,100 --> 01:16:13,660
not the only factor, but it's something that you should be aware of as you're

898
01:16:13,660 --> 01:16:16,220
providing some policy direction for staff.

899
01:16:19,440 --> 01:16:22,980
Financing and funding have been very

900
01:16:22,980 --> 01:16:30,320
big topics of communication when we do our community outreach. Right now we do have a funding gap

901
01:16:30,320 --> 01:16:39,120
for construction. We do not have funding secured for a 324 or even a $440 million project.

902
01:16:39,940 --> 01:16:46,420
The city is looking for different opportunities to bridge that funding gap. The city has recently

903
01:16:46,420 --> 01:16:52,400
retained a financial or municipal advisor and financial consultant. We will be working

904
01:16:52,400 --> 01:16:57,040
really closely with that individual just to outline different options to close

905
01:16:57,040 --> 01:17:03,000
up funding gap. There will be cost sharing opportunities with the other agencies

906
01:17:03,000 --> 01:17:10,540
along our alignment. So San Carlos Airport, City of Belmont, the city of San

907
01:17:10,540 --> 01:17:15,900
Carlos, their other agencies along their alignment that are participating in

908
01:17:15,900 --> 01:17:22,120
our project and they will be sharing the cost. So that's why from a $324 million

909
01:17:22,120 --> 01:17:28,080
dollar project, we can come down to a $200 million redwood city share when we're looking

910
01:17:28,080 --> 01:17:31,040
at the cost sharing with the other jurisdictions.

911
01:17:32,330 --> 01:17:35,140
We're also looking at different funding opportunities.

912
01:17:35,720 --> 01:17:42,720
There are FEMA grants out there, state coastal conservancy grants, and other state and

913
01:17:42,720 --> 01:17:43,660
federal programs.

914
01:17:44,260 --> 01:17:51,620
Staff will be meeting with our Finance and Audit Committee in November, and as part of our work

915
01:17:51,620 --> 01:17:56,300
with our financial consultant, will be bringing some of those options to the Finance

916
01:17:56,300 --> 01:18:02,320
N audit committee, subcommittee, so we can further identify what that funding and financing

917
01:18:02,320 --> 01:18:04,260
strategy will ultimately look like.

918
01:18:05,640 --> 01:18:13,180
And tonight we are not asking for direction or approval on any cost sharing agreements.

919
01:18:15,800 --> 01:18:22,820
Looking at some of our next steps, we are here tonight for a direction from Council on

920
01:18:22,820 --> 01:18:29,300
which alternative to move forward, this allows the city to meet our grant deliverable for

921
01:18:29,300 --> 01:18:35,740
$2 million hazard mitigation grant from FEMA for our design. That grant was only to take

922
01:18:35,740 --> 01:18:42,880
the project through 60% design, which we are right now, and there's many, many ways to design

923
01:18:42,880 --> 01:18:49,640
the project, and the two options that we have before you are very different. They accomplish the

924
01:18:49,640 --> 01:18:54,620
same goals but they're very different and so we'd like for that policy direction to come from

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01:18:54,620 --> 01:19:01,340
council. On September 10th we'll be having another iteration of our office hours where the community

926
01:19:01,340 --> 01:19:08,280
can meet with team members to talk about the project and learn a little bit more. On September 11th

927
01:19:08,280 --> 01:19:14,360
the team will be presenting to the Utilities Subcommittee meeting and as I mentioned before in

928
01:19:14,360 --> 01:19:18,260
in November, we will be going to our Finance and Audit subcommittee.

929
01:19:19,240 --> 01:19:27,360
Throughout all of this, the design team will continue working on our environmental permitting and agency coordination opportunities.

930
01:19:29,020 --> 01:19:32,220
And thank you for your attention. I'll pass it back to the clerk.

931
01:19:38,680 --> 01:19:40,420
Tenisha, thank you for the great presentation.

932
01:19:41,040 --> 01:19:47,020
We appreciate all the background and work to get us to this point with that.

933
01:19:47,020 --> 01:19:49,840
before we get into council discussion, I think we need some public comments.

934
01:19:50,840 --> 01:19:55,740
Thank you Mayor. Okay, we have two in-person speakers, we'll do the last call to the audience

935
01:19:55,740 --> 01:19:59,900
for any in-person or comments on Zoom this evening.

936
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:10,720
On this topic, we have two folks on Zoom, and we will, three folks, and we'll close the speakers list. Once we begin public comment.

937
01:20:14,530 --> 01:20:19,750
Okay. So we'll start with Rhona Gundram, who joined us in person, followed by Gita Dev.

938
01:20:30,180 --> 01:20:42,840
Good evening, council and staff. I'm a member of the Transportation Advisory Committee, but my comments this evening are as a 38-year-old, which is resident. I hope you are able to read

939
01:20:42,840 --> 01:20:45,500
I need my detailed public comment email.

940
01:20:46,440 --> 01:20:51,780
Both alternatives presented this evening will satisfy the project's fundamental flood protection purpose.

941
01:20:52,500 --> 01:20:57,460
So the central choice is not whether to protect the community, but how much additional investment,

942
01:20:57,720 --> 01:21:03,000
public space, trail capacity, amenities, and construction complexity we should pursue.

943
01:21:03,380 --> 01:21:09,960
While balancing long-term resilience, environmental sensitivity, neighborhood impacts, affordability,

944
01:21:09,960 --> 01:21:12,780
maintenance, privacy, and future adaptability.

945
01:21:13,720 --> 01:21:18,840
Instead of a 20-feet everywhere versus 10-feet everywhere approach,

946
01:21:19,440 --> 01:21:24,500
perhaps a hybrid site-specific approach to better balance community-wide

947
01:21:24,500 --> 01:21:27,980
flood protection and impacts on businesses, infrastructure,

948
01:21:28,360 --> 01:21:32,760
and quality of life of homeowners immediately adjacent to the levee would make sense.

949
01:21:33,600 --> 01:21:38,420
A uniform 20-foot wide design could create unnecessary impacts.

950
01:21:39,200 --> 01:21:43,780
Conversely, there may be locations where additional width would provide real benefits.

951
01:21:44,580 --> 01:21:49,760
In short, protect the entire community to the same high standard, but do not assume

952
01:21:49,760 --> 01:21:53,260
that every segment needs to look or function exactly the same.

953
01:21:54,100 --> 01:22:00,480
I propose selecting alternative two as the starting point to secure the $2 million FEMA grant

954
01:22:00,920 --> 01:22:07,880
and ask the team to evaluate a third context-sensitive hybrid alternative from a current and future

955
01:22:07,880 --> 01:22:13,560
homeowner perspective it would seem the most useful approach is to evaluate the alternatives

956
01:22:13,560 --> 01:22:20,580
against a clear set of long-term priorities rather than focusing solely on today's price tag.

957
01:22:21,220 --> 01:22:27,940
Thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker is Geeta Dev and then we'll move to our Zoom speakers.

958
01:22:49,590 --> 01:22:58,330
I apologize. I didn't want to come but I thought if I do this on Zoom I need to be here.

959
01:22:58,910 --> 01:23:07,270
So, I apologize for, but it's okay, good evening, Mayor and Council members.

960
01:23:07,850 --> 01:23:13,730
My name is Geeta Dev, I'm speaking on behalf of the Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club.

961
01:23:14,570 --> 01:23:20,030
I would also like to add some context of why we are commenting today.

962
01:23:21,130 --> 01:23:25,110
We participated in BCDC's advisory committee.

963
01:23:25,110 --> 01:23:32,310
During the development of the regional shoreline adaptation plan, the RSAAP, and since then

964
01:23:32,310 --> 01:23:38,830
I have continued to serve on BCDC's implementation committee, which is following how cities

965
01:23:38,830 --> 01:23:43,390
and counties are moving forward with this critical sea level rise plan.

966
01:23:44,610 --> 01:23:53,650
So sea level rise is ongoing and it's a challenge and we'll need a variety of adaptive pathways

967
01:23:53,650 --> 01:24:00,750
because conditions change over time. For that reason we actually believe alternative

968
01:24:00,750 --> 01:24:08,670
one deserves serious consideration because it appears to keep more future options open

969
01:24:08,670 --> 01:24:15,770
and maintaining flexibility is particularly important because the city has not yet begun

970
01:24:15,770 --> 01:24:28,270
It's sub-regional RSAB plan and we can anticipate robust regulatory review for those who have

971
01:24:28,270 --> 01:24:35,010
not seen how these projects progress through the regulatory agencies.

972
01:24:36,090 --> 01:24:42,490
If additional protection is ultimately needed, the sort of wall type structures we've seen

973
01:24:42,490 --> 01:24:45,330
and alternative two could potentially be added,

974
01:24:45,510 --> 01:24:47,970
so it's very similar to Rhoda's idea

975
01:24:47,970 --> 01:24:49,530
that we may need a hybrid.

976
01:24:50,630 --> 01:24:53,530
But once we commit to a more restrictive approach

977
01:24:53,530 --> 01:24:55,850
like an option two, alternative two,

978
01:24:56,130 --> 01:24:59,790
it will be very difficult to preserve other options.

979
01:25:00,210 --> 01:25:20,140
In the future. So we also urge the city to take our thank you. Thank you, Kita. We'll now turn to our Zoom speakers. We'll start with Chris, who will be followed by Collin user 2. You can unmute yourself and begin your comments.

980
01:25:26,670 --> 01:25:37,050
Good evening, council members and other participants. My name is Chris McIntosh. I'm with the San Mateo County Bird Alliance.

981
01:25:37,050 --> 01:25:42,210
and I'd like to add to the discussion of these two alternatives and the excellent presentation

982
01:25:42,210 --> 01:25:49,490
that we'd hoped to see some clear discussion of how nature-based adaptations would be included

983
01:25:49,490 --> 01:25:55,750
in the project. This is listed as one of the project goals. Nature-based solutions and

984
01:25:55,750 --> 01:26:01,310
also amenities such as viewing platforms will enable residents to benefit from wildlife viewing

985
01:26:01,310 --> 01:26:03,890
as they walk or bike along the levees.

986
01:26:04,350 --> 01:26:09,450
Alternative one clearly seems to allow for more adaptation options over the coming decades,

987
01:26:10,210 --> 01:26:12,430
and it allows for more natural solutions.

988
01:26:13,630 --> 01:26:18,270
And alternative two, as has been mentioned, seems to leave little or no room to maneuver

989
01:26:18,270 --> 01:26:19,090
for the future.

990
01:26:20,310 --> 01:26:25,250
And even though alternative two seems cheaper right now, the main reason not to select

991
01:26:25,250 --> 01:26:29,050
it is that it may box the city in a way that could be more expensive in future.

992
01:26:29,050 --> 01:26:41,110
We expect that using nature-based solutions as much as possible paired with the flood control in alternative one would present in no regrets, better long-term adaptation solution.

993
01:26:41,890 --> 01:26:52,570
And the bird alliance looks forward to working with you on developing amenities to help the residents enjoy the wildlife safely, safely for both humans and birds.

994
01:26:53,030 --> 01:26:53,930
Thank you very much.

995
01:26:56,370 --> 01:26:56,870
Thank you.

996
01:26:58,490 --> 01:27:01,090
Our next speaker is Laura Aiden. Welcome.

997
01:27:07,630 --> 01:27:10,870
Okay, thank you very much for all the work you've done.

998
01:27:12,790 --> 01:27:17,450
This is Laura Aiden. I've been a resident for over 40 years here in Redwood Shores.

999
01:27:18,830 --> 01:27:25,050
The levee is beautiful and it's very natural and you can see all the birds in the wildlife.

1000
01:27:25,570 --> 01:27:28,910
And many people come only from the shores but Redwood City

1001
01:27:28,910 --> 01:27:39,110
many and many cities in the Bay Area to just walk and enjoy nature and I think it'd be nicer to keep it as possible is natural.

1002
01:27:42,610 --> 01:27:58,170
And so I'm looking at the options and I don't like really either one, but I think the less intrusive one would be number two. However, the wall there really bothers me just having a wall because you I don't know if people have been over to foster city.

1003
01:27:58,170 --> 01:28:07,650
but it is not very pretty and there's some advantages but it's really, it's not

1004
01:28:07,650 --> 01:28:13,290
conducive with being natural having a big wall there. I mean it's in like

1005
01:28:13,290 --> 01:28:25,070
three and a half feet or something. So I just hope that the city can figure out

1006
01:28:25,070 --> 01:28:31,290
what to do for the flood insurance, you know, for all those people, but just keep it as

1007
01:28:31,290 --> 01:28:37,250
natural as possible and not have amenities in front so you can, you see those instead of seeing

1008
01:28:37,250 --> 01:28:44,270
nature. Thank you very much. I know it's a hard decision. Thank you. Thank you, Laura.

1009
01:28:44,790 --> 01:28:50,440
And that wraps up public comment on this item. Mayor, thank you. Thank you, City Clerk.

1010
01:28:50,780 --> 01:28:55,620
And as a reminder, public comment is only for those making comment on subjects within the subject

1011
01:28:55,620 --> 01:29:01,260
management jurisdiction of the city. So with that, we will move this to the city council

1012
01:29:01,260 --> 01:29:06,160
for discussion. Who has, we'll start off with the vice mayor.

1013
01:29:07,060 --> 01:29:09,400
I just, I just have some clarifying questions.

1014
01:29:11,820 --> 01:29:14,940
So Tunisia, thank you so much for such a

1015
01:29:14,940 --> 01:29:25,240
thorough presentation. So in 2010, we built a levy that was permitted

1016
01:29:25,240 --> 01:29:30,260
by all the agencies as protecting from sea level rise. Is that right?

1017
01:29:31,820 --> 01:29:36,620
In 2010 we built a levy that was high enough for FEMA accreditation.

1018
01:29:37,280 --> 01:29:43,880
And then in 2020 FEMA deacredited the levy. Is that right?

1019
01:29:45,100 --> 01:29:51,260
FEMA's requirements for accreditation changed and so the height of the existing levy no longer met those requirements.

1020
01:29:56,540 --> 01:29:58,500
Now this

1021
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:11,000
Option 2 that we have now, it was presented to us in February and at that time it was 30% designed,

1022
01:30:11,080 --> 01:30:19,880
is that right? No, so in February we were at 30% designed, that is correct, but the options

1023
01:30:19,880 --> 01:30:26,040
that were presented were looking at the elevation or the height of the levy and so we presented

1024
01:30:26,040 --> 01:30:31,200
it two different options in February. One was the FEMA plus one and the other was the

1025
01:30:31,200 --> 01:30:38,820
FEMA plus 3.5. Tonight we're presenting options for the width of the levee and alternative

1026
01:30:38,820 --> 01:30:45,820
one is a 20 foot wide section versus a 10 to 12 foot wide section for alternative two.

1027
01:30:47,940 --> 01:30:51,560
So, what

1028
01:30:53,890 --> 01:31:02,510
concerns me about option 2 and several of the commenters, public commenters,

1029
01:31:02,590 --> 01:31:11,910
have mentioned it as well, it seems to, in contrast to what we were presented in February,

1030
01:31:11,910 --> 01:31:20,170
There seem to be fewer options to expand it later.

1031
01:31:22,550 --> 01:31:32,630
It looks like we are foregoing some of the ground improvements that would allow this adaptation to change conditions.

1032
01:31:32,630 --> 01:31:41,470
There are fewer options tonight to expand it later than there were in February.

1033
01:31:41,890 --> 01:31:42,290
Is that right?

1034
01:31:45,300 --> 01:31:50,220
The alternatives that we have for tonight are further along in design.

1035
01:31:51,120 --> 01:31:57,260
And both alternatives can be expanded or raised in the future just in different ways.

1036
01:31:57,980 --> 01:32:04,200
one alternative is looking at basically removing all of that bay mud and

1037
01:32:04,200 --> 01:32:09,460
rebuilding up that height with engineered materials and the other one is

1038
01:32:09,460 --> 01:32:17,160
looking at just adding a wall under the ground, a sheet pile wall, to add in

1039
01:32:17,160 --> 01:32:23,380
that structural stability. It's different than what we shared in February as

1040
01:32:23,380 --> 01:32:25,860
That was just looking at the elevation.

1041
01:32:30,140 --> 01:32:38,260
In February, we were told that ground improvements could

1042
01:32:38,260 --> 01:32:42,000
be allowed if we built higher.

1043
01:32:42,460 --> 01:32:45,500
But now those grand improvements can't be allowed.

1044
01:32:45,660 --> 01:32:46,260
Is that right?

1045
01:32:46,760 --> 01:32:49,080
That's the difference between February and now?

1046
01:32:51,440 --> 01:32:51,840
No.

1047
01:32:52,120 --> 01:32:55,960
In February, we were looking at what elevation or what year

1048
01:32:55,960 --> 01:32:58,320
of accreditation protection are we looking at?

1049
01:32:58,940 --> 01:33:06,120
2060 versus 2100. And the 2060 option was FEMA plus one. And so that's how we

1050
01:33:06,120 --> 01:33:11,140
got to this FEMA plus one. That's our policy guy that the team is looking at

1051
01:33:11,140 --> 01:33:16,280
for both alternatives that you're looking at tonight. Tonight we're looking at

1052
01:33:16,280 --> 01:33:22,380
now that we know how high the levee is going to be built to what's another way

1053
01:33:22,380 --> 01:33:28,120
that we're going to enjoy how wide is it going to be. Both options can be adapted.

1054
01:33:28,740 --> 01:33:35,420
Option number one is much wider so that in the future it is a little more streamlined to

1055
01:33:35,420 --> 01:33:40,460
build up. It just kind of gets a little bit more narrow and because you start with such a wide

1056
01:33:40,460 --> 01:33:48,980
base you can go up higher. It's a little easier. In option number two we would have to add in more of

1057
01:33:48,980 --> 01:33:55,560
that deep soil, mixing, perhaps adding additional sheet piles or piers to other engineered solutions

1058
01:33:55,560 --> 01:33:58,940
to adapt it, but both options provide adaptability.

1059
01:34:02,940 --> 01:34:09,660
The reason that I'm concerned is because sea level rise is going to come, whether we want

1060
01:34:09,660 --> 01:34:18,600
it to or not, and what concerns me is, you know, in hindsight, to have built a levy in 2010

1061
01:34:18,600 --> 01:34:25,840
and then to discover in 10 years later that it wasn't good enough, it was more

1062
01:34:25,840 --> 01:34:31,040
expensive than if we had engineered, built something stronger and more robust, even

1063
01:34:31,040 --> 01:34:38,400
if it had been more expensive back in 2010, what looked inexpensive in 2010,

1064
01:34:38,400 --> 01:34:44,720
what wasn't really so, and I just don't want us to have regrets that we did that

1065
01:34:44,720 --> 01:34:51,740
a second time in this very same place. So I want us to be really, really aware of how

1066
01:34:51,740 --> 01:34:55,200
we got to where we are right now. This isn't the first levy we're building.

1067
01:35:01,680 --> 01:35:04,640
I believe that, well,

1068
01:35:06,710 --> 01:35:13,210
let me ask you another question. I believe you said that you are beginning

1069
01:35:13,210 --> 01:35:22,950
outreach, let me, the permitting agencies, BCDC, Army Corps of Engineers, California quality

1070
01:35:22,950 --> 01:35:23,950
control board.

1071
01:35:26,130 --> 01:35:34,310
What happens, you're beginning the outreach? What happens if they come back

1072
01:35:34,310 --> 01:35:39,730
And they say, look, you know, Mill Bray and Berlin game are doing three and a half feet.

1073
01:35:40,270 --> 01:35:43,650
San Carlos Airport wants to do two feet.

1074
01:35:45,010 --> 01:35:49,530
Why are you only doing one foot other than cost?

1075
01:35:50,690 --> 01:35:55,670
We want you to do more. What happens then?

1076
01:35:57,270 --> 01:36:02,330
So there is a distinction between we want you to do more

1077
01:36:02,330 --> 01:36:09,830
and we require you to do more, we will fulfill the requirements to obtain the permitting from

1078
01:36:09,830 --> 01:36:15,290
those agencies, and that means coming back to Council and saying that we need to go higher,

1079
01:36:15,830 --> 01:36:18,290
then that's a discussion that we're going to have to have.

1080
01:36:19,010 --> 01:36:24,010
There are, our design has been based off of the current standards from those agencies,

1081
01:36:24,590 --> 01:36:29,710
and so we're going into those more in-depth conversations aren't with the knowledge that

1082
01:36:29,710 --> 01:36:34,310
that we've built it to how we interpret their standards to be and that's how we've

1083
01:36:34,310 --> 01:36:35,510
presented it to the council.

1084
01:36:36,750 --> 01:36:44,690
If we choose our alternative one tonight, do we still secure that $2 million funding?

1085
01:36:46,130 --> 01:36:50,290
We secure it regardless of which alternative we choose, is that right?

1086
01:36:52,070 --> 01:36:56,950
We've already been awarded the Hazard Mitigation Grant, the $2 million grant from FEMA.

1087
01:36:56,950 --> 01:37:03,750
the grant is based on its reimbursement basis, so if the city chooses an alternative

1088
01:37:03,750 --> 01:37:10,410
tonight, staff can submit our final deliverable and we secure the requirements for that grant.

1089
01:37:10,790 --> 01:37:17,710
If the city does not identify which alternative to submit to FEMA, we are not in compliance

1090
01:37:17,710 --> 01:37:24,390
with the grant requirements and that could make our funding that we have already received

1091
01:37:24,390 --> 01:37:38,520
subject to reimbursement so I'm really I'm just concerned that we don't have

1092
01:37:38,520 --> 01:37:42,580
the permits yet we we're at the very beginning of talking with these

1093
01:37:42,580 --> 01:37:48,340
permitting agencies and we know one of your sites talk about acting

1094
01:37:48,340 --> 01:37:54,180
regionally and that the water doesn't stop in Redwood City and that even though

1095
01:37:54,180 --> 01:37:58,660
in one part of Redwood City that we're doing this levy, it's going to affect all of Redwood City,

1096
01:37:58,760 --> 01:38:07,720
and then all the jurisdictions around it. And so looking at that regional viewpoint, it concerns

1097
01:38:07,720 --> 01:38:19,610
me that other jurisdictions are building to a higher standard or are planning that their plans,

1098
01:38:19,610 --> 01:38:28,070
their aspirations are to build at a higher now. And so it concerns me, I feel like we're being driven

1099
01:38:28,990 --> 01:38:38,310
too much by cost. And we've seen an example where doing something

1100
01:38:39,050 --> 01:38:45,870
incompletely and being concerned about cost cost us more later because here we are.

1101
01:38:49,350 --> 01:38:55,130
So, I'm concerned that if the regulatory agencies look at what the other jurisdictions are

1102
01:38:55,130 --> 01:39:02,790
saying they are planning for and it's more than, you know, it's three and a half feet

1103
01:39:02,790 --> 01:39:10,710
instead of one foot, combined with our history of already building a levy that wasn't sufficient,

1104
01:39:10,930 --> 01:39:15,850
I'm concerned that we're not going to get the permitting and that then we're going

1105
01:39:15,850 --> 01:39:25,050
be back here with more time having passed. And so I just I just wanted to share that with

1106
01:39:25,050 --> 01:39:33,930
my colleagues. I'll leave it there for now. But I'm I'm I like the idea of a hybrid.

1107
01:39:34,470 --> 01:39:39,610
I think let me just check one more thing.

1108
01:39:42,730 --> 01:39:46,950
And I really am concerned about I'll just leave

1109
01:39:46,950 --> 01:39:50,990
But with one more thing, I've already said this, but I really am concerned that we are too

1110
01:39:50,990 --> 01:39:59,890
constrained, we're too boxed in with alternative two, that we're foregoing some

1111
01:40:07,200 --> 01:40:16,740
We don't have money for either alternative. And I feel like we're making too many concessions to cost and boxing ourselves in too soon.

1112
01:40:17,820 --> 01:40:22,080
Those are some of my thoughts. I may talk more later, but those are some of my questions.

1113
01:40:22,080 --> 01:40:33,220
Thank you. Mayor if I may. I just want to reframe one thing that you did say in 2010 we didn't build a levy that was

1114
01:40:34,020 --> 01:40:42,400
substandard. We built a levy that met the current day's requirements. Requirements changed over the years and

1115
01:40:42,400 --> 01:40:50,220
that's why we find ourselves in this situation. As climate change is continuing we anticipate that those

1116
01:40:50,220 --> 01:40:56,160
requirements are going to continue to evolve. So yes, we will likely be here in a decade,

1117
01:40:56,540 --> 01:41:02,620
a couple decades, but that's not a reflection of the standard that the current product was built

1118
01:41:02,620 --> 01:41:09,200
to in that existing environment. I just wanted to rephrase. No, thank you. And you're absolutely

1119
01:41:09,200 --> 01:41:15,780
right. And thank you, Tanisha. I was a little cavalier with my words. So thank you. You're right.

1120
01:41:15,780 --> 01:41:32,020
It was done, you know, C-level rows, 9 inches in the last 50 years, and it's going to start rising faster, plus ground level rise, and I'll leave it there.

1121
01:41:34,000 --> 01:41:35,720
Thank you, Vice Mayor, for getting us started.

1122
01:41:36,780 --> 01:41:38,460
We'll go to Councilmember Chu next.

1123
01:41:39,200 --> 01:41:44,680
I just had some clarifying questions, so this is a new area to me, so forgive me if these are sort of ignorant.

1124
01:41:45,140 --> 01:41:49,540
So, you know, with taking the premise that the goal of the wall is to avoid flooding,

1125
01:41:50,200 --> 01:41:54,720
what are FEMA's assumptions with respect to events?

1126
01:41:55,020 --> 01:41:58,920
Like, are they, are the standards for every thousand year, every 500, you know what I'm

1127
01:41:58,920 --> 01:41:59,120
saying?

1128
01:41:59,300 --> 01:42:03,300
Like, what are their assumptions when setting the standard?

1129
01:42:05,540 --> 01:42:10,660
I'm not, it wasn't meant to be a gacha, it was more like trying to know where I'm going

1130
01:42:10,660 --> 01:42:11,060
with that.

1131
01:42:11,060 --> 01:42:19,500
So if it's anticipated that these standards are going to change, you know, barely consistently

1132
01:42:19,500 --> 01:42:26,820
because climate change is accelerating and there is sea level rise. How long do we want this

1133
01:42:26,820 --> 01:42:31,860
levy to be good for? And is there any way to model that so that we build it for however long

1134
01:42:31,860 --> 01:42:38,280
that is irrespective of what FEMA does? Do you know what I mean? Yeah, so there's two different options.

1135
01:42:38,280 --> 01:42:45,220
One is to design to current FEMA requirements, which is what we're doing with that FEMA plus one.

1136
01:42:45,860 --> 01:42:53,380
We could take it in a different direction but we would need policy direction for that to design it to an even higher standard.

1137
01:42:54,000 --> 01:43:01,660
And we did present a FEMA plus 3.5 in February and we did receive our direction for FEMA plus one.

1138
01:43:01,660 --> 01:43:07,060
If the council chooses to give different direction, we can definitely pivot.

1139
01:43:07,240 --> 01:43:09,780
It'll just add time to the process, but we can pivot.

1140
01:43:10,300 --> 01:43:10,600
Sure.

1141
01:43:10,960 --> 01:43:16,760
And then just from my own understanding, what is the height difference between the previous

1142
01:43:16,760 --> 01:43:18,440
FEMA standard and this standard?

1143
01:43:18,700 --> 01:43:20,360
With that bias, 10 years, do you think?

1144
01:43:20,560 --> 01:43:21,260
I mean, what is the plug?

1145
01:43:21,460 --> 01:43:21,580
You know?

1146
01:43:22,760 --> 01:43:24,180
Yeah, that's a great question.

1147
01:43:24,540 --> 01:43:28,560
So we have raised about four feet in 10 years.

1148
01:43:28,560 --> 01:43:32,220
and what's interesting about the existing levy,

1149
01:43:32,620 --> 01:43:34,900
it's built on Baymide, which is really squishy,

1150
01:43:35,220 --> 01:43:38,640
so you put pressure on it, water's gonna start seeping out

1151
01:43:38,640 --> 01:43:39,640
and things are gonna settle.

1152
01:43:40,180 --> 01:43:44,020
We've settled four feet in those 10, actually 16 years,

1153
01:43:44,420 --> 01:43:45,220
at this point.

1154
01:43:46,420 --> 01:43:49,460
So if we hadn't have settled, would it still be compliant?

1155
01:43:50,080 --> 01:43:54,320
If we hadn't settled and lowered, we would likely be okay.

1156
01:43:54,600 --> 01:43:56,180
Okay, thank you, that's very helpful.

1157
01:43:56,180 --> 01:44:01,520
Okay, and then if you had to and I'm not going to hold you to this because you can't tell the future

1158
01:44:01,520 --> 01:44:07,820
But if you had to ballpark it a FEMA plus one about how long do you think that's going to be good for?

1159
01:44:08,120 --> 01:44:13,180
We're estimating that to get us to the year 2060 for FEMA accreditation

1160
01:44:13,760 --> 01:44:14,920
Great. Thank you.

1161
01:44:20,320 --> 01:44:21,720
Thank you, councilmember true

1162
01:44:22,640 --> 01:44:25,840
Who else has any questions your comments for staff

1163
01:44:33,360 --> 01:44:39,120
I have a little different history than some of my colleagues here, and it wasn't ten

1164
01:44:39,120 --> 01:44:43,500
years after we completed the RevLevy project, it was a matter of a couple of years.

1165
01:44:44,240 --> 01:44:49,540
But when we did raise the levy, it was to comply with FEMA requirements at that time.

1166
01:44:51,140 --> 01:44:51,620
Period.

1167
01:44:51,860 --> 01:44:53,680
It was not that we didn't do a good job.

1168
01:44:53,680 --> 01:44:59,980
We complied with FEMA requirements at the time of construction, and within a couple of years after a few...

1169
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:29,540
Amendment change its requirements, and that's why they recognized that they admitted they changed the requirements. And that's why we are in seclusion for the River Shore's levy. That is the reason. No other reason is because we did meet FEMA requirements. It was certified to meet FEMA requirements at that moment, but then FEMA changed the rules. And they recognized the investment, they recognized the expense, and they left River Shore's in seclusion.

1170
01:45:30,420 --> 01:45:36,480
so that's the history there. Otherwise, you know, I don't believe anybody should change that history.

1171
01:45:38,400 --> 01:45:43,440
Just to back up a little bit, you know, this is part of a master plan as you showed earlier.

1172
01:45:44,100 --> 01:45:49,760
And so I happened to represent another board and transit agency that we are doing FEMA plus one.

1173
01:45:50,440 --> 01:45:52,680
And it is because of cost and time.

1174
01:45:53,600 --> 01:45:58,380
And when you do these mega infrastructure projects, if you just figure out 3% per year escalation,

1175
01:45:58,380 --> 01:46:04,340
you figure out 300 million at 3% every year is 9 million compounded and cost

1176
01:46:04,340 --> 01:46:10,140
increased. So it's not just about time and money together but you add the

1177
01:46:10,140 --> 01:46:16,080
seclusion component to it. FEMA could change its mind tomorrow and remove

1178
01:46:16,080 --> 01:46:21,840
seclusion from Redwood Shores. There's no time bound on that. They can change

1179
01:46:21,840 --> 01:46:30,360
to mind at any time and that's why it was intentional that the council members from District

1180
01:46:30,360 --> 01:46:37,460
1, 2 and 3 are on the Climate Action Committee because all three districts are subject to

1181
01:46:37,460 --> 01:46:44,720
sea level rise. District 2 is already in the flood zone. The properties in District 2, the

1182
01:46:44,720 --> 01:46:50,880
businesses are already paying for flood insurance. When we did the Bayfront Canal, that was a city

1183
01:46:50,880 --> 01:46:56,860
initiative. It was not a friendly acres initiative or a mobile home park initiative. It was a city

1184
01:46:56,860 --> 01:47:03,320
initiative to help moderate the flooding in District 3 which is the contemporary name for friendly

1185
01:47:03,320 --> 01:47:09,040
acres and the mobile home parks. So it's really, really important that we look at it on a bigger

1186
01:47:09,040 --> 01:47:15,420
perspective that at a minimum it's not just meeting FEMA but I think from a cost and time standpoint

1187
01:47:15,420 --> 01:47:29,600
FEMA plus 1 is the right answer to 2060, and the way I look at what has been done at 60 percent, both solutions, and you can tell me I'm wrong, allow for future height increases.

1188
01:47:29,900 --> 01:47:41,380
They're just going to be different solutions, but it does not preclude going to FEMA plus 3.5 or FEMA plus 10 or whatever the magic number may be in 2060 or 2080.

1189
01:47:41,380 --> 01:47:48,160
So, am I correct that both solutions allow the levies to be raised in the future?

1190
01:47:48,780 --> 01:47:53,620
Yes, both solutions allow the levies to be raised in the future, just different mechanisms

1191
01:47:53,620 --> 01:47:54,360
for each one.

1192
01:47:55,560 --> 01:48:00,360
And the other part is this is just not a redwood shorts project that I agree with, part

1193
01:48:00,360 --> 01:48:00,960
city manager.

1194
01:48:01,200 --> 01:48:08,180
I mean, I think it's lost when you say there's 30-something pump stations, but we collectively

1195
01:48:08,180 --> 01:48:21,300
Lee, San Carlos, Belmont, Redwood City, West Bay Sanitation have made a multi-hundred million dollar investment to pump sewage all the way to the end of Redwood shores.

1196
01:48:22,280 --> 01:48:30,500
And so if we don't maintain and protect that infrastructure, I challenge the other cities and the other five districts take care of your own sewage.

1197
01:48:30,900 --> 01:48:37,680
And it's probably not a pragmatic solution because it's now a forced main versus a gravity main.

1198
01:48:37,680 --> 01:48:56,400
and based on what I know from colleagues on that board there's several hundred million dollars more investment needed to continue to meet changing regulatory requirements and so there's going to be more infrastructure requirements at the Silicon Valley clean water plant out there.

1199
01:48:58,700 --> 01:49:04,480
I really want to thank you for all the outreach and more outreach that will continue to occur.

1200
01:49:06,440 --> 01:49:12,720
I ride the levees every weekend or every week night I can to, that's my exercise, that's

1201
01:49:12,720 --> 01:49:17,020
how I deal with some of this rest of the day, it is not the same all the way around.

1202
01:49:17,800 --> 01:49:22,320
There are some parts that are asphalt, there are some that are dirt, there are some that

1203
01:49:22,320 --> 01:49:26,020
are maybe closer to eight feet wide and others that are closer to 12 feet wide.

1204
01:49:26,720 --> 01:49:31,160
So it really is a combination of a lot of different things, but the bottom line is the levees

1205
01:49:31,160 --> 01:49:31,840
need to be raised.

1206
01:49:32,820 --> 01:49:35,520
and what you've shown are different solutions from different places.

1207
01:49:36,340 --> 01:49:40,280
There are homes on the south side of Redway Shores that right now

1208
01:49:40,280 --> 01:49:43,920
you can look right into their backyard into the living room and when we raise it

1209
01:49:43,920 --> 01:49:47,580
it will be easier to look in their proper, so there's got to be sensitivity

1210
01:49:47,580 --> 01:49:52,500
to privacy on the south side. Other parts

1211
01:49:52,500 --> 01:49:55,940
I think behind Indian Creek Apartments are probably the narrowest

1212
01:49:55,940 --> 01:49:59,880
section back there and I remember

1213
01:49:59,880 --> 01:49:59,980
You

1214
01:50:00,000 --> 01:50:29,720
Back after we raised the first, the lever, the first time, when we removed the asphalt many sections, some of the homeworks complained about that, but that also gives us the flexibility to raise the levies without having tear out asphalt. So when I look at all of this and what's going forward, you know, it, the rubber shorts lever is part of the master plan. And we have seen that the master plan at least from Belmont, all the way through Menlo Park, and we've seen that here at council and the price tag associate.

1215
01:50:29,720 --> 01:50:36,400
with that. We have chosen FEMA plus one. And like I said, the other board I sit on

1216
01:50:36,400 --> 01:50:41,860
we're protecting a 1.5 billion dollar asset. We are going to go with FEMA plus one also

1217
01:50:41,860 --> 01:50:47,460
because anything different than that takes too much time and it costs too much money.

1218
01:50:50,300 --> 01:50:56,780
Seclusion can change at any time so time is important. We all, not just the residents and the

1219
01:50:56,780 --> 01:51:00,780
businesses, but the city owns property out there, we would be all affected.

1220
01:51:01,420 --> 01:51:05,520
Silicon Valley, clean water would all be affected if we had to pay flood insurance,

1221
01:51:05,920 --> 01:51:08,100
which would then, which show up in increased rates.

1222
01:51:09,500 --> 01:51:13,980
Both solutions provide flexibility for increasing in the future.

1223
01:51:16,080 --> 01:51:20,960
And I'm very, very cognizant of the local city match or local agency match,

1224
01:51:21,220 --> 01:51:24,680
because we are going to have significant financial pressures.

1225
01:51:24,680 --> 01:51:33,640
Whether it be this project, $1.184, potentially increasing per's liability, reduced if not eliminated VLF funding.

1226
01:51:34,160 --> 01:51:37,500
There's a lot more financial pressures on us in the future.

1227
01:51:39,460 --> 01:51:43,280
And most importantly, we don't, you know, option two doesn't require any more land.

1228
01:51:43,280 --> 01:51:45,780
We can deal with the existing footprint for the most part.

1229
01:51:46,700 --> 01:51:49,900
So my leaning is to option two as the base.

1230
01:51:50,920 --> 01:51:56,380
I suspect as time marches on, we're going to have to value engineers from amenities.

1231
01:51:56,740 --> 01:52:04,340
So I would look at amenities as an alternative bid item and given the permit agencies like

1232
01:52:04,340 --> 01:52:08,720
BCDC, they'll probably want some amenities because parts of this are part of the big trail

1233
01:52:09,240 --> 01:52:10,880
which requires public access.

1234
01:52:11,700 --> 01:52:17,360
Some of the presidential committees even have to provide public parking to get to the big

1235
01:52:17,360 --> 01:52:22,880
trail in their communities and maintain it. So I think when you take a look at

1236
01:52:22,880 --> 01:52:29,000
everything, I think option two is the base with alternate bid items for

1237
01:52:29,000 --> 01:52:38,640
amenities, hybrid elements, whatever is my recommendation to my colleagues. I

1238
01:52:38,640 --> 01:52:42,740
would be reluctant to change the design at this point because I think you

1239
01:52:42,740 --> 01:52:48,100
We politely said if we do not meet the deadline or we change our minds, we run a

1240
01:52:48,100 --> 01:52:53,460
foul of our grant requirements and we don't have the $2 million to give back to FEMA.

1241
01:52:54,280 --> 01:53:00,040
We need to keep moving forward to meet the grant requirements and given the complexity

1242
01:53:00,040 --> 01:53:04,920
of the world we live in and particularly the administration, they probably like to have

1243
01:53:04,920 --> 01:53:08,100
us give back the $2 million if we don't meet the grant requirements.

1244
01:53:08,100 --> 01:53:18,320
So I think we need to keep moving forward, continuing the outreach, head for option 2 with some of the parameters I just mentioned.

1245
01:53:19,120 --> 01:53:21,820
And let's keep this project moving as quickly as possible.

1246
01:53:25,080 --> 01:53:27,200
Thank you, Council Member G. I will go to the vice mayor.

1247
01:53:27,440 --> 01:53:36,500
Just really quickly. I want one comment I want to make. Thank you, Mr. G. There's just one comment I want to make on the financing and the funding.

1248
01:53:38,640 --> 01:53:41,840
and everyone's point is right, we don't money doesn't grow on trees.

1249
01:53:42,940 --> 01:53:48,660
I just, you know, Redwood City has 20 miles of Bay Shoreline.

1250
01:53:48,660 --> 01:53:52,180
It's the most of any city in the county.

1251
01:53:52,780 --> 01:53:56,700
And a new type of funding, that's very, very new,

1252
01:53:56,800 --> 01:53:59,280
but it's going to be ever present.

1253
01:53:59,420 --> 01:54:03,300
It's going to be ubiquitous in five years, four years, two years,

1254
01:54:03,300 --> 01:54:10,240
is going to extremely benefit Redwood City because of the 20 miles of shoreline that we have.

1255
01:54:10,840 --> 01:54:15,140
And that's mitigation banks because in a place like Burling Game

1256
01:54:15,140 --> 01:54:21,600
where the Hilton Hotel or the Marriott Hotel, you know, it's just a wall and then the water or maybe a trail.

1257
01:54:24,520 --> 01:54:28,120
And if they ever wanted to remodel that Marriott,

1258
01:54:28,120 --> 01:54:38,480
They would have unmitigable impacts with their secret documents, and they could buy mitigation

1259
01:54:38,480 --> 01:54:46,040
credits by funding a horizontal levy on some of the 20 miles of Bayshore that Redwood

1260
01:54:46,040 --> 01:54:54,440
City has, so it's going to become possible in the future that we could get some of these

1261
01:54:54,440 --> 01:54:59,900
environmental things that are best practices in the environment done.

1262
01:55:02,100 --> 01:55:20,080
I just want us to be cognizant of that because we're planning, and I'll have more comments later, but just because you talked about financing, Mr. G, I wanted to throw that into the mix because it's an amazing asset that we have.

1263
01:55:24,350 --> 01:55:27,990
Thank you, Vice Mayor. Well, Councilman Broward.

1264
01:55:30,960 --> 01:55:35,880
Thank you. Thank you for the excellent report. It really was very good.

1265
01:55:35,880 --> 01:55:39,800
and I appreciate the detail that you have put into it.

1266
01:55:40,280 --> 01:55:45,340
I did want to say, first of all, I really appreciate the history that was brought up by

1267
01:55:45,340 --> 01:55:54,820
Councilmember G regarding Redwood Shores, and I didn't want to miss this moment to say,

1268
01:55:55,620 --> 01:55:57,500
we've got to capture this history.

1269
01:55:58,940 --> 01:56:05,700
We can't afford to go down a road where we forget what we did before, and whether it be

1270
01:56:05,700 --> 01:56:10,120
ten years or several years, but it's important, important information.

1271
01:56:10,680 --> 01:56:16,540
So I'm wondering how possibly your department or wherever it would be appropriate, we

1272
01:56:16,540 --> 01:56:20,460
can capture what was said this evening so we can carry it forward.

1273
01:56:20,800 --> 01:56:26,020
We need to learn from the past so we don't repeat problems and make mistakes in the future.

1274
01:56:26,300 --> 01:56:28,040
And this was a good example.

1275
01:56:28,680 --> 01:56:35,400
It's just we're losing that history as we go forward and less people remember what happened

1276
01:56:35,400 --> 01:56:41,480
in the past. So I'm hoping that I could put this in your capable hands that somehow we

1277
01:56:41,480 --> 01:56:47,940
capture what was said tonight so we can use it and have our baseline as we make decisions

1278
01:56:47,940 --> 01:56:55,280
going forward. And thank you again to Councilmember G, because I do remember, but not as

1279
01:56:55,280 --> 01:57:01,840
vividly as you do it. So I really appreciate that you reminded us how this began and our

1280
01:57:01,840 --> 01:57:09,400
cooperative efforts with FEMA actually led to a getting a special dispensation or whatever

1281
01:57:09,400 --> 01:57:12,140
you want to call it, but we're grateful for it.

1282
01:57:12,720 --> 01:57:16,660
And I think that's important to make sure we keep side of that.

1283
01:57:18,500 --> 01:57:24,720
It mentions, thank you for mentioning all the costs sharing that we'll be going on with

1284
01:57:24,720 --> 01:57:25,860
our key stakeholders.

1285
01:57:26,320 --> 01:57:28,720
I wanted to know though there are so many.

1286
01:57:30,260 --> 01:57:35,740
And the Bayfront Canal, we know what we went through trying to get cooperation from just

1287
01:57:35,740 --> 01:57:42,920
a handful of key stakeholders and one actually didn't really step up to the plate at the

1288
01:57:42,920 --> 01:57:43,580
end of the day.

1289
01:57:44,160 --> 01:57:47,640
So I'm wondering how has your outreach been to these stakeholders?

1290
01:57:47,960 --> 01:57:54,900
Do you feel pretty confident that going forward they see the urgency and they see the necessity

1291
01:57:54,900 --> 01:57:57,420
participating in the cost sharing?

1292
01:57:58,100 --> 01:58:04,440
Yes, so we've been meeting with what we call our technical advisory committee and they

1293
01:58:04,440 --> 01:58:10,840
are professionals from one shoreline, city of San Carlos, Belmont, Silicon Valley,

1294
01:58:11,080 --> 01:58:14,020
clean water, the airport, San Trans bus yard.

1295
01:58:14,480 --> 01:58:19,620
We meet with them quarterly to talk about the project to go over the status and we also

1296
01:58:19,620 --> 01:58:22,140
talk about the cost sharing responsibilities.

1297
01:58:22,140 --> 01:58:32,640
We're currently saying up a dedicated meeting with our TAG to go over what that cost sharing percentage is going to look like for each individual agency.

1298
01:58:33,520 --> 01:58:36,400
So where, I don't want to say where.

1299
01:58:39,290 --> 01:58:45,470
We are pretty sure that the cost sharing aspect is not going to be a hurdle.

1300
01:58:47,970 --> 01:58:51,350
Well, that's very optimistic and I'm really happy to hear you say that.

1301
01:58:51,350 --> 01:59:10,850
And I hope that they're listening, but I understand our finance and audit committee will be working with you on this and bringing the stakeholders together and there's more we can do you please let us know because it's going to be important that everybody has some skin in the game to make this work.

1302
01:59:11,830 --> 01:59:20,270
And boy, I've only saw the list. I'm glad for the list, but I'm also worried about the list because it's a lot more people we have to convince this is the right thing to do.

1303
01:59:21,350 --> 01:59:30,250
I did want to ask a question about option one, option two, option one, the 20 foot wide and plus

1304
01:59:30,250 --> 01:59:38,330
additional for shoulder or anything in addition. My concern is I've walked the levy and I know that

1305
01:59:38,330 --> 01:59:44,490
there are large expanses of area where if you did that you'd almost have to do a taking of

1306
01:59:44,490 --> 01:59:48,610
of people's backyards in some areas because it's that close.

1307
01:59:49,650 --> 01:59:50,950
And if you were to do that with,

1308
01:59:51,470 --> 01:59:54,110
I would think that would cost a lot more money,

1309
01:59:54,550 --> 01:59:57,650
and I don't know if that's really represented in this cost,

1310
01:59:58,290 --> 01:59:59,770
that if you had to do that,

1311
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:03,520
We offer money to homeowner in return for additional.

1312
02:00:05,860 --> 02:00:25,900
I'm concerned about that. And is that one of the things that was taken into consideration when you decided on option two, alternative two, excuse me. Yes, property taking is a very long and very touchy process. We're going through that on our 84101 process project right now.

1313
02:00:25,900 --> 02:00:30,580
we never want to bring imminent domain into the conversation.

1314
02:00:31,340 --> 02:00:36,280
There are areas along the alternative number one,

1315
02:00:36,540 --> 02:00:39,740
which would require some property acquisition.

1316
02:00:40,660 --> 02:00:45,600
From what we've studied, they do not include areas of residential homes.

1317
02:00:46,200 --> 02:00:48,920
It's mostly in more commercial areas.

1318
02:00:49,340 --> 02:00:51,880
Not that those property takes are less important,

1319
02:00:51,880 --> 02:00:55,420
but the sensitivity around some of our residents,

1320
02:00:55,700 --> 02:00:57,460
we really wanted to study that.

1321
02:00:58,460 --> 02:01:01,020
Making the levy wider does mean acquisition,

1322
02:01:01,520 --> 02:01:04,120
and the full cost of the acquisition

1323
02:01:04,120 --> 02:01:07,060
is not included in that $440.

1324
02:01:08,180 --> 02:01:09,440
$440 million.

1325
02:01:10,300 --> 02:01:11,500
We wish.

1326
02:01:13,040 --> 02:01:16,460
If not included in that estimate.

1327
02:01:18,000 --> 02:01:20,080
I really appreciate you adding that on

1328
02:01:20,080 --> 02:01:22,520
because that could be a significant cost.

1329
02:01:22,960 --> 02:01:27,800
It's also a very emotional thing for people to deal with that.

1330
02:01:28,420 --> 02:01:31,760
And so I'm leaning towards alternative two

1331
02:01:31,760 --> 02:01:34,460
because if we wanted to widen in some areas,

1332
02:01:35,160 --> 02:01:39,020
a hybrid was suggested, that would be far easier.

1333
02:01:39,660 --> 02:01:43,020
If you can pick and choose where you would do the widening,

1334
02:01:43,020 --> 02:01:46,660
rather than having a forced 20 foot

1335
02:01:46,660 --> 02:01:56,480
And then you have to make allowances and possibly get into an extremely higher cost to accomplish what we want to accomplish.

1336
02:01:56,860 --> 02:02:04,280
If we really want to do this right, we can make changes, but tonight I know you've got a deadline, we've got to choose something.

1337
02:02:04,760 --> 02:02:12,840
So right now I'm leaning towards alternative two with the possibility of possibly adding amenities or adding some within the future.

1338
02:02:12,840 --> 02:02:24,560
But to get this to ensure that we get the money and get it in on time, I would support alternative to and thank you again for a very good report and your staff.

1339
02:02:28,920 --> 02:02:33,600
Thank you councilmember Howard. Any other questions or comments?

1340
02:02:38,890 --> 02:02:39,690
Thank you, Mayor.

1341
02:02:40,010 --> 02:02:41,090
Thank you so much, Dunisha.

1342
02:02:41,330 --> 02:02:43,370
I really appreciate all your hard work on this.

1343
02:02:45,330 --> 02:02:47,990
I do have a couple of questions and comments as well.

1344
02:02:48,690 --> 02:02:52,990
So I'll just begin with, let's see.

1345
02:02:55,600 --> 02:02:57,540
Based on the conversation I've heard here tonight,

1346
02:02:57,820 --> 02:03:06,760
I just want to clarify, does that 40% remaining design

1347
02:03:06,760 --> 02:03:29,600
design accommodate for what councilor Howard just suggested, you know, changing the width maybe in some places where appropriate, but, but, but not to change the type, the fundamental type of the levy, right, you know, the deep soil mixing versus the sheet metal.

1348
02:03:31,140 --> 02:03:37,500
So if we were to move forward tonight with one of the options, complete our FEMA

1349
02:03:37,500 --> 02:03:43,440
deliverable, and then we go back and look at some hybrid options, we can take

1350
02:03:43,440 --> 02:03:47,560
the base point that we start from tonight and then add on to that.

1351
02:03:48,020 --> 02:03:53,300
Keep in mind that the estimates, they're going to increase as we get further along

1352
02:03:53,300 --> 02:03:58,480
on our process, but by adding an additional width, if you were to start from alternative

1353
02:03:58,480 --> 02:04:03,700
to, it would add a little bit of additional cost, but it is definitely something that can

1354
02:04:03,700 --> 02:04:09,440
be considered. And it's something that we can use with the additional width to add

1355
02:04:09,440 --> 02:04:17,380
in more amenities, more place making, more marsh areas. So there are a thousand different

1356
02:04:17,380 --> 02:04:22,220
options out there. Thank you so much. I appreciate that flexibility of

1357
02:04:22,220 --> 02:04:29,940
alternative to. This is what I would actually call a redwood city levy not just the redwood

1358
02:04:29,940 --> 02:04:36,660
shores levy right to the city manager's points comes over geez points and those amenities

1359
02:04:36,660 --> 02:04:42,480
that we currently have there and that we could add to are for everyone regardless of where

1360
02:04:42,480 --> 02:04:50,520
you live in redwood city or neighboring jurisdictions. So I very much appreciate the intention behind

1361
02:04:52,100 --> 02:04:52,700
And

1362
02:04:59,260 --> 02:04:59,980
I know it's

1363
02:05:00,000 --> 02:05:08,320
We've been mentioned a couple times that we have a deadline, but as is in the staff report, just for clarity, our deadline is literally just Friday to submit this, right?

1364
02:05:10,780 --> 02:05:14,520
Okay, so that definitely creates a sense of urgency for me.

1365
02:05:18,940 --> 02:05:32,700
But I appreciate that alternative, too, is slightly quicker to build, like you mentioned, and would require less fill, less, you know, equipment, less impact on residents for a shorter amount of time. That's another thing we have.

1366
02:05:32,700 --> 02:05:36,740
haven't really discussed is all the construction noise and the vibrations and

1367
02:05:36,740 --> 02:05:41,740
in disruption to wildlife and all that that will happen with this project regardless of

1368
02:05:41,740 --> 02:05:46,760
which alternative we choose tonight. So I'm really glad to hear that that alternative

1369
02:05:46,760 --> 02:05:49,440
to lessons to blow a little bit.

1370
02:05:52,120 --> 02:05:54,980
And I wanted to ask, is it possible to maybe

1371
02:05:54,980 --> 02:06:01,520
highlight as you already have any additional insights from the

1372
02:06:01,520 --> 02:06:07,900
The public outreach results summary, I know City Manager had shared the links with me

1373
02:06:07,900 --> 02:06:13,220
and I think, I think you have the printout, but in case anybody on Council didn't get

1374
02:06:13,220 --> 02:06:19,920
the chance to read that memo from Civic Center, Civic Edge Consulting.

1375
02:06:22,030 --> 02:06:26,110
Yes, so Civic Edge Consulting is part of our team with Chapin Wheeler.

1376
02:06:26,450 --> 02:06:29,310
They're doing an incredible job with some of our outreach.

1377
02:06:29,310 --> 02:06:36,150
from the survey we looked at areas for natural character enhancing the

1378
02:06:36,150 --> 02:06:42,350
views maintaining our ability to interact with wildlife that we also wanted to

1379
02:06:42,350 --> 02:06:48,330
do practical amenities that increased comfort flood protection was huge

1380
02:06:49,030 --> 02:06:55,490
access and connectivity improving the bay trelline improving bike areas

1381
02:06:55,490 --> 02:07:04,490
as way-finding. And then they were also looking at areas for bench, benches, seating, lighting, shade, and rest areas.

1382
02:07:05,570 --> 02:07:11,710
So our server results are part of the project website, and it does include the raw data there.

1383
02:07:12,370 --> 02:07:16,710
So if anyone would like to do a deep dive, you're more than welcome too.

1384
02:07:18,780 --> 02:07:23,280
Thank you so much for summarizing that for my colleagues and I thank you.

1385
02:07:31,280 --> 02:07:37,820
I'll just pause there. I mean, I'm leaning towards alternative two as well, but I'll pause there.

1386
02:07:38,400 --> 02:07:42,590
Thank you, Councilmember Sherkin. We'll go to Councilmember Padilla.

1387
02:07:42,990 --> 02:07:49,190
Perfect. I'll pick up on the community outreach. I do have a printout. So I'm going to reference it in case.

1388
02:07:49,770 --> 02:07:57,410
So I think this is important. I appreciate all of our discussion about, is this the red root source issue?

1389
02:07:57,870 --> 02:08:03,330
is that it's a city issue so then something that I'm fond of no matter where it's

1390
02:08:03,330 --> 02:08:07,850
happening in our city is community outreach. So I first thing I say okay I want to

1391
02:08:07,850 --> 02:08:10,890
look I heard people talking though there was only one presentation so I look

1392
02:08:10,890 --> 02:08:14,210
and I want to see the meetings so I look and I see that we've had hybrid

1393
02:08:14,210 --> 02:08:19,930
community meetings we've had in person I appreciate the office hours but what I

1394
02:08:19,930 --> 02:08:27,310
see in the notes is that it looks like even though we want to say that this is

1395
02:08:27,310 --> 02:08:32,010
an issue that benefits all of us right now from what I'm seeing, the only people that are weighing

1396
02:08:32,010 --> 02:08:38,470
in on it are the people who live in Redwood Shores. At least, you know, 95 percent in person

1397
02:08:38,470 --> 02:08:45,090
community, 95 percent from zip code 94065. So I know you're saying that civic edge is doing a great

1398
02:08:45,090 --> 02:08:50,590
job, but I'm going to challenge them to do better because Redwood Shores, and then I think I read

1399
02:08:50,590 --> 02:08:57,170
something in the staff report that like the age of attendees is like 50 and over. So I know the

1400
02:08:57,170 --> 02:09:02,270
the demographics of the shores and I don't think it's represented in this community outreach

1401
02:09:02,270 --> 02:09:09,070
nor is anyone outside of 94065 and this is going to be a high ticket item that clearly

1402
02:09:09,810 --> 02:09:14,790
everyone's going to have to pay for so I don't want us to make big decisions and then

1403
02:09:14,790 --> 02:09:18,130
everyone else has to foot the bill and they never were even asked.

1404
02:09:18,590 --> 02:09:23,950
I looked at our mailer so we sent out a mailer but we spent the money but we only sent it

1405
02:09:23,950 --> 02:09:33,610
to people in redwood shores. So I just want to make sure that from here on out we, if we're going to say it's for redwood city, let's ask everyone in our entire city. That's really important.

1406
02:09:36,150 --> 02:09:47,650
And then I will go on to some of my thoughts. So cost sharing, I know that's going to be really important. I saw the names, CalTrans, SamTrans, City of San Carlos, Belmont.

1407
02:09:47,650 --> 02:09:53,930
And I heard you referenced the San Carlos airport, but I just want everyone to know that the San Mateo County owns the airport

1408
02:09:53,930 --> 02:09:58,990
So I'm just when you say you're meeting with Representative, you're meeting with a county representative in your group

1409
02:10:00,000 --> 02:10:14,100
The county representatives and representatives from that side of the airport. Fantastic. So as well as just all redwood city residents to council member Howard's point, this is it's it's a big thing and we all have to be involved in it.

1410
02:10:16,440 --> 02:10:29,760
When I was looking at the different alternatives, I know that we everyone saying we do have the option to build on both of them. But just if you look at surface area, you're starting with more

1411
02:10:29,760 --> 02:10:36,200
more surface area and I think to your point earlier, it would make it easier when we

1412
02:10:36,200 --> 02:10:40,000
know that FEMA regulations are constantly changing.

1413
02:10:41,160 --> 02:10:47,240
It's not only about the investments we make now, but how much will those updates cost?

1414
02:10:47,920 --> 02:10:53,440
The adding of the piles that alternative two does requires that, whereas if we had more

1415
02:10:53,440 --> 02:10:55,620
surface area to start with an alternative one.

1416
02:10:55,620 --> 02:11:07,460
So to council member Eacon's point, you know, we don't want to always be consumed on what's the lowest bid, what's the smallest number because we think we've learned historically that that has cost us 10 times over in certain situations.

1417
02:11:08,300 --> 02:11:13,880
I mean, I'm loosely using numbers, but that's that should never be the only factor.

1418
02:11:20,490 --> 02:11:27,150
I think we need to be having more focus and talk on groundwater rise in the impacts of

1419
02:11:27,150 --> 02:11:27,370
that.

1420
02:11:27,590 --> 02:11:34,070
I just think that with that, I would like us to have more information with just and also

1421
02:11:34,070 --> 02:11:41,820
where are we in talking with Foster City and Pallow also just to see how other groups

1422
02:11:41,820 --> 02:11:45,400
and those in checking in with those communities as well.

1423
02:11:45,400 --> 02:11:49,920
I think would be a nice thing for us to have because Foster City has already been down

1424
02:11:49,920 --> 02:11:54,800
this path, so I would like, and they've faced some hurdles and obstacles themselves, so

1425
02:11:54,800 --> 02:11:57,700
I think it would be nice to connect with those communities.

1426
02:12:04,270 --> 02:12:10,010
I just think it's very important back to the ground water, you know, that we have utilities

1427
02:12:10,650 --> 02:12:16,550
and foundations to buildings that will be completely vulnerable because of ground water saturation,

1428
02:12:16,550 --> 02:12:18,910
so just focus on that when we're doing this.

1429
02:12:21,400 --> 02:12:27,620
And more than anything, yeah, I just really want it more robust community outreach.

1430
02:12:28,940 --> 02:12:29,420
And

1431
02:12:31,600 --> 02:12:38,280
I would also like to see more maybe involvement with our schools and the youth and even maybe

1432
02:12:38,280 --> 02:12:43,040
some partnerships with the port and sometimes like the Marine Science Institute.

1433
02:12:43,260 --> 02:12:47,100
I know they're very knowledgeable, they're doing their own building of some sort of sea level

1434
02:12:47,100 --> 02:12:47,500
while there.

1435
02:12:47,540 --> 02:12:50,520
I just think that the more people we can bring into this, the better.

1436
02:12:50,880 --> 02:12:51,320
Thank you.

1437
02:12:51,320 --> 02:12:56,800
So, actually though, but with that, I will say that there are some things that I will

1438
02:12:56,800 --> 02:13:04,680
admit are very attractive to me about alternative one, because I do, I like have maintaining

1439
02:13:04,680 --> 02:13:05,460
optionality.

1440
02:13:05,620 --> 02:13:11,080
I think both of these plans are going to be expensive, and we know that there will be updates

1441
02:13:11,080 --> 02:13:16,960
along the way, so I do feel like even though one may appear more expensive now, it may not

1442
02:13:16,960 --> 02:13:17,720
be in the long run.

1443
02:13:18,120 --> 02:13:18,400
Thank you.

1444
02:13:23,060 --> 02:13:32,500
I just have another clarifying question and thank you for all my colleagues.

1445
02:13:33,220 --> 02:13:39,420
But I'm trying to get back to this one thing and it's that I'm just trying to understand.

1446
02:13:39,940 --> 02:13:49,840
So the alternative one, alternative two, alternative one is more nature-based, alternative two is

1447
02:13:49,840 --> 02:13:57,160
more engineered, more steel-based, but it's the ground improvements.

1448
02:13:58,160 --> 02:14:11,280
So if we have four feet of subsidence as we did with the Levy in 2010, can we use the

1449
02:14:11,280 --> 02:14:19,740
ground improvements after that, like that the soil, that the improvements described in

1450
02:14:20,360 --> 02:14:26,520
alternative one, which are kind of nature-based and trying to do nature-y things.

1451
02:14:27,520 --> 02:14:37,760
Are we locking ourselves in if we do get four feet of subsidence with option two?

1452
02:14:37,760 --> 02:14:44,680
Can we, after that happens say in five years after it's built or something, can we go back

1453
02:14:44,680 --> 02:14:54,160
and do some of the ground improvements from that are described really well in option one?

1454
02:14:54,160 --> 02:14:59,960
Yes, so the deep soil mixing is looking at removing the...

1455
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:29,940
Between 15 and 20 feet of material, and that's taking all that bay mud out and adding in an engineered, engineered material, which is more structurally sound. Option number one has deep soil mixing as its ground treatment throughout the alignment. Option number two has pockets where we're using a smaller section of the deep soil mixing, and then more areas where we're using that sheet.

1456
02:15:29,940 --> 02:15:38,600
pile wall. We can always go back and do that deep soil mixing later on if we need to further raise

1457
02:15:38,600 --> 02:15:44,980
a levy. Another thing we're looking at right now are value engineering improvements. What can we do

1458
02:15:44,980 --> 02:15:53,740
to increase our bank for a buck if you will but also have a structural section. What other

1459
02:15:54,580 --> 02:16:00,200
mixtures can we add into the soil to make it stronger so that when we have to adapt it

1460
02:16:00,200 --> 02:16:06,520
in the future, it's just easier for that team in the future to adapt. So we are working

1461
02:16:06,520 --> 02:16:11,700
through bioengineering opportunities. We have to work with our geotechnical engineer and

1462
02:16:11,700 --> 02:16:17,160
our structural engineer on the team, but I guess the short answer to your question is, yes,

1463
02:16:17,280 --> 02:16:19,340
we can come back and do more deep soil mixing.

1464
02:16:19,340 --> 02:16:25,480
Well, that's a real concern of mine because I want, okay,

1465
02:16:27,660 --> 02:16:30,160
let me, I'm glad to hear that.

1466
02:16:30,400 --> 02:16:30,840
Thank you.

1467
02:16:31,380 --> 02:16:33,440
Let me ask the question another way.

1468
02:16:34,060 --> 02:16:42,560
Can you assure us that we would be able, that if we build, I'm not going to ask you that.

1469
02:16:42,560 --> 02:16:47,240
But if we build alternatives to, we

1470
02:16:49,480 --> 02:16:53,520
won't have to, we would be able to come back and build

1471
02:16:54,100 --> 02:16:59,580
more of what looks like alternative one later if alternative two which is much more engineered.

1472
02:17:02,050 --> 02:17:04,590
You know, we have the subsidence, we have the syncing.

1473
02:17:06,130 --> 02:17:13,130
But again, let me, I mean, I'm answering my question by saying if we need to save that

1474
02:17:13,130 --> 02:17:18,450
alternative because the engineering doesn't work and we have to use nature-based isn't

1475
02:17:18,450 --> 02:17:25,630
it more expensive? Why not just do it nature-based to begin with? I'm just asking that question

1476
02:17:25,630 --> 02:17:33,690
for my colleagues to think about and then just one more thing is I heard and I can't remember

1477
02:17:33,690 --> 02:17:39,990
where I heard it and I could be wrong but to council members of Padilla's point about

1478
02:17:39,990 --> 02:17:44,050
But let's ask, how did it go in Foster City or Palo Alto or what have you?

1479
02:17:44,950 --> 02:17:49,170
I think that I heard because Foster City, it's a very, it's a wall.

1480
02:17:49,590 --> 02:17:56,510
It's a very hard surface that water bangs up against and then it ricochets off and then

1481
02:17:56,510 --> 02:18:04,370
it goes maybe into other jurisdictions because it's a hard surface and so some other jurisdictions

1482
02:18:04,370 --> 02:18:09,770
are like, hey, that wall is just shooting, you're flooding into our jurisdiction.

1483
02:18:10,830 --> 02:18:15,850
And that's, again, one of the benefits of these nature-based, horizontal levees and

1484
02:18:15,850 --> 02:18:24,310
more dirt-based kind of gradual gradations in the water.

1485
02:18:26,370 --> 02:18:27,910
Have you heard of that?

1486
02:18:28,050 --> 02:18:33,070
Have you heard of other jurisdictions saying that that wall in Foster City is just shunting

1487
02:18:34,750 --> 02:18:40,250
extra water into our jurisdiction. We wish it were a softer landing there.

1488
02:18:42,630 --> 02:18:48,690
I have not personally heard that, but I can check in with some of our colleagues over

1489
02:18:48,690 --> 02:18:53,130
on the design team. We have the same design team that did the Foster City,

1490
02:18:53,350 --> 02:18:56,770
Levy, and so they've got some really good lessons learned that they're

1491
02:18:56,770 --> 02:19:01,770
incorporating into our design in Redwood City. But I personally have not heard

1492
02:19:01,770 --> 02:19:03,050
that, but I can look into it.

1493
02:19:04,090 --> 02:19:10,910
I know that in Marin in San Rafael, which has half the number of residents that we do

1494
02:19:10,910 --> 02:19:18,530
and twice the budget, they have a $400 million dollar a year budget and 40,000 people, but

1495
02:19:18,530 --> 02:19:30,090
anyway, back to my point, they're planning for sea level rise, incorporates a lot of nature-based

1496
02:19:30,090 --> 02:19:37,310
solutions and a lot of horizontal levies, and I would ask you to look, I think they've

1497
02:19:37,310 --> 02:19:49,730
already done their BCDC plan, and it incorporates a lot of nature-based solutions I'm told, and

1498
02:19:49,730 --> 02:19:54,670
so I would ask you to check in with them and look at the design team that they use.

1499
02:19:56,750 --> 02:19:59,970
I think

1500
02:20:00,000 --> 02:20:02,620
And I'll stop there.

1501
02:20:05,550 --> 02:20:27,210
It's just so we can do a hybrid. I heard you say we can do a hybrid. Is that right? Yes. If that's the direction of the council, we can submit one alternative to satisfy FEMA, which, I'm sorry, I'm really pushing for at least something to give to FEMA. And then as we're advancing this design, we can go into a hybrid option.

1502
02:20:30,750 --> 02:20:32,990
Thank you, Vice Mayor. We'll go to council, but you.

1503
02:20:32,990 --> 02:20:39,250
So thank you so much for answering all our questions and for a terrific presentation.

1504
02:20:39,990 --> 02:20:49,630
So as I understand it, this as well has three purposes to prevent our homes from flooding and our businesses from flooding to bring us into compliance with FEMA regulations.

1505
02:20:49,930 --> 02:20:53,870
And then will that impact the ability of individuals to obtain insurance?

1506
02:20:54,790 --> 02:20:59,530
Will building this while not just prevent the homes from flooding in real life,

1507
02:20:59,530 --> 02:21:05,190
but also enable people to obtain more favorable rates on their home owners insurance.

1508
02:21:06,830 --> 02:21:12,810
As long as we have a levy that is accredited, home owners are not required to do flood insurance.

1509
02:21:13,230 --> 02:21:17,770
I can't speak to the other property insurance. Okay, so it exempts. Okay, so it will prevent

1510
02:21:18,430 --> 02:21:24,070
the necessity of a costly insurance purchase. Yes, as long as we are not in the flood zone,

1511
02:21:24,210 --> 02:21:28,990
they are not required to have flood insurance. Okay, and so from a practical perspective,

1512
02:21:28,990 --> 02:21:33,630
you know, I would absolutely prioritize just keeping the water out of, you know, districts

1513
02:21:33,630 --> 02:21:37,050
one, two and three, and above all protecting our sewage and sanitation.

1514
02:21:37,110 --> 02:21:41,890
I think that's, you know, just the really practical thing we're trying to accomplish here.

1515
02:21:42,550 --> 02:21:44,950
At the same time, I acknowledge several things.

1516
02:21:45,110 --> 02:21:47,230
Number one, this is effectively a linear park.

1517
02:21:48,930 --> 02:21:58,450
I lived on such a park, you know, when I lived in Japan, I lived on this canal, and it went

1518
02:21:58,450 --> 02:22:00,990
was about 10 feet wide and it was lined with cherry trees

1519
02:22:00,990 --> 02:22:03,190
and had little benches and things like that,

1520
02:22:03,190 --> 02:22:07,310
but a really good linear park can be an incredible amenity.

1521
02:22:07,770 --> 02:22:09,730
And so I certainly acknowledge that, you know,

1522
02:22:09,790 --> 02:22:11,810
that this is a linear park to many people.

1523
02:22:13,110 --> 02:22:15,130
If we have two options, you know,

1524
02:22:15,230 --> 02:22:17,770
one that's effectively 200 million, one that's 290,

1525
02:22:18,130 --> 02:22:21,130
I would much rather spend that extra 90 million

1526
02:22:21,130 --> 02:22:24,070
connecting that linear park to the rest of the city

1527
02:22:24,790 --> 02:22:26,550
than making it wider.

1528
02:22:26,550 --> 02:22:36,690
I think, as one resident suggested, getting the 10-foot option done excellently and then

1529
02:22:36,690 --> 02:22:42,430
having the option to do areas kind of little bump-outs, essentially, where it's wider, little

1530
02:22:42,430 --> 02:22:46,750
vignettes, things like that in areas where it makes sense, I think, allows us to accomplish

1531
02:22:46,750 --> 02:22:51,910
the goals of the wall and still have a wonderful linear park.

1532
02:22:52,530 --> 02:22:56,290
to Council Member Padilla's point about community outreach.

1533
02:22:56,450 --> 02:23:01,110
I think a big part of convincing the city that this isn't just a redwood shores

1534
02:23:01,110 --> 02:23:07,150
levy, it's for all of us, is really ensuring that there is connectivity,

1535
02:23:07,490 --> 02:23:11,470
that there are ways to get to this linear park without having to get in a car,

1536
02:23:12,070 --> 02:23:17,570
park somewhere, you know, and I'll be honest, I'm always trying to figure out

1537
02:23:17,570 --> 02:23:20,550
is there any way I can bite to it and there's really not.

1538
02:23:20,550 --> 02:23:25,030
I mean, you could, but it's not something you'd want to do.

1539
02:23:26,190 --> 02:23:31,850
So that connectivity, I think, would really help advance the idea that this isn't just

1540
02:23:31,850 --> 02:23:33,750
for one district, it's for all of us.

1541
02:23:35,650 --> 02:23:41,790
And it could be an amenity we could all access, trying to think if there's anything else.

1542
02:23:42,390 --> 02:23:50,770
Just to count some member G's comment about asphalt, if there's a way to do asphalt free

1543
02:23:50,770 --> 02:23:55,770
options that I think might be cheaper and nicer, I think it's especially with the rise

1544
02:23:55,770 --> 02:24:01,050
of e-bites. It's also sort of natural traffic calming. It's a lot harder to ride a bike

1545
02:24:01,050 --> 02:24:06,250
fast on compacted granite or something like that than it is on asphalt and it's also more

1546
02:24:06,250 --> 02:24:11,450
pleasant to fall on compacted granite than it is on asphalt. I've tried that out myself.

1547
02:24:11,910 --> 02:24:20,390
So, I think with that, I would be supportive of option two with, as we go along, you know,

1548
02:24:20,510 --> 02:24:24,250
if we can find opportunities to do bump outs and enhancements where it makes sense.

1549
02:24:25,050 --> 02:24:30,930
And really emphasizing connectivity for car-free modes.

1550
02:24:31,090 --> 02:24:33,310
That'll also keep traffic out of the community.

1551
02:24:33,610 --> 02:24:37,550
I mean, there were a lot of people who expressed, you know, we don't want people driving here to, you know,

1552
02:24:37,550 --> 02:24:41,410
hang out on our levy, and if you can make it accessible outside of a car that

1553
02:24:41,410 --> 02:24:45,730
obviates the need for parking. Thank you so much.

1554
02:24:48,780 --> 02:24:52,800
Thank you, Councilmember Chu. Not seeing anyone else's mics on.

1555
02:24:53,480 --> 02:24:58,040
I will add my thanks to Nisha and I have a couple of quick questions to hopefully clarify.

1556
02:24:59,300 --> 02:24:59,980
I know

1557
02:25:00,000 --> 02:25:29,860
So, folks have brought up FEMA's high requirements kind of changing over time. And I'm sorry if I missed this in one of your earlier responses, but do we have a sense of when FEMA might be coming back to us with an update on their high requirement? I do not know at this time. Yeah, of course. That's how it goes. Thanks, Sonisha. Aside from that, you had also mentioned that both of these options give us the ability to add high to it in the future.

1558
02:25:29,860 --> 02:25:41,360
So, if we did hear from, you know, other neighbor interstictions that they're going above and beyond, female plus one, we would still have that ability and capacity to make change.

1559
02:25:42,560 --> 02:25:57,660
I was just kind of curious, what would be the cost and time sort of savings of going with like an option to over an option one if we did have to build an extra height to it?

1560
02:25:57,660 --> 02:26:01,100
Um, is there any sort of cost benefits to that too?

1561
02:26:02,240 --> 02:26:08,820
So option number one is adding a little over $100 million to the price tag for construction.

1562
02:26:09,380 --> 02:26:13,540
That doesn't include any property acquisition.

1563
02:26:14,080 --> 02:26:20,980
If we do need to increase in high over time, those estimates would be variable.

1564
02:26:21,340 --> 02:26:25,060
I couldn't even put a number on it because as we march forward in time,

1565
02:26:26,000 --> 02:26:29,120
the economy, everything's just inflation.

1566
02:26:30,280 --> 02:26:31,300
Definitely, thank you.

1567
02:26:31,920 --> 02:26:40,140
And I heard a couple of my colleague's mentioned just what if there are other jurisdictions

1568
02:26:40,140 --> 02:26:43,420
who are coming up with different standards than what we have in mind.

1569
02:26:44,440 --> 02:26:45,560
So I was just curious.

1570
02:26:45,820 --> 02:26:50,860
I know we were intentional about FEMA plus one because we saw our friends in foster city

1571
02:26:50,860 --> 02:26:55,540
and I think that was sort of matching the hype that they had to, but how do we compare

1572
02:26:55,540 --> 02:27:01,120
to other cities who are other jurisdictions who are still moving in the process and kind

1573
02:27:01,120 --> 02:27:06,320
of playing catch up to, where are they in the process and just how do we compare to them?

1574
02:27:08,490 --> 02:27:15,710
Yeah, I'd say the other jurisdictions are more in the planning stages, so our project is

1575
02:27:15,710 --> 02:27:18,450
probably a little bit further along in our design phase.

1576
02:27:19,650 --> 02:27:24,630
All of the jurisdictions are required to meet the minimum requirements for permitting just

1577
02:27:24,630 --> 02:27:28,410
like we are and should they choose to go above that?

1578
02:27:29,650 --> 02:27:34,050
I mean there are trade-offs for that and once they come out of planning stage we'll know

1579
02:27:34,050 --> 02:27:38,530
exactly what direction they're trying to go rather than what they aspire to.

1580
02:27:42,310 --> 02:27:48,390
Yeah, thank you Tanisha and that all helps and it was a really great presentation and

1581
02:27:48,390 --> 02:28:13,250
And I know there's been so much, you know, community outreach, I had a chance to go to the February meeting you'll organize another a few more recently leading up to this and I think, you know, it's been mentioned that, you know, we had focused so much of our outreach on, you know, the media of the chores area and I do think we're getting to the point where it's time to start thinking about reaching out to other folks.

1582
02:28:13,250 --> 02:28:20,830
So definitely have some appetite to to have outreach to our other neighbors, especially as we're starting to go through the

1583
02:28:21,450 --> 02:28:27,270
cost sharing process and coming up with what that formula will look like with all of our

1584
02:28:27,830 --> 02:28:31,630
our, you know, neighboring jurisdictions, but I

1585
02:28:32,770 --> 02:28:39,290
am also thinking about that part. I sit on the Silicon Valley Clean Water Board and, you know, excuse me,

1586
02:28:39,290 --> 02:28:40,230
I'm going to take my mask off.

1587
02:28:41,330 --> 02:28:43,350
I sit on the Silicon Valley Clean Water Board,

1588
02:28:43,650 --> 02:28:46,010
and there are a handful of jurisdictions

1589
02:28:46,010 --> 02:28:48,150
who are represented on that agency.

1590
02:28:48,690 --> 02:28:50,850
And so coming up with how we divvy up

1591
02:28:50,850 --> 02:28:53,330
the cost to any project is a fun time.

1592
02:28:55,350 --> 02:28:57,790
And so I guess I think of that experience

1593
02:28:57,790 --> 02:29:06,740
and I think of since we're the first ones or the city that

1594
02:29:06,740 --> 02:29:10,640
is the furthest advanced in the design process,

1595
02:29:10,640 --> 02:29:16,600
I feel like that's an opportunity for us to set the tone, and also I think we're going

1596
02:29:16,600 --> 02:29:21,760
to be the ones who have to go to the other cities to say, hey, this is what we have in

1597
02:29:21,760 --> 02:29:26,920
mind. Please come to the table, right? How do we be partners on this? How do we share

1598
02:29:26,920 --> 02:29:30,780
the cost, right? That's going to support your community and protect your community just

1599
02:29:30,780 --> 02:29:37,360
the same. So, with that in mind, I feel like alternative to helps us accomplish that.

1600
02:29:37,360 --> 02:29:43,340
And I like the idea of having a hybrid model in our back pocket as the number two.

1601
02:29:43,620 --> 02:29:50,280
I do think there are pockets where this project could be really helpful for place making.

1602
02:29:50,880 --> 02:29:57,720
And somebody said maybe it was during the presentation that this should be something that attracts folks to red matures.

1603
02:29:57,720 --> 02:29:59,820
And that is an amenity to the red matures community.

1604
02:30:00,000 --> 02:30:29,380
Right, so I want folks to feel proud of having something like this in their backyard, right? And I also think about what is going to protect the more than 4,000 homes who are at risk right now. And I think staff had calculated over a billion dollars in property that's going to be protected by this project. So thinking about that and what's going to be the quickest and fastest way to get us there. And I have to say,

1605
02:30:29,380 --> 02:30:35,620
alternative to the design of alternative to looks really great and it's not a

1606
02:30:35,620 --> 02:30:42,940
pure functional engineering solution to a nature problem right. I know we have

1607
02:30:42,940 --> 02:30:48,180
friends from the the foster city project who are now consultants on our team and

1608
02:30:48,180 --> 02:30:51,940
are working with the the working groups so we get that shared experience and

1609
02:30:51,940 --> 02:30:57,460
learned lessons to so that's all to say I feel like alternative to staff's

1610
02:30:57,460 --> 02:31:04,120
recommendation is the right path and if there are opportunities for us to create more

1611
02:31:04,120 --> 02:31:10,720
place making with that hybrid approach, creating more spaces for the community together or making

1612
02:31:10,720 --> 02:31:16,240
it just, yeah, I think Tunisia know where I'm going with this, but just being thoughtful

1613
02:31:16,240 --> 02:31:21,000
about how we approach that because I don't think it needs to be completely uniform all the

1614
02:31:21,000 --> 02:31:23,720
way around Levy, so I will leave it there.

1615
02:31:25,720 --> 02:31:31,560
Again, I appreciate all the support here at Tendish for me and your team, and if there

1616
02:31:31,560 --> 02:31:37,780
are no other lights on, we'll go to Councilmember Sturkin and then Councilmember G.

1617
02:31:38,020 --> 02:31:38,460
Thank you, sir.

1618
02:31:38,540 --> 02:31:41,020
Just a couple of rapid-fire questions based on the discussion.

1619
02:31:41,900 --> 02:31:48,080
Okay, so looking at the alternative to, there's the very short wall up to 3.5 feet, right?

1620
02:31:48,240 --> 02:31:50,320
You were saying Tendish, but it's covered in concrete.

1621
02:31:50,480 --> 02:31:50,900
It's enclosed.

1622
02:31:51,100 --> 02:31:53,000
You don't see the sheet metal, right?

1623
02:31:53,000 --> 02:31:55,020
And that was a concern that we heard from some residents

1624
02:31:55,020 --> 02:31:56,900
and namely about the foster city living.

1625
02:31:57,520 --> 02:32:00,040
So just kind of debunking that you cannot see the sheet metal.

1626
02:32:01,100 --> 02:32:01,680
OK, great.

1627
02:32:02,360 --> 02:32:02,640
Golden.

1628
02:32:03,580 --> 02:32:05,260
And then groundwater.

1629
02:32:05,660 --> 02:32:08,740
So both of these versions, alternatives

1630
02:32:09,680 --> 02:32:11,820
prevent groundwater sea binge, right?

1631
02:32:12,100 --> 02:32:15,440
I mean, to the extent possible.

1632
02:32:17,120 --> 02:32:20,760
We have a very high groundwater table in redwood shores.

1633
02:32:20,760 --> 02:32:27,200
is if you just stay the two-foot trench, you will start getting infiltration. Both options

1634
02:32:27,200 --> 02:32:30,060
are engineered to address the impacts of groundwater.

1635
02:32:31,040 --> 02:32:34,100
And does one do it better than the other, or are they just comparable?

1636
02:32:34,560 --> 02:32:35,960
No, they're just different methods.

1637
02:32:36,280 --> 02:32:47,820
Yeah, okay. Okay. And then Councilmember Chiu suggested a asphalt-free cap and for a variety

1638
02:32:47,820 --> 02:32:51,700
of reasons, right? But I wanted to check that doesn't have any ADA implications, does

1639
02:32:51,700 --> 02:32:59,960
it? It does not. There are some maintenance concerns. We have a lot of burrowing squirrels

1640
02:32:59,960 --> 02:33:09,340
and having that cap there does help deter, if you will. But a lot of residents do really enjoy

1641
02:33:09,340 --> 02:33:15,680
that natural bill, particularly those who are riding bikes. It is a lot nicer to fall

1642
02:33:15,680 --> 02:33:21,500
under the asphalt, and also if there's someone walking there, their pet, you know, the asphalt

1643
02:33:21,500 --> 02:33:22,800
does tend to get a little hotter.

1644
02:33:23,600 --> 02:33:24,040
Okay.

1645
02:33:24,420 --> 02:33:29,160
Recognizing there's maintenance impacts, very supportive of the idea of a more natural

1646
02:33:29,160 --> 02:33:33,720
cap, based on the committee feedback we received that you mentioned for the memo, as well

1647
02:33:33,720 --> 02:33:39,640
as the councilmember G said about giving us that flexibility to continue building it higher

1648
02:33:39,640 --> 02:33:42,260
If we need to add a lesser cost, it's been

1649
02:33:42,260 --> 02:33:43,560
on to remove asphalt.

1650
02:33:45,340 --> 02:33:47,280
And then I just want to clarify a question

1651
02:33:47,280 --> 02:33:51,120
that the mayor asked, so I know we can't know for sure.

1652
02:33:51,460 --> 02:33:55,740
But the cost of increasing the height of alternative one

1653
02:33:55,740 --> 02:33:58,200
type levy or alternative two type levy,

1654
02:33:59,040 --> 02:34:04,980
I mean, can you estimate which one costs more to increase?

1655
02:34:05,240 --> 02:34:06,800
Like I mean, we're starting with a smaller base.

1656
02:34:07,200 --> 02:34:07,700
Sorry, I'll go ahead.

1657
02:34:07,960 --> 02:34:08,200
Go ahead.

1658
02:34:08,200 --> 02:34:13,160
I would estimate that alternative two would require a little bit more of an engineering

1659
02:34:13,160 --> 02:34:15,860
solution to raise, so it would cost a little more.

1660
02:34:17,280 --> 02:34:22,820
Alternative one does have a much wider base, so as you go up, you could make it narrower,

1661
02:34:23,660 --> 02:34:25,100
so from that perspective.

1662
02:34:25,800 --> 02:34:32,680
That's what I thought, but we also have to take into consideration, as was mentioned, possible

1663
02:34:32,680 --> 02:34:35,080
necessary taking, which is costly.

1664
02:34:35,600 --> 02:34:42,380
So I wish we had like a net cost comparison for these two

1665
02:34:42,860 --> 02:34:46,740
based on future height increases.

1666
02:34:47,160 --> 02:34:50,520
But I think we can figure that out as we move forward.

1667
02:34:52,280 --> 02:34:55,840
A little more, I just wish I had that information in front of me

1668
02:34:56,400 --> 02:34:59,500
as well as input from residents outside of Redwood Shores.

1669
02:35:00,000 --> 02:35:05,760
Well, 20% was from out of several shows from that, but more than just 20%. Right?

1670
02:35:12,300 --> 02:35:33,080
I'm so sorry, and I'm not going to belabor this, or I'm not going to prolong this. But what you said, Mr. Syrkin, just made, gave me a question in my colleagues as well. Is it possible? It's some places to have the 20 feet, and it's some places to have the 10 feet wide? Is it possible?

1671
02:35:33,080 --> 02:35:36,760
Well, can the hybrid be, you know, like that?

1672
02:35:37,200 --> 02:35:43,580
The hybrid could look at expanding up to 20 feet where we're going to have minimal property

1673
02:35:43,580 --> 02:35:44,680
acquisition concerns.

1674
02:35:44,880 --> 02:35:50,860
Yeah, that's my point where there's no taking of property and that's certainly an option

1675
02:35:50,860 --> 02:35:51,540
for the hybrid.

1676
02:35:51,700 --> 02:35:54,000
It will increase the cost, though, just, just, okay.

1677
02:35:54,100 --> 02:35:59,900
Okay, so I'm very supportive of that in concept because it might be cheaper later.

1678
02:35:59,900 --> 02:36:00,640
we'll

1679
02:36:05,600 --> 02:36:11,000
go to councilmember jeep. Thank you before I lean in with a motion if no one else makes it.

1680
02:36:11,520 --> 02:36:16,660
I want to thank councilmember Howard and councilmember sir. I didn't really want to go there knowing

1681
02:36:16,660 --> 02:36:22,520
the levy's system. I didn't want to use the eminent domain word and taking word,

1682
02:36:23,260 --> 02:36:30,000
particularly along the cider ridwood shores that faces the port. It is narrower and I'm

1683
02:36:30,000 --> 02:36:34,480
I'm not adamantly opposed, particularly the residential properties of any taking to get that 20 feet.

1684
02:36:35,040 --> 02:36:37,440
I just want to make sure I said that on the record.

1685
02:36:38,560 --> 02:36:40,280
I didn't want to take any commercial properties.

1686
02:36:40,440 --> 02:36:46,720
There's not a lot of space between property line on that side of red which sure is facing the port.

1687
02:36:47,700 --> 02:36:57,560
And so to the extent other places might work for 20 feet, I'm fine with that, but definitely no way can I support taking private property,

1688
02:36:57,560 --> 02:37:01,560
particularly residential properties and their backyards.

1689
02:37:02,920 --> 02:37:05,600
You know, as we move forward with, you know,

1690
02:37:05,820 --> 02:37:08,140
I've said before, alternative two,

1691
02:37:08,860 --> 02:37:13,080
with different parts, maybe 20 feet or different amenities,

1692
02:37:14,080 --> 02:37:18,160
I just want to make sure that as we develop and mature the design,

1693
02:37:18,360 --> 02:37:21,880
that public works is involved because they get to maintain it.

1694
02:37:22,600 --> 02:37:24,920
What is not in the surveys is, you know,

1695
02:37:24,920 --> 02:37:29,980
how often are the garbage cans going to be emptied, how many there are, and while there is

1696
02:37:30,560 --> 02:37:36,060
public works, we'll say yes we will, there's a cost to yes we will. And as well as the

1697
02:37:38,820 --> 02:37:43,720
widening of the levy, what also didn't show up in the surveys but showed up in the community

1698
02:37:43,720 --> 02:37:48,540
meetings is this phenomena that we've all talked about here about e-bikes and speeding.

1699
02:37:49,320 --> 02:37:58,640
And that has happened. I have been on a bicycle or somebody got knocked off their bike and e-bike.

1700
02:37:59,740 --> 02:38:08,120
And so that becomes PD and enforcement. But how do you enforce bikes on the levy when you can't even have PD out there?

1701
02:38:08,360 --> 02:38:15,040
And so those are the different things to look at as the design matures the next 40% to make sure public works is involved.

1702
02:38:15,040 --> 02:38:23,040
and PD, or how do you even deal with e-bikes on the levy, and they are out there, I can guarantee that.

1703
02:38:24,100 --> 02:38:27,660
And those were things that came up in the last community meeting by different residents.

1704
02:38:28,420 --> 02:38:34,600
So I think there's a built-in tension between privacy, public access,

1705
02:38:36,180 --> 02:38:39,960
people on bicycles, e-bikes, maintenance and things like that.

1706
02:38:39,960 --> 02:38:46,500
that in that next 40%, we just need to make sure public works and PDN are involved to make

1707
02:38:46,500 --> 02:38:52,220
sure those two issues are addressed somehow. I don't have a good answer, I'm just particularly

1708
02:38:52,220 --> 02:38:53,360
for the e-bike enforcement.

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02:38:56,440 --> 02:38:59,220
So Mayor, if you would like, I'll second your motion. I think

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02:38:59,220 --> 02:39:11,980
you made one in your comments about alternative two with some hybrid opportunities for other

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02:39:11,980 --> 02:39:41,040
to balance that with the other departments that are required to maintain and look at what that cost may be as well as PD for enforcement of he bikes and other speeding things that I come close, that's great, so that was a motion and a second for alternative to with the hybrid opportunities there, not seeing anyone else's lights on, could we get an electronic vote, please.

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02:39:44,540 --> 02:39:45,300
Yes.

1713
02:39:47,680 --> 02:39:48,440
Councilmember Hauer.

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02:39:48,920 --> 02:39:49,180
Yes.

1715
02:39:49,580 --> 02:39:50,460
Councilmember Padilla.

1716
02:39:51,600 --> 02:39:51,980
Yes.

1717
02:39:52,400 --> 02:39:53,360
Councilmember Sturkin.

1718
02:39:53,960 --> 02:39:54,160
Yes.

1719
02:39:54,460 --> 02:39:55,160
Vice Mayor Eakin.

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02:39:55,980 --> 02:39:56,160
No.

1721
02:39:57,460 --> 02:39:58,620
Mayor Martinez Avias.

1722
02:39:58,940 --> 02:39:59,100
Yes.

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02:39:59,520 --> 02:39:59,860
Motion.

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02:40:00,000 --> 02:40:03,560
Passes with six votes. Vice Mayor Aiken is opposed. Thank you.

1725
02:40:06,100 --> 02:40:31,660
Thank you, everybody, for the discussion on item 8A. We'll now move on to item 9. Our study sessions beginning with 9A. Study session on activities to advance the city council's strategic priority of children and youth. We have our assistant city manager, Derek Wolfgram, who will introduce the item prior to turning it over to our interim library director, Sarah Latora, and parks, recreation, and community services

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02:40:35,820 --> 02:40:58,320
Thank you very much, Mayor. Good evening. To you, Vice Mayor and Council members, Derek Wolf Graham assistant city manager, I'm delighted to have the opportunity to introduce this item tonight as initiatives to support children and youth in our community have been one of the most critical and one of the most fun things I've gotten to work on the entire time I've worked in Redwood City.

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02:40:59,020 --> 02:41:04,980
So, as the mayor mentioned tonight, our interim library director, Sara Latora, and our

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02:41:04,980 --> 02:41:10,480
parks recreation community services director, Tierra Warner, will present some updates on

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02:41:10,480 --> 02:41:13,580
children and youth in Redwood City and our services for them.

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02:41:14,200 --> 02:41:17,740
But this council priority really touches almost every city department.

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02:41:18,220 --> 02:41:22,880
We have a number of youth engagement programs that happen in our public safety departments

1732
02:41:22,880 --> 02:41:24,040
in police and fire.

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02:41:24,040 --> 02:41:30,540
Our public works department does some wonderful environmental sustainability education initiatives,

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02:41:30,720 --> 02:41:36,940
engineering, and transportation, keep our children safe through the design of our pedestrian,

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02:41:37,220 --> 02:41:42,320
bicycle, and traffic infrastructure, and finance helps figure out how to pay for it all.

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02:41:42,960 --> 02:41:48,180
So, you know, I could go on, but I'm intending to keep this introduction pretty short.

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02:41:48,180 --> 02:41:56,700
I do want to give a shout out to you get not only Sarah and Tierra, but we have a wonderful

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02:41:56,700 --> 02:42:01,760
showing of the Parks Recreation Community Services, Youth and Teen staff who've stuck

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02:42:01,760 --> 02:42:06,940
it out through the meeting so far, so it's great to have the whole team here.

1740
02:42:08,340 --> 02:42:14,300
And so yeah, it's been about three years since we last did this study session presented

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02:42:14,300 --> 02:42:16,980
presented by Chris Beth and myself at that time,

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02:42:17,100 --> 02:42:19,280
and a lot of great work has happened since then.

1743
02:42:20,240 --> 02:42:24,280
One of the things that came up in a discussion earlier today

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02:42:24,280 --> 02:42:29,080
is that with the Council's three main strategic priorities

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02:42:29,080 --> 02:42:32,880
of housing, transportation, and children and youth,

1746
02:42:33,440 --> 02:42:35,840
there are a lot of housing and transportation items

1747
02:42:35,840 --> 02:42:38,100
that come to the Council for action.

1748
02:42:38,840 --> 02:42:40,740
With the children and youth, it's less so,

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02:42:40,740 --> 02:42:52,300
And so there's less opportunity for you all to be informed about the work that's happening in that area and so I'm really glad that we have an opportunity to share some of it with you tonight.

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02:42:53,600 --> 02:43:03,300
I do encourage everyone who's in attendance or everyone who's watching to check out the very detailed staff report and the attachment to the staff report.

1751
02:43:03,300 --> 02:43:08,460
With the time we have tonight, we will only be able to scratch the surface of all of the

1752
02:43:08,460 --> 02:43:13,200
amazing initiatives and programs and services that we offer youth in the community.

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02:43:14,060 --> 02:43:20,760
But here to highlight some of the key data, the impacts that we're having and the trends

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02:43:20,760 --> 02:43:25,580
that are impacting our work, I'd like to invite Sarah and Tierra to come to the podium.

1755
02:43:25,820 --> 02:43:26,080
Thank you.

1756
02:43:29,120 --> 02:43:30,100
Thank you, Derek.

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02:43:30,620 --> 02:43:32,620
Sarah Latora, Interim Library Director.

1758
02:43:34,080 --> 02:43:37,440
And let's see. Looks like we're already up. Perfect. Can we go to the next slide?

1759
02:43:39,900 --> 02:43:43,960
So this is just an overview of what we're presenting tonight, which includes questions

1760
02:43:43,960 --> 02:43:49,120
for city council consideration, a map of city services, key demographics and numbers,

1761
02:43:49,860 --> 02:43:55,320
current trends that are guiding our work, impact stories, and then we'll end with a Q&A session.

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02:43:55,740 --> 02:43:56,060
Next slide.

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02:43:58,190 --> 02:44:03,430
The two questions for council consideration are, does the city council have any questions

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02:44:03,430 --> 02:44:08,870
regarding the current programs and services provided by the city and its partners for children and youth.

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02:44:09,390 --> 02:44:16,930
And are there additional or alternative programs and services that the city should consider prioritizing within the existing resources?

1766
02:44:17,670 --> 02:44:18,030
Next slide.

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02:44:20,820 --> 02:44:24,140
Good evening, Tierra Warner, Director of Parks, Recreation and Community Services.

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02:44:24,780 --> 02:44:31,480
Thanks to our awesome GIS team, we were able to get this map produced that highlights where our programs exist.

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02:44:31,480 --> 02:44:35,640
so in the green you'll see our parks and the pink you'll see where our libraries are located,

1770
02:44:35,900 --> 02:44:41,780
blue or the community centers that serve the main youth and children programs and then in yellow,

1771
02:44:41,940 --> 02:44:46,000
I think that's coming up as yellow, as where our reach after school programs sites are located.

1772
02:44:48,230 --> 02:44:49,090
Next slide.

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02:44:51,440 --> 02:44:59,900
In Ridwood City, there are roughly 17,500 people under the age of 18. 46.5% of these youth are

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02:45:00,000 --> 02:45:11,000
Hispanic or Latino. 26.9% are white. 12.6 are Asian. 8.5% are two or more races. About 3.2 are black.

1775
02:45:11,500 --> 02:45:19,740
1.6 are American Indian and 0.7% are Native Hawaiian and or Pacific Islander. Next slide.

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02:45:21,740 --> 02:45:29,200
This slide gives a high level view at the ethnicity of students in Redwood City. The numbers on the Sequoia Union High School District

1777
02:45:29,200 --> 02:45:33,860
in campus schools outside of Redwood City and has noted in the report students from Redwood

1778
02:45:33,860 --> 02:45:37,520
City attend schools throughout the high school district. So we thought it was important

1779
02:45:37,520 --> 02:45:44,220
to include that information here. Redwood City School District has the largest percentage

1780
02:45:44,220 --> 02:45:50,280
of Hispanic students compared with the Redwood Shore Schools which those are two schools within

1781
02:45:50,280 --> 02:45:54,520
the Belmont Redwood Shore School District and we did have specific numbers just for the two

1782
02:45:54,520 --> 02:46:01,240
schools. So that's what 900 students comes from. And that is more heavily Asian, compared

1783
02:46:01,240 --> 02:46:06,460
to with Revised City as a whole. And then the Sequoia Union High School District most closely

1784
02:46:06,460 --> 02:46:09,720
matches the demographics of the city as a whole. Next slide, please.

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02:46:13,500 --> 02:46:18,040
Oh, one of the coolest things about my job is after all the hard work behind the scenes, planning

1786
02:46:18,040 --> 02:46:23,780
and programming is to see our programs in action. This slide is a visual representation of how many

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02:46:23,780 --> 02:46:27,640
Many people are engaged in our youth and children led programs.

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02:46:27,960 --> 02:46:32,940
So over 23,000 youth came to parks and rec programs last fiscal year.

1789
02:46:33,480 --> 02:46:38,260
We served over 7,000 kids or youth athletes, shall I say, on our fields.

1790
02:46:38,880 --> 02:46:39,280
Thank you, Mike.

1791
02:46:41,100 --> 02:46:45,600
We served also a great number of kids in our summer camp programs.

1792
02:46:45,600 --> 02:46:50,400
They have over 90 contracted structures that help us decide what programs we're going to

1793
02:46:50,400 --> 02:46:51,200
offer during the summer.

1794
02:46:51,200 --> 02:46:55,720
and so we've been able to serve over 5,000 youth participants in our summer camps.

1795
02:46:56,260 --> 02:46:59,520
And then to the library with all the awesome books that we love.

1796
02:47:00,200 --> 02:47:06,340
There have been over 450,000 library materials dedicated to children of youth that have been checked out.

1797
02:47:06,960 --> 02:47:12,740
And then attendance over 65,000 and attendance for programs for children of youth.

1798
02:47:12,940 --> 02:47:17,460
And then over 7,000 participants in the library summer learning challenge.

1799
02:47:19,720 --> 02:47:20,820
Next slide please.

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02:47:22,400 --> 02:47:27,040
These are the funding sources that are hoping to provide these programs for the city.

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02:47:27,440 --> 02:47:30,460
As you can see the majority of the money comes from the general fund.

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02:47:30,900 --> 02:47:34,480
And then we have additional funding that comes from a variety of grants.

1803
02:47:35,020 --> 02:47:40,240
And then also our community nonprofits that support both the parks and the libraries.

1804
02:47:40,760 --> 02:47:43,600
So all this together helps us to do the amazing service.

1805
02:47:44,200 --> 02:47:47,800
And I would say our staff are pretty nimble at trying to go after additional funds

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02:47:47,800 --> 02:47:51,640
to continue to expand programs and services for the community.

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02:47:52,140 --> 02:47:52,700
Next slide, please.

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02:47:56,350 --> 02:47:58,170
And then we really love to talk about the why.

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02:47:58,370 --> 02:47:59,350
Why does this work better?

1810
02:47:59,610 --> 02:48:00,430
Why do we do it?

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02:48:00,650 --> 02:48:03,970
What does it do for the folks that are participating in our programs?

1812
02:48:04,590 --> 02:48:07,690
There's scientific-based research that backs that,

1813
02:48:07,790 --> 02:48:13,330
a substantive, robust offering of programs for youth

1814
02:48:13,330 --> 02:48:15,490
leads to improved school readiness and literacy.

1815
02:48:16,130 --> 02:48:18,850
It supports the academic success beyond the classroom,

1816
02:48:18,850 --> 02:48:24,270
promotes physical health. We should help strengthen mental and health and

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02:48:24,270 --> 02:48:28,470
resilience and we know that's huge. We help reduce risk factors for youth

1818
02:48:28,470 --> 02:48:32,370
involvement in the justice system. We also help prepare youth for the future

1819
02:48:32,370 --> 02:48:37,690
and careers in economic mobility. We also develop civic leadership and community

1820
02:48:37,690 --> 02:48:41,590
engagement through our AB and tab programs and beyond. We also help increase

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02:48:41,590 --> 02:48:46,290
equitable access to opportunities and then support working families. And if I was

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02:48:46,290 --> 02:48:51,050
and born and raised in Redwood City, I was born and raised in San Diego, but I am walking

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02:48:51,050 --> 02:48:55,710
representation of how important youth programs are. Day camps, after school programs, all

1824
02:48:55,710 --> 02:49:00,230
those things help people be awesome, contribute to the community, so we're excited to be

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02:49:00,230 --> 02:49:01,010
able to offer these programs.

1826
02:49:05,100 --> 02:49:09,580
There's quite a few different things that impact our work and we looked at these four key

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02:49:09,580 --> 02:49:15,600
trends and how there are both opportunities and challenges that come along with these

1828
02:49:15,600 --> 02:49:21,220
trends. So the four trends are third grade reading level, mental health resilience, economic

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02:49:21,220 --> 02:49:27,680
mobility, emerging adulthood, e-bikes, e-mobility. And so I'll cover the first two and then tap

1830
02:49:27,680 --> 02:49:32,980
on my partner here for the second two. So some significant achievement gaps persist

1831
02:49:33,500 --> 02:49:38,800
while 47% of Redwood City School District third graders met or exceeded ELA standards.

1832
02:49:38,800 --> 02:49:46,240
Perficiency varies sharply by race, income, disability, status, and English language, English

1833
02:49:46,240 --> 02:49:52,220
learner status. Students facing additional barriers experienced largest gaps. Perficiency

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02:49:52,220 --> 02:49:58,000
falls to 31 percent among low-income students, 16 percent among students with disabilities,

1835
02:49:58,000 --> 02:49:59,980
and just 9% a month.

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02:50:09,660 --> 02:50:26,540
We have the opportunity to continue strengthening partnerships with the city, schools, and community organizations to improve literacy outcomes and reduce disparities. Youth mental health concerns are increasing.

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02:50:26,540 --> 02:50:32,540
Diagnosed anxiety and depression among youth have risen substantially alongside growing

1838
02:50:32,540 --> 02:50:35,540
concerns about loneliness and social isolation.

1839
02:50:36,160 --> 02:50:38,820
Connection is a critical protective barrier.

1840
02:50:39,440 --> 02:50:44,760
Supportive relationships, trusted adults, peer connections, and strong sense of belonging

1841
02:50:44,760 --> 02:50:48,080
help build resilience and promote healthy development.

1842
02:50:48,700 --> 02:50:51,820
Technology presents both opportunities and risks.

1843
02:50:51,820 --> 02:50:57,880
Digital platforms can support learning and connection, but excessive use, cyberbullying, social

1844
02:50:57,880 --> 02:51:02,560
comparison, and disrupted sleep can negatively affect well-being.

1845
02:51:04,050 --> 02:51:09,360
The city has opportunities to expand safe, inclusive spaces, and programs that promote

1846
02:51:09,360 --> 02:51:16,820
social, emotional skills, healthy coping, responsible technology use, recreation, and meaningful

1847
02:51:16,820 --> 02:51:17,960
community connection.

1848
02:51:17,960 --> 02:51:22,240
The city can address some of these concerns through the ways we provide programming.

1849
02:51:27,110 --> 02:51:30,950
And I know everyone's excited to talk about e-bikes, but I'm going to start with economic

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02:51:30,950 --> 02:51:31,930
mobility first.

1851
02:51:32,650 --> 02:51:34,750
The transition to adulthood is taking longer.

1852
02:51:35,250 --> 02:51:39,550
Young adults are reaching milestones such as financial independence, leaving home, marriage

1853
02:51:39,550 --> 02:51:41,410
and parenthood later than previous generations.

1854
02:51:42,330 --> 02:51:48,150
Local economic conditions amplify these challenges, high housing costs, longer educational pathways,

1855
02:51:48,150 --> 02:51:53,490
and changing workforce expectations can delay independence for young adults in San Mateo County and beyond.

1856
02:51:54,450 --> 02:51:57,770
Emerging adulthood is an important period for investment.

1857
02:51:58,650 --> 02:52:05,090
Young people need support navigating education, career exploration, finances, housing, relationships, and mental well-being.

1858
02:52:05,710 --> 02:52:17,450
The city has opportunities to strengthen workforce development, financial literacy, career exploration, leadership, mentorship, and civic engagement programs that create pathways to long-term economic mobility.

1859
02:52:18,590 --> 02:52:26,050
eBike usage is rapidly expanding among youth, eBikes and other e-mobility devices provide

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02:52:26,050 --> 02:52:30,810
convenient transportation and recreation but introduce increased safety considerations

1861
02:52:30,810 --> 02:52:31,770
due to higher speeds.

1862
02:52:32,630 --> 02:52:34,490
Use safety remains a priority.

1863
02:52:35,390 --> 02:52:40,930
Inexperience, excessive speed, limited traffic awareness, inconsistent helmet use and unsafe

1864
02:52:40,930 --> 02:52:44,550
interactions with pedestrians and vehicles are key risk factors.

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02:52:45,490 --> 02:52:50,990
Education and prevention are central to the city's approach, police, parks, and recreation

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02:52:50,990 --> 02:52:56,750
and library programs are combining education, outreach, enforcement, and hands-on safety

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02:52:56,750 --> 02:52:58,070
training as measures.

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02:52:58,630 --> 02:53:04,250
We have more opportunities to build a community-wide culture of responsible writing by expanding

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02:53:04,250 --> 02:53:09,070
education for youth, parents, and schools while supporting safe active transportation and shared

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02:53:09,070 --> 02:53:09,790
public spaces.

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02:53:10,630 --> 02:53:13,170
I want to give a special shout-out to the Safe Fouts to School program.

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02:53:13,170 --> 02:53:19,590
We have Ivana, who works with our engineering transportation program, to work with the task force.

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02:53:19,790 --> 02:53:24,870
That provides collaboration on measures to get kids to school safely.

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02:53:25,130 --> 02:53:26,590
So thank you, Ivana, for all of your work.

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02:53:27,890 --> 02:53:33,970
In addition, engineering and transportation have helped to provide 15 mile-an-hour zones around our schools for butter safety efforts.

1876
02:53:35,210 --> 02:53:42,430
Additionally, staff are waiting on state legislation to help guide where we go next with eBike rules and regulations.

1877
02:53:44,130 --> 02:53:48,330
And I just want to add that the eBike discussion is not ending tonight.

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We will dive more deeply into eBike legislation at a future council meeting.

1879
02:53:52,950 --> 02:53:58,390
So tonight, it's more around programs that we can utilize to help strengthen our communities.

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02:53:58,390 --> 02:53:59,810
Next slide please.

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02:54:00,610 --> 02:54:03,810
Alright, some quick impact stories before we dive into questions.

1882
02:54:04,670 --> 02:54:07,490
So, these are a few stories I thought would be great to share with you.

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02:54:08,050 --> 02:54:09,290
Library is a refuge.

1884
02:54:09,750 --> 02:54:14,270
A customer shared that the library was a refuge for her family when they first arrived in the community.

1885
02:54:14,750 --> 02:54:20,710
Seeing children reading, using computers, and accessing books, including Spanish language materials, moved her deeply.

1886
02:54:21,330 --> 02:54:25,930
Today, her children are university students and she credits the library with watering the seeds of knowledge.

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02:54:26,590 --> 02:54:35,770
A parent shared how the teen center helped her homeschooled autistic son come out of his shell by connecting with peers and participating in activities he enjoys.

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02:54:36,290 --> 02:54:39,310
She praised staff for creating such a welcoming and supportive space.

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02:54:39,870 --> 02:54:45,570
And finally, a teen living in shelter shared how meaningful it was to see a Christmas tree in the teen center.

1890
02:54:45,930 --> 02:54:53,170
Without a home of their own to decorate the simple gesture, gave them a chance to experience the joy and spirit of the holiday.

1891
02:54:53,170 --> 02:54:56,830
and many other holidays are celebrated in the teen space as well.

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02:54:57,470 --> 02:54:58,110
Next slide, please.

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I had the opportunity to talk to you about 20 middle schoolers a few weeks ago and I said, if I were the only person tasked with bringing a message to all of the adults in the world, I can be the only one to take your message to adults, what would you have me take to them? And a couple of things came up. They said, one, we don't get what it means to that it always happened that way or I did it or back in my day, we don't understand it, we don't relate.

1894
02:55:30,150 --> 02:55:36,330
The other thing was we can't use the excuse of walking 10 miles in the snow in barefoot.

1895
02:55:36,570 --> 02:55:38,210
We can't use that excuse anymore, it's not working.

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02:55:39,910 --> 02:55:44,490
The next piece was they felt like they're being watched more than any other generation.

1897
02:55:44,710 --> 02:55:48,990
They felt like if they make a mistake that could be on the internet at any moment in time

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02:55:48,990 --> 02:55:50,530
and they have no control over that.

1899
02:55:51,150 --> 02:55:56,530
The other piece was as much as some people abuse having phones in the classroom, they really

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02:55:56,530 --> 02:55:58,990
to do appreciate having a phone close to them,

1901
02:55:59,090 --> 02:56:00,790
just in case they need to make a phone call

1902
02:56:00,790 --> 02:56:01,430
in an emergency.

1903
02:56:02,330 --> 02:56:03,710
And so with all that said,

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02:56:03,890 --> 02:56:05,190
we're committed to providing programs

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02:56:05,190 --> 02:56:07,690
that are for the kids in this generation

1906
02:56:07,690 --> 02:56:10,190
with the influence of the kid that lives inside of us,

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02:56:10,570 --> 02:56:11,950
and we'll continue to do that

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02:56:14,670 --> 02:56:15,790
next slide.

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02:56:16,430 --> 02:56:17,570
All right, so we're here at questions.

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02:56:18,010 --> 02:56:19,650
The city council have any questions regarding

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02:56:19,650 --> 02:56:22,150
the current programs and services provided by the city,

1912
02:56:22,550 --> 02:56:24,050
and it's partners for children and youth,

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02:56:24,410 --> 02:56:27,070
and are there additional or alternative programs

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02:56:27,070 --> 02:56:31,170
and services that the city should consider prioritizing within existing resources.

1915
02:56:37,440 --> 02:56:38,840
Are we going to public comment first?

1916
02:56:39,220 --> 02:56:39,380
Okay.

1917
02:56:43,700 --> 02:56:48,900
Thank you both for that great presentation, and we'll take public comment before bringing it back to the city council.

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Thank you, Mayor.

1919
02:56:50,580 --> 02:56:57,900
I don't have any speaker cards at this time to the last call to the audience, or on Zoom to be recognized for public comment on the study session item this evening.

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I'll give it a few moments.

1921
02:57:06,940 --> 02:57:07,800
That concludes public comment.

1922
02:57:10,210 --> 02:57:15,050
Thank you, city clerk, and again, thank you to our wonderful presenters this evening.

1923
02:57:15,050 --> 02:57:29,990
I think Tara what you mentioned just serving the youth of today's generation with the experience of the inner kit is just exactly what I think we want to be hearing from the people leading our person libraries.

1924
02:57:30,410 --> 02:57:37,030
So it's amazing to hear but I'll bring it back to our council colleagues here for any questions or comments.

1925
02:57:38,330 --> 02:57:39,750
who would like to get us started.

1926
02:57:41,490 --> 02:57:42,470
Council Member G.

1927
02:57:43,250 --> 02:57:43,870
Thank you, Mayor.

1928
02:57:44,750 --> 02:57:45,130
Thank you.

1929
02:57:45,590 --> 02:57:46,150
This is great.

1930
02:57:46,370 --> 02:57:51,690
And I think part of the secret sauce goes to all the councils who have been very clear

1931
02:57:51,690 --> 02:57:53,570
with our strategic priorities.

1932
02:57:54,410 --> 02:58:00,330
That clarity I think helps over the many years of what you need to do as department leads

1933
02:58:00,950 --> 02:58:03,570
as well as our donors and everyone.

1934
02:58:03,570 --> 02:58:10,570
that clarity just helps amplify what you do and hopefully attracts new donations, funders,

1935
02:58:10,770 --> 02:58:16,410
grantors and things like that. So thank you for the great work. I was curious. You know,

1936
02:58:17,430 --> 02:58:22,750
we do a lot with our city budget, but as I think I mentioned in the previous comment,

1937
02:58:22,930 --> 02:58:30,270
it's going to be heavily stressed going forward. Is there a split between, what's the split between

1938
02:58:30,270 --> 02:58:36,110
city, federal, state, and philanthropy in terms of, you know, at the high-level funding.

1939
02:58:37,090 --> 02:58:39,430
Do you know that? What that might be right now?

1940
02:58:41,700 --> 02:58:44,020
We're not on. Can we go back to the slide about the budget?

1941
02:58:50,350 --> 02:58:50,790
Yeah.

1942
02:58:57,640 --> 02:59:03,080
So this sort of captures one year of what happens in budgeting that we get

1943
02:59:03,080 --> 02:59:08,040
from federal streams of funding, state streams of funding, even local grants

1944
02:59:08,040 --> 02:59:14,400
varies from year to year. For example, the library receives annual funding from the California

1945
02:59:14,400 --> 02:59:19,800
State Library, passed through from the State Budget for Project Read. So that's matching

1946
02:59:19,800 --> 02:59:27,920
funding and our positions we fund match those. So that's one that is relatively reliable,

1947
02:59:28,020 --> 02:59:33,940
but it is dependent on the State Budget. And then there's additional funding this past

1948
02:59:33,940 --> 02:59:38,940
this year, such as the PD grant that is, oh, it's not a regular annual based funding

1949
02:59:38,940 --> 02:59:41,660
that varies if there's different opportunities.

1950
02:59:42,300 --> 02:59:47,480
I would say the funding that the library in particular is receiving from our nonprofits

1951
02:59:47,480 --> 02:59:53,820
continues to be steady, although the nonprofits are having challenges with fundraising.

1952
02:59:53,820 --> 02:59:55,580
It is harder for them to raise money.

1953
02:59:55,580 --> 02:59:59,980
So, for example, our Funds of the Library, we, overall, they give me...

1954
03:00:00,000 --> 03:00:29,840
The last year was about $106,000. This year, the fund's library only can do $101,000, so that means we need to make choices on how are we going to reduce what we're asking for. So, I think this is similar to what parks are experiencing as well. Yes, and then addition, our reach after school program is funded by the ACES and ELOB grants, which have been pretty steady for us as well. It would be great to be able to kind of see the trend lines over years, to see what's stable, what's increasing, what's decreasing.

1955
03:00:29,840 --> 03:00:35,280
just so that as council members we know where to to the extent we comply any

1956
03:00:35,280 --> 03:00:40,540
pressure or help or be supportive or buy more tickets or whatever and to

1957
03:00:40,540 --> 03:00:47,460
disaggregate the top one about city journal fund versus PRCA's PRCS ticket sales.

1958
03:00:47,900 --> 03:00:54,320
I think splitting that out might be you know also another dimension of helpfulness.

1959
03:00:54,780 --> 03:00:58,500
Well picnic on block is an annual fundraiser for Parks and Rep program so I

1960
03:00:58,500 --> 03:01:00,580
encourage you to come if you're looking for tickets to back.

1961
03:01:00,860 --> 03:01:04,680
So that's 66.9% can go to 80% if we go to October Fest.

1962
03:01:04,940 --> 03:01:09,820
Yes, even though people go and also you should mark your

1963
03:01:09,820 --> 03:01:14,560
calendars there's a pub in upscale pub crawl coming up that

1964
03:01:14,560 --> 03:01:15,740
supports the library foundation.

1965
03:01:15,740 --> 03:01:16,540
That's in October.

1966
03:01:16,700 --> 03:01:18,360
So we hope folks will join us for that as well.

1967
03:01:18,600 --> 03:01:21,980
But again, I think we can control general fund more directly

1968
03:01:21,980 --> 03:01:25,460
and then we can celebrate and advertise ticket sales.

1969
03:01:25,460 --> 03:01:28,580
so I think having those taken apart a little bit is helpful.

1970
03:01:29,340 --> 03:01:33,500
The other comment I'd like to make, I want to thank Terri U and Derek

1971
03:01:33,500 --> 03:01:36,640
for recognizing our commitment to infrastructure too.

1972
03:01:37,160 --> 03:01:39,720
And when you add that into the numbers,

1973
03:01:40,080 --> 03:01:42,300
I think it probably will double it.

1974
03:01:42,440 --> 03:01:44,940
You know, with safe pathways and safe routes to schools,

1975
03:01:45,360 --> 03:01:50,080
the 15 mile per hour zone, all the different things we have done

1976
03:01:50,080 --> 03:01:53,920
and continue to do crossing guards, you add all that in here.

1977
03:01:54,660 --> 03:01:56,640
We're not doing it just to do it.

1978
03:01:56,800 --> 03:02:00,420
We're doing it to make our communities safer for our young people.

1979
03:02:00,820 --> 03:02:05,600
And that needs to be celebrated and acknowledged also, along with my community who doesn't

1980
03:02:05,600 --> 03:02:10,060
know how to drive 15 mile per hour to test the rubber shorts elementary school, they don't

1981
03:02:10,060 --> 03:02:10,640
know what to do.

1982
03:02:10,780 --> 03:02:15,760
I think PD's gotten a lot of calls on there, non-emergency line, but what do I do?

1983
03:02:16,880 --> 03:02:21,220
But we need to recognize and celebrate because of that clarity that the council has provided

1984
03:02:21,860 --> 03:02:23,000
our strategic priorities.

1985
03:02:23,000 --> 03:02:27,700
We continuously invest in making sure our community is safe for our young people.

1986
03:02:27,900 --> 03:02:31,100
So be nice to be able to quantify that and put that in here too.

1987
03:02:31,260 --> 03:02:38,420
Because some of that is one time expense, some of that is future, some of that is annual recurring expenses too, or investment.

1988
03:02:38,940 --> 03:02:40,360
So great, great report.

1989
03:02:40,600 --> 03:02:44,040
Thank you for all the hard work and thank all the other departments that have a piece of this too.

1990
03:02:46,800 --> 03:02:48,500
Thank you for getting us started, Councilmember.

1991
03:02:49,240 --> 03:02:50,220
Who would like to go next?

1992
03:02:53,990 --> 03:02:54,650
Councilmember Howard.

1993
03:02:55,790 --> 03:03:14,690
Thank you. Great report. And your enthusiasm always gets me always feeling good. I really appreciate it and I'll try to get to both of those activities because they are a lot of fun. They really are put it out that you need volunteers to make a plug.

1994
03:03:14,690 --> 03:03:15,610
We need volunteers.

1995
03:03:16,030 --> 03:03:16,250
Thank you.

1996
03:03:16,470 --> 03:03:20,210
I think the sign-ups arrived for October 5th.

1997
03:03:20,470 --> 03:03:21,290
OK, great.

1998
03:03:23,190 --> 03:03:27,410
I do have, I wanted to feel right now,

1999
03:03:27,650 --> 03:03:30,670
one of the biggest problems that we have.

2000
03:03:30,930 --> 03:03:33,470
I know eBikes are problem, we've got a lot of problems.

2001
03:03:33,650 --> 03:03:36,770
But the one I'm most concerned about right now

2002
03:03:36,770 --> 03:03:40,690
is young people and the mental health issues

2003
03:03:43,630 --> 03:03:49,870
that don't sometimes get expressed or talked about loneliness you're talking

2004
03:03:49,870 --> 03:03:54,150
about I mean with COVID what happened with the isolation people in their

2005
03:03:54,150 --> 03:03:59,570
homes and I think it left scars that are going to take years to unravel we

2006
03:03:59,570 --> 03:04:04,970
don't even know probably the extent of how this is going to shape the young

2007
03:04:04,970 --> 03:04:11,220
people who live through that but I bet they're living with I don't know bad

2008
03:04:11,220 --> 03:04:18,820
thoughts or sad thoughts and how can we do a better job with that. We're offering so many

2009
03:04:18,820 --> 03:04:25,100
wonderful things but you could go to a program and have a great time but you still haven't

2010
03:04:25,100 --> 03:04:32,160
dealt with the issue that's in your head and so do we have those kinds of partnerships especially

2011
03:04:32,160 --> 03:04:40,220
with the county who they deal with this a lot and I'm wondering do we have those kinds of partnerships

2012
03:04:40,220 --> 03:04:44,220
and plans to address it more fully for the future.

2013
03:04:44,580 --> 03:04:45,140
Do you want to take it first?

2014
03:04:45,340 --> 03:04:45,520
Sure.

2015
03:04:46,160 --> 03:04:50,380
First of all, I want to give a shout out to our youth and teens program staff.

2016
03:04:50,380 --> 03:04:52,800
They have a youth center. That's very popular.

2017
03:04:53,300 --> 03:04:59,800
And these staff do a really great job of conducting with the kids that come in on a variety of bases.

2018
03:05:00,000 --> 03:05:26,960
Interacting them, engaging with them, making sure the homework is done, but also making sure they have a safe place to be. I am working with a local nonprofit that has a van that comes to different spaces to offer those mental health opportunities for youths. So the library has it also. So that's a partnership that I'm currently working on so that we have that option for youth to have someone to chat with and get some valuable resources.

2019
03:05:28,520 --> 03:05:33,540
I just want to add about our spaces, I think part of the challenge is trying to make

2020
03:05:33,540 --> 03:05:37,780
sure teens are aware they exist because it is such a valuable space for youth.

2021
03:05:38,140 --> 03:05:43,260
We have caring supportive adults and as somebody who was a teen librarian myself and I started

2022
03:05:43,260 --> 03:05:49,700
my career here, we've really built a culture where when youth express issues that are occurring,

2023
03:05:50,140 --> 03:05:54,800
we connect with the schools and let those schools know about like, hey, this child needs

2024
03:05:54,800 --> 03:05:59,400
you to check in on them, because maybe there's some issues at the home or there's issues around

2025
03:05:59,400 --> 03:06:05,780
cutting or suicide. So we are very proactive about seeking out resources to support the families.

2026
03:06:05,920 --> 03:06:10,820
We also work closely with PD and might ask for a wellness check if we feel that there's a need.

2027
03:06:11,400 --> 03:06:16,920
While we are not a after-school program and like a required reporter of these issues,

2028
03:06:17,120 --> 03:06:20,640
we do take them seriously and try to make sure the students have the supports they need.

2029
03:06:21,240 --> 03:06:27,360
There have been incidences where we've also worked with one life counseling and other resources in the community.

2030
03:06:27,900 --> 03:06:32,740
I can't remember. I'm blanking on there was a one group we used to work with which now is not available.

2031
03:06:33,040 --> 03:06:38,160
But we are still seeking out ways that we can connect kids with more mental health resources.

2032
03:06:38,840 --> 03:06:47,260
One area of this that I really want to highlight is our youth let us know after the pandemic that they wanted quiet spaces.

2033
03:06:47,260 --> 03:06:49,380
not just the noise, you're in bunches,

2034
03:06:49,540 --> 03:06:50,660
teen centers and youth centers.

2035
03:06:51,120 --> 03:06:54,480
And so we actually converted one of our spaces into a quiet teen space

2036
03:06:54,480 --> 03:06:59,040
so that students that want to be able to come to read, to talk quietly,

2037
03:06:59,280 --> 03:07:03,480
to work within small groups, to just be in a place that's restful and relaxing,

2038
03:07:03,900 --> 03:07:04,860
have that opportunity.

2039
03:07:05,080 --> 03:07:08,380
So we do really try to take what the students are telling us

2040
03:07:08,380 --> 03:07:09,520
and put it into action.

2041
03:07:12,060 --> 03:07:13,440
I appreciate that.

2042
03:07:13,960 --> 03:07:17,820
But I know you mentioned that you'll bring into the attention of the schools

2043
03:07:17,820 --> 03:07:28,460
Sometimes when you're aware of a problem, I did volunteer at Sequoia as a mentor for some high-risk students and the teachers said we're just overwhelmed.

2044
03:07:28,940 --> 03:07:39,520
So if we give that information to them, I'm worried what do they do with it because I think everyone's a little overwhelmed and not sure how to deal with some of these problems.

2045
03:07:39,520 --> 03:07:48,180
So I was wondering do we have a connection or plan to maybe collaborate more closely with the county

2046
03:07:49,000 --> 03:07:54,940
because I feel there they may have the resources that can address some of these problems.

2047
03:07:55,400 --> 03:07:59,160
Any thoughts on that? I'm sure it's definitely something we can look into

2048
03:07:59,160 --> 03:08:05,080
how a partnership might work to address those issues. I know the county offered the council

2049
03:08:05,080 --> 03:08:12,460
to go on tours of their resources and where they're located and they're going to have a North County tour in the South County tour.

2050
03:08:12,520 --> 03:08:34,800
I already signed up for the South County and encourage my colleagues to please sign up because I want to find out I don't know much about the locations or the type of services other than what I read, but to see it firsthand, I'm wondering if maybe it'll spring some ideas on how we could work together because just taking a problem to the school.

2051
03:08:34,800 --> 03:08:48,740
I feel like we're overwhelming and already overwhelmed teacher population and there's got to be a better way and maybe a parent can't even handle it because they're overwhelmed and don't know how to deal with the child.

2052
03:08:49,300 --> 03:08:57,020
So there's got to be more of a collaboration to deal with this precious resource we have which is our kids.

2053
03:08:57,020 --> 03:09:08,140
So I'm hoping we can do all report back after our tour with the county, but have you done this before or do you think it's something we could explore further?

2054
03:09:08,800 --> 03:09:14,940
Yeah, there's quite a few different county groups that we work with now, which I think we can continue to build on those partnerships.

2055
03:09:15,520 --> 03:09:16,700
We work with the Pride Center.

2056
03:09:16,700 --> 03:09:22,220
We work with, um, there's a new emerging partnership, which I'm not certain if this is the one TRS talking about or not

2057
03:09:22,220 --> 03:09:27,280
It which is with Edgewood, um, they have a new mobile van that they're starting up

2058
03:09:27,280 --> 03:09:32,780
And so we are staff are going tomorrow, I think to go tour their facility in Redwood City

2059
03:09:32,780 --> 03:09:40,500
But also to see the van and then we're gonna start discussing like what would it look like if they came and parked in from the library once a month or

2060
03:09:40,500 --> 03:09:45,740
Depending on how much bandwidth they have to be able to start that this is a new initiative that the county is launching

2061
03:09:45,740 --> 03:09:50,880
So I'm sure there's many other groups that we can use throughout the county and utilize

2062
03:09:50,880 --> 03:09:55,020
their services, but we've had a lot of success working with the various county agencies, so

2063
03:09:55,020 --> 03:09:58,960
I look forward to hearing additional ones you suggest we should reach out to.

2064
03:10:00,000 --> 03:10:29,640
And I do want to give a shout out to our HR department. We did have an incident recently with one of our youth in the youth center and we reached out to HR and they provided someone to come out to chat with the kids and staff as a as a debrief so. That's great. That's very helpful. So I and the other thing is I wanted to just lastly say we have two plus two plus two. Well, we have relationships with the schools and we meet or

2065
03:10:29,640 --> 03:10:34,500
supposed to meet frequently enough that we can discuss each other's issues and how we

2066
03:10:34,500 --> 03:10:35,640
can work better together.

2067
03:10:36,380 --> 03:10:46,000
And the one I find that's just not very successful is the one with the Redwood City schooled

2068
03:10:46,000 --> 03:10:48,760
elementary school district and the Sequoia high school district.

2069
03:10:49,400 --> 03:10:52,100
We haven't met, I don't think, once this year.

2070
03:10:52,680 --> 03:10:55,000
Maybe we met in January, but...

2071
03:10:55,000 --> 03:11:00,700
Yeah, thank you, I believe we met last January, I mean, yeah, so, but-

2072
03:11:00,700 --> 03:11:01,820
That's just not good.

2073
03:11:01,820 --> 03:11:02,460
Yeah, a couple times a year.

2074
03:11:02,640 --> 03:11:03,160
Good idea.

2075
03:11:03,280 --> 03:11:05,420
We know it, but everyone's busy.

2076
03:11:05,880 --> 03:11:11,940
So I was going to suggest that maybe we think about dividing it up and saying, let's meet

2077
03:11:11,940 --> 03:11:16,780
with the elementary school district because they might have unique problems and then make

2078
03:11:16,780 --> 03:11:22,260
the- I think we have to kind of take control of the situation because if we just let it go

2079
03:11:22,260 --> 03:11:28,340
the way it is, it'll be another year before we ever meet with these groups and that's

2080
03:11:28,340 --> 03:11:34,120
an opportunity to really share resources and problems and solutions. We can't do it alone,

2081
03:11:34,340 --> 03:11:41,560
they can't do it alone. So that's my suggestion for the council is maybe we stop trying to

2082
03:11:41,560 --> 03:11:46,740
get everyone into the room and maybe we'll have to make the extra effort and even go to

2083
03:11:46,740 --> 03:11:51,840
their facility. I'd be willing to do that. Just, that's how desperately I think we need

2084
03:11:51,840 --> 03:11:57,480
to meet with these teachers and educators to know that we want to work together.

2085
03:11:58,660 --> 03:12:04,200
I'll just add that we have recently within the last week reached out to the new Superintendent

2086
03:12:04,200 --> 03:12:09,880
of RCSD to try to set up a meeting with both myself and the Division Manager of Youth Services

2087
03:12:09,880 --> 03:12:14,700
and Outreach. So we are intending to have that meeting very soon. Obviously the school is

2088
03:12:14,700 --> 03:12:18,920
to start it back up, but I will be persistent and make sure we set that up and the intent

2089
03:12:18,920 --> 03:12:23,280
is to talk about what sort of supports we can provide to the school as well as to make

2090
03:12:23,280 --> 03:12:27,440
sure the new superintendent is aware of what are we already doing in the schools and

2091
03:12:27,440 --> 03:12:30,740
maybe build upon those current process.

2092
03:12:31,020 --> 03:12:35,760
We do have great contacts with all of the schools directly through both our principals and

2093
03:12:35,760 --> 03:12:41,690
their library staff so we do make an effort to communicate on a regular basis to all of

2094
03:12:41,690 --> 03:12:47,390
schools and through them often the teachers, but definitely it's always worthwhile to continue

2095
03:12:47,390 --> 03:12:51,190
to strengthen those relationships. I'm not going to have to have a student at Sequoia

2096
03:12:51,190 --> 03:12:56,970
High School, so I do have really good relationship with the current principal, and I actually have

2097
03:12:56,970 --> 03:13:01,350
a meeting with some counselors tomorrow morning, so I think it is one of those areas that the

2098
03:13:01,350 --> 03:13:05,470
library would love for it to bring you along, and we can help strengthen these relationships.

2099
03:13:06,990 --> 03:13:10,050
That's wonderful to hear. Thank you very much. I appreciate it.

2100
03:13:12,710 --> 03:13:14,410
Thank you, Council Member Howard.

2101
03:13:15,050 --> 03:13:16,270
Go to Council Member Strick.

2102
03:13:17,710 --> 03:13:18,470
Thank you, Mayor.

2103
03:13:18,850 --> 03:13:20,830
Thank you so much, both of you for your hard work.

2104
03:13:21,490 --> 03:13:27,590
This is, I know just like a taste of all the work that goes into our programs, and I really

2105
03:13:27,590 --> 03:13:31,790
do applaud you for everything that you have shown us here.

2106
03:13:32,570 --> 03:13:39,130
I know I can't believe to begin to thank you enough for how much work you do.

2107
03:13:40,370 --> 03:13:46,310
I do want to spend some time just kind of focusing zeroing in on a couple key issues, areas

2108
03:13:46,310 --> 03:13:52,290
of improvement that aren't unique to us, of course, right, but that we do have a part

2109
03:13:52,290 --> 03:13:52,670
in.

2110
03:13:53,250 --> 03:14:02,990
And one of the areas that struck me the most was youth homelessness and the 507 students

2111
03:14:02,990 --> 03:14:05,190
experiencing homelessness and RCSD.

2112
03:14:08,410 --> 03:14:15,510
And I read in a press of connection that, you know, we've temporarily paused enforcement

2113
03:14:15,510 --> 03:14:20,410
of hope on horizons ordinance because we don't have shelter space right now, because as

2114
03:14:20,410 --> 03:14:27,070
of August 11th, the county reported that there were 179 adults and 55 families on our shelter

2115
03:14:27,070 --> 03:14:31,730
wait list, some of whom are likely RCSD families and students.

2116
03:14:31,730 --> 03:14:35,270
And so that's what I want to focus on.

2117
03:14:35,650 --> 03:14:39,390
How do we get what is in our control to zero?

2118
03:14:40,810 --> 03:14:42,630
Zero youth homelessness in Rebus City.

2119
03:14:44,330 --> 03:14:46,930
Now I'll have the answer for that right now, obviously.

2120
03:14:47,530 --> 03:14:50,330
But that's the question I want us to ponder.

2121
03:14:51,970 --> 03:14:58,210
And then moving on from that, I didn't see Rebus City together in the mix here.

2122
03:14:58,210 --> 03:14:59,970
but I do understand in talking with you.

2123
03:15:00,000 --> 03:15:29,980
Earlier today, that this was, of course, a focus on our specific Redwood City programs and initiatives. And while we are a partner of Redwood City together, a funder even, you know, this is, we're not the sole leader there. But I would like to discuss, you know, how can we can partner even more with Redwood City together? You know, a couple weeks ago, when Roppo was here earlier, he referenced the summary.

2124
03:15:29,980 --> 03:15:37,100
our intern showcase. And we had actually a couple of the students speak, Ms. Rodriguez,

2125
03:15:37,320 --> 03:15:42,980
for example, who interned with Amadeus Amadeus through that summer internship. And it was

2126
03:15:42,980 --> 03:15:47,520
really amazing to hear from each of them what they've accomplished over the past couple

2127
03:15:47,520 --> 03:15:54,440
months in the learning experiences they've had and the job opportunities they will now have

2128
03:15:54,440 --> 03:15:59,220
access to, like I was wondering if she's actually staying on, I think, with the many of

2129
03:15:59,220 --> 03:15:59,720
some of you guys.

2130
03:16:02,880 --> 03:16:10,780
So I want to, I want us to do our part as a council to show up.

2131
03:16:11,180 --> 03:16:19,820
It's the least that we can do to rip it city together events for the kids to extent that

2132
03:16:19,820 --> 03:16:21,860
our schedules allow, right?

2133
03:16:24,640 --> 03:16:28,780
And then with the exception of mentioning the

2134
03:16:28,780 --> 03:16:34,300
price center moment ago, I was saddened to see no mention of the LGBTQI

2135
03:16:34,300 --> 03:16:41,900
plus community in this presentation of work. And that's not okay. I know it

2136
03:16:41,900 --> 03:16:50,300
It wasn't intentional by any means, I'm short, but you know, we have the Pride Center.

2137
03:16:50,460 --> 03:16:54,320
We have outlet, outlet in Redwood City, up Westside Road.

2138
03:16:55,220 --> 03:16:59,640
So could you just speak to some of the work that we're doing with the Pride Center for

2139
03:16:59,640 --> 03:17:01,200
those who may not know, please?

2140
03:17:04,880 --> 03:17:09,300
So there's a variety of things we do with the Pride Center, and it's not just during

2141
03:17:09,300 --> 03:17:11,120
June, it's throughout the year.

2142
03:17:11,120 --> 03:17:15,920
So we work with them on working with our teens.

2143
03:17:16,460 --> 03:17:19,700
There are different initiatives they're often doing.

2144
03:17:19,880 --> 03:17:22,000
So we try to cross promote their efforts.

2145
03:17:23,000 --> 03:17:26,700
And I don't think the work just starts and ends with the Pride Center.

2146
03:17:27,120 --> 03:17:30,620
It's also the philosophy and attitude of the teen space.

2147
03:17:31,560 --> 03:17:36,140
Part of our libraries are we're welcoming everyone.

2148
03:17:36,680 --> 03:17:39,020
And so there is a very intentional

2149
03:17:39,880 --> 03:17:48,820
up in the space you are welcome here, rainbow flags are there, so the space we are trying to communicate visibly

2150
03:17:48,820 --> 03:17:54,760
and also through our actions that those spaces are for people of all walks of life.

2151
03:17:56,200 --> 03:18:00,920
So I'm blinking on specific programs but I do know we do stuff throughout the year.

2152
03:18:01,580 --> 03:18:08,140
And then it's also through our collections, that's a really big part of how you help to provide opportunities for youth to explore

2153
03:18:08,140 --> 03:18:15,940
and think about their own identities and that's by having those materials that are from a range

2154
03:18:15,940 --> 03:18:22,980
of perspectives and ethnicities and showing kids like them in books whether it's picture books,

2155
03:18:23,480 --> 03:18:29,080
chapter books, books for young adults, whatever it is, those representations are really important

2156
03:18:29,080 --> 03:18:35,220
so that people can see themselves and feel validated. And I think it's an effort that we do

2157
03:18:35,220 --> 03:18:39,560
We want a regular basis, so I'm sorry it's not in the report, but absolutely it is a

2158
03:18:39,560 --> 03:18:46,740
fundamental topic that we care about in our spaces and different programming like the

2159
03:18:46,740 --> 03:18:48,300
drag story times.

2160
03:18:48,860 --> 03:18:54,720
Those are intended so that you are celebrating and highlighting joy and the different ways

2161
03:18:54,720 --> 03:18:56,280
that people experience life.

2162
03:18:57,460 --> 03:19:02,860
I would be happy to come back and share more about what we're doing, but I know time is limited

2163
03:19:02,860 --> 03:19:08,800
tonight. Thank you so much. I didn't mean to put you on the spot, but I do appreciate

2164
03:19:08,800 --> 03:19:14,140
you sharing a little bit about how we are supporting queer and trans youth in

2165
03:19:14,820 --> 03:19:19,920
ribocity. You know what you said about having a collection in our library

2166
03:19:19,920 --> 03:19:25,980
that is reflective of the community, like that was very impactful in my childhood.

2167
03:19:26,380 --> 03:19:29,940
You know being able to pick up books that where I saw myself in that book and

2168
03:19:29,940 --> 03:19:31,520
and fell validated, as you said.

2169
03:19:32,360 --> 03:19:32,900
So thank you.

2170
03:19:34,560 --> 03:19:35,440
All right.

2171
03:19:36,200 --> 03:19:39,300
And then I, to the point about collaborating more

2172
03:19:39,300 --> 03:19:42,400
with the school district, I mean, I got, you know,

2173
03:19:43,080 --> 03:19:45,840
Trustee Cecilia Marquez and Trustee Mike Wells

2174
03:19:45,840 --> 03:19:47,540
like on Speed Dial here.

2175
03:19:47,660 --> 03:19:49,520
I mean, I was texting with Cecilia earlier

2176
03:19:50,020 --> 03:19:51,860
asking, hey, what would you like me to bring up?

2177
03:19:52,040 --> 03:19:54,480
So leverage our personal relationships

2178
03:19:54,960 --> 03:19:57,160
with our fellow elected officials

2179
03:19:58,760 --> 03:19:59,920
at the local school.

2180
03:20:00,000 --> 03:20:04,200
District, sorry, city attorney for having my phone out.

2181
03:20:06,540 --> 03:20:29,860
But, you know, so Cecilia asks, what are we doing to bring back spaces that are whether protected spaces for teens, like she mentioned Malibu Grand Prix? I mean, we're not going to get that again, right? But, you know, we have been doing that, right, with the parcade, with the mini golf and those of an excellent. But what resources do you need from us?

2182
03:20:29,860 --> 03:20:39,620
to make that happen more frequently, permanently, and more robust, because some of the supplies

2183
03:20:39,620 --> 03:20:46,620
is a little war-torn, but still fun, I've played it, so yeah, what resources do you need

2184
03:20:46,620 --> 03:20:47,020
from us?

2185
03:20:47,420 --> 03:20:49,280
I'm sorry, did you say whether protected?

2186
03:20:49,660 --> 03:20:54,620
Yes, so as an example, the parcade, it's under that big giant kind of courthouse square.

2187
03:20:55,500 --> 03:21:02,640
Yeah, Lucas Wilder Assistant Director is a wizard and McGiver is an amazing piece of

2188
03:21:02,640 --> 03:21:05,200
our team that comes up with brilliant solutions like that.

2189
03:21:05,660 --> 03:21:09,460
And Indore Parkade, I don't know of an event like that across the state.

2190
03:21:09,540 --> 03:21:11,900
And I know a lot of people in Parks and Rec are networking.

2191
03:21:12,460 --> 03:21:14,260
Mine is in common with Parks and Rec professionals.

2192
03:21:14,920 --> 03:21:19,480
So there are certainly opportunities for us to look into more things like that.

2193
03:21:19,480 --> 03:21:21,640
If the council is interested in us pursuing those.

2194
03:21:22,440 --> 03:21:28,680
But yeah, the parcade was one of these bonus things that really works out and kids love it so we can definitely look at more options.

2195
03:21:29,320 --> 03:21:34,580
Very innovative, fully support looking into that further if there's a majority support for that.

2196
03:21:35,240 --> 03:21:40,880
Thank you. And I'll wrap up in, I'll just pause here. I have more.

2197
03:21:44,100 --> 03:21:50,500
I'll jump in. Thank you. Can we go to figure one, the map of facilities, please?

2198
03:22:00,440 --> 03:22:06,200
I want to leave this out because I think this will is a good visual for us to have up

2199
03:22:06,200 --> 03:22:07,080
while I make my comments.

2200
03:22:08,440 --> 03:22:15,240
And I make these comments as I'm a newer council member but I was a long standing commissioner

2201
03:22:15,240 --> 03:22:21,080
on the Parks and Recs Commission so I'm going to ask questions so I may already know the

2202
03:22:21,080 --> 03:22:24,020
answers too but I'm going to ask them anyways for everyone else's benefit.

2203
03:22:24,020 --> 03:22:32,080
But we know where we see these green spots, we can see where they're concentrated and

2204
03:22:32,080 --> 03:22:32,940
where they aren't.

2205
03:22:33,600 --> 03:22:35,920
So I just want everyone to visually take that in.

2206
03:22:37,080 --> 03:22:42,420
And I want to see that what's looks like if I read correctly, we spent around 8 million,

2207
03:22:43,320 --> 03:22:50,020
probably about 3.9% of our general fund is for youth and children, I think was on the staff

2208
03:22:50,020 --> 03:22:50,340
report.

2209
03:22:52,490 --> 03:22:53,050
Okay.

2210
03:22:56,470 --> 03:23:06,070
What I'm thinking is, well, what I know is that not only are we park deficient, I want

2211
03:23:06,070 --> 03:23:11,410
to know who's taking our programs, where are our programs and who's in them, and something

2212
03:23:11,410 --> 03:23:18,190
that I was so excited about, you know, is when we've developed this technology and parks

2213
03:23:18,190 --> 03:23:23,390
and everyone was getting all this map being and we're getting close is how can we really

2214
03:23:23,390 --> 03:23:24,790
see who we're serving?

2215
03:23:25,210 --> 03:23:27,450
Because when we see who we're serving, you know what it also tells us?

2216
03:23:27,590 --> 03:23:28,510
Who we're not serving?

2217
03:23:29,530 --> 03:23:37,790
And while I appreciate Table 5 in the chart where it shows us, you know, total number of

2218
03:23:37,790 --> 03:23:45,770
youth age 0 to 17 served by PRCS programs, that's not helpful for me.

2219
03:23:45,770 --> 03:23:52,190
Because what I want to see, and I've made the request, and if you guys can run the report, and I know that we can, is I want a zip code breakdown.

2220
03:23:52,910 --> 03:24:00,170
I want more demographics. You guys said we were going to have demographics, but these are all just big numbers. None of this is broken down. This isn't helpful.

2221
03:24:01,450 --> 03:24:09,210
I mean, it's helpful for telling one story, but it's not really helpful for getting to serve the communities that we need to serve.

2222
03:24:09,210 --> 03:24:25,450
So I would really appreciate seeing some metrics and more data about who we're serving with these kids, where they live, where they're coming from, because I have been saying this for years.

2223
03:24:25,870 --> 03:24:31,910
We need more programming in different areas of our city. Everything can't be at Redmore Inn, everything can't be downtown.

2224
03:24:31,910 --> 03:24:35,610
town. You look at the list. It's like it's either in Redwood Shores or it's Add Red More

2225
03:24:35,610 --> 03:24:42,410
Inn. And it's been like that since I was whittled and it can't continue to be like that.

2226
03:24:44,010 --> 03:24:49,070
So I would like us to really focus on that. And then something that no one is talking about

2227
03:24:49,070 --> 03:24:56,010
that I think we really need to mention, and this is because of things above us, but child

2228
03:24:57,010 --> 03:24:59,910
We, you know, there have been things that have passed in the end world.

2229
03:25:00,000 --> 03:25:29,740
We're all very excited that everyone can go to TK now in preschool, but if you see in the numbers, there's a huge gap. From five to 12, those school-aged children, who are the ones that we need in programs? We have a need there. So that we need to have a big focus on that. And when I think of a lot of these kids, you know why they can't be in programs? Because they're taking care of their siblings. They can't be in the soccer camp because they got to get home because mom has to get to work and they have to pick up their brother after school.

2230
03:25:29,740 --> 03:25:38,020
So I want us to have this data because then we can actually create programs that serve the people that we have been leaving behind.

2231
03:25:39,060 --> 03:25:57,960
So I would really appreciate having that information and us just looking at more closely we can partner to address the fact that we do now have more children in elementary school at our younger age and what that has done to our caretakers, our child care providers.

2232
03:25:57,960 --> 03:26:03,100
There are over-ambundance of space at certain ages, but we have a huge gap at 5 to 12.

2233
03:26:04,220 --> 03:26:07,420
And to speak to some of the mental health things, you know what I think?

2234
03:26:07,980 --> 03:26:09,480
These kids need their why.

2235
03:26:09,820 --> 03:26:12,780
Kids love sports, some of them, and some of it is cultural.

2236
03:26:13,300 --> 03:26:17,340
We need to invest in their things that they care about, and you know what, when you start

2237
03:26:17,340 --> 03:26:21,280
caring about something, you care about, if you didn't care about school, now you do, because

2238
03:26:21,280 --> 03:26:23,400
you don't want to lose football, you don't want to lose soccer.

2239
03:26:23,400 --> 03:26:36,340
So, if we could do whatever we can to reduce any of the barriers for kids, whether that's the cost of playing the sport, whether they get a uniform or not, the shoes, let's make it really accessible.

2240
03:26:36,740 --> 03:26:41,480
When I see the huge amounts of money, and then I see that our children aren't reading.

2241
03:26:42,660 --> 03:26:48,480
I mean, Derek, I see you're excited, but I have to tell you, I was really sad when I read this.

2242
03:26:49,060 --> 03:26:54,060
This is the numbers are terrible.

2243
03:26:54,840 --> 03:26:58,780
It's below 40% in reading and math, third grade reading levels.

2244
03:26:59,400 --> 03:27:00,460
It's not okay.

2245
03:27:00,820 --> 03:27:06,120
We have to do more in this, I just don't think we have to have more creative programming

2246
03:27:06,120 --> 03:27:10,460
because just summer reading challenges, and I think the world of project read, but it's

2247
03:27:10,460 --> 03:27:11,200
not enough.

2248
03:27:11,860 --> 03:27:17,720
And there are certain segments, and if you take a look and you can care the shores, it's

2249
03:27:17,720 --> 03:27:23,700
more than disheartening. I can see why you didn't want to put those charts up here, but

2250
03:27:23,700 --> 03:27:29,700
I think it's important that we all look at them because we are doing a disservice to

2251
03:27:29,700 --> 03:27:35,960
our children and we need to make proper investments in strategic investments. So I would really

2252
03:27:35,960 --> 03:27:40,600
like to see how we can help programming, how we can better work with the school districts

2253
03:27:40,600 --> 03:27:45,620
and I will be quite honest. And maybe this is my questions to mayor. I would love to be

2254
03:27:45,620 --> 03:27:47,940
on one of these, I hear everyone talking about,

2255
03:27:48,020 --> 03:27:49,960
we have these school districts two by two's,

2256
03:27:50,320 --> 03:27:52,680
I think I may be the only person on council

2257
03:27:52,680 --> 03:27:53,860
with a school-aged child.

2258
03:27:54,300 --> 03:27:56,280
I go to PTO meetings, I read the news,

2259
03:27:56,460 --> 03:27:58,680
I know what's going on, I would love to serve.

2260
03:27:58,880 --> 03:28:01,420
So, if there is a way that we can be more involved,

2261
03:28:01,580 --> 03:28:03,540
I know council member G spoke earlier

2262
03:28:03,540 --> 03:28:06,280
about how certain districts are on climate action

2263
03:28:06,280 --> 03:28:07,220
because they affect you.

2264
03:28:07,320 --> 03:28:10,260
Well, I want to advocate for our children.

2265
03:28:10,540 --> 03:28:12,800
So, if there's an opportunity for me

2266
03:28:12,800 --> 03:28:15,360
to be in a group where I could do that,

2267
03:28:15,360 --> 03:28:19,140
I would welcome it, so I'm happy to talk about that off line as well, but I appreciate

2268
03:28:19,140 --> 03:28:24,760
everything you all are doing, but we need to see more and more focus, and we need the

2269
03:28:24,760 --> 03:28:28,360
people at the different school districts to get on board, too.

2270
03:28:28,760 --> 03:28:29,040
Thank you.

2271
03:28:30,040 --> 03:28:34,880
If I could quickly highlight something brand new that came up with the fundraising from

2272
03:28:34,880 --> 03:28:35,640
picnic on block.

2273
03:28:36,340 --> 03:28:41,340
Every year the foundation asks, gets our feedback on something that they could fundraise

2274
03:28:41,340 --> 03:28:45,240
for this year with feedback from our YAB and our TAP programs.

2275
03:28:45,240 --> 03:28:49,800
They requested that the fundraiser be dedicated towards providing equipment

2276
03:28:49,800 --> 03:28:54,600
for someone who wants to play football, paint brushes for someone who wants to get art.

2277
03:28:54,760 --> 03:28:56,880
So we're really lucky to have that partnership with the foundation

2278
03:28:56,880 --> 03:28:59,340
to provide some opportunities for something like that.

2279
03:29:00,360 --> 03:29:00,640
Thank you.

2280
03:29:00,740 --> 03:29:06,420
And it would be also helpful if we could see the breakdown for parks and art foundation

2281
03:29:06,420 --> 03:29:09,320
is what their scholarships that they divvy out

2282
03:29:09,320 --> 03:29:11,700
because it said scholarships versus equipment.

2283
03:29:12,000 --> 03:29:13,700
So I would like to see how much money

2284
03:29:13,700 --> 03:29:15,420
is scholarships versus equipment.

2285
03:29:16,200 --> 03:29:17,360
Sure, thank you.

2286
03:29:19,760 --> 03:29:20,500
Council Member Chu.

2287
03:29:21,320 --> 03:29:23,880
So thank you so much both for the presentation

2288
03:29:23,880 --> 03:29:25,420
and for all the work you do.

2289
03:29:26,140 --> 03:29:29,460
Something, I always honestly brag about our parks

2290
03:29:29,460 --> 03:29:32,940
and our libraries, but I feel like every single staff person

2291
03:29:32,940 --> 03:29:35,300
really cares and it shows in everything you do.

2292
03:29:36,020 --> 03:29:40,600
and it's so appreciated and I think it's every single person on this

2293
03:29:40,600 --> 03:29:45,460
day, it says job, it is the school district job and it's all of our job to

2294
03:29:45,460 --> 03:29:51,000
ensure that our kids have their best shot at a healthy, happy, productive life.

2295
03:29:51,780 --> 03:29:55,760
And so I understand that there are things outside of your purview that really

2296
03:29:55,760 --> 03:29:59,620
affect kids. And so I think that this conversation has

2297
03:30:00,000 --> 03:30:15,360
Has become about, you know, the kids in our community and how can we help them flourish? And I know that intersects with what you do. So I'm going to talk about things that intersect with what you do, but I understand they're not directly a responsibility. So the first thing I wanted to go to, I just had a question back to that map where the parks are.

2298
03:30:18,330 --> 03:30:30,630
Yeah, I see it's in a line. Is there a reason for that? Is there some kind of like geographic feature that makes parks in a line like that? I don't believe that's the case.

2299
03:30:30,630 --> 03:30:36,050
a lot there's often parks in neighborhoods right that we are part of this

2300
03:30:36,050 --> 03:30:40,870
overall map that the city maintains and then there's some other bigger ones

2301
03:30:40,870 --> 03:30:46,310
such as Red Morton. Okay, I don't know that I was in Hetchy. Hetchy. What I was

2302
03:30:46,310 --> 03:30:50,010
thinking that looks like Hetchy to me because I've been like looking through

2303
03:30:50,010 --> 03:30:54,810
chain link trends thinking that should be a part because you know and I was

2304
03:30:54,810 --> 03:31:02,570
like I think this looks like that. If that's Hatchechi I think we should turn Hatchechi empty

2305
03:31:02,570 --> 03:31:10,730
lots into parklets. So that's the first thing. Because that's a cheapy-beauty writing that

2306
03:31:10,730 --> 03:31:16,790
down. Okay. Yeah, I think that's Hatchechi. I think that's what that is. Okay, great. So I was

2307
03:31:16,790 --> 03:31:22,070
really thinking about, you know, I think about the kids in my community a lot and kind of,

2308
03:31:22,070 --> 03:31:23,930
you know, Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

2309
03:31:24,230 --> 03:31:26,130
And go back to our city's priorities,

2310
03:31:26,370 --> 03:31:28,750
housing, transportation, and children and youth.

2311
03:31:29,550 --> 03:31:35,290
It is very hard to override being homeless with a program.

2312
03:31:36,410 --> 03:31:39,410
It is very hard to override, you know,

2313
03:31:39,590 --> 03:31:41,390
being unable to get from A to B.

2314
03:31:41,550 --> 03:31:43,930
You know, if all the programming is down at Red Morton

2315
03:31:43,930 --> 03:31:46,210
and my kids, they're not my children,

2316
03:31:46,330 --> 03:31:47,770
but the children in my community

2317
03:31:47,770 --> 03:31:54,790
can't get safely from our community downtown or to Red Morton it may as well

2318
03:31:54,790 --> 03:32:01,970
not exist for them and so it is our job to make sure that you know we have

2319
03:32:01,970 --> 03:32:09,030
abundant housing that we have safe streets and that we really you know frame

2320
03:32:09,030 --> 03:32:13,370
those things with respect to children and youth and you know by definition kids

2321
03:32:13,370 --> 03:32:18,990
you know many can't drive and I know I bring this up a lot. Car crashes have been

2322
03:32:18,990 --> 03:32:24,290
the leading cause of child death by far without a close second for most of the

2323
03:32:24,290 --> 03:32:30,470
century and if you look at the injuries it's about 30 to one in California so

2324
03:32:30,470 --> 03:32:34,870
you know it's not just deaths it's catastrophic injuries like if we want our

2325
03:32:34,870 --> 03:32:41,290
kids to grow up and grow old dealing with road safety is probably the number one

2326
03:32:41,290 --> 03:32:44,550
one thing we can do, the second most important thing we can do is abundant housing.

2327
03:32:46,510 --> 03:32:49,630
But that's our job, that's not your responsibility.

2328
03:32:50,050 --> 03:32:57,210
But I just wanted to echo Council Member Sturkin's comment about no homeless children and

2329
03:32:57,770 --> 03:33:01,410
I'd love to see no road deaths or serious injuries or even injuries at all.

2330
03:33:04,370 --> 03:33:12,590
So then, you know, things that kind of fall or adjacent to your purview is the, I was

2331
03:33:12,590 --> 03:33:20,010
dismayed by the numbers with respect to literacy, numeracy and literacy, and I know it's

2332
03:33:20,010 --> 03:33:24,290
hard to educate kids, and I know that, you know, when you're dealing with learning differences

2333
03:33:24,290 --> 03:33:31,010
and language barriers and things like that, it's hard, but there are states like Mississippi

2334
03:33:31,010 --> 03:33:36,510
that have seen enormous gains, and certainly Mississippi is dealing with much more substantial

2335
03:33:36,510 --> 03:33:41,030
challenges economically than a place like Redwood City.

2336
03:33:41,330 --> 03:33:46,930
And so I would love, you know, I don't know what we can do to support the schools, but

2337
03:33:46,930 --> 03:33:54,390
I know that I would really love to engage more with the schools on to councilmember Pidea's

2338
03:33:54,390 --> 03:33:59,310
point and to understand what can we do as a council to help the school district succeed

2339
03:33:59,310 --> 03:34:06,430
in helping our kids learn to read and to succeed academically because that's going to have a huge

2340
03:34:06,430 --> 03:34:12,950
bearing on whether or not they're able to go on to lead happy healthy productive lives. So then

2341
03:34:12,950 --> 03:34:19,730
coming to parks and libraries, so that's kind of near the top of the pyramid of needs. I share

2342
03:34:19,730 --> 03:34:25,870
Council Member Pidea's view about sports when I think about what really brings joy, where I see joy,

2343
03:34:25,870 --> 03:34:30,930
where I see attachment and community, where I see connection in my community.

2344
03:34:31,790 --> 03:34:33,810
A lot of it is on the soccer field.

2345
03:34:34,110 --> 03:34:37,490
Like that's kind of the, it's like church, you know, it's like where they meet,

2346
03:34:37,690 --> 03:34:39,710
it's where they connect, it's where they eat together.

2347
03:34:40,750 --> 03:34:45,070
And so, you know, I feel like my job is to get my community a soccer field.

2348
03:34:45,830 --> 03:34:52,710
But I think the role the parks play in bringing sports to kids and in programming sports

2349
03:34:52,710 --> 03:34:56,410
but it's so important and to Council Member Padia's point

2350
03:34:56,410 --> 03:34:59,350
the more we can distribute that equitably throughout the city.

2351
03:35:00,000 --> 03:35:29,380
And again, I know a big rate limiting step for that is the, you know, there's no stop-of-field on my end of town. I guess there's one at Hoover. I take that back. Hoover packed. We need one kind of further south. So sports programming, I think is super important. I would also add that I'm going to articulate this e-bikes and really e- motorcycles. You know, a bicycle goes 20 miles an hour, it has about, you know, 250 watts.

2352
03:35:29,380 --> 03:35:36,700
Like, that kind of vehicle is not a danger, something that has 750 watts and goes 28 miles

2353
03:35:36,700 --> 03:35:38,420
an hour is how kids are getting hurt.

2354
03:35:41,340 --> 03:35:46,480
You know, and that's not really something for us to deal with here, but the ability

2355
03:35:46,480 --> 03:35:51,440
to ride in middle gangs of bicyclists, I think, would be immensely helpful for kids.

2356
03:35:52,240 --> 03:35:56,300
If our streets were safe enough, my dream is that our streets are safe enough, they can

2357
03:35:56,300 --> 03:36:01,380
ride downtown and little gangs and it's fine and do their little wheelies and have fun.

2358
03:36:02,600 --> 03:36:06,780
That's a wholesome, healthy, physically vigorous activity.

2359
03:36:07,960 --> 03:36:12,000
And I was even thinking, you know, maybe we could have certain weekends where we close

2360
03:36:12,000 --> 03:36:18,200
the street off and kids can do wheelies all the way downtown, I don't know.

2361
03:36:18,720 --> 03:36:25,740
So I think even leveraging the space we have in streets to bring joy and physical activity

2362
03:36:27,640 --> 03:36:31,720
I think what's respect to the programming at the library, I think it's amazing, I mean,

2363
03:36:31,820 --> 03:36:33,840
I think what you're doing is terrific, keep it up.

2364
03:36:34,800 --> 03:36:39,180
I would also be interested in knowing, I noticed that we're helping about two to three

2365
03:36:39,180 --> 03:36:43,960
times as many kids as actually live in redwood city and my first thought was I wonder if that,

2366
03:36:44,120 --> 03:36:45,620
I wonder where those kids are coming from.

2367
03:36:47,000 --> 03:36:52,160
And it'd be really cool if there's a way to find out who we are serving because we're

2368
03:36:52,160 --> 03:37:01,240
doing a lot. I'm trying to think if there's anything else. Yeah, so I absolutely love the

2369
03:37:01,240 --> 03:37:11,300
work you do, but I share the wish that it was distributed more broadly with respect to

2370
03:37:11,300 --> 03:37:11,840
geography.

2371
03:37:14,040 --> 03:37:18,180
And maybe that's something we can work on together. We have to provide the facilities

2372
03:37:18,180 --> 03:37:20,280
but once they're there being able to keep them.

2373
03:37:20,620 --> 03:37:22,360
So thank you for all you do, it's terrific work.

2374
03:37:22,980 --> 03:37:26,320
And two things I want to just add in comment on.

2375
03:37:26,800 --> 03:37:29,660
One is that we absolutely can always use

2376
03:37:29,660 --> 03:37:31,100
more volunteers with project read.

2377
03:37:31,160 --> 03:37:33,720
We're currently serving about 350 youth

2378
03:37:33,720 --> 03:37:34,880
of Redwood City School District,

2379
03:37:35,200 --> 03:37:38,100
and these are all students within our boundaries

2380
03:37:38,100 --> 03:37:41,660
and northeharops, but that's the limitation

2381
03:37:41,660 --> 03:37:43,340
is we need more volunteers.

2382
03:37:43,620 --> 03:37:45,840
So if more folks are interested,

2383
03:37:45,840 --> 03:37:48,740
we have regular trainings throughout the year,

2384
03:37:48,920 --> 03:37:50,780
so we would absolutely love more volunteers.

2385
03:37:51,800 --> 03:37:53,840
And also speaking to that hierarchy of needs,

2386
03:37:54,380 --> 03:37:56,220
one of the things the library does try to do

2387
03:37:56,220 --> 03:37:57,820
is with our project lead families

2388
03:37:57,820 --> 03:38:03,200
who are often food, have food deserts or insecurity,

2389
03:38:03,580 --> 03:38:06,000
we do provide weekly groceries for those families

2390
03:38:06,000 --> 03:38:08,080
to help them to be successful.

2391
03:38:08,320 --> 03:38:11,260
And when you eliminate food as a reason

2392
03:38:11,260 --> 03:38:12,640
why you're not able to learn,

2393
03:38:12,640 --> 03:38:17,360
It does allow people to be able to focus more on those other skills.

2394
03:38:18,840 --> 03:38:19,780
Anything else you'd like to add?

2395
03:38:20,120 --> 03:38:26,100
Sure, and just I haven't been able to shout out our Ferro's community center who serves our human services

2396
03:38:26,100 --> 03:38:29,960
of vision who also provides resources for families who are in need of food

2397
03:38:29,960 --> 03:38:32,520
and things like diapers as well for their kids.

2398
03:38:32,820 --> 03:38:34,640
So I just want to give that team a big shout out.

2399
03:38:35,900 --> 03:38:38,500
Another thing the library tries to do is outreach events.

2400
03:38:38,500 --> 03:38:43,600
So that is a way we do try to get out to the community to speak to what Marcello was saying as well,

2401
03:38:43,880 --> 03:38:45,800
to try to do that.

2402
03:38:45,940 --> 03:38:49,760
So obviously we would love to have more time and staffing to be able to do that.

2403
03:38:50,720 --> 03:38:56,860
And we try to meet out at the schools when we're invited to different celebrations as well.

2404
03:38:57,340 --> 03:39:02,200
So definitely an area that we are focused on and interested in engaging more.

2405
03:39:06,040 --> 03:39:07,220
One thought I had.

2406
03:39:07,220 --> 03:39:13,780
But I know that it's hard to build like a new library, but I remember one of the biggest

2407
03:39:13,780 --> 03:39:18,520
most important and I think historic houses in our neighborhood went on sale and I think

2408
03:39:18,520 --> 03:39:21,560
it might be haunted because it does go on sale like every two years or so.

2409
03:39:21,720 --> 03:39:26,240
So our chance will come again, but I just remember thinking, you know, this house is incredible

2410
03:39:26,240 --> 03:39:30,460
and it would make an amazing library and community center.

2411
03:39:30,720 --> 03:39:35,440
And so even as we think about ways, I think we have to start getting creative about things

2412
03:39:35,440 --> 03:39:40,360
like parks and libraries, you know, a really perfect street is like a linear park, you

2413
03:39:40,360 --> 03:39:46,000
know, a cool haunted house is a perfect library, you know, so, and it's a lot cheaper

2414
03:39:46,000 --> 03:39:46,700
than building one.

2415
03:39:47,520 --> 03:39:52,980
And I don't want to discredit what you're saying about libraries in your region in particular,

2416
03:39:52,980 --> 03:39:58,560
but we do have very close partnerships with the county of San Mateo's library system which

2417
03:39:58,560 --> 03:39:59,920
which has the North Shore Oaks Lab.

2418
03:40:00,000 --> 03:40:14,180
All right, so we do a lot of work with them and they're on the same property as the Fairx Community Center. So I'm not saying that we shouldn't continue to invest and do more in this space, but we do have partnerships with the existing libraries as well.

2419
03:40:17,560 --> 03:40:32,800
Thank you, Councilmember. Go to the vice mayor. I'll be extremely brief because I took a lot of time in the last item. So just the slide about the grants or the just want to go there again real quick. My question is just simply how many, how many

2420
03:40:32,800 --> 03:40:36,800
much money and it's okay if you don't know, you can email me later, but how much money

2421
03:40:36,800 --> 03:40:42,900
does Project Read get with grants? I think it's the federal grants, state grants, county

2422
03:40:42,900 --> 03:40:45,360
grants, what tell me about Project Read's grants?

2423
03:40:45,980 --> 03:40:51,040
Yes, so that's two separate things that they get funding from their funds for literacy

2424
03:40:51,040 --> 03:40:59,320
and that nonprofit specifically benefits the Project Read program with backpacks of supplies,

2425
03:40:59,320 --> 03:41:03,020
with eye-gloss exams for students that need it, hearing exams, et cetera.

2426
03:41:03,180 --> 03:41:06,000
Like if you have a different learning challenge, you can get those tests.

2427
03:41:06,860 --> 03:41:10,840
That is included in the library support groups.

2428
03:41:11,380 --> 03:41:16,940
In the report, we actually have more specific details on how much different groups are giving,

2429
03:41:17,200 --> 03:41:19,120
but we can absolutely give you more information.

2430
03:41:19,640 --> 03:41:24,540
So there's funding from that local nonprofit and then a good chunk of the budget

2431
03:41:24,540 --> 03:41:31,700
which is actually accounted for in the current budget this year are those term-funded positions.

2432
03:41:32,340 --> 03:41:38,040
I can't remember the number off the top of my head but those term-funded positions are funded

2433
03:41:38,040 --> 03:41:45,900
through the CLLS grant from the state and that gives us direct funding to be able to provide more

2434
03:41:45,900 --> 03:41:51,260
staffing to support project read. This is not just for youth, this is also for adult literacy.

2435
03:41:51,260 --> 03:41:55,540
So, there's a family literacy component as well as an adult literacy component.

2436
03:41:55,740 --> 03:42:00,000
So, if you're interested, we can get you the numbers of how much money is coming from

2437
03:42:00,000 --> 03:42:01,720
the state for those specific programs.

2438
03:42:02,220 --> 03:42:07,120
And then they're matching grants, which is why the city funds project read through our

2439
03:42:07,120 --> 03:42:09,940
general fund, and then we're able to provide those programs.

2440
03:42:10,760 --> 03:42:15,980
Yeah, I would just, any information about the funding for project read, I would love.

2441
03:42:15,980 --> 03:42:25,520
And then I'm done. The only other question I have is, could you have some wonderful people

2442
03:42:25,520 --> 03:42:30,140
here who are helping with our youth? Could they introduce themselves? Absolutely.

2443
03:42:31,140 --> 03:42:36,320
Come on in. Thank you for staying so late. And if you could just tell us your name and

2444
03:42:36,320 --> 03:42:38,520
what you do, that would be fun.

2445
03:42:40,860 --> 03:42:41,700
Good evening, Council.

2446
03:42:42,060 --> 03:42:46,640
I'm Talisha Brent, Interim Recreation Manager for the Youth and Teen Services. Thanks for

2447
03:42:46,640 --> 03:42:47,100
having us.

2448
03:42:49,160 --> 03:42:49,640
Hi, Councilor.

2449
03:42:49,660 --> 03:42:50,260
I'm Mike Smith.

2450
03:42:50,500 --> 03:42:54,940
I run the after school sports program, and I'm working with the field's policies now

2451
03:42:54,940 --> 03:42:57,220
and running some of those programs.

2452
03:43:00,180 --> 03:43:01,400
Hey, Councilor, how's it going?

2453
03:43:01,660 --> 03:43:02,900
My name is Eric Beddingcore.

2454
03:43:03,600 --> 03:43:07,980
I'm the interim team coordinator, and I also help with our U-Center, Red Morton.

2455
03:43:10,700 --> 03:43:12,280
And our awesome Spokes program.

2456
03:43:12,440 --> 03:43:13,200
Don't forget about that.

2457
03:43:16,680 --> 03:43:17,300
Good evening.

2458
03:43:17,440 --> 03:43:18,340
My name is Jordi Fernandez.

2459
03:43:18,560 --> 03:43:20,040
Recreation supervisor for Parks and Rec.

2460
03:43:20,040 --> 03:43:23,840
as a pleasure of serving lots of our kids that are reach out to school programs.

2461
03:43:24,520 --> 03:43:28,320
Our special events, our summer camps, all kinds of great stuff.

2462
03:43:32,060 --> 03:43:33,760
Hello everyone, I'm Yvonne Rodriguez.

2463
03:43:34,240 --> 03:43:37,180
I am the Redwood City Safe Routeschool Program Specialist.

2464
03:43:37,660 --> 03:43:40,960
My role is essentially just getting youth to walk by crew.

2465
03:43:41,560 --> 03:43:45,400
Get to school, provide them with the transportation resources they need in our community.

2466
03:43:45,980 --> 03:43:50,260
I'm also working very closely with the transportation department here every Tuesday.

2467
03:43:50,260 --> 03:43:54,240
just to make sure that we're updated on any projects going on around schools,

2468
03:43:54,500 --> 03:43:58,360
that we're updating all of our school admin. We also host a lot of different

2469
03:43:58,360 --> 03:44:02,260
events, activities and programs in the community to advocate for

2470
03:44:04,040 --> 03:44:05,560
bike and pedestrian safety.

2471
03:44:07,760 --> 03:44:10,100
Fantastic. Well thank you all for

2472
03:44:10,100 --> 03:44:13,280
staying up late with us and those are my questions.

2473
03:44:14,520 --> 03:44:17,460
Speaking of bike gangs in the summer you can catch Eric

2474
03:44:18,120 --> 03:44:22,660
leading about 20 kids on their bikes throughout the city getting to different trips.

2475
03:44:27,770 --> 03:44:31,330
I have a few more questions and this is actually given that you brought

2476
03:44:31,330 --> 03:44:36,710
spokes up. I saw spokes I think it's great but I saw our really high absentee

2477
03:44:36,710 --> 03:44:40,550
rates in schools and I thought here's maybe an opportunity I thought

2478
03:44:41,150 --> 03:44:45,790
everything here I think we need more outreach. I like I asked several parents if

2479
03:44:45,790 --> 03:44:49,650
they had heard of these financial literacy programs. No one I had asked

2480
03:44:49,650 --> 03:44:53,090
had even heard of them. They actually told me they had paid for ones at a local community

2481
03:44:53,090 --> 03:44:57,690
college for their kids to go to. So, one, just how do we get the word out more? Two,

2482
03:44:58,310 --> 03:44:59,850
could spoke, could spoke, perhaps?

2483
03:45:00,000 --> 03:45:29,980
Let's be focused on some of the kids who maybe are having some issues getting to school. Like, I just don't know, do you apply to get that? I sought to six weeks program, but maybe we could have, you know, referrals to the program or some kids who couldn't use some help. If that could be a nice partnership, I would really love to see that. And then with that, just more, I know we do this naturally, and I've always seen it at the Library and Parks and Rec, but just more youth employment. I see that we have sprinklings. I feel like I find out that parks and works has an internship.

2484
03:45:29,980 --> 03:45:41,860
But it's and then I'll find out that the library has interns, but it would be great if we knew of all the youth employment opportunities that we had in the city and then created more.

2485
03:45:42,480 --> 03:45:45,980
I think the best way I think that will help with mental health.

2486
03:45:46,160 --> 03:45:47,780
I mean, kids, I asked this young kid this way.

2487
03:45:47,780 --> 03:45:51,880
He said, I want to make my own money to buy my own shoes.

2488
03:45:52,620 --> 03:45:54,820
Like he was like, I'll pick up your lead.

2489
03:45:54,820 --> 03:45:59,260
I mean, they really want to just get things for themselves.

2490
03:45:59,300 --> 03:46:04,160
There's a real pride in that, so I think anything we could also do, if that's through

2491
03:46:04,160 --> 03:46:08,220
tutoring or big buddy programs, I mean, even with the schools, I know my daughter had

2492
03:46:08,220 --> 03:46:11,800
a little buddy and she'd be so excited to pick out the book she's going to read, and I've

2493
03:46:11,800 --> 03:46:16,540
had little kids come up to me and say, oh, your daughter is my, you know, just any programs

2494
03:46:16,540 --> 03:46:21,420
where we could get that foster leadership and reading and any kind of stipends that we

2495
03:46:21,420 --> 03:46:25,700
could create to give to youth and for employment, I would love to see more of that.

2496
03:46:26,640 --> 03:46:29,540
And our leaders in training program is doing a really good job.

2497
03:46:29,680 --> 03:46:31,540
I think we're at 50 this summer.

2498
03:46:32,200 --> 03:46:36,120
So that's more than 50 leaders in training this summer and that's kind of where we start

2499
03:46:36,120 --> 03:46:40,540
them at, like getting them the training with a little lower pressure and then hoping that

2500
03:46:40,540 --> 03:46:44,920
that's the session builds them into applying for our rec leader programs and beyond and sometimes

2501
03:46:44,920 --> 03:46:45,760
they become city managers.

2502
03:46:45,760 --> 03:46:46,460
It's really great.

2503
03:46:47,680 --> 03:46:49,400
Maybe we need some interns for city council.

2504
03:46:49,400 --> 03:46:52,800
So, I mean, I think I'm all for internships

2505
03:46:52,800 --> 03:46:55,920
in getting people engaged civically, so, thank you.

2506
03:46:56,220 --> 03:46:56,300
Yeah.

2507
03:46:58,640 --> 03:47:02,280
And I love, we would also love more teen volunteers

2508
03:47:02,280 --> 03:47:04,100
specifically for our project rate.

2509
03:47:04,340 --> 03:47:05,980
So in case folks are not aware,

2510
03:47:06,440 --> 03:47:08,160
we have a wonderful program where teens,

2511
03:47:08,300 --> 03:47:11,020
two to youth, and this is actually something

2512
03:47:11,020 --> 03:47:14,660
that shows everybody's literacy level rises

2513
03:47:14,660 --> 03:47:16,960
because often kids that are neurodiverse.

2514
03:47:17,440 --> 03:47:19,040
When they're teaching a subject,

2515
03:47:19,040 --> 03:47:25,200
They gain mastery over that subject and so it actually improves the literacy rates of both the tutors as well as the students

2516
03:47:25,200 --> 03:47:28,240
So if anybody knows more volunteers that are interested

2517
03:47:28,240 --> 03:47:31,520
I'd love to be able to give them stipends. Unfortunately, I don't have that budget

2518
03:47:31,520 --> 03:47:35,980
But if the council is interested we would be delighted to provide those opportunities

2519
03:47:38,750 --> 03:47:43,050
Thank you Sarah. Thank you Councillor Peridio. We'll go to council more jeep now just to wrap up

2520
03:47:43,050 --> 03:47:44,410
You know what I've heard

2521
03:47:44,970 --> 03:47:49,450
Well, we back up tonight's presentations focused on what we do as a city

2522
03:47:49,450 --> 03:47:54,070
But we can't lift up all of you by ourselves, it's a partnership with the school district,

2523
03:47:54,510 --> 03:47:59,870
the high school district, community, college district, and from what I know, a lot of

2524
03:47:59,870 --> 03:48:01,490
nonprofit organizations out there.

2525
03:48:01,730 --> 03:48:07,510
So maybe to our city manager, is there a way to do a memo to us that lists all the different

2526
03:48:07,510 --> 03:48:13,630
partners out there and what they focus on so that we can help distribute and let people

2527
03:48:13,630 --> 03:48:14,850
know what's going on?

2528
03:48:14,850 --> 03:48:20,450
Because it's not just parks, it's just not the library, it's just not the school district.

2529
03:48:21,110 --> 03:48:23,550
But from what I know, there's a lot of people out there.

2530
03:48:24,250 --> 03:48:29,970
And if we can get sort of a resource guide of all the different partners, I'm with the school district's doing.

2531
03:48:30,710 --> 03:48:35,450
Because I know, for example, Rebusy School Districts, I think partnering at the Gartner Center and maybe Stanford,

2532
03:48:35,890 --> 03:48:38,130
and I want Rebus Shores's partnering with some others.

2533
03:48:38,390 --> 03:48:43,590
And there are different nonprofits that are providing after school programs are mentoring or

2534
03:48:43,590 --> 03:48:49,230
counseling or different things. I think having all that in one place rather than in 20 different

2535
03:48:49,230 --> 03:48:55,130
places and everyone has a little piece might be very helpful. And maybe one of our nonprofits

2536
03:48:55,130 --> 03:48:58,610
may be together, combined together, or somebody. So I'll leave that with you.

2537
03:48:58,850 --> 03:49:01,230
Yeah, sure. Thank you. Derek, what was talking?

2538
03:49:04,710 --> 03:49:09,490
No, he's got the lens across the organization and elsewhere. So yeah, thank you for that.

2539
03:49:10,870 --> 03:49:12,230
Thank you, Councilor Richie.

2540
03:49:13,070 --> 03:49:14,870
I'm seeing anyone else's lights on.

2541
03:49:17,170 --> 03:49:19,210
Thank you for the great presentation.

2542
03:49:19,510 --> 03:49:23,750
And everybody who stayed with us, it's great to see everybody here.

2543
03:49:24,150 --> 03:49:29,070
I am just so impressed by the incredible work that you all are doing.

2544
03:49:29,410 --> 03:49:32,050
And it's so comprehensive and it's so holistic.

2545
03:49:32,370 --> 03:49:37,490
It's not just providing a basketball league and calling that wraps, right?

2546
03:49:37,490 --> 03:49:59,970
It is just you all are really thinking about new and creative ways to support the generation today, which is amazing, but I also just have so much appreciation for what somebody of my colleagues have mentioned around powering our youth and giving them opportunities for leadership development, and doing it at a cost that families can actually afford because I...

2547
03:50:00,000 --> 03:50:29,980
There's not too long ago that I remember playing club soccer and the cost of that, just membership fees and somebody mentioned jerseys, right? Or going to a weekend tournament, the costs add up so quickly. So, and I know it's only intensified since I've been out of school. So, it's amazing to be able to provide these opportunities for folks. But I just respond to a couple of things that I heard. You know, I'd be very open to revisiting the frequency of our two-by-one

2548
03:50:29,980 --> 03:50:33,180
are coming up with a new way of figuring out those meetings.

2549
03:50:34,440 --> 03:50:37,060
I know our city clerk was trying to get something scheduled in the summer time

2550
03:50:37,060 --> 03:50:42,360
and it is tough to organize what six of us write in our calendars.

2551
03:50:42,640 --> 03:50:47,280
So, you know, finding a way, a new way to just bring up these issues

2552
03:50:47,280 --> 03:50:50,080
and hear what's going on, I think that's really valuable.

2553
03:50:50,740 --> 03:50:54,180
Councilmember Vidya, definitely hear the interest in wanting to serve more

2554
03:50:54,180 --> 03:50:58,220
and appreciate your interest on Broad TV together that is touching all of these districts, right?

2555
03:50:58,220 --> 03:51:07,760
So we'll keep that in mind as we go through this, but I also would be really hungry for some district level analysis too.

2556
03:51:08,080 --> 03:51:09,300
I think zip codes would be great.

2557
03:51:09,560 --> 03:51:17,180
I know my districts, we have, we might be one of the younger districts just because of the amount of families that live in D4, right?

2558
03:51:17,400 --> 03:51:26,480
So I'd be curious to know, get a snapshot of what that looks like for every district, not just my own, but to get a sense of what the needs are and how they change.

2559
03:51:26,480 --> 03:51:35,380
so that would be really helpful. And some folks mentioned mental health, and that was really clear.

2560
03:51:36,820 --> 03:51:42,660
There are different ways that that's being provided, but you know, it would be amazing to be able to lock in

2561
03:51:42,660 --> 03:51:54,320
edgewood or somebody, a provider of those kind of services, because I think we're only going to see those really critical services sort of fall to the wayside.

2562
03:51:54,320 --> 03:51:59,780
right, and that kind of led me, I, you know, connected with somebody from the

2563
03:51:59,780 --> 03:52:03,820
Rebus City at Foundation, who's working with our community schools, serving

2564
03:52:03,820 --> 03:52:08,140
Rebus City and North Faroaks, and they were alerting me that, you know, their

2565
03:52:08,140 --> 03:52:12,780
mental health resources are potentially going to be cut by HSA at the

2566
03:52:12,780 --> 03:52:18,240
county. So definitely coming up with a map and sort of a collective game plan of

2567
03:52:18,240 --> 03:52:21,940
how do we provide these services that are going to be falling off is going to be

2568
03:52:21,940 --> 03:52:28,860
really important. And just prioritizing the resources that we are offering to. And then aside

2569
03:52:28,860 --> 03:52:35,880
from that, I am also thinking about because the competition for grants is going to be so much

2570
03:52:35,880 --> 03:52:43,240
more intense. And, you know, it will be a much more difficult environment, I think, for nonprofits

2571
03:52:43,240 --> 03:52:49,300
to be surviving and thriving in. I would also be interested in hearing from staff what are some

2572
03:52:49,300 --> 03:52:54,180
ways that you all are seeing ways that we can streamline these services and

2573
03:52:54,180 --> 03:52:58,620
supports to the nonprofits like I know working in the nonprofit space some

2574
03:52:58,620 --> 03:53:02,220
contracts are based on just reimbursements right and that could be very

2575
03:53:02,220 --> 03:53:06,520
helpful if it's a very large nonprofit but if it's a small nonprofit providing

2576
03:53:06,520 --> 03:53:10,600
really acute services that might not actually work out and they might prefer

2577
03:53:10,600 --> 03:53:14,280
getting the money up front and being able to work that way with the budget right

2578
03:53:14,280 --> 03:53:17,940
so coming up with those solutions I think would be really helpful next couple of

2579
03:53:17,940 --> 03:53:28,600
years, but I think it all wraps up to some of the questions around, how do we get to zero

2580
03:53:28,600 --> 03:53:32,940
youth homelessness, or how do we close a childcare gap, and these are all amazing things,

2581
03:53:32,940 --> 03:53:38,680
and I know our youth population is also shrinking, which is something we want to reverse, but

2582
03:53:39,100 --> 03:53:43,020
in the meantime, thinking about just how do we provide that best quality of life for our

2583
03:53:43,020 --> 03:53:44,340
kids and our youth, right?

2584
03:53:45,940 --> 03:53:48,580
And how do we do that in tandem with the school districts,

2585
03:53:48,900 --> 03:53:50,460
and all the community partners, right?

2586
03:53:51,000 --> 03:53:52,780
School districts who are so close to the issues,

2587
03:53:53,000 --> 03:53:55,380
but I'm thinking about our community partners

2588
03:53:55,380 --> 03:53:58,680
who can create internship opportunities, right?

2589
03:53:58,980 --> 03:54:02,160
I think about Roatsy Together, all the different businesses

2590
03:54:02,160 --> 03:54:05,080
at that table, you know, that is such an incredible,

2591
03:54:06,420 --> 03:54:09,360
just a credible group of community folks working

2592
03:54:09,360 --> 03:54:11,360
towards a single issue like this.

2593
03:54:11,360 --> 03:54:21,220
And then I'll just wrap up by saying, you know, I, I know I've brought up sort of funding and all of the the ways of making that easier.

2594
03:54:22,980 --> 03:54:29,060
It's been a couple of years now, I think 2019, when we, the council made this a citywide priority.

2595
03:54:29,340 --> 03:54:36,180
So, to councilmember G's point, I'd be curious to see what those funding trends have looked like in the last couple of years.

2596
03:54:36,180 --> 03:54:42,420
And that way we can keep ourselves honest to what is acceptable for the City Council, right?

2597
03:54:42,600 --> 03:54:53,960
As we maneuver through all the financial headaches that we have in store, how do we keep that consistent and make sure that people don't feel a change in, you know, levels of service, right?

2598
03:54:54,120 --> 03:54:59,840
So that's what I'm thinking about, too, but again, just such a deep appreciation for all the work that you're doing.

2599
03:55:00,000 --> 03:55:24,780
As somebody who's benefited from some of these projects listed on here, and some of these different community spaces, it just means a lot to see you all bring the joy to the work every day and continuing it. So I appreciate it. But colleagues, this is a study session. So we don't have to vote on anything, but just want to do last week. So council are completely very much. I just said some more comments.

2600
03:55:24,780 --> 03:55:30,340
So, you know, Councilmember Pidiya mentioned barriers for kids, right?

2601
03:55:30,640 --> 03:55:34,140
And so I combed through some of the BCC applications last night

2602
03:55:34,140 --> 03:55:37,420
from specifically youth, some of whom we appointed, some we didn't,

2603
03:55:37,780 --> 03:55:39,260
and I hope they apply again.

2604
03:55:39,820 --> 03:55:45,300
But one that came up for me was Zayn Rizak, who we did a point, he had said,

2605
03:55:45,740 --> 03:55:48,800
you know, youth access to parks and myths, unequal access to facilities

2606
03:55:48,800 --> 03:55:50,720
and gaps is important.

2607
03:55:50,720 --> 03:55:56,580
And so in talking about our fields, we're making lots of headway there, right, with improvements

2608
03:55:56,580 --> 03:56:02,640
to Hoover field, for example, changing to artificial turf.

2609
03:56:04,640 --> 03:56:11,080
But you know, that's just something that is on our young people's minds, right, is the accessibility

2610
03:56:11,080 --> 03:56:17,800
and equity of our service, of our parks, of our fields.

2611
03:56:17,800 --> 03:56:22,200
And, you know, he also mentioned opportunity specific engagement.

2612
03:56:22,540 --> 03:56:28,080
So, on that note, I second the idea around council interns.

2613
03:56:28,080 --> 03:56:33,400
I know mayor and then former vice mayor of Las Vegas, and I was a gardener, both had

2614
03:56:33,400 --> 03:56:36,760
interns briefly during the e-program, I think it was a couple of years ago.

2615
03:56:37,180 --> 03:56:42,280
So we've done it creatively before, and I think we can do it creatively again.

2616
03:56:44,760 --> 03:56:51,700
And then moving on to spoke's program, I was also going to highlight that and thank you.

2617
03:56:51,860 --> 03:56:54,180
Thank you for that program.

2618
03:56:56,800 --> 03:57:04,120
But I was reading, you know, the county has adopted a e-bike ordinance recently, right?

2619
03:57:05,520 --> 03:57:11,280
And I know we're not talking about that yet, but I do want to at least preface.com

2620
03:57:11,280 --> 03:57:15,140
conversation since we've heard a few of my colleagues touch on it and in the Daily Journal

2621
03:57:15,140 --> 03:57:24,240
it said that the ordinance prohibits operating any of these devices in an unsafe manner which

2622
03:57:24,240 --> 03:57:30,900
could include tricks or release and phone use while writing and I just want to reiterate

2623
03:57:30,900 --> 03:57:37,360
what I've said before this day is that that kind of language definitely targets certain youth

2624
03:57:37,360 --> 03:57:42,580
over to others, okay? So, I'm really wary of that and I hope that as we prepare our own

2625
03:57:42,580 --> 03:57:53,500
ordinance that we are not replicating problematic language or having any kind of oversights.

2626
03:57:57,100 --> 03:57:58,740
And I want to say the other thing.

2627
03:58:01,520 --> 03:58:03,880
But one thing I do appreciate about the ordinance is

2628
03:58:03,880 --> 03:58:09,600
that it allows for writing the mobility devices on sidewalks as necessary and that was something

2629
03:58:09,600 --> 03:58:17,720
we discussed before that when the street does not allow, I should wrap up, okay, when

2630
03:58:17,720 --> 03:58:23,800
the street does not allow for safe writing on city streets, we need to allow kids to be

2631
03:58:23,800 --> 03:58:24,660
able to write on sidewalks.

2632
03:58:24,720 --> 03:58:26,660
That's all I'll say about that because it's not on the agenda.

2633
03:58:29,100 --> 03:58:30,740
But it was mentioned in this report.

2634
03:58:31,500 --> 03:58:46,360
And then just to summarize, so I think I heard at least three of my colleagues express support for a kind of a breakdown of that, this demographic effort data that you provided, which is very comprehensive by a zip code or other geographic equivalent.

2635
03:58:46,740 --> 03:58:54,600
I would agree with that, so that is a majority if anyone's counting like me.

2636
03:58:56,720 --> 03:59:04,720
And then in terms of next steps in engagement, I would really like to see as receive a presentation

2637
03:59:04,720 --> 03:59:08,900
from Rubit City together, you know, a 10 minute presentation like we give so many other

2638
03:59:08,900 --> 03:59:14,180
partners to learn more in depth what they're doing that's complimentary to us and that we

2639
03:59:14,180 --> 03:59:14,940
are investing in.

2640
03:59:16,300 --> 03:59:21,980
And then when we host study sessions like this that thought it occurred to me, why aren't

2641
03:59:21,980 --> 03:59:31,560
We're doing it with one of our youth representative bodies, like the tab, like the YAB, like the Black Youth Advisory Council with VACAC.

2642
03:59:32,260 --> 03:59:36,760
Notice how you say, it's the big area health advisory council, you know.

2643
03:59:37,720 --> 03:59:41,920
There's so many options and we should be doing that kind of engagement.

2644
03:59:42,100 --> 03:59:46,800
I would rather this conversation be a conversation with youth and not about youth.

2645
03:59:49,240 --> 03:59:56,440
And then finally, I'll just close by saying that we have made children and youth a

2646
03:59:56,440 --> 03:59:59,220
for I already, for several councils at this point.

2647
04:00:00,000 --> 04:00:13,420
But we are not funding it, like it's a priority. And so looking ahead at the mid-year budget, I want to see us fund children and youth programs like it's a priority. Thank you.

2648
04:00:35,480 --> 04:00:35,780
Great.

2649
04:00:35,920 --> 04:00:36,420
Thank you all.

2650
04:00:37,160 --> 04:00:39,780
And with that, that was our study session.

2651
04:00:40,360 --> 04:00:42,420
So we will keep it going.

2652
04:00:42,960 --> 04:00:46,620
We do not take a formal action on this evening, but the work will continue.

2653
04:00:47,500 --> 04:00:51,840
Thank you again to all of our representatives from parks and libraries.

2654
04:00:52,140 --> 04:00:53,160
Thank you all for being here again.

2655
04:00:54,220 --> 04:01:01,160
And we will move into item 10 that matters of council of interest, beginning with 10A City Council

2656
04:01:01,160 --> 04:01:08,780
Councilmember, report of meetings and conferences attended and we'll go with Vice Mayor and then we'll go to Councilmember Howard.

2657
04:01:14,960 --> 04:01:15,800
Okay, thank you.

2658
04:01:17,180 --> 04:01:24,680
This past weekend I went to the Redwood Chores Levy cleanup and they've been doing this.

2659
04:01:24,860 --> 04:01:26,700
Gosh, over 20 years now.

2660
04:01:27,220 --> 04:01:32,700
It started with Pete and Jenny Hughes back in the day and it was really nice to be with.

2661
04:01:32,700 --> 04:01:36,240
And it was about, they counted 76 people who signed up to do it

2662
04:01:36,240 --> 04:01:38,720
and everyone was having a wonderful time.

2663
04:01:38,880 --> 04:01:42,280
And the important thing was that they went and walked around

2664
04:01:42,280 --> 04:01:44,380
what we talked about today, the levies.

2665
04:01:45,040 --> 04:01:46,940
And they cleaned up a whole bunch of stuff

2666
04:01:46,940 --> 04:01:50,920
and they had a wonderful time and it was a great community event.

2667
04:01:50,920 --> 04:01:55,320
So I want to thank Nina and others, Nina Boreb and others

2668
04:01:55,320 --> 04:02:01,080
who put this on and continue to do that and bring awareness

2669
04:02:01,080 --> 04:02:02,900
to the importance of our levies.

2670
04:02:03,600 --> 04:02:11,880
Union Cemetery also, they did a major cleanup of Union Cemetery and it was lovely to attend

2671
04:02:12,530 --> 04:02:19,320
and I think her name was Ellen Crawford passed away not that long ago and I wasn't aware

2672
04:02:19,320 --> 04:02:20,360
that she passed away.

2673
04:02:20,860 --> 04:02:27,980
She was a real leader in Union Cemetery and getting people involved and cleaning up the

2674
04:02:27,980 --> 04:02:34,000
the monuments and pretty amazing and when I heard that she had passed away I was very

2675
04:02:34,000 --> 04:02:39,020
sad and her family showed up and they said thank you for taking care of Union Cemetery

2676
04:02:39,020 --> 04:02:45,660
but I thought I'd mention that and then of course I went to a lovely service with my

2677
04:02:45,660 --> 04:02:52,920
colleagues for David Aiken on Saturday at the San Mateo County History Museum and what

2678
04:02:52,920 --> 04:02:57,720
a lovely service and people had such beautiful things to say about your dad. Sound like

2679
04:02:57,720 --> 04:03:02,760
a truly remarkable human being. I wish I'd known him. So that's thank you.

2680
04:03:05,040 --> 04:03:06,220
Thank you, Councilmember Howard.

2681
04:03:09,080 --> 04:03:10,400
Let's go to Councilmember Susan.

2682
04:03:10,960 --> 04:03:13,420
Three quick things. So like I mentioned earlier, I did go to

2683
04:03:13,420 --> 04:03:18,900
Riversidey together summer showcase, summer interns showcase. 36 interns

2684
04:03:18,900 --> 04:03:23,780
graduated from a variety of appointments, a different nonprofits partners that we

2685
04:03:23,780 --> 04:03:27,700
work with. It was just really amazing to see those kids

2686
04:03:27,700 --> 04:03:33,780
and learn about what they did and accomplished and hand them certificates alongside Supervisor

2687
04:03:33,780 --> 04:03:38,800
Goshet and State Senator Josh Becker, who drove in from Sacramento for the event, which

2688
04:03:38,800 --> 04:03:39,520
was pretty impressive.

2689
04:03:42,220 --> 04:03:49,580
Secondly, oh gosh, I already forgot what I was going to say, but I will leave it there,

2690
04:03:49,820 --> 04:03:50,320
given the hour.

2691
04:03:52,990 --> 04:03:54,050
Thank you, Councilmember.

2692
04:03:54,050 --> 04:04:01,070
I'll say anyone else, we will move into item 10b and start with governance, and I'll send things over to the vice mayor.

2693
04:04:01,670 --> 04:04:09,110
The governance subcommittee comprised of Mayor Martinez-Sabios, Council Member G, and myself met on August 18th.

2694
04:04:09,730 --> 04:04:14,850
The city's legislative consultants from California Public Policy Group, CPPG,

2695
04:04:15,430 --> 04:04:19,870
provided a legislative overview which included updates on legislative timing,

2696
04:04:19,870 --> 04:04:27,310
vehicle license fee, shortfall, tort or form, wildfire liability, data centers, budget,

2697
04:04:27,590 --> 04:04:33,590
budget trailer bills, and information on additional legislation affecting Redwood City.

2698
04:04:34,270 --> 04:04:39,630
In accordance with the 2026 legislative platform, the committee discussed and confirmed

2699
04:04:39,630 --> 04:04:47,970
the city's position on key bills, which included a position change to neutral on SB 1164 related

2700
04:04:47,970 --> 04:04:52,470
to elections which was approved on tonight's consent calendar.

2701
04:04:53,150 --> 04:04:57,630
The next governance subcommittee meeting is scheduled for September 21st.

2702
04:05:00,500 --> 04:05:30,480
Thank you, vice mayor, and I'll give a quick update on the intergovernmental relations ad hoc. The ad hoc comprised of vice mayor Aiken, council member G and myself held its first meeting on July 28th. The committee reviewed the purpose of this committee, which is to collaborate with city staff on intergovernmental relations matters, including engagement with regional, county, state, federal, and affiliated agencies and organizations. Identify opportunities.

2703
04:05:30,480 --> 04:05:41,000
to advance city priorities through partnerships and advocacy and provide input on the strategic initiatives involving external governmental entities through December 2027.

2704
04:05:41,740 --> 04:05:46,740
The next meeting is scheduled for this Thursday, August 27th.

2705
04:05:46,780 --> 04:05:57,740
And on the Project Labor Agreement ad hoc, the ad hoc comprised of council members Chris Sturkin and council member G and myself convened its first meeting on July 31st.

2706
04:05:57,740 --> 04:06:03,740
The committee review, the purpose of this committee, which is to explore an assisted city manager in bringing forward

2707
04:06:03,740 --> 04:06:12,860
for city council consideration potential project labor agreement policy options. And we expect to complete this work by the end of this calendar year.

2708
04:06:13,460 --> 04:06:21,280
Staff presented to the committee on an overview of the project labor agreements and community workforce agreements, including what they are,

2709
04:06:21,500 --> 04:06:26,700
the range of benefits and risks they might present, and the typical elements in agreement might involve.

2710
04:06:27,160 --> 04:06:32,600
We are in the process of scheduling at the next meeting for that committee, and we'll

2711
04:06:32,600 --> 04:06:35,460
move into item 10c and update from our city manager.

2712
04:06:36,780 --> 04:06:37,440
Thank you, Mayor.

2713
04:06:37,580 --> 04:06:39,120
Just a real quick update.

2714
04:06:39,400 --> 04:06:43,420
Thanks to the Mayor and Vice Mayor who agreed to agenda is at the next meeting, but I want

2715
04:06:43,420 --> 04:06:47,260
to give the rest of the council a heads up that on September 14th, we will be having a study

2716
04:06:47,260 --> 04:06:53,540
session on the city's process of preparing for this winter, you know, so please bring

2717
04:06:54,500 --> 04:07:06,400
We are looking at some ways in which we can do some unique outreach, you know, scientists are saying it's going to probably be a pretty heavy El Nino, and that does mean roughly 50% chance, but we really want to get out there early.

2718
04:07:07,320 --> 04:07:14,520
So folks that are listening right now just want to let them know Derrick Wolfram will be leading that effort, but working closely with pretty much every department.

2719
04:07:14,740 --> 04:07:19,680
So love some outreach ideas from the council and things we could do in individual neighborhoods.

2720
04:07:20,060 --> 04:07:20,300
Thank you.

2721
04:07:22,350 --> 04:07:23,190
Thank you, Patrick.

2722
04:07:23,890 --> 04:07:26,810
And before our last items, we'll go to Councillor Sturkey.

2723
04:07:27,310 --> 04:07:30,710
Sorry, Mayor, and council, I just have two other report outs that I remember now.

2724
04:07:30,850 --> 04:07:35,830
So I did attend the police advisory committee meeting, a town hall that they had last week of the week before.

2725
04:07:36,210 --> 04:07:41,250
And I just wanted to highlight a couple things I learned from the member, or heard from the members.

2726
04:07:41,530 --> 04:07:47,290
So John McMullen, one of the members, he supported adding like damages to our contract.

2727
04:07:47,290 --> 04:07:55,290
with whichever vendor we choose to go with, if we do, in the event that they reach the contract.

2728
04:07:55,510 --> 04:07:57,150
That was an interesting thought.

2729
04:07:57,850 --> 04:08:04,830
And then Don, Daniel, excuse me, Torinion opposed a surveillance state

2730
04:08:04,830 --> 04:08:09,850
and advocated for pausing the process, RIP process, rather.

2731
04:08:10,630 --> 04:08:15,150
And then there was majority support for basically not moving forward

2732
04:08:15,150 --> 04:08:24,910
with the current status quo from Austin Bach, Christie Chang, Clara Jekyll, and Daniel

2733
04:08:24,910 --> 04:08:25,390
Turinian.

2734
04:08:26,090 --> 04:08:31,490
That is just something that I think you should know, that we should know, going into our

2735
04:08:31,490 --> 04:08:37,330
next step of this process, and I really highly encourage you to watch the recording.

2736
04:08:37,830 --> 04:08:41,250
If you haven't already, I was, I think, the only one listening in.

2737
04:08:41,250 --> 04:08:45,290
I didn't go in person because I didn't want to put my thumb on the scale so to speak.

2738
04:08:46,050 --> 04:08:51,830
But it was very well attended, a very robust conversation, and I really do think each

2739
04:08:51,830 --> 04:08:53,190
of you should listen to it.

2740
04:08:54,750 --> 04:09:00,730
And I also went to the 901 Marshall Open House on Thursday that was well attended.

2741
04:09:01,970 --> 04:09:05,870
The number one question apparently they received was, when can I move in?

2742
04:09:06,570 --> 04:09:07,870
People thought it was already open.

2743
04:09:09,330 --> 04:09:13,150
Then again, there was one person who did say that you should knock it down a few stories.

2744
04:09:13,430 --> 04:09:16,870
So there was a variety, but I'm mostly very positive.

2745
04:09:18,010 --> 04:09:18,490
Thanks.

2746
04:09:20,550 --> 04:09:22,230
Thank you for those updates, council member.

2747
04:09:23,350 --> 04:09:29,310
Our last update is just that we are moving into adjourning to closed session to discuss anticipated

2748
04:09:29,310 --> 04:09:33,810
litigation and real property negotiations as identified on the agenda.

2749
04:09:34,150 --> 04:09:38,290
Before we move to closed session, I'll ask the city clerk if there's any public comment

2750
04:09:38,290 --> 04:09:39,450
on the closed session item.

2751
04:09:40,510 --> 04:09:41,290
Thank you, Mayor.

2752
04:09:41,610 --> 04:09:42,430
No public comment.

2753
04:09:43,130 --> 04:09:49,410
At this time, last call to anyone who would like to give public comment on the closed session items this evening.

2754
04:09:52,420 --> 04:09:53,820
Seeing none, Mayor, turn it back to you.

2755
04:09:54,280 --> 04:09:54,700
Thank you.

2756
04:09:55,020 --> 04:09:59,980
In the event that there is reportable action following the closed session, we will be returning.

2757
04:10:00,000 --> 04:10:19,140
adjourning to the days to report the action. If no reportable action is taken, we will adjourn the meeting immediately following closed session and not return back to the days. With that, I thank you all for joining tonight's city council meeting. We're next scheduled to meet on Monday, September 14th. I wish you all a great evening and we got. Thank you everyone.

2758
05:17:20,750 --> 05:17:48,190
The city council is back, reconvening after closed session, and we took some action items, all passing over to our city attorney. Thank you mayor. So this is to report out on the conference with legal counsel on anticipated litigation. The city council unanimously authorized initiation of litigation. Person to California government code section 54956.9.

2759
05:17:48,190 --> 05:17:56,170
The information regarding the litigation will be available upon filing of the lawsuit upon

2760
05:17:56,170 --> 05:18:01,130
request but will not be available before then in order not to prejudice the city.

2761
05:18:01,390 --> 05:18:02,110
Thank you so much.

2762
05:18:02,950 --> 05:18:03,990
Thank you everyone.

2763
05:18:04,390 --> 05:18:05,590
And we will adjourn.

2764
05:18:05,650 --> 05:18:07,570
Our next meeting is September 14th.

2765
05:18:07,570 --> 05:18:08,310
We will see then.

2766
05:18:08,650 --> 05:18:09,070
Thank you.