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[17:04] Okay, it is 7.07. I'm calling to order the Monday, July 20th, 2026 meeting of the City of San Land of City Council, apologies for our tardiness as our closed session ran just a little bit long.
[17:20] At this point in time, I will wait us in the pledge of allegiance. Please join me if you can.
[17:24] I pledge that we're just two of the flag,
[17:27] but how can I not see your height
[17:34] now?
[17:34] I need to do this at
[17:37] all.
[17:38] Madam Kirk, would you please take the roll to assess quorum?
[17:45] Council member Fred Simon is absent.
[17:50] Council member Victor Aguilar.
[17:54] Present.
[17:56] Council member James Aguilar.
[18:00] Council member Sioux-Ballon.
[18:03] Council member Dillon Bolt.
[18:06] Vice Mayor of the Verals Walton, President, and Mayor Gonzalez.
[18:11] President, the City of San later, conducts orderly meetings for filots mandate, discriminatory
[18:15] statements for conduct that would potentially violate the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964,
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[18:24] sections four, three or four, fifteen, are per se destructive to a meeting and will not be tolerated.
[18:29] Please see the City Council handbook and City Council meeting rules of decorum for more information.
[18:34] Madam Clerk, you're not so pleased.
[18:37] If you would like to make a public comment during the meeting, you can do so in person or via Zoom.
[18:43] If you are present at the meeting, please complete a speaker card and submit it to the city clerk before the item is presented.
[18:49] Then wait for public comment on that item to be called.
[18:53] If you wish to participate in public comment via Zoom, you can use the Raise Your Hand tool when the item is called.
[19:00] During the public comment session,
[19:03] speakers will be invited to speak and we'll have us at time to share their comments.
[19:07] A countdown timer will appear for their convenience and when the time is up, the microphone will be muted.
[19:13] All raised hands outside of public comment will be lowered to avoid confusion.
[19:17] Once public comment is opened, has may be raised to speak.
[19:21] There will be a 30-minute window for public comments on items not on the agenda,
[19:26] which will take place under item 7 public comments as per the published agenda.
[19:30] After this time is up, the council will proceed with the rest of the meeting's agenda.
[19:36] If you have not had the opportunity to speak during the initial 30 minute period,
[19:40] there will be another chance to do so after Item 12 City Council reports.
[19:47] Thank you.
[19:49] So, couple of other announcements today, we do have Chris Kovatillo here as our acting city attorney.
[19:57] And for those that were not present.
[20:00] Present at our work session meeting on July 13th, 2026. I do want to let public know that we did adjourn that meeting in honor and memory of our former
[20:10] Alameda County supervisor Scott Haggerty. And we observed moment of silence.
[20:18] We did meet in close session. There was ample discussion deliberation, but there is no reportable action that was taken.
[20:25] We do not have recognitions on today's agenda, but we will move on to the consent calendar.
[20:34] And so what I'd like to see if there are any items on the consent calendar that council members would like to pull for additional discussion.
[20:43] Council member Bolt.
[20:46] Yes, I'd like to pull item 5e.
[20:51] Okay, so 5e is being pulled.
[20:55] Council member, and I'm assuming that's it. Correct? Okay, and then Vice Mayor, please.
[21:04] I'd like to pull item 5H, please.
[21:08] Was that alpha A or H?
[21:18] Nope, there it is. H is an hairy.
[21:20] Thank you. Council member Victor, I get out.
[21:28] Thank you Mayor. I'd like to move the consent calendar with the exception.
[21:31] of 5E and 5H.
[21:36] Okay, just as a matter of clarification,
[21:39] I will be pulling item 5G.
[21:42] What do you mind amending your motion accordingly?
[21:49] Okay, so we do have a motion by Councilor Ayurved
[21:52] to move the consent calendar
[21:53] with the exception of 5E, 5G, 5H.
[21:58] Do I have a second on that?
[22:01] But I, Councilor Ayurved.
[22:03] I will second it, but I think that Vice Mayor has a statement first before I have to second it.
[22:09] Perfect.
[22:10] Vice Mayor?
[22:11] Yeah, I apologize.
[22:12] I meant 5G, not 5H.
[22:15] There was, so I'm a green when you can mayor.
[22:19] No problem.
[22:21] So then I will go back to the motion maker.
[22:23] Councilmember Victor, I get out.
[22:26] So Councilmember Victor, I get out.
[22:28] Are you fine with the suggested update?
[22:31] namely, that we approve the consent calendar with items 5e and 5g removed
[22:41] just for the record
[22:42] again if yes. Yes. And then Council Member Bowen, just to clarify, is that the motion that
[22:48] you're seconding? Yes. Okay. Council Member Bowen, did you have something in addition to that?
[22:54] No, thank you very much. So we've got a motion from Council Member Victor Agilat with a second
[23:01] Council Marboen to move the entire consent calendar with the exception of five E and five G.
[23:09] At this point in time, we will take public comment on the consent calendar.
[23:18] Mayor, we have received one comment card for the consent calendar that doesn't pertain to the
[23:25] items that were just removed and there are current. I'm sorry that does or does not. Let me restate.
[23:33] We've received a number of comment cards for the consent calendar, however, the majority of them
[23:39] except for one pertain to the items that were just removed, so we only have one item that
[23:44] still pertains to the consent calendar. Okay. Our general process is to take all consent calendar
[23:52] comment at one point in time, so we will continue to follow that process. But let's start with the one
[23:59] that is not on an item that's been removed yet,
[24:04] then we'll move into the others.
[24:05] How many hands do we have raised on the one?
[24:07] And there are three hands raised on the one.
[24:09] Okay, we have a total of how many cards in your hand.
[24:12] Seven.
[24:12] Seven.
[24:13] Thank you.
[24:13] Let's proceed with our standard of two minutes.
[24:16] Our first in-person speakers are Jeff Kroth,
[24:22] followed by Anne, followed by April.
[24:33] Hello council. I'd like to comment on,
[24:44] I'd like to comment on the cross town corridor.
[24:49] I question the wisdom of spending six million dollars on planning and design
[24:55] when with the frequency of how often I hear that roads.
[25:00] Our failed and not getting the money that they need, that they're becoming more expensive by not getting the attention that they need.
[25:10] And here we are putting six million dollars towards two roads that are in good condition, with serviceable bike lanes, and to do what?
[25:22] to make designs for isolating bike lanes, had some fruit future date.
[25:30] I don't think that this is a wise use for the money at this time.
[25:35] It can be delayed, the work will be delayed, that's obvious.
[25:41] But here we are spending money on bikeways of major thoroughfares that are in good shape.
[25:48] already have bike lanes. Another place where that could be considered would be
[25:56] Estudelo Avenue where they're talking about a two-way cycle track. When there's
[26:02] bikeways that are just off of the main fair that are designated bike routes
[26:09] that are not getting intention. I can think there are quite a few designated
[26:15] bycruits that are red on our map of conditions of roads and they're not getting attention.
[26:24] The attention for the bicycle pedestrian safety thing is going to the most obvious throw fairs.
[26:30] The most expensive places that need at the least. I question the priorities that are being
[26:45] and followed by April followed by John Barsky.
[26:53] The Alameda County Transportation Commission has 200 million
[26:57] in available grants. Applications are due July 27. The city is not
[27:03] applying for any of it to fix Lake Chibbo Road, a vital fiery
[27:06] evacuation route for the Bay of Vista neighborhood. The city's own 2022
[27:11] Kittleson Report documented the fact that Benedict and Vista
[27:15] will be overcapacity in the event of a wildfire.
[27:19] Other major streets will be congested.
[27:22] The time evacuation study conducted by the Wigo startup
[27:25] associated with UC Berkeley recently concluded
[27:28] that in a best case scenario,
[27:31] it will take residents an hour or more to evacuate.
[27:34] Without Lake Shavo Road, 100 to 400 of our most vulnerable residents
[27:39] will be exposed to deadly fire and toxic smoke.
[27:42] If even one street is blocked, it will be much worse.
[27:47] The city has known of this dangerous public safety situation since 2023.
[27:52] Yes, there are funds to fix two of the four road issues, but the city does not plan
[27:56] to open the road once these are fixed, supposedly in 2027.
[28:01] As we have been told by Alameda County Public Works, without a geotechnical report, the city
[28:06] can't assess the actual damage to the other two locations and cannot obtain actual repair
[28:12] cost of fixed and reopen the road. Without the actual cost, the city cannot apply for funding,
[28:18] which it could have done from ACTC in 2024 and again in 2026. If the city can apply for grants
[28:26] for bike lanes, street lighting and emergency trail stabilization repairs, why will they not
[28:32] prioritize fixing a vital fire evacuation route? This is a capital project that is long over
[28:39] Thank you. Thank you. The next three speakers are April, John Barski, and Catwoman.
[28:53] Good evening. I'm here to talk about the Casa Paralta issue, and it's unfortunate that that is being, I guess, postponed for a later date.
[29:06] I moved here in 2000 and went to the cost of pearl to several times and, you know, primarily on the weekend and it was lovely to see people visiting the home and, you know, enjoying the garden in front of the, in front of the cost of.
[29:26] So, I was very dismayed and surprised when the Casa Paralta got into a state where it was closed as I understand in 2019.
[29:43] And it seems like the decision to fix it or what to do with it has just been postponed, postponed, postponed.
[29:54] and meanwhile there are parts of the house, which are falling.
[30:00] In to disrepair. And my understanding is that there is now a proposal to have a company come in and reevaluate what needs to be done. And there was an evaluation done in 2016. The current proposal for reevaluation.
[30:20] And we does some of the things that were on that 2016 proposal, and I think there's something
[30:29] like half a million dollars that they want to do it.
[30:34] What I want to suggest is that while you're trying to decide, the half a million dollars
[30:43] is just outlandish.
[30:46] But while you're trying to make a decision,
[30:49] could you please arrange to have the cost of Carlton?
[30:54] Thank you, your time at sea lapsed.
[30:58] Thank you, your time has sea lapsed.
[31:01] Please finish your sentence.
[31:04] Justin is, could you pick something like the windows?
[31:08] And at least have the money go to fix the windows to help save the house from further
[31:17] disrepair.
[31:18] Thank you.
[31:19] Thank you.
[31:20] So I do want to clarify one thing that you can be seated.
[31:24] The statement was made that we are postponing the site.
[31:28] I just want to be clear for any future speakers what we've done by saying that we're
[31:31] pulling it from the consent calendar.
[31:33] That means that instead of just approving it by a vote among 10 different items, 20 different items that it's going to come apart separately for discussion in just a few minutes.
[31:44] So, we'll hear you guys, we'll vote on the other items on the consent calendar, and then both items 5E and 5G will have their own periods for discussions.
[31:54] I don't want anyone to get up and walk away if that's why you're here.
[31:59] So, if we could proceed with our public comment, please.
[32:01] Thank you.
[32:03] The next three speakers are John Barsky, Cat Wellman, and Art Johnson.
[32:13] Thank you for the clarification on 5G.
[32:19] As someone who was a registered professional engineer in the state of California for over 30 years,
[32:27] excuse me, I have looked on the saga of Lake Shibou Road for the past two plus years,
[32:34] with sadness and amazement. Not only has virtually nothing been done to address the problem
[32:42] by the city, apparently nothing is planned to be done. First, it was argued that the loss
[32:48] of that road would have no impact on the citizens. Then a group of citizens spent their own
[32:55] money to conduct a study demonstrating the negative impact on the ability to evacuate during
[33:03] emergency. Still, no action on the part of the city and its staff. People have asked me to
[33:11] argue for the quick repair of Lake Shable Road. I'm not going to do that because when you
[33:20] fix something, you have to determine the cause and extent of the problem. That has to be assigned
[33:26] in this case to professional experts.
[33:30] I am arguing for that process to begin and the funds for
[33:34] process to be budgeted.
[33:40] Failure to begin the investigation is equivalent to putting your head
[33:45] in the sand. Thank you. Thank you. The next three speakers are cat-lomen, art, Johnson, and Donald
[33:55] Pollard. Good evening. The City Council has stated that at once,
[34:01] Lake Shibou Road to be repaired and reopened to two way traffic, but finding the funds to pay
[34:06] for the repairs has been the primary stumbling block.
[34:09] So why is the city not applying for some of ACTC's $200 million grant funding to fix
[34:16] Lake Shabo Road?
[34:18] Fixing and reopening Lake Shabo Road strongly aligns with ACTC's funding priorities
[34:23] of safety, transportation and mobility, and community benefit and resilience.
[34:30] First, safety.
[34:31] LeXibot Road is a critical emergency evacuation route for nearly 4,000 bail-vista residents living in San Leandro's only high-fire hazard severity zone.
[34:43] The independent week-old timed evacuation study demonstrated that reopening the road would significantly improve evacuation times and could save the lives of 100 to 400 of our most vulnerable residents during a fast-moving wildfire.
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[35:00] Transportation and Mobility. Reopening Lake Shabou Road restores an important connection between
[35:05] Sally Andro and Castro Valley. Reduce his congestion currently running through steep residential
[35:10] streets in Beowista, improves access for emergency responders, and restores needed redundancy
[35:17] to our transportation network. Three, Community Benefit and Resilience. This project serves residents
[35:25] first responders, businesses, and everyone who depends on a safe and reliable transportation
[35:30] in both San Leandro and Castro Valley is strengthens our community's resilience to wildfires
[35:36] and other emergencies. This is exactly the type of regional project ACTC was created to support.
[35:44] We have spent more than three years discussing why Lake Shabo Road Matters. This is an opportunity
[35:49] to pursue outside funding and demonstrate that reopening this critical roadway is a priority.
[35:54] Please direct staff to submit an application for funding from ACTC before July 27.
[36:03] The next two speakers are Art Johnson and Donald Pard.
[36:12] Hi everybody.
[36:12] Good evening.
[36:13] My name is Art Johnson.
[36:14] Vice President of the San Landry of Historical Society.
[36:18] Speaking to not on behalf of the Historical Society myself.
[36:21] As a member of this community.
[36:24] And basically, we've started this campaign to save the Kasa back in 2024.
[36:32] There's a little bit of a timeline here, so I'll try to be brief as possible.
[36:34] So 2016, as you all probably are aware of, there was an assessment done by ARG.
[36:40] An extensive assessment, and we offered, as the historical site,
[36:44] to renew that assessment, knowing that it was 10 years old for about 20,000 dollars
[36:48] and get that to the city.
[36:52] It goes on from there, essentially 14 months plus we are where we are today with now a new assessment, brand new assessment for basically half a million dollars.
[37:03] And the unfortunate part that concern for me and the historical society is that zero dollars are actually being spent on repairs.
[37:09] And as anybody again knows, the longer a building goes and disappear, the worse it gets, the more expensive it gets.
[37:15] want to be specific about why that number is hard to accept. So we went through the 2016 report
[37:21] line by line and basically six of the nine major work items in the proposal, background research,
[37:29] code and accessibility analysis, structural evaluation and MEP review and landscape assessment
[37:36] are the main cost estimates and all of those were done in 2016. So really there's only three items here
[37:44] that are new, the geotechnical soil investigation,
[37:47] the hazardous materials testing, the exploratory demolition,
[37:50] which that line out of worries me, just a hair.
[37:53] But those are really the net new items.
[37:55] And I just asked that the council basically
[37:58] doesn't improve this contract as scope, direct staff,
[38:02] to narrow it to a net new investigation work,
[38:05] soil, has met, and exploratory testing.
[38:09] Send the concept for all to back to the facilities
[38:11] meeting to discuss ifting the property to non-profit.
[38:16] The
[38:18] last public speaker is Donald Pollard.
[38:24] My name is Donald Pollard,
[38:27] a Sanlanderl historical society board member,
[38:30] and a resident of Sanlanderl for more than 50 years.
[38:35] Saving the Cossack would be an asset to Sanlanderl,
[38:39] it's in the heart of the city.
[38:40] students could take field trips and really see a lot of history about Casa Peralta.
[38:50] Also, making a public historical museum would benefit the surrounding community.
[38:57] We need and should save the Casa.
[39:01] Thank you for your time and that was way under.
[39:05] Thank you.
[39:07] Mayor, there are no more common cards from in the room.
[39:09] Thank you. So let's close public contact in person. We'll move to public contact online.
[39:17] Our first online speaker is Christopher Bammar.
[39:23] Oh, my.
[39:24] Sorry.
[39:25] Can you hear me? Yes.
[39:29] Um, okay.
[39:31] Um, I would like to speak about item five F.
[39:37] So I'm a little concerned that all the council members, the mayor, the city manager, the city attorney,
[39:45] everybody wants to go ahead and just approve this consent calendar.
[39:51] Five F, is it for $5.7 million or is it for $575,000?
[39:58] That's a big difference.
[40:00] Five million dollar discrepancy, and it's just a typo, but everybody has looked at it and everybody has approved it, and now it's on the motion for a vote.
[40:08] So I want to pull five F and have some discussion about what the actual cost of this is, because now that we're talking about the cost of Perelta, it made me think about 2016.
[40:19] I was there on a field trip with my daughters for their school, and they were doing the inspection.
[40:24] And the entire house was open, the basement, all the floors, everything.
[40:29] So I walked around and instructed the house myself, like I was one of the inspectors.
[40:34] This house is not stable.
[40:36] This is going to be millions and millions and millions of dollars wasted, right?
[40:40] They had an account for this house.
[40:43] The city has an account, the cost up for wealth, whatever they call it.
[40:46] They used the money that was in that account a couple years ago to finish the new police station
[40:52] renovations. Probably to buy some high dollar furniture or something. I don't know. Let's do an
[40:57] audits. I want to know what kind of money we've taken from the cost of paraotats to spend on
[41:02] other things other than the cost of paraotats. And also I think we need to look at five F's and you
[41:08] guys need to review your documents a little bit better. I had some faith in this council, but with
[41:14] this five million dollar discrepancy, I want some answers and I want to talk about it. I want to pull
[41:19] five F and I want you guys to read your documents better and make better decisions.
[41:24] You should spend the money on the road that's damaged, not talking about fixing other roads
[41:29] for bike lanes. I'll be back later with more. Thank you, sir. Your time is the elapsed.
[41:36] Our next
[41:36] online speaker is Douglas Spalding.
[41:43] Good evening, Council members. And San Leando. What a
[41:46] and soon a weather pattern is happy El Nino.
[41:51] I spend more and more time reading the consent calendar
[41:54] because I find I learned a lot about our student governance here
[41:57] after all this is where the money is spent.
[41:59] They say, you know, you put your money where your mouth is.
[42:01] This is where priorities are determined.
[42:05] I am happy to see several things on here
[42:09] that are certainly worthwhile to $120,000 building futures.
[42:15] It was very important, almost a half a million for San Leandro Link's shuttle, great, even the
[42:24] nearly million dollars for the to rebuild the bridge to bankrupt, great, but you know, I find
[42:30] a lot of these consulting services really quite questionable, and in that I count among
[42:36] that five Fs.
[42:37] Of course, Famer, if I can clarify the 575,000 is on top of the 500 million, so it's not a
[42:43] It's just at the two numbers together, but that's just for design.
[42:48] There's not no construction goes on there.
[42:51] We're not really getting much bang for the book there.
[42:54] I have the same problem with the 5E, the cost of parole to 70,500,000,
[43:00] doesn't get us anything more than an assessment and an estimate.
[43:04] It's no repairs, it's no restoration.
[43:07] And I noticed, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
[43:13] I noticed that in five out, the Marina Community Center
[43:16] has snuck its way.
[43:18] And I thought cost problem, Marina, were a couple things.
[43:20] The citizens were concerned about it,
[43:21] so they put them in the parcel tax.
[43:23] But now that that's not going forward,
[43:25] maybe this is the end around.
[43:27] I'm not sure that these two things are priorities
[43:30] in the public works have priority list.
[43:33] And the final thing I wanted to say,
[43:35] I noticed there's another big ticket item.
[43:37] And let's cover by the MCC grant for 1.35 million.
[43:41] I just want to know how it drives with the plans that are planning.
[43:44] Thank you, sir.
[43:45] Your time has elapsed.
[43:47] The next online speaker is Imagine Gonzalez.
[43:57] Good evening, City Council members.
[43:59] Mr. Mayor and Stanley Androa friends.
[44:03] My name is Imagine Gonzalez.
[44:04] I am a former member of the Stanley Androa Historical Society.
[44:07] And I'm dialing in tonight on behalf of a building this city.
[44:10] There's now spent 10 years studying and no time repairing.
[44:14] A decade ago, in 2016, architectural resources group
[44:18] professionally assessed the Kassa Paralta property.
[44:22] Seven years later, the family under his Oracle Society
[44:24] and the caring members of this community
[44:26] launched the Save the Kassa Campaign
[44:28] in good faith and in partnership with city staff.
[44:32] The Historical Society offered to paint
[44:34] out of its own pocket to have that assessment brought up to date
[44:38] by the same firm and much of the same team.
[44:41] That offer was declined.
[44:43] It had to go out to bid.
[44:45] Fourteen months have passed between this council's direction
[44:47] in May of last year, and the contract before you tonight.
[44:52] Fourteen months, and the casse has no better off for it.
[44:55] What that process has produced, is a $566,000 in-boards.
[45:00] More than half of the $1 million this city is set aside for repairing the CASA, for a second opinion that will not lay a single brick at a single roof or save a single beam.
[45:11] So tonight I ask you three things. One, do not spend half of the CASA's money studying the CASA.
[45:18] Two, return this matter to the facilities committee to explore gifting or returning the property to a stored who will preserve it, and three, do preserve the building.
[45:28] It's history and this community's connection to it.
[45:31] Don't clear it for a park.
[45:33] Thank you for your time.
[45:34] Have a good evening.
[45:36] Thank you.
[45:37] The next online speaker is Angela.
[45:44] Angela, you can unmute yourself.
[45:47] Hi, can you hear me?
[45:48] Yes.
[45:50] I want to just keep a brief.
[45:51] Please don't waste over half a million dollars and half the funds set aside for the cost of
[45:55] for also on a meaningless assessment.
[45:56] It's been 15 months since the cost was a
[45:58] of facilities meeting in May 2025, where this council asked staff to get real cost estimates for the project,
[46:04] which has been no meaningful progress on restoring the house since then,
[46:07] despite the efforts of numerous concerned citizens, including our historical society, to get the
[46:11] council to prioritize the house. That money is much better spent toward any of the numerous projects
[46:15] that have already been identified in the 2016 assessment. This entire situation is emblematic of the
[46:20] deep divide between the citizens and the government of the city, and the deep distressed and
[46:24] of faith that the former has in the latter.
[46:27] Please send the cost back to be disgusted of facilities meeting to explore gifting the property
[46:30] back to the prior owner, or to a nonprofit that will actually prioritize preserving the property
[46:35] as was the original intent when it was given to the city, which the city has completely
[46:39] failed in accomplishing.
[46:40] We want the cost of preserved.
[46:42] We do not want it torn down to create a park as Brian Simon proposed in one of the previous
[46:46] meetings.
[46:47] Oakland's shameful failure to protect its historic homes, including the recent fires that
[46:51] Carlton House and June and the Cameron Sanford House
[46:54] and April should be a cautionary tale,
[46:56] not one that Stanley Andrew should seek to emulate.
[46:58] And the house is disabled.
[46:59] Please don't listen to people who are playing expert
[47:01] because they looked around during the field trip.
[47:05] Thank you.
[47:06] Did they repair in the more hands raised online?
[47:18] OK, thank you.
[47:20] Do you have just a question?
[47:24] Because right now, we do have a motion.
[47:27] But there was, I think, one question that was really focused
[47:30] on an item that was not pulled.
[47:34] So I'd like to get a little bit of elaboration.
[47:37] So I will ask on behalf of the public commenter
[47:40] to Director Mark Kiesus.
[47:42] It was a discussion about the approximately $6 million
[47:45] so we'll be spent on engineering and design
[47:48] related to the cross town corridors.
[47:52] And if you could perhaps explore two pieces of that.
[47:56] First, is this money that has already
[47:58] been granted to the city from ACTC federal agencies and the like to which we have made certain
[48:05] commitments. And then secondly, if you can elaborate, what on earth could cost $6 million to put
[48:13] a piece of paper underneath a pen and draw for you squiggles, right? That's the basic question
[48:19] that's being asked. So if you could begin to both of those, please. Thank you, Mayor. Good evening.
[48:24] council mayor members of the public. My name is Sheila Marquises, Public Works Director.
[48:30] The Cossam corridor project has been a long running project that's been
[48:35] in study starting in 2020 who received a planning grant to study protected by
[48:42] lanes along both being craft avenue from City Limits to the North Oakland and down to the
[48:53] the eligible divide all the way to Neptune.
[48:58] The project has undergone community outreach and with that outreach with the vision
[49:08] of the protected bike lanes along both corridors, we were able to submit grant applications
[49:15] for both the federal and alameda CTC.
[49:19] So I believe that combined about four million dollars, a total of four enough to get us through the design.
[49:29] So we have a combination of grant and local funding.
[49:33] And the five million dollars for the consultant includes the project management, stakeholder and utility
[49:43] coordinations for all the required abocornation for both of those corridors, so that includes
[49:49] utilities and also Union Pacific Railroad. And that's also the development of the planned
[49:57] backs and estimates together too would be
[50:00] We complete bid package. At that point, that also puts us in a very good position to request for additional grant funding for construction funds.
[50:13] And then the magnitude, if you can just number of linear feet or miles or whatever metric, because again, it might feel like, oh, well, that's just, you know, a hundred yards, but can you give us some sense of the scale?
[50:26] Yes, some what comes to mind is three miles, but I've been a look to our city engineer if I have that number
[50:34] That comes to mind about that is approximately right given the distances that are involved and again to be clear
[50:42] You have to relocate potentially
[50:44] Things ranging from sewer access electricity access lighting. It's not even as simple as let's just put up some curves to separate bikes
[50:53] correct
[50:54] Okay. Are there any other questions related to that item because that was a question was raised by the public and I just want to make sure that we had a little bit of information before we decide whether or not we want to also pull that item.
[51:08] Council Member Bellany. Yes, thank you Mayor. Can you clarify the first amount, the 5,0756,180 versus
[51:20] approval of amendments to the agreement up to a cumulative value of 575,000,618?
[51:29] I'm now paying that over to our city engineer. Thank you. Good evening, Mayor and members of the
[51:37] Council, Jason E. Mime City Engineer of Public Works Department.
[51:40] The 5,756,180 dollars is the contract amount for the design of the project.
[51:48] The 500 plus thousand is actually a contingency like we do with most design contracts or construction
[51:54] contracts.
[51:56] It will allow us to work more efficiently, should the scope change that has justified additional
[52:02] costs.
[52:03] we could increase the contract up to that additional amount without having come to come back to console.
[52:09] Thank you. And Dr. Ricky says you mentioned at the end of your comment that we received
[52:19] federal funding and ACTC funding to be able to do the design process, which sets us up to be
[52:25] able to go back to both federal funding opportunities as well as a CTC, give it a CTCs emphasis
[52:35] on pedestrian bicycle safety as a very high priority. Is that correct?
[52:45] Any further questions? Okay, seeing then let's proceed to a vote on the motion by Councilmember
[52:52] Victor Aguilar with a second from, was it Councilmember Boone? Yes, thank you.
[53:06] Both votes are in and the motion carries unanimously with six yes votes and council member Simon being absent.
[53:16] At this point, we will take up item 5e.
[53:19] This item was pulled by council member Bolt.
[53:22] Council member Bolt, I would ask for you to lead the first step of this discussion.
[53:29] We'll see where the discussion goes.
[53:35] Casa Proto.
[53:35] There you go.
[53:36] Thank you proceed.
[53:38] Yes.
[53:38] Thank you. I pulled 5V,
[53:43] I too want to express that that dollar amount feels extremely high.
[53:51] I was in the meeting that we actually had for facilities. It was a great day out there at Casa Peralta.
[53:58] There was a discussion about a community group given us some money to update
[54:08] an older scope for design and that amount was researched and thought about by them and that
[54:23] was, as mentioned, $20,000 and now we're at over half a million, $566,596.
[54:32] I feel like as the city manager has said before, you know, things change in the thought
[54:42] that the amount of money we're looking to cut and do things with in our city.
[54:48] For me, just to upgrade a 10-year-old study of the house can raise that much, I am not
[54:59] comfortable.
[55:00] With that,
[55:03] I cannot vote, yes, on that, so I pulled it. But the idea of it coming back to facilities
[55:09] in us reviewing some of the options that were there. And the thought that it goes into a park,
[55:18] I don't think anybody wants that. But it's an option, right? And we have to discuss it. I don't
[55:26] want that to happen. I'd like to see Cossopor out the saved, but I think we need to send it back
[55:33] to facilities to have a real meaningful discussion. It's been 14 months. We haven't preceded
[55:42] any of the upgrades to this point and I'm not comfortable with us saying yes to this so I pulled it
[55:49] And I would like to send it back to facilities for us to reevaluate where we're at as a city.
[55:57] What kind of funds we have?
[56:00] Because I'm afraid that even if we were to approve this, which I don't support, it gives an unrealistic expectation that somehow we're going to find some more money to actually do the things that this report asks us to do.
[56:18] If it's this number, I can only imagine what the actual repair costs are going to be.
[56:24] And I don't want to give an unrealistic expectation of our community that, okay, here we go.
[56:30] We're walking down this path. Now we're going to spend this money.
[56:32] And then the next thing we're going to do is fix it once we get, that's not the case.
[56:37] So again, I would like to see us bring it back.
[56:39] I don't know if that's motion needed or how you want to.
[56:42] So why don't we do this before I take a motion?
[56:45] Let me just hear very quickly if there's any other concerns,
[56:47] because I'm taking what you say as a motion
[56:50] that you would like to be the motion maker.
[56:52] I'm fine with that.
[56:53] But if there's any other elaborations such as potentially,
[56:56] well, let's go to you by transparency where this takes us.
[57:02] Thank you.
[57:02] I also have a concern, particularly around what
[57:08] is the difference between the tenure report
[57:11] and what is the kind of added value and I would question that that actually, that Delta is actually
[57:19] worth 560 plus thousand.
[57:24] And so I am supportive of sending it back to facilities. I think
[57:34] this is a community asset that is consistently for those of us who are newer to San Leandro and
[57:41] were able to experience it for just a little tiny bit. It is a truly beautiful magical place.
[57:49] And I only had the privilege of walking and being in that space for the first couple of years
[57:57] that I was living in San Leandro and now it's not open to the public. So I would like to explore
[58:04] all the options to have a informed discussion about the trade-offs and what we're investing in
[58:12] and what we choose not to for it to be a transparent process.
[58:17] I would second that motion to send
[58:19] that back to facilities to have that committee of the council really vet through all of the
[58:28] which is an, and have that discussion,
[58:31] I don't feel comfortable with spending that amount of money
[58:34] on the updating a plan that is 10 years old.
[58:40] Okay, so just be really clear,
[58:41] we don't have a motion yet,
[58:43] but I hear you clarifying the scope
[58:44] of what that motion would look like,
[58:46] namely that we consider all options
[58:50] that it's not just limited to something
[58:51] about this, this it's at extended,
[58:53] but what are the options for passive problem
[58:54] coming to council more bone next?
[58:58] Thank you, Mayor. I would love to hear from our director to kind of give some clarity around
[59:07] what that's consulting service and that I'm on a 566 with that scope actually looks like to understand
[59:14] what is being done. If there's a gap between what was done 10 years ago versus now and just so that I understand better.
[59:27] certainly, Brian Simon's library director, good evening Mayor, council.
[59:35] So the scope of what's being proposed, we need to take a little bit of step back to that evening when we discussed it at the facilities committee.
[59:46] And one of the things that we were instructed to do is to investigate what it would cost,
[59:55] to get it up to date cost we had used industry.
[1:00:00] Your standard inflationary escalators, but they're all, you know, giving a near-ish, we use
[1:00:06] three of them. We use, they got approximately a similar cost around 10 million for hard
[1:00:13] cost, and then it was also estimated to be about 5 more million on top of that to renovate
[1:00:20] for soft costs. But in that 10 years time, and this is why we were instructed to go that route
[1:00:27] is to look at something new, is in 10 years time,
[1:00:31] a lot more degradation had happened.
[1:00:34] Our chief building official had gone through it,
[1:00:38] and he noticed more rot, more sinking of the floors.
[1:00:44] So we were in a place where more damage has already
[1:00:48] happened to it.
[1:00:50] So to just use escalators, probably was not going to be accurate.
[1:00:54] So in order to get a real accurate price and the direction at the time was to not leave a stone unturned to make sure if we were to go down this path
[1:01:04] to know as best as best we could with whatever was available at our disposal to get an estimate for.
[1:01:11] To make sure we're not surprised later on as we get into the construction of it that let's say just hypothetically it was going to be 15 million and then we start
[1:01:21] Terrent things apart and rebuilding we discover something oh now there's another two million five million what have you
[1:01:27] We want it to do our best effort possible and do everything we could to not only redo what was done
[1:01:34] But then add those three elements to dig as deep as we could to make sure we weren't surprised by a
[1:01:41] bid later on to then have to come back and say well, we know we said it was 15 million but now
[1:01:46] We're running into more problems and there's you know more millions we need to put into this
[1:01:51] So we're trying to, we're trying to stem that off at the beginning.
[1:01:55] I understand.
[1:01:56] And is the class, I'm, I'm pretty think back to our, our, our capital improvement plan
[1:02:01] of projects that we're committed to working on.
[1:02:04] The customer also is included in that correct, anybody that can answer that for me, chair.
[1:02:10] Thank you.
[1:02:11] Hi.
[1:02:12] Good evening.
[1:02:13] Council member Jason and my city engineer.
[1:02:15] The funds to fund this study are currently within the capital improvement project.
[1:02:20] plan. I'm sorry. Can you clarify, what do you mean, is it already included, as in it has already been
[1:02:25] allocated to that specifically? It was allocated to the Casa Paralta project in general. There was
[1:02:31] money still in that account, when this decision was made, so we earmarked a portion of that money to
[1:02:37] go to the city. Got it, so we had specifically earmarked son funds to go towards Casa Paralta,
[1:02:44] that does not necessarily mean that that is the only, those are the only funds that we could or would
[1:02:49] spend towards Casa Peralta.
[1:02:51] That's correct.
[1:02:54] And also the question of potentially giving Casa Peralta to you, a non-profit, is that what
[1:03:02] would that process actually look like?
[1:03:07] If anybody could just clarify that?
[1:03:09] I can clarify to some degree.
[1:03:12] What we know is, it's a little complicated because the gift grant deed, where when we got the property in
[1:03:17] in 71 is very specific and it has some specific requirements that the city is required to operate
[1:03:26] under. We have to keep it as a element of historic significance and can be used for art or
[1:03:36] and history. That's to be an element of history involved.
[1:03:41] What in order to move it onto another or even
[1:03:46] for us to do something else with it.
[1:03:48] The first thing we would have to do is offer it back
[1:03:51] to the donating family.
[1:03:53] And then they would have to either decide to take it back
[1:03:56] or they would have to decide that they didn't want that
[1:04:01] and it relinquish that offer back.
[1:04:04] And then that would open the door
[1:04:05] to potentially gifting it to someone else.
[1:04:08] But that would be the first step.
[1:04:11] So there would be some legal actions
[1:04:14] that would need to take place, but that's the, that's the just of it.
[1:04:19] I think I just take one more minute to add something, I appreciate that clarity.
[1:04:26] I recognize that there seems to be a desire to go back to facilities and if
[1:04:30] facilities is interested in doing that, I certainly welcome it.
[1:04:34] I also appreciate understanding that the amount that is, that is that we're
[1:04:44] and I do, I am really supportive of finding ways to be able to support the Casa Peralta.
[1:04:51] I've actually held an organized, easter egg hunt at the Casa Peralta for like hundreds of
[1:04:56] kids that was actually kind of overwhelming, but you know, and then also...
[1:05:00] We've done amazing projects there on the environment, so I really do, I know that the community
[1:05:05] really does appreciate the space. I also recognize that hesitation to spend money when we may not
[1:05:12] go to find more money in the short term for it, but if we do have the funds already available,
[1:05:17] I would like us to be able to work towards getting class approach to a place where it is restored.
[1:05:25] Thank you, councilmember Victor, I get our.
[1:05:30] Thank you Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to move item five e to go back to.
[1:05:37] Facilities, committee for further discussion.
[1:05:39] And would this scope of that referral include analysis of all possible.
[1:05:47] Disposition, funding sources and the like the totality of the breadth of discussions.
[1:05:51] Yeah, okay.
[1:05:52] As a second on the Council Member, I think that's a motion, a council member, a council member,
[1:05:57] a vote.
[1:05:59] Second.
[1:06:04] Without going into a lot of detail, I think that there's this house has significance for many
[1:06:11] reasons in addition to its historical significance to the city.
[1:06:18] I don't want to get into those things right now, because we do have a motion that I support
[1:06:22] along with a second, but forward to a robust discussion in facilities.
[1:06:27] Sign up for the discussion. Please vote on a motion to move this to facilities.
[1:06:33] Yes, means take it to facilities.
[1:06:42] All votes are in and the motion carries unanimously
[1:06:45] with six yes votes and council member Simon being absent.
[1:06:52] Okay at this point time we will take up
[1:06:55] 5G. I pulled it, but Vice Mayor would you like to leave the discussion on 5G, the ACTC proposed
[1:07:07] CIP. Vice Mayor.
[1:07:12] I think you, I would just like to start off with a little bit of exploration and some
[1:07:24] memory on the process by which we decide what to submit applications for please that's the question.
[1:07:34] Okay. So we will go to Director Marcusa Serior. If you could please proceed.
[1:07:46] evening she marks his public work director. So for projects like projects submitted to
[1:07:55] We have a staff look at the most competitive projects.
[1:08:01] After reviewing Elamita CTC's notice of funding opportunity,
[1:08:07] we review these various categories that they put for.
[1:08:13] And we look at our projects that are a highest priority.
[1:08:17] And when I refer to Pious Priority, I'm referring to our Master Plan until we have a bicycle to pedestrian master plan, local roadway safety plan, any other site specific plans.
[1:08:34] So when we look at those plans and projects that we already have supporting documents for, so the good example is the crossing on corridor.
[1:08:43] we already have a lot of momentum. So we look at the various projects and we make a staff analysis
[1:08:51] of which is going to be the most competitive. So for if my make it into the current ACTC funding
[1:09:02] opportunities, for example, they'll put forth eligible project categories. So for this year's
[1:09:11] opportunity they list six eligible categories. And so that's our first pass of which projects that we have in the pipeline that would be eligible for these projects.
[1:09:23] And to kind of fast forward, once staff has identified those projects, we come to Council with the request to support these projects.
[1:09:35] And then we're also working on the grant applications in the background.
[1:09:41] I'm going to look to our city engineer if there's anything else you want to.
[1:09:47] No, I should just add, so the release for the call for projects was at the end of May, May 28th,
[1:09:55] and actually the first workshop for the grant was in the beginning of.
[1:10:00] June, and then applications were due at the end of this month in one week, so it was a very quick turn around.
[1:10:07] So staff had the charge of doing a very quick assessment to determine which projects best.
[1:10:15] We're most competitive based on the criteria set by the Alameda County Transportation Commission.
[1:10:30] Thank you. I inadvertently turned off my mic.
[1:10:34] So, just to be clear, the Council as a body, this is the first time we've seen the request to submit grant applications to the Transportation Commission, the County's Transportation Commission.
[1:10:53] So we are, and they're due at the end of this month.
[1:10:57] They're doing one week.
[1:11:04] So just, are we just doing questions?
[1:11:07] Are we rolling them both?
[1:11:09] Just perceived.
[1:11:14] So just in terms of the, what we submit application.
[1:11:19] And what is the total amount that we're, what are the projects?
[1:11:23] I didn't, I pulled up the CAP process, the CAP project, and I now I don't have the amounts.
[1:11:29] But what is the total, well, what would be the total grant amount should we be successful in getting all these applications?
[1:11:38] If I may just read that for each project, so we have about, we requested 3.7 million for the rescue project,
[1:11:47] $863,000 for the E-14th North area pedestrian lighting project,
[1:11:53] $1.394 million for the Fairway Drive traffic calming project,
[1:11:59] and $495,000 for the safe routes to school,
[1:12:02] pedestrian safety, enhancements project.
[1:12:09] I think just in terms of what are the types of projects that go forth
[1:12:16] for submittal just in terms of our role in the oversight and it would like
[1:12:28] to have at least have
[1:12:31] like the menu or the universe of projects that are up for analysis to just kind of understand
[1:12:39] what is the universe of projects that staff is thinking about submitting for the county commission
[1:12:45] for possible funding. I would say just in terms of timing, I'm just a, you know, we're
[1:12:54] a week out or 10 days out from the deadline. And I definitely don't want to kind of put
[1:13:01] the breaks on any of these very important projects throughout the city. But the process by which
[1:13:10] So the projects that are eligible, it seems a little unclear to me, but maybe it's, you
[1:13:18] know, I'm not in facilities, I'm not on ACTC.
[1:13:22] So as a member of this council, I just felt a little bit like, in the dark about what
[1:13:28] were the what, even what was even being considered for analysis and what projects didn't
[1:13:33] the cut because it is our anyway so I'll I'll just leave that there for I'll lead I'll I don't
[1:13:42] have any time to see back so those are all my comments. I don't know where he is coming to
[1:13:47] council more relevant. Thank you Mayor.
[1:13:52] A few questions so I'm looking at the different projects
[1:13:56] that we were submitting to and submitting.
[1:14:00] And for East 14th Street, North area, pedestrian lighting,
[1:14:04] fairway, drive traffic, calming, and safe routes
[1:14:06] to school pedestrian safety in Hessen's projects,
[1:14:10] that makes sense to me in terms of bike pad safety.
[1:14:13] Again, which I mentioned earlier is a priority for a CSTC.
[1:14:17] Can you share a little bit about the regional
[1:14:18] emergency stabilization for coastal utility egress?
[1:14:21] And why that is a competitive application.
[1:14:26] I can take that to Jason and my city engineer.
[1:14:31] So the Perth, the Elameda County country, the Commission guidelines, they have $200 million,
[1:14:39] but there are several different parts of money that make up that $200,000 specifically.
[1:14:45] There is a program category called three major trails.
[1:14:48] And one of those three major trails is the Bay Trail.
[1:14:51] So, $15 million of that $200 million is available specifically for the major trails program.
[1:15:00] And we felt that that the rescue project would compete favorably and were actually pretty strongly for that money that's available.
[1:15:08] Thank you. And then the other clarifying question that I had.
[1:15:14] And I mean, I do sit on ACCC, ACTC force, provider Tam, and I also sit on the public policy committee, which actually approves this, there's the CIP plan that then goes to the full board.
[1:15:29] I do actually remember in May when we approved it to go out for bits, bringing it as public comment for the council as well, and I think encouraging staff to continue to work to fund these projects.
[1:15:46] And I wanted to take a little bit deeper with you direct remark, he says about that process for picking the projects.
[1:15:57] So we have our CI people and two, I get all my acronyms.
[1:16:03] So we have the plan that we say, these are our priority projects.
[1:16:05] Then we have our master plans like with local roadway safety, we had vision zero, for example.
[1:16:13] And then you have to overlay that on top of the eligible project categories, bicycle and or pedestrian capital projects and programs.
[1:16:21] So specifically for bike and pad, complete streets, capital and road improvement projects.
[1:16:26] So our cross down quarters project is a good example.
[1:16:30] I think Dr. Kesis, you've actually been pulled into ACTC meetings for all of us to give a presentation on it because people are so excited about that project, which is why they were so willing to fund that.
[1:16:41] Transit related capital projects, select the East Bay Greenway projects, so that we have, no, not that one.
[1:16:48] But that's got it.
[1:16:50] And then shuttle and other program operations and technology projects, so that specifically are the eligible project categories.
[1:16:56] and that's why these particular projects are on there. Did I miss anything?
[1:17:01] No, you've got that right correct. Okay, thank you.
[1:17:07] So I'm just going to clarify before going to councilmember regular. So we've got
[1:17:11] major trails at 15 million. Do you have the funding course for the other categories handy?
[1:17:17] Yes. If you could post proceed, please. For the bicycle and pedestrian program, there's 31 million
[1:17:24] Transit program 21 million community and transit oriented development 35 million technology
[1:17:34] program 20 million freight and economic 10 million three major trails was the 15 million
[1:17:43] the multiple program eligibility which includes toll revenues fund for clean air one fair
[1:17:52] grant program and community action and resource and empowerment and 68 million.
[1:17:59] Six, eight, six, eight. Thank you. Councilwoman Regalette, coming to you.
[1:18:05] Victor, I get that one. Thank you Mayor. I'd like to move item 5G.
[1:18:16] Since I have not made my
[1:18:17] comments yet, I'm going to I'm going to ask you this up to pause before accepting your motion.
[1:18:25] So, there have been a lot of discussions, I represent the City of San Leandro and ACTC, and there have been discussions with ACTC about ways to bring funding specifically to Lake Shabo Road.
[1:18:38] I was meeting with supervisors,
[1:18:42] kind of supervisors, folks from pay-of-this stuff,
[1:18:48] and others around methods to get funding,
[1:18:51] exploring that funding.
[1:18:55] I've had individual conversations
[1:18:56] with the executive director.
[1:18:59] And the reason that I'm struggling,
[1:19:03] because our vice mayor said that she
[1:19:05] doesn't want to stop this, but at the same time,
[1:19:08] I think there's a certain ink there, because if there were an opportunity to receive funding for
[1:19:16] a Lake Spore Road, it seems like our efforts to pursue that, there's no opportunity in this.
[1:19:29] As we continue to have those discussions at the political level on behalf of this city.
[1:19:36] And so what I'd like to see is an expansion of this list for, I don't have a better term than placeholder that if we were able to get some indications from ACTC with respect to the viability of a lakeshobo road investment.
[1:20:00] At this time, with a full recognition that their priorities keep evolving and alike, it would be my preference that in addition to these four, that we add a fifth item that effectively says funding to support the stabilization of Lake Shabbou Road with a focus on slides two and three.
[1:20:28] I know that we've got historical design.
[1:20:32] My recollections, we do have a 100% design.
[1:20:36] There has been some additional slippage,
[1:20:39] and we might need to update that.
[1:20:42] So funding for updated design.
[1:20:47] I did work with staff on getting the best language,
[1:20:51] but all I'm looking for is council support
[1:20:56] to have a placeholder with the recognition
[1:20:59] that it might not work out, but that we at least have the option to explore.
[1:21:07] And if ACTC says, no, that's really not going to work. It's not viable.
[1:21:12] That's okay. We only have seven days. I think the data is seven days, not ten. That's correct, right?
[1:21:19] So with that in mind, I want to come back to Vice Mayor because I knew you had this
[1:21:24] thing in mind that you were trying to verbalize and I don't know if I have captured it or not.
[1:21:29] and then I will proceed with other council members and then we'll look for a motion.
[1:21:35] Yes, Vice Mayor.
[1:21:38] Yes, I don't want to pull a list of projects that we have these are all very
[1:21:45] worthy and important projects, but I'll leave that there and then I'll because you ask me
[1:21:50] specific question, a colleague clocked in before I did, so I'll log off and then get back on the queue.
[1:21:56] Okay, Council more about it.
[1:22:04] It's fine.
[1:22:07] I was trying to explore.
[1:22:15] Given the,
[1:22:16] I'm sorry, I got to pull this up.
[1:22:19] The categories and the priority areas and the criteria for the projects.
[1:22:24] The MacArthur roundabout is a very good example of a project that
[1:22:31] ACTC would fund, and it has been part of the conversation with actually, we as an ACTC has actually launched a program called Chris which is specifically focused on those sort of
[1:22:42] right away, or those areas around ramps to make sure that they can be safer.
[1:22:47] And so I was trying to figure out if we have had past funding in the past for aCTC, or if there would be a potential to get more funding from aCTC so that we could take those funds from
[1:22:58] the general fund that we have allocated for the MacArthur Roundup and then use it for other projects.
[1:23:04] I can do a quick answer. So MacArthur Boulevard roundabout was certainly considered for this round.
[1:23:12] However, the funding for this capital improvement program for ATTC is going to be available in 2028.
[1:23:20] And that is after we are hopeful that the construction of the roundabout is going to start.
[1:23:27] So the funding would be available to late for us to use.
[1:23:32] OK, great.
[1:23:32] Thank you so much.
[1:23:33] And I love that we've confirmed that we are going
[1:23:35] to get it done.
[1:23:36] Maybe even sooner, OK.
[1:23:40] Vice Mayor, please.
[1:23:46] I mean, certainly I, you know, this is just grant.
[1:23:49] These are not just grant applications.
[1:23:50] But these are grant applications that
[1:23:54] will be submitting.
[1:23:55] And I understand that adding a fifth one
[1:23:58] would add an additional application mayor. And I just wanted to clarify, are you proposing that
[1:24:09] we direct staff to have conversations with ACTC about the viability of that before we submit
[1:24:13] an application, I'm just worried about the timing. So the timing would consist of, you know,
[1:24:18] it is my personal intention to speak with ACTC executive director tomorrow. Okay.
[1:24:23] Because I do want to understand just what is it realistic? Is it aligned with what they're doing right now?
[1:24:30] Because if it's not aligned, I really don't want to submit something that's going to take the place on another project.
[1:24:36] It's very important to me that we not be pursue the wrong opportunity.
[1:24:43] And so that's something I want to be mindful of, but the problem is as written, there is no opportunity to explore.
[1:24:54] And so that's why I'm saying it would be nice if the motion left.
[1:25:00] Open that possibility. I fully cognizant that there are seven days, and so the most that it could ever take is six to write the application.
[1:25:10] But first let's find out, and without that ability, without that opening, it obviates the need for a conversation.
[1:25:19] Thank you, and I appreciate, I think this is one of our, this to me shows two things.
[1:25:28] One, how we can support each other in terms of where the various committees that we sit on,
[1:25:38] And you know, bring that back to the council and I know council Marubo and mentioned it at the end of the council meeting where we provide reports, but I think one this provides a learning opportunity, I think for me to keep kind of a closer eye on these reports, because I think it might have just like slipped but second I appreciate mayor.
[1:26:08] using your position at ACTC representing Sally Andro and kind of utilizing that positionality to explore whether this is even a feasible thing.
[1:26:21] Even if it is a reach and I understand that it will put, you know, if there is even if the director's executive director expresses some sort of like it could be.
[1:26:36] I certainly don't want to put the other projects at risk that where we know that the analysis shows that we have a higher incidence of getting it approved.
[1:26:47] So what appreciate mayor for utilizing and that's the whole reason why you probably, you know, sit on that commission to represent us and advocate for that, but also just as a learning opportunity to make sure that.
[1:27:01] as these funding opportunities come up in the committees that we're all sitting in, that we
[1:27:10] elevated in a way that it kind of raises the consciousness. It's like, okay, grant applications
[1:27:16] are coming up for BCDC or MTC or, you know, and kind of understand,
[1:27:27] have a better understanding
[1:27:28] of the, all the, the intersection of all those committees that we sit in. Thank you.
[1:27:35] Okay, council member, you've had and then council member Boen and that order. Thank you, Mayor
[1:27:41] Gonzalez. I like to, again, move item 5G to include possibilities to figure out if we,
[1:27:51] if there's potential to build an application to fund Lake Shable Road and to have the conversation
[1:27:58] with Tony's of ours from ACTC.
[1:28:03] Let's my question.
[1:28:08] One moment, please.
[1:28:17] You think add into that motion,
[1:28:21] the recognition that we do not want to put the existing
[1:28:25] grant opportunities at risk?
[1:28:28] Okay. Thank you for that clarification.
[1:28:31] Councilmember Bowen, please.
[1:28:34] Thank you.
[1:28:34] I just had a follow-up question that I just remembered.
[1:28:37] I know that for each project submission, there are award minimum requests and maximum requests
[1:28:46] and then the minimum matches for them.
[1:28:48] I can't remember Mayor, if you might know or if Director Marquises for ACTC amongst the
[1:28:55] 14 jurisdictions, is there a cap on how much we can be awarded per jurisdiction or they
[1:29:01] can just give to the under all of the money?
[1:29:04] There's no cap per jurisdiction. Okay. It is a cap of timeliness knowledge per project. Okay, thank you
[1:29:13] Then vice mayor you set you had been in there a little bit be your set. Okay, so if I will go ahead and second the motion made by council member
[1:29:20] Victor, I get out
[1:29:22] Seeing no further discussion please vote
[1:29:23] The
[1:29:30] votes are in and the motion carries unanimously with six yes votes and council member Simon being absent
[1:29:39] Okay, this one in time we do not have any city attorney or city manager reports, public comment.
[1:29:48] We will take public comment on items that are not listed on our agenda today, but are within the subject matter jurisdiction of this council.
[1:29:56] How many cards do we have? Madam Clerk?
[1:30:02] Mayor, we have not received any comment cards for this item.
[1:30:06] Okay, so we'll close public comment in person. Do we have any hands online?
[1:30:12] Yes, we have three hands raised online.
[1:30:15] Okay, please proceed. We open public comment online.
[1:30:24] Our first online speaker is named Silia Esposito Noye.
[1:30:33] Good evening, Mayor and City Council members. My name is Silia Esposito Noye.
[1:30:38] I am speaking on behalf of our family and home owners in the
[1:30:45] Fulton Avenue area next to a assumption church.
[1:30:49] As you may have heard, there is a vacant lot there that is owned by PG&E.
[1:30:55] It is unfenced and for quite some time now, there are homeless
[1:31:00] encampments there.
[1:31:02] Both the assumption church and neighbors along Fulton Avenue
[1:31:05] have been documenting the frequency in which the homeless
[1:31:08] encampment has been established there, threats to the neighborhood,
[1:31:15] possible break-ins to the church.
[1:31:18] And we certainly understand why this is not the city's responsibility.
[1:31:22] We are asking for assistance from the mayor of from staff,
[1:31:27] regarding connecting with PG&E.
[1:31:30] This property has been unfenced for well over 60 years, and the fact that there is plenty of room for fencing and access for those who have an easement agreement with PG&E, they have never fenced this property and it's become more and more dangerous.
[1:31:48] So I'm asking if staff could work with me and the other neighbors on Fulton Avenue to see if we can pressure PG&E to attend to this issue and at least fence off their property. Thank you.
[1:32:01] Thank you. The next online speaker is Douglas Spalding.
[1:32:11] Thank you very much.
[1:32:13] A little Pope free here for say I want to give a shout out to Brian Copeland.
[1:32:18] I think a lot of people are very happy.
[1:32:21] Thank you so much Brian for yet another incredible addition of comedy in the Plaza.
[1:32:27] You know, he looks remarkable, although I will say I did try to give him a chest bump
[1:32:32] for summers in the arena way. If I wasn't laughing, I'd be crying. I do not think there's
[1:32:40] enough time for the hazard mitigation plan, which is closing on this Friday. I don't know why
[1:32:51] you don't widen the window and also why you're not taking public comments on this. It seems like a
[1:32:55] very important issue. The touch is on many things from not just wildfires, but what about earthquakes
[1:33:01] and what we learned from the WeGo presentation is we don't even know where to go to if there's
[1:33:06] an evacuation. So it seems like there's a lot a lot of work to be done.
[1:33:11] Third up I want to say I want to thank the SLPD for releasing the video in the critical
[1:33:16] incident report from May 7th and thank you Mike Katzakob for pointing out it was way
[1:33:23] overdue. I did watch the video. It's difficult to watch but I want to send a compliment especially
[1:33:29] to Officer Q, in particular for his calm demeanor and de-escalation techniques, I thought the
[1:33:38] team as a whole worked together very well up to the moment of shooting, you know, and then
[1:33:42] we need more information. So, you know, when and where the gun appeared, was it appointed officers
[1:33:49] and, you know, our use of force, things, this is very analogous to the, the 2019 incident
[1:33:55] which involved Anthony Gomez, you know, in a suicide by
[1:34:00] cop kind of scenario. And finally, in 10 seconds, I want to say,
[1:34:04] hey, we, we say, Leo, we have a data center debate, make no doubts
[1:34:09] about it, currently the mayor and at least one of the city council
[1:34:12] persons are in favor. Thank you, sir. Your time as he loves. Our next
[1:34:16] online speaker is Christopher Bammer.
[1:34:23] Hello, can you hear me? Yes.
[1:34:28] I've been called a lot of things in my lifetime but not a professional anything and not claiming to be a professional.
[1:34:37] But I do know when you build something, you got to have a good foundation.
[1:34:41] And once it's built, you got to have a good roof.
[1:34:44] Two things that the Casa Perelta needs very badly, foundation and a roof.
[1:34:50] So just those two costs alone are going to be probably over ten million dollars.
[1:34:54] You guys are worried about the windows and this that another thing. Why don't we use this property to make
[1:35:00] Why don't we do a long-term lease and have a restaurant by it? And they can use some of the special tiles and some of the special features and things from the house in the design of a new restaurant.
[1:35:12] And then you can make the waiting area and all throughout the restaurant history of the Casa Perelta.
[1:35:18] And we can get some tax revenue and we can have a long-term lease.
[1:35:21] And maybe that will help out somebody that's possibly down in the arena, which is falling apart and it looks like a dump site.
[1:35:29] just some thoughts. I would like to see a complete and thorough reconciliation of the bank account for the cost of Perelta.
[1:35:40] Let's just say from 2016 to now. I'd like to see the ends and outs of the money where it went, why it went, things like that.
[1:35:48] The bus stops around the greenhouse. I mean I've spoke about the greenhouse for years.
[1:35:54] Um, now that we've got this brand new navigation center that we spent way too much money for and we're helping, you know, a couple dozen people.
[1:36:01] There's a lot of loitering going on.
[1:36:04] The bus stop in front of food max, the bus stop in front of the old good will.
[1:36:08] The old good will building. I mean, that's been a discussion for years, too. And it looks great.
[1:36:13] They just took the bus stop out in front of McDonald's on my Friday. I drove by this morning and now the new bench is already knocked over.
[1:36:20] My daughter's going to use that bus stop to get to school.
[1:36:22] And it's not a very safe area right there. Can we do something about the greenhouse, maybe?
[1:36:29] Thank you. Mayor, there are no more hands raised online.
[1:36:33] Thank you.
[1:36:35] So it's point we'll close online public comment.
[1:36:39] Please give me one minute.
[1:36:53] Okay, at this point in time, we will move on to our next item on the agenda.
[1:37:01] We do have a public hearing regarding some 20, 26
[1:37:07] leans for non-payment for various charges.
[1:37:11] And I think we do have our assistant finance director
[1:37:14] of Iron Monroe Crackley.
[1:37:17] Felicia Silva here to present this item.
[1:37:20] Thank you for joining us.
[1:37:35] Thank you.
[1:37:36] Felicia Silva Assistant Finance Director.
[1:37:40] Mayor Gonzalez and Vice Mayor of Averals Walton here to present the city of San Leandro annual
[1:37:48] leans for 2627.
[1:37:56] So the San Leandro municipal code allows us to collect certain
[1:38:01] the link with fees through an assessment lien on a property tax bill. These are primarily
[1:38:07] related to public health and safety and allows the city to ensure fiscal sustainability.
[1:38:16] Charges subject to assessment, lean include sidewalk and driveway repair,
[1:38:24] code enforcement and compliance, solid waste through ACI or Alameda County Industries,
[1:38:32] fire inspections Koopa, which is our certified unified program agency and wastewater charges
[1:38:43] for commercial users.
[1:38:48] The typical process that the lean will follow is we start with an initial billing for
[1:38:58] services that the departments work with the customers and it will be through either issuing
[1:39:07] a citation or through a service provided and invoice is sent by finance and then both
[1:39:16] program staff as well as finance with customers to answer any questions on the billing as well
[1:39:23] as to provide potential payment options.
[1:39:26] We do everything in our power to work with our customers
[1:39:31] to make sure that they have every opportunity to pay
[1:39:35] before we start the lean process.
[1:39:39] Following that, we do have monthly statements,
[1:39:41] statements are sent monthly.
[1:39:44] And again, working with the departments
[1:39:47] to make sure that they're given every opportunity to pay.
[1:39:51] We have some legal notice requirements, it is required that we publish in our local paper and we did that.
[1:40:00] That on July 3, July 10th, we also in order to reach more potentially affected. We did an additional in on July 17th. So in addition to those published legal notices, we also do send three notices of intent, starting in May, June and July and in July, they also did information regarding the public hearing details.
[1:40:31] After the legal noticing, we have our public hearing and of course that's where we are today.
[1:40:39] And after we have our public hearing today, then we will go through the collection process again,
[1:40:48] giving all of our customers every opportunity to pay anything that is outstanding at the end of July right before we need to submit
[1:40:58] to the county in August, any of those potential property owners will be taken off the lean list.
[1:41:10] With that, I want to point you to a three year lean summary.
[1:41:14] We have three years of history.
[1:41:16] I want to call it your attention to twist 2627.
[1:41:20] We have a count of 257 accounts that will be assessed.
[1:41:25] And then at $753,000, again, an important note at the bottom that these amounts reflect balances
[1:41:33] as of July 9th, 2026, again, those ongoing efforts to collect before any account is sent
[1:41:43] to the county for a lenient assessment, and we have been continuing to do that.
[1:41:49] We'll continue to do that all the way through that August submission to the county.
[1:41:56] Our recommendation today is for City Council to take the following actions close the public hearing,
[1:42:02] adopt resolution to impose leans for non-payment and adopt resolution to overall protests
[1:42:11] and happy to answer any questions.
[1:42:13] Okay, so prior to opening up the public hearing,
[1:42:17] I will see if there are any questions from council members.
[1:42:21] Okay, seeing none, the time is 832, 832, and I am opening the public hearing.
[1:42:30] We have members from the public who are commenting at this hearing.
[1:42:35] Mayor, we've not received any comment cards from here in the room, but we do have one hand raised online.
[1:42:41] Okay, please proceed online.
[1:42:44] The first online speaker is Douglas Spalding.
[1:42:51] Thank you very much. I just would like to clarify. I didn't hear it in your presentation.
[1:42:55] So I hope it's not true, but you know, if someone has overdue parking tickets,
[1:43:00] is that something that the city might place a lean on?
[1:43:03] I tried calling the citation processing center, but you can't get a hold of anyone.
[1:43:06] So I would have asked a question there. I kind of need to clear my tickets.
[1:43:11] I need an abstract, so I can take it to the DMV, so I can register my car,
[1:43:14] but there's no way to do that either. So, you know, here's another CSA, I guess.
[1:43:18] We hired somebody to do our parking for us way down in the Southland, and if you don't pay, well, you're out of luck.
[1:43:27] That's what that's what stands for due to process mistakes. Thanks.
[1:43:32] Thank you. Mayor, there are no more hands raised online.
[1:43:37] Okay, the time is 834. I'm closing the public hearing. I do have a question to follow up on our public commenter.
[1:43:45] are parking tickets part of this lean process.
[1:43:53] No, they are not.
[1:43:54] Okay, thank you for the clarification.
[1:43:56] Is there any further discussion from council members?
[1:44:00] If not, I will entertain two adopt staffs, three recommendations.
[1:44:05] Council member Victor Agilat.
[1:44:07] I'd like to make the motion to adopt staffs recommendation.
[1:44:10] Vice Mayor?
[1:44:13] I second.
[1:44:14] Okay, so we have a motion council member Victor Agilat.
[1:44:15] to adopt staff's three recommendations,
[1:44:18] with this thing from our vice mayor.
[1:44:21] Seeing enough for the discussion, please vote.
[1:44:27] Oh, so are in and the motion carries unanimously
[1:44:30] with 60 S votes and council members, I'm in being absent.
[1:44:37] Okay, at this point, time we do not have a presentation.
[1:44:39] Item number nine, item number 10,
[1:44:43] is the motion to appoint David Jackson, 10A
[1:44:45] to be precise, the motion to appoint David Jackson,
[1:44:47] the committee police review board.
[1:44:51] Do we, I don't know that we really need a presentation, so to speak, okay, so are there any questions about this item?
[1:45:00] On this item, because we already had public hearing on the nomination, do we need to, do we need to, public comment on this item,
[1:45:13] typically we handle a certain minute order that we don't.
[1:45:16] We normally do not, okay, because people have spoken at the nomination period.
[1:45:20] Okay, so with that being said, I would move, because he is my pointy, I will move the appointment of David Jackson to the CPRB.
[1:45:27] Vice Mayor.
[1:45:30] Second.
[1:45:31] Okay.
[1:45:32] Having a motion and a second for the appointment of David Jackson,
[1:45:36] I'm going to put this review board and know for the discussion, please vote.
[1:45:45] The motion carries unanimously with all members voting, yes, and Council Member Simon being absent.
[1:45:54] Thank you.
[1:45:55] At this point, we'll get item 10B.
[1:45:58] 10B is a second reading of the ordinance.
[1:46:02] As you will may recall last time, I voted no because I want a little bit further discussion on this item specifically.
[1:46:08] So if we can proceed with your presentation, planning manager, Lee.
[1:46:15] Eight evening Americans all as members of the city council,
[1:46:17] right as William Lee playing manager for the city.
[1:46:21] The item before you is the second reading and adoption of an ordinance
[1:46:25] demanding the city's off street parking regulations and establishing new
[1:46:29] transportation demand management or TDM requirements on new development.
[1:46:33] The council introduces ordinance on July 6th by vote of 4 to 1 with two council members absent.
[1:46:42] what does your ordinance do? The ordinance has two primary components. First, it repeals
[1:46:48] and places a zoning co-chapter 4.08, which is the chapter of the zoning ordinance,
[1:46:53] which regulates off-street parking requirements for new development. The amendments serve to
[1:46:59] simplify our existing parking requirements. They update minimum parking standards to better match
[1:47:04] actual demand. They modernize bicycle parking standards and it requires unbundling a parking
[1:47:11] for housing projects, five or more units.
[1:47:14] For clarification, it does not change parking standards
[1:47:16] for single-family homes.
[1:47:19] Second, the ordinance adopts a new zoning code chapter
[1:47:22] to add transportation demand,
[1:47:24] transportation demand, management requirements,
[1:47:26] on-new development.
[1:47:27] And this complements the parking updates
[1:47:30] by encouraging a reduction in vehicle trips
[1:47:33] and the demand for parking in generated
[1:47:34] by new developments.
[1:47:41] This slide summarizes the reasons why we're carrying,
[1:47:44] where we're proposing this ordinance today.
[1:47:46] First, it supports the city's climate action plan
[1:47:49] by reducing and decolabile traveled
[1:47:51] and greenhouse gas emissions through the new TDM program.
[1:47:56] Second, the city's housing element identified minimum
[1:47:58] park requirements as a constraint to,
[1:48:02] as constraint to new housing production,
[1:48:05] and to identify that applications for parking reductions
[1:48:08] at time cost and uncertainty to development review.
[1:48:13] This ordinance removes those barriers to housing production.
[1:48:17] And third, new state law now dictates where and how cities may impose parking requirements.
[1:48:23] And this ordinance brings San Leandro into alignment with those state laws.
[1:48:31] Just real quickly, the ordinance bills on several years of work,
[1:48:34] beginning with the 2021 climate action plan,
[1:48:37] 2020 through housing element.
[1:48:39] It went through community workshops and stakeholder engagements in 2020-25.
[1:48:43] and was in the first meeting for the council heard on July 6th.
[1:48:54] Inclusion staff recommends the council hold the second reading at a
[1:48:56] adopt ordinance 2026-009. If the council adopts ordinance,
[1:49:01] even it will take effects within 30 days. This concludes my presentation.
[1:49:05] I'll be able to take questions that the council may have.
[1:49:09] And do we have any questions?
[1:49:10] So
[1:49:15] I will begin chapter 4-10, the Transpiration to ban management plan.
[1:49:23] There's a mandatory provision for all projects to have bicycle repair stations.
[1:49:33] Tell me a little bit more about how that would work as a practical matter.
[1:49:39] for, let's say, I redo the strip mall,
[1:49:44] turn down, rebuild it on East 14th.
[1:49:47] But how does that work?
[1:49:49] Who gets that station?
[1:49:51] It's a separate day in the strip mall.
[1:49:56] That's a, that's a, that's a good question.
[1:49:57] Actually, the, and to summarize.
[1:50:00] There's a transportation demand management. Regulations have some mandatory components, and some optional components. Originally, when they brought the item forth of the client commission, the bicycle perisation was an optional element, and in discussion, the planning commission, they felt that it was such a low hanging fruit that it required so little.
[1:50:21] So little capital costs and operating expenses that it should really just be a mandatory measure that all new commercial and residential development.
[1:50:33] Undertake so wouldn't be it would in practice wouldn't be a large like physical commitment in terms of space towards the station but be it be the we just have some basic equipment to conduct the repairs.
[1:50:48] So, every new building built in the city of San Leandro will have a bicycle repair station.
[1:50:54] Every new building that meets the minimum thresholds for triggering TDM requirements,
[1:51:01] which I forgot the square footage for commercial development, but I can turn that to you.
[1:51:06] Just a moment.
[1:51:07] But it's going to be anything that's a material.
[1:51:11] Right.
[1:51:11] Most of the squares.
[1:51:13] The reason one of the things that really troubles me about this
[1:51:17] is that if we think about
[1:51:21] what we're trying to do with parking is have joint use of parking,
[1:51:29] we're saying we need to have shared facilities and much in the same spirit it strikes me
[1:51:39] that we shouldn't have every single new building within the parameters needs to have a bicycle repair station.
[1:51:51] Seems like there are some economies of scale and that I just don't understand how that cost in position on every building is a good thing.
[1:52:01] Particularly commercial buildings, we can argue about residential buildings, should every residential building have a car repair location, or a bicycle repair location, or any of a variety of transportation repair locations.
[1:52:14] Because people live there, that's where they're going to have their vehicles, their bikes, et cetera.
[1:52:19] But to say every new building of any real size needs to have one I'm really struggling with.
[1:52:29] Can you explain the motivation other than, oh, well, it's why not have it as opposed to there's a logic why every new building should have it.
[1:52:39] Right, we'll say there are our TDM consultant for the project evaluate the menu of different options for mandatory and optional TDM elements.
[1:52:50] And they were selected because they actually moved the needle in terms of reducing the, reducing the, reducing the, reducing the, the demand for demand for parking overall.
[1:53:03] And it was, and through the public process, it was important for was conveyed through the stakeholder sessions, it was important to have to not be an impediment to to development.
[1:53:16] So, the, the, the, the mandatory measures that were recommended or ones that
[1:53:27] staff evaluated and are consulted evaluated for kind of the reason of ability and imposing
[1:53:34] on a new development without being, without being a barrier to the development of, in this
[1:53:46] There is a good faith effort clause so that if in the determination of the zoning enforcement
[1:53:51] official, a applicant is made a good faith effort to comply, and it doesn't make sense
[1:53:55] given there certain parameters, the zoning enforcement official can wave something if it's
[1:54:02] infisible.
[1:54:04] Just to provide, we do like to provide a bit of discretion because not every situation is
[1:54:09] like.
[1:54:10] And then they think the threshold you were looking for was the 50,000 square foot buildings?
[1:54:14] Yeah.
[1:54:15] The larger projects.
[1:54:16] Thank you.
[1:54:18] So, for example, could someone meet the requirement by having a parking station, repair station,
[1:54:24] just in the back, the loading area?
[1:54:28] Absolutely.
[1:54:28] We want to have to take up a large space.
[1:54:30] It definitely wouldn't take up a reasonable tenant space.
[1:54:33] And I think our ordinance is meant to be like an introductory ordinance.
[1:54:37] Some cities take TDM very seriously.
[1:54:39] They're very stringent requirements that are monitored and they're quite a cost.
[1:54:43] This is an introductory level where people make their best effort.
[1:54:48] There are some mandatory and some optional items that it's meant to still facilitate development,
[1:54:53] which is a primary goal here.
[1:54:55] Thank you.
[1:54:55] How good of a customer or a phone, please?
[1:54:59] Thank you, Mayor.
[1:55:01] Your questions brought up some things for me and then I had an additional question. I remember asking about some of the options that developers could have, and I remember the contents and saying that they were like low cost, education, et cetera, for like a bike repair, like could it be something as simple as like having like a pump available or, you know, so that if you get a flat tire, you can fix it, but it's not like a full like you can come here. It's a one stop shop to fix your bike.
[1:55:30] I think the way you express this, it's, it's, the intention is to, to have that, that those
[1:55:36] base, that basic equipment allow residents or employees to repair their bicycles so that
[1:55:44] they can get, get to work, get to home, get to where they need to go. Okay, great. And then if we
[1:55:49] just go to slide three around the policy direction and why we're doing this.
[1:55:59] So, yes, that one.
[1:56:01] I really, really appreciate this, especially as we're talking to the work plan.
[1:56:05] Like how do these things scaffold up?
[1:56:06] Like, this is directly it.
[1:56:08] Is our vision zero plan?
[1:56:11] Is that built?
[1:56:12] Is that part of our 2021 climate action plan?
[1:56:15] Or is that something separate that we get also?
[1:56:17] I think a call out as policy direction.
[1:56:25] I'm not to speak for other departments, but I think vision zero's more about safety.
[1:56:31] And there is some overlap, the bicycle and pedestrian planning looks both at vision zero and climate goals.
[1:56:39] And so that's the merging of the climate and the safety piece.
[1:56:42] the pedestrian bicycle master plan. But for this particular item, I wouldn't say that it is rooted
[1:56:50] in vision zero policy. Okay. I was just thinking about the fact that we're trying to enable
[1:56:55] more people to use their bikes. Yes. And so I just part of, like, how do we, I guess it could
[1:57:01] because I guess visitors are focused on safety for bicyclists. Yes. Got it. Okay. Okay. That's
[1:57:10] So
[1:57:13] you have one other question, we know that the parking minimums, there's part of the work that
[1:57:22] results, whether it's been driven by compliance with state law.
[1:57:27] And then there's a separate part, which is just our desire that's introduced, but it's not necessary for compliance with state law.
[1:57:36] The concern that it expressed at the other meeting specifically focused on construction
[1:57:43] in parts of the city, where street parking at night, is already quite challenging.
[1:57:53] And to say that we aren't introducing parking minimums, it's some of those parking locations are residential.
[1:58:02] My concern was that residential neighborhoods could well be impacted in locations that already
[1:58:10] don't have enough parking through the introduction of construction that doesn't have parking
[1:58:20] minimums.
[1:58:21] And specifically said, well, can we impose an assurance that the people that don't have parking
[1:58:27] basis will also not have cars. So the question is two parts. First,
[1:58:36] when it comes to the
[1:58:38] residential impacts of the construction of those facilities that don't have parking
[1:58:45] minimums or how we do parking minimums, how are we taking the, the, the, the
[1:58:51] the impact on those neighbors.
[1:58:55] How are we taking that into account?
[1:58:58] Because it's to the benefit of the builder
[1:59:00] that's to the detriment of the existing property owners.
[1:59:04] So I'll just start with that one.
[1:59:06] How do we take that into account?
[1:59:08] Thank you, Mary.
[1:59:09] And recognizing that there are residential neighborhoods in the city
[1:59:13] that were there existing parking problems.
[1:59:16] I think the updated parking standards, the attempt to write size and calibrate the parking
[1:59:26] minimums to the actual demand that's established based on the use and that's based
[1:59:34] on peak demand.
[1:59:35] So I think the intention of the order is not to create standards that would, in of themselves,
[1:59:42] push the impact on to residual streets, but the calibrated to what the actual anticipates
[1:59:55] and man of those uses are.
[2:00:00] It was never, but it's awesome playing out that in largely single family neighborhoods.
[2:00:07] The ordinance
[2:00:07] doesn't, the ordinance that the revised parking requirements don't affect single family homes so that
[2:00:14] so those standards would not change. And the ordinance also applies prospectively to new developments,
[2:00:21] so there'd be no obligation for there'd be no, there'd be a little effect on those existing
[2:00:29] existing streets that cover your question.
[2:00:33] If I build an apartment complex that has very little parking, and it's not near public transit.
[2:00:41] I'm assuming that we recognize that people will then end up parking in the neighborhood streets near the building.
[2:00:50] May I add to that we, Lynn?
[2:00:53] Yes.
[2:00:54] I think one thing to be mindful of is that the standards are scaled based on the number of
[2:01:02] bedrooms in each unit.
[2:01:03] So there's not a one-size-fits-all parking standard.
[2:01:07] Larger units are required to provide end of the ordinance more parking spaces.
[2:01:14] But the feedback we received throughout many professional analyses of our code was that
[2:01:20] We had very, I was a suburban, more old-fashioned parking requirements that hadn't kept up
[2:01:26] with the times.
[2:01:27] And so the two spaces per unit for the three bedrooms, and the one space per unit for
[2:01:32] the studio and one bedrooms, is meant to right-size the parking requirement, not overpark.
[2:01:38] And so I think you're absolutely correct.
[2:01:41] We cannot cap how many cars people have, trends change with vehicle ownership, and general
[2:01:46] getting more expensive to own a vehicle and there are more options like rideshare and other things
[2:01:51] that make it easier and even with autonomous vehicles. I think there's a prediction that in
[2:01:58] the future there will be less vehicle ownership but we're not designing this code to that future.
[2:02:04] We're designing it to what we understand the demand to be today from the professionals we hired
[2:02:09] but I do just want to highlight that scaling because it is critical. If you have a three-bedroom unit,
[2:02:14] one car is not likely to be enough, right?
[2:02:19] So I'll end with one last question, and that's
[2:02:22] what I think about the central cabin, I think
[2:02:26] about the fact that they are looking for additional parking.
[2:02:31] When I think of 1388 bankrupt, it was going to be
[2:02:36] sufficient parking because the parking was going to be
[2:02:39] on the street.
[2:02:41] And so I'm struggling a bit outside of our high density network.
[2:02:50] And I think the old map, I can't remember, was the green zone down east 14th, that was a blue.
[2:02:55] Those one was one color and the other one was the other color.
[2:02:57] I really don't have a problem with our high density focus east 14th.
[2:03:04] But I'm still struggling with outside of that.
[2:03:08] legally we have to do is 14th outside of that we're choosing to do it and I just
[2:03:13] mean I don't feel comfortable yet but you probably have the votes.
[2:03:18] We're going to go to public comment on this item.
[2:03:23] Mayor, we've not received any comment cards on this item and there are no hands raised online.
[2:03:28] Okay, so we'll close public comment. Any other thoughts, questions, comments?
[2:03:33] comfortable. Yes, thank you. I would like to thank Councilmember Bowen because those were my exact
[2:03:43] questions when you asked the beginning of yours. The only other part of that was I know there's a
[2:03:49] menu that the planning commission looks at and says okay this is less so there were some other
[2:03:55] things or a little more, I'll just say maybe extrusion or cost prohibitive that they chose
[2:04:04] this one to be a part of the program. So I think it is the right approach. I was going
[2:04:14] to ask, what does a typical bike shop look like in this scenario and oftentimes it's just
[2:04:22] room with like a bike stand and their ability to change a tire, fix the chain. It's not meant
[2:04:30] to overhaul a bike for a long period. So it's a smaller space and that was captured in the
[2:04:38] comment. So it's just reiterating that anything my comments or anything we can do in the process
[2:04:45] to help us, you know,
[2:04:49] gardener more housing and development in our city
[2:04:53] is what we need to be looking at.
[2:04:56] And obviously bringing this up to the state codes.
[2:05:00] It's very important to us. So, I will be in favor of this and I appreciate all the hard work you guys have done for this process.
[2:05:10] Thank you, council Marbo, please.
[2:05:13] Yes, I just wanted to move the item and I love that policy direction is still up there because that's why.
[2:05:21] Okay, so then I'll offer my comments, so I have a motion from council Marbo and my quick comments, focusing on two things. First, I'm not convinced that the evidence
[2:05:31] points to the housing minimums causing the lack of development or the parking minimums causing
[2:05:38] the lack of development in San Leandro in particular.
[2:05:42] I think there's lots of other reasons why housing is not being built in San Leandro and this
[2:05:45] is not one of them.
[2:05:47] I am also very concerned about the result on neighborhoods, there are places where we have
[2:05:53] to make the change totally fine with that, right?
[2:05:55] We need to be compliant with state law and that's good and that's appropriate.
[2:05:58] We have talked about driving development into the East 14th corridor in this achieves that goal to the extent that parking minimums are keeping housing from being built.
[2:06:13] I look at central calendar looking for more parking, that's just an indication that no, they need more parking than what we let them build parking with and I think that's the same thing will happen at 1388.
[2:06:24] So my approach and is very much focused on let's do what we have to do to be compliant and
[2:06:32] let's focus on the other areas to make sure we understand the impacts to neighbors and
[2:06:38] to neighborhoods because I do not currently believe that that's the impediment to housing being
[2:06:45] built in the city of Sanland, so I will not be supporting but it's that piece.
[2:06:51] I do support the densification along these 14 points.
[2:06:54] I said that since I started on the council,
[2:06:56] I do support the development of downtown
[2:06:58] and be fair, more housing, more housing, more housing.
[2:07:02] But the way that we're approaching this
[2:07:04] as a bundle, I do not agree with.
[2:07:07] I'll come back to someone for a second, please.
[2:07:10] Count Merbult.
[2:07:13] Any further discussion on this item?
[2:07:16] Singed in, please vote.
[2:07:17] Well,
[2:07:23] votes are in and the motion carries with five yes votes, one no vote from Americans
[2:07:30] all as and one council member being absent council member Simon.
[2:07:37] Okay.
[2:07:38] This point in time will move to our next item, which is item 11.
[2:07:43] We do not have any council requests to schedule agenda items.
[2:07:47] And then we've got item 12 hour reports.
[2:07:50] Please proceed.
[2:07:51] Council Member Bowen.
[2:07:52] Thank you, Mayor.
[2:07:53] I just want to share something that we had an extensive presentation at our last stop waste
[2:08:01] meeting focused on stop waste, it was the stop waste campaign date, a label update and this
[2:08:08] is important and something that I have to get used to, you know, other consumers to be aware of
[2:08:13] as well. But the issue with date labels is there's a confusion over expiration dates of
[2:08:19] over by a few, it's like cell-by-date, best-by-date, used-by-date.
[2:08:24] And what's happening because of that is over 20% of the food
[2:08:27] that we buy goes to waste and we look at food waste
[2:08:30] and how much of detrimental harm that causes to the environment.
[2:08:35] It's one of the one of the core focus areas of stop waste.
[2:08:40] And so California AB660, which was signed into law in 2024,
[2:08:45] became effective July 1st, 2026, and what AB 660 did was to standardize food
[2:08:51] date labeling by requiring the use of best if used by for quality and use by for safety.
[2:08:59] So there's no longer a cell by label and that was purposely that that was actually
[2:09:03] something between like the distributor and then like the grocery stores.
[2:09:07] So that wasn't actually meant for consumers.
[2:09:09] So that's something for us just to be more aware of for food safety and another
[2:09:12] busy talking about the environment. The other thing that I wanted to highlight is that I had the
[2:09:21] opportunity to have a very busy travel week, but I went to the local progress conference last
[2:09:30] week. And I just wanted to share a few things that were really highlighted as critical focus areas
[2:09:38] for elected across the country, but the conversation that we had which we've talked about was
[2:09:42] really focused on affordability and how these cities work together, especially with
[2:09:48] stakeholders in the community and partnership with the council and staff to figure out
[2:09:53] ways to identify what the causes of people in terms of affordability and what we can do to
[2:10:00] To move that along. Immigration we talked about, and then also mitigations around, like data centers, and the questions around AI. I also was was a big focus area. And then the one thing that I would have to say that the facility facilitators of a workshop that was one of the most popular, said, you know, five years ago we never had to have this sort of workshop, but it was really around safety for elected officials, whether that was to do it.
[2:10:26] just the state of political discourse and political violence and so harassment, the rights
[2:10:32] that things of that nature, and so that was a really interesting thing that I really
[2:10:36] appreciated.
[2:10:38] And then at API lead, which is the only nationalization for local, up to federal appointed
[2:10:44] elected officials was this weekend and the focus was on public private partnerships, something
[2:10:50] that we've been talking about at this console,
[2:10:52] combat anti-eation hate, civic innovation in AI,
[2:10:57] and then also being able to hear from our highest
[2:11:00] ranking API elected ever, which was VP Kamala Harris,
[2:11:04] which was really wonderful.
[2:11:06] And inspiring.
[2:11:07] And then the last thing that I want to spotlight
[2:11:09] and take a direction from council member, James Aguilar,
[2:11:14] what he did, the staff highlight.
[2:11:15] I want to say that I had a constituent
[2:11:18] child and talked to me that there was like a stop sign that you know was faded and could
[2:11:23] staff do anything about it and it was one of those situations where staff could and we
[2:11:28] happened to have a stop sign and it was taken care of and so I really appreciate that propness
[2:11:32] and then the work that we had talked about at the last work plan around the really collaborative
[2:11:38] effort that the departments have focused on helping our unhoused and also public safety for our
[2:11:45] as it is. I had a situation that where I we learned of a potential public safety, a real public
[2:11:52] safety issue and and staff were able to go out there with all of the different departments
[2:11:57] and find out that you know here's how we can address how fine starting to figure out address
[2:12:01] it and that many of the folks were actually on the list to go to the Navigation Center.
[2:12:06] So it means that there is this pipeline and obviously we need more housing but shout out to staff
[2:12:10] for being able to be really responsive and the best way to figure out a solution and move us forward.
[2:12:18] Wait, spare please.
[2:12:25] Two announcement or one announcement and one event that I attended that I wanted to encourage my colleagues to explore a little bit.
[2:12:35] One wanted to alert the community and the council that Slia is looking for an executive
[2:12:47] director, so they're currently recruiting, and so if you have any candidates that you think
[2:12:53] might be a good fit, all the information is on Slia's website, and then the other event that
[2:13:04] Tendid was on Saturday June 27th at the Sallander Library. The Bay of VISTA homeowners association, along with the mayor and supervisor Tam Cole hosted a presentation on study that the community funded through a UC Berkeley start up an accelerator that specializes in
[2:13:33] creating models of evacuation and it was a really powerful presentation, and what I just
[2:13:42] want to elevate for us to think about was this is something that the community had voiced
[2:13:51] in terms of concern and the data and the various scenarios actually reflected that reality.
[2:14:00] And it was a really powerful presentation.
[2:14:05] And I know that the Bay of Insta neighborhood association,
[2:14:10] homeowner's association has been reaching out to my colleagues
[2:14:14] to do like a mini version of that presentation.
[2:14:18] I would really, I would really want to ask you to consider that.
[2:14:23] It is done by folks who are experts in this.
[2:14:27] And it is a really compelling and actually quite scary
[2:14:31] as a person who lives in that neighborhood,
[2:14:33] thinking about just how much it matters
[2:14:38] if you evacuate between one minute to five minutes
[2:14:42] to 10 minutes and how long you wait
[2:14:44] and what that could mean for those folks.
[2:14:48] So I just wanted to elevate that presentation
[2:14:50] and also my gratitude for those who organized it.
[2:14:54] It was a really well-attended event.
[2:14:56] And it was just...
[2:15:00] And lightning, but also informative and also a little scary.
[2:15:08] I also, since I was not here at the previous meeting, I just wanted to elevate my gratitude
[2:15:15] to the Sally Andrew team for a fantastic 4th of July celebration. I wasn't here for the last meeting where
[2:15:21] y'all probably gave those kudos and those appreciations, but I did want to elevate that.
[2:15:27] And those are all my comments. Thank you.
[2:15:32] Okay, so I'll wrap this up.
[2:15:34] I also, I think one of our commenters mentioned the Brian Copeland comedy in the
[2:15:38] Laza event. Very well attended.
[2:15:43] Just a really good wholesome lots of laughter, lots of smiles.
[2:15:47] So thank you to Mr. Copeland and he had a number of donors who donated in
[2:15:52] Kind and they raised enough money to provide 150 backpacks and you
[2:15:56] to San Leandro or to folks that work in collaboration with Davis Street.
[2:16:07] At the opportunity after that event to join the all-star game of the women's familiar basketball association,
[2:16:16] which is a developmental league.
[2:16:18] There's hosting games here at the San Leandro High School gym.
[2:16:21] It is apparently the only league of its type, working with professional players who are looking
[2:16:27] to get into the WNBA, who have come off at times out of college, many of whom get placed
[2:16:33] on international teams as they're not placed in the WNBA.
[2:16:36] And so there's a lot of encouragement to just spread the word, because I'll be playing here
[2:16:41] at the SoundLater High School gym over the next four weeks.
[2:16:45] And spend some time with their founder today to explore ways in which we might promote this
[2:16:51] activity here. I can tell you that from watching the game, extremely fast-paced. I mean,
[2:16:56] it's professional quality basketball. These are D1 players that are looking to make it into
[2:17:00] the pros. So there's no, there's no lack of activity energy on the court. Join the California
[2:17:10] Hispanic Chamber of Commerce gathering in Oakland. And it's always good to to represent
[2:17:18] city of San Leandro, by being present, meet with a number of business owners who are
[2:17:23] thinking about where are they operate their businesses and so sometimes being present
[2:17:27] is a good thing and I'll leave it at that.
[2:17:30] And Friday also involved is it to the Lawrence Burkley Science Hall or Lawrence Burkley
[2:17:35] Latin National Labs.
[2:17:37] The Bay Area Council is very focused on making sure that elected understand the cutting edge
[2:17:46] of technology that it's being developed with its labs, finding ways to work with activate,
[2:17:53] which is their, I'll call it their accelerator to make sure that businesses find a home.
[2:18:00] So I continue to encourage folks to make those connections with those startup companies
[2:18:06] as we look to expand business into Sally Andro.
[2:18:10] grateful for Walmart for their kind of grand reopening after their remodel so much joy.
[2:18:16] I was great to see so many employees that was astounded by the number of employees that received certificates for decades of service at this Walmart location.
[2:18:28] So that's pretty cool when you see that kind of commitment to an organization in the organization reciprocates.
[2:18:35] There is an ask from the senior commission specifically, but I have heard this from other commissions, and that it's good for us to visit them from time to time.
[2:18:46] Just drop in and see the work that they're doing, because sometimes I think they feel a little bit forgotten.
[2:18:53] And even though what they do percolates up to us to watch them in action, I think can provide them some satisfaction.
[2:19:00] So that's, it was a specific request to my council that I promised to bring back to join
[2:19:07] meetings, but I'm extending it to all the commissions because I know the commissioners do work hard.
[2:19:15] From ACTC projects committee, one of the things I just want to highlight is that the East
[2:19:19] great greenway has gone from idea to concept in in motion to design, it's now going to
[2:19:29] be built.
[2:19:31] And so the contractor have been led for contracts approved for the the Sanlander of
[2:19:37] Boulevard portion of that.
[2:19:40] And the next step of the the next construction contract letting will be for the
[2:19:45] East 14th portion of that.
[2:19:48] So over the next three-ish years, maybe four-ish years, we should expect the East Bay Greenway to be weak.
[2:20:00] I know that the original dream had been to put along the railroad tracks. That's not a decommissioned track line, but it's an inactive track line.
[2:20:10] But as a practical matter, that could not become a reality, and so there was a pivot, and we should see lots of activity here in San Leandro construction activity.
[2:20:19] I do want to thank Senator Grayson for coming out to San Leandro and spending time in Lina
[2:20:26] Tams office and in particular just fielding questions, cold questions, whatever they were,
[2:20:34] and addressing them head-on and meeting with constituents about their concerns.
[2:20:39] So I'll pause and come back to the council.
[2:20:41] I don't do that on purpose.
[2:20:43] I just remember something when you started talking here.
[2:20:45] I did want to acknowledge and I know that we can't do recommendations for everything and there are many things we want to recognize.
[2:20:53] But July is also a disability pride month and one in four adults have a disability.
[2:20:59] And as somebody who has spent a lifetime trying to acknowledge and fight off shame around a disability, I just wanted to acknowledge that for folks.
[2:21:07] And appreciate that, maybe at some point we can, you know, have it be a resolution part of our annual plan.
[2:21:17] Thank you.
[2:21:18] Thank you.
[2:21:20] The last thing that I will end with is that I do want the residents to understand that this council is very focused on efficiency and keeping track of projects.
[2:21:34] a lot, just more focused on projects, finishing on time and on budget.
[2:21:42] I do want to specifically highlight the very large scale of project elevate, which has reached
[2:21:51] its first milestone, namely the payment of employees as part of the first bridge cycle.
[2:22:02] We'll kind of keep working through monitoring, making sure that all payments are processed correctly.
[2:22:10] But by all accounts, we're off to a great start for a project that was delivered on time and on budget.
[2:22:19] And I know there was an approval today and consent to just continue some more on it.
[2:22:25] That's all been budgeted for.
[2:22:27] And that's on the timeline that was expected, so I want the community to understand that we are committed to on time on budget, if not ahead of schedule delivery on our projects and it's something that your council is paying a lot of attention to.
[2:22:43] So that being said, the time is now 9.13 in we are adjourned.