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>> THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HAS BEEN CLOSED SESSION. MADAME CLARK, ANY REPORTABLE ACTION THIS EVENING? >> MAYOR, LIKE YOU. CITY COUNCIL MET IN CLOSED SESSION TO HAVE A CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS REGARDING THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION'S PITTSBURG POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AND PITTSBURG ALWAYS MANAGERS GROUP . THE NEGOTIATORS PROVIDED INFORMATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION. >> THANK YOU. MEGAN CLARK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> COUNCILMEMBER SCALES-PRESTON IS ABSENT AND EXCUSED. COUNCILMEMBER LOPEZ? >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER ITEMS? >> PRESENT. >> VICE-MAYOR KILLINGS IS ABSENT AN EXCUSE. MAYOR BANALES? >> PRESENT. OKAY. CAN ANYONE PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? >> WE WILL MANTHA PROCLAMATIONS. MR. CITY MANAGER? >> THANK YOU MUCH, MR. MAYOR FOR PROCLAMATIONS IN THE PACKET FOR THIS EVENING WERE PUBLISHED AS PART OF THE AGENDA. THE PROCLAMATIONS WILL BE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS AS APPROPRIATE. >> THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE ON TO CITY MANAGER REPORTS OR REMARKS. MR. CITY MANAGER? >> THANK YOU. AGAIN, MR. MAYOR, IN RESPONSE TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL'S REQUEST FOR AN UPDATE ON THE MARINA AND ESSENTIAL HARBOR PARK AREA AFTER HEARING SEVERAL RESIDENTS BRING THE MATTER UP IN PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE MARCH 18th CITY COUNCIL MEETING, STAFF CONNECTED SEVERAL OF THE FOLLOWING MEASURES. INSTALL APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET OF FENCING ALONG THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT ADJACENT TO THE BACK OF THE HOMES THAT ARE ON PELICAN LOOP, INSTALL A TEMPORARY RAMP/BANNER PROMOTING WAS COMING TO PITTSBURG, WHICH WILL BE REPLACED BY AN UPCOMING BANNER WITH CONSTRUCTION AND RENDERING PLANS FOR THE NEW PROJECT IN THE AREA. SPEAKING OF SAID PROJECT, AND IS A COMPLETE MAKEOVER OF CENTRAL HARBOR PARK, $3.7 MILLION FOR UPGRADED SHEET STRUCTURE, PLAY STRUCTURE, PICNIC TABLES, NEW PUBLIC RESTROOMS, TOURIST-TARGETED SIZE, VIEWING BENCHES, THIS CLEANING STATION, TESTABLE PATHWAYS, AND ENHANCED GATE SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS. THE FUNDING IS MOSTLY FROM CLIMATE ACCESS AND RESOURCE GRANT FROM SACRAMENTO/SAN JOAQUIN DELTA CONSERVANCY. THE CONSTRUCTION IS ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN AROUND JULY OF THIS YEAR . IN ADDITION, SECURITY PATROLS ARE NOW ESTABLISHED FROM 2:00 P.M. TO 10:00 P.M. FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAYS . THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO INCREASED ITS POLICE ENFORCEMENT TEAMS IN THE AREA AS WELL. ONE OTHER NOTE, BEYOND THIS, FINALLY, THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS HIS SINCEREST CONDOLENCES TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBER SCALES-PRESTON FOR THE PASSING OF HER MOTHER . I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU FOR ANY OTHER COMMENTS. >> CALL FORTH FROM 6:00 P.M. AT EJ FAIR, SMALL WORLD PARK OPENED , FOR SPRING BREAK ON THURSDAY, APRIL 4th, AND FRIDAY , APRIL 5th, AND ALSO BEGINNING WEEKEND STARTING SATURDAY, APRIL 6th. ALSO, APRIL 6th, THE PACKET LIST AND 9:00 A.M. ON SMALL WORLD PARK. THAT IS IT FOR MY ANNOUNCEMENTS. THANK YOU. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE WILL WANT TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. CLERK, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR NON-AGENDIZED ITEMS? >> YES. BRENDAN MOSLEY? >> GOOD EVENING. I SPEAK TODAY BOTH AS A PARENT A LONG TIME COACH OF PBS A, REPRESENTED OF NOT AS A PBS A AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN. JUST FOR PRACTICE, IS YOU CAN SEE. I WITH THE COUNCILWOMAN TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE YOUTH OF OUR CITY. NOT ONLY TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS AS BALLPLAYERS , BUT LEARN THE ESSENTIAL TRAITS OF PERSEVERANCE, TEAMWORK, AND CHARACTER THAT WE WORK SO HARD TO INSTILL IN THEM. THE PRIMARY CONCERNS I HAVE TODAY ARE THE CONDITIONS OF THE FIELD THAT THE LEAGUE PAYS TO USE IN THE SAFETY OF THE PLAYERS AND FAMILIES NOT ONLY IN OUR CITY BUT OF THE CITIES WE HOST IN THE PARK FOR A TOURNAMENT. THE FACT IS THAT IT IS A DE FACTO AMBASSADOR OF BOTH FOR THE CITY OF PITTSBURG AT PBSA FOR THE FAMILIES REPLAY HERE AND THOSE WE INVITE TO PLAY HERE. HAVING PLAYED IN MANY TOURNAMENTS AND HAVING NEVER BAY AREA CITIES INCLUDING FREMONT, FAIRDALE, RICHMOND, PLEASANT, FAIRFIELD AND MANY OTHERS, IT'S EVIDENT THAT OUR FACILITIES LACK REALLY BEHIND OUR MUNICIPAL PEERS. THE DIRT ON OUR FIELD MAY BE BETTER CHARACTERIZED AS ROCK, CREATING CONDITIONS THAT MARRED THE LEVEL OF PLAY AND RESULT IN BLACK AND I SIMPLY KNOWS IS FROM BAD HOPS. IN ADDITION, WE OFTEN FIND THE PIX FROM OUR BASES, ESPECIALLY MOVED, RESULTING IN LOOSE BASES AND UNSAFE PLAY. INDEED, OR THE FIRST THINGS I HAVE HAD TO DO WITH VISITING TEAMS ARRIVING IS WANT THEM OF THE VARIOUS HAZARDS OF THE FIELD. THAT IS AFTER WE HAVE SWEPT THE BROKEN GLASS AND CIGARETTE BUTTS THAT GRACE THE INFIELD. THE GRASS IN THE OFFICE CAN BE EQUALLY HAZARDOUS, DOG OWNERS FEEL NO COMPUNCTION IN ALLOWING THEIR PETS TO RUN FREELY AND DEFECATE THERE WITH VIRTUALLY NO ENFORCEMENT OF COUNTY CODES. I HAVE WITNESSED PLAYERS TASTE BY DOG OFF LEASH EARLY YESTERDAY IN PRACTICE MY OWN CHILDREN INCLUDED, AND HAVE ON TOO MANY OCCASIONS SCRIPT LEAVING FROM CLEATS. IF NOT DOG FECES ARE FEELS, IT IS HUMAN X, AND IN OUR DUGOUTS. SITUATION TEAM CONFRONTED A FEW WEEKS AGO. INDEED, THE UNHOUSED POPULATIONS THAT FREQUENT CITY PARK, A VIRTUAL HOME OF OUR DUGOUTS. THEY DESTROY THEIR OWN BELONGINGS. THE START OF ALMOST EVERY PRACTICE BEGINS ON THE CATCH AND WITH HOMELESS ARMIES AND NEGOTIATION TO USE THE FIELDS WE HAVE PAID FOR. IN ADDITION, MANY OF OUR PLAYERS FEAR GOING TO THE RESTROOMS. ONLY DUE TO THE WILLFUL CEMETERY CONDITIONED BY MULTIPLE OCCASIONS HAVE HAD PLAYERS FOLLOWED AND ILLICITLY OBSERVED BY CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS. THE FACT IS THAT CITY PARK LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SCENE OF THE CITY'S GOVERNMENT AND ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS UNSAFE. DOES NOT PRESENT THE BEST OF WHAT PITTSBURG CAN AND SHOULD OFFER ITS YOUTH. PBSA IS DEEPLY INVESTED IN THE YOUTH OF THE CITY AS MANY PEOPLE HERE SAW AND ARE OPENING DAY. YES, PLAYERS LEARNED TO HIT, CATCH, AND THROW WITH US BUT THEY GAINED SO MUCH MORE. I, MYSELF, AM GRATEFUL TO SEE THAT MENTORSHIP MY OWN SON RECEIVED FROM HIS COACHES AND THE PARENTS WHO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION AND FEEL DEEPLY PRIVILEGED TO PROVIDE IT IN KIND TO OTHERS . BETTER THAN ANY WIN OR, NOR THE BONDS OF BROTHERHOOD AND SISTERHOOD WE SEE OUR PLAYERS FORM NOT ONLY OVER A SEASON, OVER YEARS PLAYING TOGETHER. I AM FILLED WITH PRIDE AND GRATITUDE TO BELONG TO THE FAMILY THAT IS PBSA, AND I ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO JOIN IN IT AND PROVIDE A PLEASANT THEM WITH THE BEST PITTSBURG HAS TO OFFER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. APPRECIATE IT >> LILY PINERO? >> WAS AN EXCITING TO COME UP SO QUICK. THANK YOU GUYS MUCH FOR HAVING US I AM ALSO THE HEAD COACH FOR THE GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAMS. ALL MY KIDS HAVE GONE OVER THIS FOR YEARS --THROUGH ALL THE STAGES OF LIFE, AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FREE. NOW, WE ARE GETTING HIT WITH CHARGES OF $24 AN HOUR PER HOUR THE TIME WE'RE OUT HERE, JUST FOR PRACTICES , GETTING HIT WITH $50 TO BE OUT THERE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF. SO, BY THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, OR SEASON, WE WERE ALREADY CHARGED $4000 FOR 1 MONTH, $4000, AND A MATCHMAKING US TO PAY THIS AND STILL -- KEEP APART WHEN WE ARE IN THE RED. WE ARE STILL PAYING FROM LAST YEAR'S DUES AND ARE JUST NOW PACKING UP. IT IS LIKE WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TIME TO BREATHE WITH BETWEEN TIMES. KIDS WERE CONSTANTLY GETTING ASKED. BEING THAT WE'RE -- WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PAY BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO BRING A RESOLUTION WITH YOU GUYS SO THAT THESE FEES CAN TOTALLY BE CUT MORE THAN HALF, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE SEASON, WE'RE OUT HERE FOR 3 TO 40 MONTHS, WE WILL BE A $20,000, AND DOESN'T MAKE NO SENSE FOR US --FOR OUR KIDS THAT WE COME OUT HERE -- AND WE VOLUNTEER TO ASSIST THEM GROWING UP AND PLAY IN THIS FIELD, FOR US TO BE PAYING AN ARM AND A LEG WHEN WE ARE ALREADY TAXPAYERS. WITH THAT, PLEASE CONSIDER OUR KIDS. THIS IS FOR THEM, AND THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT A CITY RECREATION PERSON SAID TO ME , OH, YOU GUYS ARE OUT HERE FOR THE KIDS. WE ARE OUT HERE FOR THE KIDS. I DON'T HAVE NO KIDS OUT HERE I'M COACHING. I KNOW THERE FOR THE LOVE OF MY KIDS, SOMETHING I GREW UP IN PITTSBURG, AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW IN PITTSBURG, SOMEHOW, ASSOCIATED WITH THE BASEBALL LEAGUE, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT, AND I WANT ALL THESE KIDS TO HAVE THAT, THE SAME THING GROWING UP, AND HAVE THAT SAME COMMUNITY , TOGETHERNESS, AS THEY ARE GROWING UP , YEARS TO COME, AND THEY WILL SEE EACH OTHER ON THE STREETS AND BE LIKE, OH MY GOD, THAT IS SO AND SO, WE PLAYED TOGETHER. I LOVE THAT. I WANT TO SEE OUR KIDS DOING THAT. BEING PART OF THE CITY THEY ARE FROM. THANK YOU. >> GLORIA -BELLA GUERRERO-PASTRANA? >> HELLO. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE MOMENT TO SPEAK. I WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MY 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, ALSO RESIDENT OF PITTSBURG. SECOND-YEAR PLAYING SOFTBALL, ABSOLUTELY LOVES IT. I AM HERE ONLY AS A VOLUNTEER FOR PBSA, BUT ALSO A TAXPAYING HOMEOWNER IN PITTSBURG . GREW UP HERE GOING TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM . BRIEF STINT AT LMC AT WORK AND LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY. I ALSO VOLUNTEER, STARTED OFF AS JUST A TEEN MOM, BUT NOW I'M HELPING WITH FIGURING OUT HOW TO STRETCH FINANCES. RIGHT? IT IS HARD FOR ME, YOU KNOW, COMING IN AS JUST A REGULAR CITIZEN , SAYING, OKAY, HOW CAN I HELP, AND WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT WE WILL BE CHARGED, I WAS ACTUALLY APPALLED AND BLOWN BACK. FOR US TO BE CHARGED, LIKE SHE SAID, $24 AN HOUR FOR PRACTICE , AND MIND YOU, WE HAVE 15 TEAMS, EACH TEAM HAS ABOUT 12 TO 15 KIDS ON IT --DEPENDING ON THEIR AGE, WE WERE ONLY CHARGING $2.25 OR $1.80, STILL, NOT CHEAP FOR HEALTH, BUT WE HAVE TO CHARGE THAT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH MOST OF THE FIELD CHARGES, THEN WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND RAISE FOR THE REST . SO, WE'LL TRY TO DO HERE TODAY IS JUST RAISE AWARENESS AND ASK , PLEASE HELP, PLEASE HELP, BECAUSE WE ARE PITTSBURG RESIDENTS WHERE , WE ARE TOTALLY HELPING THE CHILDREN, WE ARE VOLUNTEERING OUR OWN TIME, WE'RE NOT GETTING MEDALS OR ASKING FOR ACCOLADES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR HELP WITH THE FINANCIAL PORTION. SEEING IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ON THE CITY LEVEL, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT IS CITY KIDS. IT IS PITTSBURG CITY KIDS. RIGHT? OTHER THAN THAT, I CAN ATTEST TO SEEING VARIOUS HOMELESS PEOPLE IT IS I AM NOT TRYING -- PUTTING THEM DOWN FOR THE SITUATION --BUT IT DOES CREATE SOME UNSAFE SITUATIONS WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE LIVING ON THE FIELD OR CONSTANTLY OUT THERE, AND THEN THEY LEAVE GARBAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT THE CHILDREN THEN HAVE TO EITHER STEP OVER, STEP ON, OR TRY TO THROW AWAY THEMSELVES. UNSAFE CONDITIONS, I HAVE SEEN HOW DUGOUTS ARE NOT THE BEST . THE ROOF IS FALLING OFF A ONE OF THEM. SO, LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT, I WOULD FEEL THAT THE CITY COULD HELP. YOU KNOW? AND, AS BRENDAN ELOQUENTLY SAID, WE VISIT OTHER CITIES. WE PLAY IN TOURNAMENTS. THEIR FIELDS ARE PRISTINE. THEY GET CHARGED LESS THAN WE DO. THEY ONLY CHARGE $18 AN HOUR, AND WE'RE PAYING MORE THAN THAT FOR FIELDS THAT ARE SUBPAR COMPARED TO WHAT THEY HAVE. I LOVE MY CITY. I WANT TO SAY THAT. I'M NOT COMPLETELY PUTTING US OUT. I'M JUST SAYING, LET'S DO BETTER AND BE BETTER. THANK YOU. >> JIMMY SMITH? >> HELLO. I AM FROM PBSA AS WELL . I COACH THE PARENTS. THIS YEAR, I AM ALSO THE CO-TREASURER AND SECRETARY OF OUR LEAGUE. SO, I'M OUT HERE VOLUNTEERING ALL OF MY TIME, AS YOU MIGHT NOTICE FROM ALL OF THAT. JUST BECAUSE I ACTUALLY LOVE SOFTBALL -- TWO THINGS -- I LOVE SOFTBALL AND I GREW UP HERE . I'M ACTUALLY FROM ANTIOCH --I LIVE IN ANTIOCH NOW --BUT I GREW UP HERE, I PLAYED MY VERY FIRST SOFTBALL GAME ON THESE FIELD HERE, IN CITY PARK, AND IT MADE AN IMPRESSION ON ME THAT, NOW, I DESIRE TO GET TO THE YOUTH OF PITTSBURG . SO, WHEN I HAD A CHOICE OF WHERE TO HAVE MY DAUGHTER PLAY, I CHOSE YOU ON PURPOSE BECAUSE I WANTED TO GIVE BACK.SO, PART OF OUR DILEMMA, AS LORI WAS TALKING ABOUT, WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RUN A LEAGUE AND NOT CHARGE EVERYONE SO MUCH MONEY TO BE THERE. PART OF IT IS OUR HUGE FIELD COST.WE PAY OVER 50% FOR OUR FIELD, AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO LOOK FOR A WAY, AND APPEALING TO YOU IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN. THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LOWER THOSE COSTS AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE FOR THE YOUTH . ALL OF OUR YOUTH ARE -- I WOULD SAY, 80% TO 90% OF OUR TEAMS ARE FROM PITTSBURG .ALL OF THEM ARE CITY OF PITTSBURG KIDS. THEIR PARENTS PAY INTO THE TAXES. THEY ALL GO TO THE SCHOOLS. WE JUST ARE LOOKING FOR ANY AVENUES WE CAN, REALLY, TO TRY TO CUT BACK FOR THEM, AND BE ABLE TO GIVE MORE, TO BE HONEST. WE ARE REALLY STRESSED THEN BECAUSE WE CAN'T GIVE VERY MUCH. ALL WE CAN GIVE REALLY IS OUR TIME. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. AND, IN ADDITION, I WOULD TO SAY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID LAST YEAR -- ME AND ANOTHER COACH --IS WE TOOK PITTSBURG TO ALL-STARS --I GO TO GIRLS SOFTBALL --WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THEM AND REPRESENT PITTSBURG FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ABOUT 10 YEARS , AND THE GIRL GETS SO MUCH OF THAT . THE YOUTH GET SO MUCH OUT OF THAT. THEY'RE VERY PROUD OF THEIR CITY. WE HAVE COME OUT, AND WE HAD A DAY WHERE WE PICKED UP TRASH. I HAD ALL MY GIRLS COME OUT AND PICK UP TRASH IN CITY PARK. TRY TO INSTILL IN THEM THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT. NOT JUST SOFTBALL, BUT WE'RE LEARNING LESSONS IN LIFE WE'RE TEACHING IMPORTANT THINGS. THIS IS MENTAL HEALTH. THEY ALL BOND THEY GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. THIS IS A VERY GOOD THING FOR OUR YOUTH. IT'S NECESSARY, I THINK, FOR A COMMUNITY. SO, TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO THE YOUTH, MORE MONEY HERE, IN OUR OWN BACKYARD, WOULD BE SO BENEFICIAL. WE COULD DO SO MUCH IF WE HAD HELP. SO, THANK YOU. >> THOMAS McDERMOTT? >> HELLO. MY NAME IS THOMAS McDERMOTT. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR LETTING US TO BE OUT HERE AND VOICE OUR CONCERNS. I'M AN ACTIVE COACH AND BOARD MEMBER OF PBSA. I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS WITH THE WAY THAT OUR FIELDS ARE NOT BEING SAFELY AND ADEQUATELY UP KEPT AND MANAGED, ON TOP OF US HAVING TO PAY TOP DOLLAR FOR THESE FIELDS. ON TOP OF US PAYING TOP DOLLAR, WE ALSO HAVE THE UPKEEP ON FIELDS MUCH OF THE TIME. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO CITY WORKERS AND PARKS AND RECREATION TO ESTABLISH SOME OF THESE CONCERNS IN THE CITY WORKERS THAT HAVE COME OUT TO COMPLETE THE JOBS, AND FOR US TO HAVE TO COME BACK AS COACHES AND DO MORE ON TOP OF THAT AND TO CORRECT IT. IT'S NOT FAIR FOR US , AS COACHES AND PARENTS THAT ARE GIVING TIME AWAY FROM OUR SPOUSES AND OTHER KIDS OUTSIDE OF THE LEAGUE --TO COME AND BE MET WITH COMPETITION FROM THE CITY ON TOP OF ALREADY COACHING. WE DEAL WITH A LOT OF COMPETITION AND A LOT OF DISCREPANCIES FROM OUR CITY , AND OUR CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. JUST TONIGHT, AT PRACTICE, I WAS CALLED AND TOLD THAT I HAD TO MOVE MY PRACTICE TO ALLOW ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT'S NOT FROM PITTSBURG TO COME IN AND PRACTICE ON OUR FIELD , AND THAT WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO PRACTICE TONIGHT . WE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW. WE HAVE HAD OUR PERMITS FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW. WE PAY FOR OUR FIELDS. WHEN I CONFRONTED --WHEN I SPOKE MY GRIEVANCES ABOUT THIS ISSUE UP AS I WAS TOLD, YOUR TEAM IS TOO GOOD. YOU DON'T NEED TO PRACTICE TONIGHT ANYWAYS. THAT'S NOT FAIR FOR EVERYBODY. RIGHT? THESE KIDS COME OUT, THEY DONATE THEIR TIME. US, AS COACHES, WE COME OUT AND DONATE OUR TIME TO GET BACK TO THESE KIDS AND UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S JUST NOT FAIR FOR US TO BE MET WITH CONSTANT COMPETITION AND HAVING TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS JUST TO GET THINGS DONE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU GUYS. >> MATTHEW BROWN IS? >> HI. MY NAME IS MATTHEW BRENNIS, YOUTH COMMISSIONER FOR PBSA AND THE COMMISSIONER AND SCHEDULER FOR ALL THE FIELDS IN OUR ORGANIZATION. I SPECIFICALLY WORK WITH THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT WITH THESE FIELDS. THE REASON OF THIS THE COMMENTS I DO HAVE TODAY --ARE IN REGARD TO MY FELLOW COACHES AND PORT NUMBERS AS WELL. IT IS THE COST THAT COMES WITH THESE FIELDS . PREVIOUSLY, I KNOW PBSA HAD A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY, F-LINE-RATE CONTRACT RATHER THAN AN HOURLY CONTRACT --WHERE THEY SPECIFICALLY HAD FIELDS FOR US TO ACTUALLY USE, YOU KNOW, AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, YOU KNOW, SCHEDULE OUR TEAMS APPROPRIATELY AT A FLAT RATE, MAKE IT VERY ECONOMICALLY AFFORDABLE TO OUR RESIDENTS HERE, IN PITTSBURG, AND FOR THE YOUTH AS WELL. SWITCHING THIS, I BELIEVE, SOMETIME IN 2019-2020, WHEN YOU GUYS GOT RID OF ALL CONTRACTS AND SWITCHED TO AN HOURLY-BASED RATE, THAT HAS ACTUALLY INCREASED THE COST, NOT ONLY FOR OUR ORGANIZATION, BUT OTHERS HERE, IN THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL, THAT SUPPORT THE YOUTH. AND THE DIFFICULTIES REGARDING , YOU KNOW, RAISING THE FUNDS TO PAY FOR THESE FIELDS IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE COMPETITIVE BECAUSE HE WILL BE HAVING TO CHARGE THE SAME RATE AS TRAVEL TEAMS --COMPETITIVE TEAMS --, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT COACHES ARE GETTING PAID FOR A LIVING, ESSENTIALLY, IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY RESERVE AND USE THESE FIELDS. SO, THE COSTS IS REALLY NOT, YOU KNOW, IMPACTING US. NEGATIVELY --NOT JUST OUR ORGANIZATIONS, BUT THE OTHER WAS THE USE THESE FIELDS AS WELL. I DO KNOW, BOARD MEMBERS FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, THE USE THESE FIELDS, LIKE MEGA , AND I BELIEVE IT'S PRIME, AND ALSO THE LEGENDS THAT USE THESE FIELDS. THEY ARE FEELING THE SAME IMPACT AS WELL. IN REGARDS TO OUR SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION THAT IS A RECREATION LEAGUE, MEANING NOT COMPETITIVE. IT IS SHOWING, IT IS TEACHING THE YOUTH THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE SPORTS, LIFE LESSONS, LIFE SKILLS , IT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO MAKE THESE AFFORDABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO EXPRESS THE COMMENTS TO YOU GUYS , YOU KNOW, TO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, PERSUADE YOU TO MAKE A MORAL UP HIS HOUSE AND I SAID -- AND MORE -- APOLOGIZE --SORRY. GIVE ME ONE MOMENT. JUST TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THE PRICING YOU GUYS ARE CHARGING FOR THESE FIELDS ARE IMPACTING NOT JUST THE ORGANIZATION ITSELF, BUT THE FAMILIES. THANK YOU. >> NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM HERE. >> GREAT. TAKE YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT FOR SHOWING UP, COMING , NOT JUST TO THIS COUNCIL MEETING. I KNOW MANY OF YOU WERE AT LAST COUNCIL MEETING AS WELL. IF IT'S OKAY WITH MY COLLEAGUES, I JUST WANT TO SEE IF WE WOULD BE OKAY REFERRING MAY BE A DEEP DIVE AND AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD ONE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES. I WAS THINKING MAYBE FINANCE, GOVERNMENT, PERFORMANCE MIGHT MAKE SENSE IF THAT IS OKAY WITH MY COLLEAGUES? >> YES. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> SORRY. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE WRAPPED UP I CAN'T TAKE ANYMORE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO, I WILL NOW MOVE ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE UPDATES -- COUNCILMEMBER LOPEZ? >> ON MARCH 20th, THE LIFE ENRICHMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MET IN THE AREA OF CULTURE AND DIVERSITY INITIATIVE . WE REVIEWED WAYS TO HELP PROMOTE OR POST LOCAL CULTURE OR DIVERSITY EVENTS , AND WE REVIEWED ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO SUPPORT THESE TYPE OF EVENTS THROUGH VARIOUS MEDIA AVAILABLE TO THE CITY. WE ALSO REVIEWED THE CDBG AND ITS ALLOCATION OF THE GRANT . STAFF PROPOSED THAT WE KEEP THE PREVIOUS GRANT DISTRIBUTION AS BEFORE. HOWEVER, FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN DISPERSED AS OF YET. IN THE CALENDAR, WE ALSO HAD DREAM COURT'S REQUEST BUT WE DID NOT REVIEW THAT ITEM . WE ALSO REVIEWED THE SISTER CITY , THE CITY'S REALLY SHABAZZ THE FRIENDSHIP CITY, WITH WENZHOU, CHINA, AND TWO DAYS LATER, THE CITY ALSO MET WITH THE SAME IN EXCHANGE FOR GIFTS. THAT WAS ABOUT IT FOR THE LIFE ENRICHMENT SUBCOMMITTEE. >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO CONSIDERATION. MR. CITY MANAGER, ITEM NUMBER 5, PLEASE? >> THINK ABOUT HOW, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. TONIGHT'S FIRST CONTINUUM IS EXCEPTING PROJECT 2050, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL AS COMPLETE AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY ENGINEER TO FILE A NOTICE OF COMPLETION. JOHN TSIMIS AND, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND CITY ENGINEER, HERE WITH A PRESENTATION. JOHN? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, IT HAS BEEN MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM TO YOU THIS EVENING. SO, FOR THIS CONSTRUCTION, THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED WITH SAINT FRANCIS ELECTRIC FOR APPROXIMATELY $84,000 TO INSTALL RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACONS WITH CROSSWALKS WITHIN AND AROUND OUR SCHOOLS , AND FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT WAS PRIMARILY FROM A TRANSIT DEPARTMENT ACT GRANT , AND THERE'S A LOCAL MEASURE OF J FUNDS TO SUPPLEMENT THAT AS WELL. SO, 10 RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACON SYSTEMS WERE INSTALLED AT 5 UNCONTROLLED WALK TRUCKS IN OUR CITY. UNCONTROLLED WOULD BE IN A CROSSWALK THAT DOESN'T HAVE A STOP SIGN OR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, SO THE RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACONS WILL IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AS STUDENTS ARE WALKING TO AND FROM SCHOOL. FIVE LOCATIONS SELECTED FOR THESE RRFB'S. ST. PETER, MARTA SCHOOL, HIGHLAND VILLAGE SCHOOL, AND THESE LOCATIONS WERE SELECTED BASED ON GOALS SET IN THE 2020 PITTSBURG MOVES ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN . THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL WORKSHOP S WITH PARENTS, AND WALKING AUDITS LED BY THE CONTRA COSTA HEALTH SERVICES. ALL CROSSING LOCATIONS ARE LOCATED WITHIN 900 FEET OF OFFICE WITHIN A SCHOOL --SORRY, NOT JUST AN ELEMENTARY. WE WILL ADDITIONALLY SOME PHOTOS OF A WAS INSTALLED. SO, THIS IS AT PITTSBURG HIGH SCHOOL. YOU CAN SEE THE NEW RRFB. HERE IS THE FIRST LOCATION THAT HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON THE SECOND ONE, RIVERVIEW DRIVE HERE, AND HERE ARE PHOTOS OF THE INSTALLATION ON ST. PETER MARTA SCHOOL , AND THEN, LASTLY, HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY. CONSTRUCTION WORK WAS COMPLETED MARCH 7th, AND ALL WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED SATISFACTORY, AND AT THIS TIME, WE RECOMMEND THAT CITY COUNCIL ACCEPT THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE AND ALLOWED THE CITY STAFF TO CALL US ON A PROJECT. WITH THAT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO STAFF AT THIS TIME ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE , ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? >> THERE ARE NOT. >> OKAY. SO, I WILL BRING IT BACK TO COUNSEL . WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? >> COUNCILMEMBER LOPEZ? >> THROUGH THE MAYOR, I'M UP FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION , ACCEPTING PROJECT 2050, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, AS COMPLETE , AND AUTHORIZE ENGINEER TO FILE A NOTICE OF COMPLETION. >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? >> THROUGH THE MAYOR, I WILL SECOND THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. >> THANK YOU. SO, PRIOR TO BUILDING, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF AND THE TEAM FOR PRIORITIZING ALL THESE LOCATIONS, PRIORITIZING THESE SAFETY FEATURES, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BIG IMPROVEMENT TO A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY. SO, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WITH THAT, CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A VOTE? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 6. MR. CITY MANAGER? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR, NUMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. TONIGHT SECOND CONSIDERATION ITEM IS EXCEPTING PROJECT 4097 , FISCAL YEAR 2023-'24 CDBG -- A.D.A. --A LOT OF LETTERS ALL TOGETHER --KERR INSTALLATION , THE PROJECT, IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 17 CURB RAMPS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATED IN THE PARKSIDE MANOR, CARNEGIE MANOR, AND RANCHO MADERA SUBDIVISIONS FOR THE RESOLUTION LOOKS AT THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IS GOOD AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY ENGINEER TO FILE NOTICE OF COMPLETION. >> THANK YOU. RECOGNITION TO FILE A NOTICE OF COMPLETION FOR OUR 23-'24 COMMITTEE DEPARTMENT 88 CURB/RAMP INSTALLMENT PROJECT. THIS PROJECT, REALLY FOCUSED ON INSTALLING CURB RAMPS AT LOCATIONS THAT EITHER DIDN'T HAVE AN EXISTING CURB OR THE EXISTING CURB DIDN'T MEET CURRENT A.D.A. REGULATIONS. EXCUSE ME. HERE, YOU CAN SEE A PHOTO OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER. THIS WAS A LOCATION WHERE THERE WAS EXISTING REP THAT DIDN'T COMPLY WITH CURRENT REGULATIONS. SO, IT WAS UPGRADED. THIS MAP SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE 17 CURB RAMPS INSTALLED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS WORK LOCATED AT WEST 17th STREET WITH 2 RAMPS AT INTERSECTION OF POLARIS DRIVE AND OCEAN DRIVE , AND 2 ADDITIONAL SETH MORGAN STAR COURT AND NORTH STAR DRIVE. AGAIN, ANOTHER BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTO SHOWING THE INSTALLATION OF REP ONE THAT DIDN'T MEET CURRENT STANDARDS. WAS OUR MAIN FOCUS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WALKING PATHS TO SCHOOL, PARTICULARLY THIS YEAR'S FOCUS, WAS PARKED AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MAKING SURE ALL THE RAMS WERE COMPLIANT TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY GOING TO AND FROM THE SCHOOL. BECAUSE OF THIS PROJECT, ALL RAMPS NOW ON WEST 17th STREET ARE COMPLIANT WITH CURRENT REGULATIONS. AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, WE'LL ALSO REPAIR ANY LIFTED OR DAMAGED SIDEWALK LO