Mar 29, 2023 - 07:00 PM

>>> WELCOME TO THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS OUR 55-ACRE PARK AT THE END OF SELLERS. WE WILL START WITH ROLLCALL. COUNCILMEMBER FULLER. >> VICE MAYOR WILLIAMS. COUNCILMEMBER HENDERSON. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAW. MAYOR MEADOWS. >> HERE . >> IT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA BUT WE WILL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ] >> THANK YOU. >> AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR CITY ENGINEER AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. >> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. WELCOME EVERYONE. WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE HERE TONIGHT WITH US FOR THE FIRST OPEN HOUSE FOR THE OAKLEY REGIONAL PARK PROJECT. WE ARE VERY EXCITED. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS. THIS WILL GO ON FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AS WE SOLICIT AND GATHER INFORMATION . AS HE COLLECTIVELY --AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE PRESENTATION. THIS IS A 55-ACRE PROPERTY THAT THE CITY OWNS ON THE NORTH END OF STATELESS AVENUE. THE FUTURE HOME OF THE REGIONAL PARK WHICH ENCOMPASSES A NUMBER OF FEATURES. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU WILL. TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION BE MADE BY THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, RON FLETCHER, ONE OF THE PREMIUM LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS IN THE BAY AREA. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH US ON THIS PROJECT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS AND HAVE IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY OF THE PROJECT. TONIGHT, THIS WILL BE AN INTERACTIVE PROCESS. THE GOAL IS TO GET INPUT FROM ALL OF YOU. WE WILL COLLECTIVELY CREATE THE FUTURE OF THIS MASSIVE PLANNED PARK WHICH WILL BE A JEWEL FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND A DESTINATION IN THE REGION WHEN IT IS COMPLETED, WHICH WILL TAKE A NUMBER OF YEARS. BUT WE ARE STARTING TONIGHT AND WE WANT TO GET INPUT FROM ALL OF YOU. WITH THAT SAID, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. RON FLETCHER. I'M RYAN FLETCHER. ASSOCIATE FOR (INDISCERNIBLE) ARCHITECTS. THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION. MAY BE IN A OF HANDS BESIDES MYSELF TONIGHT, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF STAFF MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES. FOR CITY STAFF, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THE REASON I WANT YOU GUYS TO SEE THESE HANDS AS WE WILL BE SPLITTING UP TONIGHT, BREAKING UP THE SESSIONS. ALL THE PEOPLE THAT RAISED THEIR HANDS, COME UP AND TALK TO US. ENGAGES. TELL US WHAT YOU LIKE AND WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE SO WE CAN GET ALL THIS INFORMATION ON TO THE MEETING SUMMARY. SO THAT WE CAN USE THIS TO GUIDE THE ELEMENT OF ALTERNATIVES TO BRING BACK TO YOU GUYS. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS. PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE WHOLE THING. TO START OFF WITH YOUR INPUT TONIGHT. I WILL TRY TO GET TO THE PRESENTATION FAIRLY QUICKLY. WE ARE HERE TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT. BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT THE SITE. TONIGHT, BACKGROUND. INTRODUCTION. VERY BRIEFLY ON PREVIOUS EFFORTS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO DWELL ON THE. I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE OBJECTIVES. WHAT ARE WE HERE? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO DO? IN THE PROCESS. I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I AM HOPING THAT EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT STAYS ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS. SO IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE, WHEN THE NEXT MEETINGS ARE AND GET ON YOUR CALENDARS SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH US AND MAKE SURE WE ARE LISTENING TO YOU AND RESPONDING ON GOING FORWARD. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS. THERE ARE SOME ON THIS SITE. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE WE LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WE ARE WORKING WITH. MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WILL BREAKOUT INTO DIFFERENT STATIONS HERE AND LISTEN TO YOU. WHAT SORT OF ELEMENTS YOU WANT TO SEE AND WHAT SIZES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. LETS GO BACK TO THAT ONE. THE LAST TIME THIS SITE WAS LOOKED AT, IT WAS 2019, PREPANDEMIC. MAYBE A DIFFERENT WORLD. SEEMS LIKE. BUT THINGS HAVE CHANGED. THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW. NEEDS HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME. SINCE THEN, THE TITLE, THE RESTORATION PROJECT THAT WAS TAKEN FORTH BY THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES , WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN PURPLE HERE, THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.'S OUR SITE IS RIGHT HERE. WE ARE SURROUNDED BY THE RESTORATION PROJECT. SELLERS IS RIGHT HERE. SO WE ARE LOOKING TO REFINE THE MASTER PLAN THAT WAS DONE IN 2019 TO BETTER RESPOND --I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THE SITE. MOST PEOPLE IMAGINE HAVE NOT BEEN OUT TO THE SITE. IT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE AT THE MOMENT. THERE HAS BEEN A TOUR. FOR THE MOST PART, IT IS INACCESSIBLE. LET'S TAKE A TOUR. NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT DRONE FOOTAGE AND LOOKING AT THE SITE. SELLERS IS RIGHT HERE. EVERY DAM --AREA, WHO LIVES IN THOSE DEVELOPMENTS. AND GLAD YOU ARE HERE TONIGHT. YOU WILL NOTICE THIS BIG OPEN AREA BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL IN THIS AREA HERE. THAT IS ACTUALLY THE CONTRA COSTA CANAL AND IT IS OPERATED BY THE CONTRA COSTA WATER DISTRICT. IT IS INTERESTING. THIS PORTION IS UNDERGROUND. ON THIS SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE WATER. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF WHAT IS THERE. IT LOOKS LIKE OPEN LAND. >> WHAT IS OUT HERE AS WE CAN SEE SOME STRUCTURES THAT WERE HERE. AN IMPORTANT ONE IS THIS HOUSE WHICH IS RIGHT HERE. A REALLY NICE STRUCTURE HERE FROM A FORMER FARM. YOU SEE THIS LINE HERE, THAT IS ONE OF THE NEW LEVEES FROM THE RESTORATION PROJECT. THAT IS WHERE ALL THE RESTORATION HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE. DUTCH SLOUGH IS A WATERWAY. RIGHT HERE. IT IS A WATERWAY THAT GOES OUT TO THE DELTA. LET'S CHANGE THE VIEW A LITTLE BIT HERE. SO NOW WE ARE LOOKING FROM THE RESTORATION PROJECT BACK TO THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE CONTRA COSTA CANAL. YOU CAN SEE SELLERS IS HERE. DUTCH SLOUGH COMES THROUGH HERE. I THINK THAT IS ABOUT IT. WHAT HE WANTED TO DO IS GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT IS OUT THERE. HOPEFULLY WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE STAGE THINGS, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE SCALE. WE WILL TALK A LOT ABOUT SCALE TONIGHT BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF DEMAND AND PART DEMANDS AND NEEDS. THE PARK MAY SEEM BIG. WE WANT TO TALK TO ABOUT THAT. WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN IN 2019. WE JUST DO THIS FOR REFERENCE. AND WE HAVE THIS FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT. AT THIS TIME, YOU ARE LOOKING AT MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS, DESTINATION PLAY AREA, WATER ACCESS. A LOT OF THESE THINGS, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO KEEP AND CONTINUE. THE NEEDS, SIZE OR SCALE MAY DIFFER. SO WE WOULD WANT YOUR INPUT ON THAT. SO WHAT ARE THE CURRENT PROJECT ROLES AND OBJECTIVES. >> FIRST OFF, WE WANT TO LISTEN TO YOU AND LISTEN TO SOME OF THE CRITICAL STAKEHOLDERS. YOU GUYS ARE NUMBER ONE. THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, REGIONAL PARKS. THESE ARE SOME OF THE AGENCIES YOU WANT TO TALK TO AND LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES AND SYNERGIES BETWEEN OUR PARK AND SOME FACILITIES. FOR INSTANCE, REGIONAL PARKS, WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THE EXISTING TRAIL SYSTEMS OUT THERE SO THAT YOU CAN GO FROM YOUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD INTO THE PARK, DOWN THE TRAIL SYSTEMS AND GET OUT TO BIG BREAK AND SEE SOME OPTIONS THERE. WE WANT TO TALK TO THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES BECAUSE THEY HAVE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE RESTORATION SITE. >> WHAT WE WILL BE TRYING TO DO WITH THE PROCESS IS TAKING ALL OF YOUR INPUT, STAKEHOLDERS AND SUCH AND BUILD CONSENSUS FOR THE VISION FOR THE PARK MOVING FORWARD WHICH WOULD BE THE REVISED MASTER PLAN. SO THAT MASTER PLAN IS IMPORTANT. WE TALK ABOUT CONSTRAINTS. SO HERE ARE SOME CONSTRAINTS. THERE IS NOT FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT BEYOND THE MASTER PLAN. IT MAY SEEM SCARY AND FRUSTRATING BUT I HAVE BEEN ON NUMBER OF PROJECTS WHERE WE FIRST HAVE TO START WITH THAT VISION TO GET COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND SUPPORT FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS . THE MASTER PLAN THEN HAS THE ABILITY TO SPRINGBOARD OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING AND THAT IS ONE OF THE KEY THINGS WE ARE DOING WITH THIS FOR THE REVISED MASTER PLAN. WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THE CITY'S GRANT WRITER TO LOOK AT WHAT GRANTS ARE CURRENTLY OUT THERE AND WHAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS LIKE TRAILS AND GREEN SPACES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND WE WILL TRY TO LEVERAGE THE MASTER PLAN TO GET FUNDING AS WE MOVE FORWARD. FINALLY, PROJECT LIMITATIONS. WE CAN GET EVERYTHING ON THE SITE THAT WE WANT. THERE WILL BE SOME LIMITATIONS. WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES TONIGHT. WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT. WE ARE WE? WE ARE HERE. WE ARE AT THE VERY BEGINNING. SO THE OUTREACH OF THAT WITH COMMUNITY NUMBER ONE. TONIGHT WE WILL GET YOUR INPUT. ALSO, YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND SEE THE WEBSITE AS WELL AS THE ONLINE SURVEY. WE WILL KEEP IT OPEN FOR A FEW WEEKS AND THEN WE WILL USE THAT INPUT. IS A MASTER PLAN ALTERNATIVE. WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU. THE NEXT MEETING YOU SEE, WHICH WILL BE, I THINK WE SAID THE END OF MAY, WE WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF ALTERNATIVES. AND THEN YOU GET TO REACT TO THE ALTERNATIVES AND SEE WHICH ONES OR COMBINATIONS OF THOSE BEST SUIT YOUR NEEDS. WE WILL THEN REFINE IT AND HOPEFULLY GET TO YOUR PREFERRED PLAN WHICH WE CAN TAKE TO THE COUNCIL WHICH IS A PUBLIC MEETING TO FURTHER GET INPUT AND THEN CONTINUE ON TO HOPEFULLY FINALIZE THE PLAN. I THINK I PROBABLY MENTIONED A LOT OF THIS ALREADY. THESE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS, THE MAP.'S EXISTING RESIDENTIAL. THIS IS THE ONE ENTRANCE INTO THE PARK. YOU CAN SEE THAT OPEN SWATH OF LAND IN BLUE. WE HAVE REAL OPPORTUNITIES. THESE ARE AMENITIES. >> THAT FEEDS INTO THAT. >> OKAY . YOU SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACCESSING THE WATERWAY POTENTIALLY. WE WILL BE EXPLORING THAT. YOU CAN SEE THE LEVY ON TOP. WE WILL BE EXPORTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONNECTIVITY FOR TRAILS ALONG THERE. SO THAT IS REALLY WHAT THE PLAN IS. >> TONIGHT, IF YOU ARE TIRED OF HEARING ME TALK, AFTER WE ARE DONE, WE WILL BREAK AND THE SESSIONS ARE DIFFERENT STATIONS. AND WE ARE HERE FOR YOU TO GO FROM STATION TO STATION TO LEARN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT AND MOST IMPORTANT, TO PROVIDE INPUT. SO STATION NUMBER TWO IS FURTHER BACKGROUND. IF YOU HEARD ME SAY SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T JIVE OR YOU WANT TO AND PUT MORE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, GO TO THAT STATION AND GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK. STATION NUMBER THREE, WE WILL TALK ABOUT RECREATION. SO FIELD USERS. WE WILL WANT TO SIT DOWN AT THAT TABLE AND LEARN ABOUT YOUR NEEDS AND ABOUT WHAT SIZES ARE IN THE FIELDS. AND WE WILL TAKE SOME TEMPLATES OUT AND START TO DRAW SOME FIELDS AND SEE WHAT WILL FIT AND WHAT CAN'T FIT. STATION NUMBER FOUR, WHAT AMENITIES CAN BE OUT THERE FOR JUST NONACTIVE --JUST BEING OUT IN NATURE. TABLE FIVE, THEMES AND PROGRAMMING. AND THAT IS IT TONIGHT. LET ME MAKE SURE I HAVE MY DATES RIGHT. I WANT EVERYBODY TO TAKE NOTE OF SOME OF THESE IMPORTANT SITES. WE HAVE A WEBSITE. THAT WILL BE HOSTING AN ONLINE SURVEY. YOU CAN ALSO GET THAT BY THE QR CODE THAT WE HAVE HERE AND WE ALSO HAVE THE BACK. SO PROVIDE YOUR INPUT TONIGHT. TELL PEOPLE YOU KNOW THAT COULDN'T COME TONIGHT TO GO ONLINE AND TAKE THE SURVEY. THE SURVEY WILL BE ONLINE FOR THREE WEEKS. SO THAT WILL STOP APRIL 19th. THAT IS WHEN WE WILL TURN OFF THE SURVEY AND COLLECT ALL THE DATA AND USE THAT TO DEVELOP ALTERNATIVES. AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST ONE, THE LAST THING I WILL SAY TONIGHT IS COME ON YOUR CALENDAR, WE DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE TO LOOK FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE END OF MAY. THEY WILL BE THE SECOND EVENING WORKSHOP WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL SEE THE FRUITS OF YOUR LABOR TONIGHT WITH ALTERNATIVES FOR YOU TO RESPOND TO. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO SHUT UP AND WE WILL INVITE YOU TO EACH ONE OF THE STATIONS HERE. AGAIN, YOU HAVE CITY STAFF AND MYSELF. COME TALK TO US. INTERACT. WE WILL GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON THEIR. AND THANKS AGAIN FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WITH THAT, LET'S BREAK OFF INTO SESSIONS. >> AT 8:35, WE ARE ADJOURNING THE PARKS MEETING.