Mar 14, 2023 - 06:28 PM

GOOD EVENING, THIS IS THE REGULAR JOINT MEETING OAKLEY CITY COUNCIL, ACTING AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO OAKLEY REDEVELOPMENT. PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY. THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:30 PM. COUNCILMEMBER SHAW? >>? >> HERE. >>. >> VICE MAYOR WILLIAMS? >> HERE.>> COUNCILMEMBER HENDERSON? >> HERE.>> COUNCILMEMBER FULLER? >> HERE.>> AND 1.2, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. BOY SCOUT TROOP 152. THEY WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> 1.3, PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MARCH AS AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH AND PRESENTATION BY BRIAN OFTEDAL, RED CROSS VOLUNTEER, MEMBER OF THE RED CROSS CONTRA COSTA LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AND FIRE COMMISSIONER WITH CONFIRE. >> I WILL MEET YOU UP FRONT. AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH PROCLAMATION. AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH, 2023 WHEREAS, DURING AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH IN MARCH, WE CELEBRATE THE HUMANITARIAN SPIRIT OF CONTRA COSTA AND REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO HELP ENSURE NO ONE FACES A CRISIS ALONE. AND WHEREAS, CARING FOR ONE ANOTHER IS AT THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND EXEMPLIFIED BY THE PEOPLE OF CONTRA COSTA, WHOSE SIMPLE ACTS OF KINDNESS THROUGH THE RED CROSS PROVIDE HELP AND HOPE IN PEOPLE'S MOST DIFFICULT MOMENTS, CONTINUING THE LIFESAVING LEGACY OF CLARA BARTON, WHO FOUNDED THE ORGANIZATION MORE THAN 140 YEARS AGO TO PREVENT AND ALLEVIATE HUMAN SUFFERING. AND WHEREAS, EVERYDAY, THESE ORDINARY INDIVIDUALS LEND A HELPING HAND TO MAKE AN EXTRAORDINARY DIFFERENCE FOR NEIGHBORS IN NEED, WHETHER IT'S PROVIDING EMERGENCY SHELTER, FOOD AND COMFORT FOR FAMILIES DISPLACED BY HOME FIRES, FLOODS AND OTHER DISASTERS. IN 2022, THE RED CROSS ASSISTED 172 FAMILIES IN NEED. AND WHEREAS, EVERYDAY, THESE ORDINARY INDIVIDUALS DONATE LIFESAVING BLOOD FOR CANCER PATIENTS, ACCIDENT VICTIMS, AND PEOPLE WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND OTHER LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS. IN 2022, THERE WERE 568 BLOOD DRIVES HELD IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, COLLECTING OVER 16,823 UNITS OF BLOOD. AND ONE WAS MINE. WHEREAS, EVERYDAY, THESE ORDINARY INDIVIDUALS SUPPORT MILITARY MEMBERS AND VETERANS, ALONG WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS, THROUGH THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF SERVICE. THE RED CROSS SERVICE TO THE ARMED FORCES OPENED AND ASSISTED 320 CASES. AND WHEREAS, EVERYDAY, THESE ORDINARY INDIVIDUALS USE VITAL SKILLS LIKE FIRST AID AND CPR TO HELP OTHERS SURVIVE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES. IN 2022 WE TRAINED OVER 7,000 PEOPLE IN THESE SKILLS. AND THEY DELIVER INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AID AND RECONNECT LOVED ONES SEPARATED BY CRISES AROUND THE WORLD. AND WHEREAS, IN ADDITION, THESE ORDINARY INDIVIDUALS, THROUGH OUR RED CROSS SOUND THE ALARM PROGRAM INSTALLED 300 SMOKE ALARMS MAKING HOUSEHOLDS SAFER AND TRAINED OVER 400 YOUTH IN PREPAREDNESS THROUGH OUR PREPARE WITH PEDRO AND PILLOWCASE PROJECT. WHEREAS, THE SUPPORT, VOLUNTEERISM AND GENEROUS DONATIONS BY THESE ORDINARY INDIVIDUALS AND PARTNERS ARE CRITICAL TO OUR COMMUNITY'S RESILIENCE. WE HEREBY RECOGNIZE THIS MONTH OF MARCH IN HONOR OF ALL THOSE WHO FULFILL CLARA BARTON'S NOBLE WORDS, "YOU MUST NEVER THINK OF ANYTHING EXCEPT THE NEED AND HOW TO MEET IT," AND ASK EVERYONE TO JOIN IN THIS COMMITMENT. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, AARON MEADOWS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF OAKLEY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY PROCLAIM, MARCH 2023 AS RED CROSS MONTH. >> [ APPLAUSE ]. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. COUPLE OF BRIEF WORDS, VERY QUICK, THIS PROCLAMATION HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE GOODIES OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS ALONG WITH MANY PARTNERS PERFORMED IN 2022. AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE, THE RED CROSS HIS FURTHER COMMITTED TO BRINGING AND BUILDING LARGER CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO THE INCREASED FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY OF EXTREME WATER EVENTS. COMMUNITY COUNTS ON THE RED CROSS FOR HELP EVERY DAY AND SUPPORT IN WHAT WE DO EVERYDAY. BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, THOSE WE SERVE WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF OAKLEY, STANDING FOR THE REQUEST FOR THE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] REACH OUT TO ME, IN ADDITION TO BEING WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME AND THANK YOU AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING. >> THANK YOU. 1.4,1.4 IRONHOUSE SANITARY DISTRICT UPDATE BY GENERAL MANAGER, CHAD DAVISSON. >> HELLO, EVERYBODY. GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL, IT HAS BEEN A BIT. I HOPE EVERYBODY IS DOING WELL. AGAIN TRYING TO MAKE THIS AS PAINLESS AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE HAVE A FEW PROJECTS OR INITIATIVES THAT I THOUGHT THE COMMUNITY AND THE CONSUL NEEDED TO HEAR HIM I WILL GO THROUGH IT IS RELATIVELY QUICKLY, HIPPIE ANY QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ANSWER, BUT IF YOU WANT FOLLOW-UP TO COME BACK OR WHATEVER IS THE BEST FOR EVERYONE. TONIGHT I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AT, STATUS OF THE JOINT WATER PROJECT WE ARE WORKING ON WITH THE WATER DISTRICT. THEN TALKED ABOUT THE WET WEATHER ISSUES WE HAVE HAD, IMPACTS WE HAVE HAD WITH THE SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENTS OVER THE LAST RAINY SEASON. THEN TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE OAKLEY LOGISTICS CENTER UPDATE. THEN WHEN EVALUATION OF THE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, EFFECT IT COULD HAVE ON THE COMMUNITY. THEN FOLLOW-UP WITH SOMETHING THAT YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HEARD ABOUT, UPDATE ON THE JERSEY ISLAND, WITH THE DISTRICT, SOME POTENTIAL LAND-USE PROJECTS AND THE STATUS OF THAT. LET ME JUST HOP RIGHT INTO IT HERE. SO SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED A SURVEY, THERE WAS A COMMUNITY SURVEY, BASELINE LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING AS IT RELATES TO PEOPLE' IT COMFORT WITH WATER [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] IMPORTANT THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY, WHERE WATER SUSTAINABILITY FITS IN. THAT WAS, IF YOU WERE FAMILIAR WITH THAT IN THE BEGINNING, CULMINATION OF A LOT OF FORCE THAT WENT INTO THIS POTENTIAL JOINT RESETTLEMENT PROJECT. LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, IN JANUARY OF 2021, WE WORK TOGETHER WITH THE WATER DISTRICT TO TO RECYCLE WATER FEASIBILITY STUDY, THAT STUDY LOOKED AT THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OF POTENTIAL USES FOR RECYCLE WATER. WHETHER THAT WAS INCREASING INSULATION OF PIPE THROUGHOUT THE AREA, WHAT EXTENT WE WOULD DO THAT, HONESTLY WE HAVE GOTTEN AREAS LIKE THE COURTYARD WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECT BEEN GETTING BACK UP THERE, SO THE OTHER AREAS IN THE COMMUNITY, MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE TO GET THOSE LOCATIONS, LAUREL BALLFIELDS, POTENTIALLY HOW USERS. PURPLE PIPE EXPANSION, WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE POTENTIAL FOR THE REGION. WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE. AFTER THAT WE DID APPLY FOR FOR A GRANT AND RECEIVED A GRANT FROM A COMMUNITY GRANT OF $3 MILLION, THAT WAS USED FOR PLANNING TO DO SORT OF THE REALLY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE BEST PROJECT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO GET THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF OUR RECYCLED WATER INTO THE COMMUNITY TO HELP THE WATER DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE WATER SUSTAINABILITY EFFECTIVENESS. ONCE WE RECEIVE THE GRANT, THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, ISD, DIABLO WATER DISTRICT TO TALK ABOUT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT IS RESPONSIBLE IN THIS PROJECT. [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] WE COLLECT, PRODUCE SECOND WATER TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT, PROCESS, DIABLO WATER DISTRICT WOULD TAKE THAT WATER, HIGHLY PURIFIED, DISTRIBUTED EITHER TO PURPLE PIPE OR SOME OTHER MEANS. LET ME WORK ON IDENTIFYING NEW ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THIS ISSUE, RESPECTIVE AGENCIES. AS I MENTIONED THE PUBLIC SURVEY WENT OUT. JUST LAST MONTH SO FRESH. THE SURVEY PROVIDED REALLY VALUABLE BASE LIKE INFORMATION THAT HELPS US LOOK FORWARD, HOW TO BEST OUTREACH THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO THE COMMUNITY. THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY WAS NOT TO TRY TO CONVINCE ANYBODY OF ANYTHING, BUT JUST REALLY TO GET OR SO OUR TEAM COULD GET UNDERSTANDING OF HOW PEOPLE FELT ABOUT IT. WHAT PEOPLE HAD OF AND UNDERSTANDING, BASELEVEL, USE THAT AS A PLATFORM TO DEVELOP EFFECTIVE OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT WE COULD. NEXT STEPS, DEVELOP AND CONTINUE THE OUTREACH, EDUCATION, IDENTIFY WHAT A PRELIMINARY DESIGN WOULD DO FOR A PROJECT. IT WOULD HAVE THE GREATEST BENEFIT OF THE MOST AFFORDABLE , LONG TERM LIFECYCLES. THAT WAS ALL I REALLY HAD TO SAY ABOUT THAT. AS FAR AS THE WET WEATHER SEASON, INTERESTING, ISSUES WITH WATER SUSTAINABILITY, THE DROUGHT, WE LEFT, BECAUSE WE COMPLAIN THEIR WAS NO RAIN THEN WE COMPLAIN WE GET RAIN THEN NO GOOD SOLUTION. WE SURE GOT A LOT OF RAIN. THE REGION EXPERIENCED SEVERE STORMS AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, DURING THE END OF DECEMBER, JANUARY. IT REALLY HAS SLOWED DOWN, THANKED KELLY, BUT HISTORICALLY A WET SEASON. WE DETERMINED THAT THE STORMS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE TWO, 500 YEAR FREQUENCY, BASED ON LOCALIZED REGION. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BAY AREA IN ITS ENTIRETY, THEY BE ABLE OR THERE ARE OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE THESE HUGE INCREASED FLOWS AS WE SEE. OUT IN THIS AREA, WE JUST DO NOT HAVE THE PIPE CAPACITY TO CONVEY THAT . WE WORK SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED PRIMARILY ON BECCA ISLAND. TALKING ABOUT WHY THAT IS RELEVANT TO THE CITY OF OAKLEY, WE HAD SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ON THAT ISLAND. A LOT OF REASONS WHY THAT FLOODS. ONE, SUBSIDING, THE ELEVATION OF THE LAND IS LOWER THAN THE ELEVATION OF THE SURROUNDING WATER SO THAT MEANS IT IS BASICALLY LIKE A SINK . SO THE WATER THAT FALLS THAT IT HAS TO BE PHYSICALLY PUMPED UP AND OVER THE LANDINGS OF THE ISLAND. SO TO GET TO THESE PUMPS THE WATER FLOWS THROUGH A SERIES OF DRAINAGE DITCHES. THESE DITCHES ARE OR THERE IS A COMBINATION OF SOME OF THEM OWN, MAINTAINED BY HYBRID PROPERTY OWNERS. COUNTY MAINTAINS, BUT THE ISLAND MUNICIPAL DISTRICT, MAINTAINS IT SO A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, A LOT OF CHALLENGES, IN THAT STRUCTURE, GOOD SITUATIONS WHERE PRIVATELY OWNED, PROBABLY WON'T PUSH THEM, DITCH, MAY BE FILLED IN, IT MAY BE MAINTAINED, BUT DOES NOT IMPACT THAT DIRECT PROPERTY, BUT THE PROPERTY UPSTREAM CAN FLOW THEN THEY LITERALLY CAN BE UNDER 18 INCHES, TWO FEET OF WATER. SO WHAT HAPPENS THEN, THEY WOULD BE EXPRESSING ELICITED CHARGES, PEOPLE LITERALLY TRY TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY. THEIR HEALTH, SO THEY WILL DO THINGS LIKE OPEN THEIR CLEANOUT ON THEIR STORYLINE, SEWER LATERAL, DRAIN ALL THIS WATER THAT IS POOLED ON THE PROPERTY, THEIR SEWER. IT THEN GETS INTO OUR SYSTEM, FOLKS TO THAT, THEN WE LITERALLY DO NOT HAVE CAPACITY FOR OUR PIPELINES TO CONVEY THAT. EXACTLY THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED. ARE IN HOUSE SANITATION DISTRICT, DURING THE STORM, 24 SEVEN SHIFTS. THERE WAS COVERAGE ON BECCA ISLAND THE ENTIRE TIME AROUND. THE DISTRICT ALSO CONTRACTED WITH TRUCKS WITH ASSIST WITH REMOVING TRUCKS IN AREAS WHERE THERE WAS JUST NO ADDITIONAL CAPACITY OF PUMPING OUT ONE AREA INTO ANOTHER AREA, OF A LARGER SIZE. WE RECEIVE MUTUAL DATA FROM THE CITY AND COUNTY AFTER THREE DAYS OF CONSTANT RUNNING OF OUR EQUIPMENT. WE HAD CATASTROPHIC EQUIPMENT FAILURE SO THE CITY SENT A PAC TRUCK, TO HELP WITH THIS. AT THE END OF IT THERE WERE FOUR OPENS HER THAT HELD ABOUT 4000 GALLONS. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE WASTEWATER THAT WAS DISCHARGE WAS VERY DILUTE, BUT IT WAS IMPACTED, WASTEWATER. WE DON'T CREATE [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] HEALTH HAZARDS. WE REALLY WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE REAL IMPACT OF GETTING THESE IDENTIFYING OF THE ROOT CAUSE, FIGURING OUT HOW TO RESOLVE THIS. SO THE COST FOR RESPONSE AND MANAGEMENT, ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $300,000. THAT IS WHITE IT IS RELEVANT TO FOLKS IN THE CITY OF OAKLEY, BECAUSE THOSE COSTS GET PAID FOR BY THE RATEPAYERS. SO WE ARE WORKING TO BEST ADDRESS THE FLOODING, THE ISSUES, BIG CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE IS ISD, WE PROVIDE SANITARY SEWER SERVICES OUT THERE SO WE HAVE NO JURISDICTION, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FLOOD CONTROL, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT WE GET IMPACTED WHEN THAT SYSTEM FAILS. WE ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY HOW TO ADDRESS THIS, HOW TO RESOLVE THIS, IDENTIFY WHAT THE ROOT CAUSES ARE. OUTREACH THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, WE WILL HAVE THESE MEETINGS, WE CAN DISCUSS IT, BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF FOCUS WITH ALL OF THE RAIN FROM THE TO TO THEIR, A GOOD TIME TO GET THE ATTENTION, [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]. NEXT ITEM IS THE OAKLEY LOGISTIC CENTER. THAT IS A PROJECT THAT IS BEEN ONGOING. I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THE PROJECT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED. ALL CONNECTIONS TO THE PUBLIC SORT HAVE PHYSICALLY BEEN MET. THIS PROJECT ALL OF THE ON-SITE SEWER INCLUDING WEIGH STATION IS PRIVATELY OWNED [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF COORDINATION BETWEEN THE ADJACENT PUBLIC OWNED STATIONS, PUMP STATIONS THAT HAVE A SEQUENCE IF THERE IS ENOUGH CAPACITY, DOWNSTREAM LINE, OPEN STATIONS COMING OUT AT ONE TIME SO IT WAS DESIGNED WHERE THE CONTROL SYSTEM INTEGRATES WITH OURS A LOT OF INTEGRATION BETWEEN PUBLIC, PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE. INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN PLACE, ALL OF THE CONNECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. ALL OF THE CONNECTION FEES HAVE BEEN PAID TO THE DISTRICT. THEY ARE READY TO START FROM WHAT WE ARE BEING TOLD, HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO ACTUALLY DISCHARGE. THERE ARE OUTSTANDING THINGS THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED ARE TO AUTHORIZATION OF THE DISCHARGE. ONE IS THAT THEY NEED TO DEVELOP WHAT IS CALLED A SEWER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PLAN WHICH DESCRIBES HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MANAGE AND MAINTAIN THEIR ON-SITE SEWER TO ENSURE IT IS MAINTAINED PROPERLY. SO THERE ARE NOT ANY SYSTEM FAILURES OR OVERFLOWS ON THE SITE. AGAIN, ALSO FIGHTING OPERATIONS , AND SAMPLING. THE PURPOSE OF THE H OPERATIONS PLAN AS I MENTIONED TO SEE HOW THE PUMPS ARE GOING TO OPERATE, WORKING FLOW, WITHIN THE ADJACENT PUMPING STATIONS, BECAUSE THEY WILL BE OPERATING THROUGH THE CONTRACT. THE DISTRICT HAS NO INVOLVEMENT IN THE ONSET OF THE OPERATIONS. THEN THE SIMPLE PLAN A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX, BECAUSE THAT ENSURES THAT THE DISTRICT IS NOT RECEIVING ANY CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER FROM THE PROPERTY TO ANY KIND OF FAILURES ON THE SITE. THE INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN IT WAS DESIGNED AND PLAN WITH SAFETY MEASURES TO ENSURE IT THERE ARE ANY CRACK SORT FAILURES OF THE PIPE THAT COULD ALLOW CONTAMINATED WATER IN WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS THAT THEN SIMPLY PROTOCOL TO ENSURE THAT THOSE POLLUTANTS LEGACY POLLUTANTS DO NOT END UP IN THE SEWER SYSTEM. AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF OUR RECYCLED WATER OR [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ]. NEXT TIME, PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT, BIAS ELLIS DEWATERING TECHNOLOGY, NOT SURE HOW INTERESTED OR EXCITED ANY OF YOU GUYS ARE ABOUT THIS, BUT REALLY EXCITING. THEY HAVE A PRODUCT IN THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS, OKAY? MANY WASTEWATER AGENCIES NOT ONLY THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY BASED ON RESTRICTIONS, WHERE YOU CAN BE DISPOSING IT, HOW THEY CAN BE HANDLED, THERE ARE POTENTIAL POLLUTANTS, HOLLY FLUORINATED, SOME THINGS THAT ARE A LOT OF FOCUS FROM EPA. SO THERE IS A LOT OF SPOTLIGHT ON SOLIDS, HOW THEY COULD HANDLE, PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT. SO WE ARE FORTUNATE AT IRON HOUSE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE ISLAND, WE HAVE THE ABILITY [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] WE HAVE A SUSTAINABLE LOCAL SOLUTION FOR US TO BE IN CHARGE OF OUR [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] . AS OPPOSED TO OTHER AGENCIES THAT MAY BE TAKING THEIR [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] LANDFILL OR SOME OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WOULD BE TURNING THEM AWAY. SO WE CURRENTLY PRODUCE WHAT IS CALLED A CLASS B BIOSOLIDS EFFECT THAT MEANS THAT IT HAS SOME ADDITIONAL REVELATORY REQUIREMENTS, RESTRICTIONS ON HOW TO HANDLE IT. SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS OR TO LOOK AT HOW TO GET THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF OUR BIOSOLIDS AS WELL IS WE COMPLETED A BIOSOLIDS MASTER PLAN. THAT PLAN IDENTIFIED FOUR DIFFERENT BIBLE OPTIONS FOR THE DISTRICTS TO COMPARE. ONE OF THEM IS AIR DRYING, ESSENTIALLY JUST WHAT THEY CALL SLEDGE DRYING BEDS, YOU JUST LAY OUT THE MATERIAL, IN THE SUN , BAKING ALL THE WATER OUT OF IT. [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] TRIED AND TRUE, BUT CERTAINLY FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE GLAMOROUS, OR ONE OF THE OPTIONS WE WANT TO GO WITH. IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE SOME AESTHETIC AND ORDER ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, TO GETTING THAT. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS OF EVALUATING WITH THE TREATMENT, WHICH IS ALSO A PROVEN TECHNOLOGY. YOU GET SORT OF AN ANAEROBIC BIOLOGICAL ACCOUNT SO YOU GET A PORTION OF, THERE IS A WATER CAP TOP TO PREVENT IT FROM CREATING ORDERS. AGAIN, WE WERE HOPING FOR SOMETHING MORE INNOVATIVE THAN THAT. THIRD WAS STORAGE AND SORT OF A SILO AJI BAG. AGRICULTURAL AREAS, WHERE THERE IS THIS BIG LONG TUBES OF PLASTIC BAGS, AND WE COULD STORE THAT THEN SEASONALLY YOU COULD HAVE THAT, LAND APPLIED [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] ON JERSEY ISLAND. THAT IS ANOTHER VIABLE OPTION. SO YOU HAVE YOUR PROS AND CONS, BUT THE FINAL WENT IS DRY THE AC, INTERESTING TECHNOLOGIES [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ]. SO DRIVE BACK USES HEAT PRESSES TO DRIVE BIOSOLIDS TO SOLID THAT IS 98% SOLID.'S ARE CURRENTLY WITH THE PROCESS AND THE CHEMICALS THAT WE USE WE PRODUCE A SOLID MATERIAL, BUT ONLY 15 BY 18% SOLID, REST IS WATER. EVEN THOUGH IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IT LOOKS LIKE A SOLID, BUT WE ARE REALLY TALKING AND 85% WATER AND THE LOAD SO IF YOU GET A TECHNOLOGY THAT GETS US TO 98% SOLID, THEN THE PHYSICAL MATERIAL THAT WE HAVE TO CONVEY TO THE PLANT IN JERSEY ALAN IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN IT WOULD BE A HUGE REDUCTION IN TRUCK TRAFFIC, WHICH RUNS ALONG THE EAST SIDE QUARTER WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT SO THAT HAS SOME SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE IMPACT FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. THEN THEY ALSO PRODUCE WHAT IS CALLED THE CAST A PRODUCT WHICH WE HAVE UNRESTRICTED USES. WE COULD PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMUNITY EFFORTS WHERE IT COULD BE USED FOR SOIL AMENDMENT, FERTILIZER, BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A VALUABLE ASSET RATHER THAN SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DISPOSED UP TO SOME METHOD. ADDITIONALLY WITH IT POTENTIALLY HAVE A SOLUTION FOR OTHER WASTEWATER AGENCIES IN THE AREA. THEY ARE PHASING BIOSOLIDS DISPOSAL SO THAT COULD BE ADDITIONAL RESOURCE FOR THE DISTRICT THAT COULD HELP US MANAGE OUR SEWER BRAINS IN THE FUTURE. A LOT OF POTENTIAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROCESS. AND MOVING ONTO THE NEXT ITEM, THE OPERATIONAL CHANGES AND PLANNING RELATED TO JERSEY ISLAND. I KNOW THAT IS PROBABLY THE ITEM MOST OF INTEREST, BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THE DISTRICT HAS HISTORICALLY OWNED AS EVERYONE KNOWS, SINCE THE EARLY 1990s, JULIE EYES ON [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] PRIMARY ZONE OF THE DELTA, RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE ISLAND. THE DISTRICT ORIGINALLY PURCHASED AND PROCURED THAT ISLAND FOR THE $3 MILLION BACK I BELIEVE IN 1993. THE REASON THAT IT WAS PURCHASED WAS, BECAUSE THE TREATMENT PROCESS THAT THE DISTRICT HAD AT THAT TIME WAS SORT OF RUDIMENTARY TREATMENT PROCESS, THE LEVEL OF TREATMENT WAS NOT CLEANING UP WITH THE DISTRICT TO DISCHARGE THE WATER OUT THERE TO THE RIVERS. SO THE COMMUNITY THAT THEN WAS SMALLER SO WE WERE ABLE TO JUST LAY OUT, APPLY THE WATER ON THE ISLAND ITSELF, THAT WAS THE MEANS OF DISCHARGE. IN 2010, THE DISTRICT BUILT STATE-OF-THE-ART ADVANCE WATER FILTRATION BIOREACTOR PLANT, WE PRODUCED ALMOST REGULAR WATER [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] WITH THE NEW PLANT CAME A NEW PERMIT ESTATE THAT ALLOWED US TO NOT ONLY DISCHARGE THE WATER, BUT ALSO TO WATER RECYCLING, HAVE THE PUMP STATION FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] AS A MENTION WE ARE LOOKING AT THE JOINT PROJECTS WITH THE WATER DISTRICT SO WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THIS NEED FOR THE ISLAND AS A MEANS OF DISPOSAL. NOW THE ISLAND HAS 60 MILES OF LEVEES AROUND IT. REQUIRE ABOUT $1 MILLION OF INVESTMENTS PER YEAR TO MAINTAIN THE LEVEE. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES DOES PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION, ABOUT 75% OF THAT, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE INVESTMENTS THAT IS BEEN AT THE ISLAND, SAY IT IS BEEN 30 YEARS, 1983 UNTIL 2023, [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] AT $1 MILLION A YEAR, THEN $30 MILLION INVESTMENTS IN MAINTAINING ISLAND THAT WAS PROCURED FOR THE $3 MILLION. SO IT IS CAUSING FOLKS 10 TIMES WHAT THE ISLAND WAS PURCHASED FOR IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN IT. FOR THAT REASON, WENT THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL REVELATORY NEED FOR US TO HAVE A, WE STARTED LOOKING AT HOW COULD WE DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY? HAVE LESS OF AN IMPACT ON THE REPAIRS . EARLY ON WE EVALUATED, LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES, BEING AT THE DELTA, OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMIT LINE. A LOT OF THINGS THAT GOVERN. WHAT CAN AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO IT, STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY. WE ALSO DIVESTED ALL THE [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] AT ONE TIME THE DISTRICT HAS 10 EMPLOYEES OUT THERE, AS IRONHOUSE EMPLOYEES THAT WERE CATTLE RANCHERS, AGRICULTURE, RACING ALFALFA, HEY, WE GOT ALL OF THOSE OPERATIONS IN HOUSE. WE LIQUIDATED [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] ALL OF THE KETTLE, ABOUT 2500 HEAD OF CATTLE THAT THE DISTRICT SOLD ALL OF THE FARMING EQUIPMENT, THAT BROUGHT IT ABOUT A $3 MILLION, ONE-TIME REVENUE FOR THE RESERVES. WE ENTERED INTO A LAND LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE FIVE YEARS, PRIVATE DEPARTMENT FIRM. RUN THEIR OWN CATTLE ON IT. IS ABOUT $800,000 A YEAR REVENUE AS OPPOSED TO EXPENSE THEY HAD BEFORE SO ALL OF OUR HISTORICAL COST RELATES TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE JERSEY ALAN [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] NOW THERE ARE NO ONGOING OPERATIONS. THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEVEE MAINTENANCE IS STILL THERE, BUT THAT IS DISTRICT 830 THAT THOSE COSTS ARE ON. AS FAR AS IRONHOUSE WE ARE NOT BREAKEVEN SINCE THE FIRST TIME SINCE WE PURCHASED THE ISLAND SO CONCURRENTLY WITH THEM, IN 2019, WE ENTERED INTO A PUBLIC, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH MONTEZUMA WATER. THEY WERE OR THEIR ROLE IN THIS PARTNERSHIP WAS TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL LAND-USE OPTIONS FOR THE ISLAND. AND SO, PUT TOGETHER A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE, NEW USE EVALUATION, INTRODUCED TO THE DISTRICT TO THE BOARD IN 2021. IT PROPOSES A RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL, BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT, ENTERTAINMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AS WELL AS, I WAS SURELY A PROPOSED MAP OF IT, WOULD INCLUDES, BUT THERE IS ALSO SOME OTHER ELEMENTS TO IT THAT ARE RECREATIONAL AND RESIDENTIAL. SO THERE IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT LIFT TO MAKE THIS A REALITY. I'M SORRY, LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. THERE WAS A FIRST IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR. THAT AGREEMENT ALLOWED MONTEZUMA, PRIVATE PARTNER, AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE, TO GO AND PURSUE WHAT IT COULD POSSIBLY TAKE TO MAKE THIS LAND-USE CONCEPT INTO A REALITY. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS SIGNIFICANCE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, PREDATORY HURDLES, BUT THE GOOD THING, POSITION THAT THE DISTRICT IS AND, NOT OF THESE COSTS ARE BORNE BY THE REPAIRS, BUT THESE ARE ALL COSTS THAT ARE INVESTED BY PRIVATE PARTNER. THE FIRST STEP IS FOR THEM TO EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE ABLE TO GET PAST SOME OF THESE FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT HURDLES AS RELATING TO [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] ULTIMATE POTENTIAL ANNEXATION FOR THE CITY OF OAKLEY. MO USE FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY. A LOT OF MOVING PIECES TO THIS. BASED ON THIS, THERE ARE SUCCESS AND DELIVERABLES ON FIRST PHASE OF THAT, THE WORD WILL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY MOVE FORWARD OR WHETHER WE DEGRASSE. I DO KNOW IT IS SORT OF REALLY HARD FOR YOU FOLKS TO SEE, BUT THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT THAT WAS PREPARED. YOU CAN SEE IT IT INCLUDES A LOT OF OPEN SPACE, ABOUT 90% OF OPEN SPACE. THERE IS GRAZING WITH EXOTIC ANIMALS, SOME RECREATIONAL AREAS, BALLFIELDS, SOME WATER, AMENITIES. I BELIEVE THERE IS SOME RETAIL, RECREATION AND AGAINST SOME RESIDENTIAL AROUND THE EDGES. AND SO, THERE IS ALSO A PORTION FOR CONSERVATION FOR THE GIANT [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] SOME WIND , SO RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION SO IT REALLY IS JUST A MIXED BAG OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT DESIGN ELEMENTS. AGAIN THIS IS A VERY INITIAL CONCEPT. IT IS REALLY RIGHT NOW THIS PRIVATE PARTNER MONTEZUMA THAT HAS THE AUTHORITY AND THE OBLIGATION TO SEE IF THEY CAN EXPLORE THIS WHAT IS HAPPENING AND ON THEIR DIME TO DO THAT. >> I THINK THAT IS ALL I GOT FOR YOU. PROBABLY MORE THAN ENOUGH THAT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING, BE HAPPY TO COME BACK AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION, BUT I INVITE ANYBODY HEAR FROM THE COUNCIL, STAFF, ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, WE HAVE BOARD MEETING [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT. THANK. >> ANY COUNSEL QUESTIONS? >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHALL? >> [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] YOU TALKED ABOUT ITEMS, BUT I WAS AT SEVEN STORM RESPONSE FOR SENT FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO, 20 FOR ARE WORK [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] >> THANK YOU MUCH. I WILL PASS THAT ALONG. THEY ARE ROCK STARS. >> DID NOT HEAR WHAT? >> I WAS JUST COMMENTING THAT I WAS AT THE MEETING WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT WEATHER AND STORM RESPONSE AND I GOT TO HEAR FIRSTHAND FROM THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WHAT THEY PUT INTO ALL THE MEDICATION THEY WERE DOING, KEEP THE WATER AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE, PRETTY INSPIRED BY THAT. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS >> I HAVE ONE ON THE PHONE. >> VICE MAYOR WILLIAMS? >> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION, [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] ABOVE AND BEYOND, BUT I HAD A QUESTION. YOU SAID THE COST WERE ESTIMATED AT $300,000 RIGHT NOW WHICH WOULD IMPACT [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] IS THE ISLAND PART OF THAT -- >> [ INDISCERNIBLE -OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> YES, THE DISTRICT CURRENTLY, RATEPAYERS WITHIN THE CITY OF OAKLEY, AND ON BETHEL ISLAND. JUST TO CLARIFY, THE DISTRICT HAS THE RESERVES WHERE THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A DIRECT INCREASE TO RATES AS A RESULT OF THIS TO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT THIS WAS AN UNBUDGETED, ADDITIONAL EXPENSE. IT IS IN DIRECTLY AFFECTING THE RATEPAYERS BY DRYING DOWN THE RESERVES WHICH ARE A VERY CRITICAL PIECE OF OUR OVERALL PHYSICAL HEALTH, DETERMINES WHAT OUR RATE MEANS IN THE FUTURE. >> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. >> ANYTHING ELSE, VICE MAYOR WILLIAMS? >> I'M GOOD [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ]. >> QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE A COUPLE. IN REGARDS TO THE RAIN,, BUT THE ISLAND, IN THE COUNTY, [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ]. >> THE COUNTY DID NOT HELP RESPONSE TO OUR EFFORTS AS IT RELATES TO THE SEWER ISSUES. I COULD NOT TELL YOU IF THEY WERE OUT CLEARING DITCHES OR WORKING WITH HOMEOWNERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AS FAR AS THE ADDRESSING OF THE EMERGENCY AS IT RELATED TO THE IMPACTS ON THE SORE, I WAS NOT INVOLVED. >> I ASSUME BY THAT TIME OF CLEARING DITCHES -- >> [ INDISCERNIBLE -OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> THEY MARRY VERY WELL MAY HAVE BEEN [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] GOING ON AT THE TIME IN THAT AREA. WE WHICH IS FOCUSED ON THE SEWERS. THAT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM. >> THE PURPLE PIPE [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ]. >> THERE IS PURPLE PIPE IN CYPRUS, BUT CURRENTLY BEING FED WELL WATER. AND SO, THE CONVERSION THERE, AT THE TIME THAT WE COULD GET A CONNECTION, WHEN I SAY WE, JOINT PROJECT, WE ARE NOT A DISTRIBUTOR OF WATER, BUT AT THE TIME THAT THEY MADE THE CONNECTION MAY, WHERE THAT AREA COULD BE FED WITH RECYCLED WATER, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS OUT THERE. IT IS ALREADY THE BEAUTIFUL THING, IT'S ALREADY, IN MANY AREAS OF NEWER DEVELOPMENT, THE ON SITE STUFF IS ALREADY A SEPARATE SYSTEM. IF YOU GO OUT THERE, YOU WILL SEE THESE PICKLE HEADS ARE KEPT PURPLE. ALL OF THE ON SITE STUFF HAS BEEN INSULT, BECAUSE IT IS BEEN FLED [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] THE POTABLE WATER SO JUST A MATTER OF CONVERTING THE WELL OVER TO RECYCLED. DOES NOT REQUIRE COMPLETE REFITTING, BUT JUST REQUIRES GETTING THE PUBLIC HE OWNED INFRASTRUCTURE ABLE TO FEED IT. >> YOU ARE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION ? >> WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS WHAT CAN PROVIDE THE GREATEST USE OF RECYCLED WATER. IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO LOOK LIKE OR IT'S GOING TO END UP WHERE WE COULD DO THAT, ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE, EXPANDED PURPLE PIPE, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER PROJECTS WHERE THERE IS ADDITIONAL TREATMENT WHEN THE WATER GETS USED IN THE AREA. >> [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ]. >> IF YOU CAN SELL IT. >> THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. >> I KNOW AT ONE TIME WE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TREATMENT COMING IN FROM BLUE LIGHTHOUSE AREA, WITH THE STUDIES, HAS THERE BEEN ANY PROGRESS ON THOSE TYPES OF WORK OR STUDIES? >> YEAH, THERE HAVE BEEN. THE DISTRICT IS COMPLETING THESE LOCAL LIMITS STUDY WHICH IS WHAT I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERRING TO. WHAT THAT IS IS IF YOU BEAR WITH ME WITH JUST A SECOND JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF FRAMING IS THAT OAKLEY, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT AN INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR IS BEEN DEVELOPED. INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN RESIDENTIAL WASTEWATER. THE REGULATIONS ON INDUSTRIAL OR INDUSTRIES FOR WHAT THEY PREDICT IN THE SEWER, THOSE DISTRICTS THAT WE WATCH MUCH MORE CLOSELY THEN WE AS A DISTRICT WOULD GO OUT, SAY THERE IS A FACTORY THAT PLATES METAL OR DOES PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING OR WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD COME . THERE IS SPECIFIC REGULATIONS THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD IMPOSE ON THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE REMOVING THE POLLUTANTS OUT OF THEIR INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES PRIOR TO IT BECOMING TO THE SEWER SO PRETREATMENT PROCESS. PRIOR TO DISCHARGE. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE LIMITS ON THESE DISCHARGES AS WE HAVE TO HAVE A JUSTIFIABLE BASIS FOR THOSE LIMITS. SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT OUR PLANS ARE, REMOVING CAPABILITIES ARE, WHAT THE OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS ARE WHAT WE CALL NONREGULATED SOURCES LIKE HOMES. [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] THIS IS HOW MUCH WE COULD ALLOW INTO THE PLANT FROM EVERYBODY. THEN AS THESE INDICES START COMING IN, WE COULD START ALLOCATING THAT SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS IT . WITH THE TELL THEM THIS IS YOUR LIMIT, HOW MUCH YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE SO IF YOU ARE PRODUCING THIS MUCH MORE, BEFORE YOU DISCHARGE IT YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ON-SITE IN ORDER TO PRETREAT. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING, CHICKEN AND EGG, HE STUDIES THOROUGHLY GOOD FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. WHEN THERE WAS NO INDUSTRY, WE DID NOT WANT TO GO TO THE EXPENSE OF $100,000, TO DEVELOP THAT IN BANFF HAVE NOBODY TO IMPOSE THEM ON. SO WE HAD THE GOOD THING, DEALING WITH THE LOGISTICS CENTER COMING AND. LOOKS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER ADJACENT PROPERTY COMING IN, DEVELOPMENT, INTEREST ON THIS COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY. AND SO, IT'S VERY HEALTHY FOR IT TO HAVE A GREAT COMMUNITY TO HAVE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR OPEN TO THAT . >> THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO HEAR TO TALK LONG ANSWER, BUT SHORT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU, CHAD. >> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. >> ITEM 3 CONSENT CALENDAR? AM SORRY, ITEM TWO, PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. SEVEN PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE SUBMIT A BLUE SPEAKER CARD LOCATED IN THE LOBBY SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK. TIME LIMIT TO SPEAK IS THREE MINUTES. THE TIME LIMIT IS MONITORED BY A TIMER LOCATED IN THE FIRE AT THE MAYOR SEAT. ONE MINUTE REMAINS, ON THE TIMER, IT WILL BE ONCE AS A REMINDER TO COMPLETE COMMENTS FOR YOUR TIME EXPIRES. PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ANY APPLAUSE, CHAIRING, BOOING HER OTHER UPPERS SO EVERYONE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. NOTE THAT DUE TO PROVISIONS OF STATE LAW, COUNCIL MAY NOT ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE REGARDING COMMENTS, STAFF MAY BE DIRECTED TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC MAKING RESPONSE. FIRST UP I HAVE DONNA [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEND THE FIRST MINUTE OF MY TIME, COMMITTEE THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN TO A CITY COUNCIL SINCE JANUARY 10th. THAT IS WHEN PAUL BEARD, WONDERFUL LEASE CHIEF DID THIS BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION ON THE THINGS THAT ARE AFFECTING THE CITY OF OAKLEY. I WANT TO APPLAUD HIM, HIS PRESENTATION , STRAIGHTFORWARD. IT WAS DIRECT. IT ENCAPSULATED EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD TODAY. I SUPPORT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT 100% AND I GIVE APPLAUSE AND KUDOS TO PAUL BEARD AND TO ALL THE POLICEMAN, ALL THE POLICEWOMEN. JUST WANT TO SAY THAT SO THANK YOU. >> DID YOU GET A COPY? >> YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M HERE PRIMARILY, BECAUSE OF THE LAURA PLAZA. BACK AGAIN DOES WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS. WHEN IS THE NUMBER 1 MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR THAT PLAZA IS THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN ACROSS FROM THAT PLAZA [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ]. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY IS THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY OF US FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE SPOKEN TO CITY COUNCIL ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO SEE THAT DEVELOPED. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THESE RECOMMENDATIONS DATA RECORDER, THEY ARE DOCUMENTED, THEY ARE ON TIGHT. THEY ARE WITHIN LIMITS. I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE, BECAUSE OUR POSITION HAS NOT CHANGED IN THIS PROCESS. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT DEVELOPED. I DO HAVE A VESTED INTEREST. MY HOUSE BACKS UP TO LAUREL. AGAIN, THAT WAS PROBABLY IN MARCH, I WAS KIND OF BEING SILLY, BUT NOT SILLY, I MEAN IT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME TO MY HOME AND SIT ON MY FRONT, ON THE PATIO, IT FACES THE CUL-DE-SAC. YOU WILL HEAR THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM LAUREL ELEMENTARY. I HEARD THEM TODAY. I WOULD INVITE ANY OF YOU TO COME AND SIT IN MY FRONT PORCH AND JUST HEAR THE ANNOUNCEMENT. I CANNOT IMAGINE HOW MUCH LOUDER, HOW INTRUSIVE IT WILL BE IF WE HAVE MAJOR COMPANIES LIKE McDONALD'S, DUAL DRIVES THOSE, GO IN THERE. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY IS I'M SO SET THAT SHELLEY FITZGERALD WAS NOT ELECTED. WE HAVE TWO NEW COUNCILMEMBERS ON OUR BOARD TODAY. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, YOU CAN CORRECT ME, I DON'T THINK SHELLEY FITZGERALD TOOK ANY MONEY FROM ANYBODY OTHER THAN HERSELF OR FROM PEOPLE LIKE US. SO I JUST, MATTER OF INTEGRITY, WHO WE VOTE FOR. DO WE VOTE FOR THE PEOPLE AND YOU DECIDE THESE INTERESTS? OR ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY, CORPORATIONS? I JUST URGE YOU TO LISTEN TO YOUR HEART. HAVE INTEGRITY. AND MAKE THE BEST POSSIBLE CHOICE. I DO NOT EVER WANT TO BE UP THERE LIKE INTERVIEW, HARD DECISIONS, BUT ASKING TO VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE. TO VOTE WITH INTEGRITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, GOOD NIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT. [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ]. >> GOOD EVENING,, COUNCILMEMBERS AND MAYOR. I'M HERE ALSO TO TALK ABOUT, WHAT MY WIFE TALK ABOUT, PRETTY INCREDIBLE TO ME THAT THERE IS JUST THE SAFETY ISSUE ALONE OF THE CHILDREN. I SEE KIDS WALKING ACROSS THERE, ON THEIR CELL PHONES, TO STARING AT THEIR CELL PHONE, WHATEVER, WALKING ACROSS THEIR. BAD ENOUGH THAT THEY ARE CROSSING [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] WONDERFUL THING, THEY NEED THAT, BUT THE THING IS I JUST CANNOT IMAGINE THAT. IF IT WAS SMALLER UNITS, THAT COULD COMPLEMENT THE AREA AS IT WAS INTENDED IN THE BEGINNING. SECOND, SECOND THING I WANT TO BRING UP, I APPLIED SHELLEY FITZGERALD FOR WHAT SHE DID. SHE TOOK ON A LOT OF STUFF BY HERSELF. BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION, ON HER OWN DIME. ALL OVER THE STATE. DOING INCREDIBLE WORK. I WISH MORE OF THAT WOULD BE DONE AT THIS LEVEL GOING TO OTHER CITIES, SEE HOW THEY GOT THEIR PROBLEMS AWAY. CHEAP LESSON, PAIN HOW TO DO THINGS. THE MISTAKES THAT HAPPENED ALONG THE WAY. SECOND THING I WANT TO BRING A, POT GROWING FARM NEAR ORCHARD PARK, ANNIE OAKLEY, THAT'S IT THINGS IN THERE. MY WIFE IS A TEACHER FOR ANY OAKLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT. [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S JUST NOT REALLY A GOOD IDEA TO BE CHANGING THE FORM PACKING PLANT WHAT NOT THE NUTS, WHAT NOT, TURNING IT INTO A POT GROWING INSTITUTION. TO ME IT KIND OF JUST IS LIKE WATCHING A CHEECH AND CHONG MOVIE UP AND SPOKE AT THAT POINT. WE ARE JUST FOLLOWING YOUR VIDEOS, JUST LIKE, YEAH, LET'S HAVE A POT FARM. I KNOW IT'S LEGAL, [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] PLENTY OF THEM EVERYWHERE ELSE. THERE IS A LIMIT OF CRIME ALONG WITH THAT. THAT IS REALLY ABOUT PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THAT, I WAS LISTENING EARLIER TO THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT OUR SANITATION DISTRICT, GROWING UP IN L.A., I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THE WATER ISSUES THAT GET INTO THE SEWER ISSUES, CONSTANTLY HAPPENING AT THESE HOMES. [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED A BUNCH OF [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] DENIGRATING THAT. [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] TITLE FLOW GOES IN AND OUT. ANYWAY, THAT IS ABOUT ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? >> SEEING NONE THREE CONSENT CALENDAR. >> [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] I MOVE THE REST. >> I WILL SECOND. >> MYSTICAL, DO WE NEED A ROLLCALL? >> YES, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOMEONE ON THE PHONE [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ]. >> [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAW? >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER FULLER? >> AYE [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] VICE MAYOR WILLIAMS? >> AYE. >> MAYOR MEADOWS SCHWA AYE . >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] WE HAVE TO FIGHT TONIGHT OUR TRAVEL AND EXPENSE POLICY. JUST AN UPDATE TO THE POLICY TRYING TO SIMPLIFY THE WAY WE DO TRAVEL FOR EMPLOYEES, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS. WE DIDN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF MAJOR CHANGES JUST A FEW CHANGES TO NOTE. WE ARE CHANGING KIND OF HOW WE ATTACHED IT TO SCHEDULE VERSUS JUST IN GENERAL IF EMPLOYEES ARE TRAVELING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, THEY CAN BE PAID FOR THAT TRAVEL BASED OF THE TIME THAT IT TAKES TO GET THERE, MOST ECONOMIC WAY. THEN THE OTHER BIGGEST, I THINK, CHANGE TO THE POLICY IS WE HAD OR ADDED A COUNCIL SECTION THAT ALTHOUGH WE ALLOW COUNCIL TO USE THE PER DIEM FOR MEALS, IT IS REQUIRED THAT THOSE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] WE ADDED THAT PIECE TO THE POLICY AS WELL. I DO , WILL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. >> [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ]. >> YES, SORRY TO CATCH STAFF UPON THIS, BUT I WAS THUMBING THROUGH THE AGENDA [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] WE USE THE WORD TRAVEL, IF THE EMPLOYEES REQUIRED TO TRAVEL, I WANTED TO ASK, WOULD IT BE MORE PRUDENT TO SAY IF THE CITY MANAGER DETERMINES IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST FOR EMPLOYEE TO TRAVEL, WE MOVE FORWARD, THE ONLY REASON IS IS SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINES I HEARD SAY, WE ARE TRAVELING, [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] IF THE CITY MANAGER THINKS IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST, BACK IN THE CITY MANAGER [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] PROPERLY. THAT IS THE ONLY THING I HAD [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] THINKING ABOUT IN THE WORD REQUIRED, THE CITY MANAGER HAVING TO PERMANENT [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] BEST INTEREST FOR AN EMPLOYEE TO TRAVEL. THESE ITEMS FALL INTO PLACE. IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK. >> I MIGHT OBJECT IN THE ORDER I BELIEVE THAT IS COVERED IN SECTION TWO OF THE POLICY. WHICH HAS A PARAGRAPH, I THINK IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. >> PARAGRAPH TO OF THE RESOLUTION? >> THE TRAVEL POLICY IF YOU READ THE POLICY, PROPOSED POLICY, SECTION TWO. I WILL READ IT IT SAYS THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE AUTHORIZE ATTENDANCE TO TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT OF ALL NORMAL, NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE TRAVELER WHILE REPRESENTING THE CITY ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS WERE AT AN APPROVED UNCTION. SO I READ THAT TO BE THE CITY MANAGER, ADMINISTRATOR ABILITY TO MAKE THOSE DETERMINATIONS. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> IS THERE A MOTION? >> PUBLIC COMMENT? >> I WILL MOVE IT. >> SECOND? >> I WILL SECOND. >> [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAW ? >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER FULLER? >> AYE. >> CONSUL MEMBER WILLIAMS? >> AYE. >> 5-0. THANK YOU. >> NO PUBLIC HEARINGS. REGULAR CALENDAR. AND 5.1, ADOPT A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING ESTABLISHING THE RULES FOR THE CONDUCT OF MEETINGS OF THE OAKLEY CITY COUNCIL, SUPERSEDING RESOLUTION NO. 10-10, DEREK COLE, CITY ATTORNEY. >> THANK YOU MR. MEMBER, CITY COUNCIL DECIDED RETURNS FROM THE REQUEST OF INITIAL COUNCIL MEMBER FULLER, I FORGET WHO SECONDED, THE REQUEST. THAT WOULD BE AMENDED OF THIS POLICY, DEALT SPECIFICALLY WITH THE EXPRESSION OF POSITIONS FIVE OF COUNCIL WHEN THE COUNSEL TAKES A POSITION, WHAT HAPPENS BEFORE THE COUNCIL TAKES A POSITION SO THE POLICY IS VERY SIMPLE. IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE COUNCIL TO REPRESENT THAT THE COUNCIL HAS TAKEN A POSITION BEFORE THAT POSITION HAS BEEN TAKEN. THAT IS THE PROPOSED POLICY. THEN AFTER THE COUNCIL HAS TAKEN THE POSITION, IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO STAGE A DIFFERENT POLICY THAN WHAT THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY STATED. AGAIN, THIS IS WHEN YOU ARE REPRESENTING THE POLICY OR DECISION OF THE COUNCIL. IT MAKES CLEAR THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS REPRESENT YOUR OWN POSITION [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] NEVER TAKE THAT AWAY. FINALLY, THERE WAS A REQUEST THAT WAS BASED OFF THE INITIAL MINUTES. OFTEN THESE POSITION ARE TAKEN IN A LETTER OR THEY ARE TAKING IN THE RESOLUTION. WE WOULD LOOK TO THOSE FIRST THEN IF THERE IS A POSITION THAT IS NOT TAKEN IN THIS INSTRUMENT, THEN IT WOULD GO TO THE OFFICIAL MINUTES. THAT IS THE PROPOSED POLICY. IT DOES PROVIDE WHAT COUNCILMEMBER IS LOOKING FOR. EDIT ONE THING ABOVE THAT, WHICH IS THE NEW DISRUPTIVE PERSON AUTHORIZATION, DISPARITY THE STATUTE, PREVIOUS SECTION DEALING WITH THAT. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> ARE THERE ANY LESSONS OF MR. COLE? COUNCILMEMBER FULLER? >> YES, THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] THANK YOU VERY MUCH, HE CAPTURED IT. WHAT YOU HAVE IN THEIR [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] THE PLANNING COMMISSION, [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ]. CANNOT REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT. >> ROSENBERG RULES OF ORDER. >> ROSENBERG, WE HAVE [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] SHOULD WE BE RECONCILING THAT ? >> WE COULD DO THAT. I HAVEN'T PRESENTED THAT TO YOU. ROSENBERG IS REALLY JUST A SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF ROBERT, PREPARED BY NOW A JUDGE, FORMER CITY COUNCILMEMBER. MY SENSES ROSENBERG IS JUST A SIMPLIFICATION OF ROBERTS. THAT IS KIND OF MY FIELD MANUAL SO I DON'T IF WE HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GET IT BACK, BUT WE [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ]. >> THANK YOU. >> I HEARD HOW GREAT ROSENBERGS IS , REGARDING THE ROBERTS RULES SO IT WORKS WITH ME. THAT IS FINE. THE OTHER ONE, I THINK VERY CRITICAL, I DON'T SEE IT [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] MAYOR MEADOWS [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] SEEMS TO GO VERY SMOOTH, MOVING FORWARD, THERE IS A CLAUSE IN THERE THAT THE MAYOR [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] RECONCILES A DISRUPTIVE PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE. THAT THE COUNCIL MAY INTERVENE AND VOTE TO HAVE THE PERSON REMOVED [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] I RIGHT SURE HOW THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE. [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] UP TO THE MAYOR, I ASSUME [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] IF THE MAYOR DOES NOT VIEW IT [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]. >> IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SINGLE PERSON, THE NEW STATUTE, SUMMARIZED IT IN THE LANGUAGE HERE. WHAT THAT STATUTE SAYS IS THAT THE MAYOR, PRESIDING OFFICER OR DESIGNEE, SO TECHNICALLY THE MAYOR, DESIGNATING A SERGEANT IN ARMS, THAT DOES HAPPEN, BUT BASICALLY THE MAYOR WOULD HAVE TO GIVE THE INDIVIDUAL THE WARNING THAT THEIR BEHAVIOR IS BECOMING DISRUPTIVE. IF THEY BECAME DISRUPTIVE, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY IF THE PERSON ON OPPORTUNITY TO CURE THEIR BEHAVIOR. WHEN THAT PERSISTS, THE MAYOR MAY ORDER THE PERSON, IN THAT SITUATION, REALLY THE BEST THING TO DO WOULD BE TO HAVE A LAW ENFORCEMENT ESCORT THE PERSON OUT. >> YES, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] I DON'T ENVISION IT NECESSARILY, BUT SOMEONE COULD TURN TO THE MAYOR ON THE DAIS AND SAY, MR. MAYOR, MRS. MAYOR, THIS PERSON IS GOING BEYOND THE LIMIT. [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] OKAY, OR THE PERSON, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] COUNCIL FINDS HIM DISRUPTED. >> I DO BELIEVE THAT. THAT WOULD BE THE CASE. COUNCIL MAKE A MOTION, TO DECLARE SOMEONE, KIND OF A GRAY AREA, BECAUSE THE STATUTE SAYS THE MAYOR OR DESIGNEE, BUT I BELIEVE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE ALLOWS IT'S ALL KIND OF A [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] I WOULD SAY IN 13 YEARS AS CITY ATTORNEY, THE CITY HAS NEVER EVEN COME CLOSE TO THAT LEVEL. SO I AM TREATING THIS AS A FAIRLY ACADEMIC, HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION. >> YEAH. >> I HAVE SEEN IT HAPPEN IN OTHER CITIES. >> [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] YOU NEVER KNOW, NOWADAYS IT SEEMS LIKE, WE CAN HAVE IN DISCUSSION. >> OTHER COUNCIL HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >> VICE MAYOR WILLIAMS, QUESTIONS? >> NO, I'M GOOD. JUST COMMENT, THE MICROPHONE IS CUTTING OUT. >> OKAY. >> I HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD . PUBLIC COMMENT, PULSE EAGER? >> PAUL SEGER? >> GREETINGS , MAYOR, COUNCIL. STAFF. I REALLY APPRECIATE MR. HENDERSON'S ATTENDANCE AT OUR OTHER WATER MEETINGS, ALSO I APPRECIATE GETTING THE ATTENTION TO THE PURPOSE PIPE ISSUE OF WATER. IMPRESSED THAT YOU ARE LEARNING WHAT WE ARE DOING OUT THERE. IT'S FANTASTIC. SO I JUST AGAIN, BECAUSE THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD, THE RULES OF CONDUCT AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND SEEING AS THOUGH THERE WAS A HUGE ATTENTION BROUGHT TO THE GAS LIGHTING CONVERSATION THAT THE CITY USED TO BE ACCUSED OF CONSTANTLY. I DO FEEL THAT IT'S PERTINENT TO BRING UP A COUPLE OF THE IDEAS, RULES OF DEBATE. BRINGING IT UP FOR THE ATTENTION TO THESE CONCEPTS . AT ONE POINT, IT ACTUALLY MENTIONS THAT A COUPLE OF PARTICIPATION IS PROVIDED TO ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CITY. AND WHAT MOST PEOPLE FEEL THEY ARE DOING WHEN THEY COME TO THE PODIUM DURING A HEARING IS THAT THIS IS THE ONE AND ONLY THREE-MINUTE TIME THAT THEY EVER HAVE TO EXPRESS THEIR POINT OF VIEW, REGARDING ANY DECISION THAT IS GOING TO BE MADE. AGAIN, I KNOW THAT IT HAPPENED A MULTITUDE OF TIMES IN THE PAST. IT WAS JUST IGNORED. BLOWN OFF. ACCEPT, WE WERE SORT OF ASSURED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH THE COUNCIL, THAT THIS WAS GOING TO CHANGE, BUT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ELECTED TO CHANGE THE THINGS HAVE DECIDED TO SORT OF JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON AND CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE IDEA OF, WELL, YOU KNOW, NOW I'M AT THE DAIS AND I CHARGE. I WILL DECIDE IF I'M GOING TO LISTEN TO YOU. I'M JUST GOING TO TALK OVER YOU IF I NEED TO. I WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU, AARON. AARON, YOU'RE ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD [ LAUGHTER ]. >> THANK YOU. >> AS FAR AS THE RULES OF CONDUCT, AND THE RULES OF DEBATE, I DO THINK THAT WHEN IT MENTIONS THAT THE PROCESS FOR CONSIDERATION OF AN ITEM, THAT'S MY TIME SO I WILL GET YOU NIGHTTIME. >> THANK YOU. >> [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ]. >> FOR DECADES. >> PUBLIC COMMENTS? >> SEEING NONE COUNCIL COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER FULLER? >> YES. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS, [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] YES, AM GREAT . >> IN TERMS OF WHAT HAS BEEN PUT HERE I THINK IS EXCELLENT. I DO BELIEVE THERE IS A NEED FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH. AT TIMES IF SOMEBODY SAYS [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] I UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IT TURNS OUT THE QUORUM WHAT IS GOING ON, [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] OVER 1000 PEOPLE BEING PROSECUTED [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] EXERCISE FREE SPEECH [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] THEIR IS A TIME AND A PLACE TO EXPRESS ONESELF. THE MANNER IT IS DUMB, USUALLY DONE IN A CIVIL MANNER, I TALKED ABOUT OUTGOING HERE, ONE PERSON IN PARTICULAR, SO CAUSTIC, SO SAY WHAT DETRIMENTAL TO THE WELL-BEING OF OUR OAKLEY OFFICE STAFF THAT IT WAS TO THE POINT OF HARASSMENT AND CREATING HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT. I'M GLAD WE HAVE ADDRESSED THAT. SO FROM THAT ASPECT, AM VERY HAPPY, HAVE CONFIDENCE WITH THE MAYOR, MAYOR MEADOWS, THAT WE ARE DOING THE RIGHT. THE SMOOTH WAY IN NEEDS [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO SPEAK, RIGHT? WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT DOWN, BUT UNTIL THE COUNCIL ASKS THEM, NEEDS TO BE PUT THAT THIS IS WHAT I HEARD OR I BELIEVE TOOK PLACE OR I THINK THE COUNCIL SAID, BUT TO SAY THE COUNCIL HAS DONE THIS, MISINFORMATION, THIS INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC. [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] SCHOLARLY ACADEMIC WRITING, HAS A STANDARD THAT YOU START OUT WITH THINNING THE PERSON, MOVING FORWARD, IN SAN FRANCISCO THERE WOULD BE AN ABSTRACT TO IT, SECONDARY EDUCATION, WITH THE STUDENTS ON IT THEN YOU WOULD MOVE INTO THE SECTION THAT SAYS GEORGE FULLER IS A DOCTOR OF EDUCATION , SPECIAL EDUCATION [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] TEACHER , BEEN SEEN AS A SCHOLAR AND DISABILITY STUDIES AND EDUCATION. GO DOWN THERE SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHEN THEY ARE DEALING WITH CRITICAL ANALYSIS, THE ABSTRACT, [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT THEY WANT. THE SECOND THING IS THIS PERSON [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] WHEN I MAKE MY CRITICAL ANALYSIS [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] PUTTING IT AT THE END, DISRESPECT TO THE READER. ALL OF THE THINGS I MENTIONED, MY PERSONAL OPINION, BECOMES DISRESPECTFUL TO THE READER, BUT YOU GO THROUGH ALL THIS. THEN GET DOWN TO THE END, BY THE WAY, THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE TRANSMIT SOMETHING OUT TO THE FORM, [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] IN MY MIND, CLEARLY THEIR , SOMEBODY CAN READ SOMETHING. THE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ]. SO-AND-SO, COUNCIL VOTED THIS WAY, AGREEING, THIS IS WHY IT IS THAT WAY. WITH THAT, I HAVE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. >> ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS? >> ANYTHING, VICE MAYOR WILLIAMS? >> I'M NOT. ANYTHING [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] UPSETTING A TEMPLATE [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ]. >> CAN YOU SPEAK UP A LITTLE BIT? >> YOU, I'M SORRY I LOST MY VOICE. I SAID [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] THERE IS A TEMPLATE FOR HOW THINGS HAVE TO BE [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] AM I MISSING SOMETHING ON HERE? >> THERE ISN'T A TEMPLATE. REALLY, THE RULE IS THAT IF THE COUNCIL HAS TAKEN A POSITION, YOU CAN SAY THE COUNCIL TOOK A DIFFERENT POSITION. ANOTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE TO REPRESENT WHAT THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY DID, BUT AS LONG AS YOU ARE DOING THAT IN GOOD FAITH, I DON'T THINK THERE IS A TEMPLATE SO I THINK THAT IS HOW I UNDERSTOOD THE WORLD TO WORK. >> OKAY, GREAT. THAT IS THE WAY I SAY WITH I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM COUNCILMEMBER FULLER JUST NOW. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. >> COUNCILMEMBER FULLER? >> YES, CLAIRE FURCATION, [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] IN TERMS OF ACADEMIA, SCHOLARSHIP. IT HAS BEEN PUT TO THE ODYSSEY OF THE READER, IMPLICATION [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] TOTALLY UP TO THEM , BUT THE INTENT IS AT LEAST WHEN I SAY IT, ON MY MIND, THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE HAPPENED. LIKE YOU SAY, [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] TONIGHT THEY VOTED TO DO SUCH AND SUCH. I DISAGREED. WHY I DISAGREED [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? >> A MOTION? >> I WILL MOVE IT. >> A SECOND? >> I WILL SECOND. >> [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ]. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAW? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER FULLER? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER HENDERSON? >> AYE. >> VICE MAYOR WILLIAMS? >> AYE TO TALK MAYOR MEADOWS? >> AYE. >> >> 5.2 SELECTION PROCESS FOR SPECIAL EVENT VENDORS (LINDSEY BRUNO, RECREATION MANAGER) >> GOOD EVENING, [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] FOR-PROFIT, FOOD, RETAIL VENDORS TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR EVENT SOME OF THOSE ARE PART OF OAKLEY, HARVEST FESTIVAL SUMMERFEST, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL EVENT, [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. AS OUR EVENTS HAVE GROWN, NUMBER 1 THEY'VE GROWN IN SPACE, BUT NUMBER TWO THEY'VE GROWN IN TERMS OF PARTICIPATION. AS THE EXPENSE CONTINUES TO GROW WE GET MORE APPLICATIONS, [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] AT OUR EVENT SO WE ARE IN THE UNIQUE, OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO SELECT THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE . AND LAST YEAR WE HAD COUNCILMEMBER'S REQUEST TO SEEK INFORMATION AND SOME TYPE OF EVALUATION COLLECTION PROCESS WHERE OUR VENDORS, SO, WE HAVE CONCLUDED IN THIS PART IT WAS A RADIANT RUBRIC, THAT WOULD BE USED. THERE ARE TWO. ODYSSEY, BECAUSE OF THE TWO DIFFERENT VENDORS. WE HAVE FOR-PROFIT VENDORS, WHICH WILL INCLUDE FOOD, CRAFT, RETAIL . THEN NONPROFIT VENDORS, SOMEONE LIKE THE FRIENDS OF OAKLEY LIBRARY . SO WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE FAIRLY SCORED. SO YOU WILL SEE FOR THE EVENT VENDORS, FOR-PROFIT, THEY HAVE THREE CATEGORIES. THEY WOULD BE ON A SCALE OF 1-5 . THEIR CATEGORIES INCLUDE BENEFIT FOR THE EVENT, YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT YOU HAVE A VENDOR THAT IS GREAT FOR THE TOWN OF OAKLEY, [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] MORE EVERY CHILDREN 'S THEME IN THE PAST OR EVEN LIKE I SAID JUNETEENTH, DIFFERENT TYPE OF EVENT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO OFFER. HEALTH AND SAFETY. OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE EXPERIENCED VERY VARIOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] FOOD SAFETY , SOMETHING WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE THE HEALTH AND FIRE DEPARTMENT ABOUT AND INSPECT THOSE VENDORS. SOMETIMES THEY ARE ABLE TO CORRECT ISSUES REALLY QUICKLY. SOMETHING THAT WE CAN OR FREQUENT WENT, THEY DID NOT BRING THE RIGHT TYPE OF FIRE EXTINGUISHER. [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] GET THE CORRECT FIRE EXTINGUISHER, ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. HOWEVER, THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHERE EVENT VENDORS HAVE CREATED UNSAFE ENVIRONMENTS. WHETHER THAT IS A VENDOR THAT MAY BE TRIES TO , I DON'T KNOW IF IRONHOUSE IS HERE, BUT WE HAVE HAD VENDORS THAT OF TRIED TO DISPOSE OF THEIR FAT OIL, INTO THE DRAINS, OBVIOUSLY [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] KIND OF THE GAMUT OF THE SAFETY ISSUE, [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] IN TERMS OF SAFETY ISSUES. OTHER SAFETY ISSUES WITH THE STAFF OR THE PUBLIC, UNSAFE SITUATION, VARIOUS DIFFERENT REASONS. THEN [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] IDENTIFIED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN THE COUNCIL REALLY WANTS US TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT AT THE EVENTS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO OAKLEY, TO STAND OUT FROM OUR SURROUNDING AREAS. SO THAT WOULD BE WHAT THEY ARE ALSO WRITING ON THE UNIQUENESS. REALLY GOING TO DRIVE SOMEONE TO COME TO OAKLEY, NOT AVAILABLE AT ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORING EVENTS. THAT IS KIND OF THE THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS FOR THE FOR-PROFIT VENDORS. YOU WILL SEE THERE IS THE SCALE 1-5, PREFERENCE FOR OAKLEY BUSINESSES VERSUS NON- OAKLEY BUSINESSES. TO SAY OAKLEY BUSINESS, CITY [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] YOU COULD BE A HOMEMADE BUSINESS. A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OAKLEY IS THIS TO GET PREFERENCE. THEN THE SECOND RUBRIC WOULD BE FOR OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. AGAIN, FOR THE EVENT/ OPEN-SPACE, FIRST CATEGORY, WHETHER IT IS A NONPROFIT, BASED IN A [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE AGAIN , [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] I APOLOGIZE, MORE KID SET EVENT. SOMETIMES GET A VENDOR RELATED TO PROBLEM WITH GAMBLING. BABY THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] THEY ARE STILL SERVING THE ONE COMMUNITY, BUT MAYBE NOT THIS [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] NEXT ONE IS COMMUNITY PARTNER STATUS. OVER THE PAST YEAR THE CITY HAS BEEN [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] AND WE HAVE SEVERAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] ABIDE BY [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] WHERE THE OF THE SUPPORT. THAT WOULD BE AN AREA WHERE WE WANT TO REWARD THEM WITH A HIGHER SCORE. SO THEIR WOULD BE THE NONPROFIT GRANT, ALSO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION WHERE WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP OR AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOLS. MAYBE WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT. IT WORKS FINE FOR A WHILE, BUT NOT FORMALIZE QUITE THERE YET WITH THE BUSINESS PARTNER, BUT NOT READY YET. THEN THE LOWEST SCORE IN THAT WOULD BE [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] I WOULD HOPE IT NEVER GETS THERE, BUT THINGS HAPPEN. ISSUES TAKE PLACE [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] WANT TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT. FLASK CATEGORY FOR [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] STRATEGIC PLAN. STRATEGIC PLAN MIGHT CHANGE A A FEW YEARS DOWN THE ROAD SO WE ENSURE THAT WE ARE ALIGNED WITH THE COMMISSION AND GOALS THAT ARE SET FORTH IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. YOU WILL SEE WITH A LOT OF THE CATEGORIES, A 1 SCORE IS SOMETIMES BEST ON [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] APPLICATION , NONPROFIT, ONE OF THOSE WOULD BE [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] AGENCY IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. SOMETIMES WE HAVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY BE WANT TO SHARE NONPROFIT STATUSES. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN THIS. SO WE COULD EVALUATE THE TRUE NONPROFIT APPLICANT, WE NEED TO DO OR KNOW THAT AHEAD OF TIME. WE ALSO DID WANT TO INCLUDE A CASSETTE THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. THEN KIND OF SOMETHING YOU THAT WE WOULD OFFER, WE HAVE NOT OFFERED IN THE PAST, ASTERISK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. THAT RUBRIC, AT A SUMMERFEST, [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] THIS ROOM WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW IS CENTRAL TO EVENTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE WITH BOTH OF THOSE EVENTS, WE ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] WAY DOWN TO O'HARA. WE OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY TO NONPROFITS TO BE IN A SPECIFIC ROOM, PROVIDING A TABLE AND TWO CHAIRS [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] BASED ON THE RUBRIC. THE TOP ORGANIZATIONS WITH HOWEVER MANY PEOPLE [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] NO COST TO THEM. OR SOMETHING LIKE THE HARVEST FESTIVAL, OVER THE YEARS, PART OF THE PARKING, SO IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO DEAL WITH THAT EVENT AS WELL. THEN BIG CAVEAT WITH ALL OF THIS IS THAT [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ]. IF WE DON'T RECEIVE APPLICATIONS THEN THAT WE HAVE VENDOR SPACES, WE WOULD NEED TO FOLLOW A RUBRIC TO REMOVE ANYBODY [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] NOT TAKE DUPLICATE VENDORS . FOR INSTANCE, A LOT OF DIRECT SALES COMPANIES ARE LIKE MARY KAY [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] ONLY TAKE ONE OF THOSE VENDORS, AS PART OF THEIR ORGANIZATION [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] OF THAT TYPE SO WE WENT FOLLOW THE PROCESS TO SELECT THE VENDORS THAT WOULD PARTICIPATE. I APOLOGIZE. I DID NEGLECT TO MENTION ON THE FOR-PROFIT, IF A COMPANY WERE TO HAVE A VERY SEVERE HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERN [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] NO LONGER ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED, BUT SAY A VENDOR IS OVERSERVED, CAUSES SOME ISSUES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, GRADING DANGEROUS SITUATIONS [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] THAT KIND OF STUFF. [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] LOOKING FOR YOU TO SAY WHAT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. >> ANY COUNSEL QUESTIONS? >> COUNCILMEMBER FULLER? >> YES, I HEARD YOU MENTION THE TRUE NONPROFIT. DETERMINING WHETHER THEY ARE A TRUE NONPROFIT, BUT CAN YOU ELABORATE? >> I APOLOGIZE IF I SAID TRUE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE NONPROFIT IS APPLYING IS NONPROFIT [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ]. IN THE PAST WE HAVE HAD THE OCCASION WHEN AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS NOT A NONPROFIT WANTS TO UTILIZE ANOTHER ORGANIZATION'S NONPROFIT STATUS. SO ONE THAT COMES TO MIND IS A TRAVEL BALL BASEBALL TEAM, SOMETHING WE DON'T DEAL WITH ANYMORE, BECAUSE WAS A LONG TIME AGO, BUT THEY WERE A FOR-PROFIT [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] NONPROFIT STATUS IN CHURCH, IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION. IT WOULD BE UNFAIR TO JUDGE THE CHURCH IF IT IS TRULY NOT-FOR-PROFIT WITH THE TRAVEL TEAM THAT WAS THERE SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE APPLICATION AT THE TIME IS TRULY NONPROFIT. >> THE REASON I BRING IT UP IS THERE IS A PROCEDURE FOR NONPROFIT. IT IS DONE FOR A REASON. THE IRS AND THE STATE, STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL, A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT IT. THEY DECLARE THAT YES, THIS IS A NONPROFIT. [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] HAND YOU A LETTER 501(C)(3) OR 501(C) FOUR, WHATEVER IT IS, [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] I KNOW YOU NEED TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS, CERTAIN THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO TO CONTINUE TO REMAIN THAT. 20 I OF TALK TO MR. McMURRAY ABOUT, I HAVE COME ACROSS A COUPLE IN OUR CITY, IN THE PRECARIOUS POSITION, HAVING OR ALREADY HAVE THEIR 501(C)(3) SUSPENDED. AT WHICH TIME IT WAS NO LONGER A 501(C)(3). THEY NEED TO VERIFY THAT THEY, NUMBER 1, THEY ARE 501(C)(3). TWO, THAT THEIR 501(C) STATUS IS VALID, ENFORCED, AND IT BOTHERED ME THAT SOMEBODY [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] WE DON'T HAVE OUR PAPERWORK. THEY ARE NO LONGER REALLY A NONPROFIT IN THE SENSE [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ]. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE THAT COULD COME IN. SOME SORT OF [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] NOT WANT TO SEE SOMEBODY COMING IN WITHOUT A 501(C)(3) IN PLACE, SAY THEY ARE A NONPROFIT [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]. >> TO ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS , WE DO AS HE NONPROFITS TO PROVIDE THEIR TAX ID NUMBER [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] IRS TO VERIFY THAT IT IS A VALID NONPROFIT. NUMBER TWO, IT MATCHES WITH WHO THEY ARE. WE RELY ON THE MAYOR WEBSITE [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] I DON'T KNOW HOW FREQUENTLY WE UPDATE THAT WEBSITE. IT'S POSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE TO OF HAD THEIR NONPROFIT REMOVED AND NOT REFLECTED ON THE WEBSITE, BUT [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ]. >> ALL RIGHT. LAST PART? >> I'M NOT SURE IN TERMS OF HE SAID IF SOMEONE HAS THEIR IRS, NOT IN GOOD STANDING WITH IRS, BUT WE ONLY HAVE THE INFORMATION THEY PROVIDE AND THE WEBSITE, [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] MAYBE THERE IS A [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ]. >> I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WORK WITH [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ]. >> [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] IS A PUBLIC RECORD. INMATE INVOLVE SOME EFFORT TO GET THERE, BUT IT IS NOT A SECRET. PEOPLE WANT TO VERIFY IT , NONPROFIT, YOU CAN GO TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. OR THE STATE. THROUGH THE IRS, IS A PUBLIC RECORD. NOT ANY BIG SECRET FOR THE IRS. I WOULD HOPE WE COULD GET THAT INFORMATION FAIRLY SOON TO VERIFY IT. >> ANY OTHER COUNCIL QUESTIONS? >> ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? >> I HAVE A QUESTION. >> SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> THAT'S OKAY. MY QUESTION IS ALONG THE VENDOR BOOTH. HER TO SAY [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] IT'S JUST THE WORDING [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] OLYMPIC CONFUSING , TARGET AUDIENCE, FOR THAT BUSINESS. SAME THING FOR NUMBER 4, IF IT IS NOT AN OAKLEY BASE BUSINESS, BUT PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE [ INDISCERNIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] HARVEST FESTIVAL, TARGET AUDIENCE , PEOPLE WHO ARE ATTENDING THAT, BUT I FEEL