Community Advisory Commission

>> IT IS NOW 7:00 PM. I WILL CALL THE OCTOBER 2nd MEETING TO ORDER. CAN WE ALL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE? >> ME WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >> YES. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? >> WE DO NOT. WE HAVE A FEW EVENTS, BUT MADAM CHAIR, I WILL ALLOW YOU TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE AND FILL IN THE BLANKS AT THE END. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. LET'S START WITH TRAFFIC/EYES ON THE STREET. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY REPORTS? >> I DO HAVE ONE. IN THE 500 BLOCK OF SCHOOL STREET FOR OVER A YEAR NOW THERE HAS BEEN A BURNT DOWN HOUSE WITH SOME DISABLED CARS. MY NEIGHBORS KEEP ASKING WHAT IS TAKING SO LONG. I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW COMPLAINTS. DEFINITELY SINCE LAST SUMMER, POSSIBLY LONGER, THAT IT HAS BEEN THERE. >> I CAN ADJUST THAT VERY QUICKLY. PERHAPS IT IS A GOOD THING TO MENTION. WE'VE RECENTLY REORGANIZED HOW WE DO TO ENFORCEMENT. WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN ADDITION TO ONE CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR. WE USED TO HAVE BEADS, BUT CURRENTLY WHAT WE ARE DOING IS ASSIGNING ONE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO IS HANDLING ALL OF THE DAY-TO-DAY ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY WHILE ANOTHER CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER HAS BEEN TASKED WITH ADDRESSING SPECIFIC LONG-STANDING BLIGHT ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THIS HOUSE COMMISSIONER SHEPHARD REFERRED TO IS DEFINITELY ON THAT LIST. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THEM AND SITING THEM IN WORKING TO CLEAN THAT UP. MORE TO COME IN THE FUTURE. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON EYES ON THE STREET? OKAY. BEING NON-I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO ADDRESS. HOW ARE WE ENFORCING POP-UP FOOD TRUCKS THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY? I CAN SAY ONE ON HARBOR AND LEVERAGE RIGHT THERE WHERE THE AUTO PARTS STORE IS. EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT IT POPS UP, TACO TRUCK, WHATEVER. IT IS LIKE A PARTY IN THE PARKING LOT. IT IS NOT A FOOD TRUCK. I AM WONDERING HOW THAT IS HAPPENING. THAT IS NOT THE ONLY ONE. I AM SEEING THEM POP UP ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY. LIKE A FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHT FREE-FOR-ALL FOR, HEY, POP UP AND SELL WHATEVER YOU ARE SELLING. I WANT TO FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW ARE WE ENFORCING THOSE INCIDENTS. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PHONE CALL IN OR IS IT POLICE WRITING BY OR CODE ENFORCEMENT WRITING BY? HOW DO WE ENFORCE THOSE INCIDENTS? >> VERY GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WE ARE AWARE OF THOSE SITUATIONS AND WE ARE WORKING ON WAYS TO CURB SOME OF THOSE ILLEGAL OPERATIONS. WE ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FOLKS THAT DO NOT HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERMITS. THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND THE COUNTY TO ADDRESS. IT IS DIFFICULT DUE TO THE TIMES THEY POP UP GETTING OUT THERE, BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH. A LOT OF THAT IS FINDING THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO USUALLY AREN'T AWARE OF THESE THINGS ARE TAKING PLACE AFTER HOURS AND INFORMING THEM AND LETTING THEM KNOW THEY ARE POTENTIALLY LIABLE FOR ANY ISSUES THAT MIGHT TAKE PLACE. WE HAVE RECENTLY WORKED WITH ONE FOOD TRUCK WHO WAS OPERATING WITH ALL OF THE NECESSARY HEALTH PERMITS, BUSINESS LICENSES AND EVERYTHING, BUT WAS OPERATING NEAR A BLIGHTED STRUCTURE. WE WORK WITH HIM TO COME UP WITH A VERY CREATIVE TEMPORARY SOLUTION AND THEY TYPICALLY --CURRENTLY HAVE A TEMPORARY ACTIVITY PERMIT. WE FOUND A GREAT UNDERUTILIZED PORTION OF A PARKING LOT WHICH IS VISIBLE AND WE WORKED WITH THEM TO CREATE A SITE PLAN TO WHERE THEY CAN HAVE THEIR FOOD TRUCK PARKED PROPERLY. THEY CAN HAVE TABLES WITH UMBRELLAS AND EVEN SOME STRING LIGHTS. WHAT IT DOES IS IT ACTUALLY CREATES A NICE LITTLE FOOD COURT IN AN AREA THAT DOES NOT HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVATION. BY MAKING IT MORE ATTRACTIVE AND MORE INVITING AND ALSO ENSURING THAT IT IS NOT INTERFERING WITH THINGS LIKE TRAFFIC FLOW AND PARKING IS A.D.A. COMPLIANT, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, WE CAN MUCH MORE ASSUREDLY ALLOW THOSE BUSINESSES TO OPERATE. SO THIS IS A TEMPORARY ACTIVITY PERMIT. IT IS NOT A PERMANENT THING, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON CREATIVE WAYS TO HELP FACILITATE FOOD TRUCKS WHICH ARE POPULAR AND WHEN OPERATED CORRECTLY CAN BE A GREAT ATTRACTION IN THE CITY. BUT AS FAR AS THE UNLICENSED ONES, THE FOLKS THAT DO NOT HAVE THEIR PERMITS, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PROPERTY OWNERS TO ENSURE THOSE DO NOT POP UP WITHOUT ATTAINING THE NECESSARY PERMITS AND OPERATING AS THE CITY REQUIRES. OKAY. I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN [ INAUDIBLE ] IS CORE GOING TO COME TO A PRESENTATION FOR US? >> YES. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND AN EXACT DATE THAT WORKS, BUT WE WILL HAVE THE CORE COME BEFORE THE CAC AND PRESENT. >> OKAY. BECAUSE I AM SEEING MORE MOBILE HOME, TRAILERS , EMPTY CARS, BROKEN DOWN CARS PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN. NOT NECESSARILY ON THE STREET, BUT IN PARKING LOTS. THERE IS ONE ON THIRD STREET RIGHT NOW IN FRONT OF THE GATE RIGHT THERE THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR THE LAST FOUR DAYS. THERE IS A BROKEN OUT INFINITY CAR THAT HAS BEEN ON THIRD STREET FOR A FEW DAYS THAT LOOKS LIKE PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN. THE BACK WINDOW IS BROKEN NOW AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WITH CALLED POLICE AND DID TRESPASSING CHARGES OR WHATEVER BECAUSE WE'VE HAD UNHOUSED POPULATION COME IN AND TAKE BATHS IN OUR HOT TUB. WE ARE SAYING MORE OF THEM WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR DEVELOPMENT. I AM WONDERING HOW DOES CORE ROTATE AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND HOW ARE THEY CONNECTING WITH THE UNHOUSED WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY ON THE STREET, BUT IN VEHICLES, MOBILE HOMES, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. >> WHAT CAN CORE ACTUALLY DO? THEY ARE ABOUT OUTREACH. WHAT CAN THEY DO? THEY DON'T FACILITATE. THEY DON'T DO ANY OF THAT. >> FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WE HAVE A NEW LAW THAT WAS JUST BROUGHT DOWN BY THE SUPREME COURT THAT PEOPLE CAN'T BE UNHOUSED ON PUBLIC STREETS, SO TO SPEAK. I ALSO WANT TO FIND OUT HOW THAT IS WORKING AND WHAT KIND OF PLANS AND OPERATIONS DO WE HAVE. WE HAVE MOTEL 6. I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS BEING USED FOR TRAM ONES UNHOUSED -- PITTSBURG UNHOUSED POPULATION, NOT ANY IN THE COUNTY. WE HAVE OUR OWN UNHOUSED THAT NEED SPACE TO BE. I AM LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION FOR RESOURCES THAT MAY BE CAN GO TO THESE FAMILIES. I KNOW THEY DO HAVE CHURCH PARKING LOTS YOU CAN LEGALLY PARK IN AND GET A MEAL, A SHOWER AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. SOMETIMES WHAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THEY JUST DON'T KNOW. I JUST WANT TO FIND OUT HOW CORE ROTATES THROUGH OUR CITY AND CONNECTS WITH THE UNHOUSED POPULATION THAT ARE IN OUR AREAS. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR I WOULD ADD, FIRST OF ALL, WE WILL HAVE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT -- BECAUSE THIS IS ON A CITY STREET --TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE SITES AND ENSURE IF THEY ARE THERE PARKED ILLEGALLY FOR LONGER THAN 72 HOURS THAT THEY ARE MOVED. USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS WE DO HAVE A HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM WHICH INCLUDES OFFICER ALICIA POWELL WHO DOES A FANTASTIC JOB WITH REACHING OUT TO THE HOMELESS AND PROVIDED THEM WITH RESOURCES. OFTEN TIMES CORE AND OFFICER POWELL TEAM UP TO VISIT SOME OF THESE FOLKS. OFFICER POLLOCK AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES, IF THEY ARE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, TRESPASSING, SHE CAN INFORM THEM. ALSO CORE IS THERE TO ASSIST THEM AND PROVIDE THEM WITH RESOURCES, POINT THEM TO SERVICES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. WE WILL DEFINITELY WORK ON HAVING CORE HERE BEFORE THE CAC TO PRESENT ON WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING IN PITTSBURG. >> THANK YOU. >> DO WE HAVE SHOWERS AT THE MARINA THEY COULD POSSIBLY USE? >> THERE ARE NO SHOWERS FACILITY. BUT --DOES HAVE A SHOWER OUTREACH THEY DO TWICE DASHES AT TWICE A WEEK? TWICE A WEEK. THEY ARE ALSO IN DIFFERENT AREAS. THEY ROTATE AROUND. THERE ARE SHOWER FACILITIES. YOU CAN GO GET A SHOWER, GETTING NEIL, GET CLOTHING ITEMS. IT IS LIKE A ONE-STOP SHOP. HAIRCUTS, YOU NAME IT. IT IS ALL THERE. >> TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MADAME CHAIR WAS TALKING ABOUT, YES, IT IS TWICE A WEEK, EVERY SATURDAY WITH A --CHURCH. MY SON AND I SOMETIMES GO VOLUNTEER. YOU CAN GO DOWN AND GET A SET OF CLOTHES, FOOD. I BELIEVE IT IS FROM EITHER 8:00 OR 9:00 TO NOON. ANYONE CAN COME DOWN IN THAT TIMEFRAME. FOR THE LADIES THEY ALSO HAVE HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THEY CAN HAVE THEY ALSO GIVE OUT. THANK YOU . >> OKAY. SINCE THERE IS NOTHING ELSE ON EYES ON THE STREET -- >> ONE QUIZ QUESTION, EVERYONE IS ASKING WHAT ARE THEY BUILDING AT THE CORNER OF CALIFORNIA AND HARBOR A LITTLE BIT DOWN FROM PEOPLE'S MARKET? >> THEY ARE NOT BUILDING ANYTHING ON THAT EXACT PARCEL. THEY ARE CURRENTLY USING THAT AS A STAGING --LET ME BACK UP. THERE IS NO BUILDING OR BUSINESS BEING CONSTRUCTED THERE. THEY ARE CURRENTLY USING IT FOR STAGING FOR THE WORK BEING DONE ON REAL WARD AVENUE FOR THE CLASS FOR -- FOUR BICYCLE FACILITY FOR --TRAIL TO STATE ROUTE 4. ONCE THAT DOOR IS MOVED AND RELOCATED TO FILL IN SOME OF THE AREAS ALONG THE TRAIL THAT WILL BE USED FOR A STORM WATER BASIN WHICH WILL MEAN IT WILL BE NICELY LANDSCAPED AND MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST. >> YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A BASIN. WHAT KIND OF BASIN? >> A STORM WATER BASIN. >> OKAY. >> NOT TALKING DEEP. JUST SOMETHING BELOW GROUND LEVEL THAT CAN CATCH RAINWATER AND ALLOW IT TO FILTER NATURALLY AND PENETRATE THE GROUND AND REPLENISH THE GROUNDWATER NATURALLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> ALREADY --ALL RIGHT. PARKS AND REC? DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING FOR PARKS AND REC? NEXT WEEK IS FALL BREAK IN THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE -- THIS YEAR IS THE SECOND YEAR PITTSBURG UNIFIED ON FALL BREAK. THE MARINA CENTER WILL BE HOSTING --THEY HAVE A BRIDGE BUILDERS COURSE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THEY ALSO HAVE AFTERSCHOOL FULL-DAY PROGRAMS FOR KIDS WITH DIFFERENT RECREATIONAL THINGS. SO IF YOU HAVE A KID IN HIGH SCHOOL AND/OR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOOKING FOR A PLACE DURING FALL BREAK THEY WILL HAVE SOMETHING AT THE MARINA CENTER. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE SOME AT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SCHOOL SITES. BECAUSE IT IS PARK AND REC AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT REC IF YOU SIGNED UP YOUR CHILD NOW THEY WILL BE ABLE TO BE SIGNED UP FOR THANKSGIVING BREAK, CHRISTMAS BREAK, SPRING BREAK. THEY WILL HAVE THE FULL YEAR OF BREAKS WILL BE SUPPORTING AT THE SITE. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ARE DOING IS LIKE A LEGO BUILD FOR STUDENTS WHICH I BELIEVE COST 50 BUCKS. BRIDGE BUILDERS IS A COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS COURSE FOR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS. THEY WILL BE DOING COLLEGE APPLICATIONS ARE ABOUT TO DO SO THEY WILL BE REVIEWING COLLEGE APPLICATIONS. HOW TO DO A PERSONAL STATEMENT. HOW TO LOOK FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. HOW TO DO LEADERSHIP. IT IS FROM ON THE CLOCK TO 3:00. BASICALLY A FULL SCHOOL DAY FOR STUDENTS TO BE ACTIVE DOING SOMETHING POSITIVE. THAT IS A FREE PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. IT IS A VERY GREAT PROGRAM. WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON IN PARKS? MADAME CHAIR, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO RUN THROUGH A LIST OF EVENTS NOW? JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THEM? >> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THIS SATURDAY . >> THIS SATURDAY WILL BE BUSY. OCTOBER 5th BEGINNING AT 8:00 A.M. IS A SEVENTH ANNUAL FISHING DERBY DOWN AT THE PITTSBURG MARINA. EVERYONE IS INVITED. I BELIEVE THIS YEAR --NO STURGEON, I SHOULD SAY . NO STURGEON ALLOWED AT THIS YEAR'S FISHING DERBY. BUT YOUTH ARE ALSO INVITED AND KIDS CAN WIN A LIFETIME FISHING LICENSE. ENCOURAGE A LOT OF FOLKS TO GO OUT TO THAT. FESTA ITALIANA IS ALSO SATURDAY. AT 5:00 P.M. IS ADULT SKATE NIGHT AT MARINA. OUR FRIENDS AT -- ARE CELEBRATING THEIR HOMECOMING, AS WELL AS THEIR 50th ANNIVERSARY. WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO ATTEND THAT FOOTBALL GAME. IT WILL BE A LOT OF FUN OVER AT LMC ON EAST LELAND THIS SATURDAY, AS WELL. A COUPLE OTHER QUICK THINGS. NEXT WEDNESDAY AT 1:00 P.M. IS THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CONSORTIUM FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. AND THE FUNDING MEETING. SO ANY NONPROFITS INTERESTED IN POTENTIALLY APPLYING FOR FUNDING WITH THE CITY AND CDBG SHOULD ATTEND THAT. WE ALSO HAVE YOUTH BASKETBALL OPEN GEMS AT 3:00 P.M. TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. VOLLEYBALL OPEN GYM ON MONDAY IS ALSO AT 3:00 P.M. A LOT GOING ON OVER 340 MARINO. --MARINA. [ INAUDIBLE ] A COUPLE LAST PHONE IN OCTOBER ONLY EVENTS ON OCTOBER 19th AT 9:00 A.M. IS THE FALL TREEPLANTING EVENT. THAT IS GOING TO BE LOCATED AT LARRY LASSITER PARK . LASTLY, FOR THOSE THAT LIKE HALLOWEEN AND LIKE TO BE SPOOKED, AT 7:00 P.M. ON OCTOBER 19th IS THE HAUNTED HOUSE AT 340 MARINA. THAT WAS A HUGE HIT LAST YEAR. LINE OUT THE DOOR DOWN THE BLOCK, PEOPLE GOING THROUGH MULTIPLE TIMES. IT WAS A REAL HIT AND THEY ARE DOING IT AGAIN THIS YEAR. IT WILL BE EVEN BIGGER AND BETTER. FOR THE CHILDREN AT 12:00 P.M. ON OCTOBER 26, A SATURDAY, IS THE HOLLOWING --HALLOWEEN --AT -- PARK. A LOT GOING ON. OCTOBER IS A VERY BUSY MONTH. ANNUAL TRUNK ARCHERY ON OCTOBER 31st AT JOHN BUCKLEY SQUARE . TRUNK OR TREAT. THEY ARE LOOKING AT GROUPS WHO WANT TO PROVIDE -- DO A TRUNK TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT AND KEEP THE KIDS BUSY FOR THAT ON OCTOBER 31st. I BELIEVE IT IS 5:00 TO 8:00. MADAM CHAIR, COUPLE OF THINGS. I'VE GOTTEN THIS QUESTIONS A COUPLE TIMES. NOT FROM ANYONE ON THE CAC, BUT SINCE IT INVOLVES A CACM PARKS AND THINGS GOING ON , I WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THE CONSTRUCTION TAKING PLACE ON JOHN HENRY JOHNSON PARK IS A DREAM COURTS PROJECT. THEY ARE GETTING READY TO POUR THE FOUNDATION FOR THE 45,000 SQUARE FOOT INDOOR SPORTS FACILITY. THAT IS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE. HOPEFULLY TO SEE THE ONLINE IN THE NEXT SUMMER. LASTLY EVERYONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THE MURALS POPPING UP AROUND DOWNTOWN AND WE WILL BE HAVE SOME NUMERALS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, AS WELL. DEFINITELY CHECK THOSE OUT. THEY ARE REALLY COOL. ESPECIALLY THE ONE OVER BY MECHANICS BANK. REALLY TURNING OUT WELL. >> ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY PARKS AND RECREATION OR PUBLIC EVENTS? OKAY. COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANTS. WE JUST HEARD THAT THEY WILL BE HAVING -- WHEN IS THIS? WEDNESDAY, -- NEXT WEDNESDAY THEY ARE HOLDING A MEETING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY ARE DOING GRANTS NEXT WEDNESDAY 1:00 P.M... IS THAT HERE AT CITY HALL? >> IT IS ACTUALLY VIA ZOOM. ALL OF THE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ONLINE IF YOU GO TO THE CITY EVENT CALENDAR. >> OKAY. HEALTHCARE DISTRICT. HEALTHCARE. THE LMC IS PUTTING OUT AN RFP TO FIND SOMEONE TO FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD DO YOU THE GRASS FOR THEM. ANYONE WHO RECEIVED A GRANT LAST YEAR WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE IN LINE TO GET A GRANT OF THIS YEAR FOR THE SAME DOLLAR AMOUNT. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW. MEASURE M. I --WE JUST HAD INTERVIEWS. I'M NOT SURE HOW EVERYONE FARED. WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING YET. WE WILL BE HEARING SOON FROM JUNE 22. PUBLIC SAFETY. THE MEETING WAS CANCELED TODAY. THERE IS NOTHING THERE. PITTSBURG RECOGNITION COMMITTEE. HAS ANYTHING GOING ON THERE? NO? YOUTH ADVISORY, HAVE YOU MET? >> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> THERE WAS A MEETING LAST WEEK. I MISSED IT. I DON'T KNOW WHEN IS THE NEXT MEETING. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> I WILL PULL THAT UP. WHILE I AM BUYING MYSELF SOME TIME LOOKING FOR THAT DATE --I AM NOT SEEING IT ON THE CALENDAR, BUT I WILL CONFIRM EXACTLY WHEN THAT MEETING IS. AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, I DO WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT THE THREE MEMBERS OF THE CAC THAT APPLIED AND INTERVIEWED FOR THE MEASURE M SUBCOMMITTEE WERE APPOINTED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. >> THANK YOU. I KNOW YOU GUYS WERE HOPING THEY SAY NOPE, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. >> I KNOW THE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING WAS CANCELED THIS WEEK, BUT THE LAST MEETING, I BELIEVE OUR MEETING WAS CANCELED IN SEPTEMBER. SO THE MEETING PRIOR TO THAT WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING. I WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THAT. WE HAD UPDATE --CHP DISCUSS THE CANNABIS TAX FUND GRANTS. WENT OVER THE CRIME UPDATE. WENT OVER THE COMMUNITY ADVANCED, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THE TRUNK OR TREAT OCTOBER 31st. AT THE TIME IT WAS TBA. I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY HAVE A DATE FOR THE PUMPKINS WITH THE POLICE YET. AT THE TIME THE DATE WASN'T CONFIRMED AT THE MEETING. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A DATE FOR THAT, BUT IT IS PUMPKINS WITH THE POLICE. THERE WAS ALSO A PROGRAM THEY WERE MENTIONING THE OFFICERS WERE MENTIONING TALKING ABOUT COMING ABOUT WAS TO GET A GROUP OF YOUNG MEN TO MENTOR. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION IT SOUNDED REALLY GOOD. GET A GROUP OF YOUNG MEN WHERE THEY WOULD MENTOR AND THE BASICS. TEACH HIM ABOUT FINANCES. IF THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO TIE A TIE. TEACH THEM ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS OUR YOUNG MEN MAY NEED THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR. >> YOUNG MEN'S ENRICHMENT PROGRAM. >> YES. >> ONE OF THE THINGS IS LIKE ATTIC AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS, HOW TO APPLY FOR ONLINE JOBS, HOW TO HANDLE POLICE INTERACTIONS, BANKING, BUDGETING, FINANCIAL LITERACY. THAT IS WHAT THAT IS. >> OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT. THANK YOU. >> ANOTHER THING THEY MENTIONED AT THE SUBCOMMITTEE WAS A PROGRAM CALLED FAITH BLUE. WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT. >> I WILL MAKE SURE TO PASS THAT INFORMATION ALONG TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. I JUST RECEIVED A TEXT THAT THE PUMPKINS WITH THE POLICE WILL BE ON OCTOBER 16th . I AM WAITING TO SEE IF I GET A TEXT ON THE EXACT TIME AND LOCATION, BUT IF YOU ARE WATCHING THIS OR HEAR ABOUT THIS AND YOU WANT TO KNOW VISIT OUR EVENTS CALENDAR OR REACH OUT TO SOMEBODY --I JUST GOT THE FLYER HERE. IT WILL BE OCTOBER 16th FROM 1:00 TO 6:00 P.M. AT 4650 DELTA FAIR BOULEVARD. >> IS THERE COFFEE WITH A COP COMING UP? >> IT WAS ACTUALLY THIS MORNING. >> OKAY. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> PROBABLY AT THE PUMPKIN PATCH. >> OKAY. >> DID YOU ATTEND COFFEE WITH A COP THIS MORNING? >> I DID NOT. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> ARE THERE ANY AUDIENCE FOR MARKS? >> I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS, MADAM CHAIR. PRESENTATIONS. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION TONIGHT FROM THE MONUMENT CRISIS CENTER. WE ARE JOINED BY CHRIS --AND THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T GET YOUR NAME. SANDRA SHARE. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THEM UP TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT CRISIS MONUMENT DOES. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR. FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. PITTSBURG STAFF. MR. JORDAN DAVIS. MY NAME IS CHRIS --. I AM THE EAST COUNTY RESEARCH COORDINATOR FOR THE MONUMENT CRISIS CENTER. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REINTRODUCE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MISS SANDRA SHARE. THE MONUMENT CRISIS CENTER IS A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY-BASED RESOURCE CENTER LOCATED IN CONCORD SERVING RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT ALL OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY. OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE FOOD, EDUCATION, ASSISTANCE, AND REFERRALS TO FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS SITUATIONS. WE'VE SERVED PITTSBURG FAMILIES FOR MANY YEARS. FROM 2014 TO 2020 . WE PROVIDED FOOD FOR JUST UNDER 500 UNDUPLICATED HOUSEHOLDS TOTALING OVER 7000 VISITS TO OUR CONCORD FACILITY. AT THE TIME WITH THE INFO MONUMENT CRISIS CENTER STARTED TO LOOK INTO SERVING PITTSBURG MORE DIRECTLY. UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE PANDEMIC IT PUT FURTHER PROGRESS TO A HALT. FAST FORWARD TO JANUARY , 2023 WE STARTED A PILOT PROGRAM WHERE WE BRING GROCERY BAGS TO A POP-UP DISTRIBUTION SITE TWICE A MONTH. THAT SITE IS LOCATED AT THE PRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH. ON EAST LELAND. IT'S THE PARKING LOT. AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROGRAM WE DISTRIBUTED AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 50 GROCERY BAGS PER VISIT. THAT WAS IN THE BEGINNING. WITH THE INCREASED AWARENESS AND HAVING OUR KEY STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT AT THE DISTRIBUTION, A KEY MEMBER SUCH AS OUR PROGRAM MANAGERS, RESOURCE COORDINATORS, INTAKE COORDINATOR, AND OUR PANTRY SUPERVISOR, WE ARE NOW SERVING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 180 AND 200 FAMILIES EACH VISIT. REMEMBER, THAT IS TWICE A MONTH. WE'VE ALSO WERE ABLE TO INVITE OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO SHARE THE SPACE WITH US TO PROVIDE THEIR SERVICES AT THE SITE. PARTNERS SUCH AS --CANCER FOUNDATION. A HUB FOR CANCER PATIENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEIR CAREGIVERS TO ACCESS EQUITABLE RESOURCES. JOY BOUND, FORMALLY ARF, WHO PROVIDE FREE DOG AND CAT FOOD. WE'VE ALSO ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIP WITH THEUNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. WE DELIVERED OVER 500 GROCERY BAGS TO SOME OF THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SUCH AS PARKSIDE AND WILLOW GROVE FOR THEM TO DISTRIBUTE TO THEIR SCHOOL FAMILIES. WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED 300 BACKPACKS FILLED WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO SCHOOLS LIKE PITTSBURG HIGH, MLK , FOOTHILL, AND PARKSIDE. A MATTER FACT, WE WILL BE PROVIDING OVER 100 MORE BACKPACKS TO PITTSBURG HIGH SCHOOL RESOURCE FAIR COMING OCTOBER 26th. IN ADDITION TO TAKING THIS LITTLE PILOT PROGRAM TO A PERMANENT FIXTURE IN THE VICKSBURG COMMUNITY WE ALSO OFFER OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE BACK. WE HAVE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS FOR INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATE, AND SMALL BUSINESSES AT FAITH-BASED GROUPS. WE ALSO HAVE OUR McC BARRELS THAT WE USE FOR FOOD DRIVES, DIAPER DRIVES, TOILETRIES, HYGIENE PRODUCTS, JUST TO NAME A FEW. WITH ALL THAT SAID WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO ALL COME SEE US IN ACTION. WE WILL BE THERE TOMORROW, OCTOBER 3rd, 12:00 P.M. LOCATED AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH PARKING LOT. 200 EAST LELAND. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. WITH THAT WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. WHERE ARE THE BARRELS LOCATED THAT WE MAY DONATE ITEMS AT? BEFORE I LEAVE I WILL HAND A COUPLE INFORMATION PEBBLES FOR JORDAN TO DISTRIBUTE TO YOU ALL. THE BARRELS ARE LOCATED AT OUR --SITE. WE HAVE ONE OF OUR PROGRAM MANAGERS MAKE CONTACT WITH WHOEVER NEEDS HIM, WHOEVER CONTACTS THEM, AND WE DELIVER THE BARRELS. WE PICKED THEM UP ONCE A MONTH? DEPENDING ON WHEN IT'S NEEDED. THE MIX OF I SAY, HEY, I NEED A BARREL OUT ONE OF MY EVENTS YOU CAN DROP A BARREL OFF AND THEN I CAN TELL YOU TO PICK IT UP AT THE END OF THE EVENT? >> END OF THE EVENT OR IF IT'S A WEEK AND THE FOLLOWING MONDAY OR WHATEVER. WE CAN WORK WITH YOU. WE WOULD LOVE THAT. THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE, WHY AREN'T YOU GUYS --SINCE YOU'RE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY E- WHY AREN'T YOU HAPPY LIKE AN OFFICE? I KNOW IT IS A COMMUTE TO COME BACK AND FORTH, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. WHY HAVEN'T WE DONE SOMETHING TO GIVE YOU A SPACE YOU CAN HAVE LIKE A SATELLITE SO PEOPLE CAN DO THE WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY? >> GREAT QUESTION. WE ARE LOOKING TOWARDS THAT. SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW A LITTLE MORE ABOUT US. WE STARTED 21 YEARS AGO IN CONCORD AS AN EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY IN A 10 BY 10 ROOM. WE STARTED SEEING CLIENTS FROM ALL AROUND THE COUNTY AT THAT TIME. IT HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS TO NOW WE HAVE SIX CORE PROGRAMS WORKING ACROSS YOUTH PROGRAMS, SENIOR PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, OUR FOOD AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS AS WELL AS RESOURCE AND REFERRAL WHICH CHRIS AND HIS PARTNERS DO A LOT OF THAT WORK. I WAS DASHING DOES LEAVE GROWN OF THEIRS WE OWN E-SQUARE FOOT SITE PACKED TO THE GILLS WITH THE WHOLE VARIETY OF PROGRAMS. AS WE STARTED LOOKING BEING MORE OF A PRESENCE IN WHEN WE STARTED PARTNERING WITH KEY CONSTITUENTS AND WANTED TO COME IN YOU ALL SO THAT YOU WOULD START TO GET TO KNOW US AND TRUST THE WORK THAT WE DO. WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY OF CONCORDE, CONCORD PD. I WILL TELL THEM ABOUT THE PUMPKINS WITH THE POLICE. YOU GUYS DO SO MANY COOL THINGS OUT HERE. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AN OFFICE SPACE AND A WAREHOUSE SPACE. MET LAST THURSDAY WITH SAFELY AND ALBERTSON'S ABOUT THIS VERY VENTURE. HAVING A BRICK-AND-MORTAR LOCATION IN PITTSBURG. BECAUSE WE ARE MOBILE NOW, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO BE LOCAL. WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH YOU. BUT WE WANT TO BE A NEIGHBOR WITH YOU. WE THINK WE CAN DO A LOT TO BE A GOOD PARTNER INONE AND BRING THE KINDS OF PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AT MONUMENT CRISIS CENTER TO PITTSBURG AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY BACK BECAUSE THEN EVERYBODY IS THRIVING. EVERYBODY IS SHARING, GIVING. WHAT WE FIND AT MONUMENT CRISIS CENTERS EVERYONE BRINGS THEIR BEST SELF FORWARD. WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF PROGRAMS IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS, MOBILE CLINICS, TUTORING PROGRAMS, MENTORING FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND. SO HAVING A SIGNIFICANT SPOT TO GET STARTED IN THE FIRST WOULD BE FANTASTIC. WE WOULD LIKE TO ALSO HAVE A WAREHOUSE SPACE BECAUSE OF THE FOOD PROGRAM. IT IS QUITE AN UNDERTAKING OUR TEAM DOES TO JUST BRING EVERYTHING OUT IN THREE VEHICLES. AND OFFLOAD IT. BUT IT IS SO REWARDING BECAUSE WHEN WE GET TO THE COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH THERE IS A LINE OF PEOPLE WAITING FOR US. AND THEY ARE CHEERING THE STAFF FOR COMING OUT. WE WON'T TO BE OF SERVICE. SO WE WOULD LOVE TO PARTNER WITH YOU AND HELP FIND A PLACE TO CALL HOME. EVEN IF IT IS A TEMPORARY HOME. AND THEN WE FIND SOMETHING THAT WOULD WORK MORE LONG-TERM. WHATEVER YOU SUGGEST. THANK YOU. >> I HEARD THERE IS A WAREHOUSE SPACE THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE SOON ON 10th STREET. MORE FLAVOR. IT USED TO BE A BREWING SUPPLY WAREHOUSE. I BELIEVE THEY ARE MOVING TO THE EAST COAST. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT SPACE. YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK INTO THAT. >> COULD YOU REPEAT THE NAME? >> IT IS MORE FLAVOR OFF OF 10th STREET IN THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT. >> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. >> YOU GUYS DID NOT MENTION CONWAY OF HOPE, THE FOOD BANK. OR WHITE PONY. ARE YOU NOT AFFILIATED THERE? BECAUSE I DO FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVERY WEEKEND AS WELL. >> THAT IS GREAT. WE WORK WITH BOTH OF THEM. WE WORKED WITH FOOD BANK SINCE OUR INCEPTION. STARTED WORKING WITH LARRY -- WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT AND CEO FOR 21 YEARS AGO HE WAS A BIG MENTOR TO US. WE PURCHASE THE MAJORITY OF OUR FOOD FROM THE FOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA IN SOLANO. WE SPENT ABOUT $40,000 A MONTH ON FOOD WHICH IS THE BEST PRICE WE CAN GET. WE JUST MET WITH WHITE PONY THE OTHER DAY WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS GROUP ENDEAVOR WITH SAFEWAY. OUR BIGGEST OBSTACLE TO WORKING DIRECTLY WITH WHITE PONY IS BECAUSE WE SEE 300 FAMILIES IN IN MOURNING FOR OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN CONCORD AND ALL OF THE FAMILIES GET THE SAME FOOD. EXCUSE ME. THE SAME FOOD ON A CARD THAT HAS ALL OF THE BAGS OF FOOD ALL EXACTLY THE SAME SO THAT EVERYBODY IS RECEIVING AN EQUITABLE SHARE OF FOOD. WITH WHITE PONY IT IS A LOT OF ONE-OFF SWITCHES REALLY GOOD FOR SMALLER PANTRIES, BUT WHEN YOU ARE DOING THE VOLUME THAT WE ARE DOING WE TRIED DOING IT BEFORE, BUT WE MIGHT HAVE SIX DOZEN CASES OF EGGS AND NOT HAVE ENOUGH FOR EVERYBODY IN THE LINE. YOU WANT TO MAKE IT AS EQUITABLE AND IS FAIR AND PEOPLE ARE ALREADY FEELING A LOT OF TIMES LESS THAN YOU NEED TO WORK EXTRA HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WE ARE LOOKING OUT FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THAT IS COMING TO BE SERVED BY US. BUT WE ARE CLOSE PARTNERS AND WE SHARE A LOT OF INFORMATION BACK AND FORTH. I REGULARLY TALK TO -- THERE EVER SINCE THEY STARTED. AND WE WORK WITH PROBABLY MORE THAN 100 DIFFERENT PARTNERS ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE HAVE AN ANNUAL RESOURCE FAIR EVERY SPRING. BUT WE ALSO HAVE A TON OF PARTNERS RIGHT IN OUR FACILITY EVERY DAY. SO IN ADDITION TO THE ONES CHRIS WAS MENTIONING WE HAVE LEGAL AID, STAND TOGETHER CONTRA COSTA OUT OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS MOBILE CLINIC. --SINUS, CATHOLIC CHARITIES DOING IMMIGRATION WORK. WE HOST IMMIGRATION AND --CLINICS ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH STAND TOGETHER AND IMMIGRANTS ALLIANCE. THERE ARE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY. IF WE CAN BRING THEM TO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE AND BRING THEM TOGETHER THAT IS THE MAGIC OF McC. WE RUN OUR OWN PROGRAMS I MENTIONED, BUT WE ALSO PARTNER SO MUCH BECAUSE THERE IS NO POINT IN REINVENTING THE WHEEL. WE HAVE EXPERTS WHO ARE ATTORNEYS, EXPERTS AND IMMIGRATION WORK, HEALTH. WE ALSO HAVE DOCTORS WHO COME ON-SITE TO THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM --HAS. WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR SEVEN YEARS. WE HAVE --NURSING STUDENTS WILL BE TOMORROW HERE WITH US. WHAT WE ENVISION WE CAN MOVE TO PITTSBURG IS PARTNERING WITH ALL OF THE FOLKS WE PARTNER WITH IN CONCORD, BUT BEING ABLE TO DO IT HOPEFULLY SUCCESSFULLY HERE IN PITTSBURG AS WELL. WE WORK WITH MEALS AND ON WHEELS AND OTHER GROUPS LIKE THAT. PRETTY MUCH ANY GROUP WORKING WITH REALLY BEEN WORKING WITH FOR A LONG TIME. >> AND I MENTIONED MEALS ON WHEELS. IF YOU HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY THAT WASN'T ABLE TO GET TO THE LOCATION YOU ARE IN SINCE YOU ARE NOT HERE YET IN PITTSBURG OUTSIDE OF MEALS ON WHEELS WERE OTHER OPTIONS TO GET THE INFORMATION OR THE RESOURCES TO THAT FAMILY OR INDIVIDUAL THAT CAN'T GET TO WHERE YOU ARE? >> GREAT QUESTION. WITH OUR PROGRAM IT IS GROCERIES. SO OFTEN TIMES WE WILL WORK TOGETHER WITH A NEIGHBOR, A FRIEND, FAMILY MEMBER WHO CAN COME AND PICK UP FOR THAT CLIENT. WE DO HAVE SOME HEALTHCARE WORKERS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY, NEIGHBORS OF FOLKS WHO CANNOT COME DIRECTLY TO THE CENTER. [ INAUDIBLE ] OUR PROGRAM IS COMPLETELY INCOME BASED. THAT IS THE ONLY CRITERIA. LIVE IN THE COUNTY AND YOU ARE IN NEED OF FOOD. ONCE YOU ARE A CLIENT EVERY SERVICE WE HAVE, EVERY SERVICE WE CAN GET OUR HANDS ON IS FREE. WE DO NOT DO ANYTHING WITH SLIDING SCALE OR ANYTHING REMOTELY LIKE THAT BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING FOR FOOD , HUNGER IS A BIG ISSUE. BUT IT IS ALSO A SIGN AND SYMPTOM OF SO MANY OTHER THINGS GOING ON. SO WE TRY AND ADDRESS ALL OF THOSE OTHER ISSUES. FOR SENIORS PARTICULARLY, WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED SENIOR MOMENTS EVERY OTHER WEEK HELD THE SAME DAY AS --DISTRIBUTIONS. THAT IS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR SENIOR POPULATION TO NOT ONLY BE CARE FOR, BUT BE ENGAGED. HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME WITH OTHERS, HAVE HEALTHCARE CHECKS, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE REALLY DID TRY TO REACH OUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN. WE ALSO FEEL LIKE THERE IS A HUGE POPULATION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA THAT COULD AND WANTED TO HELP IN A LOT OF WAYS. WE ARE VOLUNTEERS THAT COMES FROM PITTSBURG AND [ INAUDIBLE ] COME TO VOLUNTEER AT OUR CENTER. I THINK THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT HERE IN THEIR HOME. ISN'T THERE --CRISIS CENTER AND THEY COME INTO PITTSBURG? >> I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT. THE ONLY OTHER SORT OF IN THE FAMILY RESOURCE REALM IS ST. VINCENT DePAUL HERE IN PITTSBURG. I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH --CRISIS CENTER. WE ALSO WORK WITH OPPORTUNITY JUNCTION. OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT GRADUATED FROM THAT PROGRAM AND HAS BEEN FULL-TIME WITH US TWO YEARS. >> YOU GUYS DISTRIBUTE TO RECOVERY HOMES? PARTED ME? >> YOU GUYS DISTRIBUTE FOODS TO OR SERVICES TO RECOVERY HOMES? SOBRIETY HOMES? >> WE HAVE CASE MANAGERS AND FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING THAT WILL COME AND BRING GROUPS OVER TO PICK UP FOOD. YES. --ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 242 FROM US HAS BEEN A CLIENT FOR A LONG TIME. THERE ARE ALSO GROUP HOMES WHERE ONE PERSON WILL DRIVE AND EVERYONE ELSE WILL COME. WE ALSO DO A LOT OF WORK WITH DISABLED ADULTS. WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT COME AND VOLUNTEER AT THE CENTER. CHRIS WAS MENTIONING WE HAVE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL DIFFERENT GROUPS. HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS, COLLEGE STUDENTS, SPECIAL NEEDS ADULTS, FAITH GROUPS. OUR VOLUNTEER BASE REALLY MAYORS OUR CLIENT BASE. WE'VE HAD AS YOUNG AS TODDLERS COMING IN TO OUR OLDEST VOLUNTEERS ARE IN THEIR 90s. AND OUR CLIENTS ARE FROM BIRTH TO CLIENTS IN THEIR LATE 90s. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMUNITY SERVICE AND THE WORK YOU ARE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY. HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE YOU IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SOON. >> WE HOPE SO TOO. WE WILL ALSO LEAVE THIS WITH YOU. WE ARE HAVING AN OPEN HOUSE ON OCTOBER 10th, NEXT THURSDAY. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU DROP IN. WE WILL DO MORNING FROM 9:00 TO 10:30 AND AFTERNOON FROM 2:00 TO --130 TO 11:00. EXCUSING. IT IS ON THE THING. AND THEN 2:00 TO 3:32 TO COME BY, SEE WHAT WE DO , SEE IF WE ARE YOUR CUP OF TEA. WE WILL HAVE STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS THERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO IN THE COMMUNITY. WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO MORE OF. PLEASE, IF YOU CAN COME, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. OR ANY OTHER TIME YOU WANT TO COME. THANK YOU. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> I WANT YOU GUYS TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS ONE OF OUR CDBG GRANTEES. NOT YET, THEY ARE GOING TO APPLY. FOR THOSE OF YOU ON CDBG, I WANTED YOU TO ACTUALLY MEET AND RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO THE SERVICES AND DO THE WORK WHO ARE APPLYING FOR THE GRANTS. THANK YOU GUYS, AGAIN, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> OKAY. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. >> I HAVE ONE. >> OKAY. >> WHEN WE DO COMMUNITY EVENTS OUTDOORS, JOHN BUCKLEY SQUARE, WHY ARE WE DOING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? -- AREN'T WE DOING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE. YET WE DOING HERE AND WE HAVE A STREAMING AUDIENCE. >> JORDAN, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION? >> THAT IS A GOOD POINT. EXCUSE ME. I WILL BRING THAT UP TO THE FOLKS THAT ORGANIZE THE EVENTS. WE DO NOT ALWAYS RUN EVERY SINGLE EVENT. FOR CITY EVENTS IT WILL SOMETHING I WON'T MENTION. USUALLY PRETTY HARD, ESPECIALLY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING AROUND AND THAT TYPE OF THING, BUT WE WILL BRING IT UP AND DISCUSS IT. >> I THINK IT IS LIKE RE-EDUCATING US, THE PUBLIC, THE COMMUNITY, GETTING BACK ON TRACK. ONE OF THE --BANDS, THE JOURNEY ONE, CAME ON AN ELECTRIC GUITAR AND PLAYED IT AND IT WAS A HIT. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. I THINK WE NEED TO GET BACK TO DOING THINGS LIKE THAT. MY OTHER QUESTION IS BATHROOMS. WHY AREN'T OUR BATHROOMS CLEANER THAN WHAT IT IS? ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE PUBLIC EVENTS? MENTIONED ONE TIME ABOUT THE CAR SHOW WHEN WE HAD A DIRTY BATHROOM, NO TOILET PAPER. SOMEONE CAME AND BROUGHT TOILET PAPER AND TO BRING THE REST OF THE BATHROOM. IT IS RIDICULOUS. WE IN PITTSBURG IN NEED NICER THINGS. WE NEED MISER BATHROOMS. I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE TWO PROJECTS WHICH WILL GREATLY IMPROVE RESTROOM FACILITIES ON A COUPLE OCCASIONS. THE FIRST IS THE CENTRAL HARBOR PARK UPGRADES. THERE WILL BE NEW RESTROOMS INSTALLED. I BELIEVE THOSE ARE ACTUALLY SELF-CLEANING RESTROOMS WHICH WILL HELP A GREAT DEAL. WE ALSO HAVE A LARGE PROJECT OVER AT CITY PARK WHICH WILL REPLACE THOSE RESTROOMS, AS WELL, OVER THE NEXT YEAR. WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE BATHROOMS? >> WE WILL HAVE MAINTENANCE COME IN AND DO A PRESENTATION ON THEIR OF CRETE --UPKEEP AND HOW THEY WERE IN THE BATHROOM SYSTEM. HOW ABOUT THAT? >> THANK YOU [ INAUDIBLE ] >> ANYONE ELSE WITH ANY COMMENTS? >> I DO. I INTENDED --ATTENDED THE SEAFOOD FESTIVAL AND I THOUGHT IT WENT REALLY WELL. LOTS OF VENDORS. THERE WAS A SURPRISE CONCERT I DIDN'T SEE ADVERTISE. THIS DAY OF THE EVENT THEY SAID IF YOU HAD WRISTBANDS FOR THE SEAFOOD FESTIVAL ON YOU COULD GO SEE A BAND CALLED --. THEIR SOUND CHECK TOOK AN HOUR, BUT THEY WERE WORTH THE WAIT. THEY GIVE IT AWAY FREE --AND CANDY AND THE SEAFOOD VESSEL AND THE FOOD WAS REALLY GOOD. FESTIVAL. I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW MANY VETERANS DAY PARADE. PROBABLY TOO LATE FOR THIS YEAR, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD SET UP AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OR HOW WE GET THAT ROLLING. A KIND OF SLIPPED BY, I THINK. >> IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD OUR OWN PARADES. >> IT WOULD BE. FOR VETERANS DAY I USUALLY GO TO BASICALLY AND THEN COME TO PITTSBURG VETERANS MEMORIAL . IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A FULL PARADE, PANCAKE BREAKFAST, PRESENTATION, DIFFERENT THINGS ON VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK RIGHT THERE. A SMALL PARK. I WILL ENCOURAGE JORDAN TO TALK TO CITY COUNCIL AND GARRETT TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET THAT DONE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I ALSO WENT TO THE SEAFOOD FESTIVAL. THE WEATHER WAS BEARABLE. IT WAS NICE. A COUPLE OF MY FRIENDS ACTUALLY SAID THE PORT-A-POTTIES WE HAD ART THERE --OUT THERE WERE ACTUALLY VERY NICE. SHOUT OUT TO OUR CITY. BECAUSE USUALLY WE GO ON A PORT-A-POTTY IT IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. WE WENT TO DIFFERENT ONES SO IT WASN'T JUST LIKE A FLUKE. SHE WAS LIKE, THIS IS THE NICEST PORT-A-POTTY HAVE BEEN IN. DESPITE OUR BATHROOMS, THE PORT-A-POTTIES WERE OKAY. I DID HAVE, AND MAYBE I MISSED IT, A SUGGESTION. BECAUSE A LOT OF FOOD VENDORS DIDN'T SELL WATER. ALTHOUGH IT WAS A FAIRLY NICE DAY, IT WAS STILL WARM. THE ONLY WATER PLACE WAS THE STORE ON RAILROAD. I WOULD MAYBE SUGGEST -- BECAUSE I KNOW THE PITTSBURG HIGH BAND WAS THERE. MAYBE THEY COULD BE THE VENDORS THAT WOULD SELL WATER, RAISE MONEY FOR THE SCHOOL OR FOR THE BAND. BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, WE WENT AROUND TO MULTIPLE VENDORS AND NOBODIES HOLD WATER. UNLESS I MISSED SOMETHING. >> FOR MY UNDERSTANDING THERE WAS A WATER FILLING STATION. THEY COULD --SO THEY COULD ELIMINATE POX DECK. BUT IN YEARS PAST IT WAS LIKE LOCAL NONPROFITS THAT WERE ABLE TO SERVE THE BEER AND WINDS AND THE SCHOOL SOLD THE WATER. THAT IS NOT A CITY EVENT. THAT IS A CHAMBER EVENT. I WOULD RECOMMEND, STRONGLY RECOMMEND TO SEND WOLFGANG KOSKI ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS AND QUESTIONS. BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, THE CHAMBER PUTS IT ON. AND THE CITY JUST SUPPORTS. >> OKAY. I SIGNED MY SON UP FOR THE UPLIFTED 24 THAT WAS AT --. THAT WAS REALLY NICE. THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME HEARING ABOUT IT. I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL I GOT THERE I SAW MADAM CHAIR THERE --ONCE I GOT THERE I REALIZE I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD VOLUNTEER. BECAUSE I SAW THE SHIRTS. BUT HE ENJOYED HIMSELF. I ENJOYED THE SPEAKER. I AM GLAD WE HAD THAT FOR THE SIXTH GRADE THROUGH 12th GRADE AND A LOT OF STUDENT SHOWED UP. HE TALKED TO SOME OTHER STUDENTS. AGAIN, I WAS HAPPY THAT WAS THERE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. I HAVE SOME THINGS HAPPENING IN THE CITY THAT WEREN'T CITY RELATED. THIS FRIDAY FROM 9:00 TO 12:00 AT SMALL ROLL PARK --DOING AN EAST COUNTY TRADES DAY. THEY WILL HAVE PRESENTATIONS FROM LOCAL 159, LOCAL 332, LOCAL 549. JUST DIFFERENT THINGS --TRADES. BOOTHS AND STATIONS, EXHIBITS. IF YOU HAVE ANY 18-YEAR-OLDS OR ABOVE WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT GOING INTO A TRADE IT IS GREAT FOR SOME HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS RIGHT NOW WHO ARE THINKING EITHER COLLEGE OR A TRADE TO PARTAKE IN. THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. THE CITY OF PITTSBURG AND THE EAST BAY YMCA, THEY ARE DOING A JOINT YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT. IT EMPOWERS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BY GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT AND EXPERIENCE GOVERNMENT POLICIES. THE CONFERENCE -- FROM NOVEMBER 8th TO 11th. THOSE CONFERENCES TEACHING THEM ABOUT LEGISLATION, DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE GOVERNMENT, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. FEBRUARY 14 THROUGH 17th THEY GET TO GO TO SACRAMENTO AND BE THE GOVERNMENT. IT IS A FEE BASED ON HOUSE CALLED --HOUSEHOLD INCOME. I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD PROGRAM. SO OUR YOUTH CAN ACTUALLY START UNDERSTANDING HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS AND WHAT GOVERNMENT DOES. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO FLOW AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. ON THAT NOTE, DO WE HAND OUT CONSTITUTIONS? DO WE HAVE CONSTITUTIONS THE CITY WOULD HAND OUT, LIKE THE CITY CLERK, IF YOU GO OVER THERE. LITTLE BOOKLETS? >> I AM NOT SURE. THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY CLERK. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IT DOES NOT HAPPEN. THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY IS THEY HAVE PITTSBURG CAN VOTE AND ANTIOCH CAN VOTE. THEY ARE DOING A TURKEY GIVEAWAY, BUT BASICALLY IT IS JUST REGISTERING PEOPLE TO VOTE AND TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT A BALLOT IS, WHAT RESOURCES -- VOTER EDUCATION, LIKE A COMMUNITY RESOURCE. FREE HAIRCUTS. I BELIEVE IT IS BY LADY JAYS RESTAURANT ON RAILROAD. THE SECOND ONE FOR ANTIOCH IS THE 12th AND THAT WILL BE IN THE SOMERVILLE TOWN CENTER. IT IS THE SAME TYPE OF THING. VOTER REGISTRATION, VOTER EDUCATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. I HAVE A COUPLE OF FLYERS IF ANYONE WANTS TO GET ONE. THE WATER DISTRICT. SUMMER IS SOMEWHAT OVER. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT WATER SAFETY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A CANAL IN OUR BACKYARD. A LOT OF TIMES KIDS ARE CLIMBING FENCES, THEY THINK IT IS SO SWIMMING AREA, OR WHATEVER. IT IS LIKE A B SAVE CONTRA COSTA. SAFE [ INAUDIBLE ] FALL IN THE CANAL AND THE WATER IS GOING THREE DIFFERENT WAYS. MY NONPROFIT, WE ARE DOING A TRAINING THROUGH ZOOM TOMORROW ON DISABILITY RIGHTS. IT IS EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS. SO IT IS KNOWING YOUR RIGHTS. LAWYERS FROM DISABILITY RIGHTS OF CALIFORNIA. THERE IS A ZOOM LINK. WE ALSO HAVE ONE COMING UP ON SELF ADVOCACY IN OCTOBER. WE HAVE ONE ON TRANSITION SERVICES FROM KIDS WHO ARE GOING FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE TO CAREER. SO WE HAVE THE REGIONAL CENTER DOING THE TRAINING ON THAT. THAT IS NOVEMBER 7th. NOVEMBER 17th WE WILL BE DOING A COLLEGE READINESS MEETING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. ALSO THIS IS CHEF KIMBERLY. SHE IS DOING COOKING -- TEACHING COOKING CLASSES FOR FAMILIES. IT IS AT THE BRENTWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS TO LEARN HOW TO COOK. KIDS TO LEARN HOW TO SHOP. TO LEARN HOW TO BUDGET. SHE IS GOING THROUGH ALL OF THAT. IT IS OCTOBER 1st THROUGH THE SEVENTH. IT IS 6:30 P.M. AT THE BRENTWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER. LIKE I SAID, IT IS FREE. BUT I THINK THESE EVENTS ARE IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE DIFFERENT TRAININGS ON DIFFERENT RESOURCES. AND WE ARE A COMMUNITY THAT HELPS BUILD THE COMMUNITY . BECAUSE WE ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO PROVIDE DIFFERENT RESOURCES, BE IT THROUGH THE CITY, THE SCHOOL, OR THROUGH COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO GET OUT AND SEE SOME OF THE THINGS OUR COMMUNITY IS DOING. NOT JUST FOR CITY EVENTS, BUT THROUGH THE NONPROFITS. IF YOU GUYS HAVE TIME TO VOLUNTEER. THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IF YOU HAVE TIME TO VOLUNTEER. OR EVEN JUST GO THROUGH SCHOOL EVENTS. GO TO A FOOTBALL GAME. THE GIRLS HAVE A FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM NOW. DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. WE ARE COMMUNITY ADVISORY. GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND LET PEOPLE KNOW WE ARE HERE, WHAT WE DO, AND HOW WE CAN SERVE. >> I AM ALL IN FOR THAT ONE. >> ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, BESIDES THE CONSTITUTION? I HAVE ONE MORE FOR JORDAN. >> OKAY. >> I BELIEVE I'VE SEEN ONE DO SOME KIND OF ENERGY THING. WHAT IS THAT? I SAW A PICTURE WE DID SOME ENERGY SOMETHING. A WATER THING. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> THIS PAST FRIDAY WE HELD THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE NEW WATER TREATMENT FILTER GALLERY REPLACEMENT PROJECT. WHAT THIS IS, A PROJECT TO UPGRADE OUR WATER TREATMENT PLAN WHICH SERVES OUR ENTIRE CITY, BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS, EVERYBODY. IT IS A $61 MILLION PROJECT FUNDED THROUGH BOTH BONDS AND AS WELL AS WATER PAYMENTS, WATER VIEWS, OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE. MONIES THAT HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE AS PART OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. IT IS THE LARGEST PUBLIC PROJECT IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURG HISTORY WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL A COUPLE YEARS AGO. WE'VE GONE THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE DESIGN PROCESS. NOW THE PROJECT IS UNDERWAY. WE HELD A GROUNDBREAKING. WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR. THIS IS A PROJECT ESTIMATED TO TAKE TWO TO THREE YEARS TO COMPLETE. BUT WE ARE VERY EXCITED. THIS WILL ENSURE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR WATER, THE SERVICE OF OUR WATER. IT IS A MAJOR PROJECT THAT IS A LONG TIME COMING SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS TAKE PLACE. IT IS HUGE. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] SAYING SOMETHING WE DID SOMETHING ABOUT ENERGY OR SOMETHING? >> WE DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS ON ENERGY. ONE OF THE NEWEST THINGS I HEARD TODAY, I WENT TO THE SCHOOL MAINTENANCE --SCHOOL FACILITY MAINTENANCE GROUP HELD A CLEAN AIR DAY TODAY AT THE SCHOOL SITE WHERE YOU COULD SEE THE ELECTRIC BUSES, THE SOLAR PANELS. WHAT IS IT CALLED? LIKE A BASIN THAT GROWS THE PLANT UNDERNEATH. NOT THAT. RIGHT THERE BEHIND THE MAINTENANCE YARD. BASICALLY, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT YEAR THAT IS IN THE MAKING IS THAT THE BUSES WILL BE ABLE TO POWER THE SCHOOLS SO WHEN WE HAVE ROLLING BLACKOUTS OR DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT THE SCHOOL SITES CAN BE A COOLING STATION, SCHOOLING CENTER --COOLING CENTER FOR RESIDENTS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SO THEY DO NOT HAVE TO COME ALL THE WAY TO THE SENIOR CENTER OR ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE MARINA CENTER. THEY WILL BE BATTERY-OPERATED TO WHERE THEY CAN POWER THE SCHOOL FOR SEVERAL HOURS THROUGH THE BUSES AND DIFFERENT UTILITY TRUCKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DOING THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY. THAT WAS ONE OF THE NEWEST ENERGY THINGS THAT WAS TALK ABOUT TODAY. GO AHEAD. >> I WANT TO FOLLOW-UP ON COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ'S COMMENT. I THINK YOU ARE PROBABLY REFERRING TO THE EMMA RASCO --PROJECT AT --. ACTUALLY A COUNTY PROJECT THAT PUBLIC SERVICES WORKED WITH PG AND THE AND AND COMPANY OUT OF MASSACHUSETTS CALLED --TO INSTALL A PIPELINE THAT WILL ACTUALLY TAKE LANDFILL GAS AND CONVERTED TO RENEWABLE RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS TO INCREASE THE RENEWABLE GAS PRODUCTION AND AVAILABILITY THROUGHOUT THE REGION. IT IS A VERY CUTTING-EDGE PROJECT. IT DOES SIT OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS OF PITTSBURG. THEY DID HAVE THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE I BELIEVE EITHER YESTERDAY OR TODAY. THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A COMPLAINT. A VERY BIG COMPLAINT. I SAW THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A LOAN GRANT FOR HOTEL DEVELOPMENT . I THOUGHT WE WERE IN THE BUSINESS OF BRINGING IN DEVELOPERS TO PAY US TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS. AND I THOUGHT THAT THE HOTELS WE WERE BRINGING TO THE CITY WERE SUPPOSED TO BRING US REVENUE. NOT HAVE US SPENDING MONEY. SO I AM KIND OF CONFUSED WITH THIS CONCEPT OF THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVING A LOAN GRANT FOR A HOTEL DEVELOPMENT. >> WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO RESPOND? YES, PLEASE. THE CITY HAS SEVERAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS LAID OUT IN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN EARLY 2022. IT CALLS FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. ONE OF THEM IS TO INCREASE HOTELS AND ALSO TO INCREASE OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. EVERYTHING FROM OTHER LARGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO SPORTS TOURISM AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS, ESPECIALLY HERE IN PITTSBURG, HIGHLIGHTED BY CREATING AN ECOSYSTEM WHERE THERE ARE DIFFERENT SOURCES THAT HELP SUPPORT EACH OTHER. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DREAM COURT AND PREMIER FIELDS AND GREAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IT REALLY IS KEY WE HAVE THE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE AND AMENITIES IN OUR CITY TO SUPPORT THOSE. HOTELS IN THE SPORTS TOURISM INDUSTRY GO HAND-IN-HAND QUITE A BIT. WE FIRST ISSUED A LOAN AND A GRANT TO THE COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT PROJECT IN ORDER TO ASSIST THEM WITH SOME GAP FUNDING THAT WAS NEEDED IN ORDER FOR THEM TO INITIATE CONSTRUCTION. WE ENTER INTO THESE GRANT LOAN AGREEMENTS WITH A LOT OF RESEARCH. WE CONSULT SOME OF OUR FISCAL AGENTS. -- COMPANIES IN THIS INSTANCE AS WELL AS NHA, THE CITY'S FINANCIAL ADVISER AND FIDUCIARY. WE WORK WITH THEM TO IDENTIFY LOANS THAT ARE MARKET RATE. MEANING THAT THE CITY WILL BE PAID BACK INTEREST WHICH BEGINS ACCRUING UPON DISBURSEMENT OF THE FUNDS. AND ALSO TO ESTABLISH PAYBACK PERIODS THAT WILL WORK FOR THE CITY. WE DO ENTER INTO THESE AGREEMENTS AND MAKE THESE GRANTS AND LOANS WITH THE IDEA THAT LONG-TERM THE CITY WILL MAKE MORE MONEY IN TOT WHICH GOES TO SUPPORT THE CITY PROGRAM, REPAIRING STREETS, DOING ALL THE THINGS WE NEED IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN, AND OTHERWISE ENJOYABLE CITY. WHILE WE HAVE PROVIDED A GRANT OF UP TO ABOUT $600,000 FOR THIS HOTEL AS WELL AS A LOAN OF UP TO $1.5 MILLION I WILL NOTE OF THAT WE DO PAY OURSELVES, BECAUSE THE FIRST PAYMENTS THAT ARE MADE AS PART OF THAT LOAN ARE FOR CITY FEES, --OF THESE ARE LOANS THAT ARE DONE TO HELP FACILITATE HIS LARGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. THESE PROJECTS ARE FANTASTIC. WE DO WANT TO SEE THEM COME ONLINE. SOMETIMES AS WE NEGOTIATE AND DISCUSS THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL WE AGREED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNTS OF FUNDING FOR OVER $30 MILLION PROJECTS IN ORDER TO HELP THEM QUITE LITERALLY GET OFF THE GROUND AND COME TO FRUITION. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS OF THE CITY. THESE DO HAVE LONG-TERM POSITIVE FINANCIAL IMPACTS FOR THE CITY. AND THE THINGS WE ARE TRYING TO DO. I THINK EACH HOTEL WE ARE ESTIMATING COULD BE UP TO HALF $1 MILLION A YEAR IN TRANSIT OCCUPANCY TAX AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN COUNT FOR WHAT WE HOPE WILL BE SECONDARY INTO SHERRY BENEFITS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES. THIS ONE BEING RIGHT ACROSS FROM WALMART WILL HOPEFULLY IMPROVE THAT ENTIRE AREA. WE HOPE TO SUPPORT WALMART AND RESTAURANTS IN THOSE SHOPPING CENTERS. THIS ONE HERE HELPED BRING A STARBUCKS TO THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE STARTING TO SEE A LOT MORE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA BECAUSE OF THAT. THIS IS THE DIRECTION THE CITY COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED US AND WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WORKING WITH THESE DEVELOPERS TO BRING THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO FRUITION, ALBEIT WITH THESE GRANTS AND LOANS FROM OUR POWER COMPANY AND THE GRANTS THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. >> THE QUESTION AND CONCERN I HAVE IS THAT I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH CITY STAFF. BECAUSE WE ARE LOSING BUSINESSES WE ARE LOSING REVENUE SO WE DO NOT HAVE AS MUCH MONEY AS WE HAD PREVIOUSLY. TARGET, MOD PIZZA, JOANN FABRICS, CHILIES, CBS, -- CVS, THESE BUSINESSES HAVE GONE AND WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH REVENUE AS WE DID IN PREVIOUS YEARS. HOW IS THAT AFFECTING OUR DAY-TO-DAY BOTTOM-LINE? SO THAT IF EMERGENCIES HAPPEN WE ARE NOT DESTITUTE. >> THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION. IT DESERVES QUITE LONG ANSWER. I WOULD SAY AS WE GO INTO OUR MIDYEAR BUDGET WHICH WE WILL KICKOFF AND PRESENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE LATE WINTER OR SPRING AND ROLL RIGHT INTO OUR BUDGETING FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR THAT WE MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS INVOLVED IN THAT. OVERALL THE CITY DOES CONTINUE TO SEE INCREASES IN OUR OVERALL REVENUES. THEY ARE NOT THE INCREASES WE WOULD HAVE HOPED FOR WHEN WE LOSE THESE BUSINESSES, BUT WE ARE STILL GENERALLY SEEN INCREASES. PART OF THE REASON WE DO THE HOTEL GRANTS AND LOANS IS BECAUSE LONG-TERM THEY WILL HELP INCREASE THE REVENUES TO THE CITY. THEY DON'T JUST INCREASE REVENUE 3002. THROUGH GAINS IN PROPERTY TAX WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT. SALES TAX REVENUE BUSINESSES. THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. THE BUSINESSES YOU LISTED OFF, WHILE I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE NOT ALL OF THE BUSINESSES, WEREN'T MAJOR REVENUE GENERATORS. TARGET, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS OUTDONE IN AN ANNUAL SALES TAX BY MORE THAN ONE GAS STATION. I AM NOT SAYING THAT IS WHAT WE WANT, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING THAT PUTS IN THE FRAME WHAT THAT MEANT TO THE SALES TAX REVENUE OF THE CITY. BUT WE CONTINUE TO SEE INCREASES IN OTHER AREAS, OTHER NEW BUSINESSES, OTHER BUSINESSES COMING IN WHICH MAY NOT BE ON THE FRONT PAGE BECAUSE THEY ARE EITHER IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS OR OTHER LOCATIONS, BUT ARE MAKING NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS AND HELPING BUILD UP THE CITY AND SOME OF THE REVENUES WE EXPERIENCE. OVERALL WE ARE DOING QUITE WELL. IN I WANT TO SAY 20 10 OR 2011 THE CITY DID ADOPT WHAT IS CALLED A FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY ORDINANCE. WHAT THAT DOES IS IT REQUIRES THAT THE CITY MAINTAIN AT LEAST 30% RESERVES IN ALL OF OUR OPERATING FUNDS. NOT ONLY DO WE KEEP THE 30, WE GENERALLY TRY TO KEEP UP TO 40% AND WE HAVE DONE QUITE A BIT. IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT AS THE COSTS FOR EVERYTHING GOING UP WE PAY THE SAME POWER BILLS EVERYBODY ELSE PAYS. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COST. BUT OVERALL THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN VERY FISCALLY SOUND IN THE DECISIONS THAT IT MAKES. HE DID A LOT OF CUTTING WITH THIS PAST BUDGET AND WE DID HAVE TO TIGHTEN OUR BELTS A LITTLE BIT EVEN THOUGH REVENUES ARE INCREASING WE ALSO SEE EXPENDITURES INCREASING AS WELL AND WE KNOW THERE WERE PUBLIC PROJECTS WE WANT TO SEE TAKE PLACE, THE CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO SEE TAKE PLACE. IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THOSE MOVING FORWARD WE HAVE CUT BACK ON CERTAIN THINGS. BUT OVERALL WE ARE DOING QUITE WELL FINANCIALLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES. AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THIS IS MY WHY WE MAY BE LOAN A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY OR USE GRANT FUNDING OR THE RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING WHICH IS NOT MONEY THE CITY CAN SPEND ON ANYTHING. THERE ARE CERTAIN BUCKETS. BUT WE UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS IN THE SHORT TERM TO BRING IN BUSINESSES THAT WILL HELP THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF THE CITY LONG-TERM. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, JORDAN. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED A LOT OF THINGS. IS IT ON THE CITY'S RADAR OR IN THE FUTURE SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY TO BRING MORE COMMUNITY PLACES --I KNOW WE HAVE THE SMALL WORLD AND I USED TO TAKE MY SON THERE WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER. I KNOW HE IS A TEENAGER AND I KNOW WE HAVE THE MARINA CENTER FOR THE INDOOR COURT BASKETBALL THINGS LIKE THAT WHICH IS USUALLY AT 3:00. SO IF HE IS THAT PRACTICE HE WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND. BUT DIFFERENT EVENTS FOR TEENAGERS WE ARE EITHER GOING TO BRING WHAT YOU --OR YOU HAVE CONQUERED. -- CONCORDE. FARMERS MARKET ARE THEY GOING TO MARTINEZ OR BRENTWOOD. THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY OR FAMILY. MANAGER MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE THESE BUSINESSES THAT LEFT. WE HAVE THE USE OF VACANT SPACES. HOW'S THE CITY THOUGHT ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY OR FOR FAMILIES. NOT JUST HAVING ANOTHER STORE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BECAUSE THOSE PLACES DO BRING IN REVENUE. AT THE SAME TIME IT IS ALSO MAKING PEOPLE WANT TO REMAIN HERE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE STUFF TO DO IN OUR CITY VERSUS GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE. >> YES, WE ARE. WE ARE LOOKING AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN BRING MORE RECREATIONAL OR COMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL USES TO THE CITY. THE CITY ITSELF IS NOT CURRENTLY LOOKING AT INVESTING ITS FUNDS FOR THE TYPES OF PLACES YOU MENTIONED. HOWEVER, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION DOES CONTINUE TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE CONSULTANTS WE HAVE. TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT AREAS AND ATTRACT SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES. WE WORK WITH LOCAL LANDOWNERS AND SOME OF THOSE BROKERS TO GET CREATIVE ABOUT WHAT USES COULD FIT WEAR. WE DON'T ACTUALLY CONTROL --WE CONTROL LAND USE AND ZONING, BUT WE DON'T CONTROL ANY COMMERCIAL SPACES WHERE WE WOULD ACTIVELY SEARCH FOR THOSE BUSINESSES AND ASSIGN THEM TO LEASES. BUT WE DO ENCOURAGE AND TRY TO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE CONNECT OUR PROPERTY OWNERS WITH VACANT TENANT SPACES TO SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES. WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO IS UTILIZE CITY PROPERTY FOR ENHANCED RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. I MENTIONED DREAM COURSE. YOU HAVE FROM YOUR SKILLS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET. WE HAVE A FULL DESIGN FOR A SKATE PARK AND BICYCLE PUMP TRACK WHICH WE UNFORTUNATELY DID NOT GET A GRANT FOR BUT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO HOPEFULLY FACILITATE THAT. AND WE FIRMLY BELIEVE AS WE CREATE BETTER, MORE ATTRACTIVE PLACES WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN THE QUALITY OF SOME OF THE TENANTS, NOT THAT WE DON'T HAVE QUALITY TENANTS, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE QUALITY TENANTS IN OUR COMMERCIAL CENTERS AS WE BRING IN MORE OPPORTUNITIES. WHILE GENERALLY SPEAKING OUR FIRST AND FOREMOST PRIORITY IS ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY AND ENSURING THAT THE NEEDS OF THE CITY, THOSE MAJOR NEEDS --WORKING WATER, WORKING SEWER, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, PUBLIC SAFETY, POLICE DEPARTMENT -- ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF WHAT WE DO. THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE BROUGHT IN DOES ALLOW US BECOME INCREASINGLY CREATIVE WITH HOW WE ATTRACT OTHER BUSINESSES AND WHAT WE CAN DO. WELL NOT SPECIFICALLY THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED, COMMISSIONER ROBINSON, PRIOR TO THIS MEETING I HAD A MEETING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER ABOUT A PROSPECTIVE TENANT WHO WANTS TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS CREATIVE PLACE MAKING. UTILIZING, UNDER UTILIZED PROPERTIES FOR USES THAT THE CITY HASN'T REALLY EXPERIENCED. HOW DO YOU BRING PEOPLE TO AREAS BECAUSE AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK TO BRING PEOPLE TO AREAS WE CAN MARKET THAT TO SOME OF THESE COMPANIES, SOME OF THESE DESIRED USES AS OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHERE THEY CAN GET FOOT TRAFFIC AND THEY WILL BE SEEN AS PEOPLE WALK BY OR FREQUENT OTHER STORES OR RESTAURANTS THAT HOPEFULLY WILL ENCOURAGE THEM TO LOOK TO PITTSBURG AS A PLACE WHERE WE CAN FACILITATE SOME OF THESE USES. >> WITH ALL OF THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS GOING ON I SEE ALL OF THESE GROCERY STORES I DIDN'T WANT TO COME THAT WILL SOON LINEUP BECAUSE THEY WANT TO COME. THAT IS WHAT I SEE WITH ALL THE STUFF GOING ON. >> THERE IS SOMETHING TO THAT. THE CITY, WE WORKED ON SPROUTS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. WE HOUNDED THEM AND BUGGED THEM AND GAVE THEM MULTIPLE SITES. EVENTUALLY IN THEIR STUDIES THEY SAW THAT THERE WAS A LOCATION THAT HAD THE ADEQUATE NUMBER OF ROOFTOPS, THE FACILITIES, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, EVERYTHING THAT WAS NEEDED TO BUILD. NOW THIS SPRING WE WILL HAVE A BRAND-NEW SPROUTS GROCERY STORE ON --. IT IS NOT ALWAYS AS QUICK AS WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE, BUT WE KEEP PLUGGING AWAY TRYING TO IMPROVE THE CITY BIT BY BIT AND BRINGING MORE TRACTION. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE CITY. I DON'T NEED TO TELL THE SEVEN OF YOU. WE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE SEE THAT, AS WELL. >> OKAY. BEING THAT THERE ARE NO MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS -- >> I APOLOGIZE. I KNOW I'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT, BUT I DID WANT TO MENTION A FEW THINGS COMING UP I THINK WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE CAC AND THE COMMUNITY. WE HAD OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT TEAM MEETINGS LAST WEEK ON WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE COMMISSIONER SHEPPARD JOIN US ON SATURDAY FOR A VERY WELL ATTENDED AND I.T. IN A SIMILAR VEIN BEGINNING IN NOVEMBER WE WILL BE VISITING THE 10 DIFFERENT ZONES THAT PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING DIVISION CREATED. IT WAS PART OF THE PRESENTATION ON THE CIP. WE WILL BE VISITING EACH ZONE AND HOLDING TOWN HALLS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR IMPROVING OUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT INDEX, ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS, TIMING, THAT TYPE OF THING. THE EXACT DATES AND LOCATIONS ARE STILL BEING WORKED ON. WE ARE PROBABLY A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AWAY FROM THE FIRST ONE. BUT I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL AND ANYBODY WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING OR LISTENING TO THIS TONIGHT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE CITY WEBSITE, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS, OUR READER BOARDS AND OTHER OUTLETS WE UTILIZE TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT. WE ARE PLANNING ON SENDING OUT MAILERS AND OTHER WAYS OF CONTACTING PEOPLE BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE GOOD TURNOUTS FOR SOME OF THESE MEETING. WHEN WE ARE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR A DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD WE ENCOURAGE THE SEVEN OF YOU IF YOU CAN TO JOIN US AND BRING YOUR NEIGHBORS BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PROVIDING THE EDUCATION AND GETTING THE FEEDBACK ON THIS NEW PLAN THAT WE HAVE TO OVER THE NEXT DECADE OR LESS IMPROVED ALL OF THE RESIDENTIAL AND NON-ARTERIAL STREETS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO INCREASE PAYMENT -- PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT INDEX WHICH BASICALLY MEANS IMPROVE HOW NICE OUR PAYMENT IS. PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND. I WILL REITERATE IT IN OUR NEXT CAC MEETING. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE FOLKS ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THOSE EVENTS AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE ABLE TO ATTEND. >> YOU SAID TWO THINGS. WHAT WAS THE NEXT ONE. >> I'M SORRY. IT WAS THE NIT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING. I WILL CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:24.