Sep 24, 2024 - 06:27 PM

>> GOOD EVENING. THIS IS THE REGULAR JOINT MEETING OF THE OAKLEY CITY COUNCIL, OAKLEY CITY COUNCIL ACTING AS THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE OAKLEY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND SPECIAL MEETING OF THE OAKLEY PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY. THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:30 P.M. I WILL NOW CALL THE ROLL. COUNCILMEMBER HENDERSON? >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER FULLER? >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER MEADOWS? >> HERE. >> VICE MAYOR SHAW? >> HERE. >> AND I AM THE MAYOR, ANISSA WILLIAMS, PRESENT. WE WILL NOW HAVE OUR PLEDGE DONE BY COUNCILMEMBER MEADOWS. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> AT THIS TIME, PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. I DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKER CARDS SUBMITTED. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT A PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE COMPLETE A BLUE SPEAKER CARD LOCATED IN THE LOBBY AND SUBMIT TO THE CITY CLERK. THE TIME LIMIT TO SPEAK IS THREE MINUTES. THE TIME LIMIT IS MONITORED BY THE TIMER LOCATED IN FRONT OF MY SEAT. WHEN ONE MINUTE REMAINS ON THE TIMER, IT WILL BEEP ONCE AS A REMINDER TO COMPLETE COMMENTS BEFORE YOUR TIME EXPIRES. PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ANY APPLAUSE, CHEERING, BOOING, OR OTHER OUTBURSTS SO THAT EVERYONE MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. NOTE THAT, DUE TO PROVISIONS OF STATE LAW, THE COUNCIL MAY NOT ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE REGARDING COMMENTS, BUT STAFF MAY BE DIRECTED TO RESPOND TO PEOPLE MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS. SEEING NONE AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS. VICE MAYOR SHAW? I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME TO CONGRATULATE THE CHAIR OF OUR PLANNING COMMISSION ON THE BIRTH OF HIS DAUGHTER TODAY. >> COUNCILMEMBER FULLER? >> YES, I WAS JUST PONDERING TODAY AND READING AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE UKRAINIAN DRAFT AND THE TROUBLE THEY'RE HAVING IN UKRAINE ABOUT DESERTERS FLEEING THE COUNTRY, AND IT CAME TO MY MIND THAT ON JANUARY 21, 1977, THAT WAS A BAD DAY FOR ME AND MANY OTHER AMERICANS IN MARINE CORPS MEMBERS WHO HAD FOUGHT DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. WITH MANY LOSING THEIR LIVES, MYSELF HAVING WATCHED THE FIGURES COME ACROSS, REALIZING THAT THE NUMBER OF MANY OF THEM WERE DRAFTEES AND DISPROPORTIONATELY, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE INCLUDING BIPOC. THE ONLY THING THAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 21, 1977 IS JIMMY CARTER WAS INAUGURATED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BEING PARDONED EVERY AMERICAN MILITARY DRAFT THAT FLED TO CANADA, ALLOWING THEM TO COME HOME. IN OTHER WORDS HE WASTED ALL THE LIVES THAT WERE LOST. 55,000 MEN, A FEW WOMEN. AND HE PARTED THEM. HE SAID, COME ON BACK. THE WAR IS OVER. APRIL 31, 1975, WHEN THE MARINES WENT UP ON THE ROOF WITH THE EMBASSY, THE U.S. EMBASSY IN SAIGON, VIETNAM. HELPING THE LARGE AND A FEW OTHER MEMBERS FLEE. AND THEN REMAIN THERE FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY HAD ALREADY COME BACK. AND I READ THAT EVERY TIME I GET BOTHERED WITH OUR DESERTERS, OUR DODGERS , MILITARY DRAFT DODGERS IN THIS COUNTRY, AND WHEN I SEE IT IN OTHER COUNTRIES, IT BOTHERS ME. I WAS HEARING ABOUT THE UKRAINE THAT THEY ARE HAVING A TERRIBLE TIME. THEY ARE HAVING TO GUARD THE RIVERS WITH MILITARY PERSONNEL THAT SHOULD BE OUT IN THE FIELD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MEN DON'T SWIM ACROSS THE RIVER TO GET OUT. SO I JUST THOUGHT THAT TODAY, A HOT DAY, LIKE IT WAS IN VIETNAM IN THOSE DAYS, WHEN THEY DIED ON A HOT DAY LIKE HERE. WALKING AROUND, WALKING THE DISTRICT, JUST WORKING UP A SWEAT, THAT JUST CAME TO MY MIND. SO THANK YOU. >>> WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR, THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENTS, IF ANYONE HERE WOULD LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEMS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW BY SUBMITTING A BLUE SPEAKER CARD. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR DISCUSSION OR IS THERE MOTION TO APPROVE? >> I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW OUT ITEM 4.1 AND IT IS 4.4 . AND THAT IS , YES. AND THEN 4.3. >> I WILL MOVE THE REMAINDER. MINUS 4.1, 4.3, AND 4.4. OKAY. >> WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS? WE WILL NOW HEAR ITEM 4.1. >> YES, THE SAME ONE AS BEFORE. I AM ALWAYS IMPRESSED OVER THE YEARS, LITERALLY YEARS OF THE PROFESSIONALISM THAT HAS BEEN DISPLAYED AND CARRIED AND PUT DOWN IN MINUTES. NOW THEY JUST WEREN'T THERE AND I JUST DON'T THINK IT IS HERS. I DON'T THINK SHE HAS COMPLAINED ALONE. WITH MAY 22nd RESOLUTIONS , REGARDLESS TO HOW THIS IS GETTING HERE, I WILL VOTE NO. THEY JUST ARE COMPLETE. >> REMOVE APPROVAL OF 4.1. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS? >> NO. >> FOUR YES, ONE KNOW. ITEM 4.3. >> YES. IF I ASKED, MR. McMURRAY, TO READ TO THE STAFF REPORT OR CONNECTION OR ROSEWOOD. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ROSEWOOD OVER HERE AT THE ROSE AND LAUREL ? >> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ITEM 4.4 OR 4.3? >> WELL, 4.3 . >> I ASKED EITHER ONE. >> WE SHOULD DO 4.3 FIRST. THAT COMES BEFORE 4.4. >> WELL, ARE WE DOING 4.3? >> YES. ECOLOGICALLY IS BEFORE 4.4 SO WE ARE GOING TO DO 4.3 FIRST. >> OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF WE COULD MEET AND CONFER WITH ANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY HALL CONCERNING THE HIRING OF THIS CONTRACTOR WITH APPROVAL, IMPROVING THE REMOVAL SERVICES. >> THIS IS STANDARD PRACTICE. THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE DONE FOR YEARS AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT AS PRESENTED. >> WELL, I WILL VOTE NO. IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE. >> REMOVE APPROVAL OF 4.3. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> OPPOSED? >> NO. >> ABSTENTIONS? ITEM PASSES FOR -1. NOW WE ARE MOVING ON TO 4.4. >> ARE YOU TALKING TO ROSEWOOD AND YOU TELL ME THE LOCATION OF THIS ONE? TO MAKE SURE I AM CLEAR ON THIS ONE. >> AS WE COMMUNICATED THROUGH EMAIL ALREADY, THE PARCEL IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER >> OKAY. I JUST , ONE ITEM OF THE STAFF REPORTS THAT IT WAS THE NORTHEAST CORNER AND WHEN I LOOKED AT THE MAP IT WAS THE NORTHWEST CORNER. I DRIVE BY IT ON A REGULAR BASIS MORE THAN I THOUGHT SO I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE ITEM. SECOND. >> OKAY. WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. ON FAVOR? >> AYE. >> OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS? OKAY. IT PASSES 5-0. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM FIVE, PUBLIC HEARING. THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR TONIGHT. ITEM SIX, REGULAR CALENDAR. AGAIN, NO REGULAR CALENDAR ITEMS FOR THIS EVENING, SO WE ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO ITEM 7.1, OUR CITY MANAGER REPORTS. MR. McMURRAY. >> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR , MARTIN VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT IS I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR THE TREMENDOUS JOB THEY DID THIS PAST SATURDAY FOR THE HEART OF OAKLEY EVENT. THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK GOES INTO THAT EVENT. AS WITH ALL OF OUR EVENTS. THIS ONE ESPECIALLY, I THOUGHT THE CROWD WAS GREAT, THE SET UP WAS GREAT, AND OUR GROUNDS HERE JUST LOOKED SPECTACULAR. SO I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE AND THANK ALL THE STAFF THAT DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB AND WORKS VERY HARD AND DELIVERED THAT EVENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WITH THAT SAID, THERE ARE THREE ITEMS ON THE CITY MANAGER REPORT THAT WE NEED TO GET TO. WE HAVE THE REPORT FROM THE OAKS APARTMENTS. WE ALSO HAVE OAK JOHNSON HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT REPORT. AND THEN AS WE GET INTO THE UPDATES ON BOTH LAUREL ROAD AND EAST CYPRESS , WE WILL TAKE LAUREL ROAD FIRST AND THEN THAT WILL BE GIVEN BY A PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ENGINEER AND IN THE EAST CYPRESS WILL ROAD WIDENING UPDATE WILL BEGIN BY BILLY, WHO IS OUR PRINCIPAL ENGINEER. AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO STRESS AND EMPHASIZE ON BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS, BUT ESPECIALLY THE EAST CYPRESS ONE, WE ARE JUST LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF PATIENCE FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE KNOW THE PROJECT JUST GOT STARTED AS WE TALKED ABOUT, THE CITY IS MAKING THE LARGEST INVESTMENT IN CAPITAL WORK HERE ALONG THIS LITTLE MORE THAN A MILE STRETCH OF ROADWAY ON EAST CYPRESS . ALTHOUGH THE DISTANCE IS NOT TREMENDOUSLY LONG, IT IS A VERY COMPLEX PROJECT, AS BILLY LEE IS GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH. I JUST WANTED TO STRESS HOW WE NEED THE COMMUNITY TO BE PATIENT. WE KNOW THERE IS GOING TO BE THINGS THAT FOLKS ARE GOING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT. PLEASE CALL US, CONTACT US, WE WILL TALK YOU THROUGH IT, AND WE WILL TRY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS THEY COME UP. WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT BEFORE THOSE PRESENTATIONS ARE GIVEN. I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU, MAYOR, TO DISCUSS THE OAKS APARTMENTS AND ASK IF THERE IS ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. >> GREAT. WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM B UNDER 7.1, REPORT FROM THE OAKS APARTMENTS. DO ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? VICE MAYOR SHAW . >> I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION, THERE YOU ARE. REGARDING THE RESIDENT GROUP THAT WAS BEING PUT TOGETHER. I HAD GOTTEN SOME CONFLICTING INFORMATION ABOUT THERE BEING TWO DIFFERENT RESIDENT GROUPS. IS THERE CLARIFICATION ON THAT PLEASE? >> YES. SO THERE WERE ORIGINALLY, IN AUGUST, WE RECEIVED INPUT FROM TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WANTED TO PUT FORTH THE TENANT ASSOCIATION IN SOME CAPACITY. WE WENT BACK AND BECAUSE THERE WERE CONFLICTING GROUPS, THEY EACH HAD THEIR OWN IDEA. WE ACTUALLY HAD IN PLACE ALREADY PREVIOUSLY ATTENDED COUNCIL THAT EXISTED PREVIOUSLY AT THE OAKS. IT IS TENANT DRIVEN AND IT DIED OUT AND SO WE WENT AND FOUND THOSE BYLAWS. WE POSTED TO ALL OF THE RESIDENCE INVITING THEM TO COME MEET AND DISCUSS THE OPTIONS IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL. WE THEN HAD THAT MEETING. WE ALSO ASKED FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN IN AN ELECTION COMMITTEE. THE COUNCIL WILL BE COMPRISED OF AN INDIVIDUAL FROM EACH ONE OF THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT EXISTS. THERE ARE BYLAWS, WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN CREATED. WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE AT THAT MEETING, AND AVAILABLE FOR THE OTHERS. ONCE THAT ELECTION WILL HOPEFULLY BE TAKING PLACE , THE BYLAWS REQUIRE 60 DAYS NOTICE AND WE WANT TO GET IT DONE HERE IN 2024 SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THEIR FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING AS A COUNSEL IN JANUARY 2025. THAT IS FOR THE COUNCIL THAT WE ARE HELPING PUT TOGETHER, JUST FROM THE POINT OF HELPING THE TENANTS GET TOGETHER. IF THERE IS A GROUP THAT WANTS THEIR OWN GROUP OR THEIR OWN COMMITTEE, THEY ARE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO DO THAT. WE WILL NOT STOP THEM FROM GETTING TOGETHER, BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE ONE THAT WE HAVE ADVERTISED TO THE COMMUNITY. >> HAVE YOU SEEN ANY FROM THE SECOND ONE THAT ISN'T THE ONE THAT YOU ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH? HAVE YOU SEEN PARTICIPATION FROM THEM AS WELL? >> WITHOUT KNOWING ALL OF THE MEMBERS OR INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO BE A PART OF THE GROUP , THE ORIGINAL ONES THAT I MET WITH OR NOT AT THE MEETING THAT WE HAD ON THE FIFTH OF SEPTEMBER. AND THEN I HAD BEEN AT THE OAKS HELPING A RESIDENT A WEEK OR SO AGO AND I SAW THE REPORT ABOUT THE TRASH COMPACTOR BEING BROKEN. IS ALL TAKEN CARE OF NOW? >> YEAH, THAT WAS RESOLVED. I THINK IT LASTED A DAY, MAYBE TWO. IT WAS AN ISSUE THAT GOT RESOLVED . >> ONE LAST QUESTION. STAFFING, ARE WE UP STAFFED AND EVERYTHING? >> YEP, MAINTENANCE IS FULLY STAFFED. THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGES IN THAT FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. AS I DESCRIBED LAST TIME, THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY MANAGER HAS BEEN HIRED. KNOCK ON WOOD, SHE IS SUPPOSED TO START ON MONDAY. SO WE ARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING HER ARRIVAL. THEN WE WILL HAVE A THOROUGH ON BOARDING PLAN FOR HER THAT WILL ACTUALLY INVOLVE SOME TIME AWAY FROM THE COMMUNITY SO SHE CAN LEARN HOW TO DO THE JOB. BUT THEN SOON ENOUGH SHE WILL BE ON SITE INTERACTING WITH THE RESIDENTS AND STAFF. ON A DAILY BASIS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER FULLER. >> YES. JUST ONE. I WENT THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. I WAS IMPRESSED, ESPECIALLY THE COMMITTEE. I AM GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP SPECIFICS ON THAT . ABOUT 70% OF THE WAY THROUGH, THERE IS THIS BIG PAGE OF EVICTIONS AND IF YOU DON'T OBEY THE RULES WE WILL KICK YOU OUT, BASICALLY. IT JUST, WHY DID YOU FIND IT NECESSARY TO PUT THAT IN THERE? >> SO THAT HAS BEEN INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED IN THE PAST. WE ARE KEEPING IT AT A FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL, THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED IN THE PAST WERE RELATED TO HOW ARE WE TAKING CARE OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THOSE THAT ARE LIVING THERE THAT WANT TO LIVE THERE THAT WANT THE RIGHT OF PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT OF THEIR COMMUNITY. SUPPORTIVE THAT IS ENFORCING RULES. THOSE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS IN THE PAST, SPECIFICALLY WHEN THERE WAS THE AD HOC COMMITTEE. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS FOCUSED ON. >> WELL, FOR ME, I GUESS THIS IS FOR YOU. FOR ME, IT IS SUCH AN UPBEAT REPORT, BUT FOR SOME REASON, I GUESS NOBODY REALLY KNOWS . YEAH. >> WE WOULD RATHER NOT. >> I KIND OF THINK -- . I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, MOSTLY BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FOOD BANK ON SOME OTHER PROJECTS. AND SO THEY SAID THAT FOR THEIR SENIOR ONE, THEY ARE DOWN TO ABOUT 20 PARTICIPANTS. I DID SPEAK TO A COUPLE RESIDENTS WHO , THE REASON I AM BRINGING THIS UP IS BECAUSE IT IS AT RISK FOR NOT BEING THERE ANYMORE. BECAUSE THEY NEED TO HAVE 50 PARTICIPANTS FOR IT TO MAKE SENSE BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THESE 20 HOUSEHOLDS STRANDED. BUT IT IS A DIFFERENT NUMBER THAN WHAT IS HERE THAT SAYS 36 HOUSEHOLDS. STILL NEITHER ONE OF THEM IS 50. BUT THE ONE THING, WHEN I WAS REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE AND ASKING, HEY, HAVE YOU SEEN THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR THIS? THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THERE. A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN GOING TO LOAVES AND FISHES AND STUFF SO WHEN I LOOK ON THE CALENDAR, I KNOW IT IS MOSTLY ACTIVITY FOCUSED, BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD POTENTIALLY BE SOME INFO ABOUT IT THERE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE THESE FIRES ARE. I SPOKE TO MANY RESIDENTS WHO DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING HAPPENING SPECIFICALLY FOR SENIORS THERE. THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD TO GO TO LOAVES AND FISHES OR TO THE SENIOR CENTER TO GET HELP WITH FOOD BANK STUFF. SO I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO PREVENT THAT FROM BEING DISCONTINUED . SOMEBODY FROM THE FOOD BANK WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT HERE TODAY BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY DID, SO MAYBE WE COULD SET SOMETHING UP SO THAT SHE COULD BE IN CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY SO THAT WE COULD TRY TO TROUBLESHOOT IT BECAUSE I REALLY THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE THERE. I KNOW WHEN EVERYTHING WAS HAPPENING WITH THE FRIDGES AND STUFF, WE HAD TO FIGHT PEOPLE TO GET THEM TO THROW AWAY THE FOOD SO I REALIZED THAT FOOD INSECURITY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO KEEP IGNORING THERE. SO IF WE COULD SET SOMETHING UP POTENTIALLY. >> I ABSOLUTELY AGREE. I WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU COULD PUT ME IN CONTACT WITH YOUR CONTACT AND THAT WE WILL FACILITATE THAT ON THE SIDE. WE WILL MAKE THAT A TARGET AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP REACH THAT GOAL. >> GREAT. I APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, SO THIS WAS AN EASY NIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU WANT TO TAKE ITEM D FIRST, LAUREL ROAD? ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL HEAR AN UPDATE ON THE LAUREL ROAD WIDENING. MAYOR WILLIAMS, VICE MAYOR SHAW, COUNCIL, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT YOU SOME UPDATES ON SOME OF OUR MOST HIGH PROFILE AND IN MY VIEW TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECTS FOR THE CITY OF OAKLEY . THIS YEAR, CELEBRATING THE 25th ANNIVERSARY OF . FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS WE HAVE EXECUTED OVER 300 PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY. LARGE OR SMALL, EACH OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT IN THEIR OWN LINE. I THINK THE PROJECTS HERE TONIGHT ARE REALLY UNIQUE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN LONG OVERDUE AND REALLY WILL HELP TRANSFORM THIS COMMUNITY AND BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF OAKLEY FOR DECADES TO COME, NOT JUST YEARS TO COME. I WILL TOUCH UPON LAUREL ROAD AND THE UPDATE ON CYPRESS ROAD. AFTER MANY YEARS OF EVERYBODY COMPLAINING ABOUT LAUREL AND THAT INTERSECTION, WE ARE FINALLY ABLE TO MAKE ACQUISITION AGREEMENTS WITH THE FAMILIES AS WAS PRESENTED TO YOU LAST YEAR. THE PROJECT WAS DESIGNED AND FINALLY THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT BEGAN LAST MONTH. WE OBSERVED THAT EVERYTHING STARTED AFTER WE HARVESTED THE GRAPES , THE GREAT FINDS . WE WORKED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO REMOVE THE POLLS ON LAUREL . JUST YESTERDAY, I HEARD FROM PG& E THAT THERE IS A GUIDE WIRE POLE ON LAUREL ROAD THAT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEM SINCE FALL OF LAST YEAR. FINALLY I HEARD OCTOBER 9th THAT THEY WILL RELOCATE THAT. TO A PERMANENT LOCATION. AND AFTER THAT, WE START ALL OF OUR OTHER UTILITY WORK . CONCURRENTLY, WE WILL BE WAITING FOR AT&T ON THE GROUND AND O'HARA. THEY INSTALL THE UTILITIES, FOLLOW-UP . SO THAT PROJECT GETS WRAPPED UP KIND OF THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. IT WOULD INCLUDE TWO FULL LANES ON LAUREL ROAD. LAUREL ROAD WILL BE FULLY IMPROVED ALL THE WAY TO MAIN STREET. AS WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS , THESE ARE FUNDAMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS AND PART OF THE PUZZLE FOR LAUREL ROAD. IT WILL BE WIDENED TO TWO LANES ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTHERN PROJECT. ONCE THIS IS FINISHED, IT REALLY WOULD ENHANCE THAT INTERSECTION. WE WILL ALSO REPORT ANYTHING WITH THE SHOPPING CENTER PROJECT. AS WE ARE WORKING, THEY ARE WORKING ON THEIR PROJECT. ALL OF THESE PROJECTS BROUGHT US TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IN THE FALL OF NEXT YEAR, WE WILL SEE IF THE STORE IS OPEN. SO WE ARE EXCITED. THIS IS A LONG OVERDUE PROJECT THAT IS TRACKING WELL AND THIS PROJECT WILL BE DONE. WITH THAT, OUR CYPRESS ROAD PROJECT. IT IS BY FAR THE MOST COMPLEX, COMPLICATED PROJECT THAT THE CITY HAS EVER UNDERTAKEN. AS YOU WILL SEE IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WE WILL SHOW YOU, IT IS TRULY COMPLEX. I REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS. OUR CITY MANAGER HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB , NOT ONLY MANAGING THE DESIGN AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT LAST MONTH BUT IT INVOLVED SO MANY STAKEHOLDERS. AN ASSORTMENT OF UTILITY COMPANIES. THE DEVELOPERS WERE ADJACENT TO THE PROJECT . THE CYPRESS ROAD PROJECT IS JUST BEYOND BELIEF. CONSTRUCTION, TRAFFIC, AND THE CITY MANAGER MANAGED . WE ASK FOR PEOPLE'S PATIENTS. THIS PROJECT WAS GOING ON FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS, SO WE TRIED TO EXECUTE IT WITH STAFF ON THE PROJECT AND DEDICATED A LOT OF RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROJECT WAS DONE PROPERLY. AND AS THIS OPENED, I THINK THIS REALLY TRANSFORMED THE EAST CYPRESS ROAD CORRIDOR. FROM WHAT IT IS TODAY TO THE PICTURES THAT YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE , IT IS NIGHT AND DAY. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL HAVE ILLEGALLY COME AND GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION ON EAST CYPRESS ROAD. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR WILLIAMS, VICE MAYOR SHAW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. KEVIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS. I WANT TO ELABORATE THAT THIS EAST CYPRESS PROJECT WAS, OVER THE YEARS, HAS BEEN A PART OF MANY DISCUSSIONS, NOT JUST WITH THE CITY OF OAKLEY BUT OTHER AGENCIES AND DEVELOPERS . IT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. IT IS VERY EXCITING TO SEE WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND TO SEE SOME PROGRESS OUT THERE. WITH THAT, MY FIRST SLIDE -- LET ME GET THIS RIGHT. IS IT WORKING? NOW? OKAY, THERE. OKAY. FIRST SLIDE. THANK YOU. LET'S TAKE SOME TIME TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS SLIDE. I WANT YOU TO TAKE A MENTAL PICTURE OF THIS SLIDE. I'M GOING TO REPEAT MYSELF AS I VOICE MY PRESENTATION. THIS EAST CYPRESS ROAD PROJECT IS A THREE-PHASE MULTIYEAR PROJECT. SUPER COMPLEX, LIKE KEVIN MENTIONED. PHASE ONE , IN THE YELLOW SEGMENT , IS BETWEEN AVENUE TO THE CCW D CANAL. PHASE TWO IS THE BLUE SECTION. BEGINNING AT THE CCWD CANAL RIGHT AWAY AND JUST EAST OF JERSEY ISLAND ROAD. IN THESE THREE IS THE PINK MAGENTA COLOR, BASICALLY CONTINUING THE LONGEST SEGMENT, ACTUALLY, ALL THE WAY TO BETHEL ISLAND ROAD. I JUST WANTED TO PAUSE A LITTLE BIT. THERE IS A LOT IN THIS PICTURE. YOU PROBABLY CAN'T SEE ALL THE DETAILS, BUT THE EXISTING EAST CYPRESS ROAD IS JUST SOUTH OF WHERE THE COLOR IS. SO ESSENTIALLY THE NEW ROADWAY IS GOING TO BE ALL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF EAST CYPRESS ROAD AND YOU'LL START TO SEE THAT IN SOME OF THE PHOTOS THAT I SHARE. THERE IS, ESSENTIALLY, FIVE TRAFFIC SIGNALS . FOUR OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE NEW, AND ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO BE A SIGNAL MODIFICATION AT BETHEL ISLAND ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE. AND WITH THE THREE PHASES, THERE ARE THREE PROJECTS, WHICH I WILL GO OVER IN THE NEXT SLIDES. THE BOTTOM OF THIS SCREEN HAS A PICTURE OF THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE WE ANTICIPATE. THE YELLOW SEGMENT, PHASE ONE , ALREADY BEGAN. AND I WILL SHOW YOU SOME PHOTOS WITH THAT. WE STARTED MID JULY AND HOPE TO CONTINUE THAT . HOPEFULLY SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR. THE BLUE SECTION IS THE MOST COMPLEX AND DIFFICULT SEGMENT , WHICH I WILL SHARE IN A LITTLE BIT. WE HOPE TO START THAT PROJECT FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR, 2026. AND IT IS QUITE LENGTHY BECAUSE YOU WILL SEE WHY IT IS THE SHORTEST BUT THE LONGEST PROJECT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO . AND THAT PROJECT WILL SPAN TWO CONSTRUCTION SEASONS AND WILL BE FINISHED MID-2027. THE PINK COLOR, THE LAST SEGMENT, IS GOING TO FOLLOW BEHIND THAT. WE HOPE TO START THAT MAY NEXT YEAR AND CONTINUE ON TO FALL OF 2027. AND WE HOPE TO HAVE A CONTRACTOR START ON THAT LAST SEGMENT ON THE EAST END OF BETHEL ISLAND ROAD AND WORK THEIR WAY WEST SO THAT WAY THE PROJECT MEETS WITH THE BLUE SEGMENT AND ALIGNS PROPERLY. JUST SOME PROJECT INFORMATION I WANTED TO COVER. I HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT COMPRISE THE OVERALL MILE AND A HALF LONG IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE ARE DOING ON EAST CYPRESS. THAT IS CIP 247, THE YELLOW PHASE, C.A.P. 310, THE BLUE PHASE, AND CIP 302, THE PINK PHASE, THAT WAS ON THE MAP. THE ROADWAY WEST OF JERSEY ISLAND ROAD WILL BE A SIX LANE ROADWAY AND EAST OF JERSEY ISLAND ROAD WILL BE A FOUR LANE ROADWAY. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR GENERAL PLAN. THE PROJECT INCLUDES STORM DRAIN, WATER, SEWER, MEDIAN ISLANDS , LANDSCAPING, BUFFERED BIKE LANES, SIDEWALKS, STREETLIGHTS, AND FIVE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. THE COMPLEX PORTION OF THIS PROJECT IS MENTIONED WHERE THE BLUE SECTION IS A 10 FOOT DIAMETER CANAL UNDER GROUNDING PROJECT AT JERSEY ISLAND ROAD. THIS IS SEGMENT FIVE OF THE OVERALL PROJECT OF THE CANAL. THIS IS THE LAST MISSING SEGMENT OF THIS SECTION AND THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT PARTNERS FOR THE CITY OF OAKLEY TO GET THIS COMPLETED. WITH NUMEROUS DRY AND WET UTILITIES. I WILL HAVE A FUN MAP TO SHOW YOU GUYS HOW MANY UTILITIES WE ARE DOING WITH THIS INTERSECTION. AND LASTLY, APPROXIMATELY $40 MILLION OF INVESTMENTS FOR THIS INFRASTRUCTURE. ACCESS ALONG EAST CYPRESS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES. THAT IS WHAT MAKES THIS PROJECT VERY CHALLENGING AS THIS GOES BECAUSE WE CAN'T INTERRUPT THE TRAFFIC ON THIS ROADWAY. SO THE YELLOW SEGMENT. CIP 247, PHASE ONE, HAS BEGUN. WE STARTED MID JULY THIS YEAR, JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO. THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT WAS TAKEN THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST AND YOU CAN SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS ESSENTIALLY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. TO ORIENT YOURSELF, WE ARE FACING WEST. THE ROAD ON THE SOUTH SIDE IS JERSEY ISLAND ROAD IN THE BODY OF WATER YOU SEE IS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE CANAL EXISTING OUT THERE. THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT WAS JUST TAKEN LAST WEEK . IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH, BUT YOU LOOK CLOSELY AND YOU START TO SEE THE ALIGNMENT ON THE ROAD. THE STORM DRAIN HAS BEEN INSTALLED . AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE NEW CYPRESS ROAD IS GOING TO BE ON THE NORTH SIDE. YOU CAN SEE THAT CURVE STARTING TO FORM. A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE UNDERGROUND. THE STORM DRAIN. RIGHT ON SCHEDULE. HERE ARE SOME COOL PHOTOS OF CONSTRUCTION. THE LEFT PHOTO IS A 14 INCH SEWER FORCE MAIN LINE INSTALLED 95% COMPLETED. ALONG THIS SEGMENT AND THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT IS A 24 INCH STORM DRAIN LINE, ALSO 95% COMPLETED FOR THIS SEGMENT. I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH DEVELOPERS AND MANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS. THIS INTERSECTION AT EAST CYPRESS IS ACTUALLY BEING CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF THE MITIGATION IMPROVEMENTS TO BUILD OUT THE ULTIMATE INTERSECTION AND CIVILIZE IT. JUST OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE HAVE BEEN BUSY INSTALLING THIS 48 INCH STORM DRAIN PIPE ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION, EXTENDING THE EXISTING CULVERT ON EAST CYPRESS. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT IS DOUBLE THE LENGTH OF THE EXISTING ROAD. YOU CAN SEE HOW WIDE THIS ROADWAY IS GOING TO BE. ANOTHER, THIS IS A FRESH PHOTO. THIS WAS JUST TAKEN THIS MORNING. ANOTHER EXCITING THING THAT IS HAPPENING NOW IS WE ARE BEGINNING OUR CLEARING AND GRABBING JUST AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF CYPRUS AND JERSEY ISLAND ROAD. THIS IS CCWD'S CANAL . FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO CLEAR AND GROUT THAT AREA TO GET IT READY FOR CONSTRUCTION. THAT IS A LONG REACH EXCAVATOR . HARD TO SEE SKILL, BUT IT IS REALLY BIG AND REALLY FUN TO WATCH THEM CLEANUP THAT AREA. SO PHASE TWO IS CIP 310. I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT FIRST , I SHOWED YOU THIS IS THE MIDSECTION OF THE THREE PROJECTS. PHASE TWO IS MOST COMPLEX SEGMENT OF THIS OVERALL PROJECT. A LOT OF LINES THERE AND A LOT OF DETAIL. THIS CIP IS ESSENTIALLY DIVIDED INTO TWO PROJECTS. THE FIRST PART IS UNDERGROUND. THE UNDER GROUNDING OF THE CANAL WE NEED TO PUT TO BASICALLY GET RID OF THE , CCWD REFERS TO THEM AS TUBS THAT ARE LEFT THERE. WE NEED TO GET RID OF THAT. WE GRADE IT. WE GET IT READY TO HAVE THE ROADWAY ON TOP OF IT. THE SECOND PART OF THIS PROJECT REALLY HAS THE ROADWAY WIDENING AND UTILITY WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. THE CCWD CANAL IS SCHEDULED TO GO OUT NEXT MONTH. WE ARE VERY EXCITED AND SO IS CCWD. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THEM AND HAVING BIWEEKLY MEETINGS AND COORDINATION AND CONSTRUCTION IS SLATED TO BEGIN SPRING 2025. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO 2026 FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CANAL. THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AND UTILITY TO FOLLOW, ONCE MORE, THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CANAL IS UNDERGROUND IT. HERE IS ANOTHER EXHIBIT THAT JUST SHOWS YOU HOW COMPLEX THE UTILITIES ARE IN THIS AREA. AND WE ARE NOT TALKING SMALL UTILITIES. THIS IS, BY FAR, THE LARGEST UTILITIES I HAVE SEEN IN OUR CITY. I WANT TO SAY, THE UTILITY WE HAVE IN OUR CITY IS HERE IN THIS LITTLE TINY INTERSECTION. PROBABLY DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO SEE ON THE SCREEN EXACTLY WHAT UTILITIES WE HAVE, BUT WE HAVE A 20 INCH WATER MAIN. A 24 INCH WATER MAIN ALSO. HERE IS THE PARALLEL SYSTEM THERE. THERE IS A 14 INCH SEWER LINE, AN EIGHT INCH GAS MAIN ALONG EAST CYPRESS, AND ANOTHER GAS MAIN ALONG JERSEY ISLAND ROAD. WE HAVE PIPES WE NEED TO PUT IN. A 10 FOOT DIAMETER. CCW EVE CANAL. THE PURPLE THAT YOU SEE. AND A BUNCH OF TRENDS WITH COMCAST, YOU NAME IT. THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS HAPPENING WITH ALL OF THE UTILITIES. TRYING TO GET THE SCHEDULES TO ALIGN TO GET THIS PROJECT TO WORK OUT WHEN YOU NEED IT TO. VERY COMPLEX. THIS IS A PRETTY PICTURE TO SHOW IT , BUT THE REALITY IS , EACH LINE YOU SEE HERE IS A TRANCE. IT IS AN OPEN TRENCH. THE CUT. A PIPE THAT NEEDS TO GO IN THE GROUND. IT IS A LOT OF WORK. HOW ARE WE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THIS WHILE KEEPING TRAFFIC OPEN? SO HERE IS A MAP TO KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT THIS STAGE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. THE FIRST STAGE IS ESSENTIALLY UNDERGROUND, A 10 FOOT DIAMETER PIPE. WE ARE GOING TO START ON THE NORTH SIDE, THE NORTHWEST CORNER RECEIVES THE SEGMENT OF PIPE THAT HAS BEEN UNDERGROUND THAT TUB. THE RED ARROWS THAT YOU SEE ARE LINE TRAFFIC, SO TRAFFIC WILL REMAIN ON EAST CYPRESS. JERSEY ISLAND ROAD WHILE THE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER. WITH THAT, WE WILL ALSO NEED TO BUILD A WALL ESSENTIALLY. THERE IS A PRETTY LARGE VERTICAL ELEVATION CHANGE AT THIS INTERSECTION SO THE ROAD NEEDS TO COME UP QUITE A BIT DUE TO A LEVY THAT NEEDS TO GET BUILT ALSO. AND THE DARK GRAY AREA IS A TEMPORARY JERSEY ISLAND D TOUR THAT WE WILL NEED TO CONSTRUCT DURING THIS PHASE. YOU WILL SEE WHY IN A SECOND. STAGE TWO IS MUCH, MUCH MORE COMPLEX. AGAIN, THE RED ARROWS REPRESENT WHERE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE DRIVING. WE WOULD BE SWITCHING TRAFFIC TO ENTER JERSEY ISLAND ROAD IN THAT DETOUR THAT WAS BUILT IN STAGE ONE. IN THIS STAGE, WE WOULD DO ALL THE UTILITY UNDER GROUNDING THAT I JUST SHOWED YOU IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. ALL OF WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THE NORTH HALF OF THIS ROADWAY. AND THAT IS THE GRAY AREA THAT YOU SEE. AND THAT IS IN PREPARATION TO BASICALLY SWAP TRAFFIC, WHICH YOU WILL SEE IN THE NEXT SLIDE. STAGE THREE SWITCHES TRAFFIC NOW TO THE NEWLY BUILT NORTHERN HALF WITH EAST CYPRESS ROAD . TRAFFIC GOES BACK TO JERSEY ISLAND ROAD , BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO BUILT. THE FOCUS IN STAGE THREE IS NOW TO UNDERGROUND A 10 FOOT DIAMETER PIPE ON THE SOUTHERN HALF. AND THIS IS FOLLOWING CONSTRUCTION SEASON. THIS IS NOW 2026. IN THE FOCUS THERE IS TO FINISH THAT IN PREPARATION WITH FINISHING THE ROAD. LAST STAGE IS STAGE FOUR. THIS ESSENTIALLY FINISHES UP THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE ROAD. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE EAST SIDE OF JERSEY ISLAND IS NARROWER AND CURVED . THAT IS NOT THE ULTIMATE ALIGNMENT. THAT IS THE TRANSITION THAT WE PLANNED FOR. TO KEEP TRAFFIC MOVING TO THE EXISTING EAST CYPRESS ROAD. MY HOPE IS THAT THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE LAST PHASE CONTINUES AND BY THAT TIME WILL HAVE THE ROADWAY AVAILABLE ON THE NORTH SIDE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS TRANSITION AND SWAP ALL OF THE TRAFFIC TO THE NORTH SIDE AND CONTINUE ON. THIS IS JUST A CONTINGENCY PLAN. THE EXISTING EAST CYPRESS ROAD TERMINATES ALL OF THOSE THAT YOU SEE. THE EXISTING EAST CYPRESS ROAD WILL REMAIN AS A FRONTAGE ROAD FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE EAST OF JERSEY ISLAND ROAD. THE PINKISH AREA IS A FUTURE LEVY THAT NEEDS TO BE BUILT BY THE OTHERS AND THE DEVELOPER FOR THE PRESERVE BUT THAT WAS THE LEVY THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER WHERE THIS ROADWAY NEEDS TO COME UP PRETTY HIGH TO CLEAR THAT ELEVATION. THE LAST SEGMENT AND THE LONGEST AND MOST EXPENSIVE ONE, BECAUSE IT IS DOUBLE THE LENGTH OF CIP 47, THE YELLOW PORTION, IS 302, PHASE THREE. AND THIS IS A SCREENSHOT OF A TYPICAL SECTION SHOWN IN OUR SPECIFIC PLAN. IT IS THE ROADWAY MATERIAL AND THIS WOULD BE FACING EAST. YOU CAN SEE THAT FLAT AREA ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN. THAT IS THE EXISTING CYPRESS ROAD THAT BECOMES A FRONTAGE ROAD. AND THEN THE BOTTOM, TYPICAL SECTION , IS CLOSER TO BETHEL ISLAND ROAD AS THEY COME UP AGAIN SINCE THAT INTERSECTION IS QUITE ELEVATED. THE LAST PIECE OF THIS PUZZLE, ALL THE WAY AT THE TAIL END, IS THE SIGNAL OF MODIFICATION. EAST CYPRESS ROAD AND BETHEL ISLAND ROAD. THE AREA ON THE LEFT SIDE IS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. YOU CAN SEE IN THE LEFT LANE, THERE IS ONLY ONE. I HAD ONE, TWO THROUGH , BUT THE ULTIMATE CONFIGURATION ISSUE ON THE RIGHT WOULD BE TWO THROUGHS, AND A DEDICATED RIGHT TURN FOR THE FUTURE BETHEL ISLAND ROAD EXTENSION TO THE SOUTH. WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. IT IS A LOT TO TAKE IN. I KNOW THERE IS PROBABLY A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS IN YOUR MIND, BUT WE ARE HERE, OPEN FOR ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. >> COUNCILMEMBER FULLER. >> A COUPLE OF SIMPLE ONES. I WAS SOUTH THIS MORNING AND I NOTICED THERE IS A SIZABLE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC. ARE YOU PLANNING ANYTHING TO BUFFER INCREASING THE LOAD ON THE STREET , FROM MY PERSPECTIVE? THERE WAS MORE TOWARDS THE END AND I DETECTED A FAIR AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THERE. IS THAT AN ISSUE OR DO WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT? THE OTHER ONE IS, ARE THE CONSTRUCTION ORDERS ON SUNDAY? >> FIRST QUESTION, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE ALLUDING TO SOUND WALLS. >> IS, BETWEEN CYPRESS THERE. >> RIGHT. SO RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE NO SOUND WALLS PROPOSED AS PART OF THE PROJECT. THE DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO THIS ROADWAY WILL BE BUILDING SOUND WALLS AS THEY BUILT THE HOUSES. THE EXISTING HOMES THAT ARE FRONTING SERVICE, THE ROADWAY IS BUILT TO THE NORTH, SO ACTUALLY IT IMPROVES THEIR SITUATION . THE EXISTING EAST CYPRESS ROAD WILL BECOME FRONTAGE ROAD, WHICH WILL BE A MUCH LIGHTER VOLUME ROADWAY. AND THEN YOUR SECOND QUESTION WAS REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION WORK. WE ARE ALLOWING CONSTRUCTION TO CONTINUE ON SATURDAYS, BUT SO FAR, NO ONE HAS WANTED TO WORK SUNDAYS. >> COUNCILMEMBER MEADOWS. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. IT IS A COMPLICATED PROJECT AND YOU HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB , SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR SHAW. >> I AGREE. I KNOW THAT THEY DON'T WANT THE CONSTRUCTION BUT THEY WANT THE SAFETY MORE THAN THEY DON'T WANT THE CONSTRUCTION. SO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION HAVE USUALLY BEEN ABLE TO BE CALMED WITH JUST LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT THIS IS GOING TO TURN OUT TO BE WHEN IT IS ALL SAID AND DONE. LIKE THE CITY MANAGER SAID, THE PATIENT IS SOMETHING WE NEED. YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> I CAN SEE WHY THIS PROJECT HAS NOT BEEN UNDERTAKEN BEFORE, SO I AM REALLY, REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THIS HERE. I REALLY LOVE ALL THE DETAIL. NOT AS MUCH IS YOU, CLEARLY, BECAUSE YOU ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT. GOOD FOR YOU. IT IS YOUR MOMENT TO SHINE AND I LOVE IT FOR YOU. IT IS AWESOME. THAT WAS A TON OF COORDINATION. I THINK OVERALL, THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN REALLY POSITIVE. THE ONE THING THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE FORGET THAT THEY CAN'T FLY OVER. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME. I DO APPRECIATE THIS PRESENTATION. I DO WONDER IF THERE IS ANY OF , I THINK PEOPLE WOULD HAVE A LITTLE MORE GRACE IF THEY SAW THOSE DIAGRAMS AND STUFF. I KNOW THEY CAN COME BACK AND WATCH THE MEETING BUT I WONDER IF THERE IS SOMETHING WHERE WE COULD PUT THAT UTILITY THING. THAT IT WAS SUPER COMPLEX. I THINK MAYBE JUST THE OVERALL VISION OF IT, I THINK PEOPLE WOULD HAVE A LITTLE MORE GRACE IF THEY COULD SEE ALL OF THAT STUFF POTENTIALLY. SO THAT IS JUST MY SUGGESTION. I KNOW HOW MUCH WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT READ IT IS AMAZING. >> WE HAVE BEEN SHARING PHOTOS FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ON A WEEKLY BASIS. SOME OF THIS STUFF THAT WE ARE DOING IS IMPROVEMENTS WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. SO IT IS AN EXCITING TIME . I AM SHARING THOSE PHOTOS AS THEY COME WEEKLY AND I BELIEVE THAT IS SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY. >> GREAT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> NO OTHER QUESTIONS, IT LOOKS LIKE. I AGREE WITH YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. PRETTY COOL. >> DON'T BE TAKING HER GLORY. >> ALL RIGHT. AWESOME. OKAY. SO I THINK THAT WRAPPED UP OUR CITY MANAGER REPORTS. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 7.2, OAKLEY CITY COUNCIL ACTING AS THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE OAKLEY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. ITEM A, REPORTS FROM COUNCIL LIAISONS TO REGIONAL COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND BOARDS AND OAKLEY CITY COUNCIL. COUNCIL ACTING AS A SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE OAKLEY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. COUNCILMEMBER ADAMS, YOUR FIRST. >> THIS LAST WEEKEND, I ATTENDED THE FESTIVAL. STAFF DID A GOOD JOB PUTTING IT ON. THE EVENT LOOKED LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THAT SOUND SYSTEM IS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT . THE REPORT ON FRIDAY. PROBABLY WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK I HEARD ALL OF THIS MUSIC AT THE PARK AND I WAS WONDERING WHAT WAS GOING ON. SO THANK YOU. LAST WEEK I ATTENDED A CCT EIGHT MEETING AND AN McA MEETING. THE McA MEETING, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] AND WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO UTILIZE THAT. SO THANK YOU. >> VICE MAYOR SHAW. >> THE 11th WE WENT TO THE SAFEWAY GROUNDBREAKING, WHICH WAS SUCH AN AMAZING THING TO BE A PART OF. SO EXCITED TO BE ON THE COUNCIL. I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON LONG BEFORE I GOT HERE, BUT I'M EXCITED TO BE A PART OF IT. ON THE 16th, HAD AN ORIENTATION AND I AM SERVING AS AN ALTERNATE ON THAT COMMISSION. ON 9/17 WE HAD THE STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE MEETING AND THE MAJOR DISCUSSION ON THAT WAS JUST TALKS ON DOING FUNDRAISING. THE NEXT DAY ON THE 18th, THE SENIOR COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE WE DISCUSSED PROGRAMMING AND WERE TALKING ABOUT DOING THE NEXT MEETING AT THE CURRENT SENIOR BUILDING TO SEE WHAT THEIR FACILITY OFFERS AND SEE WHAT THEIR FUTURE NEEDS WOULD BE AS FAR AS THE BELONGINGS THAT THEY HAVE. AND THEN ON THE 20th I WENT TO THE FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING GAME AND GOT A SEAT RIGHT ON THE SIDELINES, WHICH WAS PRETTY EXCITING. THE HEART OF OAKLEY FESTIVAL, WHICH WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. THE STAFF DID A PHENOMENAL JOB. I WAS ABLE TO BE UP STAGE AND RECEIVE A PROCLAMATION FROM THE SUPERVISOR. I RAN FROM THAT TO THE RIBBON-CUTTING FOR THE JUICE BAR, WHICH IS AN AMAZING, HEALTHY ADDITION TO OUR DOWNTOWN AREA. I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE FESTIVAL. IT WAS PROBABLY THE BEST ATTENDED I HAVE SEEN AND I HEARD AMAZING THINGS ABOUT IT. I WAS THERE MOST OF THE DAY BUT EVEN AFTER HE LEFT, PEOPLE WERE MESSAGING ME BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE THERE. WE TRIED DELTA TRANSIT TOMORROW AND THAT IS THE REPORT. >> COUNCILMEMBER FULLER. >> YES, I ATTENDED THE GROUNDBREAKING ON REGENCY CENTER WITH SAFEWAY. I GUESS THAT WAS THE 21st. IT WAS A NICE EVENT. AND THE SECOND ONE WAS THE HEART OF OAKLEY FESTIVAL . I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW FROM MR. ROHANI. WE MUST ALSO ALLOW FOR DISABLED PARKING WITH EV. THAT WAS A NEW CONVERSATION I WASN'T AWARE OF. I DID PARK IN ONE OF THEM. BUT PERSONALLY I WILL TALK TO MR. ROHANI BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WHEELCHAIRS ARE GOING TO GET IN BETWEEN THAT SPACE. IN CASE THAT ISSUE COMES ACROSS. IF THEY PARKHEAD ON, THE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO GET ATTACHED TO THE FRONT. SO I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT. AND THEN ALSO THE CREW CHIEF WAS OUT THERE DOING GREAT. I REALLY LIKED THE IDEA, I WAS THERE TWICE, THE WATER . THE WATER SPRINKLED RIGHT THERE. AT THE END OF IT, THEY HAD THE WATER AND THEY WERE VERY MUCH IN USE . OTHER THAN THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT, A LOT OF TALK. COUNCILMEMBER HENDERSON. >> SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, I ALSO ATTENDED THE SAFEWAY GROUNDBREAKING AND SANITATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING. THE SENIOR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING AND, AGAIN, JUST ENJOYED MY COUNCILMEMBERS BEING AT THE FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY. IT WAS EXCELLENT. FOR ALL OF THE DISCUSSIONS IN PARKING LOTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AROUND THAT. PEOPLE JUST SEEM TO BE ENJOYING . AGAIN, KUDOS TO STAFF AND ALL THE HARD WORK THIS HAS TAKEN. >> OKAY. SO I ATTENDED THE SAFEWAY GROUNDBREAKING. VERY EXCITING TO SEE THAT WORK HAPPENING. I SHOULDN'T LET VICE MAYOR SHAW GO BEFORE ME. I SHOULD JUMP BEFORE HER BECAUSE SHE TAKES ALL MY GLORY. I AM NOT THE ALTERNATE. I AM THE PERSON. THE LIBRARY STAKEHOLDERS MEETING. THE APPOINTEE . THAT IS WHAT IT IS CALLED. THE LIBRARY STAKEHOLDERS MEETING. I JUST WANTED TO THROW OUT A COUPLE OF DATES. THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ARE HAVING A BOOK SALE, OCTOBER 5th, 5:00 TO 9:00 P.M. AND OCTOBER 4th 9:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. THEY ARE HOSTING A TOURNAMENT TO BENEFIT THE LIBRARY. THAT IS OCTOBER 11th. GET YOUR TICKETS, THEY ARE GOING QUICK. ALSO DID THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. SEVERAL SPEAKERS TALKED ABOUT STUDENT AND TEACHER SAFETY AND WHAT THEY FEEL IS A LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WAS FROM PARENTS AND FROM TEACHERS. THERE WAS ALSO DESIRE EXPRESSED TO GET THE SRO IN PLACE FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. THEY DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT IS ACTIVELY BEING WORKED ON AND THEY APPRECIATE THE HELP THAT HAS BEEN COMING THEIR WAY. ALSO, SUPERINTENDENT PALMQUIST AND OTHER STAFF AND A COUPLE OF OTHER NAACP MEMBERS HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH LORI WILSON ON AN ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION FOR SCHOOL. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR OVER TWO YEARS SINCE THERE WERE SOME ISSUES AND THEY WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS DONE. AND THERE ARE CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING ABOUT THAT. ALSO, ATTENDED THE HEART OF OAKLEY FESTIVAL. IT WAS PROBABLY, I THINK, THE BEST ONE WE HAVE DONE. NOT JUST HEART OF OAKLEY BUT BEST FESTIVAL. I HEARD A LOT OF POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT AXE THROWING, GRAPE STOMPING, PEOPLE REALLY THOUGHT THAT WAS COOL. I DID NOT. IT WAS GROSS. BUT IT WAS REALLY FUN AND ALSO WAS UP THERE TO RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION OR RESOLUTION FROM SUPERVISOR BURGESS. I HEARD NOTHING BUT GREAT FEEDBACK. I, TOO, GOT A LOT OF MESSAGES. I WAS VERY BUSY WORKING THE BOOTH FOR MY NONPROFIT. I GOT LOTS OF GREAT FEEDBACK IN THERE. EVERYBODY COMING IN WAS GREAT. ALSO GOT A CHANCE TO TALK TO THE BUSINESSES ACROSS THE STREET AND THEY WERE ALSO HAPPY WITH THE FESTIVAL AND WHAT IT BROUGHT TO THEM. SO THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO CALL ATTENTION TO BECAUSE WE HAVE NEIGHBORS ON EITHER SIDE OF US WHO, WHENEVER THE STREETS GET SHUT DOWN, THE BUSINESSES ARE NOT HAPPY, SO IT IS GREAT THAT THEY SEE THE VALUE IN IT AND THAT WE ARE ADDING SOMETHING. I APPRECIATE THE WORK THE STAFF DID. IT WAS TOP-TIER. AND I THINK I AM DONE. I THINK I'M DONE NOW. YES. >> YES. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, I DO DRIVE BY THERE QUITE FREQUENTLY DURING THE WEEK. IN FACT, QUITE FREQUENTLY DURING THE DAY. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, FROM SOME CRANKY OLD DUDE, THAT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK GOING ON THERE. I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. THEY DID GRIND OUT THE SKATEBOARD, I BELIEVE. VERY EFFICIENT. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM 7.2 B , REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO REQUESTS . WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT. WORK SESSIONS. THERE ARE NO WORK SESSIONS. ITEM NINE, CLOSED SESSIONS. THERE ARE NO CLOSED SESSIONS. SO THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.