City Council - 4/17/23

>>> COUNCIL HAS BEEN PLEATING IN CLOSED SESSION. MADAM CITY ATTORNEY ARE THERE REPORTABLE ACTIONS THIS MEET SOMETHING. >> YES, THE CITY COUNCIL MET IN CLOSED MEETING WITH CITY COUNSEL. WITH WALMART, WALGREENS AND CV S. THEY VOTED 5-0 TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OPIOIDS SETTLEMENT WITH ALL FIVE. AND AUTHORIZED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO EXECUTE THE PARTICIPATION FORMS AND ANY NECESSARIARY SETTLEMENT DOCUMENTS IN THE ELECTION FOR THE CITY TO RECEIVE FROM THAT SETTLEMENT. THAT CONCLUDES THEREPORT. . >> THANK YOU. >>> IT IS NOW 7:02:00 P.M. I 7:02, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. >> COUNCILMEMBER ADAMS. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER KILLINGS. >> PRESENT. >> VICE MAYOR BANALES. >> PRESS ANT. MAYOR SCALES-PRESTON. >> PRESENT. >> CHIEF, CAN YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, PLEASE? >>> 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. . >> THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PROCLAMATIONS OUR FIRST ONE FOR THIS EVENING IS EARTH DAY AND CIVIC PRIDE DAY WILL BE READ BY VICE MAYOR BANALES. CAN I PLEASE HAVE YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM PLEASE. HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? >> YES. THANK YOU. EARTH DAY CIVIC PRIDE DAY, APRIL 22nd, 2023. THE FIRST EARTH DAY WAS CELEBRATED ON APRIL 22nd, 1970 WITH THE GOAL OF INSPIRING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND ENCOURAGING THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION AND APPRECIATION OF OUR NATION'S RESOURCES. AND, WHERE AS THE THEME FOR 2023 IS A CONTINUANCE FROM LAST YEAR'S WELL-RECEIVED CAMPAIGN, INVEST IN OUR PLANET. THE THEME IS FOCUSED ON ENGAGING GOVERNMENTS, INSTITUTIONS AND ONE BILLION CITIZENS WHO PARTICIPATE ANNUALLY ON EARTH DAY TO DO THEIR PART. THIS THEME ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR AND HOLDS EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE SINCE IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH OF US TO SAFE GUARD THE ENVIRONMENT BY RECOGNIZING THAT ALL HUMAN LIFE DEPENDS ON THE EARTH AND WELL AND CAN DEVELOPMENT N. 2023 WE MUST COME TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIP FOR THE PLANET FOR THE HELP OF FUTURE GENERATIONS AND WHERE AS THE CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURG ARE COMMITTED TO PRESERVATION OF OUR ENVIRONMENT AND THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, THE GOAL IS TO RESTORE ECO SYSTEM AND HABITAT. THROUGH THE CITY'S CIVIC PRIDE DAY THE GOAL IS TO TEACH OUR CITIZENS THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING LITTER FREE TO LIVE IN A CLEAN AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, SHANELLE SCALES-PRESTON PROCLAIM APRIL 22nd, 2023 AS EARTH DAY AND CIVIC PRIDE DAY AND URGE OUR CITIZENS TO BE LITTER FREE AND TO PRESERVE THE WONDER OF THE LAND, SKIES AND WATER OF THE EARTH. . >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. . >> NICE TO BE HERE. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY WORDS? ANY REMARKS? >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU CITY OF PITTSBURG FOR THE RECOGNITION ON THINGS THAT WE DO DURING THE COURSE OF THE WEEK, THE MONTH. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE OUT THERE KEEPING OUR STREETS AND PARKS CLEAN. THERE ARE OTHERS AND ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, SAY IS, THANK THE CITY STAFF THAT RESPOND WHEREVER I CALL UP. GET THE BAGS, PICK UP THIS, DO THAT, THEY ARE QUICK TO GET OUT THERE. I KNOW IT HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY TASK THESE LAST FEW MONTHS, FEW YEARS. SO, ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU CITY OF PITTSBURG. AND OKAY [ LAUGHTER ] [ APPLAUSE ] . >> I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT HE IS A MEMBER OF ADOPT A SPOT PROGRAM HERE IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURG. HE HAS BEEN CLEANING BUCANNON ROAD FOR FIVE YEARS, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY [ APPLAUSE ] >>> OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION FOR THIS EVENING WILL BE CELEBRATING NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK. THE PROCLAMATION WILL GO TO OUR CONTRA COSTA COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEMBERS ZELDA AND PETER. MAY I HAVE YOU COME TO THE PODIUM PLEASE. WHERE AS LIBRARIES OF ALL TYPES ARE AT THE HEART OF CITIES, TOWNS, SCHOOLS, AND CAMPUSES. SERVING THEIR COMMUNITIES IN OUR PLACES THAT FOSTER AS SENSE OF BELONGING. WHERE AS LIBRARIES HAVE SERVICES AND RESOURCES THAT EXTEND BEYOND THEIR DOORS. AND WHERE AS LIBRARIES ARE FULL OF STORIES AND VARIETY OF FORMATS FROM PICTURE BOOKS TO LARGE PRINT, AUDIO BOOKS TO EBOOKS AND MORE. THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO THE STORY. WHERE AS LIBRARY PROGRAMS BRING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER FOR ENTERTAINMENT, EDUCATION AND CONNECTION THROUGH BOOK CLUBS, STORY TIMES, CRAFTING CLASSES AND LECTURES. AND WHERE AS HAVING A HIGH FUNCTIONING LIBRARY ADVANCES COMMUNITIES, PROVIDING INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY CLASSES, MUSEUM PASSES AND GAMES, LITERACY SKILLS AND SUPPORT FOR JOB SEEKERS AND ENTREPRENEUR. LIBRARY WEEK IS A GREAT TIME FOR THE CITY OF PITTSBURG AND PITTSBURG'S LIBRARY TO TELL OUR MULTIFACETED STORY AS WELL AS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO TAKE PART AND ENJOY IN ALL OUR LIBRARIES HAVE TO OFFER. NOW, THEREFORE, I, SHANELLE SCALES-PRESTON ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF PITTSBURG PROCLAIM APRIL 23rd THROUGH APRIL 29th AS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURG. ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO VISIT OUR VERY OWN LIBRARY. . >>> THIS PAST WEEKEND OUR LIBRARY WAS OPEN TO THE ARTIST RAFAEL WHO PRESENTED HIS DYNAMIC "LET'S BE CREATIVE PROGRAM" TO MORE THAN 100 CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. THEY THEN WENT ON TO SMALL WORLD PARK TO FURTHER CELEBRATE WITH MUSIC AND DANCING. IT IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY, MANY PROGRAMS THAT OUR LOCAL LIBRARY PRESENTS DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO PARK IN YOUR PARKING LOT AND WALK ALL OF THE WAY AROUND THE GATED COMMUNITY. OUR LIBRARY IS A RARE JEWEL. >> I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND JUST SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF PITTSBURG FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE LIBRARY OVER THE YEARS. THIS PAST YEAR OR SO THE COUNTY WAS ABLE TO INCREASE LIBRARY HOURS SUBSTANTIALLY FOR ALL OF THE LIBRARIES AND YOU CAME FORWARD WITH ANOTHER 12 HOURS TO ADD TO IT. IT MADE IT POSSIBLE TO OPEN THE LIBRARY ON MONDAY FROM 10:00 UNTIL 8:00 AND TO EXTEND THE HOURS ON TUESDAY. THAT WAS A GREAT SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS AND IT CERTAINLY MADE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE LIBRARY. CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN INTERESTING. THE LIBRARY HAS FACED CHALLENGES BECAUSE OF THAT, BUT THE CITY HAS BEEN VERY GOOD TO WORK WITH. THE LIBRARY STAFF HAS TOLD ME HOW PLEASED THEY ARE THAT THE CITY STEPPED UP AND DID WHAT THEY COULD TO MAKE IT AS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE INCLUDING DRAINING A SIDEWALK THAT REQUIRED IT BECAUSE OF THE RAINS OVER THE WINTER. THERE WAS A DROP IN THE FACILITY BUT THAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN CORRECTED. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY AS WE GO THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSTRUCTION WHICH SHOULD TAKE, I GUESS, 1 1/2 YEARS TO TWO YEARS. BUT IT WILL BE, IT WILL BE A BLESSING FOR THE CITY WHEN IT IS DONE. I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT STORY WALK BUT THAT WAS WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT. SO, I WILL NOT MENTION THAT. I WILL SAY THAT THE LIBRARY HAS BEEN FOCUSING A LOT OF EFFORT ON LITERACY, A PROGRAM "JUST RIGHT READERS" THAT USES A DECODABLE READER. I HAD TO CALL THE LIBRARY AND ASK WHAT IT IS. IT IS A BOOK THAT STUDENTS CAN USE THAT REALLY HELPS THEM LEARN HOW TO READ AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE ISSUES WITH THAT AS I AM SURE YOU REALIZE IN PITTSBURG AND OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTY. THAT SUPPLEMENTS WHAT THE SCHOOLS DO. I WANT TO MENTION ONE OTHER THING, TWO OTHER THINGS, I SENT AN ATTACHED ARTICLE FROM THE CHRONICLE THIS MORNING THAT TALKED ABOUT THREE LIBRARIES COMPLETED. ONE IN PLEASANT HILL. IT REALLY IS AN AMAZING FACILITY. IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT, IT WOULD BE WELL WORTH YOUR TIME TO DROP IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT BECAUSE OF THE RANGE OF OPTIONS IT GIVES STUDENTS AND PATRONS IN TERMS OF LEARNS. AND, THAT LEADS ME TO MY LAST POINT WHICH IS, I ASK THE PITTSBURG LIBRARIAN, LIBRARY DIRECTOR IF YOU COULD HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD YOU WISH FOR? SHE SAID TO ME YOU WILL NOT BE SURPRISED, AND I DON'T THINK YOU WILL BE SURPRISED EITHER, SHE WOULD LIKE A NEW LIBRARY. THE LIBRARY THAT YOU HAVE IS VERY GOOD LIBRARY, BUT IT WAS BUILT IN THE '60s. AND, A LOT HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO SOME EXTENT. AND IT JUST CAN NOT MATCH WHAT A REAL LIBRARY CAN DO TODAY. IF YOU READ THAT RECALL YOU WILL SEE WHAT PLEASANT HILL HAS DONE AND WHAT WE COULD IN PITTSBURG LOOK FORWARD TO. SINCE THE LIBRARY COMMISSION HAS JUST PUT TOGETHER A FOUNDATION THAT IS DESIGNED TO HELP LOWER SERVED AREAS RAISE MORE MONEY FOR PROJECTS, ONE PLACE THEY WILL WORK ON IS BAY POINT LIBRARY, THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE ONE THERE. BUT PITTSBURG SHOULD BE ABLE TO STEP IN AND MAKE A CASE FOR ASSISTANCE, TOO. I HOPE YOU DO. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS. WE WILL MAKE SURE THE LIBRARY GETS IT. I AM SURE THEY WILL PUT IT. PLEASURE TO SEE YOU ALL [ APPLAUSE ] MR. CITY MANAGER ARE THERE ANY REPORTS FOR THIS EVENING? >> I AM SORRY. MADAM CITY CLERK ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? >> ONE MORE PROCLAMATION. ARBOR DAY. >> I AM SORRY. WE HAVE ONE MORE PROCLAMATION FOR ARBOR DAY. I AM MOVING TOO FAST. SLOW DOWN, SHANELLE. ALL RIGHT. THE PROCLAMATION WILL BE RECEIVED BY CAPTAIN BRANDON EARHEART WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, CAN YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. . >> GOOD EVENING. >> THIS PROCLAMATION IS FOR ARBOR DAY. APRIL 28th, 2023. WHERE AS 1972 THE ARBOR DAY HAS PLANTED TREES TO TAKE ON SOME OF THE BIGGEST ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME. WHERE AS WITH THE STRONG NETWORK OF PARTNERS, SCIENCE BASED APPROACHED AND 50 YEARS OF PLANTING TREES ALL OVER THE WORLD, THERE IS MUCH MORE TO BE DONE. WHERE AS FROM BACKYARDS TO TROPICAL RAINFORESTS, TREES AROUND THE WORLD ARE HARD AT WORK PROVIDING NECESSITIES OF LIFE. TREES CLEAN OUR AIR AND WATER, PROVIDE HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE, CONNECT COMMUNITIES AND SUPPORT OUR HEALTH AND WELL BEING. WHERE AS IT WILL TAKE MANY SOLUTIONS WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, PLANTING TREES ARE PROVEN, AFFORDABLE AND NATURAL WAY THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED QUICKLY TO PULL CARBON DIOXIDE OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE TODAY. IF WE ALL SAY YES TO ARBOR DAY IMAGINE WHAT WE CAN GROW. WHEN WE COMMIT TO CELEBRATING ARBOR DAY WE ARE DOING MORE THAN PLANTING TREES IN THE GROUND BY SAYING YES WE ARE CREATING A HEALTHIER WORLD. NOW THEREFORE SHANELLE SCALES-PRESTON DO HEAR BY PROCLAIM APRIL 28th, 2023 AS ARBOR DAY IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURG AND ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO GRAB YOUR GARDENING GLOVES AND JOIN AN EVENT IN YOUR AREA OR PLANT A TREE IN YOUR YARD. . >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR ABOUT THE PROCLAMATION AND US RECEIVING THIS. WE HAVE DONE QUITE A BIT OF WORK IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. QUITE A BIT MORE LEFT TO DO, OBVIOUSLY, ONGOING PROJECT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO COME. WE ARE VERY EXCITED JUST TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND AS MANY CAPACITIES AS WE CAN FIND, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. . >>> ALL RIGHT, THAT IS ALL OF OUR PROCLAMATIONS FOR THIS EVENING. NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU MR. CITY MANAGER. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM MAYOR. A COUPLE COMMENTS HERE. >>> RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FROM JOHN SAMUELSON THIS AFTERNOON ALL THREE HAWK BEACONS ARE OPERATIONAL ON STONEMAN AVEN ITEM 2, CELEBRATION ON ARBOR DAY. ON THE 29th FROM 9:00 UNTIL 2:00 IS FISHING WITH A COP. THURSDAY MAY 11th IS THE RETURN OF THE CAR SHOWDOWN TOWN. THAT WILL KICK OFF. AND THEN SATURDAY MAY 20th IS A LITTLE FURTHER AHEAD, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HAVING THEIR ANNUAL CLASSIC CAR SHOW AND PROCEEDS ARE GOING TOWARDS P. A. L CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR NONAGENDAIZED ITEMS? >> YES, WE HAVE SARA. . >>> HELLO, GOOD EVENING. I AM HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF INTERGAL COMMUNITIES, INTERGAL PURCHASED THE SITE OF THE PITTSBURG POWER PLANT RECENTLY. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING OUT A CLEANUP OF ALL LEFTOVER IMPACTS FROM THE POWER PLANT ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT. THE CITY IS WORKING THROUGH THEIR EIR PROCESS RIGHT NOW. CURRENTLY PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT IS ALMOST 2,000 UNITS OF HOMES. I WANTED TO COME TONIGHT TO EXTEND AN INVITATION TO THE CITY STAFF AS WELL AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO MAY BE HERE LISTENING TO SET UP A MEETING OR COME TAKE A SITE TOUR IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT AND ALSO TELLING US WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS PROJECT DO FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO F THERE ARE ANY COMMUNITY BENEFITS YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED SEEING FORWARD THAT IS SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON. WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH COUNCILMEMBER KILLINGS AND WE ARE SETTING UP ONE WITH ADAMS. BUT, AGAIN, APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. >> MR. OLSON? >>> GOOD EVENING. CITIZEN OF PITTSBURG, YOU KNOW ME AS MR. BICYCLE. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN THAT WAS KILLED ON STONEMAN AVENUE ABOUT SIX WEEKS OR TWO MONTHS AGO. I WAS HIT BY A CAR WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER, ALSO. I WAS A FRESHMAN AT DVC. I WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK. IT WAS DARK. IT WAS RAINING. IN FACT, IT WAS RAINING HARD. I WAS RUNNING ACROSS THE STREET, IT WAS HARBOR STREET, CLOSE TO YOSEMITE. AND I SAW THE CAR COMING. AND I THOUGHT I WOULD BEAT THE CAR. SO I RAN AS FAST AS I COULD. WELL, IT TURNS OUT I COULDN'T BEAT THE CAR AND I GOT HIT BY THE CAR. AND I WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AND I WAS LYING IN THE STREET IN THE RAIN UNCONSCIOUS. THE DRIVER OF THE CAR WAS MR. McKENLY. YOU RECALL HE WAS THE CITY ENGINEER. HE RETIRED OUT OF HERE ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO OR SO. IT WAS HIS FATHER. HE GOT OUT OF THE CAR, AND HE RAN AROUND TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND I WAS LYING THERE UNCONSCIOUS HE PUT HIS HAND ON MY SHOULDER AND HE WAS SOBBING AND HIS WIFE WAS WITH HIM IN THE CAR ALSO AND SHE GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND RAN HOME. IT WAS ONLY ABOUT SIX HOUSES BACK. TURNS OUT HE WAS A BRICK FOOT. THAT IS WHY HE WAS GOING FAST. I COULD OF BEAT HIM IF HE WAS DRIVING NORMALLY. SO SHE CALLED MY MOTHER AND WAS SCREAMING TO SAY THAT SHE WAS DISTRAUGHT IS AN UNDER STATEMENT. WAS SCREAMING IN THE PHONE AND MY MOTHER WAS HOLDING THE PHONE OUT THIS FAR FROM HER EAR AND SHE WAS SAYING MRS. OLSON WE KILLED YOUR SON. WE KILLED YOUR SON, ERIC. AND MY MOTHER EVER THE PRACTICING PRAGMATIST SAID THE HELL YOU DID. HE IS SITTING HERE. IT WAS PROBABLY BRUCE. OKAY, BACK TO THE SCENE OF THE CRASH. I AM LYING, MY BODY IS LIING IN THE STREET UNCONSCIOUS BUT MY SPIRIT, MY SOUL IS HOVERING ABOUT 10 FEET OVER MY BODY LOOKING DOWN AT MR. McKENNLEY SOBBING. UP THERE I LOOKED AROUND AND OFF IN THE DISTANCE I SAW A TUBE OF LIGHT WITH ANCESTORS WHO PASSED BEFORE ME WALKING TOWARD ME DOWN THIS TUBE OF LIGHT. WAVING AT ME. SAYING, COME ON. COME HERE. IT WILL BE OKAY. YOU ARE GOING TO BE FINE. BUT I LOOKED BACK DOWN WITH HIS HAND ON MY SHOULDER. HE WAS SOBBING. AND I SAID, OH, I BETTER NOT DISAPPOINT MR. McKENNLEY. I WENT BACK DOWN THERE IN MY BODY AND I CAME TO. OKAY. NOW, THIS WAS OVER 50 YEARS AGO. WE DIDN'T HAVE 911, THE AMBULANCE DID NOT SLOW UP, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID NOT SHOW UP, BUT THE POLICE SHOWED UP. THAT POLICEMAN ORCHESTRATED SOMEONE GETTING A DOOR OUT OF THEIR HOUSE AND SCARING UP MORE PEOPLE AND LIFTING ME A COUPLE ON ONE SIDE, A COUPLE ON THE OTHER, ONE ON THE HEAD ON TO THIS DOOR AND I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL IN MY FATHER'S STATION WAGON. THE HOSPITAL WAS ON THE CORNER OF SCHOOL STREET AND HARBOR STREET. IT WAS THE FORMER CAMP STONEMAN ARMY HOSPITAL BUT THE CITY TAKEN IT OVER AND IT WAS THE CITY -- WHATEVER THEY CALL TODAY AT THE TIME. OKAY. SO, THEY TOOK X-RAYS NOTHING BROKEN AND THEY KEPT ME OVERNIGHT FOR OBSERVATION. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN ANYMORE NOW, EITHER. PEOPLE DON'T GET KEPT FOR OBSERVATION IN THE HOSPITAL. THAT IS TOO EXPENSIVE. AT ANY RATE WHY AM I TELLING YOU THIS? IF THE PERSON WHO HAD BEEN DRIVING THE CAR HAD STOPPED AND INSTEAD OF DOING THE COWARDLY THING AND RUNNING OFF AND PUT HIS HAND ON THE SHOULDER OF THE GIRL WHO HE HAD HIT, SHE MIGHT BE STILL WITH US TODAY. I'LL STOP THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY. >>> . >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I AM A PROUD NINE YEAR MEMBER OF THE LOCAL 159 PLUMBERS AND STEAM FITTERS OUT OF MARTINEZ, CALIFORNIA. AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF PITTSBURG FOR OVER 30 YEARS. AND, I LIVED HERE IN PITTSBURG SINCE I WAS THREE YEARS OLD. I ATTENDED RIO VISTA, TROY ACRES MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL I WAS IN CONCORD. I STILL LIVED IN PITTSBURG, THOUGH. GROWING UP HERE I HAVE SEEN MANY CHANGES, MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN GOOD. CITY OF PITTSBURG MADE AN EXCELLENT EFFORT TO CLEANUP THE CITY, SO TO SPEAK, AND IMPROVE LIVING CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN. AND THE B.A.R.T STATION. TODAY I AM HERE SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT. DEVELOPER IS COMMITTED WITH BUILDING THE LOCAL WORKFORCE. THAT MEANS A JOB FOR ME. I AM IN FAVOR OF THAT, OF COURSE. COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC WE COULD REALLY USE THE WORK. PERSONALLY I HAVE BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS. BUT THAT IS ANOTHER STORY. I STARTED HERE IN PITTSBURG. I DID THE FUTURE BUILD PROGRAM THAT WAS COORDINATED. THAT WAS HELPFUL FOR MYSELF AND SHE ACTUALLY HELP MEADE GET INTO A UNION. SO, THE CHANGES THAT PITTSBURG IS MAKING HAS IMPACTED ME PERSONALLY. AND GIVING ME A CAREER TO RELY ON. AND I HAVE HAD A HAND IN A NUMBER OF PROJECTS RIGHT OUTSIDE THIS BUILDING, THE B.A.R.T STATION, I WORKED ON THAT AND THEN THE ONE IN ANTIOCH, I WORKED ON THAT. SO IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A HAND IN HELPING THE CITY IMPROVE THE CITY. AGAIN. I AM SUPPORTING YET ANOTHER EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE CITY AND I AM HOPING THAT I PERSONALLY WILL HAVE A HAND IN THAT. IT WILL BE A NICE COMMUTE. I KNOW EVERYBODY LOVES A NICE COMMUTE. AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW APPRENTICES. THEY CAN APPLY TO OUR UNION IT ALL GOES AROUND AND AROUND AND BENEFITS EVERYBODY. AND THAT IS BASICALLY MY COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> MOVING -- THERE ARE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS? >> NO THERE ARE NOT. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. MOVINGON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS. COUNCILMEMBER KILLINGS? >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. ON APRIL 4th THE SUBCOMMITTEE MET, MYSELF, THE MAYOR SAT ON THAT SUBCOMMITTEE ALONG WITH COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMISSION MEMBERS MARSH, PERKINS AS WELL AS HACKET. SOME OF THE ITEMS WE DISCUSSED WE WENT OVER SOME MAJOR CASE UPDATES, WE RECEIVED AN UPDATE FROM CAPTAIN WENTZ. WE GOT AN UPDATE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S NEED FOR A NEW COMPUTER SERVER AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE PURCHASED. SO, THAT WILL BE COMING TO COUNCIL SOON AS WELL AS POLICE DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS. ONE WITH CONTRA COSTA COUNTY FOR DISPATCH AS WELL AS FOR THE MEDIA CONSULTANT THAT IS UTILIZED THAT HELPS WITH COMMUNICATION CITYWIDE AS WELL. THE LARGER CONVERSATION WAS AROUND THE STRATEGIC PLAN. OVER THE PAST 1 1/2 YEARS IT HAS BEEN ONGOING, LISTENING TO COMMUNITY MEMBER ABOUT WHAT THEY SEE AS THE STRENGTHS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT THEY SEE IN THE COMMUNITY AND ADOPTING GOALS AROUND THAT. WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND THE STRATEGIC PLAN. ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS THAT I KNOW I RAISED AROUND DATA AND SOME OTHER EFFORTS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN TERMS OF FUTURE FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT SHOULD BE CONTINUING TO WORK ITS WAY THROUGH. SOMETHING SHOULD BE BROUGHT FORWAR IN THE FUTURE. ON APRIL 13th, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WATERFRONT SUBCOMMITTEE MET. MYSELF AND COUNCILMEMBER ADAMS SIT ON THAT SUBCOMMITTEE. WE HAD AN UPDATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR '23-'24 GOALS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY. DIRECTOR DAVIS. AND REGARDING THE CITY'S BRANDING AND MARKETING EFFORTS. WE PUT OUT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS THAT JUST WENT OUT LAST WEEK. ALSO, WE HAD A CREATIVE AND REALLY FULL OF ENTHUSIASM IN TERMS OF THE POSSIBILITIES BUT ENVISIONING EXERCISE AND PLAN REGARDING OUR DOWNTOWN AND MARINA. THE CITY HIRED A FIRM HAIL&JONES FOR PUTTING TOGETHER DOCUMENTS ABOUT THE MARINA AREAS AND LOOKING AT WHAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY BE DIFFERENT ZONING, POTENTIALLY DIFFERENT AMENITIES TO ACTIVATE THE VIBRANCY OF AN ASSET WE KNOW WE HAVE HERE IN OUR WATERFRONT AND ARENA. A LOT MORE TO COME WITH THAT. IT WAS AN EXERCISE THAT WE HAVE NOW. LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT WE CAN DO MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE THINGS A REALITY. THE LAST THING THAT WE DISCUSSED WAS WE HAD AN UPDATE FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES WITH AN UPDATE OF GRANTS THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED. WE ARE IN ACTIVE PURSUIT OF AND THINGS THAT ARE ON OUR RADAR AND REALLY, ONCE AGAIN, KUDOS TO SARA AND HER TEAM AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BECAUSE THE TRACK RECORD OF THE NUMBER OF GRANTS THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PULL INTO THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY HELP WITH OUR EFFORTS SURROUND ENHANCING OUR PARKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE ALSO KUDOS CITYWIDE, I KNOW IN PUBLIC WORKS ALSO, PULLING IN A LOT OF DOLLARS TO DO THINGS AS FAR AS SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS, CROSS WALKS AS WELL AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS. SEEING THAT UPDATE WE WANT TO SEE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING STAFF AND THE EFFORTS GOING OUT THERE TO GET GRANTS TO BRING IN DOLLARS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT WAS REFRESHING TO SEE THE GRANTS OBTAINED. WITH THAT IT CONCLUDES THE UPDATES FOR THIS EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KILLINGS. >> ANY SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES FROM MY OTHER COLLEAGUES? SEEING NONE. COUNCILMEMBER LOPEZ. >> ON APRIL 7th COUNCILMEMBER ADAMS AND MYSELF MET FOR THE IN-PERSON, FIRST IN-PERSON, AFTER COVID, BLOCK GRANT WHERE WE SAT AND DISCUSSED DIFFERENT PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE, OVERALL. ONE OF THE BIGGEST HIGHLIGHTS BEHIND THAT MEETING WAS THAT WE WANTED TO PRIORITIZE FUNDING FOR THE ACCESSIBLE RAMPS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE HANDICAPPED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I KNOW THERE IS A HUGE NEED TO MEET AND TO, ALTHOUGH WE WOULD OF LIKED TO HAVE TO MEET THE NEED 100% BUT OUR BUDGET IS LIMITED. WE STRATEGIZED AND WE ARE ON TRACK FOR FUNDING 88 RAMPS AT $209,000 FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. WE ALSO WANT TO COMMEND, WE COMMENDED THE LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE ACTIVELY HELPING RESIDENTS OF PITTSBURG IN THE AREAS OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT, FEEDING OUR HOMELESS, PARTICULARLY LOVES AND FISHES WHO WE SEE ACTIVELY HELPING OUR HOMELESS AND PROVIDES MEALS, WARM MEALS FOR THEM EVERY DAY. THERE IS CURRENTLY A PROPOSED FUND FOR OPERATION JUNCTION THAT PROVIDE RESOURCES TO IMPROVE BASIC SKILLS TO MANY AND WOMEN TO GO INTO THE WORKFORCE. AND ALSO WE ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT WE PROVIDE $200,000 IN THE CITYWIDE ROADWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. AS WE KNOW SAFETY SHOULD BE OUR KEY CONCERN. ESPECIALLY IN THE LIGHT OF MANY ISSUES THAT HAVE TRANSPIRED IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. OUR ROADS SHOULD BE KEPT SAFE. $200,000 WAS RECOMMENDED TO BE ALLOCATED INTO THAT. . >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LOPEZ. >>> I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT OUT ON A SUBCOMMITTEE FROM LAST WEEK. MYSELF AND COUNCILMEMBER KILLINGS, WE BOTH SIT ON HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD. OUR DISCUSSION LAST WEEK WAS THE INTERIM GRANT PROCESS. SO, WE HAD OPENED UP THE GRANT PROCESS AND IT WAS OPEN FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS. IT WENT OUT TO A LITTLE OVER 30 ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. UNFORTUNATELY SINCE THE DISSOLUTION OF THE HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ALL OF THE FILES HAVE NOT BEEN TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE ADVISORY BOARD. SO, WE ARE, TOMORROW, WE ARE MEETING AGAIN TO DECIDE IF WE SHOULD KEEP THAT INTERIM PROCESS OPEN A LITTLE LONGER SO THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY WILL GET A CHANCE TO APPLY AND BE PART OF THIS INTERIM GRANT PROCESS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY MEETING. >> WE WILL NOW MEET AS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF PITTSBURG. DO ANY MEMBERS HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? >> SEEING NONE, DOES THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> NOT AT THE PRESENT. >> MADAM CLERK, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? >> NO WE DO NOT. >> I WILL NOW CALL APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ITEMS THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? SEPARATELY? IF NOT, I WILL -- DO I HEAR A MOTION? >> I MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MOTION. >> DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> I SECOND THE MOTION. >> DO WE NEED TO HELP -- MOTION MADE BY SL FLOYD. THE SECOND BY ANNIE HILL HERRING. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. . >> ALL RIGHT, THE MOTION PASSES, 7-0. DO ANY MEMBERS HAVE ANY REPORTS OR REMARKS? >> NONE AT PRESENT MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR ASKING. >> IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY MEETING WILL BE ADJOURNED. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, BOTH. . >>> ALL RIGHT, WE WILL NOW MEET AS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURG AND THE PITTSBURG POWER COMPANY BOARD. >>> MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. >> YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AT THIS POINT IN TIME I WANT WANTED YOU TO KNOW POLICIES SET AN ORDER OF BUSINESS. TYPICALLY YOU SEE THEM COMING BEFORE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WE PUBLISHED THE AGENDA THIS TIME WITH THE CONSENT CALENDAR COMING BEFORE A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE ITEM NUMBER 13 BECAUSE ITEM NUMBER 13 MIGHT BE ON THE LENGTHIER SIDE. FOR EFFICIENCY WE HAD THAT FIRST. I RECOMMEND YOU INVITE A MOTION TO RATIFY THIS MOTION OF BUSINESS. >> DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> SO MOVED >> THROUGH THE MAYOR, I SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. MOTION MADE BY VICE MAYOR BANALES. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER LOPEZ. PLEASECAST YOUR VOTES . >> THE MOTION PASSES, 5-0. >>> MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MR. CITY MANAGER, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL. >> YES, MADAM MAYOR I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 9 IF THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE COUNCIL. >> YES. >> OKAY. . >> COUNCILMEMBER KILLINGS >> IF I CAN WE WILL PRESENT THE ITEM AND GO TO THE REST OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. ITEM 9 IS AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF CLEAN CALIFORNIA LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH CAL TRANS. THEY ARE READY TO GO FOR ANOTHER HUGE GRANT. THIS GRANT IS COMPETITIVE. I WANT TO TEMPER EXPECTATIONS. EVEN THOUGH SHE DID INCREDIBLY WELL LAST TIME. SHE IS VERY EXCITED TO SHOW YOU THE $5 MILLION GRANT SHE IS HOPING TO GET AND WHAT IT WILL FUND. ZUNA? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> GOOD EVENING MADAM MARY AND CITY COUNCILMEMBER --MAYOROR AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. TODAY I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT. ASSOCIATED WITH THE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT AND ALIGNMENT OF THE COUNCIL'S PRY TORRIZATION OF YOUTH AMENITIITIS AND SERVICES. GATES AND ASSOCIATES DESIGN CONSULTANT FOR THE SKATE PLAZA. THE STAFF IS SEEKING TO IMPLEMENTATION FUNDING FROM THE CLEAN CALIFORNIA LOCAL GRANT CYCLE NUMBER 2. WE ARE PROPOSING TO BRING THOSE TWO AMENITIES TO THE COMMUNITY AND BEAUTIFY A LOCATION OF CITY PARK THAT COULD USE IMPROVEMENT. WE ARE PLANNING TO IMPROVE THE CORNER OF CIVIC AVENUE AND RAILROAD AVENUE. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS CONDUCTED ON NOVEMBER 6th, 9th, DECEMBER 8th OF 2020, AND MARCH OF 2023. THE SURVEY SHOWED A GREAT INTEREST IN THE AMENITIES. WE STARTED TO WORK WITH THE PITTSBURG HIGH SCHOOL SKATING CLUB. IT WAS IN AN INFANCY. THE MARCH SURVEY WAS PUT OUT TO THIS SMALL CLUB BUT QUICKLY REACHED A LARGER COMMUNITY WITH INPUT OF OVER 250 SKATERS. THIS INPUT HELPED US SEE WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE THE INPUT WA GREAT. THEY WANTED A STREET PLAZA, AMENITY WHERE SKATERS, WE GOT A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE BIKING COMMUNITY AS WELL. SINCE FEBRUARY 6th COUNCIL APPROVAL TO OBTAIN GATES AND ASSOCIATES AS A DESIGN CONSULTANT THE CITY STAFF HAS WORKED AROUND-THE-CLOCK TO GET THE CONTRACT INTO A REALITY. SOME OF THE AMENITIES THAT WILL FEATURED IN THIS AREA ARE THE ENTRY PLAZA WITH THE MONUMENT SIGN, DECORATED RAIL, A GRANT STAGE, SKATE ELEMENTS, BIKE RACK AND REPAIR STATION, SAFETY NETTING AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE FEATURES, A TRACK WITH A TODDLER AREA. THIS AREA IS FOR TODDLER WHO'S ARE LEARNING HOW TO RIDE THEIR BIKE. THIS AREA WILL BE PAINTED WITH THINGS SUCH AS A ROAD WITH DIFFERENT SIGNS AND A PAINTED GATOR TO JUMP OVER. MAYBE THE GATOR WILL NOT HAPPEN BUT A PLACE FOR KIDS TO BE KIDS. . >> IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO RESEMBLE A RAIL YARD. BRINGING OUT THE RAIL HISTORY IN THE COMMUNITY. THE SKATE PLAZA WILL HAVE ART INSULATION RESEMBLING THE TRAIN RAILS AND A SIGN CALLING IT THE RAIL YARD. THE PROJECT WILL PLANT 37 NEW TREES, WORK AROUND AN EXISTING OAK TREE, AND A TREE THAT WILL BE REMOVED INTO THE AREA BY TURNING IT INTO BENCHES. THE TRACK WILL BE MADE FROM ASPHALT TO REDUCE THE DIRT THAT COMES FROM A PUMP TRACK. THE NEXT STEPS, NOW THAT WE HAVE A GREAT DESIGN THE NEXT IS TO GO AFTER FUNDS, THE CITY STAFF WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR THE CLEAN CALIFORNIA LOCAL GRANT CYCLE 2. THE APPLICATION IS DUE APRIL 28th OF 2023. WE WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR UP TO $5 MILLION OF FUNDING THE PROJECT COMPLETION DATE FOR THE GRANT IS JUNE 30th OF 2026. HOWEVER, IF THE PROJECT DOES GET FUNDED WE ARE CONFIDENT WE COULD HAVE THE PROJECT COMPLETED AS EARLY AS THE END OF 2024. THE CLEAN CALIFORNIA LOCAL GRANT HAS FOUR GOALS. ONE, TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WASTE AND DEBRIS. TWO, TO BEAUTIFY AND IMPROVE PUBLIC SPACES, THREE, IMPROVING PUBLIC SPACES FOR WALKING AND RECREATION, AND FOUR, ADVANCE EQUITY OF UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. OUR PROJECT WHEELING TOWARDS MENTAL WELLNESS. IT WILL MEET THE FOUR GOALS IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS. NUMBER ONE, REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WASTE WITH PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAYS, CURRENTLY THE SPACE GATHERS LITTER. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS EMPTY AREA WILL GENERATE COMMUNITY APPRECIATION AND WILL PROVIDE A DEDICATED AREAS TO PLACE WASTE AROUND THE PLAZA. GOAL NUMBER TWO IS REENHANCE AND BEAUTIFY THE PUBLIC SPACES CONNECTING WITH THE RAILROAD BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT WE WILL BRING COLOR AND THE RICH HISTORY, THE RAIL YARD COMPONENTS WILL HAVE THE RICH HISTORY OF THE RAILROAD SYSTEM OF OUR CITY AND ITS IMPORTANCE THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT. GOAL NUMBER THREE ENHANCE PUBLIC HEALTH. CULTURE CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY PLACE MAKING PUBLIC SPACES FOR WALKING AND RECREATION. WE WILL CREATE THE WHEELING TOWARDS MENTAL WELLNESS PLEDGE. THIS PLEDGE WILL AIM TO GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE THEIR CARBON FOOTPRINT BY BIKING, SKATING, WALKING OR WHEELING TOWARDS SCHOOL OR WORK. WITH INCENTIVES AT EACH MILESTONE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A MAJOR PRIZE AT THE END OF THE ONE YEAR MARK. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO HAVE A MAY GARDEN IN REFERENCE AND IN HONOR OF THE MONTH OF MAY AS IT THE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. THIS GARDEN WILL HAVE FLOWERS THAT WILL BLOOM IN THE MONTH OF MAY AND REMIND THE YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE AND SHOWING THEM THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD THROUGH THIS. GOAL NUMBER FOUR, ADVANCE EQUITY FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. MENTAL HEALTH IS SOMETHING THAT IS EFFECTING OUR YOUTH. SKATEBOARDING HAS A GREAT IMPACT IN MENTAL HEALTH, BUILDING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SKILLS. PROMOTING HEALTHY AND ACTIVE LIFESTYLES, REDUCING CRIMINAL BELAVEIOR AND ATTRACTING TOURISM. ALL OF WHICH HELP IN ADVANCING OUR UNDER SERVED COMMUNITY INTO AN EQUITABLE ONE. WE WILL LIKE TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALL TO HAVE ACCESS TO AMENITIES, TO THESE AMENITIES AND NOT TRAVEL TO ANOTHER CITY TO DO SO. WE WANT TO FIND THE NEXT TONY HAWK IN PITTSBURG. WITH THAT, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING STAFF TO APPLY TO UP TO $ 5 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDS, ACCEPT ANY FUNDINGS FROM THE CLEAN CALIFORNIA GRANT PROGRAM, DIRECT STAFF TO ESTABLISH A BUDGET FROM CONSTRUCTION OF THE WHEELING TOWARDS MENTAL WELLNESS PROJECT. AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT AND ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS PROJECT. I WILL LIKE FOR ALL TO KEEP IN MIND THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE GRANT. BUT, WE HAVE THE BEST TEAM. TO PUT THIS APPLICATION TOGETHER AND TO SECURE THE FUNDS FOR OUR YOUTH AND OUR COMMUNITY. WE ARE TEAM PITTSBURG. I WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, THAT WAS A LOVELY PRESENTATION. I AM EXCITE ABOUT IT ALREADY. I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE GRANT YET BUT, KEEPING MY FINGER'S CROSSED THAT WE GET IT. AND I JUST APPRECIATE HOW YOU WORK WITH DESIGN TEAM TO INCORPORATE IN OF PITTSBURG HISTORY. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO SO WE CAN KEEP A LITTLE BIT OF OLD TOWN AND TO REMEMBER THAT AS GENERATIONS BEGIN TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR HISTORY, ESPECIALLY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. AND, I KNOW THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET A GRANT LAST YEAR SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL CONTINUING TO LOOK AT GRANTS THAT HELP SUPPORT ESPECIALLY RECREATION HERE IN OUR CITY AS YOU SHARE, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF GOING TO OTHER CITIES TO HAVE THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURG. THANK YOU, AGAIN. >>> ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER LOPEZ? COUNCILMEMBER KILLINGS? >> THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND THANK YOU, AGAIN ZUNA FOR THE PRESENTATION. I SHARE THE EXCITEMENT AND ALL I CAN SAY I WAS SHARING WITH COUNCILMEMBER ADAMS AS WE JUST OPENED UP THE PACKET. I LOVE THE CONCEPT OF THE RAIL YARD. NOT ONLY FOR THE HISTORY BUT JUST WITH THE COMPONENT OF WHAT IT MEANS TO SKATING. I THINK IT WAS REALLY NICE WE KNOW WE ARE APPLYING FOR A GRANT THAT IS COMPETITIVE. I AM BIG ABOUT WRITING DOWN A VISION. WE JUST HAD A VISIONING WORKSHOP ABOUT THE MARINA DOWNTOWN WHEN WE DO THINGS LIKE THERE WE ARE LETTING THE COMMUNITY KNOW WE ARE MOVING IN A DIRECTION WE ARE GOING TOWARDS SOMETHING. I BELIEVE THAT EVERY RESIDENT IN PITTSBURG WOULD AGREE THAT WE DESERVE THESE AMENITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SO, BEING ABLE TO SEE IT, AND KNOW WE ARE GOING AFTER THE GRANTS AND LOOKING WITHIN OUR OWN BUDGETS TO MAKE THESE THINGS A REALITY. I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE COMFORTING BUT REWARDING TO THE COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE SEEING THESE THINES COME THROUGH. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE APPLICATION AND BEING CUB MITTED AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ON THIS AND THE REST OF YOUR TEAM. >> THANK YOU >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER KILLINGS. MADAM CLERK DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? >> NO, WE DO NOT. >> THANK YOU. >> I JUST WANTED TO PULL IT OFF OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR TO SHARE ALL OF THE WORK THAT THE STAFF HAS BEEN DOING. AT THERE TIME I WILL LOOK TOWARDS MY COLLEAGUES FOR A MOTION. . >>> THROUGH THE MAYOR I MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING STAFF TO APPLY FOR UP TO $5 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDS AND THE REST OF THE ENTIRE RECOMMENDATION. >> THANK YOU. MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER LOPEZ. >> I WILL SECOND. >> SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER ADAMS, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES IT PASSES, 5-0. >>> NOW WE ARE MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR CONSENT CALENDAR. DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? SEEING NONE I WILL NOW CALL APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. TO THE MAYOR I WILL MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. >> MOVED BY VICE MAYOR BANALES. . >> I WILL SECOND THAT. >> PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. . >> THE CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES 5-0. . >>> MOVING ON TO FUTURE ITEMS. DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? >> ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE. DOES ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY REPORTS OR REMARKS FOR THIS EVENING? >> ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE. AT THIS TIME WE WILL END OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. . >> MAYOR, JUST TO CLARIFY WE ARE NOT ENDING THE MEETING WE ARE MOVING ON. >> YES. I MEAN MOVING ON TO PUBLIC HEARING. >> AND THROUGH THE MAYOR IF I MAY? >> YES. >> FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM UPON ADVICE FROM THE FPPC I WILL RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS ITEM DUE TO A FINANCIAL INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY OWNED WITHIN 500 AND 1,000 FEET OF THE SUBJECT PARCEL. AT THIS TIME I WILL EXCUSE MYSELF FROM THE CHAMBER. >> THANK YOU VICE MAYOR BANALES. >> OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THIS APPEAL HEARING OF THE PITTSBURG CITY COUNCIL, MR. CITY MANAGER WILL YOU INTRODUCE THE ITEM. >> YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING IS AN APPEAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION DETERMINATION TO NOT RECOMMEND FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL THE AN EXATION ANNEXATION PROJECT. >> GOOD EVENING MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, INTERESTED PARTIES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. JORDAN DAVIS AND ROD STINSON WILL ASSIST WITH THE PRESENTATION ON THIS PROJECT. SO TO START AS DESCRIBED THIS IS A DISCOVERY. TO NOT RECOMMEND FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL PLAN AND FREE ZONING AND ADOPTION OF A MASTER PLAN FOR THE SOUTHWEST HILLS ANNEXATION PROJECT. THE HEARING INVOLVES THREE CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS TO CERTIFY AND REVISE UPDATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, APPROVE A GENERAL AMENDMENT, INTRODUCTION AND WAVE FIRST READING OF TWO CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCES OF PREZONING DESIGNATIONS INCLUDING APPROVAL AND MASTER PLAN FOR THE PROJECT. BEFORE I BEGIN WITH MY PRESENTATION, I WOULD LIKE TO OUTLINE THE FORMAT OF THIS APPEAL HEARING OF THE PUBLIC AND ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR THE PROJECT THAT UNDERSTANDS THE PROCEDURES. THE MAYOR WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, HEAR THE PRESENTATION FROM THE APPELLANT. HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. HEAR CONCLUDING RESPONSE FROM THE APPELLANT. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, ASK QUESTIONS IN NECESSARY, DELIBERATE AND ACT ON THE APPEAL. AS A QUICK NOTE OF MENTION TO THE COUNCIL, STAFFERS RECEIVED NUMEROUS LETTERS AND EMAILS IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION OF THE PROJECT. THESE LETTERS AND EMAILS ARE PROVIDED TO YOU AND ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO START THE PRESENTATION WITH THE QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE SITE. IS IS IN THE SOUTHWEST HILLS, SURROUNDING USES INCLUDE THE SAN MARCO SUBDIVISIONS TO THE NORTH AND DIVISION LINE TO THE SOUTH. AGAIN, AS A QUICK MENTION AND DISCUSSED IN THE STAFF REPORT THE PROPOSED PROJECT, IT WILL NOT CHANGE THE MAXIMUM DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF 1500 FAMILY UNITS AS ANTICIPATED IN THE 2020 GENERAL PLAN. AGAIN, FOCUS THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE SITE WITHIN THE VALLEY AREA ANY, THE APPLICATION CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL TONIGHT CONSIST OF THE MAIN COMPONENTS, PREZONING, AMENITY WANTS INCLUDING A DRAFT MASTER PLAN, AMENDMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. TO CARRY OUT THE PROJECT ANNEXATION PROJECT OF 607 ACRES WILL BE REQUIRED. 1500 UNITS IS CONTEMPLATED FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS AND INCLUDED FOR PLANS OF SERVICE WITH THE SEWER AND OTHER LONG-RANGE DOCUMENTS, STORM WATER DRAINAGE TREATMENT, RECREATIONAL NEEDS, FACILEITY AND GROWTH AND TRANSPORTATION. IT GOES TBOOK 2001 WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED FOR THE LAND USE FOR THE SITE CALLING FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND SOME OPEN SPACE SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT THE SITE. IN 2005 THE VOTERS IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURG VOTED TO EXTEND THE LINE AND AMEND THE GENERAL PLAN TO INCLUDE THE FARIA PROPERTY WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT LIMITS. THE VOTERS ESTABLISHED PREZONING FOR THE FARIA SITE CONSISTENT WITH THE PLANNING. SUBSEQUENT TO PASSING OF MEASURE P., IT WAS EXECUTED IN 2006 TO ENSURE THE GREENBELT BUFFER ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE SITE. IN 2007 THE GENERAL PLAN WAS AMENDED TO INCLUDE A NEW POLICY THAT FORMALLY CODIFIED THE PROJECT. LASTLY, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE. 20008, THE WORKING GROUP FORM AND OFFICIALS BOTH THE CITIES PITTSBURG AND CONCORD. AND TALKING ABOUT MUTUAL CONCERT INCLUDING THE GROWN BELT BUFFER. GREENBELT BUFFER. IT WAS TO PROTECT THE EXISTING LINE BETWEEN THE TWO JURISDICTIONS AND TO HELP MINIMIZE OFFICIAL IMPACTS EVER THE PITTSBURG SITE DEVELOPMENT THAT MIGHT BE SEEN FROM THE VARIOUS VANTAGE POINTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF CONCORD. THIS WILL BE DESCRIBED MORE IN DETAIL DURING THE PRESENTATION. ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE GROUP WAS A SET BACK OF 150 FEET FROM THE CENTER OF THE RIDGE LINE. THIS SET BACK INCORPORATED INTO THE PLAN WILL ENSURE LITTLE TO NO VISUAL IMPACTS TO THE CITY OF CONCORD BECAUSE THE LAND ON THE PITTSBURG SIDE SITS LOWER ELEVATION AND BLOCKED BY THE RIDGE LINE. WITH THE GREENBELT BUFFER. IN 2009, THERE IS A NOTE, LAFCO APPROVED THE EXPANSION TO MASTER THE URBAN LIMIT LINES, THE NEXT ACTION WAS IN 2010. THIS IS WHEN THE PROPERTY OWNER FILED THE APPLICATION WITH THE CITY OF PITTSBURG REQUESTING THE CITY ANNEXATION OF THE SITE. BACKGROUND AND CONTINUED GOING TO WRAP IT UP. INCLUDING THE FREE ZONING INCLUDING AN INTERN STUDY, OVERLAY DISTRICT, INTENDED TO DESIGNATE THE SITE AS AN AREA WHERE ZONING REGULATIONS WILL REMAIN UNDER STUDY. MORE IN-DEPTH ENVIRONMENTAL LOOK WAS DONE. THE SCOPING PROCESS, IT WAS DETERMINED IT NEEDED TO BE AMENDED FURTHER. 2017 THEY DECIDED TO CREATE A MORE DETAILED MASTER PLAN, PROPOSED TONIGHT, TO GUIDE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE ALONG WITH THIS MASTER PLAN THEY PROPOSE CHANGING FOR THE LAND USE DEFINED BY THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO DEVELOP THE AREAS AND ADD MORE PLANNED OPEN SPACE TO THE SITE. THE APPLICANT REQUESTED GENERAL PLANS TO MAKE SURE THEIR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLANS AND GOALS AND POLICIES. ADDITION ALLEY IN 2021, HCP SETTLEMENT WAS REACHED FOR FARIA LAND DEDICATION WITH MITIGATION OF THE WILDLIFE AGENCY CONCURRENCE. NOW, MOVING ON TO A MORE CURRENT TAKE ON THE PROJECT. ON FEBRUARY 22nd, 2021, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED PROPOSED PROJECT. CERTIFIED THEFINAL EIR, APPROVED CEQA VIOLATIONS. ON MARCH 30th. SAVE MOUNT DIABLO FILED SUIT ALLEGING THE FINAL EIR. CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SUPREME COURT ENDED THE ORDER ON FEBRUARY BETWEEN 10th, 2022, GRANTING THEM THE NUMEROUS ISSUES RAISED BY PLANT DIABLO. ONLY FOUR DETERMINED TO BE INADEQUATE AND THE COURT DEMANDED THE CITY TO SET ASIDE PROJECT APPROVALS AND THE FINAL EIR. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUPREME COURT ORDER, THE CITY SET ASIDE SPECIFIED APPROVALS AND CERTIFICATION OF THE ORIGINAL EIR ON AUGUST 15th, 2022. THE CITY IS REFIESED THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT TO ADDRESS THE ITEMS DETERMINED BY THE COURT TO REQUIRE FURTHER ANALYSIS. THE REVIEW IS LOOKING TO ADDRESS AND CLARIFICATION ONLY THE ISSUES, ONLY THE ISSUES DETERMINED BY THE COURT TO BE INSUFFICIENT. IT DEMONSTRATES THE AN ANALYSIS PREPARED AND PRESENTED IN A DRAFT EIR AND RECIRCULATED DRAFT EIR ARE SUPPORTED BY SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. AND THE ORIGINAL CONCLUSIONS ARE VALID. AS SUCH IT HAVE FINAL REVISIONS ON THE EIR BASED ON THE NEW MEMORANDUM AND STAFF REVIEWED. AGAIN, I WOULD NOTE, THE MEMORANDUMS ONLY CLARIFY, DO NOT CHANGE THE CONCLUSIONS PRESENTED IN THE DRAFT EIR. SPECIFICALLY THE FOLLOWING ISSUES IDENTIFIED BY THE COURT THAT HAVE BEEN FURTHER ADDRESSED ARE, THE ADU'S. ELIMINATED AS A REQUIREMENT AND THUS NO ANALYSIS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OR OPERATION IS REQUIRED. SECOND, THE DETAIL IN THE REPORT TO ADDRESS AIR QUALITY AND GREENHOUSE GAS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. THIRD, THE BASELINE DESCRIPTION OF BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THROUGH ADDITIONAL SERVING BY ATVs AND ON FOOT WITH UNOBSTRUCTED VIEWS OF THE HILLSIDE AND THE DRAFT EIR'S WATER USAGE ANALYSIS CONFIRMED USING THE RELEVANT INFORMATION FROM THE CITY'S 2020 PLAN. AS SUCH, PURSUIT ENT TO THE GUIDELINES, RESHIRK SLEIGHINGS NOT REQUIRED IF THE INFORMATION ADDED TO THE EIR MERELY CLAIRE -- GUIDELINES TO THE EIRS NOT REQUIRED IF THE INFORMATION ADD MERELY CLARIFIES. THOSEIDENTIFIED IN APPEND EXX, X AND SEVERE IMPACTS BEYOND WHAT IS IN THE DRAFT EIR. NOR DO THE REVISIONS IDENTIFY ANY NEW ALTERNATIVES OR MITIGATION MEASURES CONSIDERABLY DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PRESENTED IN THE DRAFT EIR. AGAIN, THERE'S CHANGES REPRESENT ROUGHLY 18 PAGES IN THE REVISED UPDATED IMPACT REPORT. OVERALL WITH THE INCORPORATION AND REVISIONS REFLECTED WHICH ARE BASED ON DISCUSSIONS AND ANALYSIS IN THE NEW MEMORANDUM THE CONCLUSIONS DO NOT CHANGE. AGAIN, THE REVISIONS REFLECTED CLARIFY AND AMPLIFY THE ORIGINAL FINAL EIR SUCH THAT THE REVISED AND UPDATED FINAL EIRs ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE CONCLUSIONS TO SUPREME COURT AND REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH ARE NOW REQUIRED UNDER THE GUIDELINES. . >> NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU A FLY OVER TO UNDERSTAND IT BETTER. WE START AT WESTERN RIDGE LINE THAT WILL BE PRESERVED IN THE CURRENT STATE AND BECOME THE OPEN SPACE BUFFER BETWEEN THE PROJECT SITE AND FUTURE REGIONAL PARK. SO, HERE YOU CAN SEE THE BULK OF THE SITE. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THERE IS A VALLEY AREA WHICH GENERALLY RUNS NORTH TO SOUTH IN A CURVED SHAPE IN THE CENTER OF THE SITE. THERE IS WHERE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE FOCUSED. WE WILL WRAP THIS UP BY REDISPLAYING THE FULL PROJECT SITE BOUNDARY FOR THE FULL 607 ACRES BEING DISCUSSED TONIGHT. AS YOU SEE OUT LINED IN RED, 607 ACRES FOR THE FARIA PROJECT SITE. THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR THIS PROJECT HAVE BEEN CRAFTED TO FOSTER APPROPRIATE HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT CAN BE MORE COMPLEX THAN DEVELOPMENT IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE TAPPOGRAPHY OF THIS PROPERTY. IT IS LARGELY UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME HOWEVER, UNDER THE PROPOSED MASTER PLAN THE PROJECT WOULD ENSURE THAT SAN MARCO BOULEVARD WILL BE EXPANDED AND BACKBONE OF DEVELOPMENT TO BRANCH OFF AND EVENTUALLY CONNECT TO BAILEY ROAD TO THE EAST. DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR THE LARGER ONSIGHT CIRCULATION ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE MASTER PLAN. LET'S MOVE ON. DISCUSS THE COMPONENTS OF THIS REQUEST. THE FIRST PART OF THE MAPPING CHANGES ARE NEEDED TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY. THE FIRST IMAGE ON THE LEFT SHOWS THE CURRENT LAND USE, LAYOUT, THE SECOND IMAGE ON THE RIGHT SLOWS PROPOSED LAND USE DESIGNATION ON THE SITE TO MATCH THOSE IN A DRAFTED MASTER PLAN. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS IMAGE ON THE RIGHT, THERE REMAINS A GREENBELT BUFFER, FOR THE PROPOSED FARIA PROJECT ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER. THE NEXT PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT DETECT CHANGES. I WILL NOT GO THROUGH EACH ONE IN DETAIL. THEY ARE ALL INCLUDED IN STAFF REPORT AND PROPOSED RESOLUTION. TO GET AN OVERVIEW, THEY WILL HAVE MODIFICATION TO TWO GOALS, TWO POLICIES. THE FIRST IS THE URBAN DESIGN ELEMENT. THE SECOND IS THE HEALTH AND SAFETY ELEMENT. MOSTLY TO ENSURE THE LANGUAGE ALLOWS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE AS ENVISIONED BY THE MASTER PLAN AND GRADING AND SLOPE STABILITY ON THE SITE WILL BE PERMITTED. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS INCLUDE DELETION OF ONE GOAL AND SEVEN POLICIES. I WILL NOT GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE IN DETAIL. MANY REASONS FOR THE DELETION IS TO ENSURE THERE ARE NO INCONSISTENCIES WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND PROPOSED MASTER PLAN. THE ITEMS PROPOSED WILL GENERALLY DEAL WITH RETAINING HILLSIDE TAPOGRAPHY, GRADING, DESIGNS, LOT ORIENTATIONS FOR STEEP HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT, HOUSE DESIGNS FOR HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT. THIS WILL BE HILLSIDE ZONING. IT IS LOW DENSITY AREA. IT IS SET FOR OPEN SPACE. AS PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT IN THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT THE PROJECT WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPED AREA. 341 REDUCING THE AVAILABLE AREA 265 TO BE OPEN SPACE THAT FOCUS ON THE CENTER OF THE SITE WITHIN THE VALLEY AREA AND GREEN BUFFER ALONG THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE SITE. THE NEXT SLIDE BRINGS US TO THE MASTER PLAN COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT. THE MAP FOR THIS AREA IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKAGE TONIGHT AND IT WILL ALSO BE SHOWN ON THE NEXT SLIDE. SPECIFIC FOR THE COUNCIL. THE GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE MASTER PLAN IS TO GUIDE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE WHILE ENSURING THE DEVELOPMENT IS PLANNED IN A SENSITIVE MANNER, CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN, MAINTAINS ENVIRONMENTAL AND TOPOGRAPHY FOR THE SITE AND DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN CREATE PROBLEMS FOR EXISTING OR PLANNED PUBLIC FACILITIES. ALSO, THE FARIA MASTER PLAN DOCUMENT AS PROPOSED INCLUDES FOUR SECTIONS WHICH IDENTIFIES SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ESSENTIALLY OVERLAY DICTATING ALLOWABLE USES FOR BUILDING REGULATIONS. GUIDELINES THAT ARE ARE COME FROM EXISTING POLICIES. NO SUSPECT PROJECT IS PART OF THE APPLICATIONS TONIGHT. ALL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT SITE WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE MASTER PLAN. AGAIN, PROVIDING A GUIDE FOR ALL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN A PROJECT TO ENSURE A HIGH-LEVEL OF QUALITY IN A BLUEPRINT AND ALSO OF A VARIETY AND CONSTRUCTION OF FUTURE HOMES. ALSO IN THE NOTE FOR THE COUNCIL, MASTER PLAN IN SECTION 4 DISCUSSES PROJECT PHASING. SUBSEQUENT TITLEMENTS SPECIFICALLY IT STATES AFTER THE PROJECT IS ANNEXED BY THE CITY OF PITTSBURG, BASED ON THE ZONING AND DENSITY PROPOSED AS THE MASTER PLAN, THE APPLICANT WILL SUBMIT A TENTATIVE MAP FOR DESIGN REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE CITY OF PITTSBURG IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WILL BE COMPLETED WITH THE CITY OF PITTSBURG. OUR CITY MANAGER WILL DISCUSS MORE DETAIL COMPONENTS LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION. >> THIS SLIDE DEPICTS THE ATTACHED MAP OF EXHIBIT A. IT IS A FOCUS ALL DEVELOPMENT IN THE NATURAL VALLEY AREA THAT RUNS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE SITE. NORTH TO SOUTH AND ALLOW FOR A NATURAL BUFFER ON THE EAST AND WEST OF THE SITE. SEVERAL PROMINENT RIDGE LINES ARE LOCATED AND REMAIN, AGAIN, MOSTLY UNTOUCHED. THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS TO HELP DECIDE THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AS DICTATED BY THE PREVIOUS SLIDE AND THE MASTER PLAN AS EXHIBIT A. AS YOU SEE IN THIS IMAGE, THE NORTHERN HALF OF THIS SITE IS FOR THE SLIGHTLY MORE DENSE DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD RANGE FROM THREE TO FIVE UNITS AN ACRE WHILE THE SOUTHERN HALF IS LESS IN ONLY ONE TO THREE UNITS AN ACRE. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA IT WILL BE THE UNDEVELOPED AREA. THIS SLIDE DEPICTS HOW THE DEVELOPMENT WILL LOOK OUT OF DENSITY. AND THE DENSITY AND WHAT IT MEANS, THERE IS AN AVERAGE LOT SIZE OF FIVE DWELLING UNITS TO A GROSS ACRE. IT WILL BE 8,000 SQUARE FEET. AVERAGE LOT SIZE IS AT 3, THE DWELLING UNITS TO THE GROSS ACRE WILL BE CLOSER TO 12-14,000 FEET. AND AVERAGE OF ABOUT FIVE TO SEVEN DWELLING AND LOT SIZES AROUND 6,000 ON AVERAGE LOT SIZE. NOW, TO DISCUSS MORE DETAIL AND HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE SPECIFIC MASTER PLAN POLICIES AND REGULATIONS. AGAIN, THE MASTER PLAN WILL PRESERVE MORE OPEN SPACE THAN IS DESIGNATED IN THE PLAN AND ALLOW FOR TWO RESIDENTIAL AREAS TO BE BUILT, 209 ACRES AND DENSITY OF THREE TO FIVE DWELLING FOR GROSS ACRE AND SECOND WITH A DENSITY OF ONE TO THREE DWELLING FOR GROSS ACRE. GOOD TO SEE THE IMAGES AND VISUALIZE HOW MUCH WILL BE DEVELOPED IN THE AREA AND DENSITY AND ACRES. FLAT LOTS ARE ALLOWED TO REDUCE IMPACT, CUT AND FILL AND BETTER VIEW PROTECTION. AND THE PLAN TO BREAK UP ALL OF THE CONCRETE PAVING WITH DIFFERENT MATERIALS. THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THIS MASTER PLAN FOR FARIA. IN ADDITION, THE FUTURE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SUBDESIGN DIVISION HAS LANGUAGE THAT ENCOURAGES HILLSIDE STATE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE OUTER EDGES OF THE MASTER PLAN AREA, ENHANCES VIEWS FROM INDIVIDUAL LOTS, PARKS, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF ALL HOMES AND IN TERMS OF NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN RESERVES SITES NEAR RIDGES AND VIEW SHEDS FOR UNIQUE ESTATE-STYLE HOMES WITH SPECIAL EFFORT GIVEN FOR UNIQUE DESIGN. NOW I WILL TURN THE PROJECT AND PRESENTATION OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER FOR A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE VIEWS OF THE SITE. THE LOCATION, BENEFITS OF THE PROJECT AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, JOHN. >>> ONE OF THE COMMENTS I HEARD DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IN FEBRUARY WAS THE VIEW FROM PITTSBURG. SO, WHAT WEWANTED TO COVER HERE --IT WAS VIEWS FROM PITTSBURG AND JOHN WILL HELP ME OUT HERE A LITTLE BIT. SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS ON THE LEFT YOU HAVE CURRENT VIEW FROM SAN MARCO AND WEST LELAND ROAD AND HERE YOU WILL SEE A FEW ROOF TOPS IF YOU ARE STANDING THERE. FOR THE MOST PART IT IS VERY MUCH IN A VALLEY. SEEING THE PROJECT WILL BE QUITE A CHALLENGE. ANOTHER VIEW FROM BAILEY ROAD. SO, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP IT IS THE CURRENT VIEW. THE BOTTOM HAS A LIGHT SHADING WHERE YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THE HOUSES. AGAIN, THERE IS BEHIND HILLS AND QUITE A CHALLENGE TO SEE THE HOMES FROM PITTSBURG. WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GO INTO THE SITE OR IN THE VALLEY YOU CAN SEE THE ROAD AT THE BASE OF THIS AND YOU HAVE QUITE SUBSTANTIAL HILLS ON BOTH SIDES AGAIN, THE PROJECT PULL INTO THAT VALLEY AREA TO BE BUILT. AND THAT IS THE FOCUS. HERE IS ANOTHER VIEW AS YOU ARE TRAVELING NORTH FROM THE CENTRAL PART OF THE SITE. AGAIN, THERE IS VERY MUCH A PROJECT THAT IS BUILT DOWN IN THE VALLEYS FOR THIS LOCATION, THE 600 ACRES. THE KEY COMPONENT OF THIS AGREEMENT IS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. IT CONTAINS NEGOTIATED BENEFITS FROM BOTH SIDES. IN THIS CASE FOR THE CITY. TRAFFIC IMPACT FEES OF, IN TODAY'S DOLLARS AT 1500 UNITS, IT IS FOR TRAFFIC AND IMPACT FEES. AND GOING TOWARDS EXTENDING WEST LELAND ROAD TO THE PASS AND TO OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT. FOR TRAFFICKING FEES. THE DROPPING OF ADUs. JOHN MENTIONED EARLIER TRIGGERS INCLUSIONARY FEE. THE CURRENT FEES THAT THE CITY WOULD CHARGE THAT GENERATES $38 MILLION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SINGLE STORY HOME REQUIREMENT. THERE IS A THERE WILL BE MORE SINGLE STORY HOUSING UNITS TO THE CITY FOR FOLKS. IT IS NOT ALWAYS TWO-STORY BUILDINGS. IN THIS CASE THE DEVELOPERS INCLUDED THAT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. ALSO, CITYWIDE SECURITY CAMERA NETWORK. $200,000 TO ASSIST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN CAMERAS AND LICENSE PLATE READERS AT ENTRANCE POINTS FOR THE SUBDIVISION. COMMUNITY BENEFIT FEE OF $2 MILLION TO PROVIDE THE CITY AND IMPROVE CITY FACILITIES EXISTING OR NEW. ENTRANCE SIGNS INTO THE CITY OF $100,000 FOR MONUMENTS, WELCOMING PEOPLE TO PITTSBURG. AND, SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUED IN OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, IT WAS A BIGGER DEAL, 10 OR 15 YEARS AGO WITH BRINGING IN ALL OF THE OTHER TYPES OF SECURITY SYSTEMS. WIRELESS SYSTEM THROUGHOUT EACH UNIT. NOW, GOING ON TO OTHER PARTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OUR COMMUNITY FACILITY DISTRICTS. THESE ARE PAID ANNUALLY BY THE HOMEOWNERS TO OFF SET IMPACTS FOR THE CITY. A LOT OF THE TIMES THEY COVER PUBLIC SAFETY, STORM WATER, C 3 FACILITY MAINTENANCE, IN THIS CASE, THE PUBLIC CITY CREATED IN 2004 FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS MECHANISMS FOR THE NEW RESIDENTS TO OFF SET SOME OF THE COSTS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. FOR JUST FOR FARIA ESTIMATED IN TODAY'S DOLLARS WILL BE $1.5 MILLION ANNUALLY AT FULL BUILD OUT. $802 FOR EVERY FAMILY UNIT IN THE DISTRICT. WE CREATED AND WERE THE FIRST CITY TO IMPLEMENT A FIRE FACILITY CFD IN THE COUNTY. THAT IS TO HELP THE COUNTY IN THEIR COST FOR FIRE FACILITIES. THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER $140,000 ANNUALLY. THAT INCREASES 2% EVERY YEAR. LANDSCAPING AND PARK MAINTENANCE WE ESTIMATE AT $180,000 A YEAR FOR THE CITY. SO, THE NEXT SLIDE IS TOO MUCH TEXT. EASIER FOR ME TO DESCRIBE. YOU CAN CERTAINLY READ IT. WHAT THIS IS DESCRIBING IS RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A PROGRAM LEVEL DEVELOPMENT. IT IS NOT DOWN TO THE TENTATIVE MAP LEVEL. TYPICALLY WHEN A TENTATIVE MAP COMES IT GOES TO JUST THE PLANNING COMMISSION. WHAT WE ADDED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS FOR THE CITY MANAGER, WHOMEVER IS SITTING IN THIS SPOT CAN BRING IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY FOR YOUR REVIEW AND COMMENTS AND HAVE ITS AMENDMENTS CHANGED. IT DOES NOT STOP AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THIS WAS A WAY TO MAKE SURE AND ENSURE THAT THE COUNCIL HAS A SAY WHEN IT GETS TO THAT POINT WHEN IT IS A PROJECT LEVEL DISCUSSION AND TENTATIVE MAP. WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. ANOTHER IMPORTANT AND EXCITING PART IS TRAIL CONNECTIONS? THE 2500 ACRES AND FANTASTIC FACILITY GOING IN. THE DEVELOPERS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ONE OR MORE TRAILS AND ONE OR MORE STAGING AREAS IN THE PROJECT TO CONNECT TO THE REGIONAL PARK TRAIL SYSTEM AND NOT HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE OF PITTSBURG TO GET TO A PARK NEXT TO PITTSBURG. AND THIS IS ALL SUBJECT TO CITY APPROVAL AND COORDINATION WITH THE EAST BAY PARK DISTRICT. SO, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A MAP OF THE AREA AND LET'S SAY RIGHT NOW THERE IS THE REGIONAL PARK AND YOU LIVED WHERE THIS BLACK X IS, I THINK THAT IS SAN MARCO RIGHT NOW. IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE PARK WITHOUT FARIA CONSTRUCTED AND APPROVED. YOU WILL HAVE TO GO 6 1/2 MILES THROUGH HIGHWAY 4 TO GET THERE OR SEVEN MILES TO GET THERE. THE GREAT THING ABOUT FARIA IS THAT YOU CAN ACCESS IT FROM PITTSBURG IT OPENS UP A 2500-ACRE PARK TO PITTSBURG RIGHT AT ITS BORDER. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO WORK WITH THE PARK DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT WORKS IN A WAY THAT THEY FEEL IT CAN ENHANCE AND UTILIZE THEIR TRAILS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. OTHER BENEFITS FOR THERE PROJECT. IT HAS GONE THROUGH THE HCP PROCESS. SO IT HAS US AND CALIFORNIA FISH AND WILDLIFE APPROVALS, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY FLOOD APPROVALS, USING UNION JOBS T CONSTRUCT. IT IS LIVING WAGES AND DONE IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE LABOR AGREEMENT THAT EXISTS FOR THIS PROJECT. SOLARAND EV READY AND EIFD WILL BE CREATED IN A MANNER TO SUPPORT PARKS AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AND MAINTENANCE COSTS. ALSO, SPILKER AND ALVES RANCH COMMERCIAL AREAS MORE VIABLE WITH MILLION DOLLAR HOMES WHICH THIS WILL INCLUDE. AS YOU LOOK AT THE LEVELS, THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE AREA. THERE IS THE SOUTHWEST HILLS. RAILROAD TO SOUTH HIGHWAY 4. THE ONLY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT FROM RAILROAD, SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 4 TO THE CONCORD BORDER WAS OAK HILL SHOPPING CENTER IN 1989. WE HAD AN ARCO SUBWAY BUILT ARCO BUILT 27 YEARS LATER. WHEN WE HEAR THE COMMUNITY SAY WE WANT MORE COMMERCIAL, NEED MORE COMMERCIAL, THAT IS WHY THIS COUNCIL IN THE LAST YEAR WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT SPROUTS COMING TO THE SAN MARCO COMMERCIAL CENTER. THAT IS THRIVE YEAR -- 35 YEARS SINCE OAK HILLS, WHAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AND MORE FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE THE CENTER THAT IS 12 ACRES ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE CITY AT WEST LELAND ROAD AND THE FUTURE THAT HAS BEEN PLANNED FOR AWHILE AS PART OF THE RANCH DEVELOPMENT. AGAIN, THE SUCCESS OF SPROUTS GOING IN. THE ROOF TOPS AND THE DOLLARS BEHIND THEM AND THE VALUES. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE THAT SUCCESS. ANOTHER REASON IN PITTSBURG, AND I LIKE TO SAY THIS A LOT. PITTSBURG IS THE BEST COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTY PROVIDING ALL LEVELS OF HOUSING. IT HAS THE BEST GRADE OF THE COUNTY OR ANY OTHER CITY IN PROVIDING HOUSING THROUGHOUT ALL LEVELS. IT HAS A B. PLUS RATING AS PART OF THE REGIONAL HOUSING ASSESSMENT. AND ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE UP AS WE CAN WITH SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES IS HIGH END HOUSING. THIS PROJECT, THE SAN MARCO DEVELOPMENT, HAS HOMES STARTING AT $1.3 MILLION. THIS PROJECT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 1500 MORE ESTATE-STYLE HOMES. AGAIN, THE TWO AREAS, IT IS ONE TO THREE UNITS FOR GROSS ACRE OR THREE TO FIVE. VERY MUCH LARGER LOTS THAN WE ARE USED TO SEEING IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE WAY SOME OF OUR ESTATE OR UPPER END HOUSING IS. SO, FISCAL IMPACT, TODAY'S DOLLARS, THE HCP FEES, 13.7 MILLION. PAYMENTS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, $13.4 MILLION. TRAFFIC MITIGATION $52 MILLION, FACILITY $2 MILLION, ENTRY SIGNS $100,000, AND AH IN LIEU $38 MILLION: ANNUALLY. CERTAINLY THIS IS ASSUMING ALL BUILD OUT AND IN TODAY'S DOLLARS, PUBLIC SAFETY CFD, $1.5, FIRE CFD $140,000, LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING $150,000. PARK MAINTENANCE, $130,000 AND PROPERTY TAX REVENUE USING TODAY'S, ONE MODEL OF $1.3 MILLION MODEL THAT IS, BEFORE IT HAS ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS INSIDE OF IT $3.4 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO THE CITY OF PITTSBURG EVERY YEAR. $5.3 MILLION. SO, SUBSTANTIAL REVENUES INVOLVED WITH A PROJECT LIKE THIS. SO, AS WE GET TO THE RECOMMENDATION I WANT TO EMPHASIZE AGAIN, THERE PROJECT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS IF IT WAS SAN MARCO MEADOWS, REALLY IN THE '90s, THE GENERAL PLAN, WE HAVE HAD FIVE SEPARATE REVIEW PERIODS IF THAT IS JANUARY OF 2011, MARCH OF 2017, OCTOBER OF 2018, OCTOBER OF 2019 AND THEN EVEN WE HAD AN OVER 60 DAY PERIOD SINCE FEBRUARY 14th AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THERE ARE A PROBABLY A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE THAT TODAY. PLENTY OF TIME TO REVIEW THIS DOCUMENT. IN TOTAL. IT IS A BIG DOCUMENT. THE CLARIFIED INFORMATION IS RIGHT HERE. 10 PAGES. WE HAVE HAD SIX PUBLIC MEETINGS WHERE WE HAVE TAKEN COMMENTS. APRIL OF 2014, APRIL OF 2017, NOVEMBER OF 2018, JULY OF 2020, FEBRUARY OF 2021, AND FEBRUARY OF 2023. THIS IS A BETTER PROJECT BECAUSE OF THESE. WE HEARD PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HEARD COMMENTS FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES. AND IT HAS MADE A BETTER PROJECT. I THINK THIS PERSONAL VIEW, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN FEE WILL BE BETTER USED BECAUSE WE CAN CREATE MORE HOUSING AROUND TRANSIT OR TAKE OPPORTUNITIES ELSEWHERE. A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PITTSBURG. THE ORIGINAL PLAN HAD 21% OPEN SPACE. IT NOW HAS 43%. SO, AGAIN, SUBSTANTIALLY MORE OPEN SPACE. THE VOTERS OF PITTSBURG COMMUNITY APPROVED THE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT IN 2005 WHEN THEY EXPANDED THE URBAN LIMIT LINE. HALF OF THE PROJECT IS OPEN SPACE, APPROVAL U.S. AND CALIFORNIA FISH AND WILDLIFE. BRINGS A NEEDED TYPE OF HOUSING STOCK TO PITTSBURG. GENERATES REVENUE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND PARKS. PROVIDES THE AREA WITH UNION JOBS, HELPING VIABILITY OF 100,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANDS THE POWER COMPANY. FOR ALL OF THE REASONS ABOVE THAT IS WHY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE FARIA PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF PITTSBURG. THANK YOU. . >> AND I FORGET ONE THING. I GOT TOO WORKED UP ON THE RECOMMENDATION. JUST TO GO THROUGH APPEAL PROCESS. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION, WE WILL BE OPENING, ASKING THE MAYOR TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. HEAR THE PRESENTATION FROM THE APPELLANT. HEAR FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. HEAR ANY CONCLUDING RESPONSES FROM THE APPELLANT AND CLOSE AND ACT. AGAIN, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MR. CITY MANAGER. >> SO, AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING. DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? SEEING NONE. ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAPPEN TO HAVE ANY -- CAN WE PLEASE BRING FORWARD THE APPLICANT. >>